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Happy Homecoming, Wildcats! We hope you have gotten back into your school routines; we have a long way to go until June. We know you guys are hyped about homecoming, but don’t let that get in the way of your good judgement. Don’t do something you’d be ashamed to tell your grandkids in forty years. Have fun [but not too much fun]! This is a very special issue of the Crimson Connection; it’s our first full length issue! In honor of football season, and our upcoming games against Fair, Ranch and Creek, we have designed a cover that, when torn off, doubles as a banner to hold up during football games. We’ve done this to help REVIVE the 212 spirit in the student section. Join the movement! WORLD DOMINATION! Sincerely,
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The daily routine had not changed. Just like every other day junior Alyssa Nagle woke up and headed to practice. She began to run, then everything staff went black. It was six thirty in the morning, only a week before school began when Alyssa Nagle fainted due to unknown causes at Cross Country practice. A year and a half ago Alyssa began getting frequent headaches, which turned into migraines. These migraines began to become more and more frequent and intense. “It had been happening more frequently, and then I passed out at practice,” Nagle said. “So we went to the ER.” The episodes normally came with warning signs like a slightly elevated headache, but this time it was different. Nagle had passed out before, but never at the intensity of this episode. “It was instant,” Nagle said. “I get headaches 45 minutes or so before a blackout, but that day it was just instant.” From the moment she fainted her teammates were by her side helping her. “Alyssa is not only my teammate, but
one of my best friends,” senior Kaelynn Keaton said. “It worried me sick to see her fall like that.” After arriving at Texas Children’s Nagle began a series of tests to figure out the source of the problem. “One of the tests they had to do was a heart catheterization,” Nagle said. “They had to put catheters in my arteries in my legs.” The scans showed that Nagle is missing a heart valve, something she can live without, but not the cause of her episode. With more tests the doctors were able to narrow the diagnosis down to two possible causes. The tests also revealed that Nagle has a cyst located on her brain. She has had the condition since birth it was just unidentified. The cyst is something that she can live with and it won’t affect her, it’s also not related to her condition. “They think it’s either complicated migraines, that would give me the headaches, and then the blurred vision and passing out,” Nagle said. “Or just water retention, which means I have to eat more salt because my body can’t retain water.” Not only did this incident affect Nagle’s wellbeing, but it took a toll on her season. Her recovery time took a total of six weeks without the sport.
“She couldn’t do anything at all for two weeks, and she couldn’t run for four weeks,” Alyssa’s mother, Lisa Nagle, said. For the remainder of her life Nagle will have to live with her issue and be monitored yearly. “She has to follow up every year with a cardiologist for EKG and echocardiogram,” Lisa said. “She has to be monitored by her neurologist for the cyst in her brain.” There is a chance Nagle can outgrow this, so her future is looking bright. “They said it might go away, but it won’t get worse,” Nagle said. Nagle’s condition is not as serious as it could have been. Besides the time off from running she has not been limited to her activities and her life has stayed constant. “Besides taking a pill every day, my life has not changed,” Nagle said. Now, four weeks after the tests, Nagle is back to doing most of her daily activities. Although the cross country season is underway Nagle will still be able to compete. She has improved since her ER visit and has not had a migraine since. “She’s recovering really well,” Keaton said. “She’s back to her peppy self again.”
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Experiencing the new adventures of traveling to America sometimes can come at a cost; missing families, missing staff friends, paying a year of expenses and selling a beloved pet. “I sold my horse because I have nobody to take care of her while I’m here,” junior Norwegian foreign exchange student Marte Vaage said. It was a really hard decision to sacrifice my horse, but I know she is in good hands.” Vaage took a leap of faith selling her horse to come to America. She decided to live here for the year on the word of good friends who also traveled to the states during their teenage years. “Fifteen others from my class did exchange,” Vaage said. “They told me that the US was interesting, that there are so many people and a lot of fast food, which they were correct about.” When Vaage made the decision that she wanted to study abroad, her family back in Norway was extremely supportive along with nervous for her departure. “At first they were really scared because I was so far away, but now they are very supportive,” Vaage said.
When Vaage’s host family read about the unfortunate sacrifice of her horse, they decided she was the exchange they wanted. The similarities they shared were just too extensive to pass up and were not limited to just horses. “She said she wanted to be a veterinarian, and I also want to be a veterinarian,” Vaage’s host sister, senior Amelia Haddad said. “We have a lot in common and our personalities fit well together.” Haddad and her family were very eager to host an exchange student from Europe due to Haddad’s past friendship with a former exchange student at Cy Woods. Haddad also has always wanted a sibling. “I’m an only child so I wanted to have a friend,” Haddad said. “Last year I had a friend that was in the same organization and she told me that some of the girls wanted to have a family with horses and we have horses.” While some exchange students have trouble adjusting to their new family and routine, Vaage and the Haddad family instantaneously clicked. “She fits in really well,” Haddad said. She is really considerate and she’s always super polite. She is a permanent friend.” Vaage and Haddad act as any sisters would. Haddad is always available when Vaage needs help with her classes. “I help her with her vocabulary in English,” Haddad said. “She’s good with all the math though.” It can be difficult for foreign exchange students in classes like English because it is not
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their native language. Vaage is also placed in higher level courses which can be difficult due to the fast pace. Exchange students in Vaage’s program are responsible for maintaining at least a C in all their courses. “I forget that she has that component of the language barrier so I asked her to let me know if I’m going too fast,” junior English teacher Kimberly Lancaster said. “I enjoy that she has a different perspective on everything; I look forward to what she has to share with us.” Vaage has traveled from Norway in search of an adventure, to improve her English and to become a member of the Cy Woods family, and does not want to leave anytime soon. “I miss my friends and family back home, but I would rather be here because everything is new and exciting,” Vaage said.
