June 2013

Kari DiGiulio to Retain Athletic Director Position Unpopular decision reversed.

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The Hungry Maverick

What You Don’t Know Can Hurt You

MavLife staffers go on a chilly quest to find the most tasty frozen yogurt.

MavLife explores overlooked issues regarding teen sexual health and wellness.

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Doug Kamon Moves to Earl Warren Staff and students fondly remember Assistant Principal Kamon’s eleven years on campus Molly Mineiro Staff Writer

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eachers know him as a great administrator, a humorous co-worker and a loyal friend. Students know him as a disciplinary figure, keeping students in line.

Throughout Doug Kamon’s 11 years as an assistant principal, he has worked to make LCC the best it can be while bringing joy to campus. This will be his last year serving the La Costa Canyon community as he looks forward to becoming the assistant principal at Earl Warren for the 2013-14 school year.

Kamon’s time here has included serving alongside five different principals and 11 assistant principals. Like much of the staff, history teacher Doug Heflin views Kamon as a “constant” throughout the years.

“He’s probably the longest running administrator,” Heflin said. “It’s nice having someone around that knows our history and knows us, having been not only a staff member but a parent.” Both of Kamon’s sons graduated from LCC. Kamon’s continued presence has allowed for progress to continue even as the administration has changed, something that he is proud of.

“I’ve been a solid foundation to work off of to continue momentum and growth in all areas of this campus,” Kamon said. “I knew my role with every new administrative team that came through here was to help acclimate them to this campus.”

When assistant principal Mark Van Over took his first administrative position

LCC’s Longest Serving Administrator “He’s a really grateful person and has always been really appreciative of teachers that go out of their way for every student--every kid mattered.”

Tiffany Sejut

“He had a good sense of humor.

He could really brighten your day.”

MarkVan Over

“I’m grateful for the stability and the continuity that he helped create.”

Jill Lax

after teaching for 12 years, he relied on Kamon for advice, guidance and direction.

“Mr. Kamon has been instrumental in my administration career,” Van Over said.

“He was able to give me perspective. He could give me an idea of the history behind

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Doug Kamon looks forward to his move to Earl Warren, though we will miss his colleagues who have “always been supportive.”

why something was done or what kind of experiences have happened at this school so I could have a context.”

Chemistry teacher Tiffany Sejut also speaks highly of Kamon’s ability as an administrator.

“He’s a great administrator in terms of giving you great quality, constructive feedback,” Sejut said. “He was really good at drawing a fair, honorable line that

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Holocaust Survivor Shares Harrowing Life Story

Ninety-three year-old Livia Krancberg opens students’ eyes to the reality of the Holocaust “Half of high school people don’t know about the

Holocaust.

This cannot be forgotten.”

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Holocaust survivor Livia Krancberg recounts her story of survival in the theater on May 31.

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Cassandra Cyphers Staff Writer

ivia Krancberg, a 93-year-old Jewish woman from Romania who survived the Holocaust, told her story of survival to a theater full of World History students on May 31.

During World War II, the Nazi government systematically persecuted more than six million Jews and millions of others deemed racially inferior by the Nazi regime. Krancberg was one of the survivors.

Now residing in San Diego, Krancberg visits schools and other venues to share the harrowing story of how she suffered in and survived the Auschwitz and NeustadtGleve concentration camps during the Holocaust.

“Half of high school people don’t know about the Holocaust,” Krancberg said. “This cannot be forgotten.”

During her talk, Krancberg shared the details of the atrocities she endured and of her survival, beginning with her deportation to Auschwitz at age 24.

Photos by Ellen Reidy World History students listen to Livia Krancberg’s account of her time in the Auschwitz and NeustadtGleve concentration camps, in the theater on May 31.

After the four day and four night journey by train, surrounded by almost 100 other people, the Krancbergs arrived at the camp where the men were sorted into one group and the women and children into another. The mothers, children, pregnant women and the old and ill were immediately sent to the gas chambers. Krancberg’s own mother and nephew were among them.

During their time at Auschwitz, Krancberg and her sister Rose lived

together in the Birkenau section of Auschwitz. Their hair was shaved down, they were sprayed with the organochlorine pesticide DDT and were forced to wear the same threadbare clothes year-round.

They were given imitation coffee and a slice of bread made of sawdust and flour for breakfast and potato peel soup for dinner. Each prisoner was tattooed with a number on his or her arm as a form of

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Students Travel to India to Serve Those in Poverty Volunteers help underprivileged children and leprosy victims in Chennai, India Reilly Tiglio Staff Writer

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or most, helping others consists of vol- can cause disfigurement and deformities. unteering at a soup kitchen or a nearby Despite the fear that many people associate animal shelter. with leprosy, Sydney Wennerstrom was But for sophomores Monica Bertha eager to make a difference. and Sydney Wennerstrom, senior Noah “I asked my parents if I could go to Lizerbram and junior Jenna Lizerbram, India with Monica over spring break, and helping others takes place roughly 8,000 so for my 16th birthday my parents bought miles away in a place called Chennai, my plane ticket,” Wennerstrom said. “I just India. thought it would There they be really cool to “I just thought it would be cared for victims give back rather of leprosy, also to receive really cool to give back rather than known as Hansen’s something.” disease, and taught than to receive something.”

The students English and music traveled to to children living Chennai, India Sydney Wennerstrom in poverty. through an Wennerstrom organization called and Bertha traveled to India this spring, Rising Star Outreach, which aids victims while the Lizerbram siblings visited last of leprosy with medical care. Along with year. helping the people in the leprosy colonies, According to the Oxford English the organization helps to educate young Dictionary, leprosy is a contagious disease children through English classes. that affects nerves and causes discoloration In addition, the Lizerbram siblings and lumps on the skin and, in severe cases, began their own charity,YouthJamz, which

Photo courtesy of Monica Bertha

Sophomores Monica Bertha (center) and Sydney Wennerstrom (right) share a special moment with some of the friends they made in Chennai, India.

Photo courtesy of Noah Lizerbram

Senior Noah Lizerbram (center) works alongside his mother Sharon Lizerbram (right) to remove ulcers from patients’ feet.

provides underprivileged children with musical instruments and music lessons.

“The people there had so little it was crazy,” Bertha said. “The kids would be playing with one beanie baby and they would be so happy and the people in the leprosy colonies had so little but they were so grateful and so kind. We see pictures of poor areas where everyone seems sad, but truly that’s not the case.”

The students taught the children more about the English language and taught them how to play instruments. But they also went into the leprosy colonies and cared for the patients’ medical needs.

“We washed their feet, cleaned out their ulcers, put oils on their legs and their feet, took their blood and gave them eye drops and made sure that they took their medication correctly,” Wennerstrom said.

The area that the students visited was extremely rural and a completely different environment than what they are accustomed to here in California. The students stayed in fairly decent housing, but when traveling through the villages the houses consisted of nothing but huts made of grass or run down houses.

“The school was fairly big and a really nice building, especially for India,”

Lizerbram said. “But everywhere else was really torn down and dirty, trash everywhere. There was no concrete, just dirt. Other people in the villages just lived in little huts made of grass or on the ground on sleeping bags.”

Throughout the students’ stay, their meals consisted of traditional Indian dishes, including curry and rice. The students had to be extremely cautious about what they drank and ate because of the many diseases in India.

“We went to the doctor and we had to get at least five shots for malaria and other diseases,” Lizerbram said. “Malaria is a really common disease in India so we had to take pills for it.”

Overall, the students ended their trip humbled after learning valuable life lessons that they will carry with them for the rest of their lives.

“It’s just a step back from reality and I feel like I am meant to be there helping, like it’s my job,” Bertha said. “When I turn 21, I want to move there for at least six months and become one of the head advisors there. I love the people there so much and I love going there to help.”

‘The Credentialed’ Band Holds Annual Concert

SDUHSD staff band raises money for student scholarships Cooper Gee Staff Writer

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he Maverick Legacy Fund is a staffrun scholarship program that supports exceptional students who are nominated by teachers. Each year, the SDUHSD staff band “The Credentialed” holds a concert in the theater to benefit the fund.

