Eye of the Tiger (Issue 4, Volume 14) by Eye of the Tiger

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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

GATE: Admin safety concerns prompt construction of gate

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game. “We wanted to make sure we had somebody there to explain the safety concern, and to address people’s concerns,” Byrd said. “I don’t know that we’ll need to have a police officer there every game though, because over time, I just expect it it become part of the operating procedure.” Tucker was appeased to know that this new regulation would prevent safety hazards during and after football games. “As a parent, I didn’t want our players being sent to the visi-

tors side because to me that was a safety issue, so it was that first solution they offered that was what I had concern with,” Tucker said. “In lieu of not letting people onto the field [admin] asked fans to wait at the south gate which is where the visiting fans and players go, but once I said I was concerned with what they were providing as a solution, they came up with the gate and then just asked the parents to wait along the bottom of the stands and they would let the players come into the stands.” Varsity football player junior Nico Andrada was disappointed in the loss of his post-game “tradi-

tion.” “They took away one of our many traditions at this school,” Andrada said. “It’s cool to be able to take pictures on the field after the game. The whole football team is upset about it and same with the Tiger Cage, the students and even some parents are as well.” The gate is a smart, permanent installation to RHS, according to Byrd. “It was for the safety and security of the field, and the safety and security of the fans and the players on the field, refs, coaches, etc,” Byrd said.

PHOTO EDITOR Amy Adamson Zachary Cheek Nikolay Lubko FACULTY ADVISER Bobby Ritter STAFF WRITERS Albina Bassarab James Bateman Clay Boyd Austin Daly Alexx Doolittle Marina Efstathiu Elizabeth Hillman Gabrielle Hutson Kale Jibson Destine Kyubwa Jake Littlejohn Samuel Mailey Tommy Morin Johnny Mulligan Claire Oertly Hunter Rhode Delaney Rhodes Cesar Sanchez Kaden Schmittner Zachary Seminer Joshua Solso Eduardo Sotomayor Natalie Tran Victoria Wilkinson CONTRIBUTING CARTOONIST Viktoria Barr Micah Saludares The mission of Eye of the Tiger, a news-gathering organization run by Roseville High School students, is to inform, entertain and serve as a public forum for student expression. We will accomplish our goals by reporting unbiased news while offering student perspectives in our columns and editorials. This includes, but is not limited to, prominent issues, changes and events that have an impact on the students and communities of Roseville High School. We will strive to report with depth, accuracy and timeliness. It is not our goal to evoke controversy or sensationalize issues. We do not push moral values or political agendas. Views expressed in the opinion and entertainment sections, columns and letters-to-the-editor are those of the individual author, and do not necessarily belong to Eye of the Tiger staff, this publication or Roseville High School. All letters-to-the-editor must be signed and are subject to review by the editorial board before inclusion in the newspaper. We reserve the right to edit submitted work as needed for space limitations and content. Nonattributed editorials reflect the opinion of the staff and must be approved by the entire editorial board.

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OCT 28

Bonfire at Upper Fields 8:00 p.m. Food and live musical performances by students.

Canned Food Drive Begins Nov. 2 - Nov. 20 Donate cans to Roseville’s food bank.

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Reverse Minimum Day and PSAT The PSAT will begin at 7:40 a.m. Students not taking the PSAT will report to school at 10:00 a.m. 2:30 p.m. release.

Halloween Concert at Roseville 5:00 p.m. Students encouraged to wear costumes as RHS band performs.

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Culture Speaker Series at Oakmont 6:30 p.m. Margarita Berta-Avila will speak about sustaining culture and community.

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Grape Bowl Classic at Lodi High School Band competition for high schools of the region.

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Class rank discussion slows after last spring BY GABI HUTSON

g.hutson@eyeofthetigernews.com

Amidst discussion last year regarding the new policy of the elimination of class rank, Roseville High School counselors met with other counselors from Roseville Joint Union High School District to discuss which direction they believed the district should take. According to RHS counselor Robyn Pasco, the counselors weren’t able to agree on a definitive recommendation. “It was never going to be the counselors’ decision,” Pasco said. “One of the counselors in particular did a lot of research and put it out to multiple universities across the country and asked if they used class rank, if it mattered, how they use it, that sort of thing.” According to Pasco, the information suggested that colleges were not very concerned with the student’s class rank. “Out of that data we were shown, it seemed as if colleges didn’t really need it, and if they

did there was other ways to get ahold of it,” Pasco said. “I think because the colleges were so lenient about needing it, so were the counselors. We saw that there were reasons it was potentially good and reasons it was potentially bad, and it just kind of stopped there. We looked at the research, we gave our opinion and then it got turned back over to the district board to see if it was going to be something we continued with.” District superintendent Ron Severson said that the soonest any change could come into effect would be for the Class of 2018. “We are working on [choosing a date],” Severson said. “Definitely not this year. The Class of 2018 might be the first with the new policy, or it could be deferred to the Class of 2020. That is still under discussion.” RHS principal David Byrd said when the problems with class ranking were brought up it was an important topic, but in the past few months it has lost recognition. “It was a hot topic in the spring of last year,” Byrd said. “I don’t know where it has gone. I don’t know where it stands. It isn’t a

school decision. It’s a district decision.” Byrd has not heard any updates on the elimination of the class ranking. “The last I remember was talking about it with the counselors,” Byrd said. “Sometimes it comes up in the college application world of ‘What is your rank?’ and we need to have an answer for that.” RJUHSD has discussed and planned meetings on the topic since the counselors’ meeting. “We have been discussing this for a few months,” Severson said. “We will be drafting a policy change once we are ready and that will go to the Board of Trustees. Individuals will have an opportunity to weigh in with their viewpoints before the Board makes the final decision.” The discussion began last spring when Granite Bay High School’s 2015 valedictorian, Annina Hanlon, addressed the school board to ask them to consider dropping class rank. According Byrd, Hanlon made a valid point on the harm of class rank. “From her point of view that

by having class rankings we were putting kids against each other and it could end up affecting relationships between kids and friends or because it put a lot of stress on students,” Byrd said. “Maybe it was doing more harm than good and that interested to school board to ask questions like ‘Why do we have these rankings? and ‘What good are we doing by having them?’” Severson also believed that the class rank could be problematic and began to push for the riddance of the class rank. “I actually agreed with Annina and asked our counselors, career center folks and administrators to weigh in,” Severson said. “We certainly do not want to make any changes that would harm a student’s opportunities moving forward.” Pasco said that instead of focusing on having the highest rank in the class, she would rather have students enroll in courses that interest them for benefiting their education and not their placement. “I would rather focus on students taking a class because they want to learn about it and not be-

cause they’re worried about getting a high GPA and a good rank,” Pasco said. Senior Kevin Carlson, currently ranked number one in his class, held a different outlook on the future of class rank. “Keep class rank, we live in a capitalist society so not everyone is going to win,” Carlson said. “It’s good also for colleges to know where you compare. I don’t know why you’d want to get rid of class ranking. I still think you should have class ranking not just for the [valedictorian and salutatorian] but also because just in general class rank is a good thing to have. It’s a motivator in a way I guess, there’s ranking in everything in life this is something that should have ranking.” Number two in the senior class, Makenna Vulgas, had a contradictory opinion to Carlson’s. “I think we should get rid of it honestly [if we keep Valedictorian and Salutatorian] if a kid sees that they’re 437 but of 437 but they keep the top two that’s fine. we want to encourage academic growth and goals so thats a good plan.”

FUNDING: Fulfills startup costs, plans for future CONTINUED FROM FRONT

ing the program, we have to buy these big items that we will be using year after year, so it’s going to be expensive obviously to get this going.” Through their efforts, the teachers were able to generate the money they needed and are now just waiting on supplies. Engineering teacher John Fuller estimated the start-up costs for all of the equipment, not including the transformation of the 800 building, for the engineering course to be around $80,000. The $80,000 is split with $60,000 designated for computers and another $20,000 for tools and supplies.

According to RHS principal David Byrd, a combination of sources, including RJUHSD administration, came up with the funding that made these classes possible. “It’s been a combination of the district supporting our program, [RHS] reaching out to them and using some of our site funds,” Byrd said. Along with strong supporters from the Roseville Joint Union High School District, teachers involved in PLTW continue to search for more, alternative methods of funding the programs. “I’ve been putting letters out to universities and hospitals, and trying to also build connections with sources in the community,”

Biomedical Science teacher Erin Granucci said. Of the sources Granucci has reached out to, Sutter Medical Center was one of the few that showed an interest. “SMC has shown an interest and they’ve actually donated,” Granucci said. “[It was] mainly equipment and supplies, such as goggles and safety protective gear.” According to Fuller, the Roseville High School Alumni Association gave a donation to PLTW as well. “We’ve also applied for money from the RHSAA which gives about a couple hundred dollars, so hopefully we’ll get that and every little bit helps,” Fuller said. “But

right now we’re mostly relying on the district.” Fuller’s attempt to obtain funding from Roseville Chamber of Commerce was unsuccessful, and several other organizations rejected the teacher’s attempts. In order to be able to successfully incorporate the PLTW Pathways into RHS, the program needs enough funding to keep in circulation for future years to come, according to Granucci. “We want [students] to take as many of these classes as they can because they’re so beneficial for them, which costs money, so we have to think of long term too, not just short term,” Granucci said. Byrd affirms that the continuous costs are necessary, but won’t

be insurmountable. “Once we get the programs off the ground, there will be an annual ongoing cost to replenish some of that initial equipment, but it won’t be anywhere near [the previously mentioned] costs,¨ Byrd said. Byrd’s goal of providing as many continuous PLTW courses as possible motivates him to find additional sources of funding. “We’re going to add additional classes because the ultimate goal is that this is a four-year program that one can go through at least a series of four classes,¨ Byrd said. Granucci, is excited for the program to officially get started, and refers to the oppurtunity to support the PLTW programs as “challenging, but so rewarding.”

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PRE-AP: First wave of Pre-AP students hit junior APs CONTINUED FROM FRONT

ropean History since the 2012-13 school year, noticed improvement in class performance and exam pass rates with the first round of Pre-AP students. According to Crabtree, it was no coincidence that the scores jumped with a class of Pre-AP students. “I do attribute that partly to the fact that that was my first round of students who came out of the PreAP program,” Crabtree said. “I’m sure that’s part of the reason why we saw a jump in scores.” This success rate may have validated the effectiveness of the Pre-AP program, but Crabtree noticed more prepared students from the beginning of the year. “From day one I was noticing higher skill sets,” Crabtree said. Amy Mowrer, who teaches the unblocked Honors English 10, also noticed a greater boost in confidence in students as she began teaching the first and second rounds of Pre-AP students. According to Mowrer, the PreAP program might not be acting alone in improving student preparedness for AP classes. While there is “greater confidence” in Mowrer’s classes, the grades have not trended positively nor negatively, as opposed to Crabtree’s reports. “I haven’t noticed necessarily that my students’ grades have gone up, but I have noticed that they seem less stressed,” Mowrer said. Mowrer, who taught Pre-AP and currently teaches AP Literature, sees the importance that

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Deborah Sidler’s Pre-AP English 9 class prepares for their fishbowl discussion. Both Sidler and Sidler’s partner teacher for Pre-AP, World Studies teacher Cari Oberreuter, teach AP classes as well as Pre-AP. Pre-AP develop and change to improve or maintain a consistent AP-preparatory curriculum. “Any program is going to be growing and constantly changing, so I expect there to be changes,” Mowrer said. The current Pre-AP block teachers are Deborah Sidler, who teaches English 9, and Cari Ober-

reuter, who teaches Geography/ World Cultures. Both Sidler and Oberreuter also teach AP classes, which Mowrer believes is beneficial to a more effective Pre-AP curriculum. “They can see the picture, the end game, where we’re trying to get kids to be,” Mowrer said. Sidler is currently teaching the

first wave of Pre-AP students in AP Language and Composition. While AP scores for AP Lang won’t be in until after the exam in May 2016, Sidler is noticing improved student attitude toward the workload and expectations of the course, and believes the Pre-AP program may be responsible. “What I found is that as a gen-

erality, I would say that those kids who had the Pre-AP course, were a little bit more approaching their assignments not with the sense of ‘Let’s do it to finish,’ but ‘Let’s do it to internalize and understand,’” Sidler said. According to Sidler, the increase in students’ confidence that Crabtree and Mowrer both report-

ed remained consistent as the first round of Pre-AP transitioned into junior year. “Those people who had me before are more willing to risk [being wrong], especially in a verbal setting when we’re doing socratic discussions,” Sidler said. Oberreuter, who teaches PreAP Geography/World Cultures and AP Human Geography saw a better understanding of the content from students who were enrolled in Pre-AP. “The feedback I’ve gotten from current students that have taken the geography course is that they already have some those foundational components for AP,” Oberreuter said. Junior Alec Kirk was a freshman during the first year of PreAP, but never enrolled in it. Kirk took AP European History when he was a sophomore. The only reason Kirk passed AP European History was his score of 3 on the AP exam. “I thought I was just as ready as they were,” Kirk said. “I never felt like ‘Woah these kids took that, I need to play catch-up.’” Another RHS junior, Kendrick Ricio, enrolled in Pre-AP as a freshman and AP European History as a sophomore. Ricio got As in both the Pre-AP course and AP European History, but failed to pass the AP exam, in which he scored a one. “I think [students in Pre-AP] would know more about going into an AP class than a student in a CP class because their teachers would probably tell them more what an AP class is like,” Ricio said.

