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ARROW Renton High School | 400 South 2nd Street | Renton, WA 98057

NEWS

Mercedes Renfro (right) and Tae Scott (left) working on a project in the hallway during 1st Period on March 27.

Hana Feseha (center) at the student store counter, purchasing items for lunch in support of DECA.

Scott Saechin (left) and Michael Moore (right) waiting back stage before the talent show.

Charissa Gunn photo

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All first round seniors passed

Elias Arnet | | Staff Reporter All seniors that presented during the first round of the Oral Culminating Portfolio passed. It’s another demonstration of the schools motto: Pride, Tradition and Excellence.

“I felt very nervous, but got more comfortable,” senior Carly Garcia said.

The presentation had to be between eight and ten minutes long.

The maximum score is 40 points, but one would need just 24 points to pass.

The second round of the Oral Presentations supposed to be on Monday and Tuesday, April 20-21, two weeks after Spring Break.

BEATS

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MULTI-CULTURAL WEEK

SECURITY

IN SCHOOL SUSPENSION

Preparing for the multi-cultural week to come

Quarrel in counseling office stirs up concerns

The hopeful Crusade to improve solution to student school electricity delinquency overuse issue

| Mohamadfarid Ahmach | Staff Reporter The counseling office witnessed a fight on February 12. This was shocking, who would have thought someone would fight in the office that is supposed to help solve problems?

Counseling office secretary Linda PappasStallman, seniors Sirena Chuong and Allen Xayananh and counselor Timothy White saw the fight. It occurred when someone called another person a drug commit.

“Well I was not happy about it the feeling of how the fight broke out like that,” said Linda Pappas-Stallman.

“I was nervous about the students who were in here who were a part of it.” In addition to this Pappas-Stallman said, “They were standing up in fighting posture, I told them to knock it off, and the person took a swing at the other person.”

Fighting at school is a serious offence it could potentially cause expulsion and it has been known to cause deaths. Nobody should want that on their conscience plus prison as a kid is not the way to go.

| Alexis Lagonoy | Play Hard Editor ISI may be the solution to misbehavior in classes. Time in ISI varies depending on the situations they’ve committed. Consequences may last for a day, all day or even a series of days.

“I’ve been in there its boring. I went because I cussed out a teacher and they just sent me there. It was only a period” junior Kayla Walker said.The class room is hidden behind closed doors located above the main gym near the cafeteria.

30% of the same students who have been in ISI never return, proving that they’ve learned from the first time of being sent there.

The difference between ISI and a regular suspension is that ISI is in school and they still have to serve other in school conditions as well while a regular suspension is completely taken off school grounds and primarily at home.

A student is given 3 offenses, the 1st offense results in a 2 day short-term suspension with parent contact, the 2nd offense continues with a 3- day short- term suspension, and the 3rd offense lasts with a long-term suspension.

| Jennifer Nguyen | Advertising Manager It has always been a tradition to have a multi-cultural talent show. It is the time where all cultures intertwine and work together putting on a show for their peers.

The food fair is on May 1, everyone has one lunch and all of the cultures come together and sell food from their cultures. There will be everything from burritos, egg rolls, fried rice, fried chicken and etc.

Rehearsals start April 20-28. Be prepared to have your act together. If you don’t have your act together at least at a 95%, then you will not be performing. Tryouts this year will be a little more crucial.

“Multi-cultural week is a week where we want to celebrate the beauty of us and our academic excellence. But if you are a performer and you’re plate is full, maybe it’s good for you to just sit back and enjoy the show because school comes first.” Lurline Antes said.

If you would like to try out for a position you can talk to Lurline Antes in room 315 before and after school.

GREEN TEAM

| Jennifer Nguyen | Advertising Manager Three floors; the school continues to overuse electricity. To many teachers this isn’t an issue because it’s just not an everyday concern to them, but to Green Team, they want to cut the amount of electricity in about half.

Green Team is doing the “Cool School Project” which started in January and will end in June. The Cool School Project means cutting down on the use of electricity throughout the school. The Cool School Project also includes other schools such as Lindberg and Hazen High Schools.

This means shutting document cameras off when they’re not being used, shutting off computer screens, and reducing the amount of heat each classrooms use. Hallways are generally warm enough so many teachers lately have just been leaving they’re door open and the heat from the halls flow in. They’ve counted light bulbs and added up how many watts there are. Green Team members have asked teachers to unplug unnecessary devices such as, microwaves, coffee makers, using less lights. Meetings are generally the first Tuesday of each month in Stacy Snyder’s classroom, room 211.

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STUDENT OF THE MONTH

Representing Renton with Pride and Smiles

FEBUARY- JERRY DU MARCH- SOUVONNAH RAMSEY

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Michael Moore (above, left) and Alejandra Sanchez (above, right) getting the crowd pumped up as the emcees for the talent show.

KEY CLUB

Tamthy Le at the Tri-High Talent Show (above, right) reviews a script with a Hazen representative before the show.