This year’s concert, held May 10, raised $1,992, and an additional $980 was raised through donations.

This year the Fund supported six $500 scholarships for seniors Noah Lizerbram, Chase McAllister, Lauren Rendler, Kendra Steinmetz, Criselda Vasguez and Alex Visser, all nominated and voted upon by staff members.

“The students make up most of the audience, and we’ve also gotten parents, and a number of teachers who come out to support us, so it’s a pretty diverse group of people,” band member and history teacher Paul Giuliano said.

The concert has been held annually for 11 years.

“We have raised over $33,000 in scholarships,” band member and Spanish teacher Jim Teague said.

Students who attended the event had

positive feedback, “I had a lot of favorite parts, junior Melissa Gower said. “I liked when Mrs. Wood sang and when Mr. DiGuilio rapped, and that drum solo was really, really cool!”

Carmel Valley Middle School Assistant Principal Adam Camacho plays drums for the band.

The teachers who performed in the event sang a variety of new and classic tunes, played many instruments and even danced to a “Pink Floyd” theme. Every band member contributes to putting the concert together.

“Mainly I help by playing guitar in the band and singing,” Giuliano said. “And of course rapping and playing a cow bell.”

Several other teachers took a part in the concert such as Daniel Salas, Kaitlin Wood, Ron Lenc and Angie Groseclose.

“On stage I’m the bass player, so that’s my musical part,” Lenc said. “But the band all pitches in on many sorts of jobs. I focus my efforts on staging, set design and the logistics of it.”

Keyboard player Teague also contributed a lot of work behind the

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Teachers Dan Salas (left), Angie Groseclose (center) and James Etheridge (right) perform during the annual “Credentialed” concert in the theater on May 10.

scenes.

“I help out in terms of getting out information to teachers regarding who would be the nominees, managing the

nominee process and working with different teachers in that process,” Teague said.

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Concert Raises Money for Charity Music Programs

Student-run ‘YouthJamz’ organization sends instruments to children in India Cassandra Cyphers Staff Writer

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hilanthropy and music make a natu- Diego children who have been abused and ral combination, and for junior Jenna neglected.

Lizerbram and senior Noah Lizerbram it Sponsoring the concert were several was the winning recipe for their organiza- businesses, such as Guitar Center, Taylor tion,YouthJamz. The inspiration for Youth- Guitars, Welk Resorts, Macbeth Shoes, Jamz came after Jenna began sponsoring Vans Shoes and other local companies. a young boy in need through Rising Star In addition to the concert, there was a India, an organization providing medical large raffle with various items available, care and support services to those affected including guitars, a piano, K5 T-shirts and by leprosy in India. The siblings began to more. feel that they could make a greater differThe behind-the-scenes work in ence in another form of charity. planning the concerts is quite extensive.

“These are kids who would typically A committee of about 20 high schoolers, not have hope if not for these organizations, including Noah and Jenna, forms to sell so we wanted to help expand on these tickets for upcoming concerts and to organizations by bringing music education advertise. to the kids,” Noah “We go doorLizerbram said. to-door around “We wanted to inspire To raise money neighborhoods to establish music people in our age group that selling tickets and programs for getting the word children in need, the even though we’re so young out,” junior Sammy Lizerbram siblings and even though it seems Anderson said. “It’s organize yearly made me a lot more benefit concerts. like we can’t do much, we thoughtful about Their most recent volunteering and concert, which can actually make a vast charities.” was held on May Other 19 at the Del difference in the lives of important tasks in Mar Fairgrounds, others.” preparing for each featured wellconcert include Noah Lizerbram booking bands to known and i n t e r n a t i o n a l ly play for the cause, touring bands scheduling a date including the Maine, Ready Set, that works for everyone and reserving Tomorrow’s Bad Seeds, Night Riot and the a venue. Fortunately, the siblings have Mid-Summer Classic. dedicated parents who assist them with Three charities will receive new music more challenging parts of the planning programs or improvement of existing process. programs through the funds raised at “My mom helps us organize all the big the concert, including Rising Star India; things that we’re not able to do or don’t Centre d’Appui en faveur des Mineurs understand,” Jenna Lizerbram said. “Both Mal Exploités (CAMME), which helps of my parents are so supportive of it and children affected by the war in Congo; they love what we do.” and Casa de Amparo, which cares for San With the support of their parents

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Robert Dobbs (left) of Mid-Summer Classic performs before screaming fans at the charity fundraiser held at the Del Mar Fairgrounds on May 19.

and hard work coordinating each concert perfectly, Jenna and Noah were able to raise over $10,000 at the 2012 concert alone. These funds were used to purchase over 300 musical instruments for kids in India, which the siblings brought with them when they traveled there in the spring of 2012.

The poverty of the people in India were sights they were unprepared for.

“It was just really depressing at first, but then as we got to know the people and got to talk to them and laugh with them, we learned that they’re completely happy and content with their lives,” Noah Lizerbram said. “They make do with what they have.”

Giving the instruments to the children was the highlight of the trip.

“It was really humbling for me to see that giving them this one small gift

Holocaust Survivor Shares Her Story identification. Krancberg still has her tattoo.

“People ask me, ‘How come you don’t remove it?’ But I want to look at it,” Krancberg said. “I want to see what happened. It’s something showing me that it happened.”

In addition, Krancberg and her fellow prisoners endured weekly “selections” by Dr. Josef Mengele, who was nicknamed the Angel of Death, as he picked out those women who were to be gassed

immediately and those who would survive for another week.

“If you had one little imperfection on you--you had a blister, you had a cut--then you [went] to the gas chamber,” World History teacher Doug Heflin said. Heflin organizes the annual assembly as a way to educate students about the Holocaust.

While Krancberg’s story commemorates a tragic period in world history, there is value in communicating with younger generations.

Kamon to Transfer to Earl Warren satisfies all of the parties. He’s a really good communicator. He’s very visible and he’s very available.”

Kamon has played a crucial rule on campus as an administrator.

“He’s handled Mav Awards and athletics for a long time,” Principal Kyle Ruggles said. “He’s been a big part of our large scale events like Challenge Days, Back to School nights, Choice Night and testing this year.”

He has also lead changes to the tardy policy, impacted spirited activities such as ASB and established many of the current procedures followed on campus.

“Some of the things that Mr. Kamon has impacted we won’t necessarily see as much until he is gone,” Van Over said.

“Then we’ll realize what kind of an effect he had.”

Kamon’s influence has ranged beyond administrative duties to what Van Over believes is “a really nice cohesive effect on staff relationships.” Kamon is known

of music, put joy on their faces,” Noah Lizerbram said. “It can make them so happy and so glad to be living the lives they are living; that was really inspirational.”

Since posting a picture with their information to the Ellen Degeneres Show Facebook page, the picture has received nearly 1,800 likes and almost 300 shares.

The YouthJamz story was pitched to the producers of the show, who appeared to be interested.

“We wanted to inspire people in our age group that even though we’re so young and even though it seems like we can’t do much, we can actually make a vast difference in the lives of others,” Noah Lizerbram said. “And I really want to share our story on Ellen and inspire kids to know that they too can make a positive difference in the world just with a little bit of effort.”

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“It’s a really powerful message and just really important for people of any age to be informed about,” Heflin said. “It’s not just words in a history book with statistics and dates; it’s real people.”

The more personal nature of Krancberg’s story really struck a chord with many students.

“I thought it was really good to go to it, because it’s good know what happened to people,” sophomore Audrey Cortez said.

Krancberg learned from her experiences during the Holocaust that hatred is poisonous. It was this very important message that she communicated to the audience.

“Stay away from hate,” Krancberg said. “People ought to be judged by what they are doing for their fellow man, not by their religion, or by their political affiliation, or by the color of their skin.”

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by staff for brightening the mood with his “The story about the Japanese internment Elvis impersonations and being known as camp added a lot of character to him.”

“Delvis.”