Teachers, administration utilize social media to update students BY GABI HUTSON

g.hutson@eyeofthetigernews.com

Classes and clubs at Roseville High School have been getting increasingly involved with social media to keep up with the students and give them information as fast as possible. Programs offered at RHS, as well as the school itself, are represented to the student body and parents through their respective social media accounts. Student Government advisor Lindsey Parker started a social media account that posts and informs all the students of upcoming activities at RHS called “@ RHStigerinfo.” Parker noticed a positive effect since joining social media last spring. Parker sees the “@RHSTigersInfo” account as the main source of information in the RHS community. “I think of the @RHSTigersInfo account as the central hub and then all the other accounts

are surrounding it. So the other RHS accounts can tag me in things or retweet my tweets about their events,” Parker said. “I send emails to teachers and ask them if they have any events they’d like me to post to send me the information.” RHS’ drama program, as well as the athletic department, yearbook class and Peer Helping class all have social media accounts, as well as several other programs on campus. Drama adviser and English teacher Ashley White saw social media as way to get people in the community outside of RHS to be aware of the drama program. “There has definitely been an increase in attendance at events at Roseville since I started connecting with the kids over social media,” White said. “I have 455 followers, and I get new followers everyday. I think that’s pretty cool.” The drama program is linked

to several popular social media websites. “We have a Twitter account, an Instagram account and a Facebook, but we aren’t as active per se,” White said. “I know more students use Instagram and Twitter, but I think that as we start doing shows the Facebook will become more active for the parents and stuff.” The Roseville Joint Union High School District’s administration has also begin to integrate into different forms of communication and media. District superintendent Ron Severson runs a weekly blog, and many teachers interact with their students through media. “Our district, in general, is getting into social media, which is funny to see,” White said. “Our superintendent has a Twitter account and then all the people who work in the district office have a Twitter accounts. There is even an RJUHSD Twitter account.”

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engineering class will be using,” Fuller said. Before the class begins, Fuller needs a special credential to use the heavier machinery in the room. “In order to use the tools, I do need a vocational credential which I am looking into,” Fuller said. Since the class will start in January, Fuller said he will probably start decorating, painting and remodeling the class in the next few weeks. “I just ordered the lab supplies and tools for the class,” Fuller said. “I’m hoping I will be able to start doing some organizing and getting the classroom set up in the next few weeks.” Currently, Robotix hosts prac-

tices in RM 804 to build and test their robots. “With this larger space, we are able to have a full scale arena set up at all time, so when we build a part or something for our robots, we can test it right then and there,” senior and president of Robotix club Kevin Carlson said. The new space also allows Robotix to test their robots parts without having to set up different meetings to test their machines. “It saves us a lot of time and and allows us to perform better in tournaments, since we can test everything beforehand,” Carlson said. Project Lead the Way offers a robotics kit set called VEX, which Fuller hopes to use for the club. Previously, Fuller used a program called First Tech Challenge, but since he will be teaching

through the PLTW program, he looks to switch programs. “I’m hoping to eventually use both programs, and if not, then we will primarily use VEX,” Fuller said. The old Geometry in Construction classroom is much larger than RHS’ standard classroom. According to Fuller, there will be a big difference adjusting to the amount of space he has from the classroom that he has now, to the classroom that he will be moving into in January. Fuller looks forward to using the increased access to storage space. “Project Lead The Way sounds very exciting, and I’m thrilled to be teaching it,” Fuller said. “I hope the engineering program takes off and I hope it goes really well.”

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Seniors Tyler Cooper and Seth Long browse the various Twitter acounts of Roseville High School. Students can be more immediately notified of RHS events by the several social media accounts dedicated to RHS programs.

LIVING SKILLS: Special Ed centers at RHS, begins new transition course CONTINUED FROM FRONT

more convenient to have the program on RHS campus. The space still needs to be renovated and that could take over a year. Oakmont High School previously dedicated a repurposed house to the Independent Living Skills (ILS) program, but when its lease ended, OHS decided not to renew it. Afterwards RHS’ special education department offered to become Roseville Joint Union High School District’s hub for special needs program with a transitional program for former ILS students. The program will continue to be in use in a portable at RHS until the new classroom in the 400 computer lab is ready. In the Life Skills course, students will

strengthen skills such as cooking, laundering and strategies for basic hygiene. Roseville High School transportation resources and buses contributed to the decision to move the program to RHS, for easier accessibility by other schools and other people in the community. According to Balsano, Special Services coordinator Jeff Clark brought up the idea for the class at RHS and envisioned it being used by all the students. Since Life Skills only needs use of this classroom one period a day, RHS is opening it up to other classes at the school. According to most recent plans, three classes will regularly be using the new classroom and equipment. “25 students would use it regularly and then however they

are going to offer it to the general population in a signup form,” Balsano said. The course is still in the development stage and the special education department is currently planning what equipment to purchase. “We are getting the specifications so we can decide where ovens, stoves, dishwasher and laundry goes,” Balsano said. “We want everything along the walls, so when you walk in straight from the door you see the refrigerator, the ovens, you’ll see the washer/ dryer, we will have sinks.” Balsano hopes for the class to develop smoothly and for program to launch soon. “I’m hearing, that [the class] will be ready hopefully by the end of next year, but that isn’t set in stone,” Balsano said.

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NOTICIAS Las clases de Pre-AP preparan a los estudiantes para AP Euro

POR SAM MAILEY

s.mailey@eyeofthetigernews.com

El curso 2013-2015 fue el primer año que la Historia Europa AP, impartido por Carol Crabtree, vio la primera oleada de estudiantes matriculados en pre-AP. Crabtree, quien enseña Historia Europa AP desde el ciclo lectivo 2012-2013, había notado mejora en funcionamiento de la clase y examen pase las tarifas con la primera ronda de los estudiantes de Pre-AP. Según Crabtree, fue casualidad que las puntuaciones saltaban con una clase de estudiantes. Crabtree había notado más preparados los estudiantes desde el comienzo del año. “Desde el día uno que estaba notando mayor habilidad fija,” dijo Crabtree. Amy Mowrer, que enseña los obstáculos 10 Inglés de honores, también noto un mayor impulso en la confianza en los estudiantes como ella comenzó a enseñar la primera y segunda rondas de estudiantes de Pre-AP. Sin embargo, según Mowrer, el programa Pre-AP podría no estar actuando solo en mejorar la pre-

paración de estudiantes de Pre-AP podría no estar actuando solo en mejorar la preparación de estudiantes para las clases de AP. “Tal vez confiaban en antes, y por eso tomaron Pre-AP,” dijo Mowrer. Si bien hay una mayor confianza en las clases de Mowrer, los grados han no marcado una tendencia positiva ni negativamente, en contraposición a informes de Crabtree. El estudiante en el tercer año Alex Kirk era un estudiante de primer año durante el primer año de Pre-AP, pero no inscritos. Kirk tomó historia europea AP como estudiante de segundo año. Aunque casi no la clase, Kirk dice: “pensé que estaba listo como estaban... Nunca sentí como, ‘ wow, estos muchachos tomaron Pre-AP, es necesario ponerse... Un montón de personas tuvo que tratar lo mejor posible y hacer un montón de trabajo duro, así que sentí que estábamos todos en el mismo nivel. “No he notado necesariamente que han subido calificaciones de mis alumnos, pero he notado que parecen que menos estresado,” dice Mowrer. Mowrer, sin embargo, ha notado un cambio en el promedio, a

diferencia de Crabtree. “Yo en realidad no he visto que calificaciones de mis alumnos han ido para arriba, he notado que parecen menos estresado y abrumado, fresa” dice Mowrer. Los actuales profesores de bloque de Pre-AP son Deborah Sidler, que enseña ingles 9, y Cari Oberreuter, que enseña geografía mundial de culturas. Sidler y Oberreuter también enseñan las clases de AP, que cree que Mowrer es beneficiosa para un currículo de Pre-AP mas eficaz. “Puede ver que la imagen, el juego de la final, donde estamos tratando de conseguir a sus hijos a ser,” dice Mowrer. Nuevo programa de honores viene a RHS- pero complicaciones impiden progreso POR ZACH SEMINER

z.seminer@eyeofthetigernews.com

La escuela secundaria de Roseville ha sido aceptado en la programa de Capstone, pero es dilatorio el procesa porque los problemas logísticos. “Una de las primeras cosas que descubrimos cuando recibimos toda la información del college board es que cuando leemos toda la literatura que nos dieron no

recomendamos ni lo piensan que se puede hacer en un horario de bloque,” dijo el principal del RHS David Byrd. College Board se recomienda Capstone para las escuelas que están en un horario de bloque. Principal Byrd cree que Roseville propondrá una contraoferta y no puede suceder otro mes o incluso el año próximo, por lo que la administración puede tener un poco más de tiempo para resolver las problemas cines programa. “Parte de nuestra manera de pensar que sería una gran clase de habilidades de AP, pero ahora estamos pensando en que no sea la mejor razón para hacerlo, obtienen un diploma un bachillerato internacional especial si van a través de este programa en particular, esta clase en particular, trabajo sin curso,” dijo Byrd. Byrd también expresó su preocupación sobre ampliar programas y clases de AP de Roseville antes de saltar en el programa Capstone. “Estamos tenido de averiguar cómo encaja esto en las otras cosas que estamos tratando de crecer y desarrollarse en la escuela secundaria de Roseville como las artes escénicas y nuestro proyecto liderar el proyecto de manera.”

