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OCTOBER 28, 2013 | ISSUE 4, VOLUME 12

District to cut traditional math courses

BY ISABEL FAJARDO AND OLIVIA HILLMAN

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Within the next three years, the traditional math courses for high school and middle school will undergo drastic change. Instead of studying a singular subject in a particular class, students will be learning different, related subjects in integrated classes.

This is due to the state’s im-

plementation of Common Core standards, and some courses currently offered at Roseville High School will be affected gradually throughout the next three years.

While Common Core standards will affect all subjects, math and science are most heavily impacted by this integration.

The integration changes to the math classes work to combine the different topics into one coherent

course.

“It’s the concepts of all math put together in a logical way and students get to learn the subjects at the same time when they relate to each other,” RHS principal Brad Basham said.

The new math classes will be called Integrated 1, Integrated 2 and Integrated 3. Integrated 1 will be introduced in the next school year, accompanied by the already

existing Geometry and Algebra 2.

Both Integrated 2 and 3 will be added consecutively in the years following that, while the old subject classes will be removed.

Common Core has caused a need for adjustment in the current curriculum and teaching style.

“All that means is that we’re switching around the order; instead of doing a pure year of geometry, geometry is kind of mixed

in and the algebra is stretched out over all three years,” RHS math teacher Michelle Walton said.

“What’s really different is how we’re going to be teaching it and that’s because of the Common Core; it’s not the fact that it’s integrated.”

Just like the current math course, the integrated math path will lead up to Advanced Place MATH | PAGE 2

Male students left outnumbered in AP courses

BY SAMANTHA PAUL

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There is currently a significant disparity in the gender breakdown of Advanced Placement courses at Roseville High School, a trend that has remained relatively stable for the past several years.

Currently, girls represent 61.89 percent of all AP enrollment. Female students outnumber boys in eleven out of the thirteen Advanced Placement classes offered at RHS. The only exceptions are AP Environmental Science, which is equally enrolled, and AP Physics, which has more male students.

The most dramatic difference of male to female students is that of AP Human Geography, with 72.7% of students being female.

This is closely followed by the enrollment of AP Psychology, with 69.74% of students being female. AP Literature and Composition and AP Art History follow closely behind as well.

AP Psychology teacher Mark Andreatta feels that there are many reasons why there are more girls enrolled in his class.

“In AP Psych, the ratio is usually about 3:1 girls to boys,” Andreatta said. “In the regular Psych class it is 50/50. I think the stigma for guys is that they think Psychology is more of a touchyfeely-type subject.”

According to Andreatta, having more female students does have an effect on the class.

“I think the class discussion is affected a little in that most of the guys in the class tend to be quiet in the discussions,” Andreatta said. “I think girls in general want to know how and why the mind does what it does, whereas most guys are on auto-pilot.”

Senior Anthony Sanchez, a stu-

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Junior Heath Leonard (right) sits surrounded by female classmates in his fourth period Advanced Placement Psychology class. Leonard is one of 11 male students in the class of 40. dent in Andreatta’s AP Psycholto me because I’ve had classes ogy class, disagrees, saying that with pretty much the same people the ratio of girls to boys does not for years anyway, so everyone in affect the class. there kind of has a bond.

“I would say in Psych, it’s easy AP Literature and Composito notice that there are more girls tion teacher Cecil Morris said that than guys while looking around there have always been more girls the room,” Sanchez said. “Howin his class, which is composed of ever I don’t feel it has any effect 70 percent girls collectively for or that it would if the imbalance the 2013-14 school year. was reversed.” “[AP Literature and CompoSenior Lindsay Anderson, also sition class, for] as long as I can in Andreatta’s AP Psychology remember, [has] been disproporclass, agrees with Sanchez. tionately girls,” Morris said.

“I’ve definitely noticed that Morris feels that there are many there are more girls in most of my reasons why female students tend AP classes,” Anderson said. “It to dominate his AP Literature and GRAPHIC BY MARC CHAPPELLE doesn’t really make a difference Girls currently outnumber boys 61.89 percent to 38.11 percent in AP courses.  GENDER | PAGE 2

Staffing shortage creates tech delays

BY ROBBIE SHORT

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Senior student computer technician Alex Lara fixes a computer at his desk in the RHS site tech office. Lara, site technicians from the other district schools and a temporary support specialist have worked to deal with the backlog of maintenance requests left after longtime RHS site technician Reid Cameron retired.

Recent staffing turnovers in Roseville High School’s technology department have created a backlog of maintenance requests from faculty members experiencing technical difficulties with their computers.

Two members of RHS’ site tech team, including longtime site technician Reid Cameron, left the department several weeks ago, creating a shortage of support specialists at the school and delays in responses to support requests.

Tech issues that are still unresolved include the lack of installation of Microsoft Office 2010, a software most of the school updated to over the summer, in the 911 lab and issues with Adobe Acrobat causing PDFs to crash and students to lose access to the public drive in the 915 lab, along with general maintenance requests for individual teachers’ personal computers.

The staffing shortage has also slowed down the school’s intended roll-out of Google Chromebooks and Apple iPads, technological curriculum supplements that the tech department initially planned to implement in a variety of classes, including the English and social science block courses at the freshman, sophomore and junior grade levels, earlier in the school year.

“There’s been a little bit of miscommunication regarding Chromebooks,” RHS site technology coordinator Marie Criste said. “For example, if teachers are having issues with them, the question is should they contact me, should they contact the help desk or they contact the help desk and nobody gets back to them because there’s no site technician.”

In addition to the communication issues, the lack of a site technician has left the department without the manpower needed to prepare them for use in the classroom.

“The other issue is just getting the carts set up,” Criste said. “It’s just a matter of getting in there and getting it set up. It’s just that time crunch.”

Additionally, several teachers who were planning on integrating iPads into their curricula have been unable to after the department informed them that they would not have access to them for an as-of-yet undetermined amount of time as the department works to get them ready.

“I think lessons that were originally planned for Freshman Seminar students that were based on apps, on various forms of technology, have been revamped so that we use the more traditional pencil-and-paper approach,” said Freshman Seminar teacher Melissa Jones, who initially planned to use iPads in her classes.

According to senior student computer technician Alex Lara, the department is working to roll out the tablets to more students.  TECH | PAGE 2

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Student speaks out about Sparks shooting

BY RICHARD FINICAL, IMAN RICHMOND AND ROBBIE SHORT robbie.short@eyeofthetigernews.com

This story contains an exclusive interview with an acquaintance of the shooter.

In the wake of the recent shooting at Sparks Middle School, more sources are coming forward with information about the event and schools across the country are evaluating their safety plans.

The attack took place at 7:15 a.m., Oct. 21 and resulted in the deaths of math teacher Michael Landsberry along with the shooter, seventh-grader Jose Reyes, and injuries to two other students.

Though Reyes killed Landsberry, according to Cyndra Wolfe, a seventh-grader at Sparks who witnessed the shooting, his intended target was math teacher Ben Tucker, who was in a different part of the campus at the time of the shooting. “[Reyes] was going after [Tucker] because [he] didn’t like him and the gun went off itself – he never meant to hurt [the two students who were injured] or [Landsberry]” Wolfe said.

According to Wolfe, Reyes did not intend to shoot Landsberry and instead asked him to step aside so that he would be able to get to Tucker. “[Landsberry] was telling him to put the gun down,” Wolfe said.

Wolfe also said that she does not believe that Reyes targeted the two injured students.

Wolfe said that she has known Reyes since they were in the third grade and that they had been good friends. She also said that she has a class with one of the student victims and is friends with the other.

According to Wolfe, Reyes seemed disconnected from the other students before the attack.

“He was being bullied a lot,” Wolfe said. “He ... was usually alone on the playground because no one liked him.”

Though the shooting has inspired educators across the country to think about the safety of its schools, RHS administrators do not feel that it warrants any changes to the school’s security procedures.

“No new safety protocols need to be put in place,” RHS assistant principal Jon Coleman said.

“Random acts of violence are random acts of violence – I don’t want to have to live in a prison state. No one would ever come to this school if we had it on constant lockdown.”

RHS youth resource officer Carlos Cortes agrees that the school is well-prepared for incidents like the one in Sparks.

“We’re fully staffed and within two minutes we could get 7 or 8 more officers here if needed,” Cortes said. “We have multiple trainings for situations like this, and we stay fit and able-bodied so we can [respond if needed].”

According to Coleman, students should remain confident in the safety of the school.

“I believe we have a very safe campus and well-trained faculty,” Coleman said. “We have nothing to worry about.”

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Eye of the Tiger ROSEVILLE HIGH SCHOOL 1 TIGER WAY ROSEVILLE, CA 95678 EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Robbie Short NEWS EDITOR Ian Souza FEATURES EDITOR Marian Abdelmalek OPINION EDITOR Meghan Julin ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR Isabel Fajardo SPORTS EDITOR Nick Espino Matt Tawlks COPY EDITOR Olivia Hillman PHOTO EDITOR Madison Macha Evelina Kislyanka ONLINE EDITOR Marc Chappelle ESPAñOL EDITOR Emma Carlson BUSINESS MANAGER Monica Linsangan FACULTY ADVISOR Bobby Ritter STAFF WRITERS Logan Ash Catherine Barber Kevin Chappelle Kira Clifton Bryce Crouch Simiron Dhadda Michelle Im Gabriel Lira Sarah Looper Roy Loya Netzy Ortega Michaela Paul Samantha Paul Anna Porretta Katelyn Rolen Nick Sapp Hanna Sex Haylee Sex Dean Sideris Morgan Simpson Nikaya Southworth Aaron Souza Marissa Stone Nick Trezza Sydney Valenzuela Will White Hana Zarea

TECH: Department faces communication issues Turnover in district director position, disconnect between coordinator Criste and maintenance staff compound delays

CONTINUED FROM FRONT “Because this is kind of like a trial-by-error type of thing – we’re just getting started with the iPads – certain classes were issued them, and as time goes on, I’m pretty sure more classes will be issued them as well,” Lara said.

The tech department has conducted two rounds of interviews to fill Cameron’s position, but the first selected candidate did not pass the Roseville Joint Union High School District’s requisite background checks and the second backed out of the position after being accepted.

The department recently finished its third interview round and hired Keith Wheeler as a replacement for Cameron.

Wheeler is currently going through the district’s human resources process and will begin work at RHS “soon,” according to RJUHSD director of technology David Findley.

In the meantime, site technicians from the other district schools will continue to help respond to maintenance requests at RHS, which they have been doing since shortly after Cameron’s retirement.

However, the other technicians still have to take care of the technology issues at their home schools, so they have not been able to fully minimize the issue. “[The district technicians have] been taking care of our help

desk tickets whenever they can,” Criste said. “When you have a long list like that, you can only do so much, and they’re spread thin, but I said, ‘What can we do?’ and they’ve done a pretty good job.”

A temporary substitute site technician will also continue to work at RHS until Wheeler starts.

However, according to RHS principal Brad Basham, the other technicians may not understand the nuances of the school’s technological infrastructure as well as Cameron did.

“People who are helping Roseville High School aren’t as familiar with Roseville High School as Reid Cameron was,” Basham said. “It’s not quite the same as when you have a fully staffed tech department.”

There has also been an issue of communication within RHS’ own site tech department.

In general, whenever a faculty member experiences technological issues, he or she contacts the department and are issued a help desk ticket, which describes the type of service needed, how quickly it is needed and where it is needed.

The tech department then uses the tickets to prioritize and keep track of maintenance requests, which its support specialists generally respond to as quickly as possible.

However, Criste does not currently have access to the tickets, creating a disconnect between

her and the maintenance staff that did not exist when Cameron still worked for the deparment.

“You see what parts of the system are missing,” Criste said. “I can’t get into the workbook to see help desk tickets and help. Reid used to send those all to me every week … There was no transition plan.”

Changes in the position of district director of technology have also impacted the technology situation at RHS. Though Findley currently holds the position, he did not take over from the previous director, Mike Fury, who left RJUHSD for the Rocklin Unified School District after serving many years supervising the department, until last summer and is set to resign effective the end of October.

Findley declined to share the reason for his resignation at this time.

Criste and a panel of other technology personnel from around the district conducted interviews to fill Findley’s position on Friday, Oct. 18, and hope to install someone in the position by Nov.1, to coincide with Findley’s departure.

According to Criste, the confusion over leadership at the district level has compounded the problems at RHS. “[The district tech department] has just been in disarray,” Criste said. “The biggest thing is communication. If we don’t know there’s a problem, we don’t know to do anything … I’m looking forward to that being resolved, because that’s that biggest issue: trying to make sure we’re all on the same page.”

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GENDER: Faculty members notice enrollment trends Girls tend toward social science, English courses, boys toward math, science

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Above, a student drops off cans in the admin building to benefit over 200 at-risk and low-income North Roseville families as part of the North Roseville Recreation Center’s annual Thanksgiving canned food drive. RHS will host its own canned food drive Nov. 4-22 to collect cans to donate to the Salvation Army. Student Government is working with KCRA to organize the drive and will give prizes to the classes that bring in the top three highest amounts of cans.

CONTINUED FROM FRONT Composition classes.

“I think that our culture encourages boys to do better at things other than school,” Morris said. “There is a high premium on success in sports and that sort of thing, whereas girls are expected to do better in school, so I think that’s part of it. I think that literature is typically more interesting to girls than boys.”

Morris does not think the larger proportion of female students enrolled in his classes has any effect on the overall curriculum he teaches or the nature of the course.

“I don’t know that it affects the classes at all,” Morris said. “The curriculum that the test encourages is the same whether there are girls or boys in the class who read books and poems, so I don’t know that having more girls than boys in the class changes the curriculum at all.”

AP Government teacher Dana Dooley feels that females are typically pushed more toward social sciences rather than math or science AP classes.

“Stereotypically, social science and English are seen as female

disciplines, whereas math and science are seen as male disciplines,” Dooley said. “A lot of girls are implicitly discouraged from pursuing [paths in] math.”

Counselor Jason Bradley tries to encourage girls and boys equally to take AP classes during course registration.

“Personally, I encourage students regardless of gender, or any other factor, to take AP classes if they have A’s or B’s in previous classes [that are similar] to the AP class,” Bradley said.

Principal Brad Basham does not think the data from this year’s AP enrollment shows any significant difference from that of previous years, but may indicate a higher proportion of female students taking math and science courses. “[This year’s gender distribution in AP courses] is not uncommon,” Basham said, “Traditionally, the humanities AP classes, AP social sciences, AP Art History, AP Language and Composition tend to be more female-enrolled, whereas math and science traditionally tend to be more male[enrolled]. [But now] we are seeing more young ladies taking the science and math AP classes.”

MATH: Integrated courses to replace subject-specific ones

CONTINUED FROM FRONT -ment Calculus and AP Statistics, which will both remain as their own courses. Due to the set-up of Common Core, Pre-Calculus would not be a required course to take before AP Calculus, since most of the Pre-Calc curriculum would be taught in the integrated courses.

