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Seniors share common passion for photography, collaborate to attain real world ecperiences Page 5

Eye of the Tiger editorial staff weighs in on RHS’ communication in the face of rampant rumors Page 7

Junior Marc Chappelle considers the humanity of The Martian, value of its scientific celebration Page 9

Junior Kayla Kwong’s recordsetting season takes Lady Tigers to top of CVC Page 12

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Brown kills off CAHSEE

Graduation no longer requires exit exam

BY ALEXX DOOLITTLE

a.doolittle@eyeofthetigernews.com

California governor Jerry Brown signed Senate Bill 172 last Wednesday to terminate the California High School Exit Exam graduation requirement for the next three years and retroactively grant diplomas to all former students who met all graduation requirements other than passing the exam.

SB 172, authored by Senator Carol Liu, D-La Cañada Flintridge, entails the suspension of the California High School Exit Exam as a graduation requirement

for the 2015-16 through the 2017-18 school years.

This means that current sophomores will not need to take the test, and juniors and seniors who did not already pass the test will not be required to do so in order to graduate.

Brown supported the Senate Bill 172 since its creation on Feb. 5, 2015 and many lawmakers involved in the progression of SB 172, such as consultant to the Education Committee, Lynn Lorber, were confident that Brown would sign.  CAHSEE | Page 2

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Lawmakers were confident that Governor Jerry Brown, a supporter of Senate Bill 172 since its inception, would approve the CAHSEE-terminating move.

District revisits sixth site plans Community demands clear district communication

BY JOHNNY MULLIGAN AND MIKAYLA STEARNS news@eyeofthetigernews.com

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Assistant principals Jon Coleman (right) and Matt Pipitone (left) monitor Campo Street. RHS staff is taking steps to ensure clear communication following confusion with violence rumors.

THREAT RUMORS

BY SAM MAILEY

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Admin revises communication plan Roseville High School administration is reevaluating their methods of communication to staff and families after being faced with with two shooting rumors in a two-week span.

On Monday, Sep. 21, rumors of a shooting threat surfaced, the sources, who claimed to be talking about airsoft guns, were identified the following day.

Rumors further circulated that evening

after another individual created an Instagram account called “coming4urhs” that featured a photo of guns laid out on a table.

Then, on Tuesday Sept. 29, an RHS staff member identified another student who made threats to bring a gun to school.

One RHS parent, Shawn Roberts, was kept updated on the Sept. 21 investigation through emails and phone calls and felt that administration was consistent in their communication with  RUMORS | Page 2

Violence rumors erupt on social media In the wake of September’s events surrounding campus security threats, many in the RHS community voiced confusion. The following is a timeline of the investigation.

The rumors that caused student and parent concerns on Sept. 21 came from two separate sources.

The students who allegedly started the rumors were identified the follow-

ing Tuesday, and claimed to have been talking about airsoft guns.

The other source of rumors came from the “coming4urhs” Instagram account that was created later that evening. The following day, the Roseville Police Department identified the individual responsible for making the account and took him into custody. Police later confirmed that the individual had no affiliation with Roseville High School.

Roseville Joint Union High School  TIMELINE | Page 2

Admin revives gender achievement gap dialogue 9 percent more females met ELA SBAC standards

BY GABI HUTSON

g.hutson@eyeofthetigernews.com

Female students continue to academically outperform their male counterparts.

Principal David Byrd addressed the issue of the achievement gap, presenting data from the 2014-15 school year during a Roseville High School staff meeting on Sept. 15.

According to Byrd, he presented the gap in academic performance as a long-term, national issue. The staff meeting was intended to inform and revive discussion regarding the discrepancy among RHS faculty, “The main purpose was to generate awareness, get people thinking about it to see if there was any solutions in the room,”

Byrd said. “I said at the staff meeting, ‘If you think that at the end of this meeting I’m going to reveal the solution – five things you could do, and every single boy would just skyrocket – it’s not likely.’”

No statistical evidence supports the idea that RHS has made progress to close the achievement gap between sexes, as 10 percent more of last year’s female juniors met or exceeded English Language Arts SBAC standards last spring than male juniors. In the graduating class of 2015, four percent more females graduated than males. Byrd also noted that girls at RHS outperform boys even in areas traditionally perceived as areas of strength for male students, such as math as science.

Byrd hoped to make the first steps toward action through his informational staff  GENDER | Page 3

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Junior Jakob Hedger looks over an assignment in his second period Advanced Placement Psychology class. The trend of females outnumbering males in academic courses may reflect upon lesser male success in academic results.

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The Roseville community revived discussion regarding a sixth high school in the Roseville Joint Union High School District that was originally scheduled to open this year. The development of the new school has faced several roadblocks, one of which was the projected end year being pushed back to 2022, that prompted the community to seek clearer information and communication from the district.

Over 30 parents and Westpark citizens attended the Roseville Joint Union High School District Board meeting on June 23 to call attention to the district’s plan for developing the sixth high school in the Westpark and Fiddyment Farms area.

The audience of parents had congregated on NextDoor.com, a social media website dedicated for neighbors, and decided to all attend the board meeting held on June 23.

RJUHSD administration became aware of the frustration parents held beforehand and prepared for the board meeting accordingly.

“We knew there were concerns out there from people out there,” RJUHSD

BY THE superintendent NUMBERS Ron Severson said.  New campus “People were obviwould require ously frustrated. We student body of had been planning roughly 1,000 for that and we tried  District funding to answer the quesat roughly $24 million of $110 tions that had been million goal raised as we heard some of the misinformation out there. We tried to address the triggers that caused people to be very upset and emotional.”

During the June 23 meeting, parents questioned the transparency of the district’s budget, the reasons behind postponing the project, and to urged district faculty to substantiate any projections they presented.

“There’s lots of rumors out there that it could be several to ten years before the high school is built and people were concerned, and wanted to find out what the real story was,” Westpark parent Jake Lewon said.

According to Lewon, the promise of a new high school in the Westpark and Fiddyment Farms area was a major factor in the decision to purchase a house there.

Lewon and several other parents attending remarked on how they felt “duped.”

“Initially, when we bought the house my wife and I had been told there would be a high school built by the perfect time for our kids to go to high school,” Lewon said.  HIGH SCHOOL | Page 3

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Eye of the Tiger ROSEVILLE HIGH SCHOOL 1 TIGER WAY ROSEVILLE, CA 95678 EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Marc Chappelle NEWS EDITOR Mikayla Stearns FEATURES EDITOR Rachel Barber OPINION EDITOR Andrew Smith ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR Sophia Cook SPORTS EDITOR George Hughes ONLINE EDITOR Nikolay Lubko ESPAñOL EDITOR Madeline Furdek COPY EDITOR Gabi Hutson Sam Mailey PHOTO EDITOR Amy Adamson Zachary Cheek Nikolay Lubko ADVISER Bobby Ritter STAFF WRITERS Albina Bassarab James Bateman Clay Boyd Austin Daly Alexx Doolittle Marina Efstathiu Elizabeth Hillman Kale Jibson Destine Kyubwa Jake Littlejohn Tommy Morin Johnny Mulligan Claire Oretly Hunter Rhode Delaney Rhodes Cesar Sanchez Kaden Schmittner Zachary Seminer Joshua Solso Eduardo Sotomayor Natalie Tran Victoria Wilkinson

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Roseville High School math teacher Paul Stewart notes that while this will help many students, the pass rate was already near 90 percent for first time test takers.

“I think it will effect the kids, those five or 10 percent that were going to struggle with it,” Stewart said. “They’re going to be happy that it’s now lifted off of them. I think it’s going to loosen some restraints on some of the kids that were worrying about passing it or hadn’t passed yet.”

Junior Jacob Marshall, who was scheduled to retake the the math portion again this year, was relieved by the suspension of the test.

“I took it at Independence [High School] my sophomore year,” Marshall said. “It’s pretty sweet that I don’t have to worry about passing the math section anymore, because that’s what I failed.”

English language learners, who traditionally struggled with the ELA portion of the test, could also benefit from this legislation of students.

State superintendent of public instruction, Tom Torlakson, sent an informing email and mentions the opportunity for educators across California to contribute to

the new graduation policies and states what he hopes to accomplish using this time period.

“SB 172 also provides California the opportunity to develop and examine recommendations for approaches to productive graduation policies that keep California moving toward higher standards for college and career readiness and higher graduation rates,” Torlakson said.

RHS principal David Byrd hopes to see an effective and sufficient accountability system that will best benefit RHS and its students.

“I’ve got an interest in that I just don’t want [the new graduation policy] to be incredibly expensive,” Byrd said. “I don’t want it to take a ton of time. I would like things to be efficient.”

According to John Montgomery, Roseville Joint Union High School District assistant superintendent of curriculum, the three year gap ensures there is a sufficient amount of time to create the new accountability system. “[The California Department of Education is] exploring other options and therefore suspended the current requirements for graduation,” Montgomery said.

Lorber is working to create the updated accountability system and align it with the current Common Core Standards.

Lorber plans to “consider all options, including aligning our current exam with the California Common Core State Standards, using a Smarter Balanced assessment, or using multiple measures.”

Another concern of Montgomery’s is preparing students for their post-graduation success.

“I have faith that there will be a reasonable replacement for CAHSEE that will have greater rigor to certify that students are ready to graduate from high school and move on to College/Career opportunities,” Montgomery said.

RHS counselor Graciela Fernandez doubts that students in the graduating Class of 2018 and 2019 will even have to take the “updated” exit exam because it would be illogical to mandate a test that the students or teachers had no time to prepare for.

“With Common Core being so new and thrusted upon students still in high school not being exposed to it as much, I think if anything the students that no longer have to take it, it’s in their benefit,” Fernandez said. “Hopefully by the time they do implement something, more students have gone through Common Core so hopefully it’ll be more of an accessible assessment to them because they’re a little more familiar with the material.”

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TIMELINE: RHS questions kids, RPD apprehends one

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Roseville Police Department posted additional officers around campus after the identification the supposed threat.

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District Executive Director of Personnel Services, Brad Basham, believes the students involved in the conversation that started the initial rumor were as benign as they were claiming.

“It was a very innocent conversation that was misinterpreted,” Basham said.

RHS administration was aware of the rumors around 2 p.m. that day, after school was released.

The rumors were brought to the

attention of administration the same way that authorities were alerted: concerned parents who heard about the rumors.

According to Public Information Officer Dee Dee Gunther, authorities weren’t contacted by RHS administrators, and the two parties only collaborated their information Monday evening after authorities were alerted by parents at 7:01 p.m.

Gunther then contacted Basham around 8:00 p.m., after authorities realized how fast rumors

were spreading.

“It was obvious the rumors were spreading. A lot of parents and students were getting more upset,” Gunther said. “So we needed to get together right away to coordinate not only the investigation but also how we would provide information to the RHS community.”

Because of this call, RHS and RJUHSD staff, including principal David Byrd, superintendent Ron Severson and Basham met at the district office and began to or-

ganize information on the rumors to assist in the investigation.

Authorities also interviewed several students by phone that Monday evening.

“Administration and myself [were] doing student interviews and phone calls and meeting with kids and tracing back the rumor one student at a time until we got to the source,” Basham said.

According Gunther, the Roseville Police Department pursued three home visits of “students of interest” that Monday evening between 9 p.m. and 10 p.m. and conducted multiple interviews with other students who were believed to be potential sources of information.

According to Gunther, while the administrators at the district office weren’t directly involved in the home visits, RHS assistant principal Jon Coleman was, however, present at the police department working with officers on Monday evening.

The home visits occurred the same day that admin learned of the rumors in order to determine whether or not there was a “viable threat,” according to Basham. The visits and interviews concluded around 11:00 p.m. Monday eve-

ning and RPD informed Basham there was no credible threat.

After the interviews, Basham issued an email to families regarding the school’s knowledge of the threats shortly before midnight that evening.

On Tuesday, Sept. 22, additional students were interviewed during school to provide information. Before lunchtime Tuesday, the original sources of the rumor were identified and claimed that they were talking about airsoft guns.

During this time, the RPD was also actively investigating the Instagram profile to find its creator. According to Gunther, RPD identified a 16 year-old former RHS student as the account’s creator and arrested that individual around 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday.

Tuesday evening, around 7:30 p.m., Gunther announced the arrest and Basham forwarded this information to RHS families via email.

There was nearly a three hour and thirty minute delay between the arrest and the statement issued because Gunther was awaiting detectives who were working on the case to verify the accuracy of information.

RUMORS: Admin reflects on communication methods

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families.

“They updated them too as they got more information, which I think was very helpful for the next day,” Roberts said.

However, another parent, Becky Jones, found out about the rumors through her children before administration issued an email.

“They could have done a phone call sooner,” Jones said.

“That would have been nice, just to say not to worry, that they’ll get back to us with more information when they get information.”

While Jones wasn’t concerned with the rumors, she understands how some parents could have gotten upset with administration’s communication.

“My children’s friends parents were worried about it, and they would have liked to have heard about it sooner, saying what the school is going to do about it to protect students,” Jones said.

The day after the rumors, nearly 25 percent of RHS students did not attend school as around 25 percent of students.

According to Principal David Byrd, rumors surfaced after school on Monday, and administration tried to maintain consistent updates Monday evening, but still faced concerns from confused staff members.