FUTURE BUSINESS LEADERS OF AMERICA

SPEECH AND DEBATE

Key Club donates to FBLA hoops it up, on Speech and the community the court or virtually Debate takes State |Onna Giddens |Staff Reporter The smell of wood dust in the air and the loud sound of hammering completes the scene at Key Club, Wednesday March 5 at 2:30. They’re having a book drive, to donate books to “Read and Succeed,” a program that is committed to teaching children how to read. The books go to different locations such as hospitals, so kids can have something productive to do while waiting for their appointments. They built bookshelves to donate to the program.

“If people are interested in donating books, they can stop by Key Club and drop them off,” President Cindy Bautista said.

Key Club has lost a lot of their members since spring sports started. There were only 14 people who showed up for the meeting including the representatives. It would help a lot if students could participate in the book drive and donate books.

“It’s really helpful for people in the community, and I really like to help people,” Key Club member Eric Wing said.

| Shayna Tidwell |Copy Editor If you need something to do the first and third Wednesdays of each month, support FBLA and stop by a meeting to get involved.

They are always looking for new people to help with their events.

Lately, they’ve been planning a three on three basketball tournament. President Mekyia Smith describes it as “a fundraiser and also an opportunity for members to have hands-on business experience.” It was a successful event last year and promises to have even bigger success this year.

It costs $30 for a team of three students to compete in the tournament, but the cost decreases to $20 if you have a staff member on your team. A lot of staff members were willing to participate in this event last year, so ask around and start forming your teams.

You can participate with FBLA even if you don’t want to compete in the tournament.

There will be a Nintendo Wii competition in the rooms above the gym and you can help plan for other mini fundraisers to happen at the same time. This event will be after spring break so get ready and start getting in shape for this fierce competition.

Ian Coston | |Staff Reporter The room was full of suspense as the Debate Team awaited the results of the State Debate Tournament on March 14. There were schools from all over the state trying to prove that they could be the best. This year five hopefuls went to compete. “It was fun no matter if we make finals or not, everyone works really hard all year so I’m proud just to make it to state,” Sophomore Meykia Smith said.

Senior Angel Luton was lucky to take first place in “Humorous Interpretation” at state this year. Also placing was Redal Lewis and Angel Luton finaling at fifth place in “Duo Interpretation.”

Speech and Debate is now planning their end of the year banquet and candidates for president next year are Vincent Warren and Meykia Smith.

There are around ten categories to compete in, it looks great for college, you can win scholarships, learn speaking skills and you make lifelong friends even outside of our school.

If you are interested in joining Speech and Debate, see Mrs. Buchan for more details.

BAND

Band brings back Contest for WCD | Vivian Hoang | Managing Editor Tensions begin to fall and rise at the same time as band members from other competing schools swarm into the IPAC for the West Central District III Soundview Region Large Group Band Contest on March 26. Drum Major Jan Ramos stands stiffly in the lobby awaiting the arrival of the remaining schools.

The echo of the first performing band’s warm up scales resonated at around 8:04.

“It’s our first time hosting, so it’s kind of hectic right now,” Ramos said.

The contest hasn’t been hosted here in four years.

“We’ve been preparing for the contest for about two months. It’s not really about winning; it’s more about the scores,” Drum Major Marshall Bigelow said.

Fellow band members danced along as trumpet player Matt Liebrich played the “Peanut Butter Jelly Time” song on his iTouch.

“We might not do as well as last year since we have a new director and a lot of talking in class,” Liebrich said.

“I’m mainly nervous because I don’t think we can do our best. But we’ll see,” clarinet player Lyssa Monson said.

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| Luther Hughes III | Features Editor Watch mindless cartoons for three hours straight, nonstop. It should be just you, food, the remote, and the TV. Don’t text or call anybody. And don’t even think about getting on Myspace, Facebook, or YouTube. This is the time to relax. Embrace your inner child.

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Catch the bus to a best friend’s house.

While at your BFF’s house, laugh, joke, and have fun. Watch some “America’s Funniest Home Videos” on YouTube and just crack up. Talk about how the kid on the bus a couple days ago slipped and tried to play it off.

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Go to a McDonalds with your friend and pig out. Buy a Double Quarter Pounder meal and eat it there. Talk and laugh some more.

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Now head over to the mall. Not to shop, but to simply window-shop.

You don’t want to spend the little Go to the movies. Hopefully, you’ll money you have. Besides there’s make it to a matinee, so you can nothing like picking out your outfit before pay $6. Be considerate and let your buying it. friend pick a movie. Split a large popcorn and hope it fills you up. If it’s a horror movie act scared, if it’s a comedy pretend it’s funny. Don’t want to hurt your friend’s feelings.

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At your friend’s house, throw on some music and get your groove on. Show how much you improved on your dancing skills. Talk as a group about some good times in the past couple of weeks. Talk about the math test that the whole class almost failed.

Get some bus fare from your best friend. Tell them that since they picked the movie they should give you bus fare.