“That Pre-Calc stuff is all called the Plus Standards; there’s kind of an option right now to teach those Plus Standards in the courses and kind of make them like honors courses, versus pulling those Plus Standards out and make them a fourth class before Calculus,” Walton said. “As a district, we’re still figuring out which way we want to go on that, so [we] don’t

know yet.”

In order to get to AP Stats, students will have the option to double up and take two math classes in a year.

RHS faculty members are helping students shift to the different teaching and learning style by adjusting their previous lesson plans to incorporate more writing and real-life application.

“We’re starting to do more application and that kind of thing,” Walton said. “Algebra 1 teaches Algebra 1, Geometry is all the geometry and Algebra 2 is all those topics, but we’re trying to teach those topics differently, the way we’re supposed to be doing with the Common Core.”

To correspond with Common

Core standards and the changing high school classes, middle school curriculum is also being adjusted. Two of RHS’s main feeder middle schools, George A. Buljan and Robert C. Cooley, have made changes to ease the transition for graduating eighthgraders.

“Buljan is under a transition year right now,” Buljan assistant principal Stephanie Brown said.

“We’re doing a little bit of the old [curriculum] and a little of the new.”

As of next year, Common Core will be carried out completely.

The math courses offered in middle school will be renamed Math 6, 7 and 8 and will combine various math subjects, just like their

high school counterparts.

The revision will also provide for advanced courses called Accelerated 6, 7 and 8. The accelerated course combines four years of math into three. By the time students finish the accelerated course, they will have taken the equivalent of the first year of high school math. At this point, they will be placed into Integrated 2 their freshman year.

“The prerequisites for the [advanced] course are a combination of test scores, a math readiness exam and student performance in their previous math class,” said Gary Callahan, assistant Superintendent of Education Services for the Roseville City School District. “Currently, teachers are be-

ing trained on the new standards in partnership with our neighbor school districts and we anticipate new curriculum coming when the state adopts materials in the spring of 2014.”

Science also has the potential to undergo major change in the subject’s curriculum. Science has no set period in which Common Core integration will take place.

“There’s nothing that says that says that [classes are going to be integrated] for sure, but the way that the standards are identified, it’s certainly a possibility of looking at how we teach science,” said Darcee Durham, head of the science department at RHS. “Our district isn’t set up that way, so we have all these separate classes and it’s not been identified, one way or the other, whether the district’s going to completely change the science classes, but [the integration] might happen down the road.”

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Project Chip Seal closes roads around campus Campo Street and Alta Vista closed last Friday, Tiger Way closed today

Concussion training for coaches now mandatory

BY NIKAYA SOUTHWORTH

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nikaya.southworth@eyeofthetigernews.com

The City of Roseville closed several streets in the Sierra Vista neighborhood for a pavement project known as Project Chip Seal. Tiger Way will be closed today.

Campo Street, its alleyway and Alta Vista were closed last Friday.

Roseville High School administration received an email from the project’s contractor notifying them of the street paving project prior to the project’s initiation.

Heading the project is Roseville City engineer Noah Siviglia.

“The project is planned so that it doesn’t affect the high school,” Siviglia said.

According to Siviglia, the roads took about an hour to pave each.

Workers paved during school hours so as not to affect school traffic. Paving started after school began and ended before school was dismissed.

Paving took place around 9 a.m. and did not conflict with lunch hours. Siviglia assures that there were no health issues involved with laying down the new pavement that would affect students.

Above, workers re-pave a road. Project Chip Seal is an effort by the city of Roseville to refurbish certain streets.

The senior lot was not paved.

The project began Oct. 16, and will be finished today.

Roads affected include Maripoza Street, Yosemite Street, Manzanita Avenue, Coronado Avenue, Sierra Boulevard, El Do-

rado Avenue and Tahoe Avenue along with Tiger Way and Campo Street.

According to a letter sent to affected residents, the streets are receiving a “chip seal” application and a “slurry seal” application.

The roads are open during the chip seal application with parking restrictions and closed during the slurry seal application.

Residents are asked to avoid parking on the streets between 7 a.m. and 6 p.m. on project days.

PHOTO BY MADISON MACHA

There will be “No Parking” signs posted 48 hours in advance. The resurfacing in the residential streets may take four to six hours to complete as opposed to the hour-long resurfacing of Tiger Way and Campo Street.

Common App website malfunctions cause concern

BY NETZY ORTEGA

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With several early admission deadlines coming up in November, many Roseville High School students have been encountering a few problems while completing their undergraduate college application on the Common Application website.

For instance, when hitting the submit button, an error message may appear, making the application impossible to complete. At times, the application does not fully load and payments are frequently not registered.

Students may also encounter difficulty logging in and an inability to request letters of recommendation.

The Common Application, or common app, is a key part of the application process as it combines everything from class rank, letters of recommendation, essays and important contact information into one single account.

The information is then supposed to be sent out to any of over 500 colleges students may choose.

The transition to a completely online process in the start of the

2013-14 school year has brought several technical issues.

RHS teacher Paige Powell has encountered problems with the letter of recommendation portion of the online application as a result of the Internet Explorer browser on her computer at school.

“The first problem I had was that the browser we have at school was not supported, so I had to download Google Chrome,” Powell said. “A week later I had another [letter of recommendation request] come in and I was not able to submit using Google Chrome.”

After consulting RHS counselor Graciela Fernandez, she was told that using the Firefox browser would fix the problem, but it persisted.

Senior Maram Daood is afraid that technical issues may affect her college acceptance.

“It worries me that I might not be able to get my college applications done in time and the colleges may not push their dates back,” Daood said.

Fernandez said she had not had many problems in previous years, but has several now.

PHOTO BY MADISON MACHA

Above, a student attempts to log on to the common app. Multiple errors plague the now online-only application. our counseling workshops we “The first [problem] that came that comes up for you to review it are offering,” Fernandez said. “If right off the bat was once I got and it wasn’t showing up.” [students] do get stuck, there’s a the email request sent to me from Fernandez advises students counselor right there to ask.” common app, when you click the facing any problems to attend The next available workshops link to go to that, [the page] would after-school college application will occur on Nov. 1, 8 and 15. not even come up,” Fernandez workshops which have been ocThey occur in room 937 on the said. “We were using [Google curring since the beginning of RHS campus and go from 2:30 to Chrome] and trying to submit the October.

4 p.m. application and there’s a prompt “I would definitely stop by

Google hosts workshop, first ever in Northern California Sessions highlight use of Google technology and apps in classroom, planned to take place Feb. 8-9

BY ROBBIE SHORT

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Google is coming to Roseville High School.

Early next calendar year, the Internet giant will work with EdTechTeam, Inc., a network of educational technologists, to hold a Google in Education Workshop at RHS, the first ever such event in Northern California.

The workshop will take place over two days on Feb. 8 and 9 and will be open to educators – including teachers, administrators and information technology (IT) managers – throughout the Roseville Joint Union High School District and other surrounding districts.

The main focus of the event’s information sessions, which will be led by Google education specialists and EdTechTeam specialists, will be on the use of Google technology in the classroom, specifically Google Apps in Education (including Google Mail and Google Docs) and Google Chromebooks, Internet-centric

laptops that RHS has recently worked to integrate into its curricula.

RHS’ piloting of Chromebooks was one of the main reasons RHS site technician Marie Criste worked to get the EdTechTeam to agree to host the workshop at the school.

The school began its use of Chromebooks at the beginning of this school year, when three carts were set up for use solely in Title I-designated classes, including English Language Development and AVID classes.

However, other academic classes, including Criste’s and social science teacher Carol Crabtree’s AP European History blocks, began to use them as well, and Criste said that the demand department coordinators showed for the Chromebooks at a recent meeting in which she had them test them out will necessitate the purchase of at least four more carts.

Criste hopes to set up the next wave of Chromebooks for the

teachers who want them by December.

“I really do want teachers going to [the Summit] with questions, being able to pilot, say, ‘Hey, I’ve been using these for a month, two months, I want to get these questions answered from Google,’” Criste said.

The technology department originally planned to roll-out the Chromebooks earlier this fall, but were unable to largely because of the overwhelming demand and longtime RHS site technician Reid Cameron retiring, which left the department somewhat understaffed.

Criste also wants to make sure that the teachers who receive Chromebooks are comfortable using them and receive any needed support.

“I do believe we need to start small,” Criste said. “It’s hard when you get excited about a new product and everybody wants it, but you’ve got to kind of take a step back to be successful. You’ve got to make sure that the teachers that have it and are feeling supported and that they’re successful with it, because if they’re not, then the whole thing goes sideways.”

Criste now plans to work on

selecting teachers who will be most committed to integrating the Chromebooks into their classes and creating a “train-the-trainer” model, which would include a hierarchy chart of which teachers are available to help if other teachers have any questions about the devices or need any assistance in using them in their classes.

Criste also says that students will serve as a valuable resource for struggling teachers.

“What I’ve seen my kids do with it, letting go of that control and saying, ‘You guys figure it out’ – Crabtree and I did Google Presentation and the kids just came out with awesome stuff,” Criste said. “A lot of it is just, ‘Give it to the kids. Let them just do it.’”

The workshop will accommodate 300 educators, and RJUHSD is guaranteed 30 complimentary spots by the EdTechTeam as compensation for hosting the event.

Registration is $249 per person.

The remaining spots can be purchased by other area educators.

However, Criste is currently working to get the district to approve the purchase of more registrations so that up to 100 district personnel will be able to attend.

“Google sells out,” Criste said.

“If we open it to the public, it’s going to sell out like a Rolling Stones concert … I would like to hand-pick those teachers that are committed and are definitely going to say, ‘I’m going to utilize this,’ because that is an investment that the district is making, but I’m hoping that Mr. Montgomery [RJUHSD assistant superintendent in charge of curriculum] will … say, ‘I’ll give you 20 grand to pay for 100 teachers to go.’”

The additional registrations would be paid for using money earmarked for the integrating of Common Core State Standards, as part of the reason for the district beginning to use Chromebooks was to help its schools fulfill the technology component of the standards.

According to RHS principal Brad Basham, initiatives like the Educators’ Workshop and the further implementation of Chromebooks represent steps forward for the school.

“It’s gonna take a bit of time [to integrate the new technology],” Basham said. “We just have to be patient with the technology, and there’ll be a learning curve, but it will get easier, and we’ll be better off in the long run.”

BY ANNA PORRETTA

Due to a law in California, all high school sports coaches in the state of must pass an online course on head injury and all athletes who sustain a head injury must be evaluated by a doctor before returning to practice.

The recently signed Assembly Bill 1451 mandates a 20-minute online course, which asks basic questions requiring knowledge of head injuries and what procedures should be taken.

The bill states that it was enacted on the grounds that “welltrained coaches are vital to the success of the experience of a pupil in sports and interscholastic activities.”

The concussion training is designed to prevent coaches from allowing players to return to a game or practice after sustaining an injury.

“Players used to say they got their ‘bell rung,’ when they actually suffered a concussion, and would return to the practice or game after a few minutes,” Athletic Director Jamie Bunch said.

Varsity football player junior Jack DeLeon has noted how cautious coaches have been of injury recently.

“I’ve noticed that after someone gets a head injury on the field, no one moves them and the coaches are really careful with them,” DeLeon said.

Deleon has also noticed an increase in diagnosed concussions but believes new information regarding head injuries and the recent rise in concussion awareness could have led to fewer head injuries going unchecked.

“Now if you complain of a headache, the coaches become more concerned than if you complain that your arm or your ankle hurts,” DeLeon said.

Varsity football coach Larry Cunha feels he has always taken injury very seriously.

“We have always been very careful when it comes to concussions,” Cunha said.

Cunha believes that the only difference in how they treat their players between years prior and this year is that players would previously return to a rigorous practice immediately after they were cleared by a doctor. Now they have to pass a series of tests and gradually work up to practicing all-out.

School nurse Dayle Edgerton speculates that the media may have a lot to do with it and believes that the mandatory certification has been in the works because of all of the research on concussions that has been conducted in the last few years.

Several sports related studies have concluded that multiple concussions and/or head injuries can lead to neurological degenerative diseases and brain damage.

Because of the aforementioned research, junior Nick Espino and senior Alex Kelly were forced to stop playing football for the season after sustaining concussions.

Also, during what the football players call “Hell Week,” junior Eduardo Ortega sustained a severe concussion.

“I remember starting practice and then what was happening around noon the following day,” Ortega said.

He was put on a seizure watch for three days. After that, he filled out symptom charts every day until he had no symptoms and was allowed to return to school.

He then was given another set of charts to clear him for physical activity and was allowed to return to practice and participate in light workouts after syptoms cleared.

“Coaches are taking concussions very seriously because of all the new research,” Ortega said. “Before the mandatory certification, I would have probably started practice sooner.”

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NOTICIAS

Cursos diferentes de matemáticas vendrán a RHS

BY ISABEL FAJARDO Y OLIVIA HILLMAN

isabel.fajardo@eyeofthetigernews.com olivia.hillman@eyeofthetigernews.com

En los tres años próximos, los cursos de matemáticas tradicionales de la escuela secundaria y escuela intermedia tendrán un cambio drástico. Este cambio es un resultado de las normas del California y Common Core que afectarán a todos los temas. Especificamente las matemáticas y las ciencias tienes los más fuertementes de afectados por la integración.

Los cambios de integración a las clases de matemáticas combinarán los diferentes temas en un curso coherente.

Las nuevas clases de matemáticas se llaman Integrado 1, Integrado 2 y Integrado 3. Integrado 1 se presentará en el próximo año escolar, acompañado por el Geometría y Algebra 2 que ya existente. Integrado 2 y 3 se añadirán en forma consecutiva en los años posteriores mientras las clases de asignaturas viejas serán eliminados .

Como los cursos de matemáti-

Mujeres contra hombres en clases AP

BY SAMANTHA PAUL

samantha.paul@eyeofthetigernews.com

En la escuela secundaria de Roseville existe una gran disparidad en los números por sexo de las clases avanzadas. Esta tendencia se ha mantenido relativamente estable durante los últimos años.

En la actualidad, las niñas representan el 61.89 por ciento de toda la matrícula AP. Las niñas superan a los niños en once de las trece clases de nivel avanzado se ofrecen en RHS. Las excepciones únicas son ciencia ambiente AP que tiene un igual total por sexo y física AP que tiene más niños.

El maestro de Literatura AP Cecil Morris cree que hay muchas razones por la dominación de las mujeres en las clases AP. “Creo que nuestra cultura promueve a los chicos a hacer otras

REPORTAJES MEChA comienza otra vez con Quiñónez

BY SARAH LOOPER

sarah.looper@eyeofthetigernews.com

El club de MEChA ha regresado a la escuela secundaria de Roseville. Este año tiene nuevas metas y un nuevo asesor.

