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District leaders continue PR fight Diamond Creek asks about transfer options

BY MIKAYLA STEARNS

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Despite efforts to dispel negative perceptions about Roseville High School, the Roseville Joint Union High School District remains engaged in a public relations battle with many of the residents in the Diamond Creek neighborhood located north of Blue Oaks.

This conflict once again came to light nearly two weeks ago when the Blue Oaks Neighborhood Association – which represents residents in the northwest corner of

RHS’ attendance boundary who live closer to Woodcreek High School than RHS – hosted a meeting at Diamond Creek Elementary.

The meeting, which took place on Oct. 16, provided a forum for RJUHSD leadership to explain the rationale behind current boundaries and future plans.

At the meeting, several parents expressed their feelings about RHS and their lack of autonomy in choosing schools. Comments about RHS ranged from supportive to derisive. The meeting also featured discussion about the plans to build the district’s sixth comprehensive high school.

Funding that was supposed to go towards the establishment of this new high school, was instead directed to the maintenance and improvement of Roseville High School. The Great Recession led to the slowing of the building process, and eventually to the reallocation of funds.

However, the combination of additional funding and lack of apparent improvement left Mandy Murphy, who currently has children at Diamond Creek and Cooley Middle School, unsatisfied.

“I heard that there was going to be some more money being put into Roseville, trying to make it up to [other schools’] level, aesthetically,” Murphy said. “I just wanted  STIGMA | Page 2

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RJUHSD administrators, including superintendent Ron Severson (above), met with members of the Blue Oaks Neighborhood Association Thursday, Oct. 16, to discuss concerns residents expressed about the quality of RHS’ academic program.

RJUHSD puts Bunch on leave RHS admin declines to comment on investigation

BY ROBBIE SHORT

r.short@eyeofthetigernews.com

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Since the 2009 WASC visit, RHS administration has worked to introduce, expand or revamp new and existing programs designed to support struggling learners or otherwise facilitate student success. These include AVID, Integrated Math, English Language Development and Tiger Tutoring (clockwise from top left).

A look back During the 2008-09 school year, representatives from the Western Association of Schools and Colleges visited RHS as part of the organization’s regular accreditation process. They asked RHS staff to compile a list of goals for the school’s following six years. Now that those six years are up, Eye of the Tiger decided to take a look at which goals RHS met – and which it didn’t.

BY ISABEL FAJARDO & MADIE WHALEN news@eyeofthetigernews.com

Every six years, Roseville High School – as well as every accredited school in a large “western” region that includes California, Hawaii and Guam – must complete a re-accreditation process through the Western Association of Schools and Colleges.

The organization evaluates schools to ensure they meet “an acceptable level of quality, in accordance with established, research-based WASC criteria.”

Each time WASC visits a school, that school’s staff is responsible for creating a set of goals they will work toward accomplishing before the next visit.

RHS’ last WASC visit took place during the 200809 school year. Now that the school is up for re-accreditation in 2014-15, its administration – and Eye of the Tiger – are reviewing RHS’ old goals to see how it did over the past six years.

Close the achievement gap One of the Critical Academic Needs that Roseville High School identified was closing the achievement gap between those students who excel academically and those who struggle.

One way the school attempted to close this gap was by targeting RHS’ English Language Learners (EL), many of whom struggle to keep up with their nativespeaking peers.

To this end, RHS hired Gracie Fernandez in 2012 to work with EL students as the school’s first intervention counselor. Nancy Muñoz took over the position after Fernandez moved into regular counseling later that year.

Both Fernandez and Muñoz met individually with RHS’ EL students to help them assimilate into the body of the school. They both also speak Spanish – Spanishlanguage proficiency is required for the intervention counseling position – and were able to communicate

with students and families who were unable to discuss issues in English.

RHS administration also sought to expand the Summer Bridge Program to include more support for struggling learners. RHS counseling staff started the program in 2007 to ease the middle-school-to-highschool transition for “at-risk” students and hoped to add a more math-intensive component to help students who struggle in that area. Due to budgetary restraints, RHS was unable to meet this goal.

Counseling staff did recently begin conducting home visits to increase communication between the school and parents, and RHS administration hired Viviana Nevarez, a second learning support specialist, at the start of the 2014-15 school year.

RHS administration also looked to improve the curriculum of the school’s English Language Development (ELD) courses. Over the last six years, the  WASC | Page 4

Roseville High School athletic director and social science teacher Jamie Bunch is now on administrative leave pending a district investigation.

RHS principal David Byrd announced Bunch’s leave during an emergency staff meeting Thursday, Oct. 16. He was unable to comment on the details of Bunch’s situBunch ation, citing Roseville Joint Union High School District policy.

“I think everyone should just respect the fact that it’s a confidential matter – that it’s a personnel issue,” Byrd said. “I think everybody should leave it that way.”

Assistant athletic director Larry Cunha and substitute teacher Avery Beebe are currently filling in for Bunch in his respective positions.

Bunch began his stint as athletic director during the 2011-12 school year. He started teaching at RHS in the fall of 2004.

ACT sees gains in popularity

BY NEILSON POWLESS & ARTURO SOTOMAYOR news@eyeofthetigernews.com

Since 2009, the number of Roseville High School students taking the ACT has tripled.

In 2009-10, only 45 RHS students took the ACT. In 2013-14, the number rose to 148.

While the number of RHS students taking the SAT has also risen (from 176 in 2009-10 to 268 in 2013-14), the percent of students taking the ACT has increased at a much higher rate.

This trend also appears nationally, as the number of students taking the test increased by almost 300,000. A possible explanation for this trend could stem from the fact that since 2007, all four-year college now accept ACT scores. Prior to that time, a handful of colleges, including Wake Forrest and Harvey Mudd, did not recognize ACT scores.

According to RHS counselor Jason Bradley, on average, students who take the ACT score higher on their tests than students who  ACT | Page 2

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october 29, 2014

Berry St. slasher remains unidentified

by NETZY ORTEGA

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Roseville High School students still have no answer as to who was responsible for slashing the tires of four cars in the Berry Street parking lot. According to RHS youth service officer Carlos Cortes, no new crimes have taken place.

“It stopped, so hopefully now the person who has been doing it doesn’t continue or doesn’t attempt to do it again,” Cortes said.

Last Thursday, however, junior class officers noticed that a tire on the trailer that housed their homecoming float also had a slashed tire. However, because the float had not moved since the night of the Homecoming game, they are not sure when the slashing occurred.

The first incident of the Berry St. slashing took place on Oct. 3, affecting senior Catherine Barber and junior Morgan Gori. The second incident was on Oct. 9, as juniors Jacqueline Gill and Vivica McRae found two tires on both of their cars slashed.

According to assistant principal Jon Coleman, steps are being

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Though youth service officer Carlos Cortes said that no new crimes had taken place, a tire on the juniors’ Homecoming float was recently slashed. taken to ensure these incidents do not happen again. However, Coleman believes disclosing all the steps administration is taking would not help the ongoing investigation, as the person responsible would find out.

“We are actively taking steps to identify the perpetrator,” said Coleman.

Cortes adds that they have in-

creased security in that area and alerted most of the staff at RHS to be on the lookout.

However, Gori is not confident the steps being taken are sufficient and is unsatisfied with the lack of apparent progress.

“I do think they need to be doing more considering its people’s money,” said Gori. “There needs to be something done.”

ACT: Greater knowledge cause of growth

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take the SAT. Average SAT scores at Roseville High School were 1495 out of 2400, while the average ACT scores for RHS were 22.3 out of 36.

Although the majority of RHS students still take the SAT over the ACT, the rising number of ACT test-takers could be due to different factors.

According to assistant principal Jason Wilson, the increase of students taking the ACT at RHS in recent years could be attributed to the fact that the RHS is a test center for the ACT and not the SAT. “Because we host the ACT, it might contribute to more students taking the ACT,” Wilson said.

Bradley also noticed a trend, and views the growth as a good thing.

“I think the ACT is gaining more ground and is becoming

more familiar to students,” Bradley said. “The more popularity it gains, to me, is symbolic of more students knowing about the test and therefore taking it and possibly scoring better on that test than they do on the SAT. That puts them at a better advantage in terms of getting into a college of their choice.”

However, RHS administration encourages students to take both the SAT and the ACT so they can see which test they will do better on.

“I think more students find that the ACT is more practical and assesses you on your current knowledge, the SAT assesses you on what you should be able to do, or your potential,” Bradley said. “[For the ACT], less of your total score is based on the math portion, they don’t stress vocab, more grammar. They also have a science section, which is less fact-based and more intuitive.”

Another difference between the SAT and the ACT is that there is no penalty for guessing on the ACT since it is only graded on the amount of questions right – the SAT penalizes uneducated guessing by docking a quarter of a point. The SAT is scored out of 2,400 points, while the ACT is only scored out of 36. Both of these tests have three sections.

In addition, the SAT is a three hour and forty five minute test, whereas the ACT is two hours and fifty five minutes long – both times not including the occasional, five-minute break.

These testing times could possibly raise some issues among some students who have a short attentions span, or have a hard time maintaining focus.

“It got annoying towards the end of the SAT, because it was just a long time to be sitting down and taking [a] test,” senior Sai Suresh said.

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For RHS’ annual Pink Out game, the dance team welcomed new additions onto the field. During halftime, kids who participated in Dance’s fall dance camp, which took place over the past several weeks, performed on the field with the high school dancers. They ranged from kindergarteners to eighth-graders.

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to hear what they were doing to maybe keep Roseville at the same level as the other schools.”

She also feels that the school is not well maintained.

“Because, I think [cleanliness] a problem,” Murphy said. “It’s just frustrating when you see the other schools are so nice and new and clean. I think that Roseville just looks a little bit more older and run down.”

Roseville High School principal David Byrd, however, disagrees with negative statements about RHS’ appearance.

“We don’t have any more or any less gum on the ground than any other school,” Byrd said.

“Our facility is old… but beautiful.”

Despite perceptions that RHS is an outdated school, according to assistant superintendent Gary Stevens, RHS continually improves its facilities and software.

“RHS has a number of new or near new student facilities including the dance area, performing arts theater, training room, two two-story buildings, 700 science wing,” Stevens said. “[RHS] has state-of-art technology Wi-Fi infrastructure, and close to a 2:1 ratio of student/classroom mobile devices.”

Parents at the BONA meeting were also concerned about RHS’ level of academic rigor and college preparation.

“I just want the assurance that my kid is going to go to Roseville and has the same chance to get into a great college, versus, going to Granite Bay High School,”

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Though parents brought up concerns at the Blue Oaks Neighborhood Association meeting (above), RHS principal David Byrd wants to focus on improving RHS, rather than worrying about its reputation.

Murphy said during the meeting.

“I just want to make sure that when those college applications are coming in, that [the colleges] put Roseville High School at the same level… That’s what worries me as a parent.”

Though RJUHSD is under Program Improvement as a whole, RHS and Antelope High School are both designated as PI schools.

Despite that, according to Byrd, RHS places higher than 80 percent of schools in the area when it comes to getting students ready for college. RHS students of 2013 achieved an API (Academic Performance Index) score of 792, and the 70 percent of the

Class of 2014 completed the A-G recommended course of study.

“Results speak for themselves,” RJUHSD superintendent Ron Severson said. “Roseville has an outstanding academic and extracurricular program.”

RJUHSD executive director of business services Joseph Landon agrees with Severson, believing RHS to be level with the other schools in the district.

“Roseville High is an AVID demonstration school, has great Advanced Placement offerings and has done an excellent job at preparing students for college and careers,” Landon said. “I think some parents of upcoming stu-

dents are at first concerned due to the school being around for over 100 years, but many later comment about how great the school is once they experienced everything the school has to offer, including great facilities and programs.”

RHS’ total AP passing rate for the 2012-13 school year was 53 percent, compared to an 80 percent passing rate at GBHS. Woodcreek High School also placed higher than Roseville, with a passing rate of 75 percent.

However, both Oakmont High School and AHS placed lower than RHS, with AP passing rates of 47 percent and 52 percent, re-

spectively.

“Teachers and administrators are highly educated, caring and motivated to provide an excellent educational opportunity to all students,” Stevens said. “The curriculum and instructional programs [at RHS] are on par with other high schools in the district and the general area.”

To address concerns from the parents, Landon advises focusing on RHS’ successes and involving the community to help improve RHS’ reputation.

“As the same is with all of our high schools, we try to celebrate their successes and highlight the things that make them great,” Landon said. “I would encourage parents to meet the administration and some of the teachers and hear about the programs and classes that Roseville High School has to offer.”

Despite these impressions, Byrd hopes to develop RHS in any way he can, rather than focus on its reputation.

“I choose to focus on the positive and find ways to make improvements,” Byrd said. “[Like] great teaching and learning, positive attitudes, hard work to make RHS a great place to go to school, strong extracurricular programs, and valuing each other and building relationships.”

Byrd agrees that the community should involve themselves in continuing to develop RHS. “Can we get better? Absolutely,” Byrd said. “But people in the community should want to be a part of building something great, not just showing up and expecting something great to happen.”

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RHS upgrades Windows computers, considers software

by MIKAYLA STEARNS

m.stearns@eyeofthetigernews.com

Roseville High School’s plans to update technology include upgrading teacher computers, replacing student computers and an eventual transition to the latest Windows software.

To that end, RHS has been able to replace 16 staff computers.

“One of the priorities for this year’s budget was to replace older staff computers,” RHS’ tech coordinator Mike Purvines said. “I wouldn’t say it’s been going well.

I would have liked to have it done before the school year started, but there were some problems with purchasing and stuff of that sort.”

These problems include the fact that the of the staff computers 19 are eight-years old, 20 are nine-years old, and nine computers are 10-years old.

Still, the integration of new computers may be tripled by the end of the year, according to Purvines.

In addition, student computers at RHS could also receive an upgrade in the near future.

Touchscreen computers have been an exclusive feature for 16 staff members who received new computers, but are now being contemplated as an option for students.

RHS’ student-driven technology class, Tiger Tech, is one of the first classrooms to be considered for touchscreens.

“An option was brought up that teacher computers are not really that much more expensive than

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Though some staff members though past replacement of staff computers slow, RHS’ tech department is making teacher computer upgrades a priority this year. 16 faculty computers, including biology Dallen Ross’ (above), have been replaced. student computers, so it might be worth looking into that we get touchscreens,” Tiger Tech advisor Bradlee Crockett said.

The new touchscreen additions will correspond with RHS’ future shift to the most recent Windows software.

“We specked out touchscreens for the new ones, knowing that at some point [RHS] will upgrade to Windows 8,” Purvines said.

“Windows 8 makes a lot of sense

for the touchscreens, and there are other applications that make a lot of sense for touchscreens.”

According to Roseville Joint Union High School District’s director of technology, Tony Ham, RJUHSD is also working on the transition to Windows 8, though this may be a more difficult change to make considering the steeper learning curve.

In addition, upgrading student machines could be stalled until a

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better understanding of Windows 8 is reached.

“We kind of wanted to hold off on the students’ [computers] until we had a better grasp on Windows 8,” Ham said. “But now with Windows 10 right around the corner, I wouldn’t doubt having that nice upgrade when that comes out, sure.”

For now, Purvines is more concerned with making sure that the current computers at RHS are

by haley guardino

On Oct. 21, Roseville High School hosted RJUHSD’s annual Military Academy Night for the first time. Held in the Patty Baker Theater, the event included presentations from representatives of various military organizations, who answered questions from RHS students and parents. Representatives hailed from the West Point Academy, Coast Guard Academy, Air Force Academy, US Naval Academy, Merchant Marine Academy and the office of Congressman Tom McClintock.

