Anna Marie Boria - 2012 Portfolio

2011-2012 Portfolio

Anna Marie Boria

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2906 South Semoran Boulevard, Apt. #7 Orlando, FL 32822 annamarieboria17@aol.com (407) 230-0398

Objective To obtain knowledge of the day-to-day workings of a doctor’s office through a part-time job or summer internship.

Education Completed three years at Boone High School.

Graduation date: May 2013 G.P.A 3.3 un-weighted, 4.4 weighted Top 17% of class EXPERIENCE Hi-Lights newspaper, Boone High School 

Aug 2011-present. Business Manager of campus newspaper. Included keeping record of all the money that came into the newspaper from either advertisers or donations. I designed and managed the advertisements that went into the paper using various professional programs. I sent proofs as well as billed advertisers and sent invoices. I also had to show exceptional customer service while keeping in contact with advertisers.

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Aug 2010-present. Newspaper staff member. Researched information for news articles using library and Web sources. Experience taking photographs, interviewing and working with programs essential in creating a publication such as Adobe InDesign, Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Bridge.

RELEVANT HIGH SCHOOL STUDIES Technical writing; computer classes providing knowledge of word processing; firm basis in publishing and design software.

HONORS, AWARDS, AND MEMBERSHIP    

Rollins College Talent Search Program, 2006-present A program that recruits low income students who have college potential and provide guidance to make it to college from middle school to their senior year.

Nomination into The National Society of High School Scholars, 2011 Recognition for academic achievements Invitation to attend the National Youth Leadership Forum on Medicine , 2011 Journalism Honor Roll, 2012-present

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Renée Burke, Journalism Adviser 407-443-8451 Reggie Drummond, Rollins College Talent Search adviser 407-646-1569 Teddy Rouque, Youth Group Leader 407-704-2238

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2906 S. Semoran Blvd.

Apt #7 Orlando, FL 32822 407-230-0398 annamarieboria17@aol.com annamarie17.tumblr.com @annamarieboria

Hi-Lights Newspaper

Business Manager

2906 S. Semoran Blvd.

Apt #7 Orlando, FL 32822 407-230-0398 annamarieboria17@aol.com annamarie17.tumblr.com @annamarieboria

Hi-Lights Newspaper

Business Manager

2906 S. Semoran Blvd.

Apt #7 Orlando, FL 32822 407-230-0398 annamarieboria17@aol.com annamarie17.tumblr.com @annamarieboria

Hi-Lights Newspaper

Business Manager

2906 S. Semoran Blvd.

Apt #7 Orlando, FL 32822 407-230-0398 annamarieboria17@aol.com annamarie17.tumblr.com @annamarieboria

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Hi-Lights Newspaper

Hi-Lights Newspaper

Business Manager

2906 S. Semoran Blvd.

Apt #7 Orlando, FL 32822 407-230-0398 annamarieboria17@aol.com annamarie17.tumblr.com @annamarieboria

Hi-Lights Newspaper

Business Manager

2906 S. Semoran Blvd.

Apt #7 Orlando, FL 32822 407-230-0398 annamarieboria17@aol.com annamarie17.tumblr.com @annamarieboria

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I feel very passionate about Journalism. It has become one of my new passions and it's interesting

to see my love for this subject continue to grow. My start in journalism happened with a very little assignment during the seventh grade. It's astonishing to see how one little busy work assignment affected my high school career in such a drastic way.

During seventh grade my teacher issued us an assignment to make up interview questions to ask

the protagonist in the book we were reading. After I turned in my paper with my questions my teacher pulled me aside and told me how impressed she was with my questions and how I should consider taking journalism into consideration as a possible career path. I told my mother the comment my teacher told me and when I was picking my electives for freshman year a year later my mother remembered that comment and advised me to put it on my form. It has been a whirlwind ever since.

To succeed in journalism I have had to fight with my biggest enemy, procrastination. Besides

procrastination I have had to set aside other subjects to focus solely on journalism. I love what I do as a staff member and if coming in early in the mornings, staying late after school even the occasional having to work through lunch is what I have to do to make sure I succeed then so be it.

I have contributed my time, my designs and my writing to journalism. My plans regarding

journalism are still very blurry to me. My entire life I have had concrete mental path on what career I would pursue but journalism has made me look at other options. If I do not take journalism as a main career path I still want to incorporate it somehow into the career I choose.

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The main thing I have learned this year is to simply design. Being the business manager this year

I had to design multiple advertisements. My first issue as the business manager was definitely a learning experience for me. After playing around with Indesign for hours the process of designing advertisements decreased tremendously. Tying in with my business manager duties I learned to write receipts, make invoices and I also improved my organization skills. I improved those skills by having to organize all the advertisement contracts and all of the money sent from advertisers. Seeing the amount of patience I had to have to organize everything having to do with advertisements really shows the dedication I have to get the job done.

Aside from my business manager duties I learned how to be creative while designing a headline

for the lacrosse page in our May issue. It was my first time designing something from scratch aside from advertisements. Being able to envision something in my head and seeing it become reality was very surreal.

Apart from just learning how to design and becoming more organized a situation occurred this

year that taught me how to stay positive during extreme hardships. A situation occurred in my personal life that affected my school life drastically. Being able to fight through that mainly because of newspaper really changed my outlook at the whole situation. I feel that is a kind of lesson that I can take with me always.

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My most significant piece of work and the piece that could still use work happen to be both in the

same issue. My most significant piece of work is my story on the local organization Clean the World. I believe that the best stories are the ones that write themselves and this story did just that. After my careful research and my hands on experience with the organization the story was such a breeze to write. For my final to Mrs. Burke I received a 97.5. I did not think that was even possible and it was an achievement to celebrate.

My purpose to write this story was to spotlight a local organization that recycles soap left over from

hotels to then give away to those who need it the most. Since I volunteered at the organization, spoke to several people and did careful research the first effort to the published piece did not change as much as other pieces of work I have done.

The main thing I learned while researching to write this story is the affect a simple bar of soap can

have on a group of needy people. I saw videos of the soap from this small organization arriving at these third world countries and seeing the way the people attacked those boxes was so moving. It really made me appreciate what I have and it motivated me to help out more in my community.

When I volunteered I had to carve out unwanted particles from the leftover soap sent by hotels. I

received a behind the scenes tour where I got to see the machines where the soap gets sanitized. I also went with the organization that day to a homeless shelter where I helped pass out sanitation kits to the homeless.

The typical interviews and follow up interviews that any story entails was part of the process as well.

I really enjoyed this story because I was able to be hands on in a organization that I was writing about

which I feel improved the quality of the story. Lastly, aside from being well researched I felt it was overall entertaining.

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By MARK VAGELAKOS In the modern day, it is an unfortunate necessity for donors to check into the background, employee salaries and even the tax files of charities one contributes to.

In the shadows of such vague and complicated bureaucracy, micro lending websites like kiva.org, a non profit that relies on donations and loans, simplify the charity process by acting as only a conduit between good hearted lenders and disadvantaged entrepreneurs. The best part about this good act is that Good Samaritans get their money back.

Micro lending provides a way for anyone around the world to lend to international entrepreneurs, usually in Africa, Asia and Eastern Europe, whose country either does not have the capability of setting up large lending institutions or discriminates heavily against them. For this reason, micro lending is especially useful for women who are often seen as less than equal to men in business capabilities. Of those receiving loans on kiva.org, 80 percent are women.

While there is a chance that lenders will not give the money back, kiva.org currently boasts a 98.9 percent repayment rate from the $309,323,800 they have lent.

Once entrepreneurs set up their profile, either by themselves or more often through a third party mission group, lenders can provide loans anywhere from $20 to the full amount needed.

The entrepreneurs then follow a repayment plan, usually over a year or more. Their repayment determines the possibility for future loans.

Lending provides necessary capital

KICK-OFF. Carrying the American Cancer Society Relay For Life banner, survivors walk the first lap together. “Relay is a fun event overall,” senior Samantha Kinser said. “Once on the track, everybody begins to feel like a family and is becomes united in fighting back.”

clubs and sponsors for the event. “[Being on the committee] is a lot of hard work, but it is extremely fulfilling,” Ballentine said. “I spend a lot of time talking to leaders around Boone, talking to them about starting up with Relay. It’s an awesome feeling, knowing that you’ve just helped an organization start relaying and fundraising.”

Apart from raising funds for cancer research, Relay is geared towards celebrating those who have beaten the disease, remembering those who have lost their battles with cancer, and encouraging those who are still fighting their battle with the disease.

While participants will be walking the track, food and drink will be sold, and several club games and activities will be held throughout the night. A car smashing will be active on the football field, where people pay to smash an old junkyard car with a myriad of tools; ranging from baseball bats, to sledge hammers. All proceeds from fundraising, concessions and activities will go towards the American Cancer Society to help fund cancer research.

After the sun goes down, a luminaria

ceremony is held, where candles are placed inside paper bags decorated to commemorate someone who has been affected by cancer. Participants walk a silent lap taken to honor the memory of those who have been lost, and the tributes are rearranged in the bleachers to spell out “HOPE.” “Relay has given me the opportunity to connect with the other cancer survivors in the community,” senior Samantha Kinser said. “It has also given me a chance to raise money for a very important cause and organize an event to celebrate the survivor’s success in their battle against cancer.”

Kinser, who initially started participating in Relay through Key Club, was diagnosed with skin cancer in March of 2010. After undergoing three surgeries, one in March, and two in May, Kinser had conquered her illness, and walked the survivor lap.

“Relay means the world to me. A lot of my family and friends have been affected by cancer and participating in Relay is my way of remembering and honoring them and their struggle,” Kinser said.

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By LIZZY GORDON Every three seconds, someone dies of hunger; that equals 16,000 people a day.

To make a difference, students can partner with Change This World. CTW is a local nonprofit organization that’s mission is to end world hunger.

A quarter is relatively small on the money scale, but with the help of CTW, a quarter is life changing.

A quarter provides a meal for a person suffering from malnutrition and starvation in Botswana, Haiti, Jamaica, Burundi, Peru, Honduras or Thailand.

“It is very empowering to know it is this simple to make a difference. The world produces enough food to feed every person 2700 calories per day. To some, the fact is frustrating, but to me it is inspiring. Change is possible,” volunteer coordinator Meaghan Crump said.

One meal includes soybeans, white long grained rice, vitamin fortified soy, a dehydrated blend of six vegetables, vitamins and mineral powder.

According to the World Health Organization hunger and malnutrition currently affect one in six people on the planet. Nearly 1 billion people are malnourished.

Since 2009, CTW has packaged 4.6 million meals, the total keeps rising as people continue to donate.

Every penny of the 25 cents is broken down. Eleven cents buys the product, two cents pays for transportation,

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seven cents goes to international shipping, one cent goes to labor, two cents goes to distribution and two cents go to overhead costs of CTW. If a student is interested in being involved in a packaging event, email Crump at Meaghan@changethisworld.com.

“Through Key Club, I made and sold lollipops and bracelets. It felt good to give my time and effort to CTW because it is a good cause,” senior Joel Simons said.

FOOD PACKAGING. Students pose for a picture while packaging food. “Students should get involved because it is a great and easy way to make a direct global impact in your own backyard,” volunteer coordinator, Meaghan Crump said. Students packaged 50,000 meals.

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25 cents helps Change This World end global starvation

By COOPER BROCK In May of 1985, Dr. Gordon Klatt walked around a track for 24 hours to raise funds for his patients who had been diagnosed with cancer.

Eighty-three miles and $27,000 later, Klatt had walked the first Relay for Life.

Twenty seven years later, Relay for Life is national, with over 5,000 communities across the nation hosting their own 24-hour night-around-the-track.

On May 18, Relay for Life for the Conway area will be on the school’s track, with the theme, “Illuminating the way to the Cure.”

“I want it to be a giant, crazy party that pulls the community together, all the while raising funds and awareness,” senior David Ballentine said.

A member of the Relay for Life Conway committee for two years, Ballentine is responsible for organizing

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on how many parents are present.

A single parent has to volunteer 300 hours; a two-parent household must complete 500 hours. People can meet these hours by helping build their own homes, a neighbor’s home and by working at the Habitat headquarters.

“Because I have a full time job here at Boone, I really only worked on two houses, mine and another family’s home for about the same amount of time,” Quinones said.

According to the Proclamation of the City of Orlando, 600 women spent 5,000 hours building 12 homes during the 2010 and 2011 Women Build Week.

Last year 24 houses were built in all, volunteers are always needed.

“The issue of housing affects everyone. Houses give you a sense of stability; families that apply tend to move a lot due to financial issues. Some youth may act up because of the stress of moving,” volunteer coordinator for Habitat for Humanity Jennifer Gallagher said.

If a student wishes to volunteer and get involved, he must be 16-years-old or older and must complete a volunteer application online. Students can help build a house by stabilizing walls, shingling the roof or by landscaping.

Students interested in volunteering can go to habitat-orlando.org for an application. Volunteer workdays are Wednesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays. “[Volunteering] was so much fun because everyone was cheerful. There

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is something everyone can do to help,” Diane Ringlund, a volunteer, said.

Students under the age of 16 can also get involved without working onsite.

“We have an off-site educational system where students can learn about Habitat for Humanity. They can also make lunches for volunteers and workers,” Gallagher said.

Each house costs roughly $59,000; to donate students can text “HOME” to 41518. Each text donates $10.

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Using a smartphone, take a picture of this QR to figure out how students can get involved.

SWEAT EQUITY. Volunteers paint town houses and secure the roofing as directors in blue shirts keep people on task and organized. “This year we have [constructed] around 15 homes,” Gallagher said. Each house takes around six months to construct.

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By ANNA MARIE BORIA As the girl opens the box, a smile streams across her face and screams a cry of joy. It was not a toy or a brand new pair of shoes but only a bar of soap.

To her, the soap bar can save her life.

Clean the World is a non-profit organization based in Downtown Orlando. This organization began when Clean the World’s president and cofounder Paul Till researched online and discovered that medical research shows the top two killers in children under the age of five are pneumonia and cholera, and learned that 60 percent of those diseases can be prevented through regular hand washing.

Hotels in America alone throw away one million bars of soap each day, this is why Clean the World has partnered with 1,300 hotels in the past three years. In the partnership, hotels give their used soap to Clean the World.

Clean the World recycles it, then gives it to countries where it is desperately needed as well as to people who need it

in our own community.

“When I leave a hotel I take that last look in the shower and [I would] see that bar of soap left. You really can’t pack a bar of soap like you can the shampoos and thought it to be such a waste [to throw away]. So, I thought this organization really had a simple solution,” Nichole Gordon, a local advocate for Clean the World, said.

The process of recycling the soap begins with surface cleaning, which volunteers do at Clean the World headquarters. The sanitizing process uses an eco-friendly, germ-fighting solution and then rebatches recycled bars into new bars of soap. With the help of a soap press, a machine compacts bars together; it is able to produce 80,000 soap bars per day. “[What caught my attention about this organization is] the fact that they are utilizing what people are throwing away and making good use out of it,” sophomore Elizabeth Gordon, who has

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volunteered, said.

Clean the World sends soap to more than 45 different countries including Albania, Armenia, Bolivia, Rwanda, Sierra Leone and Suriname.

“In 10 years, I’d like to see us capture at least 50 percent of the global hospitality market and, by doing so, change the way the hospitality industry deals with hotel waste,” Matt Gomez, Clean the World marketing and communications director, said.

Clean the World has multiple ways in which a person can help. People can text CLEAN to 20222 to donate $10, visit Change the World’s offices to volunteer; they are located at 400 A Pittman St., Orlando, FL 32801 or hold a soap drive. For more information, visit www.cleantheworld.org.

“If you want to be a part of something bigger than you and make an impact in someone’s life [this is the organization to be apart of],” freshman Grayson Gordon said.

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Using a smartphone, take a picture of this QR to find out more information about Clean the World.

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Local organization recycles soap, saves lives

I applied because I am a single parent. One of my children was born with Spinal Bifida and is wheel chair bound.

It has been a mission to find an affordable wheel chair accessible place to live.”

- ileana quinones, guidance clerk

By LIZZY GORDON A house is not simply a place to live; it is a fortress where people find comfort and security.

Families find themselves living impoverished houses and neighborhoods. Families tend to lose their sense of safety; but Habitat for Humanity helps restore their lives Since 1976, Habitat has been seeking to prevent poverty housing.

With the support of local companies, the non-profit organization, has built more than 200,000 houses worldwide, as well as provide 1 million people with safe, decent, affordable shelter.

“I applied because I am a single parent. [My daughter] was born with Spinal Bifida and is wheel chair bound. It has been a mission to find an affordable, wheel chair accessible place to live, and also I wanted to ensure that she would always have a place to call home,” Guidance clerk Ileana Quinones said.

Habitat does not give anyone a home. To receive a home, a family must attend orientation, send in a completed application, and then Habitat will look through finances to ensure that the family is capable of reimbursing them.

Families can only be approved if they meet qualifications and agree with something called sweat equity.

Sweat Equity is when a parent of the household volunteers with Habitat for Humanity. The time required depends

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My piece that could still use some work is my boys lacrosse story I wrote for the last issue. I knew

absolutely nothing about lacrosse prior to writing this story. I learned more about the nature of the sport to aid me throughout my writing process. My first draft of the story focused on a game early in the season. By the time we were going to press an important game recently occurred so I had to change multiple elements of the story which made it all the more difficult to write.

If I had the chance I would have started the story later to make it more relevant by the time we were

going to press to reduce an unnecessary amount of stress. I would have also interviewed more players to get more of a human element to the story rather than just a wrap up of the season.

During the writing process I interviewed multiple players and both of the coaches. I took photos at two

home games as well as researched lacrosse terminology prior to taking photos to actually understand what was going on in the game.

This was the first story I have ever gotten resubmitted. Having that happen made me feel terrible. On top

of that I was already very late because getting a good interview out of one of these boys was harder than any other group of interviews I have ever done. Now looking back I feel I could have done better at writing the story but I feel with the situation I was in I overall did not do too bad. Also I was very proud of myself for the photo I took for my story which made up for a good portion of the amount of stress this story gave me.

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Competition DYNAMICS ASSIST TEAM WINS THROUGHOUT SEASON

By LIA VILLAR Before every game, the girls are asked to put their left hand in the huddle because it’s closest to their heart. They are also asked to mentally prepare themselves to face off the opposing team but more importantly, win or lose, the girls are told to leave the field with their heads held high. “[Before a game I feel] very anxious. I always hope that the girls are ready to play and [hope] their mentality is out there to win. A lot of times even if we’re getting beat by two goals, their mentality comes down, [but] it’s about being able to get through the entire game whether we win or lose, with our heads held high and [playing] the whole 50 minutes of the game,” head coach Meg Lane said.

Moreover, the girls won against Cypress Creek (20-3) but ended the season with losses to Winter Park (11-17)

University (4-13) and Lake Highland (3-21). “[Sometimes] we’ll play down lower than our level but really, it’s about coming back and giving all you got. There are those games that are disappointing [and] things don’t necessarily go your way [but] if they play well, I always feel so proud of them and accomplished,” Lane said.