Tell everyone that you’ll text them tomorrow or hit them up on Myspace or Facebook.

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Call up some more friends and have a little get together at your best friend’s house. Buy two bags of chips so it won’t look like you’re just going over there because you’re a little hungry.

I Dream Of

“I was with a person and we were doing some stuff. Then I left and I saw my mom and she was like, why were you with him BLAH BLAH BLAH, he’s a horrible guy for you BLAH BLAH BLAH, and then we got in a big argument”. [Adriana Gadson, 11] My sister was screaming in the kitchen and then I came running in and she found a grasshopper in the dishwasher and I said ‘I’ll save you Nia’ and I opened the dishwasher and I was chasing the grasshopper, then the grasshopper swallowed my sister and I cut it open and I had to do CPR on my sister.”

[Siosiana Lauaki, 12] “I dreamed about meeting this one girl’s parents and it was my first time meeting them [I haven’t met them yet and I’m going to meet them today she’s just a really good friend and I am meeting her parents because I’m going to the dance with her at Lindbergh]”. [James Enebrad, 10] “I was trying to run away and I was in slow motion and the only way I could get away was by flipping. I was in my house in Washington then I went into the next room and

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Stop at McDonalds for dinner. This time, only buy one or two things off the Dollar Menu because that is all you can afford. Don’t eat there because by now you’re tired so you need to get home. Enjoy your dinner on the bus.

Finally you’re at home!

Spend the rest of the night on Myspace or Facebook talking to the friends you just saw. Tell online friends how your day was. They will probably enjoy the conversation, because they most likely did nothing all day.

I was in my Grandma’s living room in Oklahoma, then I went to the next room and I was back in Washington, it was weird”. [Christina Hay, 12] “I was in a fire. I don’t know I just woke up. I think I was at a party, someone was smoking and dropped a cigarette and it started”. [Mikaile Fortson, 11] “I don’t know some crazy guy was chasing me and he was going to kill me. We were in a field and a cemetery was around. But it was weird”. [Meagan Schmaling, 12] Me and my sister were driving in a G-Wagon over Seattle buildings at day time while everyone was watching us. After a while we jumped out and parachutes came out of nowhere and we landed safely on the ground”.

[Sarah Brooks, 9] “This was a happy dream because I got to see my grandpa again. We were riding bikes around my block like we used to do back in the day, before he passed away from cancer four years ago”. [Hamilton Carter, 9]

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These Shoes Were Made For...

|Ian Coston

|General Staff

... Fighting Owner: Sarah Brooks Type: Nike Cost: $60.00 Inside the Box: I was walking with my sister and I pushed her, then she pushed me and she took my shoes off and filled them up with some nasty dirt. After that I took her shoes off and threw them in a tree. Then we got in a fist fight. We laughed at first but then I got angry because my shoes were really nasty and dirty.

The Receipt: “In the end it was all good we will always be friends forever”

... Driving Owner: Marina Chebotareva Type: Furry Brown Slippers Cost: $15.00 Behind the Laces: I was learning how to drive and I took my dad’s car. I was trying to park and I accidentally crashed into my garage. The garage bent inward and inside the garage and there was paint on a shelf that had fallen down and I had to clean it up. Then I got paint on my shoes.

The Receipt: “I’m never going to drive again”

...Hospitals Owner:Louis Brown Type: Jordan 10/7 Fusions Cost: $170.00 Too Much Grip:I got jumped for my laptop at the bus stop across from Safeway. The laptop was free; I got it from the teacher’s academy ran by Mr. Hougan. When I was fighting the two dudes I twisted my ankle between a car and the sidewalk. After all that I had to go to the hospital. My mom of course, was crying.

The Receipt: “That experience was devastating and crazy. I never thought that would happen to me”

FEATURES

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Be Black. Homo. Some dare both. | Hilina Haile | Public Relations You may not know it, but one of your close friends or family members might be gay. Research shows that at least one in every ten people is gay.

When thinking about homosexuality, a question comes to mind: Is it harder for some ethnicities to come out in the open about their sexuality than others?

Senior Nathan Hilton says it might be harder for African-American men “because they don’t want to be criticized; it is already hard enough for black men as it is.”

The stereotype is that all African-American men are manly and very athletic. Some people try to live up to that expectation.

“Yeah, because the black people in the school do. But it’s their choice and their standards,” junior Kevin Ream said.

It is possible to be an African-American man and be in touch with your feminine side. If one doesn’t fall under the African-American stereotype, people think that there is something wrong with them.

Senior Alexis Cormier contributes, “Black people in this society are seen as being strong and rough, the stereotype that’s placed on us makes our image and how people see us as something we at time base our lives on.”

I Was Late Because...

“I didn’t go to bed until like 1 o’clock in the morning” “Didn’t hear alarm go off ” “Turned her alarm off ” “Oh hell no . . . Turn on Channel 7 News”

| Luther Hughes III | Features Editor Are the stereotypes girls put on guys true?

Arrow sat down with a couple of students to find out.

