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Russia- A Russian passenger jet taking off from an Egyptian resort was bombed on October 31, killing all 224 passengers on board
United StatesMore than half of our country’s states are closing their borders to Syrian refugees seeking safety
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France- ISIS suicide bombers and gunmen attack Paris, France on November 13 hitting six different locations. Their combined efforts killed at least 129 people
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Vending Machines Serve Low-Cal Drinks Regular, sugar sodas have been replaced with diet drinks in almost all of the LHS campus vending machines. Abby Jester opinions editor Vending machines on campus have been updated. Sodas were replaced with their low-calorie alternatives. “I don’t really know how I feel about the vending machines offering diet and low-calorie sodas,” junior Michael Hanson said. “I know that it’s probably healthier, but studies have proven that diet sodas can be just as bad for you, so I don’t see that there was a need for change.” Only the vending machines down by the football locker rooms have
regular soda available, but the sodas cannot be acquired until 3:00 p.m. “I don’t like having to wait until 3:00 to get a soda,” Hanson said. “I just think that if we are going to be forced to drink diet sodas, then we should be able to access regular ones when we please. I can see the advantages to the change, but it’s also not the greatest thing ever.”
Revamping the Cafe Food Menu Director of Nutrition in progress of changing food served in LHS cafeteria for more enjoyable eating. Daniel Bally news editor Food service director, Phyllis Dozier, has made changes to the cafeteria food and is in the process of changing more of the menu in the future. “This year, we started doing more scratch cooking, which means not from cans,” Dozier said. “They are cooked from dried beans so that it has a better flavor.” Various changes have already been made, such as removing the salad bars and replacing them with chef salads, and cooking pinto beans in the cafes rather than buying canned food. As of this year, the cafe has also started
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scratch cooking more of the food that it serves in order to make the food served in the cafes much healthier and tastier than it has been in previous years. LISD now has a district-wide chef, who is in charge of looking and checking all of the food produced at the schools and also talking to students to find what kinds of food they like and dislike. Dozier also has plans to begin serving pizza at the cafeterias and installing pizza ovens into the kitchens. “Some of the food has already been changed and some more changes will take place in January,” Dozier said. “We will be making changes as we go along and the school year progresses.”
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Changes in psat, sat, act Alyssa Shobert staff writer
On March 2016, a reformation of the infamous Scholastic Assessment Test, or SAT, is to be put into place, changing many aspects of the test. The College Board, who runs the SAT, announced in early 2014 that they would be partnering with Khan Academy to recreate this test in order to make it more focused and useful than ever. First and foremost of these alterations is that you are not penalized for any wrong answers, only not given any if your answer is incorrect. Because of this, the scoring of the test has changed from a 2400 point scale back to a 1600 point scale, as it was before the 2005 change to the test. Secondly, the essay writing portion of test is now an optional section. For most, this would seem like a miracle, but many colleges still require this score in order to be accepted. Not only is the essay section optional, but now it will not be a personal writing. Students will be asked to read a passage and explain how the author is persuading the reader.
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The last major change to the test is that SAT preparation materials are now free. This addition will help many families with financial struggles get properly prepared for such a difficult test. It is being designed by Khan Academy, so this means the free test prep will be one of the most helpful programs as well. Smaller changes like more pictorials, more evidence focused reading, and less extreme vocabulary are occurring as well. All of these changes combined create a much different test, and a large debate circulating is whether it has been made too easy. There are also critiques if the College Board aimed to make the SAT more like the ACT, the American College Test. The ACT has never taken points off for wrong answers, and that is one of the major corrections to the SAT. As well as some of the other smaller changes, the SAT has become similar to the ACT, and some disagree with this plan. Although there are disagreements with this reformed test, many are happy about the adjustments and are ready to take this transformation on.
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Tragedy Strikes in Paris Kim Perlata staff writer
Friday, November the 13th, another tragedy struck. Paris underwent a terrorist attack killing at least 132 people and leaving many in intensive care. There were seven coordinated attacks around the city ranging from restaurants to an international France vs
Germany soccer game. About 89 people were killed at the Bataclan Concert Hall, terrorists stormed in and fired calmly, scaring the people by doing it orderly. The police threw stun grenades and killed one terrorist while another terrorist detonated his suicide vest, blowing him and his other partner to pieces. The governors in Alabama,
Arizona, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Mississippi, Nebraska, New Hampshire, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and Wisconsin are doing all they can to let refugees come into the U.S., also aware our generosity could
be taken advantage of. “There may be those who will try to take advantage of the generosity of our country and the ability to move freely within our borders through this federal resettlement program,” Governor Scott Walker of Wisconsin said. “We must ensure we are doing all we can to safeguard the security of Americans.”