Beating their biggest rival, Edgewater (13-6), sophomore Lauren Edmonds had four ground balls and junior Brennah Mehan scored five goals. But the rivalry goes beyond the game, it goes to the girls of both teams, who have played on the same youth and club teams.

“Last season we lost [to Edgewater]. [This season] we were tied but then we started scoring more and got ahead. We played one of the best games in the whole season and we [got to] beat our rival,” sophomore Kiernan Mehan said.

Throughout the season, the team’s dynamic worked in their favor, even through the losses. “[During] the Winter Park game, we were down by a lot during the halftime but we came back like we were a whole

BOYS CROSS PATHS WITH BISHOP MOORE

By ANNA MARIE BORIA In overtime, the hearts of the crowd are pounding anxiously. The boys’ lacrosse team is tied in the district semifinal game against Bishop Moore. A premature roar is heard in the crowd as senior John Kissick makes a goal. The goal is recalled due to a crease violation, meaning Kissick entered unplayable space. Bishop Moore soon scores and wins 10-11.

“The Bishop Moore game I felt as if it were taken from us.

We were not playing at our best which was a game changer. It wasn’t like Bishop Moore stomped us, they got lucky,” junior defensive player Alan Kominowski said.

This game adds to the list of five games lost by the team in their regular season. Bishop Moore (7-8), Woodbury Forest (7-15), St. Thomas Aquinas (5-15), and Winter Park (10-11).

A record not meeting the players’ expectations.

“I don’t think the season met my expectations because we’ve had too many losses and injuries, but I feel we’ve done well in adjusting to those injuries and have had people step up,” sophomore offensive player Paul Chong said.

One player who has stepped up, according to head coach Elliot Whitton, is sophomore offensive player Kyle Irwin,

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CHECKING COMPETITION. In the game against Hewlett an opponent checks offensive player Mario Muniz. “The best thing about playing lacrosse is having fun with my friends,” Muniz, senior, said.

This was Muniz’s fourth year on the team. who contributed 10 goals this season.

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different tem. [Even though] we still lost, we played really well during the second half,” B. Mehan said.

In the same way the team has their strengths, senior Lindsay Miller’s weakness plays a role on the field too.

“I get really mad when someone hits me and [once] you get angry, you get a yellow card [for reacting but] I’ve done a lot better this year. I only got one yellow card,” L. Miller said.

Aside from team weaknesses, a team must practice.

Practice started off with a game having nothing to with lacrosse but to merely start practice of on a good note.

“I don’t always like starting off practice tough. Sometimes we don’t even play lacrosse, we’ll play something different so that they love lacrosse [even more],” Lane said.

In addition to the wins and losses of the season, L. Miller shows her admiration for her fellow teammates.

“I thought we had really good games like the Edgewater [and] Winter Park [game]. There were some games that we just gave up [but overall] we played our hearts out and never stopped trying,” L. Miller said.

game against Timber Creek.

The game against Timber Creek was an important win for the team because it was a team they have never beaten before.

“My proudest moment so far this season was beating Timber Creek because it was a huge win for us. It’s good to get that monkey off our back,” Kissick said.

Two of the key players on the team are seniors John Kissick and Mario Muniz.

Collectively Kissick and Muniz made 85 goals this season.

They contributed goals to every game. Aside from the games against St. Thomas Aquinas and Freedom where only Kissick scored and Hewlet where only Muniz scored.

According to Coach Whitton, Kissick and Muniz offensively make a good pair.

“The best thing about playing lacrosse is that it’s my passion. It’s what I know and playing it with my team; it’s like a big family,” Kissick said.

On the other hand, some of the more challenging games have been against the private schools on the roster.

“Our more challenging games have been against Lake Highland and St. Thomas Aquinas because with them being private schools, they have more resources than we do,” Whitton said.

Whitton feels the team needs to work on more effective team play on offense.

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This photo has to be my favorite photo I have ever taken. This photo

aside from being in focus, it close up and the center of visual interest has the ball. Another thing that attracts you to the photo is that when I shot it I caught a visually intriguing action taking place.

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I enjoy this picture because it is a crisp clean action shot. The lighting in this photo was

amazing and it displayed good depth of field. This photo is special to me because it was my first sport photo that ever got published. What attracts you is that Nikia is not in the middle of the photo nor is she the only one in the photo but she is the first thing that grabs your attention.

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This is one of the photos I took that made it on the cover of our May issue. The photo shows an action taking place but also

you can see a sense of emotion from this photo. You can see the joy in this volunteer's eyes as she prepares to help people in need.

What also attracted you to the photo is that the center of visual interest is not in the dead center of the photo.

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I put my heart and soul into being a publication kid which is how I'm an asset to this staff and

the 2012 edition of Hi-Lights. I made being on staff a number one priority which is displayed by my commitment to newspaper during class and outside of school. During class I would put my work on hold to assist a fellow staffer. I especially tried to go out of my way to help out the new staffers since I know first hand how difficult being a newbie can be. My dedication can be seen through the work I put in being the business manager this year.

I spent hours organizing all the advertisement contracts and the money from the

advertisements. I spent even more time typing everything into spread sheets and keeping in contact with all the advertisers each issue. Lastly I spent a lot of time designing advertisements and making sure every advertisement is where it needs to be when it is time to go to press.

I am the kind of staffer who if by accident I fall asleep before finishing a peer edit I will wake

up in the middle of the night to go and finish it. I also am the kind of staffer who makes sure every new person has my number to reach me at any time of the day or night for questions regarding newspaper. If I do not know the answer to their questions I am the kind of staffer to research and ask to make sure that person truly understands the area they were confused about.

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The biggest hardship this year was an internal battle that I had to overcome. There was a situation that

happened in my personal life in the beginning of the year that drastically affected my home and school life.

After that situation occurred I was told by a doctor that I was depressed. I wasn't acting like myself; I felt like I was in this hole and didn't know how to dig myself out. Normally my un-weighted grade point average being above a 3.7 plummeted into something that I am embarrassed about. Never have receiving lower than an 87 for a report card grade I received an unacceptable 69. The thing I regret the most is letting that situation affect my performance in newspaper.

At that point during my depression during the first and second deadline I barley could get out of bed in

the morning but I was able to find a groove that worked for me and completed my responsibility as the business manager. I did not though complete my responsibility as a writer for those first two issues. The first and second deadline honestly haunts me because I still can not believe I let a stupid family situation keep me from doing my best in the class I love the most.

In the end I came out of that hole with the help of newspaper. It gave me something to look forward to and

it was something I cared so much about that I was motivated to fight through it.

I learned from this situation and having such a terrible first and second deadline that I shouldn't let anything keep me from succeeding. If this problem rose again I would look at the positive side always and not let it affect the one area I am proud of; school.

Overall I feel I did not handle the situation as well as I should have but I feel since then I have grown a lot

and done more good things to overshadow my poor work done in the first two issues.

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On the midterm I put my greatest weakness publication related was keeping stress at a

minimum and letting outside sources affect my stress level. This had to do with the breakdown I had during the first two deadlines due to my family situation. I improved by saying to myself that no situation should keep me from doing my best. I was ashamed I did less than stellar so I had a major attitude adjustment.

I stayed away from the problem as much as possible. I did the three things that put me in

a better mood every day. I watched reruns of my favorite show Friends, blasted music as I did homework and being the nerd I am did extra math homework. After a while I got out of that hole and had a much better mindset.

Another thing I did to relieve my stress was to work on my time management skills. I made lists

of tasks I had to do and found other ways of relaxing at home aside from watching television. Overall I think I did a decent job at trying to improve and these weaknesses are something that I will continue to work on in the future.

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Team sets goal towards state title SEASON BRINGS STATE-WORTHY COACHING STAFF

Juan Caceres, junior Central Midfielder 1. What are your personal strengths?

I’m smart on the field, and I always give 100 percent.

2. When did you start playing?

Why? I have been playing since I was 4-years-old. My whole family plays and that’s how I got into it.

3. What is your most memorable game of the season?

Against St. Cloud, we won 8-2 and I also made two goals during that game.

4. Who is your sports idol? Why? Cristiano Ronaldo, he is quite simply the best soccer player in the world.

5. What is your favorite sports movie?

Goal is a great soccer movie.

By STEPHANIE GARCIA A parade of jerseys rush toward the field. With the piercing sound of a whistle, the athletes align to their starting positions. The match kicks off.

“The teams’ energy is high. We are hungry, so to speak.

We come to games ready to win. Our goal is to go all the way and win a state title,” freshman Elijah Matthews said.

With a record of 7-1-1, the introduction of the season gives way for a new coaching staff, head coach Bobby Hurring and assistant coach Trent Frederick. With over 10 years experience in training teams, Hurring and Frederick were the former coaches for Bishop Moore and led the varsity girls towards winning a state title in 2007. “[Hurring] is more experienced than some of the coaches we’ve had. He will make a good addition to our program,” senior Yousef Hassan said.

Under the new coaching style, the team is instituting an increased amount of drills and extensive exercises. To prepare for game day, practices focus on recreating gamelike situations. On the field, the phrase “keep the ball out of pressure” is constantly said among team members.

“The term refers to a possession style of playing. We don’t want the ball on the same side as the defense. We want to switch the field from time to time and play more one-on-

one,” Frederick said.

For competitive games like metros and districts, the coaches are preparing through intensive practices and by alternating players during matches to add depth to the team. For Frederick, communication is an area that needs improvement.

“We need to work on communication and playing more as a team. We have sprints of 20 minutes at a time where we play as one, but we need to improve on playing together throughout an entire game,” Frederick said.

In the Cypress Creek game on Dec. 7, the boys won, 3-0, with goals from juniors Juan Caceres and Jonathan Craig. The boys won again on Dec. 5 and Dec. 2 against East River (5-0) and Colonial (5-3). However, on Nov. 30, the boys suffered their first defeat of the season against Lake Nona, 2-1.

To Matthews, the most challenging game was Ocoee on Nov. 16. Since the rival team’s key players were successful during club season, the team viewed Ocoee as a tough competitor. With goals from Caceres, senior Leo Montaiuti, and sophomore Jerry Alvarado, the boys won 3-0.

In the game against St. Cloud on Nov. 11, the boys won 8-2. Dominating within the first quarter, the team scored 5-1, with goals from Caceres, Montaiuti and senior Samuel Torres.

Senior Gian Bertola made four assists during the game, nearly breaking the school record of assists.

“We have played better than I expected. We have only been a team for a couple of weeks, but it feels like we’ve been playing for years,” Hassan said.

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Girls’ season remains undefeated TEAM SHOWS STRONG CHANCE FOR WINNING DISTRICTS

By ANNA MARIE BORIA Hearts begin racing and the adrenaline rush kicks in as the army of orange and white huddles in the middle of the field to pray; always with their best foot forward.

“When the starters huddle up in the middle of the field and pray, it really puts us in the mind set of the game; it reminds us to not only think of winning but to protect each other as a team,” junior captain Alexandra Clayton, mid-fielder, who contributed three goals this season said.

The girls’ soccer team is surpassing its players and head coach Brooke Humphrey’s expectations by going undefeated for their first 10 games. Tying with Lyman (0-0) and Seminole (0-0), and beating Wekiva (4-3), Olympia (2-0), Master’s Academy (2-0), Colonial (8-0), West Orange (2-1), Cypress Creek (3-0), East River (3-0) and Lake Nona (7-1). A record the team has not seen in over five years.

“Our team works really well, our forwards and midfielders have been consistent with scoring almost every game and our defense works hard to keep the other team from scoring,” senior captain Katherine Gibson, defense, said.

The proudest moment this season was coming back from a

0-2 deficit during the first half against Wekiva to then win the game 4-3. “Strong leadership” and “strong communication” were said to be major factors in the final result.

“Wekiva was our most challenging game and so far the season is surpassing my expectations. The seniors are really stepping up and leading by example, verbally and physically,” Coach Humphrey said.

One of those seniors leading by example is mid-fielder and one of the captains, Nikia Toomey, who is known as one of the key players on the team. So far, she has contributed a total of five goals this season.

“After winning a close game, I feel so proud of the team. I also know it is our reward for our hard work during practice.

For the seniors, it is just awesome to see that our dedication is paying off,” senior Jennah Franklin, mid-fielder, said.

While the teams’ usual rival is Edgewater High School, they are no longer in their season schedule. Therefore, at the time of press, the girls were preparing for their toughest game of the season against Timber Creek High School, a team they lost to twice last year.

“Our main goal is to continue to improve from last year and prove to other schools that we can step up and show we’re top competitors,” Humphrey said.

With this undefeated streak under their belt, the girls plan to win districts.

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GOAL. During the second half, captain senior Nikia Toomey assists in making one of the first goals of the game against East River. “The best thing about playing soccer is getting to control the field and working hard to give my teammates opportunities to score,” Toomey said. This is Toomey’s fourth year on the girls varsity soccer team.

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Re ay raises funds EVENT ILLUMINATES HOPE ON MAY 18

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KICK-OFF. Carrying the American Cancer Society Relay For Life banner, survivors walk the first lap together. “Relay is a fun event overall,” senior Samantha Kinser said. “Once on the track, everybody begins to feel like a family and is becomes united in fighting back.”

Lending provides necessary capital

By MARK VAGELAKOS In the modern day, it is an unfortunate necessity for donors to check into the background, employee salaries and even the tax files of charities one contributes to.

In the shadows of such vague and complicated bureaucracy, micro lending websites like kiva.org, a non profit that relies on donations and loans, simplify the charity process by acting as only a conduit between good hearted lenders and disadvantaged entrepreneurs. The best part about this good act is that Good Samaritans get their money back.

Micro lending provides a way for anyone around the world to lend to international entrepreneurs, usually in Africa, Asia and Eastern Europe, whose country either does not have the capability of setting up large lending institutions or discriminates heavily against them. For this reason, micro lending is especially useful for women who are often seen as less than equal to men in business capabilities. Of those receiving loans on kiva.org, 80 percent are women.

While there is a chance that lenders will not give the money back, kiva.org currently boasts a 98.9 percent repayment rate from the $309,323,800 they have lent.

Once entrepreneurs set up their profile, either by themselves or more often through a third party mission group, lenders can provide loans anywhere from $20 to the full amount needed.

The entrepreneurs then follow a repayment plan, usually over a year or more. Their repayment determines the possibility for future loans.

By COOPER BROCK In May of 1985, Dr. Gordon Klatt walked around a track for 24 hours to raise funds for his patients who had been diagnosed with cancer.

Eighty-three miles and $27,000 later, Klatt had walked the first Relay for Life.

Twenty seven years later, Relay for Life is national, with over 5,000 communities across the nation hosting their own 24-hour night-around-the-track.

On May 18, Relay for Life for the Conway area will be on the school’s track, with the theme, “Illuminating the way to the Cure.”

“I want it to be a giant, crazy party that pulls the community together, all the while raising funds and awareness,” senior David Ballentine said.

A member of the Relay for Life Conway committee for two years, Ballentine is responsible for organizing

clubs and sponsors for the event. “[Being on the committee] is a lot of hard work, but it is extremely fulfilling,” Ballentine said. “I spend a lot of time talking to leaders around Boone, talking to them about starting up with Relay. It’s an awesome feeling, knowing that you’ve just helped an organization start relaying and fundraising.”

Apart from raising funds for cancer research, Relay is geared towards celebrating those who have beaten the disease, remembering those who have lost their battles with cancer, and encouraging those who are still fighting their battle with the disease.

While participants will be walking the track, food and drink will be sold, and several club games and activities will be held throughout the night. A car smashing will be active on the football field, where people pay to smash an old junkyard car with a myriad of tools; ranging from baseball bats, to sledge hammers. All proceeds from fundraising, concessions and activities will go towards the American Cancer Society to help fund cancer research.

After the sun goes down, a luminaria

ceremony is held, where candles are placed inside paper bags decorated to commemorate someone who has been affected by cancer. Participants walk a silent lap taken to honor the memory of those who have been lost, and the tributes are rearranged in the bleachers to spell out “HOPE.” “Relay has given me the opportunity to connect with the other cancer survivors in the community,” senior Samantha Kinser said. “It has also given me a chance to raise money for a very important cause and organize an event to celebrate the survivor’s success in their battle against cancer.”

Kinser, who initially started participating in Relay through Key Club, was diagnosed with skin cancer in March of 2010. After undergoing three surgeries, one in March, and two in May, Kinser had conquered her illness, and walked the survivor lap.

“Relay means the world to me. A lot of my family and friends have been affected by cancer and participating in Relay is my way of remembering and honoring them and their struggle,” Kinser said.

25 cents helps Change This World end global starvation

By LIZZY GORDON Every three seconds, someone dies of hunger; that equals 16,000 people a day.

To make a difference, students can partner with Change This World. CTW is a local nonprofit organization that’s mission is to end world hunger.

A quarter is relatively small on the money scale, but with the help of CTW, a quarter is life changing.

A quarter provides a meal for a person suffering from malnutrition and starvation in Botswana, Haiti, Jamaica, Burundi, Peru, Honduras or Thailand.

“It is very empowering to know it is this simple to make a difference. The world produces enough food to feed every person 2700 calories per day. To some, the fact is frustrating, but to me it is inspiring. Change is possible,” volunteer coordinator Meaghan Crump said.

One meal includes soybeans, white long grained rice, vitamin fortified soy, a dehydrated blend of six vegetables, vitamins and mineral powder.

According to the World Health Organization hunger and malnutrition currently affect one in six people on the planet. Nearly 1 billion people are malnourished.

Since 2009, CTW has packaged 4.6 million meals, the total keeps rising as people continue to donate.

Every penny of the 25 cents is broken down. Eleven cents buys the product, two cents pays for transportation,

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FOOD PACKAGING. Students pose for a picture while packaging food. “Students should get involved because it is a great and easy way to make a direct global impact in your own backyard,” volunteer coordinator, Meaghan Crump said. Students packaged 50,000 meals. seven cents goes to international shipping, one cent goes to labor, two cents goes to distribution and two cents go to overhead costs of CTW. If a student is interested in being involved in a packaging event, email Crump at Meaghan@changethisworld.com.

“Through Key Club, I made and sold lollipops and bracelets. It felt good to give my time and effort to CTW because it is a good cause,” senior Joel Simons said.

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Foundation constructs better life

I applied because I am a single parent. One of my children was born with Spinal Bifida and is wheel chair bound.

It has been a mission to find an affordable wheel chair accessible place to live.”

- ileana quinones, guidance clerk

By LIZZY GORDON A house is not simply a place to live; it is a fortress where people find comfort and security.

Families find themselves living impoverished houses and neighborhoods. Families tend to lose their sense of safety; but Habitat for Humanity helps restore their lives Since 1976, Habitat has been seeking to prevent poverty housing.

With the support of local companies, the non-profit organization, has built more than 200,000 houses worldwide, as well as provide 1 million people with safe, decent, affordable shelter.

“I applied because I am a single parent. [My daughter] was born with Spinal Bifida and is wheel chair bound. It has been a mission to find an affordable, wheel chair accessible place to live, and also I wanted to ensure that she would always have a place to call home,” Guidance clerk Ileana Quinones said.

Habitat does not give anyone a home. To receive a home, a family must attend orientation, send in a completed application, and then Habitat will look through finances to ensure that the family is capable of reimbursing them.