El club terminó en la primavera de 2013 después que el maestro de matemáticas y asesor del club Ted Herr se jubiló. Ahora el maestro de matemáticas Miguel Quiñónez se ha convertido en el asesor nuevo del club y espera arrojar luz sobre la cultura latina.

“Esta sería otra manera que podamos ayudar a los estudiantes a encontrar la belleza y la riqueza

Brockman se regresó a RHS

BY CATHERINE BARBER

catherine.barber@eyeofthetigernews.com

Mike Brockman se regresó recientemente a la escuela secundaria de Roseville después de tomar un viaje de seis meses a México.

Brockman dimitió de su trabajo del departamento de consejeros en el otoño de 2012 porque él y su esposa no estaban seguros acerca de cuándo iban a volver de su viaje.

“Siempre había soñado con vivir fuera de los Estados Unidos”, Brockman dijo.

Este sueño se convirtió en una posibilidad cuando su esposa, Julie Brockman, tuvo la oportuni-

DEPORTES

Fútbol universitario alcanza un record total de empates

BY JORDAN LOYA

jordan.loya@eyeofthetigernews.com

El equipo de fútbol de RHS tiene un récord de 2-3-4. El equipo tiene cuatro empates que es la mayor cantidad en la historia del equipo.

Para asegurar un lugar en los playoffs, los Tigres tienen que ganar su juego mañana que es el

cas presentes, las clases de matemáticas integradas les preparán a los estudiantes para los propios cursos Cálculo AP y Estadística AP. Precálculo no sería un curso obligatorio para tomar antes de Cálculo AP porque la mayor parte del plan de estudios de Precálculo se enseñaría en los cursos integrados.

Para tomar Estadística AP, los estudiantes tendrán la opción de doblar y tomar dos clases de matemáticas en un año.

En correspondencia con las normas de Common Core escuelas intermedias cambiarán sus planes de estudios para ayudar la transición a la escuela secundaria de Roseville. Como las clases de RHS, las escuelas intermedias ofrecerán los cursos avanzados llamados Matemáticas 6, 7 y 8. La revisión también ofrecerá los cursos avanzados llamados Accelerado 6 , 7 y 8 y estos estudiantes comezarán a la escuela secundaria de Roseville en Integrado 2 sin Integrado 1.

El próximo año, Common Core se llevará a cabo por completo. cosas que consideran mejores aparte de la escuela”, Morris dijo.

“Hay un gran énfasis en el éxito en los deportes y otras actividades para hombres. Las mujeres tienen más expectaciones académicas.

Creo que la literatura es más interesante para las niñas que a los niños.”

Morris no cree que la mayor cantidad de estudiantes mujeres matriculadas en sus clases tengan ningún efecto sobre el plan de estudios general.

Director Brad Basham no cree los numeros de este año muestren nuna diferencia significativa respecto a los años pasados.

“No es raro”, Basham dijo.

“Tradicionalmente, en las clases de humanidades AP, ciencias sociales hay un más número de estudiantes mujeres. [Pero ahora] estamos viendo más mujeres jóvenes que toman las clases avanzadas de ciencia y matemática.”

Español Una colección de latas comidas empieza

BY MICHELLE IM

michelle.im@eyeofthetigernews.com

El gobierno estudiantil de RHS ha empezado preparar para la colección de latas comidas.

Este año pasará a cabo del 4 al 22 de noviembre. Todas las latas que estudiantes traen ser colo-

Cunha limita la cantitad de rosa

BY KEVIN CHAPPELLE

kevin.chappelle@eyeofthetigernews.com

Los equipos de fútbol americano de RHS jugaron contra Granite Bay en el juego rosa, lo que aumenta la conciencia para el cáncer de pecho. Casi toda de la audiencia llevaba todo del color rosa pero el entrenador Larry Cunha

Calles de RHS cierran

BY NIKAYA SOUTHWORTH

nikaya.southworth@eyeofthetigernews.com

La ciudad de Roseville cerró muchas calles en el vecino de Sierra View para un proyecto de la calzada. Este proyecto se llama Chip Seal. Tiger Way cerrará hoy.

La calle de Campo, su callejón y Alta Vista estaban cerradas el

Caos técnico aumenta

BY ROBBIE SHORT

robbie.short@eyeofthetigernews.com

Problemas técnicos recientes en el departamento de tecnología de la escuela secundaria de Roseville han creado una acumulación de solicitudes de mantenimiento.

Semanas pasadas dos miembros del equipo técnico del sitio RHS salieron dejaron el departamento.

Problemas específicas incluyen la falta de la instalación de Microsoft Office 2010, el funcionamiento defectuoso en el laboratorio 911 y la dificultad con los documentos PDF y la unidad pública.

Además de esta, las peticiones de mantenimiento individual de los maestros han aumentado.

El departamento del distrito es en la procesa de empleando personas nuevas para ayudar con los problemas aumentos.

cados en las cajas provistas por KCRA en sus clases segundos.

Gobierno estudiantil ofrecerá premios a los tres mejores clases con la mayoría de las latas.

Todas las latas de la colección serán donados al Salvation Army que ha tenido una historia con este evento de la escuela secundaria de Roseville en el pasado. limitó a los jugadores a pegatinas rosas y nada más.

Cunha cree que la uniformidad es muy importante para los equipos deportivos .

De acuerdo con el director atlético Jamie Bunch, no existe un código deportivo específico que autoriza a los entrenadores para controlar lo que visten sus jugadores. viernes pasado.

La administración de RHS recibió un correo electrónico del contratista con notificación del proyecto antes de la iniciación.

Residentes no deben aparcar en las calles desde 7 a.m. a 6 p.m. durante días del proyecto.

El proyecto empezó en el 16 de octubre y terminará hoy.

RHS reflecta en su seguridad

BY RICHARD FINICAL, IMAMRICHMOND Y ROBBIE SHORT robbie.short@eyeofthetigernews.com

Los disparos en la escuela intermedia de Sparks que pasado lunes han causado mucha atención a la seguridad de las escuelas.

El ataque tuvo lugar a las 7:15 por la mañana en el 21 de octubre y resultó en la muerte de Michael Landsberry, una maestra de octavo curso en la escuela. Estudiante de séptimo curso Jose Reyes le mató a este maestro e hizo lesiones a dos estudiantes.

Administradores de RHS no sienten necesitar cambios adicionales en los procedimientos de la seguridad.

“Creo que tenemos un campus seguridad y empleados entrenados buenos”, director asistente Jon Coleman dijo. “No necesitamos preocuparnos.”

de la cultura latina”, Quiñónez dijo. “Me gustaría ver a más estudiantes latinos en universidades de cuatro años.”

Quiñónez tomó una parte activa en MEChA mientras estaba en la universidad, que le dio a él la motivación para continuar con el club después de graduarse.

MEChA es un acrónimo español para Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlán. Aztlán es la patria “mítica” de las aztecas.

Quiñónez establezo el club para promover el empoderamiento y el estímulo a través de Chicano y la unidad a través de la cultura.

Quiñónez cree que el club es para cualquier persona que esté dad de trabajar con un equipo de veterinarios en un refugio local de animales en México.

En México, Brockman trabajó en una escuela local. Allí, él estudió español y enseñadó inglés a los estudiantes españoles. También trabajó como un voluntario en una escuela primaria local para los estudiantes de tercero a quinto cursos.

Aunque Brockman renunció a su posicion en RHS, él todavía está involucrado con la escuela como un tutor de AVID. Además a esta, trabaja en la escuela secundaria de Independencia el miércoles por la noche.

Brockman planea volver con su esposa a México en la primavera de 2014.

interesado en el fondo o Chicana Latina Quiñónez ha desarrollado un plan para incorporar lo que los miembros del club tienen un interés en el fondo del club.

“Mi plan incluye consultar a los miembros para ver cuáles son sus intereses y metas. Mi plan personal consiste en que los estudiantes que vengen de orígenes desfavorecidos ir a universidades de cuatro años para representa sus familias y sus culturas con éxito”, Quiñónez dijo.

Las reuniones del club de MEChA son durante todos los lunes en el almuerzo individual en la habitación 302.

Presentaciones ayudan a los estudiantes

Tres clubes recaudan dinero este mes

gramos estarán distribuidos en Halloween.

El club culinario planea recaudar fondos durante el resto del año escolar con muchos eventos culinarios. Planean hacer suficiente dinero para ir en un viaje en final del semestre.

“Estamos tratando ir al Instituto Culinario de América en Napa en diciembre”, presidente del club y estudiante de último año Danielle Moreno dijo.

En el 4 de octubre el club concinó para la fiesta del cumpleaños nonagésimo de la madre de la recepcionista Judy Bumgarner.

También planea atender el Festival Gastronómico Multicultural en Granite Bay en el futuro.

juego final en la liga contra las águilas de Del Oro.

el juego y se sentían como que podían haber hecho mejor.

El 23 de octubre, el equipo tuvo su juego Dig Pink para la conciencia del cáncer de pecho contra Woodcreek. Ellas vistieron en rosa y ganaron los tres partidos.

Con el récord de 5-3, el equipo femenino de voleibol necesita ganar alguno de sus juegos próximos que para llegar a playoffs.

El equipo universitario de voleibol continua para llegar a playoffs

BY MORGAN SIMPSON

morgan.simpson@eyeofthetigernews.com

El lunes pasado, el equipo universitario de voleibol de mujeres cayó a Granite Bay en tres juegos consecutivos. Las jugadoras estaban muy decepcionados con

BY HANA ZAREA

hana.zarea@eyeofthetigernews.com

Este mes, los clubes internacional, key y culinario encontraron formas para recaudar dinero.

El 16 de octubre Lazer Craze colaboró con el club de key para recaudar fondos. Durante las horas desde 5 a 9 de la noche, el club ganó 500 dolores que fue 30 por ciento de las ganancias de la noche que fue donado al club.

El club internacional está ganando dinero para sus causas a través de la venta de gramos de caramelos. Estará vendiendo gramos de caramelo en la cafetería hasta el 30 de octubre por 50 centavos cada uno. Los

OCTOBER 28, 2013

BY EMMA CARLSON

emma.carlson@eyeofthetigernews.com

Muchas presentaciones de universidades están pasando en el campus de la escuela secundaria de Roseville. Estas permiten a los estudiantes a aprender más de las admisiones, vida estudiantil, ayuda financiera y viviendas.

Son durante el día de la escuela y estudiantes necesitan obtener un papel de permisión. Presentaciones futuras incluyen las universidades de Cal Lutheran, Sacramento State, FIDM, Universidad de Idaho y Universidad de Massachusetts, Lowell.

NOTICIAS

FOTO POR EVELINA KISLYANKA

Estudiantes de Geometría en el periodo tres de maestro Levi Fletcher trabajan en sus libros de geometría. En el año próximo, Geometría será incluida en las clases integrados de matemáticas.

REPORTAJES

FOTO POR EVELINA KISLYANKA

Mike Brockman ayuda a los estudiantes de AVID con sus materias. Con su regreso a RHS, él trabaja en las clases de AVID como un tutor y las clases de crédito recuperación en la escuela secundaria de Independencia durante la noche. Brockman viajó a México con su esposa en otoño 2012 y volverá pronto.

DEPORTES

Tenis universitario terminó su temporada

BY NICK TREZZA

nick.trezza@eyeofthetigernews.com

El equipo universitario de tenis de mujeres ha terminado con un record 3-7 en liga. Último partido de la temporada de las niñas fue contra Del Oro que ganó la liga en total.

Las jugadores del primero ocho competirán en los torneos de SFL esta semana.

FOTO POR EVELINA KISLYANKA

Las Tigres del equipo de voleibol universitario se reúne durante su partido contra la escuela secundaria de Woodcreek. Ellas se vistieron en roja para aumentar conciencia del cáncer de pecho para su juego anual que se llama Dig Pink para la conciencia de cáncer de pecho.

F eatures Exploring a century of campus mysteries

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by MICHAELa paul and HANA ZAREA

michaela.paul@eyeofthetigernews.com hana.zarea@eyeofthetigernews.com

Roseville High School has recently celebrated its 100-year anniversary. With such a longstanding history, many memories and traditions have formed. However, to couple with the prestigious history, there are also many unexplained mysteries centered around the campus. Bunkers from the World War II-era were created in fear of atomic weaponry, tunnels now filled with concrete that once lead under the school and sites that simply disturb the student body add to the mystery of RHS. Band Room The band room holds a large number of strange mysteries. To name one, there is a mysterious loft above the building that students are not allowed to enter. In the back of the building’s music auditorium lies the entrance to this loft, a locked room with a small, dark window. Inside, a ladder leads to the secret room.

RHS band teacher Mark Toffelmier claims that the previous music teacher slept in this secret loft. This former instructor stopped teaching halfway through a semester, leaving for unclear reasons.

“His mental state took a downfall,” Toffelmier said. “I haven’t heard hide nor hair of him since.”

Some band students claim that the room is cluttered and small with an old mattress inside and sheet music scattered everywhere. No one has cleaned the room since the former band teacher left because of how difficult it is to access the room.

Bunkers and Tunnels When the campus was being built, bunkers and tunnels were included in the design. However, little is known about the whereabouts of the bunkers or tunnels, or if they even exist.

“I think that [the bunkers and tunnels] are urban legends,” principal Brad Basham said. “What I was always told is that there was a bomb shelter or a bunker that was up underneath the old high school building and that there were escape tunnels and stuff like that.”

Many claim that the tunnels and bunkers were a safety utility during World War II and the Cold

BY haylee sex

haylee.sex@eyeofthetigernews.com

“I like seeing everyone dress up.”

- Senior Carlson Earl

PHOTO BY HANA ZAREA

Above, a map detailing the locations of the various mysterious sites on the RHS campus.

War, and even Basham enjoys the thrill in the old rumors.

“They have all been closed,” Basham said. “It’s kind of nice to keep that mystery going [though].”

Small Gym It is a popular school legend that Roseville High’s small gym is haunted. A large number of current RHS students claim to have experienced paranormal activity in the building.

The RHS girls basketball team practices at night in the small gym and players often report hearing unusual sounds during practice.

“There was this one time before practice and I was [the] first [person] there,” senior varsity girls basketball player Janice Mascarinas said. “I was at the bottom of the stairs and I heard footsteps and people mumbling [above], so I walked up halfway up the steps and I still heard mumbling. I ran to the top and it completely stopped. I just heard footsteps walking away. [They were] really loud footsteps, like a

woman in heels. It was weird.”

Mascarinas also reported frequently hearing noises coming from the girls locker room below the gym.

“Randomly we will hear knocks from the locker room, like knocks and bangs and stuff,” Mascarinas said. “It [will] be seven or nine at night, so there is no one here [except for the team].

It’s creepy.

Senior AJ Wann has experienced ghostly activity in the building as well. “[It’s] really fun to go in there when the lights are all off and stand in the middle of the room and say something,” Wann said. “I’ve heard people running across the stage up there.”

Cemetery Many students and faculty members find it creepy and even disturbing that RHS is located next to a cemetery.

