Falconer
The Torrey Pines High School
www.tphsfalconer.com
3710 Del Mar Heights Road, San Diego, CA 92130
TPHS CAMPUS PRESSED INTO SERVICEDURING By Anna Li and Katie Mulkowsky
Thursday, May 15, 2014
Vol. 39, Issue 8, 28 pages
A LOOK INSIDE:
BRUSH BY THE FIRE NUMBERS
entertainment
a look at the fire impacting the TPHS community.
2 20K 30 5% helicopters
homes evacuated photo by grace bruton/falconer
engines
See A14 —Chromeo See A15 —Vegan food
opinion
containment
art by sarah chan and sarah kim/falconer photos courtesy of kgtv 10 news
TPHS became an evacuation center for a brush fire that erupted around 10:40 a.m. on May 13 in the 4S Ranch area, near Del Norte High School. Over 850 Willow Grove Elementary School and Del Sur Elementary School students were taken by bus to West View High School until around 1:30 p.m.,, when they were transferred to TPHS, according to the Poway Unified School District website. Families of students began to arrive at TPHS shortly after 1 p.m. TPHS Principal David Jaffe immediately took to the front parking lot, directing student traffic and reconnecting parents with their elementary school children. Neither Jaffe nor San Diego police officer Jerry Kriebel knew how many students or families to expect, but the gymnasium was stocked with water bottles and juice boxes, and a Red Cross van was on hand to aid school and local officials throughout the evacuation if needed. Willow Grove staff members stayed involved in the organizational process on site, checking students out as they were picked up by their parents. “We’ve been on alert [about the fire] since the morning,” Del Sur teacher Ann Marie Churchill said. “The entire process was very
PALs starts Voices of TP
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By Michelle Hao staff writer
The Peer Assistant Listeners program created the Tumblr page “Voices of TP” on May 5 as a part of their new Self-Care and Healthy Living and Acceptance Weeks to promote tolerance and diversity during the second half of May, according to PALs adviser Don Hollins. “[The goal is to] help the mainstream TPHS student understand the opportunities they have to experience, all the different cultures they have available, all the different languages, all the different foods, and … encourage a growing respect and kindness toward
what’s different,” Hollins said. The page was inspired by Harvard University’s Tumblr page “I Too Am Harvard” and the University of Virginia’s page “We Are All UVA.” The pages also celebrate diversity and foster cohesive, tolerant communities. “Mr. Hollins found this UVA Tumblr and it looked amazing … so we stemmed our ideas from that, but we wanted to make [one catering to] TPHS,” said Savannah Phillips (11), manager of the PALs Tumblr page. “We ultimately want to make [TPHS] the best campus it can be and [have] everyone love each other.” The page mostly features pictures of students holding signs with pro-tolerance messages in
see voices, A3
calm and smooth. There was nothing unexpected.” Willow Grove parent Katherine Yekhilevsky picked up her daughter Anna Yekhilevsky from Westview High School at 1:30 p.m., and said that the elementary school students remaining at Westview were then taken to TPHS. “[The evacuation process] was perfect,” Yekhilevsky said. “The teachers had the situation under control. It was a little bit scary, but it was very well-organized.” Yekhilevsky said she has not received word on whether there will be school tomorrow, but has heard that the air around Willow Grove is very smoky. Kriebel said the process was taken “one step at a time.” “We just wanted to get [TPHS] kids out as quickly as we can,” Kriebel said. Evacuees at TPHS were redirected to Rancho Bernardo High School at 3 p.m. Some residents of evacuated areas lingered in the TPHS lecture hall later in the evening, awaiting news about their homes and making their plans for the night. The fire had spread to 800 acres and was 5 percent contained when the Falconer went to press.
photos on A3
Executions can be delayed while the shortage of drugs is resolved. However, the suffering of the convicts who have fallen victim to faulty drugs cannot be remedied.
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—Tasia Mochernak See A7, Execution procedures
BIRD’S EYE
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TPHS administration enforces SDUHSD dress code more strictly f
By Hanrui Zhang staff writer
On April 30, TPHS administrators sent an email to remind parents and students of district policies regarding appropriate school attire despite rising local temperatures. “[The email was] just a reminder that [the students] are at school, not at the beach, as it gets warmer and warmer,” Principal David Jaffe said. The email quotes the SDUHSD Board dress code policy, which says that “undergarments may not be exposed,” and “strapless shirts or spaghetti straps [are not] permitted.” Ivy Gong (10), who was “dress coded” by history teacher Lars Trupe, and Mimi McKeown (11), who was “dress coded” by administrators, were both told to change out of tops with spaghetti straps after the email was sent out. “I was surprised that Trupe dress coded me,
since I feel like it is fair that we can show an extra half an inch of our shoulders when it is 100 degrees,” Gong said. McKeown, who was wearing a bandeau and a spaghetti strap top, believed that she was wearing school appropirate clothing. However, if she had refused to change, she would have been assigned campus beautification service. Jaffe believes dressing appropriately in a learning environment is necessary for students who want to succeed. “If what the students are wearing interferes with the learning process, then it is something we can step in on,” Jaffe said. “The students [do not determine] if they are interfering; it is the staff members’ [decision].” The administrators recognizes that many factors contribute to dress code issues on campus, but continue to stress that students must wear proper clothing for school.