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Pitman Seniors Attending UC’s
Co-Editor-In-Chief - Samantha Trout
May 25, 2010
In California, the competition to get into a UC is extremely fierce. A University of California is generally more difficult to get into rather than a state college, and Pitman is proud of the few students who were able to gain acceptance into these schools. There are many factors which play into... Read more »
CSU Universities Popular Choice Among Students
May 25, 2010
Many Pitman students desire to stay in California for their college years. The CSU system offers in-state tuition as well as attending a great school that is near Turlock. A popular choice is CSU Stanislaus, a commuter school. This college offers students the opportunity to attend a four year school... Read more »
Pitman Seniors Attending Private and Out-Of-State Colleges
Co-Editor-In-Chief - Samantha Trout
May 24, 2010
Pitman’s class of 2010 has a large number of students entering private colleges all over the country. These prestigious colleges selected Pitman’s students because of their academic talents or extracurricular activities. Because of the high expectations and goals these students have set for themselves,... Read more »
Other Options for Pitman Seniors
Managing Editor - Leanna Jasek-Rysdahl
May 24, 2010
Quite a few Pitman seniors have decided to enroll in trade schools, partake in jobs immediately after graduating Pitman, or participate in other unique endeavors. Trade schools are an excellent option for people who have decided their future after Pitman. Trade schools offer vocational training... Read more »
Pitman Seniors Attending JC’s
Co-Editor-In-Chief - Samantha Trout
May 21, 2010
It isn’t yet the end of the school year for Pitman, but it is the end for Pitman’s class of 2010. For most of the class, college is now a top priority and the central focus of their summer. Although much of the class of 2010’s excitement is geared for a four-year university, the bulk of the... Read more »
Spoiler Alert for Vampire Diaries
Jordan Garcia - Staff Writer
May 20, 2010
Excuse me? Did I just fall asleep and dream that up? No, I don’t think my mind is twisted enough to have produced that series of events. This was the internal conversation I had after the ending of the season finale of The Vampire Diaries which was everything a season finale ought to be. It was the... Read more »
Pitman Art Department contributes to Law Day celebration
Co-Editor-In-Chief - Samantha Trout
May 14, 2010
“We were given a very short time period to paint six 4’ by 8’ murals. It took us three months,” comments Mr. Detomasi of the Pitman Art Department’s most recent project. Way back in February, Pitman was asked by the Stanislaus County Court House to paint six murals to be displayed at the... Read more »
Freddy’s Back in a New ‘Nightmare’
Co-Editor-in-Chief Justin Minor
May 14, 2010
It’s a shame that I’m writing one of these articles again. It seems that every time I come here to review a movie, it’s just another piece-of-garbage horror movie remake. Of course, they’re not all pieces of garbage. In the case of Nightmare on Elm Street, it’s clear that a competent horror... Read more »
‘Every Fifteen Minutes’ Comes to Pitman
Co-Editor-in-Chief Justin Minor
May 10, 2010
Pitman’s junior and senior classes filed into rows of chairs set facing the track at nine in the morning on April 15th. Lady GaGa and Black-Eyed Peas songs boomed through the air as the students took their seats before a huge tarp strewn over the top of something massive. Light-hearted conversations... Read more »
The Poetry of Pablo Neruda
Janessa Jimenez - Senior Staff Writer
May 10, 2010
A writer from Chile with unfathomable talent does a supreme job in using literary elements to enliven a reader’s emotions. In a collection of poetry by Pablo Neruda, Neruda presents beautiful imagery in both long and short poems. Regardless of the length of his poems, he manages to weave a complex... Read more »