SDA Mustang June 2010

The Mustang

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Mustang On the Cover Senior Dustin Atlas was assigned a cubist project in his drawing class, but as he drew, the painting became more surrealist than he originally intended.

Atlas painted with oil pastels because “they have the vibrancy of paint without the mess.” He plans to continue exercising his creative expression next year when he studies architecture at Cooper Union.

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Among other things, people are graduating and they have plans, BIG plans. SDA sen10rs have achieved some amazing things and have exciting plans for the future. Take notes if you are coming back to SDA, or learn where your classmates will be next year.

Also look out for our photo strip of the class of 2010 running along the bottom of The Mustang.

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Features Editor Nicole Fisher

Essay Editor Design Editor Danielle Gradisher

Ads Manager Alexa Shapiro

Circus Animal Fun Editor Dimitri Fautsch

Steeze Editor Madison Lyon

Photo Editor Nina Moussavi

Sports Editors Pauline Disch Kaylin Greene

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Previewing your life, so you don’t have to, The Mustang has compiled a million entertainment previews about everything from “Toy Story 3” to a Lady Gaga concert to give you the deets on all of those things that are going on this summer in the LoCal market.

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Staff Writers Lindsey Agnew, Hayley Baker, Domenica Berman, Casey Dayan, Julian Dennis, Josh Drilling, Amy Dushkin, Paige Ely, Nicole Greene, Emily Hall, Eleanore Hendrikson, Erika Mazza, Ashlynne McLean, Shelby Meyers, Bailey Mezan, Kate Murphy, Caroline Pollock, Kate Radcliffe, Kerry Roberson, Jack Rushall, Anna Sheridan, Tatiana Skomski, Henry Sweat

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The Mustang is the student newspaper of San Dieguito Academy. Advertisements do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the newspaper.

The Mustang is an open forum which welcomes letters. Letters can be submitted to room 93, emailed to sdamustang@hotmail.com, or mailed to the above address.

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Changes to homeroom? Santa Claus’ helpers Possible changes to SDA’s bell schedule for the 2010-11 year goes up for discussion. ariel chao

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or students, minimum days are normally seen as “a day at the beach, going on the 101, or a time to just relax and have fun,” as said by sophomore Kat Wildermuth. However, for SDA teachers this is not the case.

According to Principal Michael Grove, staff minimum days are used as professional development time where teachers within a department may come together to discuss major goals in order to have a standard level of expectation for students.

Due to the nature of these professional development meetings there is limited time for teachers to collaborate after students leave campus. In order to make these meetings more productive, Grove is considering cutting back on minimum days and perhaps eliminating home-

room one day a week to provide students with late starts while teachers collaborate.

Homeroom was created for students of all grades and teachers to build a sense of community that normal classes lack due to time needed for lessons. Because of homeroom’s nature today, it is up for debate as to whether it changes or stays the same for the 2010-2011 school year said Grove.

“We want to take slow steps and make homeroom more meaningful,” said Grove.

“Homeroom is the one place on campus where I see social cliques happen when it should be a time when students of all grades integrate and interact.”

One of Grove’s goals is to make this decision a collective activity. “We need to set expectations for the entire school on what we want to get out of homeroom.”

florian termin SDA’s Environmental Awareness Club is receiving an award from the Elfin Forest Harmony Grove Town Council for cleaning up trash in Elfin Forest. They picked up several tons of abandoned debris such as mattresses, wooden pallets, and bottles and cans which they then took to a nearby dump (above). They did this three times and plan to continue in the future. They will be recognized for their service to the community after the Elfin Forest Fourth of July Parade. domenica berman

Testing trouble for SDA

Luck, not scores, fends off state intervention while SDA falls to last in the district on CST testing. s the school year ends, standardized testing is often seen as just one more obstacle between students and summer.

For SDA students, however, the California Standardized Tests this year may have been more important than previously thought. Without improved scores this year, SDA may be headed for Program Improvement next year, which would entail increased supervision by the state, according to SDA Principal Michael Grove.

Under the No Child Left Behind Act, schools as a whole, as well as ethnic groups that consist of at least 100 students in the school, are expected to earn API scores of 800 by the year 2014. If a school or subgroup is currently earning below 800, then it must meet a growth requirement for its scores each year.

If that requirement is not met for three consecutive years, the school begins Program Improvement in which the state begins to take an increasing role in determining how the school is run in order to improve the scores, Grove said.

“Actually, SDA dodged a bit of a bullet last year,” said Grove.

While SDA’s overall API score for 2009 rose from 810 to 816, SDA’s Latino subgroup’s API score dropped from 720 to 707 and therefore did not meet its growth requirement for the third consecutive year in 2009, according to the California Board of Education’s website.

SDA avoided Program Improvement through a loophole in the system, said Grove.

Because the Academy became a basic aid school this year where funding is determined by taxes in the surrounding area instead of by how many students are in

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class each day, the school does not receive categorical funds from the state. For not receiving categorical funds, SDA was exempt from Program Improvement, Grove said.

Due to California’s budget difficulties, the state did not give categorical funds, or funds designated for specific purposes, to basic aid schools. If the economy were to improve, or if SDA were to lose its basic aid status, it would receive categorical funds again and be subject to Program Improvement, said Grove.

In the first year of Program Improvement, the school must inform its students’ parents of the situation and provide transportation for children wishing to change schools. The school must also submit to the state a plan to improve scores.

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or she may begin to influence policy at the school. The external influence on the school can continue to increase, until after about five years, the school will be forced to privatize itself, shut down, or disband and reopen, Grove said.

“Because there are some real consequences, it is very important that everyone try on these exams, and that’s why the vice principals were making the rounds of homerooms to try to motivate students to try on the tests,” Grove said. Last year, SDA fell behind LCC to take last place in the district in terms of API scores, and SDA’s similar schools score placed in the bottom tenth percentile of schools in California with similar demographics. “That is not where we would like to be, and we can definitely do better” Grove said.

Targeted support programs are in place to assist students.

Classes designed to increase fluency in Spanish and in English are used in addition to Algebra and Geometry support. SDA, however, does not have the available class space to offer help to those who need it in the way that LCC with a larger program can, Grove said. At SDA, money limits class availability so that only half of the students who could use assistance actually can be enrolled in support classes, according to Grove.

In addition to separate support classes, the administration is trying to get departments to agree on essential learning outcomes that every student should come away with after taking a class. “With more uniformity between classes, it will be easier for teachers to teach the kids what they need to know and collaborate in order to teach certain aspects of a subject better,” Grove said.

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School-wide picnic Students eat lunch, prepared by the cafeteria staff, with teachers at the underclassmen awards ceremony.

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his year SDA’s awards night was changed due to poor attendance and lack of individualized recognition.

According to Grove, the focus this year was to make the awards ceremony more meaningful and personal.

After watching last year’s ceremony start and end like an assembly line, Grove wanted to create a more appealing event that would attract more students and their families.

Senior awards night was held on May 27 after school.

The change, however, was the award presentation to students. Teachers were allowed to recognize three seniors each and, unlike previous years, gave quick statements on why he/she chose that student, Grove said.

Instead of having an awards ceremony at night for the other classmen, freshmen, sophomores, and juniors celebrated their success with their teachers in a schoolwide barbeque in front of the library on June 2. Awardees were called out of classes early in order to start the ceremony as soon as the bell rang. In order to avoid an assembly line, teachers also took time to explain why their students were receiving the awards.

There were mixed feelings to these new changes, particularly the underclassmen awards ceremony.

Steven Forsythe, junior, said,“I loved the more laidback attitude. I think eating with the teachers was a super interesting experience.”

In contrast, freshman Daniel Spiegel said,“I would have preferred it after school. I felt that it would have been more official and I think more parents would have been able to come. Also, I wanted to be able to sit wherever I wanted.”

Despite the different opinions, most students were aware of the change and acknowledged the administration’s efforts in making the event more personal.

“I probably wouldn’t have gone if it had been the boring traditional setup,” Forsythe said and despite Spiegel’s disappointment, he said, “I did very much like that it was ‘personalized.’” ariel chao

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DA junior Sammy Young won a $15,000 scholarship after having his essay chosen over six other applicants’ from SDA’s World Health and Medicine club.

The World Health and Medicine club was granted this one-time scholarship by Leadership Initiatives, a group that focuses on helping youth solve local problems with existing community resources.

“I wrote to Leadership Initiatives talking about how important the youth is with that particular organization and that they should ask Global Giving for grant money to distribute as scholarships,” said WHAM president Clara Sekowski.

The application included a one page essay about the direction members felt the club should go next year.

The winning student was selected by a panel of teachers and Sekowski who all read the essays which were identified by student ID numbers instead of names to ensure anonymity.

After finding out that he had won,Young said that he was really excited and surprised.

“It is a huge amount of money and I almost didn’t believe it at first. I knew I had a chance but I didn’t expect to win.”

Young plans on attending a four-year college and using the scholarship towards tuition. lindsey agnew

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inning a thousand dollars for a short story written in a single night wasn’t too bad of an exchange for SDA junior Nathan Myer. Myer won first place in the Rancho Santa Fe Literary Society’s annual writing contest for high school students.

“I found out about it a couple of days before, so I wrote it all in one night,” said Myer. He heard about the competition when English teacher Tim Roberts told his class about it.

Participants had to include a general theme of the ocean in their story, which had to be five pages double spaced. “Making it the right length was a challenge; I wrote it too long at first,” Myer said.

Myer’s story was about a derelict spaceship’s last voyage, and how it came to be in its ruined state. He incorporated the theme by using the ocean as an abstract motif. “Coming up with the idea was easy,” said Myer. “It just came into my head.”

“I was hoping that I would place, but I was kind of surprised that I got first place. I definitely plan on entering in future writing competitions,” said Myer. He plans on saving some of the prize money for college and using some of it for music programs.

Myer’s story can be read in “The Thread,” SDA’s literary magazine. Copies are available for purchase in Room 90. lindsey agnew

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ward-winning films can take years to write, produce, and edit. SDA student Ari Brin and homeschooled Samuel Knight, juniors, had only 48 hours to do it all. Not only did the pair complete their film within the time limit, but they also won six awards at the annual Media Carnival competition.

In the film contest, Brin and Knight competed against nine groups of college students from San Diego County. The competition, which was started at MiraCosta College’s Oceanside campus, took place from April 30 to May 2. There was a showing of the completed films on May 12 at Stone Brewing Bistro and Gardens in Escondido.

Teams could win in eight categories, six of which Brin and Knight won. They were awarded best cinematography, best story, best writing, best acting, best editing, and best use of theme. The winners were chosen by a panel of filmmakers, writers, and actors.

Films had to incorporate the central theme of “Choice” and include a random object that contestants were assigned. Brin and Knight were given a necktie, which they used in a segment where Knight was feeling “tied” to his responsibilities and turned out to be literally tied. Other groups received objects such as a goldfish, keys, and a camera.

Creating a film from scratch within the time constraint proved to be very difficult. “It was really stressful,” Brin said. “We got in some fights, and there were a couple of hours that we just didn’t want to work with each other anymore. But once we got the initial idea, everything started flowing really easily.”

“It was the first time I’ve really entered any film competition,” said Brin. “I thought it would be fun, and I wanted to see if I could do it.” Brin was told about the Media Carnival competition by video and film teacher Jason Berend.

The duo plans to continue making films and entering in contests in the future. “Right now we are taking a break from making films, because we got at each other’s throats during the competition,” said Brin. “We are looking around for bigger competitions to enter. We haven’t decided on any yet, but we definitely will.”

Their film “Indecision” can be viewed on YouTube, under the user Withouttunnels.

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t the end of the year, San Dieguito Academy will say goodbye to several staff members who have spent the past several years in the pursuit of bettering the education of SDA students.

Social Science teacher Bryan Scott will leaving after 14 years at the Academy. He said his fondest moment at SDA was participating in the opening of San Dieguito Academy.

Fourteen years ago when San Dieguito High School transformed into the Academy, there were no traditions yet. It was this aspect that Scott enjoyed most by being able to help create and develop Academy culture into what students and teachers know it as today.

Scott has decided to retire this year because, “It has become more profitable to retire than to continue teaching,” he said.

During his retirement, Scott plans to take classes at MiraCosta Community College to improve his automobile skills.

After five years of counseling at SDA, Rolfsmeyer is retiring as well. In describing her favorite memory from SDA she said, “Right after I was hired, I came to visit SDA on the day of Exhibition Day. That was my first real connection with SDA and its unique culture—I saw tons of talent and composure, and thought it was amazing that students could facilitate such diverse activities by themselves.”

Rolfsmeyer explained why this was the right time for her to retire: “I really enjoyed my career, and this has been a very good year. I have been thinking about retirement for the past couple of years, and because my husband retired this year, I decided to retire as well and end on a good note.”

In her new free time, Rolfsmeyer plans to travel.

This summer she will visit Alaska, and later Puerto Vallarta. Her dream trip would be to go visit Australia.

Rolfsmeyer also has plans to join a book club, begin to volunteer more, and practice golf and tennis.

ASB said teacher Willliam Miller is going on leave and teachers Dorothy Kim, Takeshi Takakura, Marc Trocchio, and College and Career Center Secretary Nadine Coune are leaving SDA next year. Teachers Sharon Dasho, David Bair, and testing coordinator Deb Abrahamson are going to Canyon Crest Academy next year. ariel chao andrew kasselmann

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n the first week of June, the traditional Thespian initiation took place. Everywhere, costumed initiates and thespians were seen strutting the halls of SDA and playing their loud games.

Throughout the whole week initiates were dressed up in accordance to the theme of the day.The theme days included dead famous people,TV, Up, and senior shame.

“Everything is optional but the older thespians dress up the new thespians normally,” said senior Lauren Wilkins.

The thespians played a bunch of theater games like Little Sally Walker. They also had dance parties in senior court and a potluck picnic.

The crew had eight new participants this year.To become a member of the International Thespian Society, it cost $22. Most of the money goes towards a subscription to Dramatic magazine.The rest of the money is donated to the society.

Changes were not made to this year’s thespian week but it was just as enjoyable as last years according to Wilkins. “I love it!

We look like freaks for most of the week but we have accepted that.

We are having fun and don’t care how crazy we look,” she said. ashlynne mcclean

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bout 70 SDA students gave blood on Thursday, May 20 to the American Red Cross. Unlike normal days, however, at least 50 potential donors had to be turned away due to adjustments made to the schedule because of the bomb scare on Wednesday, May 19.

“We had to turn down…people because of testing and today’s schedule,” said junior Shakila Guevara, an ASB student helping out at the blood drive.

Guevara also commented that the blood drive this year was smaller than in past years. However, donors were still willing to contribute.

“I mostly decided to give blood because I’ve done it before.This was my fourth time donating blood,” said senior Travis Norton, “and it doesn’t really hurt at all.

The most painful part is probably when they prick your finger.”

Besides being at least 16 years of age and having parental consent, donors had to meet height and weight requirements and be in good health. nicole greene

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kyle shohfi Sending in the vote A sign outside of a voting station in Encinitas directs voters of where to go.

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he California primary election was held on June 8 and was, for many seniors at SDA, the first opportunity to vote.

“I feel pretty invigorated to be voting for the first time; even though I’ve always kept myself aware of political happenings, this is the first real opportunity to have an authentic say in the decision making process,” said senior Jake Novack.

“I also feel a sense of responsibility, not only to partake in our civic duty but also to make an educated and informed decision on the ballot initiatives and those running for public office in order to truly take advantage of this election. Overall I can’t wait to cast my ballot and see how the results turn out!”

During lunch on June 3, many students eligible to vote congregated in social science teacher Oly Norris’ room to discuss candidates and propositions and the arguments for and against each.

“I’m voting because I have a right to be represented.

Abstinence from voting forfeits my representation.

The act of voting also provides pressure for me to learn about local government issues and propositions. While my vote in and of itself isn’t going to have an impact, influencing the minds of 20 people who then influence other people can certainly have a sizeable impact. If I wasn’t informed of these propositions, I wouldn’t have any influence greater than my one vote,” said senior Jon Macleod.

Of note in local elections, Francine Busby won the Democratic nomination for U.S Representative and will face Republican incumbent Brian Bilbray in November. At the state level, Edmund “Jerry Brown” won the Democratic nomination for governor while Meg Whitman won the Republican nomination. Proposition 14, a ballot measure putting the top two primary vote-getting candidates on the November ballot regardless of party affiliation, also passed. ariel chao kyle shohfi

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Waiting it out 1. Students sit around the track playing games, like cards, to pass time. 2. Sheriff’s deputies assemble in the front parking lot. 3. Media coverage comes to SDA to get a piece of the story. 4. SDA’s freshmen, sophomores, juniors, and a few seniors wait in the bleachers to be released and let back to class. Photos by Pauline Disch.

Bomb threat delays class

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he Encinitas Sheriff’s department is still searching for the person behind the bomb threat on SDA’s campus May 19, which caused hundreds of students to stand on the cold bleachers for nearly two hours, waiting to return to class.

To catch the student, law enforcement officials received a copy of the e-mail, which they sent to the FBI to work on, said detective Randy Avila from the Encinitas Sheriff’s Department. The FBI is now contacting internet providers to trace the e-mail, Avila said.

Law enforcement is currently following up a few leads.

They were able to identify a few points of interest, however “nothing is concrete,” said Principal Michael Grove.

In addition to a number of legal consequences, including federal offenses due to the FBI involvement in the case, the student will be suspended if caught, and possibly expelled, said Grove.

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were instructed to tell students to go down to the field, and law enforcement and staff members divided up the campus, searching every room for anything out of the ordinary.

“We were fairly confident it was a hoax,” Grove said.

Avila said the threat had to be taken seriously because the threat may not have been a hoax.

The administration was positive school would resume that day, so they did not release any students, said Grove. By cancel—Michael Grove, Principal ing school, they would have been giving into was likely a student, said Grove. the demands of the bomb threat, Shortly after reading the ehe said. “The goal was to not mail that morning, Grove called give the student [who sent in the head custodian and his secthe bomb threat] what he or she retary, Lois Delanty, and asked them to make an announcement wanted,” said Grove.

