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hand, does plan to participate in the 2016 standpoint, I feel as though this may be FEATURES COPY EDITOR election, and said he realizes the the worst election to vote in.”

Although many students feel privilege that he, unlike With Election Day just around the many across the corner, millions of Americans across the w o r l d , candidate, some who want to vote feel country are preparing to cast their ballots that they are left in the dark as to the for the 45th president. Many students will actual voting process. be of voting age by Nov. 8 and will be “I don’t know exactly joining this year’s electorate. how to vote, but my “I am pretty excited,” senior Jonathan mom is helping me out,” Sherman said. “As an American, I Brandes said. think everyone should exercise their Busto, an undecided right to vote. It is a privilege.” voter until recently, Finally at the legal age of 18, discovered a relatively new Sherman said he feels a new and unconventional method sense of responsibility and to help him formulate his independence as he decides decision. which way he will vote.

“I took a quiz [online] to see “I feel no pressure [from which candidate I matched up others] at all, everyone with, then researched about that has their own opinions,” candidate,” Busto said. “I think Sherman said. “As an adult that the candidates running are very now I do not think outside polarizing so it should make for an interesting election.”

Much of the senior class, however, Senior Thomas will not be 18 years old when Election Busto, who turns 18 Day comes around. Alexa Schummer, just over a week for one, will be 17. before the election, “I am not upset or said he is apathetic about not being humbled to able to vote; it is more be able to take like I am relieved that this part in it. responsibility is not being “It feels thrust upon me,” Schummer good to be able said. “The options we to vote,” Busto have been left with are not said. “I cannot necessarily appealing, so I really compare personally feel as though this [the feeling] to anything else.” [something].”

S o m e Junior Alysha Steinman students, like will also be too young to vote senior Wael Hassan, have decided not has been handed. in November; regardless, she has taken “I want to vote because I know interest in the presidential election and to vote due to their frustration with the every vote counts and some countries feels personally affected by candidate presidential candidates.

“When it comes to voting for a leader, do not get this right, so I feel like it is Donald Trump’s campaign.

I try to understand what the qualities something I should take advantage of,” “I keep up with the debates,” of a leader should be,” Hassan said. Brandes said.

Steinman said. “As a woman, I do not Although he will v o t e , support or like the things Trump does “Personally, I would vote third party, but if I do that, it would give Trump a better Brandes is not particularly fond of and says to women.” the main party options for president, chance of winning.”

Although Hassan does not plan Hassan recognizes the unfavorable Republican Donald Trump and Democrat on voting, he sees this election as a position he is left in due to his profoundly impactful one. unwillingness to vote for any candidate. election.

“Basically, as a president of the U.S., “I wish others were running instead of the whole world is constantly watching “Voting is probably one of the greatest contributions to do for a country. It’s like the two [candidates] currently,” Brandes and children everywhere look up to the future is in your hands,” Hassan said. said. these people as role models,” Hassan Sherman has a similarly discontented said. “They say the role of a leader is “But when the future does not look as bright as you want it to be it does make viewpoint of the major party candidates. not to create more followers, but to “I am not too fond of the candidates,” create more leaders.” you feel sad.”

Senior Noah Brandes, on the other Sherman said. “From a historical

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In t e r n a t i o n a l Fe s t INTERNATIONAL LOVE: (Counterclockwise from top) (left to right) at the Colombia booth,

With music ranging from Merengue to rap, performances demonstrating

show national pride. Students use a Mexican picture frame provided by the Mexico booth to symbolize their heritage. Seniors Mason Eiss and Michelle Nguyen work the Vietnam booth to represent PRIDE Club.

While volunteering at the Costa Rica booth, senior Charlotte Yeung asks trivia questions to students. At the International Festival, different countries were represented by a variety of clubs that offered trivia, food and information about cultures.

courtyard, Promoting Relationships In Diversity through Education (PRIDE) hosted its annual International Festival on Oct. 20 during all four lunches. More than 34 countries were represented, each showcasing different cultures from around the world with different food, information about each country and trivia questions about the many cultures.

“We have been working on [International Festival] for about two to be involved and organizing everything that we needed,” Spanish teacher and PRIDE sponsor Aida De Gouveia said.

“It was a lot of hard work putting the event together, but everything turned out great in the end.”

Junior Emmy Semprum, director of International Festival, had the responsibility of assigning different roles to PRIDE members in order to make sure the event ran as smoothly as possible.

“Everything that went into planning a group effort,” Semprum said. “We had amazing and dedicated PRIDE members who stayed after school every day working on their countries, and I think that dedication showed through on the day of the event.”

Semprum said she believes International Festival is a great way for students to learn about all of the different cultures that are represented not only throughout the school, but also all over the world.

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knowledge of the different cultures because [students were] able to learn that we have here at Cypress [Bay],” about the food, the culture, the music and everything else that represents a country.” get caught up in the music and overall Senior Guillermo Stalhuth was the DJ celebration that’s going on, but they’re of International Festival for the second also able to learn about information that year and he said he loves playing music at they probably didn’t know before; it’s all of their events. just a good balance between learning the “I love working with PRIDE and facts about different cultures and actually playing music for them because they focus being presented with different aspects of on bringing people together regardless it, such as clothing, music and food.” of their race, nationality, or ethnicity,” Some of the countries represented Stalhuth said. “It’s always a bit of a included Italy, Germany, France, Japan challenge to play at International Festival and Venezuela. Senior and member of since you have to know how to have a French Honor Society Celeste Velasquez balanced set and you have to play music helped run the club’s booth to showcase from different countries and genres. But French culture to students. overall, I think it went well and everyone “We had croissants and other types of seemed to have a great time.” food to represent France’s culture along Stalhuth said it’s always worth it to with other information about the country play his music at International Festival and the people,” Velasquez said. “This day when he sees people dancing to the music has been a great way to spread knowledge and enjoying themselves. about France and so many other cultures “People passed by my booth with

smiles on their faces saying how great the music was, and it meant that it was all worth it to play and unite different cultures together,” Stalhuth said.

For freshman Andrea Monterrubio, Festival was a great experience and she looks forward to it in the future.

“I had a lot of fun just walking around to the different tables and seeing everything that each country had to offer,” Monterrubio said. “I’m happy that Cypress [Bay] puts together an event like this because it helps us learn more about one another, because we don’t get to do that often since we’re stuck in our own little bubbles.”

Ms. De Gouveia said International Festival is an event that is very important for the students and is one that will always make an impact.

“I think that in the world today, our major problem is people not

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understanding the different cultures that we have around the world,” Ms. De Gouveia said. “Cypress Bay is such a huge and diverse community, so it’s always necessary to reinforce the ideas about different countries and their cultures with an event like this.”

Like Ms. De Gouveia, Semprum believes spreading knowledge about different cultures, especially at a school as big as the Bay, is necessary in order to be more culturally aware.

“When you go to such a big school that has such a culturally diverse population, it’s so important to learn about different cultures,” Semprum said. “It’s one thing to know that your friend is from China, Spain, or anywhere else in the world, but it’s another to really experience a taste of what that means by trying their food or listening to the music from that country and understand where we all come from.”

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be good at taking standardized

Last October select juniors signed up to take the Preliminary Scholastic Aptitude Test (PSAT) in hopes of becoming a National Merit Scholar. This month, the

We have 15 semi-

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out and I really hope I am chosen Senior Robbie Goldberg took Like Hanan, senior Sara the PSAT to not only attempt to be a National Merit Scholar, but to also practice for the Scholastic

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my PSAT score and expected to “I had been preparing for the be commended, I didn’t think SAT around that time by taking Ryan Quinn, Jessica Rozen, Being a National Merit I reached the cutoff mark for practice tests, and the PSAT Victoria Sanford, Adriana Scholar has certain perks, and is structured similarly, so the among these is the ability to apply “Needless to say, I’m extremely Valladares, Alice Viera and for scholarships only eligible to National Merit Scholars. both my ability to succeed in To become a National Merit a scholarship for my success on the PSAT can make attending director Marlene Sanders said.

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emails and letters from schools honors programs or to go to their National Merit luncheons. It’s said. “I hope that the shining

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Senior class dominates homecoming hallway

BY RACHEL FRIEDMAN

With a hallway split into three Treasurer Juan Dos Sansections, each mimicktos said that winning was a big The seniors approached the ing different settings of the and the class as a whole. hallway decorating competition show, the seniors worked for weeks to prepare.

The by adhering to president Max most spirit, so winning only inMorales’s ideas, unlike the colcreased that spirit,“ Dos Santos laborative effort technique that a forest to represent the opening scene of the show, said. the underclassmen utilized. This the second acted as a laboOriginally, the theme of contrasting approach awarded “Stranger Things” was not apthe seniors’ “Stranger Things”- ratory that contained senior Michaela Hogan dressed proved by Student Government as the main character and Association (SGA) adviser place. the third was decorated Danielle Nascimento for be“Over the sumto mock the main room that ing too violent. Morales worked mer, I fell in love with the show is shot in. Senior the show ‘Stranger class representative Taylor Nascimento into permitting the Things.’ Antonia Baños Miragliotta assisted in or- theme. and I were sitting in my ganizing the hallway ac“We almost weren’t allowed room one summer night to choose ‘Stranger Things,’ but and we brainstormed the e n - cording to Morales’s designs.

“It’s my senior year, so I it’s really a good quality show tire hallway in 20 minutes,” Mowanted to help make our hall- that has all aspects of humanrales said. “We designed every edge of the hallway on a piece of way the best it could be,” Mira- ity in it,” Morales said. “I am so paper and put it together perfect- gliotta said. “As a senior [repre- happy with our theme and how ly based on that. The other class sentative], I have been preparing everything turned out with the the hallway for weeks, and it was competition.” great to see it all come together. with our ideas.”

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“Lost” to represent its hal me themes that the other “Lost” to offset the grueso classes chose.

ance, and Vice Presia month and a half in adv y wanted nothing more dent Karif Cohen said the a theme that we all “‘The Walking Dead’ is se gives us a lot of yp cal agreed on; a zombie apo hen said. “Our class room for imagination,” Co better feeling; we s no won last year, and there wa have loved for us to uld wo I and all r gave it ou win again.” ssipo as e eers to com couraged as many volunt assisted in the decoratak lcz Bia m Sa ble. Junior they worked together y ing and said that the wa was what mattered most. best hallway, it was “Last year when we won able to take the crown uplifting. I wish we were said. “Although we ak again this year,” Bialcz ter feeling than helpdidn’t win, there was no bet one big unit, and working out my class; we’re all important.” ing together is what’s most senberg said she Ro a Treasurer Samanth

evlt jail cells and signs, and help set up; together we bui resemble a prison,” Bogart y to t erything was black and gra en, so our goal was to bea ssm cla der un l said. “We’re stil the upperclassmen.” decorating competition, the To prepare for the hallway had seniority, the sophomores d weeks in advance. Due to sai s cra So el bri Ga ent sid pre to pick their theme third, but e Break,’” Socras said. “W “I love the show ‘Prison ntwa we t tha w] sho e n’t get [th were scared that we would said that the hard work put Sophomore Kavya Sarin s. ort eff ir d for the ond place was well-deserve hey get volunteers,” she said. “T and using social media to ole wh the de ma hallway and put a lot of effort into the the contest meant a lot to Receiving second place in e work put into it and becaus Socras because of all of the ulted from it. t res of the increase in spirit tha said. d on the hallway,” Socras har lly rea d “We worke place in the competition re“I think that winning second class.” ally helped to hype up our

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zation and time- manworked better with organi agement of the hallway. amazing job and “I think the seniors did an had been a little more berg said. “I wish our class of the hallway, and I nes organized with the sce better with timing bethink we should have been for us.” cause that was a struggle

timing,” Blanco said. “I had a disadvantage with the the other classes had all of love the show ‘Lost,’ and we chose this one to make so , ws bloody and dark sho ving last pick didn’t really ours a little different. Ha the youngest class only Having last pick and being Sydney Ure said the ofthe competition. Treasurer competition. our ideas and worked “We collaborated all of times to paint posters for I came after school many t everything was ready.” the walls and make sure tha Toro said she received Although secretary Paola s about the hallway, she wa a lot of positive feedback d us that our hallway “A lot of upperclassmen tol lways that they’ve an hal was one of the best freshm d rke wo we n, I don’t think periencing the competitio ent. I think if we worked em nag ma well with time could have gotten a lot faster in the beginning, we more done.” rs. place better in following yea r hallway,” Ure said. ou on d har so d rke “We wo a lot to all of us.” ant me e hav uld wo ing “Winn LAYOUT BY RACHEL FRIEDMAN

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HOSA promotes breast cancer awareness

BY CASEY MENTEN PR MANAGER

Decked in pink attire, Health Occupations Students of America (HOSA) club members and other students gathered in the auditorium on Oct. 20 for the annual Pink Tea Event to raise awareness for breast cancer research. At the event, students enjoyed pink tea, pink cookies and fruit. After being served refreshments and food, they made their way into the auditorium to hear all about breast cancer and the risks involved.

“I wanted to do something during Breast Cancer Awareness Month to help out,” senior and cocoordinator of the event Melanie Alfonzo said. “Not only do the attendees get something out of this event, but I also get to help the breast cancer community.”

Cara Kondaki, a support counselor at Cleveland Clinic’s Oncology Center, served as a guest speaker of the event to discuss the risks of breast cancer.

Ms. Kondaki also spoke about ways students can get involved and lend a hand to those who suffer from breast cancer.

“Many people are afraid to get screened, so we hope to reduce fears and increase awareness to help detect any concerns early,” Ms. Kondaki said. “It’s great

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PINKIES UP: (Clockwise from top left) seniors Anias Correa, Josefa Cuevas, junior Melanie Alfonzo and seniors Jeena Zacharia, Lauren Bodden and Sharon Gonzalez show their support for breast cancer awareness by dressing up in pink and grabbing props from the Pink Tea photo booth at the annual HOSA Pink Tea Event hosted on Oct. 20.

to have kids help because my patients are always inspired by the kindness of others.”

Along with snacks and beverages, HOSA provided activities for guests to participate

and a Tijuana Flats gift card.

“I thought the prizes were really cool and brought in more kids,” freshman Samantha Lee said. “The more people who learn about breast cancer, the better.” of prizes and a pink-themed The club collected donations

research, there is hopefully, in the future, a chance to cure breast cancer and stop it from damaging more lives,” event co-coordinator senior Josefa Cuevas said. a free kickboxing class with pink All proceeds from this event With all of the donations of boxing gloves, a makeup basket will be going to breast cancer

businesses, Alfonzo thought the HOSA Pink Tea Event was a success.

“I loved how the end result of the event was achieved through contributions from local businesses and with everyone who participated,” Alfonzo said. “It was important to me that everyone cared so much.”

Senior Jeena Zacharia said that because of this event, she began to think about ways she could help those who suffer from the disease.

“It made me start to think of what breast cancer patients have to deal with and what they are doing to stay positive,” Zacharia said. “That really made me want to get involved and start volunteering.”

HOSA’s Pink Tea event also helps those who are personally impacted by breast cancer.

Cuevas said that having the community gather for the cause creates a support system that can help those suffering.

“Personally, [breast cancer] has impacted my life; I think it’s a horrible disease that people need to be aware of,” Cuevas said. “Having people come to support breast cancer really makes me feel good.”

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Faculty acknowledged for hard work Rose, I have heard that he is an amazing teacher and a great team player in his department. As for Mr. Alvarez, I think he is very dedicated to what he does, and the school is very fortunate to have a School Site Repair Person like him. Both men deserved these awards.”

Former Teacher of the Year recipient

BY HAYLEY PRINCZ

Due to a large majority of votes from faculty and staff, Physics teacher Jeffrey Rose and School Site Repair Person Frank Alvarez were awarded the honor of Teacher and Employee of the Year.

Teachers and staff members have the option of nominating their co-workers for the award and voting was held following the closing of nominations.

“I was quite a bit surprised,” Mr. Rose said. “I get feedback from students and administration often; however, I don’t get to hear a lot of feedback from other teachers. To be elected by other teachers was what made it so surprising.”

Mr. Rose began his teaching career at the Bay 10 years ago and said he works hard to ensure the best for his students.

“Not to say that other teachers don’t work very hard, but I think that I do work very hard,” Mr. Rose said. “I don’t think I would have ever been able to win an award like this if I didn’t take the time to solidify my curriculum and make sure that it is as good as it needs to be by working late. I just work very hard; in a way, I feel like I’ve earned this award through all the years that I have worked here.”

Like Mr. Rose, Mr. Alvarez was also surprised to learn that he was the recipient of the Employee of the Year Award.

“I never thought I could possibly win this award,“ Mr. Alvarez said. “It was just such a big surprise. I never think of myself as an Employee of the Year; I just think of myself as another employee.”

Frank Alvarez Employee of the year

“I was very touched and emotional when I found out.

It’s a rewarding experience; after all these years it makes still coming to work worthwhile.”

Jeffrey Rose Teacher of the year “It’s one thing to work hard and another to have people realize how hard you work; it’s a wonderful honor.”

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Since joining the Bay’s staff in 2004, Mr. Alvarez has made sure that the school’s equipment functions without issue.

“Having earned this award, I now look forward to going to work even more than I previously had,” Mr. Alvarez said. “This award has showed me that through my years of hard work and dedication, I was appreciated by other staff; my time here is well spent.”

Since 2003, Distributive Education Clubs of America (DECA) adviser Robert Hosier has been running the Teacher and Employee of the Year election.

“I enjoy this election. I think it is great to see staff nominate each other and vote,” Mr. Hosier said. “In my opinion, a passionate staff member who supports Cypress Bay makes the perfect Employee think Mr. Rose is a wonderful addition to the other 14 people who have earned this Mr. Hosier said the race for Teacher of the Year and Employee of the Year was close.

“We have great, passionate and popular staff members,” Mr. Hosier said.

“While I personally do not know Mr.

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Having earned this award, I now look forward to going to work even more than I previously had.

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-Employee of the Year Frank Alvarez Donna Mansolillo said she is glad Mr. Rose received the award and knows the school made the right decision.

“I love Mr. Rose,” Ms. Mansolillo said. “He is an awesome teacher and totally deserved the honor of Teacher of the Year, as did every other Teacher of the Year here at the Bay that preceded him.” given to either men, the meaning of the award strengthened Mr. Rose’s faith in his teaching skills.

“This award only validates that the way I am working and running my class is appreciated by others.” Mr. Rose said.

“This means to keep doing what I am doing because it is working successfully.”

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Homecoming Week Students participated in spirit days and the annual pep rally to celebrate homecoming.

BY CARLI UDINE ONLINE NEWS EDITOR

As they “tuned” into Homecoming Week, students at the Bay exhibited school spirit by participating in the spirit week dress up days that began on Oct. 24 and lasted until Oct. 27. The dress up days included “Modern Family Monday,” “That ‘70s Show Tuesday,” “Greek Wednesday” and “Color War Thursday,” which was followed by the pep rally.

Senior and Student Government Association (SGA) President Alexa Young said she thinks Homecoming is one of the best times of the entire school year.

“I am honored to be a part of such an amazing organization that helps put together homecoming every year,” Young said. “I think that everyone can agree that this is just a time of pure enjoyment where all students can have fun.”

Putting together the week of festivities and members. not an easy task. Members were split up into committees depending on what they would be in charge of organizing in preparation for Homecoming Week.

Some were in charge of dress up days and some in charge of various parts of the pep rally,” Young said. “Despite all of this, however, I was very excited for the week to begin. I was extremely proud of the job we were able to do.”

In addition to planning the dress up days, Young said SGA was also in charge of planning the pep rally and Principal Scott Neely’s entrance. ideas for the hosts and [Mr.] Neely during the pep rally, but I think SGA did a great job keeping the pep rally entertaining,” she said.

Young also said SGA works hard to get the word out about Homecoming Week in order to receive participants.

“SGA does major publicity of spirit days. We have made cards with each spirit day and a short description of each, which I think is really useful in getting all students involved,” she said. “We also hang many banners on the catwalk since that is what students see immediately as they walk into school.”

In terms of preparation, Young said SGA is responsible for conducting most of the Homecoming Week related activities around the Bay. “SGA puts together a variety of lunchtime activities and backdrops for each spirit day,” Young said. “We do this to ensure that everyone is enjoying the week and having fun while dressing up.”

Not only was S G A involved in putting t o g e t h e r Homecoming week, and volunteers spent time after school in order to arrange for dress up days and decorate hallways around the school.

