By ROBERT DIGITALE THE PRESS DEMOCRAT When Jose Soto Jr. was 14, he got up at 4 a.m. two days a week to take a four-hour bus ride across dry ranching country from his hometown to Guadalajara, Mexico. Those long days in travel and classes at a [...]
By MARTIN ESPINOZA THE PRESS DEMOCRAT To question why Morgan Rasmason excels at whatever sport she plays is a little like asking why giraffes walk moments after they’re born. “It’s how birds know how to fly and giraffes know how to walk. It’s just there,” said Kurt Ludwigsen, [...]
By Morgan Nasholds The concept of infinity is indeed a daunting abstraction in the world. Infinity itself is, simply put, impossible to fully comprehend. As with many concepts that are difficult to present, visual art provides one with the ability to witness the concept of infinity through the intriguing and [...]
By RANDI ROSSMANN THE PRESS DEMOCRAT El Molino High School senior Alyssa Herr is physically and mentally far from her life in the west county and a typical senior year. Herr, 18, is living in Lopburi, Thailand, through a 10-month student immersion program offered by the Rotary [...]
Emily Fehrman, Staff Writer Ever since any of us can remember, we’ve been writing. Perhaps, at first, it was just a jumbled mess of scribbles and unintelligible words, but then it evolved, becoming another piece of our identity, and a convenient way to convey our thoughts and ideas. [...]
By Allison Ashley Sonoma Academy and Beijing School Number Four have been friends for 11 years now. Every year our relationship with our friends from China grows stronger and we continue to learn from each other’s different cultures. The exchange students from China recently arrived and stayed at Sonoma Academy [...]
By GRISELDA RIVERA MARIA CARRILLO HIGH SCHOOL, SENIOR, 17 We’ve all heard the phrase “use protection” at least 100 times. It’s an accurate phrase that some choose to ignore because they hear it so often. But when a Santa Rosa teen health center, Southwest Community Health Center, said last fall [...]
By Natalie Ambrosio Imagine a world where no one thinks for themselves. Everyone has beady eyes and stubby fingers – the perfect fit for typing on computers and cell phones, but not for much else. Instead of using interpretive thinking and empathy to solve their problems, the people of [...]
By Riley Ping Medvigy and Grayson Dimick The Analy High School drama department’s production of Dead Man Walking has inspired many to take a look at the arguments surrounding the death penalty, both for and against its abolishment. Here are two student perspectives on the topic. Arguing for the [...]
By GUY KOVNER THE PRESS DEMOCRAT Hector Iturbe has two A’s and two B’s in his classes at Sonoma State University, including environmental science, philosophy and biological anthropology. He wants to become a neurosurgeon and to keep playing soccer while he studies human biology at Stanford University, [...]