Junior Casey Rubenfeld recalls “[Kamon’s Elvis impersonation is] Kamon supporting his son’s participation something that everyone here can share in the band. despite where their building is, despite “I like how he supported the band,” where their classroom is, despite their said Rubenfeld. “I remember him sitting subject or their next to [his son job,” Van Over Daniel] when said. “He has a “I have the utmost respect for he would play good sense of everyone on this campus because of the national humor. He can anthem. It was really brighten the fact that they’re such loving and cool to see your day.” the father-son Although supportive people.” relationship many teachers Doug Kamon right there.” have grown K a m o n ’s close to Kamon from years of working fondest memory is having his two sons on with him, most students have come to campus. know him through his annual speech about “My greatest joy being here has been his parents time in a Japanese internment the fact that I’ve been here when my two camp during World War II. sons went through here and I watched “He’s got an interesting life story and them graduate,” Kamon said. “I was able to background,” senior Joe Naritelli said. participate with it not only as an assistant

principal but also as their father.”

Kamon is excited to become the assistant principal at Earl Warren.

“It’s time for a change for me,” Kamon said. “I’m looking for something new.

[I’ve] never been at a middle school, but I’m really looking forward to it. I’ll have more time for my family because there’s not as many evening events or things of that nature.”

Although he will no longer be an administrator at LCC, Kamon will remember and respect the people of the LCC community.

“In the 11 years I’ve been here, the staff, the students and the parents have helped me through some very difficult times,” Kamon said. “They’ve always been supportive and there to catch me when I fell. That means a lot to me and I have the utmost respect for everyone on this campus because of the fact that they’re such loving and supportive people.”

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Editorial: Recreational Sex Reduces Intimacy High school students should consider their reasons for having sex

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ove is an intensely beautiful and natutheir high school dreams crumble under sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) and ral aspect of life. It is something that the pressure of one bad decision, creating unplanned pregnancy, both of which are can bring both peace and excitement. It is a disastrous domino effect, but the likely to haunt students for the rest of through this intense feeling of deep affec- significance of sex may be lost. their lives. tion that life is evolved, that humans can If there is a huge party and all the Many teens feel that they can throw live in happiness. However, the world in “popular” people are these worries out The promotion of sex as a which we live is consumed with the idea going to be there the window by that the act of sexual intercourse holds and doing “cool” having “safe sex” recreational activity abuses little significant value. The promotion of stuff, many teens with the protection sex as a purely recreational activity abuses may feel obligated of condoms and the intimacy of the act and the intimacy of the act and allows the to engage in the birth control. “love” aspect to be forgotten. dangerous act of allows the “love” aspect to be But according The MavLife editorial board desires sexual intercourse to Kidshealth. forgotten. to be the other voice that says sex should so they may fit in. org, eight of 100 be saved for love, that it is more than just But are they truly females who take a thrilling experience and should not be in love or are they birth control pills taken lightly. Teens often forget or ignore merely taking desperate measures to fit will become pregnant and fifteen out of the fact that the act in? Other teens may 100 males who use a condom will still of sex is intimate feel pressured by impregnate a female each year. While and can potentially The world in which we their friends to take condoms can prevent the spread of have many effects, relationship to a STDs, birth control pills do not provide live is consumed with the asexual both in the present level in order protection against them. and in the future. their “love.”

Teens are well aware of these dangers idea that the act of sexual toButprove High school sex should and take them into account. However, is one of the follow love once what many may not realize is the loss of intercourse holds little most challenging it has already been precious intimacy when sex is diminished period of a teen’s established. Which to a thrilling recreational activity. significant value. life. Students are raises the question, Before choosing to become sexually constantly trying “Are they truly in active, the MavLife editorial board to define themselves, to fit in with the love if they must prove it through sex?” encourages teens to truly ponder this crowd, to be “popular.” However, sex is These are the questions that many perspective and ask yourself, “What is my not just an easy way to climb the social sexually active teens need to pause and purpose in having sex and am I ready for ladder. If individuals do not reflect on reflect on. Obvious results of sex would it?” the potential consequences, not only may be facing possible consequences such as

Let’s Talk About Sex

Why talking about sex makes the common teenager blush Claudia Mathews & Ana Diaz Assistant Editors

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eckless. Wild. Fun. High school has been said to be the best years of our young lives.

Teenagers fill their weekends with parties, late night food runs, tanning and sex.

Yup that’s right.

We just said “sex!”

We, unlike some teenagers, are totally open to discuss the game of love.

Many teenagers are awkward when the topic is brought up and don’t know how to react, in many cases turning red and looking around.

We think that some teenagers are open to discussion because they aren’t scared. It comes down to one word: fear.

If you don’t want to talk about sex--a perfectly normal part of growing up-then you’re intimidated by the thought of being judged.

When parents give “the talk,” they can either make it incredibly awkward and uncomfortable or perfectly normal and informative.

Our parents bought us books to explain the opposite sex’s anatomy, what goes where, and at an early age, we were taught that sex wasn’t awkward, but a part of life. It was simply natural. The books made sex seem normal.

And yet, every elementary kid dreaded fifth grade, the year when boys and girls were separated into different

classrooms and sex was discussed. Even we remember the awkward silence that everyone shared while the ‘80s “informative” video was playing and the embarrassed chuckling when the word “sex” or “penis” was said during the film.

So why is it that some teenagers are more mature and are able to talk about “doing the dirty” while others can’t even say the word “vagina” without turning bright red?

We believe that the answer is quite simple. Some were brought up by their parents to believe that sex isn’t all that bad, while others were taught that sex shouldn’t be discussed.

Of course, there is a fine line between being open to discussion and being downright vulgar.

Thanks to the Urban Dictionary we have all kinds of terms for sex and related terms.

These words tend to contribute to the

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We believe that sex should be discussed openly. If the time is right, ask questions and expand your horizons.

vulgarity heard on school grounds, and no offense, but no one wants to hear what “sexual adventures” you “embarked on” over the weekend.

The reality is that teenagers these days are participating in “America’s favorite pastime” (sorry baseball but you’ve been replaced).

We believe that sex should be discussed openly, and it starts with parents, who have an important role to play in making sex an accessible topic for teens.

Granted, there is a time and place to keep your opinions to yourselves but if the time is right, ask questions and expand your horizons.

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Relationship Status Changed: ‘It’s Complicated’ A different look in to the ‘fairy tale’ that is high school relationships

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Reilly Tiglio Staff Writer

lightly less ridiculous than middle school relationships, high school relationships aren’t quite what they are hyped up to be. For those who are single and feel that you might as well buy some cats and ice cream, don’t be afraid that if you aren’t in a relationship right now that you are socially awkward.You’re the lucky ones. People in relationships have many more constant worries to fret over such as making sure their hands aren’t

too sweaty to hold or if they got the perfect three day anniversary gift.

Passing periods between classes are extremely hectic and chaotic due to the massive amount of students walking in opposite directions. But there is nothing worse than when that two minute bell rings and you suddenly find yourself stuck behind a couple holding hands and talking at uncomfortably close distances, while walking slower than two tortoises in sand.

Not only is this extremely awkward and uncomfortable, but you physically cannot get around the couple. For some reason they decide to take up the whole walkway to kiss goodbye because

it’s supposedly too painful to depart for two whole hours.

Though I’d love to congratulate you two on your honeymoonstage relationship, I have a class to get to in approximately one minute and three seconds and you are in the way. So please, I beg of you, move!

Whether it’s one year or 50 years, couples enjoy celebrating anniversaries and their willingness to stick with one another through the good and the bad. However, one week anniversaries are not nearly as important; they are nothing more than a reason for the girl to get mad at the guy because he either forgot completely or he didn’t get her the right type of latte from Coffee Bean. And,

I mean, how dare he get her an iced coffee and not a caramel frappuccino extra whipped cream it’s like he hardly loves her at all!

You may think that this doesn’t happen, since it’s a bit (or extremely) overdramatic. But believe me, I’ve seen it with my own two eyes. One week is hardly enough time to create the basis of a solid relationship, so let’s not bust out the engagement rings and temper tantrums.

No matter how high school relationships are portrayed in the movies and books, they typically

Reilly Tig don’t lio live up to their “fairy tale” expectations.

Relationships are an exhausting roller coaster ride that many high school students go through.

So get over your tantrum and get your own Coffee Bean.