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English teachers spend years educating students and raising up a small army of writers and future authors, but few move on to become staff authors themselves. One English teacher stepped out of her comfort zone to accomplish the herculean task of publishing a book that most English teachers only dream of doing. Senior English teacher Alana Watkins took a leap of faith to achieve her dream and took a year off from teaching to publish her first inspirational book, “My Granny Used to Say,” which goes on sale in book stores and online in January. Having a deep love for her faith and her family, Watkins has incorporated family wisdom passed down from generation to generation and connected those old sayings with biblical truths to create a Christian devotional. “It’s a devotional where I’ve taken idiomatic expressions,” Watkins said, “just old sayings we heard for years that our grandparents or great grandparents used to say, things like, ‘A watched pot doesn’t boil,’ or, ‘The grass is always greener on the other side,’ that I’ve connected with scriptures that illustrate them or make a point that I could elaborate and develop into a 60 day devotional.” Watkins drew deeply from childhood experiences and incorporated them into her book to make it more relatable and impact people with wisdom that has been integrated into them all their lives. “My grandmother used a lot of these old expressions and we learned from them,” Watkins said. “I would find myself in the classroom saying things like, ‘Don’t cut off your nose to spite your face,’ and kids would look at me like, ‘What is she talking about?’” Watkins said. “We don’t hear them anymore, and so I wanted to bring them back, introduce them to a new generation, but show them how wisdom never dies.” Watkins not only wants to reintroduce old wisdom to a new generation but aspires for them to connect with the wisdom on a deeper level as well. “If they can pull from these expressions, laugh at them, but see the wisdom in
them as well, especially for the Christian audience, and then realize that this wisdom that comes through these old sayings is rooted in scripture,” Watkins said, “and if they can just make that connection that wisdom comes from above, then I think my goal has been accomplished.” Her co-workers and friends have been touched by her writings and have hope that the truths incorporated in her book will deeply impact her readers. “I think it has the impact of just helping people to think back on their childhood,” freshman English teacher Traci Underwood said. “Sometimes we try to hide or forget our past. All your memories create who you are, whether it’s good, bad, positive, or whatever. I think perhaps her writing and the way she shares the stories can help people come to terms with their own past and families and things that they might think are dark, and yet all of that is what makes us who we are.” Watkins has also earned a great deal of reverence from her co-workers who admire her hard work and determination to complete such a difficult goal. “I admire Mrs. Watkins so much that she would have the faith, the courage, the tenacity to put her heart onto paper and that just tells you what kind of caliber of a female she is,” senior English teacher Michele Comeaux said. “She is awesome. She is phenomenal. She just is so intriguing and just so wise. “ The fruit of her hard work has inspired her fellow English teachers to potentially pursue their dreams of publishing their work as well. “I think I have a book in me, I do,” Comeaux said. “I think all people have a book in them, but you have to be willing to get over your fear of putting yourself out there and to be vulnerable enough to put yourself out there in a published piece because the piece is a reflection of you. That’s what would stop me and other people.” While receiving much praise and admiration from her friends, co-workers and pupils, Watkins has gone into this experience with a humble perspective and a missional purpose. “It’s really not about sales,” Watkins
Watkins’ new book, “My Granny Used to Say” will hit book store shelves in January. Photo by: Madelynn Marlow
said. “This was just an idea I got and I believe the Lord gave to me. I just believe that it’s written for somebody. I don’t know who that person is, but I’m just hoping that it lands in that person’s hands and that it’s a blessing to her or him. It’s more about ministering and just sharing hope with other people and if it does well in terms of sales then that’s just an added bonus, but it was more for the ministry of the book that I got into this.” Working around young writers constantly, Watkins hopes to inspire aspiring writers to pursue their dreams as well. “Don’t be afraid to share and put your work out there,” Watkins said. “You have the gift you have the talent, use it, don’t sit on it. Just go for it, get your work out there. You have a voice as a writer, you have something to say and you know how to say it and people need to hear it.”
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Community service hours can be just as important as good grades. With Key Club and Interact boasting hundreds of members, new service staff organizations have been popping up around campus. One such club is Best of Friends, a service club devoted to spending time with senior citizens who live at the Emeritus Assisted Living Home. Junior President Cinthia Moncores first came up with the idea when deciding the best way to earn service hours for National Honor Society and college. Moncores soon found junior English teacher Jordan Decman to sponsor the club. The students will visit Emeritus at least once every month to play games, listen to music and socialize with residents. According to Decman, understanding other perspectives and establishing a relationship with senior citizens is just as important as gaining service hours. “I want students to encounter different life styles other than their own,” Decman said.
