The only thing keeping Ventura High together

The infamous Art Soup trash can tells all.

We’ve all seen the trash. Students who attended Ventura High School years prior to the COVID-19 pandemic have all seen the legendary landmark. I’m not talking about the statue of that random half naked dude with some planets over his head either. I’m talking about the innerworkings of VHS. The Art Soup trash can.

In contrast to those mysterious monoliths that occasionally circulate and become the most talked about subject for a week or so, Art Soup is forever. That thing has seen rain, shine, fire, pandemic, Super Duper Kyle, angry swarms of seagulls, you name it.

It’s hard to think of a time where this miraculous trashure of VHS didn’t exist. We asked Mr. Seagull, a now retired drone seagull, about his thoughts regarding this national gem, “Yes it gives so much character to Ventura High. It always made me so happy to see a half-opened cheese stick within the painted concrete walls. I, of course, never hesitated to eat the thing, plastic on it or not, but that’s a matter for another time.”

But now that students aren’t able to roam aimlessly as they did in the past, the Art Soup is not receiving the praise and recognition it oh so deserves.