Families can only be approved if they meet qualifications and agree with something called sweat equity.

Sweat Equity is when a parent of the household volunteers with Habitat for Humanity. The time required depends

on how many parents are present.

A single parent has to volunteer 300 hours; a two-parent household must complete 500 hours. People can meet these hours by helping build their own homes, a neighbor’s home and by working at the Habitat headquarters.

“Because I have a full time job here at Boone, I really only worked on two houses, mine and another family’s home for about the same amount of time,” Quinones said.

According to the Proclamation of the City of Orlando, 600 women spent 5,000 hours building 12 homes during the 2010 and 2011 Women Build Week.

Last year 24 houses were built in all, volunteers are always needed.

“The issue of housing affects everyone. Houses give you a sense of stability; families that apply tend to move a lot due to financial issues. Some youth may act up because of the stress of moving,” volunteer coordinator for Habitat for Humanity Jennifer Gallagher said.

If a student wishes to volunteer and get involved, he must be 16-years-old or older and must complete a volunteer application online. Students can help build a house by stabilizing walls, shingling the roof or by landscaping.

Students interested in volunteering can go to habitat-orlando.org for an application. Volunteer workdays are Wednesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays. “[Volunteering] was so much fun because everyone was cheerful. There

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By ANNA MARIE BORIA As the girl opens the box, a smile streams across her face and screams a cry of joy. It was not a toy or a brand new pair of shoes but only a bar of soap.

To her, the soap bar can save her life.

Clean the World is a non-profit organization based in Downtown Orlando. This organization began when Clean the World’s president and cofounder Paul Till researched online and discovered that medical research shows the top two killers in children under the age of five are pneumonia and cholera, and learned that 60 percent of those diseases can be prevented through regular hand washing.

Hotels in America alone throw away one million bars of soap each day, this is why Clean the World has partnered with 1,300 hotels in the past three years. In the partnership, hotels give their used soap to Clean the World.

Clean the World recycles it, then gives it to countries where it is desperately needed as well as to people who need it

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in our own community.

“When I leave a hotel I take that last look in the shower and [I would] see that bar of soap left. You really can’t pack a bar of soap like you can the shampoos and thought it to be such a waste [to throw away]. So, I thought this organization really had a simple solution,” Nichole Gordon, a local advocate for Clean the World, said.

The process of recycling the soap begins with surface cleaning, which volunteers do at Clean the World headquarters. The sanitizing process uses an eco-friendly, germ-fighting solution and then rebatches recycled bars into new bars of soap. With the help of a soap press, a machine compacts bars together; it is able to produce 80,000 soap bars per day. “[What caught my attention about this organization is] the fact that they are utilizing what people are throwing away and making good use out of it,” sophomore Elizabeth Gordon, who has

I choose my story on Clean the World because of the amount

SWEAT EQUITY. Volunteers paint town houses and secure the roofing as directors in blue shirts keep people on task and organized. “This year we have [constructed] around 15 homes,” Gallagher said. Each house takes around six months to construct.

is something everyone can do to help,” Diane Ringlund, a volunteer, said.

Students under the age of 16 can also get involved without working onsite.

“We have an off-site educational system where students can learn about Habitat for Humanity. They can also make lunches for volunteers and workers,” Gallagher said.

Each house costs roughly $59,000; to donate students can text “HOME” to 41518. Each text donates $10.

volunteered, said.

Clean the World sends soap to more than 45 different countries including Albania, Armenia, Bolivia, Rwanda, Sierra Leone and Suriname.

“In 10 years, I’d like to see us capture at least 50 percent of the global hospitality market and, by doing so, change the way the hospitality industry deals with hotel waste,” Matt Gomez, Clean the World marketing and communications director, said.

Clean the World has multiple ways in which a person can help. People can text CLEAN to 20222 to donate $10, visit Change the World’s offices to volunteer; they are located at 400 A Pittman St., Orlando, FL 32801 or hold a soap drive. For more information, visit www.cleantheworld.org.

“If you want to be a part of something bigger than you and make an impact in someone’s life [this is the organization to be apart of],” freshman Grayson Gordon said.

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Entertainer keeps creativity flowing recognition he would have liked to

By ANNA MARIE BORIA Playing sold out arenas around the receive more.

Carrero-Santana describes his fond world, working with Latin music royalty and working on National Broadcasting moments while working with NBC Company, one of the biggest television were seeing his family flourish in the networks in America, is a dream. To field of entertainment. His nephew is television production teacher Gerald Latin Grammy Award winning rapper, Migelito and his niece plays Angie on Carrero-Santana, it is part of the Cartoon Network series Level Up. his resume.

“I got into broadcasting after being a Carrero-Santana was musician for so long a professional because I feel that musician before they go together. he became a The things that are the hardest to I was always so teacher.

He intrigued on how worked in the get are the most cherished. Let music industry your dreams take you on the ride of people could spend hours just looking for over 40 years your life. and worked with - gerald carrero-santana at a box,” CarreroSantana said. artists such as One of the main motivations for Jennifer Lopez, Gloria Estefan and Marc Anthony. Later, he became an switching to broadcasting was his daughter, Lilliana, who at age 13 was editor for NBC newscasts.

“The exposure is what inspired me kidnapped in Daytona Beach.

Being in the field of broadcasting to choose the field of music. I would enjoy having people tell me they saw opened multiple doors for Carrerome on TV and it was just visually Santana while he was searching for his daughter. Multiple programs where intriguing,” Carrero-Santana said.

Working behind the scenes at NBC, they show time-progressed photos of he felt frustrated because of the lack missing children, aided to eventually of recognition. Getting the occasional finding his daughter alive.

This experience changed his “pat on the back” was the kind of

occupational mindset; he felt the need to give back to the community and decided to try teaching.

“After a certain time you get tired of always traveling and not being able to see your family. One of the worst experiences is playing an arena on New Years Eve and when the clock strikes midnight seeing everyone hugging and kissing their families, but being thousands of miles away from yours,” Carrero-Santana said.

Carrero-Santana worked at Jones High School for over a decade before coming to Boone. The most challenging part of this change is the acceptance of the student body.

“It has been difficult to try to begin to fill these very big shoes since Mr. Lyons [former television production teacher] left. These students really enjoyed him,” Carrero-Santana said.

From a career spanning from NBC to Boone’s BBC, his tip to anyone interested in a possible career in the field of music or in television broadcasting is to stay focused.

“The things that are the hardest to get are the most cherished. Let your dreams take you on the ride of your life,” Carrero-Santana said.

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HELP OUT. While filming a BBC episode, Gerald Carrero-Santana explains an issue to interpreter Buddy Collins. “[My favorite part about being a teacher is] finding my students later and seeing the impact I had on their life,” Carerro-Santana said. This is Carerro-Santana’s first year teaching on campus.

memorable. I have heard rave reviews about it from peers and family members.

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I have grown tremendously since my first year on staff. Last year I barley knew how

to place a picture box in Indesign and now I'm designing advertisements, designing creative headlines and helping others in these areas. My theme from my portfolio last year was not completely original and I did not put much creative input in the design. This year I did everything I used for my design from scratch and a noticeable growth is shown from one year to the next.

A good notable difference I saw from last year is that my quality of writing has

improved drastically. Seeing my germ busters story, my first piece of work that got published, makes me smile because it is so cheesy and not as well researched. Now the quality of work I do I feel is more professional and more mature. An example of my more professional kind of work is my story on Clean the World.

I've grown in this class because I feel I can handle more responsibility without panicking

like I used to. I feel I can do this now because of my job as the business manager.

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Prom invites will be distributed Feb. 14 to all juniors and seniors. Prom tickets go on sale March 24-27.

Prom is April 26.

Location to be announced.

SOAP AND BUBBLES To kick off the Valentines Day season, local Simoniz car washes and sister brands Sparkling Image, Eager Beaver, and Sonny’s are offering customers holiday savings.

Customers visiting any of those locations before Feb. 14 will receive a full service car wash at half price.

All offers can be redeemed Feb. 15 through March 31, 2008.

CAT GOT YOUR TONGUE? On Feb. 12-15, sophomores will partake in FCAT writes.

NOT TOO LATE There is still time to apply for scholarships.

Applications and additional information concerning scholarships are available in College and Career.

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DID YOU KNOW? More than 35 million heartshaped boxes of chocolate will be sold for Valentine’s Day.

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Team sets goal towards state title Juan Caceres, junior Central Midfielder 1. What are your personal strengths?

I’m smart on the field, and I always give 100 percent.

2. When did you start playing?

Why? I have been playing since I was 4-years-old. My whole family plays and that’s how I got into it.

3. What is your most memorable game of the season?

Against St. Cloud, we won 8-2 and I also made two goals during that game.

4. Who is your sports idol? Why? Cristiano Ronaldo, he is quite simply the best soccer player in the world.

5. What is your favorite sports movie?

Goal is a great soccer movie.

SEASON BRINGS STATE-WORTHY COACHING STAFF

By STEPHANIE GARCIA A parade of jerseys rush toward the field. With the piercing sound of a whistle, the athletes align to their starting positions. The match kicks off.

“The teams’ energy is high. We are hungry, so to speak.

We come to games ready to win. Our goal is to go all the way and win a state title,” freshman Elijah Matthews said.

With a record of 7-1-1, the introduction of the season gives way for a new coaching staff, head coach Bobby Hurring and assistant coach Trent Frederick. With over 10 years experience in training teams, Hurring and Frederick were the former coaches for Bishop Moore and led the varsity girls towards winning a state title in 2007. “[Hurring] is more experienced than some of the coaches we’ve had. He will make a good addition to our program,” senior Yousef Hassan said.

Under the new coaching style, the team is instituting an increased amount of drills and extensive exercises. To prepare for game day, practices focus on recreating gamelike situations. On the field, the phrase “keep the ball out of pressure” is constantly said among team members.

“The term refers to a possession style of playing. We don’t want the ball on the same side as the defense. We want to switch the field from time to time and play more one-on-

one,” Frederick said.

For competitive games like metros and districts, the coaches are preparing through intensive practices and by alternating players during matches to add depth to the team. For Frederick, communication is an area that needs improvement.

“We need to work on communication and playing more as a team. We have sprints of 20 minutes at a time where we play as one, but we need to improve on playing together throughout an entire game,” Frederick said.

In the Cypress Creek game on Dec. 7, the boys won, 3-0, with goals from juniors Juan Caceres and Jonathan Craig. The boys won again on Dec. 5 and Dec. 2 against East River (5-0) and Colonial (5-3). However, on Nov. 30, the boys suffered their first defeat of the season against Lake Nona, 2-1.

To Matthews, the most challenging game was Ocoee on Nov. 16. Since the rival team’s key players were successful during club season, the team viewed Ocoee as a tough competitor. With goals from Caceres, senior Leo Montaiuti, and sophomore Jerry Alvarado, the boys won 3-0.

In the game against St. Cloud on Nov. 11, the boys won 8-2. Dominating within the first quarter, the team scored 5-1, with goals from Caceres, Montaiuti and senior Samuel Torres.

Senior Gian Bertola made four assists during the game, nearly breaking the school record of assists.

“We have played better than I expected. We have only been a team for a couple of weeks, but it feels like we’ve been playing for years,” Hassan said.

Girls’ season remains undefeated TEAM SHOWS STRONG CHANCE FOR WINNING DISTRICTS

By ANNA MARIE BORIA Hearts begin racing and the adrenaline rush kicks in as the army of orange and white huddles in the middle of the field to pray; always with their best foot forward.

“When the starters huddle up in the middle of the field and pray, it really puts us in the mind set of the game; it reminds us to not only think of winning but to protect each other as a team,” junior captain Alexandra Clayton, mid-fielder, who contributed three goals this season said.

The girls’ soccer team is surpassing its players and head coach Brooke Humphrey’s expectations by going undefeated for their first 10 games. Tying with Lyman (0-0) and Seminole (0-0), and beating Wekiva (4-3), Olympia (2-0), Master’s Academy (2-0), Colonial (8-0), West Orange (2-1), Cypress Creek (3-0), East River (3-0) and Lake Nona (7-1). A record the team has not seen in over five years.

“Our team works really well, our forwards and midfielders have been consistent with scoring almost every game and our defense works hard to keep the other team from scoring,” senior captain Katherine Gibson, defense, said.

The proudest moment this season was coming back from a

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0-2 deficit during the first half against Wekiva to then win the game 4-3. “Strong leadership” and “strong communication” were said to be major factors in the final result.

“Wekiva was our most challenging game and so far the season is surpassing my expectations. The seniors are really stepping up and leading by example, verbally and physically,” Coach Humphrey said.

One of those seniors leading by example is mid-fielder and one of the captains, Nikia Toomey, who is known as one of the key players on the team. So far, she has contributed a total of five goals this season.

“After winning a close game, I feel so proud of the team. I also know it is our reward for our hard work during practice.

For the seniors, it is just awesome to see that our dedication is paying off,” senior Jennah Franklin, mid-fielder, said.

While the teams’ usual rival is Edgewater High School, they are no longer in their season schedule. Therefore, at the time of press, the girls were preparing for their toughest game of the season against Timber Creek High School, a team they lost to twice last year.

“Our main goal is to continue to improve from last year and prove to other schools that we can step up and show we’re top competitors,” Humphrey said.

With this undefeated streak under their belt, the girls plan to win districts.

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GOAL. During the second half, captain senior Nikia Toomey assists in making one of the first goals of the game against East River. “The best thing about playing soccer is getting to control the field and working hard to give my teammates opportunities to score,” Toomey said. This is Toomey’s fourth year on the girls varsity soccer team.

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Actress Marilyn Monroe’s iconic scene from the 1955 movie The Seven Year Itch, inspired many designers such as Dolce & Gabbana and Christian Dior to create Monroethemed designs.

Elvis Presley, regarded as one of the most influential pop culture figures of the 20th century, challenged the social and racial barriers by creating diverse and rare combinations of sound and style.

Having released 22 studio albums in the U.K. and 24 in the U.S., The Rolling Stones worldwide sales are estiminated to be more than 200 million albums. The Rolling Stones became known for many popular hits such as “Paint it Black,” “Lady Jane” and “Ruby Tuesday.”

Originally being named Insta Burger King in 1954, the first Burger King opened in Miami, Florida, and today has over 11,000 restaurants in over 65 different countries.

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Having sold more than 2.6 million copies of “I Want To Hold Your Hand,” The Beatles were not just the poster boys for London’s mod scene but also for a cultural revolution. The Fab Four were collectively included in Time magazine as the 20th century’s 100 most influetinal people.

With technology slowly advancing, the landing of Apollo II on July 20, 1969, marks a day in history when the first men, Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin, also known as Buzz Aldrin, landed on the moon.

By ANNA MARIE BORIA Teenagers of today are being exposed to the lives of Hollywood’s elite almost continuously. This kind of exposure is influencing today’s youth in more ways than one.

The effects of influential celebrities can be positive as well as beneficial to a young adult’s life, especially if one lacks a positive influence. Seeing how certain stars portray themselves and handle certain situations can inspire a teenager.

“I think teenagers look up to celebrities who they feel they have a certain connection to, which inspires teens to be like them in different ways,” sophomore Jalen Harper said.

One of those inspire worthy celebrities is four time Grammy award winner Taylor Swift. Swift has donated millions of dollars to charities such as the Red Cross and has received a VH1 Do Something Award in honor of her efforts to the community. She is star girls of all ages can find relatable and one of the few young starlets who goes through the Hollywood spotlight with elegance and poise.

“Taylor Swift has inspired everything from my hair to my music choices. I look toward her music for relationship advice and find Taylor Swift relatable because she’s not perfect, but she goes by her own morals and is not influenced by negative things,” junior

CELEBRITY ACTIONS INSPIRE TEENS

Spending much of the late 70s trying to spread peace and cultural understanding, singer and rastafarian Bob Marley and his friends formed the Wailing Wailers and sold more than 20 million records.

Twiggy became the world’s first supermodel in the “swinging sixties” by modeling internationally in France, Japan and America.

Her boyish, skinny frame, short haircut, wide eyes and thick eyelashes became Twiggy’s signature look.

Ivy Lane, junior

What is your favorite item to wear?

Why? Shoes, I’m a shoe freak

How would you describe Boone’s style?

It can’t be just one particular style, it’s pretty individualized

How would you describe your style?

Whatever I can get away with

In 1978, a portable CD player with thick buttons and a set of headphones, the Sony Walkman, made it easier and a lighter load for travelers to listen to music.

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Fashion was mainly inspired by heavy metal bands who promoted teased hair, ripped jeans and neon clothing. Big hair, the mullet and the perm were significant hairstyles through the 80s.

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With their original slogan being “Good Times, Great Salad, Olive Garden,” Olive Garden first opened in Orlando, Florida then in 1989, open 145 units, making it one of the fastest growing restaurants. Specializing in ItalianAmerican cuisine, Olive Garden now has more than 730 restaurants globally

Placing their sunglasses in movies like Risky Business starring Tom Cruise, Ray Bans took hold of Hollywood.

Pop legends like Madonna and Michael Jackson, and rock bands such as U2 and The Ramones wore them.

Selling more than 70 million albums, Madonna put 21 Top 10 hits in the U.S. making her a female pop legend in the music scene.

Ted Dabney and Nolan Bushnell created the first arcade game, Computer Space.

By DELANEE BOGAN Sifting through all of the clutter and miscellaneous clothing to discover hidden treasures below retail prices is a hobby for juniors Lauren Keith and Ivy Lane. They acquired the thrift store fever from Keith’s parents. They are two students among other teens who choose to shop at thrift stores instead of department stores.

“I think people are choosing to shop at thrift stores because they have cheaper clothes, a larger variety and unique clothing,” sophomore Ryan Classe said.

Classe prefers to shop at online stores such as vans.com or pacsun. com rather than shopping at thrift stores.

There are at least four thrift stores that are within six miles from the school. One Goodwill location is on East Michigan. Other stores include the Salvation Army on West Colonial Drive, The Village Community Thrift Shop on East Michigan, and the Community Thrift Store in Edgewood.

“Thrift stores have both their pros and cons. They have a wide variety of items, all at a consistently low price.

But you are never guaranteed you are going to find what you are looking for,” Keith said.

Teens are choosing to shop at thrift stores not only to save money, but because of the variety of clothes.

It gives teens the opportunity to purchase unique clothing that helps

This decade communicating became easier thanks to the emergence of the pocket sized cell phone, which made keeping tabs with friends and parents effortless.

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The comfortable grunge style fashion, instead of the bright colored clothing from the 80’s, was a messy punk rock look influenced by bands, such as Alice in Chains, Nirvana and Pearl Jam.

Music Television, today known as MTV, first launched in the U.S. on Aug. 31, 1981. The channel’s purpose was to promote music videos hosted by VJs, also known as video jockeys.

With the release of their first single, “Smells Like Teen Spirit,” Nirvana became the international voice for teenagers.

them express themselves and become individuals, even though it may take trips to different stores to find a specific article of clothing that they are looking for.

“I once spent four months looking for a plain black dress at every thrift store I went to, and only succeeded after much frustration. Department stores have the perks of having new clothes and a 99 percent guarantee to find what you want,” Keith said.