“I wouldn’t want to be there at night,” Basham said. “It’s an old cemetery. Roseville is an old town so there are a few old gravesites there.”

RHS campus monitor and bus driver Gi Warren claims to have witnessed a paranormal occurrence on Berry Street.

“I was working late one night, around three o’clock in the morning and my bus was backed up to the cemetery,” Warren said.

“When I went around my bus to check [if] my [red] lights [were flashing], I looked over to the cemetery and on a tomb stone [the image of] a red heart [was flashing]. It kind of freaked me out so I got out of there.”

Old Admin Building The architecture of RHS has changed dramatically over the last century. Older residents of Roseville may remember the original structure of the school; a single, three-story building. The current administration building eventually replaced the original structure and classrooms were spread across a larger campus area.

Basham also recalls a creepier, more easily-seen resident of the Roseville High campus that used to scare off the seagulls on

MAP BY MICHAELA PAUL

campus.

“I know the old [admin] building used to have an old wooden owl on top,” Basham said. “We still have it. It’s in the trophy case up the admin building.”

JB Gale Little Theater Wann, a student in the RHS Photography class, has recently claimed to capture a photo of a ghostly figure standing on top of the JB Gale Little Theater.

“I was taking pictures in front of the JB Gale Theater,” Wann said. “I started to walk away and I felt something looking at me, so I turned around and snapped a picture of the top.”

Back in his class, Wann noticed a mysterious form on the picture’s film. When he developed the picture, a translucent image of a woman in a dress appeared to be standing on top of the building.

“And when I developed the picture I saw something there,” Wann said. “I wasn’t sure what it was. I went to the dark room, enlarged it and I saw her.”

Brockman returns from six-month trip to Mexico

by CATHERINE BARBER

catherine.barber@eyeofthetigernews.com

Mike Brockman recently returned to Roseville High School after taking a six-month trip to Mexico.

Brockman resigned from his student counselor position in the fall of 2012 because he and his wife were uncertain about when they would return from their trip.

“I had always dreamed of living outside of the United States,” Brockman said. “I have loved Mexico since I was a young kid growing up in Southern California.”

Brockman’s dream of living outside the U.S. became a possibility when his wife, Dr. Julie Brockman, had the opportunity to work with a team of veterinarians at a local animal shelter in Mexico.

This, combined with Brockman’s desire to learn more of the Spanish language, led the couple to travel to Mérida, Mexico in Sept. 2012.

“All of these opportunities came together and the dreams built up until we said, ‘We have got to do this now,’” Brockman said.

In Mexico, Brockman worked at a local language school. There, he studied Spanish and taught students English.

He also volunteered at a local elementary school, teaching English to students in third through fifth grade.

FEATURE: What’s your favorite thing about Halloween?

PHOTO BY EVELINA KISLYANKA

SUBMITTED BY MIKE BROCKMAN

Since Brockman retired from his position as a student counselor before leaving on his trip to Mexico, he now works as a part-time AVID tutor (left) During his time in Mexico, Brockman worked with a team of veterinarians at a local animal shelter (right) and at a local language school.

“I wanted to learn more Spanish to be able to better help families and students in my work as a California public school employee,” Brockman said.

During his stay in Mexico, Brockman also assisted his wife in her veterinary work.

“I helped to prep animals, transport animals, monitor animals that were recovering, and I put my Spanish to use to help answer questions to families,” Brockman said.

During his trip, Brockman noticed that the culture in Mexico

was different from that of the U.S. “What impacted me most was the sense of how strong families and communities were in Mexico,” Brockman said. “I was blown away by how welcomed I was.”

While in Mexico, Brockman also got the opportunity to experience Mexican art.

“I watched music and I learned Salsa and a folklore dance,” Brockman said. “I was exposed to amazing art and textile work.”

Though Brockman resigned from his position at RHS, he is still involved with the school.

“I don’t have another position as a counselor currently at Roseville High School, but am still connected with students and helping young people with their future aspirations,” Brockman said. “I still feel like I am doing something that I used to do – that is the most important thing to me.”

Brockman now works part time as an AVID tutor. He also works at Independence High

school on Wednesday evenings, assisting students taking creditrecovery classes.

“Leaving Roseville was definitely the hardest decision I had to make in my career, but once a Tiger always a Tiger,” Brockman said. “It’s good to be back.”

Brockman plans to return to Mexico in the spring of 2014.

“We are hoping to go back this spring to work on more campaign work with our veterinarian friends,” Brockman said. “There are also many more places in Mexico we want to see.”

“I like decorating, getting to legally scare people and wearing masks.”

-Junior Nick Garcia

“I get to dress up and I like the free candy.”

-Junior Brianna Alva

“I like trick-or-treating, even though it is for little kids.”

-Freshman Lauren Cooper

“I like all of the little kids’ costumes.”

-Sophomore Skye Zanardelli

“You get to see all of the cute costumes.”

-Freshman Kaitlyn Pon

october 28, 2013

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Students show support for breast cancer awareness

PHOTO BY EVELINA KISLYANKA

The girls varsity volleyball team huddle before battling against Woodcreek during their annual Pink-Out game last Wednesday. Players on all three girls volleyball teams wore pink during the game to support breast cancer awareness.

Girls volleyball goes pink against Woodcreek by catherine barber

catherine.barber@eyeofthetigernews.com

All three levels of girls volleyball rallied together for a win against Woodcreek High School and against breast cancer last Wednesday.

The freshman, junior varsity and varsity girls volleyball teams helped support Breast Cancer Awareness Month at Wednesday’s game.

The girls showed their support for breast cancer by incorporating pink into their game attire.

The freshmen wore pink warm up t-shirts, the JV team wore pink jerseys and the varsity team wore pink t-shirts, socks and bows.

“I really liked our t-shirts,” varsity co-captain senior Lindsay Anderson said. “I think it was a great way to show support for breast cancer awareness.”

Before the varsity girls played against Woodcreek, president of

the Placer County Breast Cancer Endowment Carol Garcia spoke to the crowd.

Garcia spoke about the program, the effects of breast cancer on the community and explained how the money donated by the volleyball teams was going to help prevent breast cancer.

To raise money, the volleyball teams set up a donation box near where people bought tickets, as well as a bake sale that was running throughout the game.

“Our bake sale is our main source of income,” Anderson said. “Everyone from the volleyball teams brought something to sell.”

A jar was passed around whenever the other teams failed to return a serve. People attending the game could put their spare change in the jar.

All of the proceeds were donated to the Placer County Breast Cancer Endowment, who gave

the money to the Davis Hospital to go toward cancer research.

This year, the teams raised $360 for breast cancer research and awareness.

“I think it is a good cause because almost everyone knows someone affected by breast cancer; my friend’s mom had it,” Anderson said. “Knowing someone personally really makes a difference because you realize how big of a deal it is and how much help they need to find a cure.”

Junior Kylene Landenberger believes that the event was a success.

“We had a big crowd and everyone was decked out in pink,” Landenberger said. “Everyone was so spirited.”

The volleyball teams plan to continue their annual tradition of having games dedicated to breast cancer awareness in the future.

Next year, the team hopes to raise around $400 or more.

PHOTO BY ROBBIE SHORT

Participants in last year’s Walk for the Cure hold hands as they walk the track in support of breast cancer awareness.

This year, the event will take place at night rather than the during the daytime, like it did last year.

Pink Ladies and Lads prepare for annual event

Walk for the Cure to raise money for cancer research, will take place at night to attract more participants

BY SARAH LOOPER

sarah.looper@eyeofthetigernews.com

The Roseville High School Pink Ladies and Lads Club is holding a fundraiser on Nov. 9 to raise awareness about breast cancer.

The club concentrates on increasing breast cancer awareness and raising money to donate to multiple breast cancer foundations.

The fundraiser will be the biggest event that the club has planned for the year.

Senior co-presidents Tatiana Loza and Mariah Annis hope the club raises awareness to the school and public.

“We are hoping this event can not only get the school together but also the community,” Loza said.

The event will be held from 5-9 p.m. on the RHS football field and track.

The club has chosen to approach this event in a different manner than they have in the past years, holding the event at nighttime rather than in the day.

The club hopes that the change in time will appeal to more of the students and family members of RHS, as well as the community.

“We changed the time [of the walk] because last year it was too long and the heat was too intense,” Loza said. “We are hoping more people will come since it isn’t in the middle of the day and in the way of schedules of other days.”

The club’s goal is to do their best at raising enough money to

donate to cancer research foundations.

“Our club goal is to raise a good amount of money to donate to the Susan G. Komen foundation at the end of the school year,” Annis said.

During the event, a variety of holiday treats will be sold to anyone participating in the walk, and registration forms will be available.

“There will be hot cocoa, cupcakes and cookies as well luminary bags and message balloons,” Loza said.

The club’s sponsors will be able to have booths that will sell merchandise, as well as breast cancer survivors sharing their stories.

The club hopes to have a local radio station provide music at the walk.

“We are hoping that 107.9 comes to D.J. the walk,” Loza said.

Junior Ariel Starr donates 15 inches of hair to Locks of Love

Her donation will be used to create wigs for people suffering with long-term diseases

by SYDNEY VALENZULA

sydney.valenzula@eyeofthetigernews.com

Junior Ariel Starr never considered donating her hair, until her aunt’s diagnosis.

Starr recently donated 15 inches of hair to Locks of Love, an organization that collects donated hair at a minimum of 10 inches and turns it into wigs for patients under 21 years of age suffering from any long-term diseases that result in hair loss.

Starr’s aunt, recently diagnosed with cancer, served as her inspiration to donate her hair. “

My aunt is my biggest role model in life,” Starr said. “It breaks my heart to know that she’s hurting, and [to imagine] a child going through something similar.”

Starr kept her decision to donate her hair from her friends, afraid that they might have talked her out of it.

“Most people have been supportive about it,” Starr said.

Starr’s father, Mike Starr, has found his daughter’s generosity inspiring.

“I’m very proud of my daughter and I can only imagine how the father of the girl who will receive her hair [will feel],” Mike Starr said.

Regardless of the support

from friends and family, Starr has received criticism from several of her peers due to her decision.

“I’ve had people question my sexuality,” Starr said. “People have asked how I can be a cheerleader with no hair.”

Despite the negative comments, Starr does not regret her decision.

“I don’t think people quite understand what it means to those kids,” Starr said. “The most important thing is that I feel good about it. I went through a lot of pain growing up with problems at home and bullying and I thought my life was bad growing up, but nothing is comparable to cancer.

Giving my hair is just a small thing I did that could have a big

impact on another life. It was a sacrifice, but I got a lot out of it.

The first time Starr took part in donating was at RHS’ recent blood drive, an experience she found empowering.

“Ever since the blood drive, I’m definitely [giving blood] every eight weeks,” Starr said.

“My heart is completely set on it. I even asked my dad if I could donate a kidney, but he said no.”

Starr plans to make continuous donations in the future, as well as participate in the Breast Cancer walk with RHS’ Pink Lads and Ladies.

“I’ve been seeing more and more that people need what I have,” Starr said. “I think it’s really important [to donate].”

PHOTO SUBMITTED BY ARIEL STARR

PHOTO BY EVELINA KISLYANKA

Starr donated 15 inches of hair to Locks of Love when she was inspired to donate her hair after her aunt was diagnosed with cancer. Starr believes that helping others is very important and plans to participate in other donations.

FASHION COLUMN

Kyle Panganiban embraces an old-school classic look

by MARIAN ABDELMALEK

marian.abdelmalek@eyeofthetigernews.com

How would you describe your style?

I kind of like the classic look – the old-school look – so I try to, in some ways, just keep it like that; just kind of simple and basic, like I don’t try to do too much.

What kinds of accessories do you like wearing?

I like to wear watches. I have a couple watches and then I always have my sunglasses on me for the most part.

Why do you always have your sunglasses?

I actually used to hate wearing sunglasses, but now I’ve gotten kinda used to them. Whenever I walk outside it’s just blinding, so I feel like I just have to [wear them] and I just like the look of

them.

Who inspires your style?

Probably the old school guys, like the Greasers .The guys with the slicked-back hair and then kind of like the surfers, how they have the laid-back style but it’s more kind just the coast stuff.

Who do you think are important style icons today?

I like looking at a lot of the fashion that celebrities [wear], ‘cause I think that lately, men’s fashion has kinda stepped up a little bit.

I think that guys are starting to care more; I would say s lot of the celebrities, like singers and rappers, have a lot of good style ideas and just the fashion world in general.

What do you think of the term ‘hipster’?

I think when it started out it kinda meant more than it really did ‘cause people have told me [that I’m a hipster]. I think it used to mean that you kind of did your own thing and you didn’t really care what people thought about you, but nowadays I think people have fallen into the ‘hipster’ category just because maybe they wear tight jeans or they roll up their sleeves or wear sunglasses

or do their hair a certain way. I don’t think that it’s really meaning what is should be anymore.

Do you like being called a hipster?

I don’t care. I mean, it’s cool. I like the hipster style – like what it is, like thrift shop and stuff.

I’ll go to thrift shops every now and then but I haven’t gone in a while. But I mean, I don’t mind. I guess it’s cool sometimes.

How often do you go to thrift shops?

I haven’t gone in a while. I went last year a lot more, with my friends, but I don’t go to thrift shops anymore too much just ‘cause I haven’t had time.

Where do you get your clothes?

I go to PacSun, Urban Outfitters and just then kinda wherever I can find [stuff]. I’ll go to Target a lot just for like basic shirts.

Do you have a price range when you are shopping?

Yeah, I don’t try to go for the $100 things, like I know guys will wear the True Religion jeans, which is cool, but I’m just not into that. So the most I’ll spend is like $50 on a shirt. But just on a basic t-shirt, just like $20. I try not to overdo it just

‘cause it’s clothes. I have better stuff to spend my money on.

If you could splurge on any one clothing item, what would it be?

Now that winter is coming up, probably on like a nice jacket or sweatshirt, just ‘cause I feel like it’d be the main part of your outfit.

How do you plan to change your style from summer to winter?

I don’t really like winter because I hate wearing jeans, but I’ll probably wear more layers. I like wearing layers, so I’ll wear like a sweatshirt with a jacket, and beanies. I like beanies just ‘cause if it’s a chill day and you don’t really wanna do your hair, you can just throw [a beanie] on.

What is your favorite season?

I like summer the best because I like wearing shorts, not being [cold] and kinda not wearing as much clothes and I don’t really like the rain.

What do you think about the boys’ style around school?

I’ve been noticing more guys having more fashion ideas. I think last year, maybe not as much, but this year I’ve seen

a change. Guys are starting to realize maybe fashion’s cool and stuff. I see some guys around campus that I notice are starting to have new ideas and try out new things.

Before the trends at school started changing, what did you think of them?

I didn’t really care for them. If people want to be themselves, then [they should] be themselves.

You are who you are, you can’t really change that. But I don’t really pay attention to other people’s trends too much, I kinda just worry about myself.