“So many kids from our generation lack relationships with an older generation. To get in touch with someone who battled what we may go through is truly an enlightening experience.” Best of Friends may be a service club, but Decman says it is a service club with meaning. “I want the students to be humbled by what they have, and to establish relationships with nursing home guests who need us as much as we need them,” Decman said. Volunteering in the nursing home should be an enriching experience, according to Decman. “This service benefits both our students and the nursing homes,” Decman said. “We thirst for the knowledge, the stories and the company as much as the guests do.” Moncores wanted to do just that. By creating a club dedicated to one specific task, she hopes to encourage students to stay committed to bettering themselves through service, not just through volunteer hours. “My grandpa put himself in a nursing home, so when I go visit him, I always
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hear about how sad and alone some of these senior citizens are,” Moncores said. “I thought it’d be a nice change to become their friend.” According to Moncores, Best of Friends will organize fundraisers in addition to volunteering. Moncores hopes to raise awareness for diseases such as dementia, from which many of Emeritus’s residents suffer. “I think people should join this club because it’s about being a friend,” Moncores said, “and everyone knows what it’s like to need one of those.” Junior Alexis Kulik joined because Best of Friends provides a way to meet new people and learn about the past. “I found it’s an excellent opportunity to become a role model in the community,” Kulik said. “[Senior citizens] give us a point of view from a completely different time.” Kulik, along with the rest of the club, hopes to make a difference in the lives of senior citizens, if only once or twice per month. “I’ll be someone they aren’t stuck with every day,” Kulik said. “It’ll be a nice change for them as well as for me.”
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Administrator raises to spirit leader role
He was known as the man with the thunderous voice yelling, “30 SECONDS WILDCATS” before classes. Since he has been a part of the news Wildcat family, much more has changed than the silence before the bell rings. Since he arrived, the atmosphere has changed, and it is not just on game days; it is every day. He is the man who has adopted the C-DUB call as his own. The man who has pumped up the students like never seen before. The man who gives heartfelt spirit speeches. The man who has been adopted as “Papa Wildcat.” Associate Principal Dirk Heath came here at the beginning of the 2012 school year, and since then has slowly begun to emerge as a spirit leader on campus. “Mr. Heath is a positive force,” Director of Instruction Kelly Ellis said. “He bleeds crimson and gold, and his love for the Wildcats is contagious!” Before Heath became part of the Wildcat family, we were at an all-time spirit low; Heath brought the spirit back. “Before he was here it was kinda dull,” Varsity wide receiver Mason Roberts said. “You had the coaches there, and you had the APs trying to get all crazy, but none of them stuck out like Mr. Heath has.” The students are not the only ones who motivate Heath; the staff and teachers do as well. “I just get a good vibe from everyone,” Heath said. “I feel like people are really buying in. I can really see a difference from last year to this year.” Heath has been a key element at most pep rallies, but his breakout
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performance was at the traditional midnight pep rally. Heath’s thoughts behind the scenes were not as loud and bold as originally portrayed. “To be honest, I was mortified,” Heath said. “I really thought out the midnight pep rally was going to set the tone for the year.” Heath views his encouragement as the push that this Heath and his fellow staff members hold up the C-Dub to the school song prior to kick off. Photo by: Sarah Orr school needs, and that push needs to To Heath, the goal has never been to be more than just him. “I had a number of students complain replace anyone, only to pump up the to me last year, ‘It’s just not what it used school. “I want to be a good example of 212, to be,’ and it always bothered me,” Heath said. “I like to win, but that’s not just on both here at school and in my personal life,” Heath said. “It’s something I have to me. It’s on the entire school.” The inspiration coming from this work at, to be a good man to lead a good emerging leader is not only impacting the life; it’s something I work and pray about regularly.” students, but the staff as well. Heath’s spirit was a surprise to most of “Mr. Heath is so positive that he makes work not seem like work,” Ellis said. “He the school, but his past explains a lot of his brings out the best in me and those he enthusiasm. “Mr. Heath was a cheerleader at Sam comes in contact with.” Former Principal Sue McGown seemed Houston State University,” Ellis said. “He to fill this roll of a spirit leader, but since is an awesome cheer leader for Cypress her departure that role has been empty. Woods now!” Heath is persistent in spreading That is, until Heath came. “Replacing Sue McGown, that’s what the spirit throughout the school and he’s doing,” Roberts said. “Better than keeping it going at an all-time high. Sue McGown. How it was then is how it is “We’re 212,” Heath said. “We’re going to now.” win and we will not lose this spirit.”
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The theme of the yearbook. Always one of the best-kept secrets of the journalism d e p a r t m e n t . Excitement builds editor at the end of the year as books are distributed and the long-awaited cover design is revealed, showcasing the result of a long nine months of dedication. This year, however, the Crimson yearbook staff is doing things a little differently. Since August, the theme of the book has been anything but a secret in an effort to create even more energy within the student body. “This year, the yearbook’s theme is going to be Revive,” senior Editorin-Chief Jordan Castillo said. “With Mama Wildcat gone and a ton of new administration, there is an obvious dwindle of the 212 spirit. As the editors got together, we all agreed that this year
could be the last year to bring back the Spirit of the Woods. Thus, the idea of Revive began—not only acting as a yearbook theme, but playing as a theme for the entire year itself.” The obvious detail that stands out about this book is the broadcasting of the theme long before distribution in May. “This is the first year that we have announced our theme to the student body before the books come out,” senior Managing Editor Derielle Keiser said. “In the past, we’ve always worked incredibly hard to keep the theme a secret until distribution day.” Part of the purpose of making the theme known to students before they actually receive the book is to influence what actually makes it onto the pages, through the use of Twitter and Instagram. “We wanted the word “Revive” to be thrown around and as used as much as
possible,” Castillo said. “We wanted the theme to be student-wide—something we were all a part of. Revive isn’t just a word; it’s a movement, so we decided to take advantage of the technologydriven generation we’re a part of. When someone uses the hashtag [#revive212] they have a change for their tweet or picture to be featured in the book.” The use of the hashtag takes advantage of the importance that social media plays in the lives of every high school student, Keiser said. It serves to not only advertise the book itself, but encourage students to make their voices heard. “The hashtag has been, surprisingly, extremely successful,” Castillo said. “There are over 100 Instagram photos and even more tweets. The Revive vibe is radiating throughout the halls, and we couldn’t be more excited about the success we’ve had. We can’t wait to see what the future has in store for Cy Woods.”