Arrow: Why are guys stereotyped by girls?

Bayla Dangc: Sometimes because of the way they talk. Like they say “wassup, dog, dude, or the N-word,” like for every sentence.

Alex Williams: Yeah, same thing as what Bayla says.

Some dudes have high squeaky voices.

Arrow: Are all guys sex hungry?

Bayla: To me, yeah. I think so because the first thing is they see a hot girl. Getting to know them is the next step.

Alex: Only virgins, no, even virgins.

So are these the reasons why guys are stereotyped? But guys are guys, dog.

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After making their way through the maze of streets that is the trip to school, students arrive with a medley of excuses and reasons. ARROW reporters greeted the late arrivals outside the main entrance on Monday, March 23, 7:30-8:10 and tallied their responses.

“The weekend” “The weekend” “Stayed up too late” “Lives in Sammamish . . . the schools over there aren’t that good”

“My bus came late.”

“I bought her some flowers.”

“I stayed up too late. And I woke up late.”

“I overslept.”

“I had a girl over and she

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“The bus left me.”

“I forgot my camera.”

“I had a headache.”

“I over slept, and went to bed late.”

“I had to catch the bus late.

My brother thought it was funny to wake up late.”

“Take little sister to school.”

Faces

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1. Senior Alexis Cormier “His metaphors are untouched.” 2. Senior Ej Ballesteros “Gets off on hard beats. All about his hustle, like me.” 3. Senior Robert Richards’ Favorite Quote “Gotta die with money because I wasn’t born with it.”

4. Senior Ariel Stowers “His rhymes are funny and catchy” 5. Junior Vanessa Mason’s Favorite Song “Prom Queen” 6. Junior John Williams’ Favorite Song “3 Peat” 7. Junior Tyler Williams “I love his swag and the way he raps.” 8.

Junior Chris Ponciano “Hes so creative with his lyrics.” 9. Sophomore Jennifer Hoang “He has nice style and he has mad bars.” 10. Sophomore Devonte Lowe’s Favorite Song “New Orleans Maniac” 11. Sophomore Meykia Smith’s Favorite Song “Mrs. Officer” 12. Sophomore Lonzell Young’s Favorite Song “A Milli” “I like his swagger.” 13. Freshmen Asia Ali’s Favorite Song “A Milli”. 14. Freshmen Tyler Pascual’s Favorite Song “Ransom“ “He is good with words.” 15.

Freshmen Tawni Halfon’s Favorite Song “Mrs. Officer “ “I like his lyrics and his voice and he is funny.” 16. Freshmen Lanea Scheeler and Jimmy Phillips photos AK Sterling “He is different than other artists.”

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Alexander Williams preparing for his role as the ringleader, where he introduced the dancers, Jermey Edmonson, Luther Hughes, and Tamanh Le with the song “Circus” by Britney Spears.

Before the talent show performance, Shawn Tramble captures a picture of the three divas, Kaniesha Bray (left), Tia Barnes (middle), Shanay Echoles (right), who all delivered a high quality performance.

Jonathan Davis (left), James Spears (middle), Durrell Matthews (right), rocked the cr

To the left: Concentrated deeply in their performance, a couple of talented Renton High School dancers show off Jabbawockeez moves.

To the right: “Left, Right, Left”

by Drama set the stage for the members of the dance team to perform a boot camp themed routine. Prior to the show, they practiced everyday for a week, two hours each day at either Harambee or in the cafeteria.

Destiny King singing “At Last” by Etta James in a soulful tone, putting the crowd in the ’60s, with vocals that will never be forgotten. She sang beautifully, and her voice echoed across the stage and onto the cheering crowd.

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RAITS

rowd with an attention-grabbing performance. Renton’s drumline represented well.

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Triple the Talent;

Students received five minutes of fame at our very own talent show on Feb. Friday the 13. Many continued on to get their ego stroked at Tri-High on Wednesday, March 4. No matter where or when, the crowd followed to cheer our talented students on.

Singing his heart out, Chris Robinson, hit all the right notes singing a duet with his brother, Quincy who played the piano as well as helped with the vocals. They sang “So High” by John Legend.

Tamanh Le (left), Ada Chan (middle), and Marina Chebotareva (right), helped compose a creative musical piece to end the Tri-High show at Hazen High School. Their classical performance complimented the contemporary feel of the entire show.

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OPINIONS

Thumbs Up To...

. . . o u r Orchestra Quartet Ensemble for their victorious win at regionals. The sweatdripped strings they played awarded them second place, and granted them a chance for state. Normally, the orchestra has always been hidden behind sound-proof doors. With hope and appreciation, our support could help them bring home the greatest possession of state.

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...the added content of the daily announcements students receive in the morning.

It is given to inform students on the ongoing events at school, but when it is repeated continuously and announced after the event has happened, it brings boredom into our classes. The newfound creativity of the announcements grabs our attention.