A few minutes after students calling all staff members to his office. Then the police force was had arrived on campus around 7:30 a.m, they were ushered called and a full inspection of the field and bleachers was done into the stands and told there was a safety threat and things before students arrived on camwould be taken care of shortly. pus so that students would have To avoid a school-wide panic, a safe place to wait while the rest of the campus was searched, the words “bomb threat” were avoided, said Grove. “Since we Grove said. were fairly confident it was a From there, staff members the three SDA administrators, Grove and assistant principals Marc Trocchio and Jeanne Jones, a little after midnight that morning making references to a bomb on campus, said Grove. The message, which then suggested school be canceled, showed some familiarity with SDA, and the language of the message led the administration to believe it

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hoax, we didn’t want to escalate the situation by saying it was a bomb threat,” said Grove.

Some students were told there was a gas leak on campus.

The way the theory of a gas leak came about was “like the game of telephone,” said Grove.

Initially, staff members were stationed around campus and told to say there was a safety threat.

However, the message eventually changed through word of mouth from a safety threat to a gas leak, said Grove. Regardless, there was no gas leak.

The night before, the class of 2010 had pulled a senior prank, filling up Grove’s office from floor to ceiling with balloons that had messages about what they loved about SDA. Although some believe there was a link with this to the bomb threat, the administration does not.

“I don’t think it was connected,” said Grove of the senior prank. A group of students came forward to admit they did the balloon prank; however, Grove doubted that students would admit to such a thing if they also instigated the bomb threat. In addition, seniors already had a late start for a senior meeting,

and “they would have to be a fairly dumb student to call in a bomb threat on a day off,” said Grove.

Around 9:10 a.m, after almost two hours of students waiting around and law enforcement officers, including the FBI, searching for a bomb, students were released and told to go to class. School resumed as a normal minimum day, and students were released to go home at 12:15 p.m. The California State Testing, which had been taking place that week and was to end that day, was postponed until the next day, Thursday.

Some students responded to the situation in online blogs, complaining that it was a joke and a waste of time. However, the administration feels positive about the response of the students, who have raised awareness over the issue and pushed officers to find the person who sent in the e-mail, said Trocchio.

In schools where bomb threats are constant, the moral is very low and it is difficult to deal with, said Trocchio. “I’m just glad there are no copy cats, and this isn’t a reoccurring event,” he said.

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seniors going to college out of state

438

freshmen from the 2010 class

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520

556

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69

seniors graduating

students attended Prom at the San Diego Zoo

photos taken by the photo booth at Prom

students stranded at the Zoo until one a.m. after Prom

athletes who played for a Mustang sport

confetti sticks popped at the farewell assembly

incoming freshmen for the 2010-11 school year

253

148

146

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tickets bought for Grad Nite

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exhibitions on Exhibition Day

2,784

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total tardies for seniors

total truancies for seniors

deputies responded to bomb threat

12,956

6,024

308

total tardies for all grades down by three thousand from last year

total truancies for all grades down by one thousand from last year

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Stirring up a storm Due to the new web censor system, students have had difficulty accessing even academic websites.

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hate Websense” says senior Sean Holcomb; however, he is quick to add, “I hate the new one more.” The new one he is referring to is Lightspeed which is the new security filter for the school’s internet.

Mike Coy, the man in charge of Lightspeed, extolled its greater flexibility. He said Websense was for more corporations while lightspeed is more suitable for schools. He said Websense was more for the corporate world, whereas Lightspeed is targeted for education. Websense is either on or off, but Lightspeed can be overridden by teachers.

Lightspeed also offers a feedback system, through which students can appeal bans.

Coy reads every appeal and makes judgments based on feedback from students and staff. He noted that in the first week, the blocks were a little bit extreme, even censoring Wikipedia. However, due to feedback and reviews of what is blocked, he has been able to eliminate the extreme blocks.

During the first week, “The Onion” was blocked on all computers, but due to student complaints citing “The Onion” as a valuable resource for learning the effects of tone, the restriction has been lifted in the computer lab. Interestingly, the computers in the library are still blocked, which demonstrates Lightspeed’s flexibility.

Ultimately Coy asked for the feedback to keep coming as he said he is only one man sorting through so many sites for thousands of students who comb the internet everyday.

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all of 2010, SDA will be welcoming a new assistant principal to campus.

Ryan Yee, who currently works as an AP at Earl Warren Middle School, will be joining the Academy staff to replace Marc Trocchio, who will be working in the Huntington Beach Union District at Marina High School.

“It’s only 22 miles away from my home,” said Trocchio, who drives a 50 miles to SDA. “The distance was one of the things that prompted me to look for a new job,” said Trocchio.

Yee went into education after discovering a love for helping others.

“I had a few jobs through which I trained people and I got hooked on helping people having those “ahha” moments, the moments during which you

can tell the light bulb just lit up for them,” said Yee. Before working at Earl Warren, Yee worked at a high school in the Huntington Beach district and taught math and science. What Yee loves most about his job is the opportunities to interact with people daily and that every day is different.

In his free time, Yee enjoys traveling, surfing and being with his family, which includes two daughters aged two years old and two months old.

Although his daughters are too young to travel and surf, he hopes that with time he can incorporate all three hobbies into one experience, a family surfing trip.

“In the meantime, I am going to Oaxaca, Mexico next month with some friends to satiate my

traveling and surfing appetites,” said Yee. Yee hopes to learn from his experience working in a high school and grow as an administrator.

“For the school, students, and staff, I want to do whatever I can to enhance everyone’s experiences from supporting current programs to facilitating the introduction of new ones,” said Yee. When looking into high schools, Yee felt he was drawn to SDA because of the “unique school culture and opportunities the Academy offered students,” he said. “Every person I know that has or had a connection to the Academy always had great things to say about their experience. I look forward to becoming part of something special.” alexa shapiro

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With five days left of school, the seniors of the Mustang Staff would like to leave some words of advice for SDA students.

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I love soccer so much. I hope Spain wins the 2010 World Cup.

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Getting rid of homeroom will ruin SDA. It takes time out of the day to hang with friends and do homework.

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Crest toothpaste doesn’t have a cap that flips up; it twists off. It takes longer. I am already rushed as it is in the morning.

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-amy concha, freshman

I feel like I’m at the bottom of a fish bowl, just watching everyone in the surface. It’s nice.

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Water Day, Talent Show, Academy Idol. SDA has a lot of themed days, many of which do not exist at other schools, so have fun with them. These days can only be awesome, though, if students participate and get creative. It’s not lame to get excited, but you are lame if you don’t participate.

leadership roles * Take You can learn a lot about

yourself and how the school operates by leading events and starting clubs. Not only do you get to make connections with ASB and administrators, but you also get to meet other students who are interested in helping out and participating in your event.

At the end of the day, you end up feeling like you have power to make what you want happen.

* Take advantage of SDA

We have homeroom: a place where you can grow close with your favorite teacher and a variety of students who you otherwise would never meet. Feel free to make homeroom what you want it to be. Switch homerooms until you find one you like and then initiate activities with your homeroom so that, by the end of the year, you guys are as close as family.

We have really caring teachers who would truly appreciate a closer relationship with you as much as you would with them.

We have forum meetings that promote the student voice in school policy. We have an amiable principal who actually cares about what students want. Get to know him.

We have the writing lab, a program where students can get their essays critiqued for free.

Last, but not least, we have fantastic yoga classes. So sit back, relax, and do some savasana.

* Finish a language at SDA

Beyond the obvious perks of being almost bilingual, taking all of the classes for a specific language gives you the opportunity to meet other students and grow up with them. And by the time you get to the highest level of the language, whether it’s AP Spanish or ASL 4, your class becomes a closely knit group of friends who actually have an interest in the language and culture.

researching colleges * Start before senior year This is probably something that no one wants to talk about with vacation being so close, but really, there are other colleges that exist beyond the CSU’s and UC’s.

If you do some random research over summer or even during junior year, your first semester of senior year will be a tad bit less stressful.

All in all, the seniors of the Mustang Staff encourage students to make SDA what they want it to be.

Although these words may be cliché, their significance will forever hold true: Don’t be afraid to take chances and don’t be afraid of failure. Initiate things, dream big, and just do it.

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Feeling safe behind the wheel: priceless We have a license for a lifetime, but are only tested behind-the-wheel once. Things need to be changed.

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ucky number 13. That’s the number of questions you can miss on the behind-the-wheel test. I passed but did I deserve a license? No. While I’m much better at driving now, I will never be retested behind-the-wheel. That leaves me thinking about all the drivers who don’t improve, but are still on the road.

Yes there is the written test,

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too. But we don’t operate to remember. We cram. We pass.

We forget.

Even though a written test is re-administered every four years, to keep the “information fresh,” the test can be done by mail or online. What’s stopping someone from looking up the answers?

But the test isn’t even that great to begin with. What to

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do when a tire pops, your hood flies up, or the ambulance turns on its siren…these are all things that should be necessary to pass the test, but you can miss up to seven of these questions and still get your permit (and keep it).

It just seems silly that the question “What do you do if your brakes lock?” holds the same weight as “What to do if a blind man approaches the

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sidewalk?”

Plus the most crucial skill needed for driving that can’t be tested online: eyesight. I can’t count the number of drivers who need to have their eyes and reflexes checked, or at least know they need a stronger pair of glasses and a hearing aid.

Ultimately, if we retook the test every few years, everyone would benefit. Although it

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would seem to cost more money in taxes, think of all the times cops wouldn’t be called for accidents that wouldn’t happen, not to mention lower rates on hospital and insurance coverage. The roads would be safer, cutting down the annual 5.25 million car accidents.

I certainly don’t enjoy spending time at the DMV, but hey, it’s better than the alternative.

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It’s too hec-tech pauline disch

We are revolutionizing society with new technology, leaving a lot of people in the dust.

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ur generation of students is becoming so dependent on technology that professionals have called us the “iGeneration.”

Therefore many people assume that everyone has technology.

In today’s society who doesn’t have an iPod or a laptop or even internet access in every room? I have some shocking news; I do not have many of these things and bet that I am not the only one.

This may sound bizarre, but it is true and pretty embarrassing. I’m always timid in situations where I need to tell people I don’t have internet because it is something that people assume everyone has and, therefore, makes me different. It’s not like I’m dirt poor, it’s just something my family chooses not to spend money on.

Technology has become integrated into the classroom, too, so when it comes to doing certain homework assignments I am disadvantaged. I do not have the privilege of doing research at home or printing notes from the web for homework. Teachers should not assume all students have all the latest and greatest technology because many don’t.

For example, some of my classes this year introduced me to the learning website Blackboard where teachers can post homework and handouts online for their students instead of printing them.

I, however, could not always turn in the homework because I didn’t know what it was because teachers, for some reason, think it is sufficient enough to put up daily assignments only on the internet.

Teachers should really just go back to writing the homework on white boards and then put the homework online for students who may be sick or need to double check.

To me, assuming that kids have internet is similar to assuming that all sixteen-year-olds have licenses and cars. All of these things are financial commitments and not all families can afford them.

We do not all have money to spare. The public and teachers have to stop assuming that students have everything at their disposal because, by assuming this, they are hurting students more than they are helping them.

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I need you, you need me. ‘We’ is good.

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remember when I first heard the phrase “it takes a village.”

It was some Sunday in April. I was at church watching a baby being baptized.

Being a fairly unreligious person, I never really was a fan of baptisms.

It seemed like baptisms were the epitome of the helplessness infants possess.

Without any say or any ability to alter the situation, infants drown in the whiteness of their

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clothes as holy water is rubbed on their heads, officially labeling them as members of the Church in front of an audience of admiring adults, the uncomfortable sounds of the child’s voice echoing throughout the hollowness of the building.

But on that particular Sunday, as the godmother held the head of a seven-month-old child, there were no voices. No laughs or cries or mumbles came from the infant’s mouth.

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All that could be heard was a peaceful stream of holy water flowing from the fountain.

After the prayers were spoken, the parents seated, and the vows finished, the priest began to speak of the responsibilities of caring for that child and how everyone shared that same responsibility.

He said that it was essential that we support that sevenmonth-old girl so that she could become the best person she can

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be. At that moment, I felt connected with all of the strangers that surrounded her.

The responsibility I have for that little girl is the same responsibility that you and I have for every other person we come across, whether it is a student, a neighbor, or that cashier at Chipotle you see during every hour lunch. We all need to do what we can to show others that we want them to succeed.

It really doesn’t take much

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to show support. All it takes is a “good job,” or a sincere, “how are you?”

Maybe instead of leaving assemblies before our school’s jazz band starts their song we can all stay and watch them perform. Or maybe instead of passing by some student who is sitting alone during lunch, we can ask how his day is going. It is so simple to just show others that we care. All we have to do is own up to that responsibility.

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The end is near, so how about making the most of senior year?

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enioristis: the “disease” that makes sitting in class unbearable and doing homework seem more unnecessary than taking a fourth year of math.

Whether seniors feel this hatred towards captivity because of tradition, or because of legitimate causes, we still end up casually walking late into class and have no regrets about skipping a period, or three.

The worried parents or students who need good grades for their colleges have tried to defeat this chronic disorder in a variety of ways, but the only solutions that I have stumbled upon would seem to increase the symptoms. There are suggestions to sit in the front row of classes and to lean slightly forward in your chair, to close your eyes and imagine a relaxing scene, and to be whole-hearted and embrace the experiences.

Yes, these study strategies can make a mentally stable student relax and learn information. But, the idea of leaving SDA forever, which includes

tardy bells and best friends, creates no mentally stable mindset for us second semester seniors.

We are craving to get out, and the pressure to stay in may just be the needle creeping towards our helium filled balloons.

The question is: Are we going to pop?

The idea of popping has appeared valid enough in Utah for State Senator Chris Buttars to propose cutting senior year altogether, and then he stepped back to propose making it optional. He claims that it could save the so badly needed tax dollars because senior year seems like a waste of time. He said that if “You talk to 100 kids and their parents… the majority of them will say, ‘well, my kid didn’t do much in the 12th grade.’”

If this “solution” were to happen, it may shed light on the original reason for senioritis. If the juniors went through second semester with dropping grades and attendance, then the “light at the end of the tunnel” syndrome is legitimate. They would

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Pop goes the seniors According to Utah State Senator Chris Buttars, we should just get rid of senior year period.

However, instead of bursting our balloons, let’s enjoy the last year of our high school careers with 2010 senior pride.

be seeing the open and exciting future and plastic seats would become harder and homework would be last on the to-do list, just as many seniors do now.

However, if juniors continue to stay passionate about their studies until Graduation Day,

then Senator Buttars’ plan will prove itself extremely successful. There will be millions of dollars saved and thousands of 16 and 17-year-olds will walk down the graduation aisle right after finishing five AP tests and multiple finals. The lack of effort

will disappear, but so will the inevitable sense of unity and pride of being seniors ’10.

To keep this pride intact we mustn’t pop quite yet. We simply have to wait for our moment of freedom on June 18, and the future is ours!

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There’s no place like SDA

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While the senior class of 2010 leaves SDA behind, a few words for the underclassmen remains.

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oming to SDA as a freshman, I missed junior high, or at least I thought I did. I didn’t find my “place” at SDA like I had at my elementary and junior high schools. However, that’s the thing about SDA. You don’t really find your place, you find your second home.

By the middle of my sophomore year, I began to understand this. I became involved more in school: joining several clubs, taking a variety of classes, and participating in school events to feel a part of the SDA community. I had found myself in

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this school, filled with accepting, understanding, and respectful people, who really knew what it meant to make someone feel welcome.

As graduation grows nearer, I realize I only have a short time left to reminisce and advise the future classes of 2011, 12, and 13.

Keep SDA the way it is.

Well, at least try to. I realize that with incoming freshmen each year, the school is bound to change a little. But new faces shouldn’t mean SDA should be turned into the stereotypical,

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overpowering “cliquey” high school that we have avoided for so long. SDA was different. SDA is different. SDA should always be different.

Whenever I look back on my past years at SDA, the moments that stick out in my memory are ones that define SDA. A ring of strangers trying to get a hula-hoop through one another for Community Day. Japanese National Honor Society students playing their parts in a haunted house set up for Exhibition Day. A group of AP test takers searching their purses frantically for

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their I.D. cards and calculators.

Teams of purple and green students attempting to knock over their opponents in the jousting event of Senior Olympics.

Experiences like these can last a lifetime.

Because of these memories, SDA has become my haven like it will for the next, incoming freshmen.

When I was entering high school, I needed a reminder that there’s hope to stand out and be unique in my own way without the fear of being taunted. SDA embraced my lost freshman self.

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For everyone who knows what I mean, continuing this tradition of acceptance is only expected from next year’s sophomores, juniors, and seniors.

As for us graduating seniors and soon-to-be college freshmen, I know I’ll be among many enduring the same sad and scary journey of leaving SDA and embarking on the next chapter of our lives.

Whenever I’m feeling homesick, though, I’ll simply click my heels (or tennis shoes since I don’t wear heels) and hope the Dorothy thing works.

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TV = reality Listen up. Apparently your mom isn’t legit unless she’s one of the real housewives of San Diego. Go figure.

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eality television is practically the people version of “Planet Earth”. It allows viewers to see the various species of man from the orange-colored Snookie variety that is native to the Jersey Shore to the predatory cougars of the “Real Housewives of New York City”.

It’s educational. The programming gives you one place where you can study all these different types of humans in their natural habitats, like a research facility.

How else would you ever know what it takes to win the love of Tila Tequila? How else would you be able to witness what happens when people stop being polite and start getting real?

Besides giving you the ability to observe, reality programs help younger generations navigate

their futures. Like those college pamphlets that allow you to question whether you belong at a school, reality television offers a glimpse at various lifestyles that you could consider for the future. Do I want to be a gold digger? Should I quit school to pursue a promising musical career? Is it worthwhile to shoot a sex tape?

Thanks to channels like E!, viewers can see the implications of these life decisions. They can sift through the possibilities until they find which lifestyles they want to live.

Watching reality television is like watching nature at work.

Darwin himself would probably sit down to watch shows like “America’s Next Top Model” and see the process of evolution. Reality competition shows aren’t just about talent; they are

survival of the fittest.

Television predicts that through the natural course of evolution, the drama queens will survive. The passive people are a dying breed who certainly aren’t winning the fame or glory that their diva-esque counterparts are. They may not even be able to overcome the coming natural disasters (2012, anyone?).

