By Miguel Castro

How can a student fill 55 minutes with even the smallest amount of fun six times a day for a whole week time and time again? Well, it’s actually quite easy. There are a cornucopia of things one can do right in their very own seat to make that hour-long class go by in a flash. Ultimately this article won’t really help one become an academic achiever, so be prepared to lower your standards.

Published April 30, 2010 - Features

By Miguel Castro

For anyone who’s seen John Hughes’ classic teen movie Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, they will know how much fun the titular character and his friends had skipping school and spending a day on the town enjoying such things as riding in a Ferrari, going to a baseball game, and cleverly getting into a high class restaurant. It’s senior year, my grades are in the toilet, and it was sunny last Friday; the last thing I wanted was to go to school. As it turned out, everything went horribly and here’s the story.

Published April 30, 2010 - Arts & Entertainment

By Miguel Castro

Realistically, this film has everything I could want from a movie. It has excessive amounts of blood, an inflated futuristic plot, which in itself is fairly unique, and some nudity here and there. What I got instead was an interesting premise with no real motivation and a few good action scenes. Yet for some reason I left the theater without the same anger I had after watching Jennifer’s Body, and instead felt like I got my money’s worth of entertainment.

Published March 26, 2010 - Arts & Entertainment

By Miguel Castro

If you’re trying to look good you don’t have to resort to getting surgery or fake plastic clip-ons. One must only try to reveal their own inner beauty and show others how great they are on the inside, not the outside. Just kidding again. So you’re ugly and want to change that, okay. There are a few things you’ll need to consider in order to change from “Wow (s)he’s a dooky face,” to “Wow, I bet (s)he’s got beautiful dooky.”

Published March 26, 2010 - Features

By Miguel Castro

Life can’t just be sunshine and sprinkles everyday; somedays it’s going to suck. Not only for you but for other’s as well. Having a buddy that’s sad and depressed all the time is infectious and will just end up ruining everyone’s day. Thankfully there are ways to cheer up your dejected fun-sucking friend and brighten everyone’s mood. From the guy that brought you Top 10 Hottest Hotties and Top 10 Reasons Why I’d Go Gay for Tom Brady, these are the Top 10 Pick Me Ups on Rough Days.

Published March 12, 2010 - Features

By Miguel Castro

The answers to Garfield student’s questions… again

Published February 26, 2010 - Arts & Entertainment

By Nick Thompson & Miguel Castro

After a 12-year hiatus from feature films, Cameron delivers a grand visual journey with breakthrough special effects technology that tells a classic story of love and betrayal.

Published January 15, 2010 - Arts & Entertainment

By Miguel Castro

In the first week of December, Seattle Public Schools were visited by MTV’s highly syndicated reality television show, “MADE.”

Published December 11, 2009 - Arts & Entertainment

By Miguel Castro

The Messenger takes an interesting approach to the story of two casualty notification officers (CACOs) and their duty to inform families of the death of their loved ones lost in war.

Published December 11, 2009 - Arts & Entertainment

By Miguel Castro

What makes a man? What doesn’t make a man for that matter?I bring the subject up because i get called a “sissy” or a “girl” everyday, almost always by my friends. They could just be playing with me but I can’t help but wonder what I do to get called such things.

Published November 20, 2009 - Opinion

Miguel Castro, Max David, Sam Dunnington, Johannes Harkins, and Nick Thompson perform “Tearin’ Up My Heart” by ‘N Sync as the annual Valentine’s Day Messenger Boy Band.

Released February 14, 2010