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December, 2025 By Jackeline Vasquez, Staff Reporter KIPP Austin Collegiate’s boys soccer team opened their season with an impressive 5-1 win against St. Michael’s High School on December 2nd at 3:30 p.m., showing skill, teamwork, and determination from start to finish. The game started with the team warming up 20 minutes before the girls’ gameContinue reading “First Game, First Goals: KAC Boys Soccer Starts Strong.”

December, 2025 By Giselle Rosas, Translation Editor Despite being a recent addition to the Kipp Austin Collegiate instructors, Saliha Erenkol has already made an impact on the college and career pathways for the students. She applied her love for education to help students want more for themselves to achieve their ideal life goals. So, whoContinue reading “Building Futures & Impacting Students: A Profile of Saliha Erenkol”

December, 2025 By Victoria Gutierrez and Mike Nieto, Staff Reporters When the temperature drops, Hispanic kitchens shine with comforting classics from pozole and sancocho to tamales and arroz con leche, dishes that warm cold nights with tradition and flavor. When winter arrives, Hispanic comfort food really comes through, starting with pozole. This Mexican favorite isContinue reading “10 Traditional Hispanic Dishes to Warm This Winter”

December, 2025 By Anahi Balderas, Angel Flores, and Yuneisy Pagoaga The bright and colorful parkway slices through the Circuit of the Americas with the big Circuit Breaker rollercoaster as one of its many attractions. The nostalgic scenes, like taking pictures with Santa Clause or the Gingerbread man, add to the experiences of memories but alsoContinue reading “Austin’s Winter Wonderland: A Review of Peppermint Parkway”

December, 2025 By Isaiah Washington, News Editor The movie The Year Without A Santa Claus is a stop-motion Christmas movie. As you might’ve guessed the movie is about a Christmas without Santa Claus. There is a narrator in the movie which is Mrs.Claus, but Mrs.Claus and Santa Claus play more of a side character roleContinue reading “A Forgotten Christmas Classic: The Year Without a Santa Claus”

December, 2025 By Giselle Rosas, Translation Editor As you take the first step into the restaurant, you get a fresh smell of cooked meals and crispy goods. A spot that’s similar to other breakfast places, except even better. Another Broken Egg Cafe located here in Austin Texas, and in 14 other states, offers a southern-inspiredContinue reading “Just Another Breakfast Place? Another Broken Egg Cafe”

By Nyssa Vasquez, Staff Reporter December, 2025 Mili Casas, now known to her students as Ms. Casas, walks the same hallways she once rushed through as a teenager, only this time she carries a stack of lesson plans instead of textbooks. Her story is one of coming full circle, rediscovering purpose in a space thatContinue reading “A Cardinal Homecoming: Former Student Mili Casas Returns to Teach the Next Generation”

By Isaiah Washington, News Editor, and Oscar Jaimes, Staff Reporter The boys basketball season starts in December with Junior Varsity’s first game scheduled for December 10th and Varsity’s first game is on December 9th. The Cardinal Post talked to Coach Anthony Martin and three players to preview how they feel about the upcoming year. CoachContinue reading “Better, Faster, Stronger: Boys Basketball Hopes to Improve on Last Year’s Success”

October, 2025 By Kenya Lopez and Keilly Loza Hocus Pocus, released on July 16, 1993, is a fun and spooky family movie filled with humor, fantasy, and just the right amount of Halloween magic. You can watch Hocus Pocus by streaming it on Disney+ or by renting or purchasing it on digital platforms such asContinue reading “Hocus Pocus: The Halloween Classic That Never Gets Old”

October, 2025 By Kalysa Martinez and Jasmin Del Rio We have all heard about the famous Conjuring movies and their faithful followers and viewers, but how similar or different are the opinions of someone who is a fan of the movies vs someone who has never seen the movies? In order to find this outContinue reading “A Familiar Fright? A New Nightmare? Cardinal Reviewers Take On The The Conjuring”