“It’s really hard when you’re getting texts, your phone’s ringing, and emails are coming and people are going ‘What’s going on? What’s going on? What’s going on?’” Byrd said. “Just trying to sift through that and figure out what’s going on and then communicate something back is really hard.”

Staff members are expected to spread the word to other staff members, but not families and parents.

Now, administration plans to update both parties separately, not rely on the relay of information from staff to parents or vice versa.

“We don’t want them to get on the phone and call friends and neighbors and students the purpose is call your co-workers, call the people that you work with,” Byrd said.

Confusion from staff brought up the subject of reevaluating the communication methods used

during Monday’s investigation, which would involve developing a greater social media presence for families, and a Remind account, which sends mass text messages, for staff members.

The Remind account is going to be implemented to keep staff on the same page with the ability to send mass text messages, and administration has different plans for communicating with parents.

On top of the emails sent and phone calls made to families the week of the rumors’ emergence, administration plans to utilize social media like Twitter, Instagram and Facebook to communicate information more effectively.

Social media contributed to the spread of rumors in the first incident, with many speculative posts sharing incorrect or inaccurate information.

A greater social media presence for RHS and other schools would be useful in spreading accurate information, according to Byrd.

“Rather than the social media world blow up about it, where there’s nothing that anybody can do, the district could immediately log right in and say ‘We’re the dis-

trict and it appears there’s a rumor going around at Antelope High School, Roseville High School or Oakmont High School, here’s our official statement,’” Byrd said.

The accounts would be accessible to RJUHSD personnel to post updated information regarding any investigations.

RJUHSD and RHS administration worked with the Roseville Police Department during the first rumors, and focused on aligning information between themselves so they could release accurate and consistent information.

“The goal is that we know in advance what’s being released so we can check it over and any part of it that’s testing with us, we can make sure is accurate,” public information officer Dee Dee Gunther said.

Administration’s presence at the district office and at the police station allowed information to be organized and aligned accurately.

“Mr. Basham and I started talking as soon as we became aware of it, and Mr. Coleman came down to police station to work,” Gunther said. “So we were sharing information that way as well.”

According to Gunther, the Sept.

29 rumors were dealt with and communicated more efficiently among administration and police in comparison to Monday’s.

“We established communication about it more quickly this time,” Gunther said.

Although the new methods weren’t put into action, quicker communication of information for the Sept. 29 rumors made a difference in parents’ confidence in the released information.

“We got several ‘Thank you’s’ from people too saying ‘thanks for informing us and letting us know what was going on,’” Byrd said. “It wasn’t a perfect system but the fact that we sent something to our staff that told our staff through their phone to check their email we think got the word out for them.”

Although it wasn’t used during the Sept. 29 rumors, administration took different measures to efficiently communicate information to staff..

“I didn’t have staff members calling me at night going ‘What’s going on? We’re not sure,’ we didn’t have any of that,” Byrd said. “In other words, it was quiet.”

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“We moved when my daughter was only two and had a lot of time before we had to worry about high school dates. It was only when [the end projection] of 2015 or 2016 took a large jump back to 2022 that it became real, that my daughters might not end up going to this high school.”

To answer questions from concerned parents, the board created a “steering committee” where members can have more in-depth, personal conversation with district faculty.

“We had planned on setting up a steering committee so we could have more of a dialogue [with parents] rather than people stand at a microphone telling you everything they heard,” Severson said. “We had talked about doing that three to four days before the [board] meeting.”

The board also appointed district employee Shannon Blockton as “Communications Specialist” after hearing the responses from parents at the meeting.

One of the district’s primary concerns is ensuring that there is a sufficient amount students to open a school large enough to provide a well rounded experience.

RJUHSD hired demographers for the purpose of creating close-to-accurate projections on the expected student body of the school. RJUHSD projects that approximately 11 students are generated per 100 houses built, and the minimum number of students the sixth high school can run on stands around 1,000 to 1,100 kids.

“One of the things that we have identified when we meet with a homeowner’s association is the sheer number of high school students,” Severson said. “We have done a calculation of feeder schools that are going to feed into attendance area of the high school and we brought all of that data to

the meeting.”

Any fewer students than the projection, and the sixth high school will not be able to offer its full range of programs to students and staff. “[The parents] want there to be a band and soccer team and they want all the amenities of comprehensive high school and wonderful facilities and programs,” Severson said. “If they are an actor, or athlete or scientists there are some powerful programs to be a part of, but we can’t offer those range of programs if we only have 800 students. When we are at 1,000 and growing we can begin putting those pieces in place.”

Funding is another obstacle for the development. According to data presented at the first Steering Committee meeting on Sep. 2, the district has about $23-24 million out of the $110 million required to build the school. One of the main concerns of the parents is to generate that money soon, and break ground on the school.

“When we were initializing a need for the high school in the north west region, the district projected there to be lots of growth with houses,” RJUHSD director of business services Joseph Landon said. “A funding problem has come up because people haven’t moved in as fast as we thought.

The economy was doing well and growing rapidly, then the recession hit and there’s a lot less people moving in and pricing of houses went down as well, so that causes an impact on bonding capacity.”

The portion of the school’s funding planned to be provided by the state also fell through.

“We were initially planning on state funding of $50 million and that state funding is no longer available,” Landon said.” The state got out of the business of helping new school construction.”

The district receives approxi-

mately $8,000 per new home in the designated Westpark area on an outstanding general obligation bond. Also, with the bonding capacity on the homes currently at $8.2 million, the district expects to meet the funding needed to begin phase one of the sixth high school with 5,000 to 6,000 new homes.

“Those neighborhoods that have been built are going to feed into the funding model for this school,” Severson said. “It is based on developer fees, collected when homes are being built and a bond tax is paid by people living there.”

According to Severson, the need for clearer communication only gets stronger as the district is only 12.8 percent of the way there.

“Only 12.8 percent of homes have been built, and only 12.8 percent of students are there, and only 12.8 percent of funds have been collected because the funds come from the homes,” Severson said. “Obviously further down the road, more than 13 percent is needed to generate enough money to start phase one of the high school we are working on.”

During the original board meeting and following Steering Committee meetings, parents collaborated with RJUHSD faculty for any strategies that would speed up the process of developing the high school.

Currently, homeowners in the area are taxed $12.50 per $100,000 Assessed Valuation on their house, and the district is limited to taxing up to $38 per $100,000 additionally for the rest of the district. Several parents suggested that RJUHSD apply for a California Department of Education waiver to increase the ability to tax on the rest of the district.

“I think paying more property tax is best,” Lewon said. “I think if you want to get something done

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we have to endure more pain in property taxes to get the school built in time. We are feeling the pinch or pressure and the rest of city doesn’t really know what is going on and doesn’t really care.”

Kelly Sagara, a parent who attended the steering committee meetings, supports the extra bond and advertises this solution to her neighbors who do not attend the meetings.

“The one I would support the most is the passing of the districtwide bond,” Sagara said. “We are talking just $60 a year maybe. It’s not that much in reality, it isn’t even a dinner for four.”

The Steering Committee also heavily considered the option of redrawing the schools boundary lines to accommodate for parents in the Fiddyment Farms and Westpark area who commute long distances, often to Oakmont, and purchase bus passes to go to other high schools across the city. Alternatively to rezoning, Severson plans to “significantly decrease

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The map of RJUHSD boundaries highlights the future site for a sixth high school (top) Jake Lewon speaks during a steering committee meeting (bottom) the cost of busing for those families.”

“Every situation is different and changing boundaries is emotional for those involved but the rest of district bystanders not a lot of passion or interests,” Severson said. “Rezoning would be a last resort.”

Lewon and Sagara prioritize their kids’ future high school experiences throughout the various

meetings and decisions. Lewon would prefer not to construct a hasty, temporary school while waiting for the full sixth high school.

“I would want [my kids] to have an experience of a real high school and the hallways than of moving from a trailer to another trailer,” Lewon said. “I don’t think it provides the same experience.”

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meeting.

“We spent a little bit of time talking about it and look[ing] at some research and seeing why this phenomenon exists,” Byrd said. “It was really more of an awareness thing, like a conversation starter, and [we were] trying to tap into the experience of the people in our classrooms [to] see what we can do to better [the issue].”

Byrd said that he is going to investigate potential steps to work toward closing the academic discrepancy, but he keeps in mind that there is no absolute reason to explain the longevity of the achievement gap, nor an absolute method of narrowing it.

“This has been a phenomenon since forever, and people have been looking for solution for forever and not necessarily found solutions,” Byrd said.

Counselor Jason Bradley found that the discussion at the meeting was beneficial for him as someone who works on a more personal level with students.

“It was a powerful conversation and I took a lot from the meeting ... especially because I work with so many boys and see differences in their motivation to excel in school compared to the girls I work with,” Bradley said. “There were a lot of ideas discussed and everyone was engaged.”

Guitar teacher Brian Hack believes the gap between male and female achievement is a fixable situation, and course selection seems to cater toward traditional female strengths and away from male ones.

“One day in class last year, I was discussing how the J.B. Gale

theater used to be an auto shop and a male student was very angry about this,” Hack said. “He said that if they still offered auto shop, he would be at school every day. I believe that if we offered more kinesthetic learning classes like auto shop, wood shop, maybe even courses that are meant specifically for careers like electricians or plumbers, it would help boys be more engaged and get a higher GPA.” Bradley also thought that boys could benefit from more “genderfriendly courses,” and that they could be a solution to narrowing the gap.

“I think we need to encourage boys by providing instruction that is tuned into their particular learning styles, which means more kinesthetic activities and hands-on learning,” Bradley said.

Bradley called on faculty to take on the responsibility of getting more involved with their students.

“We need to encourage them to read more, to empower them through building relationships with them as teachers and counselors,” Bradley said.

English teacher Anna Marie Clark emphasizes the importance of promoting an open attitude toward learning for all students.

“I think we can do more to help students understand that they can learn,” Clark said. “Sometimes students arrive at RHS with a mindset [that] ‘I can’t write,’ or ‘I don’t do math.” That mindset is often based on past experiences that are often emotionally charged and not at all relevant to skill or ability to learn.”

While administration is discussing the issue of the gender gap, Hack claims that not only is the educational system at fault,

but society as a whole.

“Society is the larger context and they have more power,” Hack said. “I hate to say it, but the public education system is broken – it has been a long system of making useless changes to a bigger problem. So, I have to agree that this is a longstanding problem … you have to change the culture before you can change [the achievement gap].”

Though RHS is now opening a dialogue to solve the long-term issue of the gender gap, Byrd said that it is widening at current rates.

“Girls outperform boys almost every single time,” Byrd said.

“The reality of it is, girls are going on to college more than boys and having a higher success rate than boys. That gap, nationwide is increasing.”

Bradley believes that the achievement rate is a solvable problem, but to do so will take more than just the staff’s effort.

“It will take a combined effort of teachers, parents, the community and, most importantly, the student if we are to close the achievement gap,” Bradley said.

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NOTICIAS Sexto potential escuela secundaria de RJUHSD en sostener

POR JOHNNY MULLIGAN AND MIKAYLA STEARNS a.doolittle@eyeofthetigernews.com

La comunidad de Roseville revivió la discusión sobre una sexta escuela secundaria en el Roseville Joint Union High School District que fue originalmente programado para abrir este año.

El desarrollo de la nueva escuela ha enfrentado a varios obstáculos, como la falta de financiación y población de la zona. Más de 30 padres asistieron a la reunión de Roseville Union High School District junta el 23 de junio, para llamar la atención sobre el plan del distrito para desarrollar el sexto escuela secundaria en el Westpark y granjas Fiddyment.

“Sabíamos que existían preocupaciones por ahí de gente”, dijo RJUHSD Superintendent Ron Severson. Los padres cuestionaron la transparencia del presupuesto del distrito y las razones detrás de posponer el proyecto.

“Hay muchos rumores por ahí que podría ser varios para diez años antes de la high School secundaria está construida y la gente estaban preocupados y querían averiguar cuál era la historia real,” Un padre de Westpark Jake Lewon dijo.

El distrito tiene aproximadamente $23 millones de los $110 millones necesarios para construir la escuela. La parte de la escuela de financiación previstas por el estado también cayó a través.

“Inicialmente estábamos planeando el financiamiento estatal de 50 millones y financiamiento del estado ya no está disponible”, dijo Landon.

El distrito de RJUHSD contratado los demógrafos para crear proyecciones de alumnado previsto de la escuela.

“Lo hemos hecho un cálculo de las escuelas que van a alimentar en el área de asistencia de la escuela secundaria,” dijo Severson.

Los estudiantes menos que la proyección de 1000 estudiantes y la sexta preparatoria no será capaces de ofrecer su gama completa de programas para estudiantes y personal. “Los padres quieren tener una banda y equipo de fútbol y todas las comodidades de una escuela secundaria comprensiva,” dijo Severson.

“Hay algunos programas de gran alcance para ser parte de, pero no podemos ofrecer los diversos programas de si sólo tenemos 800 estudiantes.”

La promesa de una nueva escuela secundaria en el área de Westpark era un factor importante

en la decisión de comprar una casa, según Lewon.

“Inicialmente, cuando compramos la casa mi esposa y yo habíamos sido dijo allí sería una escuela construida por el momento perfecto para nuestros hijos ir a la escuela secundaria”, dijo Lewon.