Global warming is a hot topic, earthquakes are shaking things up, and California could be an island pretty soon. So in the wake of these looming disasters, reality stars will be able to set the precedent of survival through the examples that the shows like “Survivor” set.

Such shows teach the necessary skills that will allow not only the people of California Island to survive, but quite possibly the entire world.

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Teacher’s pet Reality TV is no longer just a source of childrens’ entertainment. It has now become a way of educating beyond the classroom walls.

This is getting off track kaylin greene

Regardless of whether it’s a finish line or a boundary line, the bottom line is good sportsmanship.

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hat should have been a year to celebrate for the girls track and field team at San Dieguito Academy instead turned into a year that they would hold in bitter memory.

With the strongest team in a decade, SDA finally had a shot to win the Coastal Conference League title in time for the rearrangement of CIF conferences next year. Several girls were expected to qualify for many events at the San Diego Section CIF prelims and finals. But such gold-medal dreams were shattered by a single gold earring.

On May 13 at Cathedral Catholic High School, the Coastal Conference League Finals meet took place. The

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League Championship title is determined in part by the success of each team in dual meets throughout the regular season, and in part by the results of the final meet. Canyon Crest Academy Ravens and San Dieguito Academy Mustangs were neckand-neck for the women’s title.

In the season, both teams had straight winning records, tying only twice against each other. It all came down to the points at League Finals.

The 4 x 400 meter relay was the last race of the day. SDA was ahead of CCA by three and a half points. Even if SDA took second place, the league title would still be theirs.

The gun went off, and the

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lady Mustangs relay team held the lead from start to finish, securing a first place win several seconds ahead of the CCA Ravens. The League title was going to SDA for the first time in at least nine years, according to the team’s long-time track and cross country coach, Gordy Haskett.

But only minutes after the Mustangs began celebrating, the track starter announced that the SDA relay team was disqualified on.

The infraction?

The girl running the first leg of the relay was wearing an earring in her right ear. The points and league title were given to CCA. Does this story sound famil-

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iar? The same situation occurred at a Pasadena track meet two weeks before this incident. In that case, the winning pole vaulter was disqualified for wearing a friendship bracelet.

The track meet and the league title were also given to the opposing school.

I’m quite honestly confused. There were several other athletes who competed with jewelry on, such as bracelets, during the other events. Looking back through photos posted on the dyestatcal.com track website confirms this.

Why was it until the very last race of the meet, the one that would determine who would carry the league title, that

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this rule was enforced? Section 3, Article 3 of the National Federation of State High School Associations track and field rulebook states that “Jewelry shall not be worn by contestants.”

I absolutely believe that it is important to encourage our young athletes to follow the rules. Rules are, of course, established to ensure the safety of and fairness between all competitors.

It is the responsibility of each individual to prepare themselves as the rules see fit.

But if invoking a rule means the victory or defeat of a team, then in the spirit of true sportsmanship, shouldn’t the rules be enforced all of the time, rather than some of the time?

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Your hair’s beauty is being smothered by harsh chemicals.

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gh, I hate my hair! I hear this phrase way too often.

It’s always too frizzy, too big, too flat, too light, or too dark. Even I admit to muttering it occasionally when my sometimes-unruly hair isn’t cooperating. Even when I am frustrated with something about my hair–whether it is the color, texture, or style–I can’t imagine dying it.

I see someone with different colored hair every week.

People walk around with purple hair one week, then blue hair the next! Sure, it might be some sort of “self-expression.” More like self-mutilation. Whether blonde, brunette, redhead, or anything in-between, it’s always best to go with a natural hair

color.

First off, dying hair kills all your hair. Your hair is technically “dead,” but that doesn’t mean there is no need to keep it healthy. Hair dyes contain lots of harsh chemicals that destroy the health of your hair, create split ends, and change the texture.

In addition, dying hair is difficult to maintain. Upon dying hair a completely different color, the problem of roots will inevitably arise. Believe me, having different colored roots is not a look that anyone can pull. Then there’s the fact that the hair will never go back to its original color unless you cut off all your hair.

Hair isn’t supposed to magically look perfect every moment of every day. It takes patience and practice to find the perfect hair-care regime.

Sure, dying hair takes care of the current problem, but it still doesn’t take care of the fact that the hair was damaged or unhealthy to begin with, and using chemicals to change it only make it worse.

So just go natural! Natural hair is healthy hair. Although I complain my hair is too dark, too curly, and too hard to deal with, I would never consider doing anything to change it. The fact is, I have learned to embrace my hair, and now, it is part of what makes me, me.

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YA YA YA YA YA YA

Voting is for suckers Seriously you guys this is serious. Don’t be a sucker. Get a sticker instead.

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verybody I know is stepping out, graduating, turning 18, going to College or Anywhere, leaving behind our Families, Friends, nests, and comforts.

Maan, life is lurking hard right now.

We’re all on the brink of the precipice of the rest of our lives or something. The abyssy monotony of shaving every morning now stares back in the mirror; my smiling mom who used to wake me somehow by just poking her big smile in through the cracked door has been replaced by the impossiblyloud “Notifier_ChiGong” alarm on my phone. Adult life is literally knocking at my door. (The other day the 2010 Census lady came over.)

But the like main thing I’m supposed to take away from being a big ol’ adult (besides the fastest way to get to Cheetah’s) is the Citizenship it entails.

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Y’know? Being a part of America. Truthfully answering the Census lady, goddamnit Joshua, now call her back here and apologize. Signing up for the ol’ draft at the post office. Paying some taxes. Calling the cops.

All this political (maybe I mean to say American) mumbo jumbo that I usually sort-of stare at blankly (i.e. those ad hominem attack ads Governor candidates saturate my TV shows with) is now all up in my face telling me what to do, to make a difference, to affect change.

We’re told to change that policy, that law that we dislike, by voting. At the library, in Norris’s class, at my mom’s friends’ barbeque, behind that one really Democratic girl in the hallway: anywheres I go I’m coerced into voting.

Just wait for the Del Mar fair to start up this year and all those two-little-old-manned booths

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with their big patriotic flag laminates flapping will whistle you over to their table (especially if you’re scantily dressed, ladies) to register you to vote.

And half the time they’re running scams to register you for the Other Side. (If you’re liberallooking they’ll pull a fast one and you’ll sign-up Republican; beware these elderly tricksters.

And vice versa. This happened to my dumb cousin. I kind of think they’re just cunning bad guys who dress-up in flappy skin and bifocals and grimaces and other old-people attire to lure us young hopefuls over.)

Hell, I hate it. Hell, I hate all mentions of politics. When my grandpa starts riling people up, it’s over. Party over. Handsdown. Game over. Do not pass go. Do not collect two hundred dollars. As a matter-of-fact, collect the car keys and we’re going home. Every time. Oh, some-

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body said something negative about Obama today in English?

And everybody rolled their eyes and stopped listening and learning and being in vaguely good moods and started arguing over mainstream media buzzwords?

That sounds great. (Side note: I do not hate arguments. I kind of like arguing; ask anybody whose eyes roll when they hear my name.)

But I hate the Politics for this reason: we the people are ineffectual in politics. (I’m pretty sure that’s a word.) Even if we did know what really was going on, we’d be powerless to stop it.

It doesn’t matter if we vote for the governor, nor does it matter if we vote Obama or McCain. The Draft probably won’t come back, the capital ‘e’ Economy is going to be volatile and “hard to figure out” and a bummer for a year or two or so, so will the Middle East, and

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North Korea. Sure, Meg Whitman’s a lady —that’s change.

Obama’s a black guy —that’s change. But what really changes for you or me?

Politicians constantly fight to maintain the status quo. The rate of incumbency is like 96 percent or something in the US of A Congress. To prove how legit this theory that change doesn’t exist in politics, there’s a Wikipedia page called “Congressional stagnation in the United States.”

Prop 8, the March on Washington, the American Revolution: none of these owe to politicians’ bureaucratic savvy, but to people who just worked together. Voting is easy; that’s the way they want it to be.

Stepping out of our own little worlds of comfort and monotony and putting in a lil’ extra and petitioning and assembling, that’s tough. Don’t let them fool you; voting is for suckers.

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It’s lonely under my top hat. Art by Rieko Michelle Whitfield.

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o you like warm, encouraging, helpful communities? If so, move to a gated community and stay away from magicians.

I recently looked to learn their wizarding ways with a buddy for a magic show at Exhibition Day. As it turns out, they don’t run at you and offer you advice like those old folks at Walmarts.

They’re more like the elusive “employees” at Michael’s that you can never seem to find.

For you see, magicians are like cats. Black cats. They only appear when they want attention, then they slink away into their catcaves. You try to talk to them, they walk away. You pick them up, they scratch you. You try to make eye contact, they pretend that they don’t see you.

Magicians are exactly the same.

I have thrown myself tophat-first into the realm of the magi, only to be kicked in the chin by their well-polished shoes. I’ve asked magically-inclined classmates (who I thought were my friends) if they could

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know.

There’s the Peruvian jackrabbit, the Scandanavian cottontail, and my personal favorite the Hungarian hare. And once I obtain the little fellow, are carrots or lettuce more conducive to mystical marvels? Simple questions, I assure you.

But why? I just want to join the club. Chris Angel, I need you. Here is my cry, calling to you in your self-induced coma buried under ten feet of snow.

Let me in. I want to be cold.

Just like you. Magicians should be nicer, more inviting, more welcoming.

Sure they’ve got cool clothes (literally in Chris Angel’s case), beautiful assistants, rabbits, and, well, magic, but what is that worth if you have no one to share it with?

Share with me, an ambitious, devoted, wand-happy apprentice. All I need is a mentor (Nicholas Cage need not apply).

Please? Come on, it’s lonely under my top hat.

Wanted: one baker on drury lane Baking your own food is a lost art. I suggest you find it, otherwise you deserve to starve.

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hink baking bread is the yeast of your worries? Think again.

When you put “baked goods” from a plastic box on a fancy plate in an attempt to feign some good ole fashion hard work and home baked goods, the mess of sickly preservatives wafts up from them and penetrates sensitive noses.

It’s a cryin’ shame that people gobble them up and think that they are experiencing “baked goods.” Nu-uh. Baked goods come from a bowl dirt-

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teach me a trick or two (or maybe a whole show’s worth) only to be rejected, denied, barred, refused. It turns out that magicians’ best trick is to make their helpfulness disappear.

I then did what all teenagers do when they’ve been disillusioned by the people around them: I turned to the Internet.

You know, it has always been my experience that Internet people are extremely helpful.

This one guy on the Net from Nigeria even wanted to give me $5 million, but I didn’t have a credit card so he couldn’t make the deposit or something like that. But anyhow, magicians on the web aren’t quite as nice. In fact, they don’t even exist. These guys are worse than Websense when it comes to blocking access to tricks on the Internet.

All I want are some simple answers: what type of cards do I want? How do I make myself levitate? What breed of rabbit should I buy? The rabbit market is actually rather complex, you

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ied with cocoa powder and a counter covered in flour. Not from some pretty little plastic box. Eugh.

The same with “bread.” It’s a crime to even call that strange substance available in plastic bags “bread.” Bread is meant to be made and eaten in one day.

Bread is meant to be left sitting on a window sill filling houses with warmth and good smells.

It’s not meant to be able to sit in the fridge for a week at your whimsical discretion whenever you feel like slapping together a

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PB&J. Sometimes in casual conversation the fact that I make my own bread comes up every once in a while. “HOLY CRAP YOU CAN MAKE BREAD? I THOUGHT BREAD WAS ONLY A PRODUCT OF MACHINES AND FACTORIES AND SH*T!” Heh yeah I make my own damn bread.

In fact, people have been making bread since about pretty much forever. And back then they did not have those fancy machines. Do you think they

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packaged the bread of equality in pretty pre-sliced loaves to satiate the hungry stomachs of the pre-French revolution era? Nu-uh. No way. Bread is something to be made fresh and eaten fresh.

The advancement of technology and the creation of B.S. “preservatives” has only taken us a step back in the wrong direction. A step away from real baked goods.

Why is making our staple food such a lost art? When people only understand the

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word “kneading” to mean when you “need” mom to give you $50 for a date with your sleazy girlfriend, things have gone wrong.

C’mon, guys. All you need is flower, salt, yeast, warm water, and a little bit of patience. It isn’t so hard.

I am a baker in name and profession. Hayley mother-eff’n’ Baker, and let that be a double entendre for you. It’s a name AND a hobby, get it? And dhur dhur hur if you want to make lame pot jokes, but I’m a baker forever. A baker for life.

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Tights as pants may be a trend at SDA, but it brings more discomfort than smiles. Just trust me on this.

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plague has hit SDA. Symptoms: nausea, optical burning, general discomfort. And it’s spreading. Yet despite the cringe-inducing images they conjure to the pure non-wearers, spandex tights as pants still seem to be a popular clothing choice for many at school, leaving me to ask: Why are they doing this to us?

Tights as pants are one of the most disgusting clothing garments that one could possibly choose to wear. These baring, cellulite-showing, chub-hugging garments tend to leave nothing to the imagination, other than frantic mental cries of “Too tight! Too tight!”

Yes, they may be comfortable, but you know what’s also comfortable? Not wearing pants at all. And, really, tights that fit like a second skin are just as revealing as bare skin. Every wedgie and camel toe is very,

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very visible. Exiting the home wearing tight-pants is nearly as bad as exiting in the nude, and despite the fabric barrier, wearing tights still isn’t much classier.

Wearing spandex tights as pants is no longer even a matter of personal taste; it transcends that, affecting everyone in eyesight.

Though some clingy clothes can be flattering, there is a certain threshold when too little is too much. For some people in particular, it isn’t exactly sexy to expose every inch of jiggling leg and buttock flab to anyone within view as you waddle past.

So please, just wear a dress or something and do the spandex a favor: give it assistance in covering up the nether regions and strapping away those thunder thighs. We will all be grateful, and your conscience will be at peace.

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Sunburns and stingrays, bite marks and bruises: that’s no day at the beach. It has serious downfalls.

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owel? Check. Sunscreen?

Check. Looming disaster?

Umm, check that one, too.

Everyone seems to be pretty excited about our beaches here in Encinitas. The beach, in fact, is a staple activity for us. But after innumerable trips to and fro beach to house, a myriad disconcerting characteristics of our second home have been revealed.

Excited for another day soaking up the sun, hop in the car and cruise down the 101 until you reach that beach that tugs at your heartstrings. Cue the disappointment, because if you’re looking for parking, too bad. Do not pass go, do not collect $200 dollars, and forget about your beach plans. Go home, because

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parking does not exist unless you want to take a very long hike to the beach.

If you outsmarted “The Man” and snagged a ride to the beach, that’s ten points for you, smarty pants! Get dropped off, and hit the sand walking.

Spread out your towel, but don’t preoccupy yourself over kicking up a little sand, because it will, without a doubt, be embedded in your towel within a few minutes. Strip to your beachwear, and enjoy that warm, blissful sensation of the sun gently smiling down at you for ten minutes, tops. You will then start to feel a bit uncomfortable, squirming under the sun’s now-scorching demon rays. Flip onto your belly and

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you risk burning the back of your knees, or risk the well-being of your feet again by dashing down the sand and catapulting yourself into the water.

Choose either option, and you will be momentarily rewarded from your close call with a heat stroke.

Lucky for you, the sun suffocation has been avoided, so add another ten points to your tally. Unfortunately, just beyond the frothy, harmless water that washes onto the shore is yet another predicament: jellyfish, sting rays, and sharks.

Nobody dives into the water with the intention of becoming Jaws’ next nibble, but it happens. Venture further into the dim waters, doing the stingray

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shuffle until you can’t touch.

You will be hit by a wave or two, causing you to stumble back to waist depth.

Suddenly, you will be sucked underwater. You’ll try meagerly to fight the waves’ cruel fury with your desperate thrashing.

After just seconds without air, you will be tossed out of the dark abyss, and you will come sputtering to the surface, rubbing the sting from your eyes.

If you have any common sense left, you will promptly exit the water. If you brave another tossing-like dressing on a salad, subtract fifteen points for every broken limb.

You’re really asking for it if you walk back up the dry sand to your towel, coating your toes

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with sand on the way, as if every nook and cranny on your body weren’t already sandy enough.

You lay down, feeling the water evaporate, and then suddenly, we’re back to square one.

By the time you feel like your skin is aflame again, you’re probably overcome with lethargy, and it will take a while for you to actually do something about it.

Now, you resemble a human French fry, burned to a crisp.

How embarrassing: looks like somebody forgot to reapply sun block.

Stop while you’re ahead (you’re still alive).You’re a sunburned, sandy, beat-up shark attack victim. And you wanted to go to the beach?!

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You are the beauty queen, young and sweet, only seventeen...Beauty queen, feel the beat from the tambourine...Wait. What’s the entry fee? Mamma mia that’s a lot! Essay by Danielle Gradisher.

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e stepped into the cool darkness of the building that was filling with young girls and their par-

ents. The sun outside had blinded us to the all but vague outlines of row upon row of chairs. As our eyes adjusted, the back of neatly coiffed heads above neatly dressed shoulders materialized in those chairs.

My friend and I looked at each other, neither of us “neatly anything,” and exchanged grins. Well, what did we expect? This was the first step to enter a beauty pageant after all.

They call it Horton Plaza for a reason

We had both gotten letters in the mail informing us that we had been “hand-picked to participate in the Miss Teen San Diego Pageant.” Hand-picked my ass. Anyone who has ever met me—ever—knows that I am about as far from “pageant worthy” as any girl could get.

I wear make-up only once a week (yay Make-up Mondays!). I detest hair mousse. My idea of “dressed up” is unripped jeans.

Taking all of that into account, I knew I had to go.

My mom, however, wasn’t so certain.

“You know they’re just after your money, right?”

That was the first thing she said when I informed her I

was going to be a beauty queen.

“Mom!” I said in that universally recognizable tone of teenage impatience and whiny-ness. “It’s an experience!”

And an experience it was. After stepping into that cool dark building on the fourth floor of the Westin Hotel by Horton Plaza, we were assaulted by a short blonde lady with perfect hair. She was Miss Colorado and her canned speech, while mildly funny, gave me a headache.

Beauty pageants save lives

Apparently, being in a beauty pageant saved her from a life of timidity and self-loathing, gave her self-confidence, and put her through college.