Samantha Rosenberg, junior class treasurer, said arranging everything for Homecoming week has been hard work worth it.

“Putting together the hallway, creating a class shirt, and organizing the pep rally AS SEEN ON TV: (Clockwise from top) students from the junior class All of us stayed after school for many hours during the week in order to ensure our class was well-represented,” Rosenberg said. “Although the work put in was a lot, in the end, seeing all of it in action throughout the dress up days and the pep rally was amazing.”

Rosenberg said the class games during the pep rally were very fun as well.

“I think the fact that all the classes compete against each other in all the games is very entertaining and shows the spirit of competitiveness during Homecoming week,” she said.

Rosenberg also said the most important thing about Homecoming week is making sure the tremendous amount of time and we really only do this to make our class the most spirited and the happiest out of everyone,” she said. “We have been encouraging everyone to dress up for all of the spirit

days and show support at the pep rally so the school is able to see what an amazing group of students we have within our class.”

Freshman Kayla Truske said she was week in action.

“Coming from such a different environment in middle school, I was so excited to see all of the excitement and energy from the students throughout the entire week,” Truske said. “I was very shocked to see the amount of people who went all out and participated in the dress up days. To me, that really shows something amazing about the school: how we all come together for pure fun and enjoyment.”

Truske said she was looking forward to dressing up throughout Homecoming week for a while.

“I thought the theme of the dance and the dress up days was very unique. It was so much fun dressing up with all of my

friends in school and taking pictures in front of the backdrops made by SGA,” she said. “SGA did an amazing job putting together the entire week, from the spirit days to the pep rally to the dance. I think everything ran smoothly and everyone had fun participating.”

Truske said one of her most enjoyable experiences was joining her class during the color wars parade.

“Although being a freshman isn’t always ideal, it was great to interact with all of the classes at the pep rally,” she said. “I thought it was so much fun to be supporting my class with all of my friends and see everyone showing school spirit.”

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Homecoming festivities end with annual dance

BY OLIVIA LANDSMAN

Homecoming Week was concluded with an annual dance on Oct. 29 at the Marriott Harbor Beach in Ft. Lauderdale; more than 400 students attended the event planned by the Student Government Association (SGA).

SGA treasurer Dana Aponte said that putting the dance together took a very long time.

“Planning the homecoming dance took a lot of hard work,” Aponte said.

“My co-chair Daniela Hernandez and I stayed after [school] long hours and tried to get a lot of the school’s opinion.”

coming twice and said he enjoys himself when he is there.

“I liked the week leading up to homecoming because it prepared me for the awesome time I had,” Hanan said. “I really like getting to see all my friends come together to celebrate each other and just enjoy each other’s company.”

Like Hanan, sophomore CJ Machaof fun.

“I went to the dance with all of my closest friends and had an amazing night,” Machado said. “We partied on the ment.”

Junior Jacy Grosz said the music was loud and fun, which made dancing with her friends better.

“I danced from the start of the dance to the end,” Grosz said. “There is nothing like having an amazing time with my best friends while dancing to great music.”

Grosz said the DJ played a variety of music from Latin to current pop, which was one of her favorite parts about the dance.

“I requested country music and was so happy when the DJ played it,” Grosz said.

“The music really allowed me to get into the spirit of things.”

Food was served in a buffet-style and provided students with options like chick-

senior Daniela Hernandez have been planning the event since May. Aponte said they really thought it was important to hear student’s feedback while planning.

“We created Google forms and posted the links to Twitter for people to vote on different ideas for homecoming,” Aponte said.

According to the polls, the idea that interested the students most was “The Living Room,” a theme to represent popular TV shows. To further incorporate the theme at the dance, the DJ made his booth look like a huge TV screen. Senior Jordyn Perkins said she enjoyed the dance and thought it was well decorated.

“I thought the dance was very cute and well put-together,” Perkins said. “I really between dancing, Grosz said she enjoyed liked how everything matched the theme, the food and made many new friends and lasting memories. even the table decorations.”

“While eating, I sat with people I did Senior Blake Hanan has been to home-

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DANCE FEVER: Sophomores Sebastian Makrides and Gabrielle Hidalgo share a moment at the homecoming dance held on Oct. 29 at the Marriot Harbor Beach hotel. More than 400 students attended the dance, which included a live DJ, food and drinks.

not know before the dance,” Grosz said.

“We bonded over the food and dance and I can’t wait to see them when we go back to school.”

Aponte said that all of the hard work and planning led to a great time at the Homecoming Dance. “[Putting together the dance] took a ton of dedication and time, but in the end,

it was totally worth it,” Aponte said.

Hernandez said the Homecoming Dance met all of her expectations and was a great way to end the week.

“My favorite part was picking the DJ booth and making the set come alive into what I imagined it looking like,” Hernandez said. “I really enjoyed seeing everything come together.”

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Max’s Law sheds light on skateboard safety

BY OLIVIA OHAYON EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

After former student Max Cardenas passed away from a skateboard-related head injury, students of Advanced Placement Government teacher Laurie Marks knew they had to take action.

These 10 students won the Democracy in Action Academic Competition, in which they proposed the bill to Representative of the 104th District Richard Stark and his aides. The competition involved seven teams from other Broward County High Schools and took place at Plantation High School.

“This opportunity was presented to us shortly after Max’s accident, and when we looked up laws regarding wearing a helmet for skateboarding, there weren’t any for Florida,” senior Andrea Garffer said. “We experienced what an accident like this could do to a community, and we didn’t want anyone else to go through something like this.”

The proposed bill, Child Head Injury Protection Act (C.H.I.P.), also known as “Max’s Law,” requires children to wear helmets when riding on skateboards of all types and sizes for children 18 and under.

Mrs. Marks said that Stark was inclined to lower the age to 16 because that’s the age in which Florida tends to require helmets for bicycles, horses and scooters.

“We had to come up with an idea; it had to be good and something that the legislatures are willing to pursue,” Mrs. Marks said. “We had to be strategic about what bill we were going to pursue.”

Throughout the month of October, the students researched the Florida law, other state laws, head and brain injury statistics and bicycle and skateboard safety statistics. Mrs. Marks said the

students took the lead on all of the work for the bill, and that she was just there for guidance.

“I helped them craft the language of the bill to a certain extent because I have the legal background,” she said.

Garffer said she learned that it is not necessary to have a law degree or any background in law to stand up for something or have an opinion heard.

“This experience taught me that everyone needs to be aware of the laws of their state and if there’s anything you don’t agree with or you want to add, go for it, but you never know if they’ll say yes.”

Unlike many of the other teams at the competition, none the students from the Bay’s Democracy in Action team are on SAFETY FIRST: The Democracy in Action team presents its bill to the debate team.

Representative of the 104th District, Richard Stark, and his aides. The bill called “I was very nervous when we were presenting, because even though we practiced a lot before and I knew my part, we were representing not only the Bay, but Max and his friends and family.

Presenting was like the sprint to the and inspired by Max’s mother, Christina Cardenas, and her support of the bill. consideration during the next legislative “She spoke boldly of her son and session, and the team hopes to be able to said. “When our law won, I felt so happy because all our hard work paid off and supported this bill 100 percent,” she said. go to Tallahassee to lobby for the bill in we took part in something huge that “She inspired us all to be strong and that February.

“Hopefully we will be able to go up [to could change the lives of many children if there’s a chance of making a difference in someone’s life, you should take it.”

Tallahassee], but if we can’t, we will write in Florida.”

Mrs. Marks said she was proud of letters in support and make phone calls,” Senior Giovanna Silva said when it came time to come up with a bill, they the students’ overall performance at the Mrs. Marks said. “We will do the things citizens do to support a legislative bill.” were all still in shock with Cardenas’s competition.

“For some of these kids, [this While it is already required for accident.

“I would say that honoring Max was competition] was way outside their children 16 and under to wear helmets a privilege, but the driving force behind comfort zone. Even though some of them on various other non-motorized vehicle, this bill was the support of his mother,” are not really talkers, this bill mattered Garffer hopes the bill will make wearing Silva said. “Finding out that Max’s Law to them,” she said. “Even if they did not a helmet on a skateboard second nature. know him, they felt this was an issue “I’m looking forward to seeing children us. His mother told us that she felt in her that they could get behind. The whole being taught that wearing a helmet is like heart that this bill was Max’s purpose experience pushed them to a place they wearing a seat belt,” she said. “Hopefully wouldn’t normally have gone and that in the future, they will remember to wear here on Earth.” their helmets on skateboards.”

Silva said she was really surprised really made me happy.”

Political club prepares future voters

BY ANNABELLE DANIELSROSENBERG

The Political Awareness Club (PAC) keeps members up-to-date on important political issues and events during its weekly meetings. With 30 active members, the club’s goal is to educate young people in politics.

“Every week we have a meeting where we go over different things that are happening in politics right now,” senior topic every week while having fun, and we always come out learning so much.”

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By joining this club, you are going to have a better idea of how the political process works candidates stand on the issues.

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-Junior Dylan Lyon During each meeting, the members cover current events, discuss an “on this day in history,” give two lectures and play a fun game to incorporate and review

Rachel Gutner Co-President “Being co-president of PAC is extremely gratifying because you see how everyone learns and how members transform their views. You see how people have their own views and it is a beautiful kind of melting pot of our school.”

everything they have learned.

“We try to vary the categories of each lecture at every meeting and we play games to keep things exciting,” copresident Rachel Gutner said.

According to the sponsor Dr. Declan Lyons, the members discuss the political issues of our time in great depth.

about their plans, jobs and how we can help out.”

With the presidential election approaching, PAC touches on new aspects of it during each meeting; the meetings often include discussions about each candidate.

“We do an election update once a month to make sure everyone knows what is going on because we want to make Dylan Lyon sure we have informed [future] voters,” Treasurer “It’s a fun experience and I’ve Gutner said. “We did actually attempt to do a voter registration event at the school; two opposing sides. Being treasurer has however, it got denied due to new laws by taught me a lot about handling money Florida.”

The club works to prepare students as and budgeting responsibly.” future voters and independent citizens as well.

“By joining this club, you are going to have a better idea of how the political

want to be a politician or if you want to be able to have a valid political opinion in the future,” Dr. Lyons said.

Guest speakers including local senators, state senators, legislators and lawyers speak to the club’s members to assist in keeping them knowledgeable about politics.

“We have [guest] speakers about every into current political issues, foreign affairs two months who talk about anything and they expose themselves to data and ranging from law to campaigns,” Gutner information that you need to know if you said. “The politicians come and talk

candidates stand on the issues,” Lyon said.

Dr. Lyons also said being informed is necessary to play the role of an ideal, participating citizen. “[Being informed] is essential because if you want to be an effective citizen, you need to have an informed opinion,” Dr. Lyons said. “You have to vote for people who you know care for you and the common good.”

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Naviance Night introduces new program

BY LAUREN PABIAN

What you can do on Naviance 1) Submit college essays and transcripts.

2) Determine the probability of attending your dream college.

3) Discover your top three strengths and how to build on them.

4) Complete a questionnaire that shows possible career clusters.

5) See how many CBHS students have applied and are enrolled in any college.

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The students will be able to explore and discover college and career interests as well as search up schools all in the same place.

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GSA celebrates Coming Out Day

BY MADDIE PASKOW

Gender Sexuality Alliance (GSA) hosted its annual Coming Out Day event on Oct. 11 in the courtyard to celebrate coming out of the closet and encourage LGBT+ students to be comfortable with their identity.

Co-president of GSA Jennifer Galante said that Coming Out Day is not only used as a platform for pride, but is also used for education. GSA strives to inform non-LGBT+ students on how to be respectful allies of the LGBT+ community.

“On Coming Out Day, we ask participants to stop using slurs against our community,” Galante said. “It’s important that people understand that the words they’re using are harmful, and not ‘jokes.’”

Senior and event coordinator Alexis Cosio said it is a day where minority students who have been teased, bullied or rejected for their gender or sexuality can come together and be accepted.

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Not only did we give queer kids an opportunity to celebrate their sexuality and gender identity or expression, but we were also able to open the eyes of non-LGBT+ people and educate them about our community.

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-senior Jennifer Galante

“Although we are lucky to live in

a generally accepting environment, some LGBT+ kids here have still faced hardships due to their identity whether it be with family, friends or even within themselves,” Cosio said.

At this event, members wore a sign expressing their identity and took pictures coming out of a literal closet door.

“Today is a day for those kids that want to come out but can’t. They came out to themselves, just a few friends, just a parent or the whole world,” co-president of GSA Nate Benitos said. “We, as a community, have to be there for every LGBT+ member, whether they are fully out or not.”

Members of GSA stayed after school to prepare for the event and make colorful and informative posters to hang up around the school.

“We dedicate hours to prepare for this event, and seeing so many people, whether they are in GSA or not, having fun and walking away with a rainbow and a smile on their face is so rewarding.

It’s 100 percent worth it,” sophomore Meghan Guastella said.

Chris Beytia, senior and vice president of GSA, said he looks forward to this event every year because it is as if the school becomes a giant rainbow, where many students have a rainbow painted on them or a colorful t-shirt on in celebration of the day.

“I love Coming Out Day because I love being comfortable in my own skin,” Beytia said.

Unlike Beytia, it was freshman Joey

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LOVE IS LOVE: (Clockwise from top left) senior Isabella Hererra blows bubbles for equality. Seniors Jennifer Galante, Chris Beytia and sophomore Morgan Carr celebrate Coming Out Day by “coming out of the closet”. Senior

said he enjoyed seeing everyone come together and be accepting.

“I felt so much warmth and love from LGBT+ pride. others, including allies. People were genuinely curious and wanted to learn Galante said the event was an overall more about our community,” Cousin success, and not just for people who came out. “Not only did we give queer kids an people participating made me realize that opportunity to celebrate their sexuality my school will accept me for who I am.” and gender identity or expression, but we

were also able to open the eyes of nonLGBT+ people and educate them about our community,” Galante said. “It was a fun, informative day for everyone.”

New BRACE adviser joins faculty

BY RACHEL SILVERMAN

Michelle Lutin recently joined the Bay’s staff as the second Broward Advisors for Continuing Education (BRACE) adviser to assist students with any questions about college and college applications, career paths and scholarships.

“I am excited [to work here] and be able to work with the Bay’s students,” Ms. Lutin said.

Ms. Lutin previously worked at Broward College, instructing students in the clinical area for the dental assisting program, as well as giving advice to students. In addition, she also gave advice to students about their career path.

“While working with students at Broward College, they often asked me questions about what path to take and what type of career they wanted,” Ms. Lutin said. “There is a lot of information PHOTO BY RACHEL SILVERMAN [for me to learn], but I’m sure I will get up READY TO HELP: to speed soon.”

BRACE adviser Shari Bush has been training Ms. Lutin and will continue to train her until she is fully adjusted to her options. new position, which may take several everything there is to know about the Bush said. “Ultimately, I think her being months. process and I am spending a lot of time here will be a great resource for me and “Right now, [Ms. Lutin] is learning training her and working with her,” Mrs.

Junior Sara Schlussel said having two BRACE advisers on campus will be a great help to all students because it means Mrs. Bush does not have to spread herself so thin.

“I think a new BRACE adviser is a great idea,” Schlussel said. “Mrs. Bush has a lot on her plate as an adviser for 4,700 students, along with her many other responsibilities.”

Ms. Lutin also speaks Spanish, so she can assist the students who are more comfortable speaking this language.

“There are 4,700 students and there is only one Shari, so I think it will be good all around because I will be able to help her,” Ms. Lutin said. “I will also be able Schlussel said that considering the number of students at the Bay, it makes sense to have more than one BRACE adviser available. will help a lot,” Schlussel said. “If there’s regarding college, it’s comforting to know that there are now two BRACE advisers I can go to.”

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Yearly tour inspires future applicants

BY REMI SCHWARTZ

To provide students with the opportunity to visit college campuses around Florida, Broward Advisors For Continuing Education (BRACE) adviser Shari Bush took students on the annual college tour; the trip served to familiarize students with possible future campuses as well as allowed them to interact with the representatives of the schools they visited.

The trip was open to students of all grades who are interested in the Florida state schools: University of South Florida (USF), University of North Florida (UNF), University of Florida (UF), Florida State University (FSU) and University of Central Florida (UCF). Students visited these campuses over a period of three days from Oct. 26 to Oct. 28.

“In three days, we experienced tons of schools,” Mrs. Bush said. “The students were able to ask representatives from different schools questions and get a feel of college before applying.”

Mrs. Bush said the tours give students the chance to see if a

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CAMPUS STORY: More than 90 students accompanied Broward Advisors For Continuing Education adviser Shari Bush and other teacher chaperones on the annual college tour of Florida schools. Students took advantage of the opportunity to visit the

Mrs. Bush said.

The cost of the trip was $355, and it covered transportation, hotels and all meals. creases my knowledge on our state schools,” junior Alexis and if they will be happy there. Newmeyer said.

Even though this was New“[The students] get to see the campuses and tour around the area as well as get an idea if that said that seeing the college cam-

puses and getting information on the programs offered could help narrow down her choices. After the trip, Neymewer said she felt a sense of comfort because she got a better feel for the campuses.

“I got to talk to people from every school and see what I am getting into before applying,” Newmeyer said. “I think every student should experience this once because this is our future.”

Mrs. Bush said the college

tour she organizes at least once a year provides a great opportunity for students at the Bay to learn more about the schools in our area.

“With so many options to choose from, we get to see what Florida schools are out there,” Mrs. Bush said. “Getting information from the universities will make the application season an easier process for many students.”

Mrs. Bush hopes to have another college tour in the spring to educate even more students on Florida schools that could interest them. She thinks this trip is a great opportunity that students should take advantage of.

“This trip really encourages students of all grades to consider their options and get a great experience,” Mrs. Bush said. “The wait for more students to join.”

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Super Testing Day created for PSAT

BY JESSIE CHAIET NEWS PHOTO EDITOR

With an added test and an increased number of students testing, a new Super Testing Day was implemented. The Super Testing Day on Oct. 19 consisted of the Preliminary Scholastic Aptitude Test and National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (PSAT/NMSQT) for all sophomores and select ninth and 11 graders and the PSAT 8/9 for most ninth graders.

“I think the students came in ready to test,” reading specialist and organizer of the Super Testing Day Adrienne Maisel said. “They were able to get a good night’s sleep and didn’t have to worry about any other tests that day from any teacher, because they were here only to test and do their very best.”

A total of 1,500 students took the PSAT/NMSQT, and about 1,200 ninth graders took the PSAT 8/9. Mrs. Maisel said this large number of students was one of the main reasons for the Super Testing Day.

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I think the students came in ready to test. They were able to get a good nights sleep and didn’t have to worry about any other tests that day from any teacher, because they were here only to test and do their very best.

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-reading specialist Adrienne Maisel

“We’re testing over half the school, so we felt that it would be best for the students to make it a Super Testing Day rather than moving them around,” Mrs. Maisel said. “We wanted to make it more productive for everybody.”

8/9 was administered at the Bay. All freshmen were required to take it, unless they wanted to take the PSAT/NMSQT. In that case, they had to pay a fee of $5 and go to the testing center to pick up a practice booklet. Freshmen who took

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the PSAT 8/9 were not given practice booklets so that they could see how they do without preparing.

“The new PSAT 8/9 will give ninth graders a baseline to know where they are before the PSAT and the SAT,” Mrs. Maisel said. “It’s going to give our ninth graders a better opportunity to see where they really are. The PSAT 8/9 mirrors the SAT and is the same as the PSAT/ NMSQT, just a different level.”

Juniors had the opportunity to qualify for the National Merit Scholarship Program by taking the PSAT/NMSQT. They had to pay a fee of $15 to take the test, but there were a limited number of spots for juniors. Junior Rohan Samanta said he took the PSAT not only in hopes to qualify for the National Merit Scholarship Program, but also to practice

for the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT).

“I wanted to enter the National Merit Scholarship Program, which allows colleges to recognize a student’s outstanding achievement,” Samanta said. “I thought that the previous SAT prepared me for the PSAT because I was familiarized with the timing and format.”

Juniors and seniors not testing had the opportunity to attend a College Information Session in the auditorium led by Broward Advisers for Continuing Education (BRACE) adviser Shari Bush.

More than 50 students attended this information session.

“We held [the College Information Session] because we wanted to offer something in addition to testing that would be useful to our students,” Mrs. Bush said. “It went really well, and the students got to learn a lot of very useful information.”

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Before taking the PSAT, I was a little worried about how I would do because I had heard so After taking it, I realized it wasn’t something to stress over because my teachers have prepared me.