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True Love Junior Alex Lammers as Gomez and Sophomore Stephanie Guck as Morticia talk to each other about their relationship
Family Reunion The main characters of the Addams Family production sing the intro song “When You’re an Addams” for the performance
Ancestorial Agreement Junior Ysidro Montano as Uncle Fester convinces the Ancestors to help him unite Wednesday Addams and Lucas Beineke
Crazy Freshman Max Kelt as Lucas Beineke, Junior Michael Hansen as Mal Beineke, and Junior
Sibling Love Junior Abby Jester as Wednesday Addams tortures her brother Ian Dunnahoo as Pugsley Addams while she sings about her relationship with Lucas
Madeline Duvall as Alice Beineke show their surprise when they meet the Addams
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Young AdultS Voting Controversy Even though one can legally vote by age 18, many young adults choose not to get involved.
They shouldn’t vote! Abby Jester opinions editor
They should totally vote!
Once one reaches the age of 18, they can legally vote, but fewer and fewer young adults participate. In 2014, youth votes (ages 18-29) only added up to 19.9% of the cast ballots. This was the lowest percentage of this age group in a federal election to ever be recorded. I do think that the votes of this particular age group count, but I think it’s good that so few vote. Many people don’t understand politics. Not that they can’t learn to understand them, but so many don’t care. I don’t think that one should vote if they aren’t fully invested in what’s going on, since every vote counts and their blah vote could end up determining who wins the election. Another reason young adults shouldn’t vote is because while they might say they are voting for who’s best for the nation, they’re actually only Democratic or Republican based on what their parents or friends think. If someone’s around another person who’s constantly bashing the Republican party, it’s only natural that they are probably going to claim to be a Democrat. I don’t think it’s fair to place a vote in support of someone you only think is best, not know is best. One candidate shouldn’t win over the other because they pulled ahead by votes of people who haven’t looked at the facts and just picked their favorite as opposed to the right choice. Every vote counts, regardless of age, but when it comes to who is currently in charge of the country, I think the voting should be left to the more matured and knowledgeable people.
Will You Vote? Students are asked if they keep up with what’s currently happening in the political world and whether or not they have an opinion about it.
“[I will not vote] because it’s useless. It’s just pick and choose. There’s no point to voting at all. You’re just voting for another lunatic. Voting can lead to bad leaders, and bad leaders lead to the U.S. going down. I don’t [want to participate in that].” -Dylan Thigpen, 12
Victoria Weaver As young adults we should be voting. We should entertainment editor be caught up on the government and who’s
running and who’s in office at the time and what they’re doing for us as a nation. We should be aware of the people who have authority over us, even locally. We should be voting. Last year’s election proves just how badly we as young adults are doing in the voting department. According to statistics, young adults made up just about thirteen percent of the votes cast. Thirteen percent. Need I do the math for you so you can see how many of us are or are not voting? Both numbers are sad. This can all be avoided if we simply catch ourselves up on politics and register to vote. We have a voice and we need to start using it. I get it, politics are boring. Watching debates about taxes and healthcare and the national debt is boring, but it’s necessary. You have an opinion. As young people we are so opinionated and we blast our opinions all over social media and to each other, but yet we refuse to put it where it really matters. Why are we so discouraged from voicing our opinion in politics? Personally, I believe it’s got a lot to do with the older generations discouraging the younger ones. We’re told constantly we’re too young to understand and too young to do anything about blogspot.com it. I, for one, will be proving them all wrong come November 2016. I will be held civically responsible and obligated to cast my vote for the next commander in chief of the U.S. and I can only hope many others will join me. Every vote counts, make sure yours does too.
“I think it’s important [to vote] because they’re the next leaders of America. If you don’t vote, you can’t really say anything bad if you don’t like [the one chosen]. You need to vote on the one you do like. I think young adults should vote if they’re educated on the matter.” -Tatiana Carrillo, 12
“To tell you the truth, yes [I will vote]. I believe that it’s the right thing to do. Even though some people don’t believe that voting is accountable for, I believe it is. You just have to pick the certain person to vote for. If they feel that they should, then yes [everyone should vote].” -Deante Hinton, 12
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“I believe [that I’ll vote] because I’m tired of our president, honestly. How will [my vote] help? Maybe it will change the way things are. Everyone should vote. The things the [president] says he’s going to do, a lot of people, including me, don’t like.” -Zo’E Crayton, 12
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RaNt CoLuMn Mobile Phone Takeover Alyssa Shobert Birds singing, a soft breeze blowing as the staff writer trees sway along with the music the birds compose. BOOM! An explosion rings through the peaceful silence. But no wreckage flies into the air, and no panicked cries are heard. It comes from the direction of a certain boy on the other side of the park, grinning down at something small in his hand. He cheers in victory when the loud blast erupts from the object tight in his grasp. A game? A group of kids sit huddled on the park bench, ignoring the nature that surrounds them. Every single one of them is staring down at the number one time consumer of our generation- the cell phone. The telephone, an invention that changed our world since the moment Alexander Graham Bell patented it in 1876. To me, it’s an amazing piece of work, a scientific accomplishment that not many can rival. But, the intentions for this product were to make communication more efficient, period. Nothing more. As the telephone evolved over the years, the cellular phone rose up and took the world by storm. The smartphone emerged just earlier this century, which therein created the issue I see so often in everyday life. An addiction. We find it harder and harder to actually sustain a relationship with a person by talking with them face to face. Our generation struggles with real life situations because of our dependence on the internet to communicate for us. The Internet is our safety blanket to hide under so we can say whatever we want to, to whomever we want to. The truth is, it’s not like that in the real world. Although our world is changing, being able to conversate with other human beings outside of pressing the tiny letters on your screen is kind of necessary. This worldwide addiction not only prevents real relationships, but it can cause things like our education to fall behind it. The fact of the matter is that we take cell phones for granted. There’s no other way to put it. I’m all for cell phones and other technology, as long as we use them as they ought to be used.