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Sostenimiento de lac cultura, fortalecimiento comuunidad altavoces serie 6:30 PM

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Concierto de Halloween para la banda de RHS 5 PM

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REPORTAJES Comunidad de Roseville acoge a estudiantes transexuales POR CLAIRE OERTLY

c.oertly@eyeofthetigernews.com

El comunidad transgénero de la escuela secundaria de Roseville ha estado tratando de iluminar más el tema de los miembros de la LGBTQ con la esperanza de proporcionar un ambiente más seguro y respetuoso para todos los que participan. Los estudiantes en sus tercer aNos Alexia Wade y Eva Lewis han estado planeando crear un documental sobre la vida de los niños transgénero en el lado derecho, siguiendo a través de la transición de algunos y el tema de transgénero vive en general. Según Wade y Lewis, su objetivo es difundir el conocimiento sobre lo transgénero a los ninos ocuparse y mostrar a ninos transgénero allí es alguien allí para ellos. “Que estamos recibiendo mas informacion por ahi acerca de adolescentes que pasan por este proceso y lo que lucha cara y esas

cosas asi que otros adolescentes pasando por lo mismo un tiene algo o alguien para ir a ver que no están solos en esto,” dijo Lewis. El estudiante en el final año Jax Solorio ha sido consciente que fue transgénero desde su segundo año de la escuela secundaria. Underclassman muchos ver a Solorio porque él estaba parado para arriba para la comunidad transgénero y ayudó a difundir más conocimiento y conciencia de grupo. “No estoy haciendo nada especial, pero me gusta ser capaz de ser un modelo para personas que no necesariamente tienen una voz,” dijo Solorio. “Un monton de ninos mas pequenos sientenmás cómodo porque todo el mundo en esta escuela, incluyendo la facultad, llegar lo mas,’ dijo Solorio. Según la madre de Solorio, Karen Solorio, “Creo que es importante que nosotros, como sociedad, hacer todo lo posible para traer más comprensión para un tema y un grupo de personas que a menudo

no se reunieron con el entendimiento.” Estudiantes de RHS compartan sustos en casa embrujada de Callson Manor POR VICTORIA WILKINSON v.wilkinson@eyeofthetigernews.com

Muchos estudiantes de la escuela secundaria de Roseville han sido participar en Callson Manor, un atracción principal en Roseville cerca de el tiempo de Halloween. Casas embrujadas o “guaridas” se instalan junto con alimentos y bebidas y las personas son capaces de voluntario a vestir y trabajar en los sitios frecuentados. Muchos estudiantes de RHS han ofrecido por primera vez este año con muchos regresar así. Según segundo Zane Dasaro y co-copropietario Shane Kennedy trabajando allí es un buen momento y una forma de establecer relaciones con nuevas personas. “Es como un gran familia,” dijo Dasaro. “Todos los personas tan estrecho”. Propietarios y los estudiantes de RHS voluntarios tanto Callson Manor comparten

una pasión para Halloween. El estudiante en su segundo año Brooklyn Potoni es otra voluntaria de RHS que disfruta trabajar en Callson Manor. Dasaro y sus amigos, estudiantes de sus segundo años Jayden Santos y Alex Kramer, amor en Callson y sobre todo disfruta al aspecto asustando. Dasaro no es nuevo para asustar a la gente pero a aun le trae tanto gozo como lo hizo en el principio. Él ha estado trabajando en Callson durante tres anos, va en su cuarto este año como un payaso. “Me gusta asustar a la genter y es simplemente divertido, me encanta… Me gusta cuando lloran,” dijo Dasaro. Trabajar en Callson es no sólo una manera para que los estudiantes divertirse y hacer nuevos amigos, sino también una manera para que salgan de sus conchas. “Me da adrenalina porque no es algo que normalmente haría,” dijo Pontoni. “Es muy divertido para mi. Es simplemente diferente y un buen experiencia .”

POR JAMIE BATEMAN

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Según el vice director Jason Wilson, la escuela secundaria de Roseville ha experimentado 14 conmociones célebres a los estudiantes en este año hasta ahora. La Federación interescolar de California ha puesto en lugar un nuevo reglamento este año para ayudar a garantizar la seguridad de los estudiantes si son diagnosticados con una conmoción cerebral. Dayle Edgerton, enfermera de lado derecho en el campus, dijo que aunque ella no se permite diagnosticar conmociones cerebrales, que hace lo mejor para trabajar con personal de la escuela trabajar con personal de la que los estudiantes permanezcan seguros. Dijo que una vez que un estudiante ha sido diagnosticado con una conmoción cerebral por un médico u otro profesional médico, la escuela debe comenzar a tomar acción con ayudar en la recuperación del estudiante. “No se nos permite diagnosti-

REPORTAJES

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Los estudiantes transgénero y de la comunidad LGBTQ encuentran aceptación y la amistad personal y los estudiantes por igual a RHS.

DEPORTES Facultad RHS intenta previnir las conmociones cerabrales en los deportes

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Aunque los funcionarios afirman que cursos Pre-AP preparan a los estudiantes para las clases de AP riguroso, las tendencias de grado no comprobarlo.

car conmociones cerebrales en el campus,” dijo Edgerton. Entrenador del equipo de fútbol de Varsity Larry Cunha ha tenido que lidiar con conmociones cerebrales este ano en el campo de fútbol. Él dice que él y su personal de las conmociones cerebrales muy en serio. “Una vez que el jugador muestre síntomas, llevamos el jugador de participación inmediatamente,” dijo Cunha. “Si el jugador está mostrando signos de una conmoción cerebral leve, entonces solo tendremos sentarse, y si trata de una conmoción cerebral más severa, entonces llegaremos al jugador al médico ese mismo dia o por la tarde,” dijo Cunha. “Si la persona está inconsciente entonces nos se llame inmediatamente al 911.” Granucci contrata a la leyenda de Roseville a entrenedor POR HUNTER RHODE

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El entrenador del equipo de basquetbol de varsity Greg Granucci ha recentemente empresa de un ex entrenador que se considera una leyenda no sólo la

escuela secundaria de Roseville, pero en la ciudad, distrito y áreas incluso en otros países. Pablo Gonzalez vuelve a Roseville tomar la posición como asistente del entrenador para el equipo de basquetbol de los estudiantes en su primer año. Lideró el equipo de varsity de lado derecho a una victoria del Campeonato del estado en 1980 después de familiarizarse con el equipo y sus jugadores. Granucci está entusiasmado de que Gonzalez en el programa de baloncesto y que su presencia alrededor de la escuela y la cancha otra vez. “Es bueno para la comunidad en general a ver uno de los suyos en el gimnasio ayudando a los niños,” dijo Granucci. Aunque Gonzalez será asistir el equipo novato esta temporada, él también estará disponible para ayudar a los jugadores de cualquier nivel y dar su aporte al beneficio adicional al programa. “Asί el significa mucho para todo el programa. Me refiero que creo que es un tigre de Roseville a traves de,” dijo Granucci. “El sangra naranja y negro. Desde entonces he estado aquí siempre he querido que vuelva

en algún momento.” “Yo nací en Roseville, básicamente vivido aquí toda mi vida excepto cuando fui a Oregon para el universidad,” dijo Gonzalez. “Fui a Roseville, graduado de Roseville, hizo mi esposa, mis tres hijos todos fueron a Roseville.”

DEPORTES

CVC decide cheer es un deporte POR TOMMY MORIN

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Estado aprobó Asamblea ley 949 con abrumador apoyo, aprobar la clasificación de cheerleading como un deporte de la Federación interescolar de California. Firmado el 7 de octubre, este proyecto de ley llevará a efecto durante el año escolar de 20172018.Bajo esta legislación el CIF es necesario para crear las pautas y normas que los equipos participantes estarán obligados a seguir. Debido a esto, el equipo de cheer ha sido capaz de competir durante total el año, o lo largo de las otras equipos de deportes. El proyecto de ley se refiere a una nueva forma de porristas llaman “ánimo stunt” que actualmente se está convirtiendo en un

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Leyenda local de Roseville Pablo Gonzalez regresa a su alma mater para entrenar el equipo de basquetbol del estudiantes de sus primer años. deporte más grande. La actividad consta de dos equipos que compiten cara al mismo tiempo con el mismo material. El escuela secundaria de Roseville no tiene un equipo de stunt, y tener uno ahora mismo probablemente causaría complicaciones tales como tiempos de práctica, uniformes y espacio para practicar. “La respuesta corta, sí. Me encantaría la idea de un equipo

de stunt. La respuesta larga, va a tener mucha discusión para asegurarse de que lo hacemos de la manera correcta,” dijo el entrenador Gretchen Littlejohn. Según Littlejohn, muchos de los atletas en el equipo actual estaría interesadas en participar en el equipo de stunt. Los atletos de cheer en su segundo año serán los primeros en ser afectados por esta legislación. mejora en el deporte.

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Students support, accept transitioning friends Members of RHS’ LGBTQ community come together by GABI HUTSON AND CLAIRE OErTLY

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Roseville High School’s transgender community has been attempting to shine more light on the topic of LGBTQ members in hopes to provide a more safe and respectful environment for all those who are involved. RHS transgender students ranging from all grade levels are currently coming together to support one another through each of their own transitions. Senior Jax Solorio has been aware he was transgender since his sophomore year of high school. Many underclassmen look up to Solorio because he stood up for the transgender community and helped spread more knowledge and awareness of the group last year when he spoke about it during the annual peer helping Respect assembly. “I’m just kind of – a person. I’m not doing anything special, but I like being able to be a role model for people who don’t necessarily have a voice,” Solorio said. “A lot of the younger kids feel more comfortable because everyone at this school including the faculty, they get it more... I think just being open and honest about it has really made a difference here.” Many supporters of the LGBTQ communities believe that it is crucial to be accepting of all people, despite gender afflictions or sexual orientation. “I think it’s important that we, as a society, do all we can to

bring more understanding to an issue and a group of people who often aren’t met with understanding,” Solorio’s mother Karen Solorio said. “It’s important that trans people are understood and respected, rather than rejected.” To help raise further awareness, juniors Alexia Wade and Eva Lewis have been planning to create a documentary on the lives of transgender kids at RHS, following them through the transition of some and the topic of transgender lives in general. According to Wade and Lewis, their goal is to spread awareness about what transgender kids deal with and to show trans kids there is someone there for them. “We’re getting more information out there about teenagers who go through this process, what struggles they face, so that other teenagers going through the same thing and have something or someone to look up to or someone to go to and see that they’re not alone in this,” Lewis said. Other students at RHS are looking to help anyone who needs the support, whether it be transitioning or just figuring things out. “It’s okay if you don’t know if you’re trans– If you are, go for it. Don’t lay low, just explain that you’re feeling a certain way, have your friends try to help you find who you are,” another member of the LGBTQ community and sophomore, Daniel ThompsonDivine said. According to freshman Skylar Harris, several LGBTQ members seeking acceptance find it difficult telling their parents of their wish

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Students connect to one another while discovering who they are and who they want to be. From left, freshmen Francis Howenstein, Lucas Handley, Skylar Harris, and sophomore Daniel Thompson-Divine discuss their expirences. Each find comfort in listening to each other’s viewpoints and learn from them. to transition. “I was more intimidated by my parents than my friends… parents can be really rough,” Harris said. “I was planning on telling them but they figured it out and they weren’t really accepting. They were like ‘no, we named you this specific name, that’s how it has to be,’ but over time, they eased into it and my worries have been eliminated.” Harris has dealt with disrespectful teachers in the past, but finds RHS to be much more accepting. His former teacher refused to call him by his preferred name and pronouns, but he has not come across the same problem once coming to high school. “I was really happy to know

this school is so accepting,” Harris said. “My counselor said this school is trying to be as accepting and modern as possible, keeping up with the times. Everything is changing and it’s making me really happy. I emailed my teachers and told them I was transgender and they’re like ‘oh okay!’ I’m so glad that Roseville’s so accepting to who you wanna be. It put a smile on my face.” Other transgender kids at RHS say they have endured similar difficulties as Harris relating to unaccepting parents and deliberate misuse of pronouns. It’s things like these that Harris said make transgender kids feel unvalidated and rejected by their peers. “You have to respect their

pronouns, otherwise they’ll feel really really crappy,” Harris said. “Sometimes trans kids even go to suicide if their identity is not validated. They’ll kill themselves, and that’s just a really sad thing.” Some students have taken their transition to not only a mental level, but a physical one as well. Testosterone pills, creams and injections are all available to help with physical transitions. According to Harris, he will be starting his testosterone injections next Monday and is excited about taking the next step. “The pill, I heard hurts your liver and the cream just doesn’t really work, so I’m gonna be taking the shot form of it,” Harris said. “It comes in this little vile,

it’s liquidy, that’s what I’ve seen, you just stick a needle in and poof – You’re done.” According to RHS teacher and Ashley White, there may be a transgender support club created in the future. The club’s goal would be to help LGBTQ members be easier respected by their peers. “As humans, I think we can do better than that. I just wanna make sure that all transgender kids are okay and they have a place to go,” Harris said. “If they don’t have a place to go, they feel trapped, they don’t know what to do. For anybody that wants to help, please do. Just be sure if you know a trans kid, be there for them. They just wanna be accepted.”