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-freshman Andrea Monterrubio

At the College Information Session, Mrs. Bush gave an overview of everything the students needed to know about the college application process.

Then they went to the College & Career

Center to sit in on a college presentation from the University of North Carolina Charlotte and to work on Naviance, a new college and career tool that Mrs. Bush is promoting.

“It was like a full college morning experience,” Mrs. Bush said. “The additional information about colleges and the application process.”

All students who took the PSAT will now be able to link their College Board accounts with Khan Academy, which provides practice tools for the SAT. By doing this, their scores will appear on Khan Academy, and it will show them their strengths and weaknesses of the different subjects that appeared on the test. Mrs. Maisel said she really wants to encourage students to use this resource.

“We’re hoping that when the students get their test scores back they actually use Khan Academy, that way, it can help them to study for their SATs,” Mrs. Maisel said.

“Khan Academy has a lot of wonderful information that will help students to do the best they can on the SATs.” Freshman Andrea Monterrubio took the PSAT 8/9. Although she was nervous the test and see how it was structured for the future.

“Before taking the PSAT, I was a little worried about how I would do because I had heard so many different things,” Monterrubio said. “After taking it, I realized it wasn’t something to stress over because my teachers have prepared me.”

Mrs. Maisel said she hopes to continue having the PSAT/NMSQT as a Super Testing Day because it was successful this year.

“The teachers seemed happy, and the students all came in knowing where they were going,” Mrs. Maisel said.

“Everything went perfect, and I think as a whole it was a success.”

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State of the Bay informs families

BY EVAN JOSEPH

proud of what was accomplished at the meeting.” held on Oct. 25 in The Wave. Facilitated At the end of the meeting, parents and

by Behavior Specialist Jonathan Edwards, students were able to ask questions on an interactive town hall meeting took their mobile device via Twitter. place in which parents, community members, students and faculty learned about all of the programs that the Bay has I’ve really seen this place to offer.

“I believe that the State of the Bay grow from the eyes of a

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around campus on a more deeper, intimate level than open house,” Mr. a real vessel for feedback so we can all continue to improve and give back to the community.”

Mr. Edwards said the night was a success and thinks everyone that attended will now know more about the Bay. “I think the event was really informative,” Mr. Edwards said.

“Hopefully, parents, teachers, and students alike gained a better awareness the meeting valuable.”

Some of the topics that were discussed at the meeting included feedback on test scores, the insurmountable success of students, clubs, athletics and the construction of the two new buildings that will be in use starting in the 20172018 school year.

“We really discussed a wide

former student. You get

perspectives that a lot of people don’t from being both a former student and teacher at the school.

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-behavior specialist Jonathan Edwards “I thought the interactive part was actually the best part of the meeting,” Mr. Edwards said. “It gave me the opportunity to clarify any concerns students or parents had about the upcoming events at the school.”

As an alumnus of the school himself, Mr. Edwards has seen some of the transformation that the Bay has endured from its foundation in 2002 until today.

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ON YOUR BEST BEHAVIOR: Behavior specialist Jonathan Edwards educates parents and students about programs available during the State of

child here next year.”

The Parent-Teacher-Association from the eyes of a former student,” he said. “You get to see a lot of different (PTA) President Mindy Siegel attended the meeting and said it was useful to her from being both a former student and and other parents.

“I thought everyone left with the teacher at the school.”

The State of the Bay reached out knowledge that Cypress Bay truly is an to future students and parents in the amazing school,” Ms. Siegel said. “I also community. Stephanie Oster, parent of thought it was great to see so many eighth eighth grader Alexis Oster, attended the grade students and their parents learn about Cypress Bay and the opportunities event to learn more about the school. that the school has to offer.” comfort about this school,” Oster said.

Debate team sweeps competition

BY SOPHIA BUSTO

Throughout the month of October the debate team was involved in various competitions including the Bronx tournament in New York on Oct. 13-16, the after-school tournament (AST) on Oct. 19 at Flanagan High School, the Catholic Forensic League (CFL) Tournament on Oct. 22 at Western High School and Blue Key in Gainesville on Oct. 28-30.

At the Bronx tournament, the team had a total of 32 students competing.

The teams involved in the tournament included the Public Forum (PF), Policy, Extemporaneous Speaking, Lincoln Douglas (LD) and Dramatic Interpretation. at the Bronx tournament, we had four Policy teams competing in bid rounds,” senior Sharan Sawlani said. “If the round is won, the winning team earns one of MAJOR KEY: two invitations to the Tournament of Champions.”

Blue Key is a statewide tournament Dramatic Interpretation, Congress and with schools from all over Florida and the Original Oratory events.

“At CFL, my partner and I got put in Southeastern United States. This year is varsity as a freshman, which is extremely rare, and we went 3-0 until we lost to the honors the schools with the most success person who came in second and was a in both speech and debate; this means senior,” freshman Noah Kaner said.

In addition, Kaner said he liked his placement on the varsity team and was a while, as our long time rivals Nova High proud of his results.

“I was extremely happy and proud School have claimed it for the better part of the last decade, and last year we were to come in seventh place out of 40 as a within striking distance in second place,” freshman,” Kaner said.

Because the AST was a novice-only debate teacher Nick Montecalvo said.

At the CFL tournament, varsity tournament, 48 freshmen attended. All and novice teams both participated debate teams competed at this event. totaling 29 participants in the PF, They won 24 medals for being in the Policy, Extemporaneous Speaking, LD, top of their respective events. At the

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tournament, freshman Talia Cohen said that along with competing, she was able to meet new people from other schools who will help her grow as she continues debate.

“This tournament was super fun, because it gave me a chance to make new friends within the area that share the same interests as me,” Cohen said. “I am also able to strengthen my debate skills while becoming closer to my teammates.”

Like Cohen, freshman Corey Steinman said he enjoyed competing at the AST because he gained more experience in public speaking. He also said he plans on continuing debate all through high school.

“The experience shows great initiative

and leadership on college applications, which students will complete for in their senior year,” Steinman said. “The research I have done has expanded my mind and increased my understanding of important issues.”

Similarly, sophomore Miles Berger has had positive outcomes at these tournaments and said he is looking forward to competing more since he became involved in debate. He participated in three out of the four competitions this month.

“By participating on the debate team, I have learned the art of persuasion,” Berger said. “Debate has increased my academic performance and my chances of earning a college degree.”

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Science club prepares for regionals

BY LEXI FLECHNER

The Science Olympiad Club helps students prepare for the competition that tests participants’ knowledge in different science subjects.

The regional competition will take place on Feb. 18, the state competition will take place on Mar. 25 and the national competition will take place on May 19 and 20.

“It’s great to see all the kids get together, because they aren’t getting any kind of extra credit or service hours,” Science Olympiad sponsor Jeffrey Rose said. “They’re doing it because they love science and want to compete with other schools.”

There is a regional, state and national competition every year.

Students compete in the regional competition with the hopes of qualifying for states. Once at states, students can compete to be invited to the national competition.

“The competition involves high schools from all over the country,” Mr. Rose said. “We compete in the South Florida region, which is a pretty competitive region.”

Students compete in teams of typically 15 students in many different categories such as biology, chemistry and physics.

“It’s really great to have a lot of students in the club because

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IN THEIR ELEMENT: The Science Olympiad club won second place at the 2016 regional competition in the team category. The club will be returning to regionals in February in the hopes

we have enough students for two or three teams to compete,” Mr. Rose said. “We have kids interested in all different areas of science that can all compete.”

The competition also has special categories that are typically uncommon at other science events such as astronomy and archaeology.

“There are also some very interesting and different events that appeal to kids, and it’s cool because they can specialize

in something that they are interested in,” Mr. Rose said.

Senior and co-president of the club Rande Nieto said he hopes students will do well at competition this year so they can represent the school well.

“This year, I would like for everyone competing to get more medals at regionals and have all our teams qualify for states and nationals,” Nieto said. “It’s so rewarding for us to win and have all of our hard work pay off.”

The club was created six years ago and continues to grow in member numbers every year.

“The club was created to represent Cypress in the Science Olympiad competition and allow students to explore new areas of science,” Nieto said. “I love being able to represent my school and show people how hard we work.”

Nieto has been in the club for several years and competed last year. He continues to compete

because of all the fun he has every year.

“When I’m competing, I feel motivated to win and try my best,” Nieto said. “There’s nothing to lose and this mindset makes competitions much more enjoyable and I normally perform better.”

Senior Joshua Tang has been in the club since his freshman year and he said he continually loves working with friends to compete against other schools.

“Science Olympiad is an opportunity to do lots of science events and I love getting to hang out with my friends but also being challenged with really hard concepts,” Tang said.

Tang’s sister was in the club when she attended Cypress and recommended her brother join as well.

“My sister said how fun it was, so I decided I would follow in her footsteps and join my freshman year,” Tang said. “I also heard a lot about the club from my friends.”

The overall purpose of the club is for students to have a good time and learn new things about science.

“It’s really amazing how a group of individuals who don’t all really know each other can come together and become so close after competing together,” Nieto said.

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Political partying Students attend political rallies to show support for the candidate of their choice.

BY VALENTINA LESENDE

Political rallies give people a chance many students at The Bay have attended Marco Rubio in person was a completely different experience than watching him on television.

“Seeing the candidate in person is said. “You see him right before your eyes and you hear his voice loud and clear. You can feel the excitement and passion in the atmosphere. It is really a great experience that is nothing like watching it on TV. It rally in Hialeah with his father in March in support for Republican senate candidate Marco Rubio. Sadowski said he is passionate about politics and would “I really wanted to go because Marco said. “I agree with him on nearly all of his policies and I was a passionate supporter of his presidential candidacy. Being able to see a current senator and possible future president speak in person seemed Sadowski said Rubio mainly talked about his excitement to be back in his home state and how he plans to run to

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“I will not forget how worried he was for the future generation and how he would work to make sure that this generation leaves for us the same type of country that his parent’s generation left

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(Clockwise from top left) junior James Sadowski snaps a picture with Florida Senator and former Republican presidential candidate, Marco Rubio, after cheering for him during his rally. Senior Dana Aponte attends a rally for Republican nominee Donald Trump at the BB&T Center on Aug. 10. Rubio speaks to the crowd about his hopes for the future of America.

think he will do this country very well “Being able to see someone who I look up to was something I will never forget. The creating jobs and helping the veterans. excitement and optimism created a great He will make better decisions and has much better judgment than the other Aponte said she believes that attending political rallies are an awesome way Aponte said it was a very memorable moment in her life and that Trump clearly especially for those who are able to vote. was going to do whatever it takes to put stated his message and gave a good “I think students should attend political Sadowski is not the only student who can vote. They need to know what political rally during this election cycle.

changes that he and many Republicans Cline strongly recommends attending political rallies to other students as she believes they can be very informative.

“Trump has a very poor personality the most important thing in choosing a candidate is whether or not you think they

I appreciated the things he said more in understanding on what he plans to do in attended Donald Trump’s rally at the Cline said that the rally was an she loved the energy. the future.

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Cline attended with her incredible and unforgettable experience.

“I loved being at the rally. Everyone “I will not forget what he said when girlfriend and said that the rally only Aponte said. “It changed my view by He said we need to make it safe for them made her support the candidate even that stuck with me other than ‘making America great again’ which I truly believe again and protect them. I have a lot of more.

Aponte attended Trump’s rally respect for that because my dad is a police accompanied by her boyfriend and mother. She was informed about it the Sadowski also felt that his experience at the rally for Rubio strengthened his very passionate about his country and is had to go. support for the candidate.

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It is overwhelmingly common, especially because 2016 is a general election year, for people to have their political preferences. Some support one candidate over the other, some are jaded to either, but in the big picture, most people know their stances on a variety of issues. Within the microcosm of this country that is The Bay, students are no different.

“My core political beliefs include that social security is important. [I’m] pro choice and immigration is good,” senior Hannah Gutner said. “I am pretty much a liberal.”

On the opposite end of the spectrum lies senior Dana Aponte.

“A few of my [priorities] are on military spending, the economy and relations with Israel,” Aponte said. “I tend to be more conservative.”

Whichever stance they take, students develop their political ideologies through many different life experiences and from several diverse sources.

“I think I have this view set because of what my parents and brothers do for a living,” Aponte said. “They are all

prosecutes the worst sexual offenders and my brothers are in the military.”

Many of Aponte’s political views root from her family’s background and religion.

“I believe in a strongly increased defense budget because both of my brothers are in the military and not only do I want them to have the tools and equipment they need to be safe but also to keep our country safe,” Aponte said. “I believe in support for Israel. I am Jewish and have family and friends living there so I sympathize with them.”

Similarly, Gutner attributes her set of views to her surroundings and upbringing.

“My parents have always been pretty liberal on certain issues like the environment,” Gutner said. “It is weird, but nature is really my everything and that fact alone is in alignment with most democratic beliefs.”

According to Gutner, the media has played a role in the shaping of her political views.

“Because of the way political socialization works, families always keep news channels on that are always a little biased,” Gutner said. “The most reliable

news source for me is usually the internet news websites like [The] New York Times.”

Aponte suggests that teachers attempt

my own opinions on political values,” Mr. Gordon said. “The kids are capable of developing their own ideas; their cognitive ability allows them [to].”

Mr. Gordon attributes students’ both overtly and underhandedly. development of their political ideologies to two key sources. beliefs and I have noticed that a lot,” “Students gain their political views Aponte said. “I think it is totally mainly through their parents,” he said. “I inappropriate of them because they are feel that social media and other sources of not allowed to do that.”

AP U.S. Government and Politics According to Mr. Gordon, it us up teacher Jason Gordon strongly opposes to the students to decipher from their the notion that teachers should impress sources what they themselves believe and political values upon their students. support on Nov. 8.

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AP Government course inspires seniors

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Alexa Young always had a passion for government. Throughout her Advanced Placement (AP) U.S. Government and Politics course, her passion for the topic has been strengthened and pulled to the surface.

“I have always loved politics and have known the importance of participating in my favorite academic class.”

Young said she is very passionate about the chapter focused on how voting affects the way the government runs.

“I just think the importance of actually participating in government [needs to be emphasized],” Young said. “We have such because people think that their votes or making, and that is completely false.”

AP U.S. Government and Politics has a played a role in the development of Young’s interests and has helped to mold her prospective career path.

EYE-OPENER: “A couple of years ago I thought I wanted to work in musical theater, but AP Government has completely changed my life in regards to the career I want,” said. “A goal of mine is to infuse my to run for president is 2032. Yes, I have students with a real sense of real civic calculated this, but as of right now I think responsibility and get them excited I want to run for Congress and represent about being involved or participating in this district.” government in some way.”

Young believes that voting is crucial to AP U.S. Government and Politics, American politics and is a privilege that according to Mrs. Marks, often leaves a more people need to take advantage of. mark on students and makes many want “We just need to get over that little to pursue a job in politics or even the stigma that we cannot affect government armed forces. or be heard,” Young said.

“I have had students go into the AP U.S. Government and Politics military, and I have had students tell me teacher Laurie Marks said that she gives they want to pursue a career in law or her students an abundance of information politics,” she said. “I think this class is to help them have better understanding of the American government.

Mrs. Marks said she chose to teach “I think this course makes students this subject because she wanted to be much more interested and involved with able to make a big impact on her students the political process and in understanding while still keeping an interesting class. how our government works,” Mrs. Marks “This course gives students an

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opportunity to explore whether they have a real interest in government and I have seen it spark kids to go into that area,” she said. “I think it is wonderful for them.”

Government classes at the Bay have allowed many students, like senior Ashley Pereira, to take individual lessons and apply them to their own lives.

“This class has made me look at politics from a whole different perspective, and I pay more attention to what is constantly happening in government,” Pereira said. “This made me want to critique government later in my life.”

Like Pereira, senior Larissa Martins said she has gained knowledge from her class that has enlightened her about the U.S. government.

“This class taught me about how our whole country works and to not be closed

minded,” Martins said.

Senior Sophia Pacheco also found her government class to be fascinating and “I enjoy taking this class, because it makes you learn about why things are the way the are in politics and how things in this country came to be,” Pacheco said.

Senior Andrea Garffer encourages all underclassmen to take advantage of the government classes offered because they never fail to keep her entertained and intrigued.

“The fact that I am taking this class during an election year makes it much more interesting because everyone gets very involved in the discussions,” Garffer said. “I strongly believe everyone should take and engage themselves in a government class.”

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I hope to run for United States Congress in the future because I believe that if you recognize a need for change, you can be the change.

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Q&A with a current student

Oregon State University is a public research institute with a residential campus located in Corvallis, Oregon. partake in research with PhD candidates, Cypress Bay graduate of the class of 2013 Luis Lara is a senior at OSU majoring whatever subject they are in. in Biology. He spoke to The Circuit’s Miranda Milan via text.

What particular aspect of the school, in general, made you choose How do you think Oregon State Oregon State?

University stands out from other The teachers I met while visiting the colleges?

The undergraduate biology department why I chose to attend Oregon State. The is one of the best and really stood out to focus on the undergraduate programs me. The university is unique in that it has and also having world-class professors a [lot of] research [opportunities] despite teaching each class was something I was not having major postgraduate programs, very attracted to. such as a medical schools or engineering school. The student focus research was How did going to Cypress help you prepare for Oregon State? personally. The undergraduate focused research is when professors incorporate that the Bay has available for the students undergraduates into research activities.

For example, professors at Oregon try to classes help relieve some credits and prepared me for the intensity of my

college classes.

a little more limited than ours.

What is your advice for students How is living in Oregon different at Cypress who want to go to Oregon from living in Weston?

State?

The weather is much colder here compared to Weston, where it is almost you are initially interested in (you can always hot and sunny, and it can rain change it later if you want) because constantly for days. The demographic different majors have different of people who live here are mostly the State puts a big emphasis on individual many people with Latino backgrounds, passions and success so write about which is a major difference. those heavily on your application.

Are you happy with your choice to What is something you dislike go to Oregon State? about the school?

I am very happy with my choice to go Dorms are pretty outdated; they to Oregon State. The school has been very have been trying to remodel them lately. However, the food options here goals and I have had fantastic professors. are amazing. I have asked friends who It would be slightly better if there were a go to other universities around Florida medical school on campus, but other than about their food options, and they seem that I wouldn’t change my decision.

Art classes inspire portrait painter

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however, is his best friend, senior Madison Ramos.

“She is an artist and being in her artistic presence is remarkably inspiring because of her amazing techniques and

While many search long into their Diego Ramirez, at the age of 17, found his. Through his many art classes, Ramirez has developed a strong passion for painting and sketching and even turned it into a business.

“I have always been really passionate about art, but I started putting earnest effort into getting better after taking an art class at [The Bay],” Ramirez said.

Ramirez comes from an artistic family.

His father, Manuel, is an architect, and his mother, Isabel, took painting classes in college. However, none of his family members currently paints on canvas.

“I am the only person in my family who paints, or is artistic to such a degree,” Ramirez said. “I am also the only one that performs.”

Many of Ramirez’s peers have noticed the talent he holds. In the spring of 2015, Ramirez decided to start selling his portraits to friends and family; most of the requests are for pencil drawings and paintings.

“So far, I have painted mostly portraits honoring a deceased loved one or for a special anniversary, which I like to do because I love to be part of something that makes someone happy,” Ramirez said.

The price range of his portraits goes from $10 for a sketched pencil portrait to up to $75 for full portraits.

“It all depends on the size and complexity of a painting and how much

Ramirez has a routine for painting an original piece; he tends to mix colors and listen to music as he goes, and likes to follow his impromptu instincts.

“My special technique is sitting down and mixing colors as I go because this tends to lead to more spontaneity in my work,” Ramirez said. “I also like blending another special technique.”

Ramirez does not plan on curbing his artistic career after high school; he plans to pursue a career in graphic design on a professional level after graduation.

“I plan on pursuing art professionally, likely never stop painting for pleasure and by commission,” he said.

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PICTURE PERFECT: After taking art classes at the Bay, senior Diego Ramirez found his passion in painting. His work consists mostly of portraits that range from $10 to $75 depending on the size and complexity of the painting. After graduation, Ramirez plans to take his artistic personality to a career in graphic design.

completely unique.

“Painting is an indescribable feeling for me. I tend to be really open, but when I am painting, I enter in a really focused state,” Ramirez said. “Sometimes it is the effort paid off.”

paint and time I have to spend when doing different places: his personal struggles, it,” Ramirez said. historical events, and his favorite artists, His inspiration comes from several

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Patches sew personality onto items

BY NYAH HARDMON

Junior Andrea Benarroch uses her backpack, covered with hand-sown patches, as a way to express herself; she said they pressions. notice when they meet me is my backpack,” Benarroch said.