Keith has found three dresses at Goodwill and paid less than $2 for them. When thrifting, she usually finds plaid shirts, dresses and skirts.

Department stores are able to fulfill what one needs. One can choose the brand, color, and size one is looking for, but thrift stores have the advantage of having unique clothing for a low price.

Thrift stores not only sell clothes but they also sell phone cases, TVs, movies, childrens’ toys and books. “[Thrifting is] like extreme couponing. I found a brand new pair of Sperrys for $5, and online they were originally $80. I felt really excited after buying them,” Lane said.

Thrifting helps teach students how to manage money and learn the true value of a dollar. One can spend $50- 80 on one pair of jeans at Abercrombie and Fitch or spend less than $5 on a pair at a thrift store.

“You find unique clothes that you can’t get anywhere else and you get to be one of the few people who can say you own it,” sophomore Xena

Born as Marshall Bruce Mathers II but better known as Eminem or his alter ego Slim Shady, gained popularity with the release of his debut album, The Slim Shady LP. Later releasing his albums Relapse and Recovery, Eminem won 13 Grammys in his career.

Unlike the previous decades, fashion trends changed throughout the 2000’s giving it the nickname of “Mash up” fashion such as mixing prints.

Born in McComb, Mississippi, Britney Spears’ release of her sophomore album, Oops!...I Did It Again, sold over 10 million copies. In March 2011, Spears released her seventh album Femme Fatale and the albums first single “Hold It Against Me” debuted at number-one the Billboards Hot 100.

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First opening in Seattle, Washington on March 30, 1971, Starbucks more than 16,000 stores in 48 countries, Starbucks’ marketing strategies have made them the most popular brand of coffee.

The first generation MacBook Air was promoted as the World’s Thinnest Notebook and introduced at the Macworld Conference and Expo on Jan. 15, 2008. On July 20, 2011, Apple released the updated model which included a backlit keyboard.

What is your favorite item to wear? Why? Nothing in particular

How would you describe Boone’s style?

People just have bad style

How would you describe your style?

No brand names, stuff most people wouldn’t wear

Who is your style icon?

Myself

Where do you like to shop?

Thrift shops and places people don’t go to.

What are you wearing and where is it from?

Shirt - Goodwill Jeans - Sears Shoes - shop in New Smyrna

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Named after Steve Jobs’s favorite fruit, the Apple Corporation gives people easy access to not only music but also the ability to connect worldwide with the Facetime app that is now found on Apple products such as the MacBook Air, iPod touch and the current iPhone 4S.

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Having such a variety of items at thrift stores allows one to purchase new clothing periodically. Plato’s Closet located on Colonial Drive takes brand name clothing that is clean, and in style for one third of the original price. After the buyer approves the clothing items; one is paid cash, on the spot.

Dechoes, a resale store ,is also located on Colonial Drive. It has been voted best of Orlando for resale and vintage for the past nine years by the Orlando Weekly.

When selling an item, the store determines the value and gives one the option of 35 percent cash or 50 percent store credit.

At the Community Thrift Store in Edgewood there is a Sale of the Week that is determined by the color of the price tag. The color determines the price of the item. One can get up to 40 percent off at this thrift store.

“My biggest advice [to new thrifters] is to be very thorough.

Finding good things takes time; you have to sift through all the junk first.

It also is important to break out of your comfort zone. If it looks good, try it on, if it looks terrible don’t hesitate to put it back. And don’t forget to clean your closet and recycle your clothes,” Keith said

Recycling clothing gains popularity

Who is your style icon?

Beyonce

Where do you like to shop?

Goodwill and thrift stores

What are you wearing and where is it from?

Shirt - Goodwill Pants - Goodwill Accessories - Old Navy

Having no relation to one another, the members adopted Ramones as their surname. The Ramones were an American rock band formed in New York City and landed the Rolling Stone list of 50 Greatest Artist of All Time. The band performed 2,263 concerts and toured for 22 years.

A celebrity that has influenced me is Kanye West because he’s diverse.

A role model is someone you can look up to and use his example to make yourself better.

- aleczander beshere, freshman

Being one of the original Charlie’s Angels, Farrah Fawcett’s layered hair was popularised when the one-piece bathing suit poster sold over 8 million copies becoming the new iconic trend.

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These exceptional traits portrayed by Swift give a positive message to teenagers, unlike the traits portrayed by former Two and a Half Men star Charlie Sheen. Endless nights of partying, half a dozen stays in drug rehab and multiple arrests have turned this once top paid sitcom actor’s life into one continuous controversy.

“Charlie Sheen is a bad influence. A celebrity is someone you should be able to look up to. and doing drugs isn’t something you should do,” freshman Christina Dean said.

Living a controversial life can be a positive example to teenagers who may have drifted into an irresponsible path. It can only be true when a celebrity comes back from a troubled time stronger and more focused, which can inspire a teenager to do the same. No story resembles this more than the story of Britney Spears.

In 2007, the queen of pop’s breakdown was plastered in the media worldwide. The breakdown caused her to go into rehab, temporarily lose custody of her children and voluntarily lose her hair. By the end of 2008 she cleaned up her act and released two number one records Circus in 2008 and Femme Fatale in 2011 and is now happily engaged. Her journey is inspirational to a number of teenagers.

“Britney Spears has influenced me to just be myself and keep going. [She has showed me that] people will say and do harsh things but to keep going with your life and stay positive. Britney had a public meltdown but overcame it and still stayed true to herself,” senior Timothy Rivera said.

Aside from influencing fashion and musical choices, celebrities have the power to trend positivity as well as negativity to this generation.

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By ANNA MARIE BORIA Playing sold out arenas around the receive more.

Carrero-Santana describes his fond world, working with Latin music royalty and working on National Broadcasting moments while working with NBC Company, one of the biggest television were seeing his family flourish in the networks in America, is a dream. To field of entertainment. His nephew is television production teacher Gerald Latin Grammy Award winning rapper, Migelito and his niece plays Angie on Carrero-Santana, it is part of the Cartoon Network series Level Up. his resume.

“I got into broadcasting after being a Carrero-Santana was musician for so long a professional because I feel that musician before they go together. he became a The things that are the hardest to I was always so teacher.

He intrigued on how worked in the get are the most cherished. Let music industry your dreams take you on the ride of people could spend hours just looking for over 40 years your life. and worked with - gerald carrero-santana at a box,” CarreroSantana said. artists such as One of the main motivations for Jennifer Lopez, Gloria Estefan and Marc Anthony. Later, he became an switching to broadcasting was his daughter, Lilliana, who at age 13 was editor for NBC newscasts.

“The exposure is what inspired me kidnapped in Daytona Beach.

Being in the field of broadcasting to choose the field of music. I would enjoy having people tell me they saw opened multiple doors for Carrerome on TV and it was just visually Santana while he was searching for his daughter. Multiple programs where intriguing,” Carrero-Santana said.

Working behind the scenes at NBC, they show time-progressed photos of he felt frustrated because of the lack missing children, aided to eventually of recognition. Getting the occasional finding his daughter alive.

This experience changed his “pat on the back” was the kind of

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occupational mindset; he felt the need to give back to the community and decided to try teaching.

“After a certain time you get tired of always traveling and not being able to see your family. One of the worst experiences is playing an arena on New Years Eve and when the clock strikes midnight seeing everyone hugging and kissing their families, but being thousands of miles away from yours,” Carrero-Santana said.

Carrero-Santana worked at Jones High School for over a decade before coming to Boone. The most challenging part of this change is the acceptance of the student body.

“It has been difficult to try to begin to fill these very big shoes since Mr. Lyons [former television production teacher] left. These students really enjoyed him,” Carrero-Santana said.

From a career spanning from NBC to Boone’s BBC, his tip to anyone interested in a possible career in the field of music or in television broadcasting is to stay focused.

“The things that are the hardest to get are the most cherished. Let your dreams take you on the ride of your life,” Carrero-Santana said.

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HELP OUT. While filming a BBC episode, Gerald Carrero-Santana explains an issue to interpreter Buddy Collins. “[My favorite part about being a teacher is] finding my students later and seeing the impact I had on their life,” Carerro-Santana said. This is Carerro-Santana’s first year teaching on campus.

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By MARK VAGELAKOS In the modern day, it is an unfortunate necessity for donors to check into the background, employee salaries and even the tax files of charities one contributes to.

In the shadows of such vague and complicated bureaucracy, micro lending websites like kiva.org, a non profit that relies on donations and loans, simplify the charity process by acting as only a conduit between good hearted lenders and disadvantaged entrepreneurs. The best part about this good act is that Good Samaritans get their money back.

Micro lending provides a way for anyone around the world to lend to international entrepreneurs, usually in Africa, Asia and Eastern Europe, whose country either does not have the capability of setting up large lending institutions or discriminates heavily against them. For this reason, micro lending is especially useful for women who are often seen as less than equal to men in business capabilities. Of those receiving loans on kiva.org, 80 percent are women.

While there is a chance that lenders will not give the money back, kiva.org currently boasts a 98.9 percent repayment rate from the $309,323,800 they have lent.

Once entrepreneurs set up their profile, either by themselves or more often through a third party mission group, lenders can provide loans anywhere from $20 to the full amount needed.

The entrepreneurs then follow a repayment plan, usually over a year or more. Their repayment determines the possibility for future loans.

Lending provides necessary capital

KICK-OFF. Carrying the American Cancer Society Relay For Life banner, survivors walk the first lap together. “Relay is a fun event overall,” senior Samantha Kinser said. “Once on the track, everybody begins to feel like a family and is becomes united in fighting back.”

clubs and sponsors for the event. “[Being on the committee] is a lot of hard work, but it is extremely fulfilling,” Ballentine said. “I spend a lot of time talking to leaders around Boone, talking to them about starting up with Relay. It’s an awesome feeling, knowing that you’ve just helped an organization start relaying and fundraising.”

Apart from raising funds for cancer research, Relay is geared towards celebrating those who have beaten the disease, remembering those who have lost their battles with cancer, and encouraging those who are still fighting their battle with the disease.

While participants will be walking the track, food and drink will be sold, and several club games and activities will be held throughout the night. A car smashing will be active on the football field, where people pay to smash an old junkyard car with a myriad of tools; ranging from baseball bats, to sledge hammers. All proceeds from fundraising, concessions and activities will go towards the American Cancer Society to help fund cancer research.

After the sun goes down, a luminaria

ceremony is held, where candles are placed inside paper bags decorated to commemorate someone who has been affected by cancer. Participants walk a silent lap taken to honor the memory of those who have been lost, and the tributes are rearranged in the bleachers to spell out “HOPE.” “Relay has given me the opportunity to connect with the other cancer survivors in the community,” senior Samantha Kinser said. “It has also given me a chance to raise money for a very important cause and organize an event to celebrate the survivor’s success in their battle against cancer.”

Kinser, who initially started participating in Relay through Key Club, was diagnosed with skin cancer in March of 2010. After undergoing three surgeries, one in March, and two in May, Kinser had conquered her illness, and walked the survivor lap.

“Relay means the world to me. A lot of my family and friends have been affected by cancer and participating in Relay is my way of remembering and honoring them and their struggle,” Kinser said.

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By LIZZY GORDON Every three seconds, someone dies of hunger; that equals 16,000 people a day.

To make a difference, students can partner with Change This World. CTW is a local nonprofit organization that’s mission is to end world hunger.

A quarter is relatively small on the money scale, but with the help of CTW, a quarter is life changing.

A quarter provides a meal for a person suffering from malnutrition and starvation in Botswana, Haiti, Jamaica, Burundi, Peru, Honduras or Thailand.

“It is very empowering to know it is this simple to make a difference. The world produces enough food to feed every person 2700 calories per day. To some, the fact is frustrating, but to me it is inspiring. Change is possible,” volunteer coordinator Meaghan Crump said.

One meal includes soybeans, white long grained rice, vitamin fortified soy, a dehydrated blend of six vegetables, vitamins and mineral powder.

According to the World Health Organization hunger and malnutrition currently affect one in six people on the planet. Nearly 1 billion people are malnourished.

Since 2009, CTW has packaged 4.6 million meals, the total keeps rising as people continue to donate.

Every penny of the 25 cents is broken down. Eleven cents buys the product, two cents pays for transportation,

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seven cents goes to international shipping, one cent goes to labor, two cents goes to distribution and two cents go to overhead costs of CTW. If a student is interested in being involved in a packaging event, email Crump at Meaghan@changethisworld.com.

“Through Key Club, I made and sold lollipops and bracelets. It felt good to give my time and effort to CTW because it is a good cause,” senior Joel Simons said.

FOOD PACKAGING. Students pose for a picture while packaging food. “Students should get involved because it is a great and easy way to make a direct global impact in your own backyard,” volunteer coordinator, Meaghan Crump said. Students packaged 50,000 meals.

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25 cents helps Change This World end global starvation

By COOPER BROCK In May of 1985, Dr. Gordon Klatt walked around a track for 24 hours to raise funds for his patients who had been diagnosed with cancer.

Eighty-three miles and $27,000 later, Klatt had walked the first Relay for Life.

Twenty seven years later, Relay for Life is national, with over 5,000 communities across the nation hosting their own 24-hour night-around-the-track.

On May 18, Relay for Life for the Conway area will be on the school’s track, with the theme, “Illuminating the way to the Cure.”

“I want it to be a giant, crazy party that pulls the community together, all the while raising funds and awareness,” senior David Ballentine said.

A member of the Relay for Life Conway committee for two years, Ballentine is responsible for organizing

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on how many parents are present.

A single parent has to volunteer 300 hours; a two-parent household must complete 500 hours. People can meet these hours by helping build their own homes, a neighbor’s home and by working at the Habitat headquarters.

“Because I have a full time job here at Boone, I really only worked on two houses, mine and another family’s home for about the same amount of time,” Quinones said.

According to the Proclamation of the City of Orlando, 600 women spent 5,000 hours building 12 homes during the 2010 and 2011 Women Build Week.

Last year 24 houses were built in all, volunteers are always needed.

“The issue of housing affects everyone. Houses give you a sense of stability; families that apply tend to move a lot due to financial issues. Some youth may act up because of the stress of moving,” volunteer coordinator for Habitat for Humanity Jennifer Gallagher said.

If a student wishes to volunteer and get involved, he must be 16-years-old or older and must complete a volunteer application online. Students can help build a house by stabilizing walls, shingling the roof or by landscaping.

Students interested in volunteering can go to habitat-orlando.org for an application. Volunteer workdays are Wednesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays. “[Volunteering] was so much fun because everyone was cheerful. There

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is something everyone can do to help,” Diane Ringlund, a volunteer, said.

Students under the age of 16 can also get involved without working onsite.

“We have an off-site educational system where students can learn about Habitat for Humanity. They can also make lunches for volunteers and workers,” Gallagher said.

Each house costs roughly $59,000; to donate students can text “HOME” to 41518. Each text donates $10.

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SWEAT EQUITY. Volunteers paint town houses and secure the roofing as directors in blue shirts keep people on task and organized. “This year we have [constructed] around 15 homes,” Gallagher said. Each house takes around six months to construct.

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By ANNA MARIE BORIA As the girl opens the box, a smile streams across her face and screams a cry of joy. It was not a toy or a brand new pair of shoes but only a bar of soap.

To her, the soap bar can save her life.

Clean the World is a non-profit organization based in Downtown Orlando. This organization began when Clean the World’s president and cofounder Paul Till researched online and discovered that medical research shows the top two killers in children under the age of five are pneumonia and cholera, and learned that 60 percent of those diseases can be prevented through regular hand washing.

Hotels in America alone throw away one million bars of soap each day, this is why Clean the World has partnered with 1,300 hotels in the past three years. In the partnership, hotels give their used soap to Clean the World.

Clean the World recycles it, then gives it to countries where it is desperately needed as well as to people who need it

in our own community.

“When I leave a hotel I take that last look in the shower and [I would] see that bar of soap left. You really can’t pack a bar of soap like you can the shampoos and thought it to be such a waste [to throw away]. So, I thought this organization really had a simple solution,” Nichole Gordon, a local advocate for Clean the World, said.

The process of recycling the soap begins with surface cleaning, which volunteers do at Clean the World headquarters. The sanitizing process uses an eco-friendly, germ-fighting solution and then rebatches recycled bars into new bars of soap. With the help of a soap press, a machine compacts bars together; it is able to produce 80,000 soap bars per day. “[What caught my attention about this organization is] the fact that they are utilizing what people are throwing away and making good use out of it,” sophomore Elizabeth Gordon, who has

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volunteered, said.

Clean the World sends soap to more than 45 different countries including Albania, Armenia, Bolivia, Rwanda, Sierra Leone and Suriname.

“In 10 years, I’d like to see us capture at least 50 percent of the global hospitality market and, by doing so, change the way the hospitality industry deals with hotel waste,” Matt Gomez, Clean the World marketing and communications director, said.

Clean the World has multiple ways in which a person can help. People can text CLEAN to 20222 to donate $10, visit Change the World’s offices to volunteer; they are located at 400 A Pittman St., Orlando, FL 32801 or hold a soap drive. For more information, visit www.cleantheworld.org.

“If you want to be a part of something bigger than you and make an impact in someone’s life [this is the organization to be apart of],” freshman Grayson Gordon said.

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I applied because I am a single parent. One of my children was born with Spinal Bifida and is wheel chair bound.

It has been a mission to find an affordable wheel chair accessible place to live.”

- ileana quinones, guidance clerk

By LIZZY GORDON A house is not simply a place to live; it is a fortress where people find comfort and security.

Families find themselves living impoverished houses and neighborhoods. Families tend to lose their sense of safety; but Habitat for Humanity helps restore their lives Since 1976, Habitat has been seeking to prevent poverty housing.

With the support of local companies, the non-profit organization, has built more than 200,000 houses worldwide, as well as provide 1 million people with safe, decent, affordable shelter.

“I applied because I am a single parent. [My daughter] was born with Spinal Bifida and is wheel chair bound. It has been a mission to find an affordable, wheel chair accessible place to live, and also I wanted to ensure that she would always have a place to call home,” Guidance clerk Ileana Quinones said.

Habitat does not give anyone a home. To receive a home, a family must attend orientation, send in a completed application, and then Habitat will look through finances to ensure that the family is capable of reimbursing them.

Families can only be approved if they meet qualifications and agree with something called sweat equity.

Sweat Equity is when a parent of the household volunteers with Habitat for Humanity. The time required depends

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Competition DYNAMICS ASSIST TEAM WINS THROUGHOUT SEASON

By LIA VILLAR Before every game, the girls are asked to put their left hand in the huddle because it’s closest to their heart. They are also asked to mentally prepare themselves to face off the opposing team but more importantly, win or lose, the girls are told to leave the field with their heads held high. “[Before a game I feel] very anxious. I always hope that the girls are ready to play and [hope] their mentality is out there to win. A lot of times even if we’re getting beat by two goals, their mentality comes down, [but] it’s about being able to get through the entire game whether we win or lose, with our heads held high and [playing] the whole 50 minutes of the game,” head coach Meg Lane said.