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buttoned Up, tied Down Students should be allowed to wear button-ups without ties or bowties. Abby Jester opinions editor
New to this year’s dress code is that button up shirts can be worn. Sounds hopeful, right? Wrong. Button ups can be worn IF you wear a tie or bowtie with it. How is this reasonable? We can wear polos without having to wear a tie or bowtie, and the only difference is a few extra buttons. I think that wearing a button up shirt is equally as decent as a polo, if not nicer in most ways. I think it’s also kind of sexist. Not that girls can’t or don’t want to wear ties or bowties, but I think most would agree that those accessories are typically added to
a guy’s attire. I don’t think it’s fair that many girls have perfectly nice button up shirts to wear but don’t really want to wear them because they don’t even own a tie or bowtie. I don’t know about most girls, but the only way I could wear my button ups “properly” is if I borrowed my dad’s accessories, and I just don’t want to do that. Come time for colder weather, I personally love wearing button ups, yet I don’t want to have to wear a tie or bowtie. I don’t understand how the bowtie and tie even make that much of a difference. Honestly, button ups look equally as nice without the added accessories and with these accessories, it’s way too formal for a school environment anyways.
“‘I’m in dee hallway, broom broom!’’ An epidemic of tardiness is sweeping the school nation, and is not being handled properly. Gone are the days when students students. I understand that students should learn that there Emily Araiza could come into class 30 seconds late is a consequence to their actions, but I do not believe that feature editor
this should be taught at the cost of their education. and be counted present. Gone are As I see it, there are two types of tardy students. Firstly, the days when students were given a slight amount of leeway when it came to the bell. There is a there is the type of student who missed their alarm, got stuck in traffic, or was new regime, and no one waiting on a sibling and is safe. couldn’t get to school The new tardy sweep at precisely 8:15. At the policy is to enforce most, these students students’ precise should have to get a punctuality which is a simple tardy slip, and noble and honorable then continue on their goal. However, I can’t way to class. Then, there help but to think is the type that knows the that this policy is consequences of being rather extreme and tardy, yet still makes contradictory to its the decision to go by purpose. Starbucks or to sleep in Let’s examine the for an extra ten minutes. reason behind this I feel like these students new rule. The reason will not be swayed from students need to get to their rebellious ways by class on time is so that a meeting in the Little they can be present for No Broom For Misbehavior Junior Michael Hanson is caught late to Theatre discussing the the full class period class and must be swept away by Everett Brunson. repurcussions of tardiness. and therefore obtain Photo by Abby Jester Whichever type of as much information student the tardy target is, they shouldn’t have to miss as possible, correct? So, when students are one minute late and sheparded into the Little Theatre for a lecture on tardy fifteen minutes of their class. The tardy slips are punishment enough, and as I see it, the meetings are a waste of time for behavior, they are losing out on that valuable class time. It would be more useful to go back to the simple days of most people involved. Floors are meant to be swept, not students. tardy slips, instead of this harsh approach to punishing late F I N D O U T M O R E AT O U R W E B S I T E a t www.lobonow.com
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Hard To Miss
Football Freshman is inspiration to all Yosef Ibitayo staff writer
had its ups and downs, but I’m used to it now.” The players line up facing each Bradley Faulkner, head other. Through the bars of the freshman football coach for the face mask, the sweating, exhausted Lobos, praised Peters’ drive when teenager eyes the green-clad victor. compared to his teammates. Begrudgingly, he extends a gloved “You wouldn’t be able to tell any hand, as does the opposing player; as difference between [Peters] and any they shake hands, his eyes cannot help other kid,” Faulkner said. “I don’t but wander to the other arm. even think the people on the other It ends in a stump. team realize until maybe you’re Logan Peters, a freshman football shaking hands, and [even then] I player for the Lobos, was born still don’t think they realize that he’s without a hand. When he was in the missing a hand.” womb, he experienced amniotic band When asked to elaborate on syndrome, an event in which fibrous the question of drive, Faulkner strands from the amnion, the inner responded: “[When he has to put layer of the uterus, wrapped around on his uniform] he does not want his right hand, cutting off its blood help, ever. We only give them fifteen supply. As a result, the hand never minutes to get dressed and shower developed, and Peters was born after practice, and he’s faster than without the extremity. half of them; some of them don’t However, despite not having his even take a shower, [but] he takes a right hand, Peters has managed to shower and gets dressed and beats accomplish things that most of his most of them out [first]. I don’t know colleagues have not. He got onto the how he does it.” freshman team in September, and This ability to overcome difficulty has been a great asset towards the has helped Peters to excel in both his A-team’s 9-0 score this season. position as a defensive/ tight-end, “[Life with one hand has been] great,” where he has to defend the ballPeters said. “I mean, I don’t know what carrier from enemy players, and to it’s like to have another hand.” keep the feeling of limitation subdued Part of the reason for such by doing everyday things that we take achievements is Peters’ strong for granted. sense of perseverance. As an infant, “It took me a little bit to do the imbalance from his missing clings and squats,” Peters said, “[but appendage caused him to fall eventually], I picked it up and rolled constantly; even now, the skin on with it.” his legs is darker due to the bruises After graduating from LHS, from those falls. However, ever since Peters plans to attend the University he started to throw a football at six of Texas in Austin, with a major in months of age, he has been set on International Business, and wants to pursuing the game. take over the family business after his “I think [not having another university education is finished. hand] has actually motivated me to “He’s a very spirited and outspoken do way more than I was even going young man,” Faulkner said. “He’s hard to be destined to do.” Peters said. “It’s to miss.”