Las amenzas y la falta de comunicación conduce a caos a RHS POR SAM MAILEY

s.mailey@eyeofthetigernews.com

Administración de la escuela secundaria de Roseville es reevaluando sus métodos de comunicación al personal y familias después de ser enfrentarse con dos rumores disparos en un lapso de dos semanas. El Lunes, 21 de Septiembre, los rumores de una amenaza tiro de superficie. El Martes, 1 de Octubre, fue identificado otro estudiante que hizo amenazas de traer un arma a la escuela. Con los rumores de superficie después de la escuela el lunes, Byrd y administración estaban tratando de mantener constantes actualizaciones con información eficientemente el lunes por la noche, pero ante preocupaciones de funcionarios confundido.

“Es muy difícil cuando está recibiendo textos, de sonar el

teléfono y correos electrónicos vienen y la gente va ‘¿qué está sucediendo?’ tratando de que cribar y averiguar lo que está sucediendo y luego comunicar algo es muy difícil,” dijo Byrd.

Además de los correos y llamadas telefónicas hechas a las familias la semana de la aparición de los rumores, planes de administración para utilizar redes sociales como Twitter y Instagram para comunicar más eficazmente la información.

Los medios de comunicación social contribuyeron a difundir los rumores del lunes, con muchas entradas especulativas compartir información incorrecta o inexacta. Una mayor presencia de los medios sociales para el lado derecho y otras escuelas sería útil en la difusión de información precisa, según Byrd.

“El Sr. Basham y me empezó a hablar tan pronto como tomamos conciencia de él, y el Sr. Coleman bajó a la estación de policía para trabajar”, dijo el oficial de información pública Dee Dee Gunther.

Aunque los nuevos métodos no ponen en acción, comunicación rápida de información sobre rumores del martes hicieron una diferencia en la confianza de los padres en la información publicada.

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NOTICIAS

REPORTAJES Clase de ELD va a ver la película de Malala POR CLAIRE OERTLY

c.oertly@eyeofthetigernews.com

Clases de aprendices del idioma inglés de la escuela secundaria de Roseville, profesor Katrina Worden va a tomar un viaje de campo, totalmente financiado por la donorschoose. org, a ver la película He Named Me Malala. La película cubre la vida de Malala Yousafzai, quien se puso de pie para la educación de las mujeres en su país natal, Pakistán.

“Creo que es importante para los estudiantes ver que mucha gente lucha y sacrificio para conseguir una educación”, dijo Worden.

Lindsay Guetschow, una mujer que está dirigiendo la Campaña Malala en todo el mundo, también observó cómo relacionables la película es que no sólo los que están en clases de Worden, sino también los que están en el mundo. merecen.

“Queremos que soporte con Malala. La película es realmente acerca de levantar su voz,” Guetschow dijo.

Cuando usted ve injusticia en el mundo, se trata de pie para y sabiendo que tienen poder.”

Solo ello en el equipo de baile está solo POR DELANEY RHODES d.rhodes@eyeofthetigernews.com

El estudiante en el final año Kristian Sapanlay recientemente se convirtió en el único niño en el equipo de baile de High School de Roseville este año.

Sapanlay, dice ser el único chico en el equipo no le causó muchos problemas en el año hasta ahora.

“No siento que estoy sola porque soy un chico,” Bailarín en su final año Abi Haupt dice que Sapanlay tiene gran potencial.

“Cuando lo vi en su primera práctica de la danza definitivamente pensé que era un bailarín increíble,” dijo Haupt.

Según Sapanlay, lo es tratado al igual que todos los demás miem-

bros del equipo de entrenadores.

“Igual me tratan y como eso porque siendo un niño no quiere decir que puedo hacer alguna más o menos,” dijo Sapanlay.

Sapanlay es nuevo en el equipo de danza y todavía está superando sus nervios como un artista intérprete o ejecutante.

“Al principio es tipo de nervio tormento para realizar frente a las grandes multitudes, pero una vez que usted realmente está bailando lo que le da una adrenalina enorme y no puede dejar de sonreír.”

Dós estudiantes de RHS encuentran un interés en fotografía POR ALBINA BASSARAB

a.bassarab@eyeofthetigernews.com

Los estudiantes en la escuela secundaria de Roseville High School han sido capaces de capturar la vida cotidiana en fotos que tomen y convertirla en algo inspirador.

Dos diferentes grupos creati-

vos tanto que comparten el mismo deseo para la fotografía. el estudiante en el final año Kelsey Hall y la estudiante en el tercer año Alexia Wade, compartir las pasiones de los demás de las artes.

Hace 2 años Hall y su amiga Aiden Doyle comenzaron a ir a San Francisco y encuentran con otros fotógrafos de la zona.

Paseo por la ciudad y cada vez que veían algo le gustaba, capturarlo. Según Hall y Doyle, querían sus fotos parece algo sacado de una revista.

“Cómo tiempo pasado del tiempo hemos desarrollado estilo más y nos hemos dado cuenta que somos mucho más en sólo como fotografía sincera y como captura de nuestra vida cotidiana.” dice Hall.

El estudiante en el tercer año Alexia Wade se interesó en la fotografía cuando su primo mayor le introdujo en su carrera.

Wade estaba intrigado por todas las fotos de su primo tomó y amaba la idea de documentar cosas con fotos.

POR TOMMY MORIN

t.morin@eyeofthetigernews.com

Roseville Joint Union High School District decidió abrir posiciones en cada escuelas secundarias en el distrito de un entrenador deportivo a ser contratados. Esta decisión fue fijada en su lugar para ayudar con cómo se tratará la lesiones y otros aspectos físicos de los deportes. Hay una aplicación disponible para posibles candidatos para el puesto de entrenadora en la escuela secundaria Roseville en el sitio web del lado derecho pero la escuela no tiene ningún solicitante actual. Según el director deportivo de RHS Emily Dodds, no ha habido una sola escuela en el RJUHSD que ha tenido éxito en contratar a alguien para este cargo.

“Esencialmente estamos buscando alguien que sea capaz de cubrir todo el año,” dijo Dodds.

Este cambio ha sido decidido con la esperanza de que la mejora y eficiencia de los equipos y su funcionamiento. Entrenador de baloncesto de los muchachos Entrenador de basquetbol de varsity Greg Granucci cree que este

REPORTAJES

ZACHARY CHEEK EYE OF THE TIGER

El estudiante en el final año Kristian Sapanlay muestra las habillidades que ha aprendidio como el único chico en el equipo de danza.

DEPORTES RHS se parece a contrar entrenedor deportivo

ZACHARY CHEEK EYE OF THE TIGER

Agentes de policIa eran evidentes en toda escuela ambios días que toma las zmenazas fueron traídas ara arriba en el campus RHS para garantizar la seguridad de los estudiantes.

nuevo entrenador será muy útil para los equipos de las escuelas.

“Cualquier momento que alguien certificado podemos tener en nuestro campus para diagnosticar inmediatamente es totalmente beneficioso”, dijo Granucci.

Granucci cree alguien que inmediatamente podría tratar a un atleta lastimado ayudaría a evitar las pausas en las prácticas. Jugadores que participan en deportes que parecen tener lesiones bastante comúnmente sienten que esta adición mejorarán en gran medida el programa atlético en el lado derecho.

“Tenemos médicos en el personal, pero eso es solamente dos personas”, dijo el estudiante en el tercer año Jimmy Jaggers.

“Tener a alguien que verdaderamente se centra en lesiones del deporte definitivamente ayudaría.”

Golfista Kayla Kwong conduce el CVC POR JAKE LITTLEJOHN

j.littlejohn@eyeofthetigernews.com

Liderados por su número uno golfista número uno Kayla Kwong, el equipo de golf de Roseville High School varsity

niñas es 10-0 en Liga de los partidos y es el equipo número uno en el Capital Valley Conference.

Kwong ha obtenido muchos logros en su carrera de golf de la escuela secundaria. Ella recientemente disparó un 67 en el primer torneo CVC del equipo de la temporada celebrado en el campo de golf de Bartley Cavanaugh y también logró un hoyo en uno.

Ese día, Kwong condujo a los Tigres a una victoria del torneo y también recibió el Premio de medalla para el torneo, lo que significa que ella tiró el puntaje más bajo de cualquier individuo en todo el torneo. Él golfista en el tercer año Delaney Grimes, baja de Kwong fue la razón principal en cuanto a por qué el equipo salió en la parte superior.

“Kwong es la clave de nuestro éxito, realiza nuestro equipo de ganar,” dijo Grimes.

Promedio de Kwong de 37.4 por ronda la convierte en el más bajo promedio goleador en la historia de la high School secundaria de Roseville.

“Si las niñas seguir jugandobien , que gana la Liga”, dijo entrenador Corey Fukuman.

Los atletas de atletismo buscan para un nuevo entrenedor

DEPORTES

POR KADEN SCHMITTNER k.schmittner@eyeofthetigernews.com

El año pasado el equipo de atletismo perdió su todo personal entrenedores para esta próxima temporada. Esta pérdida ha dejado a los estudiantes que están tratando de recibir las ofertas de becas de universidades este año sin entrenadores. El admin de RHS se pega con la tarea de contratar a un nuevo cuerpo técnico, y asegurándose de que los atletas que están tratando de firmar con colegios se les da esa oportunidad.

“Muchos de ellos izquierdo con Arturo,” dijo atleta Brayden Leach.

“La hija del entrenador de mi distancia graduado hace dos años por lo que ella estaba lista para salir.” Brayden Leach y Megan Fereira están trabajando este año con entrenedor Blumm, el ex entrenador vallas, y el Sr. Wilson para encontrar cumple para competir en esta temporada.

“Nos importa el equipo y desea firmar a las escuelas, por lo que estamos tratando de encontrar formas de competir y ayudar al

ZACHARY CHEEK EYE OF THE TIGER

La estudiante en el tercer hora Kayla Kwong conduce la CVC y el equipo de golf de ellas en el puntaje más bajo. Kwong también antonó su primer hoyo en uno la semana pasada. equipo a ser lo mejor que pueden ser, dijo Leach.

“Creo que Wade entrenador dejando impactados los otros entrenadores dejando porque se mantuvo a gente motivada,” dijo Megan Fereira. Ella cree que el cuerpo técnico trabajará hacia fuera para la próxima temporada.

Asistente principal Jason Wilson dice que Leach y Fereira han venido a él y ofreció su ayuda.

“Sé que son dos atletas que se

presentan como líderes del programa de atletismo,” dijo Wilson.

Dice tienen sus reuniones de Liga normal programados. La director de deportes Emily Dodds dice todavía están esperando a las personas a poner en una aplicación para tomar la posición de entrenador en jefe. Hasta entonces Leach y Fereira están trabajando con Wilson para tratar de competir y mejor las posibilidades de firmar con colegios.

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Students pursue photography, gain experience Shared artistic hobby draws friends closer

by DELANEY RHODES

d.rhodes@eyeofthetigernews.com

Two Roseville High School students have been capturing their daily lives with photos they take and are attempting to turn these images into something inspiring.

Senior Kelsey Hall and junior Alexia Wade often work on projects independently, but share each other’s passions for the arts.

Wade says she wants to make future plans to work in more collaborations with Hall, but, at the same time, both still want to do their own thing with their shared passion.

“I met her (Wade) last year in drama and I actually didn’t know she did photography until one day it just got brought up,” Hall said.

“It was really cool.”

Hall and her photographer friend from Rocklin High School, Aidan Doyle, make it an every weekend thing to roam around and take pictures.

The tradition started five years ago when Hall and Doyle, each twelve years old at the time, went to Scotland with their families and were allowed to wander around the Highlands. They decided to borrow their parents’ cameras and go take pictures.

“It was pretty much just wilderness and we just started going around and taking photos – not really of each other, mainly things we saw, you know we were twelve,” Hall said. “We were just interested in taking pictures of stuff, so that’s how it really started, but throughout time I started going more towards film while Aidan was going further into photography.”

Two years ago they began going San Francisco and meet up with other photographers they met over social media. They began calling themselves “The SF Crew.” They would walk around the city and whenever they saw something they liked, would capture it.

According to Hall and Doyle, they wanted their pictures to look like something straight out of a magazine. Over time, members of the crew began taking different pathways, but Hall and Doyle didn’t let this stop them from taking pictures. They began spending

more time in Roseville, not letting the dissolving of their group keep them from their passion.

“We used to be really focused on like editorial stuff, like ‘Make it so it looks like it could belong in a magazine or like look like it’s actually like it’s actually apart of an Urban Outfitters shoot,’” Hall said. “As time has gone by, we’ve developed style more and we’ve realized we’re a lot more into just like candid photography and like capturing our everyday lives.”

Their photography was mainly to express their lives and make it beautiful. They liked to think as if they were inside a teenage movie and used that as their inspiration.

They began also making short films and this led their work to becoming more flowing and giving a “teenage life” vibe to their photos.

They used this photography style and joined projects with different magazines. They’ve done a couple articles and editorials for a magazine called Golden Boy Press.

Golden Boy focuses on youth generated content about the youth culture. Hall and Doyle are currently working on a launch project that is surrounding self love with teenagers.

Junior, Alexia Wade became interested in photography when her older cousin, a world traveling professional photographer and journalist, introduced her to her career.

Alexia was intrigued by all the photos her cousin took and loved the idea of documenting things with pictures.

“I loved the idea of documenting things you like and in life in pictures, so that even after your death people can still see the things you saw,” Wade said.