Outside Urban Outfitters and Into the Streets How to identify a hipster based on appearance, music taste and more

Jennie Barnes Entertainment Editor

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read a poll in Time Magazine that said 42 percent of Americans have a negative view of hipsters. This led to two overwhelming questions: first, how many people taking this poll were hipsters, and second, what is a hipster?

So I would like to put the Urban Dictionary definition of a hipster here, but considering it is literally 699 words (which

beats my designated word count for this story by over 400 words) I will just give you the first sentence, “Hipsters are a subculture of men and women typically in their 20s and 30s that value independent thinking, counter-culture, progressive politics, an appreciation of art and indie-rock, creativity, intelligence and witty banter.”

Figuring out if your friend is a hipster is a bit like figuring out if a group of people is a civilization, if they have three or more of these qualities they might be a hipster.

First up, facial hair (females sit this category out). The hipster male is known for sporting some rather interesting facial hair, handlebar moustaches to full beards. Now not everyone with a

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bit of scruff on their muzzle is a hipster, but it isn’t a bad start.

Next, there are the clothes.

Now the clothing of hipsters is a convoluted conversation topic, does wearing your father’s 90s flannel make them a hipster? Well, um, yeah. But the main thing that is noticeable about hipster’s panache, is that he or she has some. While the hipster style is diverse, it is undeniably thought out.

Thirdly, hipsters are informed. Now this may be the most alienating thing about these hipsters, they think of themselves as really quite smart.

Some think that they are the smartest person in the room.

This isn’t always the truth, but hipster do seem to throw “fascist” around a lot.

Lastly, their taste in music.

This, aside from Urban Outfitters, may be what hipsters are known for the most.

Bands that non-hipsters have never heard of sound like names of surrealist painters like Bon Iver, Arcade Fire, Crystal Castles or War Paint.

Feel free to use this story for a reference for the next time you are faced with a person and the question “Is this hipster?”

While the hipster style is diverse, it is undeniably thought out.

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eenagers sometimes seem like realworld superheroes. They wiz through busy schedules filled with math assignments and English projects. They swoop in to save the day when drama is about to get the best of their friends. They toil through hours of sports practices or extracurricular activities.

Through it all they manage to check Facebook each hour and keep up with all those Snap Chats. All this on fewer than eight hours of sleep.

In the midst of their busy, nonstop lifestyles, it’s easy for teenagers to develop a sense of invincibility.

Unfortunately, such busy schedules can run down one’s immune system, making teens vulnerable to contracting the Epstein-Barr virus that causes mononucleosis, commonly known as “mono.”

According to WebMD, mononucleosis has a wide range of symptoms, including “sore throat with white patches on the tonsils, swollen lymph nodes all over the body, fatigue and a lack of energy.”

However, people may not notice these signs and symptoms until they’ve already been carrying the virus for four to six weeks. During this incubation period, the virus can spread quickly because teenagers often do not take proper precautions.

“High school students have the mentality that they’ll overcome anything and that they are young and healthy-which you are,” athletic trainer Samantha Villa said. “But especially kids who play multiple sports can get run down easily and put yourself at risk.”

District Nurse Maryanne Dittman explains that because mono is spread

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As They Think Exhausted teens vulnerable to contracting mono

through saliva, the virus can be easily weeks, with 85 percent Main Symptoms of transferred in schools. of people recovering Mononucleosis “It’s so flourishing in schools in two weeks and 90 Visual [because] they all share each others’ percent in four weeks.

-Sensitivty to Light Central -Fatigue lipstick and water bottles--that type of Many students -Loss of Appetite thing,” Dittman said. “The main thing to become frustrated -Headache pass on is don’t share water bottles, don’t while missing school Tonsil Throat share chapstick, and don’t share lipstick.” and extracurricular -Reddening -Soreness However, mono is also spread activities and attempt to -Swelling -Reddening -White Patches through kissing, thus its nickname “the return to their everyday Lymph Nodes kissing disease.” Students should be lives before completely -Swelling Respiratory careful in their relationships. recovering.

-Cough “From an athletic setting we’ve had “Parents and kids Spleen -Enlargement it happen to a couple athletes this year push [for students] to -Abdominal Pain Systematic and it’s gone into damage their bodies; come back too early -Chills it is very serious,” athletic director and and then they want -Fever physical education teacher Kari DiGiulio to play their sports, -Aches Gastric said. they want to do their -Nausea Not only does mono take athletes extracurriculars, and away from the sports world, but it can they’re often back cause students to fall behind in classes as before they are ready,” Megan Mineiro well. science teacher Cindi “Our district can “ get you more depressed if you can’t do offer support where the stuff you love,” freshman and soccer if a student is going Schildhouse said. player Nina Randolph said. to be out based on a Attempting to Because the “highest incidence occurs medical reason for return to sports too in people between the ages of 15 and 24,” more than ten days,” early can have serious according to the Keck Medical Center, counselor Danielle consequences, as it is only common sense that teenagers Martinez said. “We mononucleosis can should take simple precautions to avoid can put them on what result in the swelling of ” contracting the virus. we call home-hospital internal organs.

Villa explains that both maintaining Maryanne Dittman instruction where our “If you get hit in district hires a tutor the wrong area or if you general health and hygiene in addition to not coming in contact with anything that to work with our increase your heart rate could carry saliva will help students stay teachers to basically be a liaison and get or blood pressure, it could put pressure healthy. work and take it home to the students to on an internal organ and cause a rupture “You’re making sure you don’t run help them stay on track.” on that spleen,” Villa said. down your immune system so you’re According to the USC Keck Medical For many athletes, missing sports having a good diet, you’re staying Center, mononucleosis symptoms will for an extended period of time would be hydrated, you’re getting plenty of rest,” usually ease within 10 days but normal difficult.

Villa said. activity will be difficult for two to three “If you love working out, it would

The main thing to pass on is don’t share water bottles, don’t share chapstick, and don’t share lipstick.

Freshman Struggle With New Online Health Class New format removes classroom instruction Meghan Lumsden Staff Writer

independently because some students are ealth class was once included in the shy or embarrassed,” physical education physical education curriculum. How- teacher Sean Sovacool said. “But I think ever, beginning with the 2011-12 school that in-person instruction is almost always year, students are required to take health best.” entirely online through their P.E. classes, Students currently in health online meaning that there is no teacher-guided are learning information, but don’t seem component to the class. driven to master the content.

Learning about “I thought it was “If people don’t know sexual education in a informational but classroom setting can be enough about the things some of the stuff was uncomfortable. Taking unrelatable because at health online does that could happen it could times it could be almost remove the discomfort too much information, be more dangerous for students may feel and people can chose to when surrounded by not look at it,” freshman them in the future.” their peers. However, Burch said. “It’s Jennifer Kelly Taylor without a teacher’s a pass or fail grade, so guidance, students’ kids will just be fine questions may go unanswered. with getting a 60 [percent] and barely “For the more sensitive topics passing.” there is a benefit to students learning it Athletic Director and physical

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education teacher Kari DiGiulio has reservations about teaching health entirely online.

“I think it’s all a set of drawbacks for the students,” DiGiulio said. “It used to be that P.E. teachers would be given time to teach the class.”

Grades in health for many students appear to be going down.

“We aren’t seeing the best results for the kids who are needing to understand

and comprehend health,” DiGiulio said.

“The teachers who see the grades and are monitoring them say that it is a struggle for the kids to maintain an online curriculum.”

Although students still are not always enthusiastic about discussing sexual health in class, they do recognize the benefits of the class.

“It can be pretty embarrassing to be in the classroom with all the people but the topics are important,” freshman Jennifer Kelly said. “If people don’t know enough about the things that could happen it could be more dangerous for them in the future.”

The goal of the course is to promote health and educate teens about possible dangers associated with certain behaviors.

“There are a lot more uncomfortable things that can happen if you are not educated,” DiGiulio said.

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rom. It’s an experience some teenage girls anticipate for months. But for some girls it is never even a possibility.

