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OCTOBER 2015 Vol. 42, No. 1
HOMECOMING 2015
COLORED HAIR TREND SOFIA BARRERA features and social media editor
Most trends come and go; but a new trend is on the rise and is here to stay: colored hair. Even though this trend made an appearance first on a few juniors last year, the fad has become very popular throughout all classes. A variety of colors of hair can be seen throughout the day, especially brighter colors such as green, blue, and purple. “I just wanted a change” Kelly Cook (‘17) remarked while pushing her bright blue hair out of her face. When making such a bold change, many found it helpful and supportive to do it with others. CONTINUED ON PAGE 3
FRANCES TANG photo and media editor
Every year Homecoming week unites the school through numerous activities, the game, and the dance; and this year it was better than ever. The theme was “Back to Reality,” a play off of last years theme of “Bedtime Stories.” “Homecoming is the most sophisticated and detailed event that we put on all year, since it involves the whole student body,” said ASB President Sophia Brown (‘16). Numerous details need to be accounted for such as the organization of skits, Homecoming court, the rally, and contacting outside sources like Good Guys, the DJ, and Alameda County Fairgrounds. Each class had a different sub theme for their skits under the theme “Back to Reality.” The Freshmen had “America’s Got Talent,” the Sophomores “The Amazing Race,” the Juniors “Survivor,” and the Seniors “The Bachelorette.” Skits were performed at the Alameda County fairgrounds, and were emceed by Gina DiPiazza (‘17) and Joe Schaefer (‘16). The scores for the skits were announced at the Homecoming rally, emceed by Jackson Still (‘16 ) and Shreya Madan (‘16 ), and the Freshmen received 115 points, the Sophomores 130 points, the Juniors 148 points, and the Seniors a perfect score of 150 points. Skits are judged for creativity, appropriateness, diversity, and incorporation of the homecoming game against Livermore High School. The other categories are based on the amount of those who dressed up for spirit days and how much
each class donated to the philanthropy project, victims of the Valley Fire. The Sophomores brought the most supplies and the Seniors dressed up for spirit days. This year the spirit days included an “American Day,” a “Workout Day,” a “Camo Day,” and a “Fancy Day.” Each day corresponded with each class’ individual theme. Overall the Seniors had the most homecoming points with 161 points, the Juniors in second with 149 points, the Sophomores third with 148 points, and the Freshmen in last place with 117 points. Also announced at the rally were the winners of the free tickets for the most creative ask. This winners were Austin Brum (‘19) and his date Mia Narisio (‘19), Matt Dotson (‘18) and Claire Larsen (‘18), Jason Roney (‘17) and Grace Nielson (‘17), and Holly Gouveia (‘16) and Sean Maloney (‘16). The Homecoming football game against Livermore High School ended with a final score of 42 and 7 as the football team continued their winning streak. Homecoming royalty was announced during halftime. This years winners were CJ Tio (‘19) and Erin Hu (‘19), Winnie Wang (‘18) and Elena Zhang (‘18), Max Wu (‘17) and Amal Peermohammad (‘17), and Peter Kim (‘16) and Olivia Larsen (‘16). The Homecoming dance itself had mixed reviews. Vivian Pae (‘16) complained about the lack of a bag check, but still enjoyed the dance, “as I get older it becomes more fun because I know what to expect.” Overall there was a great turnout and involvement. Homecoming 2015 was a major success with a great victory at the game, supplies for the victims of the Valley Fire, and a fun dance.