But this wasn’t the only reason why photography took such a pull on her life. Wade loves to travel and her dream is to just travel the world as her cousin has so that she may experience things she’s never before experienced, but she needed a reason.

“Anyone can just go places, but I wanted like a valid reason to go to this place,” Wade said.

“Like if I were to go to Africa I wouldn’t want to just say ‘Hey

COURTESY AIDEN DOYLE

DELANEY RHODES EYE OF THE TIGER

COURTESY AIDEN DOYLE

COURTESY KELSEY HALL

Students who share a common passion for photography all have come together to share and learn from each of their different styles. Aiden Doyle goes to work during one of their group’s photoshoots (top left). Alyssa Stanley models in Aiden Doyle’s photo (top right). Aiden Doyle models in Kelsey Hall’s photo (bottom right).

Kelsey Hall models in Aiden Doyle’s photo (bottom left). guys I’m in Africa.’ I’d want to be there to document like what was going on with life there and take pictures of that because that really affects people, to see what’s going and see the images instead of just hearing about it.”

When she first moved to Roseville from Seattle, Washington, Wade realized that she enjoys the urban look for photos and capturing pictures with crowds, but also likes the look of landscape photography. She found herself able to take urban photos now and then but was settling on more of a self photography and candid kind of look.

“Seattle was one of my favorite places to take photos, I loved the urban and crowds like photos,” Wade said. “Here, the visuals are different and every-

one is always home and sticking to mainstream besides walking in the streets wearing literally whatever they want. But the landscapes are nice and have had a lot of opportunities with self photography.”

Like Hall and Doyle, Wade likes to use her friends as her models. One of her models, junior Alyssa Stanley, is someone Wade loves to pose and takes pictures of the most.

“We went out to the fountains and she had her camera with her and it was a lot of fun.” Stanley said. “We would walk around and she would find places and things that inspired her and then she’d say stuff like ‘Go lay in those rocks and then I’d go lay in them and she’d take pictures of me.

Also, we did a lot of things with

different lightings and it was just a lot of fun and cool to be apart of.”

Wade not only enjoys taking photos, but being in front of a camera as well. She also has developed an interest in modeling.

“I’ve been apart of modeling for a while and starting to get back into it again. I think modeling is what made me like self photography more too because it’s hard to get others to do exactly what you want,” Wade said. “But recently I’ve started an instagram account called UrbanTheory and I’m pretty proud of it because I haven’t had it up for that all and it’s already gained a good amount of followers.”

Wade wants to use her photography to make a difference. She wants to document her life and

lives around her so that they’ll live on forever.

Photography is something she wants to continue doing the rest of her life.

She feels that photography is a way to see something from another person’s eye and to understand another’s perspective.

Similar to Hall and Wade, Doyle sees it as way of not only showing other people the beauty of life, but also to remind them of the memories and beauty they’ve made.

“People just need to create art that they love and focus on pleasing others later,” Doyle said. “Like focus on creating art that you’re happy with and once you’re happy with it you can be successful and then create your own style.

Sole male dancer shines on team

by GABI HUTSON

g.hutson@eyeofthetigernews.com

ZACHARY CHEEK EYE OF THE TIGER

With fellow dancers welcoming and coaches spotlighting him, senior Kristian Sapanlay defies gender roles playing a major role on RHS’ dance team.

Senior Kristian Sapanlay parlayed his experience and passion for dance to become the only boy on the Roseville High School dance team this year. This is not the first time there has been a lack of males on the dance team.

It was the same situation last year where there was only one senior male on the team.

Sapanlay says being the only boy on the team hasn’t caused him many problems in the year so far.

“Sometimes it gets a little awkward, just a little bit but I’m really good friends with most of the girls who are on the dance team,” Sapanlay said. “It has been really accepting actually.

I don’t feel like I’m lonely just because I am a boy.”

Senior dancer Abi Haupt said that Sapanlay had great potential and could even take over the spot that Nathan Jauregui left open when he graduated.

“When I saw him at his first dance practice, I definitely

thought that he was gonna fill Nathan’s shoes,” Haput said.

“They’re both amazing dancers, and I could tell he was just as good as Nathan was.”

According to Sapanlay, he’s been treated just the same as all the other members of the team by coaches.

“They treat me equally and I like that in a way, but just because I’m a boy, doesn’t mean that I can do any more or any less,” Sapanlay said.

Head dance coach Felicia Fry said that she modifies the dances for Sapanlay to make them more masculine.

“We change the dance moves to make them more manly for him,” Fry said.

Fry agreed with Sapanlay and said the treatment has been unbiased and completely even.

“The treatment is definitely equal,” Fry said. “I’m just getting to know most of the kids, since this is my first year with them.”

He appreciates the accommodations made for him.

“There are certain moves in

choreography that are just for me,” Sapanlay said. “That’s fine with me. I’ll do anything but I’m glad that they allow me to have different moves, but other than that it has been equal treatment.”

Sapanlay is new on the dance team and is still overcoming his nerves as a performer.

“This is my first year. I’ve been enjoying it on the dance team,” Sapanlay said. “At first it is kind of nerve racking to perform in front of the big crowds, but once you’re really dancing it gives you a huge adrenaline rush and you can’t stop smiling. You really want to do your best for yourself and the crowd.”

Though this is Sapanlays first year on the dance team he has wanted to be on the team for a while now. Sapanlay said Jauregui had an effect on Sapanlay joining.

“I did want to be on the team before this year, actually Nathan was kind of my inspiration to join dance team,” Sapanlay said.

“He was the first boy on dance team ever, so I was I was like

‘I kinda want to do that too.’ I wanted to show that boys can dance too, and be good at it.”

Haupt has noticed Sapanlay’s improvement in his dancing as they have been on the team together.

“We’re not even half way through the year and he’s already leaps and bounds from where he started,” Haupt said. “He is probably the most dedicated member of the dance team. I think that he’s going to great on the team this year. I expect a lot of strong things from him.”

According to Sapanlay his nerves kept him back from trying out to be on the team sooner.

“I was kind of scared of the rejection and judgement that I could receive,” Haupt said.

Despite his talent in dancing, Sapanlay has never been professionally trained “I didn’t go to any studio.”

Sapanlay said. “I actually just started at Roseville in the dance classes my freshman year and I’m a senior so it’s been about four years.”

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Mighty Mite student coaches inspire Junior Tigers

by CLAIRE ORETLY

c.oretly @eyeofthetigernews.com

Roseville High School sophomores Alyssa Flores and Alyssa Larson are looking to submerge future Tigers into RHS cheerleading culture by coaching the Junior Tigers cheerleaders. Both Larson and Flores began coaching this year and are proud to be inspiring the girls.

“How far they’ve come and how much they really have changed, it just makes me proud of myself because I’m new to this,” Flores said. “It makes me proud of them because they’ve just been working so hard.”

According to Larson, the transition from being a cheerleader to becoming a coach allows her to see what her coaches do for her and her teammates.

“I think being a coach and being a cheerleader are about the same.” Larson said. “Just being a cheerleader, you just have to learn the moves, but being a coach you already know everything and you just have to know how to teach them.”

Transitioning from a cheerleader to a coach helped Larson gain leadership skills and become outgoing.

“Coaching cheer teaches you

a lot,” Larson’s cheer coach, Gretchen Littlejohn, said. “ You develop problem-solving, leadership, and communication skills.

As a coach, you sometimes have to make quick changes when a stunt isn’t hitting, or someone is out for a performance. Alyssa brings those skills to Roseville’s Cheer Team.”

There are multiple cheer groups, ranging from Mighty Mites, starting at age six, to Midgets, who can be up to 15 years old. Although the two teach different age ranges, the coaching style remains universal.

“I’ll show them a cheer and then I’ll do it with them a couple of times, and after they kinda get the hang of it I’ll step back and watch them do it and if they need help I’ll go over it slowly, like how to execute it well,” Larson said.

The idea of coaching younger girls seemed fun to Larson and Flores, but they realize that it is easier said than done.

“It’s so much fun with them, but at the same time it’s kinda difficult with them because they are so young,” Flores said. “It takes a few tries to get them to really, really focus.”

The young cheerleaders recognize that they have to work

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Sophomores Alyssa Flores (pictured above) and Alyssa Larson began coaching Junior Tiger cheerleaders this year to immerse the kids and themselves further in RHS spirit and better their cheer skills. The children range from age six to 15 and are separated into two groups, the Mighty Mites and Midgits. for what they want and, with the attributes of Larson and Flores, are able to perform to their fullest extent without feeling rushed.

“They have been very nice to other the cheerleaders, [Flores] has a lot of patience,” Mighty Mites cheerleader Gabby PrietoRodriguez said.

Despite the fact that there are both adult and student coaches, Flores and Larson feel that they obtain the same respect as

the adult coaches do, but see themselves more as “big sister figures” to the cheerleaders they work with.

“I think like I’m a big sister to them, you know, cause I hear problems between them and I help them out with everything, even outside of cheer,” Larson said.

Flores also treats them like siblings. Rather than just treating the kids like another member of

Malala field trip inspires ELL class Students connect to advocate for education

Americana meets foreign fashion

by Gabi hutson

What inspires the way you dress?

Well, I spend a lot of time on Tumblr and one specific blog, oddishtea.tumblr.com, really inspires what I wear. His style is very simplistic but not basic, there isn’t too much going on but it still looks fashionable, it’s almost minimalist.

by CLAIRE ORETLY

NIKOLAY LUBKO EYE OF THE TIGER

Above, Katrina Worden works with an ELL student. Worden’s class recently recieved the opportunity to view the movie He Named Me Malala. Oprah’s team found Jade Owens crowdfunding page on website donorschoose.org and opted to pay for the trip. The film emphasizes the need for female education and cultural understanding all around the world.

Multiple ELL students in the class have moved to the United States from other countries, the majority being from Ukraine and Mexico.

According to the sophomore ELL Student Alfonso Loza, many of their parents came to the U.S. to not only benefit their own lives, but to ensure a fair education for their children.

“They don’t want us to go what they went through,” Loza said. “In Mexico it only goes up to ninth grade, there’s no colleges or anything like that. That’s the reason they wanted me to come here, they want me to go to college and do better than them.”

According to Worden, not only is the field trip meant to be a fun experience for both students and staff, it is a good way for the students to see the similarities in their lives and Malala’s.

“It’s wonderful, and our kids deserve it,” Worden said. “Our ELL students come from all over the world, I think they’re a group of people that we need to pay more attention to. Some of them come and learn English in a year, blend into school, and we don’t even know,. I think for these kids to have every opportunity possible is super exciting, I want them to have as many as possible, I hope they have more,” Lindsay Guetschow, a woman

who is directing the worldwide Malala Campaign, also noted how relatable the movie is to not only those in Worden’s classes, but for people all around the world.

“This film really gives a beautiful sort of look into her day to day life.” Guetschow said. “A lot of students have seen the film so far, and their reactions are like, ‘oh my gosh, she’s doing extraordinary things and she’s just an ordinary girl like me.”

The Malala Fund is a program set up by Malala and her father, Ziauddin Yousafzai that is meant to reach out to girls who are not allowed to get an education due to restrictions on women in countries such as Pakistan.

The campaign is focused on the idea that the more people who know about and support Malala’s mission for equal oppertunities, the more of a chance there is for any girl to get the education they deserve.

The Malala fund is accessible to anyone on malala.org.

It accepts donations to fund the organization and signatures on a petition for women’s educational rights and offers more information about Malala and her family.

“We want them to stand with Malala,” Guetscow said. “We want them to be inspired, to find their voice. The film is really

about raising your voice. When you see injustice in the world, it’s about standing up to that, and knowing that you have power no matter what age you are.”

Learning Support Specialist Jade Owens arranged the funding and transportation for the trip and put in an application to donorschoose.org, a website solely created for class projects to be funded by individual donors.

Teachers from all over use this website in order to pay for trips for their students that would not have happened if not for the donors.

“It’s a process where you have to write an essay, explaining the need and why you wanna go, answer how it’ll benefit your students, answer what they’re gonna learn from it,” Owens said.

According to Owens, the process to get the funding itself was more difficult than she had anticipated. They asked multiple questions that each required a detailed answer.

“You have to talk about the students who are going, talk about your classroom, so, I think there were like eight questions in which you had to reply a paragraph answer for, and, then, if someone decides ‘Oh that’s a good project, I like that,’ they give money towards it.”Owens said.

that cheer is a passion for most girls on the team.

“At times, I really think it’s just their parents putting them up to it, and then at times I know that they want to be there because they look forward to going,” Flores said. “I have a little girl named Alex, and when everybody starts getting raffled she’ll start saying ‘Guys come on, I don’t wanna look like a fool out there, I wanna look good.’”

FASHION COLUMN: Sophomore ADAM HAGEN

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Roseville High School teacher Katrina Worden’s English Language Learners classes will be taking a field trip, fully funded by donorschoose.org, to see the movie He Named Me Malala.

The movie covers the life of Malala Yousafzai, who stood up for female education in her home country of Pakistan. She was shot in the face by the Taliban, but survived and never gave up her fight for the education of females.

Last year, Malala was awarded The Nobel Peace Prize, making her the youngest person to ever win a Nobel Prize.

The English class is focused on the fact that education is not as much of a right but more of a privilege, and not necessarily a main priority in other places.

Students in this class both understand and are able to relate to the effort put out by Malala.