Junior furthers equestrian skill by DESTINE KYUBWA

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Roseville High School junior Abbey Armenta has been competitively riding horses for approximately four years. Armenta initially began horse riding in her early teens after she stopped doing gymnastics. “I quit gymnastics in 2012, and my mom told me I had to find another sport so after that I started riding horses,” Armenta said. Armenta enjoys showing her horses. “It’s really cool to see how [my horse and I] have progressed over the years,” Armenta said. Armenta has struggled with finding confidence throughout her riding career. “I kept wanting to quit,” Armenta said. “But I got over that, when we began doing a lot better.” Armenta’s trainer, Natasha Elbert, helped her throughout the time period where she was learning to ride. “She helped me with how to work with my horse, the skills you need while riding and, how to present yourself while riding,” Armenta said. Elbert helped her with the logistics of how to present her horse. “She helped me with the attitude you need to have when riding,” Armenta said. Elbert is extremely proud of Armenta and how far she has advanced since they first met. “I’m so happy she finally got her first horse, Signature, and that she can follow her passion with animals,” Elbert said. Armenta’s most pleasurable moment is purely when she has

a good day one-on-one with her horse. “My favorite moment is when I can physically see the improvements that we’ve made, and the bond we’ve created,” Armenta said. Armenta loves challenging herself by constantly competing. “At first when I started competing I didn’t want too,” Armenta said. “Then I got my horse. I’ve been showing her for years and we’ve improved a lot.” According to Armenta, the skills she learned from riding horses are extremely beneficial. “It helps you learn patience,” Armenta said. “It’s so rewarding when you start getting into it.” Armenta has especially enjoyed building a bond with Signature. “I love my horse so much,” Armenta said. “Learning and growing with her is an amazing experience.” Armenta is very appreciative

of her parents giving her the support she needs for her to continue riding. “They pay a lot of money for me to have my horse,” Armenta said. “I know it’s a big commitment for them, and I know they’re doing everything they can to help me.” Armenta’s mom, Vikki Thomason is proud of Abbey and has supported her every step of the way in her career. “She has found an activity that she is passionate about and excels in,” Thomason said. “The best part of watching her show is knowing she loves it and is constantly working to improve her riding skills.” Armenta plans on continuing to ride horses no matter where her life takes her. “I plan on going into being a physical therapist and a rehab therapist,” Armenta said. “I would move over to Europe after college.”

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Junior Abby Armenta’s relationship with her horse, Signature has developed along with her confidence throughout her horseback riding career.

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Students who have taken an interest in bettering RHS’ campus created a new club that goes by The Green Team. Above, club officers sophomore Annie Herron, seniors Ashley Bertholf and Monique Rea work in the greenhouse.

Environmental club seeks change by ALBINA BASSARAB

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Roseville High School senior Monique Rea created a new club this year called the “Green Team” to focus on the environment at RHS and in Roseville. According to the club advisor Darcee Durham, the club is unique and important to the Roseville High School campus and community. “We never had a club like this at our school, so it was really interesting to actually see who would be involved in our campus,” Durham said. “We wanted to take steps to really make sure that our campus is green, and that we can go out to other schools and the community as a whole.” Rea’s urge for a better environment was the basis for the club’s formation, and came to welcome many nature-loving students wanting to make a change in their environment. “In junior year, I started getting interested in the environment and educating myself on what

was happening around me and I noticed that kids at the school weren’t recycling,” Rea said. “I also realized that there’s people at our school that have really good input on how they want to fix that and what they want to do. I wasn’t the only person that was seeing these things.” According to Rea, the club’s main goals include getting people aware of the environment around them, to promulgate the impacts of littering and get people around the school into recycling and cleaning up after themselves. Consequently, they want to implement a recycling program for the school. “So far we’ve done one roadside cleanup where we picked up a lot of trash and we also went on a hiking trip, so we just want to get people more involved in their environment,” Rae said. According to Durham, her favorite part of the club is the kids that join. “Because I am kind of a nature nerd, I love to have kids that are also totally into the

environment and excited about doing stuff that are helping their community and environment,” Durham said. Vice president Ashley Bertholf believes that the input from the variety of club members is what makes the club productive. “We have a very wide range of members, so we have a lot of different views and backgrounds, so it’s really great to see that as a whole unite and we try to get everyone involved,” Bertholf said. Secretary Annie Herron, shares a passion for the environment. “I really like going outdoors and going into nature,” Herron said. “And we [recently] went on a hike and it was really fun because I like doing things like that.” Sophomore Chloe Storrs is excited for their upcoming projects – in particular, beach cleanups. “A lot of animals get hurt by the trash and I love animals, they’re dear to my heart,” Storrs said.

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Students volunteer, entertain at Callson Manor by VICTORIA WILKINSON

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Many Roseville High School students have been getting involved in Callson Manor, a main attraction in Roseville around Halloween time. Haunted houses or “haunts” are set up along with food and drinks at the Placer County Fairgrounds. People are able to volunteer to dress up and work in the haunts. Many RHS students have volunteered for the first time this year with many returning as well. According to sophomore Zane Dasaro and co-owner/casting director Shane Kennedy working there is a great time and a way to form relationships with new people. “It’s like a big family,” Dasaro said. “Everyone is so close.” Kennedy is mainly involved with the actors unlike the other co-owners, Vicky Hagood and her son Eric Hagood, who handle other aspects of the business such as money and the haunts themselves. Kennedy has a bond with many of Callson’s actors. “We’re all like one big family, we kind of take care of each other and look out for each

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other,” Kennedy said. “It’s a nice friendly environment.” Most of the owners have prior experiences with Halloween related activities and haunted houses as well. Kennedy has been doing haunted houses for over 28 years and Hagood has been decorating her home ever since she can remember. “This is the first year in 39 years that I haven’t decorated my house for Halloween.” Hagood said. “I transform my house so it doesn’t look like a house.” Callson Manor’s owners and

RHS student volunteers alike share a passion for Halloween. Sophomore Brooklyn Pontoni is another volunteer from RHS who enjoys working at Callson Manor. “I love Halloween,” Pontoni said. “I love all things scary. You do it with your friends and it’s just fun to do.” Dasaro and his friends, sophomores Jayden Santos and Alex Kramer, love working at Callson Manor and especially enjoy the scaring aspect. “When you’re new and you get your first scare it’s like really

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From left, sophomores Alex Kramer, Jayden Santos, Alora Schreib, Zane Dasaro, and Brooklyn Pontoni volunteer as actors at Callson Manor, an annual Halloween attraction at the Placer County Fairgrounds. fun,” Santos said. Another sophomore volunteer, Alora Schreib, finds scaring the best part of working at Callson Manor as well. “It’s really cool when you get your first scare,” Schreib said. Dasaro is not new to scaring people but it still brings him

Group dedicates October to Halloween Friends dress up, do special effect makeup in celebration of the holiday by DELANEY RHODES

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Some Roseville High School students have taken traditional Halloween customs to the next level, sporting costumes and makeup throughout the whole month of October. Senior Rae Sandige dresses up everyday in honor of the holiday. According to Sandige, every day is a new opportunity to express herself and dress up in the things she loves most. Sandige first started dressing up all of October last year and after many compliments, she decided she wanted to continue doing it every year. Each year she likes to do a theme and this year all her costumes are Disney related. “It’s pretty awesome, like everyone stares at me which is kind of funny because I used to care so much about that but now I’m just like, ‘Whatever,’” Sandige said. “People like to see me come to school in different outfits, and people will come up to me asking ‘What are you today’ or they’ll try to guess, and when they get it right it gives me great feeling that I can pull it off and make it clear who I am” Sophomore Madison Dodson does very extensive makeup and special effects to create a costume every Friday of October. She personally isn’t a fan of the other holidays so she doesn’t celebrate them, but Halloween is her time to shine. “Usually I feel pretty empowered, like, I know whatever anyone says, I know I look cool and I know I did a good job,” Dodson said. “I do not, like, there’s no way that I look bad right now. So while there’s other people that have their opinions and other people have judgement, like I spent, you know, how ever long I spent doing that makeup and I know it looks awesome. And I don’t know, I just feel pretty empowered like ‘Hey, look what I can do.’” According to Dodson, Halloween is more than just a day of dressing up in scary costumes, it’s a day to appreciate the history

and backstory of Halloween and New Hallow’s Eve. It’s also a time to show off her makeup skills and to make up for the fact that she couldn’t do much with the holiday last year. “Last year I didn’t get to have that much of Halloween because of my surgery landed a week before Halloween, and I was going have Hallo-Week, like have the entire week leading up to Halloween like I was going to get all dressed up, but I didn’t get it do that,” Dodson said. “So I decided that this year I would do it for all of October but I don’t have the time or energy in the morning to do it everyday because the makeup I usually do takes an extra hour so I do it every Friday. I also decided to do it because I have makeup skills that I’ve been developing since I was in the sixth grade and I don’t get that many opportunities to express my love for special effects makeup and vampy makeup.” Freshman Skylar Harris doesn’t dress up as characters or creatures, but to rather as other RHS students each day. Harris finds it to be a cheap fun way to make people laugh. According to Harris, he loves the feeling he gets when people

come up to him and realize who he is suppose to be because then he knows he did a good job. Harris and his family celebrate Halloween with scary movies and big time decorations. “Embrace the holiday, embrace the spookiness,” Harris said. “Halloween man, it’s great … My family is like really big into Halloween. We really decorate for it. We go all out. And my grandma invites us over because she decorates her whole house, and she has this Dracula poster and it looks just like my Grandpa, so we all call him Dracula whenever Halloween comes around.” Sophomore Tyler Sackett enjoys Halloween and embraces

it as his favorite time of the year. Inspired by his love for Halloween, Sackett decided to begin dressing up on Fridays to indulge himself further into the spirit. According to Sackett, he loves being different characters and finds fun in reenacting his favorite characters from things. “Throughout the day, I feel very energetic because even though there are a lot of judgey people that are like ‘It’s not even Halloween. Why are you doing this,’ I just feel some sense of pride,” Sackett said. “So every time I’m walking around school dressed up as a character, I’m just going, ‘Yeah, I’m this guy because I love Halloween. Deal with it.’”

just as much joy as it did in the beginning. He has been working at Callson Manor for three years, going on his fourth this year as a clown. “I like scaring people and it’s just fun, I love it,” Dassaro said. “I like when they cry, it’s just like ‘yeah I got you.’”

Working at Callson is not only a way for students to have fun and make new friends but also a way for them to come out of their shells. “I get an adrenaline rush because it’s not something I would normally do,” Pontoni said. “It’s so much fun. It’s just different.”

FASHION COLUMN SENIOR ANYA GUZMAN

Quality style converts to effortless grunge

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by Gabi hutson

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How would you describe your style? I go for more of a casual and comfortable look, but still put together and not sloppy. Grungy, but not dirty - there’s a very fine line. I look the part, but I could never actually play it.

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How does your style change as it gets colder? I usually start to wear a lot of flannels and I pull out my chunky boots, like my creepers. I like platforms so that way the rain doesn’t seep into my shoes. I can tredge through puddles like it’s nothing. Is there anyone that inspires the way you dress? I actually don’t have any social media. I kind of go off what I see, like window shopping and mix matching things together. I put little things together and kind of go off my own mind. I don’t really look up to any one person. Where do you like to shop? I like to shop at thrift stores. [I] like The Loft a lot. Certain peices, things that are structured, you have to go expensive. You have to have the quality. I shop at Zara, H&M, Aldo, and the sale section of Urban Outfitters. I love the bralettes.

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Above, sophomores Tyler Sackett and Madison Dodson have chosen to indulge themselves into the Halloween spirit during the entire month of October, dressing in costumes and doing elaborate makeup. Joining them in this concept of dress-up are senior Rae Sandige and freshman Skylar Harris.

How do you make up your aesthetic? Well, style in general is taken too seriously and I think people try too hard. It should be some-

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Senior Anya Guzman’s original style resembles that of an easy-going, relaxed yet qualitve look. thing that happens naturally. Style shouldn’t be taken so hard. If you want to wear crazy socks then wear crazy socks - just be silly. Take a little bit of risk and have some fun with it. What are some staples in your closet? You definitely have to have black skinny jeans, you have to have your casual shoes and your formal shoes. Sometimes I go for the full grunge, but I mostly like the polished grunge so I tone it down with some classier shoes. So nice shoes are a must to tone down things down sometimes. How long does it usually take you to get ready? For the most part, I take about 10 minutes to decide what I’m going to wear while I do my makeup. Since my wardrobe consists of a lot of basics it’s easy to mix and match outfits.