As the city of San Diego winds down from prom season and into the summer, residents begin to explore the many attractions San Diego has to offer, such as Balboa Park, Mission Bay and the San Diego Zoo. However, there is a darker side to the city, unknown to the majority of its residents. San Diego has been listed by the FBI as one of the top human trafficking cities in America. Forced into a life of imprisonment, the girls caught up in the illegal and lucrative business will never experience the excitement of prom.

“I had no idea there was sex trafficking in America,” junior Katie Foster said. “San Diego looks so nice and pristine from the outside.”

Human trafficking is not new to San Diego, with its location as a border city to Mexico making it a prime location for trafficking and smuggling.

The most prominent type of trafficking in San Diego is domestic juvenile sex trafficking, meaning the traffickers are getting their victims from the United States. According to Stopchildtraffickingnow.org, the U.S. Department of Justice reports that 300,000 children in the U.S. are at risk every year for commercial sexual exploitation. Most people don’t realize that this occurs in San Diego.

“I feel a little bit ignorant, because I never realized this happened around us,” junior Helen McCarthy said.

“It makes me feel like I’m so isolated.”

The traffickers are primarily black and Hispanic gangs who in recent years have moved away from smuggling drugs to trafficking people.

Sex trafficking most commonly affects young

Unlike typical teenage girl worries like, “Who is going to ask me to prom?” and “How will I find the perfect dress?” these girls worry for their lives and for the safety of their families.

Usually they are manipulated by a boyfriend or a trafficker who threatens the girls or their families.

“The girls probably feel like animals or property just being sold about,” junior Dillon Hoban said.

The traffickers are also forcing girls from Mexico to come across the border to the United States.

“At border towns they get young ladies from Mexico to work in strip clubs on the U.S. side, but they live in Mexico,” the NCIS agent said. “Instead of holding them against their will, they make promises to them or threaten them or their family.”

Sometimes the traffickers will promise the girl that her family will be taken to the United States to live and work.

“Sometimes they already have the girl’s family in the U.S. and that girl will do anything to make sure her family stays there and is safe,” the NCIS agent said.

The U.S. Department of Justice also reports that “human trafficking is one of the fastest growing crimes in the world and is the world’s second largest criminal enterprise, after drugs.”

While the growth of the trade in the last decade is a tragic development, there are many agencies working to stop the practice, including the Department of Homeland Security’s Blue Campaign and the Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Hidden In Plain Site Campaign.

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“At border towns they get young ladies

from Mexico to work in strip clubs in the U.S. Instead of holding them against their will, they make promises to them or threaten them or their family. ” Anonymous NCIS Agent women, who will never get to shop for the perfect prom dress or have a flowering corsage slipped onto their wrists. Instead they are exposed to a life of forced sex and drugs, fighting for their safety and a future.

“Mostly they take girls that are between the ages of 14 and 17, but some are as young as 12 and 13,” an NCIS agent said. MavLife has withheld the agent’s identity for security reasons.

Steps to Take After Being Sexually Assaulted After a trauma, victims can help preserve vital evidence

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any young adults believe that being sexually assaulted is a tragedy that will never affect them directly.

However, the American Psychological Association (APA) reports that “approximately 1 in 6 boys and 1 in 4 girls are sexually abused before the age of 18.” It is important to know how to respond after being sexually assaulted in order to secure one’s safety and collect evidence to prosecute an attacker.

“If you or someone you know has been sexually assaulted don’t take a shower and keep your clothes [because] evidence is key,” an NCIS agent said. MavLife is withholding the agent’s identity for security purposes.

“Don’t wash bedding, finger nails, try not to use the bathroom,” the agent said. “You need to get a sexual assault exam done within in five days to get DNA.” Sadly, many victims of sexual assault have experienced similar trauma before.

“Unfortunately most victims are people who have been targeted before or abused in the past,” the NCIS

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has been sexually assaulted

agent said. “The predator takes Law enforcement officials see males don’t take a shower and keep advantage of this person’s vulnerability, your clothes [because] evidence who have been attacked as well. sometimes by befriending them to The APA reports that “boys are is key.You need to get a sexual earn their trust and become their more likely to be victimized by a confidant.” assault exam done within in five perpetrator outside the family than Most victims have had a girls.” relationship with their attacker before days, to get DNA.” But males are much less likely NCIS agent to report being assaulted. The APA states that “an sexual assault or pursue a estimated 60 percent of perpetrators conviction, sometimes due to fears of sexual abuse are known to the child regarding perceived or actual sexual but are not family members, e.g., orientation. family friends, babysitters, childcare providers, neighbors “If one of the guys is not homosexual they usually and that about 30 percent of perpetrators are family don’t want to participate in the investigation,” the NCIS members, e.g., fathers, brothers, uncles, cousins.” agent said. “They just want to move on.”

“Rapes usually occur between co-workers or Approximately 300,000 children are abused every someone the victim knows,” the NCIS agent said. “Rarely year in the United States. But victims can do a lot to do you get a man hiding in the bushes who attacks make sure that they get help and that their perpetrator is someone.” brought to justice. They can report the crime, preserve Women are not the only victims of sexual assault. evidence, and seek counseling.

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Leadership students raise awareness about healthy dating

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nuggly movie nights. A date to every “Functional violence is “Isolating, guilt tripping, dance. Frappuccinos on rainy days. manipulating, controlling or jealousy,” coercion, blaming, isolation. Dustin said. “Those are really common Giant balloons every birthday.

But a lot of the time, the pain from [It’s] always needing to in relationships.” an unhealthy relationship goes unseen.

Another misconception is that men of high school In order to educate students and raise know where someone is are always the abusive ones. While this girls have been victims of awareness in the community, the may be true to an extent, women’s all of the time and having physical or sexual abuse leadership class has been learning about roles as abusers are less obvious because Megan Mineiro an entitlement to telling safe dating and sharing information men are more likely to hide signs of about dating abuse to their peers. physical abuse. someone what they can and “When people are safe to be themselves, they’re safe Beginning in early February, the “I think that girls can be just as from criticism and control.”

Community Resource Center (CRC) can’t do. All of these things much controlling and possessive as In order to prevent and stop abuse, teenagers can of Encinitas launched a “Safe Dates” boys,” Sierra said. “When boys hit, are oppressive.

Dating abuse look for “red flags” in their friends’ relationships and in program at LCC after receiving an we’re going to see more physical results own. or relationship violence is of it and hear about it a little bit more their“The education grant from the Mary Kay most common immediate red flags that you’re Foundation. Since then, Jennifer Sierra, defined by an establishment because for boys there’s more shame going to see are jealousy and possessiveness--the need Community Education & Prevention attached to coming out about it and if to control and dictate on some level what they’re doing, of power and control over a guy gets a bruise from his girlfriend Coordinator at CRC, has been who they’re hanging out with,” Sierra said. “Little by educating the leadership class on dating another person.” he’s not going to go tell his buddies that little a person will feel like they need to adjust their abuse and how to prevent it. his girlfriend hit him.” behavior. And when you start doing that you are now “She would talk about emotional Jennifer Sierra In addition to explaining giving a little bit of yourself away.” abuse and physical abuse, what we can emotional abuse and the ability of Individuals who see these signs in a relationships do to stop it and different signs we can both men and women to be abusers, should talk to their partners about how that treatment see,” sophomore and leadership student Kendra Ek said. leadership students also included in their presentations makes them feel.

“It made me realize how serious it actually is and how explanations about how stereotypes contribute to abusive “If it doesn’t change, it’s best immediately to take much it happens over our campus.” relationships. action, to separate yourself,” Sierra said. “I think that’s Once the students felt comfortable with what they “Girls are stereotypically weaker and emotional just a matter of becoming clear on an individual level had learned, they took their knowledge into fourth so guys will tear that down and add to that emotional about what you want for yourself in your life and in your period classes to spread the word about the dangers of abuse,” sophomore and leadership student Kendra Ek relationship. Set your wishes and your boundaries.” relationship abuse. The presentations went a long way said.

Friends can also look out for one another for signs of toward educating students about the topic.

Unfortunately, technology has only increased the an abusive relationship.

According to ASB director and leadership teacher levels of abuse within teenage relationships.