“My mom told me when she lived in the Ukraine, they didn’t have time to learn because every single day they’d just be working to get food – she didn’t have time to work on her homework,” freshman ELL student Margarita Leshchik said. “She said because she wanted a better life here, so she’s always pushing [me] to have good grades, she wants us to be better.”

RHS students and staff alike are glad to get the opportunity to learn about Malala and relate their own lives to hers.

“I think it’s important for students to see, not only to understand the importance of education but it’s also culturally relevant as something that’s happening in our society and a lot of people come to this country and struggle and sacrifice just to get an education, so their kids can have a better education, and sometimes we take that freedom for granted,” Worden said.

the team.

“I look to them as though they are my little siblings because I am protective of them,” Flores said.

According to Mighty Mite Alex Radaikin, the expectation for each cheerleader is different. “[Flores is] really nice and she expects a lot out of me because I’m the second oldest girl,” Radaikin said.

Flores and Larson believe

What do you plan on wearing in the fall when it gets colder?

I own a bunch of really great sweaters that I’m waiting to bring out and use for the fall. They’re kind of the main make up of my closet. I have this collection of them and they’re all extremely fashionable yet comfortable, which I’m into.

online stores like Profound Aesthetic, and I have some sweaters from Shelfies that I really love. I stay on that budget.

In your own words, what is your aesthetic?

I spend a lot of time on Tumblr because I’m a trashy Internet kid ,so some of the clothes that I wear are things that I found there.

One guy in particular I’ve found on Tumblr named oddishtea is probably the most aesthetic in the game; He raised me. I’ll also wear anything that I’ve seen on a Korean person, I love Korea.

Do you prefer American fahsion or foreign fashion?

Foreign fashion, even though a lot of foreign fashion that I find is influenced by American fashion.

What sort of things do you have that are staples in your closet?

I own a lot fresh kicks like the original Adidas Superstars, and a bunch of colored skinny jeans, I also have a lot of sweaters like I said. Most of my sweaters are crewnecks, I’m pretty sure I own more crewnecks than shirts.

What are your favorite stores to shop at?

I shop at H&M a lot because they sell nice clothes but they aren’t super expensive like some places, but sometimes I do get stuff from stores like ZARA and Topman, I also buy clothes from some

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Sophomore Adam Hagen shops for his apparel on a budget. Although other countries’ fashion inspire him, his style often resembles American trends.

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EYE OF THE TIGER’S VIEW

Immediate action needed to quell panic

This past month, Roseville High School experienced a school shooting threat rumor that made both students and parents question the safety of the public education system. Many students skipped school the day the alleged threat was to take place, while hundreds of students and parents alike took to social media, criticizing the school for its lack of communication concerning the threat and fearing for their general safety.

The drop in attendance and panic that ensued highlight the need for more immediate communication with the community when events like this arise.

Seeing the fear and panic the experience caused people in the RHS community, one would hope that our school never has to go through such an ordeal again.

However, in the world we live in today, it is clear that it’s only a matter of time until we experience a similar threat. Just since the rumors spread, Umpqua Community College in Roseburg, Oregon experienced a mass shooting, which left ten people dead and

others wounded. Then, last Friday there were two more shootings on college campuses - one in Texas and one in Arizona. More locally, four students from Sommerville High School in Tuolumne were arrested earlier this month after allegedly planning a school shooting.

In our community, it is not surprising how easily the instigator was able to send the RHS community into a panic. One misheard conversation at lunch and one post on social media was all that it took.

A pivotal point in the way the last month’s shooting threat was handled was the lack of immediate communication between RHS administration and parents.

It’s now known that RHS administration had been actively working with officials on solving the problem since early that afternoon, but it wasn’t until more than four hours after parents and students became aware of the situation that the school sent an email explaining the situation and assuring the safety of the campus.

That was the first time any RHS parents or students heard from a school official about the status of the situation.

The four hours of silence from administration allowed rumors to run rampant on social media.

The vast variety of stories that dominated social media led to an outbreak of confusion, distrust and frustration between scores of RHS parents and students.

Parents took to Facebook, advising other RHS parents to keep their kids at home – and many parents listened. Students spread the same message across Twitter – and many students listened. In the end, nearly 25 percent of RHS students did not attend class the day following the rumors.

This problem could have been at least slightly diluded by RHS admin immediately releasing a statement saying they were aware of the situation and were working towards solving it. While Roseville administration’s lack of immediate communication definitely contributed to the chaos that ensued, it was also the panic

of the students and parents which fueled the fire of widespread fear.

Although everyone had good intentions in mind, posting unconfirmed rumors on social media led to inaccurate stories dominated social media servers and led to hundreds of people unknowingly spreading false accusations and reports.

What us students can take away learning from the situation is to wait for certifiably correct information before spreading the word.

Although RHS admin did make the mistake of waiting hours to inform parents and other staff of the status of the situation, they have learned from the ordeal and its outcome and have created a plan to improve the timeliness and accuracy of the information that they give out to help minimize schoolwide panic.

To avoid another outbreak of full-fledged social media pandemonium, RHS administration released plans to ensure that there will be better communication in a situation like this. They are planning on making one centralized

Twitter/Instagram as to ensure timely and accurate information across the board, and also set up a staff Remind account (which sends out mass texts to keep people informed) to keep all staff members up to date with accurate information. They also took action on both days that threats had been announced by paying for extra police officers to be on campus for an added sense of safety for students, staff and parents alike.

It’s unfortunate that another act of terrorism being threatened at RHS seems inevitable. It’s unfair that we live in a world where children have to question their safety at school and parents have to feel a nagging worry about their child’s well being when they aren’t within arm’s reach.

However, Roseville’s resilient community does still need to learn from the mistakes made in the handling of this situation as to ensure there is a more informative and concise informational system to avoid spreading more fear and fallacies then necessary in cases like this.

TOP 10: Struggles of college applications

BY MADDY FURDEK

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s senior year moves forward at a furious pace for the Class of 2016, many of us find ourselves in the midst of one of the most confusing, nerve wracking and pivotal experiences of our lives – applying to college. While it is supposed to be an exciting time for students and their families, the majority of us, including myself, are realizing this entire episode is nothing more than an infuriating, complicated nuisance hanging over our heads. Here is a list of the top 10 things every senior hates about college applications: 1. Cost.

I find myself begging my mom for her credit card number every time I crack open an application online and getting chided for how much it costs. Many students have to pay for their own applications out of their paychecks, and it seems like an unrealistic amount of money to pay on minimum wage. These pricey applications rack up to be hundreds of dollars, an unbelievable amount of money to invest into just a chance to go to a school that one may not even attend.

2. Nobody knows what a personal statement is.

I had never even heard of a “personal statement essay” until I heard last year’s seniors griping about how painful they were. The majority of people I know taught themselves how to write one by going online and watching tutorials. It seems counterproductive that we learn to write a flawless synthesis essay, yet a personal statement is never discussed.

3. Getting timed out.

My first college application took me a little over an hour to do, since I had to keep getting up and looking up random tidbits of information like my Social Security number or postal address. But every time I left my computer screen for longer than

10 minutes, I returned to see the university homepage with a notification that I had “been timed out.” Then, I had to go through the inconvenience of going back through the entire application that I had already completed just to get back to where I had started.

Why exactly does the university care how long it takes me to fill out an application?

4. All universities using similar essay prompts, but with slight differences so you can’t use the same essay twice.

I seriously wonder whether or not all college deans get together and plan this just to irritate prospective students. Every college wants to know how much community service you’ve done, but why does one want to know what your communal influence is while the other only cares about how your community service has influenced you? Why can’t we all just come together and ask the same questions to make everyone’s lives easier?

5. Confusing deadlines.

One of the hardest parts about college applications is trying to remember when everything is due.

If you aren’t completely keeping up on your deadlines, you’ll fall behind and could miss a scholarship or acceptance opportunity.

The fear of missing a deadline is certainly nightmare inducing, yet isn’t too far off from reality since university websites tend to have conflicting application dates or post them on an obscure webpage. How is anyone supposed to remember all of these random deadlines when we still have to worry about our class-related deadlines?

6. Having to juggle applications with schoolwork.

Speaking of school, how is anyone supposed to keep up with their academic classes while having to make the “biggest decision of their lives” and having to apply their way into the next four years of life? The fall semester of senior year is certainly a strange time, here is where seniors are expected to keep up on their schoolwork as they have for the last 12 years, yet also carve out enough time to plan out their future and apply to wherever they think that they belong for the foreseeable future. It feels like being stuck in

the middle of two lives, and it’s difficult to manage, but also to excel in both.

7. Trying to make colleges feel bad for you, while also trying to not sound whiny.

If you ask any college admissions expert what tone you should take on your applications essays, they will tell you, “don’t sound like you’re complaining about your life.” How am I supposed to tell a school about the challenges I’ve overcome in my high school career without sounding like I’m whining about it? It seems confusing that colleges want to know about your lowest point in life, yet they want it shed in a positive light. How are you supposed to pity me if I make it sound like my life struggles were really no big deal?

8. Sending your test scores.

How do you know if your college even received them? What if you take another test after you apply? It’s hard to determine whether or not you should wait to apply when taking a later test, or to apply early and pray they consider your updated scores. I wish CollegeBoard would just offer more test dates in the winter and spring, so a percentage of us didn’t have to wait until fall.

9. Financial aid (and lack thereof).

Applying for scholarships and the FAFSA just adds to the mountains of deadlines we already have to keep track of. After filling out an ungodly amount of college applications, we have to go through the entire process again begging the government for money, with in reality there being a very slim chance of receiving.

10. The fact that you might still get rejected.

After going through the entire application process, there’s always still the chance that you won’t get into the school you put so much so much into. This is a hard concept for many students to grasp since we have learned that hard work in class earns a good grade. It’s not easy to accept that all of our efforts may have been in vain. However, we do know that life isn’t always going to be fair and things aren’t always going to go our way, so as brutal as this lesson may be, it’s also a valuable one.

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Underage drinking penalties discourage adult supervision

BY JOHNNY MULLIGAN

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obody can deny that underage drinking exists and you would be a fool to try and deny that fact.

I am writing this not comment on whether it is right or wrong, but to address new laws being put into place regarding this issue.

Recently, the city of Roseville has adopted new underage drinking policies that have been in effect in Rocklin since the beginning of 2015.

The law states that adults who knowingly allow underage drinking on their property are to be fined $1,000 and the underage drinkers themselves are either fined $1000 or have to do 24 hours of community service. Anyone who also purchases alcohol for underage persons can be fined up to $1,000.

There have been laws regarding underage drinking going all the way back to 1933, which is when the 21st Amendment was passed and made it so you had to be 21 years old to purchase and consume alcohol.

These laws really did not have much of an effect until states began cracking down on underaged drinking.

Even with all of these laws and corresponding punishments, people under the age of 21 have still drank alcohol. This generation does it, the last generation did it and the generation before them did it. Underage drinking has steadily declined in lower age groups, but 12th graders are still up at 52 percent having been drunk in their life.

Trying to 100 percent stop underage drinking is an unrealistic and not well thought out goal.

Various things happen to people who are caught drinking underage and those who engage in this activity know it. Increasing the price of the crime is not going to stop them if the previous fines and punishments didn’t either.

This law will absolutly not stop people from drinking underage. Instead, it will more than likely just encourage them to do it in less safe ways. They will just drink without an adult there to keep them safe.

I am not saying these parents are right or wrong in their decision to supervise the party, but nobody can argue the benefits to having a sober adult who can be there to keep the situations under control.

They would know when someone has had too much and if the party is too big. A house full of

nothing but drunken teens would not be in the condition to make these decisions.

We all know and it has been practically proven that these type of hyper-strict system with teens are doomed to fail. In the Southern United States with regards to sex education, they teach abstinence only and have higher rates of teen pregnancy than other places where methods are taught for safe sex.

Making a big deal about underage drinking will just encourage people to do it and even do it in an even more unsafe way, without supervision of any kind.

The new law could also potentially take down the trust between kids and their parents.

Instead of being honest and telling their parents they are going to drink and will be spending the night they might say they are hanging out with friends and then drink without telling the parent.

They then have to make it home that night somehow just because they told their parents they would be which could lead to some really bad decisions.

I have some friends whose parents would just want to know they are safe if they choose to drink. The parents know that they cannot stop their kid from drinking (if the student wants to) and would rather have them be supervised by an adult than on their own with other drunken teenagers.

september 21, 2015

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Student debates reflect ignorance

Chase your dreams, not just a normal life

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BY SAM MAILEY

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ust because I’m not enrolled in U.S. History at Roseville High School doesn’t mean that I don’t hear the stories of students debating with each other about politics, the economy, religion, anything else that might be mentioned.

However, I have been in class to witness one of these “debates,” and it was fantastic to see my peers act so passionate about subject matter. The problem was one that keeps me from believing that political discussions among high school students are at all beneficial: the students didn’t know what they were talking about.

It wasn’t simply this fact that drew me away from participating in the conversation, it was the confidence that students were arguing with, unwilling to admit that they weren’t experts on the subject.

Along with the arrogance that makes arguing with teenagers impossible, teachers don’t keep the kids’ arguments in check. The only authority in the room that might know what they’re talking about should be challenging,

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humbling students, making them realize their faults.