“Just by looking at my bag they already know my favorite bands, movies and other personal interests.”

Students use a variety of vintage patches to personalize their belongings. Bags and jackets equipped with iron-patches have been spotted across The Bay,

providing students with an easy way to express their individuality.

“My patches reveal my quirks. They show the weird things that I am in to,” junior Bernie Berkower said. “They are only iron-on patches sown to pieces of fabric, but the actually meaning behind the embroidery adds a lot more depth to the look.”

Patches provide an alternative to foreign postcards and band tee shirts for Berkower.

The tidbits of fabric hold meaningful memories and experiences that she can carry with her throughout the day.

“Most of my [patches] remind of me of things that make me happy,” Berkower said.

“Whether it is my favorite band or a something from a family trip, the patches represent different parts of my life.”

According to Berkower, this trend offers a more personalized and hands-on option for students

“I started with gluing my patches on different bags,” Hernandez said. “Then I moved to ironing them on, and eventually I learned how to sow them, which I later learned makes them last a lot longer and prevents them from falling off.”

For those who are not quite as apt in designing, pre-sown patches can be found in a variety of said that patches can be applied common stores like Urban Outto fabric in a variety of ways and are easy to experiment with. For in store or online, franchises are students like Valentina Hernan- rushing to keep up with the latest dez, who plan on studying fash- phenomenon. ion design in the future, patches “I was surprised at how many are a great way for them to dip places I found that sold patches at the mall,” sophomore Alejan-

dra Arroyo said. “I was expecting to have to go on a manhunt for cute patches to decorate my bag with, but they were surprisPatches, along with chokers, denim jackets, and plaid skirts, have captured adolescents and young adults with their retro ‘90s look. Patches are reminiscent of this era, and it is this vintage look that has helped to make them so popular.

“They remind me of the ‘90s movies that I used to watch,” freshman Celeste Rodriquez said. “They make my stuff look cooler and as if they are from a completely different era.”

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Inspired surfer aids charity for autism

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At the age of nine, junior Jacy Grosz’s regular beach routine of swimming, tanning, and hanging out with friends and family changed as she was introduced to her new passion: “My dad was the one who introduced me to the sport, and I love that I get to be in the ocean with my family and close friends and have a great time,” Grosz Ever since she was little, Grosz has loved going to the beach and participating in watersports such as paddle boarding, swimming, not until her family bought a “I love being in the water, and one of my biggest passions, and any chance I have to spend time for a few years, she discovered a program called Surfers for “One day when I was at the beach, my dad came up to me and showed me a poster of this amazing organization and from that point on, my life was As an active volunteer, Grosz grew a great interest for the where volunteers teach autistic such as Grosz, assist the children in standing on the boards and

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“I think going out into the which offers a variety of T-shirts, community and making people long sleeve shirts, hoodies, and aware of the cause is very dog shirts she designed in the important, which is why I love attending all these community have surf-related phrases printed events in addition to using my on them such as “Swell,” “Paddle Out,” “Stoked,” and “Toes on the to grow as big as I can possibly get it so I can raise a lot of money “I really encourage people to get involved with supporting Grosz dedicates time every the website, since it is a great night to updating her website and way to support autistic children website gains more popularity, back to my motto for Surf to the she depends on the help of her Rescue which is, ‘For everyone family and friends to keep the who wants to make an impact Grosz said that the extra time In addition to having a she has gotten to spend with her website, Grosz runs booths family has made her passions for

community functions to sell her “My family attends all the Grosz has been involved products and raise awareness of events with me, and it is a really fun bonding experience to work years; however, last June she together and help these kids,” was inspired to create her own She plans to attend the Dan business, with the proceeds Marino Autism walk in January so happy to know that we are all going directly to support Surfers to promote her business and working on this project together,

SOUL SURFER: (Clockwise from top) junior Jacy Grosz and Beach to promote their business, Surf to the Rescue, and raise modeled a shirt for sale from Surf to the Rescue that read

learn to surf as well as sell products from her business, Surf to

because coming together as a and to pick something that community to support others is what my business and charity is is important to put in time and effort into whatever you do and Starting her own business and being involved in the charity how you feel about what you are has had a great effect on Grosz’s doing because you do not want life, and she encourages others to put something out there that to take a leap of faith and delve into their passions to help our That is why I am so proud to say I started this business and “You have to really be to know that it really impacts interested in what you are doing

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Petition voices parking frustration

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thing to help,” Valero said. “The students were very cooperative when I approached them about the video and overall seemed very excited about the idea.”

Senior Sophia Pacheco said the situation is especially frustrating for seniors who paid $40 on top of the price of a parking pass for a designated senior spot, bringing the price to a total of $90, to get a spot that would supposedly be closer to the exit gate. Pacheco said it was inconsiderate of the school to not warn seniors about the closing of the front gate prior to the sale of the spots.

“It is very frustrating that all the seniors paid extra for spots closer to the exit and did not get what we signed up for,” Pacheco said. “Many seniors got spots to paint them, but also to get out of school faster than the juniors and sophomores. Now, we are the last ones to get out of the parking lot, even though we paid for our spots.”

Senior Bernardo Neuman went as far as to sell his senior spot, because of how long it took him to leave the parking lot.

“Everyday I had to wait about 30 minutes in line to get out of the parking lot after school,” Neuman said. “I work after school, which made the delay really inconvenient for me. So three weeks into the school year I decided to sell my senior spot.

It is better to walk a little more to get to my car than having to wait so long to leave after class.”

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Unlike in previous years, this school year, administration decided to close the front exit gate in the student parking lot before the school day. As soon as that bell rings, hundreds of students that park in the student lot must exit through the ‘back’ gate instead. On Sept. 21, senior Cole Kauffman started a petition requesting both gates of the student parking lot to be opened after school through the website change.org.

“I had the idea to start the petition when I was sitting in my car, frustrated at the long lines I had to face to get out of the parking lot,” Kauffman said. “I had bought a senior spot near the front exit so I wouldn’t have to face that problem, but the way it’s set up now my spot is much farther from the gate that they decided to keep open.”

Kauffman promoted his petition through Twitter. He said POST-SCHOOL RUSH: he did not originally expect the cause to get much support, but over the course of a few days the tweet ended up with 54 retweets and the petition itself garnered around 750 signatures within the “Initially, I wasn’t really sure what the outcome of the petition was going to be. I didn’t think that many people would see it on Twitter or actually follow the link and put their name down. I because I only posted it on Twitter,” Kauffman said. “The point was less to actually bring the petition to administration but more to see if people would respond to it. When I saw that within two hours hundreds of people had signed it, I was shocked. At that point I realized maybe I could do something about the problem.”

After receiving the support of over 750 people on his petition, Kauffman felt as if it was his duty to represent the student body and take the issue to the hands of the Bay’s administration.

“I took the petition to [assistant principal] Mr. Nelson,” Kauffman said. “He explained why the gate system changed as it did - the old system presented - petition satisfactorily resolved.”

The solution found by Neled to avoid. We had a discussion son, alongside other administrathe situation and weighed the tion members and the Broward consequences of opening one - have policemen monitoring trafly entertained my case, but I left without the feeling that the situ- in the mornings and afternoons.

“We felt the key to solving ation was going to be changed.”

Assistant Principal Jeff Nel- the problem was the daily presson said the front gate was originally closed due to safety con- facilitate the safe and orderly cerns, but the strongly supported petition brought the issue back start and end of our school day,” into discussion in administra- Mr. Nelson said.

Senior Santiago Valero also tion.

“When we received the peti- took the initiative to gather stution, we immediately set a goal dent support for opening both to identify the safety issues and gates by posting a YouTube vidcreate a subsequent plan that was eo. The video, which had a total of 589 views as of Oct. 27, highsaid. “We wanted to be sure our lights how complicated the exit safety concerns were addressed of the parking lot is and shows

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several students’ comments about the situation.

“During the making of the video I was very surprised that virtually none of the students I interviewed knew the reason behind the closing of the gates. If the school is going to close the gate we should at least know the real reason behind it,” Valero said. “They found an easy solution to their problem without thinking about the consequences it could have on the students.”

With the petition, Kauffman posted a letter explaining the frustration students felt about the long wait to leave the parking lot. Many students sympathized with the letter and posted supportive comments. lowing a certain protocol, and

nowhere in the world has this been more true than at the Cypress Bay student parking lot,” senior Jalen Jiang said in a comment posted with his signature on the petition. “Closing the front gate starting this year was a cop-out solution to a bigger [traflines even longer, safety hazards even bigger, and aggressive driving even more commonplace.”

Valero calculated that if the average student spends 20 minutes every school day trying to get out of the parking lot, by the end of the school year, he or she will have spent a total of two entire days just sitting in their cars.

“Even though the problem does not affect me personally since I leave early both days, when I found out about the petition I felt as if I had to do some-

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Aside from the fact that only one of the gates is open for students to leave from school, the gate to the lot is also locked after school hours. Junior Guilherme Cabral, who often needs to return to school after leaving during junior privilege, said getting into the parking lot is almost as hard as getting out.

“Every time I have to return to school for a club meeting the parking lot closed I get very frustrated. I end up just parking either at Vista [View Park] or the teacher lot,” Cabral said.

“I bought the parking decal for a reason, I do not think it is fair that I get locked out of the parking lot. The administrators obviously know that most students are involved in after class activities so it is incomprehensible to me why they would close the entrance gate.”

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THE THINGS THEY CARRIED FEATURING CAMILA NEHDAR AND HER BACKPACK

“The Things They Carried” is a recurring segment that examines the personalities of individual students through the contents of their backpacks. This month, Annabelle DanielsRosenberg interviews freshman Camila Nehdar to discover the meaning behind Watercolor paint and paintbrush Freshman Camila Nehdar, particularly interested in the arts, carries the paints and brushes she likes the most with her daily.

The tools are especially useful during her 2-D studio art class, when she can enjoy her time painting and drawing.

portray a story through lines and colors.”

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My notebook mostly consists of small doodles or patterns. I usually do not think about what I am drawing and just let my hand guide me. The little sketches are done whenever I feel inspired or it sometimes just gives me something to do.

drawing notebook with capture these moments.

Nehdar said the notebook is where she draws for fun, but sketches that begin as simple ideas often turn into something bigger.

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something to do.”

eyeliner Part of Nehdar’s morning routine is to each of her eyes. Nehdar said her makeup is just as much art as her paintings, and features. face as it can enhance the a person’s

it on my friends.”

starburst gum Nehdar has a sweet tooth, so candy is a must-

is an essential item that helps her get through the school day. bring starburst gum,” Nehdar said. “The energy.”

pink-patterned wallet Nehdar brings her colorful, pinkpatterned wallet to said the wallet’s design adds some passion.

artsy style.”

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In this issue’s recurring segment that gives students an opportunity to learn more about the teachers they see every day, staff writer Caity Burdash interviews AICE Marine Science teacher, Maria Rozenberg.

What made you want to teach AICE Marine Science?

I love the ocean and I love biology; it is my passion. I am always me in the water at the beach.

What is your favorite quote and why?

“Failure is not an option” is my favorite quote of all time. There is no reason for anyone to fail. If you continue to work hard and try, you will always be successful.

What do you enjoy the most about teaching at Cypress?

at [the Bay]. I previously taught at Indian Ridge Middle School. I enjoy how interactive the students are here. The maturity level is also very high here, so I can have great conversations with all my students.

I love being able to interact with my students. I enjoy having discussions around my classroom and when my students can come up with their own ideas and share their thoughts on marine subjects.

watching. My husband and I do it all the time; we go to the beach and watch the shore birds. I like being outside taking wildlife photography, mostly with sea life and birds. I spend at least one day a week taking photos.

interested in teaching?

I was working at the blood bank, and the thing I enjoyed doing the most there was teaching the new workers and helping them. At one point, one of them sparked my thought of becoming a teacher by telling me how helpful I have been and then it became my career.

small details that create the beauty of the ocean.

What is your favorite hobby outside of teaching?

One of my favorite hobbies is bird

Where did you grow up?

I grew up in New Jersey. Everyone who lived in my town was super

What is your favorite beach activity?

I love to snorkel at John U Lloyd or Red Reef Beach in Boca. I enjoy it because I can travel to a whole new world under the water and watch all

What is your biggest accomplishment thus far?

My children, I have two boys.

They are very successful, kind and respectful. I would not have asked for anything more.

friendly. Everyone knew each other and if anyone needed help, a neighbor would be there for you. It created such a heartwarming feeling.

If you could have any superpower what would it be?

It would be so cool to be able to read minds. I would use it to help people and convince them that they can be successful. I would hate for someone to let his or her potential go to waste.

What college did you attend?

I went to Florida International University (FIU). I started with a major in Marine Biology and switched to Psychology. I was always caught studying by the pool. The best part of college had to be graduation; it was so fun, everyone felt so accomplished.

HOSA seniors earn medical scrubs

BY SOPHIE GAER

As the 2016-17 school year began, many students enrolled in the Allied Health Assisting (AHA) class welcomed the arrival of their scrubs, or medical uniforms. AHA is a program that students join once they complete the Health Science 1 and 2 courses to further their pre-medical education.

“Although my scrubs are a little too big on me, I wear them with a lot of pride,” said president of HOSA and senior Sara Burgoa.

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My favorite experience was when I got to shadow a doctor in the OR, and saw a man with a previous surgery that had to

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-senior Ricardo Diaz-Lucente Health Occupations Students of America (HOSA) is a club at the Bay that connects students with the AHA program.

Through the club, students are

presented with various opportunities to get involved in pre-medical programs. Receiving scrubs ing involved with the program.

“The best part of being in AHA is getting our scrubs,” said senior Maria Alonso and vice president of HOSA membership.

Through AHA, members get the opportunity to shadow medical staff members at the Cleveland Clinic hospital. Each time they visit, they are assigned to observe a different part of the hospital, such as the emergency room, the intensive care unit, pre-operation, and the operating room.

“My favorite experience was when I got to shadow a doctor in the OR, and saw a man with a previous surgery that had to be cente said.

HOSA’s Fundraising vice president and senior Jeena Zacharia has been involved in the health science program since her freshman year. She said she has been waiting for the day she would receive her scrubs since the moment she joined HOSA. “The day I got my scrubs was a day I would never forget, and I am so honored to be a part of the program,” Zacharia said. “Being able to rotate around the hospital and explore different careers is really a great opportunity to ex-

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Members of Allied Health Assisting (AHA) wore their new medical uniforms, as they visited Cleveland Clinic hospital. During their trip, they were sent to certain areas of the hospital and had the opportunity to watch procedures. The members observed the emergency room, the intensive care unit, pre-operating and the operating room.

Like Zacharia, Burgoa started working toward getting her pair of scrubs as a freshman and always admired the seniors that walked around school in theirs.

She said her scrubs represent her working toward her goal of becoming a doctor.

“With these scrubs, I feel one step closer to achieving my dreams,” Burgoa said. “I feel really lucky to have the opportunity to be involved in the health science clinical program.”

For junior and Executive Vice President Nick Colasuonno, a student in Health Sciences 2, the wait for scrubs seems too long.

“Next year when I get into the class, getting my scrubs will signify the hard work and dedication that I have put into the classes and [the] club that I love being a part of,” Colasuonno said.

“Reaching my goal in senior year after four years will be so Zacharia said being able to

go to the hospital and shadow is a great opportunity. It allows for students to try out every section and get a feel for which section they would prefer to work in. For her, shadowing in the operating room is the most exciting.

“We get to see many invasive surgeries up close,” Zacharia said. “I have gotten to see a hysterectomy happen right in front of me. You never know what you are going to see and it’s the thrill that makes it so fun.”

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Where are they now?

Alumni Strike Class of 2010

Alumna Katie Waldman works as Press Secretary for Senator Steve Daines.

BY ALLY POLNER

Class of 2010 alumna Katie Waldman leaped from studying at the University of Florida (UF) to the United States Capitol, where she now works as a Press Secretary, also known as a Senator’s aide, for U.S. Senator Steve Daines.

As a press secretary, Waldman provides assistance to Senator Daines by drafting newsletters, updating the senator’s media, reviewing newspapers and documents, and assisting in conferences.

“My primary job is to

Republican National Committee (RNC) came to Tampa and I jumped at the chance to work for National Broadcasting Company (NBC) Nightly News when offered,” Waldman said. “After staying with them through the 2012 elections, my boss told me to move to D.C. and work in as an intern where I had a lot of responsibilities and was mix of hard work, political experience, and educational rigor. I have enjoyed working in Congress ever since.”

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priority is communicated to the Republican his constituents in Montana,” Waldman said. “I enjoy the National Committee people of Montana very much.” (RNC) came to Waldman was not always set Tampa and I jumped on becoming a press secretary.

She began her college career as at the chance to an agricultural economics major, work for National with the intention of becoming a Broadcasting food analyst.

“I studied agricultural Company (NBC) economics in college at UF as Nightly News when my major where I learned how to analyze productivity, investment, and trends in agricultural markets,” Waldman said. “I -alumna Katie really enjoyed my classes at UF. Having narrowed down my Waldman major, I was able to have small By dedicating most of her classes and spend more one on time to her job, Waldman said one time with my teachers and she worked her way to the next like minded classmates.” level, which took her to where she is now.

“No task was ever too small, Before Katie started and I enjoyed being able to work working for a for incredibly intelligent people senator, my views who loved what they did,” Waldman said. “Hard work of politics were and dedication pay off. When based on media the position for my current portrayals. Now she job opened up, I got great ” has made me more recommendations.

Waldman’s mother, Sheryl open-minded, and Waldman, has always thought of I am able to have a her daughter as an independent person capable of making her own decisions about which on the political party direction her life will take her. and the views of the “Katie always made choices for herself,” Mrs. Waldman said.

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candidates that he represents.

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-Sheryl Waldman Waldman said her time at senior year, when her interests diverted from agricultural economics to the political glimpse of her next chapter in her life as a press secretary.

opportunity which provided her all of the motivation which she needed. Her motivation helped her work harder at reaching her goal by working long hours doing whatever task she was assigned.”

Mrs. Waldman said ever since her daughter has been involved in politics, her own views of the political world have been changing.

“Before Katie started

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PRESS YOUR LUCK: (From top) alumna and Press Secretary Katie Waldman attended the 2016 12th Republican presidential convention on March 10 at the University of Miami. Senator Steve Daines and Waldman celebrate after a day of campaigning.

working for a senator, my view of politics were based on media portrayals,” Mrs. Waldman said.

“Now she has made me more open-minded, and I am able to have a different perspective on the political party and the views of the candidates that he

represents.”

Although there are cons to having a job in government, Mrs. Waldman said that she sees her daughter’s job as an excellent start to her political career.

“The positive attribute is that she is now part of the

inner working of our federal government,” Mrs. Waldman said. “She gets to see up close how much thought and care goes into the laws of our country.”

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TI M E TO v o i c e y o u r c h o i c e As election day approaches, students and faculty make their political opinions heard.

HOW ARE YOU POLITICALLY INVOLVED?

BY FRANKI ROSENTHAL ONLINE EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

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many students at The Bay have begun to discuss expressing their voices and learning about the election. that her generation is the future.

“It is crucial for students to start getting involved and become more politically aware because we really

because as young people we are bombarded with

world head on in around 10 years and so the actions put in

believes

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generation to involve themselves in the political process understanding what their own wants are for the country.

“I feel that all students should get involved in

extremely important for them to be aware of what everyone should go into political science and become but I knew that just being excited about the political process and being knowledgeable about it made me gear up for the next time that I was going to be able to vote. So just because you cannot vote does not

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and politically aware while also learning your place and seeing what side of the spectrum you stand on.

“I think there are a lot of distractions with students when it comes to getting involved in the

going to want to involve themselves in something like that. But until students actually involve themselves in

excited to express his opinion with his right to vote.

“All students should be getting involved is so important to be politically aware because you can still have a role and express your voice in the political process without even voting. Any student who is not 18 yet can still be passionate about the views will have a direct impact on the future

them. Politics is a personal experience and everyone Senior Carlos Tramonte said he is excited about having a voice in this upcoming but he is also nervous about what is to come.