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...to our school spirit and the class of ‘09. Seniors are the leaders of the school and they should be putting on the most memorable year, but right now, we are being remembered for our failures. It exemplifies the lack of spirit we acclaimed the years before to now, and has caused many downfalls at our school.

Our assemblies aren’t as enjoyable and clubs such as the National Honor Society, Key Club, and many other clubs are losing the momentum they used to have.

* This survey was based on the votes of our editorial board. Answers do not represent the opinion of RHS. Arrowheads w..

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Although we give full support to our own school, that shouldn’t mean we aren’t supportive of other schools in our district. If we had one giant school in the district, we would all be going to school together and supporting each other, but because of the limited capacity, we become divided, and that changes everything.

Recently, we had our traditional Tri-High Talent Show, and Hazen High School was kind enough to host. As a district coming together for a show, people were disappointed at the things that went on that night. Teachers yelled at students and the audience clapped off beat during an acappella performance, Since schools weren’t supporting each other, it reflected on the audience’s behavior when acts of misconduct were performed instead of student’s talents.

The schools are putting us in a position where we have to go against each other for activities such as sports, talent shows, newspapers, etc. And competition can be healthy, but we are not doing it in the most professional way.

We should be encouraging each other by showing as much school spirit as possible, but that doesn’t mean we should discourage others. This does not describe our school at all. Yes, our school might have some individuals who have certain issues, but we should not let that affect the total outlook of Renton.

... the Tri-High Clothing Drive and our school participation.

Though our school placed second for the first time in years, we still acquired mass amounts of donations for the organization, Del Mead. Winning is not only what makes our school great, but rather the courtesy of us giving back to those in need. And that is the moral trophy we always receive.

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Jimmy Phillips is obviously over it, and you sound desperate.............................Editor in Chief

Vy Huynh wants a new planet in her solar system.......................................................Editor in Chief

Vivian Hoang wants a pretzel and froyo.........................................................................Managing Editor

Shayna Tidwell feels like wearing her pajamas all day.............................................Copy Editor

Otoha Miyaji wants to learn Spanish.................................................................................Art Associate, Portraits Co-Editor

Tu-Anh Dinh ♥ five minute-ing.........................................................................................Portraits Co-Editor Angel Luton is going to Eastern...YAY GO EAGLES!.....................................................News Editor

Charissa Gunn is pumped cause she got into UW!...................................................Photography Editor

Lanea Scheeler got her prom dress. YAY!.......................................................................Photography Associate Marco Gastelum says what is Bethoven’s favorite fruit? BA-NA-NA-NA..........Photography General Staff Leah Estrella▼is too lazy to get up and get a cookie.............................................PR Representative, NUM83R5 Staff

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Luther Hughes is happy bootz; you wanna know why?..........................................Features Editor

Jermey Edmonson is giving a shout out to Frankie L..............................................A & E Editor

Timothy Ho needs to get out of the “friend” zone.......................................................Opinions Editor

Jennifer Nguyen says Marco has B***H pants.............................................................NUM83R5 Editor, Advertising Manager Alexandria Davis ♥’s Jesus with all her heart............................................................Perspectives Editor, Business Manager

Christian Martin is ready to waltz and salsa for Alexis’ Birthday...........................Play Hard Editor

Alexis Lagonoy is excited to see all different masks at her party.........................Play Hard Editor Tino Aquino is determined to stay in school.................................................................Play Hard General Staff, Co-Copy Editor

Linet Madeja ♥ is part of Seattle Pacific University’s Class of ‘13!!!.....................Co-Copy Editor Sinear Sadang wants prom to be over so she can eat chocolate again!.........Lessons Editor, Art Staff

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Hilina Haile likes fried chicken..............................................................................................PR Representative Chareese Neal is working hard, yet hardly working...................................................Staff Reporter Abdi Ahmed is not present in class at the moment...................................................Staff Reporter Elias Arnet is going to take French classes......................................................................Staff Reporter Ian Coston is going back to California...............................................................................Staff Reporter Bryan Diaz is looking for a girlfriend...................................................................................Staff Reporter Brenden Dowd wants to write his book.........................................................................Staff Reporter Onna Giddens is under the weather and is mad with her family.........................Staff Reporter Mohamadfarid Ahmach wants to go home.............................................................Staff Reporter Spencer Echon wants Lent to be over so he can eat McDonald’s..................... Guest Designer

Derek Smith is eating seventy seven peanut butter cups.......................................Adviser

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CORRECTIONS Much of the good of this publication is provided by faculty and students; it’s errors have been furnished exclusively by ARROW staff members. We would like to apologize for the false information on the article, “experimental heart” on our Arrow Issue 3, where the graph stated that “the coordinate (7,9) would be underneath the line of hotness when it was really above the line. Also, we would like to apologize to Rahmo Mohamed on her article, “ I carry a Scarf” in the Lit. Mag where we published the wrong information of “I have three other siblings but they passed away because of war, lack of food, and disease,” where it was actually a unknown cause of death. The article on the bottom of page 23 was credited to Tram Nguyen but it was not written by her though the true author has been misplaced.