“It is clear that technology is a priority at RJUHSD – if you look at where we were a year ago you can see how fast and hard we’ve moved in educational technology,” RJUHSD coordinator of instruction Marie Criste said.

“We’ve updated staff machines, added a coordinator of instructional technology position, purchased over 3,000 Chromebooks, as well as sites purchasing numerous more devices (tablets, computers, iPads, etc.).”

RJUHSD is replacing the computers to Dell models and completing the transition to Windows 7 at other schools.

“We had to do a quick transition to Windows 7 and that was the easiest transition to go through,” Ham said. “If you knew where the start menu was, it is still in the same spot with Windows 7. So the learning curve is a lot less [compared to Windows 8].”

Ham expects the transition to Windows 7 to finish as Windows 10 is released, resulting in the school possibly skipping ahead of some software updates.

Criste encourages the exploration of technology in educational environments.

“We truly believe that technology accelerates learning – that is, picking the right tool to enhance instruction and incorporate higher level thinking, reading and writing skills,” Criste said. “We are not doing our students a service by not including these skills as they will need them to be successful in college and their careers.”

Sadie’s dance dependent on finish of football season

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functioning adequately.

“We have a significant population of computers that are older than seven-years old and we have some that are 10-years old on staff desks, and that’s not really useful,” Purvines said. “It’s frustrating staff.”

Because of technical issues, biology teacher Dallen Ross used his personal laptop as an alternative to the computer provided by the school.

“It was about six or seven weeks I think,” Ross said, referring to the usage of his own device. “I got a replacement two weeks ago or something. I had a computer in here before that, but it just didn’t work very well. It was just really slow and really old and couldn’t load much.”

However, RHS’ tech department included Ross in their next deployment of computers.

“They surprised me, like an early Christmas,” Ross said. “I think the week that I got this there were ten other teachers that got them.”

Purvines hopes for the continued integration of updated technology in schools.

“At this point we are ordering [computers] in batches of ten, and when they get deployed we order another ten and we just kind of keep going,” Purvines said.

In addition, various schools in the RJUHSD will soon update their software as well, in an attempt to integrate current machines into the educational environment.

Roseville High School may be holding a Sadie Hawkins dance this year.

If the varsity football team does not advance to the Sac Joaquin playoffs this season, RHS Student Government class will be able to fit the girls-ask-guys dance into the 2014-15 school year.

ASB president Emma Slack would like see a dance, but still hopes for the best for the football team.

“It’s a little early to start planning it, because we have to see if the football team makes it to playoffs,” Slack said. “Even though the dance would be fun, we really hope that we make it to playoffs.”

In order for the football team to continue to playoffs, the Tigers will have to win both of their re-

maining games against Ponderosa and Oakmont. Varsity football coach Larry Cunha has earnestly prepped for the next two games.

“We’ve won our last two (now three after Friday’s victory versus Whitney) games, so I hope that trend can continue,” Cunha said.

RHS’ trend of no Sadie Hawkins dances started in 2010.

In the past, the band program was in charge of organizing and hosting the dance, rather than the Student Government class.

According to band teacher Mark Toffelmier, the program could no longer sponsor the Sadie Hawkins dance due to rising costs. Depending on what kind of decorations the dance featured, the price could range from anywhere from $500 to $1,000.

“We simply couldn’t afford it,” Toffelmier said. “We also didn’t want to raise the price to $15 a

ticket for a casual dance. [The band program] didn’t want [the dance]. It would be financially silly for us to [continue to host it.]”

However, Toffelmier believes that it’s good that Student Government decided to pick up the dance.

“I don’t think it’s a bad thing that Student Governement is doing most of the dances,” Toffelmier said.

In the past, the dance was always held in the cafeteria where students dressed in casual attire, and the proceeds supported the band program.

Alumna Shelby Campbell was a fan of these dances during her tenure at RHS. “A lot of people went to the dance my freshman and sophomore years, but after that, no one really went anymore,” Campbell said.

Two newcomers challenge incumbents in school board election

by MADISON TELLES

m.telles@eyeofthetigernews.com

November has become synonymous with elections, but the congressional race isn’t the only thing on the local ballot – there are two open positions on the Roseville Joint Union High School District Board of Trustees.

Retired registered nurse Maria Henry and California Highway Patrol chief technology officer Jay Song are challenging incumbents Scott Huber and Linda Park for their seats.

The RJUHSD Board of Trustees functions as a body to make decisions about school programs with the community’s interest in mind to ensure that RJUHSD students get the best education on the dollar whole. The Board of Trustees actions and school wide performance is held accountable by the public. It is comprised of five total members, including a president, vice president and clerk.

“The [RJUHSD Board of Trustees] is responsible for all major functions of the schools,” teacher

union representative Jessica Fork said. “People should care.”

Eye of the Tiger conducted interviews with the candidates by phone and email to gather a sense of each candidate’s background and information regarding their motives going forward. Background information was gathered through their respective websites.

Scott Huber A parent to four children, Huber has served as a troop leader to the Boy Scouts and as an auxiliary faculty member at University of the Pacific.

Huber has been a resident within the District since 1999, with previous service on the Roseville City School District.

Huber was first immersed in the RCSD Board of Trustees when he was appointed to the District Finance Committee and Continuous Improvement Leadership Team (CILT) in 2004, reviewing data and research to identify strategies and opportunities for continuous and measurable improvement of student achievement in a stan-

dards-based instructional plan.

He was officially elected to the RJUHSD Board of Trustees in 2007.

Strong education in the areas of reading, writing, math, science, music, theater and art, while bolstering strong athletic and vocational programs is Huber’s main concerns.

“We must continue to improve educational opportunities,” Huber said. “We are in the process of adapting our curriculum to incorporate technology that has never been seen before.”

Linda Park A resident in the district for 17 years, Park hopes to return to the RJUHSD Board of Trustees for a second term after her first term taking the role of vice president of the Board.

As a small business owner, Park seeks to deliver high quality education and improve

technology while broadening the educational choices that face students both during and after high school.

“I am dedicated to the best education [RJUHSD] can make available to every student,” Park said. “[RJUHSD has an] opportunity to help each student to prepare for all that he or she can become.

Experience means the district’s needs are better served.”

Jay Song With 10 years of residence in the RJUHSD school system and a son currently at Granite Bay High School, Song sees the need to add diversity to the district and develop leadership roles with its students. Song wants to develop a schooling community that not only abides by Common Core Standards, but exceeds them by creating an environment that stimulates creativity, innovation, col-

laboration and teamwork – Song sees that all of these attributes are part of real life situations once out of high school.

“Students [need] to be able to lead and take responsibilities,” Song said.

Song has been chief technology officer with the California Highway Patrol since 2013, working directly with over 10,000 police officers and other government agencies. He plans to implement more technology within the schools to further the public education system with “elearning” opportunities.

“We need students who can solve math and scientific problems, but more importantly to have leadership skills and social responsibility to meet complex challenges,” Song said.

Maria Henry After living in Roseville for 34 years, graduating from Oak-

mont High School, and becoming a registered nurse and, Henry believes that her experience in the district as a student and as a mother of three qualifies her for the position of RJUHSD board member.

“As Common Core begins its implementation, I will make sure all teachers are properly trained and that improvements are continually made by the District,” Henry said. “There needs to be a balance between academics and arts.”

As the California Department of Education begins to move towards a Local Control Funding Formula to ensure that allocations are going to areas that need it most, Henry hopes to empower the struggling schools in the district.

“We should be doing what’s right for the kids, improving in the areas where it’s needed most,” Henry said.

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department lacked set targets and essential learnings needed to standardize assessment of student progress. The department set essential learnings and benchmarks just this year.

“Some people would say, ‘Oh, you were in ELD 1 last year, so we’re going to put you in ELD 2 this year and next year you’ll be ELD 3,’ but that doesn’t really make sense because some students progress much more quickly than others,” ELD teacher Curt Hobbs said. “That’s why we needed essential learnings. That is why we needed to create these benchmarks.”

Since 2009, the Roseville Joint Union High School District has also instituted sweeping changes affecting how students progress through the district’s ELD programs. Last year, RJUHSD eliminated Specially Designed Academic Instruction in English (SDAIE) courses across the district and began placing ELD students into mainstream core classes. Additionally, district schools now only offer three levels of ELD curriculum. In the past, there were as many as five. RHS’ ELD department has made the use of effective SDAIE and AVID strategies a focus in the ELD courses that remain.

Another goal outlined in the 2009 WASC report was further including EL students by connecting them to their already-Englishproficient peers. EL students now receive tutoring through duringand-after-school support program Student Teaching Students, in which students work to help them develop strategies that will aid them in their high school careers.

Hobbs also said RHS’ ELD teachers wanted to develop different activities and events to encourage EL students to see “beyond their label.” These included visiting colleges, enrolling in AVID and setting long-term goals.

“The whole idea is: Don’t look at yourself as just an ELD student, but look at yourself as an empty vessel, as a student,” Hobbs said.

“If you want to be something in life, you can, and language is not going to stop you.”

Overall progress for ELD is ongoing and monitored weekly by an intervention response team.

Attempts to close the achievement gap, however, do not focus exclusively on EL students.

In 2009, RHS teachers and administration also saw a need to increase rigor and student engagement in classrooms. One way they sought to accomplish this was by implementing Writing, Inquiry, Collaboration, Organization and Reading (WICOR) strategies into classrooms.

RHS staff is still working to fully integrate these strategies, which include quick writes, reflections, skilled questioning techniques, group activities, focused notetaking and vocabulary-building.

Faculty leaders usually model different strategies at staff meetings, and RHS administration has extended the option of attending an AVID Summer Institute to take a three-day course in WICOR integration to all teachers.

“I know that when I implement a strategy … I see students engaged, excited, talking about the content, working together to make meaning out of something,” AVID coordinator Anna Marie Clark said. “They enjoy learning and recapture a sense of wonder when they do the discovering, rather than having me lecture it to them.”

RHS administration also wanted to challenge students by encouraging them to take AP and honors courses. The school sought to help prepare students for those classes when they introduced the four-tied Freshman Courses of Study program at the beginning of the 2013-14 year.

Freshmen now have the option of taking a ‘Pre-AP’ CP English

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9/Geography and World Cultures block, the curriculum of which RHS staff designed with the intent of preparing students for future rigorous coursework.

RHS also provides a variety of intervention programs, including Positive Power, Critical Reading and Writing, AVID, Access Math and Tiger Tutoring, all of which provide academic support in a variety of areas, to aid students who require additional help In 2011, RHS also experimented with another intervention program, PAWS. Teachers agreed to sacrifice nine minutes from each period to create an extra 30-minute period four days a week, during which students could attend intervention or enrichment activities based on their needs. However, PAWS was later discontinued because administration struggled to find consistency in its provision of enrichment activities for students not needing the extra help, according to RHS administrators.

This year, RHS administration introduced Respectful, On Task, Aware and Responsible (ROAR), a Positive Behavioral Intervention and Support (PBIS) program designed to encourage respectful student behavior through a reward system. RHS administrators hope the program’s recognition of positive behavior will encourage more students.

Improving student performance in English and math Another need RHS highlighted was that of enhancing students’ proficiency in English and math.

In 2009, the RHS WASC panel determined that the school needed to provide additional professional development for math teachers that focuses on the instructional strategies and specific math skills necessary to move all students from Pre-Algebra to Algebra 2.

The department’s transition to Common Core – completed in conjunction with the school and district’s transition led to the creation of Integrated Math, a course that intertwines concepts from Algebra, Geometry and Algebra 2 into one curriculum. The Integrated Math curriculum consists of three separate courses, which will be rolled out over the next two school years and will replace those three existing courses. RHS began offering Integrated Math 1 at the beginning of this school

year.

The school also now offers Access Math, a class meant to bring student not quite ready for Integrated Math 1 up to speed.

RJUHSD also introduced a districtwide math coach at the beginning of this year. Carole Pryor works with math teachers at all sites, including RHS, to transition the district’s math departments to Common Core standards. District math teachers also now work together in Professional Learning Teams (PLTs) to share strategies they use to adapt to the new standards.

According to RHS math department coordinator Michelle Walton, the PLTs provide a pacing guide for district math classes and a set of shared tests and quizzes.

According the WASC report, CST (California Standards Tests) scores have dropped since 2010, but have remained relatively stagnant in the last three years – the report notes that this could be due to a decrease focused on the CST, as the focus shifted to the Common Core. The CAHSEE passing rate saw a similar trend, which could be a result of the math department reformatting their intervention model in 2012. In addition, the math department began focusing on the transition to Common Core.

Despite math and English both being subjects that RHS admin wanted to focus on, more progress was made on the former.

A goal for the English was to “explore various ‘articulated’ writing programs that support writing instruction school wide,” however, the English department decided to emphasize collegereadiness skills.

Despite this, most of RHS’ English teachers were trained in the Expository Reading and Writing Course.

Increasing the percentage of our graduating seniors prepared for productive post-secondary options The last critical academic need that RHS staff wanted to meet was raising the number of graduates who were prepared for colleges or careers.

According to the WASC packet, RHS wanted to establish a comprehensive college-readiness testing plan, which include the

PSAT, SAT and ACT tests. To help students prepare for these tests, RHS established various programs such as individualized counseling, Career Center workshops and guest speakers. In the 2013-14 school year, a SAT preparation class was also added – this year an additional class was incorporated to accommodate the

increase of students.

“Over the years our A-G [completion] rates have increased, so we have more students who are qualified to go to a four year college,” RHS counselor Robyn Pasco said. “With that, naturally, you’re going to have students who are taking the SAT and ACT to leave that option open.”

Additionally, RHS administration and staff made it a goal for every student to take at least one AP class before they graduates in order to prepare students for the rigor outside of high school.

In order to do this, RHS wanted to create an AP and Honors Showcase to clarify the options and benefits, while also encouraging these students to take the course. Though a specific showcase wasn’t created, High School on the Hill Night and Back to School Night both act as informative meetings for incoming and current students and their parents.

In 2010, there were 659 students enrolled into 14 AP classes.

In 2013, the numbers increased to 1,009 students enrolled into 15 AP classes.

However, for the first time last year, RHS did not meet the graduation rate criteria. This graduation rate is a calculated score, combining RHS’ growth target percentages for specific subgroups of students. That year, RHS admin set the goal of having 81.43 percent of their EL population graduate. In 2013, only 78.16 percent graduated.

As the WASC packet notes, RHS implemented a “number of policies in response” to this.

One such policy requires the intervention counselor to conduct grade checks for at-risk students.

In addition, the intervention counselor also meets with the students who haven’t passed the CAHSEE or aren’t meeting the credit requirements in order to graduate.

“We’ve come quite a long way in UC A-G requirements, the number of kids graduated is a lot higher than it was in 2009, we have a lot more kids taking AP classes, we have more kids taking the SAT,” English teacher and WASC coordinator Paige Powell said. “But, we still have work to do. We’re on a cycle of continuous improvement and that’s what WASC is really supposed to bring out.”

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Senior starts ‘Humans of RHS’ Instagram

by MARIAN ABDELMALEK

m.abdelmalek@eyeofthetigernews.com

With a phone in her hand, a camera strapped around her neck and motivation to hear someone’s story, senior Sophia Diaz has started to get to know the humans of Roseville High School.

Diaz made an independent decision that she wanted to hear and share the stories of the people at RHS -- leading her to create the Instagram account, rhshumans. Diaz was inspired by Humans of New York, a collection of street portraits and interviews collected by photographer Brandon Stanton.

“I follow the humans of New York page on Instagram and I’ve actually known about them for the last couple years, but I just thought it was really interesting,” Diaz said. “I thought if I could bring that to Roseville that I would kind of break down the barriers between different groups and people would understand each other more.”