She showed her captive audience pictures from last year’s pageant and the smiling winners beamed their joy and slightly malicious victories into the cameras. The pool parties and group lunches and five-foot trophies and trophy wives flashed by as my eyes glazed over.

After the Speeches in the Dark portion of the event was over, “all potential contestants” lined up in an outside courtyard to be interviewed by a pageant professional.

She just wants you for your money...

After waiting in line for 20 minutes, we were directed by a safari guide-looking woman (don’t wear khaki, lady) to one of three white cloth-covered tables behind which sat a conservatively dressed 20-something year old. I was directed to the lone Latina who asked me, “Why did you decide to come here?”

Rather than answering “that’s a damn good question” like I wanted to, I tried for the less offensive (and less interesting) reply of “I am very interested in the scholarship money.” A few more boring questions answered by boring replies and I was set free to roam among the competition.

After looking over the “reading material” at home, I gagged on the price tag (over $500!) to be “sponsored by local businesses.” Ha! That meant I would have to go around to the little stores that barely make a profit, especially in this economy, and beg for $500. If the whole “objectification of women” and “creating an unattainable image of female beauty” wasn’t enough to make me think twice, the fee to enter was.

Sayonora, tiara

Although the thought of playing dress up and showing off my catwalk “skillz” was tempting, my internal feminist (and internal cheapskate) gave their show-off sister a firm talking to.

Back in that courtyard, the sun burning my part and making me wilt, I studied the crowd of girls who surrounded me. I could practically see the tiaras they were daydreaming about materialize atop their smooth heads. Some of them wanted it so badly, it was painful to watch.

How could I continue with such crippling second thoughts? I found the process to be an ordeal and an embarrassing one at that. I smiled, and then sighed. No tiara for me then.

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You can’t see this food buried under the sand. The only way to meet this clam is to go digging. The story of a search for a geoduck and the fruition that came with it. Essay by Caroline Pollock photo courtesy of caroline pollock

my dad, my sister, and I headed out to the tide flats to catch a geoduck. This time we were ready for them.

The plan was to push the bottomless bucket over the geoduck as we started to dig. This way sand and water could not slide back and cover the geoduck again and it would also lessen the amount of digging we had to do.

We started to dig. We were trying to slide the bucket over it, but with no luck. The geoduck noticed us and pulled down into the sand.

All plans were forgotten. We dug frenziedly. My shovel proved only to be a hindrance and I threw it aside in favor of my hands. We were yelling. Dig. Before I knew what I was touching I had my fingers wrapped around the tip of the geoduck’s neck. “Dig!” I yelled.

Perseverance in the face of frustration

My sister left in a pout. She was tired, but there was no way I was letting go of my geoduck.

My dad dug near my hands so I could ease my fingers down the neck and attempt to reach the shell. It became impossible to move my hands. I had never before realized how heavy sand can be.

In a snail-like fashion I slid my hands down the neck until they touched the shell.

By that point my arms were in the sand up to my shoulders and I had to arch my neck to keep my face out of the mud. I had a grip on the shell and tried to pull it up. Because of the weight of the sand, however I could not keep the shell in my hands.

Dad suggested I let go of the geoduck and try pushing the bucket over it, but I flatly refused. We would lose it.

There was simply too much sand between the geoduck and us. Dad wanted to give up. We had been working for hours. He was getting tired and so was I, but we had come too close and I would not admit defeat.

I thought if I could just get my hands underneath that geoduck I could pull it up. Dad pushed the shovel down and after several tries it scraped against my hand and I slid my fingers underneath the shell. I was sure I could do it now, but it turned out my arms weren’t strong enough to lift it through the weight of the heavy sand.

Oh the clamity! Senior Caroline Pollock clamps a geoduck in her hands after hours of clamming around in the clammy sand.

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very summer my family goes to Whidbey Island, a small island off the coast of Seattle. We stay at a cabin right on the beach that my great-great-grandfather bought a long time ago.

Summer after summer I have watched my parents wade into the water with a net at low tide, watching for crabs to scoop up. We have gathered various clams and cooked them over a beach fire. Living on the beach for a few weeks each summer, I have enjoyed a variety of seafood but the geoduck (pronounced gooey-duck) has continuously eluded us.

A geoduck is a huge, fast-digging clam with a neck 1-2 meters long when it is extended and a body the size of a small cantaloupe. After watching my father fail to catch a geoduck when I was little, I held the belief that it is impossible to catch one.

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I would see the tip of a geoduck’s neck peeking just outside of the protective shelter of the sand. As I walked over to it I would poke the geoduck and it would squirt me as it pulled its neck down into the ground to hide.

The evasive creature was always fun and mysterious but it never made it onto our menu.

A woman with a plan

Two summers ago, when my dad and I were out on the tide flats catching a horse clam to bait our crab trap, we saw a particularly large neck poking up out of the sand.

We thought it might be a geoduck and, recognizing the fun of a challenge, decided to dig for it.

We dug ferociously at the geoduck but it disappeared beneath the sand and we never even touched its neck.

Disappointed, I walked back to the cabin. Two days later

Making the catch

I didn’t want to give up but I didn’t know what else to do. Then I realized: I was only using the muscles in my arms. I was flat on my stomach, unable to use the other muscles in my body. I swung my legs around so my feet were next to my hands. I pushed with my legs and leaned back.

The geoduck slid slowly out of the sand as I pulled with all my might. The sand released it to me and I fell back into the sand and tide pools. Full of satisfaction, I lay there with the geoduck on my belly and my muscles relaxed.

I have enjoyed seafood all along the west coast but nothing quite compares with the delights I eat at Whidbey Island. The effort put into catching the geoduck was rewarded in the delicious taste. It doesn’t matter if it is crabs, clams, or geoduck, everything seems to taste better when we catch it ourselves.

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Living in different cities will present quite a challenge. Essay by Kerry Roberson.

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or the past 17 years, my sibling and I have coexisted with minimal strife, which I attribute to our different sexes and our proximity in age. When we do argue, it generally ends in amusing banter that keeps dinnertime entertaining, especially for my parents. Sometimes we plan out time to hang out with each other on the weekends, and without hesitation I would confess that my brother is one of my best friends. I’ve always had him to look up to, which has been, looking back, a major advantage.

My choice between LCC and SDA was partially weighted upon the fact that he would be there for my first three years of high school. There was even a period of time during my sophomore year when I daydreamed about attending the same college, which I now realize may not be the best idea, but I guess it’s still possible.

Now, as a junior, I have watched him participate in countless senior activities, each senior java and game of tag driving the stake of realization further into my heart: he’s leaving. In all of my seventeen years, I have never lived in my house alone with my parents for an extended period of time without the buffer of my older, wiser brother. I’ve always had him waiting for me downstairs to vent to when my parents remind me yet again to study for the subject tests or clean my room.

We share the downstairs portion of our house, his room on the right of the house and mine on the left. I imagine an eerie silence creeping into my room each night when I know he will be sleeping in a dorm room two hours away, rather than in his room, just a few steps away. The worst part about his soon-to-be-empty room is the revolting gecko he may be leaving behind to occupy his room. I refuse to touch it, but maybe with my brother gone I will have to befriend the slimy creature just for some company.

Recently he has been gone a lot more after school and on the weekends with friends, so much that days have gone by between fleeting sightings. “He’s preparing you for what’s to come,” people tell me, but I would rather squeeze in as much time with him as possible before he’s gone next year for entire seasons at a time.

Being so close-knit with my family, when we sit down to our routine weeknight family dinner and he’s not there, the table feels off kilter with only three of the four seats around the table occupied. I feel like there’s an elephant in the kitchen that I don’t want to talk about: this is what it’s going to be like next year. Three plates, three forks, one child.

But I guess that’s the way it goes; things change and I’m going to have to change, too. He’s leaving, but so will I just one year after him, so I guess most of the pity should be imparted upon my parents. I’ll miss him next year, but I’m excited for all that great things that are going to happen in this next chapter of his life. Living without him might seem close to impossible now, but I know being supportive of him is the best thing I can do.

I love him and I wish him nothing but the best.

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Love’s the word, don’t wear it out. Above, six year old Kerry Roberson shows her affection for her big brother, seven year old Spencer Roberson. Below, you can see that 11 years hasn’t changed a thing (except for a smile).

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Of life and strippers

Staff writer Casey Dayan finds heat and sweat and bright lights and meaning in a strip club downtown.

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e pulled up in the blackness of night: the stillest night in the world. We parked some three blocks away in a residential zone (for our car’s safety). Great Streetlamps flickered, casting beams of gradient light—white at nascence—into the raw red soil. Some small Sisyphus ant struggled in the dirt there, pushing ricegrain up a mound in the scarlet glow. What energy was wasted to pump his tiny beating heart!

Our steps led us into streets progressively wider: into more and more space. More and more people—shuffling from their respective streets onto this one—spindled off into the dark and rejoined with the destination: a red-lit structure thumping with moaning bass. God, I mean, what else was there to do to christen my eighteenth?

T: “C?” C: “Guys, I’m not going.”

V: “…What the hell are you gonna do?”

C: “I’ll read in the car.”

V: “Are you serious, man?

C: “I’m not going—” V: “Coward.”

T: “C’mon! I gotta write this essay anyway.”

C: “I’m just going to read in the car.”

V: “Wow, all right. Sick.”

He left, out of the Streetlamps’ light, and stumbled in the dark.

T: “He always does this! The kid’s gonna die with his eyes closed!”

V: “Let’s go.”

So we plunged into the sea of people, and shuffled up to the door. Three dog-jawed bouncers guard the gates of the place. We took our spot up front where they checked for guns and drugs and things. I hesitated then pulled the door open, red light shooting through billows of steam born from the bodies visible through the crack. We took our place in this explosion of light and sound. I made note of a snake-tongued woman near the entrance who stood seducing lonely men into the family restroom. She winked at us and scratched her armpit. It was hard to make out the layout through the hard lights and serim. There were two pole-rooms (one, a sort of open dance) each on opposite ends of the place which was divided into four chambers, the other two a small, enclosed, lockable relax room and a bar. We walked towards the latter.

We pushed our way through the crowd of people branded with red bracelets. Behind the bar stood this fiery figure pouring the juice of the night, glasses ringed with fire, black as a raven and silhouetted by the beating glow: haloed by the red red red. I stopped as I could have sworn we met eyes and he nodded and he smiled my way.

Every kind of person was there, and up at the bar

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alone sat a teacher and a waitress, a priest and a president. Everybody. Oh God, I recognized people.

The mass pulsed us into the next chamber: people barely fit beneath the stage. The fattest man I’ve ever seen! I swear to God it’s Jabba the Hutt.

There he is, snorting and drooling. What are they looking at? Pin-striped businessmen with gold watches. What the hell are they looking at? Those military men. Look at how they drool upward at those—those dancing silhouettes, little more than black construction paper against the throbbing red glow, those are—those are strippers! We pushed our way to the last chamber which was by far the largest. V said, “Let’s go in.”

We moved between heads and shoulders. The heat was killer. Each dancing body worked like a machine. The piercing and repetitive music sounded broken or stuck, thumping, hissing, THUMP-THUMPING! The sound, it physically hurt; the beak-nosed old men grinded against young girls. God! We pushed forward towards the heart of it all, the mass growing denser and denser, pumping with nasty rhythm. Churning clouds of sweat hung in the air, enormous rolling clouds of fire. Ghostly tumbleweeds set ablaze above us. You could feel them. God was it humid from the salty moving flesh. This cesspool! We slipped farther inside, arms and grabbing hands.

And then we were the heart of it. There we were in the centre of hundreds—millions of people, a rippling medium of bodies. It was all gross and oh my God the immensity—the emissivity. A blazing sea, thumping with power: with self perpetuating infection. Each person bonded to another to another to another; relentlessly sticky: viscid: like a pool of salty Mercury colored by Venus and Mars. And it smelled a putrid sulphuric stench!

Flatulence and sweat. Sweat and flatulence and breath and blood! Asses and pelvises gyrating in the same artless way; like machines: these mechanisms called hearts feeding blood to skin to make no more than sweltering heat. Oh my God we were in it!

The farthest we could be! Bleary and trapped in this sweltering fetid heat! I looked at V, drenched with sweat, who looked at me and I screamed!

I screamed for the bathroom. V said, “Oh my God, yes!”

We pushed our way through faceless person to faceless person. Through this undulating mess of—of Heat Generators! Backwards, I let my head fall. Up and out, I gasped, and the immensity of the evercontinuing hell above opened up before me: the infinitely high ceiling, like Notre-Dame’s, with scorching hellfire blazing outward through the stained-glass. An engine! A hellfire heat generator!

Was it anything more than that?!

Foot in front of foot in front of foot. You’ll be there soon.

The bathroom door! There it was—white. Oh God, pure white—emanating arcs of light that pierced the dark like the silent moon. I reached out at some fourty-five hundred heartbeats a minute, shoved and pushed and grabbed and ripped the door open and jumped through. God, I made it!

Everything subsided in a decrescendo, that godawful bloodred light, all the anguish of the outside.

It closed—closed to a shut.

And there it was —silence.

And silence. And I stood there—in peaceful ghostly white. I turned on hot water and splashed it on my face—breathed deep into my lungs the diaphanous clouds of water vapor that hung there in the air, in the ghostly white light. Milky light: Illuminating light. It poured from the holes in that firmament of a ceiling onto the azure blue of the sink-tiles. Oh my God—silence. And silence.

—and pissing?

T: “Are you pissing?!”

V: “Ahhh—yeah? Why else in the world would we fricken’ sprint to the bathroom?”

T: “—Didn’t you just want to get out of there?!”

V: “Uh—why?”

T: “Cause—cause it was horrible! It was disgusting! All those people? The Heat Generators?

For nothing!

V turned towards the mirror and pushed his hair one way, then another, asked if I was o.k., then back again. He smiled at the reflection of his own face which had no problem returning the gesture.

T: “…Yeah—I’m fine. I’m—uh. I think I’m just gonna go out to the car. For some air.”

V: “Yeah—no worries. Imma stay, but I’ll meet you out there, all right?”

I walked out into the light of the Great Streetlamps, through the parking lot and the cool air. I looked up towards the unceilinged expanse— saw art in the orbs of fire that blazed above. I found a short-cut through a patch of wild ricegrain. I must’ve looked a skeleton: simply bones and sweat.

C: “How was it? Where’s V?” T: “It was—gross. Like, anguish. He’s staying.

I think he likes it in there.”

C: “Of course he does. I told you it would be bad! You shouldn’t have gone!”

T: “No—no, that’s all wrong. I wouldn’t have done it any other way.”

C: “Funny.”

T: “No, there was so much—to write about.”

C: “Generated some good stuff, at least?”

T: “Haha, yeah. Oh my God—Yeah.”

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If you do this right, your budding relationship will never end. Probably. Essay by Jack Rushall.

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know who you are. Really, I’ve probably seen you eating lunch alone by the science buildings, both of us well aware of those birds migrating overhead, droppings by to say hello.

Or maybe, I happened to be in the library to fill out and renew my National Geographic subscription and you were that lonely overweight kid with the goofy hair that took it personally when the librarian told you to put away that Ding-Dong.

But don’t you see? It’s not the birds or the DingDongs that are the issue; it’s actually just the fact that you have no friends. And I want you to know that helping hands are outstretched—so far that even the heads of them PALs will spin.

So here, please, if you’d like to join “the other side,” the side of ongoing social activity, then read this:

Step Number One: Gain a Personality

I don’t personally think that you lack a personality, but perhaps some of your neglectful peers are somewhat doubtful due to your introverted state.

Here are some ways you can learn to mobilize with the mouth and show people that there’s something behind that skater kid attire that’s not just a pipe from PB. One exercise you might try that lands fast communication skills with the “others” is striking up a conversation with yourself, in the shower or otherwise.

Feel the streaming waters of that sensational showerhead while simultaneously juggling regular teenaged discussion topics such as what you did last summer or how many times you’ve gotten drunk by yourself.

After a while, you can apply these conversational topics outside the car door and by speaking to real people, and the people: they will respond.

See, isn’t this fun?

Step Number Two: Show Up at the Right Places

Do you ever drive by the Pannikin and think, “wow, those stylish kids think they’re all that,” and then secretly wish that you were sitting with them and were also, all that?

Why don’t you casually stop by, order a cup of coffee (as technically that’s what the place is for) thereby making yourself easily accessible by any drive-by kids in

Volvos.

Or, show up at any local art show, Lou’s concert, Encinitas Library from 3:30-5:00 on Mondays through Thursdays, The 2ndAnnual Scene Kids Convention in La Jolla, or Which Wich.

By putting yourself out there, you may not be covering half the battle, but you are at least establishing a “battlefield,” so to speak.

And some girl, or guy, but probably a girl because they are nicer, will approach you and sit across from you. “Do you like the sun?” she’ll ask, as it drenches her exposed tan line. And you’ll respond, “Oh boy, you have no idea.”

Step Number Three: Join the Internet

Even your parents might now have a lead in the communicative department. They bore you, but now it is up to you to dispose of their social lives as “bore-ing” in contrast to your own, and the cyber world is a good place to get your feet wet.

You’ll need a Facebook account immediately (freshmen—see Myspace). Here, you can find nearly anybody who’s anybody from the school, even those who would like to be somebody—but never will be.

Once you have an account and have added a sufficient number of people, be on the lookout for depressed or moody statuses.

Those who appear to be troubled could use a talking to, and it might even seem serendipitous that you would magically IM them at their time of need to coach them through their current relationship issues.

Take for example a status like so: “youuu may have 1 the battle but girl youu ain’t gonna win no warrr, bItTy,” which is probably “Chloe’s” way of proving that she will be winning back her ex-boyfriend, who is currently cheating on her with more than one of her best friends.

Just chat Chloe up, and find yourself inhaling her world of anguish and self-doubt—and companionship.

You could save a life.

Tip: comment on statuses where letters are used multiple times, or the :[ face is used, these people can occasionally be more emotional and easier to break open socially.

Step Number Four: Bring Food

Sometimes people will tell you to put your money where your mouth is, but I am telling you to put food where your mouth is, and rightfully so, because that’s where your tongue is, and not to mention the opportunity to explore those around you.

Incentives can certainly go a long way. Remember when that one kid from your English class was sharing their ILP (Independent Learning Project) back in tenth grade and it was about their Greek heritage?