Seriously, teachers, it’s okay to argue with your students in these situations. If you are arguing with a student because are inaccurate, then you aren’t merely arguing because they’re students - you would be arguing with any media outlet or adult or parent who fed them this information.

Let me make that clear, when you argue with a student’s points, you’re arguing their parents’ points because most students our age don’t know the first thing about the economy past what they overheard their parents discussing in the living room the evening before.

When a teacher allows the communication of misinformation simply for the sake of devel-

oping a student’s confidence in public speaking, they’re validating flawed arguments because if a teacher doesn’t challenge, then it must be right. And maybe that student should keep their mouth shut until they’ve even picked up a newspaper.

These debates hardly end with dignity, too. I’ve never participated in an argument like this in front of the class, but I can imagine the respect of others that’s at stake if they lose an argument.

Once they’ve exhausted their shallow understanding of their unreasonably bold statement, students abandon logic and resort to elementary insults or facetious comments to get the last word in the argument.

Whatever aspect of public speaking these discussions are

held for, the students seem to turn them into a battle of wits rather than have any real progressive, constructive dialogue.

The students should be allowed and encouraged to engage in these debates with each other, but there should be some level of authority or a mediator who keeps the argument on track.

Provocative subjects being addressed and commented on by students has my full support, if that means anything. But, rather than these debates be impromptu, the students should be allowed to prepare a valid, developed thought about capital punishment, abortion, ObamaCare, Obama in general, or whatever else they think they know a lot about, in order to think and learn effectively about the issue.

American students need to show respect

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he way that teenagers behave in our society can’t help but be seen as rude and ignorant. Though I am truly proud to be called an American and have a shot at “The American Dream,” the disrespectful behavior of teenagers in our community is something that I am definitely ashamed of. It irritates me to see someone else being treated rudely, especially at school, and in this case I understand why Americans are labeled the way that they are: loud, obnoxious, and rude.

A while back, in French class, we were going over schooling in France, and I was shocked by reverence I saw in the way that students behaved when a teacher was present in a classroom. For one, when a teacher enters a classroom, all of the students stand up as an act of respect and don’t dare say a single word that would initiate a rough scolding from the teacher.

This is an excellent example of discipline and maturity, something that I doubt American tee-nagers would even consider doing.

Students in France are also very cautious when they ask questions to a teacher. They believe that if they ask too many questions, they will offend the teacher in a way that will sug-

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gest that the teacher did a bad job explaining the lesson to the class.

Learning in such strict and compressed environments comes with its own downfalls since students aren’t free to express their opinion and struggles which might influence their learning in a negative way. Though the idea of respect ascends to the next level in this particular case, nevertheless, it proves my point.

Though the culture of France values the idea of respect, it is not the only one to do so. Other European countries value the same way of reasoning.

A couple of years ago, my teacher was telling us about his trip to Korea, a trip in which he learned many valuable aspects about the culture of the country.

Such an example was when teenagers would insist on him to cut ahead of them in line as an act of respect towards an adult.

He was also shocked by the level of maturity that these kids couldn’t help but exemplify. I

wonder how American teenagers would have acted in such a circumstance. Sadly enough, I have a feeling that they would have acted the complete opposite way. At school, I constantly come across students that practice very rude behavior with teachers.

From shouting back to a teacher, to rolling your eyes when given directions, these are all signs of disrespect. Students also like to express their disagreements and complaints which they might have against the teacher in front of the whole class. All this does is shows how immature they can be rather than beneficial on either end.

For a reason that I can’t quite understand, teenagers also believe that just because an adult doesn’t know some of the latest apps such as Instagram or Snapchat, they are considered lame or “behind” in our society. Really looking at the given situation this way of thinking makes no apparent sense, but since logical thinking isn’t something that most high school students are aware of or interested in, you can’t blame them too much.

European countries challenge the way that we respect and appreciate the adults in our society.

This leaves me wondering, is our country lacking sufficient consequences to minor acts of disrespect, or is the problem that we have no consequences to such ac-

tions to begin with? What makes the problem even more severe is that adults in our society are getting accustomed to such acts of disrespect, which they shouldn’t be. If they demanded more respect, they could be receiving more as well.

I am, without a doubt, not perfect myself and do admit into being deceived into such way of thinking as well, but I can’t help but be fascinated by our older generation. I admire people that overcame hardships and obstacles in their life and still had the courage to move on and turn the next page. Quite frankly, I love listening to my grandparents tell stories of their childhood and times of war. I am always left in awe and appreciation. I wonder how different all of us tennagers would be if we were not living in such luxury and time of peace. How would we want to be respected by the younger generation?

I am convinced that the mending process can only be successful if started in the homes of teens. Parents should be the ones providing their teeagers with the necessary disciplinary advice on how they should act in school and out of the comfort of their homes though stricter policies in terms of the way that teenagers should present themselves in school should definitely be considered as well.

hildren in preschool learn about all the careers and professions that exist and an overwhelming flood of excitement and confusion fills their small hearts.

Although as a young adult, the question “What do you want to be when you grow up?” is so prevalent that most tend to have a generic answer believable enough for small talk with their aunts and uncles at Thanksgiving.

The issue with these generic responses is … everything.

A select few can convince their interrogator that they know what they want to do, when really all they’re doing is attempting to impress them with their ambitious aspirations, or to just avoid a discouraging lecture.

When their answers are generated by the sudden effort to appease, they blurt out professions like law, medicine, business... with disregard to what they really may be interested in.

In no way am I criticizing these careers, but I criticize the young adults who run to them for a comfortable topic of discussion rather than their true passion.

Their answers reflect fear of disapproval in their, what may be considered, unrealistic or nonbeneficial aspirations.

As soon as these young adults are persuaded into thinking that a career in rocket-science or professional sports or literature, or anything involving the arts for that matter, are too big of dreams to achieve, they quit. As soon as they are convinced that a career in education or cosmetology can’t provide enough money for a successful life, they quit. As soon as they allow external opinions to overpower their internal passion, they quit.

They become pessimistic in the sense that they believe they now have to settle for a career that will please their high expecting families, or their pocketbooks. Being unsure of or disheartened by their “unrealistic and non-beneficial” dreams is understandable and slightly reasonable, but, by this age, to not have an idea of what they’d like to be is far too common.

By now, speaking for teenagers everywhere, we should have a general idea of a career we’d like to pursue, we should know what we’re interested in. So why don’t we?

What changes between that initial spark of enthusiasm and the makeshift pressure induced answers blurted out at Thanksgiving?

There are many things that we could thank for the absence of a career idea, but students should have some sort of an idea of what they will do as soon as they step off the graduations stage and into the “real” world. What I see in students is not necessarily that they’re oblivious to the fact that they need a plan, but maybe how

BY ALEXX DOOLITTLE

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to choose.

It’s understandable that it’s hard at this age to find a healthy balance between the typical teenager’s temper tantrums, the 4.0 GPA expectations, the social star, the athlete appearance, family and friends. This struggle to juggle our high school lives forces us to prioritize – a relatable and helpful way of coping. However, considering a career is likely too low on the list.

In an authoritative, but assuring and comforting voice, I strongly suggest finding what you want; find an academic subject, an extracurricular activity, a club, anything you genuinely enjoy doing.

Start at RHS by taking careerbased courses like Project Lead the Way and ROP. Commit to an enriching elective that will benefit you and suit your interests in order to better your abilities in that, soon to be, field[line?] of work, like Culinary, Journalism, Drama or Psychology. Join clubs or volunteer that will better yourself as a member of the community, but specifically doing something you’re interested in.

Once you find yourself here, the possibilities are endless.

There are counselors, teachers, endless sources of guidance on campus. Don’t neglect them because their job is solely to help students whose goals are to be knowledgeable and successful in their lives after high school.

By immersing yourself in your interests, you will find something that you can see yourself pursuing as a career and enjoying it, rather than settling for the capitalist, collective, appeasing to others but not enjoyable to yourself, and your career.

What I mean by this is to have confidence in what you want to pursue, and pursuing it, because this fear of commitment and habit of settling is far too common.

You have an advantage when you know what you are passionate about and pursuing a career that you genuinely enjoy. In the past, high school’s sole purpose was to prepare you for the dreaded “real world” us soon-to-be-grown-ups have to face; for you to move onto further education, then to find a decent paying job to provide for a family, to pay taxes.

But what we don’t realize now is that we have endless opportunities in high school, allowing to find a career we will genuinely enjoy doing for the rest of our lives.

Take advantage of it.

RHS parking – inefficient system, an easy resolution

BY TOMMY MORIN

t.morin@eyeofthetigernews.com

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ny student that drives to school knows how difficult it can be at times trying to find a spot to park at or around Roseville High School. Whether there’s not enough space or the parking place is too far away, parking always seems to be an inconvenience.

Although it is my first year personally driving to school, I have been driving with siblings since freshman year, and my experience driving with others validates that I’m not alone in this opinion.

They as well as many others I have talked with have had a tough time finding parking day after day.

My first period this fall term is located in the 100 buildings and because of time convenience getting home after my fourth period, I park in the athletic fields parking lot nearest the portables rather than the Berry Street lot. The trek across campus can be pretty lengthy and time consuming.

However, there is a very fa-

vorable parking lot right next to it on the other side of the administration buildings, but it is not currently available for student parking. Another parking lot in between the 900 buildings and portables is additionally off-limits from student parking during school, as it’s designated exclusively to staff parking.

This difficulty and inconvenience causes many students to park outside of the designated lots and in the nearby neighborhoods surrounding Woodbridge Park.

This is due to the issue that parking along the street of some of the nearest houses isn’t allowed without a pass, forcing students to go even further out. This makes the

walk to class even more of a journey and especially untimely if a student is running a little late to school.

For staff members, they are only able to park either in the lot in front of the office, the Berry Street lot, the athletic fields parking lot or in between the portables and 900s.

Any teacher that doesn’t teach right next to these areas also have to walk fairly long distances, often bringing lots of paperwork or other class materials across these distances. In this sense, parking is an issue for both students and staff.

Obviously, teachers and other staff members would prefer not

to be parked next to students as many high school students tend to be more reckless and scratch neighboring cars.

The parking lots appear to have generally narrower spaces cause these scratching issues, but fixing this would likely require the lines to be remade and would create another problem of less spaces.

For these parking location issues, there is a viable solution that could fix parking for students and staff, creating more efficient parking and more reasonable distances to get to class.

Staff members, based on their classroom or office location, could have their own spaces assigned to them, with a specific marking to

be able to identify it. This could be utilized to allow staff members to park nearest to their destination without long walks.

In turn, administration could open up all of the unreserved spots in all of school’s parking lots to students and allow them to also park in a convenient location.

The staff areas would manage to stay separate from students’ spots, avoiding unnecessary contact or scratching with careless students’ vehicles.

Additionally, students that are forced to park in the residential area would have more available locations to park, ridding them of this venturing all the way to Roseville’s campus.

Entertainment

october 12, 2015

An epic outer-space survival story

BY MARC CHAPPELLE

m.chappelle@eyeofthetigernews.com

Director Ridley Scott iterates on the space sci-fi genre with a grippingly humanistic story.

Although believable science surrounding The Martian’s quest to bring a stranded astronaut home lays the foundation, this movie would never have taken off without said spaceman and protagonist Mark Watney (Matt Damon). Damon’s execution of conversational screenwriting brings everything down to an engaging human level.

This is, like many other movies within the space genre, a pretty optimistic story of human will and advancement. The nearworld of advanced technology is exciting and immersive for anyone with even a slight interest in science. For those interested in politics, this movie depicts a cooperative and open relationship between NASA and the Chinese National Space Agency, which seems like a pipe dream in our present affairs.

Drew Goddard adapts Andy Weir’s book into a screenplay the overcomes the challenges of a story where often, there is little interaction between Watney and other humans. The screenplay makes something exciting out of Watney essentially talking to himself through video diaries throughout his Mars exile.These video diaries keep us engaged with Watney’s emotional struggles that we find across a variety of space sci-fi films – a sense of hopelessness being prime among them. They felt like something that a scientist really would do when left to his own devices to

document his quests alone. rather than something forced. Through these, I felt attached to Watney.

I rooted for him in his successes and became anxious when his plans went awry.

In Watney’s unpredictable version of space, it’s important that I, as a viewer, could touch base with his human reaction to scientific triumphs and disasters.

Watney’s story, despite being grounded in realistic pop science, needs to be more than solving one problem after another, and this movie succeeds in that due to a combination of effective screenplay and Damon’s performance.

Watney’s portrayal of a seemingly hopeless astronaut left me with no complaints. I felt connected to not only his doom and gloom (which is to be expected in a situation like his), but his witty remarks and celebratory video diaries that keep the mood from skewing too dark and inaccessible. Besides, as far as plot goes, Watney definitely needed to channel something more than the sheer anxiety of being stranded to achieve what exciting scientific marvels he did. Watney didn’t take himself too seriously, but I still empathized with his ups and downs.

Although Watney’s humanizing effects on a starkly scientific situation give greater impact, Ridley’s ability to interpret and portray the science and math behind a lot of the plot’s feats for a wider general audience is impressive.

The movie elevates viewers, myself included, to a greater engagement with science. I walked away from the movie excited

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about the technology of the future. Hell, afterward, I read a six thousand word article about Elon Musk’s ambitions to take his private space company SpaceX to Mars and other planets. What can I say – Watney’s story inspired me. Because of the tangible scope of people that have to collaborate to get Watney home, a variety of NASA workers make their way in and out of the picture.