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There is an anonymous mass murderer that lurks amongst us every day, a drainer of dreams and relationships. Who is this criminal of morale on the loose?

Hint: It’s someone we are all familiar with, an acquaintance that we have yet or may never grow accustomed to. A “blank-faced” criminal that cannot be seen, yet he takes on various identities. Still experiencing difficulties identifying the infamous spirit of spitefulness, this Ted Bundy of courage? Well despite his contradictory physical appearances or lack thereof, there is only one name that could take on such a reputation: Rejection. | Tino Aquino | Play Hard Staff There is an anonymous mass murderer that lurks amongst us every day, a drainer of dreams and relationships. Who is this criminal of morale on the loose? Hint: It’s someone we are all familiar with, an acquaintance that we have yet or may never grow accustomed to. A “blank-faced” criminal that cannot be seen, yet he takes on various identities. Still experiencing difficulties identifying the infamous spirit of spitefulness, this Ted Bundy of courage?

Well despite his contradictory physical appearances or lack thereof, there is only one name that could take on such a reputation: Rejection.

Rejection has many methods of barging its way through the most sensitive part of your heart with intents of malicious mayhem.

Whether it’s a “I think of us as just friends”, a “Your overqualified for this position,” (when in actuality you lied on your application in hopes the over-compensation would help get you your dream job). Or even perhaps a “We are sorry to inform you but your intelligence level is less than sub-par and we don’t need

your stupidity at our college.”

These are just some of the few scornful remarks that Rejection will throw at you.

Although it may feel that Rejection birthed miniature offspring in the deepest sector of your soul, bent on stomping on your dreams and aspirations with a size 15 steel toe boot, the only real way to fight back is to be thick skinned and endure the social and emotional agony. Yes, talking with friends and family you are comfortable with may be helpful, but in the end, you have to realize that possibly your crush was just too high maintenance, that job was going to be too stressful anyways, or that you think another university fits your personality and way of life better.

However, whatever the case may be, you must move on. Don’t let the fear of pain force you to shy away from what you want. Build up the courage to put yourself out there and realize that you’re going into a social battle field with only two possible outcomes: you either get what you want and you’re basking in bliss, or you get shut down and it feels your world plus the nearest galaxy has crushed your courage. Consider

the saying, “When one door closes another one opens. As individuals pursue a specific “door” they wish to access, their focus may be tunnel-visioned towards that specific entrance. And when the key is denied entry, people tend not to comprehend that there are more gateways out there because they spend all their energy and time forcing that key into a hole that will never fit.

So being prepared to hear the worst is crucial, but keep in mind you must be optimistic, balancing of the two is tricky but don’t be discouraged because it can be accomplished.

Unlike the poser in the hallway that thinks he/she is cool with everybody, Rejection cannot be avoided (unless you are socially isolated and decide to take no chances in life). So, after you are burnt by the embers of denial, rise from the ashes of rejection and fly free amongst the other opportunities that flock beside you. And with that kind of mentality, you will do your part in incarcerating Rejection behind the prison bars of integrity, putting a halt to all the senseless internal assassinations.

Sequel After Sequel After Sequel After Sequel After Sequel After Sequel After Sequel Sequel After Sequel After Sequel After Sequel After Sequel After Sequel After Sequel Sequel After Sequel After Sequel After Sequel After Sequel After Sequel After Sequel Sequel After Sequel After Sequel After Sequel After Sequel After Sequel After Sequel Sequel After Sequel After Sequel After Sequel After Sequel After Sequel After Sequel | Vivian Hoang | Managing Editor It’s one thing to already be milking a story for all it’s worth, but it’s an entirely other thing to ruin a perfectly fine story in the process.

There is a fine line between quality and quantity. The trend sequels tend to possess is the plain fact that they almost always ruin their predecessor.

But the worst part about a movie sequel or “triquel” for that matter, is that most times than not, there is no denying that the original was

better.

Yet there is always that hopeful expectation that it might possibly turn out decent, and the deception is just plain disappointing. Almost everyone will say they liked the original better after seeing the sequel. Very seldom will you find a sequel that is better than the first.

Also, the idea of having a number follow the title of a movie isn’t appealing at all.

It’s tacky, ugly and now in the age of SAW XVII and Scary Movie 43, it has become the epitome of disappointment.

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PERSPECTIVES What It Feels Like To Leave Your Home | Jennifer Nguyen | Advertising Manager Things at home, where I live with my sister, weren’t going very well. She nags and nags me about things around the house and how much more effort I need to put into my grades, which are like a roller coaster.

At first I tried my hardest to explain what was going on, but because she was so “fed up” with the situation, she decided to yell. My effort just wasn’t enough to make her listen. I hid every emotion I could and tried to talk things out for the last time before I knew I would explode.

It never happened.

So there we go, arguing at the top of our lungs. And as I go on and on, and she yells over me, I say things I never meant to say just to get her attention-- so she will hear me out.

