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The Californian

The Official Student-Run Newspaper of California High School

The Californian

The Official Student-Run Newspaper of California High School

The Californian

Carnatic idol Vivrd Prasanna

Neha Kaul, A&E Editor March 14, 2018

Cal High has a lot of talented musicians and singers, but only a few can call themselves award winning. Sophomore Vivrd Prasanna can do just that.  Prasanna is a singer of South Indian Classical...

Bollywood dances its way to Cal

Bollywood dances its way to Cal

Neha Kaul, A&E Editor February 9, 2018

Bollywood has finally made its way to Cal High with its very first dance team, Chalkaa.  Chalkaa is an official on-campus club supervised by math teacher Jatinder Singh. The team consists of 18...

Cal alumna Jasmine Sufi serves as slam master and host of the Berkeley Poetry Slam at the Starry Pub.

Slam poetry is quite a scene

Neha Kaul, A&E Editor November 7, 2017

There has been a recent peak of interest in the art of slam and performance poetry at Cal High.  Many Cal students regularly attend and participate in a number of slams in the Bay Area such as...

Film industry needs more women

Neha Kaul, A&E Editor October 11, 2017

From its birth, the film industry has always been dominated by men. Despite feminist culture making its way into mainstream society, the battle for gender equity in Hollywood ensues. Hollywood is...

Tune in to this ultimate summer playlist

Neha Kaul, A&E Editor June 3, 2016

The ultimate playlist is essential for any great summer vacation. It’s this music that we will be jamming to in the car while coming home from the beach with friends. These are the songs that we will...

Action-packed ‘Hardcore Henry’ lacks a plot

Neha Kaul, A&E Editor April 29, 2016

Director, writer and producer Ilya Naishuller had a “call of duty” to make his video-game -like debut film, “Hardcore Henry,” one of the first feature films where the hero is portrayed in first...

Drug use doubles between freshman, junior years

Neha Kaul and Athena Georgopoulos April 29, 2016

Drug use among Cal High students is on the rise. Results from the state’s 2014-15 Healthy Kids Survey show that alcohol and drug use for Cal students nearly doubled between freshman and junior years. Freshmen...

Mockingjay Part Two is a complete misfire

Neha Kaul, A&E Editor December 7, 2015

“The Hunger Games” saga, one of the biggest franchises in film history,  has finally come to an end. With four movies based on three books by Suzanne Collins, the franchise has milked up $800 million...

THE HORROR!

Neha Kaul, A&E Editor October 19, 2015

With Halloween coming up, many Cal High students are preparing to watch their favorite horror movies. Many have left behind the days of trick or treating, while the options of Halloween continue to...

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