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I was born and raised in Houston. I went to Westside high school, and I grew up in the Southwest side of Houston. Texas Tech had this program where you could go to community college for the summer and take some classes, and if you aced them then you sent your transcript in. That’s how I got into college! So I decided to take it upon myself and apply for the school newspaper there called the Daily Toreador, and they gave me a shot. I was Editor-in-Chief for a little bit. I had a chance to come back home, and I interned with the company I’m with now called Houston Community Newspaper.
is your favorite part of what Q What you do? favorite thing about being a A My sports writer is being the bridge
between the fans and the team. And I think that’s what a good sports writer is; he gives you access to the team that other people can’t. You rely on them for information on your favorite teams. I like being that bridge for the students, parents and coaches. It’s a fun job. If you really want to break it down, I get paid to watch sports.
is the hardest part of what you Q What do? management probably; I’m A Time a one man show. There are not enough hours in the day, and I wish I could be everywhere at once. I wish I could cover two games at once and sometimes I actually try to.
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How do you stay impartial to certain schools? Covering 10 schools in this district, you really have to watch where you’re at all the time, what you’re writing and just police yourself. I think about it as I try to give every school a little shine, and I don’t favor one over the other. I hope no one thinks that I do, and I haven’t gotten any complaints about that yet. Maybe it’s a school who’s not having the greatest season, but I’ll go cover their game because the fans ask me to. Always keep in mind that you treat everyone and see everyone equally. Do you realize how important you are to everyone in the district? Not really. Sometimes I realize some people like the updates that I do on Twitter or what I do with the stories, but I not how much people enjoy it. I take pictures with kids all the time, and I love that stuff. It’s hard to see myself in that light because I see myself as just me. As long as y’all love it, I love it. The part of what makes my job great is the interaction. Did you play any sports in high school? I played football in high school; I was a defensive back, and I was not good. I played a lot more my senior year than I did any other year. I would change that for anything. One of the best quotes I ever hear from my former editor in college is ‘a sports writer is nothing but a failed athlete.’ I believe that 100%.
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do you have to say to aspiring Q What journalists? this business; I know that A Love sounds really simple, but you really
need to. If you have a love for it then everything else will fall into place. Gain as much experience as you can. Don’t turn down any opportunity. Embrace change also! Right now it is Twitter or Facebook, and embrace that. Always strive for perfection.
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There is s o m e t h i n g special about representing the USA, whether it is wearing an American flag shirt or sports actually being on a team for the USA. Getting to play for the USA is a once in a lifetime opportunity. Sophomore Nancy Mulkey got that chance to wear the precious ‘USA’ across her chest. This past summer Mulkey joined the U16 National Women’s Basketball team that traveled to Cancun, Mexico, to compete in the 2013 FIBA Americas U16 Championship from June 19 to 23. Playing basketball has been in Mulkey’s blood since she was five, so it was no surprise when she received that special letter in the mail. “I got invited to try out,” Mulkey said. “There were a total of 33 girls who were invited.” Getting invited to try out meant traveling to the Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colorado, where only 12 girls would make the final cut. “The tryouts lasted for four days,” Mulkey said. “It was so cool being at the Olympic Training Center. It was huge.” But Mulkey did not head to Colorado unprepared. Varsity basketball coach Virginia Flores sat down with Mulkey before her trip for a little pep talk. “Mulkey and I talked before she left,” Flores said. “[The coaching staff] encouraged Nancy to enjoy the moment, give her best and look at this for exactly what it was-an amazing opportunity.” That amazing opportunity turned out to be even more amazing when Mulkey received some unexpected news. “I was so happy when I made the team,” Mulkey said. “It was so good to know that all my hard work had
paid off.” Even though the hard work was paying off for Mulkey, she was hit with a difficult situation that seemed to make all the hard work worth nothing. “I sprained my ankle in the semifinal game against Mexico,” Mulkey said. “I was not able to play in the gold medal game against Canada.” Despite the injury, Mulkey did not waste the opportunity. “Playing for USA was amazing,” Mulkey said. “I didn’t take playing for the team for granted because I knew there were so many other girls that would have wanted to be where I was: playing for Team USA.” While in Mexico, the girls were able to have some fun outside of playing. “The second day we were in Mexico, we went to beach,” Mulkey said. “We all had a blast.” Coaches and players have noticed some differences in Mulkey since this experience. “More than anything, this experience has given Nancy even more confidence to excel and to work hard at her game,” Flores said. “With confidence comes improvement. Nancy’s love for the game will ensure that regardless!” Whether Mulkey took this this opportunity or not, players on the girls’ varsity basketball team are just happy to have her on the team. “I love playing with Mulkey,” senior guard Tyler Davis said. “She’s very energetic on and off the court. She’s really fun to be around. Everyone on the team could be in a bad mood, and here comes Mulkey cheering us up.” Mulkey got that once in a lifetime opportunity to represent the USA, and she came away with more than just a gold medal. “The biggest thing that I took away from this experience is making new friendships and becoming a better basketball player,” Mulkey said. “I would do it all over again if I could.”