Much like Humans of New York, Diaz is going up to students at RHS, interviewing them, snapping their picture and sharing it on social media, hoping that a page such as this will allow people to tell their stories and have others listen to their stories.

“Everybody will kind of hear different stories from different

‘It’s important not to forget that your story matters.’

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Senior Sophia Diaz recently began a ‘Humans of New York’-style Instagram account to spotlight random RHS students with pictures and quotes on the profile. groups and it will put you in somebody else’s shoes, and I think that kind of feeling is very powerful,” Diaz said.

Junior Jack Syftestad, was one of the first students to be approached for the account.

“I think she picks a variety of people and it shows that she has courage to just go up to random people,”Syftestad said. “She has no idea who they are, and just talk[s] to them and interview[s] them.”

Diaz usually approaches a random person that she sees sitting alone, not engaged in conversation. She believes that it’s important that those who enjoy keeping to themselves and are more introverted are not forgotten about.

“I think that the kids that kind of keep to themselves would surprise you because they all have interesting stories and not everybody takes the time to get to know them,” Diaz said.

Diaz says she likes knowing people’s stories as she finds that it’s easier to like someone when she understands them. She asks her interviewees personal questions or ones that pertain to RHS. Senior Rayna Bolden also had the opportunity to share her story when Diaz interviewed her.

“I think it’s actually really cool that [she’s] going around, finding people to ask questions,” Holden said. “Seeing the diversity of the school, I thought that was pretty

cool. I think that [the account] could be helpful to get people out of their little bubbles and see the different people at our school.”

Until recently, Diaz has remained anonymous on the rhshumans account. Diaz feels pride in the account that she has created and that others will now know she created it.

One of the few who knew about Diaz’s project was friend, senior Kylie Catilus.

“I think it’s really cool that Pia

is doing Humans of RHS because it gives everyone an opportunity to get to know students that they normally wouldn’t interact with,” Catilus said. “I‘ve always wanted someone to do this for the school because I’ve seen Humans of New York so I’m really glad it’s Pia and I’m really glad I got to find out about it.”

Diaz hopes to consistently interview people at RHS and go beyond students and interview administration and teachers as well.

“I think it’s definitely important that I don’t just do the students,” Diaz said. “I included the teachers and the staff because it is ‘RHS Humans,’ it’s everybody involved with Roseville High School. I have questions catered towards the staff, the teachers. It’s definitely not just limited to the students of RHS.” Diaz wants to make the people at RHS feel that their story is being heard, and that it matters.

“I want RHS Humans to make people feel like they are included in the Tiger family even though they’re not in athletics, clubs or programs inside of RHS,” Diaz said. “I feel like it’s easy to put things ahead of yourself and it’s important not to forget that your story matters. I want the people that I interview to feel acknowledged and I want them to know that their story matters to people.”

FASHION COLUMN

Junior Danel Camacho embraces girly side ‘with a bit of edge’ for fall season

by michelle im

m.im@eyeofthetigernews.com

ROBBIE SHORT EYE OF THE TIGER

RHS students and staff observed last Thursday’s partial solar eclipse outside of CJ Addington’s classroom using special glasses the RHS science teacher provided.

Students, staff look to skies during special solar eclipse viewing party

BY SEIéNNA PAPINI

s.papini@eyeofthetigernews.com

Roseville High School science teacher CJ Addington dusted off his supply of eclipse glasses for a special viewing party during last Thursday’s partial solar eclipse.

Solar eclipses can only take place during the phase of a new moon, when the moon passes directly between the sun and Earth and its shadows fall upon Earth›s surface. They occur rarely – Addington said he has only had the opportunity to experience one three or four times in his life.

Upon learning about last Thursday’s solar eclipse, during which approximately 40 percent of the sun was covered, Addington decided to hold the informal viewing party to let RHS students and staff, as well as anyone else interested experience the phenomenon.

“It’s a natural thing,” Addington said. “I’m a science

teacher and I watch this stuff, and when I see something cool like an eclipse happening, I just want to let people know. Since I have a whole set of these solar eclipse glasses, I just invited everyone to come on over.”

Addington held his viewing party outside of his classroom, Room 901, and provided all who attended with special solar eclipse glasses. Solar eclipses can only be viewed directly if spectators use filters specifically designed for this purpose. These special solar eclipse glasses usually have a thin layer of aluminum, chromium or silver deposited on their surfaces that attenuates ultraviolet, visible and infrared energy, so someone can look straight at the sun without burning their retinas.

Addington believes that it is important for students to experience these kinds of phenomenon while they can and whenever they get the chance.

“They are very rare and you don’t see them very often,” Addington said. “Most kids have never seen them and probably won’t get to for a few years.

I think it also shows you that there’s a lot of cool stuff happening in the world and in our solar system that people don’t even realize.”

A considerable number of students attended the viewing party, as well as a few teachers and administrators. The students in attendance agreed that the viewing party was a unique experience and were grateful for the opportunity.

“It was a really cool experience to see the solar eclipse,” sophomore Marissa Cruz said.

“It’s not something you see every day. It was very kind of Mr. Addington to offer this opportunity to all of us.”

Addington hopes to hold more viewing parties in the future if astronomical conditions allow.

How would you describe your outfit today?

Uh, oh my gosh. I would describe it as like girly-slashgrungy-ish [and] in season. Now, black and white stripes are really in, and it adds a pop of color when you wrap around a flannel.

And then since it’s still shifting between summer and fall – though, around here, it’s still kind of warm – I think a dress is nice, buts it’s still a little chilly in the morning. That’s why I’ve thrown on some knee-high socks and boots, and that’s why I’m not wearing a jacket and just wearing a cardigan around [myself].

What do you do to transition your outfits from summer weather to fall?

When it gets chillier, I like to wear things more wider, something that I can still wear all day without getting too hot. Like, open-knit cardigans are cool, and light-weight thermals. Nothing too heavy.

How would you describe your overall style?

Definitely more on the girly side with a bit of edge, but I like all types of style. I take inspiration from different kinds of trends.

What are your inspirations? Do you go on Tumblr or fashion blogs?

On Instagram mostly, and I don’t really have a ton of users that I specifically know by heart celebrity-wise. I guess my inspirations are Vanessa Hudgens.

Mostly Vanessa Hudgens is all I can think of right now.

Do you post your outfits like ‘outfit of the day’ on Instagram?

No, I don’t actually. I’ve thought about it, but I don’t know if people really want to see that.

Maybe I will.

What do you think is a good amount to spend on clothes?

What’s your personal fashion budget?

I personally don’t like spending a ton of ton. I try to find things

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Camacho wears a dress from Brandy Melville, a flannel from PacSun, kneehigh socks from Forever 21 and a pair of Doc Martens from Journeys. She describes her style as “girly-slash-grungy-ish.” and go shopping when there are sales. I almost never try to buy anything that is regular-priced besides, like, Brandy. Brandy doesn’t really ever have a sale, but I like shopping at Forever 21 – more reasonable – but yeah.

Is there a particular store you want to recommend to fellow students?

Definitely PacSun. PacSun is my go-to store. They always have or they actually do sell Brandy there. Some people don’t know that yet, and I’m also really fond of the Kendall & Kylie collection there. It’s more on the pricier side, but if you have the opportunity to splurge, I would refer it because it’s one of my favorites.

Is there anything else you would like to add? Maybe your favorite accessories?

I’m more into makeup than ac-

cessories. I don’t know.

Any particular makeup trend or fashion trend you’re liking or looking forward to (doing)?

A makeup trend. Definitely, as you can see, I love the whole winged-eyeliner look. And then I don’t know. Not bold [eye]brows but defined brows. I really like that look, and I feel like if you just have liner, mascara and eyebrows, you are good to go. Like it’s a lot simpler. Less is more.

Is there a particular technique you use to coordinate your makeup and your outfit? Like would you go for a bold lip with a neutral outfit or a bold lip with a bold outfit?

I would definitely be balanced.

Like if I have a bold lip, [my outfit] would be more neutral. I wouldn’t overpower it by wearing a bold outfit and bold look.

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Living History Project unites past and present Juniors interview veterans about experiences

by CATHERINE BARBER

c.barber@eyeofthetigernews.com

Roseville High School juniors recently had the opportunity to meet the soldiers from the wars they’re learning about.

The Living History Project was created in an effort to get students to write for a real audience, use strategies to generate open-ended questions and enable veterans and youth to learn from one another.

On Oct. 21, an event was held in the RHS library during which Deborah Sidler’s AP Language and Composition students got the chance to talk face to face with war veterans.

One of the eight participating veterans, John C. Smith, worked with Sidler to help bring the event to life by encouraging other veterans from his rotary club to come and share their stories with students. Smith believes that documenting the lives of those who have lived through war is important as it will allow their experiences live on through history.

“I heard one of the guys come in saying that he wished he had the opportunity to interview his grandfather,” Smith said. “A lot of veterans from World War II and [the] Korea[n war] are dying off and a lot of [their stories] haven’t been written about.”

The project’s main objective is for students to use speaking, writing and listening skills to draft a successful interview from which they can then learn from.

Aside from the interview, students are also required to work in groups to create a 10-page transcript describing their understanding of their veteran’s life.

“We appreciate the veterans’ service and want to honor them,” Sidler said. “Our main goal was for students to see a piece of living history in action and learn things that they wouldn’t necessarily find in a textbook.”

Junior Imán Richmond enjoyed getting to know her group’s veteran, Jim Gray, and believes that their group won’t have a problem finding things to write about in their report.

“It was a really interesting experience,” Richmond said.

“He told us about how he was our former mayor and I learned a lot about the military and how it works.”

Students in the AP Lang and AP US History block will also complete the project in the spring, as will students in the stand-alone Lang classes that term.

APUSH teacher Jessica Fork is excited about the new project.

“I think it sounds awesome and is a great way to capture people’s stories before they are no longer able to share,” Fork said. “I would hope that students learn firsthand accounts of events and can relate to what they’ve learned about the topic.”

Sidler hopes that, in the future, every junior will get the chance to interview veterans as a part of the Living History Project.

“The most important part of the process is the connections students will make with these valued members of our Roseville

community,” Sidler said.

Smith and other veterans are planning to return to RHS in November for a free luncheon to see the finished product of the student’s reports and enjoy a meal prepared by Tiger Café students.

“It is interesting that the class would be interested enough in the historical perspective of those of us who have been in the military and we have done in our lives,” Smith said. “I’ve enjoyed it, it has been fun.”

SHEILA SHARMA EYE OF THE TIGER

On Tuesday, Oct. 21, students in Deborah Sidler’s AP Language and Composition class spent a class period interviewing veterans as part of a project they’re completing to document their lives.

Senior loves to jump, ride Bree Rexroat in 11th year of equine competition

by DELPHINE KYUBWA

d.kyubwa@eyeofthetigernews.com

Senior Bree Rexroat saddles up for her competitions.

Rexroat’s horse-riding hobby stems from a childhood marked by a passion to ride. On her fifth birthday, Rexroat’s mother scheduled a lesson for her at The Oaks barn in Los Angeles to appease this aspiration. It was her first of many to come.

“Since I was little, I’ve always really wanted to ride,” Rexroat said.

Rexroat is a competitive jumper who’s been riding for 11 years now. According to Rexroat, many people think that riding horses and jumping horses are interchangeable terms. However, she notes, learning to ride is the first step and is gradually incorporated into jumping.

“People think that I race when that’s not the case, riding is the basics for jumping,” Rexroat said. “You use what you learn from riding in competitive jumping.”

Age 12 is typically when riders are at the correct level to show.

At eight years old, Rexroat was inspired to compete while at a show barn. She wasn’t at the right level at the time, but being surrounded by people who held the same ambitions inspired her to make the decision to show.

“I was at a show barn where everyone there showed and stuff so that made me want to do it, everyone around me was [competing],” Rexroat said.

In the competing process there are three different jumping categories: jumping, hunters and equitation.

“Jumpers is all about speed, nothing else matters, hunters is based on the horse and equitation is based on the rider,” Rexroat said. “I do all three but mainly do equitations, so it’s based on me and my position.”

Within these categories are subcategories split by age and skill level. Level is based on how high the jumps are and the age groups are split into three categories: 12 and under, 12-18, and 18 and older and professionals.

“I’m a junior, which means I’m under 18 and compete in the 3-6 level (3’6”),” Rexroat said.

There are some competitions that allow all the categories to compete against one another.

These competitions have led to Rexroat competing against professionals and even her trainer.

“It’s hard,” Rexroat said. “You don’t really win very often, but it’s cool because I’m usually the youngest person in it.”

Rexroat has competed at local shows against barns from the Sacramento area such as

Loomis, Auburn, Sacramento, and Roseville. She’s also competed in Los Angeles at the state level. Competitions vary between the local, state and national level.

Rexroat competes with the horse she was gifted at age 13, Princess. She has recently received another female horse, Ferrah, approximately a year ago – they both stay at the barn Cavallo. Trust between a horse and its rider is an crucial factor in competitions.

“Like any other animal, horses can sense when you’re having a bad day or when you’re not confident in yourself,” Rexroat said. “If you’re confident in yourself then the horse will be confident as well, but if you’re unsure about the height of a jump or about the course you’re going to do, they will sense it and it’ll affect them.”

Trust is important because a connection takes time to develop.

It takes about a year for the foundation of a solid bond and connection to be effective in competitions.

She rides both her horses five days a week and jumps them three days a week, spending an hour practicing with each of her horses.

“It’s really important,” Rexroat said. “If the horse doesn’t like you then you’re not gonna stay on [the horse]. You’ll come off,”

COURTESY BREE REXROAT

Rexroat and her horse, Princess, perform in the Menlo Charity Show. Rexroat said both she and Princess, whom she’s had since she was 13, love the thrill competition brings.

Rexroat said.

Because Rexroat has grown up with her friends at the barn, her favorite part about riding is the atmosphere.

“I love being competitive with everyone and seeing how they’ve grown because they’ve grown up with me,” Rexroat said. “I just love horse people, they’re super nice.”

Megan Wood, a chilhood friend of Rexroat, feels like they have grown closer since they began riding horses together.

“We’ve become so close because of riding cause we go through so much together,” Me-

gan Wood said. “There’s a lot of ups and down[s] in riding and it’s nice to have a best friend to share them with and go through with. I love riding with her because it’s great to always have someone to talk to and have someone to compete with.”

She’s gained friendships as well as life lessons through her horse riding hobby.

Rexroat has learned responsibility through the time she’s committed in order work well with them.

“It’s sort of made me a perfectionist because everything [about riding/jumping horses] has to be

perfect, otherwise you won’t get a good score,” Rexroat said. “It’s also taught me responsibility because there’s so much time that goes into it.”

Show season is between January and October, which results in one to two competitions per month. Rexroat loves to jump and makes it a first priority in her busy schedule.

Rexroat plans to take a break from her sport during college to focus on her education but strives to continue her hobby.

“I love it,” Rexroat said. “In the future, I’d love to have horses and have my children ride, too.”

Andrew Davis likes riding the dirt Embraces BMXing after Christmas gift

by ANUYA KAMATH

a.kamath@eyeofthetigernews.com

SHEILA SHARMA EYE OF THE TIGER

Since receiving a BMX bike last year, sophomore Andrew Davis has practiced riding it regularly on dirt courses around the area. He hopes to soon achieve his goal of winning eight competitions.

Sophomore Andrew Davis hits the tracks after hitting the books.

Davis began Bicycle Motocross riding after receiving a BMX bike from his parents last Christmas.

“It was on Christmas,” Davis said. “My parents got a bike, and I thought ‘Oh cool, might as well learn how to ride it.’”

Davis has self-taught himself everything he knows. He quickly found success in the sport, and now practices regularly at the tracks.