“I am happy that I can vote and especially so in

“That is why it is so important for us to try and elect the

voice in the political process in order to enact change.

at a crossroads and one bad decision could mean serious said. “We should be able to have a voice in the political process

Anabelle Agosto Junior

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Halloween traditions fade with time

BY CASSIDY SHELDON MULT. NEWS EDITOR

When Language Arts teacher, Rebecca Bueno, was just a child, her Halloween rituals consisted of the typical pumpkin patch experience with her family and trick-or-treating with her friends. She recalls the fall-like scent of pumpkin seeds fresh from the oven and the stomachaches from her large candy hauls. However, as she has matured, the holiday and experience of Halloween has changed.

“My family and I would always talk about creating our jack-o-lanterns, but we would always end up just buying them,” Ms. Bueno said. “It wasn’t until college when I started making them myself.”

Similarly, junior Samantha Victores could not remember a Halloween when she did not carve pumpkins with her family. She remembers the tradition fondly and, because of it, she not only enjoys Halloween, but the whole month leading up to the holiday.

“I love the entire month of October with all of the Halloween decorations and scary movies,” Victores said. “I love just being in that fall and Halloween mood.”

Victores reminisces on her older Halloween traditions spent with her family and said that as she has grown up, the holiday has become more about being with friends than with family. She thinks children should never stop trick-or-treating, regardless of who they go with.

“Over the years you stop trick-or-treating with your parents and move on to just friends, but a lot of kids don’t trick-ortreat anymore,” Victores said. “Personally, I think you can never be too old to get some free candy.”

Ms. Bueno similarly believes that the age for acceptability of trick-or-treating has plummeted. She remembers going out for candy on Halloween until she was almost 17 and said that she wishes it was still this way.

“When I was in school, I trick-ortreated till I was 17, but now it’s like nope, you’re 11, no trick-or-treating for you,” Ms. Bueno said. “I would still go trick-ortreating if I could but now I have to buy

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LONG LIVE TRICK-OR-TREATING: (From left) juniors Ryan Scanlon (left) and Samantha Victores (right) dress up as tourists to show their Halloween spirit at the Bay. Language Arts teacher Rebecca Bueno spends the day dressed as a witch to celebrate the holiday and entertain her students.

the candy for the kids and eat it myself.”

Junior Ignacio Azcartes realizes that as he has aged, he is participating in more of the behind-the-scenes jobs of Halloween.

“Like anyone else who lives in Weston, Halloween was always about dressing up in a costume and getting candy,” Azcartes said. “But now, I like setting up parties and giving out candy to little kids.”

Ms. Bueno has noticed how over the years, her candy consumption has evolved. She said she used to eat endless amounts of candy without worrying about the repercussions.

“I don’t eat as much candy as I used to,” she said. “Candy is extremely important, but I have to think about how many pieces I’ve had because I will get sick.”

Ms. Bueno also notes that the holiday has changed historically. She said that what began as a Pagan tradition with religious motives for keeping away bad spirits has turned into a completely commercialized event.

“A lot of things that used to have reknown and kind of marketed in specific ways like Valentine’s Day,” she said.

“People want to think of the happy cel-

ebratory things without all of the background information.”

The biggest change that Azcartes has noticed for himself personally was the social aspect of Halloween. He said that although the holiday itself has evolved, it has gotten better throughout the years.

“The biggest thing that’s changed for me is that since I’m in high school, I have more freedom to do whatever I want with nitely a lot more fun now.”

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Lightning steal the show Lightning football defeats Everglades Gators 48-7 on homecoming night.

Jose Fernandez’s story remains with us forever

BY DYLAN SREBNICK

The varsity football team defeated the Everglades Gators 48-7 at the annual Varsity football quarterback Keaton Hunt said this game is far more important and special than any other regular season game.

“The homecoming game is really special because it represents our team Hunt said. “The game is usually more

The sports world continues to mourn after the loss of Marlins Star pitcher Jose Fernandez. The National League Comeback Player of the Year passed away at the age of 24 in a tragic boating accident. Marlin’s President David Samson said his players lives’

The homecoming game is usually the most attended game by students.

within Marlins’ Park.

“The death of Jose Fernandez will have a lasting impact on players both on

Homecoming game provides an energetic and spirited environment to get pumped up for the upcoming homecoming dance.

His story goes way beyond baseball itself. It is about family. It is about cultural identity. He embodied the entire Cuban

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My favorite part of the homecoming game is to be with my friends in the stands, watching and cheering on our team. I think I can speak on behalf of my friends when I say that the game gets us really excited for the actual homecoming.

to live in this great nation. the poverty struck country. Like many American Dream and did not put any limitations on where life could take him.

Fernandez was arrested and put in jail for treason against Fidel Castro. He did not quit. He got right back in the water time his ultimate goal of freedom. On his

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States after a grueling 90-mile journey in the oceans roughest waters. He saved his mother’s life when she fell overboard in the Gulf of Mexico. He did not even know

-sophomore Danielle Rudolph “My favorite part of the homecoming game is to be with my friends in the

dangerous currents to save the passenger.

That’s the kind of self-less person Jose was.

team. I also enjoy watching the band and Rudolph said. “I think I can speak on behalf of my friends when I say that the game gets us really excited for the actual With the band and cheerleaders getting the crowd rowdy and

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A SPECIAL NIGHT: (Top from left) sophomores Jessica Sobel and Carlos Pina, seniors Asher Michelson, Alexa Young, juniors Sam Bialczak, Julia Levy and freshman Deanna Green were nominated for the homecoming court. Junior quarterback Marlon Serbin escapes from an

crowd’s excitement really helps him and his teammates are exhausted. “[The band and cheerleaders] give the team motivation and energy to work even harder than They really help the team go Not only do the cheerleaders and football players work hard for the the Student Government Association (SGA) also prepares for special events that take place during halftime of the game.

“During halftime of the homecoming charge of announcing and crowning the sophomore SGA representative

Rebecca Leiman said. “We set up a queen of each grade walk down it with put in countless hours to perfect their halftime performance in order to impress While Leiman said she enjoyed the the crowd. w e whole process of putting together the “The halftime performance is especially important at the homecoming t h e one of the most stressful experiences she game because the game is packed has ever had to come across.

“It was really stressful making sure halftime performance perfectly in front all the homecoming court was ready to walk down with their escorts down the Not only is the homecoming game looked forward to amongst the to gather them from all over the game and explain to them all the quarterback in the homecoming game guidelines and what to do.“ was a very sentimental experience and The varsity cheerleaders play one he will never forget. a role in perfecting the homecoming “It is sad that I only have one more game experience. Junior and varsity cheerleader Sydnie Winder said that but it was such an amazing experience the cheerleaders follow team traditions participating in the homecoming game for the annual homecoming game.

“We make garters for our legs and really lucky to go to a school that heavily wear black lighting socks in honor emphasizes the importance of the of said. “The homecoming game is so important and it is especially fun

worked relentlessly to achieve his dream of making a Major League Baseball Fernandez was spending almost every day working with a pitching coach. He put extra hours in the weight room and holidays to increase his pitching speed to a Major League level and beyond. The right-handed pitcher was drafted right out of high school. Fernandez was selected draft. just ready for the Majors -- he was an Allthe game full of life and spirit. He had raw His skill and passion lit up Marlins Park every time he stepped on the mound.

His charisma and enthusiasm brought in a new wave of fans to the Marlins franchise. Fans were always entertained by his outstanding performances and his joy of playing the game.

It is tragic that we will not be able to watch Jose live up to his potential and bring a championship back to South story and what he meant to all of us. Jose Fernandez is a hero and a role model to all of those who were fortunate enough to watch him play the game he loved. He will forever remain in the hearts of his teammates and fans around the globe.

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Athletic Director Scott Selvidge was born and raised as a Florida Gator. When he was deciding where he wanted to attend college, there was no other school that crossed his mind.

“The college’s athletics was an

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where to attend college varies on the “Choosing a larger school with a big be a lot more enticing than an FAU or a USF,” Mr. Selvidge said. “It does not

the academic credentials it had,” Mr. Selvidge said. “However, when I got there, I embraced the athletic environment.”

“ Gator, and I went to Gator events when Florida or Florida.”

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Selvidge said.

Mr. Selvidge said that when he “From being able to go to the tailgates

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Boys golf team sends captain to states

BY REED COVITZ

The boys golf team competed in the Regional playoffs on Oct. 17. Needing a score of 333 to qualify for States, the boys time in eight years. Team captain Kyle Anders expressed his disappointment in being the leader of the team that fell short.

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We could have done way better. We went through some good days and some bad days, and the bad days but there is still team.

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-junior Jose Ferre “Inconsistent play was our biggest downfall,” Anders said. “Our team was very capable of putting together good scores, but we all never played our best at the same time which is why we were not able to qualify for states.”

Junior golfer Jose Ferre said he acknowledged that the team did not play to its fullest potential.

“We could have done way better. We went through some good days and some

in the team,” Ferre said. “We learned how to play as a team and how important it is to keep practicing often cause that affected us in a negative way.”

Though the Lightning was not able to qualify for States as a team, at the regional competition, Anders won a one-hole playoff to advance to the state competition to compete as an individual.

“I tried to channel all of the pressure of the situation into my game. I felt very level and focused,” Anders said.

“I am happy that we have at least some representation at States.”

Like Ferre, Coach Todd Nelson understands how important of an element practice is to succeeding in the game.

“The team learned, I hope, how important practice means. The team did well in camaraderie, team spirit and teamwork. I just wish we worked a little harder. Being a trainer, my belief is practice makes perfection,” Nelson said. “I am very proud that Kyle had the opportunity to compete at States. When it counted, he stepped his game up and focused on the job at hand.”

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EYE ON THE BALL: Senior and team captain Kyle Anders lines up a putt at

was tied for 22nd place and shot an 85 on Jacaranda Country Club. Anders was the only team member who made it to the

53rd place.

“It was a lot of fun to compete at the state level as an individual,” Anders said.

“I have gone to States the past two years and competed as a team, but this was a lot of fun. It was different too because the only person I had to blame was myself.” bad days but there is still a lot of potential Anders said he hopes the

underclassmen can make it states next year as a team to avenge the failures of this season. He thinks that the future looks bright for the Bay’s Golf Team as long as they play more consistently and continue to play as a team.

“Even though I, along with the other seniors, are leaving the team, I really do think that with practice and dedication, the underclassmen can carry the team to success next season,” he said.

Girls golf team makes it to states

BY NYAH HARDMON

The girls varsity golf team made a comeback from its initial slow start to the season, as they have worked their way past Districts and Regionals and moved on to the State Championships. The girls refused to let the bad weather stand in their way from making it to the top and used the canceled games to practice on their own time- in an effort to perfect their skills.

“It was unfortunate that we did not play too many matches this season, but we still managed to make it all the way to States and that’s amazing to me,” sophomore and golfer Emma Ludwig said.

The team’s hard work paid off, as they brought home a Regionals victory on Wednesday, Oct. 19. The girls are proud of how they played over the course of 18 holes and hope to keep up the good work as they head to the next level. Their Regionals win means their story continued as they headed straight to the State Championships from Oct. 23 through Oct. 26. They lost with a 700 overall score, but they still treasured their time in Orlando. While the three-day competition was rigorous work, junior Britney Buckley said the team still had time to enjoy themselves.

“I was pretty bummed that we lost States [at the end of the season], but we worked hard to get to where we are and it was nice to celebrate how well we did, even if we didn’t bring home the trophy,” junior Britney Buckley said.

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TEE IT UP: (From left) Jolie Sonkin, Andrea Priscilla, Gabi Soares, Emma Championships at Mission Inn in Howey-in-the-Hills, Florida. The team placed ninth out of 16 teams in the tournament that took place from Oct. 23 to Oct. 26.

The team credits their success to rain will allow them to make it onto the their intense practice method. The girls train nearly every day, as long as the and organized group practices, the team

they can. The girls’ chemistry and group dynamic also go hand in hand with the practice and dedication.

“I‘m still very proud in our team,” Ludwig said. “We worked really well together and I know that we experienced our loss together as a unit.”

Buckley said the team does not have as many upperclassmen as the previous years, so they had to work twice as hard to excel. Although she said the team lost many essential players from last year, the new team of fresh faces showed they could work just as hard.

“I will admit that we are not as strong as last year, but that is not saying very much because we are still an accomplished team, who are not afraid of working overtime to win,” Buckley said.

The downside to making it as far as they did is that the team missed a total of three days of school, right before the quarter ends. These days off cause a mad dash for the team members to bring their grades up before the end of the quarter through making up work and studying extra hard to recuperate for the lost days.

“The end of the quarter is always stressful, even more so when you are missing three days of school,” junior Gabrielle Soars said. “We are all managing to get our grades together before we leave, but that does not take away from the excitement of the tournament because we all know that we are very fortunate to make it this far.”

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Seniors celebrate successful season

BY GABBY SONKIN

On Friday, Oct. 21, before the start of the varsity football game against Flanagan High School, the Bay’s senior band members, color guard, cheerleaders and football players were recognized for their hard work and dedication throughout the season.

Varsity football Coach Mark Guandalo said every senior should be honored and appreciated on this night.

“This is a night that is very important to me because I am able to show my players how well they have done and give them a chance to be celebrated,” Coach Guandalo said.

Once the ceremony started, the announcer mentioned the name of each senior and who they were being escorted gave each individual the chance to share their special moment with those important to them. their parents, siblings or grandparents,” Coach Guandalo said. “Once they was taken of the family and will be

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I love this night because it is such an exciting moment for all the cheerleaders to be recognized for their hard work during the season supporting football and promoting school spirit.

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-Coach Judith Malone Senior and varsity football player Tyler the season has gone, as he will be playing his last game on Nov. 4. only have a few more games to play with my teammates and boys I have played with for four years,” Dix said.

Dix said Senior Night was such a special ceremony where he was able to thank his parents and coaches for helping him work as a football player.

“It was so memorable to wait in line with my parents and shake hands with my coach, while I was given a framed picture that was taken at the football senior picnic,” Dix said.

The seniors on the cheerleading team were also acknowledged for their work from this season and the previous ones.

“The senior cheerleaders were announced and escorted similarly to the before the game,” varsity cheerleading Coach Judith Malone said.

Coach Malone said Senior Night is a chance for these cheerleaders to reminisce on all the special moments they have experienced throughout the season.

“I love this night because it is such an exciting moment for all the cheerleaders to be recognized for their hard work during the season supporting football and promoting school spirit,” Coach Malone said.

Like Coach Guandolo, Coach Malone said it is an honor for each cheerleader to

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be individually recognized, while being my family because they were able to understand all of my accomplishments,” “I think it is a very rewarding moment Fernandez said. for each cheerleader as their names Although there were no awards or are announced over the loudspeaker, special gifts given out, Fernandez was while they see all their fans and family appreciative that her family was there to members here to support them,” Coach watch her be honored for her efforts and Malone said. hard work.

Senior and varsity cheerleading “I did not want an award or gift captain Brooke Fernandez said she has because all I needed was the support of been anxiously waiting for this night ever my family,” Fernandez said. “It made me since she started cheerleading for the Bay her freshman year.

“I became very emotional on this Color guard had its turn to walk down night because I began to realize how fast well. team,” Fernandez said.

“As I approached this night, I felt very Fernandez was so grateful her parents nostalgic because I remembered all of my were there to support her and be there friends who were seniors last year,” senior right by her side while walking on the and captain of Color guard Scarlett Diaz said. “I have grown so much this past ses“The most important part of the sion as captain and it was an unforgettable experience I will never forget.”

Diaz took her senior night to apprewith this season and the support they have given her as captain of the team.

“The most important part of this session was growing [up] with the girls on my team,” Diaz said. “Since I am the captain, I have tried to work my hardest, so everyone was given a fair opportunity during our cheers and dances.”

As many seniors, like Diaz, were parmances, they wanted to make sure they gave it their all.

“I made sure every girl was given proper attention during the dance,” Diaz said. “I try my best to include everyone as much as possible because they all have worked very hard throughout this season.”

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different teams in the last four years of his The 2016 season did not end well for (NFL) Hall of Fame inducted its 2016 career and serving as a huge distraction the Miami Marlins after the unfortunate death of their all-star pitcher Jose particular player was stronger than the Fernandez, and another year of missing presence of any.

- the playoffs. However, for the Miami lined part of his career.

Dolphins, Florida Panthers, and Miami The committee did not consider Fa- Heat, the season is underway. vre’s drama during their decision to vote The Dolphins entered the 2016 season him in, though, as that discussion report- with a new head coach: Adam Gase, the - former offensive coordinator for the Bears and Broncos. They hoped that he his 15-year career. The 6’3”, 225-pound committee’s inattention to Favre’s issues contradicts its hang up on Owens’ similar issues. the team to the next level. third, respectively.

Although Owens’ theatrics garnered Midway through the season, it is The committee’s ultimate decision its fair share of headlines, the actual efto NFL Hall of Fame voter Gary Myers.

Throughout his career, Owens was one of the many faces of an era of wide re-

- inconsistent year all-around in the NFL, and the Dolphins are as inconsistent as it teams such as the division rival Bills and — whether for a game or an entire career the electrifying offense of the Steelers, impact he had to help his team win, since against the Bengals and Titans. that is the ultimate goal of the sport. One If the Dolphins have any chance at

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hoping that they can play good defense also important pieces to the puzzle. So off to an impressive 3-1-1 start. for the Panthers to top their performance last year. They achieved a franchise record 12 consecutive wins and won the Atlantic title. Nevertheless, the Panthers even further than they got last year.

Finally, the Miami Heat enter the new time since the 2002 season, so it is hard Wade has led this team for more than a decade and now that he is gone, the team

rely on Jarvis Landry and Jay Ajayi to carry the offense. He must get the voting process. supporting players involved, too.

The next team on the list is the Florida and/or opinion in voting for the Hall of Panthers. Coming off a franchise record inducted next year. But a player who was -

leader. Also, Chris Bosh is not expected to play for the Heat again, per president

Owens was a physical specimen — the playoffs last year to the Islanders, a Favre’s 2016 induction. consistently displaying a rare, deadly In terms of production, Favre’s career Florida. The Cats ushered in a new logo

as Hassan Whiteside, Justise Winslow,

Myers said that the Hall of Fame vot-

the top of many all-time records, includ- — and his stats prove it.

Terrell Owens is one of the greatest NFL players of all time, and the greatfor his dramatically-stretched-out retirement, which led him to playing for three shrined in Canton.

However, the team does have younger

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However, the departures of D-Wade stage in the organization. Fans are excited

South Florida in the near future.

Will Tim Tebow make it in baseball? high school days. To his credit, he was a natural as a teen. During his junior year of high school, he had a too. However, he seized the opportunity to play the game he was superior at and joined the Florida Gators only one career playoff win. The National Champion had a very anti-climatic career in the NFL. So much potential, just never performed well. This was the

after that game and came through on what he said, getting the Gators to the championship game and then winning it.

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good enough. There is just too much competition, and he has not played a formal game in nearly a decade.

rather than in a major league uniform.

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Committing to the future

Several athletes at the Bay have verbally committed to futher their athletic careers.

Arianna Oropeza

Greyson Fletcher

Jordan Kron

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perience in being a part of such a great the path to the major leagues.

“I hope Greyson gives me tickets to baseball program that got him to this Next year senior Greyson Fletcher, point,” Coach Liotti said. watch him when he makes it to the major along with many other student athletes at Coach Liotti is extremely proud of leagues,” Coach Liotti said. the Bay, will attend college under a partial Fletcher and feels most of the credit goes Like Fletcher, senior Jordan Kron scholarship for athletics. Fletcher will be will also be playing sports in college. She playing baseball for Florida International will be attending Tufts University to play University (FIU). volleyball.

“I am really excited to go to FIU next I am really excited to go “I am so excited to be playing at year because I have always wanted to play to FIU next year because Tufts,” Kron said. “I fell in love with baseball in college and now I have the opthe school, the players, the coaches and I have always wanted to the academics the moment I stepped on portunity to,” Fletcher said.

Fletcher has played baseball at the Bay play baseball in college campus.” since he was a sophomore and credits his and now I have the Kron found out she was recruited to coaches for getting him more recognition Tufts on Oct. 5th. After speaking with the opportunity to. from schools. coach and telling her parents, Kron left “My coaches gave me a lot of exposchool early to begin the celebration. sure to competition and helped me be“My parents were so excited they -senior Greyson Fletcher picked come a stronger player,” Fletcher said. me up from school early,” Kron “Also practicing everyday helped me imsaid. “I had the whole weekend to Fletcher himself . prove my skills.” celebrate with my family.”