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Hiring college coaches deprives experience BY MADDY FURDEK

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ith college application deadlines presently looming closer and closer as the weeks go by, many students throughout the district have looked for the help of a college coach to assist them in “telling the colleges what they want to hear.” These “coaches” will sit by your side as you enter your grades, address, credit card number and essays, all while charging a hefting sum of money straight out of your parent’s paycheck. I understand the immense pressure students are put under throughout this process, but that is part of the point – this is supposed to be a learning experience for the future. Filling out college applications without somebody by our side feeding us every single answer is supposed to give us a taste of college life ahead of all of us, since we will be living out of the grasp of our parents and will have to somehow become in-

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dependent. Someday, we’ll have to fill out our taxes, mortgages and insurance, and we need to learn to be able to be confident enough to complete these without a paid advisor doing it for us. My understanding is that the

accuracy of your application is a reflection of the young adult you are growing into as you had to go through this process without somebody holding your hand. Therefore, it seems contradictory that thousands of students from across the country will hire

the help of a professional to help them seem like they are the bright and self-reliant young person that colleges want to admit. This isn’t to say that students should feel completely abandoned during the application process; seeking advice from counselors

or peers is a universal concept that we’ll do again when we go through similar experiences in college. To me, there’s a substantial difference between your parents paying for a college coach and setting up meeting with them so

they can guide you through the process in comparison to seeking out information on your own and asking your counselor specific questions concerning your application. Learning the facts for ourselves without the help of another is one of the biggest transitions to adulthood that us almost-legal students will ever learn, and this skill will carry on to our collegiate and professional careers. We won’t always have somebody by our side walking us through every step of an application, but we will always have the resources to figure out how to do it to the best of our ability. This is why we should be utilizing the college application experience as a learning opportunity, to figure out how to troubleshoot pressing questions, find help when needed and take control of our future without the help of our parents. If students spend the remainder of their senior year relying on their parent to hold their hand and pay for somebody to fill out their college application, chances are they’re not yet ready to attend the said college alone and away from the doting assistance of their parents. Now is the time for those of us applying to colleges to learn to do important things alone, to seek out information on our own and to learn to handle such events without constant guidance.

Excessive AP stress seems self-imposed BY SAM MAILEY

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haven’t gone to sleep before midnight on a school night this year. Those of you who know me on social media might be aware of my poor sleep schedule because I’m fairly vocal about it. When I post on Snapchat or Twitter about staying up until 1-2 a.m., I try to make fun of myself, but don’t think that it’s as enjoyable or manageable as I make it seem. In fact, those of you who know me in class don’t need to be told of its detrimental effects. Since midterm grades were finalized, I got two B-’s and one mid-range C. I got one A in the class that I’m writing this for, not academic. For some students, those grades might be optimal, but when your closest friends are all ranked in the top five of their class, I’m not exactly bragging about sitting at 137th with a probable downward trend. I’m not satisfied with my grades, but I can’t lay the blame on anybody or anything that isn’t me, even if it might help if my dad didn’t high-five me after I told him I got a C in Algebra II. Parents tend to be concerned with the workload that students have to deal with in school “nowadays,” but they don’t realize that the workload is only as great as the student decides to make it. Their kids are up as late as I am doing “unnecessary” amounts of homework, but at some point the classes aren’t at fault, rather the students’ decision to take classes that are known for larger workloads.

When a student complains about their schedule, they act like they were blindsided by the workload of four AP classes. An AP schedule requires a more disciplined work ethic, which shouldn’t surprise anybody who knows what the acronym stands for. If I get home from school at 3:00 p.m. and I’m awake at 1:00 a.m. doing homework, it’s not any combination of classes’ workloads that are keeping me up. The fact that a lot of students don’t want to or simply don’t recognize when they complain about being stressed is that there are enough hours in the day to finish homework. I’ve come to terms with my bad work-ethic, and I should be working on completing my five missing assignments in chemistry, but I’m not good at prioritizing. I should probably work on that too, but this is more important. I wish somebody reading this could tell me that I’m wrong, but there isn’t any combination of AP classes that assigns homework every night that adds up to nine hours of work per night. Schedules can vary, especially for student-athletes who get home from practice or games later than others. For them, procrastination might not be as big a reason for late nights of homework as it is for non-athletes, but they can still be avoided for the most part. Student-athletes are just as entitled to having high academic aspirations as any other student, athlete or not, and they shouldn’t be discouraged from enrolling in a rigorous schedule. While the procrastination argument may not apply to them, student-athletes are still responsible for understanding the sacrifice they make when enrolling in a schedule as equally demanding as a non-athlete’s schedule. Leaving only a few hours for homework after school and extracurriculars, student-athletes who

wish to perform at a high level should be considerate of their selections, this aspect of their schedule isn’t out of their control. Too often now is the school blamed for over-working students, complaints that surface villainize teachers for assigning homework. It’s easy to excuse irresponsibility by claiming that a class is too overwhelming, and the complaints that emerge regarding workload only raise inaccurate expectations that a tougher schedule should have a lighter workload than it does. While students blame teachers and the education system for excessive workloads, they aren’t mentioning that they wait until the night before to start an assignment or they knew what academic expectations were set with the heavy schedule that they chose. The level of academic rigor that students chose when signing up for AP classes expects them to be willing to commit more time to school, so they shouldn’t be complaining about any unnecessary work. If every night at 1 a.m. a student is still working on homework, whether or not they’re a student-athlete, rather than blame the school for “overworking” students, they should consider reevaluating either their academic capabilities or time-management skills. Somebody might be waiting for me to level with their opinion that a student’s stress is a teacher’s fault, and I don’t believe that a teacher should have to slow the pace of their class just because the students, who were supposed to be advanced anyways, can’t manage their own schedules. It’s easy to blame the teacher because they are the ones who assign the homework, but academic success is a two-way street where the students are also obligated to hold up their end of the deal that they agreed to when signing up for rigorous schedules.

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RHS should not break the post game tradition BY NATALIE TRAN

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t has been a long running tradition at RHS, and many other high schools, for family and friends to go on the field after football games to take photos and celebrate with the football players. This seemed like a pretty reasonable and harmless practice, but now this tradition is over. People aren’t allowed to go onto the fields anymore and the school installed a fence to prevent it. The chief reason cited by administration was that students and their families “ruin” the field by walking on it. They also cited safety precautions, presumably due to a recent post-game altercation between a parent and coach following a recent home game. If the primary reason really was a concern for the mainte-

nance of the turf, that reasoning it is pretty absurd. I mean football players are out there wearing spiked cleats on the fields, sprinting around, digging into the turf. We quite simply just stand there to hang out and take pictures. Are we really the ones doing the damage? It’s understandable that they don’t want the fields to be tampered, considering two years ago part of the field was burned just before graduation. It is fine that they want to try and preserve the new turf that was put in after the field was burned, but this is unnecessary. When family and students walk on the field, they aren’t even there for a long time. There are a lot of classes during school that use the field very regularly like PE, band, and aerobics. If anything, they are putting a lot more strain on the fields than those visiting players after the game. Why would they even decide to change this rule right now considering we only have one home game left? They’re ending a tradition that has been at Roseville for decades. Regardless of the result,

the school comes together to celebrate the team’s performance. Many people found it an inconvenience on how crowded it was between the stands and the walkway. It was crowded with students, family, kids and sweaty football players trying to go to the locker room. After the football game if the student’s wanted to take photos with the football players they had to walk over to the opposing side or stay on the home side, packed and overflowing with people. Taking photos on the opposite side came out terrible and we take these photos after the games to capture memories of our high school years. It was a hassle for everyone to get to their destination and I’m sure it was a disappointment to almost all of the students because everyone loves going onto the field and taking photos and uniting the whole school as one. Overall it’s very upsetting the district decided to change this rule so suddenly. It is not certain if this rule will carry on for future years, but it’s illogical how they decide to change it this year, right before the final home game.

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Pink Out draws excess attention BY DELANEY RHODES

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t Roseville High School, every year we have our Pink Out Rally to support Breast Cancer Awareness. But what is it actually doing to help this cause? It’s not actually raising awareness, as everyone knows about breast cancer, it’s just not something people don’t know about. With that, we should be focusing on things that are in need of awareness and not worry about using something to publicize the school. Over the years, breast cancer awareness has been widely publicized. If you see someone at a breast cancer fundraiser or someone wearing a shirt for breast cancer, they’re seen as “cool” in some way. Of course it’s important to support cancer research and treatment, but half the time when you see people doing that, it’s to make themselves look good, not for the actual cause. At RHS, it seems we use breast cancer as a way to publicize the school. Now, you see people walking around in their Pink Out shirts that they purchased for the Pink Out Rally, and the money did indeed go to a Breast Cancer Awareness Foundation, and we all appreciate the hard work of Student Government and Leadership, but why not do it for something that is not as well kown? Something that needs awareness and support just

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as much, if not more, than breast cancer. The Pink Out Rally is not raising any actual awareness to anybody because breast cancer awareness is such a publicized thing everyone knows what it is. So why are we continuing to raise awareness for something that most people are already aware of? By holding an annual Pink Out Rally, we’re only raising awareness to students that already know what it is, especially to seniors who have seen the rally three times before. Every month is actually an awareness month for more than just one illness, and not all of them are cancers. There are even awareness days and weeks, but we are not doing a rally or colorspecific day for those. We should

be having a rally for a cause that is actually in need of awareness. What we’re doing is not supporting it as much as it may seem. We are celebrating something that doesn’t need to be celebrated. If we’re not going to do something that actually needs the support and awareness, then why are we even doing it? Of course breast cancer isn’t anything to ignore, but it’s something people are most aware of why not also focus on something that is just as important or even more important. There are other cancers and illness that are more rare and deadly than breast cancer that most people have never even heard about. You don’t see us doing Red Out Rallies for heart disease. While we did have a Red Out basket-

ball game last year, there was no rally. We should have a Black Out for skin cancer. What about Pink Out dedicated to testicular cancer? Only one percent of males get breast cancer, so we should have a rally that supports awareness for forms of cancer specific to men too. This awareness craze has even gone far enough that I feel that breast cancer is being sexualized. The “I heart Boobies” shirts focus on saving the breasts of a women but breast cancer affects more than just the breast. Now, there are things like “Save the TaTa’s” that is an actual organization for Breast Cancer, but the shirts like “Save Second Base” and “Save the Girls” are not. People tend to forget that cancer can affect the

rest of the body too. But we focus on the breasts because they’re the “best part about the female.” Breast cancer has been publicized so much over the past years that it’s seen as such a “popular” thing that people can easily use it as a way to improve their image rather than actually support the cause. And because it’s already so known, it’s easy to use without people questioning it. Why aren’t we doing rallies for all the cancer and disease awarenesses? We picked breast cancer, but why? Breast cancer is obviously important and should always be supported but here, everyone knows what it is and raising awareness doesn’t do much. So why not have rallies for things in need of support and awareness?

