By CYPRIEN PEARSON PETALUMA HIGH SCHOOL In the wake of terrible disasters, such as the tsunami in Japan, there has been a never-ending stream of people shrugging, “It doesn’t affect me . . . Why should I care?” Although it may be true that a woman struggling to [...]
By KATIE BREECE PETALUMA HIGH SCHOOL, 17 The streets were crowded with people cheering, honking horns and setting off fireworks — not your normal reaction to a death, but this was not a normal death. When the death of Osama bin Laden was announced, the American people took [...]
By CARLEE CARTER PETALUMA HIGH SCHOOL, FRESHAMN, 13 Many students do not feel they need to do things other than the basic classes to graduate, and although this is true in the short term, it will do little to help in the long run. Outside of classes, there [...]
By ANTHONY GUENZA PETALUMA HIGH SCHOOL, 18 Marijuana. Pot. Weed. Mary Jane. I’m sure everyone around is just as aware of at least a dozen other nicknames for this illicit little vice that has rooted itself in our society for the past few decades. Upon looking at the present laws, [...]
By MARY CALLAHAN THE PRESS DEMOCRAT Plenty of folks would need Hermione Granger’s bewitched Time-Turner to pull off the scheduling feat that is Patrick Malaret’s final semester at Petaluma High School. There’s choir, color guard, theater rehearsal and wildlife museum. Advanced Placement exams are behind him, finals lie ahead, and [...]
In Petaluma's downtown, there are boutiques and restaurants aplenty; we have no need of a large department store, as well. At the location previously belonging to Kenilworth Junior High, a Target and its accompanying shops will hardly improve our small town. Rather, it will inhibit our traditions.
By ANTHONY GUENZA PETALUMA HIGH SCHOOL, 17, SENIOR Throughout one’s life, it means next to nothing. Yet at a few crucial times, three years can mean everything. When you ask a 15-year-old what three years might mean to him, you could get a variety of answers: Three years until he [...]
Keeping the drinking age at 21 in the U.S. is a great idea for a few reasons. It decreases deadly teen car accident rates, lowers the chance of alcoholism later in life and causes underage youth to expand reasoning and overall thinking abilities by having to devise complicated plans to obtain alcohol.
Petaluma is a town with a rich and vibrant history that is not always obvious in the everyday life of its citizens. If one looks a little closer...