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A Brave New world Estrella Gonzales editor-in-chief
The following quote is a man’s response to the death of his son in the Columbine shooting. “Dad I have a question, why?” “My, son, in a Nation that legalized the killing of innocent children in the womb; in a Country where authorities would lie and cover up what they knew and what they did; in a Godless school system your life was taken… Dan I’m sorry.” “I love you dad, I’ll see you tomorrow.” 7:00 p.m., April 19,1999. “There is no peace,”says the Lord, “for the wicked.” Isaiah 48:22 Brian Rohrbough will never forget April 20, 1999. That is the day when his son Dan was shot to death on the sidewalk at Columbine High School. According to the Huffington Post there has been forty five shootings at schools so far in 2015 alone. The question is no longer IF someone shoots up the school, it is a matter of WHEN. In the wake of recent shootings, schools across the country are preparing for the event of an active shooter. For example, a new training procedure that was originally created for businesses has rapidly been adopted by schools across the nation. The infamous program is called A.L.I.C.E., the acronym stands for Alert, Lockdown, Inform, Counter, Evacuate. The program has turned heads for its controversial steps, the program encourages students to defend themselves. The reasoning behind it is because students and teachers are often easy targets. ““We’ve conditioned them to go sit in a corner, go sit under a table,” Greg Crane, former teacher
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and SWAT officer said. The Counter step in the process has become an alternative to the traditional lockdown drill. The lesson behind A.L.i.C.E is to allow people -even students- is to proactively make important decisions in life threatening situations. Around 1.6 million students have undergone A.L.i.C.E training. “We don’t tell [students and staff] what to do. We tell them what they can do,” Crane says. “Ultimately, they’re going to be the ones experiencing this danger, and we want them to be the ones to decide, ‘What is it that I can do that will increase my chance of survival?’ “ Longview High School is no stranger to social stigmas, the tales of generations past still echoes throughout the community, however, administration and staff have taken the necessary steps to ensure the students’ safety. The stories of what once was is surely not the case now. “Our school, I feel like is a safe place,” Joe Brashear said. “One of the biggest advantages that I think we have here our student population, for the ninety-nine point five percent of the majority, seem to be a happy well meaning group of students and teachers, and when you’re students are happy they’re talking to you.” On October 21 of this year the news was leaked that a Longview High School student had brought a gun on campus. The fact of the matter is the student was cooperative and turned himself in without any hassle, yet, a call for stronger communication by concerned parents has been ordered.
The shooting took place at Coloumbine High School on April 20, 1999. Seniors Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold were armed with bombs and multiple guns.They killed 12 students and 2 teachers then later committed suicide in the library.
Sandy hook 2012: 26 Victims
This is one of the most recent shootings involving young children. Adam Lanza opened fire in the elementary school killing 20 children and 6 adults before killing himself. Reports also say that he killed his mother in their Newport home.
University of Texas 1966: 16 Victims
Celeste Nunez Sophomore “The school checking on gangs at school would personally make me feel safer.”
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notorious school shootings
Schools across the nation prepare for the unimaginable coloumbine 1999: 45 Victims
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Logan Peters Freshman “We already have cops on campus but maybe a little bit of more law enforcement at the campus.”
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Sergeant Franks Army Recruiter “I think metal detectors would be helpful on stopping kids from bringing weapons that they shouldn’t have, it probably won’t stop everything but at least they will be stopped from bringing them because they’re risking getting caught.”
Charles Whitman was a student at UT. He climbed to the top of the University of Texas Tower he started shooting at civilians below. Whitman killed 13 people and injured another 32 after murdering his mother and wife that morning. He was later shot to death by police. infro from CNN news.com
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Everyone has a story Staff Member Profiles Freshman Nallely Pascual
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- What do you think is unique
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- I guess it would be how weird how I am. It’s horrible sometimes. Like my friends tell me that we’re all friends with each other because we can be weird together. My personality is weird, like most people would just be calm and just talk about normal stuff. I bring up the most random conversations with whatever pops up into my head at the moment. I think it just comes down to my randomness.