No, you don’t. But then they shared some pre-historic type sugar cookie that connects to their roots, and their presentation became somewhat notable.

Try using this approach, the “cookie” approach, to broaden your social horizons. Pass out brownies or crab cakes to people passing by you in the hallways.

If they ask why, just retort, all smug, “Why not?”

The munchies, my friend, are always apparent.

(Did you see how I referred to you as, “my friend?”

Look at you, making progress already.)

Step Number Five: Gain Weight

One of the reasons why you may feel socially inferior is because you are threatening. Skinny people are scary; I’ve seen some before.

But, if you gained a few pounds, you may find that those around you respect you for being “different,” or they just feel sorry for you. Either way, relationships can blossom from these humble beginnings.

Everybody wants a fat friend, but it’s Southern California, they’re so scarce that if there are any, they are picked up by “Biggest Loser” and literally withered away into the petite world of attractiveness. You can’t risk that.

Also, referring back to step number three, food goes quite a ways. Just bring enough cake to share if you can’t figure out what to do with somebody after you reel them in. Or you can always just ask them to accompany you to some restaurant or doughnut shop.

All-in-all, your figure could be a new and exciting approach to “figuring” out a new gang of cronies!

And there you have it, five easy steps to making yourself easy for mass consumption. If you have any questions, don’t ask me, I’m over it.

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Bellybutton approach A new procedure is making it easier for patients to get their appendixes out. One SDA student endured this operation and found the quicker recovery beneficial to her synchronized swimming. Story by McKenna Taylor.

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aving an appendectomy is no easy task. It’s an emergency operation that must be preformed when the appendix is about to burst. At Rady Children’s Hospital in San Diego, sophomore Amber Michaelis endured an appendectomy through a new procedure.

According to the hospital’s press release, past appendectomy surgeries have involved “large incisions directly through the muscles of the abdominal wall.”

This process was not only painful, but it also left a huge scar to be a constant reminder of the surgery.

The bellybutton approach offers a new and improved procedure. “Surgeons insert instruments through the belly button, which is an excellent place to access the abdominal cavity. The skin of the umbilicus stretches during surgery and does an excellent job of hiding the scar after surgery,” Dr. Timothy Fairbanks, Michaelis’ surgeon, said in the release.

Michaelis’ experience emphasized the benefits of the surgery. “I don’t have a scar at all,” Michaelis explained.

“Well, I guess I do but it’s inside my belly button, so you can barely see it.” This is a major improvement versus the large scar left from the former procedure.

In addition, Fairbanks pointed out other advantages to the belly button method. These include: “‘[b]etter cosmetic results [and] less pain,’” Fairbanks said. “‘Kids are [also] back to playing sports or doing other activities sooner.’”

This was good news for Michaelis, competes in synchronized swimming. Even with less time out of the water, Michaelis was still frustrated by not being allowed to swim for a couple of weeks. “I had to miss a competition and a show, so it affected my synchronized swimming a lot,” Michaelis said. “Now I’m really out of shape, but I’ll be back to normal in a week or so.”

Barb Strenk, the Head Coach of San Dieguito Synchro and Michaelis’ coach, wasn’t too concerned about Michaelis getting back on track either. “Amber’s surgery will not affect her synchronized swimming performance once she resumes training,” Strenk said. “She had to take a three to four week break post-surgery, so it’ll take a little while to get her stamina and strength back.”

With the support of her family, coach, and friends, Michaelis was able to cope well with her appendectomy and time off from swimming.

“My sister thought [the procedure] was really cool; she loves stuff like this,” Michaelis said. “I think my parents were pretty scared, and my friends were mixed: some were worried, some had no idea what was going on, and some didn’t know what an appendectomy was in the first place.”

Michaelis’ friend, sophomore Loraina Stinson, said, “It was surprising to hear that it was such a big deal, because I knew about her stomach issues in the past. I never would have thought it was so serious.”

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not too concerned that this procedure was on the newer side in San Diego, because Dr. Fairbanks had also performed this surgery in Philadelphia’s Children’s Hospital,” she said. “I was more concerned about surgery in general: being put under anesthesia or the risk of

developing an infection.”

Michaelis’ mom added that she felt the surgery had gone well overall. “The doctor met with us before and directly after the surgery. Amber had a fever, which kept us an extra day, but she kept a great attitude and never complained. Children’s Hospital was comfortable and we liked the staff, outdoor garden rooms, and cafeteria.”

Because Michaelis was one of only 70 patients at San Diego’s Rady Children’s Hospital to have had this new appendectomy procedure done, Michaelis and her mom got to be on T.V. “It was kind of embarrassing,” Michaelis said. “There were a whole bunch of different news stations, even one from Mexico. They had me show them my belly button, and the Mexican station had me and my mom just walk and pretend to have this dramatic, emotional, way-embarrassing conversation since neither of us are particularly fluent in Spanish and couldn’t just talk to them. It was fun, though.”

“I didn’t see the point of me being there [a part of the different newscasts],” Michaelis’ mom said. “But it was fun to do together.”

In addition to being on television with her daughter, Michaelis’ mom emphasized how she and the rest of the family were pleased with Michaelis’ reaction to the appendectomy. “We were proud of Amber’s positive attitude. She was in pain and wanted that appendix out.

Soon after, the nurses referred to her as the patient who didn’t look like a patient. She had that hospital gown off and was walking the halls in her Synchro sweats, rolling her IV bottle as soon as she could.”

Stinson shared in being proud of Michaelis, too. “I look up to Amber because she is determined to get back into the pool and also because this didn’t phase her at all. She had such a good attitude throughout this whole experience.”

Michaelis’ great attitude has led to her already being back in the water. Although she couldn’t wait to get back into her swimming mode, Michaelis was glad she was able to take a break, even if only for a couple of weeks. “The biggest thing is that I’m always really busy, and this [the appendectomy] forced me to take awhile to just relax and hang out,” Michaelis said. “I learned how nice it is to have free time.”

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hile the rest of the senior class of 2010 was learned how important food is to people. They take food frantically applying to and then deciding among seriously there.” colleges, one man was in the kitchen, well on his way to But Hursa isn’t all about Southern dishes: “I love pursuing his dreams. the butter and cream in French food. My dream is to be Two years after cooking his first meal for his family, a French chef in New York City and CIA emphasizes Mike Hursa is preparing for his first day at the Culinary French cooking.”

Institute of American in New York City. “I started cookAmericans believe that college is an irreplaceable ing for my family for money so four years that shape and I could take my girlfriend out define the rest of one’s to dinner and movies,” he said, life both socially and “I also gutted a turkey when I financially. Most would was like seven for Thanksgiving wonder if Hursa minded because my brother wouldn’t missing out on a “normal do it.” college experience.”

It’s easy to see that Hursa is “I’ll still experience a a multi dimensional character, lot of the college experieven confusing at times. Hursa ence. People still live in —Mike Hursa, senior would strike most as more of the dorms; it’s just a little athletic type. A varsity baseball different.” CIA is mostly player, he seems the type that would play baseball, get made up of middle aged chefs who have quit their 9 to 5 the girls, and be loved by all the coaches. jobs to follow their dreams, but Hursa seems confident Most people wouldn’t be able to picture him in his that he will have plenty to do in the city that never parachute pin-striped chef’s pants and an unflattering sleeps. pair of Crocs. But it’s these contradictions, like cooking Though culinary school isn’t something most people and baseball, which define his taste in food and food consider, for Hursa, who has interned 40 hours a week creations. over the last seven months at Savory Casual Fare in En“I love eating Southern food like pork, barbeque, and cinitas, it seemed like just another giant step towards his French fries,” he said. “Coming from North Carolina, I dreams. “I came into Savory and asked them if they had

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an open position. They said no, so I said I would work for free and obviously they loved that.

“I’m basically everyone’s bitch,” he said looking at one of the head chefs. Though he tries to seem exasperated by being an unpaid chef, it’s easy to tell by his sarcastic smile that in some way he loves being it. He knows that spending hours chopping scallions and stacking apples atop jelly to make a fritter will pay off.

It’s clear from spending even an hour in the Savory kitchen with Hursa that when in front of the stove with a spatula, he’s in his own personal paradise. He looks confident, proud, and most of all happy. “This internship has taught me that hard work can get you anything.

Being a chef means you never stop,” he said. “You have to be clean, quick, focused. You have to adjust, be smart, and have a good attitude. I know this job will have weird hours and I’ll probably work holidays, but I don’t mind all that.”

As Hursa threw together a delicious polenta topped with shrimp, cheese, and Tabasco sauce, it became clear how unbelievably hungry the aromas would make even the average food enthusiast. The smells had the ability to taunt as they danced around the restaurant. Theses scents, for Hursa, are sources of inspiration.

At one point Hursa made it his goal to convince the manager to let him bartend when he turns twenty-one.

Clearly he is a guy eager to learn. “You never stop learning new things,” he said. “That’s what’s so gratifying.”

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Following their hearts At left senior Clara Sekowski advocates for health reform in downtown San Diego. At right, senior Laura Kakehashi smiles for the camera as she sits on her horse.

Plans for the future

As the rest of the class of 2010 goes to college, these seniors look at a different path. Story by Alexa Shapiro

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s school comes to an end, the next four years in college are all most seniors are thinking and getting excited about.

Some seniors, however, opt not to go straight to college and instead to do something they love. One such student, senior Clara Sekowski, when asked about her plans says “I’m taking a year off.”

That’s a bit of an understatement. Sekowski will be addressing global issues all around the world next year.

Sekowski had known since eighth grade that she would graduate a year early and not go straight to college. “It’s not fair to have 12 years of an education and not apply it to real situations,” said Sekowski.

Sekowski will start her year off by working at a summer camp, Camp Kwizera, that is starting this June and ending in July. “The camp is a global awareness camp where each day has a different focus like peace and conflict or health,” said Sekowski. Sekowski will be working as a counselor at the camp, which is being held at Stanford University.

After the Camp Kwizera, Sekowski will be going to Los Angeles, where she lived before moving down to San Diego. She plans to stay there until September, when she starts a program called Global Citizen Year.

The program is nine months long, two of which are training with CEO’s and professors, again at Stanford University, said Sekowski.

“Then I will be going to Senegal for seven months and while I’m there I will be doing independent studies in political science, anthropology, and micro financing,” said Sekowski.

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When Sekowski finishes Global Citizen Year, she intends to spend the rest of the year traveling around Europe, South Africa, and Senegal.

“I have no idea about what I want to do in my life,” said Sekowski. She hopes that these experiences will help her decide what to major in and do in years to come. Although she will not be attending college next year, Sekowski deferred acceptance to Boston, Bard, and Brown University and is currently trying to decide which one to attend in 2011.

Fighting for a community

Senior My Arviv will also be outside of the United States come this August. Arviv will be joining the Israeli Defense Force, something that all Israeli 18-year-olds do.

Those 18-year-olds have the option of joining either the navy, army, defense force, or air force, said Arviv.

Arviv initially wanted to join the air force, but, after learning of the nine-year commitment to the program, chose instead to join the defense force.

Arviv will start her program on August 15, where she will join with a group of people from other countries also participating in the defense force. “We’re going to live in a kibbutz [family community]” but it’s close enough to go to the base and come home on the weekend, said Arviv.

“I won’t know what I’m doing until I get there,” said Arviv. Some of the jobs include paperwork positions, or teaching but Arviv wants to join the military to fight. “A lot of people have to do this and don’t want to see the front line, but I want to fight, so they should have the

paperwork jobs,” said Arviv.

After Arviv is done, she can attend any college in Israel for free because of her service. “I’m looking for a school in Hertzelia,” said Arviv. Arviv believes that her decision to join the force will influence her major choice in college. “That is why I need that time to think.” Arviv is unsure about what she wants to do in life, and is hoping to find that out in the Israel Defense Force.

Do what you love

While Arviv and Sekowski are abroad, senior Chelsea Caddick will be taking courses at Palomar Institute for Cosmetology. A six-week long course, Caddick will be in class every Tuesday through Saturday from 8 a.m. until 2:30 p.m. to learn about being a makeup artist.

Caddick learned of the opportunity through Palomar College, a college that the institute is connected to. After obtaining her degree, Caddick plans to move to Los Angeles where she will go to a school in Burbank. The school will have more opportunities, but “I’ll probably start off as an assistant,” said Caddick.

Since ninth grade, Caddick knew she wanted to be a makeup artist. “I’ve always had a thing for makeup,” said Caddick. Caddick enjoyed putting makeup on others, playing around with makeup, and seeing what designs she could create. “I just have fun with makeup and want to be a makeup artist,” said Caddick.

Caddick’s parents strongly support her decision to be a makeup artist. “My parents are excited for me, they know I love makeup,” said Caddick.

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Just like Caddick, senior Laura Kakehashi knew what she wanted to do from an early age. “Since I was 8, I wanted to be a jockey,” said Kakehashi. Kakehashi loves horses and it is a huge passion of hers. Now that Kakehashi is graduating, she plans to pursue her goal.

“After I get some general education credits at Palomar, I will be going to jockey school,” said Kakehashi.

Kakehashi learned about jockey school through a friend whose husband is connected to the Del Mar Fairgrounds.

They told Kakehashi of a jockey school in Kentucky, and encouraged her to apply.

“There’s no set date [for me to go],” said Kakehashi.

Kakehashi plans to apply when she feels she has enough experience [as a jockey], and then she will graduate from jockey school in one to two years. The school is helpful in that they help you get jobs, said Kakehashi.

“I’m planning on applying in the spring if I keep progressing at the rate I am,” said Kakehashi. She feels that by spring she will be experienced enough, giving herself an upper hand over other student jockeys.

Kakehashi regrets not going to college, but she plans to take general education at Palomar in case jockey school doesn’t work out. Either way, she believes being a jockey is “way better than sitting in a classroom,” said Kakehashi.

Unlike Kakehashi, the other seniors with plans other than college do not regret their decision at all.

Caddick loves makeup. “It’s what I want to do,” said Caddick.

Sekowski said she had no regrets, “no, not a little bit even.”

Arviv feels college can wait. “I think school can always wait,” said Arviv. “[The defense force] is when you’re 18 and that can’t wait. I don’t think [college] is a big deal.”

College? Check back in a year.

Future endeavors? A) Live in Grandma’s basement? No way. B) College? Not quite yet. C) Have an awesome gap year.YES. Opinion by Clara Sekowski.

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ere’s the scenario: you wake up every morning and you think about how great college is going to be.

You’ll be free to roam the lands and bare your chest to the world! But wait, oh no! You still have to do all that same crap you did in high school, except it’s harder…

Do not fret just yet, however, for there is an alternative no one wants to tell you about.

It’s called a gap year, and for some reason, a whole lot of people think it’s a fantastic idea. Most people take a year off between undergraduate school and graduate school, but who wants to be like everyone else?

A year off (or ‘on’ if you want to be lame), provides an opportunity to do almost absolutely anything you wish to do.

If you want to be with your friends, you can go live outside the school they attend and laugh at them when they have homework, or you can be productive and create an art portfolio, or go on a road trip. Previous endeavors include surfing in the Great Barrier Reef, stalking Europe with your fancy shmancy camera, getting your SCUBA license in Fiji, teaching English in South America, and sleeping in every day.

Now, stop imagining your parents yelling at you as you tell them of your future plans, and listen to this. A gap year can substantially increase your chances of acceptance into a top college by acting as a substitute for other discrepancies on your record.

International universities seek students who take a gap year as it can offer a chance to improve your lan-

guage skills, or acquire or improve another set of skills that will not only make you a front-runner for college, but for jobs thereafter.

The best part is that people will literally give you money for this. Your chances for sponsorship greatly increase if your plans include working abroad, volunteering abroad or in the US, learning abroad or in the US, or you really sell your whole self-exploration thang.

Both large corporations and small companies literally set aside a certain amount of money to give to students who do cool things every year, and that could be you.

And they shall be willing! They will instantly associate you with their teenage rebellious selves, and will therefore endorse you sufficiently.

Need one more push?

When asked what their opinions were on gap years, Brown University said, “We think it’s a great idea if the candidate thinks it’s a great idea.”

Harvard University: “For perhaps a decade we’ve been putting a statement into the admit letter asking students to consider taking a year off before coming to Harvard. We don’t want parents discouraging their children from taking time off before college.”

Dartmouth College: “Applicants who take time off and then apply to college can be very appealing— they’ve often done very interesting things during that year off.”

Doubt no more, this is the alternative you have been searching for.

SDA Foundation thanks you!

We thank the following individuals and businesses who contributed so generously to Grad Night 2010. We appreciate your support of our school and, on behalf of the Senior Class of 2010, we applaud your commitment to a night full of memories.

Firenze · St Tropez Bakery & Bistro · America’s Finest City Dixieland Jazz Society · Coast Brake & Wheel · San Diego Aircraft Carrier Museum · Hornblower Cruises & Events · John & Irene Towers · Encinitas Café ·Jimbo’s Naturally · Old Town Theatre (Cygnet Theatre Co) · La Paloma Theatre · Reuben H. Fleet Science Center · Barry R. Mozlin · Boomers! · Herman Cook Volkswagen · Sea World · Adio Footwear · Real Mex Restaurants · Rubio’s Restaurants, Inc. · Leslie Smith · San Diego Repertory Theatre ·Del Mar Thoroughbred Club · Ultrazone · San Diego Natural History Museum · North Coast Repertory Theatre · Cohn Restaurant Group · San Diego Air & Space Museum · Today’s Pizza and Salad · San Diego Symphony · Las Olas Mexican Restaurant · The Fish Market · Spy Optic · Detour Salon · Bully’s Del Mar · K1 Speed · Rancho Auto Body · Cedros Soles · Comedy Traffic School · California Music Studios · Outback Steakhouse · Scheiwe Family · Cox Communications · George Huggins ·Hansen’s · Tammy Cardenas · Encinitas Surfboards Inc. · In-n-Out · Lisa Kaufman · Patti Lochner · Meisenhelder Family · Stussy, Inc.· Sony · Ki’s · Mr. Sushi · Flippin Pizza · Allen’s NY Pizza · Dawn Mayeda · Pat and Oscar’s · Pannikin · VG’s Donuts and Bakery

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After school June 10 and 11 in front of the gym

Farewell note to this city “And I have thought about this very instance for all time. Decades longer than you or I. ” Story and illustration by Hayley Baker.