What do you think people should and should not wear?

I feel like guys shouldn’t wear the muscle shirts where you just cut them, if you’re like working out or it’s a rally it’s cool, but if you’re just walking around school you should maybe cover up a little. That kind of goes for girls, too. I feel like guys get a lot more privileges than girls do. I think, girls: just cover up more.

Do you have any fashion tips?

Just be yourself and if you like it, then you like it. Don’t care [about] what anybody else thinks.

Do what you think is cool, and

PHOTOS BY EVELINA KISLYANKA

Panganiban’s outfit consists of: shirt from PacSun, Volcom shorts, Fossil watch, blue Vans and Raybans. He likes to incorporate Greaser and surfer looks. if you want to try something new, just try it. I feel like a lot of people see trends and they’ll not [follow them] because it makes them not as cool or it fits them into like a ‘hipster’ category, and they don’t want to be hipster. But yeah, just be yourself and don’t wear something just because other people are wearing it.

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Original costume ideas are crucial

BY MICHAELA PAUL

michaela.paul@eyeofthetigernews.com

We are now fully emerged in the fall season, and you can feel it wherever you go. The leaves have been dyed blood reds and bruise yellows, crow calls create an eerie soundtrack as we walk through the halls and you can begin to feel

High school teens deserve Nov. 1 off more than kids do

BY HANA ZAREA

hana.zarea@eyeofthetigernews.com

Halloween is a magical time of the year for Americans of all ages.

Children get to go trick-or-treating, adults and teens get to go party. Everyone crashes the next day.

Back in elementary school, teachers concluded that it would be a waste of time to force sleepy, sugar-crashed kids to come to school on Nov. 1. It was a thoughtful thing to do and I am grateful.

High school, on the other hand, follows a stricter schedule. Despite the hundreds of students that skip school post-party, despite the hundreds more that come to school unable to function properly, despite the rest of us that are just plain exhausted, the school district shows no mercy. Nov. 1 is considered just a normal school day.

What bugs me is that on Wednesday, Oct. 16, we took a random day off of school. Regardless of the whole “184 Day” and PSAT events. Why couldn’t we have taken that day off just two weeks later? I understand that Halloween isn’t technically a holiday, but Oct. 16 isn’t one

either. No one can condemn us for taking a “random” day in November off instead. It’s what the elementary schools do every year.

Yes, high schools shouldn’t encourage students to party hard because they don’t have to go to school the next day, but is giving us just one day off really encouraging anything? A large number of students frequently party on Friday or Saturday nights so one more late night a year isn’t going to make much of a difference in the prevention of rebellious behavior. Halloween is always going to be another opportunity to stay out late, regardless of whether or not it is a school night. Putting students on this so-called “tighter leash” is not going to prevent anything.

Halloween is unique because of the wide range of possible activities that people of all ages can participate in. Not every teen will go get drunk and smash pumpkins around the neighborhood. A lot of us just want to stay up late watching scary movies or party legally without all the drugs and alcohol. Schools should not just expect the worst from all of us.

High school is only a short period of time in a person’s life and Halloween is a day that only comes once a year. Like New Year’s Eve, part of the fun is staying up late with friends, even for young children. It’s unfair that our school doesn’t give any teenager the opportunity to do the same.

the cold winds bite your skin.

These elements put together make a perfect source for inspiration, and what better outlet for this inspiration than Halloween?

We should all have amazing costume ideas buzzing around in our heads just waiting to be executed – fortunetellers and slender men, fairies and gargoyles.

However, it doesn’t take a crystal ball to foresee another Halloween day filled with the same garbage costumes – slutty nuns (blasphemy, by the way, guys; I fear for your afterlife), clowns, cops, pirates, nurses and naughty kitties.

This is a holiday with endless possibilities. We can very nearly dress up as anything we want, without any judgment or

inhibitions, and we waste it on generic and sexually-charged outfits. These outfits tend to be extremely expensive, as well, and of poor quality and material.

Why pay top dollar for a cheap outfit others will surely have?

The only thing scary about this Halloween is its lack of creativity.

Why don’t you dress up as something that makes you happy, something you can be proud of, that you put time and thought into? I’d like people to look at me and think, “Wow, her costume kicks mine’s butt. Why can’t I be that artistically inclined?” Instead, I have to experience firsthand why Wonder Woman should never fly in this short of a skirt. It takes super powers just to keep everything in.

Yes, looking like a woman is important and yes, it is empowering to feel attractive, but I think creating a costume that actually encompasses the wearer’s personality and interests is much more exciting. It’s a way to express all the things you love to those around you and be what you’ve always secretly wanted to be. Or, if it’s scary enough, horrify those around you.

Either way, I’d choose a Michaela Original over a Spirit Halloween costume any day. The time and thought you put into it just makes it that much more special. And maybe you’ll even get more candy for being outstanding. If I get an extra Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup, it is so worth it.

Teenage trick-or-treaters should not feel ashamed, society age limit is sham

BY NIKAYA SOUTHWORTH

nikaya.southworth@eyeofthetigernews.com

It’s almost that time of year again. Children parade down the streets dressed as little demons or fairy princesses, begging strangers for candy. We all remember taking part in this Hal-

loween tradition as kids, coming home with a pillowcase full of questionable candy and the occasional tube of toothpaste.

There was always a concerned mother giving out health-conscious snacks instead of candy.

Everyone avoided that house.

People expect to see little kids on the streets the night of Halloween because toddlers dressed up as superheroes are adorable. But what about the high school kids?

Are we too old to trick-or-treat?

Personally, I don’t see a problem with teens who simply want to hold on to their childhoods as long as they can. We no longer have the luxury of believing in Santa Claus, the Tooth Fairy or the Easter Bunny; the least

adults can do is allow us to continue trick-or-treating. Technically, the majority of us are under 18 and therefore still children.

Teens should trick-or-treat later at night, so we don’t have to compete with the endearing, candy-snatching kids that prowl the streets in the early evening.

In fact, we’re doing folks a favor by clearing out the leftover candy.

I think it’s fine for teens to have some innocent fun on the long-awaited Halloween night, but I do understand why adults might get suspicious when teenagers come knocking on doors in the middle of the night.

If you are afraid of being judged or shooed away while celebrating All Hallows’ Eve, take a

small child with you. Bring your younger sibling or borrow one of your friends’ for the night.

As the kid is collecting candy from unsuspecting residents, sneak in and grab a handful. Better yet, weave into the crowd of kiddies on your knees so you blend in, and snatch some goodies before anyone else notices.

Whichever way you choose to spend your Halloween night, be sure to make the best of it. Fear of dirty looks from adults should not prevent you from enjoying this fall holiday. If all the houses you visit turn you away, just buy your own bag of candy. That way, you get both the experience of doorto-door begging and the excuse to eat boatloads of candy.

Provocative Halloween costumes do not deserve such wide ridicule

BY MORGAN SIMPSON

morgan.simpson@eyeofthetigernews.com

The most exciting thing about Halloween is that you get to dress up like something or someone you’re not. For kids, their favorite part of Halloween is getting an unlimited amount

of candy. For older people, it’s going to a party and dressing up.

Some people say that Halloween is just an excuse for teenagers and young adults to dress provocatively.

I agree with the fact that some people use Halloween as a day to wear less clothing, but by no means am I judging anyone. People do take advantage of showing as much skin as they can. Nobody judges you, because they are usually dressed just as provocatively as you.

In all honesty, if you show up to a party like the main character in the movie Mean Girls did, as a zombie bride, you are going to get judged more than if you wear less clothing than usual.

I mean, we all know that

Halloween is supposed to be scary, but at Halloween parties the idea is to not dress scary.

You will be looked down upon and will be seen as a weirdo.

I don’t necessarily think dressing in a suggestive manner is a bad thing.

If people want to dress provocatively, they should do it. It’s one night – most of us don’t dress provocatively on any other day of the week.

Parent complaints are a large factor in provocative Halloween costume controversy. I mean, you can make almost any costume look scandalous. Grab a pair of bunny ears, a bra and spandex and you’re a bunny. Choose a police hat, shorts and vest and call yourself a policewoman.

If kids are 15 years or older and going to party, they are probably half-naked.

That’s just the honest truth.

Most parents probably don’t even want to see their son or daughter walk out the door before they leave. The kid themself is probably trying to scramble out of the door before they can be seen by their parent. The reality is, parents probably don’t want to see them – especially in college, when it’s even worse.

I don’t find anything wrong with dressing provocatively, but I can see how it bothers people.

It might not seem that bad to me because I am a young adult myself, because I just view it as people trying have fun and let loose.

Breast Cancer Awareness Month has faults in execution

BY NETZY ORTEGA

netzy.ortega@eyeofthetigernews.com

The past 30 years have brought a revolution in the breast cancer community. Thousands of people every year participate in everything from walks to runs and millions are spent on products wrapped in pink ribbons. Despite that, I feel as if the hours spent at these events and the money raised has caused more than harm than good to those affected by this disease.

I have gone to one event myself and from all the pictures of happy people running thrown at me this month, I have a good idea of what is expected.

These events are filled with overly excited feminine women completely covered in pink. They spend their day dancing, smiling and feeling as if they are doing something that will somehow benefit the loved ones they have lost.

The truth is that nothing will benefit them. These people are gone and no amount of time spent running will bring them back or make them feel any sort of emotion. The people you should be focusing on are the ones still living with this disease.

I can understand being happy and living in the moment, but it almost always gets out of hand and this kind of attitude can alienate some of the participants. All

the smiling from perfectly healthy women puts pressure on those currently dealing with the disease to be positive and optimistic all the time. This image of a happy go lucky woman is put onto women by men, so it’s completely unnecessary to have other women do it, whether they mean to or not.

I would expect someone who could die in the near future to feel some sort of anger. It is more normal to be upset in this situation rather than to be celebrating. Most of these women are not in their teen years so I would not expect them to act so careless and joyful.

These women are adults facing a very serious disease that should in no way be changed to appear more feminine or even normal.

This huge breast cancer community has also gotten the attention of several marketers.

With the amount of people with

breast cancer, who know someone who has had the disease or just enjoy feeling as if they are helping others, it makes sense to plaster pink ribbons all over the place. Pink is what is popular and it is what will sell.

Most of the companies that you hear about having huge campaigns are ones that are solely doing it for profit. Things like Yoplait giving a couple cents when you send in a yogurt lid, yet making you pay more for the actual cost of the stamp. I would not be surprised if some companies spent more on advertising these events than they actually donated.

Bottom line, companies are just building on people’s deep spirit of generosity and are exploiting the disease for profit. These abusive marketing plans may be raising money but the overall reasoning behind it is just wrong.

Despite raising millions of dollars each year, these companies cannot directly claim ownership over any new discovery. There is still much we do not know about the disease. So if research groups are getting so much money, then why would there not be results.

The truth is most people do not even know where the money is actually going and what it will be specifically be used for. Only three to five percent is actually spent on prevention each year, which is extremely important.

Seeing as how cancer is one of your own cells going “bad,” more focus should be put as to why this happened and preventing it.

So after spending all of October seeing products fly off shelves and people supposedly raising awareness by running, I would really like to see some changes.

The biggest thing I would like

to change is when talking about breast cancer and other cancers as their special month comes up.

When you use words like survivor or battling, you have to acknowledge all with the disease. Saying things like “they survived” is kind of slapping those who did not make it in the face. It is like saying that they would have made if they just tried harder.

That they lost the battle because they were weak and that is simply not true. You cannot say these people were strong sand overcame something without completely insulting those who died.

So think about the words you are saying next time and what you are actually paying for when breast cancer month pops up again. The words used and the actions done affect all people in different ways, even if you are sure it makes someone happy.

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Teacher limitations of restroom visits is unfair for high schoolers Differing school policies create disadvantages

BY LOGAN ASH

logan.ash@eyeofthetigernews.com

Throughout high school, student athletes have a burden laid on them by being forced to take a physical education class while also participating in a sport. This has been a dilemma for many years, causing grief for athletes and coaches everywhere.

However, in some cases in California, different districts have different policies.

For instance, the Clovis school district in Fresno requires all fours years of P.E. for nonathletes, while athletes who are in a sport are not required to take the course at all. It is the same for most of the school districts in Southern California.

In the Placentia Yorba Linda School District, schooldays consist of a total of six periods instead of four. While the athletes get out early to start practice during sixth period, all of the nonathletes have to stay in school and take other classes rather than leave. This creates more time for the athletes to do homework after practice instead of getting home later and having to stay up, causing them to perform at a lower level in sports and school.

This gives an unfair disadvantage to all of the Northern California teams when they play against Southern teams; maybe

they have gotten tired from the run they had to do earlier in the day for P.E. as a grade. Even if it is not necessarily a competition day, an athlete may not get as much out of their practice as someone who did not have to run earlier in the day.

When it comes time to compete, the clear advantage will be in the hands of the school that does not require the athletes to participate in P.E. On the other hand, the question arises: how do those students get credits for P.E. like the other schools? The way that the schools get past this dilemma is by having the coach of their team give each person a grade for their sport. In a way, this improves the teams greatly by forcing every player to give it all their effort or they may be in danger of getting a bad grade.

In addition, a majority of these schools have practice during school hours, replacing the P.E. class. This allows time to focus on academics after school, instead of being focused on the sport that they participate in. In return, the schools that hold practice during school hours are more beneficial. They will have more kids on the team due to them having more time to spend on their studies and not having to worry about falling behind.

The topic that confuses me is why and how there can be such diversity for the rules in the state of California and the California Interscholastic Federation.

In my opinion, there should be a set book of rules that all schools need to abide by for every aspect of athletics. This way, all of the schools will be performing at the same level and there will not be an uneven advantage.

Lack of pink on the football team leads to disappointment

BY KIRA CLIFTON

kira.clifton@eyeofthetigernews.com

Recently, Roseville High School had their annual “PinkOut” game. However, this didn’t seem so pink considering the fact that the players in the football program were not allowed to wear pink as any part of their uniform. It was decided that the entire team had to wear the same pink item, or they couldn’t wear any pink at all.

Coach Cunha made this a rule because he didn’t think it was “uniform.” I understand that it individualizes the players, but as a team they wanted to show their support for the women in their lives and even the ones they don’t know.

Breast cancer is a kind of

tumor that develops in the cells of a person’s breast. A tumor can form anywhere in the body.

Someone has cancer when those abnormal cells will not stop growing and then cause sickness in the body. This year in the United States alone, 232,340 new women will be diagnosed with breast cancer, so you can see just how many people this cancer effects.

Fans wore pink in honor of these brave women and I actually found it quite offensive that they were not allowed to support such a great cause. It looked as though our whole school was on-board with the Pink Out, including families, but our football team appeared to somehow miss the memo to their fans who hadn’t heard about the policy.

I think we missed the uniformity of our school as a whole.

The goal was to stand up and challenge something, to say we care. Sadly we missed out on this opportunity to represent something bigger than slick uniforms.