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- Going to college obviously, every kid wants to do that, but the thing is I don’t know what I want to do. I just know I want to go to college. When I was around kindergarten and first grade I wanted to be a teacher, but then I wanted to be a doctor. I later realized I was scared of blood, so I knew that wouldn’t work out. For my teacher dream, I also realized that I didn’t do well with little kids. About two years ago, I wanted to be a psychologist, which is still something I would like to do one day. Also, I’ve recently grown to really like music and also helping people with music too. A band director or something like that is something I would enjoy too.
- Who are your role models?
- My dad because he is such a nice person, but he is very guarded at the same time. People just use him because he is so nice. He just wants to make sure people don’t take advantage of him. For sincere people, he can be the nicest man in the world. I really admire that about him. He’s also very hardworking. He’s been working on stuff that needs fixed in the house lately along with his regular job. He gets off work around 4 and then he just works till 10 or 11 at night at home. He somehow still makes time for his family, and that’s really amazing. After all that, he still doesn’t show that he’s tired. There’s me complaining about my stuff and then there’s my dad who doesn’t complain about anything.
- What are your goals for the
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SMILE FOR THE CAMERA Freshman Nallely Pascual poses for a picture Photo by Emily Araiza// THE LONG-VIEW
- Did you grow up in Texas?
- I did grow up in Texas. That’s why I want to get out of Texas for once! One summer I did live in Hope, Arkansas. My dad decided to move to Arkansas to work with my uncle since the jobs weren’t doing very well here. It was weird, he only came home during the weekends. There was a time he didn’t come home for a month, it was horrible. So when school got out for the summer we moved up there with him and came back when the summer was over.
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- Opinions on growing up?
- Well you’re only a child once [and] once you’re an adult you do the same thing over and over again. When you’re a child there are different stages that you can’t repeat once they’re gone, so that’s really important. Like when you’re a little kid and you go to kindergarten, you can’t go through that again, so it’s really important for you to live it while you can. Once it’s gone, it’s gone.
- What is your family like?
- My family is special in many ways. My brother and sister; well siblings are always annoying. They fight a lot too, so that gets annoying. I don’t talk to them as much as I used to because I have so many things to do now. I am the oldest, and it kind of sucks sometimes because I’m supposed to be the role model and not do anything wrong. My mom is awesome; like superwoman because everytime I get home there’s something there to eat! My dad is actually getting better since I get to see him now that he works the day shifts. They’re really amazing.
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Taste the Rainbow
Emily Araiza features editor
Skittle Package Has Been a Part of Longview High School Through Thick and Thin
IN ITS OWN LITTLE CORNER A lonesome skittle package observes school activities from its resting place Photo by Emily Araiza// THE LONG-VIEW
Always there, never noticed. Standing in the background of our lives, one skittle package has been here with us for as long as any senior can remember. Residing in this school (the exact location will remain anonymous for its protection), this skittle package has watched over the students and teachers of LHS for at least four years. Call it what you will - a guardian angel, or as some of the harsher haters say, a waste of space, this skittle package has been faithful to LHS for quite some time. Through the tears, the laughter, the failure, the success, from a freshman’s first step into the school to a senior’s last step on the stage, this Skittles package has seen it all. I would like to take this moment to honor whichever kind soul deposited this rainbow filled package at this school. You gave it a place to stay - no, you gave it a home, and for that I thank you. I wish all Skittles packages were this lucky, to find a home and a community to spend the rest of their lives in, but that is wishful thinking. Everytime I see a discarded,
ripped up package lying in the trash can or on the ground, I think of our old friend and shed a single tear. It’s not fair. “I wanted to knock it down to see if they still tasted like skittles,” senior Gaylen Lyons said. “It looked like one of the workers who built the school put it up there as a cruel joke. I did some research on Skittles, and they do not expire for a good six years. There is still hope.” This kind of attitude is hurtful and honestly disrespectful to such a beautiful friend. However, no matter how negative this approach, Lyons is correct. There is still hope. For the Skittles package and for us. “After seeing this Skittles package, I was reminded that I wasn’t alone,” junior Michael Hanson said. “In that moment I knew that I wasn’t the only one trapped in these halls. We may not be able to taste the rainbow, but we feel the rainbow in our hearts.” We might be alone, the Skittles package might be alone, but together we stand united and strong. This is LHS.