“A person will become more withdrawn, little Kaitlin Wood, the Safe Dating presentations reached “The threat of sexting or forwarding provocative or by little not hanging out anymore, making ridiculous 1533 students on campus. In a survey distributed after private pictures is also a big problem--that’s where the excuses,” Sierra said. “They could have unexplained or the presentations, 90 percent of individuals reported sexual pressure also comes,” Sierra said. weird stories about bruises or injuries. Also, always being increased knowledge of dating violence and signs of Media has also changed many teenagers’ perspectives sick or not feeling well can be a sign of trauma of some abuse and 90 percent reported increased knowledge in of what a healthy relationship sort.” linking victims to assistance. should look like.

If a friend is experiencing Although many would recognize physical signs of “In our media, we have abuse, Sierra says “the most abuse, students on campus are now looking past what a lot of examples of what important thing is to remain Sierra says is a “misconception that it is a bloody, drag romance is, that are not non-judgemental and [to be] a down-knock out situation” and seeing abuse when actually accurate and aligned safe place.” relationships are “positioning one person in more power with a healthy relationship,” However, secrets should in a situation over this other person.”

Sierra said. not be kept if a person is in “Functional violence is coercion, blaming, isolation.

Sierra’s definition of a danger.

[It’s] always needing to know where someone is at all of healthy relationship is different “We have mandated the time and having an entitlement to telling someone than those depicted on most reporting laws so if someone what they can and can’t do,” Sierra said. “All of these reality T.V. shows and celebrity is a danger to themselves or things are oppressive. Dating abuse or relationship gossip magazines. others or there’s child abuse violence is defined by an establishment of power and “A healthy relationship or physical abuse happening, control over another person.” is when two people take there are certain things that For junior and leadership student Hannah Dustin, personal accountability for we cannot get around,” Sierra this realization altered her perspective on dating. their own decisions, their said. “Confidentiality does “It made me think about what I want in a own feelings, and their own only go so far. However, it relationship and how I want to treat people and how I insecurities and they choose can be handled in a delicate want to be treated,” Dustin said. to work together in a way adolescents in the U.S. way that helps the victim with After learning more about emotional abuse, she that promotes equality in is a victim of physical, sexual, emotional or empowering them with their believes it is prevalent in relationships. the relationship,” Sierra said. options.” verbal abuse from a dating partner.

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Girls varsity lacrosse CIF championship and track and field CIF prelims conflict with prom Natalie Engel Staff Editor

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oth the girls varsity lacrosse team and some track and field athletes were scheduled to compete in CIF events just hours before prom. Whether they felt rushed to prepare for the big night, or pumped to arrive at the dance with their teammates, athletes were met with a very busy schedule on the night of May 18.

Track and field distance runner Rebekah Bosler, trekked all the way to Mount Carmel to compete in the CIF 3200-meter where she ran a season personal record of 10:59.

Her race started at 4:18 p.m., leaving her with little time to depart from the race and prepare for the dance.

“Other girls had the experience of getting ready for hours, and taking their time to get everything together,” Bosler said. “I didn’t get that. My focus was on making it to my race, and racing well. When I had finished running and got in the car, then I realized I needed to rush.”

Athletes that have competed in CIF championships can vouch for the pressure that the preparation for that elite competition can bring. Many athletes found that the idea of the CIF victory and

the expectations of prom collided in their minds.

Senior and varsity lacrosse player Victoria Ransom complained when she was informed about the conflicting event times of her CIF lacrosse game and her senior prom. But when the day finally came, she “realized that winning was more important.” The girls lacrosse won the San Diego Section Open Division championship against Coronado with a final score of 12-5. The victory only made Ransom and the rest of her team members’ night at prom that much better.

“Getting ready for prom with my team after winning was an experience other people didn’t have,” Ransom said.

“Our team is like a family and we’re all really close. Getting ready together made us more excited for the dance and kind of celebrated winning the CIF game.”

Junior and varsity lacrosse player Carly Clark made the connection of the prom’s location being in downtown San Diego, which had both advantages and disadvantages in terms of attending prom following the game.

“The locker room was crazy. All the girls were yelling ‘Where’s the eyeliner?’ or ‘I need the straightener!’”

Carly Clark

Photo courtesy of Kiki Gibson

Members of the varsity girls lacrosse team pose for a picture outside of Coronado High School, following their win in the San Diego Section Open Division championship against Coronado with a final score of 12-5.They were prepared to rush in order to get on a party bus, or drive themselves to prom.

“The bus had to come get us in Coronado where the game was, so we missed [taking] pictures,” Clark said.

“But it worked out that the dance was downtown, since the dance and the game were in the same area.”

The team had the unusual experience of preparing for the dance as a team, with much less time than what they may have preferred. However, it made for a more memorable night.

“If anything it made the night so

Competing for More Than the Win Student athletes work to gain a scholarship to the school of their choice Rhett Goodson Staff Writer

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Andrew Beinbrink of Sports Force Recruiting speaks on May 30 to parents and student athletes about routes to obtain athletic scholarships.

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ach year there is a select group of students who receive athletic scholarships. These scholarships are awarded to a variety of sports, from mens lacrosse to girls water polo.

Being one of the top athletic programs in California, La Costa Canyon’s student athletes set goals to receive an athletic scholarship from the college of their choice. Many students worry about sending highlight videos, catching schools’ attention and communicating with coaches.

Although the process of getting

a scholarship is stressful, students eventually narrow it down to a few colleges. “[The process of getting a scholarship] is extremely stressful and time consuming, I talked to a lot of coaches and e-mailed them, but it paid off,” senior and varsity lacrosse player Kyle Mummau said.

There are many factors that go into which school an athlete chooses, ranging from the coaches to the campus.

“The coaches are very inspirational and the diversity of the campus [stood out],” junior and varsity lacrosse player Bridget Grubb said.

One of the worries of college approaching is the constant reminder of the cost of getting an education. However, one of the ways that dedicated athletes are able to avoid the high cost of college is an athletic scholarship.

“It’s stressful at times but very exciting because it is planning the future of your life, and you go through senior year more stress free,” junior and varsity lacrosse player Cameron Ziegler said.

Ultimately, when deciding which school to commit to, athletes need to consider how much they like each school.

“If lacrosse was ever taken away from me I would still go to Bryant,” Mummau said.

Each year, colleges begin a search for the top student athletes to attend their school, and athletes wait for the call or e-mail from the coach at the university of their dreams.

much better getting ready for the dance all together,” Clark said. “The locker room was crazy. All the girls were yelling ‘Where’s the eyeliner?’ or ‘I need the straightener!’”

Ultimately, the athletes got to enjoy a day filled with successful competition before heading off to enjoy their night at prom.“I think the hype of the day made it fun for the girls, on account of the win for the most part,” girls varsity head coach Casey Rector said.

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Coaches express relief at the reversal of the unpopular decision Anthony Fregoso Sports Editor

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here was a clear sense of dissatisfaction voiced by the community after principal Kyle Ruggles announced earlier this semester that Kari DiGiulio would not be returning as the Athletic Director in the 2013-14 school year.

However, a complete reversal of this decision occurred on May 22, when Principal Kyle Ruggles notified the faculty and staff that DiGiulio will indeed be returning as the Athletic Director. Assistant Principal Doug Kamon, who was set to take over DiGiulio’s duties, will be moving to Earl Warren.

The initial response from the community over the decision that DiGiulio would not be returning was clearly negative, and Ruggles was aware of that response.

“Our community is good at letting me know good decisions and bad decisions,” Dr. Ruggles said. “It’s good for the principal to be astute to how the community feels about things.”

However, he also pointed out that he made the original decision to remove DiGiulio due to the drop in enrollment of approximately 200 students.

“The only thing that was in question was the enrollment and my decisions on what to do with the administration team and the rules that I need to follow with the enrollment,” Dr. Ruggles said.

The reasoning behind the decision for DiGiulio to remain the Athletic Director has not been entirely communicated with the community.

“Well, the decision was based on a few factors that are confidential in nature, and I can’t address those,” Dr. Ruggles said. “Our enrollment declining, having to go down to two assistant principals, those are things that are public information. But any other knowledge I can’t discuss.”

