Surf City Marathon

By: Neslihan Yilmaz, Business Manager The first of February marked the beginning of a KIWINS and Key Club community service activity. Volunteers woke up at 3:30 a.m. to volunteer at Huntington Beach for the annual Surf City Marathon sponsored by KIWANIS. Volunteers handed out water bottles, medals, and heat blankets to the marathoners as they [...]

Lady Barons Get Inspired

Last Tuesday February 24th, two girls from almost every sport at FVHS attended the Ninth Annual National Women in Sports Celebration.

Fighting Cancer One Penny at a Time

FVHS American Cancer Society got together on February 26 to collect the boxes they had left in 4th period classes to fundraise for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society.

Student Spotlight – Kate Gasparro

By Michelle Doan, Graphics and centerspread manager  Along with being a stellar academic student, junior Kate Gasparro is involved many extracurricular activities in and outside of FVHS such as dance, Junior Commission, clubs, and music. She was considered as ABC News\’ “Cool Kid” last summer for her outstanding contributions to the Susan G. Komen\’s Race [...]

Reflections on Culture

When I moved to this country, my father and I used to talk about the culture of the United States, or more specifically the lack of. Coming from from a rich culture hearth with a defined concept of what life is supposed to be, my dad found American Culture quite artificial. He remarked at the little [...]

CollegeHumor is Malehumor

By Alex Chiang, Staff writer  Ridiculous bosses.  Crazy cubicle workers.  Not, it’s not a new episode of The Office.  It’s CollegeHumor’s new show, The CollegeHumor Show.  Airing on Sundays at 9:30 p.m. on MTV, CollegeHumor.com’s move to TV has proven to have plenty of potential, though it\’s nowhere near flawless.  CollegeHumor.com is a comedy, advertisement-funded [...]

And the Award Goes to… Señora Mooney!

Mrs. Mooney has been dedicated to teaching at FVHS for over 35 years. She has been teaching Spanish for all these years, primarily Spanish 1 and 3.

Baron Broadcast #10

OCJEA Baron Banner Journalism Competition

The FVHS Baron Banner attended the Orange County Journalism Education Association On-the-Spot Write-off  Journalism Competition at Fullerton College this Saturday, February 21st, 2009. The competition included a variety of categories from newspaper layout, critical review, to photography. The Baron Banner received many accolades, overall taking 3rd in Division 2 Newspaper Sweepstakes. Michelle Doan: 1st in [...]

Baron Boombox: Reverie – The Morning Of

By Alex Chiang, Staff writer Typically I’m not a huge fan of bands with two lead singers. I find without the single-mindedness of one singer, the overall tone of the song clashes with itself. The Morning Of is the perfect exception. Never before have I heard such a flawless synthesis of two distinct voices, male [...]

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