Like Watney, they have their fair share of wit and humor, but at no point was I really able to establish a meaningful understanding with them.

Across the board, the screenplay seems slightly confused on how to balance between Watney’s arc on Mars and NASA’s arc on Earth.

That slight disconnect parallels the story itself – Watney can’t reach Earth – but that’s only by coincidence.

Ridley adapted the source

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Matt Damon stars as Mark Watney in The Martian, a new new novel-based scifi film created to get viewers excited about the advances in human technology and science. material to screen in a markedly less abstract manner than space sci-fi’s in recent memory, like Alfonso Cuarón’s Gravity or Christopher Nolan’s Interstellar. Where Gravity was a clear sensory experience that employed deliberate silence and Interstellar featured transcendent

melodies, The Martian is grounded firmly in the physical. By no means is this movie an ugly one – cinematographer Dariusz Wolski turns the red, dusty planet into a spectacle.

This is a celebration of very cut and dry (but still relevant and exciting) science and technology.

A privileged woman is forced to put her life on hold when things from her past come forward and send her to prison. It is, by far, the most popular Netflix series and – for good reason. Orange is the New Black has great representation of all types of people and a well written story line. With the release of its third season it is clear that Orange is the New Black will continue to satisfy.

NARCOS

CRY BABY

BY GABI HUTSON

CARACAL

WHAT A TIME TO BE ALIVE

BY JOSH SOLSO

BY VICTORIA WILKINSON

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Up and coming artist Melanie Martinez released her debut album Cry Baby on July 10, in the two months of its release the album has blown up and gained much deserved recognition. Martinez has an amazing voice which is no surprise since she was a contestant on The Voice back in 2012.

Previous to her album, she released the Dollhouse EP which was amazing as well, but doesn’t even compare to her full length album.

Not all the songs on Dollhouse have been revised and featured on Cry Baby – only the two most popular “Carousel” and “Dollhouse” – but the other fourteen songs outshine them.

Cry Baby has a theme of innocent kiddie song titles used to cover up adult situations, like “Sippy Cup,” an innocent sounding title but the song is actually about a horribly dysfunctional family with a cheating father and alcoholic mother.

There are many more examples of this on the album.

Martinez is original in her sound and ideas; never before have I seen a concept album play out so well and exceed expectations. None of Martinez’s song have yet to top charts, but I think that’s because of how new her sound is.

The genre that Martinez follows is sort of like a ‘moody-pop’ where the background is usually fun and upbeat but the lyrics are thoughtful and significant. Every song on the album holds a deep meaning most of which are relatable.

Cry Baby is not only spectacular for a debut album or a newer artist but just amazing in general. We can only expect great things from Martinez as she has set a high bar for herself with her first full length album.

A must listen, Disclosure delivers everything you would expect and more within their new album Caracal.

With collaborations with such artists as The Weeknd, Sam Smith and Miguel, this electronic duo perfectly illustrated their talent to create music in just their second studio album released.

Heavily characterized by low, synthesized beats, Caracal is very interesting to listen to as Disclosure takes you through many unexpected twists and turns, rhythmically and lyrically.

The second song on the album, “Omen,” also very well highlights how well the artist and this duo go together in the studio.

Having just released his own album just a month before the release of Caracal, The Weeknd hops on the very poetic song “Nocturnal” which, as interpreted by the song title, is in the perspective of The Weeknd and his feeling of the inability to sleep through the thoughts that are going through his mind at night.

Unlike most general electronic music, Disclosure incorporates a very interesting R&B feel to their music, making it much more laidback and easy to listen to, which is most likely the reason why this collaboration fit so perfectly. Compared to their last album Settle, Caracal seems to be more lyrically diverse with a lot more bass within the rhythm of the music. Having various featured artists definitely gives the album a different place in the genre of music produced by Disclosure, which is why they are able to get their music at the top of the Billboard charts, because it appeals to such a wide audience.

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Drake and Future released a collaborative mixtape on Sept. 20 entitled What a Time to be Alive. The joint mixtape contains 11 tracks and came in at number one on the Billboard Top 200.

The mixtape is Drake’s fifth number one on the Billboard Top 200 and Future’s second within only two months.

The mixtape seemed to come out at the perfect time. With both rappers being at the top of their game, Drake with his album If You’re Reading This it’s too Late and Future’s DS2 the release of this mixtape is just earning them more fame.

After Drake and Meek Mill’s Twitter dispute, Mill was supposed to collab with Future but Drake beat him to it. The mixtape was created in only six days. This put a halt to Mill’s plans on the collaboration with Future and only added fuel to the flame regarding Drake and Mill’s conflict.

The album seems to feel like more of a Future style even though Drake is getting what looks like a lot more credit because of his publicity from Meek Mill.

The tape expresses Future’s trap influences mainly, with some of Drake’s pop like sounds in the songs “Plastic Bags” and “Diamonds Dancing.”

My favorite songs are “Big Rings” and “Jumpman.”

Most tracks on the album feature both Drake and Future but each of them has one song to themselves.

Drake’s tracks are similar to his previous work but are a lot less emotional than many of his expect.

These are the true stories of the criminal exploits of Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar. Narcos has a thrilling plot line that deals with hardcore things like drug activity and murder. It is one of those shows that has great shock factor but story doesn’t completely rely on it, but instead has a full storyline and uses shock factor as a little add on. After one season with a great plot that always surprises, we can only hope great things for this show.

SENSE8 An eclectic group of people from around the world are mentally linked together and have to find a way to survive and escape those who see them as a threat to the world’s order. Sense 8 has a well thought complex storyline and, like Orange is the New Black, has amazing diversity in its cast.

Sense 8 also only has one season available on netflix but just the one season shows its great potential.

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Quantico brings fresh storyline to TV

BY DESTINE KYUBWA

d.kyubwa@eyeofthetigernews.com

ABC’S hit new series Quantico, released on Sept. 27.

Despite being out of the world of ShondaLand, this show absolutely proves to measure up to many of her compelling, compelling dramas. They’re very few characters that play a big role in the main plot.

Based on watching the previews, I assumed it would be a decent show.

Luckily it turned out to exceed my expectations.

I get that same feeling of suspense watching Quantico, I get watching HTGAWM. The format of the plots are completely the same. Quantico’s rollercoaster plot twists all the time is what wrapped such a good ending in the pilot.

The storyline in general is not a storyline I would expect or

assume. It definitely doesn’t fall under the category of a cheesy plot.

I’m not completely attached to most of the characters on this show, except for Alex Parrish.

I admire Alex’s character, and I really appreciate the director of Quantico, Joshua Safran.

He’s brilliantly made a character of color who is the smartest, strongest and best trained FBI agent there is on this show.

He’s made her strong, and amongst everything that she’s gone through throughout these episodes she is completely under control of her life.

For those who didn’t know, Priyanka Chopra is not only a talented actress, but is also a hit Bollywood star.

For some background, she’s a recording artist, a former Miss World, the face of a Guess campaign and more.

The high publicity for

BY CLAIRE ORETLY

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Alex Parrish (Priyanka Chopra), one of the main characters in Quantico, is the top of her class and one of the smartest FBI agents in the show. The show uses flashbacks and interesting characters to create a different storyline for TV. Quantico resulted in a very high viewership rate. What’s new and exciting about Quantico is the whole main plot.

The fact that viewers have to relook scenes they hadn’t noticed

before, makes a very different dynamic to the show.

The wide range of possible suspects makes the show intriguing and keeps viewers on their toes.

WORTHTHEDRIVE

French macarons reign supreme at Estelles

BY MARINA EFSTATHIU

m.efstathiu@eyeofthetigernews.com

It may be out of the way, but Estelles Patisserie in downtown Sacramento is worth the 30 minute drive. While they offer a variety of sweet treats and lunch options, they do offer one thing that you can’t find in Roseville - French macarons.

If you are not familiar with it, a macaron is a sweet meringue based cookie that is made with almond flour, egg whites, powdered sugar and granulated sugar. You can add food coloring or natural dyes after depending on the flavor you’re after. Then once they are baked you can add a

variety of fillings from frosting to ganache to jam.

The patisserie always carries a variety of different flavors of macarons daily because they change sea-

sonally.

The two flavors that they always carry are pistachio and lavender. Current

AHS Hotel a step up from previous season

seasonal flavors they have for sale are blueberry cheesecake, espresso, red velvet and orange cream.

During my visit I chose to try the espresso, pistachio and lavender macarons. My favorite was the pistachio because of its sweet flavor and nutty undertones.

The espresso would be perfect for all the coffee lovers out there.

The cookie has the sharp taste of coffee with a whipped cream filling to cut the bitter taste which gives you the feeling of actually

drinking a latte. The lavender macaron was able to fully express the flavor of lavender but in my opinion it tasted like I was eating soap. Lavender is a pretty smell but not the best flavor to make food out of.

Besides the macarons Estelles also sells different types of cakes, cookies, pastries, coffee drinks, tea and sandwiches, salads and quiches.

So if you are ever in the mood for freshly baked goods or a real French tea or even a macaron then you should definitely take a trip to Estelles Patisserie in downtown Sacramento. It is worth the drive and you will leave with treats you can’t find in Roseville.

American Horror Story, a television show on FX, recently came out with its fifth season; Hotel. The show has been highly anticipated by fans and one of the new characters, Lady Gaga, helped create more publicity for its release.

Each season tells a new story and the actors and actresses switch to new characters.

All the actors and actresses are clearly very skilled with character development and always get deep into their roles.

Lange left the cast after finishing Freakshow and will sadly not be back for Hotel.

Typically in American Horror Story, the plot is deep and they reel you in before it becomes extremely violent and graphic. Instead, this new season started off with multiple deaths in the first episode.

The deaths were not typical either but instead very twisted and violent.

Even though there is only one episode out so far, it is clear that Hotel has the opportunity to be not only scary, but have a deep, intriguing plot line like the other seasons.

The plots are always very well thought out and there is always something wicked and twisted going on.

Many people have said that the previous season, Freakshow, was not as liked as seasons one through three. Some, including myself, only watched halfway through it.

However, based on the first episode, the fifth season looks like it has potential to be something great.

While previous seasons had gory scenes, they were not as frequent as they are in the fifth season.

Comparing mid-season episodes of Freakshow and Asylum to Hotel, the amount of gore is about equal in all three. Almost all the freaks in Freakshow died, and Asylum was filled with torture and mutilation, and Hotel already has a body count of six.

The director, Alfonso GomezRejon, seems to be a big fan of using eerie and creepy sounds in order to add tension at a situation that probably would not be as scary if there was no sound.

He uses them so often that you are always ready for something scary to happen.

Gomez-Rejon has produced three movies, along with three television shows besides American Horror Story, the most popular of them being Glee.

He is able to bring his filmmaking talent to both comedy and horror acts, which is not a task many can accomplish.

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New CVC baseball rules limit field access

BY NATALIE TRAN

n.tran@eyeofthetigernews.com

The newly elected head of the Central Valley Conference, Paul Martinez – who is also Oakmont’s varsity baseball coach – proposed a rule change this year that would ensure that only varsity baseball teams play on CVC varsity fields.

The league then passed this initiative and implemented it immediately.

Last year, the CVC’s junior varsity baseball teams played at home on their school’s varsity fields while their varsity teams traveled to their away games. This year, due to the schedule change that was accepted by the CVC, JV baseball teams will now travel to away games with the varsity teams and will have to play on their opponent’s JV fields.

These rules will also affect the current fall ball season, as no teams can use varsity fields because the games are not CVC sanctioned, official high school games.

Roseville High School varsity baseball coach Lance Fischer understands Martinez’ motivation

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Due to the new CVC baseball ruling, junior varsity baseball teams will have to travel to away games with their varsity teams and play on their opponent’s JV fields. Last year, JV teams stayed at home and played on their varsity fields. for the schedule change because he feels that other teams do not do a good job respecting other teams’ fields, so the least amount of play-

ing time on the field by teams, the better.

“I can’t speak on behalf of the Oakmont coach, but I know that

JV water polo uses younger players, unity to dominate

Girls polo ends league season with 3-3 record

BY HUNTER RHODE

BY KALE JIBSON

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The girls varsity water polo team has finished its league season with a record of 3-3 in the Capital Valley Conference. The Tigers still have four tournaments to go before their full season is over.

Varsity coach Paul Stewart believes that he has a great group of girls on the team who work very hard together and have fun with each other when they play. He said that this sense of unity has had a positive effect on the team’s performance this season.

“I think we have a good mix of girls that are learning the sport and having fun,” Stewart said.

The team has had the help of key players senior Lacie Reichman and junior Lauren Schmittner this season. According to Stewart, Reichman and Schmittner are

he puts a ton of time in on his field as do the rest of us coaches,” Fischer said. “For the most part, yes, we don’t want outside groups

on our fields because more times than not they don’t take care of our fields. We have to spend money or time or both to fix the problems they create, so most coaches try to keep outsiders off of their fields.”

Sophomore junior varsity baseball and fall ball player Christian Kolaskey is disappointed about not being able to play on the varsity fields this year.

“I’m pretty upset because I was looking forward to be playing on the varsity field,” Kolaskey said.

“Last year’s [JV] field wasn’t very good.”

RHS’ baseball teams are attempting to raise funds in order to improve and renovate their JV field.