BY SAMANTHA PAUL

samantha.paul@eyeofthetigernews.com

It is difficult to find a student at Roseville High School who has not come across a teacher that is stingy when it comes to using the restroom. While some teachers do not have a problem trusting that their students actually are using the bathroom, others seem to think that the bathroom is a place where students doddle alongside their peers instead of being in class. This anti-bathroom attitude is ridiculous, unwarranted and causes trouble for students who honestly just have to go.

Throughout my education, I have been taught by a variety of teachers, each possessing a different attitude when it comes to bathroom use. Some teachers simply frown upon bathroom breaks during their class time, but allow access. Some teachers will only allow bathroom access at the end of class. Others allow three passes per semester, and if you do not use those passes, then you can get extra credit on a homework assignment. Still others blatantly refuse any bathroom access.

Some teachers complain that we should use the restroom on our own time and not during their teaching time. According to some, a three-minute trip to the bathroom is enough to miss the entire lesson.

The problem is that when it comes to using the restroom during passing periods, there can be complications.

To be frank, there really is not enough time to use the restroom between passing periods.

In some cases there are, don’t

get me wrong. However, if you have second period in the portables and have to trek to third period in the administration building, teachers should realize that you really can’t stop and use the bathroom without being tardy.

Some teachers complain that students use the bathroom too much, so they should not go at all. I can understand if a student is going to the bathroom for 45 minutes every day, abusing their freedom and the trust of their instructor. In that situation, by all means employ strict measures.

But if a female student asks to use the restroom every day for a week straight, get the hint.

According to California Education Code, it is legal for a teacher to refuse to allow students access to the restroom during teaching time. Classes are set up only to be an hour to an hour and 30 minutes so that students can use the restroom on their own time, in-between classes or at lunch.

This concept makes sense, but I do not think that it is entirely

fair for a teacher to ban access to the restroom during their class.

What if there is an emergency?

I understand that there is a gray area when it comes to trusting students, but there is also a gray area when it comes to deciding if a student needs to actually use the restroom. I don’t think that it should be up to the teacher to decide whether or not a student might wet themself in the back of class.

If a student says that they need to use the restroom, it is only right that they should be allowed to go.

Personally, I find the whole concept of not allowing students to access the restroom to be quite ridiculous and unfair. So many things can go wrong when a student is not allowed to take care of their personal business in the restroom. While I acknowledge the fact that certain students abuse the leniency of their teachers’ bathroom policies, the rest of us shouldn’t have to suffer. If a student needs to use the restroom, then by all means, they should use the restroom.

Cried Wolf.” When a fire alarm goes off, the immediate response isn’t, “Oh, perhaps I should take this seriously because the building is on fire and my life could potentially be in danger.”

Instead, students grab their phones and hope that the drill lasts until the end of the period so they can reschedule the test that they didn’t study for.

In other words, fire drills have trained students to not take the alarm seriously – the exact opposite of what they’re supposed to achieve. All fire drills really do is annoy teachers and waste class and lunch time.

The fact is, students know what to do in the event of a fire.

Roseville High School isn’t destined to become the next Our Lady of the Angels, the last school fire in the United States that claimed any students’ lives. The fire was destructive, killing 92 students and 3 nuns, but the fire took place in 1958.

Since then, fire codes have changed and building plans and evacuation procedures improved.

The chances of dying in a school fire are practically non-existent now.

What administrators and lawmakers should be focusing on is

lockdown drills and how to improve lockdown policies. The odds of a gunman entering the campus and threatening the lives of students are much higher than that of our school catching on fire and everyone dying.

Every student knows to go away from a burning building, but not everyone would know what to do in the event of an armed intruder.

One would think that with the rise in concern over gun violence, someone would actually take the time to educate others about how to minimize casualties in this event.

Fire drills are useless, schools need to invest in a more beneficial use of time

BY SYDNEY VALENZUELA

sydney.valenzuela@eyeofthetigernews.com

They’re loud, they’re distracting and, ultimately, they’re useless.

Fire drills have become more trouble than they’re worth.

They’re a game of “The Boy Who

Financial course has potential to be beneficial, but poses challenges

BY SARAH LOOPER

sarah.looper@eyeofthetigernews.com

As many students around Roseville High School know, there is a new graduation requirement beginning at the start of the

new 2014-15 school year. The new class is a personal finance class that the incoming seniors will be required to sign up for and pass.

As of this time, the class is set to be held online. This is fairly considerate of the district. I, myself, will be a senior next year and do not want to have to give up an elective of my choice for yet another required class like English 12 or Government and Economics.

Another required class for the seniors does seem a bit overwhelming for the clear reason that most seniors catch ‘senioritis’ even before the beginning

of their senior year. However, there is an intended reason for and timing of this course. As a freshman or sophomore, it would be pointless to take this course while you are still growing up and becoming independent. Seniors are much more likely to gain something from this class.

Many students that are still in high school seem to complain about how high school classes teach you nothing about the real world. Or even that it just doesn’t prepare you for life outside of school. A personal finance class could be a part of the solution to this. How-

ever, this doesn’t necessarily mean the complaining will stop.

The one fault with implementing this course to the curriculum is the time outside of school that will be required to complete it.

When students discussed wanting an addition of a life-skills class, they may have meant to the optional elective slot rather than having it be an additional required course aside from the many existing required classes.

Overall, this class will be extremely beneficial to the entire student body in the long run, it’s just a matter of better implementation into the curriculum.

Government shutdown of memorials both morally wrong and disrespectful

BY CATHERINE BARBER

catherine.barber@eyeofthetigernews.com

The government was shut down for almost three weeks. One of the most devastating blows of the shutdown was the closing of United States war memorials.

Our country has a vast history of taking whatever means necessary to ensure freedom. However, it seems as though the government forgot this great legacy.

As the government shut down, all of the United States war me-

morials closed and were shut off to the public. Citizens could no longer take a step into history and appreciate the heroes that made America what it is today.

Not only did the government disregard the people that laid the foundation for America, they devastated those who related to the subject.

The family and friends of the fallen veterans had no choice but to deal with the fact that they could not visit their passed loved ones.

While in Hawaii, I got the chance to visit Pearl Harbor the first day it was re-opened after the government shutdown. One of our tour guides shared with us the story of a 94-year-old woman who was a nurse during World War II. The old woman sobbed as the

guides had to turn her away. As that being her last trip to Hawaii, she was devastated she could not pay respect to her friends who were killed during the Japanese attack of Pearl Harbor.

Also devastated about the closed war memorials were the living war veterans who served sideby-side to those killed in action.

Several veterans stormed a World War II memorial in Washington to show their disapproval of the government shutting down the memorials. They showed that nothing could stop them from taking a trip down memory lane to respect their fallen comrades.

The closing of the memorials also deprived citizens of knowledge. Those who wanted to visit the memorials while on vacation were turned away. Rather than encouraging people’s interests in

American history, the government actually disheartened those who wanted to learn about America.

Thousands of vacationers were denied access to Pearl Harbor during the government shutdown. A lot of these people may never get the chance to go back and experience the historical place where the United States entered World War II, an event that changed the world forever.

Fortunately, the citizens, veterans and others affected by the closed war memorials are now able to remember America’s history once again as the government shutdown is over and the memorials are open.

If future government shutdowns occur, the government should learn from their mistake and keep war memorials open to the public.

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Dust Off the Reel

Classic Pet Sematary’s strength is found in the moral gray areas

BY ANNA PORRETTA

anna.porretta@eyeofthetigernews.com

PHOTOS BY ISABEL FAJARDO

Above, a worker at High Hill prepares caramel apples for the incoming crowd to taste the fruits of her labor. Apple Hill is a perfect place to visit during the fall due to the apples being in their peak season.

Autumn season makes locals fall for Apple Hill

BY ISABEL FAJARDO

isabel.fajardo@eyeofthetigernews.com

You can tell it’s fall when pictures and collages of trips to Apple Hill fill your Instagram and Twitter feeds. That’s when you know that it’s time to visit, too. Of course, visiting Apple Hill has become a tradition for some students.

Full of various activities, delicious food and, of course, apples, it would be a waste to not visit Apple Hill during the fall season.

The leaves have just started to turn bright yellow and red and the apples have reached the peak of their harvesting season.

Contrary to its name, Apple Hill is not just one hill, or even a hill, but rather multiple farms and orchards that are all really close to one another. There are over 50 different ranches that one can visit, but the maximum you can visit in one day is probably five places, due to the long lines and excessive traffic.

Because it would be hard to go during the week, it’s best to go early on weekends and no, 11 a.m. is not early. Most of the orchards open at 9 a.m. and it will be much easier to find a parking space.

Besides, it’s only an hour away, so it’s not that early to wake up. Think of it like waking up to go to school, only you’re not – you’re going to Apple Hill (which is even better, in my honest opinion).

I also recommend mapping out which places to visit first so that you know which routes to take. You can find a map at any of the ranches or on their website. I decided to go the three most popular and highly recommended ranches: Boa Vista Orchards, High Hill Ranch and Kids, Inc. I went somewhat early in the morning but fair warning: the main road inevitably gets crowded around mid-day, so it’d be best to find ways to navigate around that. However, if you get stuck in the traffic, I suggest

taking in the scenery around. One of Apple Hill’s most renowned specialties is the beautiful trees on the sides of the roads, changing colors with the season.

The first farm I visited was Boa Vista Orchards. Though my friend and I arrived at 10:30 a.m., the place was already bustling with people and the parking spaces were already filled.

Growing up, my family always came to Boa Vista solely for their pastries, and I wasn’t surprised to see that there was a long line for them; I do believe that the pastries are worth it.

This time, I ordered a blueberry dumpling for $2.79, an apple turnover for $1.99 and their apple cider for $1.25.

Though I had watched the bakers put a fresh batch of blueberry dumplings into the counter, my dumpling wasn’t warm at all, which was a slight disappointment. The blueberry dumpling also wasn’t as sweet as I thought it was going to be. The only thing that seemed to give sweetness to the filling was the natural sugars from the blueberries. Though it was enjoyable, it was incredibly messy. The dough was also flaky, but in a good way.

I was pleasantly surprised to find that my apple turnover was warm. The dough was just as soft and flaky as the dumpling’s, but I think I enjoyed the filling in this pastry.There was a perfect balance of spices and apples and I wish I could have eaten more of it.

The apple cider did an excellent job enhancing the fruit’s natural flavors. I’m very surprised that there was no added sugar to the cider because it was very sweet.

The next farm I decided to visit was High Hill Ranch, commonly referred to as just High Hill. It is arguably one of the most popular places to visit in all of Apple Hill. After all, it is ranch number one on the map.

Not only does it sell produce, but High Hill also has a cider

mill, an art gallery, a fishing pond and a restaurant.

The only thing that I tried at High Hill was the caramel apple cider shake, which was $5 for a large. There was an exceptionally long line for them, but I think that was mainly because the drink shack also offered beer and other alcoholic drinks.

I’d like to say that the milkshake was worth the wait, but only because I really enjoy milkshakes.

Even though it was supposed to be caramel apple, I couldn’t taste any hint of apple; instead the flavor was dominated mainly by the vanilla ice cream that was used. Occasionally I could taste the spice, but it wasn’t predominant.

The last place I visited was Kids, Inc. As the name suggests, the farm was geared towards kids. As well as a bakery, it had a corn maze and offered the ability to pick your own pumpkins. I also really enjoyed the overlooking view that the ranch offered.

Kids, Inc. is also home to the famous walkin’ pie, which was $5.50. The walkin’ pie is well known for being a miniature whole apple pie that’s able to be eaten while walking around. It’s also small enough to be considered kid-sized. I also ordered a slice of pumpkin pie, priced at $3.95. I added ice cream to both for an additional $1.00 Unfortunately, the pumpkin pie was utterly disappointing, especially because pumpkin pie is my favorite type. The crust was hard to cut apart and the pie filling didn’t even taste like pumpkin. The walkin’ pie was filled with cinnamon and was so much better than the pumpkin pie by far. The pastry was also flaky and I wonder why the crusts of the pies were so different.

If you want to celebrate fall with your friends or family, I definitely recommend visiting Apple Hill and checking out the apples, the activities and the different ranches.

(From top to bottom) Both the blueberry dumpling ($2.79) and apple cider ($1.99) are prepared and available at Boa Vista Farms. The pumpkin pie slice ($3.59) and walkin’ pie ($5.50) are sold at Kids, Inc.

Souza Sounds

Paul McCartney’s New reflects old age, still impresses

BY AARON AND IAN SOUZA aaron.souza@eyeofthetigernews.com ian.souza@eyeofthetigernews.com

Sir Paul McCartney (Yes, his title is actually “Sir” – he was knighted in 1997) has released his sixteenth studio album, entitled New, at the age of 71 years old.

While we were skeptical about how this album would turn out, upon hearing it, it became apparent that McCartney – even at his old age – still has an amazing voice and an amazing ability to write.

Fans longing for his glory days, though, may end up upset

that this album is no Band on the Run. New must be taken for what it is – a solid album by a man who has passed his prime. We hate to say that about the living legend that is Paul McCartney, but he is 71 after all. Many times in this album his voice sound strained – especially apparent when he sings falsetto.

The album features frequent instances of insightful lyrics and many melodic guitar riffs – both electric and acoustic.

Most songs sound very full, supplemented by piano, trumpets, tambourines and other instruments. As one would expect

of McCartney, harmonies play a strong part in New. “Alligator” is the second track on the album. This song actually starts out with a catchy riff on the keyboard with some light acoustic guitar behind it, and the electric guitar riff that comes off is simple and melodic. The chorus is sung very high and puts an apparent strain on McCartney’s voice. He pulls it off and makes it work nicely, though. We only wish we could have heard it sung in his prime.

“Early days” is the fifth track.

It would be easy to dismiss this one on the grounds that McCart-

ney sounds very tired. But after inspecting the lyrics, it actually becomes apparent that he may have done this on purpose here.

It sounds like he is singing about his early days as a Beatle with a certain longing. Knowing this, the song takes on an eerie emotional feel. The lyrics here are the strongest in the whole album.

Examples are, “sweet memories of friends from the past always come to you, when you look for them” or “dressed in black from head to toe, two guitars across our backs.” That example may actually be the

most emotional excerpt from the song because it sounds like he could be singing about his best friend and former band mate, the late John Lennon.

However, while there are many great songs on this album, there are also many that fall short of expectations. It’s hard not to look at a Paul McCartney album without comparing it to his early work – but when you do, you realize that he’s still a great musician. He might not be the Paul McCartney everyone remembers, but what he is is an inspirational songwriter with a unique style and a lot left to give to the world.

Watching classic movies widens your cinematic literacy and allows you to enjoy stories and visuals that you might otherwise overlook. “Dust Off the Reel,” recommends classics that Kevin Chappelle or Anna Porretta enjoy, and that you will too.

It’s that time of year again.

That’s right kiddies, AllHallows’-Eve is quickly approaching. In honor of the Carrie remake, I figured it would only be apropos to dust off a classic based on another of Stephen King’s masterpieces.

