Lexi’s Passion
Devin Dorough, food editor
March 20, 2020
Lexi Horner, a junior at Cactus Shadows, has a passion for all kinds of art. She’s been involved in art for as long as she can remember. Horner’s style of art is hard to describe, as she tries to not stick to one genre and expands her horizons to anything she can think of. “Lexi’s ar...
Jazzing things up
Jo Breese, creeker editor
March 20, 2020
Jazz. The word evokes a variety of images, from smoky bars in Paris to speakeasies in Chicago. Jazz is a broad word that encompasses many genres, including blues, free jazz, and swing. Each has their own distinct sounds and rhythms. At Cactus Shadows, Jazz band is a class where students can learn the ba...
Award-winning writer hones her skills in creative writing
Julia Knies, opinion editor
March 20, 2020
Step into the Creative Writing class at Cactus Shadows, and you’re likely to see students bent over their journals, writing and listening to music on their iPhones. Or maybe they’re tapping away on a Chrome book, adding to a story or non-fiction piece. For certain, Mia Milinovich, a junior, will ...
New Sonic movie hits theaters
Michael Kaegi, travel editor
March 20, 2020
While video game movies have a habit of underperforming at the box office, Sonic The Hedgehog is currently in the top ten, grossing $58 million on its opening weekend. The movie follows Sonic, the popular SEGA video game character who has been transported to Earth after his mother was going to be...
Pep rally excites new students
Nia Sogaard, staff writer
September 26, 2019
The first pep rally of the school year kicked off the football season and set an example of what it means to be a Cactus Shadows student. The gym was packed with enthusiastic students dressed head to toe in blue to show support for the football teams and to show their school spirit. Returning studen...
Rebel Lounge cultivates local music
Kolton O'Connor, staff writer
September 26, 2019
Fans are going to concerts almost every night at a music venue called the Rebel Lounge because of a unique music experience that attracts fans and bands of different types of music. “At the rebel lounge the experience is different because you can move around the venue and move back and forth which gi...
IT: Chapter 2 adds comedy to horror
Michael Kaegi, staff writer
September 26, 2019
IT Chapter Two is the follow-up to the events of the previous installment, and takes the franchise in a whole new direction with an adult cast and a bigger focus on comedy, differing from what some might say made the first one as successful as it was. The movie was directed by Andres Muschietti, who also directed t...
Artists seek motivation
Jo Breese, creeker editor
September 26, 2019
Student artists deserve to get recognized for their work as an artist. “Art is free expression. Just because it’s a way you can just put down your feelings in the way your art is,” said Amanda Eramorado, a junior and a student artist. Art can really be anything, just as anyone can be an artist...
Jonah Hill debuts his directing career with Mid 90s
Riley James, Staff writer
November 29, 2018
Mid90s is written and directed by comedian Jonah Hill. Hill rose to fame because of his role as “Seth” in 2007’s Superbad. That movie launched his acting career and since then he’s been in numerous films, such as This is the End, 21 Jump Street, Megamind, and even being nominated for Best Supp...
Twin Peaks: The strangest show that I have ever seen
Riley James
April 17, 2018
Twin Peaks is the strangest show that I have ever seen. FBI Agent Dale Cooper is assigned to solve the murder of Homecoming queen, Laura Palmer in the quaint town of Twin Peaks, Washington, where no one is innocent. It seems like a pretty “normal” show right? Not quite. Mark Frost and David Lynch pit...
MGMT is back
Riley James, staff writer
February 13, 2018
MGMT aka “The Management” is back with their new album “Little Dark Age”. Known for such hits like “Kids”, “Electric Feel” and “Time To Pretend” MGMT was formed by college roommates, Andrew VanWyngarden and Ben Goldwasser at Wesleyan University in 2002. Since then, this indie pop...