Student Body Presidential Debate October 20, 2020, 1:30pm, PST Location: The NRH auditorium. Tom Rosen and Chloe Gold stand at podiums on opposite ends of the stage. At a table in the center sit Lee Lindberg, David Weber, and Laurie Pence. The auditorium seats are...
COVERAGE OF THE NEW RIDGEMONT HIGH STUDENT-BODY PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION September 30, 2020, 1:45pm, PST. Location: The circle drive, in front of New Ridgemont High. Tom Rosen is sitting on top of a great stone horse that stands fifteen feet high off the ground, on a...
If something is permitted, it means that you are allowed to do it. If something is not permitted, it means that you are not. If swimming in the community pool is permitted only on the weekends, it means that if you show up on a weekend, you will be allowed into the...
NEW RIDGEMONT HIGH VIGNETTES, VOL. 1, CONT’D. September 23, 2020, 1:00pm, PST. Location: The student lounge, at the western edge of the main building. Myron Freelander, Ben Gibbs, and Charlie Smith are break-dancing to Run DMC’s “Rock Box,” which is blaring out of a...
SCENE IV - INSIDE THE AUDITORIUM August 23, 2020, 11:30am PST. Location: The school auditorium. The students, dressed in period clothes, are seated, while Friedman and a number of teachers – also in 1980’s dress – are on the stage. Friedman comes up to the podium, as...
Gendrome is a new novel by Daniel A. Kaufman, illustrated by Mariah Gregg-Fling. It imagines a world that is adjacent to, but not quite our own. Cathode Ray Zone is pleased to present Gendrome in serial form, with a new installment releasing every two weeks. We...
That the personal is political is a bit of wisdom from the 1960’s, which suggests that we should not ignore domestic affairs in the political arena. That the personal is philosophical is an idea that goes back to Antiquity and to Socrates, who is reported by Plato to...
NEW RIDGEMONT HIGH - SCENE III August 23, 2020, 8:30AM PST. C-Span’s live coverage of the New Ridgemont High Opening Ceremonies Location: The front lawn of New Ridgemont High. John Hughes is at the podium. Behind him, seated on either side, are Bret Easton...
NEW RIDGEMONT HIGH SCENE II August 20, 2019, 9PM EST. [One year earlier] Special Edition of 20/20, with Barbara Walters. Barbara Walters [In studio]: New Ridgemont High, the exciting new experiment in public schooling and brainchild of USC sociologist, William...
NEW RIDEGEMONT HIGH SCENE I A documentary written and directed by Mitch Bennett.Produced by John Hughes.Copyright © 2022, The X Foundation.Dedicated to William Friedman Opening Shot: Mitch Bennett’s control room. Mitch Bennett is sitting amidst a tangle of video...