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oodbye Kotijas, Juanitas, Karinas, etc. Goodbye my job. Good bye my dog. Good bye little sister and mom and dad. Goodbye car and all the miscellany that gathers in the corner of the seats.

Goodbye iced chai lattés from Pannikin and sunny days walkin’ up and down the 101.

I gotta go now and do some other things. Like grow into a bigger, better person hopefully. But I won’t forget that awkward spot on the beach or the asphalt beside my car when I have to park in the crappy parking spot. I won’t forget world history class with Mr. Huntley or that one time I watched that one movie. I won’t forget how sweaty hands get on hot days.

I guess I’m not so scared to forget all you guys that I am scared you will forget me. So don’t forget me sandy beaches or misshapen pieces of drift wood. And don’t forget me, strange seaside bazaar that never really had cool things. Don’t you forget me either filthy Blockbuster on Sante Fe, with your scratched up copies of all the good movies. And please don’t forget me, San Marcos bubble tea. I’ll miss you the most.

I’ll write to you, if you promise to write back. Maybe we can be Facebook friends or something. I’ll like your page and then you can comment on my statuses. I promise I won’t complain about how hard college is every three seconds. Maybe we can share pictures and stuff. That would be cool.

I’m sorry if there were ever times I made you really mad. I just hope it wasn’t enough to make you not miss me as much as I will miss all you guys.

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We are exhibitionists. 1) Senior Tory Bader plays in his band Circle of Manias for one of the four exhibitions. 2) Students help Shane Robson, a yoga instructor at Haute Yoga in Solana Beach, paint a mural in the yoga room. 3) Freshman Hannah Vanveen receives a face painting of a flower. 4) Students sell shirts made in silk-screening class. For more Exhibition Day pictures, see centerspread.

Exhibition Day extravaganza SDA’s annual school-wide festival made by the students for the students was a success. Screen printed T-shirts, and live music, an art show and the chalk mandala made Exhibition Day this year an event to remember. Staff writers Julian Dennis, Nicole Greene and Emily Hall hunted down some of the school’s most memorable exhibitions.

One exhibition gives a new life to old trash

Colorful candles, wallets, and origami-type frogs filled the table at which junior Chloe Jones stood, selling her treasures. After a closer look, buyers found out that the treasures at Jones’ table weren’t just appealing to the eye and the frugal Exhibition Day shopper, but that they were the type of good-for-the-planet products that are popular but still green. In addition to rescuing milk cartons and magazines, Jones donated percent of her proceeds to the Rancho Coastal Humane Society.

“I like showing off my talents and donating,” said Jones. Her booth, which ran through second and third exhibitions, were very popular. Jones sold almost all of the recycled goods she had made and brought. “I’m definitely doing Exhibition Day next year, and I’m bringing more stuff and more help.”

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Cultural awareness through candy and tea

With colorful lanterns hung from the awning above them, posters covered in bright marker and thick paint, the students of the Japanese National Honors Society spread their message of cultural awareness and international relation by way of pickle-flavored rice and tapioca-balls in tea to all the students who passed by the 90s buildings on exhibition day. Along with guessing-games and boba-serving star-wars characters, JNHS had a very important environmental slant to their products. “It was a cost we could afford,” said senior and club Secretary Savonnah Turner, concerning the compostable cups their drinks were served in. “We ordered them online and it was fancy.”

Also for sale were “delicious candies from Japan and BevMo,” said Turner, as well as Ramane, an extremely popular Japanese soda and mochi made from scratch.

Because the high rate of sales allowed the club to pay off all of its debts Turner said, “It was pretty friggin’ successful.”

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She sells her shells at school

Jewelry stands fashioned of twigs, dripping with smooth shell necklaces and bracelets, adorned the table of junior Madison Roberts this Exhibition Day. The creamy, tan shells that each string boasted were all different: Roberts collected each one on an island off the coast of Fiji.

“We were on the beach and saw lots of cool shells lying around, and we just thought it would be cool to make jewelry out of them,” she said.

When asked why she decided to sell her creations at Exhibition Day, Roberts said, “To make money, and to share my talents with everyone.” Roberts’s unique creations were just one of many jewelry exhibitions, each boasting one-of-a-kind designs. “I will definitely be participating again next year,” said Roberts.

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n the one sunny day in May, Senior Olympics took place with a spirit only known to San Dieguito Academy. The Purple team defeated the Green team in the second annual competition that took place on May 14.

Organized by senior Nina Moussavi, the event took place without a hitch and met postitive reviews from even the staunchest of critics.

“It was fun to play with all the seniors that we are graduating with. I really felt a bond with all of my friends,” said senior Brenda Diaz.

ASB teacher Rob Keillor said that this year the event had 20 teams, 200 participants in all, making the event a lot of work to organize. “I think that you guys as a senior class competing is something really special,” said Keillor.

Students rotated between the different stations of trivia, tug of war, rock band, obstacle course, eating, rest station, jousting, basketball, bungee run, and other carnival games.

Senior Jamie Yates said, “The faces that people made when the bungee started pulling them back on the bungee run were entertaining.”

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2. During their break period at Senior Olympics, two members of the green team go head-tohead on the pedestal joust.

3. Math teacher Martin Chaker prepares to shield himself from any stray softballs while in the dunk tank.

4. Junior Hunter Mannering successfully lands a trick on one of the most difficult boxes during the skate demo.

5. SDA’s Slumdog Club did henna art on students to raise money for children in the slums of India.

6. Students hold it down for the purple team during what looks to be a challenging game of tug-o-war.

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To infinity...and beyond!

Art Institute (Mission Valley) Kayla Boyd Brooks Institute Greg Jackson Cal Poly SLO Emily Bartram Justin Bracci Kevin Brice Ben Brin Campbell Filley Hannah Fortini Emma Horowitz Samantha Johnson Ben Kiolbasa Jennifer Mayer Mia Mendola Katherine Merchant Brian Moffatt Derek Myers Travis Norton Emily Nybo Georgia O’Farrell Julie Poincenot David Rother Dan Schricker Chico State Mieu Bry City College of San Francisco Alanna Durkee Robert Gould Spencer Peck Concordia University, Irvine Marisa Smith CSU East Bay Erik Anderson Laura Goodballet CSU Fullerton Anthony Lazarus CSU Long Beach Joey Eick Jordan Gray Nora Maloney Nina Moussavi Nick Smith CSU Monterey Bay Aleandra Borchers John Cox Jean Marie Lester Ryan Russo CSU Northridge Brianna McDonnell CSU Sacramento Kara Dernbach CSU San Marcos Hailey Arsenault Liz Avila Genevieve Baskiel Edith Castillo Kelley Castillo Cody Cuchna Eric Gross Justin Heman Collin Hyslop Joy Kirkman Cindy Lopez Miranda Loza Alex Mason Angelica Morales Bouset Munds Livia Piraino

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Austin Rowe Nick Rowe Noah Thornton Terry Travers Cuesta College Samantha Ahern DeVry University Tyler Largent Humboldt State Hodie Prinzing Institute of Cosmetology (Palomar) Chelsea Caddick Kaplan College Genesis Franco Floriselda Ramirez Loyola Marymount University West Clifford Mike Moriarty Spencer Roberson Hannah Stuber Mesa Community College Zyad Hammad Ben Love MiraCosta Zac Ackad Daniel Aguilar Christian Alejandro Tory Bader Summer Bates Arielle Blanchett Alexander Bond Julian Bustamante Anthony Capunay Ryan Carl Ivan Castellanos Veronica Castro Elizabeth Christman Rolando Contreras Carina Cruz Kelsey Daum Patrick Desmond Brenda Diaz Shelby Donnellan Zachary Egelhoff Stephanie Eng Haley Erwin Dominic Fanghella Elle Farrell Tairra Filler Anne Freeman Victoria Garcia Courtney Gay Christina Gineris Kevin Ginn Ryan Giza Jennifer Godfrey Alec Gordey Dillon Grau Eric Gudmundsson Sean Harrison Sean Houlahan Finnegan Isbell Gregory Kinciad Jasmine Kubart Roberto Knapp-Ramos Jasmine Kubart Ryan Malter Bree Manley Micael Maya Peinl Hunter McKay Joshua Mealy Lindsey Mizock Karena Morales Jordan Nassi

Jaime Navarro Kai Nodera Cody Olivas Jose Perez Felipe Pezzoli Alex Pourtash Lindsey Prest Rachel Quintana Max Ramales Karch Rondo Emily Sadoff Sam Scott Nick Shirley AJ Stocking Adrian Terriquez Kane Thiede Noah Thornton Cameron Tunnell Savannah Turner Carly Underseth Rachel Viles Eric Ward Chantal Watanabe Lukas Weiss Alexus Wenzel Tyler White Kaylee Woodruff

Humboldt State

Chico State

CSU Sacramento UC Davis Sonoma State

USF, SFSU City College of San Francisco, San Francisco Art Institute

When the road looks rough ahead, and you’re miles and miles from your nice warm bed, you just remember what your old pal said: Graduates of 2010, you’ve got a friend in me (and the 382 others in your class).

UC Berkeley CSU East Bay UC Merced Stanford San Jose State UC Santa Cruz CSU Monterey Bay

Miramar Community College Cathryn Heinen Palomar Hailey Aspinall Nathaniel Burns Rachel Calsbeek Bethanie Chamberlin Maribel Chavez Kelly Cohen Magali Cohen Matthew Durand Sean Fogarty Francis Hernandez Kaitlynn Highfill Natalie Karam Mikayla Kwik Jamie LaBree Arielle Lackritz Stuart Lekven Carla Lopez Dylan Maldonado Roberto Martinez Michelle Minnick Kim-Ashleigh Mostert Alejandro Olvera Sam Pena Cole Pittsford Zach Rabinowitz Miguel E Ramirez Thanya Reynoso Mia Sprau Dominick Tavan Camille Torres Evan Wenskay Dan Woodward Pepperdine University Andrew Kasselmann Point Loma Nazarene University Amanda Killebrew Kayln McMackin Santa Barbara City College Briana Hagen Brian Peck Katie Scardino San Jose State Jason Mullins SDSU Nicolle Manzanares Addison Schwan

Cal Poly SLO, Cuesta College UCSB, Santa Barbara City College Brooks Institute, Westmont College UCLA,USC, Whittier College, CSU Northridge LMU, Pepperdine University Redlands University CSU Long Beach UC Riverside CSU Fullerton Palomar UC Irvine, Concordia University CSU San Marcos Kaplan UCSD, Point Loma Nazarene DeVry University, SDSU, USD, Miramar, Art Institute

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The California beaches will certainly be overcrowded this summer with the tourists that would prefer suntan oil over petroleum on their skins. So when the shoobies have taken over and you need a break from the kooks, take advantage of the local concerts, new movies, TV shows and CDs that the tides will be bringing in. The Mustang has previewed 22 of the hottest events of the summer, so you can sit back, relax, and HAGS.

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ith the partial success of the 3OH!3’s last album and their first single to hit the radio, “Don’t Trust Me,” electronic-pop junkies will be all over the band’s new album “Streets of Gold.”

Problem is, those fans might be the only ones.

The band is continuing to apply racy comments and offensive lyrics to their songs with lyrics like, —“Your kiss is like whiskey, it gets me drunk, and I wake up in the morning with the taste of your tongue”— and they are not planning on stopping.

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haters of the band complain about these things, 3OH!3 is sticking with their original personalities and preferences on music.

The CD contains all self-written music from Sean Foreman and Nathaniel Motte. During an interview with Entertainment Weekly, Motte said that the new album feature everything from “classic straight-up electro songs, and then we’ve also been doing some throwbacksounding stuff, some slower stuff, and then some harder rap stuff.”

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Beats and Ponybeads EDC will be night of PLURfection.

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Sequel, and beyond! The Toy Story gang face a whole new adventure in the third installment.

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e’ve all grown up with the little Andy, Woody, and, Buzz Lightyear.

Just like us, they have met new friends, been through troubles, and fallen in love.

These characters have matched our adolescence and taught us to “use our heads.”

Thankfully, due to the release of “Toy Story 3” on June 18, Andy’s adventures of entering college will further guide us to learn and grow.

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focuses on Andy’s desire to keep Woody and store the other toys in the attic. But when Mom tries to help, the future of these toys becomes uncertain and chaotic. Arising from this commotion, Jessie tries to take charge of their own destinies. Then, things start to get bizarre the toys get sent to day cares, they meet strawberry-scented bears and Buzz speaks Spanish!

Yes, toys may have led our childhood this far but,

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when characters change races and bears turn into strawberries, the adventures of toys may be getting a bit too kooky - even when compared to the outlandish occurrences of young adults.

However, with the previous genius of Pixar, Tim Allen, Tom Hanks, and of course, Randy Newman, expectations will be high with this threequel. Maybe it could send reviews “to infinity and beyond.”

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oachella came a little too late and ended quite early. Still reminiscing about the delights of naked men in capes spraying tainted water from unlabeled bottles, and dehydrated crowds swerving to a mixture of live music and lightheadedness, Coachellagoers want more.

Luckily, the growing desire is about to be fulfilled with the upcoming Electric Daisy Carnival at the L.A. Memorial Coliseum and Exposition Park.

At EDC, the ecstatic nightlife scene of ages 16 and up will be dancing to over 70 artists and DJs. Artists such as Deadmau5, MSTRKRFT, Groove Amanda, and Moby will also be playing for the

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carnival.

The dancing and wandering commences on June 25 and ends on June 26. Just like last year, there will be eccentricities ranging from women coated in ‘candy’ wearing nothing but seashells and a piece of string, to transvestites wearing... just the same. .

At any rate, it should be an event filled with those untamed, finally letting loose after a year of listening to “You didn’t turn you assignment in with the proper MLA format” or “No, Jimmy, you’re incorrect. The answer is…” The bizarre happenings of EDC sounds like a start to a grand summer.

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parkly vampires, hunky werewolves, and thousands of screaming fans; All of these things create a little phenomenon called the Twilight Saga. With “Eclipse,” the third movie, premiering in just a few weeks on Jun. 30, all this craziness will be sure to hit the air waves

soon. Fans all over the world have been dying to watch this movie and just can’t get enough of those 30-second trailers. With that said, you better watch out, these fans are very dedicated and will take down anyone in their way.

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Stewart) once again finds herself in trouble as Seattle is bombarded with newborn, ravenous vampires on the loose. In the midst of all this, Bella is forced to decide between her love forEdward Cullen (Robert Pattinson) and her friendship with Jacob Black (Taylor Lautner). The

movie provides you with a look at vampire vs. werewolf fights, death, and even an engagement.

Although the fans and media may be going a bit crazy over this saga, this movie should be a natural pleaser to watch. Now, we all know vampires and were-

wolves might be a bit cliché, but I would at least give it a try. Tickets are already being sold online for opening night so hurry up and grab them before they sell out. Who knows? Maybe you’ll meet a nice young manwho turns out to be a glittering vampire.

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New tides Could we be able to live without tide pools and detergent?

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Another Avatar? Not to be confused with large blue aliens, be prepared for some airbending action.

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watched the show and I liked it. With the manipulation of elements, separation of clans, and exaggeration of martial arts, it gave me a secret thrill. But once I found out my little brother loved the show, I no longer had the desire to watch it. I only noticed its childish qualities of anime and moral messages squished into a half hour.

I was excited when the 3rd season finale came along.

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Finally my brother and friends would stop talking about it.

Hearing last year that “The Last Airbender” was going to be a movie, I groaned.

I thought, “Wow. Not only are they dragging out the TV show, but they’re making a movie with the same name as an Oscar nominee.”

Once I saw a preview however, that all changed.

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childish messages. The characters are real. The fight scenes are intense. The plot grips me, making me want to rewatch the trailers (and normally I don’t like to watch trailers the first time).

While Aang may be an adorable little boy, the movie isn’t for children. You can expect to see me at the midnight premiere. Without my little brother.

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definitely giggled while watching the trailer for “Despicable Me,” it looks like it could be the love-child of “Like Mike” (the orphany basketball movie with Bow Wow) and “The Incredibles.”

In the movie Steve Carrel plays a distinctly Russian super-villain (shout-out Cold War) hell bent on stealing the moon with help from his Oompa-Loompa like minions. Although his grand plans are interrupted when (cue ‘awwwwww’ sound) three adorable orphan girls, show up at his doorstep with those big cartoony eyes and faces looking for a father.

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It’s a kids movie so it ends predictably, probably with Carrel’s character not stealing the moon, raising the orphans and “Kidz Bop” playing in the background.

“Despicable Me” could definitely be the successor to “Up” as the feel-good-happyending animated movie of the year. It’s got the talent: Steve Carrel, Russell Brand, that southern goofball in “30 Rock.” It’s got a cute plot, and best of all it’s in 3D. You throw all those ingredients in a pan, sauté em with some savvy marketing and voila, we have a winner.

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loud blur of colors and a bright, deep landscape of sound, rich with over and under and any-other-kind-of tones. These odd and surprising and sounds ooze and shout from MGMT’s newest album “Congratulations,” released on April1. It has the same messages and feel as the first album but has been created in a way that is sure to surprise listeners.

As they tour the country with their latest creation, teenagers from every state will be accompanying them on their sonic journey. “I should be so lucky,” you say to yourself as you read this.

And someone has decided, “Yes, you should.” On July 15 MGMT is coming to San Diego’s SDSU Open Air Theatre, and all who bear witness to the unique elec-

tronic sounds and unusual lyrics that MGMT employs will remember it forever as a moving and exciting experience.

Tickets are available now, and are waiting for you. Go and share in what will probably be one of the year’s best and most talked about concerts in San Diego. A world of beautiful sound awaits.

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Stealing psyches Dom Cobb (DiCaprio) looks up at the ruins of battle.

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ue the intense cello/Batman music. “Inception” is this summer’s best movie.

Maybe. I don’t even care really if it’s good or not, because I’ve seen the “Inception Trailer.” Following suit in the movies-directed-by-Christopher-Nolan scheme, the “Inception Trailer” is capital ‘A’ Amazing. I’ve seen it (the trailer) like thirty times and still have no idea what the movie’s about. What I do know is how awesome it will be… Really awesome.