Common core benefits need time to develop

BY ALEXX DOOLITTLE

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ommon Core State Standards – whether you love them, fear them, despise them – is well on it’s way to completely changing the way teachers teach in order to change the way students learn. But what’s more prevalent than Common Core is the controversy regarding its effectiveness. This controversy makes sense considering the abrupt changes being made to the way teachers deliver instruction in this system. But in my eyes, Common Core deserves a chance. Students only focus on the negative aspects, which decreases their willingness to cooperate. They are failing to realize the difficulty of getting a widespread system like this one off the ground and fail to realize it’s potential as a beneficial system. It’s hard to argue that students in the current education system are comprehending and internalizing important information as opposed to just mastering the skill of memorizing. I, as well as a multitude of students my age, have become accustomed to the “listen, memorize, regurgitate” learning process and, sadly, for years it has been “working,” going unquestioned by the masses. This traditional method has successfully got me through my 11 years of education, but this

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sudden change in instruction has forced me to question past methods. I believe students are struggling to adjust to the idea of abandoning being “spoonfed” information because Common Core encourages them to think critically, to synthesize and apply the information they’ve learned and genuinely think outside the box, which for some students who are accustomed to relying on their teachers’ spoonfeeding, is profoundly challenging. Personally, from the time I began this messy journey of education a startling majority of my teachers also relied on spoonfeeding their students the lessons. They knew nothing better and never strayed far from lecturing the information and branding it into our brains until we can memorize and regurgitate it back to them for the test. I hear students and even teachers criticizing Common Core, but I couldn’t figure out why until I realized that a lot people simply can’t accept change. So far, I haven’t been affected by the institution of Common Core yet, but I am surrounded by it daily and find myself contemplating its worth in our education system. This makes it easier for me to understand the popular negative attitude towards the new standards. I’m currently enrolled in a class called “Students Teaching Students.” Two days a week I’m immersed in a Common Core environment, using it to tutor and do what I can to help the students. The use of Carnegie Learning workbooks is new to the students I tutor, as well as the teachers, which is difficult in itself because it forces students to completely

change the mindset that they were used to when completing classwork and studying. Teacher–student interaction in the classroom declined when the use of the Carnegie online system was instituted. I see the students I work closely with struggle with the new independence expected of them because they don’t get the individual attention they need. My criticism of Carnegie isn’t meant to be derogatory, but its unfamiliarity to educators and students is unsettling. I can recognize that this Common Core inspired curriculum has potential, which the people involved need to realize despite its few faults. Educators have stressed the importance of instilling Common Core in high school curriculum as well as elementary and junior high levels. Along with my tutoring experience, I work with my 13-yearold brother to assist him in his schoolwork. He is submersed in the Common Core system and so far I can see his improvement with problem solving skills, critical thinking and application because of it. Students being thrown into this in their last few years of high school are at a disadvantage having to adapt so quickly in order to be successful, so it’s expected that they may struggle. However, with students like my brother, who are being raised in this new Common Core environment, I believe it will be more more beneficial throughout their education. Although I understand this sudden transition is difficult for educators and students at the high school level, I do support Common Core because I have faith in its intentions and encourage other to as well.

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CVC rivals needed to bring excitement BY JAMIE BATEMAN

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lthough fan support has been noticeably better than last year, Roseville students and fans seem to need more motivation to attend sports games. What RHS needs is to establish rivalries with other schools in the CVC, and embrace them. Last week, the RHS varsity team had a game against the Whitney Wildcats, a perfect opportunity. In the so-far-empty search, the Wildcats, along with a few other potential candidates, seem like a very good team to be RHS’s new rival. Whitney seems like a perfect school for Roseville to become rivals with because of how close they both are in skill and talent level. Both schools are close enough to the point where both student sections could travel to the away games. Although the football games weren’t close last

year, the baseball and basketball games were both close and competitive last year. The games would be anticipated for the whole season because they’re fun for the fans, knowing the bragging rights that are at stake. Also, Whitney is expecting a talented team and each time RHS takes on the Wildcats, it could have playoff and CVC implications. Games like this bring the school together and people out to games that would never normally go. Aside from Whitney, Del Campo is close in skill level with RHS. Although the drive is a little further than to Whitney, the games the last two years were a lot of fun, one of those games going into triple overtime and another the year before only being seperated by 3 points. Not to mention, Del Campo is a much older school than Whitney, and some of RHS’ alumni would likely recognize the name more. Overall, rivalries are good for sports. Rivalry games offer an opportunity for a team to turn a bad season into good season with a win, and a good season into a “not so good” season with a loss, and ever since RHS arrived on the CVC, it’s an aspect of sports that has definitely been missing here.

hen any student at Roseville High School goes to view their transcript in the online gradebook, they can see their class rank and inspect how they match up against their peers. But the question for many arises: why is this visible to us? Discussions have been going on and are being considered by the Roseville Joint Union High School District as to whether or not the class ranking system should be eliminated. Despite the change RHS counselors have stated that class rank doesn’t play much into the decision making around a student’s college acceptance. It is GPA that has more importance, as it gives more insight into your work ethic and how you rank against other students everywhere, not just restricting it to one school campus. Some students prefer to be able to view their rank to know where they stand, but in the event the system is erased, access to view their rank will still be available. If a person is a top performing student, it is likely that even without the number telling them, they would know fairly closely where they stand. People that oppose class rank stated at a board meeting that the erasure of the ranking system could possibly alleviate stress off of students who pay close attention to and observe their class rank. However, because GPA directly correlates to class rank, these types of students already have been stressing to get a good grade in a class. For these reasons, even without the class rank system, a student wouldn’t simply stop stressing about a grade because their ranking isn’t consistently visible. Their work ethic doesn’t stop because they know class rank can still exist without being shown in the gradebook. Having the class rank system does seem to have benefits though. While it doesn’t accurately depict one’s rank in relation to other schools, it illustrates how well one is doing with the classes available to them in comparison to others with the same utensils. Some schools have more AP classes than others while some other schools offer less AP courses, holding those students back from competing against students capable of stacking their schedules full of them. Class rank can also be motivation for students to go against each other in a competitive nature. If a student sees their class rank and realizes where they lie in relation to their peers, it might wake them up and push them to improve to move up in the rankings. Top academic students going back and forth against other top students motivate them to maybe take an additional weighted class or even a junior college class. This can cause an overload of work but, if one loads up on three or even four AP classes to boost their GPA, and who can stand the test of this work load they deserve to come out as top students. I have multiple siblings in top colleges that deal with excessive amounts of work commonly, so if a student isn’t able to handle this rigor, then strenuous colleges might not be fitting for them.

october 26, 2015

Entertainment

Crimson Peak falls short of potential BY SOPHIE COOK

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Directed by horror legend Guillermo del Toro, Crimson Peak was released into theaters last Friday. Now, I consider myself to be a bit of a horror aficionado so obviously I had to check it out, and I have to say I wasn’t disappointed. From what I saw from the trailer the film seemed to be unique in the time that it takes place. There are plenty of films set in the late 1800’s, but rarely are they in the horror genre. Del Toro did a great job of capturing the look and essence of the time period, from costuming to set design, and the film itself is visually gorgeous. The film does an excellent job of dropping subtle hints as to what exactly the director wanted this movie to be. Early on, our protagonist, Edith Cushing (Mia Wasikowska) makes plenty of comments about the book she is writing. She describes her vision as a novel with a strong female heroine who is perfectly capable of saving herself. When asked why she decided to write a “ghost story” she responds by explaining that it isn’t a “ghost story” it’s simply a story, with a ghost in it, and that the ghost is a metaphor for the past. By the end I realized that that’s exactly what this movie is. Yes, Crimson Peak has ghosts in it, but it isn’t necessarily about them. This is a classic gothic romance, full of

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Mia Wasikowska (Edith Cushing) stars as a courageous female heroine in Crimson Peak. This film is a unique take on classic gothic-romance and is full of drama as well as shocking, unexpected twists and turns. twists, turns, love, lust and at times is painfully dramatic. I don’t even know if I would feel confident in classifying this movie as a horror. I would go so far as to say that the trailer is a bit misleading. It makes this movie look a lot scarier than it actually is. I feel like people who saw the trailer for Crimson Peak and were too scared to give it a try really missed out on a fun night at the movies. I had a great time

watching this film with my friend and through the the headlocking thickness of the plot, the occasional scare made it that much more enjoyable. But I’ll admit, I wasn’t super impressed with the scare factors themselves. I expected del Toro to be a little more creative and original, considering his past works, than to rely solely on jump scares and anticipation. The design of the ghosts are pretty terrifying, i’ll give him that. But they were only

scary the first two or so times I saw them, after that I was sort of unphased. Don’t get me wrong, I was pretty scared during the parts that were supposed to be scary, but I wish I had been scared in a more original way. Jessica Chastain (Lucille Sharpe) gave, in my opinion, a pretty amazing performance. Her character truly terrified me at times. Tom Hiddleston (Thomas Sharpe) also did a pretty great job, but let’s be real,

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Jack Black makes a strong comeback as R.L. Stine in the first movie adaptation of classic novel series Goosebumps. old niece who went to see this movie with me, “This is my new favorite movie and the monsters are just like the books.” R. L. Stine has a not-so-real daughter in the movie named Hannah. Hannah, Zach, Zach’s friend Champ and R.L Stine work together to put the monsters back in the books. The actors did a great job making the movie seem as real as it could be. Minnette is an excellent actor, you can easily see the great amount of effort he put towards this movie. Black was his normal high energetic self, who was striving to make an excellent movie. In comparison to the books, many of the characters were the same. “The Abominable Snowman of Pasadena, “A Shocker on Shock Street,” and more all come alive in this comedic action/adventure movie. Having seen every movie Rob Letterman directed, Goosebumps is the best one by far. He directed Monsters vs. Aliens in 2009, Gulliver’s Travels in 2010 and Goosebumps this year.

Having premiered on October 16 every seat in the movie theater to see Goosebumps was filled. Not a single seat open. Goosebumps is enjoyed by all ages and will never get old. It was great hearing the gasps, laughter and the silence from being intrigued by the movie by every person in the theater. “Every story can be broken down into three parts. The beginning, middle and the twist.” -R. L. Stine/Jack Black. Just like all of the Goosebumps books, there is many twists and unimaginable changes to the plot. Through the twists and changes, the movie still had a happy ending. As R. L. Stine finishes his last book, the movie concludes. I would recommend this movie to anyone who is interested in comedic and slightly animated movies. This movie had an even balance between comedy and adventure. It’s a great Halloween movie and can be enjoyed by all ages. Goosebumps is the next big hit.

Tom Hiddleston could make a two hour long video of him eating a bowl of cereal and the fangirls would react exactly the exact same way. Crimson Peak is also very gender liberating in the way that it doesn’t portray the female lead as a damsel in distress, but a strong and courageous heroine. I really admired her decision to take matters into her own hands and save herself rather than be a victim.

THE EXORCIST (1973) A girl receives a satanic relic and begins acting strange like speaking in tongues and levitating. This causes her worried mother to seek help from the catholic church. People reference this film as one of the scariest movies ever, but I find that it doesnt terrify you as much as it makes you uncompfortable Which is good because most horror movies lack that.

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Based on the classic children’s books, the cinematic interpretation of Goosebumps makes characters come alive. Jack Black stars as R. L Stine, author and creator of the Goosebumps series. Dylan Minnette plays Zach Cooper, the neighbor who moves in next door to Stine creating all the chaos. Although I saw Goosebumps in 2D, it was created for the whole 3D effect. In this comedic action/adventure movie, there was not a boring part to be seen. As the characters from the Goosebumps books came to life, more disasters occurred. Slappy the ventriloquist dummy (voiced by Jack Black) creates havoc by bringing every monster ever created by Stine to life. As Slappy controls the characters, the monsters destroy everything and everyone in their way of getting to their common goal. To get rid of R. L. Stine so they never have to stay on the pages of the books again. In the words of my 7-year

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Dunkin’ Donuts currently has over 7,000 retail locations all over the Unites States, now including Roseville. People are very excited to have the food and drinks from Dunkin’ Donuts that they may have had from another location. Located on 5010 Foothills Blvd. It provides a yummy snack while enjoying a delicious beverage. Dunkin’ Donuts had their grand opening on October 6, and there was a line that started in the store and ended in the parking lot. I have heard mixed reviews about their food and drinks, so I decided to try it for myself. When it was our turn to order something, we got a plain glazed donut and a donut with frosting and sprinkles. I also decided to try their strawberry Coolatta. The Coolattas are a drink that have a texture of a smoothie mixed with a slushie, and I ordered a strawberry Coolatta but there were three other flavors: Minute Maid orange, frozen coffee, and vanilla bean. I thought the Coolatta was great. Now on to the donuts. I tried the sprinkled donut first. The frosting tasted like strawberry yogurt, which I really enjoyed, but other than that, there was nothing outstanding about it. Then I tried the glazed donut.