“There are multiple tracks, but they’re all pretty much the same,” Davis said. “The one I practice at is [near] Woodcreek.”

Since last December, Davis

has participated in and won three local competitions. His competitors are from the Sacramento area, but there are none that he currently knows in Roseville.

Davis has also spread his passion for riding and gotten a friend, freshman Chris Langlet, involved in BMX riding.

Langlet grew increasingly interested in Davis’s riding, and decided to join him two weeks after Davis started.

While Langlet himself does not compete, he does join Davis on occasion to practice after school.

“He likes to ride, he enjoys it a lot and does the best he can,” Langlet said.

Davis is a novice right now, but he is focused on plans to work his way to the top. He

believes that he has come a long way since the start of his BMX career and plans to keep progressing forward with the same momentum.

“In order to advance forward, you need to win eight [competitions],” Davis said. “So far, [I’ve] won all three.”

His parents share the same level of enthusiasm with him and fully support him in his endeavors.

“I think it’s cool,” Davis mother, Liz Davis, said. “I like to see [him] push [himself] to do better and go faster. I’ve seen a difference in [his] happiness and I like that too.”

Davis’s dad, Sean Davis, is also extremely proud of his son.

“I’m proud of [him] for doing it,” Sean Davis said. “It’s hard work, it gets [him] in good shape, helps [him] learn to compete.

Plus it gives [him] good skill.”

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Illegal online behavior threatens safety, future R

ecently, the Parents’ Club sponsored a presentation in the Patti Baker Theater titled “Social Networking, Cyberbullying, Sexting and Internet Safety.” Now, as appealing as that may sound to a teenager, it was actually rather not ideal to attend said presentation on a Monday night, with a curious mother, after an already long day.

The PowerPoint projection displayed a collage of various social media and Internet sites that are mainly associated with teens.

Upon discussing them, the presenter turned to the audience and, seeing that I was one of maybe three teens in attendance, she asked me which logos I had recognized and how many of them I had on my phone. I tentatively replied, “I actually don’t have any social media.” Cue the gasps and “wows” dispersed from the surrounding parents.

Living in a time where nearly all information, communication and even relationships are established through some means of technology, it is arguably foreign that someone isn’t a member of a social media site. In today’s

BY SOPHIA MOGANNAM

s.mogannam@eyeofthetigernews.com

educational system, even teachers discover ways to incorporate engaging mediums into student projects, assignments and as a general source. Catching up on information is becoming quick and convenient through social media on the Internet. And up until now, I’ve always felt relatively alienated from the rest of our society because of that.

Each year, the issues we, as teenagers, face are largely due to the corruption that lies within the depths of the Internet. While technology is nothing less than powerful, striving to bring to the human race prestige and an abundance of knowledge, it is also destructive.

Today, our lives are lived through our phones. Our actions

are based upon words that appear on a screen. That’s scary. But what’s terrifying is the stomachchurning thought of being unprotected within the way we choose to represent ourselves. The topics of cyberbullying and sexting are typically pushed aside into the dark black hole that contains all of the other bacteria-infested issues we are reluctant to touch.

But teens need to be aware of the illegality of these concepts.

While participating in these actions may not be done with ill intent or even awareness, there is no defending that once your posts have been posted and your messages have been sent.

So much as to send a photo of yourself without clothing or make even a small comment that constitutes as “online aggression” can potentially put you behind bars if discovered. It is so unfortunately true that what goes online stays online.

And it gets worse. Without your knowledge, your Snapchat can be screenshotted, your Instagram picture can be utilized

by Facebook, your phone can be hacked within the blink of an eye.

SOPHIA MOGANNAM EYE OF THE TIGER

Parents are being taught how to search for signs that their students are hiding information or misusing their social media. This goes as far as to inform them about geotagging, which can provide parents – or anyone for that matter – detailed information on how

we, their children, operate our cell phones.

However, my point is not to discourage the use of something that brings so much hope to today’s future. I simply propose to anyone who is online, a member of social media, a cell phone

owner to educate yourselves on the safety (or lack thereof) of your posts, text messages, pictures, videos, information, etc. Our choices carry into our futures, and with so much at stake, it is vital to never feel too safe within your password.

Tasteless Twitter humor inappropriate, not worth RT’s

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I

n 2012, I decided I would make myself a Twitter. I thoroughly reveled in and took delight in knowing what my 500 closest friends had eaten for breakfast, lunch and dinner, as well as who their #WCW and #MCM was for the current week, and still do. However, it seems that Twitter has undergone quite a transition, allowing for a gradual revolution of the culture and nature of humor Twitter represents.

As an avid audience member of NBC’s “Last Comic Standing,” I have noted that the most successful comedians are often those who are aware of the limits of comedy (what you can say comfortably and appropriately), but instead of limiting themselves and their sets in accordance, they make jokes

BY SEIÉNNA PAPINI

s.papini@eyeofthetigernews.com

slightly exterior to them. They are praised by both the show’s judges and the audience for their ability and audacity to “willingly say the things everyone is thinking, but no one says.”

Similar to “Last Comic Standing,” I have also noted that Twitter users and their tweets that push and perhaps even break these very same boundaries of comedy are

often more popular than those that don’t.

The trouble lies within maintaining a certain level of taste and compassion, while still convincing people that you are funny, which is, of course, the point of Twitter.

It would be remarkably strange if anyone, let alone any social networking site subscriber, had not, at least, had a loose comprehension of the Ray Rice aggravated assault scandal by now. On Sept.

8, a graphic video of the NFL Ravens’ running back viciously assaulting his then-fiancé, now wife, unconscious in an elevator, as well as dragging her unconscious body out of the elevator he had just beaten her in. Ray Rice was suspended indefinitely from

the NFL as a result.

Perhaps more inexcusable than this heinous act of aggression and violence against Rice’s own wife is the responses to the event I have witnessed on Twitter.

A couple days ago, I was scrolling down my Twitter timeline and I came across a tweet that read, “THIS DUDE’S HALLOWEEN COSTUME, LMAO,” coupled with a few laughing emojis. Attached was a photo of a man clothed in a Ray Rice jersey, grasping the ankle of a life-size female doll and dragging it, while it lay face down on the ground, made to imitate the unconscious body of Janay Palmer, after being beaten by her husband.

When I registered what I had read and seen, I was in disbelief that any human being would have the capacity to find an ounce of humor in the fact that a man had beaten his wife unconscious, and even further, deemed it appropriate to make a Halloween costume out of the incident. I found it even more disheartening that thousands upon thousands of people on Twitter and around the world agreed that abuse is a laughing matter and that the man who decided to make a mockery of abuse, as well as Janay Palmer herself, deserves to be applauded for his Halloween party costume.

This tweet is not an instance of making a joke about an incident “too soon.” This tweet is not an instance of dark humor, but instead of distasteful, uninspired and repulsive attempt at humor.

As a result of the normalization and validation of this disregard of morality and compassion via thousands of retweets and favorites, there have been several “aftershocks” I feel are equally as indismissable.

More recently, I have seen tweets that glorify abuse and violence, such as one tweet with a Vine link embedded, in which a man repeatedly punches a woman, who seemingly has not assaulted the man prior, until she falls face down on the ground, appearing to be unconscious.

The Twitter user tweeted this Vine link with the caption, “When a girl says she can beat your a**.” It was most likely meant to evoke a few haha’s, favorites and retweets, but the worry is why anyone at all feels that this is an appropriate topic to joke about.

Again, this tweet does not contain “dark humor,” but instead, is an example of a shameless and distasteful attempt at humor and, in turn, has a detrimental impact on our culture, what we view as comical and appropriate to poke fun at.

In my observations, Twitter will mercilessly and unapologetically prey upon any current event that comes about, including those that should be taken seriously.

By now, an extremely scant amount of the population has not heard about the most recent outbreaks of the Ebola virus in countries of West and East Africa, as well as in Britain, France, Germany, Norway and the United States.

As of Oct. 15, it has been reported that there have been 8,993 cases of Ebola in West African countries such as Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone and Nigeria.

Those 8,993 cases have resulted in 4,492 deaths. Outside of those four West African countries, there have been 18 diagnoses, resulting in four deaths.

The Ebola virus possesses a near 51-percent death rate; it mercilessly claims the lives of over half of the human beings it takes control of.

In the past two months or so, I have read the same three or four tweets about Ebola that have been retweeted by thousands of Twitter users. These tweets make jokes about Ebola in the same light-hearted way one would tell a knock-knock joke.

While Ebola takes the lives of 51 percent of the lives it affects, thousands of Twitter users are making light of the harsh fact that thousands of human beings, those of their own kind, are losing their lives to this epidemic and even more human beings are having their loved ones ripped from their lives by the hands of Ebola.

When you are composing your uninspired, unoriginal 140-character tweet about a subject that may be “pushing the limits,” keep in mind who and what you are invalidating or expressing about your character. I hope to see Twitter users value compassion and morality above all else in the future, including retweets and favorites.

We should start using Chromebooks for timed in-class essays

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ell-thought-out essays take much time to write. Organizing thoughts then putting those into proper format are essential to writing a decent essay. Sometimes, if we’re lucky enough, we students don’t have to write essays in a limited time period, but often times that’s not the case.

From experience, whenever I write an essay by hand, I make many errors while I’m rushing to complete a thought. When I look back at what I’ve written, I realize that I have to erase a lot to fix my mistakes, cross out things to reword them ro explain my outlook on the subject better and add information that I forgot to include.

Then, at the end, my once pretty white paper has turned ugly and gray from erase marks,

BY MONIQUE REA

m.rea@eyeofthetigernews.com

sloppy handwriting and a bunch of missed information put in by arrows. Ending my essay, I only have time to turn in my hot mess of a paper. Sometimes I don’t even get the opportunity to finish because I happen to be a slow writer.

I get that writing in-class essays can help improve writing skills for taking quick notes and things like that, but when I’m the

only person that’s going to see those notes I tend write faster anyways because I know that I’m the only person that can comprehend my sloppy rushed work.

Besides, how many job today require handwritten work anymore?

Writing in-class essays on a computer would be a great improvement for many students. At Roseville High School, we have recently improved our facilities technically by increasing the amount of Chromebooks we have and adding a new class to the picture that is Tiger Tech. That being said, why do we not use our improvements more usefully and just type in-class essays with the Chromebooks instead of straining our hands by writing them?

The district is pushing an increase in technology and a move

to livening in a paperless world.

RHS has the buying part down, but we haven’t yet in incorporated the Chromebooks into the school’s curriculum so it’s worth the money we’ve spent.

The use of the Chromebooks shouldn’t just be based on if a class needs to complete a survey.

Instead of leaving Chromebooks to just sit around in their carts, they should be put to use for classroom activities.

Teachers may be against this because they think it is necessary to write them by hand because that’s how it’s always been, but with technological advancements not just in Roseville but in the world, typing is becoming more important and necessary for students to know how to do well.

Most publishing software and

apps, like Google Docs or Word, autocorrect words and fix sentences, and I see how that could pose as a threat to diagnostic essays. Except, we have Tiger Tech, so isn’t that class meant to help build websites to help the teachers and students of Roseville?

I propose Tiger Tech build an app or website that would allow students to type their essays online without autocorrect or things that could affect their grade.

Imagine the time taken to write an essay being chopped in half.

Or not killing a student’s hand.

Of course, it could be an option to type an essay or to write one, but for those who choose to type their writings, their teachers could also benefit.

The students’ work would be so much clearer for teachers with-

out eraser marks or messy handwriting, leaving the essays to be judged more effectively and objectively because now teachers could grade papers more equally, instead of lowering a student’s grade for messy work.

Also, it’s not quite fair that we are timed to see how fast we can put our thoughts into words. If you write slowly then you might have the ideas but you just don’t have the time to put them together. Therefore, our grade doesn’t accurately affect our full potential when we’re given only one way to express our thoughts.

Doing an in-class essay on the computer would be an upgrade for many students and teachers.

If we have the Chromebooks already here as resources, why have we not made that step?

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october 27, 2014

Girls’ Halloween costume choices limiting Property vandalism disrespectful, illegal A s I walked through the costume store recently, I saw the exact same costumes as last year. I wouldn’t have a problem with that if there was at least some variety within the rows of costumes for sale.

I understand that each store needs to sell what people want, but I shouldn’t be finding the exact same costumes at every single Halloween store. Each store has the same boring costumes as every other place and almost every costume inside these stores is exactly the same.

I wait all year to get a day where I can finally dress up as anything I want, but it never seems to come. I am a huge Batman fan, but I can’t find a single costume for girls that doesn’t have either a skintight full body suit or tiny dress.

I really want to know why there has to be about 20 Batman costumes for girls that all have tiny skirts instead of giving girls the option of maybe having one or two include something that is the length of a normal skirt or is meant to be worn with pants.

I’m not the biggest fan of pants myself, but the fact that I can’t choose between different lengths is what makes me mad. Comfort isn’t my only problem with the lack of variety. Often times these costumes completely go against the character I am intending to be. If my friend and I are going to dress up as Mario and Luigi, I have a feeling they weren’t wearing skirts.

There’s also the fact being a female shouldn’t automatically mean I have to wear a skirt. As far as I know, girls aren’t expected to wear skirts each and every day.

That being said, why should so many wear them on Halloween?

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BY NETZY ORTEGA

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A girl who wants to be a male character should dress as that male character and not how society thinks they should. Unfortunately, the costumes for sale make that very hard to do.

I am aware that people have the ability to do whatever they want, but that doesn’t make the whispers stop or the stares disappear. Even if you choose to do what makes you feel comfortable and confident, people are still critical and that’s unfortunately inevitable. Too many people judge others simply be-

cause they do not want to go with the traditional store costumes.

I remember making my own costume one year because I didn’t like anything at the store. Instead of being praised or even left alone, people looked at me as if I was from another planet. Girls and guys alike gave me stares of disapproval everywhere I went. I wasn’t revealing enough for some guys and I wasn’t “cute” enough for some parents to approve of my costume.

It seems like there’s no real way to win with people. I’ve noticed over the years that girls that do buy these costumes also get criticized. Even the girls who stared at me had others judge them. I heard random people talk about how promiscuous they must be after seeing girls in their costumes. No costume seems to satisfy other people and that is why I just want people to start accepting other types of costumes and even the

ones for sale now.

Stores should offer different types of costumes to satisfy everyone. More variety in options and outfit types would allow some girls to buy a costume that they can feel comfortable in if they don’t like what’s available.

The girls who find no problem with the costumes should still wear them. If that’s what makes them comfortable, they have every right to do that.

I just want to have Halloween be a day where people can finally wear something they like and feel comfortable in. With so many stores, people should easily find something that makes them happy.

Not only that, but girls should also be able to wear their costume without being judged. More options and more acceptance of other people’s costumes would make Halloween a lot more fun for everybody.

s unfortunate as it is to believe, school vandalism has seen somewhat of an upward trajectory at Roseville High School in the past few months.

Possibly stemmed from the whole stage fire scandal of last year, RHS has seen numerous acts of vandalisms including tires being slashed, windows being broken and walls being damaged.

Just a few weeks ago, RHS was the victim of the “Berry Street Slasher,” an unknown assailant who slashed multiple car tires in the Berry Street parking lot. Congruently, RHS had numerous windows broken throughout the portable buildings around the same time as the tire slasher.

While administration recognizes spray painting or “tagging” the walls as a clear act of vandalism, even the most innocent form of “tagging,” like the few painted flowers on the walls around campus, is seen as an act of vandalism.

There is no reason to believe that these acts of vandalism were enacted by students at RHS, but whether they were or not, people need to acquire a greater respect for items that aren’t theirs. It is seemingly getting harder and harder for students, and people in general, to have an equal level of respect for things that aren’t theirs and things that are.