Moreover, the girls won against Cypress Creek (20-3) but ended the season with losses to Winter Park (11-17)

University (4-13) and Lake Highland (3-21). “[Sometimes] we’ll play down lower than our level but really, it’s about coming back and giving all you got. There are those games that are disappointing [and] things don’t necessarily go your way [but] if they play well, I always feel so proud of them and accomplished,” Lane said.

Beating their biggest rival, Edgewater (13-6), sophomore Lauren Edmonds had four ground balls and junior Brennah Mehan scored five goals. But the rivalry goes beyond the game, it goes to the girls of both teams, who have played on the same youth and club teams.

“Last season we lost [to Edgewater]. [This season] we were tied but then we started scoring more and got ahead. We played one of the best games in the whole season and we [got to] beat our rival,” sophomore Kiernan Mehan said.

Throughout the season, the team’s dynamic worked in their favor, even through the losses. “[During] the Winter Park game, we were down by a lot during the halftime but we came back like we were a whole

BOYS CROSS PATHS WITH BISHOP MOORE

By ANNA MARIE BORIA In overtime, the hearts of the crowd are pounding anxiously. The boys’ lacrosse team is tied in the district semifinal game against Bishop Moore. A premature roar is heard in the crowd as senior John Kissick makes a goal. The goal is recalled due to a crease violation, meaning Kissick entered unplayable space. Bishop Moore soon scores and wins 10-11.

“The Bishop Moore game I felt as if it were taken from us.

We were not playing at our best which was a game changer. It wasn’t like Bishop Moore stomped us, they got lucky,” junior defensive player Alan Kominowski said.

This game adds to the list of five games lost by the team in their regular season. Bishop Moore (7-8), Woodbury Forest (7-15), St. Thomas Aquinas (5-15), and Winter Park (10-11).

A record not meeting the players’ expectations.

“I don’t think the season met my expectations because we’ve had too many losses and injuries, but I feel we’ve done well in adjusting to those injuries and have had people step up,” sophomore offensive player Paul Chong said.

One player who has stepped up, according to head coach Elliot Whitton, is sophomore offensive player Kyle Irwin,

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CHECKING COMPETITION. In the game against Hewlett an opponent checks offensive player Mario Muniz. “The best thing about playing lacrosse is having fun with my friends,” Muniz, senior, said.

This was Muniz’s fourth year on the team. who contributed 10 goals this season.

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different tem. [Even though] we still lost, we played really well during the second half,” B. Mehan said.

In the same way the team has their strengths, senior Lindsay Miller’s weakness plays a role on the field too.

“I get really mad when someone hits me and [once] you get angry, you get a yellow card [for reacting but] I’ve done a lot better this year. I only got one yellow card,” L. Miller said.

Aside from team weaknesses, a team must practice.

Practice started off with a game having nothing to with lacrosse but to merely start practice of on a good note.

“I don’t always like starting off practice tough. Sometimes we don’t even play lacrosse, we’ll play something different so that they love lacrosse [even more],” Lane said.

In addition to the wins and losses of the season, L. Miller shows her admiration for her fellow teammates.

“I thought we had really good games like the Edgewater [and] Winter Park [game]. There were some games that we just gave up [but overall] we played our hearts out and never stopped trying,” L. Miller said.

game against Timber Creek.

The game against Timber Creek was an important win for the team because it was a team they have never beaten before.

“My proudest moment so far this season was beating Timber Creek because it was a huge win for us. It’s good to get that monkey off our back,” Kissick said.

Two of the key players on the team are seniors John Kissick and Mario Muniz.

Collectively Kissick and Muniz made 85 goals this season.

They contributed goals to every game. Aside from the games against St. Thomas Aquinas and Freedom where only Kissick scored and Hewlet where only Muniz scored.

According to Coach Whitton, Kissick and Muniz offensively make a good pair.

“The best thing about playing lacrosse is that it’s my passion. It’s what I know and playing it with my team; it’s like a big family,” Kissick said.

On the other hand, some of the more challenging games have been against the private schools on the roster.

“Our more challenging games have been against Lake Highland and St. Thomas Aquinas because with them being private schools, they have more resources than we do,” Whitton said.

Whitton feels the team needs to work on more effective team play on offense.

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By KARINA FLORES Silence fills the classroom as speechless students use their hands to communicate in a new way.

American Sign Language was added to the school’s curriculum by the school’s administration, after approximately 25 percent of the student body petitioned to have the class added.

ASL gives students the opportunity to learn an alternative form of communication while earning a foreign language credit.

The ASL teacher, Monica Bourret, believes it is important for Boone students to have an ASL class because of the deaf community already here.

Students in the class are already starting to communicate with their deaf peers.

“We learn a language that is not only good for communicating with people, but it also gives a sense of community with the deaf students,” junior Elisa Carrion said.

Under Florida law, the new class is an accredited foreign language elective that satisfies the requirement of at least two years of a foreign language needed to graduate high school.

Boone is one of the four schools in Orange County that has a Deaf or

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Deaf students attend classes just as other students do. Interpreters are provided to help DHH and students and teachers to communicate. The deaf students on campus are excited to have their peers learning the language they use to communicate.

“They love it. They are happy they have more kids to talk to and more friends to make,” Bourret said.

Currently, Bourret teaches

approximately 120 students in the three ASL classes available for students.

Students enrolled in ASL learn phrases that allow them to apply it in their everyday lives. Introducing oneself, giving descriptions and making requests are among the lessons they learn.

The students learn a history of ASL and receive an introduction into deaf culture. One student plans to carry on her knowledge of ASL after high school as a missionary overseas to help the deaf.

“I will use what I have learned when I travel to different places in the world and teach it to the hearing impaired and their families,” Carrion said.

Next year, Bourret hopes to have more students enroll in the class.

With universities such as Florida State University, University of Central Florida and University of Florida accepting ASL as a foreign language credit and FSU even offer an ASL class to allow students to continue with their ASL studies.

“It’s fun, well that’s what [the students] tell me, and they actually get to use it on campus. Hopefully we will get sign language teachers out of this,” Bourret said.

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GO FISH. During a silent game of Go Fish, sophomore Gabe Houston uses ASL to communicate. “It’s a unique and creative language. It opens up many doors into a new way of learning,” Houston said. The class teaches students to communicate with the DHH students.

How many of you have had to solicit the local businesses to support your group? Whether for ads, selling coupon books or asking for donations of money, food or drinks.

Because of the enormous generosity and support we get from Publix, Panera Bread, Jason’s Deli, Flippers, Einstein’s, 5 Guys, Chick-fil-A, JUST TO MENTION a few, we would like to publicly, as a UNITED BOONE ARMY, go out and THANK all these places!

We are asking the Boone Community (that is you, our students, parents, teachers & faculty, our alumni- EVERYONE associated with BHS) to join us in face to face “Thank You’s” to all the businesses that we constantly solicit throughout the school year.

WHEN: Homecoming Week, Saturday Oct. 21- Saturday Oct. 28.

HOW: Wearing “WE ARE BOONE” tee shirts, “WE ARE BOONE” lapel pins, and displaying the “WE ARE BOONE” yard signs.

“WE ARE BOONE” $5 tee shirts, $5 pins and $2 yard signs are available in the Trading Post*.

Wear your “We Are Boone” tee shirt all week and make it a point to personally thank the manager/owner everywhere you go. They are vital to Boone’s continued success in our sports and club programs! This is our chance to show that we are there supporting their businesses as well. Wear the Lapel Pins when possible, and display the yard sign the month of October. Come on Boone Army! Let’s thank our community! *The Trading Post is sponsored by the Boone High School Athletic Association

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Virtual school takes hold NEW LAW GIVES FRESHMEN ACADEMIC OPPORTUNITY

If you want to take a class online you have to manage time wisely and don’t procrastinate for two years like I did.

- Ejaz Barsati senior

By DELANEE BOGAN With numerous clicks of the mouse more and more students are beginning to sign up for Florida virtual school.

According to a new law passed by the United States Department of Education last year, students entering ninth grade are currently required to successfully complete one online course throughout their high school career.

If these requirements are not met, the student will not be able to graduate.

“I think [the new law] is good because the future is technology and when you continue your education post secondary more than likely you will have some classes online.” Guidance counselor James Caperton said.

This law gives students the opportunity to take an online course of their choice. The law is helping students learn how to manage and complete an online course that will prepare them for their future in college.

Online classes help students learn how to control procrastination, and

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teach them how to handle responsibility.

It also helps prepare them for college, since many colleges are converting to having classes online.

“It gives students more control of their education and for technical duel enrollment they do not have enough room in their schedule so having an online course option they can take a class of their choice.” Caperton said. “[When students take an online course they] need to set apart time for the course so they can finish on time,” senior Nicole Grandinette said.

According to Florida Virtual School the program spends $2,500 less per student than a traditional school does because they do not have to budget

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funds on transportation, or the constant upkeep of buildings. However, according to the Florida House of Representatives the law will end up costing the state up to $6 million.

It will mostly benefit Florida Virtual School because with the new law, part time enrollment rates will increase significantly in years to come. This law affects not only current but subsequent ninth graders to take an online course.

For some students, adding an online class to their schedule will interfere with clubs and sports, and will make managing homework from their core classes difficult. “[From this experience] I will learn how I feel about online learning, as well

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Students SOCIAL MEDIA SITES CONSUME TIME

By LIZZY GORDON As the school bell rings the anxious students rush home excitedly, not because they have a boat load of homework, instead they are excited to check out a new notification on their Facebook account. Everyone has an addiction; social media is becoming one of the most common.

Teenagers tend to find themselves in constant contact with their friends, whether it be through the Facebook application on their phone, Tumblr or through texting between classes.

“Facebook makes it really easy to reconnect with friends who I’ve lost touch with,” junior Victoria Treiber said. “I’ve found old friends from elementary school. Being on this site helps me reconnect with them and see what they’ve been up to.”

With advancements in technology, peoples’ social skills continue to decline due to lack of face to face contact with one another. According to a

ike social media

Google + 5 million

MySpace 100 million

Twitter 200 million

Facebook 800 million study conducted by Cybersentinel, the average teenager spends 31 hours on the computer a week, roughly 5.5 hours a day.

Daily, most teens spend an average of two hours on YouTube; the other three and a half hours are spent on social networking sites such as Tumblr, Twitter, MySpace and Facebook.

Students spend three hours a week on school related research.

According to CBS Minnesota, Facebook Depression exists.

Teenagers that suffer from this

depression tend to feel disheartened when they log into Facebook and do not have notifications.

“Girls, especially, may have this depression when they see boys commenting on other girls profile pictures. Seeing that could lower their self esteem,” sophomore Madison Nagle said.

Depending on the way a person uses these sites makes the addiction either positive or negative. On a positive note, social media frees the minds of people who just want to be who they are, and

say what they feel. “[On Tumblr] I can express myself however I want to, and nobody will judge me because they are doing the same thing. Unlike on Facebook, where you have to worry about drama,” sophomore Meghan Asbury said.

Teachers have started to use the social media site, Twitter, to their advantage. This site can tweet reminders about what to bring to class the next day, project due dates and homework assignments.

“It’s smart for educators to use technology to deliver helpful information. I’m using ProgressBook to upload copies of what we did in class so that students always have access to my course work wherever there is Internet connection,” english teacher Jennifer Hilley said.

Having homework and due dates posted online can benefit students too, as long as they follow their teacher on Twitter. If teachers create Facebook pages, this could be helpful because almost every teenager has a Facebook. “[Facebook helps me out because] I know stuff about school work that’s due the next day because I talk to my friends,” junior Kevin Lopez said.

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By DELANEE BOGAN

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COIN IT. In the credit union, sophomore Taylor Shenuski counts money. “Working in the credit union will help me experience a real work environment,” Shenuski said. Different students work in the credit union each period.

With money in hand, the eager student deposits his well earned savings at the credit union. With help of students in the Boone Branch, the credit union will protect his money.

The credit union gives students the opportunity to take out loans, receive a debit card and purchase discounted movie tickets and gift cards.

This program offers the same services that credit unions provide, but without any profit. Three students in the Academy of Finance program work in the federal credit union every period. “[Becoming a member of the credit union] is a great way for students to learn more about how to manage finances and it’s an opportunity for students to become more independent by being in control of their money as they learn how to be more responsible,” sophomore Gretchen Gutierrez said.

Lynn Dang and Maria Clevenger helped the students when the credit union opened in the beginning of August. The professionals taught the

students how to run a proper CFE. All finance students trained last summer for a week at the Lake Mary Branch. There they were taught how to use the software, and branch activities.

Anyone is eligible to become a member of the credit union as long as one lives in the Orange County.

“We have already opened over 200 accounts, which is incredible for our first year. I have definitely seen progress with other student tellers. They are getting into the routine of things and doing a great job serving our members,” senior Brandi Recker, branch manager, said.

While the credit union has already opened over 200 accounts, it is still encouraging more students to become members of the CFE. “[People should sign up for the credit union] so they can keep their money in a safe place while learning how to manage money for the future,” sophomore Taylor Shenuski said.

The Boone Branch is located on the right-hand side of the 100 building, and is open from 7 a.m-2 p.m. “[The credit union is a great way] for students to learn how to manage

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Students working in the program gain experience in the banking and finance field. They develop leadership, responsibility and people skills that will help them later on in their life and or with future jobs relating to finance.

“I think the credit union will always be expanding and I don’t think that we will be going away anytime soon.” sophomore Kevin Schoeppler said.

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What’s on the plate?

By MOLLY WALLACE Questions about diets will sometimes arise. Who is healthier? Who is eating more protein? But for some, a diet is not just one change in an eating pattern. For vegans, vegetarians and organic eaters, it is a commitment made to a lifestyle of either meat-free or completely natural foods. To explain and give insight on select eating habits, here are three plates, piled high with appetizing information.

Going organic Organic food is brought to consumers with no hormones, pesticides, fertilizers or any bioengineering. It is known as the “all natural diet”.

“You feel like you’re eating cleaner and healthier,” junior Vivian Motta said.

A plus for organic eating, in comparison to veganism and

Saving nature

vegetarianism, is that there is no concern with low iron or protein levels because one can still consume meat and dairy. In this aspect, shopping is done by searching for foods with the organic label on

Veganism is built upon the idea of saving

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animals and the environment, and prohibits

One thing to consider is the cost of buying organic food, but

consuming meat or any animal bi-products, like dairy.

Motta stresses the positives, and that there is a specific taste

Junior Chantelle Cade says she would not go back to

to all organic food, making it better.

eating meat and dairy as one is more familiar with.

“I have lost a lot of weight [eating organic], my

“I don’t dislike anything about being vegan,” Cade said. “I do

whole family has,” Motta said.

miss doughnuts, but not enough to go back.”

According to the New York Times, protein levels are a major

Animal lover

concern for vegans, but Cade disagrees.

“Most people get twice as much protein as they need in a day anyway,” Cade said. “I get my protein from beans and tofu.”

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“I gave up meat and became a vegetarian for moral reasons,”

“I like eating vegan,” Cade said. “[People] are just defensive about food.”

senior David Ballentine said.

Ballentine says cravings do arise, but abides by the facts claiming vegetarians live longer than meat-eaters. Myth or not, Ballentine is

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One concern for vegans is that they might be lacking in iodine and vitamins such as B12, A and D.

Organic food does not mean local food. At the local food market, make sure the farmer is USDA approved.

The vegetarian diet helps lower cholesterol levels in bodies as opposed to a meat-friendly diet.

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“I want to go at least five years [as vegetarian], then when I’m 25, I’ll try out veganism,” Ballentine said.

For a year and a half, Ballentine has been a vegetarian, and is seen proudly wearing a green bracelet with the words ‘omnivore’ in white on it.

“I miss meat a lot. You get cravings, but you save the lives of animals, so I think it’s worth it,” Ballentine said.

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GIRLS STRUGGLE TO FIND THEIR GROOVE

By COOPER BROCK After losing seniors at the close of last year’s near state champion season, the varsity girls volleyball team faces a new problem this year: consistency.

“We need to keep siding out and work on executing points from well placed passes. [To fix this] we’ve been practicing a lot everyday, especially on serve returns,” junior Alexandra Harvard said.

Harvard recently recovered from a concussion, pulled nerves in her neck and two slightly rotated vertebrae, which she received while playing an inflatable jousting game at a Fellowship of Christian Athletes event.

“We lost our setter, but it felt like we were losing a member of our family,” junior Kendall Sexton said.

After a visit to the neurosurgeon, Harvard went to physical therapy, and wore a neck brace for two weeks. She missed three games, and was unable to play during the team’s trip to a tournament in South Carolina.

“I felt bad watching [my team play], and after a week, I felt fine. That’s the

worst, not being able to play when you feel able to.” Harvard said.

On Tuesday, Sept. 27, Harvard joined the team in the game against Cypress Creek. The girls won 3-1, finishing the final game 25-17.

“We definitely did not play to the best of our abilities that night because we did not work our hardest, and weren’t focused,” junior Caroline Jordan said.

Jordan is a third year starter, and says the team’s main goal is to get to states.

To remind themselves of this goal, each member of the team paints her nails purple with the exception of the right ring finger, which she paints orange.

“The orange nail represents the team’s mutual goal to win states, because that finger is where our state ring would go,” Arkeilpane said. “I’d say our talent is spread out more evenly this year, and we can get to states if we have the proper motivation,” With a record of 9-6, the girls have won a little over half of their games.

Although only half way into their season, this is a major change to the near state champion record of 21-9 set

by last year’s team.

“Our worst game was against Dr. Phillips,” Sexton said. “We weren’t very positive. Every time we lost a point we could not find our groove to get back into the game,” The girls lost to Dr. Phillips, 3-1, after losing the first game 25-19, winning the second 18-25 and losing the last two games 25-22 and 25-23.

“People don’t trust each other on the court,” Sexton said. “Last year, we relied on one player, but now we have to rely on the entire team.”

To reach the state competition, the girls will have to win more than half of their next eight games, and win the district competition.

“I think we’re equally as equipped [as last year] to win states this year,” coach Mike Ladewski said. “We just have to get back there. We have a lot better of an attitude this time around, and in the end it is about how hard we work. We are a good team, we just have to be confident in ourselves.”

Tonight, the girls are off to the Tampa Invitational, which will be resumed tomorrow morning. Their next home game will be on Wednesday, Oct. 12, against University.

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Teams run competition over GIRLS MAINTAIN POSITIVITY

By MOLLY WALLACE The heat-ridden summer practices ended and are being replaced by two-adays. While the girls struggle to manage showering in the locker room before school and finishing homework after long workouts, they continue to focus on the goal of a good season.

“I work during the week, so managing time before and after school is tough,” senior Heather Classe said. “I often sacrifice my weekends for cross country.”

Classe says that her co-captain, senior Katherine Burns, also works after school and feels the pressure of dealing with multiple commitments, but the love for the sport remains.

“Proper attitude and commitment are the two most important ingredients,” coach Paul Katauskus said. “You have to love to run and be willing to everyday.”

The first meet, on Sept. 9, was the

BOYS RACE TO FINISH LINE

By JOSH HALLORAN At the sound of the gun, the boys set their pace for the rest of the race. The team looks to showcase their talents at the Hagerty Invitational in Oviedo on Oct. 8.