Pet Sematary is the movie adaption of Stephen King’s 1983 horror novel of the same name.

With the special effects being a little outdated, I wasn’t expecting to be the least bit afraid while watching this movie. However, to my pleasant surprise, I found myself watching the flick through the gaps of my fingers.

The movie opens as Louis Creed M.D., his wife Rachel and two children, Ellie and Gage, along with their cat pull into the driveway of their new house in the small town of Ludlow, Maine.

Their new neighbor, Judd, comes over to meet them. The conversation turns to the wellkept path leading away from the property and the road where eighteen-wheelers drive back and forth from a nearby chemical plant.

After a traumatic encounter with a man named Victor Pascow, who was hit and killed by a truck, Louis is warned not to “go beyond” where the dead walk.

Much to my amusement, Pascow serves as a sassy guide to the Creeds throughout the movie.

A little while later, Judd takes the family on a short trek down the path leading off of their property.

The path leads to a pet cemetery, misspelled ‘sematary’, where children, disheartened by the loss of their pets, bury them.

While Louis’ family is off visiting in Chicago, Ellie’s cat is killed by a truck. Judd, naturally, offers a little bit of supernatural help, which yields what only can be described as a “Satan cat”. Later on Gage is killed by a truck. From there, Pet Sematary becomes gradually more twisted.

As the movie progressed, I didn’t think it was going to be that terrifying, I thought the effects were going to only get cheesier, to be honest.

Instead of relying on hyperrealistic blood and guts to bring the fear factor, the subject matter is what truly freaked me out. The movie presents a huge moral issue: are some things and people, no matter how great they are in life, better off dead? The twisted concepts behind this story are what make Stephen King so successful.

He even cameos in the movie as a priest at a funeral. Make sure to look out for the man behind the madness while you’re watching this flick.

If you’re a fan of horror, I encourage you to watch this classic film.

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Carrie remakes old classic

BY SIMIRON DHADDA

simiron.dhadda@eyeofthetigernews.com

Carrie brought down the house in the new adaptation of a classic movie and novel.

Carrie is a new take on Stephen King’s novel of the same title. The novel is centered around a girl with telekinetic powers who is pushed to the extremes.

The movie follows the book closely, except for some differences, such as missing scenes and different outcomes to some events within the movie, but nothing too story-breaking.

There are only a few major differences, such as that Carrie is set in the 21 century while the book occurred before computers were commonplace. The presentation of the book was completely different from the movie though; the book was more of an investigative type of read, bringing in fictional news reports and books.

The movie, on the other hand, was straightforward and focused mainly on Carrie.

Carrie White, portrayed

by Chloe Grace Moretz, is a socially-awkward girl who, after being homeschooled most of her life, is thrust into high school by the state and against her mother’s wishes. Her trouble begins when she ends up having her first period as a high school senior in the girls locker room.

Unaware about what is actually happening, Carrie believes that she is dying and cries for help. This leads to her being hazed by her classmates who proceed to throw tampons at her

while chanting for her to “plug it up.”

As the gym teacher Ms. Desjardin, played by Judy Greer, breaks up the scene and smacks a hysterical Carrie, her telekinetic power begins to materialize.

However, the situation is promptly halted.

Her mother Margaret White, played by Julianne Moore, comes to pick Carrie up and take her home.

Things are not right in the White household and it is revealed that Carrie’s mother is abusive, as shown by the “prayer closet” she forces Carrie into. Events begin to snowball at school the next day while the movie is bought to its inevitable conclusion.

The music tied in well with the movie, and yet, it was not too memorable. It just served to intensify certain scenes and convey the current mood. It didn’t really add much besides that.

The acting was very well done and, in my opinion, each actor played his or her character perfectly.

Moretz conveyed Carrie as a socially-awkward teen just trying to fit in, which matched up with how Carrie would be portrayed in the book.

Moore also executed her role perfectly as Carrie’s mother; she

nailed the part as a religious nut that cared for Carrie but did not have the best in mind for her.

The scene when she was talking to Sue’s mother really helped cement Moore’s character.

For the most part, the characters in the novel and movie were not much different from some types of people you would meet in high school, but were over-exaggerated.

In the book, however, Carrie is depicted as being ugly and it is explicitly explained, unlike the actor in this movie remake.

Most of the special effects were not too special, but were not noticeably distracting either.

The blood, for example, could have more realistic.

The consistency was like Kool-Aid. For the most part, none of the visual effects were glaringly bad, but the telekinetic powers during the later scenes could have been more polished.

The movie is not a bad watch and the ending was definitely enjoyable due to how the story built up. For a movie that advertises itself as a horror movie, Carrie isn’t actually all that scary until the end.

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Tom Hanks shows his award-winning acting in the film Captain Phillips, a movie based on the Maersk Alabama hijacking.

Captain Phillips captures audience

BY AARON SOUZA

aaron.souza@eyeofthetigernews.com

Captain Phillips makes a huge splash in theaters. It follows the true-to-life story of Richard Phillips, who was captured and held by Somali pirates in 2009.

The movie features veteran actor Tom Hanks as Captain Richard Phillips, who attempts to remain calm and collected as the cargo ship he is piloting is also hijacked by Somali pirates.

Things become more difficult for Phillips as he tries to regain control of the situation and keep his crew out of harm’s way.

Phillips and his crew rely on their knowledge of the ship and teamwork in order to outsmart the pirates. At first, the crew is able to repel the pirates’ attempt to board the ship. After a short period the pirates return and are able to work their way to the navigations, taking Phillips hostage and gaining all the leverage.

From this point Phillips has only his wit to depend on, and through a series of smart decisions is able

to fight against all odds.

The movie not only focuses on the lives of the captain and his crew, but on the struggle of the pirates as well. In a way, it’s hard not to sympathize with the Somalis, who are being forced to steal in order to support their tribe. This movie is deep because it doesn’t have any “bad guys” – there’s a lot of gray area and it’s hard to pick a side between Phillips and the pirates.

The dialogue between Phillips and the Somalis is particularly chilling. The Somalis strip Phillips of his rank of captain, and is instead call him ‘Irish’ to reflect his nationality. No matter what obstacles the pirates face, they assure him, “everything is going to be all right, Irish.

Everything is going to be all right.”

While the story takes place mainly on the ship, the plot is not lacking.

There are several interesting twists that fuel the suspense of the situa-

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Chloe Grace Moretz plays the titular character, Carrie White, a teenager who is bullied to her breaking point.

Bangerz showcases Cyrus’s new style

BY MARC CHAPPELLE

marc.chappelle@eyeofthetigernews.com

This is the new Miley.

On Oct. 4, Miley Cyrus finally released her new album, Bangerz, under her new provocative image. Her album marks a significant change in her musical style. Cyrus’s album is looking to dominate the charts, just as her twerking has dominated entertainment headlines.

Throughout Bangerz, I hear typical pop musical elements, but also influences from country music (Miley’s innocent roots).

Strangely, Cyrus collaborated with prolific music producer Mike Will Made It, so hip-hop sounds also permeate through the album.

Mike Will’s involvement in the modern music scene enables Cyrus to collaborate with a ton of popular artists, including Britney Spears, Nelly, Future, French Montana, Ludacris and even Big Sean.

In practice, it’s really weird.

All I can imagine is little Hannah Montana in the recording studio trying to be “thug.”

Regardless of Cyrus’s past, I can say that the album isn’t actu-

ally as bad as I thought it was going to be.

Will sort of drenches Cyrus’s voice in typical modern rap musical elements so if you like that type of genre, this album is actually somewhat, dare I say it, good.

Cyrus opens with a pseudo pop-ballad-thing, called “Adore You.” It’s slower than what I expected from her, but it allows her to showcase the amount of vocal talent that we all know she actually possesses.

“We Can’t Stop” succeeds the opening, and it’s a bit of a change in mood.

Anyway, it’s the same song we’ve been hearing over the summer.

People either love it or hate it and I know that I love how explicitly edgy Cyrus tries to be.

“SMS” is basically the worst song on the album. It’s just a generic pop song (maybe even worse than a generic pop song), as evidenced

by Britney Spears being featured in it.

“4x4” has arguably the most country influence of any song on the album, but I could still bob

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Miley Cyrus and Future sing together in a song. It’s called “My Darlin’” and it has a lot of bass in it. That’s all you really need to know.

“Love Money Party” featuring Big Sean (if there’s money, Big Sean is there). This song is really awkward because Cyrus kind of tries to rap and it just doesn’t turn out very well. And obviously, the track title doesn’t help at all.

Although, Mike Will deserves credit, as most of the music on the album is decent and varied enough for pop/hip-hop music. “#GETITRIGHT” and “FU” (featuring French Montana) are both notable in the same way.

They’re catchy, and I think they showcase Cyrus’s voice in a unique way.

Bangerz is a bit of a mixed bag. Half of the songs are either wholly unoriginal or annoying, but the other half aren’t all too bad.

The music is solid and Cyrus actually displays some vocal talent in them.

Miley tries to have fun in this album, and she succeeds in some areas and fails in others.

It’s all part of experimentation, so if you’re the type of person who isn’t completely turned off by Miley’s unadulterated effort to shed her Hannah Montana skin, you might, like me, find a few tracks that are worth a spot in your music collection.

(Although, I could do without her getting naked all the time.)

tion. Because it is based on a true story, many people assume that it would be slightly dull. However, there are no slow points during the two-hour span of Captain Phillips. The movie is absolutely riveting.

Tom Hank’s performance as Captain Phillips makes it obvious why he’s such a renowned actor.

For many other members of the cast, this is their first film. However, every actor handled their role almost perfectly. In fact, the entire cast is so believable at times that it almost seems like a documentary.

The movie is minimalistic in terms of its soundtrack and visual effects. The cinematography includes many close-ups and candid shots. Its soundtrack also relies heavily on silence to build the suspense between big scenes.

My main concern for this movie was that it would end predictably. However, I can say for certain that I was surprised and impressed with how the movie played out. In fact, I think the best moments of the movie were within the final half hour.

Captain Phillips’s fundamental theme is to keep faith when all hope is lost. This reflects not only the crew’s faith in Captain Phillips, but the Somali’s faith in a better tomorrow. For me, this is what made Captain Phillips most worth watching.

S ports Boys basketball to play at Sleep Train Arena october 28, 2013

BY MARISSA STONE

marissa.stone@eyeofthetigernews.com

Roseville High School’s basketball program has the opportunity to play at Sleep Train Arena in early Dec. They will be traveling to the NBA’s Sacramento Kings Sleep Train Arena on Dec. 16 to take on Yuba City in their eighth pre-league game.

Students can purchase tickets from boys basketball coach Greg Granucci for $25. Not only will ticketholders be admitted to the freshman, junior varsity and varsity games, but they will also receive free parking to the game along with an additional ticket to a Sacramento Kings game against the Cleveland Cavaliers on Jan. 12.

RHS’ game will be the first playoff game at Sleep Train Arena and Granite Bay will be playing there in January.

This whole experience started to come together when Samantha Bottari moved from the Rivercats to the Sacramento Kings organization.

She previously helped former Roseville varsity baseball coach Hank Demello allow the baseball team to play at Raley Field. Since Bottari moved to the Sacramento Kings organization, Granucci contacted her and together

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they created this opportunity.

“I just think this is really cool that this is really happening and that Roseville is being able to be the first game there,” Granucci said.

“And it’s also great for our school and for the basketball program.”

Not only will the basketball team be there, but Roseville cheerleaders will be attending as well.

The dance team has also been invited to join and perform, but their attendance has not yet been guaranteed.

There has also been discussion about the option of getting buses for Moeller Maniacs and fans to have transportation to the game, but that has also not been confirmed yet.

Senior Moeller Maniacs Robert Ferry and Dalton Dillender plan to have as many people attend as possible.

“I’m really excited for the game and I am going to post it all over Instagram and Twitter to be there or be square,” Ferry said.

Dillender thinks a lot of people should want to go support their basketball team and watch them play in a professional environment.

Junior shooting guard Bryce Crouch is hyped up and excited to play at the Sleep Train Arena.

“I’ve always wanted to play there ever since my first NBA

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Last year’s varsity team prepares for a game by completing a team chant. Before each game last year, the Tigers would get in the game mode, usually by completing a pregame ritual such as this one. This year, the team will get a chance to do so at Sleep Train Arena.

Kings game,” Crouch said. “Just the fact that we’ll be playing on an NBA court excites me and I’m just counting down the days

till we step out on that court.”

Freshmen will start the first game at 4:30 p.m. The JV team will follow them at 6 p.m. and varsity will

begin the final game at 7:30 p.m.

Granucci is excited for this opportunity.

“This is great for the school,

basketball program, community and kids playing,” Granucci said.

“I think everyone should come out and support us.”

JV soccer tries to make do without key players

BY MARISSA STONE

marissa.stone@eyeofthetigernews.com

The Roseville High School junior varsity boys soccer team has a current league record of 3-4-2 with one league game left to play this season.

The Tigers tied the Grizzlies 0-0 at Granite Bay on Tuesday, Oct. 15. The sun sets early on Granite Bay’s field, so they had to shorten their halves to only play 30 minutes rather than the normal 40.

Granite Bay had more shots, but according to coach Paul Stewart, they were not all on goal. Roseville only had one shot on goal the whole game.

Roseville’s defense was able to stop Granite Bay from getting any goals.

Cross country participates in another annual Halloween run

BY LOGAN ASH

logan.ash@eyeofthetigernews.com

Every Halloween, the Roseville High School cross country team participates in its annual Halloween run. The coaches came up with this run where the team splits up by gender and runs around Roseville finding clues to a riddle.

At the end of the run, the coaches pick a boy and girl at random to recite the riddle and whoever gets it right wins bragging rights. To add some fun, the athletes dress up in costumes. According to senior Anthony Sanchez, this event will occur on Thursday, Halloween, during regular practice time.

“It is always fun to do,” Sanchez said.

According to Sanchez, their best collaborative effort for the season so far has to be the second SFL meet on Oct. 9. Even though the team has fought with injuries all season, the team keeps getting healthier as the season continues.

Sanchez believes that the team will perform very well in league finals and should have a good chance of doing well in the section meet.

“Defense is the strength of the team this year,” Stewart said.

“The defense does well and does what needs to be done.”

That following Thursday, the Tigers played Woodcreek for the second time, this time on RHS’ home field.

With Woodcreek winning 3-1 on Oct. 1, Roseville felt that they had to redeem themselves by getting a win.

“The boys definitely feel like they shouldn’t have lost the first time we played them so they know they need to be ready to take care of business,” Stewart said prior to the contest.

While the Tigers fared better than their first game, their outcome was still a 0-1 loss.

Roseville had possession of

the ball most of the game and had multiple chances to score on goal, but were not able to finish any of their shots.

Woodcreek’s goal came from one of their players on the top left of the 18’ who chipped the ball into the back right of the goal after one of Roseville’s defenders tripped trying to get the ball.