The other day I saw a student ask someone to watch their water jug while they went to the bathroom because people had been messing with it and drinking from it without his permission all day. The other boy agreed to

BY ZACK FARR

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watch it for him, but immediately after he left the room to go to the bathroom, other students started taking sips of his water, drawing profane images all over the water jug and even poking holes in the top of it “as a joke.”

The boy came back to a completely destroyed water jug that was virtually useless. Though it was just a water jug that did not mean much to him, he was still visibly aggravated at the lack of respect for his property.

Even if you’re just dealing with a cheap little water jug, the respect you give to that item should parallel what you’d give a laptop or TV because it’s not your respect for the item that is important – it’s for the person.

In the way that you treat someone’s water jug, or laptop, or TV, that’s basically a representation of how much you respect that person as an individual. You’re not going to treat someone else’s property poorly if you still want them to like you and if you have any respect for that person at all.

I’m sure whoever slashed numerous tires around campus, broke school windows, painted on our walls would not want their tires, windows or walls vandalized either.

Flawed GPA system not accurate Ethnicity irrelevant for college apps for showing knowledge, ability A

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y goal in school is not exactly to learn for the sake of learning, but to play the school AP system in my favor so I can get into college. Sometimes I am genuinely interested in becoming more knowledgeable, but all of the sudden, it is second priority to getting an A. College doesn’t look if you learned a lot, they determine whether you received A’s on all of your tests or decided homework wasn’t worth it – colleges only see GPA. Have you ever been in that class where you just miss an A and you realize your classmates who asked you for help receive a solid 97? The system is flawed.

Cheating on tests in your AP class and stressing for a grade will not prepare an AP student for the next level.

A 4.0 and above says either two things: it says that one succeeded in high school or it says that someone played the system well and stayed within their limits. I believe that one should challenge him/herself to learn more and achieve more instead of stay-

BY ADAM ERICKSON

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ing in the educational slow lane.

Migrating outside one’s comfort zone may result in a low grade, which is the Ebola virus equivalent in society today, but it may also result in a good grade and lift your confidence.

There is a difference between getting a B in an AP class and getting an A in a normal class. The A in the normal class is a solid A that can only be viewed as such, but a B in an AP class can either be an A or B in the eyes of college admission officers. The AP student will have easily gotten the grade they wanted in the regular class but decided to challenge him/herself, so why is it worth the hassle? The student risks the lower grade on his/her transcript

and a permanent dark spot on his/ her previously perfect record.

Play the system and take easy AP classes that are more likely to give you an A and don’t challenge yourself in high school because college is definitely not going to challenge you. Impress the college of your dreams with an illdeserved 4.2 GPA then sink when the college gives you a class that high school didn’t prepare you for.

Go the hard way and get a weighted 3.5 GPA, miss out on the college of your dreams and exceed expectations in college because you were ready for it.

We live in the now and focus on GPA, we meet easy expectations that we create for ourselves, we don’t plan to be challenged in the future and when the future comes, it hits us hard.

We need to stop going through school fooling ourselves that we can handle more.

Learn from and experience failure because your opportunities will grow instead of a number that will wrongly remind you that you were a different, better person in high school. You weren’t.

s college applications open and are soon due, I have come across a certain issue that makes me speculate why this section of the application is in existence along with how the colleges decipher this information – this section is the demographic or the “racial background” of the applicant.

Not only is it wrong to base whether an individual is “college ready” by their race, but my main question is how these people tell the difference between an Ohlone Indian and a Tongan Pacific Islander.

Beyond the outlandish races listed, they only have four different options for the “black” and “white” races despite the fact that these “races” cover a vast amount of space on this planet.

For example, the “black” race covers more than Africa, and there could be an almost endless list of separate ancestral breakdowns that these applications neglect to observe.

Not only are there many different racial backgrounds, but “black” is not a race, it is a color.

The technically correct term that they should be using is AfricanAmerican to more acurately de-

BY LOGAN ASH

l.ash@eyeofthetigernews.com

pict a group of people rather than a color.

In the “white” drop-down menu, the application gives you four options: European, Middle Easterner, North African or “Other white.”

As many people know, there is a cosmic amount of different countries that have their own unique qualities, but you are forced to generalize yourself so that a person who is 1/16th Cherokee marks that little box to show their aptitude to thrive in college.

Naturally, I hate to be generalized as “white,” so I chose “other white” and put in Norwegian to portray myself as something other than a word that simply means having a lack of color.

Some applications force you to go through this process of specifying which type of human be-

ing you are, based solely on your family lineage or skin color, but then proceed to ask you to specify further which one race you think you’d most likely identify as.

Honestly, my biggest question is how these drop-down menus decide if someone is ready for college, and that colleges only try to “diversify their campus” rather than get the outright best student for their school.

Even though the United States of America claims that everyone is equal, these college applications beg to differ by asking for the applicant to specify their race as if the acceptance letter is hinged on your descendants rather than what you have accomplished in the last four years of your life.

Even though the colleges claim these facts do not change their decision, we all see right through their little scheme to diversify their campus along with get funding from different grants because one of their students just so happens to be 1/8th Tokelauan.

Many Americans believe that the race barrier has been completely broken, but colleges still use race to decide to accept an applicant or deny them based on their ancestry.

Field-based classes would prepare students for college majors

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n school, we are given a list of classes we are required to take, but how often do you actually absorb what you learn from those classes? You see, I believe that kids should be able to take classes that have to do with jobs they want to pursue.

For example, if you want to be an engineer you should be able to choose math-related courses. If you want to be a doctor then you should take any science-related courses and focus on those. Taking classes you have no interest in is not helping you with anything.

I understand school board officials want you to learn multiple subjects so you are informed, but if you don’t take the class seriously, then why take it? It’s not like you’re very likely to pay attention during a lecture that you’re just

BY CONNOR BLATNICK c.blatnick@eyeofthetigernews.com

hoping will end soon.

If kids are given the chance to take classes for careers they’d want in the future, then they will be more inclined to pay attention and absorb the information. It will be valuable for them in their career and they will actually use it.

In more than half of the classes I have taken in high school, I have never found the information useful in my life.

A lot of this has to do with the fact that I did not care about the class. If I know I am not going to use something in the future, then why would I want to focus on it?

Everybody is going to do the work so they can pass the class, but that’s not as important as doing the work to actually learn the information. Colleges want students that have grown up with an intellectual vitality that makes them simply want to learn, and that’s difficult to help students develop when you’re making them sit through hours of irrelevant talk that certainly doesn’t make them want to research or know more.

Teachers take it to heart when kids do not want to be in their class, but it has nothing to do with them. The dislike for the class simply has to do with the subject.

Learning is tough in general, but to try and learn something you care less about makes it even tougher. People in life want to do stuff they love, so if they love certain classes, then let them take them. Don’t put kids in courses they will not strive in. Schools and teachers say that all they want is for their students to succeed.

Why don’t they help them with that?

I understand that school’s have curricula they need to follow, but I believe that there should be a way to make that more flexible. Or to follow it but with a few tweaks to make the information relevant to the student’s point of interest for a future career.

A way to fix this situation is to have counselors talk to kids and ask what their passion is in life. If

that passion can become a reality, then let them take the classes for it. It is wrong to put kids through courses that will not benefit them in any way.

For instance, if a kid wants to do something that involves history when he is older, then why are you having him try to master Algebra 2? I feel like this is the reason kids fail classes – because they do not care for them.

I understand that for some careers you need to be able to manage a mix of skills, and that can still happen.

For instance, if you want to do something in the math department, teachers can include writing into lessons that pertains to something that a mathematics major would actually use. Not only would you be learning your

subject, but other subjects as well.

You do have to still incorporate some history, due to the way the curriculum is set up, but a mathcentered path could simply bring in some history of mathematical discoveries. How important events in history led to the push for these changes. Anything that students have to learn could easily be targeted at a particular field.

Students would be well-rounded individuals, prepared to jump into the rigor of college and with a more pointed idea about how they want to spend their life and in what career.

I don’t feel that you should have to take a completely different class to learn another skill when most classes can offer the opportunity to learn two skills in one.

october 29, 2014

Entertainment

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HAUNTED HOUSE HUNT

This Halloween, Eye of the Tiger sought out the area’s haunted houses most worth your time, money and emotional distress.

Senior reporter Michelle Im and photographer Robbie Short ventured into the deranged worlds of these imaginative houses and witnessed the expected bloody faces and mutilated bodies, as well as eerie and perilous fire dancing.

They’ve documented their experiences below. Visit eyeofthetigernews.com to see a full gallery.

ROBBIE SHORT EYE OF THE TIGER

Clockwise from top left: Callson Manor, Corbett’s House of Horror, Fright Planet.

CALLSON MANOR Callson makes up for its slight lack in the scare and interactive departments in its side attractions, featuring a rather brilliant fire show and yummy carnival food.

Nonetheless, Panic definitely achieved its goal of terrifying, making it one of the better theme houses at this site. People were jumping out of corners like there’s no tomorrow, nearly trying to kill me, thus inducing real panic.

Yet sadly, it was also one of the shortest experiences.

The end came suddenly, compromising all the tension it had built up in the process.

In fact, I found many of the houses at Callson made this mistake. I didn’t run out screaming, but walked out with my head on straight.

Asylum and Slasher Cafe both shared the same lack of terror or thrilling moments.

To mix things up, Cirque Du Fantasy distributed 3D glasses. I couldn’t really use mine on top of my humon-

gous glasses, but the effect was still cool.

There was a lot of emphasis on the visual effects for this circus ring. Rather than simply trying to coerce screams, they remained stationary, trying to interact with and entertain guests.

In fact, I don’t think anyone tried to pop out to induce fright in me in this house.

Instead, its killer clowns engaged in deranged fun, creeped circus-goers out of their minds.

In these nine attractions, however, only seven are actual houses of horror.

Like its name suggests, Madoc Ghost Town was simply an open area to walk through, and attracted little attention.

However, what did attract my attention were the fire dancers performing near the front entrance. They indulged fully in their roles, convincing me that they truly did sell their souls to Callson Manor.

Callson Manor is located at the Placer County Fairgrounds in Roseville. It is open Wednesday through Saturday from 7:30 p.m. to 10 p.m. It closes after Nov. 1.

FRIGHT PLANET Fright Planet was definitely professional and the most diverse. Each house specialized in its own way.

In Hobart’s Doll Factory, I enjoyed Hobart’s European accent in his introduction to his factory. The staff went all out with a special soundtrack to accompany the theme.

If eating were permitted in the house, there would be chunks everywhere, and I don’t mean the doll parts.

Creepiness outweighed terror. In fact, it added a different flavor, like that of the Cannibal Cabin and Carnage House and their generous helpings of human flesh.

One of the most exciting horror houses, Jatinga’s tribal and cannibalistic influences made it unique. In it, someone had to be sacrificed to the twisted witch doctor. Being the amazing person that I am, I offered up photographer Robbie Short, who’s tall height contains more blood to lose/spill than mine does.

Warning: you will get lost in Distorted House, a huge, spread-out maze with chain link fence and a lot of visioninhibiting smoke, and considering I’m pretty much blind, I didn’t think it was necessary, but the effect was effectively eerie.

Black Out submerges everyone in total darkness and sends sinister, seemingly disembodied voices after you.

I’d like to give a special shoutout to the actor who burst with laughter at my confusion, then denying his broken character. It was very professional and cute, though same can’t be said for Red with its bondage. There were tons of signs that said mature and 18+ only. The people in the house were definitely 18 and over, but I wasn’t. Thus in my confusion, I embarked on an epic adventure in the house, asking if it really was for adults only. If you do venture into this maze, please ask. I really want to know.

Fright Planet is located at Cal Expo Gate #9 in Sacramento.

It is open Wednesday through Thursday from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m., Friday from 7 p.m. to 12 a.m. and Saturday 7 p.m. to 11 p.m. It closes after Nov. 1.

Clockwise from left: Corbett’s House of Horror, Callson Manor, Fright Planet, Corbett’s House of Horror.

CORBETT’S Although a certain stigma may infect this local haunted house, I believe the nearby Corbett’s House of Horror to be the underdog of this house hunt.

Although much smaller than Fright Planet or Callson Manor, with only three attractions, Corbett’s arguably had the best tools and mechanisms.

In general, Corbett’s theme houses successfully encompassed the feel of Halloween.

The visitors’ path to the three houses employed mechanical bat wings and portal effects.

Sadly, none of these rooms were awfully frightening. It just felt like an exhibit, albeit a very strange one with cool moving floors and bridges.

I have to say, I really loved the bridges that found their way through all three houses.

The mechanical structures enriched Carn-Evil, a circus-

themed house that used 3D glasses. The cool, tripped-out visual effects made it difficult to walk through, with spinning lights brought to life by the 3D effect.

The most potent instance of this was when a demonic clown forced our heads to slant as the bridge turned, taking advantage of these spinning lights.

It was a crazy experience. I wasn’t shaking in my combat boots, but it induced a serious headache.

The production value of this site, from its mechanisms to special effects went above and beyond.

It took the zombie apocalypse to a whole new level.

Zombieland gives guests the power to control their fates, providing guns to shoot all the zombies stationed throughout the house. However, the zombies themselves are not stationary. Be ready for a lot of “fast-paced walking.”

Corbett’s House of Horror is located at 360 North Sunrise Ave. in Roseville. It is open Wednesday through Friday from 7 p.m. to 11 p.m. It closes after Oct. 31.

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october 29, 2014

Archetypal Ouija exploits cheap jump scares

BY MADISON TELLES

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In the world of anticipated plot lines, abandoned set ups, and disappointing scares, Ouija lives up the prerelease promise of predictability. As the film’s specialty presentation, emotionally distraught, curious teenagers perpetuate the horror movie stereotype.

The slow-developing plot is initiated when teenage it-girl Debbie (Shelley Hennig) finds an antique Ouija board in her home and makes the fundamental mistake of playing it alone. Guess what happens next. She unsurprisingly winds up dead shortly afterwards, a comically tragic hanging by the Christmas lights she always keeps illuminated in her room.

This abrupt passing pushes Debbie’s devastated friends to try to contact her through the board that led to her death.

The group, led by grieving best friend Laine (Olivia Cooke), seems to hit pay dirt at first, getting in contact with a spirit calling itself DZ. But afterwards, things become spooky when each of her friends sees the same message, “Hi, friend,” in various forms including a glitching computer screen, carved into a desk and written on a car window.

The spirit soon turns deadly, murdering her victims in grue-

BY MIKAYLA STEARNS

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A group of teenagers try to contact a friend beyond the grave in Ouija. Unfortunately, the movie aspires to little more than its initial premise, and the filmmakers rely on relatively uninspired jump scares to get through the 89-minute runtime. some ways, including another satirical death: Death by dental floss. I mean, how ridiculous can movie deaths get?

When in a desperate search for a resolution, Laine seeks answers through the former resident of the house Paulina (Lin Shayne, yes the woman from Insidious). The elderly nutcase leads Laine to a series of scares, only making the situation worse.

At one point, Trevor (Darren Kagasoff), one of the groups

friends, says that the spirit is ‘”coming for [them].” I immediately had a flashback to endless nights of Final Destination marathons. The rest of the movie, I was constantly thinking of the similarities between Ouija and other movies from the genre.

Insidious. Scream. Nightmare on Elm Street. The list of movies that contain almost exact parallels is endless.

Yes, the movie was filled with a number of scares. But

the only reason they were so scary is because the film contained so many false set ups in the worthless first 45 minutes of the production.

I spent the last half of the movie waiting on the floor for it to end, because you know what’s going to happen next, but can’t help being frightened by the jump scares.

Common sense tells you not to follow the ominously rolling flashlight further into the dusty attic.