“I was so lucky to get Greyson,” he Baseball head coach, Paul Liotti, beUnlike Fletcher, Kron will not be lieves Fletcher deserves this opportunity said. “He has such great talent and ability receiving any scholarships because Tufts because of all the hard work he has put in. and we just tried to put him in the right is a division three team. However, she is “Greyson is really talented and it is re- place to get him recruited.” still excited to play for a great team.

Fletcher is receiving a half scholarship ally a combination of all of his hard work, “I have been able to build my skills on the support from his parents and the ex- to FIU and hopes that this will put him on the court the last four years on the team

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here and I am excited to go to Boston, meet a whole new group of teammates and get a great education,” Kron said.

Volleyball head coach Jen Myer said Kron’s outstanding skills made her stand out a lot in recruitment.

“She stood out because of her overall skill on the court,” Coach Myer said.

“Jordan has been a lead scorer for the past two years and she’s a really large presence on the court.”

Coach Myer has been Kron’s coach for the past four years and said she is extremely excited for what’s to come for her.

“This is what Jordan has always wanted and been working for,” Coach Myer said. “It is so rewarding as a coach to see my girls go on to the next level.”

On Feb. 1, many other athletes, along with Fletcher and Kron, will participate commit to their next athletic chapter in appreciation and excitement for future collegiate success.

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that I have to prepare the younger kids to take my

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season,” senior Jonathan Sherman said.

very hard to make it to States this season,”

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Senior athletes display leadership skills

BY JOSIE CLANCY

Senior and varsity cheerleading captain Ally Henky has taken on the responsibility of being a team captain.

For a team to be successful, Henky said it is important for the senior athletes to illustrate that every player has to devote time, put in hard work and have a true passion for the sport being played.

“This is my fourth year cheering at [the Bay], and my role as a senior on the team is to lead the team,” Henky said.

“I am captain with three other girls, and it is up to us to make up dances, stunts, halftime performances and lead the team on the path to have a fun and successful season.” captain by striving to assist underclassmen only does she have to be knowledgeable about the sport, but she also has to show qualities of a great leader.

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kindness and being assertive without dictating,” Henky said. “Being a captain

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-Coach Christopher Ulman of the team does not mean I am above everyone. I am still a part of the team; we are a whole. I never miss practice or games, and I show up with a positive attitude. I am willing to work my hardest to achieve what we need to get done.”

On the cheerleading team, Henky said it is vital for the seniors to participate in all the same activities as the underclassmen do.

“I do not tell [the underclassmen] to do one thing or another,” she said. “If we are practice, I do not wear a different one just because I am a ‘senior’ or a ‘captain’ and do whatever I want. I follow the rules just how everyone else on the team should.”

Varsity football coach Christopher Ulman has been coaching at the Bay since its opening. Coach Ulman said that senior leadership is crucial for any sports team; leadership positions are not handed out. Rather, they are earned.

“Seniors have been through the program the longest. Though leadership is not solely given to seniors because of being a senior, it is earned and is a respect that is given,” Coach Ulman said. “A senior knows what the coaches expect, how the coaches react and what the players should do in response to the coach. Leadership is not solely to a senior; a freshman can be a team leader also. It is just that they understand, they see and they want to push to be the best; leaders push to be the best.”

Senior and varsity softball player Carlota Briceno feels that she needs to

me understand my role for when I became a senior,” Briceno said. “I think my role on the team as a senior besides playing is to be everyone’s friend, and make everyone feel free and comfortable.”

Briceno is going into her second season of varsity softball with a certain objective in mind: she wants to teach the underclassmen how to be great all around players and people.

“My goal as a senior role model is to make sure everyone is all right and having fun,” she said. “Another goal for me this year is that I want to teach my underclassmen how to properly treat each other, so that for their senior years they can have teams that really bond.”

Sophomore and junior varsity cheerleader Heather Dennis feels that the seniors are supportive and caring leaders who play a huge role on the team.

“I think the seniors all do their best to step up and be a leader and really take ownership of their team. They help the team work together in order to look amazing,” Dennis said. “The seniors help us a lot with motivation and also with improvement, just like a coach would.

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stunts or anything we are having trouble with.”

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Being a leader consists and being assertive without dictating. Being a captain of the team does not mean I am above everyone. I am still a part of the theme; we are a whole.

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Over her two years of cheering for the Bay, Dennis has formed strong relationships with those who are now seniors. She strives to be like these dedicated athletes who have had a large impact on her.

“I built relationships with most of the who have taught her what traits she must senior cheerleaders and [they] helped me a lot these past two years,” Dennis said. portray and the role she must play.

“When I was an underclassman my “I look up to the seniors a lot; I aspire to seniors were super hard workers both be just like them as a cheerleader. They work incredibly hard and really devote their time and effort to this sport.”

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LEADING THE WAY: (Clockwise from top left) showing off her school spirit, varsity cheerleading captain senior Ally Henky takes a break from the action to smile at a home varsity game. (From left) junior varsity cheerleader sophomore Heather Dennis and varsity cheerleading captain senior Brooke Fernandez spend the weekend at cheer camp over the summer. The four varsity cheerleading captains, (from left) Samantha Srebnick, Fernandez, Jenna Sheron and Henky complete their last season cheering together. (Bottom) senior and varsity softball player Carlota Briceno sits on the newest addition to

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Inspired athletes driven to succeed man on the street

BY ALEXIS SOBEL MANAGING EDITOR

The president of the Miami Marlins baseball team, David Samson said that

who or what motivates you to play harder?

athletes.

“The agony of losing far outweighs

play in honor of someone or something else, athletes at all levels are motivated greatness.

“Whenever I am in the pool, I varsity swimmer and sophomore Jason Rosenberg said. “My motivation and

Samantha DeLuca Junior Varsity Cheerleader

Aaron Katz Junior Varsity Baseball

Makenzie Roach Junior Varsity Cheerleader

“I work hard in baseball because “The sisterhood and bond of my “Knowing that I am cheering for one of the best schools in Florida and I want to make it to the next level, teammates is what makes me want to being able to do what I love with the which for me is college baseball and work hard. My love for cheerleading plays a huge role.” people I love around me motivates me hopefully professional baseball after my experiences in college.” to work harder while cheering.”

from my love of the sport and swimmer I Rosenberg said he aspires to be like

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My motivation and dedication to swimming has derived from my love of the sport and swimmer I hope to become one day. I love seeing all of

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-sophomore Jason Rosenberg

is persistent.

Keaton Hunt Varsity Football

“I work on my game with my teammates at practice everyday for about three hours. My teammates are always there to push me, and I am there to push them.”

Elizabeth Riley Varsity Swimming

Nick Taylor Varsity Football

“My teammates are my main “The feeling of beating a team source of motivation and wanting to when you know you worked so hard do better swimming.” for it is one like no other. I love having the satisfaction that my hard work paid off.”

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for Max, his family his friends, and that motivates her to make her team the best “Seeing the girls working together for himself, his family and teammates. motivation to be a team player helps him “I have always played to make my family proud. Some people play for his or her own self interest, and some others like know that I am playing for more than just said an athlete’s motivation plays a role “I play for myself, I play for my family, makes me feel as though everybody else team possible. is relying on me to do my part well. If I do half the effort and she is just as talented as After the passing of Stermer’s teammate Max Cardenas, he said his motivation shifted to playing for him.

“My teammates and I vowed that

and swimming a little faster in order to Dwyer said teamwork and winning

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ATHLETES TO WATCH JASON ROSENBERG

ANDREA HOMES

What inspired you to pursue your swimming career?

What are your goals for this season?

“My family friend’s cousin was a really good swimmer, and she told me all about the sport; I instantly became interested. It looked like a really challenging and rigorous sport but I wanted to try it.

“My goals for this season would be to make it to states, drop my swim What is your diet throughout the swimming season?

“My diet consists mainly of everything healthy such as fruits, water, whole grain and lots of protein. I stay away from

Do you have any pre-meet rituals or traditions?

“Before I swim, I warm up and do some stretches to loosen my body before I get in the water. I try to stay warm and eat as healthy as I can that day, and I try avoiding dairy because

“My brother began swimming before me, and I really enjoyed watching him. I always thought it was such an

How has swimming affected your life?

“It has really helped me stay focused and meet new friends. It seems like it is the most well rounded sport to meet my needs. I have also learned a lot of new skills and

How has swimming affected your life?

“Swimming has made me more controlling of myself, and it has helped me deal with stress and bad times a lot better. It has made me more disciplined and it has helped

What is your favorite part of swimming?

“Swimming has given me the opportunity to meet a lot of new people and make so many unforgettable memories. Not only is it a fun sport, but it is also a really good way to stay in shape and

Who are some of your role models that inspire you?

“My main role model would be my dad, because he is truly one of the strongest people I know. Swimming wise, Missy Franklin is my role model, because she works hard for what

-Dylan Srebnick

-Ben Eiglarsh

GOAL: GET A BETTER TIME HEIGHT: 6’0 TEAM: BOYS SWIMMING CLASS OF: 2019

GOAL: MAKE IT TO STATES -Ben Eiglarsh HEIGHT: 5’5 TEAM: GIRLS SWIMMING CLASS OF: 2018

FALL SEASON STATISTICS Girls Varsity Volleyball

Swimming

Boys JV Football

Piper

W 3-0

Cooper City

W

@Western

L 12-25

@Coral Springs

W 2-0

Miramar

W

Cooper City

W 34-26

West Broward

W 2-0

Miramar

W

@Everglades

L 20-30

@Western

W 3-2

Nova High School

W

St. Thomas Aquinas

L 0-3

Pines Charter

L

Piper

W 3-0

McArthur

W

@Western

W 3-0

Piper

W

Stoneman Douglas

W 3-0

Coral Springs

W

W 3-0

South Broward

W

L 3-0

Districts

W

Regionals

W

@Western @Boca High School

Girls Golf Stoneman Douglas

W

Archbishop McCarthy

L

Boys Varsity Football @Western

L 9-14

@Miramar

L 0-43

South Plantation

W 35-14

Flanagan

L 17-35

Everglades

W 48-7

Boys Golf Stoneman Douglas

L

Archbishop McCarthy

L

Coral Glades

W

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Political Humor

BY RACHEL SCHONBERGER ARTS & ENT. EDITOR

While news stations have and breaking news about the presidential candidates in the current election cycle, entertainment channels have found from reaching some of the corners of cable. By making fun of presidential candidates and touching on real-world issues in comedic ways, many television sitcoms and cartoons have been recently overcome with election fever.

The classic satire cartoon, “The Simpsons” had a twominute clip in a recent episode that showed Marge Simpson because of the election. Then, a television commercial pops up on her bedroom TV that highlighted the differences in Trump’s and Clinton’s actions should they be woken up at three in the morning to go to the White House Situation Room. According to “The Simpsons,” Clinton’s presidency would entail Bill Clinton waking up to the telephone call and being excited to go to the Situation Room before he realizes that the other end was expecting his wife on the receiving end of the call. Trump’s response to the telephone call call because he would be busy tweeting; once he answered, he would have to be spray painted orange, put a dog on his head as a hairpiece and inject Botox. All the while, a book titled “Great Speeches” by “A. Hitler” sits beside him. This obvious parody of the election utilizes comedy to make light of the political climate.

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We all have to have a sense of humor in every serious matter,

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“The way that the political candidates appear in ‘The Simpsons’ is obviously a little overdramatic, but it’s like that for a purpose,” senior Emma Shapiro, a fan of the show, said.

Another play on events being discussed in this election is present in a “Family Guy” episode “locker room talk” conversation, had by Trump and “Access Hollywood” reporter, Billy Bush. The original recording was subject to extreme debate on news stations and on social media networks; “Family Guy” took a different view of it, poking fun at what had become a heated political argument.

“I think that both of the candidates have provided a lot of material that a lot of comedies have been taking advantage of, and it’s just worked out that way for this election,” Shapiro said.

Both examples of mockery of the election use humorous interpretations to attract viewers. However, one television show in particular has attracted more viewers due to its political material than any other airing show. “Saturday Night Live” (SNL) parodies the election and its candidates week after week. Creative Writing and English teacher Mrs. Joyce Seigel tunes into the show every Saturday to see the latest Trump and Clinton impersonations.

“I think that Alec Baldwin and Kate McKinnon are doing an outstanding job of imitating those caricatures,” Mrs. Seigel said.

The weekly comedic routines of McKinnon and Baldwin have become a subject of common conversation. Trump even tweeted out a response to the parodies when he tweeted “Watched Saturday Night Live hit job on me. Time to retire the boring and unfunny show.

Alec Baldwin portrayal stinks. Media rigging election!”

“For as long as I could remember, variety shows have used satirical humor to make audiences laugh about what’s going on behind the scenes in the political arena. Some people take offense to it and others don’t,” Mrs. Seigel said. “I guess it’s all about perspective like anything in life. it offensive, some people chalk it off to characterizations and what we sound like to other people.”

Comedic interpretations of the presidential debates have taken television screens all over the nation by storm. However, although SNL viewership has increased and their parodies have millions of views, many politicians and politically involved voters have not met the sketch comedy with much appraisal.

“We all have to have a sense of humor in every serious matter, or we will suffer.

This is a tumultuous time that we’re in,” Mrs. Seigel said. “This particular political debate is lighting a lot of fuses on both sides, and unfortunately, people’s senses of humor are not as liberated as usual.”

Television rightfully satirizes candidates Late night television has taken no restraints when it comes to lampooning the nation’s current election cycle. Numerous celebrities have imitated presidential nominee Donald Trump on television, ranging from comedians Jimmy Fallon and Alec Baldwin to actresses Meryl Streep and Zooey Deschanel. His opponent Hillary Clinton even poked fun at herself and her own platform on “Saturday Night Live” (SNL) last season.

Since Season 42 of SNL began in early October, each episode has begun with a parody of a presidential or vice presidential debate. Collectively, SNL’s YouTube videos of its debate parodies have more than 50 million views. Each week, more viewers are tuning in to see what Alec Baldwin, who parodies Trump, and Kate McKinnon, who parodies Clinton, will spoof this time.

But it gets to the point when we should ask ourselves a question: by constantly parodying and satirizing the election, are we dismissing its importance? Have we been focusing too much on what gestures and breathing noises late night television can spoof, and not enough on how well the candidates have explained themselves?

Or, on the other hand, is it better for us to see the comedy within our governmental system and not become too burdened by all of the political dissension? nitely taken akin to the latter.

With so many new jokes being introduced in stand-up comedy on cable every night, more people are seeing the candidates as the jokes that can be told about them. It has gotten to the point that people are laughing at the actual presidential debates and tweets like actor Josh Gad’s “SNL at this point is literally considering just re-airing this debate” are getting 12,000 retweets.

What would the entertainment industry do to make light of such a scary political climate other than poke fun at it? I think that the best and only option that entertainment has is to satirize and parody this election to the pinnacle of its comedic capacity.

There is a reason that this election has sparked such a comedic uproar, and the heart of it lies in the irony behind the two political candidates. A former television game show host who owned the “Miss USA” and “Miss Teen USA” pageants for 19 years is facing off against a former First Lady of the United States who has been subject to Republican hatred since she was up against Obama in 2008. People who write jokes for a living for late night television are thriving on the relevance and irony of the election. America is laughing because the only other option is sulking in the insanity that this presidential race has become.

So my answer is that yes, we are in a way dismissing the gravity of the decision American voters will make on Nov. 8, but in terms of entertainment, that is the best way to treat such a serious concern. By lifting the weight off of worried Americans’ shoulders with minutes of comedy surrounding the nominees each night, the never-ending loops of election news on CNN and Fox News are being slowly drowned out. It is better for us in so many ways to see the comedy shining through the nation’s evident discordance.

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Studio motivates artistic individuals Growing up, senior Antonia Baños always had a passion for art. Because her mother, Leda Almar, started an art studio called Art Studio Weston Portfolio and Development in Weston in 2003, she has had the opportunity to take a variety of art classes taught by Ms. Almar.

“I have learned everything I know about art in my mom’s classes,” Baños said. “I have been taking them since I was four. I am there every Wednesday with a group of my friends. It is probably my favorite part of the week.”

Like Baños, Ms. Almar has always loved art. While in high school, she started working with photography and then ceramics. She later opened a pottery studio in Argentina and once she moved to Weston built a similar studio here.

“My goal for the studio is to have a group of artists I can share this [passion for all art] with,” Ms. Almar said.

The studio offers classes regarding drawing, painting, sculpting and ceramics. Ms. Almar offers private sessions for ages 4-10 and workshops for teenagers. At these workshops teens have the opportunity to learn different art for portfolio development for college applications. Adult classes are available

as well. Ms. Almar said she enjoys being an art teacher.

“It is really fun teaching others how to express themselves through art,” she said.

“I especially love teaching teenagers and helping them build their portfolios. It is what motivates me the most.”

Baños is one of Ms. Almar’s students.

She said she has learned many important talents from these classes and her mother’s teaching style.

“I love the way she works because she allows her students to do whatever projects they want and allow them to be creative, but really tries to show them how to improve technically,” Baños said.

In addition to learning fresh and different art techniques, Baños has had the chance to spend time with other friends thinking of new ideas for art projects. She said she is lucky to have this time.

“The art studio is really fun, there is always small groups so it is personal and everyone there is friends so it is always a good times,” Baños said. “Being with my friends while learning is really fun because you just get to relax for a while and forget about everything else.”

Along with Baños, other seniors at the Bay attend the art studio to improve their art skills. These students are Isabella Rivas, Veronica Fadel and Veronica Bello. Fadel has been participating at the

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PASSION FOR PAINT: Seniors Veronica Fadel, Gaby Duna and Antonia Baños display their artwork at the Art Studio Weston Portfolio and Development, which was established by Leda Almar in 2003. Ms. Almar said she opened her studio to share her passion for art with everyone.

each week.

“I wanted to go [to the studio] to set aside time for doing something I love,” Fadel said. “When I am there I just have so much fun with my friends and we bounce ideas off each other to create amazing things.”

Fadel said this atmosphere creates the perfect environment to work on current

art pieces and get motivated to start new projects.

“Being in an actual art studio helps me learn and become inspired from my teacher and peers,” Fadel said. “I go into each class with a new idea of what I want to do either a painting or a drawing and Leda [Almar] helps me bring that idea to life.”

Applicants submit artistic portfolios Rather than submitting essays and transcripts and attending interviews with admissions advisers, some students have the added job of sending in portfolios and taking part in auditions. These students are able to display their artistic abilities in an application process different from the norm.

Senior Erin Imhof said she is able to show a better representation of her personal style of photography through submitting her work, whereas her grades or an essay would not be representative of her abilities.

“The big difference in applying to an arts school in comparison to an academic school is the portfolio I have to submit,” Imhof said. “I’m having to go back and look at pictures I took a really long time ago to rework them and add them to my portfolio.”

Fine arts teachers at the Bay are also sources of guidance since many of them have been through the same process that the students are currently going

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the arts in the same way she would help students applying to an academic school through the typical application process.

“I still advise students to select the send them a solid application showing everything they have to offer and, of course, offer any optional information that may give them an advantage,” Mrs. Bush said.

With a variety of different art classes at the Bay, students are able to sample

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through. Art teacher Marcella Giordano submitted a portfolio when she was applying to colleges, but says hers was very different from the type her students are submitting.

“Students who are interested in the arts need a digital portfolio. That

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was not something that was required of students when I was applying to school, but now it is much easier to take quality photos of your work and submit them electronically,” Mrs. Giordano said.

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photography until sophomore year, and although she wishes that she would have known earlier that she wanted to pursue photography, she was able to pick up this class and take advantage of all the opportunities “[Art teacher Elizabeth Jenkins] has opened a lot of doors and introduced me to many college advisers and competitions which I am able to include in my portfolio and on my application,” Imhof said. “I feel like being in her class has helped me as a student and as an artist.”

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Chance musically energizes audience Chance The Rapper

cert with his song “Angels.”