“Pack your stuff and get out” were the last words I heard from her before I saw myself out of the house for a few days. It truly gets hard when two stubborn people, who live together, aren’t the best at communicating.

flights of stairs, I called my best friend. She came and picked me up and as we drove back to her house, I vented my heart out and told her everything that was going on because generally, I keep everything to myself.

After we got to her house, the two of us explained my situation to her parents, and I was able to stay there for a couple days while my sister and I relaxed and got some space from each other.

Being away from home was something that got me thinking about what I did wrong and how I could improve things in my life.

It also helped me set my priorities straight.

Yeah, friends are here for you for most of the time, but generally you need to learn how to live on your own.

About a week later I went back home.

We talked everything out and best of all we built a system where when we argue we just relax and try to hear each other out, even if we don’t want to. Life is good as long as you talk. I learned that, with a shoulder to lean on, blood is thicker than water.

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| TO BE LOST IN ANOTHER COUNTRY

LEFT FOR A FRY AND GOT LOST WITH THE FRENCH | Elias Arnet | Staff Reporter The houses get bigger; the alleys get wider and more crowded. Last year my family and I went on a vacation to France. My parents took a tour of a castle while I went downtown with 5 Euros. It took me about 15 minutes to get Downtown.

After a couple minutes of walking around in the rainy weather, I found a place to eat something. I ordered some sausage with curry sauce, which turned out to be really disgusting.

I was down to 3 Euros and my parents had another three hours at the castle.

That’s when I realized that I was lost. I tried to find a sign that would point me to the castle but I didn’t see one. After four long years of French lessons, I didn’t know what to say to ask for directions.

Walking around a foreign country with no one around to communicate with was awkward. I saw all these big beautiful churches around, so I walked near one and hoped that someone spoke English, but I couldn’t find anyone. I got tired so I just sat down next to the river and enjoyed the falling rain. I realized that I could see the castle from the river,

| TO SEE A GUN AT A PARTY

IT ISN’T EASY DANCING TO THE SOUND OF A GUN the only question was, which way do I go? I decided to go to the left but after 20 minutes of walking I had a feeling that making that left was a mistake.

As I got back to my original starting point, it felt like I had been walking for hours. Then ten minutes later, I spotted the castle; it took me another five minutes to get there, but I finally made it. I learned a lot of that day, but the most important part was to pay more attention during my long hours of French lessons.

| Luther Hughes | Features Editor I was my friend’s 17th birthday party dancing and having fun. Then all of the sudden, the music stops and I’m like “What’s going on?”

I noticed that everyone was looking toward the hallway, so I decided to join in and look over there as well.

Two guys seemed to be arguing. After the party, somebody said they were arguing about something that happened at the mall a couple hours earlier. I thought to myself “Great, here we go again.” Somebody always gets into it at parties,

and it gets pretty annoying.

Anyways, about two seconds later, everybody parted like the Red Sea and I see a guy’s gun pointed in my direction. I almost pissed in my pants. For that split second I thought to myself, “Oh no!” I jumped to the left of me. I was on top of people I didn’t know. All I could think about was how anybody could have died and how I could have died.

When they finally managed to tame the dude with the gun, the feeling in the room went from worried to calm.

I finally felt relieved.

Seeing that gun had me scared out of my shoes.

To think that anyone of us could have been murdered or even shot is a terrifying idea. One girl was telling her friends that he didn’t even have any bullets because bullets are too expensive to buy, and I thought to myself “Yeah, she’s right.”

He couldn’t have had any bullets; it was a front.

Seeing someone pointing a gun near the area around you is no laughing matter.

Since then I haven’t been to a party. I learned that I should always be aware of my surroundings.

LESSONS

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Vo•cab•u•lar•y [voh-kab-yuh-ler-ee] Bromance: n. A combination of

the words “brother” and “romance.

“Bromance” is a non-sexual relationship between two men that is unusually close.

It can apply to a heterosexual relationship or when one man is homosexual. He washed and folded my laundry while I was at work; that shows how strong of a bromance we have.

Shypod: n. When one is hesitant to share the contents of his/her iPod due to fear of what others will think. Because Bob downloaded Miley Cyrus’ “The Best of Both Worlds” he was totally shypod when John tried to look at his playlist.

Glamping: v. Camping made glamorous! No sleeping bag, a comfy bed, not to mention the freshly caught salmon cooked by your very own butler. You don’t even have to give up the wonderful aspects of the great outdoors. I love being outdoors when camping but I hate the bugs and sleeping on the rocky ground, I’d rather go glamping.

Recession Beard: n. Credit-crunchy facial hair; a result of the financial crisis.

My dad started growing a recession beard after he was laid off his job.

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Bathroom Blues: Door Handle Rejection |Sinear Sadang |Lessons Editor Billy: Teacher! May I use the bathroom real quick?

Teacher: Go ahead Billy, but you only have 3 minutes.

(10 minutes later) Teacher: Billy you’re late! After school detention for you!

So why did Billy get back so late?

