By VARSHA BADAVIDE Staff Writer The Joker, Batman’s greatest nemesis as many know him, is one of the most misunderstood, yet iconic villains in all of comic books and cinema history. Though many comics and films have tried to encapsulate the Joker’s wicked personality through his evil actions and motives, little is truly known or...
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Comedy Sportz: First Match
By VARSHA BADAVIDE Staff Writer On Friday, August 30th, the big theater was filled to the brim by students excited to watch the first Comedy Sportz match of the school year. As the match proceeded, the team received constant applause and cheers from the audience, as the members continually displayed their improvisation skills. “[The match]...
March Artists of the Month: Iris Lee and Tiffany Phan
By VARSHA BADAVIDE Ceramics, an often underrepresented form of fine art, is a way for artists to physically construct a vision with their bare hands. In company with the celebrations that were held for Fine Arts week, taking place between March 11 and 15, senior Iris Lee and junior Tiffany Phan were both nominated as March’s artists of...
348 Art Gallery
By VARSHA BADAVIDE Staff Writer Accompanying the events held for Fine Arts Week last week, UHS’ Fine Arts Department set up an art display, called the “348 Art Gallery”, showcasing a wide variety of artwork created by the 348 students enrolled in UHS’ art classes. Featuring a plethora of astonishing works including paintings, sketches, photography,...
Mary Poppins Returns: a Movie Review
By VARSHA BADAVIDE Staff Writer Mary Poppins Returns is a 2018 fantasy adventure musical directed by Rob Marshall, starring Emily Blunt in the titular role of the timeless Mary Poppins. It also stars actor and writer of the multiple award-winning musical, Hamilton, Lin-Manuel Miranda. The musical is a sequel to the original Mary Poppins, which...
How to Succeed in Auditions Without Really Trying
By VARSHA BADAVIDE Staff Writer The 2019 spring musical, presented by the UHS Theater Arts department, will be the classical musical, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying. With a total of nine weeks for the cast to practice and perfect the acting and choreography, as well as for the tech crew to build...
Get Smart: Fall Play Review
By VARSHA BADAVIDE Staff Writer Get Smart opened on Wednesday night, November 14, to an enthusiastic audience. Although the beginning was slightly slow paced, the show quickly picked up afterwards. The entire show consisted of a variety of humor and hilarious jokes. Though there were a few jokes that may not have resonated with the...
Get Smart: a Look Behind the Scenes
By VARSHA BADAVIDE Staff Writer The 2018 Fall Play, Get Smart, has been in production for about ten weeks since it was first announced. Produced by the UHS Theater Arts Department, the play is being shown from Wednesday, November 14 to Saturday, November 17 at 7 pm in the Big Theater. Get...
Comedy Sportz: Halloween Match
By VARSHA BADAVIDE Staff Writer The UHS Comedy Sportz team hosted their annual Halloween match on Friday, October 26, this time playing against El Toro High School. Though it was somewhat shorter than past matches to accommodate a football game right after, there was still plenty of great improvisation done by the Comedy Sportz team....
Comedy Sportz: Welcome Match
By VARSHA BADAVIDE Staff Writer The theater filled with palpable excitement and cheers as students welcomed the new members of the Comedy Sportz team on Friday, September 21. The new students of the team come from a variety of grade levels. These new members confidently made their debut and received enormous amounts of encouraging applause...