And don’t get ahead of yourself, it’s not going to be all “Memento” part two, where you’re not really sure what’s going on until the end and then you still only barely understand. Nolan has come a long way in his storytelling prowess, remember the Joker? Yeah, that was him.

And then Heath Ledger’s suicide? That’s directorial

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prowess to-the-max. But this time he’s got Leonardo “So cool he broke up with Bar Rafaeli, and then decided to get back together, but whateva” DiCaprio to be his protagonist.

Actually, the movie’s teeming with the kind of people who make Hollywood just seem really, really cool.

Like, the actors who I’d want to hang out with. Marion Cotillard, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Ellen Page (“Juno” was cool, right?), Cillian Murphy, Johnny Depp, Jack Nicholson, and Nicholas Cage. And there’s like stopped-time segments where people just float around in beautiful lighting and scenery.

The list of cool stuff in this cool science fiction movie doesn’t end; that’s how much of a psychological thriller it is.

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HARD partying HARD will be a night of crazy dancing, crazy people, and crazy beats.

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et out your pacifiers, glow sticks, and plastic beads, because HARD is back again to celebrate its first ever HARD LA Festival this upcoming summer. On July 17, this two-stage festival will welcome electronic fans and Kandi Ravers alike to the Los Angeles State Historic Park in downtown LA for the all-ages show.

In the tradition of electronica, this show will feature styles of trance, house,

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and techno music, along with several other bass-heavy sets. Headlining is alternative artist M.I.A, who will be performing tracks from her third and upcoming album /\/\/\Y/\.

In collaboration with M.I.A’s label N.E.E.T Recordings, the festival will also feature N*E*R*D, Die Antwoord, Flying Lotus, Rye Rye , Switch, Joker , Sleigh Bells, Theophilus London, 12th Planet, Borgore, Jason

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Bentley, Destructo, Nguzunguzu , The Gaslamp Killer, and Ninjasonik.

A massive rave like any of the HARD Festivals is definitely a one-of-a-kind experience, with its brightly colored attendees and PLUR praisers. So, be ready for samples, synthesizers, loops, light shows, and all around steady beats, for HARD LA isn’t something you want to miss.

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Sentimental hearts M. Ward and singer-turned-actress Zooey Deschanel live will be unforgettable.

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e’ve seen her serving on airplanes. We’ve heard her singing while decorating Christmas trees.

We’ve even witnessed her miraculously extend a summer to 500 days. But, I bet you’ve never seen her on stage with M. Ward!

This summer (that will most likely only be about 91 days), Zooey Deschanel and M. Ward will pair up, as they have for their last two albums, “Volume one” and

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“Volume two,” to show LA what they’ve got.

Los Angeles fans can expect “She and Him” to melt them in their seats at the Hollywood Bowl on Jul. 18 because of the joyfulness and happy-tingly feelings that Deschanel’s voice gives off. She will inevitably make much of the audience star struck, but despite her spotlight, M. Ward has been known to step out from the shadows. He may even pull

out a “Magic Trick” from his album “Post-War” and display his undeniable guitar talents.

Joining this attractive duo are two other cute indie couples: “The Swell Season” (from the movie “Once”) and “The Birds and the Bees.”

This opportunity to be a seventh wheel is not one to miss, and you can “awww” at the romanticism all night long.

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heard the warnings; I know I shouldn’t have. I couldn’t help it though? And you know what? I don’t care.

I am proud to say that I fell in love at the Jersey Shore.

Maybe it was the layers upon layers of spray tan, or the unfaltering love for getting creepy in the night, but somehow the “Jersey Shore” pulled me into the life of a true Guido.

Last summer America was invited into the home of seven perfectly bumped up, blowed out juiceheads. It was through these creatures of the night that we learned about the hardships of being a true Guido like taking on a

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hippo, or getting hit with a robbery.

We watched the tragic story of a girl atoning for a bad first impression only to get punched by an adult male right in the face. We saw an initial attraction turn into a full blown romance as a third unrequited love simply stood back and watch. We watched Snooki, the Situation, DJ Pauly D, Sammi Sweetheart, Ronnie, Vinny, and lethargic Angelina rise from being seven unknown guidos and guidettes to national icons, to international controversies.

Starting July 19 we get to do it all again. Everyone’s (well, excluding a select few)

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favorite Italians are taking their bad selves to the clubs of Miami Beach to stir up some fun, and no doubt, mayhem.

What will happen with Jwoww and Pauly D? Will Sammi and Ronnie get back together? Will Snooki find her perfect juicehead? Only time will tell what this summer holds in store for our favorite Jersey Shorers .

On a side note: What is the show going to be called now that it’s not at the “Jersey Shore”? Personally I feel that Miami Beach just doesn’t have the same ring to it .

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White as Death Jack White’s newest, and arguably best side project .

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ack White is so cool. Seriously. I am kind of a loser for loving him so much. I love pretty much anything he’s released. He could release an album of DGAF improvisation and I’d like it and buy it for my mom’s birthday and tell my friends to buy it and then I’d put some of its lyrics on my blog. Wait, that happened last year. That was last year’s “Horehound” album, and “Sea of Cowards” is this year’s big-sister-whowears-leather-and-smokescigarettes response.

Alison Mosshart, the semi-lead singer who shrieks lyrics like death sentences in, like, the sexiest way ever, comes into the swaggery swing of things on this album (see “Hustle and Cuss”) and

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concentrates the band’s oomphiness.

So anyways, The Dead Weather is Jack White’s most gut-punching project yet, and they’re coming to the House of Blues in July. He leads the band from behind the drums.

The Kimbo Slice of the drum world, he infuses the music with more heart than the rest of the indie guys combined.

The band sounds like the rumblings of some badasses’ carnivorous, scalp-collecting, head-hunting, never-giggling stomach, like the liver of the scariest, silentest guy at AA meetings. If you like bashing things or flank steak or cool bank heists, The Dead Weather concert is a goodass idea.

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Ramona the Pest? Ramona and Beezus share a moment of sisterly love.

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re-teen Alert! Selena Gomez, although recently broken up with Nick Jonas, will be getting together with Joey King in the upcoming film “Ramona and Beezus.”

The movie that opens on July 23 will depict the crazy adventures that the character from our childhood, Ramona Quimby, puts herself through.

Everyone remembers the silly mishaps of Ramona in Beverly Cleary’s books from disrupting games to baking with egg shells. Now Elizabeth Allen, director of

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“Aquamarine,” has allowed these adventures from the Klickitat Street neighborhood in Portland, Oregon to come to life. Ramona is seen creating all kinds of mischief throughout these streets, but little did the neighbors know that this monkey business would soon save the day.

This G rated film has a possibility of making the whole family laugh. But if the crazy adventures do not do the trick, I am sure Selena Gomez can attract enough fans to support the cute film.

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know it is hard to believe, but we must all contain our excitement. Remain calm as I say this to you. There’s no need to disrupt your class!

PINBACK IS PLAYING AT THE FAIRGROUNDS. After a full year of not playing at the Fairgrounds, they are once again playing at the Fairgrounds for the first time since last summer.

Aficionados of the Del Mar free concert series will be pleased to see that a whole gaggle of their summer favorites are returning, including Common Sense, The English Beat, and Super Diamond.

Together these bands will wake up that laidback Friday evening attitude that defines

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San Diego.

As an extra little perk to the already spectacular lineup for this summer, Weezer will be gracing San Diego with their quirky-intellectual band thing that they’ve got going on. So if you aren’t familiar with any of the other lo-cal So-Cal bands, you are sure to know at least half of Weezer’s hits.

So if you’ve got nothing to do some lonely night this summer, head on down to the Fairgrounds and experience some mediocre music, with a mediocre audience, and, no doubt, mediocre hot dogs.

It’s free!

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fter watching Steve Carell’s movies and, of course, “The Office,” it’s apparent that he has no problem with wry, deadpan humor. We’ve seen him in “Get Smart,” “Evan Almighty,” “Dan in Real Life,” and “Date night”. In all of these he faces some sort of greater conflict he must solve, whether it’s managing a business, solving a spy mission, getting the woman, or finding himself.

However in his new movie “Dinner For Shmucks,” he

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takes on a role that’s a bit different.

Carell plays an eccentric, wacky guy who doesn’t know which way is up . Barry has no direction in life and spends his free time collecting dead mice and providing slapstick humor for those around him.

Carell is starring alongside Paul Rudd, who plays a rising executive looking for a promotion. Rudd is invited by his boss to an unusual dinner party in which each

worker must come to the dinner accompanied by the biggest ‘shmuck’ they can find, which is where Carell comes in the picture.

Full of wacky mishaps and most likely an overdose of off-the-wall comedy, this movie is sure to be a chance to see Carell in a role that is somewhat out of his element.

When it hits theaters on July 23, we can be sure it will be a summer hit and possibly another Carell classic.

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e should shine a light on the anticipated performance from singer-songwriter Joanna Newsom on Jul. 29 in San Diego. In support of her recently released triple album, “Have One on Me,” Newsom decided to extend her tour further down the California coast, adding a stop to the San Diego Women’s Club downtown.

While some may think that Newsom’s voice is un-

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usual at first, she is definitely an artist that grows on you with time. I will say, however, that those attending can definitely expect a sound that they have never heard due to her unusually squeaky, child-like voice. Commonly labeled under the genre of modern folk, Newsom has a certain grace to everything that she does.

Her soft voice complimented by plucks on her

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pedal harp come together to create a beautiful, avantgarde sound.

In concert, Newsom either performs solo or is accompanied by an ensemble of everything from violin and piano to percussion and guitar.

To experience her highpitched, classical, and kind of eerie sound, make your way downtown this summer.

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Pose for the cameras A performer from last year’s Warped Tour gazes out to his legion of fans.

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race yourselves, San Diego. Scenesters, metalheads, and punks will flock to their annual Mecca that is Warped Tour. With a lineup of 83 bands, the genres range from Ska to Pop-rock and everything that ends in “core” - Metalcore, Deathcore, and yes, even Crabcore.

Warped will feature bands such as All American Rejects, Alkaline Trio, Whitechapel, Attack Attack!, Reel Big Fish, Bring Me the Horizon, Pierce the Veil, Suicide Silence, Haste the Day, and Breathe Carolina

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on August 10th at the Cricket Amphitheater.

Okay, so admittedly, half the bands are completely awful. With band members with meticulously bleached, dyed, straightened, gelled, side-swept hair, clad in ultra-low cut v-necks, tootight pants and their general attitude of “I’m not gay, I’m just emotional,” it’s hard to take these musicians seriously (even more so when they open their mouths to let out the hideous whines and guttural pig-squeals). But the experience of attending

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Warped makes up for the auditory rape of a few of these ridiculous bands.

Teen girls donning Pomeranian-esque hair and eye-makeup reminiscent of a cross-breed of an anime character and a raccoon. Hardcore dancers flailing around in the center of a pit as if the music was just so brutal that it caused an epilepsy epidemic. Witnessing these atrocities is the epitome of Warped Tour. Warped Tour is not just a music festival – it is a cultural phenomena.

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ou know what would be the best way to kick-off moving out and going away to college? A Lady Gaga concert. If you share the same passion love that I feel for the Ga, then this could just be the summer event of the century.

So definitely show up at the Staples center Aug. 12.

There’ll be cherries, boys, bad romances, and lots of dancing in the dark. Think of the colors! Think of the outfits! Think of the penis jokes! It’ll be a rockin’ good time with probably the coolest pop star to ever exist bein’ the smokin’ hot babe that she is in front of thousands.

Do you know exactly how cool Lady Gaga is? You

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probably don’t. She went to a Catholic high school, was a straight-A student, tried her hand at art school before deciding to drop out and try the whole music thing out.

Everyone said, “No, Gaga, don’t do that. You’re just not cool enough.” And you know what she said? She said, “Screw you guys, I’m Lady Gaga.”

Lady Gaga works to advocate AIDs awareness. She donated the entire profit from one of her tours to Haiti after the earth quake. She works with women empowerment and wants everyone to wear condoms, “no excuses.” She’s so cool. I don’t care if she had four penises.

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e have all been captivated by the smooth moves of the “Step Up” crew.

“Step Up 3D” is the third addition of the dancing saga.

With all new characters, and a new plot, the movie is sure to be a crowd pleaser. Adam Sevani, who was in “Step Up 2: The Streets” is accompanied by two new stars: Sharni

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Vinson and Rick Malambri.

The tight-knit street dancers, with the help of NYC Freshman Moose, find themselves in a head to head battle with some of the best break-dancers in the world.

Step Up 3D is scheduled to come out in theatres everywhere August 6.

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n case you haven’t gotten the full dose of movies where the gawky teenage nerd gets the hot girl because of his awkwardly cute stutter and his unwavering admiration, Edgar Wright is coming out with the most geek-arific movie since “SuperBad.” “Scott Pilgrim vs. the World” is an action flick about a boy, Scott Pilgrim, who falls in love with the monotonous, pink haired, pessimistic girl we usually see in these sorts of movies.

Before Ramona V. Flowers and Scott Pilgrim begin their relationship as another obnoxious misfit couple, he must defeat her seven evil

ex- boyfriends.

Of course, Scott Pilgrim is equipped with his band mates and his space cadet best friend to help him overcome her exes - each who appear to be about forty years old.

I will admit that at first, I thought that the trailer was a joke. In fact I was waiting for Scott Pilgrim to wake up sweaty and confused from a nightmare about fighting one of the evil exes.

When I finally accepted the fact that this was in fact a REAL story line, the cartoonlike graphics and the quirky, though predictable, characters began to grow on me. I

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even accepted the fact that Micheal Cera was about half the size of his co-star and wouldn’t have a chance with her if it weren’t a teen action flick.

I’m guessing that Scott Pilgrim will just barely defeat the seventh, most vicious, boyfriend and get the girl after somehow severely disappointing her. I’m guessing his friends will either stop talking to him or inspire him to keep trying to conquer the exes. And I’m guessing that this will be a film only slightly different from the “I swear I’ve already seen this before” teen flick cliche.

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Times were gay with Snoop Dogg, Zooey Deschanel, and Mary-Kate Olsen making guest appearances, and Nancy accidentally marrying a DEA agent.

Unfortunately, all good things must come to an end.

Pretty much everything started to go downhill when Nancy got some great idea to burn down her little haven in suburbia. After being left with no home, or weed, the Botwin family trekked on down to a fictitious town somewhere between here and the border.

Season five seemed to have lost the entire thrill of Weeds. Things used to be light and funny, and when

letyourselfgo.com Elizabeth Gilbert played by Julia Roberts looks out on an Italian landscape in search of peace of mind.

Eat. Love. Pray.

Very Amped I fell in love with Elizabeth Gilbert. She’s easy to relate to: a typical American woman, held down by commitments to work and relationships. Fed up with it all, she does what I can only dream of. She throws it all to the wind and travels to Italy, India, and Indonesia for a year. By the end of her soul

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searching, she finds bliss. Is there a better plot for a chick flick than this?

But not only is it an endearing story more than worthy of the big screen, it also has a name-renowned cast consisting the beautiful Julia Roberts, and other big names like Javier Bardem, James Franco, Richard Jenkins, and

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Viola Davis.

The film is directed and co-written by Ryan Murphy, who unfortunately writes the shallow plots of “Glee.”

I just hope co-writer Jennifer Salt will edit out all the overemotional bits, leaving just enough to make us teary with joy.

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things got intense it was OK, because Andy would always say something ridiculous and make everything alright again. But in season five, nothing was OK. Every episode was filled with enough drama to fill five seasons of “Gossip Girl.”

The end of season five promised that there are some issues that need fixing at the beginning of season six, but rumors suggest that after that, the show is going to take a new path. Linda Hamilton (The Terminator) will be joining the cast to help Nancy settle into a new life in Seattle. This will also be the last season for the lovable Celia Hodes, who has been filling in as a surrogate Nancy. Hopefully this season will prove to be better than the last. It will at least bring some excitement to Monday nights this summer, starting Aug. 16.

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Use your fresh summer fruit in these delicious recipes! By Kerry Roberson.

Fresh Fruit Pizza 1 package of refrigerated sugar cookie dough 8 ounces of cream cheese, light or regular 1 tsp vanilla extract 2 tbsp sugar A wide variety of fresh fruit, sliced 1/3 cup orange marmalade or strawberry pre- serves (optional) Press refrigerated sugar cookie dough onto a 14â&#x20AC;? pizza pan. Bake at 350 degrees until edges are lightly browned.

Mix together cream cheese, extract, and sugar. Spread over cooled cookie crust. Arrange a variety of fresh fruit over cream cheese (like peaches, strawberries, kiwi, blueberries, pineapples, etc.) in a pretty pattern. Heat marmalade until runny and drizzle over top of fruit. Refrigerate until it is time to serve.

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Fruit mixture can be made in advance and stored in a covered jar in refrigerator. Combine with ginger ale before serving.

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ypically, most people do not associate art shows with Mexican food. Yet art teacher Jeremy Wright begs to differ.

“It’s expected to have an art show at a gallery, not at a taco shop,” said Wright, “and honestly, I’m kinda bored of galleries.”

On May 17, Wright brought to the community the best of both worlds at this event at Raul’s Taco Shop on the 101. Displaying over 100 works of art, the pieces ranged from photography to collages to paintings. The catch?

Each piece of artwork had to be postcard-sized – measuring exactly 4x6 inches.

“There’s something fascinating about a small piece of work. It forces the view to get a closer, more intimate look,” said Wright.

The objective of this event was to do something for the community. Half of the works were done by SDA students, while the others were done by local artists. There were even a few pieces that were mailed in as post cards from as far away as Seattle.

Though a good portion of the attendees were from SDA, there were many unsuspecting locals that had wandered in and got an horchata and a carne asada burrito with an art show on the side.

Wright hopes to make the 4x6 Art Show an annual event.

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Sun, sea, and sandals

Whether you’re laying by the pool or on the beach, these are the perfect sandal trends. By Tatiana Skomski.

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ummer is finally here, and there is no better way to celebrate the great weather than by kicking off those clunky boots and uncomfortable heels you’ve been wearing all spring and slipping into the hottest summer sandals. This year’s line of summer sandals has something for everyone.

Whether you are a greek beauty or beach babe, these summer sandal styles will fill your closet to the max.

From casual flip-flops to adorable flats, you’re sure to find a summer sandal that fits your taste and budget. Sandals are the perfect accompaniment for your summer wardrobe.