The boys had their first meet on Sept. 9, at the Déjà Vu Invitational in Tampa. Their top runner was senior Charles Collins who placed 42nd with a time of 17:32.80.

A muddy course made the race more difficult, causing some of the runners to not finish.

Sophomore Davis Coleman did not finish the Déjà Vu Invitational, but set a season high of 21:09.00 in the boys 5000 meter run at the DeLand

Deja Vu Invitational in Tampa where four girls, sophomore Alexandra Meneses, junior Michelle Duncan, Burns and Classe placed in the top 100.

“The toughest part of races is pushing yourself when you want to stop,” Burns said.

At the meet, Burns ran the three mile race in 22:29.20, placing 68th, while Classe ran it in 19:53.5, placing 6th.

On Sept. 17, at the DeLand Invitational, six girls placed in the top 100. Classe ranked third in the meet, but first for the team, running 19:41, and freshman Cassandra Katchum ranked sixth in the meet, second for the team, running 20:02.

However, the varsity girls did lose a key runner, senior Caroline Coleman, due to a stress fracture, one of the many injuries running athletes can face.

“I’ve seen a lot of stress fractures and shin splints,” Paul Katauskus said.

“Dealing with injuries is frustrating as a coach.”

On Sept. 24, at the UF Mountain Dew Invitational in Gainesville, three

girls placed in the top 100: Classe, Ketchum and freshman Claire Collins. Classe ran the three mile race in 20:03, Ketchum ran it in 20:54 and Collins ran it in 21:37.

“The team is doing good. We have the potential to go to states,” Burns said.

“We all have to work hard to get there.”

Classe claims that she and the team keep a positive attitude because the belief that with the team’s constant placement in the top 100 at meets, they have a chance to be placed in states. This will not be decided until regionals.

Invitational meet on Sept. 17. He placed 42nd.

“With being a two year veteran, I feel as if I can show the young ones how to train hard, and race hard,” Coleman said.

With a lot of young talent and few upperclassmen, three year veteran, junior Nathaniel Reiff looks forward to an exceptional season “For the returning runners we look forward to another season; we’re all determined to make states,” Reiff said.

As the runners look to compete at high stakes, the training is extensive.

The boys practice every day after school rotating from the weight room, to the pool, and to the track where they run up to 10 miles a day.

“The team as a whole has been training twice as hard to live up to its stature as a top Florida team,” Reiff

said.

“We’re more of a team this year; at practices we run together; we’re not all scattered around,” junior Adam Laxton said.

Laxton ran a 18:49.00 at the DeLand Invitational meet on Sept. 17. He ran his personal best all season while placing 7th out of 26 on the team.

The previous meet the boys raced in on Sept.

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The boys were lead by Collins with a time of 17:20.26 who placed 17th.

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Despite losses, boys keep positive attitude GOLFERS WORK TO KEEP FOCUSED

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LINE IT UP. On Wednesday, Sept. 7, Junior Tyler Stokes practices before a dual match against Bishop Moore and Lake Nona. “I haven’t stopped because it’s fun. It’s rewarding to see my improvement,” Stokes said. Stokes shot a 51.

By RUBEN CARRILLO It is a hot September day and there is no one in sight, just the boys and their clubs. They have arrived an hour and a half early to warm up and get the juices flowing. They do not care what they are going to do when they get home.

They are in the moment, ready to tee off, ready to start the wonderful, but occasionally aggravating game of golf.

The boys felt the aggravation of the game with a few close losses, like to Hagerty by one stroke, 194-193; and by three to Lake Nona, 171-174. The boys current record is 12-3, but they are remaining positive.

“We have a very difficult schedule this season, so that is about right where this team should be at this point in the season,” coach Todd Gregory said.

Like every team they have advantages and disadvantages. Sophomore Clinton Nickerson is confident in the ability to get on the green in a few strokes; junior Thomas Green thinks the team’s advantage is they can hit the ball far;

and coach Todd Gregory believes the strength is that the team consists primarily of first year players. Gregory said with everyone being new they have a desire to play and be a part of the matches and district tournament.

Nickerson believes the team’s three disadvantages are their short game, letting other things besides golf get into their heads, and that nobody on the team has a good day on the same day - all of which are items they are working to improve.

Joshua Maldonado, the sole freshman on the team, is playing well for his first season and is considered the rookie of the team. One of the leaders is senior Kyle Leveille who, coach Todd Gregory said, plays his best when it counts.

In the dual matches on Sept. 14 and Sept. 15, Leveille shot a 39. Even though the team lost three of those four matches, Leveille worked to show his teammates that consistency matters and that they need to keep their head in the game.

To prepare for all matches, “we focus on our game and goals and

we don’t worry about the other teams. Golf is a unique team sport because the other teams can’t play defense against us, so we can only focus on how we play,” Coach Gregory said.

The annual rival game against the Edgewater Eagles is Oct. 10, at the Country Club of Orlando at 8 a.m. Winter Park will also play in this match.

Favorite Courses

The golf team discloses their favorite courses

1. “Country Club of Orlando because it’s always in really good shape and everyone there shows a lot of class,” senior Kyle Leveille said.

2. “I like North Shore because the people who own the course are very welcoming,” junior Thomas Green said.

First year bowlers pull their weight WITH THE SENIORS GONE UNDERCLASSMEN STEP UP

By AUSTIN HALL Both bowling teams suffered tremendous losses when last years seniors graduated. The girls team alone lost five players, which is more than half of this year’s team. This gives the opportunity for younger bowlers to put themselves out there.

“We have a lot of new blood on both teams, but I am happy with the progress,” bowling coach Daniel Tringali said.

The boys bowling team had their first try-out before school started and the team did not muster up the minimum 10 boys that Tringali wanted. The second try-out during the first week of school garnered 10 bowlers on the boys team, and eight bowlers on the girls team.

The boys bowling team holds a 3-4 season record beating Lake Nona, East River and Oak Ridge, all by at least 171 pins, but losing to Timber Creek, University and Winter Park.

First year bowlers like juniors Hunter Monn and Stephanie Spence do not feel the pressure, but senior Ashley Cassidy feels differently. This is Cassidy’s first year on the school

bowling team but not her first year bowling in competitions.

Cassidy has been bowling since she was 5-years-old and has been competing in scholarship leagues up until this year, earning money towards her college fund. Cassidy is currently leading the girls team with a 153.5 pin average.

“The only thing going through my mind [when I release the ball] is ‘Am I going to get a strike?’,” Cassidy said.

The girls bowling team also holds a 3-3 record losing to University, Winter Park and Oak Ridge. “[Winning] makes me feel accomplished,” Spence said.

This is Spence’s first year on the team and she has the second best pin average on the girls’ team at 107.7.

Even with the huge loss of players, both bowling teams are learning and with new talent comes progress and potential.

Among those new players are more experienced players who help and support those in need.

At practice no good deed goes unsung. The amount of chemistry the bowlers share can be clearly seen by the showers of high fives and cheers after every bowl no matter what the score is, creating an atmosphere comparable to that of a family outing. This sets the bowling team apart from other sports teams.

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“My family watches the football “We gather around and tell stories “I eat turkey and rice with “My family and I go to my game before we eat dinner.” about certain past events.” beans, with my family.” grandparents’ for dinner,” - brandon reddick, - binit parikh, junior - sergio rivera, freshman - jarrett stalvey, senior sophomore “Every Thanksgiving my family plays cards, then we eat pie.”

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CITIZENS REBUILD. Haitian residents gather lumber to rebuild the ravaged Port au Prince after the 7.0 earthquake. To date, 600,000 Haitians live in refugee camps, waiting for repair.

HAITI STRUGGLES TO REBUILD

By MARK VAGELAKOS Nearly a year after Greece’s financial collapse, the classic behemoth is drowning in nearly $400 billion of international debt and impossible austerity payments from European loans.

The crisis stems from low interest loans Greece has taken out over the past decade. However, these loans could not be paid back after the global monetary collapse of 2009 when Greece’s economy crashed. Now the country relies on international support to bail out its economy but it is struggling to make payments on the borrowed funds.

Prime Minister George Papandreou is attempting to reduce the deficit with unpopular property taxes and public worker pay cuts and layoffs.

European donors have brokered a larger deal, giving Greece three years to catch up to its debt. However, Greek officials will still need to increase taxes, causing countrywide protests and large shifts in political party preferences.

By LINDSAY ALEXANDER Haiti’s infrastructure and government continue to be in a constant stalemate after the devastating earthquake Jan. 10, 2010, costing more than 250,000 lives.

The 2010 earthquake, the worst one in the region in 200 years, reduced capitol Port-au-Prince to mere rubble.

Currently, 600,000 Haitians still live in refugee camps while the rebuilding of the city has been slowed by political conflict.

American envoy former, President Bill Clinton, has been working with new Haitian Prime Minister Garry Conille to end months of political gridlock and focus on improving the environment, job creation, state of law, energy and education.

Despite good intentions, Haiti faces barriers to rebuilding.

In addition to bureaucratic problems, the cholera epidemic, which began in November 2010, has evolved to encompass 470,000 cases, killing 6,600, according the United Nations.

ROAD TO REVOLUTION Jan. 14, 2011: Tunisia overthrows dictator Ben Ali

Jan. 23, 2011: Egyptian citizens protest in Tahrir Square Feb. 20, 2011: 140 Libyan protesters killed by Quadaffi snipers.

Mar. 17, 2011: The United Nations sanctions air strikes against Mubarak regime.

Feb. 18, 2011: Mubarak resigns in the face of Egyptian rebels.

Aug. 21, 2011: Revolutionaries take control of Tripoli, Libya.

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How to successfully avoid a dating disaster

He & She SAID MEN SHOULD BE OLDFASHIONED , TREAT GIRLS WITH COURTESY

By KINSEY SEACORD Meeting a girl’s first date expectations is no easy task. It takes a true gentleman to uphold the standards of a first date.

While it can be argued this generation is more apt to treat males and females the same, chivalrous manners are timeless.

A first date is always make or break for a couple, so choosing the right location is key. Girls expect to be taken somewhere nice where a conversation can be held to further reveal compatibility. In a match.com survey, half the singles prefer a casual dinner for the first date; less than 1 percent chose the traditional movie theater stand-by.

During a movie, one simply sits there and watches a screen. There is no engaging interaction between the couple. A guy must choose a location that is quiet and intimate.

For the best results, gents should take their gals to a nice restaurant, like Carrabba’s.

Another expectation which should never go out of style is for the man to pay for the first date. According to match.com, 68 percent of men thought the man should pay the bill. This number is too low, men should pay 100 percent of the time. This gesture is not cheesy, it is polite. Going dutch, or splitting the check, is for when the couple is more acquainted or going steady.

Another common courtesy is for men to hold doors open for women and pull their chairs out when being seated.

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These acts are rooted in tradition and guys who do not do this for their dates are tacky.

The way a male acts on the date is the highest expectation that girls have. Ladies are looking for men who are confident in their skin. A girl’s date should make her laugh and make sure she is having a good time.

Boys should not pressure girls into awkward situations, but should keep the mood light.

Holding hands is a superb initiative to show interest while not getting too heavy.

According to smartgirl.org, 73 percent girls said they would hold hands on the first date.

Sadly, this generation of males has lost its sense of etiquette. No more classy compliments are given and eye contact is as rare as a “good hair day” for Donald Trump.

To make the night a success, males must focus on the girl they are with. Phones should be put away, and guys need to be courteous and complimentary since their date made an effort to be there and look attractive.

To pull off a flawless date, conversation is a must. It is up to the man, since he has asked a lady to accompany him, to make sure that communication is continuous.

It is imperative males make sure they are not simply firing questions as if in an interview. Girls expect their date to be interested in their lives, but not nosey.

One must also make sure the conversation is free flowing and does not turn into a speech.

No woman likes to listen to an egotistical man boast about his life for an entire evening.

There must be a perfect balance between communication and questions.

If a guy is not willing to act in this way, then he does not deserve to take a girl out.

So gentlemen date the way it should be done.

The first date should be like a fairytale. The guy should be the perfect gentleman.

- victoria murray, senior

GIRLS SHOULD SHOOT FOR MOTHER’S STAMP OF APPROVAL

By AUSTIN HALL One never gets a second chance at a first impression, it’s cliché but true. Men are fairly simple creatures, but are not oblivious to the little things. How a girl acts or dresses reveals much more about her than she thinks.

What to wear should depend upon the type of date. Wear something like a simple dress that looks nice, but is not too flashy. Clothes with a lot of different colors and shapes can distract a guy from conversation. His attention could stick on the complications of the dress instead of the conversation currently in progress. Aim to be the girl that a guy would bring home to mom, not a girl “The Situation” would take back to his apartment.

There is such a thing as too much skin, and if that line is crossed then guys will think that their date is promiscuous and loose interest.

From there on out a girl can become less of girlfriend material and more of a story to tell the guys later on in the evening.

Avoid overdoing anything; unless looking like a single mom that just stepped off the Rock of Love bus is one’s style, stray from putting on too much make up. If too much is used, makeup becomes an obstacle to hide behind instead of a tool to enhance beauty.

Having confidence goes a long way.

Even faking confidence is better than being insecure. Guys do not want to listen to their date constantly complain about how they think their dog is ignoring them, when it

The guy should not be boring. He needs to make sure there are no awkward moments.

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really does not matter.

There needs to be a balance, from the way each party presents itself to conversation involvement. Do not leave the conversation entirely on the man’s shoulders.

Men are territorial by nature, so it does not take much to make a guy get defensive.

Boys are not always the best at keeping their attention off other females, but both parties keeping their attention on each other allows for chemistry to flow uninterrupted.

Make sure to be engaged and avoid all conversation enders. If the guy asks a question and the response he gets is “I don’t know,” awkward silence is inevitable. Ask him the question and think of an answer while he says what he thinks. That question was likely asked for a reason. Talk about each others’ views without making it an argument.

This can also erect the opposite problem.

The sound of one’s own voice can be intoxicating but do not overwhelm him with more information than he needs.

Conversations are a two way street, so be sure not to control the conversation, but to invite a response so the conversation flows back and forth between each person.

Until the two change their relationship status to “in a relationship” on Facebook, and the honeymoon phase is over, it is the man’s responsibility to pay for dinner. There will be the occasional date that will ask for two checks, so always bring an emergency stash just in case the guy is too cheap for manners.

Too much good of a good thing can be a bad thing, so do not go overboard. It is always better to play it safe and highlight one’s strengths than to try and mask any flaws that guys normally would not notice.

The first date is to get to know each other so I expect her to be interesting.

[On a first date] I expect her to not nag all the time.

- paul nguyen, junior

- kerry alce, freshman

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Twins raise the “double” standard BROTHERS BALANCE ACADEMICS WITH RECREATION

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DOUBLE TIME. Standing on either side of the door, wearing the same color shirts, Dustin and Dylan gave the window the illusion of a mirror.

“We try not to dress the same,” Dylan said. “ The only time we ever did was when we were little, and our mom would dress us that way,”

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By COOPER BROCK If one thinks sharing a class period with a sibling is punishment enough, one should try sharing an entire class schedule with an identical twin.

Seniors Dustin and Dylan Fontaine are identical twins, who have the same schedule, and the same grades.

During their junior and sophomore years, Dylan and Dustin would often switch places multiple times throughout the semester. Now that they have the same schedule it impedes their ability to switch places.

“We used to switch places all the time,” Dustin said. “We would tell our friends ahead of time so they wouldn’t give us away.”

Dustin and Dylan would switch on days where they didn’t have tests, for a few class periods at a time.

“What was really funny was when I would tell people that I was Dylan when we actually weren’t switching,” Dustin said. “One time, after I told them I

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was Dylan, somebody said ‘Wow! I can really tell the difference’.”

Although their signature prank is switching schedules, Dylan and Dustin have ideas about other ways they can switch.

“A crazy prank would be switching at an important life event, like at graduation or at one of our weddings,” Dylan said.

Now that their schedule prevents them from practicing their standard tomfoolery, Dylan and Dustin are able to focus on maintaining their 4.0 grade point averages.

“We are committed to our grades because good grades lead to a successful future,” Dylan said. “Good grades will get us into a good college, which will get us good jobs.”

Dylan and Dustin are both on track to be valedictorians and say that having each other in every class does have its benefits.

“We always have someone to remind us when assignments are due,” Dustin said. “We don’t really study that much, but when we do, we quiz each other on the material and review the notes together.”

As far as extra curricular activities

go, Dustin plays for the varsity boys tennis team, while Dylan lifts with the varsity weight lifting team.

“I am into weight lifting because it is a sport that anyone can compete in, it just takes a lot of dedication,” Dylan said.

Dylan says weight lifting has contributed to his larger build, making it easier for people to tell him and Dustin apart.

“I am also much more handsome and a better driver,” Dylan said.

Both say they are close with each other, spending almost all their time together, and doing a lot of the same activities together. They go to the gym and work out together, attend their church’s youth group and hang out with the same people.

Coming into their senior year, both look to pursue a career in engineering after college, with the University of Florida and the Georgia Technical Institute as their top choices respectively.

“Actually we both independently chose UF,” Dylan said. “We have both liked the Gators for our whole lives, and it has one of the best engineering programs in the state.”

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Rivalries make sports fun photo courtesy/IRWIN FAMILY

SCALP EM. Before a FSU game, senior Bradley Irwin, Kyle Irwin, Brian Irwin, Cailyann Coble, Kevin Irwin and Robert Coble gather to cheer on their favorite team.

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NUMBER ONE FANS. After the National Championship game, the McEwan family (Robbie, Michael, Dominic, Elizabeth, Christina, Monica and Robbie Sr.) show their support of the #1 Gator team.

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By RUBEN CARILLO November marks a month of highly anticipated rivalry games. On Nov. 11, Boone and Edgewater will face off in their 60th match-up. For this competition sides are easily chosen. Also, on Nov. 26, the annual University of Florida versus Florida State University game takes place. However, the Irwin, McEwan and Smith family have chosen sides and they aren’t all the same.

The McEwan family will be ready to cheer on the Florida Gators, while the Irwin’s will be rooting for the Florida State Seminoles, and the Smith’s are a family divided.

The Gators had six consecutive wins against FSU until 2010 when the Seminoles won, 31-7. In the upcoming game, the Seminoles are ready to beat the Gators again.

While the match up is still weeks away, the trash talking has already begun. Senior Bradley Irwin posts statuses on his Facebook page to let everyone know how he feels or perhaps to anger those die-hard Florida fans. His posts include: “I can’t stand Gator fans. They’re so freakin’ cocky!!

No duh you’re 4-0 ... You’ve played unranked Florida Atlantic, unranked UAB, unranked Tennessee, and unranked Kentucky. I hope #3 Alabama gives you guys a wakeup call that you’re not all that.”

Then after the Alabama game on Oct.1, B. Irwin posted: “Welcome to The Swamp where the Tide Rolls through...”

B. Irwin says he is loyal to the Seminoles because his mom is an FSU alumni. His younger brother, Kevin Irwin believes that FSU has united his family because they all like the team and watch the games together.

No matter the team choice, tailgating is a favorite of both sides. All three families grill burgers, hot dogs and hang out

We Asked If you had to choose which would you pick, Gators or Seminoles?