It is no wonder there were only nine people in the theatre on open-

ing night. The movie is a good stand-in for a haunted house, surrounded by huge amounts of ominous music. If you’re a horror movie fanatic, wait until you can find this in Redbox.

While you may think I didn’t enjoy the movie, I did.

It was bad, but it was so bad that it was good. Looking past the cheesy lines and random cuts between scenes, I would go see it again. Just not at $10 a ticket.

Ware bucks pop trends with sincere Tough Love

BY NATHAN CIMINO

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Over-saturation in the music industry has given way to a unique fight for a survival. With a million different pop artists – each nearly as talented as the next – what determines who takes center stage? In an age focused largely around fleeting pleasures/desires, what is the key to a lasting career?

The budding prominence of Jessie Ware is something to keep an eye on amid this cultural evolution. We live in an age where most songs that top Billboard’s Hot 100 are muddled messes about sex and debauchery. It was quite a relief, therefore, to listen to Ware and find something askew from this disastrous trend.

From Devotion to her newest sophomore album Tough Love, Jessie Ware has set herself apart in a fashion quite juxtaposed to the norms of contemporary pop artists – she has created bodies of

work that ache.

At first listen, I was impressed (and pleased) with the minimal amount of musical distractions.

Nearly everything is complementary to melodic and lyrical content – a key component in drawing the listener into the heartfelt sorrow of the record.

I was initially slighted by Ware’s lyrical uniformity – not once in the record does she veer from the subject matter of love.

However, unlike the majority of pop artists today, Ware is uncomfortably honest about the realities

of love. It’s a well-known fact that sex sells. The truth often does not. Hence, it’s refreshing to be struck by lyrics that speak unto actualities of human connection.

In the chorus of the song “Cruel,” Ware sheds light unto the imbroglio that love becomes when we let our words suffice rather than our actions. “I never knew our love could be so cruel, it’s not just what you say, it’s what you do” – incredibly simple, yet incredibly poignant.

Ware asserts the effect before the cause in order to grasp the listener by the scruff of the neck, and shove his/her face into the solution that a myriad of dissatisfied lovers overlook.

It’s difficult to place Jessie Ware in the same boat as poppioneers such as Kimbra, Foster the People, MGMT, etc. The auditory array of “Tough Love” (and her previous record, as well) isn’t so much remarkable, as it is

an adequate foundation for Ware’s message. It must be noted, though, that the sonic pallet of this record lends itself to several pleasant moments, and is also a tremendous upswing in musicality in comparison to the majority of commercial music.

“You & I Forever” erupts into an amalgam of indie and mainstream pop – the indie nature of the song emerging from ominous, reverbed vocals (and perhaps more “forward-thinking” electronic sounds), while the mainstream portion emerges from a lack in acoustic instrumentation.

“Say You Love Me” perhaps appeals the least to my musical taste buds. I’ve always found it incredibly difficult for artists to pair acoustic guitar & synthesized drums without coming across as corny – Jessie Ware is no exception. When instrumentation subsides (save drums and vocals), I am left longing for more. These glimpses of what “could have

been” provide insight into the potential of the track. I believe that if Ware and co. had taken a more simplistic approach to the production of this song, it could’ve been far less cheesy, and far more stimulating.

While I have not been deeply moved by any one song on the record, I believe that Ware is a breath of fresh air in this tainted industry. When I listen to her music, I’m not engulfed by over produced walls of electronic noise, nor am I indoctrinated by the religion of the 21st century.

The ache established in “Devotion” has simply been furthered in “Tough Love.”

The sorrow that Ware puts forth holds great appeal. I believe that Ware will continue to succeed due to the fact that the world aches, and being able to produce a relatable, genuine account of this universal trend is to be greatly sought after.

EAT ME WITH MADIE WHALEN

Sushi Mon strikes satisfying balance between taste, price Each issue, senior Madie Whalen will scour the Roseville area to find the best, the worst and the so-so of a particular dining scene. This issue’s target: Sushi.

“I don’t like sushi.”

-A fool that needs to get out of my face I recently learned that fondness of sushi is an essential trait of a basic (girl), but that didn’t even almost sway my love for raw fish.

Lately, I’ve strayed away from the usual Mikuni-SushiMon-Blue-Nami route and explored some of Roseville’s newest sushi spots. The relatively new Umi Sushi was disappointing to say the least. First off, it’s always a bad sign when you walk into an empty restaurant. I decided to keep an open mind, since the restaurant is still in its infancy. My dates and I ordered the fried-and-fresh oyster appetizers during happy hour ($1.00 each). Although I’m not an oyster person (because texture matters to me), I will admit the appetizer was decent. But the wait for the food itself was unbearable, especially considering the quality

Carefree Taylor Swift parties like it’s 1989

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of the sushi that we received.

I ordered the Everything Roll ($13.50) which was bigger than Nick Jonas and Marky Mark’s careers combined. Despite its impressive size, it wasn’t actually tasty. The only memorable thing about it was its massiveness, which proved to be a waste of food, all in the name of some senseless gimmick. I left with half of my roll in a to-go box (that later wound up in the trash) and no desire to come back.

On the other hand, one of my favorite sushi spots to go to is Tokyo Express. My best friend and fellow sushi connoisseur and I call Tokyo Express “cheap sushi” because of their part-time wage friendly prices. Cheap sushi is great for the price, but the rolls are very hit-or-miss, honestly. I

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The Russian Roulette ($6.95) is among Sushi Mon’s offerings that consistently best those from other restaurants. usually get the same select few rolls, the Crazy Horse ($5.95) and the Tekka ($2.95). The rolls are more simple and plain, rather than saucy and flavorful, but the fish is always fresh, considering the food baby I get afterwards.

The owners at Tokyo Express are friendly and by now, know my name and probably my order.

Don’t let Tokyo Express’ hole-inthe-wall appearance sway you,

because cheap sushi is the best option for a quick, inexpensive meal.

Out of all the small time and big chain sushi restaurants in Roseville, Sushi Mon is my favorite. I always get either the Russian Roulette ($6.95) with a miso soup ($2.00) or tempura udon ($11.50). Sushi Mon is cheap and delicious. Unlike cheap sushi, most of the food at Sushi Mon is a hit. Although customer service is never outstanding – the

quality of the food itself is worth the ten-minute wait for your drink refill.

Umi Sushi is located at 107 S. Harding Blvd. in Roseville.

Tokyo Express is located at 2710 Sunset Blvd. in Rocklin.

Sushi Mon is located at 7456 Foothills Blvd. in Roseville.

Hours vary at all three locations.

It took six albums (and too many songs for me to even begin to count) before I could actually admit to myself that I like Taylor Swift.

Yeah, I said it: I like Taylor Swift now. It feels good to get off of my chest. Swift’s newer music reflects her relaxed attitude in a really freeing way that I appreciate. She acknowledges the rumors spread about her and revels in them with oddly specific metaphors and beats that just won’t quit.

1989, Swift’s most recent album isn’t perfect, though: she throws in a few forgettable dance-y songs that I’m sure will still find their way to the top of the charts. Luckily, most of the songs do not disappoint, though.

But compared to her older music, 1989 is revolutionary and diverse. Swift experiments with a variety of song formats, rather than sticking to predictable rhymes on top of horribly catchy tunes.

I expect a good number of these songs to be making repeated appearances on the radio for a long time. I probably won’t be able to tolerate listening to them anymore after a few months, which is a tragic, but common fate among songs by pop stars like Swift.

The record graced my ears with more talk-singing than anything else. I enjoy that kind of music from Swift more than her “actual” singing (Wait a minute, do I think she’s a bad singer? No... Maybe). Many of Swift’s lyrics made me laugh, just because of her strange choice of metaphors like, “Remember when you hit the brakes too soon / Twenty stitches in a hospital room.”

I get what she tries to convey, but how can you not giggle at “The drought was the very worst/ When the flowers that we’d grown together died of thirst”?

Some of her more risqué lyrics didn’t even click in my head until the second or third time I listened to them.

One of my favorite songs, “Style,” contains a description of one of Swift’s former lovers.

I had already been speculating about whom it might be when one clue pretty much confirmed my theory. (Hint: It’s in the title.)

Swift takes not-so-subtle lyrical jabs at old flames like always, but what entertains me are her blatant, unashamed “I don’t even care” reactions toward those T-Swift rumors everyone’s heard by now.

Her entire song “Shake It Off” is basically dedicated to showing the media how little she cares in lyrics like, “I go on too many dates, but I can’t make ‘em stay / At least that’s what people say.” You can find some real sick burns throughout the album, if you weed out the unremarkable pop parts.

My message to Taylor Swift (because she would obviously take time out of her day to read this) is: You go, girl! Taylor Swift’s distinctive style seems prepared to continue to score her more chart-topping songs and awards. Expect to skip through a handful of songs on this album, but jam out to more.

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NOTICIAS Participación en el ACT aumenta POR NEILSON POWLESS Y ARTURO SOTOMAYOR news@eyeofthetigernews.com

En los últimos años ha sido una tendencia de estudiantes tomando el ACT en lugar del SAT.

Según Jason Bradley, un consejero de la escuela secundaria de Roseville, los estudiantes promedios que tomaron el ACT puntaron más alto que los estudiantes promedios que tomaron el SAT. Las calificaciones promedias en Roseville para el SAT fueron 1495 de 2400 puntos posibles, y las calificaciones promedias para el ACT fueron 22.3 de 36. El SAT ha prestado atención a este asunto, y ha empezado a cambiar el

examen en repuesta al ACT. En 2010 sólo 75 estudiantes tomaron el ACT, pero el año pasado el número casi se duplicó a 148.

El número de estudiantes que tomaron el examen ACT en un análisis a nivel nacional se ha incrementado por casi 300.000 estudiantes. La mayor parte de este crecimiento se puede atribuir a la costa oeste.

Tradicionalmente, la mayoría de la costa oeste ha tomado el examen SAT para entrar a la universidad y el costa este ha tomado el ACT. Este pasó porque algunas universidades discriminaron entre los dos, pero ahora todas las universidades aseguran que miran a los dos en la misma manera.

Maestro y director deportivo está en licencia administrativa POR ROBBIE SHORT

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Director deportivo y maestro de ciencias sociales de la escuela secundaria de Roseville, Jamie Bunch, ahora está en licencia administrativa en espera de una investigación del distrito.

Director de RHS, David Byrd, anunció la licencia durante una reunión de personal de emergencia el jueves, el 16 de octubre. Él no podía hacer comentarios sobre los detalles de la situación, citando la política de RJUHSD. “Creo que todo el mundo

debería simplemente respetar el hecho de que es un asunto confidencial - que es un asunto privada,” dijo Byrd. “Pienso que todo el mundo debería dejarlo de esa manera.”

Director deportivo asistente Larry Cunha y maestro sustituto Avery Beebe están actualmente el lugar de Bunch en sus posiciones respectivas.

Bunch comenzó su trabajo como director deportivo durante el año escolar de 2011 a 2012. Él comenzó enseñar en RHS en el otoño de 2004.

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Con un móvil en su mano, una cámara alrededor su cuello y la motivación de oír la historia de alguien, estudiante en su último año Sophia Diaz conoce a los estudiantes en la escuela secundaria de Roseville.

Diaz tomó un decisión independiente que quería oír y compartir las historias de las personas en RHS. Por eso ella creyó una cuenta en Instagram, rhshumans.

Diaz fue inspirada por Humans of New York, una colección de retratos callejeros y entrevistas coleccionados por el fotógrafo Brandon Stanton.

“Yo sigo la página del Humans of New York en Instagram, y yo he sabido de la página por unos años pero pensé que era interesante y que si pudiera traerla a RHS, rompería las barreras entre los grupos diferentes,” dijo Diaz.

Como los Humans of New York, Diaz aborda a los estudiantes, los entrevista, toma su foto y la comparta en la red social.

Diaz usualmente se acerca a una persona al azar que está sen-

Los líderes del distrito continúan en lucha RRPP

POR ISABEL FAJARDO Y MADIE WHALEN

POR MIKAYLA STEARNS

Cerrar la diferencia en logro: La escuela secundaria identificó que es importante que tengan que contratar a consejeros que hablan español para ayudar a los estudiantes que están costando con logrando las metas. Para resolver esta problema, RHS contrató a Gracie Hernandez y Nancy Muñoz como consejeras.

Mejorar desempeño estudiantil en inglés y matemáticas: Según el paquete de WASC, RHS quería “proveer desarrollo profesional para los maestros de matemáticas anterior Mike Fischer creyó un modelo de Common Core para el departamento de matemáticas en RHS. Incrementar el porcentaje de estudiantes que graduarán que están preparados para opciones productivos después de la escuela secundaria: RHS quería establecer un plan para preparar estudiantes para exámenes como el PSAT, SAT y ACT. RHS ha establecido programas variados como consejo individualizado, talleres y oradores invitados.

Recomendaciones: El comité de WASC dijo que RHS debe mejorar su sitio web y requerir a los maestros trabajan juntos para hacer mejoras y compartir ideas.

A pesar de los esfuerzos de dispersar las percepciones negativas de la escuela secundaria de Roseville, el distrito de las escuelas secundarias de Roseville (RJUHSD) permanece entablado en una batalla de relaciones públicas con muchos de los residentes en el barrio de Diamond Creek que está al norte de Blue Oaks.

El conflicto regresó de nuevo hace dos semanas cuando la asociación de barrios de Blue Oaks (BONA) — la que representa residentes en el lindero de RHS — hospedó un reunión en la escuela primaria de Diamond Creek. El reunión aconteció el 16 de octubre, y proveyó el liderato de RJUHSD la oportunidad de explicar las razones para los linderos actuales y planes futuros.

Padres expresaron sus opiniones sobre RHS y su falta de autonomía en eligiendo escuelas. El reunión presentó discusión sobre planes de construir la sexta secundaria completa del distrito.

La financiación que se suponía iba a ir hacia el establecimiento de esta nueva escuela secundaria, se dirige a la vez el mantenimiento y la mejora de RHS. La Gran Recesión condujo a la ralentización del proceso de construcción, y en el futuro a la reasignación de fondos.

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Estudiante crea una manera de exhibir a los estudiantes diferentes de RHS POR MARIAN ABDELMALEK

Organización de WASC ayuda a RHS hacer mejoras

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tada sola, y no está entablado en una conversación.

Hasta ahora, Diaz ha permanecido anónima en la cuenta de rhshumans. Ella tiene orgullo en la cuenta que ella ha creado y que ahora otros sabrán que la creyó.

BMX como un pasatiempo POR RACHEL BARBER

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Estudiante en su segundo año Andrew Davis empezó haciendo ciclocross (BMX) después de recibir un biciclo de BMX de sus padres el Navidad pasado.

Davis enseñó él mismo todo lo que sabe. Él ha tenido éxito en el deporte, y regularmente practica.

Desde el diciembre pasado, Davis ha practicado en y ganó tres competiciones locales. Sus competidores son del área Sacramento, pero no hay ningunos que él conoce en Roseville.

Davis es un novato ahora, pero él está concentrado y planea mejorar. Él cree que ha mejorado mucho desde el principio de su carrera de BMX y quiere seguir adelante con el mismo ímpetu.

Estudiante hace go karting en su tiempo libre

Club de yate recoloca el club de comedia anterior

POR HAYLEE SEX

POR LUZ FLORES

Estudiante en su tercer año Justin Santa acelera a través del vecindario en un go kart.

Santos empezó karting en 2012 y recientemente decidió reavivar su pasión.

Durante su receso breve del karting, él empezó a hacer el deporte de moto de cross.

Santos ha tenido tres go kartes en total, y él los compró todos del sitio web Craigslist.