Mulkey with her gold medal and first place trophy. Photo provided by: Nancy Mulkey
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As the players are being introduced for the other team, a group of students in the home stands raises their newspapers and starts to read as the other side of the gym
goes wild. “And for your Cypress Woods Wildcats…” That same group who read the newspapers puts them down and goes wild. After the team introductions, the server throws up the ball to start the game as the sounds from the home side rise in volume, the ball getting higher and higher. When she finally hits the ball to the other side of the net, the noise reaches a peak. “C-DUB, YOU KNOW!” These sounds are The Pack on their home turf helping the Wildcats hunt for victory. The Pack, the volleyball team’s student section, was started by juniors Logan Norris and Hayden Stoeber. Norris and Stoeber had the idea after they went to a game against Cy-Fair their freshman year. “We were at a volleyball game, I think it was against Cy-Fair, and they had a pretty big student section,” Norris said. “We were like, ‘I think it would be pretty cool if we got a big one going for Cy Woods because we have never really had one that was that big before.’” Norris and Stoeber thought there was a possibility for a student section, but they did not know how many people would participate. “We talked about getting shirts and stuff,” Stoeber said. “We had no idea how many people would show. We
had over 80 shirts ordered so we were thinking, ‘Dang. Hopefully we can get it big.’” Attendance has risen steadily from last year to this year according to senior right side varsity hitter Katie Todd. “Last year we really did not have a ton of people, but now that The Pack has come, we have a lot more people,” Todd said. “We want more to come whenever they can.” Todd first noticed The Pack before the first game of the season. “The first game we started hearing about it and we were excited about them coming,” Todd said. “That was a big thing for us.” The name came easily to Norris and Stoeber when they were thinking of what to call the student section. “We were thinking since we are the Wildcats, we kind of run the pack,” Norris said. During games, everyone in The Pack participates in dances and chants organized by different individuals. “Everyone participates,” Stoeber said. “If someone has a good idea for a chant, it’s loud, and everybody likes it, we just do it.” Norris has received great feedback from the volleyball players since The Pack has started. “We talked to them after the Cy Ranch game and they said The Pack really played a huge role,” Norris said. “We actually shut out Cy Ranch. They said that they love the extra energy that was behind them.” The Pack also has helped Todd individually. “The motivation, the team spirit and knowing that I have someone behind me to cheer me on is helping a lot,”
Todd said. Stoeber hopes that The Pack will continue to grow throughout the upcoming years. “I hope it gets bigger every year,” Stoeber said. “I wish we could fill up a whole side of the court, honestly. To get half the school at a game would be insanely awesome.” Norris and Stoeber hope to get more underclassmen on board in order to continue The Pack. “Hopefully, we can get some more underclassman involved,” Norris said. “It is just mainly juniors and seniors. Hopefully, the underclassman will be willing to carry it on.” Norris thinks that The Pack will become a long-lasting tradition. “That’s the goal,” Norris said. “Just come out and support and be ready to get loud.” Todd thinks that even though she is a senior, all this momentum and support for the volleyball team will continue into next year. “Some people have said that we’re the underdogs this year because [former setter] Chloe Collins graduated last year,” Todd said. “But I definitely think that The Pack makes us better as a team.” Stoeber thinks it would be surreal if The Pack became a long lasting tradition. “To say that I was even a part of starting something that was big and carried on every year would be awesome,” Stoeber said. As they keep reading their newspapers and supporting their team, The Pack will help the volleyball team become one of the best in the state or even the country.
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Name one of the biggest indie bands of the last 5 years; which one in particular comes to mind? MGMT, shortened from The Management, of course. They came onto the scene in 2008 with the breakout hit “Kids.” They then came out with two critically acclaimed albums, “Oracular Spectacular” and “Congratulations.” Their self-titled third album “MGMT” came out on September 17 to little fanfare, and now we know why. This album is a complete disappointment compared to their first two albums. They rushed on this album and did not do their best work. However, there are some great songs on this album including “Introspection.” The song sounded like it could have been on their “Congratulations” record.
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It combines their Psychedelic Pop with a more retro feel. Sadly, most of the album is mediocre enough that only a select number of people will like it as a whole. The first single on this record, “Your Life is a Lie,” was very underwhelming with repetitive lyrics and muddled sound. The record was definitely different than anything else the band has done before, though. They use both traditional instruments and electronic sounds in their music. This album has a few good songs, but the rest were overall rushed. You can skip the rest of the album because you won’t be missing much.