Throughout the concert, Chance made use of various techniques that helped to maintain the enthusiasm of his audience, one which of was to chant phrases like “Uh, uh!” with intentions of the crowd

large screen behind him. Involving the audience in this way helped to increase the hype of an upcoming song as well as Rising hip-hop artist Chance The act as an introduction to it. He also urged Rapper has managed to keep his fame his fans to jump and sing loud enough to from dwindling with his most recent al- “literally shake the building.” bum, “Coloring Book,” which was released three years after “Acid Rap,” the made the large assortment of colored mixtape that initiated his stardom. Al- lights an evident and memorable part of the experience. Each song entailed a difChance exceeded expectations with his ferent combination of colors to illuminate ceaseless energy at The Fillmore on Oct. the room as well as contribute to the song’s 10, where he made his 17th stop on his mood. Songs like “Favorite Song” elicited numerous bright colors like pink, orAbout 15 minutes into the opening ange, blue and green to radiate the energy, act’s performance, the crowd ignited in- while songs like “Same Drugs” evoked a stantly as Chance made a surprise appear- more serene purple lighting to pair with ance alongside his opening band, “Fran- his playing of the piano. Confetti during cis and the Lights.” This brief emergence songs “Same Drugs” and “Friends” was augmented the energy of the audience as also utilized as a way to enhance the colwell as adding a unique touch to the con- orful aspects of the concert. cert that most artists don’t undertake.

Because a handful of Chance’s songs The quick appearance of Chance dur- from “Coloring Book” relate to the idea of ing the opening act excluded a micro- growing out of childhood, Chance’s perphone; he danced with the band’s lead formance featured various puppets that singer as the opening performance ran un- sang, danced and talked, which helped to interrupted. Making a surprise entrance magnify his theme of growing up. without singing was a genius play on his Throughout the concert, a puppet, part, for the surprise acted as a wake-up Carlos the Lion, served as an emcee that call to the audience, causing a loud reac- guided Chance to transition into a new tion from the crowd as he opened the con- number every few songs. During “Same

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CHANCE OF A LIFETIME: Chance The Rapper performs on Oct. 10 at The Fillmore alongside Carlos the Lion and other puppets.

Drugs,” a female life-size puppet accompanied Chance, and a choir of bird puppets surrounded the stage to sing during “How Great.” The puppets animated the show while also serving to render his messages.

An hour into the concert, a fan managed to bypass security and jump on Chance on stage; this resulted in a 10-minute pause in the show, but the energy of the audience only increased through this.

Unknowing of whether Chance would chanted “Chance The Rapper” in unison with hopes of him returning. His reappearance enlivened the crowd and caused an increase in appreciation for his presence. After his return, Chance mentioned

his love for Miami and the concert in particular, creating a personal connection to the audience.

Although slightly altering songs from their studio version is part of what makes a concert more special, Chance left many change bits of songs to add a sense of style early was disappointing in the way that it made the concert feel rushed.

The fervent energy that Chance showcased throughout the concert was unlike any other artist’s energy and served to prove his devotion to music. His colorful set, meaningful messages and engagement of the audience made the night remarkably unforgettable.

The circuiT recommends “Wish You Were Here ” “Menswear ” The 1975 Indie Pop

With a cool, synthetic intro, much more modern R’n’B than the band’s usual sound, “Menswear” bursts into life almost two minutes into the song. The whole track is just over three minutes long and wordless until the halfway point, but it carries itself incredibly well. The cool and calm tone of this song sums up the entire album with its production and the use of instruments.

Pink Floyd Psychedelic Rock playing and correspondingly tasteful studio effects create a kind of spacey mood. That sound is pure emotive resonance; the basic love in the soul is written all over this song. The song builds on the faded guitar and creates one of the most melodic and insanely beautiful acoustic songs of all time.

“Mr. Brightside ” “Let It Happen ”

The Killers Alternative Rock

The drumming and clapping are particularly gorgeous to listen to, and the synths really meld well with the entirety of the song. This song is driven by synths and bass and really follows a nice progression. The end of the song brings some really nice electric guitar into the mix.

This song has grand emotional tearingyourself-up vibes that feels agonized without getting whiny, and the lyrics are very relatable. One of the best singles of the past decade, it is a fundamental piece in the understanding of ‘00s music.

The counterpoint of synths and the drums changing their panning are all about the timing, not jumping into the chorus immediately and waiting for the right moment.

Tame Impala Psychedelic Rock

An ongoing feature that includes lesser known songs by popular artists and songs from up and coming artists.

This month’s playlist was compiled by Juliana Stepien.

“Scar Tissue ” The Red Hot Chili Peppers Funk Rock “Scar Tissue” has a great mellow guitar riff and a catchy and chilled back hook.

The minimalistic guitar solo at the end is nothing short of amazing. This song is the perfect combination of great lyrics, a lovely, shimmering chorus and excellent guitar playing, completely free of any chaos.

“Cupid de Locke ”

The Smashing Pumpkin Alternative Rock

This is a charming little gem simply about love and being in love, with so many appealing bits of riffs and rhythms added here and there: the bending guitar, the plucked harp, the light shakes of percussion.

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Sankofa, a social justice organization founded by activist Henry Belafonte, released a public service announcement (PSA) called “Against The Wall,” on responding to police brutality and injustice to people of color and reminding The announcement featured some of celebrities, including Michael B. Jordan,

very eyes, hour after hour, the murder and has desensitized us,” Belafonte said in a

the position many assume before being 911 dispatches that report the deaths of unarmed black men play in the background.

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and actually made me realize that this is capable of contributing to a lot of change to place these celebrated people in the because of the huge audience they have.

These actors that starred in this PSA are black community face — being forced desensitizes your feelings to it.” shining a brighter light on the situation,” and eventually shot dead by police,” co-director Gerard Bush said at a press victims of police brutality. As Belafonte conference. stated, many are desensitized to the issue because they see this occur everyday, and the line “Black is Not a Weapon” light on serious situations like these said the PSA has made a change in the “Seeing that last bit really hit hard community for the best.

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ARTS & ENT. PHOTO EDITOR

this problem instead of just advertising some hair vitamins.”

sell toys hold it back from making the

“Max Steel”

BY LUCY CELENTANO

starred in this are making a difference

to-movie franchises and to sell actual toys in the process.

Not only does the transparence of

a baby brother come true. Given that the intended audience is young children, the

“Storks”

and says that another life is gone,” junior

but also the actual premise of the movie is totally uninspired and uninteresting.

ONLINE ARTS AND ENT. EDITOR

From the producers of “Happy Feet” and “The Lego Movie,” “Storks” is a major disappointment. In “Storks,” there is a company employed and operated by eventually dissipates, rather than feeling storks that runs a baby delivery service.

The regular practice of delivering babies came to an end several years before “Storks” has a very strong audio a young girl named Tulip, the main cast. With famous actors and actresses including Jennifer produced by a stork Aniston, Kelsey Grammer and Katie to understand the entire operation. When young to imagine the plot boy, Nate Gardner, actually coming to life.

The humorous Tulip decides to take aspects of “Storks” it upon herself to aid are more appealing Nate by making a baby to a much younger audience than high production center.

superhero movie that fails miserably at carbon-copy of the formula used in other

of

something

on

of the most iconic characters in the cinema industry: Ironman and Spiderman.

Rele a si ng

special effects & CGI straight from a directearly 2000s. very clearly an attempt

Season makes it seem like the studio behind the

trends at the moment: toys and superheroes.

The movie is based on the Mattel toy of production facility is no and terrible longer producing babies, While some of the the same name, and but instead running jokes in the movie are unlike Hasbro and choosing to dump as a package delivery actually rather funny, it at the time movie service, Tulip reaches a a good majority of “ T r a n s f o r m e r s ” the attempts at humor are odd and not franchise, there is to sell the least. The hardly any lore behind the toys off of ongoing struggles for characters in the movie. audiences both confused and aggravated plot, the only thing that keeps this birdcast.

Steel.”

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Open Mic Night enables school-wide expression

BY MIRANDA MILAN

Drama Club gathered on Oct. 14 to host Open Mic Night for all students in order to encourage members to participate in the club and perform any piece they would like. Students from all grades performed any piece that they liked in front of other members of the club.

“We have our American Musical Theatre classes and our drama classes, but this is [an event] where you can do a poem, a monologue, play the piano, sing, or play the guitar. Whatever makes you happy,” Drama Club sponsor Cynthia Lutwin said.

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Grande with freshman member Daniela Osorio. so I have to set an example for the other kids and try to get them to open up and feel way less nervous than they should, because Drama Club is a place to have fun and feel free,” Hernandez said.

Hernandez and the other Drama Club board members spend hours to make sure events such as open mic night are successful for everyone.

“I love being in Drama Club because I get to see people grow just as I have grown throughout my years in the program,” Hernandez said. “My goal is to help make this year of Drama Club as great as it can possibly be with the help of my fellow board member.”

Drama Club member Madison Ramos was anxious for her performance in front of a larger crowd.

“I auditioned to get into the spoken word poetry team, and that was the piece I auditioned with. I thought it would be fun to try to perform it in front of [another] audience,” Ramos said.

Drama Club holds multiple fund raisers throughout the year to collect money and fund different activities, but the club

consists of students in Lutwin’s advanced musical theatre class, created this event to have other ways for club members to participate in the club throughout the year without being pressured by competition.

“We’re so competitive at our school.

There’s always an audition with someone trying to get this part or that part, and it’s just kind of nice to come in and have fun while not having to worry about ‘Am I going to crack?’ or ‘Am I going to get that part?’” Ms. Lutwin said.

Drama Club secretary Gabe Hernandez performed the music solo “Love on Top” by Beyoncé as well as a music duet of “Almost is Never Enough” by Ariana cause we get to know each other better

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DRAMATIC DOINGS: Seniors Danielle Gonzalez and Drama Club President

and we care about each other,” Ms. Lutwin said. “In that respect, they will help each other when they are doing things in the club.”

Drama Club plans on hosting an open mic night every month with a fee of $1

per attendee, open to all students, whether they are club members or not.

“I hope it will grow to where people will come and they won’t be nervous to perform, and they’ll see what it’s all about,” Ms. Lutwin said.

Cult classic remake proves subpar “Rocky Horror Picture Show: Lets Do the Time Warp Again”

BY CASEY MENTEN PR MANAGER

On Oct. 20, Fox released its remake of the 1975 cult classic “Rocky Horror Picture Show”. However, compared to other remade movies Fox has done in the past, “Rocky Horror Picture Show: Let’s Do the Time Warp Again” does not live up to expectations. The original movie has gained such a loyal fan base that any remake is highly scrutinized and seen as inferior to the original. the theater participation aspect that cult followers often partake in. When attention, it was known for audience participation, where audience members recreate scenes and often yell out lines fans.

“Rocky Horror Picture Show: Let’s scenes showing members of the audience Do the Time Warp Again” includes singing along and yelling out the lines, a Laverne Cox playing the lead, Dr. Frankdirect reference to audience participation. N-Furter. Although Fox can be praised This aspect of the show connects the for having a transgender woman in a lead role, this takes away the shock factor that Although the witty references made “Rocky Horror Picture Show” is known throughout the remake compare to the for. It is much more outrageous to have original, the majority of the show only a guy play such a confounding character. translates well to those who have already By having a woman play Dr. Frank-Nseen the original movie. Those viewing it Furter, they are taking out the outrageous factor Rocky Horror is known and loved oddball comedy and strange references for. made in the remake. The new “Rocky Horror” would not be able to stand on its own without the support of intrigued cult cover of the famous “Science Fiction/

Double Feature”. The cover is lip-synced and also continues to disappoint by failing to include the notorious red lips well known to fans. This small abandoned part drastically worsens the already overthe-top introduction.

Although the show has a slow start, it quickly gains momentum when the talented cast, including Victoria Justice and Ryan McCartan, begin to sing. The whole cast has an impressive background in musical theater and the arts, which is displayed greatly in their skillful performances.

Director Kenny Ortega took into consideration the nostalgia of the original

reminded the audience of the beloved movie. Ortega made the decision to bring Curry, who made a small appearance as part brings back fond memories of the original movie, which seem to cast a shadow over the entire remake.

Although “Rocky Horror Picture Show: Let’s Do the Time Warp Again” is a good attempt at recreating the cult classic, it will continue to remain in the shadow of its predecessor. The original “Rocky Horror Picture Show” is one of a kind and ahead of its time, and that eccentric originality cannot be recreated.

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Annual attraction frightens visitors

BY LUCY CELENTANO ARTS & ENT. PHOTO EDITOR

Since 1990, Universal Studios Orlando has been home to Halloween Horror Nights. At the amusement park, nine haunted houses are created along with “scare zones” set up sporadically throughout the park. The majority of the houses are modeled after horror movies or shows, and Universal’s attention to detail is displayed through the use of props and decorated “scarers.” These “scarers” dress in full costume with stage makeup in order to portray characters from the movies or shows being depicted.

Freshman Sarah Gibson said the makeup and costume aspects were incredible, and she thinks it is astounding how the people are able to dress themselves in order to portray an entirely different human being than who they are in real life.

“I think it is really amazing how they can transform people into characters that scare us when they are actually just normal people just like we are and that is the part that I found the most intriguing about the whole night,” Gibson said.

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Just being in the park gives me such a rush of fear. The scares spike my adrenaline and going through that with my friends gives us such great memories to look back on until we get to go back to Halloween Horror Nights the next year.

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FRIGHT NIGHT: Universal Studios hosts its 26th annual Halloween Horror Nights attraction at its theme park where fans of all ages go to get spooked.

“My other family members are scared quantity and variety of all of the scare zones in the park allowed her to remiyear [at Halloween Horror Nights], I was too,” Gibson said. “I needed someone improving her overall experience greatly. who was not as scared as me to help me “My favorite part of Horror Nights through the night and that’s why I chose this year was by far the streets and scare to attend with my neighbor.” zones,” Sobern said. “The fact that the acThis year, the houses were themed tors are real people too means that they -sophomore Alejandra after “The Exorcist,” “American Horror have the ability to scare whoever they Arroyo Story,” “The Walking Dead,” “Kram- want, however that takes the scaring to a Gibson decided to go this year with pus,” “Halloween 2,” “Ghost Town,” whole new level.”

Although sophomore Alejandra Arher friends rather than family because it “Texas Chainsaw,” “Tomb of the Ancients” and “Lunatics Playground 3D.” royo describes this experience as terrifyFreshman Karla Sobern said the large ing, she continually returns to Halloween Horror nights.

”

Horror Nights year after year. She values the adrenaline rush the entire night gives her and looks forward to spending a short amount of time experiencing the horror with her friends, which she can only do once a year.

“Just being in the park gives me such a rush of fear,” Arroyo said. “The scares spike my adrenaline and going through that with my friends gives us such great memories to look back on until we get to go back to Halloween Horror Nights the next year.”

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Giardino’s salads cause mixed feelings Mac Miller releases “divine” new album of being in a relationship, as Grande and

portions, the smallest “piccolo” size is sidered a small size, it is quite large and

Giardino Gourmet Salads

BY FRANCHESCA RAMIREZ

Giardino is considered a fast-food resly depending on the amount of workers on duty. This can cause a major incon-

Giardino Gourmet Salads is a modest place with tasty, healthy options. This restaurant offers more than just salad; it looking to be in and out of the restaurant also offers other quickly without a healthy options wait, pre-ordersuch as wraps, soups, quinoa calling in the orand rice bowls. der and picking it One of the best up at the store. things Giardino Giardino is has to offer is located at Counthe “My Way” try Isles Plaza in menu, which Weston. The resoffers customtaurant offers a ers the opportunity to creof seating for those ate their meals looking to eat with just about any friends, family or way they would co-workers during like. Customtheir lunch break. ers choose one Ordering is made base, which can extremely easy include a green since the food is or a grain, up to four toppings, a dressing, prepared right in front of the customers, a type of crouton and lastly, grains or proteins. The salads that are offered at this for deciding what to put on the “My Way” The lettuce easily gets soggy, which meal option. can be unappetizing if the salad is not is delicious, but prices can run high and ocados and apples are all perfectly ripe to make for a fresh meal. Prices at Giardino makes for a delightful and healthy lunch.

“Glass Sword” shatters expectations bloods. Mare plans on stopping him by into the ultimate army. This search ensues

“Glass Sword”

BY HAYLEY PRINCZ

being tied up in a cliffhanger ending.

Throughout most of the book, Mare is

The thrilling second installment of the thinks she knows what is best for her and for others and is too stubborn to get help.

Compared to “ G l a s s Sword,” book, Mare’s begins right character becomes book left off. shallower and Red-blooded less enjoyable commoner as the main Mare Barrow protagonist. and the While Mare’s treasonous character p r i n c e , charismatic and intriguing nature, along with being a

Cal’s younger brother,

The sequence of the songs also has a

“The Divine Feminine”

Ty Dolla $ign) demonstrates idealized dreams of being with someone, followed

BY WANDA MORA by the nostalgia of “Planet God Damn” Mac Miller’s newest album, “The Di- (feat. Njomza), and the act of approaching the female in “Soulmate.” as the Pittsburgh rapper mainly focuses supposed to on the subrepresent the ject of ro“fem inine mance as it energy of relates to the the planet,” female form as Miller and beyond. says, most T h e of the lyrics opening are buried song “Conunder the gratulatopic of sex, tions” (feat. missing an opportunity ana Grande) to truly honor begins with the female G r a n d e ’s gender. It fails angelic to highlight any kind sings in a of maturity gospel-like Miller tried tone that imm e d ia t ely draws the listener into the song. The difeach song a different taste.

great transition for Miller as he tries to rap more about sensual things, but it did

sound, while “We” (feat. Cee Lo Green) highlights the ethereal tone of the album. females. ana Grande) and “Stay” support the album’s theme by illustrating the best parts

iPhone update enhances appearance The photos app has also become more user-friendly and organized. The iOS 10 software offers the function of searching a keyword in photos, such as “animals” or iOS 10 “sports,” so that all photos in the camera

BY JOSIE CLANCY roll that fall under that category can be , found within seconds.

The lock screen on the iPhone also has iPhone Operating System (iOS) 10 is an a new look. Instead of sliding to unlock an iPhone, the user now has to press the home button to unlock the phone. This phone and many of its apps. iOS 10, which was the phone released to the in any way. public on Sep. Despite this 13, consists unnecessary of an updated c h a n g e, keyboard, notifications which allows on the lock users to s c r e e n chose from nine different enhanced. By animations to just raising add to a text the phone, message, such notifications as confetti or will appear balloons. This without the component need to click enriches any buttons, the iPhone,

for Mare, adds both depth and drama to the lusterless story.

The handwritten message can also be sent, check for any missed messages.

The iOS 10 update introduces new book is adding a personalized touch to what used cutting edge technology that iPhone users to be a bland form of communication.

by a rebel organization known as the Scarlet Guard. While under the Mare are watched closely due to their

is the ability to delete almost any app, Cal and Scarlet Guard escape the base of faith. “Glass Sword” is not the worst new-bloods, the people in the Red Queen is a major let down.

the phone, with the exception of some essentials, such as phone and camera. be in and out of the restaurant quickly Some of the generic apps on the iPhone are not necessary for all users, so the by calling in the order and picking it up ability to delete almost any app and at the store.

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Actress grows through television career

BY JENNA FRIEDMAN

Apollonio

Ever since the age of seven, freshman Nicole Apollonio has been landing roles in the Spanish television industry.

Through these roles, acting has become a major part of Apollonio’s life and has impacted her immensely as a person.

said

that

the

most

assumed she did not speak English.

Apollonio began her career as an actress very early in her life, and it has shaped her future. Ana Apollonio, to begin her career so early on in her talented, but the opportunities to begin the most recent one being the soap opera, young age. played Fabiola, the Autistic daughter of the main character.

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LIGHTS, CAMERA, ACTION: Spanish television star freshman Nicole

path for as long as she can and hopes for her to have a lengthy and successful career.

I want to do this for the rest of my life; be an actress, singer and dancer.

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characters like Fabiola, Apollonio said that she is inspired by her mom, brother and other talented a actors.

-freshman Nicole Apollonio

Apollonio said that playing Fabiola said.

Apollonio said that she has her heart set on being in the television industry for or going to auditions. She said that she the remainder of her life. prefers doing auditions on tape rather than doing them in person because she

Apollonio has learned a great deal about discipline, coordination, precision and audition on tape because the outtakes are hilarious, and you can do it so many times

Social media applications serve as creative outlets acteristics to help them manage their fame.

BY CASSIDY SHELDON MULT. NEWS EDITOR

you have to consistently appeal to your - famous, you have to continually stay up student living in the United States.

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ing her students. She reminds her students to think before they post and to ask them-

said.

- posting responsibly, looking at the credpacted his normal life in many different solely positive impact on his high school appear in my videos a lot, have also felt media aides in making our society more Cook, believes that a necessary quality in - to places and people from all around the cial media is the understanding of the responsibilities of posting online.