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College cowboy Chicken FISH TIPS A culinary gem hidden in plain sight Emily Araiza feature editor
PSA: I’m not more qualified to write these tips than anyone else, so feel free to share tips with me as well! #1 Check your lists with checklists Make lots of checklists. There’s nothing worse than trying to remember letters of recommendation, and what each college needs, all off the top of your mind. Mark up calendars, make to do lists, do everything you can to stay organized and KEEP TRACK OF EVERYTHING. It’s better to spend some time becoming organized in the beginning instead of stressing a day before deadlines trying to figure out which essay goes to which college. #2 Keep Calm and Focus on Stay focused. I know it’s a lot of work and you have homework to do, but honestly, it’s time to make college a priority. Not to say that doing homework and keeping your grades up isn’t important, because without the right transcript your application might not even matter - but do set aside some time every day to work on applications and stay focused. This is your future, and for the sake of your ‘ten years from now’ you, I hope that getting into college is more important than the next episode of Gossip Girl. #3 Procrasti... As the queen of procrastination, (I know some might argue for that title, I’m writing the article so I’m going to commandeer it for now) I know that under stressful situations one might be motivated to work quickly and and efficiently. HOWEVER, no matter how much time you save, if you wait until the last minute to start applications, you forfeit the luxury of double, triple, and quadruple checking everything before sending them in. If you’re a one and done type of person who doesn’t feel the need to have their essay read and critiqued before sending it in to the people who are about to judge and analyze your entire life, more power to you. However, I like options, so for applications, I’m taking off my crown and waving goodbye to procrastination (for now) - and I hope you will do the same. #4 Aunthenticity Be authentic. As crazy as it sounds, I’m pretty sure colleges want to hear about the real you. (I mean, if you’re a serial killer or something I probably wouldn’t mention that, but my point is don’t make up a completely different person to put on your application). The right college will love you for who you are.
Estrella Gonzales editor-in-chief
PLATED A wood fire half chicken with creamed spinach and a twice-baked potato. www.dfw.com // THE LONG-VIEW
ROASTED Whole chickens simmer in the one of a kind wood fire rotisserie at Cowboy Chicken. www.valpak.com // THE LONG-VIEW
When I first heard of Cowboy Chicken a couple years back I expected it to be some sort of sorry Tex-Mex joint, that was until last spring our daddy-daughter date led us to the restaurant. I ordered the Grilled Chicken Platter with my choice of mac n cheese and creamed spinach as my sides and let me tell you… that was one of the best meals I had in a long time. Now let me help set up the atmosphere. When you walk in you are immediately greeted with a welcome by the workers and the smile on their faces makes the customer feel like their presence is genuinely wanted in this place. To the right of the register there is a one of a kind special made rotisseries and the smell coming from the oven is literally heaven. Many places have their food stored in the back and can often lead to rumours circulating the chains about how “so and so microwaves their food etc.” But upon entrance you automatically see the chickens roasting in the oven. It’s truly beautiful and there is no doubt Cowboy Chicken meals are made from scratch. Now the “healthy alternative to fast food” restaurant really puts an emphasis on health. The menu is loaded with healthy choices to accompany your choice of chicken, it’s also served in a quick time period and won’t hurt your wallet. Cowboy Chicken offers many services which catering happens to be a strong part of the store. During Thanksgiving, Cowboy Chicken actually cooks turkeys and sells them a couple of days in advance before the holiday hits. So a head up to all of you kids apart of families wanting to try something new this season, Cowboy Chicken has you covered. I may actually take up that offer myself to be honest, the deal is just way too good. One last thing that makes Cowboy Chicken so unique is that not only does the restaurant focus on the customers but it also gives back to the community. The General Manager, Brad Everett, informed me about how much Cowboy Chicken participates throughout the community which proves that Cowboy Chicken not only has a golden chicken but a golden heart. I would definitely check out the restaurant if you’re wanting to try something new but with a feel of home. I rate Cowboy Chicken with 5 stars.
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Concussions in sports
Athletes and coaches weigh in on sports injuries Sam Recendiz staff writer
Sports: a great way to stay active, be social, and attain injuries. Young athletes are encountering repetitive stress injuries, hoping to catch colleges’ attention, the coaches attention. Trying to do better, striving to be better. But how will injuries affect them? There are about eight thousand sports around the world and over three point five million injuries a year due to them. Football is one of the sports that has the most injuries in the world, having the most concussions per year. Basketball, soccer, baseball, softball, volleyball, cheerleading, and track also have over twenty thousand injuries per sport. Concussions can cause nausea, headaches, vomiting, and depression, but they also cause memory loss. If you start playing before fully recovering, you can increase the chances of second impact syndrome. Second impact syndrome leads to death. But concussions are not the only thing seen by doctors. “We see a lot of sprains and strains. We see fractures and growth plate injuries,” (source Dr.Chris Copeland, KKCO 11 News) “Their body essentially is having a problem or breaking down faster than it can repair itself,” “When I first got injured, I didn’t really feel it, but a few minutes later I felt my knee start to give out so I called for a sub, then the trainer wrapped my knee with some ice,” sophomore Harold Jones said. “[The doctor] scheduled my MRI and a couple of days later after the MRI we got the results and they said I had a tear in my meniscus and I needed to get surgery.”
