Relay 4 Life

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Michelle Saremi/Journalism Adviser

1What is the longest running TV show in history?

Chiefs: Is it Hoarders? No, I think Law and Order. Saremi: I don’t watch television! Friends? No, Mash! Answer: The Simpsons It looks like the Chiefs and Saremi spend more time looking at newspapers instead of TV screens. 0-0

2What is considered to be the hardest college to get into in the U.S.?

Chiefs: I think it may be Stanford… so Stanford. Saremi: I’m going with Stanford. Answer: Harvard Or you could go to Norway and have free college! 0-0

What band sings the song Mr. Blue Sky?

Chiefs: Electric Light Orchestra, fi nal answer. Saremi: No idea. Answer: Electric Light Orchestra/ ELO Connor’s expansive knowledge of old music saved the Chiefs here. 1-0

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5What is the highest grossing standalone super hero film?

Chiefs: Let’s go with Iron Man 1. Saremi: Batman? Can you ask me a book question? Answer: Black Panther Marvel made fi ve out of the top 10 grossing movies. 2-0

6What is the name of the female protagonist in the novel 1984?

Chiefs: I didn’t read it so this is on you. Oh, Julia! Saremi: I don’t remember her having a name. Susy Q! Answer: Julia Well, Saremi got her wish. 2-0

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What city was the 2016 Summer Olympics held in?

Chiefs: It was Rio de Janeiro Saremi: Somewhere in Russia? Answer: Rio de Janeiro Looks like someone needs to retake Geography. 3-0

What is the world’s largest island?

Chiefs: Does Madagascar count? Let’s go with that. Saremi: Oh my… is it near Asia? Answer: Greenland Did you know Greenland is covered in ice and Iceland is green? 1-0

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8What city has the largest population in the United States?

Chiefs: I don’t know, let’s go with New York. Saremi: New York Answer: New York New York City has an astonishing 26,403 people per square mile 4-1

Relay for Life flushes out cancer

Aditya Vunnum Sports Editor

Be it a family member, a friend or a neighbor, almost everybody has people in their lives who have been impacted by the powerful grasp of cancer.

On May 23, residents of Conejo Valley banded together at American Cancer Society’s annual Relay For Life to celebrate their loved ones and raise as much money as possible.

Th e event has a club on campus dedicated to raising money for the event throughout the year through several bake sales around Conejo Valley and a portable purple toilet.

Lucky recipients of the moving purple toilet have the object placed on their lawn and they must pay a certain amount to “fl ush away cancer” and remove it. It costs $10 to remove the toilet from your lawn, $20 to choose who to send it to and $30 to send it away permanently.

Madeline Shain, board member, feels that the event is a very important in contributing to the fi ght against cancer as a part of Conejo Valley. “At the event we stay up all night, and we walk around the track to show that cancer never sleeps,” Shain said. “Th ere is fun games and live music, food, and it’s just a great time for a really great cause.”

Shain has been a part of the club since her freshman year and will be one of the co-presidents of the Relay For Life club next year. “Our main goal was to raise funds for the American Cancer Society whilst walking laps to show our solidarity against cancer,” Shain said.

Th e event was led by James Trunick, the event announcer, and closed with the Luminaria ceremony. When the sun set, the community came together in remembrance of those that they had lost as they sat in silence.

“Th e Luminaria ceremony is an opportunity for us to come together and remember why we’re here at the American Cancer Society’s Relay for Life of Conejo Valley. Th is is a time for us to grieve those we’ve lost, it’s a time to celebrate our survivors, it’s a time to refl ect on how the disease has touched each of us personally. It’s a time to look inside of ourselves with quiet refl ection and fi nd hope,” Trunick said.

Each individual receives a glowstick to commence the ceremony, and one by one, the glowsticks are snapped to indicate he or she has lost to cancer, ranging from parents to neighbors to friends. As participants walk around the track holding their glowsticks high, they pass by each Luminaria; these bags shine during the night to represent each individual of the Conejo Valley community that is or was fi ghting cancer.

“Sharing and honoring those memories, we remember that candles burn with a beauty and brilliance that captures the attention of all that look upon them. Th eir fl ame is strong and warm yet vulnerable and delicate as it can be put out with one breath,” Trunick said. “Our track is illuminated by hundreds of Luminaria, each one represents a treasured relationship. Th ey represent people, and each one has a name and a story to tell. Th ere are our mothers, our brothers, our sisters, our sons and our daughters, our friends and our loved ones. As the Luminaria grow throughout the night, they represent our shared vision for a cancer free future.”

Guest speakers such as Lacie White, a stage four cancer survivor, came to speak at the event and share her unforgettable experience with cancer. White fi rst found that she had the disease as a 15 year old aft er doctors found a tennis ball sized tumor in her liver.

“My cancer was a slow growing disease with little to no symptoms, and aft er four major abdominal surgeries to remove this mass, I can say that this disease is relentless, but so am I,” White said.

Trunick ended the event with powerful words to the audience: “Cancer brought us the fi ght, but we in Conejo Valley are going to be a big part of ending this fi ght against cancer.”

Exhausted-xhausted- Hunter Steinle, Madeline Shain, Matthew Smith and Julianne Braime, juniors (left to right), pose in front of the “Hope” sign after a sleepless night walking the track. “Last year, I didn’t stay the full 24 hours and I felt like I really missed out, so this year I stayed overnight which was such a rewarding experience, even with the weather and the sopping wetness of the tent,” Steinle said. The Relay for Life club raised over one thousand dollars for the event. Aditya Vunnum/Prowler