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Commentary: The Social Addiction

We as humans have a finite attention span, like a river that flows with a specific force. It may change direction or be split up among multiple activities, but the net sum of those activities may never exceed the river’s specific force. What happens when that river is interrupted, split among many streams and tributaries? [...]

Senior Henry Mesker runs upfield with the ball. Mesker, who has trained through high school for a military future, excels with his conditioning.

Stellar defense leads lacrosse team

It is 6:30 on a Friday evening, the soft hazes of dusky pink and purple creeping ever so slowly across the Corte Madera Creek and swirling around the goal posts of Bob Troppman Field. “Lift! Lift!” Patrick Brown is screaming. A stout, muscular man about 15 years removed from an illustrious college career as a [...]

FROM LEFT TO RIGHT, Jason Bhan, Luke Garrison, and Ian Lewitz perform with the music program in the gym on May 7.

Symphonic Band and Wind Ensemble host final performance

Completing the year on a bittersweet note, the Symphonic Band and Wind Ensemble finished their final performance last week. On May 7, the two bands finished the year with a challenging new set in their last performance of the year. Junior Rayna Saron, who plays the tuba for the Wind Ensemble and the trombone for [...]

SHAKESPEARE’S LINES inspired rhymes for senior Grace Gravley’s performance in Redwood’s winning group poem at the slam.

Potent poets slam Drake and Tam teams

Three hundred audience members sat in silence last Wednesday night in the Little Theater as slam poet Sabrina Nargiz’s words pierced the air and sent chills down spines. Nargiz, a first-year Slam Poetry Team member, was the first of six Redwood poets to perform at this year’s Poetry Slam competition, which featured poets from Redwood, [...]

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Golf wins MCAL for third straight year

Jon Shaw could not believe it. A triple bogey. Tenth hole of the MCAL championship at San Geronimo, and he had shot a triple bogey. Three minutes was all he allowed himself to be angry. Then he moved on. Using his strong short game and solid putting to birdie several of the remaining eight holes, [...]

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News


Kentfield home catches fire

A Kentfield home caught fire Monday morning, resulting in extensive damage to the home but none to the inhabitants. 106 Goodhill Road caught fire at 2 a.m. on Monday, May 20,  burning in a controlled area in the center of the home. The three inhabitants, a 95-year-old woman, her son and her daughter-in-law, escaped to [...]

Sports


Stellar defense leads lacrosse team

It is 6:30 on a Friday evening, the soft hazes of dusky pink and purple creeping ever so slowly across the Corte Madera Creek and swirling around the goal posts of Bob Troppman Field. “Lift! Lift!” Patrick Brown is screaming. A stout, muscular man about 15 years removed from an illustrious college career as a [...]

Opinion


Commentary: The Social Addiction

We as humans have a finite attention span, like a river that flows with a specific force. It may change direction or be split up among multiple activities, but the net sum of those activities may never exceed the river’s specific force. What happens when that river is interrupted, split among many streams and tributaries? [...]

Culture


Face to Face: Why promote causes on social media?

  What do you think about showing support for causes on social media sites? Sasha Perigo: In response to the recent issue of gay marriage being taken to the Supreme Court, and whether or not people should post the “marriage equality” picture on Facebook, some people would say that it wasn’t helpful at all. But [...]