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Grand Theft Auto VJacob Weissman Grand Theft Auto V is one of the most anticipated games of this year, and for this reason has been hyped up by the gaming community quite a bit. Many games released amidst this storm of excitement find it hard to live up to the anticipation, falling just short of their self-imposed bar. GTA V, however, finds no issue with meeting this excitement head-on and with a healthy dose of controversy, thriving amidst the storm. Right from the get-go, the most obvious improvement in GTA V from its predecessors are the graphics. After working for nearly seven years with the current generation of consoles, GTA’s Producer, Rockstar, has mastered design with this generation. Despite GTA V’s massive scale, approximately three times larger than the world found in GTA IV, nearly every detail, from the fat drops of rain pouring from the stormy skies to the shadows of passing cars in the afternoon glare, has been carefully etched into the fabric of the world. This brings me to what I have
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personally found to be the most refined aspect of GTA V; the insane level of immersion. There were several times during the hours I spent in the world of GTA that I would find a cop car blaring past me in an attempt to flag down a speeding citizen or a distressed citizen shouting frantically after a thief. Small, random events that when combined with the beautiful world around me built the realism of it all, and made the time I spent in GTA V that much more enjoyable. Amazingly, the profound sense of freedom found in the “free roam” world of GTA V was tangible even during the scripted campaign missions. The “Heist” Missions in particular seemed to flawlessly combine the scripted layout of the campaign with the freedom formed in the “free roam” world. While still working to develop the games story and characters, these campaign missions did not sacrifice the staple independence of the base game. Most of these missions offered the player at least two starkly different options for how they wished to proceed and the ability to switch freely between GTA V’s three main characters. This brings an
If I Stay
Rebecca Rudolph Broken glass lying on the street. Tires screeching to a halt with nothing to follow but the black skids trailing behind. Red and blue illuminating the crimson stained asphalt. And a body lying in the grass, crumbled and bloody. Gayle Forman gives readers a thrilling ride through the out-of-body experience from the main character of “If I Stay,” Mia Hall. Mia is a seventeen-year-old girl who had everything taken away from her in an instant. Her family’s car crash forces her to make the hardest decision she has ever made; live or die. This novel takes you through a heartstopping ride of love, loss and lurid action. Forman lures you in and drags you through the emotional whirlpool with Mia by your side, bobbing and weaving from her boyfriend Adam Wilde to her best friend Kim Schein. After absorbing the accident and tracking down her little brother Teddy, she follows beside the people she loves and argues with herself on her own fate. This story is a great read for any young adult looking for an edge-of-theseat, clutching-the-book-until-yourknuckles-are-white text. It hits you with a wall of realization that your family, and life, is more important than you think. unparalleled sense of autonomy to GTA V. Players are able to enjoy the best of both worlds and an entertaining, storybased campaign, without giving up GTA V’s landmark freedom. That said, Grand Theft Auto V is certainly not perfect. I personally found it difficult to relate to the characters, given their criminal nature, and found the story line unbelievable and ridiculous at times. That, however, is Grand Theft Auto; a ridiculously crude and unbelievably blunt look at the United States, and human nature, in the twenty-first century. A truly spectacular, and sometimes disturbing, experience that I would suggest to anyone mature enough to handle it.
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Dressing up as your favorite character is commonplace on Halloween; however, many people are media extending costuming past the night of October 31. “Cosplaying” is the term adopted by a community dedicated to giving new life to their favorite characters. A mixture of the words “costume” and “play,” cosplaying is a hit among fans of very diverse genres who dress up and act like chosen characters for conventions and other events. From science fiction to comic books to animated television, a n y character c a n become a fantastic cosplay.
Conventions are held for almost every subject under the sun and are frequented by cosplayers. One circuit are the Comicons held in many major cities. Senior Logan Bunn, along with some friends, will be attending the Austin Comicon in November. “Stan Lee is going to be at Austin Comicon,” Logan said. “We wanted to do something Marvel, and we definitely didn’t want to walk up to Stan Lee dressed as Batman and Batman Incorporated.” Deciding on a costume can be hard work, and gathering the necessary supplies can be even more tedious. Many cosplays take months to create and can come with a pretty hefty price tag. Although, some costumes are just the opposite; it all comes down to the character. “Mine was really easy because we’re just wearing jeans and a hoodie,” Logan said, “but discussing who was doing which character took a few hours.” Every cosplay is different just as every cosplayer is their own unique person. Logan and his sophomore sister Serena have made the cosplay world a family affair. They both will be dressing up for the Austin Comicon. “I really want to cosplay as a ‘Supernatural’ character called Castiel,” Serena said. “There is a thing called gender bender where a girl can dress up as a guy character and a guy can make a girl character into a guy cosplay. I want to be Castiel; he Logan Bunn flaunts his X-Force Wolverine hoody, getting into character for the upcoming convention. Photo by: Cassie Cotton
wears a suit and tie that’s tied in a trinity knot. I’m getting a female version of his coat and I’ll put a flower in my hair to be Castiella.” Serena has found friendship at these conventions. Through similar cosplays, convention goers can discover shared interests and find other people that enjoy the same obscure subjects. “[Cosplay is] fun, and it can lead you to meet new people at conventions,” Serena said. “You see people and think, you’re a part of that fandom too? We can talk and become friends.” Because of the dedication to costuming, Serena has taken her cosplaying experience to the theatre department. “Right now I’m helping out with costume crew for theatre,” Serena said, “and it’s fun to do costume design. It’s like cosplaying because you take characters that already are already established and think of new different ways to characterize them in their outfit.” When discussing cosplay, the first thing to come to mind is television and movies. However, literary characters make up a significant portion of the convention scene. Senior Briella Vest started her cosplay portfolio in middle school with an accurate take on one of J.K. Rowling’s iconic Harry Potter characters. “My first cosplay was Hermione Granger,” Vest said. “It was great. It started out as a Halloween costume, but I wore it everywhere. It wasn’t for a convention or anything. It was in middle school; I just went around dressed up as Hermione Granger. I went online and bought wizard robes, stockings, the tie, and I crimped my hair like Hermione’s. It was fun.” Bringing life to a character takes more than an intricate costume. The art of cosplay takes great skill and dedication; it is more than any old Halloween costume. The upcoming Austin Comicon, November 22 through 24, will be a hub for Texan cosplayers seeking to show off their best work.
