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Basketball Teams Push Through CCS Playoffs
Jake Reynders, Staff Writer • March 8, 2025

    Chants of “I believe that we just won; I believe that we just won.” reverberated in the Panther Pit after the Pinewood...

New Courses in Advanced Coding & Personal Finance
Lucas Guan, Staff Writer • March 8, 2025

  Want to learn advanced coding or how to manage your credit? Next year, Pinewood is offering two new courses to help students do just that.     AP...

Braxton Takes Initiative: Fighting for Allergy Awareness
Braxton Takes Initiative: Fighting for Allergy Awareness
Braxton Kimura, Breaking News Writer • March 8, 2025

Peanuts, tree nuts, and shellfish.  These are the words I repeat every time I’m at a restaurant, school, airplane, or friend’s house...

Costco’s Chaotic Culture: An Exclusive Cult or Just Excellent Marketing?
Costco’s Chaotic Culture: An Exclusive Cult or Just Excellent Marketing?
Michael Shtrom, Staff Writer • March 8, 2025

To paraphrase Dr. Seuss: oh, the places a senior whose mind is rapidly unraveling from the all-consuming stress of finishing his college apps...

Jolyn Ding: Chasing Perfection in High School and Missing the 11th Second
Jolyn Ding: Chasing Perfection in High School and Missing the 11th Second
Jolyn Ding, Editor in Chief • March 8, 2025

Just this past week, out of boredom and, truthfully, to avoid studying for a calculus exam, I started mindlessly scrolling through the 11,544...

Alisha’s Perspective on Both Genders’ Difference in Confidence
Alisha Ramani, Staff Editor • March 8, 2025

In small group discussions, it’s become second nature to incorporate throwaway phrases to my responses, such as “But I don’t know,” “I...

Derrick’s Recommendations for Home-Remedied Confidence
Derrick’s Recommendations for Home-Remedied Confidence
Derrick Harris, Staff Writer • March 8, 2025

Athletes need confidence like celebrities need Ozempic. Like Ozempic, confidence has been taking over the market. Whether it’s LeBron James...

Moana 2: The Fall of Disney
Moana 2: The Fall of Disney
Aretha Liu, Staff Writer • March 8, 2025

We all know Moana as the adventurous teenage girl who sails across the ocean with demigod Maui on a daring journey to save her island. However,...

The Madness of Meritocracy
Yichen Wang, Staff Writer • March 8, 2025

In track and field, every contestant runs the same distance under the same conditions; ability — the speed and endurance of an athlete —...

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Christina Tanase
Christina Tanase
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This is Christina Tanase's (12) fifth-year on staff for The Perennial, beginning in the eighth grade. As a co-news editor, Christina loves mentoring her writers and making connections through journalism....

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JOY BLALOCK at video installation and custom neon at Mint Museum.
Walking Through the Light: Joy Blalock’s Journey of Creating Art
Riya Kolappa, Features Writer • March 8, 2025

   The paint brush hits the canvas, and the creative process begins. Every stroke counts toward the final art piece. Similarly, every part...

Jordans, Kobes, and More:  Braxton Kimura's Sneaker Collection
Jordans, Kobes, and More: Braxton Kimura’s Sneaker Collection
Addison Parenti, Features Writer • March 8, 2025

   Some fathers pass down names to their sons. Some children inherit their parents’ businesses. And some sons take on their parents’ passion...

PPA Visits New York, New York!
PPA Visits New York, New York!
Esha Joshi, Staff Writer • March 8, 2025

   As our group of hungry, tired, Californians hurried into our hotel in the bustling heart of Times Square, the first thing I noticed about...

Pinewood Plays Jazz
Rishi Chen, Staff Writer • March 8, 2025

   The confounding paradox of jazz is that no one, especially not jazz players, can coherently describe what constitutes jazz. It is better...

Budhani and her brother, Rafay collaborate on a computer science problem during a club meeting.
We Who Code Works Toward Increasing Accessibility in Coding
Davin Ternus, Staff Writer • March 8, 2025

   The gender gap in any coding environment is massive, which can make it difficult for some to find their place and thrive within the industry....

Junior Riya Kolappa takes a photo of a wild mushroom for the competition
iNaturalist Competition Increases Environmental Awareness
Ryan Chou, Staff Writer • March 8, 2025

   You may have noticed students peering under rocks and searching in the trees to take pictures of birds, bugs, plants, and other organisms...

Baseball Team Swings for Success
Baseball Team Swings for Success
Harry Yang, Sports Writer • March 8, 2025

Hit after hit after hit. The crack of bats in the batting cage signifies the start of baseball season. This year, the Pinewood baseball team...

Arjun Ari: From Eight Man to College Football
Arjun Ari: From Eight Man to College Football
Neil Kulkarni, Sports Writer • March 8, 2025

From playing eight-man football at Pinewood School to committing to the University of Rochester for Division III football, senior Arjun Ari’s...

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