DiGiulio felt that the issue was never completely let go by the students, staff and community.

“I think there is a lot to be said for campaigns that went on that brought more awareness to our school,” DiGiulio said. “I think it just never fully got let go. The

issue kept coming back.”

The decision to keep DiGiulio as the Athletic Director came as a relief to DiGiulio, who has big plans for next year.

“It’s a relief,” DiGiulio said. “It was just a joyful feeling of coming back. [We are] getting going on our summer events and the field house construction. There were a lot of longevity things that were going on so it’s exciting to be back.”

Coaches are also relieved that DiGiulio will be staying as the Athletic Director.

“I was really excited when she was brought back,” assistant cross country and boys basketball and head track coach Taylor Hindle said. “She’s done such a great job in the year and a half that she has been here. I know that it is going to make coaches’ lives a lot easier, rather than having an assistant principal whose attentions are understandably divided between things that they have to do as an administrator and then taking care of athletics.”

Dr. Ruggles acknowledged that DiGiulio performs her duties very well and that she is the ideal fit for the Athletic Director position.

“I think that Mrs. DiGiulio, her character, her demeanor and her speaks for itself,” Kari DiGiulio experience, Dr. Ruggles said. “There was never any doubt that she is the right person for this job.”

While DiGiulio is returning as Athletic Director, she will be experiencing a slight change in her other duties on campus. At Torrey Pines she taught English 12 and P.E. While she has taught P.E. here on campus for the past two years, next year she will be teaching AVID, an opportunity that she is excited to have been offered.

“I like teaching P.E., [but] I also like being in the classroom,” DiGiulio said. “So I think it’s a good challenge. It’s something I’m really looking forward to.”

The loss of an assistant principal will cause more duties to be distributed to the two remaining administrators.

“I think there is a lot to be said for campaigns that went on that brought more awareness to our school. I think it just never fully got let go, the issue kept coming back.”

Chase McAllister

On May 21, Kari DiGiulio was notified that she would continue on as the Athletic Director next year.

“I don’t think that it is going to add anything to [DiGiulio’s] plate, but the administration team is going to need to be more efficient,” Dr. Ruggles said.

Ruggles does not want to see Kamon leave, as he has served 11 years at LCC and is the longest standing administrator on campus. However, he was very pleased that DiGiulio will be returning.

“I’m sorry we’re going to lose Kamon because he provides a great amount of support for our administration team and our students,” Dr. Ruggles said.

“But at the same time, I’m thrilled she is able to come back. We welcome her with open arms.”

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Three albums to enhance your summer experience Cooper Gee Staff Writer

No Women?

No Problem!

The curious story of a male-exclusive prom

Kota Nishiguchi Staff Writer

very era has left a lasting mark on the music industry, but nothing has really changed it up like the ‘80s. From Depeche Mode and Prince to Madonna and Fleetwood Mac, the variation of sounds and vocals was endless.

What we have here is an album that, combines incredibly psychedelic and catchy synths of the ‘80s with flowing guitar riffs that will give you goosebumps the moment you begin to listen. Atlas Genius’s “When it Was Now” introduces a set of tracks that each have their own unique emotion-fueled story to tell, but come together to create a mind-blowing masterpiece that leaves its mark in today’s indie rock scene.

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n 1987, a group of philosophers envisioned the perfect prom. Teaching at Promenade Research University of Massachusetts (PRUM), these esteemed professors found a solution to an issue that has bogged down the teenage society for decades. Prom causes both adolescent males and females to “stress.”

“The idea was simple,” one professor said. “If females don’t go to prom, then you eliminate the stress induced by prom related activities and discussions.”

However, the professor said that they couldn’t explain why less females produced less stress. In order to better understand the issue, in 1987, the professors held the first ever Promenade, in which only guys were allowed to attend. Creatively, the professors named it the “Guys-only Prom.” Their research was conducted at a local high school, in which the male students were famously smart and well mannered.

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“Ceremonials” by Florence and the Machine

“Modern Vampires of the City”

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“We allowed them to ask their friends to go as ‘dates,’” the lead professor said. “Most of the guys took it humorously, and asked their friends in obscene and aggressively stupid ways.”

Campus was littered with signs that said, “BRO, PROM?” Sixteen of the guys received concussions from getting tackled by their friends. For a total of twelve minutes, the majority of male students “found a butt-load of dog poop and threw it at each other.”

One of the female students who witnessed the event found it “so gross.”

Four male students got sent home because they “mooned their friends.”

This all happened the day before the prom because the male students were too lazy to realize that their prom was approaching.

“I was a 16-year-old dude,” an attendee said. “They were good times.

I didn’t hear a single girl talk about her

dress or shoes or makeup or hair or date or limo or party bus or drama. It was really nice, really nice.”

In normal proms, 98 percent of girls said that they were stressed for prom and 91 percent of guys said that they were stressed because the girls were stressed.

In the “Guys-only Prom,” no one claimed they were stressed and 97 percent said that their prom was “chill.”

Despite all of the research and statistical analysis, the professors couldn’t understand why prom went so smoothly without the female students.

So, in the concluding paragraph of their research article, the professors wrote: “Some things are just plain ole’ mysteries like the chupacabra, loch ness monster, vampires and unicorns. I don’t think anyone will ever understand why the all-dude prom went so flawlessly.”

ave you ever picked up an album, maybe by a friend’s recommendation or maybe just by complete curiosity, and ended up thinking of it as if it were other-worldly, wonderful, and even your very own escape? Well that just about sums up how I feel about this album.

Florence Leontine Mary Welch, lead singer of “Florence and the Machine,” aside from her amazing appearance and personality, has the voice of an angel, period. “Ceremonials” is Florence’s second album, and is basically a perfect mix of harp-laced etherealness, godly sounding drums, organs, violins and gospel-like choruses that will literally leave you feeling as if you are in some sort of epic battle and wide-eyed in awe.

So naturally, this album takes the cake for my personal pick.

ver the past six or so years, Vampire Weekend has been the indie rock band that sets the bar for all the others, introducing incredible lyricism and beautiful melodies that have enchanted listeners, including me. “Modern Vampires of the City” is a very eclectic album, as expected, that is like a giant web of wonderfully creative ballads and genius upbeat tracks.

Harnessing tropical sounding beats, soulful organs and even crazy voice synthesizers, this album has something for everyone. One final thing to be noted is this album’s incredible story telling, as lead singer of the band Ezra Koenig has incredible song writing skills.

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t may be called “The Great Gatsby,” it may be told by Nick Carraway, but it is a story that rises and sets on Zelda Fitzgerald.

A writer is nothing without his muse and F. Scott Fitzgerald had no shortage of tormented love to draw on while crafting “The Great Gatsby.”

The movie, in all of its vivacious, vital splendor is a reflection of Fitzgerald’s life, starting with September 24, 1896, the day he met Zelda Sayre.

Gatsby and Fitzgerald’s twin courtships play out thunderously over the course of the movie. You watch as Gatsby tries to create “the fairytale he had stored up” between himself and Daisy Buchanan, who herself is married. But what you are feeling is Fitzgerald trying to sort out his own relationship.

For die-hard fans, the opening scene (which I do not want to spoil for those who have not yet seen it) rattled our cages, and not always in a good way. For some, this interpretation of the characters outside of the book was an abuse of trust, but for others, like me, this was a perspective we hadn’t considered before. It allowed many to feel differently about our narrator.

The acting itself was worthy of a standing ovation. I felt nervous about DiCaprio’s casting and I have never been more happy to be wrong. He and Carey Mulligan breathed life into one of the most sparkling Jazz Age romances to date.

This film was a beautiful movie: diamonds glistened, each bubble popped, and the viewer felt like they were given a front seat to the spectacle. You spend the two hours of movie feeling like you are partying with Jay Gatsby. And it was a party I wouldn’t miss for the world.

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ne of the most anticipated films of 2013, “The Great Gatsby,” opened May 10 with great success.

Directed by Baz Luhrmann and executive produced by Jay-Z, it was destined to be a classic as well as a hit soundtrack.