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Skinny jeans. String bikinis. Booty shorts. These are occupants of the menacing junior section in any clothing store filled with size staff double zero, zero, one, and three. They are the trending sizes for the new level of “beauty” in fashion. Strutting your stuff in the halls showcases an array of ribcages, shoulder blades and pelvic bones with a thin layer of skin stretched tight over the prominent, exposed skeleton. But the average high school girl is not the only one sacrificing an appetite in the name of fashion. The iconic Barbie has given up her hourglass shape for toothpick legs, an invisible waist and a scrunched pelvis to follow the skinny standard leaving the more proportionate girls in the cafeteria with their satisfied chocolate cravings and full lunch trays. Since the beginning of the Barbie
doll, young girls have looked at the childhood toy with a sort of reverence and jealousy regarding her body’s shape. The definition of a “perfect hourglass” was always lying in the cardboard and plastic casing in a store, proudly displaying the Barbie name. Girls would pass it on the shelf and long for their bodies to mimic hers and obtain the beautiful figure she possessed. As children, many girls remember playing with their dolls in a dream house, pretending that it would be their life once they reached that age. Perfect house, job, family, car and of course, body. They would live the dream. Part of that dream was that they could be anything they wanted. The new dolls came out portraying Barbie as a doctor, princess, veterinarian, gold medalist, dancer, fairy, swimmer, wife and mother. Nearly anything a girl could dream of as a profession. She gave girls the notion to reach their goals and go after everything they desired.
Looking up to your toys as a child was just a part of growing up. Boys wanted to be G.I. Joes or Marvel superheroes. Girls wanted to be fairy princesses or Barbie dolls. As we grew older, we stopped trying to live their fictional lives and started trying to live ours, but we hit the roadblock of assimilation, or jumping on the bandwagon. First, we changed our clothes. Then we changed our hair. Next, our bodies. Size zero in the department stores went from having one piece in stock, to filling the racks all the way to the back. Being skinny is the new “it” thing, and being a medium means you are fat. Being a Barbie girl does not mean your bones are sticking through your skin, and living in a Barbie world does not mean your body will be perfect. The idea of the Barbie doll should be that you live how you wish and love the body you were given, regardless of its proportions. Just because the tags on clothing are labeled does not mean we should label ourselves.
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Pictures of girls standing in their bedrooms or on the beach take over social media feeds, followed by sayings such as photo “feet together, thighs apart,” and “almost there #thighgap.” This overpowering social media fad known as the thigh gap is exactly what it sounds like, when someone is standing with their feet and knees together and there is a noticeable gap between their thighs. Contrary to what some believe, the thigh gap isn’t a matter of showing a status of health or fitness. Being physically fit has zero to do with whether someone has the thigh gap or not. It is one hundred percent based on body types. Some body types have the thigh gap naturally. Many girls with wider set hips are capable of maintaining a thigh gap healthily. However, it is typically hard for girls with narrow set hips to have a thigh gap. Of course, each person’s body type is unique, and no set of rules can apply to every individual. The only
way for someone to obtain a thigh gap without having one naturally is to work away the thigh muscle, and the only way to get rid of the muscle is by starvation. Unfortunately, blogs and unsettling pictures of thin girls showing off their gaps only contribute to the idea that young girls need a thigh gap in order to be popular or beautiful. This is not the case. Of course, having a thigh gap is perfectly healthy if someone has one naturally; the danger comes when someone who cannot have one naturally and healthily puts their body through stress and starvation to obtain a gap. Scrolling down Pinterest and Tumblr, you see workouts, diets and motivational sayings encouraging this fad amongst teenage girls. What some girls fail to realize is that many of these pictures are Photoshopped. The computer has the ability to alter someone’s body any way one wants. Some girls also stand with their behind out and push their legs apart to seem like they have obtained a thigh gap. The desire should never be to have an unobtainable goal for your body, but
rather to be healthy and happy. This will never be achieved by starving yourself so that your thighs don’t touch. Girls should work toward starting to embrace their own body and loving themselves inside and out whether they have a thigh gap or not, ignoring what social media tells our society we need to look like. Many people have worked to combat this fad by posting pictures of themselves, thighs touching, followed by clever sayings, including “my thighs are best friends, they like to stay close” and “no thigh gap, no problem.” Being healthy is a much safer alternative than basing your self worth on pictures of extremely unhealthy girls blowing up on your feed. Those pictures on Pinterest, Twitter and Tumblr won’t show the other side. You won’t see these girls exhausted from hunger. You won’t see them shoving their plate aside, attempting to starve themselves. You won’t see their hair falling out from malnurishmnent. You won’t see them stressing about counting calories, and you won’t see how depressed they feel. A picture can show a thousand things, but it won’t show that.
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COUNTER CULTURAL Modest is the hottest marlow
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When most girls hear the word modesty, the first thing that pops into their minds is their grandma’s senior style. Modesty has become a long antiquated practice of the past and is even more uncommon in high school. Showing skin is in and most girls don’t think twice before wearing short cut-off jeans and tight, low cut shirts. While immodest clothes aren’t bad in themselves, the statement we’re making about our body is far from edifying of our image and self-confidence. There’s this misconception that in order to get the attention and attraction we all innately crave, we have to dress in a way that draws in the attention of others. We’ve come to believe the lie that revealing more of our body proclaims to all who see us that we are confident in our appearance and our identity. Dressing in a way that makes us the center of attention gives us a sense of power because we are making a statement that we are now independent from the innocent appearance we were chained to as children. We gain a sense of empowerment from realizing that in a way we have control over people’s thoughts as they’re inevitably drawn to our bold show of skin.