I thought the donut was okay, but yet again there was nothing spectacular about the donuts.There were over 30 different flavors of donuts, bagels, and different types of sandwiches so they provided plenty of options for everybody. I did like the donuts, but as I said before, they tasted like any other donut. They didn’t have any different flavors that you couldn’t get anywhere else, but they had over 15 flavors to try. Their drink selection wasn’t huge, but enough to satisfy everyone. I think it’s best to compare this chain to a chain like Starbucks for the drinks and Krispy Kreme for the donuts. I think Starbucks has a bigger variety of drinks to choose from and easier to appeal to everyone. I would say that both Krispy Kreme and Dunkin’ Donuts have about the same amount of choices to choose from. But with Krispy Kreme, I have noticed that their donuts are very sweet,which some people like, but if you are looking for a donut not as sweet as Krispy Kreme, then choose to go to Dunkin’ Donuts. I would recommend this place to people because the donuts were tasty and so were the drinks. It’s not the most spectacular donut shop and coffeehouse but I thought it was good, and I think it can satisfy almost anyone.

HALLOWEEN (1978) A young boy kills his sister on Halloween of 1963, and is sent to a mental hospital. Then, 15 years later he escapes and returns to his hometown in order to wreak havoc. Halloween is considered the godfather of slasher films, it has a suspenseful, creepy,and terrifying tone that keeps you on edge at all times.

POLTERGEIST (1982) The film centers on the Freeling family, a typical middle class family that begin to experience paranormal activity. The poltergeist has a good balance of comic relief and actual horror, of course now that we live in a different decade some of the jokes are unintentional but none the less The poltergeist doesn’t disappoint.

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Callson Manor exceeds horror expecations Jump scares intensify haunt experience BY CLAIRE OERTLY

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Callson Manor, the annual haunted house held at the Placer County Fairgrounds, recently opened and it continues to be as, if not more, scary as in the past. The majority of the haunts remained the same, but they also added a new attraction called Chamber. Despite the fact a lot of the haunts had the same themes as in the past, the amount of scare put out by the workers has only gotten better. Although the workers aren’t allowed to touch attendees, some get really close and come out at unexpected moments. They yell a lot of intimidating slurs and walk directly in front and behind a group, typically identifying the most frightened person and focus on them. Even though a lot of the people working there attend Roseville High School, they remained in character, even when their names were called. They also have the advantage of knowing more names, so they could yell them at one to create a more personalized type of scare. Prices are relatively high, $29 for general admission being the lowest rate. An "All Scream Pass" can be purchased for $60 and it allows the bearer to go into all the houses as many times as pleased and provides a behind the scenes tour at 10 p.m. VIP passes are available for $39 and a special line is provided

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Most actors and actresses at Callson Manor wear some form of special effects makeup for greater viscerality. Certain haunts followed a time period-based theme, which gave an even more chilling feel to the attraction (top right). Callson crafts a comprehensive experience with its variety of different shows, haunts and effects. for VIP members. The food there was really good too, although it was relatively expensive. The deep fried Oreos were heavenly, and they also had a variety of other foods such as pretzels, kettle corn, corn dogs, fries and different beverages were all sold as well. They also had a smoking Cola-type beverage in multiple flavors, like they had in the past. While the lines were long, they had entertainment going while people were waiting. They performed a fire show and had

people dressed up in costume walking around the premise, mostly in the walkways and to the back where the majority of the houses are. Guys in costumes would slide out from the depths of the center walkway, and everyone can agree that scary people on the floor are even scarier than those standing up– I don’t know why, they just are. Men and women with noise making objects would get approach people and make loud noises close up and personal, catching many people off guard.

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Wrap N’ Roll sushirittos strike satisfying balance BY MARC CHAPPELLE

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Some could argue that sushi rolling is an art. I wouldn’t go as far as to say that the offerings of Wrap N Roll (or any form of sushi I’ve had) in Midtown Sacramento qualify as a carefully crafted art piece, but that doesn’t mean that their sushi burritos aren’t satisfying in taste, texture, or value. Sushi burritos have been on the cuisine scene for a good amount of time now – they’re pretty well known, probably most among the youth. To clear the air, yes, novel as these glorified, handheld sushi rolls seem to be, Wrap N’ Roll’s aren’t the original deal. The credit for the first sushiritto shop goes to the aptly named Sushiritto, operating in four locations in San Francisco and one in Palo Alto. Wrap N’ Roll operates out of Elk Grove and Midtown, in comparison. In my handful of experiences with Wrap N’ Roll, I paid no mind to this blatant idea theft – sushirittos are sushirittos. And so far, they seem to be created roughly equal across the two small California chains. Most recently, I ordered the “spicy” Sashimi burrito. The chili pepper designated its level of spice was wholly misleading. I know I didn’t get a sushi roll made haphazardly in

on to enjoy the rest of the burrito’s flavor palate, a refreshing mix of cold, crisp radish sprouts and sunomono and filling sashimi chunks. I’ve had too many experiences with sushi joints taking cost cutting measures when it comes to their sashimi portions – stocking and serving raw fish on the daily isn’t an easy feat. I’m happy to say that that isn’t the case here. The sashimi was as fresh as any I’ve had and was plentiful enough to make the burrito live up to its name. This mix of crisp, cold veggies and filling seafood is one consistent across near all of Wrap N’ Roll’s sushirittos. Paired with the (stolen) novelty of an oversized sushi roll, it’s rare that I leave the place disappointed. I said before that I’ve yet to have a sushi dish that I’d consider fine art. That holds true, but I should point out that what is an art and takes experience to Sashimi Burrito master is the technique of eating these monster ($10.95) rolls. Despite the reasonbutcher paper that helps shield ing behind that. my grubby hands from delicate What I can’t understand is seaweed or flake wrappings, I why Wrap N’ Roll would not can’t seem to get to the end the make true on its promise of burrito with its bottom falling all spiciness. In a ploy to keep faith out of whack. alive, I’m going to assume this By the end of it all, it beis commodification rather than comes a mess, but not one that I inattention to detail. can’t enjoy – it’s all part of the Once I got over the fact that novel experience. the spicy chili lied to me, I went the heat of dinner rush hour, as I was the only customer in the shop. If my tongue is pointing me in the right direction, the amount and strength of the wasabi mayo, habanero sauce and jalapenos left me underwhelmed. My hope is that in recent times, they’ve toned down the spice to make things more accessible, because I can understand the

In the past they have done this, but in the past they were more intimidating to me. Chamber, the newest haunt, involves a prisoner on death row who gets electrocuted, then comes out of his cell and appears in front of you as lights flicker on and off. Not to mention everyone is sitting in a wooden chair that shakes every couple of seconds, which were a neat idea that helped make the scene even scarier. Cirque Du Fantasy was another favorite of mine, even though

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One of Callson’s shows incorportates skilled individuals doing impressive tricks with fire. Visitors are not limited to solely haunts and traditional scares. clowns are absolutely horrifying. They provide 3D glasses and the walls are painted with bright neon paint that glows in the dark. Clowns emerge from the shadows and strobe lights come on at one point, which makes it difficult to see clearly. In my personal opinion, “Tavern” was the scariest haunt. Walking in, the bartender hands out a candle in order to light the

darkness. The walls are similar to a wooden fence, and the path is crooked. Suddenly, a hairy, two-legged creature resembling a warthog or wildebeest jumps out and starts running towards the group, and stalks them through the difficult path. Those moments in which I was in the Tavern were some of the most terrifying moments of my life.

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Girls golf finishes league undefeated BY JAKE LITTLEJOHN

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The varsity girls golf team has finished its league season with a record of 14 - 0 putting them at the top of the Capital Valley Conference standings. Last year, the team finished second place in league with a record of 11 - 3. This is the first time that the girls golf team has received a league banner in Roseville High School’s history. Junior Kayla Kwong, the league MVP, led the team to victory this year with an average of 38.1 strokes per nine hole round. Kwong shot the lowest score in all of the team’s matches this year. The team consists of juniors Kayla Kwong, Delaney Grimes, Sydney Ferre, Lillian Louie, Sam Lucero and sophomore Carly Nicholson. These girls averaged 240 strokes per nine holes as a team. The team’s strong season has put them into the playoffs and Corey Fukuman, the team’s coach, believes that the team has a legitimate chance to do well in the postseason. “I think if the girls keep playing well, like they are doing now, then they will have a chance to

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Sophomore varsity golfer Carly Nicholson hits her drive on the second hole of Sierra View Country Club, the team’s home course. The team plays in the CIF - SJS today at 9:00 in hopes of winning the Sac - Joaquin Section banner. move on,” Fukuman said. Throughout the duration of the season, the Lady Tigers had some close matches. The girls narrowly edged Ponderosa 242 - 247 on Oct. 15 and Whitney 230 - 240 on Sept. 17. According to Fukuman, the

girls are showing continuous improvement and are shooting lower scores every time they play, which is part of the reason why they have so much success. “The girls have improved a lot from last year,” Fukuman said. “I think they will continue to get bet-

ter and better.” Ever since the start of the season, Kwong has believed that the team could place first and win the league banner. “We didn’t lose many seniors last year and I knew we would grow this year,” Kwong said.

She had high expectations for the team this season but also challenged herself as an individual to continuously get better. She said that at the beginning of the season her focus was to better herself as much as she possibly could. “There is a lot of competition in the CVC,” Kwong said. “My goal was just to shoot the lowest scores possible.” Kwong sees future improvement in the team as well. She said that because there are no seniors on the team this year, the girls that are on the team now will be able to play again next year and will perform even better than they did this year. Grimes believes that the girls on the team connect really well and said that this has been a great factor in their success. “Our team excelled this year because of the chemistry we were able to build so early on in the season,” Grimes said. “We all feed off of each other and have kept the positivity flowing through the season.” The Tigers play Teal Bend Golf Course in the CIF-SJS playoff tournament today with hopes of winning the Sac-Joaquin Section banner.

CIF recognizes cheer as sport BY TOMMY MORIN

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Senior varsity tennis player Madison Palubicki hits a ball back to her Oakmont opponents in the team’s 5-4 loss against the Vikings.

Varsity girls tennis finishes season 4-10

BY NATALIE TRAN

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The varsity girls tennis team wrapped up its season with a 5 - 4 loss against Oakmont and ended with a Capital Valley Conference league record of 4 - 10, meaning that the team will not advance to playoffs. Senior varsity player Madison Palubicki feels that the team struggled this year, but said that she really enjoyed her last high school tennis season. “This season could’ve been better, but I wouldn’t want to play with any other team,” Palubicki

said. “Overall I had a great time with these girls and I will definitely miss playing tennis with all of them.” The team’s four wins came from their two wins over Antelope and wins against Oakmont andDel Campo. The team lost many of its experienced players from last year but still fought to match up with their opponents. “Losing our top four singles girls last year really hurt us because now we have other girls trying to compete at that level and it was challenging at times,” Palubicki said.

Earlier this month, the state legislature unanimously passed Assembly Bill 949 which approved the classification of competitive cheerleading as a California Interscholastic Federation sport. Signed on October 7, this bill will take effect during the 2017 - 18 school year. Under this legislation, the CIF is required to create guidelines and rules that participating teams will be required to follow. Due to the early stages of this law, the majority of these guidelines are currently unknown. Before this law, cheer was considered a club rather than a sport. Because of this new designation, cheerleading teams have been able to practice and compete year-round. Because competitive cheerleading (now known as “stunt cheer”) is now classified as a CIF sport, teams’ abilities to practice and compete will be limited to a single season. Part of these restrictions will affect practice hours for the cheerleaders, limiting the time that teams will be able to practice during the season. At the moment, a lot of these regulations are still in the beginning phases of development and have not yet been made official. Stunt cheer consists of two

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The cheerleading team performs at halftime of the varsity football game against the Bella Vista Broncos. The team does not currently plan to introduce a stunt team to compete in stunt cheer in the 2017 - 18 school year. teams competing head-to-head at the same time. This is different from the type cheerleading that the current Roseville High School competition team is used to, where teams compete at separate times with different routines and music and attempt to receive higher scores from a group of judges. According to RHS cheerleading coach Gretchen Littlejohn, because the law is so new, the RHS cheerleading coaches do not have plans to create a stunt team to compete in the CVC. According to Littlejohn, many of the athletes on the current team

would be interested in participating in stunt cheer. Some of the cheerleaders have participated in summer camps that involve stunt cheer so some members of the team have experience in the sport already Littlejohn believes that having a stunt team at RHS would help to further improve the cheer program at the school but decisions regarding RHS’ participation in the sport still need to be discussed. “The short answer, yes. I’d love to see a stunt team,” Littlejohn said. “The long answer, it’s going to take a lot of discussion to make sure we do it the right way.”