The baseball program has teamed up with Allegiant Giving and Hunters Barber Shop to put on a golf tournament fundraiser on next Saturday at Timbercreek Golf Course.

All of the proceeds from the event will go towards improving the baseball facilities and fields at RHS. These improvements will include work being done the junior varsity fierelds.

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Freshman Shannon Young looks to pass the ball to a teammate in the Tigers’ non-league game against Bear River. both valuable assets to the team and have both contributed greatly to the Tigers’ performance.

As of last Friday, Schmittner is the team’s leading scorer with a total of 64 goals and an average of 3.4 goals per game. She has played water polo during all three years of high school at RHS and hopes to play again next year.

She believes that Stewart, being the team’s new coach this year, has had a positive impact on the team’s performance this year and its ability to win games.

“It’s great that we are winning games this year because last year we didn’t win any of our games,” Schmittner said.

Stewart hopes to take advantage of the team’s remaining tournaments to improve the skills of his players and his own skills as a coach. He said that he has very high hopes for the team next year and has told the team that his goal is to bring home a league banner.

To achieve his goal, Stewart is pushing his players to participate on the swim team in the spring.

As of last Friday, the junior varsity boys water polo team has a record of 13-2 this season including tournament play. The Tigers do not have any more league matches scheduled, but are continuing their season with tournaments and non-league games.

Sophomore goalie Peter Edmonson feels that one of the keys to the team’s success is the players’ speed.

“We have some really fast swimmers, so we are able to get up and down the pool very quickly,” Edmonson said.

Edmonson also said that the freshman players on the team are eager to work alongside with the older players.

“We have two freshman goalies who I work with every day and teach them things I’ve learned

from older players,” Edmonson said.

As of last Friday, Braden Birdsall is the top freshman scorer on the JV team with 15 points and has, along with the other freshmen players, been putting in hard work outside of practice to ensure that the team is well put together and ready for each game before they take the pool.

“A lot of the freshmen do the extra conditioning practice after normal practice, where we do leg workouts, which helps us on our defense,” Edmonson said.

According to Edmonson and Birdsall, one of the team’s biggest factors in winning games is their newfound sense of unity – some of which was gained through team bonding activitives.

“I think it’s because we are just really binding well,” Birdsall said. “We are really working together as a team.”

Performances of the Week Each issue, Eye of the Tiger will find the top athletic performances from the weeks leading up to publication.

Below the are performances we found most notable over the past three weeks.

SEPT 21 – 27 Freshman football team wins 41 – 0

BY JAMIE BATEMAN

j.bateman@eyeofthetigernews.com

The Performance of the Week for the week of Sept. 21 – 27 was the freshman football team’s 41-0 shutout against the Del Campo Cougars.

This game marks the team’s first win of the season and the first ever high school football victory for the team’s players.

Even better was the fact that all 50 of the team’s players were able to play during the game.

Freshman wide receiver Ben Furdek feels that the game was a good experience for both the team as a whole and its individual players.

“It felt good to get our first high school win, we were really hyped on the field,” Furdek said.

“It was good to get the bench players game experience and get everybody in the game for a few

snaps.”

Furdek felt that the win set the tone for the rest of the season.

“Hopefully we can carry out the mojo,” Furdek said.

Freshman football coach Ron Volk agrees with Furdek in that it was a good team victory and that it was fun to get everyone in the game.

“It always feels fantastic to be ahead by enough and get the opportunity to play everyone,” Volk said. “We felt confident in the lead and we weren’t going to let that opportunity pass.”

SEPT 28 – OCT 4 Varsity girls golf team places first in CVC tournament

BY JAKE LITTLEJOHN

j.littlejohn@eyeofthetigernews.com

The Performance of the Week for the week of Sept. 28 – Oct. 4 was the first place finish by the varsity girls golf team in the first

Capital Valley Conference Tournament of the year.

This tournament marked the midway point of the girls’ season.

This was an 18 hole tournament held at Bartley Cavanaugh Golf Course, where the team shot a winning score of 448.

This is the first time, under varsity girls head coach Corey Fukuman, that a Roseville High School girls golf team has placed first in a CVC tournament.

The team’s number one golfer, junior Kayla Kwong, led the team to victory with a career low round, shooting a 67. Following Kwong were juniors Carly Nicholson (90), Sydney Ferre (93), Delaney Grimes (96) and Lillian Louie (102).

The girls beat a total of seven teams in the tournament including the second place team, Whitney High School, who they defeated by five strokes.

Whitney finished the tournament with a final score of 453.

“It was a close match throughout the tournament,” Kwong said.

“We found a way to pull it off.”

OCT 5 – 11 All levels of volleyball defeat Oakmont

BY MARINA EFSTATHIU

m.efstathiu@eyeofthetigernews.com

The Performance of the Week for Oct. 5 – 11 goes to the Roseville High School girls volleyball program who defeated the Oakmont High School Vikings last Tuesday at the freshman, junior varsity and varsity levels.

The varsity Tigers beat the Vikings in three sets with scores of 25-11, 25-15 and 25-17. Varsity coach Cindy Simon felt that the Vikings competed well in the beginning of each set but then allowed the Tigers to shut them down.

“I feel like it was an easy win for the girls and a great confidence booster,” Simon said.

The JV girls beat Oakmont in three sets, losing the first set 1125 and then coming back to win 25-2 and 15-13 in the last two sets. According to sophomore

outside hitter Illiana Cassidy, the team initially lacked energy and aggression against the Vikings, but by the end of the match the girls were able to bring the momentum back to get the win.

“For the next time we play them we need to make sure we get pumped up faster and not start off slow,” Cassidy said.

Simon noticed that the JV players had more of a challenge winning their match but were able to step up their game and beat the Vikings.

The freshman team won their match, winning the first two sets with scores of 25-15 and 25-19.

Freshman Kelsey Gill felt that the team’s successful hits helped them to get the win.

However, Gill feels that the team’s lack of communication let them down on defense. She said that the Tigers need to improve their talking on the court for their future games.

“Next game we need to work on our communication so that we do not let any ball drops,” Gill said.

High school overtime football rules riddled with flaws

BY JAMIE BATEMAN

j.bateman@eyeofthetigernews.com

Two weeks ago, the Roseville High School Tigers and the Del Campo Cougars were locked in an intense overtime football game. The game lasted three hours and 19 minutes, when an average high school football game lasts a little over two hours.

In this particular case the Cougars and the Tigers were going back and forth, trading touchdowns and two point conversions or PATs. As a fan, the first couple of possessions were electric and fun with the hype coming from the regulation excitement. That is, until you realized that this was just happening over and over again, as the later rounds of overtime got really dry and boring.

As a player, I would image that the system as it is right now would not be any better to actually play in. You could go from being super excited because your team just scored to being tied again 30 seconds later.

It is possible that the same type of situation could occur even with different rules, but because each team starts on the ten-yard line each possession, it seems almost impossible to stop the opposing team until the off chance of a turnover.

Is this ridiculously repetitive cycle really the best way in determining who the better team is and who should win the game?

The current high school rule is that if the two teams are tied at the end of regulation, the captains for each team meet with each other and the referees for a coin flip. If you win the coin flip, you get the ball first on the opponents ten yard line with four downs to score. If you score, then the other team has a chance to tie the game or take the lead. If, when the opposing team has possession of the ball, you get a stop and don’t allow them to score, you win.

What makes more sense is the NFL overtime system in which you play a regular quarter with kick offs. Then if you score a touchdown on your first possession, the game is over, and if not then the other team has a chance to either tie or win the game.

One aspect of the NFL style rules that would probably not be perfect for high school is that if the overtime lasts more than two twelve minute quarters the game ends in a tie. I imagine that this wouldn’t be very popular amongst high school football players and fans, but it could shorten the length of overtime games.

If the Sac-Joaquin Section decided to change the high school football overtime rules to those of the NFL, it would not only make the games shorter but it might also make the games more fun.

Although watching teams score easily in less than four somewhat-identical plays is fascinating, I personally think it could be as simple as letting teams start on the twentyyard line. This would open up the field and allow for some longer and more interesting passing plays while also not just handing out a gimme to the kicker.

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Kwong leads team to top of CVC

BY JAKE LITTLEJOHN

j.littlejohn@eyeofthetigernews.com

Led by junior Kayla Kwong, the Roseville High School varsity girls golf team has now improved to 10-0 in league matches and is the number one team in the Capital Valley Conference. Kwong is the team’s number one golfer and it is her performance that is driving the golf team to success.

Kwong’s scores have been very consistent so far this season.

Kwong averages just over even par this year with a 37.4 stroke average per 9-hole round.

Kwong has earned many achievements in her high school golf career. She recently shot a 67 in the team’s first CVC tournament of the season held at Bartley Cavanaugh Golf Course and also achieved a hole-in-one on hole 17 in the same tournament.

That day, Kayla led the Tigers to a tournament win and was also given the medalist award for the tournament, meaning that she shot the lowest score of any individual, and the Player of the Match award.

This round was her lowest ever for a full round of golf and was also the first time she has hit a hole-in-one.

Kwong said that she was surprised by the fact that her shot went in and was became ecstatic afterwards.

“I was so excited,” Kwong said. “I couldn’t even concentrate on hitting a shot.”

Junior Delaney Grimes, the team’s number two golfer and Kwong’s teammate, believes that Kwong’s low score was the main reason as to why the team came out on top.

She also said that Kayla’s consistent play and impressive scores are the reasons for the team’s performance this season.

“Kwong is the key to our success,” Grimes said. “She makes our team win.”

Kwong’s low stroke average per round makes her the lowest average scorer that Fukuman has ever coached.

Fukuman says that out of all of the golfers he has coached at RHS during his years as a coach, Kwong is one of the best golfers he has seen in the program and is on her way to becoming one of the best golfers RHS has ever seen.

Fukuman also said that Kwong

is constantly improving and her scores are getting lower and lower each day.

“Kayla has definitely been playing well,” Fukuman said. “I expect Kayla to keep playing well.”

Kwong said that her dad sparked her interest in golf about two and a half years ago.

Since then, she has learned to love the game because of its ability to challenge players and because of the opportunities it provides to meet new people.

She plans to continue playing golf after high school in college but her current main focus is the high school team.

“Well I’m just starting the college process right now and learning which ones are a good fit for me,” Kwong said.

Under Fukuman, RHS’ varsity girls golf program has never ended up placing first in league standings.

SEASON HIGHLIGHTS  Recorded a hole-in-one in the first CVC tournament of the season and lead the team to a first place finish  Achieved a personal best score for a full 18-hole round with a 67 at Bartley Cavanaugh ZACHARY CHEEK EYE OF THE TIGER

Junior Kayla Kwong hits her drive on the third hole at Sierra View Country Club in the golf team’s match against Antelope (top). Kwong picks her ball up out of the cup on the third hole in the match against Antelope (bottom).

Fukuman believes that this year, with Kwong, is the best chance the team has to win league and feels confident that the team

will come in first place.

“If the girls keep playing consistently, they will win league,” Fukuman said.

 Shot a 33 in the team’s match against Whitney to break her season record for nine holes  Currently has a 37.4 stroke average per nine holes

Sophomores attend Marine camp to prepare for JV football season

BY ALBINA BASSARAB

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Roseville High School sophomores Will Risse and Danny Garcia attended a Marine camp in San Diego over the summer with hopes of preparing themselves for the JV football season.

According to Risse, their ten day stay at San Diego was brutal but was also a beneficial experience..

“We would wake up at like four in the morning everyday and we would go eat and either run there or we would drill,” Risse said. “After that, we would go through obstacle courses and do some kind of physical activity.

It was different every day, they kind of changed what you would do with your body.”

The camp focused not only on physical conditioning, but mental training as well.

“They started mentoring you instead of pushing you and trying to break you down and then build you back up,” Garcia said. “It taught me how to be more assure of myself and not to be afraid in front of people, more open, kind of take shot out of your comfort

COURTESY VANESSA GARCIA

RHS sophomores Danny Garcia (right)and Will Risse (left) stand to attention with their fellow Marine camp members and leaders. Risse (left) and Garcia (right) pose for a photo at the camp.

zone and change it up a bit.”

Both Risse and Garcia have intentions of joining the Marines.

Garcia’s mother has noticed a difference in his attitude since his return from the camp. “[He takes] personal pride and citizenship,” Vanessa Garcia, Garcia’s mother said. “I have observed an increase on how he honors and

respects those who have served our country.”

The skills practiced at the camp have paid off evidently, as Garcia and Risse’s performance on RHS’ JV football team have improved. According to Garcia, the experience made him faster, stronger, and more aware of his surroundings.

“It gives you an entire different mindset when you go across obstacles,” Risse said. “It’s more like you think you can do anything after that camp.”

The change was evident to JV football coach, Tim McDowell, as well.

According to McDowell, their commitment and effort level has

intensified.

“They felt like it was a wonderful experience, they talked very highly of it,” McDowell said. “It seemed to me like it was a really good thing to both of them, they appeared to enjoy it even though it was really hardcore. I think they got a lot out of the experience.”

JV running back Alex Evans also recognized Garcia’s change in character.

“Danny came back smarter and a lot more mature,” Evans said.

According to Risse, their experience proved to play a big role in reshaping how they view themselves and the world around them.

“It really taught me that if I come across something difficult in my life, there’s always a way to get through it,” Risse said.

“There’s a way to get around it if I push through it.”