Santos prefiere hacer go karting en los hipódromos en Rancho Cordova porque son los hipódromos más cercos de aquí. Él experimentó un revés cuando un parte de su go kart se despegó. Él parte fue uno de los partes más importantes del go kart.

En este momento, él embodega su go kart en el casa de su primo, pero usualmente lo embodega en su garaje.

Santos también espera que pueda entrar en competiciones muy pronto.

“Pienso que más tarde voy a engancharse con los competiciones del go karting,” dijo Santos.

Con la eliminación del club “deportes de comedia” vino el club de yate.

Club de yate cubre muchas formas de comedia comparada a deportes de comedia, que enfocó sobre todo en la improvisación.

“Creemos que estaba muy limitado,” dijo estudiante del último año Aaron Souza.

Los miembros del club de yate sentían presionados a performar en deportes de comedia debido a la financiamiento recibirían si representaran a una norma específica.

Muchos miembros sienten que el cambio al club de yate es mucho más mejor que deportes de comedia.

Esta forma de libertad permite a los miembros practicar el tipo de comedia que ellos quieren.

El club de yate da la libertad para explorar diferentes tipos de comedia.

Club de yate se reúne después de la escuela en el teatro de JB Gale y están planeando a tener dos espectáculos en enero y marzo.

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Jueves, el 16 de octubre, el superintendente del distrito, Ron Severson se dirigió a los padres concernados sobre su aptitud de decidir donde van sus hijos para la escuela.

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Estudiante en su último año, Sophia Diaz, recientemente creyó una página en Instagram que presentar a los estudiantes aleatorios de RHS.

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DEPORTES No hay un entrenador para el equipo de softbol POR SPENCER BRACCO s.bracco@eyeofthetigernews.com

Sólo pocos meses después de ganando un título de campeón, Los Tigres del equipo de softbol varsity están buscando un nuevo entrenador. El entrenador anterior, Nicole Wallace, se mudó al sur de San Francisco después de conduciendo el equipo del año pasado al tener el mejor récord en la liga SFL. Según el director asistente y administrador deportivo Jason Wilson, la escuela quiere conseguir un nuevo entrenador lo antes posible pero todavía están trabajando a través del proceso de la selección.

El equipo tendrá bastante talento que regresarán al en la liga CVC esta temporada. El equipo tiene dos jugadores que ya han cometido al jugar softbol en la universidad. Estudiantes en su último año Naomi Monahan y Katie Edgar jugarán por La Universidad de Hawái y La Universidad de Wilmington respectivamente.

Fútbol americano varsity POR LOGAN ASH

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Llegando al final de esta temporada el equipo espera ganar los próximo dos juegos. Los Tigres tendrán que ganar a los Ponderosa Bruins también contra Los Oakmont Vikings. El jefe entrenador Larry Cunha comentó que no le mortificaba jugar el oponente, solamente piensa que los espera la proxima semana y como ganar.

Michael Dobler, el mariscal de campo indicó no se podía mortificarse del futuro pero espera que ganen el próximo juego para mantenerse competitivo y que hay buenas probabilidades de ganar.

Contra Los Titanes, Adam Besana se rompió su ACL pero regresó para proclamar victoria contra ellos, así para seguir persiguiendo asistir a la competencia de la Capital Valley Conference.

Cambiando mariscal de campo a la mitad de la temporada no fue fácil para los receptores o Dobler.

“Cuando eres número uno, de veras que no puedes equivocarte” dijo Dobler. “Es decir tenemos

que mantenernos en ritmo y mantenernos allí.”

Conforme con Cunha, Besana y Dobler tienen dos formas diferentes de jugar. Dijo que desafortunadamente Adam fue lastimado pero tienen fé que Michael podrá ejecutar ganancias para el equipo.

Hace unas semanas atrás, Cunha movió a Bryce Crouch a una posición diferente y puso a Ben Zahniser en su puesto para dar el equipo más versatilidad.

Los Tigres han logrado un total de 351 lances y cuatro puntos.

Durante el año han hecho cambios grandes. Shea O’Hara ha estado puesto en varios posiciones para mejorar el equipo pero Hunkins piensa que él es mejor como la posición interior respaldo para asistir Ryan Andrada y así ha sido muchos cambios para assistir el equipo.

“Blake Rayback está haciendo muchas cosas buenas,” dijo estudiante en su último año, Carson Miller. “Bryce Kasch todavía está siendo dominante; Bryce Crouch y Ben Zahniser están haciendo muy bien en su posición.”

JV fútbol americano POR BRYCE CROUCH

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Él equipo JV de fútbol americano de la escuela secundaria de Roseville ganó muy fuerte con un marcador final de 35-0 en el partido contra Whitney. Desde su perdido contra Cosumnes Oaks, el equipo ha demostrado su dominio total ganando cada partido por más de diez puntos.

Los Tigres empezó muy fuerte en este partido, alcanzando 21 puntos en la mitad primera. El dúo de corredores del equipo marcó todos los cinco touchdowns.

El equipo empezó la última mitad muy fuerte también con un touchdown de Jay Razzano, y después uno de Brandon McMinn.

El ataque del equipo parecía estar funcionando sin problemas a través del partido.

La defensa perteneció dominante, y no han dejado hacer ni un tanto a los otros equipos en partidos consecutivos.

Contra Bella Vista, Los Tigres ganaron 28-0.

ROBBIE SHORT EYE OF THE TIGER

El equipo varsity de fútbol americano está sólo dos partidos lejos de la posttemporada. Ellos tienen que ganar contra Ponderosa y Oakmont para avanzar.

Voleibol varsity

Fútbol varsity

POR AMRAN BISLA

POR GEORGE HUGHES

En martes, el 21 de octubre, el equipo de voleibol de varsity jugó contra su rival de la liga Bella Vista. Los Tigres ganaron muy rápido 3-0. Los marcadores del partido fueron 25-15, 25-23 y 25-21.

Estudiante en su último año Stefanie Christofferson cree que el partido fue muy memorable.

“Pienso que el partido anoche fue nuestro mejor partido de todo el año,” dijo Christofferson.

El 23 de octubre, Los Tigres ganaron contra Whitney en cuatro partidos.

La temporada del equipo de fútbol de varsity ha llegado a su fin. Desafortunadamente, ellos perdieron su oportunidad de llegar a la post-temporada debido a su 1-0 perdido a Ponderosa el miércoles pasado.

Los Tigres terminaron la temporada con un récord con seis ganancias, tres perdidos y uno empate. Este récord no incluye su 1-0 perdido contra Granite Bay. “Pienso que la temporada era muy bien,” dijo Durbin Brown.

“Todos se unieron.”

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Despite hot start, varsity Tigers still miss playoffs

BY GEORGE HUGHES

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Roseville High School’s varsity boys soccer team’s season has come to an end.

The Tigers unfortunately lost their chance at making playoffs due to their 1-0 loss to Ponderosa High School last Wednesday, October 22. The team finished their season strong with a 3-1 win over the Oakmont High School Vikings on Monday, October 27.

This victory was significantly better than the team’s 4-1 loss against the Vikings the first time the teams played each other.

Sophomore center midfielder Keegan Ness feels that the Tigers completely dominated the Vikings in the first half but did not finish the game as strong as they started.

According to Ness, the team was winning 3-0 at half-time, so the Tigers didn’t really feel the need to finish the game as strong as they started.

“We played so well compared to all of our other games,” Ness said. “The seniors wanted to really go out with a bang.”

The Tigers finished with a league record of six wins, four losses, and four ties.

This record does not include the Tigers’ 1-0 loss against Granite Bay in a non-league game on Friday, Oct. 17.

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RHS’ varsity boys soccer team finished their season on Monday night with a 3-1 victiry over the Oakmont Vikings. After scoring three goals in the first half, the Tigers failed to score again for the remainder of the game.

At the halfway point of the season, the Tigers were confident that they would make the playoffs with their record of three wins, three losses, and one tie, but did not earn enough points in the second half to clinch a spot in the post-season.

Senior forward Durbin Brown believes that team chemistry was a big part of the Tiger’s success.

“I think the season went great,” Brown said. “As the season went on, team chemistry went up and everybody started to become closer.”

Senior captain Mixi Loza said that what makes the team different from other teams in the league is their ability to finish games strong.

“We don’t quit,” Loza said.

“When we go down, we don’t fall. We build up, we just get even more mad and we just go harder.”

Loza and Brown said that the team is very thankful for everyone who came out to their games and supported them throughout the season.

According to them, the fans get them “fired up” and ready to play harder.

Varsity head coach Pablo Gutierrez believes that, although their record doesn’t strongly reflect it, the Tigers have become one of the best teams in the league.

“Considering all the distractions of ineligible players,” Gutierrez said. “The end of the season reflects that we improved steadily and became a very competitive team at the end.”

Gutierrez was also confident halfway through the season that the team would make playoffs, but were unable to finish the season with enough wins to earn a spot.

He said that the team lost their best striker, junior Colin Richardson, due to low grades and lost much of their scoring capability.

He said that the offense struggled to capitalize on scoring opportunities.

Gutierrez believes that the team’s defense became one of the best in the area, even missing three defenders at the beginning of the season.

“Our team became very competitive and was one of the best passing teams in the area,” Gutierrez said. “When our team played together we could play against anybody.”

Gutierrez has had a tough time this year with his starting lineup.

Multiple players have been injured or ineligible to play because

of bad grades, so Gutierrez has had to work around these problems and do what is best for the team.

This included switching players from their usual starting positions to different ones to help fill gaps in the lineup.

One of these players was sophomore Keegan Ness, who was originally a midfielder but has been changed to both sweeper and forward in past games.

Ness found the transition easy because he said that he is a versatile player, and that other players who have been switched to different positions are also very capable of adapting.

One of these players is sophomore Ryan Branigan, who is normally a forward but was changed to sweeper during the start of the season to fill in the gap of missing defenders. Gutierrez thinks that all of the switching around of his players made the season hard.

“This was a very challenging year because of so many changes trying to find the right combination to make our defense strong,” Gutierrez said.

Gutierrez looks forward to next year’s season, hoping that the sophomore players that are already on varsity will combine with the sophomores on the junior varsity team and become one of the best teams in the league.

JV soccer ends season strong Tigers defeat Vikings by 5 goals

BY BRAD JAMES

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Wrapping up the 2014 CVC league season, The Tigers played their final league game against Oakmont High School. The team has had a strong season prior to the game against the JV Vikings, holding a record of 9-5-4. AFter the victory against the Vikings, the tigers ended their season with a 10-5-4 record.

The game started off quickly ,yet oddly, as sophomore defender George Hughes, rocketed a first minute corner kick as it managed to find its way into the top right corner of the goal with no help needed.

The Tigers rallied off the sharp start, scoring four more goals to none as Oakmont was unable to penetrate the defense fully and execute shots. The Tigers went on to win their final match with a huge 5-0 victory.

“I was glad we were able to finish the way we did, we just went out there and had fun and played our game and came up with a good win,” Hughes said.

Concluding the season, the team is satisfied that they reached some of the goals that they had set earlier in the year.

“I’m proud to have ended with a good season, my goal was to finish over a .500 average team and we proved we could,” sophomore forward Tommy Edwards said.

With the second to last game of the regular season, Coach Stewart and the Tigers went on to play against an unstoppable Ponderosa team on October 22.

Going into the matchup, Ponderosa had lost just three games on the season while also bringing in an impressive 11 wins.

The Tigers were unmatched to the experienced Ponderosa team as they failed to score any goals throughout the match.

The Bruins were able to push ahead and find opportunities in the Tiger’s defense and were able to score four goals on the sophomore keeper dealing the Tigers just their fith loss of the season.

Tigers played Whitney High School on Monday, Oct. 20, in their third to last game of the regular season. Going into the

matchup, Whitney had only recorded one loss in the regular season against Bella Vista.

The Tigers miraculously defeated the seemingly unbeatable Wildcats netting one goal coming from freshman Ryan Valdez.

Valdez scored the only goal of the match .

“It was a big moment for me,” Valdez said. “I was happy to score the goal for us and it made it easier that our defense was playing well that game.”

The Tigers went on to play Granite Bay High School in a non-league, friendly vs. friendly match-up on Friday Oct. 17.

Granite Bay, still playing in the SFL, has been undefeated in their regular season as they challenged the Tigers to see if they could still hold their own against SFL teams.

Granite Bay’s soccer field has no lights to play under resulting in cutting down each half by twenty minutes. With less time to play, fewer chances emerged for the Tigers as the match ended in a 1-0 victory coming in favor to Granite Bay. Despite the loss, the Tigers were pleased with play as they held the strong Grizzly offense to

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RHS’ JV boys soccer team finished its first season in the Capital Valley Conference with a winning record of 10-5-4. The time ended the season on a high note with a 5-0 victory against the Oakmont VIkings on Monday night. just one goal the entire match.

“Granite Bay was a good starter for us to prepare us against Whitney, they’re a great team, and if we can hold Granite Bay to a goal we should do fine against Whitney,” sophomore Tommy Edwards said.

“Our defense was playing good and we were still playing decent soccer even though we lost, If we

play good possession and be aggressive I think we can beat Whitney next week.”

The Tigers competed in three games two weeks ago bringing in a second win against Antelope on the season winning three goals to none.

The Tigers also defeated Bella Vista High School 3-2 as they

more recently tied Bella Vista in a previous match from scoring a late minute goal.

“I thought it was big for us to get that late goal in the game against BV,” sophomore forward Sean Granucci said. “I knew that would be the key to winning the game this time and not giving up when we’re tired.”

Softball continues search for head coach Team wants to find ‘right person’ to replace Wallace

BY SPENCER BRACCO

s.bracco@eyeofthetigernews.com

Just months after winning an SFL championship, the Roseville High School varsity girls softball team is looking for a new head coach.

The former head coach, Nicole Wallace, moved to South San Fransisco after leading last year’s team to the best record in the SFL. According to assistant principal and athletic administrator Jason Wilson, the school wants to bring in a new coach as soon as possible but they are still working through the selection process.

“We want to make sure we are filling the position with the right person,” Wilson said.

The softball team will have

plenty of talent returning to be competitive in the CVC league this season. The team has two players who have already committed to playing softball at the college level, as senior Naomi Monahan has committed to playing at the University of Hawaii.

Another commit on the tigers roster is senior Katie Edgar, who will continue her softball career at Wilmington University.

Senior Shaylyn Borowiak feels some stress about not yet having a head coach for the upcoming season.

“It is stressful having to wait until the last minute to know who our coach is going to be,” Borowiak said.

Monahan also feels uneasy about the team still not having a

coach.

“It is scary not having a coach because it is my senior year and I want it to be my best year,” Monahan said. “I want to have a coach that will make us work hard and know what they are doing.”

Edgar thinks the team’s season will be not be affected by a coach’s absence.

“I do not think it will affect us because we have never had a fall season before,” Edgar said. “I think if we find a coach within the next month we will be fine.”

Monahan, Edgar, and Borowiak all feel optimistic about the upcoming season regardless of the current circumstances of the team.

“I think this year will be interesting because the competition

is not as strong as it used to be,” Borowiak said. “We lost eight starters who were strong players but I think our returners will do well.”

According to an email Wallace sent to her former players, leaving Roseville was one of the hardest decisions she has ever had to make. She now teaches at El Camino High School in South San Francisco.

Although Wallace is no longer the head coach at Roseville, she wishes the team the best and thinks the team will be very successful this year.

“They have a good strong core of young ladies coming back with both starting pitchers returning,” Wallace said. “There is also a strong group of ladies moving up from the JV team and I see them having a wonderful upcoming season.”

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Former RHS varsity softball coach Nicole Wallace lead the Tigers to an SFL championship last season before moving to the Bay Area. The team wishes to accomplish similar success without her this year.

