How to beat the summer heat
May 14, 2012 • Stephanie Christensen, Reporter
There is nothing that the citizens of Phoenix can relate to more than the unbearable 100 degree weather of Arizona throughout the scorching summer. The heat, along with all the cacti, coyotes, and scorpions crawling around in the dusty outdoors gives this state the infamous nickname of a “desert.” So,... Read more »
Hot and not for summer
May 14, 2012 • Natalie Marsh and Jordan Trout, Staff Writers
Hot: Bandeau Bras: Now you can be promiscuous and adorable too! Sleep: You are now back in a relationship with your bed. Enjoy. Ray Ban sunglasses: Even the knock offs are cute. Thrifting: Now you can buy cheap and get the cutest stuff. Nautical: Now we can wear pirate merchandise and not look like Jack... Read more »
The British are coming
May 14, 2012 • Morgan McFadden, Reporter
British musicians are flooding America’s iPods and playlists more than ever since The Beatles and The Rolling Stones. Some people believe that a language everyone understands is music. Here in America, there are popular artists that are world renown; but some new music sensations from the United Kingdom... Read more »
A Country-Wide Spring Fling
May 14, 2012
By Sydney Barendrick Starting off the 2012 Spring Fling spirit week, students come dressed in their spirit week attire to show off their excited emotions. Spirit weeks are the only time of the year that students are almost allowed free access to dress in any wacky outfit of their choice, to express that... Read more »
Fashion through the week of April 9th
April 13, 2012
A photographic look inside Fashion this week at DV. Read More →
Bippity Boppity Boo: A Cinderella Affair
April 4, 2012 • Stephanie Christensen, Reporter
A foot garnished in a crystal glass slipper moves gently onto the next step of stairs and begins to descend to the dance below. The girl who thought she could never be beautiful is proven wrong as every head turns her way. She lifts the skirt of her glimmering light blue ball gown to keep from tripping... Read more »
The A building floors too shiny for some students
April 3, 2012
By Sydney Barendrick When students returned to school, after their long spring break, the carpet within the A building had been removed, and replaced with a bland slab of concrete. Rumors scatter the school, with the endless possibilities of why the carpet had been removed, but whether or not they know... Read more »
Passionate Spanish teacher blazes up the Diablo Awards
March 30, 2012 • Michelle Borbon, Staff Writer
Last weekend, foreign language teacher Dr. Linda Peairs received the Acheivement Award at the Annual Diablo Teacher Awards. Peairs has taught Honors Spanish 5-6, AP Spanish Language, and AP Spanish Literature for 10 years at Desert Vista and an additional 10 years at the college level. The prestigious... Read more »
“This Means War” needs to work through more battles
March 1, 2012
By Orion Healan The career of a spy is full of danger, deception, and even the coolest gadgets. Taking down enemies on a regular basis is what they do best, but what would happen if their enemy is another spy? “This Means War” is an action, comedy and romance film directed and produced by Joseph... Read more »
Tumblr Taboo
February 9, 2012
Tumblr has apps for iPhones and Android phones that let you reblog on the go By Jordan Trout Tumblr: a site that has been described as blogging bliss. Yet many people have not even heard of it. Tumblr was created two years ago by John Maloney and David Karp, working out of a small apartment in New... Read more »
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