The other defenders did not close in soon enough which made him able to make that shot and score.

Stewart said that coming to the end of the season, the team has lost four very effective players due to injuries and academic issues that will impact the outcomes of their final games of the season.

The Tigers played Rocklin

High School at Rocklin and took a 2-5 loss.

Rocklin scored five minutes into the game off of defensive mistakes, but Roseville was able to come back and get one in the back of the net.

Rocklin had a penalty kick in the first half, but Stewart said goalkeeper Alex Vasquez had an incredible dive to left and stopped it from going in.

It was tied 1-1 at halftime.

Five minutes into the second half, Rocklin was able to get another goal in against Roseville off of a corner kick.

The third goal following that was also from a corner kick.

Roseville got a free kick and then Rocklin got a counterattack and scored off of that to extend

their lead to 4-1.

Colin Richardson got taken out in Rocklin’s penalty box and Lucas Alcala stepped in and scored the PK, giving Roseville one extra goal.

Pedro Rivas feels that they did better offensively and that defense just had an off game.

“We had a lot of talking, great through balls and shooting offensively,” Rivas said. “And we have improved a lot since we first started.”

Freshman defender Sean Granucci admits that defense was acting a little asleep during the game.

“We need to come out and be ready to play next time,” Granucci said.

Roseville came out ready to

play in a game against Nevada Union that resulted in a 1-0 win for the Tigers.

Forward Landon Bones had some chances in the beginning of the game but was not able to finish.

Bones was able to make a huge breakaway on the side of the field and get around all of the defenders.

Once he got past all of the defenders, he was able to rip a leftfooted shot in the far post and get it into the back of the net.

“Making that goal made his whole day and it was awesome to see that,” Stewart said.

The Tigers have their last game of the season tomorrow against the Del Oro Golden Eagles at home.

“We have come farther than I thought [we would] this year,” Sanchez said.

Last weekend, the cross country team traveled to Southern California to participate in the Mt. SAC Invitational at Mt. San Antonio Community College.

from current RHS junior Elise Abel.

During the past two weeks, the girls tennis team also had a nonleague match against the Bella Vista Lady Broncos. RHS lost this match 3-6.

This past week, Roseville had two more SFL league matches.

One of which is against Nevada Union and another against Del Oro. Against the Nevada Union Miners, Roseville won 6-3.

“We played great and have improved a lot this year,” senior Kayla Stoneking said.

The girls’ last season game against the Del Oro Golden Eagles ended in a loss.

This week on Monday and Thursday, SFL singles and doubles will be going on as the Roseville High School Lady Tigers attempt to make a playoff run.

Schmittner and senior Kelly Olson scoring once each.

Despite the loss, junior Marissa Nunez found some positives in the game.

“It was the first game where we actually worked together well,” Nunez said.

The team has not won a game in league this year, but has won in tournaments.

Throughout the year, Roseville has had as much as half of their team injured and many of them played through their injuries.

Clifton has returned from her injured shoulder, but Natalia and Nadia Espino are still out due to injuries.

According to Nunez, communication was a hindrance to their success.

“Our biggest issue in the pool is not communicating with each other if we need help or if something needs to be changed,” Nunez said.

The girls have three games left next week and then the season is over. They will play two teams that will be in the Central Valley Conference next year, which are Ponderosa High and Del Campo High.

Their last league game will occur on Wednesday against Rocklin High School.

This is the team’s final year in the highly competitive SFL.

“Next year the team will do better in the CVC, hopefully,” Natalia Espino said.

for playoffs.

The team finished the year with three of the top 12 golfers in the league. Velazquez earned first team all-league honors, while Lemos and Hambleton each made second team all-league.

Fukuman also feels as though this team has set a new standard for RHS golf.

“The teams to follow will have some very big shoes to fill,” Fukuman said.”

Sports Shorts

Girls tennis finishes fourth in SFL league

BY NICK TREZZA

nick.trezza@eyeofthetigernews.com

The Roseville High School varsity girls tennis team is through with their 2013 season in the Northern California Sierra Foothill League regular season. At the end of league play, the girls tennis team sits in fourth place with a league record of 3-7.

In the past two weeks, the girls tennis team has faced off against league opponents Woodcreek, Rocklin, Nevada Union and Del Oro. Against the Woodcreek Lady Timberwolves, the girls team achieved a 7-2 victory. This was the girls’ second win over Woodcreek this year in league.

When Roseville faced off against Rocklin, they fell short with an 8-1 loss to the Thunder.

This match featured a victory

Girls water polo continues to struggle

BY NICK SAPP

nick.sapp@eyeofthetigernews.com

Coming off the bye week, Roseville High School’s girls varsity water polo team played Granite Bay last Wednesday and lost 5-18.

Senior Kira Clifton scored twice, along with sophomore Lacie Reichmann, freshman Lauren

Varsity golf ends up third in SFL standings

BY MADISON MACHA

madison.macha@eyeofthetigernews.com

Girls varsity golf recently completed what head coach Corey Fukuman believes is the team’s most successful season ever. Overall, the team finished in third place behind Rocklin and Granite Bay. The team also placed third in the final SFL tournament, finishing with a score of 445. In that tournament, senior and team MVP Virgie Valazquez helped the team greatly with a score of 72, followed by seniors Natalie Farahani with a score of 88, Courtney Lemos with a score of 92, Kayla Kwong with 96 and Madison Hambelton with a 97.

The team also qualified four players for the section tournament last Monday. Velazquez medaled with a score of 70, which was the only score under par out of the 72 players on the field. Velazquez then qualified for today’s CIF-SJS Masters Girls Golf Tournament in Stockton.

Hambelton, Lemos and Farahani shot 90, 91 and 99, respectively. All three seniors qualified

Varsity soccer tries to secure playoff spot

BY JORDAN LOYA

jordan.loya@eyeofthetigernews.com

The Roseville High School varsity boys soccer team is currently sitting at a 2-3-4 record. The team has four ties this season, which is the most in team history.

To secure a playoff spot, the RHS Tigers have a must win tomorrow. This is the Tigers’ final league game and it will be against the Del Oro Golden Eagles at home.

The team’s other game came against a talented Rocklin Thunder team resulting in a 1-1 tie.

“It was a tough game,” senior Bailey Jensen said. “We dominated most of the game in play, but we just couldn’t find the net.”

S ports Girls volleyball continues quest for playoffs page 12

october 28, 2013

Lady Tigers bounce back from tough loss against Granite Bay, defeat rival Woodcreek in three games

BY MORGAN SIMPSON

morgan.simpson@eyeofthetigernews.com

Roseville High School varsity girls volleyball team has had its ups and downs recently.

Last Monday, the Lady Tigers fell to the Granite Bay Grizzlies in three straight games. Several players were very disappointed in the game and felt that they could have done better.

“It was very disappointing; we could have done a lot better,” senior captain Jayme Lee said. “We didn’t have a lot of energy on the court and didn’t really work together as a team.”

On Wednesday, Oct. 23, the team had its “Dig Pink” game for Breast Cancer Awareness against Woodcreek. They brought their confidence up and dominated the court against the Timberwolves,

winning all three games. Players were really happy about this win and how the team played.

“We worked way better as a team and we communicated a lot better,” Lee said. “We were really excited because it was the Dig Pink game and we were playing Woodcreek.”

Senior co-captain Lindsay Anderson was pleased to see the team rebound after the Granite Bay game.

“We played a lot better than Monday and got back to how we originally should have been playing,” Anderson said. “Everybody played very well, we had very little errors and passed well as a team.”

With the record of 5-3, the girls volleyball team has to win one out of their final three league games

to make it to playoffs.

The team has already beaten two of the teams that they have to play, so they are very confident that they are going to make it to playoffs. They are playing against Rocklin, Del Oro and Nevada Union.

“I am very sure we are going to make it to playoffs,” Lee said.

“We have already beaten Del Oro and Nevada Union, so hopefully we can just beat one of them again.”

Although she’s confident about her team’s play-off chances, Anderson says the Lady Tigers have to stay focused in order to get the job done.

“We should be good in making it into playoffs,” Anderson said.

“We just need to play like we have been.”

PHOTO BY EVELINA KISLYANKA

Juniors Stephanie Christofferson (#2) and Abby Jensen (#4) block a Woodcreek player’s attempt at a kill. The Lady Tigers have to win one of their three remaining games to make it to SFL playoffs.

Varsity football tops Nevada SFL varsity football standings Team League Record Overall Record Union for Tigers’ first league win

BY WILL WHITE

will.white@eyeofthetigernews.com

Last Friday the Tigers took part in a long bus ride to Nevada Union, to face the 0-7 Miners.

The long bus ride did not seem affect the Tigers, as they starteed the game off stong scoring 21 pooint in the first quarter alone.

Senior Running back Matt Razzano led the way for the tigers with 4 touchdowns, one of them being a kick return.

Razzano didnt have the only notable performance. Senior Wide Reciever Jonathan Lopez received for over 100 yards, along with 3 touchdowns.

Lopez’s first touchdown was a 71 yard connection assisted by quarterback kyle downie.

Downie also performed well combining for 4 touchdowns, 2 of

them rushing andthe other 2 were passing touchdowns.

On October 18 the Roseville Varsity football team traveled to Loomis, California for a league match-up against Del Oro High School. Coming into the game the Tigers were 3-3 and looking for a win to keep their record above .500, plus not fall too deep in the standings for the SFL. This game happened to be a pink out game for Del Oro to commemorate October as Breast Cancer awareness month, so Del Oro’s student section was plastered in pink attire. Del Oro came into this game with a record of 4-2 (1-0 in league) .

After a long fought game the Tigers came up short losing to the Eagles 35-21, putting the Tigers at (0-2) in the SFL and the Eagles

(2-0).

“We played hard just didn’t make enough plays to win,” senior wide receiver Jonathan Lopez said. “It’s a little frustrating but we’ll come back next week ready.”

Senior running back Matt Razzano came to play, scoring two touchdowns on the ground late in the fourth quarter.

Quarterback Kyle Downie was able to connect to Jonathan Lopez for a touchdown in the second half. Wide receiver Gabe Lira was also able to contribute some bigtime plays on the receiving end.

“We have three more games left an all of them are important if we want to go to playoffs so we’re taking each game one by one,” Lopez said after the Del Oro game.

1) ROCKLIN

3-0

6-2

2) DEL ORO

3-0

6-2

3) GRANITE BAY

1-2

5-3

4) ROSEVILLE

1-2

4-4

5) WOODCREEK

1-2

3-5

6) NEVADA UNION

0-3

0-8

Athlete Atmosphere

Every issue of Eye of the Tiger, the sports department will feature a male and female athlete from a variety of different sports.

BY NICK ESPINO AND MATT TAWLKS

Matthew Razzano - Football

Despite being undersized, Razzano isn’t afraid to lower his head.

Razzano is known for his quickness off the ball and his speed when he gets past the second level. As a junior last year, Razzano earned the place as the second team all-league running back.

Razzano’s favorite part about football is scoring touchdowns and making big plays for his team.

Razzano is a captain on the team and likes to lead by example, but also makes sure he encourages his teammates at all times.

Razzano is trying to help lead his team to the playoffs this year, which they failed to do last year.

In order to do this they need to beat either Woodcreek or Rocklin.

Before the games, Razzano likes to stay hydrated and listen to music.

He prefers listening to soft,

calm music early on during the day to help him stay focused.

However, approaching game time, Razzano likes to listen to pump-up music to get him excited.

Touching on his superstitious side, Razzano prefers eating peanut butter and jelly sandwiches before every game.

Razzano also plays baseball in the spring as he is one of the team leaders on the field. Razzano is a catcher and an outfielder.

His family is very supportive of him and has been that way throughout the years. His freshman borther Jay is Razzano’s biggest fan he has.

Off the field, Razzano stays focused in the classroom as he is an A student. Razzano plans on attending UCLA and majoring in business and economics.

BY NICK ESPINO AND MATT TAWLKS for each of her teams. Volleyball

Lee is also very successful in that sport as well, a solid all-around athlete.

Before each game, Lee drinks water and Gatorade to stay hydrated and electro-hydrated, if you will, before each game.

She also likes to listen to Vamos a La Playa with teammates Lindsay Anderson, Abbey Jensen, and Ryan Blackwood.

Before stepping on the court, Lee puts in two pieces of the cubed spearmint flavored Ice Breakers.

You could say these superstitions have worked out alright for her.

nick.espino@eyeofthetigernews.com matt.tawlks@eyeofthetigernews.com

The fourth edition of the Athlete Atmosphere features senior running back Matt Razzano. Razzano is in his fourth year of playing football for the Roseville Tigers.

In each year, Razzano has been a key weapon to the offense. Razzano was the leading rusher on the team in all three past years and is on pace to do the same this year.

The hard work of playing for over seven years has paid off.

Razzano has a love for the game of football that consumes his thoughts on the daily.

It all started when Razzano was nine, playing football for the first time. Ever since then, he has been fully committed to the sport and eventually made a name for himself at the high school level.

nick.espino@eyeofthetigernews.com matt.tawlks@eyeofthetigernews.com

For the fourth edition of Athlete Atmosphere for girls is senior volleyball player Jayme Lee. Lee is a captain on the team – leading by example but also using positive words to help her teammates through tough times.

According to teammates, Lee is always offering encouragement on and off the court.

Lee first started playing volleyball six years ago, and has not stopped since. Despite standing at around 5’4, Lee has found a way to still be one of the top players

traditionally is like basketball, where you usually find the taller athletes competing against each other.

She likes the sport so much because of the team aspect, and how it challenges her not only physically but also mentally as well.

Volleyball is definitely a team sport, where six teammates get three chances to get the ball back over the net.

Lee also likes how it takes a lot out of her each game, and a good workout.

This helps her stay in plenty of shape for her spring sport, track.

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Senior running back Matthew Razzano runs over a Granite Bay opponent on the first play of the game. Razzano, a captain on the varsity football team, hopes to help lead the team to the playoffs this year.

Jayme Lee - Volleyball Lee gets a huge amount of motivation and encouragement from her mom, Clara Lee. Lee knows her mom will never be disappointed in her, and is always there to help when she is down.

The Lee’s have gone through a lot in the past, as the father of the family suffered cardiovascular difficulties in a Triathlon competition around nine years ago.

It was during the swim part of the race, when the incident occurred.

Fortunately, Lee’s father made it out alive and is recovering in Los Angeles.

Lee and her mother have had

to rely on each other a lot to get through this tough time.

Together they are getting through it. Lee uses this as an inspiration in her every day routine of life.

Lee also enjoys spending her time with her boyfriend of over a year who happens to be senior running back Matt Razzano. The couple enjoys spending their sundays watching football togther at the razzano house hold.

Lee plans on attending the University of Oregon, San Diego State University or Loyola Marymount University, where she wants to study kinesiology.

PHOTO BY EVELINA KISLYANKA