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Schedule bathroom breaks - Go to 3. the bathroom during a certain time

you come across a locked bathroom. There are many bathrooms in the school and not all of them will be locked. You may need to travel awhile to another floor, or go to the other end of the hall. This is what Billy did.

He had to run to the 2nd floor, which caused him to go over the allotted bathroom time the teacher gave him. If you’re too lazy to go to another bathroom and don’t need to go that bad, then try the next solution.

much as four cups, can take 8-12 hours until it is completely full! Sometimes, it can even hold twice as much, without rupturing. So if it’s not an emergency at the moment, you can go back to class and hold it until passing time or at least until there is an open bathroom near your next class. But beware if you hold it for too long; you don’t want something bad happening. If you come across locked bathrooms very often, you may want to try out the third solution.

every day. This method seems to work best.

With a little pre-planning, and you won’t have any problems with locked bathrooms at all. Train yourself to go before school, at lunch, after school, at home, at work, or at your friend’s house. For example, set times where you’ll drink water each day. That water will then make you go to the bathroom at the same time every day. It may take a while to come up with a steady schedule but at the end, you’ll know exactly when you’ll have to go. Then you can put aside that detention you feared, or just forget about the germy school toilet seats that everybody uses.

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If there is any sport that has gone unrecognized at our school, it’s baseball. In previous years the team has failed to win with their lack of talent, however with a few turnarounds, they have started pulling in the W’s.

| Charissa Gunn | Photography Editor First the team got some talent with Justin Gunn, a last year graduate who has been playing baseball since he could walk and went on to UW with a full scholarship for his skills. Still this was not enough.

Even if you have talent on a team, you need to know how to use it. Coach Johnson sure did because the year he started coaching, they got their first two wins in seven years both against Tyee High School. He used Justin’s talent and put him at pitcher. There, Justin pitched a perfect game and led his team to victory.

“The coaches really help us with fundraising and do a lot so we can get better equipment.” Says Chris Ponciano, a Junior on the team.

The turnout has also made a huge jump in the past three years. There used to only be barely enough for a varsity. This year there were almost 40 people who tried out, most of them being underclassman.

“We lost most of our team to last year graduates,” Said Chris, “but if the new freshman and sophomores stay focused and committed, I think we will be able to make a huge improvement and have a great team.”

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“We do explo- In shot put, what sive workouts such kinds of workouts as power cleans and do you need to do snatches. Boys and to stay in shape? girls do same workouts, girls just have lighter work.”

“When training a lot of squats, running, and jumping is involved. There are different workouts each day for different events.”

“135 feet is my farthest throw in shot put. To get your best throw is to let your body guide you and by the end of your throw you will notice a difference.”

“36.7 feet was What is the my best throw. I furthest you have compete better mad thrown?

because aggression helps me to go all out in my throws.

Aggression helps me to push myself.”

“Your technique can always improve some way. It takes a year to get the basics but it takes a lifetime to get it down.”

“At first, it is a How long does it take to learn your little confusing. You can always improve technique? on something but you can never get it perfect.”

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Hardwork + Dedication = Our Soccer Captain

| Bryan Diaz | Staff Reporter Returning senior, Jorge Guzman has dedicated a lot of heart and time to the sport of soccer. This natural born soccer player has been playing for Renton since his freshman year.

He joined the team knowing that his skills would benefit the team.

“I have been captain two times already, for my junior and senior year

and it’s a hard job sometimes because you got to put your players in position and tell them what to do.” Said Guzman. “Yea it is because when it is really rainy and snowy the grass turns into mud and you get dirty.”

What is the deference between a soccer game and soccer practice.

Minor conditions stand as no barrier to the soccer team though.

As Captain Jorge Guzman brings his

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team to a hopeful satisfying season.

“In a game you run a lot and you can’t really stop after twentyfive minutes during half time and then scoring goals to win a game.”

Soccer not only takes physical ability but mentally ability as well.

Guzman does well bringing the team together as there is no “I” in team.

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| Sinear Sadang | Lessons Editor A lost spirit for tennis has been found again by senior, Matt Liebrich who revived his tennis-playing spirit during his junior year. Liebrich, also a former baseball player, believes his switch from baseball to tennis was definitely worth it.

“Everyone’s more fun and accepting in tennis.” tennis player Matt Liebrich said.

Tennis doesn’t get as much

attention and turn-out as other sports but you can guarantee creating an interesting memory.

“Some of the games I played were really intense and were tied the whole way through.” Liebrich said, “I was usually satisfied with the result, regardless of winning.”

Last year, Liebrich was a member of the junior varsity tennis team coached by Ashley Kohlmeier, who is now this year’s varsity tennis coach.

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Percentages of students who met standards on the Math WASL ’07 - ’08 Bellevue School Renton School District District

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Statistics gathered by the Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction website. Variables affecting standardized test scores may include: numerous student transitions within the district all students with 9th grade credits having to take the test (many were not prepared to face the assessment), more minorities and ELL students who were also required to take the standardized test.

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