The Pepperbox

The CCLL Leadership team

(top row, left to right: Erika Homan, Carolyn van Mantgem, Melanie Zapper, Taylor Nada, Tim Clewell.
bottom row, left to right: Johanna Mauro, Fionn Conroy, Kayla Gaskill)

Taylor Nada, Online Editor • December 7, 2023

This year, the Arcata Arts Institute joined a new program known as the Creative Careers Leadership Lab (CCLL), an organization aimed at helping art students gain skills to succeed in future careers in the arts.

Pepperbox Broadcast

Rey Barber, Art Director • November 17, 2023

“It’s the first time we’ve ever had a broadcast,” Kloe Bryant said, “so it’s really just testing everything out,”

AAI gives a free vintage sewing machine to a student with a fashion dream!

Icyss Walton • November 7, 2023

Students started master classes in AAI about a month ago. One of the classes...

Sports

Housing neeeded!

Taylor Sutherland, Reporter • October 25, 2023

Arcata High's annual basketball tournament, AIBT, is coming up. Housing is needed...

Championship Winning Humboldt Rugby

Joseph Murphy, Web Editor • October 17, 2023

After Cal Poly Humboldt disposed of their football team due to a lack of funding and interest, it seems like their rugby team has managed to step up and replace them.

Vadenplas returns as QB for win over Panthers

Kloe Bryant, Reporter • October 17, 2023

The Tigers are a different team than fans have seen before

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Opinion

2014 film a fault in our stars

Roland Brockmeyer, Reporter • November 7, 2023

It may be a comment on the finality of life and infinity love inspires within limited time.

Max Neighbors and Amalie Rebstock pretend to fight over tote bags amd backpacks.

Totes vs. backpacks

Lila Toledo, Broadcast Excecutive Producer • November 1, 2023

“I would never use something with a weird texture or something like that, it’s canvas or nothing.”

Students flooding into the stairs between classes

Hallway hysteria

Jared Pereira, Copy Editor • November 1, 2023

“Just go to where you're trying to go, or just get out of the way,”

Features

Difference Between America and Other Countries

Shu Yamashita • November 14, 2023

“In Italy, we have just one class and the same classmates, we don’t change classes. We have been in the same class for four years. We have twelve subjects,”

Is study hall really for studying?

Kyndle Eisner, Production Manager • November 14, 2023

“I feel like it’s less strict than last year, but the pass system is stupid and doesn’t work.”

Doing it for the ‘Gram?

Taya Holmes, Copy Editor • November 14, 2023

“[My mom] just doesn’t like what social media does to kids and their image of themselves,”