- for beforehand. media and have a certain amount of fame have a certain amount of responsibility sees some negative consequences of post- nice or sharing things that they shouldn’t Parallel to Cook’s opinions, Sopho- things online. net sensations need to have certain char-

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Political Programs

BY LEAH GOLD

BY ESTELA SUAREZ

“Scandal” is an emotional roller coaster for viewers created by Shonda Rhimes, full of plot twists, tragedy and laughs. The series

“Madam Secretary” is another hit on a long list of CBS dramas that know how to entertain.

Tea Leoni’s performance as the Secretary of State Elizabeth McCord is powerful. Her casting is spot on, making her stand out among other women on television. “Madam Secretary” is

former media consultant to the president of the United States who decides that she is ready for a new venture in her life and opens people from her past coming at her left and right to sabotage her new accomplishments, most episodes show her struggling to deal with this adversity. Pope also has a confusing

operative who has left the life of politics aside for ethical reasons. When the previous secretary of state is involved in a fatal plane crash, McCord is pulled back into her old life in the government.

McCord considers the president a friend due to

show, many political issues that the U.S. is

and because of this she feels she has no choice but to take the job. The show also focuses on the episode, the First Lady of the United States, personal lives of the characters highlighting how they try to maintain the balance between their personal and professional lives. This how there are so many other things to discuss and do besides defunding Planned show has the ability to accurately portray the life of a politician in today’s modern day.

Unlike many other women in TV, Leoni’s character is shown as a woman who has rights. Although the show has some intriguing episodes, some plot lines in the show control of both her personal and professional life. The show’s creator, Barbara Hall, seems to have modeled this character off of former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, which provides the drama with a realistic touch that viewers may be able to relate to. compelling and riveting and will be remembered as an action-packed show that brings together drama and politics. also the values and skills of the rest of the staff surrounding the president.

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LAYOUT EDITOR

PR MANAGER

“Designated Survivor” is a new, actionpacked drama series starring Kiefer Sutherland, as Tom Kirkman, in which the fears of many Americans come to life. Kirkman, Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, suddenly assumes the role as acting president of the United States after an attack on the Capitol Building has killed everyone who attended the State of the Union Address. The Republican survivor Kimble Hookstraten, played by Virginia Madsen, represents all of Congress and is high up on the list of those threatening Kirkman’s newfound presidency. Kirkman has the government and the American people pushing for his failure; however, he has continued to prove that he can

“Veep” is a political satire television series that focuses on former Senator Selina Meyer (Julia Louis-Dreyfus) and her staff through the States. The sizable job is accompanied by sizable drama that is enthralling to watch. Each episode includes fast-paced action because they all revolve around Selina Meyer’s staff frantically working to it begins to become repetitive as the seasons draw seen Selina Meyer advance in the political world along with watching her staff solve her problems time and time again. After watching multiple episodes, the pattern of problem and solution

show creates multiple story lines, all relating to the attack. At times, the show can be the inner-workings of the White House, this is the perfect series to binge on. Each too dark and dramatic, leaving viewers wondering about the possibility of the show’s episode depicts the inside jobs behind life in the White House and the many scandals that closely follow. With the abundant use of sarcastic jokes perfectly intertwined with just the right amount of drama,“Veep” is sure to keep any viewer hooked. intriguing.

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staring Kevin Spacey, Robin Wright and Kate Mara, fantastically depicts the dishonesty to be found in the U.S. government. Morally corrupt Congressman Frank Underwood, with the help of his wife Claire Underwood, takes and does whatever he feels necessary in an effort to put him at the peak of political power, the presidency. Frank is a highly intelligent southerner who, while caring for his wife, has no apparent care for anyone else. This show is held up by a foundation of superb story, it is not surprising that “House of Cards” has received two Golden Globes, seven Primetime Emmys and dozens of other nominations. Although it seems like some scenes come across as prolonged and dull, this doesn’t take away from the quality that will keep viewers in suspense. Another interesting aspect of the show is the fact that the main character breaks the fourth wall to address the audience. All around “House of Cards” is a visually stunning show with dramatic plots to keep the viewers captivated.

drama staring Sigourney Weaver as Elaine Barrish, a mother struggling to keep her family together, thwarting a news reporter, played by Carla Gugino, who is out to destroy her to gain popularity for her president. The series revolves around her journey through the political world. The audience gets to see Barrish tackle some dramatized ‘real world’ issues. While it is empowering to see such a strong female lead, any trace of feminism within the show is constantly overshadowed by pointless love plots and attempted banter that results in awkward interactions between characters. Throughout the season, the audience is introduced to Barrish’s family, including her husband, Bud Hammond (Ciaran Hinds), the former president and her two sons, the charming and responsible Douglas Hammond (James Wolk) and the volatile party boy, T.J. Hammond (Sebastian Stan). The family dynamic plays a major role in advancing the plot, but it is not interesting enough to keep the audience hooked or, at the very least, entertained. Although the cast consists of very talented actors, the lazy writing and predictable storylines ruin any opportunity the show has for being successful.

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Media bias impacts political opinions immense amount of controversy over suffer the most during her email scandal Trump is suffering more in the media, and all sources of media’s job to remain unbiased and fair throughout the election. positive. Donald Trump has made the accusation that the election is “rigged,” today’s election is arguably the most and he continuously hammers against the unconventional election there has been.

Many people, like the Washington Post’s John Sides, have made the claim that the today that assumption can be true about the media during this election cycle based off of Sides’ study.

Bottom Line: In the 2016 election, the media has played a pivotal role in shaping public opinion, as it has shined a negative light on politicians and their policies.

his campaign, and the media earned as much free coverage as his closest and a half times as much free coverage Times provides evidence that American

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Wall Street Journal and Washington Post. After doing the research, Sides bickered back and forth and interrupted found that Donald Trump’s name has each other several times. It is clear that been mentioned across eight outlets in that Trump had been provided. The attention, like The Political Insider, that several times during the debate, Holt pass. half the amount. He discovered the tone different campaigns, and the disparity Overall, the media has played a of coverage clearly led to the disparity in the debate that he did not support the Iraq campaign money available. upcoming elections. It is vital for voters The three presidential debates have reporter and suggested the need for a he supported it. Instead of simply asking

Flash of brilliance

YES

Should high school students be allowed to vote in the presidential election?

With the upcoming election on Nov. 8, many high school students throughout

NO High school students should not be because they are simply just too young.

Most students do not have an accurate

vote to count. Many of the decisions the president makes not only affects adults,

means to our country. In the common student population, almost every student has some form of social media. Social media plays such a big role in the election, and every student has access to it. All the slander and libel on social media can

relating to education. One candidate may believe that all colleges should be free, Nonetheless, because the president’s input considering attending college, they should

the presidential candidates. The majority of people think this election is some sort of joke and they are not taking it seriously,

decisions. Moreover, according to the

important to our country. Moreover, all

of the estimated eligible voters voted in the presidential primaries this year. If

presidential election, because peer pressure plays such a big role in a child’s life, let

primaries, it is almost inevitable that an

feel obligated to vote for the candidate that their friends are voting for, disregarding the candidates’ actual policies and ideas.

Most students believe that if their friends vote for one person, they should do that too because they trust them. In conclusion, all

in the general election. Unlike many in probably take advantage of it. Therefore,

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to partake in the upcoming presidential

Visit cbhscircuit. com to vote on election. It is not smart to make the uneducated and far too young vote in the this topic.

-Jessica Sobel

most important election in our country.

-Dylan Srebnick

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Diabetes serves as literary inspiration

Writing a Diabetes Children’s Book for newly diagnosed patients with Diabetes was one of the most rewarding experiences of my life, but I should start my story from the beginning.

One day when I was 3-years-old, my mom noticed I was very thirsty. I was not just drinking a glass of water; I was drinking gallons of water. Since my sister had an ear infection and had to go to the pediatrician anyway, my mom innocently mentioned my dehydration to the doctor.

The doctor immediately requested that I glucose meter counted down from three, little did I know, that in those three seconds my life would be changed forever. My blood sugar was more than 600 a normal blood sugar is between 80 and 120. Soon after that, I was rushed to the emergency room where IVs and needles were being stuck into my arms. A

of the worst days of my and my family’s life. Little did we know that this would happen to us again. All I knew was, I had to do something.

From his diagnosis, I felt obligated to educate the world and help children cope

Even though the cause of diabetes is unknown, I felt like the best way to help people with the disease is by sharing my story and educating the world. with their diagnosis, so I had the idea of creating my very own Diabetes children’s book, “Dancing with Diabetes”.

“Dancing with Diabetes” was written and illustrated by me. It is about Claire, a girl who lived to dance. One day her life changed when she was diagnosed with Type One Diabetes. She was determined to live a normal lifestyle as a dancer and she was not going to let her Diabetes stop her from doing anything she wanted to

Type One Diabetes. Type One Diabetes is an autoimmune disease in which the pancreas produces little or no insulin, a hormone needed to allow sugar (glucose) to enter cells to produce energy.

After a week in the hospital, the doctors said we were well educated about my situation and could go home. Life was My book can be purchased on Amazon. different now. I could not just be a normal com for any Kindle.

Overall, I feel like I have impacted toddler, I had the responsibilities of others living with Diabetes. Even though and watching the foods I ate. From that the cause of diabetes is unknown, I point on, I told myself I was not going felt like the best way to help people to let diabetes stop me from anything with the disease is by sharing my story I wanted to do in life. I have grown up and educating the world. I hope some living my life in a way where I want to children can relate to my book and it will educate others about the disease. I have help them cope with the challenges they done a number of things from visiting a hurdle in my life but it is a hurdle that I jump over and not let it get in the way.

Diabetes is hard because it never stops. It never lets you have a break.

It is a full-time job that requires you and everyone around you to be alert 24/7. I do not have a normal job like a waiter; my job is to be a human pancreas.

newly diagnosed patients with Type One Diabetes at the Joe DiMaggio Children’s hospital to organizing walks for Diabetes and speaking in front of crowds of people to educate them on the disease and my experiences.

Diabetes is hard because it never stops.

It never lets you have a break. It is a fulltime job that requires you and everyone around you to be alert 24/7. I do not have a normal job like a waiter; my job is to be a human pancreas. It is not fun, but I make the most of this, and the last thing I ever want is for someone to have to live with this disease like me. When my little brother, Zach, was diagnosed with Type One Diabetes a year ago, it hit me hard.

Apart from the day of my diagnosis, the day my brother was diagnosed was one

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DANCING WITH DIABETES:

Diabetes in the United States 29.1 million people About 1 in 11 people have diabetes

how to manage it Eat healthy

stay active

get help

risk factors being overweight

having a family history

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False reef obituary provokes change The Great Barrier Reef is the largest coral reef system in the world. It has 10

meant to foreshadow what could happen to the Great Barrier Reef, scientists and environmentalists fear that this will discourage people and make it seem like there is no more hope for the reef. If people stop helping the reef, then it really does stand no chance against all of the harsh environmental conditions humans have put it in. Making people believe that the Great Barrier Reef was already dead was not an intelligent decision since humans are prone to give up on something when

and it has been present along the Coast of Australia since 25 B.C. Unfortunately, the reef has had the grand majority of its coral die due to mass coral bleaching.

This phenomenon is caused by a major increase in sea temperature. Word has spread rapidly throughout social media, and many people are outraged and declare it is time to take greater initiative in regards to caring for the planet.

Many individuals started to express their outrage after an obituary, published

by Outside Magazine stated that scientists pronounced the Great Barrier Reef was dead. Although this claim was soon proved to be false, the reaction it generated all over the world was irreversible.

Prior to the publication of the obituary, Oscar winning actor and environmental activist Leonardo DiCaprio made a speech at the 2016 Oscars about how he “witnessed environmental devastation

goal was to inspire people into making a change rather than informing them that it is too late.

Barrier Reef and its heartbreaking conditions. Although DiCaprio’s speech was moving, there was no long-term reaction except for a few tweets here and there.

However, after the article in Outside Magazine was published, social media erupted, especially on Twitter, people were spreading the false obituary along with since it is home to a plethora of sea life and creates 70,000 jobs in reef tourism. The fact that we are responsible for hurting Even after the obituary was proven false, people did not stop demanding that both economically and aesthetically is changes be made. The director of the very disheartening. The Great Barrier ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Reef attracts 2 million people each year; Studies, Terry Hughes wrote an email to therefore, if it were to die, that would

Bottom Line: The Great Barrier Reef scandal should be a wake up call for people to take action regarding our environment and its protection.

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mean a large decrease in tourism and visitors for the 900 islands that make up the reef. A decrease in tourism would not only be detrimental for the economy of the islands, but also for the Great Barrier Reef itself. Since no one will visit the reef, soon enough the majority of people will forget to care about the reef and leave it to fend for itself.

Although publishing the obituary was

There is no hiding the fact that the human race has been causing major damage to the environment over the years. The increase in air pollution, global warming and ocean littering are all harming the Earth as well as its inhabitants. However, it is unfortunate that it took one of the biggest coral reefs in the world to be 93 percent dead and a fake obituary to truly get people to realize how much their bad habits affect the Earth.

Letters to thE Editor New website should be incorporated into all classrooms Recently Broward County implemented a new website called Canvas. This website has many favorable features, such as the ability to effortlessly turn in work online. It also has an incredibly helpful calendar that effectively lies out your upcoming and past tests, homework and classwork dates. With this new alternating schedule it is harder than ever to keep up with dates, so having every class neatly laid Seniors should be able to attend grad bash this year ways. Canvas is extremely helpful, and The class of 2017 is the only senior I believe it should be incorporated into class that will not be receiving a Grad every teacher’s curriculum. I know that Bash (or is to be determined) because of the county asked every teacher to use mistakes the class before us made. It is Canvas although many, if not most, unfair to prohibit an event to celebrate teachers have refused. To summarize, the seniors because of a mistake someCanvas is an advantageous, easy-to-use one last year made. High school has most website that presents students with a calendar of assignments. It also allows have waited for senior year since the bestudents to message teachers and see ginning of high school. All the work and exactly what their assignment is and turn in work. college and reach the end has to be com- Kayleigh Powers, junior pensated right? It is a tradition too, so many of the classes before us have gotFree breakfast in the morning ten to experience grad bash and look forleads to an overwhelming ward to it towards the end of the year. It amount of wasted food is our last year, and I can imagine everyHaving free breakfast in the morning one wants to live it to the fullest and go to is an incredible advantage that we have every school event because it is the last, at our school, but the amount of food that so I think we deserve to experience the is thrown away in the end is disturbing. tradition the school offers. Being a senior Some people just go in for the cereal, but means you have reached the end and what due to the breakfast meal plan, students are served unwanted items like milk and fruit, as well as their desired items. These items end up in the garbage. It is understandable that the people in the cafeteria do it for our own good, but at the same time, they are contributing to the waste by throwing away food that is in perfect condition. Grabbing milk or fruit should be optional instead of being an obligatory action.

- Paola Levy, sophomore

is coming for you are college, a major and eventually a career. We need to celebrate these last moments we have as teenagers, so we can be able to look back at everything when we are adults. Seniors this year should be given Grad Bash because it is our last year, and we should be able to celebrate that.

-Krysta Downie, senior

Homecoming week proved successful Homecoming week was such a blast.

Even though the theme for this homecoming was a bit different, I think SGA pulled it off, and I had so much fun. Although I did not go to homecoming, dressing up for spirit days and matching with my friends is always lots of fun. I think that the days this year was sort of repetitive with last year with Greek day being very similar to Frat day, with the exception of adding Gods and Goddesses. My favorite was That 70’s Show day because most of my closet consists of tie-dye, and although its not historically correct, I still felt in place. I wish I could have gone to homecoming because all my friends went, and it seemed like they had fun, so hopefully I can go next year to be able to experience Homecoming at least once during my time in high school.

-Michael Maloney, junior Teachers should not assign homework on holidays Halloween should be the one night a

year that kids can go out and enjoy themselves without having to worry about the consequences the next day. Unfortunately, it was on a Monday, so students had to be aware of their candy intake and what time they went to bed. If Halloween was later in the week, then we would only be tired for a day or two until the weekend comes around, and we can catch up on sleep. I wanted to hang with my friends and eat as much sweets as possible, but I had to be home and in bed by 11. I also before I went out. There was very little time between my arrival home and leaving for the night. The following day, teachers gave us tests, though they knew that we would be exhausted.

- Hannah Kate Crippen, freshman

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Compromises must be made in this historic election in favor of the future

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women deserve leading political roles One hundred and three year old Ruline Steininger wrote in a letter to the Democratic Presidential nominee: “In

beaten by the Los Angeles Police Depart day they can be president too?

This election is truly historical as a seeing a woman president.”

woman president. election as a whole and understand the

Bottom Line: Female leadership in politics is long overdue and should be achieved in this presidential election.

country. Who do we want to teach our ing the opposition rather than building up

social media memes and perhaps worst about our corrupt and lying leaders? Our Whether these opportunities are as president should be a role model to all and

word in the United States. Democrats and

Bottom Line: Americans need to work cohesively to become a united country.

The idea that it does not matter what a

these opportunities would not be present

the past.

While I understand that a president should be chosen based upon merit and A woman president in a time riddle with

I continue to not understand is why our society today. Whether it be Gators or through the history that Ruline Steininger watch history become her story.

Bottom Line: The 2016 election is an opportunity for American citizens to exercise their rights and have a voice in the country’s politics, rather than make excuses. the supporters and the political parties and to the nation. It is within the hands United States will continue to be the

importance of each individual vote

rates amongst all “wealthy” countries

Washington Post.

Although most people must not see according to the Washington Post. In the turning point in American history. It is the year that will decide whether the country will be ruled as a business or as

the population has the time and means

addressed.

beyond embarrassing. The United States That is a question that carries no actually does matter. A lot.

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po l i t i cal car t o o n s The Circuit’s staff satirizes the 2016 Presidential Election through political cartoons.

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Think Pink awareness stirs memory SAVE THE TATAS: The month of October celebrates Breast Cancer Awareness. Many clubs and teams around the Bay wear pink and organize events to raise awareness for this disease. According to breastcancer.org, about one in eight women in the United States will develop invasive breast cancer over the course of her lifetime. In order to be part of the next breakthrough cancer treatment, donations can be made on the American Cancer

October is a month of many events tumor that had spread to her colon and including Homecoming, Halloween, and liver. I pretty much lived alone for an quarter, but for me, one event hits home the most: Breast Cancer Awareness month. I cannot help but look back at how different my life was just one year ago.

I was 13-years-old when my mother

I told my friends my mom went on a work trip and I told myself to not let this affect my grades or my happiness. Then suddenly junior year ended, and I had to come to terms with the fact that my mother was never coming home. When I visited her in the Intensive Care Unit, I was shocked with the sight of this frail, yellow-complexioned person lying in a hospital bed, an image that has been hard to forget.

Five days after I turned 17, my mother lost her long battle with cancer. I was supposed to visit her that morning to say goodbye; I did not get the chance. When

a cancerous battle.

devastating disease. My two siblings and I watched helplessly as she lost her hair, 40 pounds, her charisma and ultimately herself. You really never know when life is going to take an unexpected turn for the better or the worse, but at the beginning of my junior year where my peer’s biggest concerns were passing algebra, I had to juggle a life of duality. My mom was an overwhelming sense of relief, which is going steady as she fought this disease; probably one of the weirdest feelings one know how sick she truly was, but being her child and watching her health slowly deteriorate over the course of nine months was truly a devastating turn my life took.

To the world I was your typical teenage girl, behind the scenes I was forced to come to terms with my new role as the daughter of a woman dying of cancer.

In my newfound double life, my schedule for junior year was simple: go to school, be committed to extracurricular activities and take care of my cancerriddled mother. Easy enough, right? It was during this trying time that I learned perseverance was the key to not just surviving, but thriving.

In May of this year my mother was admitted to the hospital with complications due to a new malignant

lose, that her suffering, and mine, were did not just change the course of her life, it changed everyone who loved her before she found a lump in her breast?

What if? After this experience I have create a warrior within her, she turned her chosen to not live my life as a “what if,” children into warriors as well. I will never which is how I have found the good in the forget seeing my baby brother’s face at her bad. I have learned that life is a series of funeral and how he was the one who held tests and this was the ultimate test that my hand and wiped my tears, an 8-year- I had to face early on in my life. Breast old little boy who had just lost his mother cancer has changed the course of my life was stronger than I could ever be. and millions of others around the world. I Cancer is one of those “ifs” in life. know I am not the only one who has been My mother’s cancer was found at stage 4 affected, but that does not make me feel and I cannot help but think what if she any better. had gone to the doctor sooner? What if Breast cancer awareness month is a big event through October locally as well as

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