Jones had surgery on October 21, and gladly everything went well according to the doctors. Professionals say if you feel you have been injured, pull yourself out of the game, stop doing the activity or working out. Tell your coach or parent what happened incase of any serious injury. “I felt horrible, because you try to prepare them and get their bodies ready and then whenever they get hurt you feel responsible for that,” Shannon King said. “Training and flexibility I think the biggest factor that determines if somebody is gonna get injured when ever they do get in a situation like that, whether they get injured or not, I think their flexibility is the greatest barrier” The reaction to injuries vary, but some are very commonly reported. “I was upset and angry at the same time but I understand that injuries come with playing sports. I’m just glad it hasn’t stopped me from playing forever,” Howard said. “I do feel that some injuries make a player stronger and more determined to come back playing and thinking differently about their sport.”
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Inter-Rant
Varsity Football RESULTS:
(Win) Longview Lufkin (Win) Longview John Tyler (Loss) Longview C.E. Byrd. (Win) Longview Pine Tree (Win) Longview Greenville (Loss) Longview Marshall (Win) Longview Texas High (Win) Longview Mt.Pleasant (Win) Longview Sulphur Springs (Win) Longview Hallsville
Football Referees are threatening to penalize teams 21 for running flags after touchdowns.
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Celebrating. Everybody does it at some point or another, especially at sporting events. Longview High School’s Interact Club has kept up the tradition of running the flags that spell out “LOBOS” across the field after every touchdown. So, running the flags after scoring is no new experiment to get the Longview crowd hyped up. But during the first game of the 2015 season, officials threatened the Interact Club with penalizing the football team if they were to continue to run the flags. As a member of Interact, I can speak for all of us members when I say that this was an outrage to us all, and that we weren’t going to stand for the tarnishing of a long-lived tradition. Oddly enough, this was only happening at the home games. One would expect celebrating for the home team would be encouraged, but it was denied anyways. Game after game we would run the flags, which, in-turn, got Interact ejected from the field. Even though the referees seem to discourage and disagree with running flags after scoring, the Interact Club stays inspired by the members of the crowd. After the Longview vs. Pine Tree game, a member of the crowd approached me and a few fellow Interact members and informed us of how much running flags meant to the whole Lobo Nation, and not to let the officials get us down. So, we will continue to stand our ground against those who disapprove and continue to run the flags for the team and for the fans. Michael Hanson guest writer
Interact running the flag after the lobos score a touchdown. (2006)
Interact running the flag after the lobos score a touchdown. (2015)
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What’s Wrong With Being Confident? Demi Lovato’s new album proves to be a success, showing listeners that it’s okay to be yourself. I Abby
Jester opinions editor
I can say with great confidence that Demi Lovato’s new album Confident is absolutely fantastic. Prior to the release of her album, she told sources, “I’ve never been more confident in my sound. Never been so sure of who I am as an artist. Never felt this hungry and driven.” and she described her sound as “very authentic” to who she is, stating, “The sound just evolves into everything that I’ve been and everything that I want to become.” This is evident throughout the whole album. Her song Confident is a great representation of the album. It has a fantastic beat and amazing, motivational lyrics. What’s wrong with being confident? Nothing. Nothing at all. Kingdom Come is a fabulous song, up until the moment that IGGY AZALEA comes in to rap. I’m very disappointed in Demi for ruining a perfectly good song. Is Iggy that bad? Maybe not, but I stand confidently by my hatred for her and her “skills”. Waitin for You is a good song too and features a fresher artist named Sirah... who sounds just like IGGY AZALEA. Bye. The album as a whole was pretty upbeat, but Stone Cold and Father were more laid back and emotional. I loved them both: the lyrics, the beat, the meaning behind them. Both songs were directly and indirectly relatable. Demi even sounds like a less matured, yet equally as confident, Adele in Stone Cold, and I kind of liked it. Cool for the Summer is a fun song, but I’m pretty much over it myself. I know it’s
definitely a guilty pleasure for some, but I belong in the group of people that beat their heads against the wall every time they hear it play because it’s so overplayed. Speaking of overplayed, Demi must be pretty confident in her lyrics, considering she likes to say the same thing over and over and over again. But the repetitiveness of the words in some of the songs did no harm to the quality of the album. Included on the deluxe version of the album are a couple of Cool for the Summer remixes that I don’t prefer, along with tracks called Stars and Mr. Hughes. When I first heard Stars, I was like, “Miley Cyrus? Is that you?” As the song progressed, it continued to remind me of Miley Cyrus, but maybe that’s what Demi’s going for: old disney star goes from conformed to confident. Mr. Hughes has a great, addictive beat, and I love that the song can be interpreted in many ways for the listeners; everyone’s Mr. Hughes is someone or something different. Overall, I didn’t hate any of the songs, which I was surprised by because I typically find Demi to be irritating and I’m kind of a hater in general. But this album gave me confidence, and I think will give confidence to anyone who takes the time to listen to it. After struggling with depression, self harm, and an eating disorder, Demi has completely picked herself back up. Confident is a clear motivator that if she can do it, so can we.