53% Students prefer UF over FSU

47% Students prefer FSU over UF Number 283 polled, Oct. 24

with friends before for the big game.

“My favorite part is spending time with family and friends.

It gives us a chance after a busy week to be together. It’s nice to eat, throw a football around and converse. [I also like] the competitive atmosphere,” McEwan said.

Wyatt and Katy Smith are part of a house divided and really don’t mind it. Junior Wyatt Smith is an FSU fan because their brother went there, while Katy is a UF fan because their sister went there.

The Florida Gators and the Florida State Seminoles game will be aired on ESPN, the time is still to be announced, but the bets are being wagered, or wished upon.

“Winning by one field goal at the end of the game. That would be the perfect game against UF,” K. Irwin said.

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“I got a furry towel that left fur on me.”

- ronisha wiggans, junior

We asked 10 students to answer “What is the worst gift you have ever received?” in 10 words.

“One time I got a knitted sweater from my grandmother.”

- hope garcia-chavez, sophomore

“One time I got a flash drive in my stocking.”

- giusseppe theodoredis, junior

“When I was seven my aunt, “My grandmother got me a silver pine cone for Christmas.” got me pipe cleaners.”

- catherine horgan, junior - savannah varvel, sophomore

“One Christmas I got underwear and socks from my aunt.”

- abdiel gonzalez, freshman

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“I once got a sketch book, but I don’t draw.”

- rachael galatowitsch, freshman

“I got a pink sewing set for “I got a house phone shaped like Christmas last year.” a cell phone.”

- randall glasgow, sophomore - joseph hairston, senior

“My sister once got me an empty card for Christmas.”

- andres penagos, senior

Element Middle School FRIDAY NIGHT | Grades 6-8 January 20, 2012 6:30-9pm

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Scores soar, numbers plummet TEAM HOPES TO PIN OPPONENTS

Before every match I remind myself to do my best and have fun. You don’t want to lose but it happens.”

- joshua kahn, senior

By DELANEE BOGAN Beads of sweat dripped from the corners of junior Sanford Meeks’s head gear as he kept his opponent’s shoulders on the mat waiting for the referee to pound his fist declaring the pin.

Meeks has once again won another match.

Last year Meeks was the school’s first state champion in the 215 weight class.

“There really isn’t anyone who can beat me. I’ve been playing since I was six; it’s second nature,” Meeks said.

Meeks injured his shoulder and is preparing to return after winter break.

The team is focusing on balancing school work and time dedicated to wrestling. The incoming wrestlers are getting more experience on the mat and are taking tips from returning wrestlers. “[The team has improved both in] consistency and preparation, but we still have a lot of work to do,” head coach Danny Mauro said.

On Nov. 17, in the match against Ocoee, the team lost 39-42. They lost 18 points because they did not have

enough wrestlers to fill three weight classes, which has consistently been a weakness for the team.

“We’ve started off the season well.

Our biggest problem is filling the holes.

We need more people,” Mauro said.

Filling in the gaps is the key to winning for the team. If the gaps are filled, they will not be at such a disadvantage against the other team.

“It’s depressing because we’re good enough to win. We still know we won even though our record says otherwise,” senior Joshua Kahn said.

The team is deducted six points for every weight class not filled. “[Being at a disadvantage] pressures you to do well in your match, so your individual score helps the team,” senior Lee Hagood-James said.

Like Hagood-James, other wrestlers use the same strategy to help the team win back the points deducted due to lack of wrestlers.

“You’re on the mat by yourself, but what you do affects the whole team.

One match can decide the outcome of a game,” Kahn said.

The team forms a unit when they do hard work outs together or go on runs.

They help push each other to the limit and inspire one another.

“Everyone competes against each other, but we are a family,” Kahn said.

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PIN DOWN. In the match against Oak Ridge, senior Efrain Rohena works to pin his opponent.

“I like wrestling because it’s a great way to work out and improve my cardio,” Rohena said. This was Rohena’s first wrestling match due to a failed hydration test.

Despite the team’s overall record, Hagood-James is expected to qualify for the state tournament.

“Memories of loosing make me push myself harder,” Hagood-James said.

Although the team suffers from the lack of weight classes, they plan to

finish their season strong by learning from every loss.

The teams record is 3-8. They beat Oak Ridge on Dec. 8, 48-15.

The next home match is the Quad Match on Jan. 11, in the Wayne Rickman Gymnasium at 6 p.m.

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By COOPER BROCK In a world dominated by popular artists such as Mac Miller and Adele, the hidden gems of the music industry are often overlooked, and are robbed of the recognition and commendation their work deserves.

A refreshing change from the depressing emo-rock that has taken over the alternative genre is Male Bonding, an English punk rock group that finds the perfect balance between new wave and all out thrash.

Vocalist and lead guitarist John Arthur Webbs’s distinct and warm voice makes one reminisce of an old Beach Boys CD, and gives Male Bonding a unique sound and feel. Their recently released album, Endless Now, is a collection of headbanging harmonies that are sure to please classic rock and

alternative enthusiasts alike. The opening track, “Tame the Sun,” is a great preview of the coming tracks, catchy choruses, upbeat tempos, and distorted chord progressions that make up the substance of Male Bonding.

An accomplished comedian, writer, and actor, Donald Glover, also known by his stage name Childish Gambino, now gives Hip-Hop a fresh face and style. His unique approach to Hip-Hop, is that he does not take it seriously.

That is not to say he does not put effort into each rhyme, but rather he raps purely for recreation. Childish Gambino is just a side project for Glover, who stars on NBC’s Community.

With a background in comedy, creating clever sets of couplets was second nature for Glover, who took it a step further and released a Hip-Hop album, entitled Camp.

In one of the more powerful pieces on the album, “Bonfire,” Glover becomes a lyrical freight train, building momentum as the track progresses. Using rhymes like “My green is where it’s supposed to be, your green is in my grocery,” Glover demonstrates his ability to infuse his wit

into every rhyme.

A long standing, yet lesser known techno/electronic group, Passion Pit, mixes heavily synthesized techno with modern pop flare to bring an exciting and whimsical air to each track.

What started as a belated Valentine’s Day present to lead singer Michael Angelakos’ girlfriend, Passion Pit has evolved into a full fledged electro-pop group, bringing the best of both genres together. Their most recent release, Manners, offers a more refined experience than their first EP, Chunk of Change, having more uniform and identifiable sound.

The bonus track version, available on iTunes, features unplugged versions of “Moth’s Wings” and “Sleepyhead,” two tracks that are essential to the Passion Pit experience. Both originally effect-heavy pieces, Passion Pit does a magnificent job of stripping down the tracks, revealing melodies of incredible serenity.

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ATION R O P R CO SEPARATE CHURCH AND STATE Sam Holleman Columnist

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During the middle ages, there was virtually no separation between the Roman Catholic Church and the government that ruled over Europe.

The people of this time period were always told the only way to enter heaven (virtually every person in medieval Europe believed in heaven and hell and all that good stuff) was through the church, so not only were peasants working for free on church land, but the church also charged the people for religious services such as indulgences (where people paid to have their sins forgiven.) The church’s wealth soon surpassed the wealth of the government because the government did not force the church to pay taxes. The church, with its surplus of power became corrupt. When the citizens of medieval Europe realized this, the Roman Catholic Church lost its influence and the enlightenment period came along.

The point of this Reader’s Digest-type European history lesson is because America is in a very similar predicament right now; except multinational corporations have filled the spot that was once occupied by the Roman Catholic Church.

In the late 1800’s, the Supreme Court gave corporations what is referred to as “personhood,” which means corporations are given all the legal rights an American citizen has according to the constitution (so if AT&T wants to walk down the street with a desert eagle in one hand and a sign that reads “WOMEN BELONG IN THE KITCHEN” in the other, he can do so without objection from any legal system), except for the right to vote. But that has not stopped corporations from getting their way in the White House.

A Political Action Committee is a public committee that collects and spends money in the name of helping or hurting a political candidate. However, there are limits; a person can donate no more than $2,500 to any given PAC. A SuperPAC on the other hand is an “independent expenditure-only committee” that allows anybody to give any amount of money to it. This is a common way for big corporations to donate hundreds of thousands of dollars to a candidate indirectly and legally. And when someone donates six figures to help a candidate get into office, that “person” is going to expect his voice to be heard and his interests to be met because he helped the person get into office. Corporations have found loop holes in the system to give themselves the ability to vote, except they do not use a ballot and voting booth; they use millions upon millions of dollars.

In continuation, republicans argue that corporations are the “job creators;” America should give tax breaks to corporations so they can use the money they saved from paying taxes to create jobs. This concept is somewhat true. Corporations do create jobs, but the jobs are being created in countries other than America.

Imagine our economy is a treadmill; there are two cylinders, one on either end of the machine, and a rough mat moving as the cylinders spin. One of the cylinders represents the American people (actual human beings, not people that are only people by law) while the other represents corporations (the non-people people) and the rough mat is money. The money goes from the American people who just purchased a Shake Weight to the corporation that produces said Shake Weight. Then the money people gave the corporations, would, in theory, arrive back in the people’s wallets through jobs at factories (which the corporations would create.) The money would move at a steady pace and America, running on the treadmill that represents America’s economy, is all well and good.

However, corporations have realized if they take the factories overseas, they could pay the same amount of workers pennies on the dollar compared to American workers. This is called outsourcing and corporations are infamous for doing it. Because of outsourcing, the rough mat (money) that used to go back to the American people is going to an entirely new treadmill representing China’s economy because corporations are now paying workers in a different country, and the money these foreign workers make will go into purchasing products made in their country. This creates holes in the mat. If America’s economy is running on a treadmill with holes in the mat, it is only a matter of time before it gets its foot caught in the hole, and ends up with scrapes and bruises all over its body. Corporations should not hold this amount of power in their hands(metaphorically speaking of course, given corporations are not people).

Moreover, because of the lack of control over corporations, they have become corrupt.

American International Group was one of the leading international insurance organizations in the world. But when the stock market collapsed in December 2007, AIG quickly found itself falling with it. The government realized if AIG was to collapse, it would only worsen the economic situation, so they decided to bailout the corporation.

Basically, the government gave AIG American taxpayer money to keep them and the economy afloat. But this was by no means a normal bailout; this was the largest private company bailout in the history of the United States of America: $85 billion.

Soon after this historical bailout, AIG gave out $450 million in bonuses to the same executives that led the American International Group into a loss of $99 billion dollars in 2008.

To put that into perspective, each person in the United states could receive $1.40 of the $450 million, and AIG would still have almost $12 million left over to purchase a submarine, a few dozen Maseratis and maybe a small island or two.

Corporations have gained too much power in our economy and our electoral process. And much like the Roman Catholic Church during the Middle Ages, corporations have become corrupt. What we, as Americans, need to do now is to separate corporation and state.

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1 in 3000: Ramsey looks to military elite for future SENIOR PREPARES FOR RANGER PROGRAM

photo courtesy of STEPHEN RAMSEY

HIGH KICK. Senior Steven Ramsey practices kicks involved with Matsubyashi-ryu, a martial arts discipline he has trained in. After eight years, Ramsey earned his black belt in the fighting style.

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By MARK VAGELAKOS Before graduating, most seniors are worried about getting into college or where they will rent an apartment, but few are concerned whether the career they have dreamed about will kill them. The possibility of death is always present for those choosing a path in the United States military, but especially with the Army Rangers.

“Really, the main driving force behind this is that I need to experience an extreme reality. By extreme reality I mean life in the world where there’s life and death every day and your own life is on the edge every day. I need to experience that reality and I need to experience how I react in life and death situations,” senior Stephen Ramsey said.

“I don’t really know how to explain it, it’s crazy, but there are people in the world like me and I guess those are the guys who become these soldiers.”

The United States Army Rangers is a Special Operations light infantry force, which is widely considered to be the best of its kind in the world.

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complete missions on their own.

To become a Ranger, applicants must pass the grueling, 61 day Ranger School that was called the “toughest combat course in the world” by Discovery Channel. To pass the leadership and combat program, soldiers perform extreme physical and mental tasks in forest, mountain and desert terrains.

“That’s part of the reason I want to be in the Rangers. I need to prove myself against something that is considered the toughest thing around. I need to see if it’s in me. I know it is, but I have to see if I can prepare for it,” Ramsey said.

Ramsey has already been preparing for the military for three years with strictly planned eating and training programs. Involved in martial arts for eight years, Ramsey is now a black belt in Matsubyashi-ryu. Additionally, Ramsey runs 22 miles a week along with a 10 mile rug march, where he hikes as fast as he can with 50 pounds of weight on his back.

However, even with the extreme training and early preparation, Ramsey has difficulty with committing to such an extreme program.

“Absolutely I’ve been unsure, and the closer it gets to going into it, the more unsure thoughts I have.

However, I don’t shy away from that.

It’s something I’m sure of but it’s something I have to mentally address and set my priorities for,” Ramsey said.

Now that Ramsey has honed his physical skills he must mentally prepare for conditions in active duty.

“The closer it gets the more issues I have to address like being away from my family and leaving friends and not being able to just hang out. I’ll be in a strict environment working hard five days a week in a secluded facility where you can’t foster outside friends. I’m going to have to get mentally prepared for that and prepared for extreme disciplines. I have to be ready to get serious and get serious quick,” Ramsey said.

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Florida Phase

•Boat operation skills •Swamp and jungle training

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Girls set and break personal bests

By SAM HOLLEMAN The gymnasium fills with the sound of conversations between fellow teammates, coaches and spectators as the first lifters step onto the faded blue mat with weights and metal bars spread across the surface.

The girls weightlifting team started strong their first meet on Dec. 7, with a 47-39 win against University.

“We have done better because we have more girls in the weight classes including a lot of freshmen,” coach Emily Smith said.

While weightlifting is a team sport, each girl works to be the best in her respective weight class. Weightlifters are more focused on improvement at an individual level and less on competing against another team.

“Looking back [at the beginning of the season], it seems almost laughable; it is not that I am not proud of what I did, but it is just that I have improved so much over the year,” senior Taylor Gies said.

The girls weightlifting team beat Oak Ridge High School on Jan. 4 at Winter Park High School, 42-30.

Although the team suffered a loss against East River High School and Colonial High School on Jan. 19 at Colonial, girls achieved personal records at the meet.

Gies and Merrie Grace Harding both lifted 270 pounds total and Kristi Creel lifted 225 pounds total at the meet. “[Starting out on the weightlifting team] was really intimidating at first considering I was one of two freshman

and the seniors were lifting 115; it did not seem attainable at the time,” Gies said.

The biggest obstacle the girls have had to overcome throughout the weightlifting season is teaching all of the new lifters the proper technique to lifting weights.

“Technique is the biggest problem [weightlifters have].

You can lift more if you use proper technique,” Smith said.

The more girls in each weight class, the more beneficial the team will score because more total weight will be lifted.

“I was happy we got a lot of freshman. We should have a good year next year,” Smith said.

At sub sectionals on Jan. 12 at East River High School, there are no team scores because lifters compete in their respective weight class as an individual not as a team.

Harding, Gies and Sara Casler all qualified in sub sectionals to move on to the state qualifiers.

In the state qualifiers on Jan. 25, none of the girls qualified. However, Sara Casler placed fifth, Merrie Grace Harding placed sixth, and Taylor Gies placed seventh in their respective weight classes, out of the 24 schools that competed. Only the top three in each weight class qualified.

On Feb. 1, the girls weightlifting team went to the metro tournament and placed 6 out of 10 in the East Conference.

Senior Sara Casler placed second, Gies placed third, Harding placed third and broke her personal recorded by lifting a total of 280 pounds, freshman Camden Parrish placed fifth, junior Kristi Creel placed fifth and junior Katy Smith placed fifth all in their respective weight classes.

“Looking out on the season, I am impressed with how I can push my mental limit. When I looked at the 45 pound weights, it was intimidating, but now that I am able to lift it, it feels like a huge accomplishment,” Harding said.

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CLEAN AND JERK. In the Wayne Rickman gymnasium, senior Taylor Gies lifts at the state qualifier meet on Jan. 25. “[Joining weightlifting] has helped me meet new people and made me more responsible,” Geis said. She joined the weightlifting team her freshman year to prepare for cheerleading and lacrosse.

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CRUSTACIOUS CRUNCHINESS. The fried lobster sandwich, ($8.95), consists of a crunchy, yet lightly breaded piece of lobster, atop a toasted bun with lettuce, tomato and pickles. “The crunchy exterior of the lobster mixed well with the juicy and flavorful fillet interior,” senior Mark Vagelakos said.

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By COOPER BROCK Perfect for a romantic date, minus the fancy flare, White Wolf Cafe is an excellent alternative to the typical fine-dining experience. With the price range between $10 and $30, one receives a quality dining experience, without needing to dress for the occasion.

Upon entering the cafe, the dim lights and antique-covered walls give off a casual, yet sophisticated atmosphere.

The staff is friendly, funny and attentive, from welcoming one at the door, to bringing drinks within minutes of ordering them.

When ordering, be sure to ask the waiter about one’s choice of meal, because he provides an honest opinion, often pointing out popular choices and his personal favorites.

Upon the staff’s visit to White Wolf, the food came quickly, especially for a party of six. The wait staff was attentive, but not overly so, and overall they made a great addition to the experience.

To begin one’s meal, the Hummus Duo, ($8.95), is an excellent choice for one looking for something on the lighter side. Toasted slices of pita bread are accompanied by both a traditional chickpea hummus and a much heartier

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and flavorful black bean hummus.

From the sandwich and burger side of the menu, the Mediterranean Portobello Mushroom Burger ($11.95) is an excellent choice for vegetarians. The mushroom is meaty and dressed with feta cheese and a balsamic vinaigrette dressing. Sandwiches come with a choice of side including pasta salad, fresh cut fries, and potato salad.

The Garden Caesar Salad ($8.95) has fresh cut romaine lettuce, warm shredded parmesan cheese, and is not over dressed. The croutons are freshbaked and heavily seasoned with garlic, offering a mix of textures as the toasty crunch of the croutons collide with the fresh crisp lettuce.

If one is a bit more carnivorous, the Fried Lobster Sandwich ($8.95) consists of a lightly breaded Maine lobster with spring mixed vegetables, dressed with garlic aioli. The lobster offers a mix of crunchy and juicy textures, creating a satisfying cornucopia of flavor.

Overall, White Wolf Cafe is an excellent choice for those looking to bring a nice date, minus the suit and tie.

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“I went swimming and made kool-aid on the beach.”

- matthew besedick, junior

We asked 10 students to answer “What is the craziest thing you have done over Spring Break?” in 10 words.

“I went to Miami and the beach and partied hard.”

-leiah burgess, senior

“I went to Cancun and surfed on some humongous waves.”

- george gamez, sophomore

“I went on a cruise with my family and friends.”

- stephanie hunte, freshman

“I fed the homeless and helped at the Humane Society.”

- nicholas brown, sophomore

“I told this girl to make me a chicken sandwich.”

- daniel sims, senior

“I went deep sea diving with “I jumped off a roof into a very deep pool” the sharks, big sharks.”