Performances of the Week OCT 12 – 18 JV polo team goes 5 - 0, places first in tournament BY KADEN SCHMITTNER

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The Performance of the Week for the week of Oct. 12 - Oct. 18 was the junior varsity boys water polo team’s 5 - 0 first place finish in the James Bourne tournament at Oakmont High School The team placed first out of five other teams in the tournament and, according to sophomore JV player Josh Keaton, played very

well throughout the entirety of the tournament. The Tigers’ performances included beating Casa Roble 13 - 2 and Antelope 11 - 2 and defeating Oakmont 4 - 2 in a tight win. Sophomore Peter Edmondson and Keaton were both key players for the Tigers in the tournament. Edmondson had 34 saves, adding to his season total of 100 saves. “We played very well and we put in all of our effort to get that gold plaque,” Edmondson said. Keaton believes that although the team performed well, he personally could have played better as he suffered from fatigue in the later games of the tournament. “I think I did good, but I could

have done better,” Keaton said. “I was tired the whole weekend.” He said that he did not expect to win the tournament because last year the team came in second place and believes that the coaches did very well to lead the team to a victory this year.

OCT 19 – 25 Varsity volleyball beats Whitney 3 - 0 BY MARINA EFSTATHIU

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The Performance of the Week for the week of Oct. 19 - Oct. 25

was the varsity girls volleyball team’s 3 - 0 shutout against the Whitney Wildcats on October 22. This win was a very important one for the Tigers, as it keeps the team’s playoff hopes alive. All three of the sets were close, with scores of 26 - 24, 25 - 20 and 25 - 21. The Tigers lost 3 - 2 to the Wildcats earlier this season but did not allow them to win any sets this time around. “Coming out and beating them in three straight sets was a big deal for the girls,” varsity girls volleyball coach Cindy Simon said. According to senior libero Ryan Blackwood, the team brought a

lot more energy to the court than the last time they played Whitney. Junior middle Isabelle Bautista agrees with Blackwood and also feels that this energy allowed them to play as more of a unified team. “We played as a team rather than as individuals which really helped us minimize point deficits,” Bautista said. “There was just more energy and effort brought to [the Whitney] game than previous games.” The team plays the Ponderosa Bruins and the Oakmont Vikings in its final two games and must defeat both in order to have a solid chance at making it into the postseason.

Classifying physical activities as “sports” not necessary BY GEORGE HUGHES

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Competitive cheerleading has officially been recognized as a sport by the California Interscholastic Federation. This inevitably brings up the pointless, neverending argument of whether cheerleading should be considered a sport or not. Other questions commonly brought up in the midst of these discussions include: “What defines a sport?” and “If cheerleading is a sport, then which other physical activities should be considered sports as well?” Well I have a question for everybody: Why does it matter? Sport or not, cheerleading is still going to consist of athletes working extremely hard to perform and compete to the best of their abilities. This is no different than with any other physical activity. In many people’s’ eyes, American football is considered the greatest sport in existence. It’s a little too stop-and-go for it to be my favorite sport to watch on television, but it’s still entertaining. If I said that football is not a sport, the majority of people would disagree. People who actually play football would probably feel offended because they would feel as if I had hurt their sense of pride or status as football players by not classifying football as a sport. However, football players are some of the most dedicated and hardworking people that I know, and calling it a ‘physical activity’ rather than a ‘sport’ would not change a thing about how they play the game or how much effort they put into it. If you’re not getting my point, let me entertain you with this analogy: I have an apple. Now, I’d say that roughly 100% of people would consider this apple a fruit. Here’s the crazy part; if I were to say that I think that the apple is a vegetable, it still does not change the fact that I have an apple. If you couldn’t almost taste the sarcasm in my last sentence, then you probably didn’t get the analogy. Google defines a sport as ‘an activity involving physical exertion and skill in which an individual or team competes against another or others for entertainment.’ By this definition, competitive cheerleading (as well as many other physical activities) is and always has been a sport. People should not need the CIF’s certification to know that cheerleaders work just as hard as other athletes who play different sports. It’s almost like playing a “sport” entitles a person to some sort of higher status over others who participate physical activities that aren’t considered sports. I find this ridiculous because all the word ‘sports’ is is a label to categorize something. Whether an activity fits into this category or not does not matter because it does not affect the way the activity is performed or acted out.

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october 26, 2015

Coaching legend returns to RHS BY HUNTER RHODE

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This season, varsity basketball coach Greg Granucci brought back former Roseville High School varsity basketball coach Pablo Gonzalez to take a position as an assistant coach for the freshman boys basketball team. Gonzalez has been an influential part of not only Roseville High School but the communities surrounding it. “I was born in Roseville, lived here basically all my life, except for when I went to college in Oregon,” Gonzalez said. “I went to Roseville, graduated from Roseville, my wife did, my three kids all went to Roseville.” After working with some of the freshman basketball players last summer, Gonzalez was offered the opportunity to come back to RHS and assist coaching the freshman team. Gonzalez took the chance and is currently working with the boys to condition for the upcoming basketball season this winter. Although Gonzalez will be assisting the freshman team this season, he will also be available to help players of any level and give his input to further benefit the program. Granucci believes that Gonzalez’s experience with coaching basketball will be great for the program. Gonzalez has achieved many things in his coaching career. As

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Freshman boys basketball assistant coach Pablo Gonzalez (left) helps out with the basketball teams’ conditioning session last Thursday. Gonzalez was previously a varsity basketball coach at Roseville High School and coached multiple teams to league and section championships. well as winning nine league championships as an RHS basketball coach from 1979 - 94, Gonzalez was also the coach of the Bolivian

mens and womens national teams in the South American Championships in 1976-77. Gonzalez also led four of his

basketball teams to the Sac-Joaquin Section Champion game. He also coached current RHS health and safety teacher Hank

DeMello’s varsity basketball team to a section championship in 1980. DeMello remembers Gonza-

lez’s coaching skills and believes that he will be a valuable asset to the freshman team this year. “Pablo has so much basketball knowledge,” DeMello said. “The beauty about Pablo is that he’s willing to change and learn.” Many of Gonzalez’s former players took what they had learned from him and went on to become coaches at other schools. According to DeMello, Gonzalez took a more energetic and fun approach with his athletes while coaching and had a coaching style that clearly stuck in his former players’ minds. “The one thing I remember is [that] we had fun at practice,” DeMello said, “but we worked, because he made it fun.” Granucci is excited to have Gonzalez back in the basketball program and to have his presence around school and on the court again. “It’s good for the community in general to see one of their own back in the gym or back in the school and helping out the kids,” Granucci said. Granucci believes that having Gonzalez brings lots of culture and spirit back to RHS. “He means a lot to the whole program,” Granucci said. “I mean I think he’s a Roseville Tiger through and through. He bleeds orange and black. Ever since I’ve been here, I’ve always wanted him to come back at some point.”

CIF introduces new rules to combat concussions pus nurse, said that once the players have taken the test she works According to assistant prinwith teachers and other faculty cipal Jason Wilson, 14 Roseville to make sure the school takes the High School students have been correct actions. diagnosed with concussions this “We are not allowed to dischool year. agnose concussions on campus The California Interscholastic because it’s a medical condition,” Federation has set in place new Edgerton said. “Once the student rules this year to help reduce the is diagnosed, we can put some number of concussion related things into play, like athletically injuries resulting from sports in you are pulled from play immehigh schools throughout Califordiately, and academically we try nia. and reduce the amount of homeOne of the new rules that has work given and also no tests been introduced this year inwhile the student is still feeling volves all student athletes taking symptoms.” a mandatory baseline concussion Varsity football head coach test before their season of sport Larry Cunha has had to deal with begins. Then, in any case of a concussions first hand this year concussion, an athon the football field. lete would be able He said that he and to retake the test to his staff take concusget a rough estimate sions very seriously. of how severely they “Once the player were affected. shows symptoms, Before this year, we take the player  Full-contact football practices can be the baseline concusout of participasion test was optiontion immediately,” held only twice a week al and was only takCunha said. en by RHS athletes Cunha says that  Full contact football practices cannot if their coaches had once a player has exceed 90 minutes per day them do so. been taken out of the Varsity football game or practice ses Players returning from a concussion wide receiver Josh sion and is examined Clark received a by a member of footdiagnosis must wait seven days before concussion after ball coaching staff catching the ball and they are treated to participating in any sport being tackled durthe severity of their  All coaches muct receive training to ing the team’s game symptoms. against Del Campo “If the player is deal with concussions earlier this year. showing signs of He said that the a mild concussion,  A concussion and head injury inforrecovery process is then we will just a long one, but does have them sit out, mational sheet must be signed yearly ensure that athletes and if it’s a more by an athlete’s parent or guardian will be healthy when severe concussion, they are finally althen we will get the lowed to begin parplayer to a doctor ticipating again. that day or that after“Once you are symptom free, lighting you up on those two noon,” Cunha said. “If the person the new California State Law days,” Munoz said. is unconscious then we will call requires you to be healthy for a Dayle Edgerton, RHS’ on-cam911 immediately.” BY JAMIE BATEMAN

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week and then take the [concussion] test,” Clark said. “After that you have a recovery period where you have light jogging.” Another new CIF law introduced this year limits the amount of contact practice time that football players have to two days per week. The law’s goal is to reduce the risk of concussions and other injuries during practices by reducing the amount of time the players have to hit each other. Varsity cornerback junior CJ Munoz believes that the new football contact rules help despite having recently suffered a concussion himself. “Yeah, the new rules definitely help, if your teammates aren’t

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Freshman Alyssa Griffin goes up for a hit against the Whitney Wildcats in the team’s game last Thursday. The Tigers won the game in two sets, improving their league record to 11-1 with their only loss coming from the Ponderosa Bruins.

Freshman volleyball looks to clinch co-championship with Ponderosa

BY MARINA EFSTATHIU

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The freshman girls volleyball team has been a dominant team in the Capital Valley Conference this season with a current record of 11-1. The team will have a chance to earn a co-championship title in the CVC shared with Ponderosa. To do this, the girls must win their last two games against Ponderosa and Oakmont. The girls were undefeated in league up until they went up against Ponderosa earlier this season and lost 2-1. Under new coach Ken Fernandez, the team’s performance has experienced a huge shift from last year. According to Fernandez, his serious mentality combines with the girls’ positive attitudes and creates a good balanced atmosphere that the team thrives on. “We’re intense, we have high

expectations [and] not just because of record’s sake,” Fernandez said. “It’s not about wins and losses, it’s about playing to your highest potential and I think all the coaches here strive for that and I just think I brought that to the program where it already exists.” Girls varsity volleyball coach Cindy Simon said that she likes the way that Fernandez has molded the team and thinks that the team is playing very well. “I think Coach Fernandez has done a great job of getting them up to the expectations of the program and where I want them to be as far as having challenging practices and being disciplined,” Simon said. Freshman captains Madison Janney and Erin Butler believe that team unity is an important factor contributing to the girls’ success.

“We all get along really well on and off the court,” Butler said. Janney and Butler also believe that being able to balance joking around and being serious during practice and the matches has benefitted the team. According to Janney, the girls on the team also have a good mixture of personalities, skills and energy. According to Janey, getting pumped up for the matches is also key to their success on the court in the team’s games. She sees fellow teammate middle Hailey Sardia as someone who never gets down on the team and always manages to keep the team spirit up. “Basically we are always loud and never quiet on the bench,” Sardia said. “If we mess up, we don’t get down at [our teammates] we just yell to pump them back up.”