Life, Death and another twilight reboot Sam Recendiz staff writer
What girl doesn’t love to have two guys fighting over her? Twilight: a romance series where Isabella Swan moves from sunny Arizona to rainy Washington state. Being in high school, Bella meets Edward Cullen, a vampire with eyes hooked on her, entering a dangerous life
without fear. You can’t even tell a difference between the original series and the new series, just the swap... The gender swap. It all looks the same in the beginning. They have the summer move, the sad mom, Charlie the police, what’s the difference? Is it Bella? Or is it Edward? Or is it that Edward is no longer a vampire? Here to crush all your questions, I take you into Life and Death… First, let me start you with the basics. Beaufort Swan: more unfamiliar than familiar, yet somehow not unknown. Word was around, everyone was waiting for Beau to come to Forks. He gets the truck with “faded red color, with big fenders and a rounded cab”. Living in the same house, same west bedroom, with the same wallpaper, facing out over the front yard. Of course, Beau went to school the next day not knowing what was coming. It was a regular school day move; schedule, map, talking people, friendly people, and over friendly people. It wasn’t until lunch time that something, or better yet some people, caught his eye. It was “the Cullen and the Hales”, Edythe and Eleanor Cullen, Jessamine and Royal Hale, finding them all beautiful, but he found Edith “more than just beautiful.” He thought “She was absolutely perfect.” In case you were wondering, “Who is Beau?” Beau is Bella and Edythe is Edward, hints the gender swap. The Cullens and the Hales, Esme to Earnest, Rosalie to Royal, Jasper to Jessamine, and Alice to Archie, but she wasn’t brought up yet. Of course, you can’t forget about Julie, who was Jacob, filling Beau with the same information about “the cold ones” as Jacob did to Bella. It’s all the same, yet somehow different. You don’t get used to the changes, but it’s like you can’t even tell they are there. You get hooked on the book. I would love to see Life and Death as a movie. I would love to see all the books “gender swap”. You can guess that Beau has the two guys, and the big secret about vampires and werewolves, but you will never predict the death… F I N D O U T M O R E AT O U R W E B S I T E a t www.lobonow.com
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an astronomical success The Martian is out of this world
Nathan Williams guest writer
There have been many great directors that have, for whatever reason, started to tank towards the end of their career. Even Francis Ford Coppola, who started his career with such films as The Godfather and Apocalypse Now, has recently been reduced to creating notorious stink bombs such as Twixt and Godfather Part III (a most egregious offense). And just when it seemed that Ridley Scott (director of Alien and Blade Runner) was about to go full Coppola, he makes a film like The Martian. Ridley Scott’s prowess as a director of science-fiction films is legendary in Hollywood. Often times his 1982 movie Blade Runner is considered by film scholars (for lack of a better term) the “Citizen Kane” of science-fiction movies, and is frequently used in college classrooms across the country as the standard by which all movies of its type should be compared. However, The Martian is not in the exact same vein as the movies that have given Scott his reputation. There are no xenomorphs or androids to be found. This movie plays more like non-fiction and takes place in a universe almost identical to our own and has a very straightforward premise. If you go into this movie expecting to see a movie the spiritual sequel to Interstellar where Matt Damon uses wormholes and love to make his way home and find the true meaning of Christmas in the process, thankfully, you will be disappointed. Astronaut Mark Watney (Damon) is stranded on Mars by his crew after he is presumed to be dead. With minimal supplies and the clock running against him, he must find a way to send a signal to earth to possibly save his life. Yet, this is not Cast Away in space and the main supporting role is not a volleyball. Rather, the very large and talented cast is one of the most delightful parts of this movie. Following both Watney’s struggle to survive on Mars and NASA’s struggle back on earth to devise a rescue plan provides multiple interesting backdrops for the characters. While the standout performance is undoubtedly Damon’s, the rest of the performances are certainly more than pedestrian. As I have eluded to before, this movie does not come off so much as a sci-fi movie as much as a man versus nature movie. In this sense, science is not used in the plot as some kind of magic spell that begs for the audience to suspend their disbelief. I’m looking at you again, Interstellar. Like no other sci-fi movie I have seen before, this movie seems to capture the essence of what science really is about: problem solving. The audience is exposed to Watney’s thought process for every obstacle that he faces and that makes it a truly unique experience. This is not to say that the movie lacks thrills or excitement; it is certainly one of the most exciting movies of the year. The most pleasantly surprising aspect of the movie to me was how funny it is. Drew Goddard’s (Cabin in the Woods) excellent script delivers wit and enthralling banter at every turn, and performances like Donald Glover’s deliver the comedic goods with ease and finesse. This film’s beautifully shot landscapes and exciting set pieces make it ideal to be witnessed on the big screen. However, if you miss it in theaters it is still more than worth it to seek it out after it’s dvd release. Whether or not you are a fan of the science-fiction genre or not, the Martian comes at my highest recommendation. It’s a perfect movie to see in any social setting from an awkward night with your extended family to a magical evening with your roller derby team.
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