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We ARE talkin’ ‘bout playoffs As many of RHS’ teams wrapped up their regular-season play last week, three – girls golf, girls tennis and boys water polo – clinched postseason spots for the first time in more than a decade. Here’s how they did it.

GOLF Postseason berth first in school history

BY MAX MODESTE

m.modeste@eyeofthetigernews.com

Last season the varsity girl’s golf team missed making the playoffs as a team by one place.

This year is the first time ever that a girl’s golf team from Roseville has qualified as a team to play in the playoffs. They finished second in the CVC and are going to the CIF-SJS Division 2 Girls Golf Tournament representing the second place team from the CVC. The Tigers finished their playoff run with a win against antelope with a score of Roseville 243 and Antelope 280 with the Roseville scores of Kayla Kwong who was a medalist had a 41, Anna Ostrom with a 46, and Abby Hall had a 46.

The next match the Roseville tigers took on the Bella Vista Broncos.

They secured another win with a score of Roseville 245 and Bella Vista 308. The top scores for the tigers was medalist Kwong with a

40 and Hall with a 46 and to round off the top three was Carly Nicholson with a 52.

In the CVC league tournament number two the tigers finished second behind Whitney who finished undefeated in league.

The top scores for the tigers in the tournament was Kwong who got second overall with a 86 and then Hall had a 100 and Delany Grimes ended with a 102.

Roseville then played Whitney and Oakmont.

The match against Whitney the final was Whitney 231 and Roseville 250 and against Oakmont Roseville won with a 250 and Oakmont had a 312.

Roseville finished their season with a loss to Ponderosa with a score of Ponderosa 271 and Roseville 273, with the top performers being Kwong who was a co-medalist and then Sydney Ferre with a 55 and Hall with a 57.

With the conclusion the Tigers are looking forward to playoffs coach Corey Fukuman is happy

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for the girls.

“This is one of our biggest goals as a team and is a huge accomplishment for the girls,” Fukuman said.

And from this tournament if the Tigers where to place second overall or have the top three individuals then they would move on to the Masters tournament on

November 3 at the Reserve GC in Stockton. The Tigers feel optimistic about moving on.

“I’m pretty proud of my team and feel like we will continue in

Water Polo

said Clark. “And we need to stay consistent with our production and not let the possibility of being tied for first place get to our heads.”

Emerging with a victory, Sapp

scored five goals and improving his team leading total season goals to 79. Also contributing to the outsome of the game, senior Josh McCown scored three goals of his own.

“It feels good to be tied for first. But we still have work to do if we want to be first overall,” said Gard.

He feels it was great to finally beat Ponderosa after the wait from the postponed Belle Vista game.

He also felt really confident that the team will finish league strong.

The Tigers played in the Christian Brothers tournament over the weekend taking second place overall.

Sapp scored 15 goals throughout the tournament.

Costa defended agaisnt their competitors strongly with 48 saves.

The Tigers entered last night’s game at Oakmont high school tied for first place.

The boys take on Bella Vista High School today for the league championship game.

The last time the Tigers faced the Bella Vista Broncos, they came out on top by the score of 6-4.

faced a lot of close matches throughout the season that could have ended much differently.

“We were just able to pull out the win,” junior Marina Efstathiu said.

The team is expected to see Bella Vista and Consumes Oaks in the playoff spot, as well as teams from the CAL, Metro, and SCAC. RHS has lost both times against Consumes Oaks, as well as Bella Vista with Roseville only winning one match combined overall.

The only way that the teams would be able to compete against each-other is if both teams make it into the championship game.

“Our biggest competition is definitely Bella Vista,” Abel said.

Playoffs began yesterday with the League Singles Tournament, while the doubles play on Thursday. These tournaments determine who represents the league for the individual section tournament. Next week the team moves into team playoffs which are the same format as season. The competition is tough, but according to

Abel, if the team trains hard they will have a good chance.

The Tigers aren’t just consent with making playoffs, but bringing home a banner for Roseville High School. Even with the accomplishment, practices have become more intense then ones earlier in the year.

“We need to focus and can’t slack off,” senior Kelechi Ukaegbu said.

The team consisted of several first time tennis players that heavily contributed to the team. A majority of the players have only a handful of losses going into playoffs which is promising for the upcoming tournaments.

Both the returners and the new players understand how important there feat is.

The girls are all excited to experience their first playoff match.

As a four year player Ukaegbu is happy to see how well they performed.

“It’s good to see first year players be able to come together,” Ukaegbu said.

Play Broncos for championship today

BY MATT BRACKMANN

m.brackmann@eyeofthetigernews.com

With two league games left in the 2014 season, the Roseville high school varsity boys’ water polo team has improved their record to 9-1 with a win over Ponderosa high school in last Thursday’s match.

The Tigers look to continue their quest to finish first place in league.

Winning that game was the only option if the Tigers wanted to have potential to take first place in league.

The Tigers started the week of October 13 with a victory over Antelope High School 16-10.

Senior Nick Sapp scored four goals along with fellow senior Bailey Clark scoring three of his own.

“It was great getting that win,” said senior Kevin Gard.

Our production this season has been very consistent and I believe we will be able to finish out the

season strong in first place going into playoffs.

With the game against Belle Vista high school being postponed due to problems with the pool from the original date of October 16, till Wednesday October 29.

The Tigers went on to beat Whitney high school 13-6 last Tuesday.

Gard led the team scoring five goals with Clark scoring four.

Senior goalie Joe Costa had 14 saves.

“It was disappointing that our game against Belle Vista got postponed just because it would have been one of best games of the season,” said Costa.

Costa believes that the Belle Vista Broncos are a good team and that they were all ready to play eachother, and now that they all had to wait.

He also feels it kind of takes the edge off of the game. But it also does give us more time to

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prepare and be ready for them on Wednesday.

Heading into last Thursday’s gme, the Tigers held an 8-1 league record with a chance to tie Ponderosa high school for first place

with a win against Ponderosa.

Clark felt that the team and himself were ready to face the Ponderosa Bruins.

“We just need to focus on what we have been doing all season ,”

Tennis

First time making playoffs since 1989

BY DEVIN ORR

d.orr@eyeofthetigernews.com

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Roseville girl’s tennis team made history on Thursday with their 7-2 win over Oakmont. The win clinched a playoff spot marking an end to their 26 year curse.

This is the first year since 1988 that the team has made it into playoffs. The last time they did, RHS was once again demoted from the SFL and placed into the CVC. The last time a girl’s tennis banner was hung in the gym was in 1987 when Roseville was initially in the SFL. Now in a new league the girls hope to bring home a 21st century banner of their own. According to coach Nush, the movement into the CVC helped their chances to move onto playoffs.

“Being in the CVC gives us a

chance every year to be competitive for league titles,” Nush said.

“In the SFL we were trying to get third.”

Although the team ended with a 9-5 record in league, the journey in which they took to get there was not an easy one. The Tigers started out with six total losses, going against some top D1 teams such as Del Oro and Granite Bay, before earning their first league win against Antelope. Despite the rough start, the team did not give up. The Lady Tigers managed to turn the switch in the end of the season winning their last 3 matches.

“It became fun at the end,” senior Elise Abel said. “We worked harder and we won more.”

All but one of the teams they lost to this season qualified for playoffs, which is why the team

the tournament,” Kwong said.

The Tigers have a motto which they think will propel them to continue in the tournament.

“Work hard and practice hard.”

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Tigers continue push for playoffs Roseville dominates Whitney in 58-24 touchdown frenzy

BY LOGAN ASH

l.ash@eyeofthetigernews.com

In a must win game for the Roseville High School varsity football team, the Tigers were able to show a glimpse of what they are capable of by rolling past the Whitney Wildcats with a 58-24 victory. Making an early statement, the Tigers outscored their opponent in the first quarter 23-7. Due to the fashion in which the Tigers won last Friday night, the team was able distribute the amount of playing time throughout the entire team.

Late in the fourth quarter of Roseville Tiger’s varsity football game the crowd erupted as senior Brennan Huus ran for a 55 yard touchdown. Huus pulled the ball out of his tailback’s hands at the last second and made the decision to keep the ball. When he turned the corner, there was nothing but green field ahead as he hit the afterburners and took off down the field.

“I’ve never seen a team get more excited about a single play,” coach Hunkins said.

Along with Huus’ extravagant run, Junior running back Ben Zahniser scored three touchdowns in three different ways.

He caught a pass from senior quarterback Michael Dobler, he ran one in himself, and he returned a kick-off 99 yards to add on to the scoreboard for the Tigers.

Senior Bryce Crouch finished the game with two rushing touchdowns of his own and senior wide receiver Bryce Kasch caught two more touchdowns from Dobler.

“Everything fell into place,” Zahniser said. “The line blocked great and everyone did what they had to do.”

Cunha did say that if they make it to the playoffs, they will be competitive in every game they play in the postseason games.

According to senior Dobler, they have a very good chance of clinching the playoffs.

Against the Antelope Titans, senior Adam Besana tore his ACL late in the third quarter.

Dobler then came in to seal the victory against the Titans and maintain the Tigers pursuit for a potential postseason run in the Sac Joaquin Section Playoffs.

Dobler started the game at the helm against the Bella Vista Broncos and completed 50 percents of his passes and connected to senior Carson Miller for two touchdowns in the first quarter.

Changing quarterbacks over halfway through the season is a difficult adaptation to overcome for both the receivers and Dobler.

“When you are number one you really can’t make mistakes,” Dobler said. “That is the thing, getting back into a rhythm, slowly the game down mentally.”

According to Cunha, Besana and Dobler are two different quarterbacks. Cunha believes that Besana has more poise in the pocket and makes better decisions while Dobler is a better athlete along with having the ability to put his head down and run the ball.

“Adam was doing really well at first but unfortunately he got injured but I have full faith in Michael that he will be able to ex-

ecute for us,” Miller said.

A few weeks ago, Cunha moved Crouch to play full back and he placed junior Ben Zahniser at the tailback position to add versatility to the Tigers’ backfield.

Over the past two games, the Tigers’ backfield has combined for a total of 351 rushing yards and four touchdowns.

According to head defensive coordinator Bradley Hunkins, the team struggled with consistent execution early on in the season but they are doing better as the season progresses.

“We still have execution issues,” Hunkins said. “I think that after the Cosumnes and Antelope game we turned the corner.”

Throughout the year the defense has seen a vast amount of changes.

Senior Shea O’Hara has been placed at a variety of different positions to better suit the team but Hunkins believes he is best fitted as an inside line backer to assist senior Ryan Andrada in solidifying the line backing core.

As the season rolls on, different players have filled in to better the team as a whole.

“Blake Rayback is doing a lot of good things especially for being a junior,” Miller said. “Bryce Kasch is staying dominant; Bryce Crouch and Ben Zahniser have been stepping up at running back too.”

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The varsity Tigers need to win their final two games against the Ponderosa Bruins and Oakmont Vikings to make playoffs for the first time in three years.

Lady Tigers head to playoffs

BY AMRAN BISLA

a.bisla@eyeofthetigernews.com

With one more game left before the start of playoffs, the Roseville High School girls volleyball team will finish the season as the second ranked team in the CVC behind the undefearted Oakmont Vikings.

The Lady Tigers will face off against their log time rival VIkings in a game tomorrow night.

The game does not determine the end result of anything.

This is due to the fact that the Tigers have two more losses than the Vikings, which places them two games back of the undefeated Vikings, and with just one game left to play it is impossible for the team to reach them.

Last night, the Lady Tigers played the Ponderosa Bruins in the teams’ senior night. This years seniors on the team include hitters Abby Jensen, Stefanie Christofferson, Jessica Yaranon, and setter Kylene Landenberg.

Jensen, Christofferson, and Landenberg have also been the team’s captains this season Christofferson believes that the team has what it takes to be succesful in playoffs.

“I think if we keep playing like we have then we will be ready for the playoffs,” Christofferson said.

Recently, standout player Abby Jensen committed to Utah Valley University located in Orem, Utah.

Utah Valley is ranked within the top 200 Division I girls volleyball programs in the country.

Jensen chose Utah Valley University because it was ultimately the best overall school for herself.

“I chose Utah Valley University because it just felt right,” Jensen said. “I love the area, the coaches, the team, and my older brother, Max, will be right down

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The JV Tigers put up a dominating performance against the Whitney Wildcats last Thursday, winning 35-0. Running backs Brendan McMinn and Jay Razzano led the way, combining for five touchdowns on the night.

JV football rolls past Wildcats

BY BRYCE CROUCH

b.crouch@eyeofthetigernews.com

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The varsity Tigers head into the playoffs as the number-two-ranked team in league play. Tomorrow they will play number-one-ranked Oakmont. the street.”

Jensen has been playing volleyball for five year and feels as if her hard work has paid off.

But, then again, it’s just started, she said.

“It’s such a relief to finally be committed. It’s like all my hard work has paid off but really it’s just begun,” Jensen said. “I’m so excited to begin college ball.”

Jensen will be graduating RHS in December to attend Utah Valley in the spring of 2015, in order to start practicing and begin her collegiate career.

The Lady Tigers faced the Whitney Wildcats on Oct. 23. The Tigers won the match 3-1 with

winning scores of 25-14, 25-20 and 28-26 and lost the third set 25-23.

On Tuesday, Oct. 21, the RHS’ varsity girls volleyball team went up against league rival Bella Vista. The Tigers swept the Broncos in a quick match, 3-0. The match scores were 25-15, 25-23, and 25-21.

“I think last night was our best game all year,” Christofferson said.

On Oct. 16, the varsity girls’ volleyball team faced up against the Antelope Titans. The Lady Tigers won the match 3-1 against the seventh ranked team in the CVC.

As the team played in their eighth contest of the season, the Roseville High School JV football team won in dominating fashion with a score of 35-0 defeating a tough Whitney Wildcat team.

Ever since the team’s loss against Cosumnes Oaks, the team has shown their total dominance winning in every game since by double digits.

The Tigers started out strong in this game, putting up 21 points in the first half. The team’s duo of running backs scored all five of the teams touchdowns. Sophomore running back Brendan McMinn opened up the game with two touchdowns in the first, Sophomore running back Jay Razzano punched a run in from the goal line to take a 21-0 lead going into half.

“It’s fun running alongside Jay [Razzano], we are a great tag team and work together,” McMinn said.

The Tigers’ started off the sec-

ond half hot, driving down the field capitalizing off with a goal line touchdown by Razzano, making that his second of the evening.

The team continued their dominance as they piled in another touchdown, this time punching in the touchdown was McMinn giving him three rushing touchdowns on the day.

RHS’ offense looked to be running smoothly and efficiently throughout the game as the offensive line made large holes for the running backs and gave the quarterback much time to throw in the pocket.

The defense remained dominant as they have shutout their opponent in consecutive games this season, making this the team’s third shutout of the season.

Defensively, sophomore defensive back Josh Clark intercepted the ball in the first half to add on to the strong defensive effort.

Sophomore linebacker Josh Bamford led the defense as the team specializes in stopping the run.

“The difference between our

team this year and last year is that we have a lot more speed,” Bamford said. “We swarm to the ball and we can dominate offenses with our speed.”

This past Thursday, the JV football team squared up against Bella Vista as the team dominated 28-0 in a shutout victory.

Razzano and McMinn each had the first half touchdowns.

Razzano punching it in from the 1 yard line while McMinn scored on a 65 yard rushing touchdown.

“We started off slow, and were low on energy however we picked it up in the second half and our defense played outstanding,” Razzano said.

Bamford was everywhere on the defensive side racking up 11 tackles with two sacks and a blocked The defense left Bella Vista scoreless. This upcoming Friday, the JV Tigers will travel up to Ponderosa High School as they will play in their ninth game of the season.