Luhrmann is well known for his “Red Curtain Trilogy,” consisting of “Strictly Ballroom,” “Romeo + Juliet,” and his most successful of the three, “Moulin Rouge.” He opens and closes each film with a red curtain, devised to make the audience feel as though they were watching it live, thus pulling them into the film.

Luhrmann’s other unique touch is that he keeps the music current, even though each story takes place in a previous era. With Jay-Z on the team, that highlight of the film was sure not to flop.

Knowing exactly what their viewers were hungry for, Luhrmann and Jay-Z rounded up a diverse mix of popular artists. From Gotye to Beyoncé, Lana del Rey to will.i.am, the XX to Florence and the Machine, and many more. There’s likely to be a song that pulls on any listener’s heartstrings while taking in the romance that is “The Great Gatsby.”

While some, like myself, are crazy about Luhrmann’s style, some prefer music classic to the era. However, having earned $51.1 million at the box office and selling 95,000 copies of the album in its opening weekend, “The Great Gatsby” has been a monumental success.

Dani Tomassetti Staff Writer

he film “The Great Gatsby” follows Gatsby’s strains and excitement while he fights for his soulmate, showcasing hints of humor as well as heart wrenching highlights. As someone who hadn’t read the book before seeing the movie, I felt the cast was riveting and told the story beautifully; captivating their audience into the web of romance and fear all the while seamlessly displaying the lack of morality that went along with riches in the 1920s.

The rooms and mansions delightfully pleased the eye, and captured the decorative elements of the era. Certain aspects of the film, such as poverty, were shown and unmasked the difficulties in the ‘20s as well.

Jay Gatsby is a difficult role to pinpoint, but I felt DiCaprio portrayed it wonderfully. Having not read the book, I still totally comprehended the sadness and longing within Gatsby for his life to pick up where he left it off in his past.

Nick Carraway is a character who becomes very troubled after knowing Gatsby and I think Maguire effortlessly conveyed the excitement, confusion and lack of trust that becomes deepseeded within him once living in Long Island and interacting with Gatsby.

Every move made and every word said gave me a new outlook and made me empathize with the characters.

Overall, I thought “The Great Gatsby” was a stunning motion picture. Not only did it make total sense to someone who hadn’t read the novel, but it sparked thoughts and realizations in my mind as well as teaching me a bit of history. “The Great Gatsby” is a must see for people of any age, and will be considered a classic film in my book.

Within and Without

Tobey Maguire perfectly portrays the seemingly minor Nick Carraway

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n the vivid, melodramatic rendition of “The Great Gatsby,” members of the audience often forget that the narrator of the book, and now movie, is Nick Carraway, played by Tobey Maguire.

However, most people would agree that Leonardo DiCaprio, playing Gatsby, greatly overshadows Maguire and his character. Even in the book, Gatsby and Daisy Buchanan’s affair attracts all of the attention. And yet, the genius in director Baz Luhrmann’s representation of Nick Carraway is that he, both in the book and movie, is pushed aside by Gatsby and

Kota Nishiguchi Staff Writer Gatsby’s affairs.

Word is that Maguire got the part with the help of his longtime friend DiCaprio. Whether or not Maguire originally deserved the part, Maguire perfectly represents Carraway.

Shy, passive and aggressively neutral, Maguire’s character plays the role of the “objective” observer. Maguire’s character slowly deviates from this role as he is drawn into the charm of Gatsby.

In retrospect, Maguire played a main character with an insignificant role. In fact, the movie omits entirely Carraway’s

minor relationship with Daisy’s friend, Jordan Baker.

Maguire far exceeds the relatively low expectations for his performance, despite DiCaprio being far more popular than Maguire. In the movie, DiCaprio’s character far outshines Maguire’s character. But, Maguire’s wonderful acting contradicts his minor role.

Maguire, as Nick Carraway, beautifully describes how he is both part of the story and an observer of it, from “both within and without.”

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The Hungry Maverick MavLife taste testers hunt for the most refreshing frozen yogurt to enjoy this summer Jennie Barnes Entertainment Editor

Some of the toppings offered to accompany your froyo.

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olden Spoon’s reputation for its great toppings and flavor selection made it a favorite of the Mavlife staffers. This cool confection has “a very classical, rich appeal,” according to junior Jackson Cowart. The texture had a “perfect creaminess,” according to freshman Rhett Goodson. This yogurt’s creaminess and classic flavor won it a first place standing in the Hungry Maverick.

“It smelled really good and made me want to taste the yogurt.”

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osing by only one vote, Berry Happy was nearly the favorite of the Mavlife staff, however it came in a close second. In the first bite there was “a cold delight of wondrous taste,” according to freshman, Jayson Gacad. The flavor was a smooth and sweet one, “not too creamy but not too thin, perfect consistency,” according to freshman Cooper Gee. Though it may not have been able to hold its own against Golden Spoon, it was still loved.

“It tasted like heaven, and how froyo should taste.”

Belen Castillejos

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ogurt Shack came in third place. “The first bite caught me somewhat off guard,” junior Jackson Cowart said.Yogurt Shack, a favorite among high schoolers, surprisingly came in last in our blind taste test. But that doesn’t mean that there were no kind words said about it. According to sophomore Molly Mineiro this froyo was a “delightful blending of yogurt and creamy.” The fragrance reminded her of “stepping into a yogurt shop.”

“Its chocolate flavor was very rich, smooth and delicious.”

Devon Whitlam

June Horoscopes

Libra

Sep 23-Oct 22

You have been scheming and planning your life like a Russian spy. Make sure everything falls into place perfectly, and be sure to spend this summer taking risks and having fun.

“Mine” by Taylor Swift

“Dance Me to the End of Love” by The Civil Wars

Scorpio

You are a kind and considerate person, and you know “life spent for others is the only life worth living.” Spend this summer volunteering and trying to give back to the community.

“Postcard From Mexico” by Connie Britton & Michiel Huisman

It seems like your playlist has been the same thing for the past year. Now you might want to look out to new bands. A refresher on your playlist might be a much needed change.

“Love is Blindness” by Jack White

Sagittarius You have been following your heart recently,and taking big risks. They have paid off.

In the long days of summer, spend every minute as happy as you can be.

“Silver Lining” by Lee DeWyze

Apr 20-May 20

Mar 21-Apr 19

Leo

Summer is almost upon us, and with great freedom comes great responsibility.You need to make sure to keep your snark in check while hanging out with your family so much.

And be sure to show your family that you love them.

“Valerie” by Amy Winehouse

Virgo

Commitments aren’t your strong suit.You are afraid to take things too seriously, but don’t let your fears get in the way of your happiness this summer.

Aug 23-Sept 22

It’s times to let loose.

Summer is the time for freedom and happiness.

Do what you have always wanted and you will find yourself happier than you have been in a long, long time.

“Trucker Hat” by Bowling for Soup

Taurus

“Assassin” by John Mayer

Capricorn Here we are, you and me, in the last horoscope. This has been a long arduous year, and now is the time to take it off your shoulder.

This summer is all about re-grouping and getting ready for the next year.

Dec 22-Jan 19

“Anything for You” by Ludo

Cancer

Don’t let your worries bury you during the last few days this school year. No matter what happens this race is over soon and you will be able to spend your days however you want.

Jul 23-Aug 22

May 21-Jun 20

Summer is coming, for many this means sunny beaches, and hanging out with friends. Be sure to make the most out of your summer break and do all that you can!

“All These Things I’ve Done”

by The Killers

Aries

Nov 22-Dec 21

Gemini

Feb 19-Mar 20

“You’re Just A Baby” by Belle and Sebastian

Now is the time to reinvent yourself, try out a new haircut, read a book suggested by a stranger, take a drive without a destination. Use these eight weeks to find out something new about yourself.

Jun 21-July 22

Jan 20-Feb 18

With summer coming you are going to have a lot of free time on your hands, and why not start a new T.V. series?

“Arrested Development” is on Netflix, “Doctor Who” never ends. No matter what tickles your fancy, you should find it this summer.

Pisces

Oct 23-Nov 21

Aquarius

“Emmylou” by First Aid Kit