While we may think that dressing in revealing clothing evinces to the world that we have self-confidence, power, and security in our identity, it actually substantiates that we are insecure in our image and self-confidence. If we were truly secure in our self-image, we wouldn’t feel the need to show as much of our bodies as our culture says we do. We should be confident enough in our natural beauty and unique identity that we shouldn’t need approval from the world to affirm that we are beautiful. When your beauty emanates from within, more people will not only be drawn to you but will respect you more as well. Taking care of your body and dressing modestly shows how much you respect yourself, and people will be naturally drawn to the since of self-respect and confidence you emulate. Not only are you respecting yourself when you dress modestly, you’re also respecting the thoughts of others around you, especially those of guys. A key factor of why girls dress immodestly is to attract guys and satisfy their need for a meaningful relationship, however, when girls dress immodestly, the male attention they are attracting is far from meaningful. Princeton University conducted a study on the brain activity of male college students when they see a girl in a bikini, and found that the region
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of the brain associated with tools, such as wrenches and saws, became active. Some men showed zero brain activity in the medial prefrontal cortex, which is the part of the brain that becomes active when one considers another person’s thoughts, feelings, and intentions. One Princeton Professor commented, “It’s almost as if they are reacting to these women as if they are not fully human. It’s consistent with the idea that they are responding to these photographs as if they were responding to objects, not people.” Even though we may not always be walking around in bikinis and showing off our bodies with extreme immodesty, dressing immodestly can still be detrimental to minds of the young men around us. As young women, we need to set a higher standard for our generation to respect ourselves and others around us. Although it’s becoming more and more counter-cultural to commit to dressing modestly, it’s worth it in the end as we become more secure in our self-image and identity. Jessica Rey, once-piece swimwear designer, makes a bold and challenging statement as she claims, “Modesty isn’t about covering up our bodies because they’re bad, modesty isn’t about hiding ourselves. It’s about revealing our dignity. We were made beautiful How will you use your beauty?”
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I hate having to walk behind slow people in the hallway. Seriously, pick up your feet. I know I’m not the only person that has five minutes to get to class. Snapchatting in the middle of class is awkward and annoying. No one wants to see you make crazy faces into your lap; it’s just flat out distracting. Why is packaging so difficult to open? I just got some Beats by Dre, and I literally had
to google how to even open it. I paid for it, I shouldn’t have to work so hard to use it. If you wear gigantic headphones in the hallway during passing period, stop. I just feel like if something were to happen, like a fire, you wouldn’t be able to hear anything. People would be running and screaming and you’re just jamming out to We Can’t Stop by Miley Cyrus. People who chew gum extremely
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loud. #ICant. Please close your mouth. It’s not difficult to be minty fresh or orbit clean while still having some manners. I hate when I ask someone a question and they respond with, “You don’t know how to do that?” No… no I don’t know how to do that, that is the precise reason I asked you! Listen, I don’t need or want your sarcasm. I just want an answer. Phew…finally got that off my chest.
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As I’ve grown older, I’ve experienced new and different things, but one thing that has remained the same through the years is opinion probably… my fourth grade math level. [Okay, maybe not fourth grade, but you get the point]. Is this to the fault of any of my teachers? No. Is it because I’m just not good enough to advance any farther than that? No. I have come to the conclusion that it’s just because I have become dependent on my calculator. It is a serious, serious dependency that has gone uncontrolled for far too long. When I see NO CALCULATORS at the top of any paper, my heart stops, my hands start to sweat, my hair turns gray… the whole nine yards. In other words, I practically have an anxiety attack. Please don’t think that I’m a dumb person; I’m not, but my math skills would prove otherwise. The state of not being able to think on my feet bothered me so much, I went to talk to my grandmother who just so happens to be a teacher and an administrator. She began to lecture me on how it’s vital to do math in your head
because it helps develop the brain. This struck me. Why? Why do I [and by “I” I mean our generation] have to develop anything when Apple and Android have developed it for us? According to readwrite.com 37 percent of American teenagers own a smartphone, so in reality, at least 37 percent of all American teenagers have access to a full graphing calculator in a matter of seconds. Does this make American teenagers lazy? In my own experience, yes. How many times has your teacher said “what’s 3 times 80?” the room goes quiet. Finally one kid in the back yells, “220,” a blanket of silence falls over the room again, and then after someone pulls out their phone, everyone finally reaches the right answer, 240. Too many times I’m sure. Wow, Adayre; I see your point, but what does this have to do with anything? That’s just it, I’m not sure. I could go on a rant that we are becoming dumber as a country, but I don’t think that’s the case. Calculators are just one tool that was given to us in order to make our lives easier, but now I believe that it’s starting to hinder us as a nation. When exactly did my calculator habits turn into a crutch? I’m not sure. It could
have been in elementary school when I first started working with four function calculators to do simple math like two plus two. Or, it could have been in middle school when I was first introduced to the fancy-shmancy graphing calculator and never looked back. Who knows? All I know is that I’m in high school now, and when I see NO CALCULATORS on the top of a paper, I can’t help but cringe a little and prepare for the worst, but hope for the best.
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Style Trends Maxi Skirts In a world full of short shorts and even shorter skirts, it’s nice to know that maxi skirts are in. Maxi skirts are modest, fashionable and comfortable to wear. Maxis come is almost every color and design and are flattering to almost every body type. Maxis will continue to make a splash throughout the fall season.
Interesting Pants Colorful pants, patterned pants and anything in between is all the rage in the fashion world. Pants are now a way for people to express their inner selves while staying nice and cool without the aggravation of dresses or skirts. Interesting pants can now be the center of an outfit, rather than a shirt.
Cutouts Who knew that holes in someone’s shirt would one day make a huge fashion statement? Cut outs in shirts and even dresses seem to be making their way onto the shelves this fashion season. Cut outs with or without a layered top are easy to spot and fun to wear. They are a perfect way to show that some distressed patterns are still cool.
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