- lateala nann, freshman - lane gray, junior “I went to New York with family; it was fun.”

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Dancers maintain tempos PERFORMERS SHARE DANCING HARDSHIPS

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POISED POINT. At the Regional Dance America competition, in Tampa, Florida, sophomore Tyler Cook performs a jazz number. “The first time on stage is always nerve racking [but dancing] takes the stress out of what I’m doing. Usually the first dance determines how you’ll dance for the rest of the day,” Cook said. Besides Cook’s jazz solo, she performed musical theater and tap.

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By LIA VILLAR As lights illuminate the stage, four girls go over techniques, their bodies and muscles tightening with tension as time lingers, waiting for the curtain to rise to perform a long awaited routine.

“It’s really nerve racking [right before a competition] because everyone back stage is going through the dance but once I step on stage, all the nervousness goes away,” junior Morgan Carr said.

Carr started dancing at two years old. Her grandfather serves as her inspiration to continue dancing.

“He died when I was really young so I wanted to keep doing it [because] my grandpa loved to watch me dance,” Carr said.

Before going into competitions, practice is essentially a daily aspect for Carr, senior Alexis VanCura, sophomore Ashley Simkovitch and Tyler Cook, each have practice between five to seven days a week. Dancing not only takes dedication, but it also takes time away time from school work and their social lives.

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weekends. I’m not allowed to dance get stronger, so why wouldn’t it be a if my grades are low so my [dance] sport,” Simkovitch said.

The girls believe dancing is an art teachers are understanding if I can’t go that requires athletic ability. to class,” Cook said.

“You have to stay in shape to dance.

Throughout the season, Carr, VanCura, Cook and Simkovitch all A dancer [has to be] muscularly fit compete in the Regional Dance America because dancers use their muscles and which hosts 85 dance companies and core more than anything else,” VanCura said. over 3,000 dancers from Without athletic ability across the nation. and endurance, dancers In addition to competing Once I step on are in danger of injuring in the Regional Dance stage all the themselves.

America competitions, “Dance is hard on your VanCura has participated nervousness goes body. I have tendentious in competitions such away. as Starlight, On - morgan carr, in both of my hips and I’m afraid that will lead to Stage New York, junior health issues but I don’t Starpower, Hall of think any us would stop Fame and Encore. dancing because of our “I competed [outside of injuries,” Carr said.

Dancers Pointe] from the Dancing in competitions not only age of six to about 13. In competition, I did solos and I also competed in large demands practice but requires the girls groups called production numbers,” to have rhythm, be in shape and know how to apply the leaps, jumps and turns VanCura said.

Even though dancing requires dancing entails.

“A dancer has to prepared to be physical input, numerous speculators corrected. No one is perfect and there believe dancing is not a sport. “[They] have no idea how hard is always room for improvement. A it is. You always need to keep your dancer’s heart also has to be in this, you body healthy and in shape. I mean, have to develop a passion for this art to many football players go to ballet to be able to succeed,” VanCura said.

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We asked 10 students to answer “In what ways do you give back to the community?” in 10 words.

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- jacob pirino, sophomore

“ I give back to the community by recycling a lot.”

- francisco benitez, senior

“I help at an after school program by tutoring kids.”

- aquanette stafford, junior

“I set an example through music people can relate to.”

- chris williams, senior

“I give back through church, Girl Scouts and community service.”

- ashleigh simmerson, sophomore

“On weekends, I do work duty for the Boone Cadets.”

- alec hyre, junior

“I give back by helping old people cross the street.”

- albert khoury, freshman

“I recycle everything and volunteer at the local community center.”

- brianna lakman, junior

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Online games help students fight hunger SITES AID OTHERS THROUGH GAMING

By DELANEE BOGAN With the click of a mouse, one’s face instantly brightens knowing that one question answered correctly help fight world hunger.

Freerice.com, charitii.com and Wetopia offer interactive games online that provide users the opportunity to fight hunger globally.

“It feels really good helping someone that is really in need of your help. It is nice to be able to do something so simple and help people who need it more than you,” sophomore Rebecca Carrigan said.

With every question answered correctly on Free Rice, it donates 10 grains of rice through the United Nations World Food Program to help end hunger on a global scale.

Free Rice has donated rice to Haiti, Cambodia and Bangladesh.

The subjects on this website include humanities, geography, English, math, chemistry, language learning, science and SAT test preparation.

The site is beneficial to one studying a specific subject and acts as a way to review material. Since 2007, there have been over 95 billion grains of rice donated because of Free Rice, and the number continues to grow daily. These grains of rice have already fed millions of people.

Junior Christine Maloney learned about Free Rice in Key Club. Key Club have held meetings where members have the opportunity to go online so they could play the game. Maloney answered enough questions to donate 4,000 grains of rice in just one sitting.

“I love helping others in need. I have so many blessings and sometimes I feel like it’s my turn to give back. There are so many subjects, so many questions to be answered, and so much rice to be given,” Maloney said.

Free Rice is funded by sponsors whose names are featured on the bottom of the screen after each answer is answered correctly.

“In sixth grade my language arts teacher told us about Free Rice, so I tried it and have been playing it ever since. I feel good [helping others] because I’m making the

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world a better place,” freshman Mason Wood said.

Teachers are now encouraging students to play educational online games as a means to learn materials and to help less fortunate people.

English and Advanced Placement Art History teacher, Cheryl Race offers all of her students extra credit for playing Free Rice. Students print out their results as proof of donating.

She encourages her AP Art History students to play games that match artists with their paintings. For English, she suggests English grammar, vocabulary and SAT test preparation.

“I view [helping the less fortunate] as a bonus, and I see it as a way of encouraging students to become more socially involved,” Race said.

Similar to Free Rice, charitii.com is a crossword-style game, which allows one to pick which charity to donate to. One can donate clean water to communities living in extreme poverty, give food to malnourished children and families, provide education for children around the world, or help protect the world’s rainforests.

Charitii.com is funded by individual sponsors and began August 2008. As the game progresses the difficulty of each question increases as well. Words that match each clue lose letters and become more challenging to answer the longer one plays.

There are over 10,000 puzzles, and more are constantly being added to the database daily. One can submit a puzzle to the charitii.com database.

After evaluation and verification the puzzle can be published to the website’s data base for everyone to play.

“We get food so easily; people in other countries don’t have that opportunity. It is a struggle for them.

[Playing games that help others] have made me really grateful. It is really simple. You can answer many questions in a short amount of time,” Carrigan said.

Wetopia on Facebook is an interactive game like FarmVille. It allows one to create a community with friends who are also logged on. The player builds houses and buildings to earn “love.” “Love” is used to send various items to charities. Wetopia allows one to choose between three different charities to send the items to.

Justin Bieber and Ellen DeGeneres

are both helping spread awareness of this website that helps less fortunate children. They are raising awareness by tweeting, and Ellen DeGeneres often mentions the website on her show.

Wetopia has already donated over 3,000 papaya trees to kids in Africa and over 400,000 hot meals. Wetopia is funded

by Sojo Studios and private donors. “[People wanting to play] should know that once you start playing you will probably be engulfed for a while; it is really entertaining,” Maloney said.

My favorite part is helping others because it makes me feel good.

It is a good way to help people and make a difference while having fun.

Wetopia Free Rice is a word game that with every correct answer 10 grains of rice is given to the less fortunate.

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Lacrosse Teams Cradle

Competition DYNAMICS ASSIST TEAM WINS THROUGHOUT SEASON

By LIA VILLAR Before every game, the girls are asked to put their left hand in the huddle because it’s closest to their heart. They are also asked to mentally prepare themselves to face off the opposing team but more importantly, win or lose, the girls are told to leave the field with their heads held high. “[Before a game I feel] very anxious. I always hope that the girls are ready to play and [hope] their mentality is out there to win. A lot of times even if we’re getting beat by two goals, their mentality comes down, [but] it’s about being able to get through the entire game whether we win or lose, with our heads held high and [playing] the whole 50 minutes of the game,” head coach Meg Lane said.

Moreover, the girls won against Cypress Creek (20-3) but ended the season with losses to Winter Park (11-17)

University (4-13) and Lake Highland (3-21). “[Sometimes] we’ll play down lower than our level but really, it’s about coming back and giving all you got. There are those games that are disappointing [and] things don’t necessarily go your way [but] if they play well, I always feel so proud of them and accomplished,” Lane said.

Beating their biggest rival, Edgewater (13-6), sophomore Lauren Edmonds had four ground balls and junior Brennah Mehan scored five goals. But the rivalry goes beyond the game, it goes to the girls of both teams, who have played on the same youth and club teams.

“Last season we lost [to Edgewater]. [This season] we were tied but then we started scoring more and got ahead. We played one of the best games in the whole season and we [got to] beat our rival,” sophomore Kiernan Mehan said.

Throughout the season, the team’s dynamic worked in their favor, even through the losses. “[During] the Winter Park game, we were down by a lot during the halftime but we came back like we were a whole

BOYS CROSS PATHS WITH BISHOP MOORE

By ANNA MARIE BORIA In overtime, the hearts of the crowd are pounding anxiously. The boys’ lacrosse team is tied in the district semifinal game against Bishop Moore. A premature roar is heard in the crowd as senior John Kissick makes a goal. The goal is recalled due to a crease violation, meaning Kissick entered unplayable space. Bishop Moore soon scores and wins 10-11.

“The Bishop Moore game I felt as if it were taken from us.

We were not playing at our best which was a game changer. It wasn’t like Bishop Moore stomped us, they got lucky,” junior defensive player Alan Kominowski said.

This game adds to the list of five games lost by the team in their regular season. Bishop Moore (7-8), Woodbury Forest (7-15), St. Thomas Aquinas (5-15), and Winter Park (10-11).

A record not meeting the players’ expectations.

“I don’t think the season met my expectations because we’ve had too many losses and injuries, but I feel we’ve done well in adjusting to those injuries and have had people step up,” sophomore offensive player Paul Chong said.

One player who has stepped up, according to head coach Elliot Whitton, is sophomore offensive player Kyle Irwin,

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CHECKING COMPETITION. In the game against Hewlett an opponent checks offensive player Mario Muniz. “The best thing about playing lacrosse is having fun with my friends,” Muniz, senior, said.

This was Muniz’s fourth year on the team. who contributed 10 goals this season.

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different tem. [Even though] we still lost, we played really well during the second half,” B. Mehan said.

In the same way the team has their strengths, senior Lindsay Miller’s weakness plays a role on the field too.

“I get really mad when someone hits me and [once] you get angry, you get a yellow card [for reacting but] I’ve done a lot better this year. I only got one yellow card,” L. Miller said.

Aside from team weaknesses, a team must practice.

Practice started off with a game having nothing to with lacrosse but to merely start practice of on a good note.

“I don’t always like starting off practice tough. Sometimes we don’t even play lacrosse, we’ll play something different so that they love lacrosse [even more],” Lane said.

In addition to the wins and losses of the season, L. Miller shows her admiration for her fellow teammates.

“I thought we had really good games like the Edgewater [and] Winter Park [game]. There were some games that we just gave up [but overall] we played our hearts out and never stopped trying,” L. Miller said.

game against Timber Creek.

The game against Timber Creek was an important win for the team because it was a team they have never beaten before.

“My proudest moment so far this season was beating Timber Creek because it was a huge win for us. It’s good to get that monkey off our back,” Kissick said.

Two of the key players on the team are seniors John Kissick and Mario Muniz.

Collectively Kissick and Muniz made 85 goals this season.

They contributed goals to every game. Aside from the games against St. Thomas Aquinas and Freedom where only Kissick scored and Hewlet where only Muniz scored.

According to Coach Whitton, Kissick and Muniz offensively make a good pair.

“The best thing about playing lacrosse is that it’s my passion. It’s what I know and playing it with my team; it’s like a big family,” Kissick said.

On the other hand, some of the more challenging games have been against the private schools on the roster.

“Our more challenging games have been against Lake Highland and St. Thomas Aquinas because with them being private schools, they have more resources than we do,” Whitton said.

Whitton feels the team needs to work on more effective team play on offense.

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FOLLOW THROUGH. At a practice on Turkey Lake, junior Kasee Kickery and sophomore Logan Mallard practice racing starts. STROKE. Concentrating on staying in sync, sophomore Joan Spinelli and freshman Lindsay Merwin work on maintaining a consistent rhythm.

Small, steady strokes spell success

By SARA CASLER Rowers rock the oars to steady the boat. The coxswain, sophomore Gabrielle Yordan, checks her “cox box,” an intercom system laced throughout the boat she uses to keep the rowers on rhythm, and waits for the starting gun.

As the year comes to a close, the team continues to push for perfection. The season started in the summer of 2011 with about a dozen team members, not counting middle schoolers, no equipment and two donated boats from a local rowing club that were unraceable; they had originally been slated to be discarded. The boats were repaired, and once rowers paid their participation dues, the team invested in new equipment and also in maintaining the original equipment.

Also, because most of the rowers had never set foot in a sculling boat or racing boat, the team competed at the novice level more often than not, with three of the five boats competing in those categories. Despite the newness of the

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rowers, even with the novices, the team made a new name for itself. The Men’s Novice 4 placed second at the Mayor’s Cup and the Women’s Novice 4 placed second at the Florida Straights Regatta. The Novice 8 placed third at the Straights Regatta as well. Also at the Novice Regatta on Feb. 11, three boats, the Mixed 8 and both Mixed 4s, placed in their respective races with a Mixed 4 boat placing second and the other two placing third. “[The team performed at its best at] the Novice Regatta.

Most of our boats came home with medals, some of which had never medaled before. I was really excited for the novices because the faster their boats are, the faster we are overall,” senior team captain Michael Merwin said.

Merwin placed sixth in the state in his most recent race, the Sculling State Championships racing a Men’s Lightweight two, with his sculling partner, sophomore Jesse Pollard.

Team captain Madison Lennon, junior, reflects on this

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year as one of challenges and teamwork.

“We try our hardest. We are not as strong as we could be, but our technique is really good. I think that’s what saves us sometimes. We have high hopes. [This year] was going to be hard, but we were fully aware of [that],” Lennon said.

Yordan also considers this year an overall success after performances such as the Straights; she was a rower on the Women’s Novice 4 rather than the coxswain for this race.

“We have a bunch of strong new rowers that have been joining and have shown potential. We’ve lost rowers before and we learn to work with each other’s strengths and weaknesses to perform at our best,” Yordan said.

Yordan’s most recent event as coxswain was the Tampa Mayor’s Cup on March 17.

The final race of the season, the Southeast Regional Championships in Sarasota, begins tomorrow, May 12, with every available novice and varsity boat hitting the water.

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Local venues offer wide variety VENUE SIZE DOES NOT DAMPER QUALITY

A positive atmosphere and people who are there for the music not the open bar [make a good venue] - cathryn pierson sophomore

By AUSTIN HALL Venues are unique in their own way.

The sights, the smells and the sound of a venue can remain in the archives of one’s memory for the rest of time.

The standards for what makes a good venue vary from person to person.

Three important standards are overall size, experience and sound quality.

Overall experience can range from what services are offered, to how comfortable a venue is, to how the place is managed and how employees treat their customers. A company should pride themselves on the quality of their customer service.

Bigger does not always mean better regarding sound quality. Larger venues offer a theatrical sound that is popular with concert halls. That is popular because it sounds spectacular, but is not always more aesthetically pleasing than a compact more, in-your-face, type of sound that small venues provide. These standards are what make a great venue.

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SOUND CHECK. Power pop band HelloGoodbye warms up before their show at The Social.

BackBooth proves size doesn’t always matter BackBooth is a small venue located downtown at 37 W. Pine St. that ensures a good view of the performer from anywhere in the room.

BackBooth has a maximum capacity of 350 people, which is a fraction of the maximum of House of Blues. One might have elbow room in House of Blues, in a venue as small as BackBooth,

every spot on the floor is a good spot.

Unlike House of Blues, BackBooth does not serve food inside the venue and has a limited sitting area.

Unless one can get into the VIP section, which is just a small balcony with a couple of booth-style seats; the only places to sit are at the few stools at the bar, or two rows of bar stools in the back of the venue.

The upside of BackBooth is its size, but that also comes with negatives.

Although one is never too far from whoever is performing, the other people watching get a little too close.

For some, it can be an invasion of privacy. For others, if one throws all shame out the window and goes with the flow, it is just part of the experience.

While BackBooth may not have anywhere to eat inside, it is downtown location is close to many eateries like Pancheros and Tijuana Flats.

Small venues like this are great for upcoming artists. These types of venues tend to host local artists trying to make it big in the music industry.

Before You Exit started out playing small venues like BackBooth; now they have been on tour with bands like All Time Low and have written with the lead singer of Fall Out Boy and solo artist, Patrick Stump.

There are only two posted events coming up. On May 12, at 8 p.m. RUG is having a CD release party featuring Heckfire and RJ Harmon and Co. for all ages with tickets at $5. On June 6, at 7 p.m. Ceremony and Screaming Females will be playing an all ages show; tickets can be bought for $10 at www.backbooth.com.

The Social shows true colors in sound quality The Social, much like BackBooth, is a very small venue in downtown Orlando.

It’s size comes with advantages and disadvantages. The standing area is

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longer than it is deep compared to BackBooth. It also does not serve food.

The Social’s maximum capacity is similar to BackBooth’s. The general admission floor takes up most of the space. There is limited seating at the bar.

The sound from inside the venue is unique. It is much different compared to a larger venue like House of Blues, but is beautifully crisp.

In a larger venue there is a reverberation off the towering theatrical walls that every town-hall-type venue contains. But in a venue like The Social or BackBooth, the sound has a sort of concentrated feel to it. A sort of sound that has time to bounce around in one’s head and stay for quite a while.

Tickets for upcoming shows can be bought at www.thesocial.org/calendar/.

An upcoming event to consider is Julian Marley, son to reggae artist Bob Marley, will perform at The Social on May 23, at 8 p.m. General admission tickets cost $20 at The Social’s website with a $6.75 service fee.

On June 4, Two Door Cinema Club will be playing at 8:00 p.m. General admission tickets cost $29.84 after taxes.

House of Blues lives up to it’s name House of Blues is a giant in comparison to other local venues. With its two story structure, House of Blues can fit up to 2,100 people.

The standing area in front of the stage is bigger than BackBooth or The Social but is small enough to where one does not get too far from the stage.

Unlike the other two venues, House of Blues has seats that surround the general admission area, and the second floor balcony has seats right above the seats on the bottom floor.

Adam Sliger, a freshman in college, was in the band 7 Months Later that recently parted ways. Sliger and 7 Months Later performed at local venues like the House of Blues, Hard Rock Live, The Social, BackBooth and some not-so-local venues in different cities.

“My favorite venue is certainly House of Blues. Everyone there is a professional, and the stage is massive.

Also, the backstage area is an awesome place to prepare for a show,” Sliger said.

House of Blues has one advantage over the others: it owns a restaurant right next to the venue. One can get food before and after a show without having to travel too far.

Jane’s Addiction will be performing on May 25. Pre-sale tickets cost $59.50, but on the night of the show, tickets are bumped up to $62.50. On May 27, The Used is playing at 6:30. Pre-sale tickets cost $29 and $31 at the door.

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