Whether you’re wearing jeans, a dress, or a bikini, wooden wedges and strappy sandals can complete every summer outfit and instantly make you look like a bohemian beauty. It is no surprise that sandals are huge for summer and have been since the days of ancient Greeks and Egyptian pharaohs.

However, we have been seeing completely new styles

and ways to wear these timeless summer shoes. From slides to sling-backs and platforms to gladiators, you will be sure to turn heads with every summer sandal trend.

One of the first popular trends is the slide.

Slides are sandals with open toes and backs that are incredibly easy to slip on and off. Slides have a strap or straps across the top of the shoe, varying from a wide, single strap to multiple thin straps. These straps can be woven, braided or knotted.

Although sling-backs are popular with heels, we are now seeing this timeless style in sandals. Sling-backs straddle the line between slides and full closed-back. They often have a thin strap that runs from the sides of the shoe around the back of the foot.

Sling-backs can be open-toed or closed, and they also run the gamut from casual to sporty to dressy. Sling-backs are a very popular style of summer heel sandal; they are light and stylish but still provide support.

If you’re looking to spice up your summer sandals, you may want to look into a platform sandal.

Platforms are any shoe or sandal that has thick soles underneath the front part of the foot. A throwback to the discocrazed ‘70s, platforms are a great way to show the world your funky side.

Gladiator sandals are a somewhat controversial summer sandal trend this year. But whether you love them or hate them, these shoes add a definite wow-factor to an outfit.

Gladiators are usually flats with criss-cross straps running over the foot and multiple straps running up the leg. These sandals go well with funky summer jeans or long maxi dresses.

Whatever sandal style you choose to rock this summer remember to make sure to have fun with it. Whether you’re going to the beach, a party, or simply hanging around the pool, summer sandals turn every dress, romper, or bathing suit in a runway worthy outfit.

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Flaunt the fringe. Sophomores Kendall Running and Sami Sonnich display their summer sandals that, as Mr. Grove would say, lack substance.

Ultimate Steeze Seniors Matt Morris and Kiva Barry escape the paparazzi for a moment to explain their steeze. By Maddie Lyon. earrings: Claire’s

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watch: Belova

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Romping through the summer Rompers are made for just that: romping. By Tatiana Skomski.

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s the temperature increases and the sun comes out, summer style is quickly approaching. With bright colors, short dresses, and frolicking florals, we have been seeing many exciting styles this past spring. But it is now time to say goodbye to spring and say hello to summer.

I loved Rompers when I was a young kid growing up, but I have to say I am in LOVE with the new look for Rompers this summer. Fun, flirty, and sophisticated is how I characterize the look for the modern day Romper. Now there are Rompers for day and for night, work and for casual; these are definitely not the denim onesie you had as a child.

Also called a jumpsuit, the romper is the combination of a dress with shorts. Coming in different colors, patterns and lengths, the romper is a summer essential. It is great for the beach, shopping, or hanging out with friends. The romper has been all the rage across the Paris and New York runways. Designers like Chloé, Dolce & Gabbana, Gucci, and Ralph Lauren have been rocking the romper in their spring collections.

As far as designs are concerned for this style, anything goes. Right now we are seeing short sleeve, strapless, spaghetti straps, and long sleeve. But if you are skeptical about wearing

the Romper because you don’t know what style is best for your body type, it is best to play it safe. Find a romper in a neutral color like a black, navy, or gray and if you want to snazz it up add some fun, bright and bold accessories.

The good thing about rompers is that they are fancy enough to wear down the runway and are casual enough to wear to the beach.

Because you can do so many different things with the romper, it is one of the most diverse pieces you can have hanging in your closet. It truly is the perfect piece for your summer wardrobe.

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Let the good times romp Sophomore Lindsey Valenzula is ready for the summer sun in her fashionably floral romper.

Teacher Steeze Teachers Blaze Newman and George Stimson flaunt their individual styles. By Maddie Lyon beret: Bilbao, Spain suspenders: Buffalo Exchange shirt: Nordstrom tie: Wear it Again Sam pants: Carrols

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Underclassman sacrifices bromradery for that freshmen hottie at the pizza shop

By Dimitri Fautsch On a crowded Wednesday mid-morning the line for locally venerated restaurant Papa Toni’s stretched past the Quick Fix and onto the potholed street beyond. Freshmen Hugh Jass had a spot towards the front of the line, which he gave up to a 13-year-old freshman with an 18 year-old body.

“Man, that tank-top she was wearing was hella prime,” Jass said in reflective awe.

“Uhh, I’m not going to admit I wore a tank-top on purpose that day, but I’m uhh… also not saying it was on accident,” the

certifiable hottie said. Gallup polls reported her to be about an eight or eight-and-a-half out of 10.

Jass stepped out of line and took his walk of shame/honor towards the back, walking past a chorus of gasps and jeers.

“Bro, like bro, c’mon bro,” said student Jake Fry. Halfway through third period, the Nurse’s Office, reporred third-degree burns on Jass’ hands. “Jass was in a critical condition; he may even have died from too much high-fiving,” said the school nurse.

Senior Olympic participation declines after random drug screenings announced

Hey that’s my spot... Sometimes, badassery knows no bounds.

Overcoming some serious breakfast woes, desperate girlies and morning traffic, an Academy senior goes to all four classes

By Josh Drilling

By Dimitri Fautsch The area where SDA’s annual Senior Olympics were scheduled to be held remained largely deserted on Friday, May 14.

Students dropped out from the competition after the adminstartion revealed that random drug screenings would be held before the contest.

The events most impacted were the food-eating contest, where Twinkies and cupcakes went unmacked, and the trivia challenege where buzzer response times improved tremendously from the previous year.

“Uhh yeah, I just, just realized that my Aunt’s birthday was on the same day as Senior Olympics, so… yeah, guess I can’t go then…” said senior Frank Kush. Other seniors ended up having family or work conflicts from 3:30-6 p.m. on that

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The administration originally had planned to test participants for steroids and other performance-enhancing drugs, but expanded their test to include the chronic, as well as other illegal drugs, man.

“The testing agency hooked it up fat,” said Principal Thomas H. Caldwell.

The school’s Simple Green coalition had partnered up with Blunt Force Trauma Remembrance Group to try and block the testing, but fried out on the legal documents necessary to appeal the testing.

The National Honor Society adopted a similar drug-testing policy, and their most recent meeting had only a few attendees, even though chords were being fliffed out.

In one helluva shocking maneuver last week, San Dieguito senior Sean Gortking attended all four periods and even homeroom, without any tardies. The spectacle began in the waking light of a fine Tuesday morning, in his kitchen, where his mother had forgotten to prepare his bowl of cereal.

But he overcame his ragged, soul-eating sleepiness —having barely escaped the Tech N9ne concert the night before— and toasted several breads, not only buttering but also peanut buttering them, swathing the knife with a stoic indifference for the brave crumblies that fell beside him. No, there would be no time for fallen comrades on this day.

High-stepping and tiptoeing in the dewy front-yard grass, Gortking tried to avoid a complete sock-soaking, for his shoes

had been left in the car overnight. California-stopping all the way to school while managing to put on his shoes and texting like four hotties, he completed his stats homework from the previous few days and got his mom to sign this one paper, totally legit-like.

Tokyodrifting around the thin corners of the upper-lot, the car but a mere extension of his machisimo right-of-way, he fit the car into the welcoming spot, navigating a cluttered passage, definitely not hitting that kid’s car on the way in.

The hotties in his first period spotted far-ahead, Gortking surveyed his route for just seconds before setting off on a record-tying slow-walk only an experienced and confident bamf could utilize to close the distance between him and their booties.

Not wasting an ounce of breath on good mornings or pleasantries, his lungs pumping seriously oxygenated blood all through his body, he shunned two underclassmen who thought they were his friends with such a chilly shoulder they had to be carried off immediately for an invasive self-esteem building seminar.

Stepping coolly into his first period for the first time in weeks, his teacher looked-up from her desk; not recognizing him at first, her instinctive, “and you are?…” was cut short by his badass head nod.

The rest of the day was a breeze, the winds sailing him along from class to class and to Subman for lunch. He beat the bell to every period. He smelt not of cigarette smoke but of prestige.

White House basketball hoop lowered so Obama can dunk and look cool in front of his daughters’ friends

By Josh Fautsch

In a move sure to jeopardize the President’s street integrity, First Lady Michelle Obama ordered the Secret Service to discreetly lower the White House hoop to nine feet, allowing President Barack Obama to throw down some backboard -shattering dunks.

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was scheduled for early Thursday evening, during President Obama’s designated “outdoors time.”

The ceremony is actually quite standard. In 1908, President William H. Taft, requested a hoop be erected adjacent to the White House pool. Teddy Roosevelt had it raised to 12 feet

so he could dunk comfortably while on his horse.

Sobbing heavily to Lady Obama, President Obama commented that he was “actually a little bummed-out about not being able to dunk” after watching the previous Sunday’s Lakers game.

After ruthlessly defeat-

ing both Malia and Natasha at NBA Street on his PS2, Obama strutted to the court outside and attempted his in-game character’s signature dunk, the “Yes I Can-Opener.”

Obama, in a terrifying moment of nation-threatening ungracefulness, nearly stumbled to the dangerous floor of the steril-

ized court, but was rescued from the oncoming floor by one of the staffers standing by; White House aides crowded into the House’s spare rooms to hurriedly change their wetted pants.

This morning the Associated Press reported that last night the court was not the only place President Obama scored.

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Greaser population skyrockets in Gulf region

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National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Oil-painted San Franciscan artists have flocked to the South to personally thank BP for their contribution to abstract art.

Graduation caps and gowns designed by Ed Hardy

By Josh Fautsch An unnamed SDA administrator recently announced via Twitter that SDA graduates’ caps and gowns will be designed

by Ed Hardy and his ‘partner’ Christian Audigier, and also that they love poop. Weeks ago, the area’s most advanced steeze consultants pitched their mock-ups to administrators near E Street Café at a location that you probably haven’t even heard of.

“We wanted something that would make the oh-tenners sparkle in the sunlight, some-

thing unique to separate them from all other seniors in the country,” said SDA Principal Bodd E. Shawts between sips of his Monster.

The People for Organized and Outfitted Progress, the committee who elected Ed Hardy to be chief gown-designer, confronting a troubling state surplus of allotted funds, had to spend the rest of SDA’s budget on the graduation ceremony and a giant marble statue of a strumming Eddie Vedder.

SDA’s hippest voted for lowcut gowns with fitted tattoosleeves, dozens of angry skulls with ‘2010’ between the eyes, and rhinestoned, mesh caps of a badass red. SDA graduates asked for “fire to rage along the bottom of the gowns, just like we will at Grad night.” Graduates have been asked to wear only wife beaters beneath their gowns.

The move to outsource clothing design to Mr. Hardy is being adopted by the Mustang Minds as well as SDA’s volleyball team.

Student arrested for saying, “Tomorrow going to be da bomb”

By Henry Sweat San Dieguito Academy junior Adam Bombardelli was arrested Thursday in fourth period after commenting that Friday was going to be “da bomb.” The administration immediately took him into custody because of the short fuse sparked in light of recent events.

“We just wanted to take care of it before it exploded into another incident,” said Principal Perry Noiria.

Protesting signs have been

hung around the school in an attempt to get the administration to see that “da bomb” is another word for cool.

Attempts at verifying these claims by the administration have been largely unsuccessful due to the Lightspeed webcensor which blocks the slang source Urban Dictionary and the fact that no administrator has a Blackberry with a fully functioning 3G network.

“This is an abomination. I

mean it is like arresting a kid for saying that he really likes Obama,” said the bombastic parent of the arrested student who blasted the administration for fifteen minutes before being escorted off the premises.

The spokesperson for the Sheriff’s Office, Deputy Nute Clear, said, “I think that all of the precautions that the school is taking are dynamite and will prevent any future events from going ballistic.”

With a snap of the wrist, whip of the finger-gun and a swaggery click of the tongue, the Gulf of Mexico has become a new haven for the country’s foundling Greaser population. Officials have attributed the population increase to the recent British Petroleum oil rig explosion. Anthropologists have noticed a substantial increase in Cherry Cola sales, while “Best of the Fonz” DVDs have been sold out for days at Hollywood Video stores throughout the Gulf region.

Levi’s leather jackets have been purchased with regard for neither temperature nor bovinepreservation, and tarred birds have reaped the benefits of a people who thirst for oil-based hair product on the cheap.

Visiting tourists spotted a gang of Greasers vigorously rubbing pelicans into their hair. Having struggled to study the endangered Greaser subspecies in past

years, social scientists and professors are increasingly grateful for the oil’s continual spewing.

Even local townsfolk are pleased with the migration of the Greasers to their neighborhoods and are glad to offer them a thriving ecosystem. Local preacher and minuteman Bud Wiser witnessed a shocking event just a few weeks ago. “Yep me and the boys just the other day saw one of dem Greasers tryin’ to capture one of dem pelicans to smother it on his head for stylin, ‘cept he was still smokin’ his Marlboro,” he said. “Boy lit up like a natural gas geyser.” Many of the locals echoed Wiser’s sentiments going on to twang, “Yep, he’s about right. It sure was crazy.”

The popularity of British Petroleum CEO Tony Heyward’s name has increased drastically in the Gulf region’s newborns as parents rushed to devote their legacy to the “Dixie Savior.”

Everybody concerned that classes at SDA have become “rigorous”

By Josh Drilling A staff meeting was held after school yesterday by the heads of each department to discuss the odd behavior of a handful of SDA’s teachers —new and old— who have been reportedly “not diverting classroom discussions to be about themselves that often.”

Cursing budget cuts and difficult district demands, Principal Michael Beinsilli was “pretty worried” about the diminishing amounts of teacher-incited distraction at San Dieguito.

Serious economist Bummer Sates was hit-up to comment on Principal Beinsilli’s worries: “Well, the implications are terrifying. If students are going to have to come to class, local restaurants are likely to go out of business due to decreased numbers of customers.” The entrepreneur on the corner who

wasn’t selling anything shady seemed saddened by the news of increases as well.

Having caught word of new in-class demands at San Dieguito, a local mexican restaurant spokesman/cashier-at-the-time Mike Halcón was worried about the decreased number of teen customers and announced he’d be changing his restaurant’s hours of operation to open only during hour lunch, “because alotta kids seem to like get hungry around then.”

SDA social activists have expressed grave concern regarding the decrease in the number of fundraisers they may be able to throw due to increased in-class “ontopicness.”

The problems were deemed “relevant enough” to be brought up at the“maybe if we can fit it in” Underclassmen Forum.

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At the dark and early hour of 5:10 a.m., a 30 year-old man bounced up to the door and yanked on the handle. When it wouldn’t open, he yanked again.

“We open at 5:30.” I pointed at the sign stating our hours.

“What, what?” He continued to yank on the door.

“We open in 20 minutes,” I shouted.

“Okay, okay.” He spun in a circle, still bouncing, then perused the sign, seeming to memorize the store hours.

We have the same first customer every morning, but this morning upon opening the doors the 30 year-old man rushed to the counter, leaving sweet, elderly Lou in the dust.

“Good morning,” I chimed as cherry I could.

The man didn’t exchange this with a “good morning” or even a “hi,” but instead a detailed description of his inability to sleep.

“I get up at 1. 2. 3. 4. I just don’t sleep like I used to.

And once I wake up I know I have to get up. Oh, I’ll have a venti latte made with half and half and two extra shots of espresso. I just keep wondering why? And why me?”

I rang him up and began to make his drink. I’m used to hearing the quiet lull of chatter, but instead all I heard was a booming voice informing the regular customers: “I just think why me? I mean I used to sleep like a baby; but now, oh but now, I wake up at 4 and I have to get up. I just don’t understand why this happened now and why it happened to me-” “Venti quad breve latte,” I called out.

He ran over.

“Oh, oh, oh!”

He took a big gulp and rushed out the door.

Okay. I wasn’t going to make judgement calls that early in the morning. Even if the man was trying to collect pity from those who’ve had insomnia for 30 years.

About an hour later, however, the man returned to order the same drink and tell the same story about the mystery of his “insomnia.”

“I just don’t understand. It’s just come on so suddenly. And now I have to come here to get my day going.”

Now at this point I wanted to say to him, “Really? Really? You don’t understand why you can’t sleep? You’ve just drank eight shots of espresso in less than an hour, and you’re still asking ‘why me?’”

Don’t get me wrong. I’m a caffeine fan. I enjoy the buzz when I’m unwantingly falling asleep. But surprise, surprise: caffeine has side-effects. Maybe instead of a temperature disclaimer, coffee cups should state: “CAUTION: May cause trouble sleeping, shakiness, and cluelessness when consumed in obscene amounts.” Maybe then this guy would know “why him.”

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The boys felt like they fought hard despite their under 500 record.

The team is young and very inexperienced.

Since volleyball is very much a team sport, one or two superstars can’t carry the whole team.

“I though the season went well, I’m going to miss the seniors and I think we can do better next year,” said sophomore Joey Kobara. anna sheridan nina moussavi

Teamwork Senior Maddie Bauer runs with her fellow Mustangs as she tries to score a goal.

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fter a successful season, the varsity softball team ended 22-9, but lost May 26 in the CIF quarter finals to Cathedral Catholic. In the playoffs the team was 2-2 with wins against High Tech High and Clairemont, and losses to the highly seeded Santana (1) and Cathedral Catholic (3).

By the end of the season the Mustangs had played a variety of teams from Division I, II, III and IV schools and were able to gain the experience necessary to excel in the season.

SDA won the Coastal North league title for the eleventh year in a row, ending the league undefeated at 8-0.

Coach Sam Corrao has high hopes for the team next year, especially for pitcher Tonia Wu who will be returning for her sophomore year. Wu finished the season ranked as the eighth best pitcher in San Diego County with 136 strikeouts this season. The other standout pitchers on the list were from highly ranked schools such as Granite Hills and Mt. Carmel according to maxpreps.com.

Wu also finished 39th in San Diego for her .421 batting average along with senior Rachel Calsbeek who was ranked 50th with .407. With six homeruns, Calsbeek tied for sixth place with the most home runs for the season. kate radcliffe

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he boys golf season ended on a high note with the team finishing just under five hundred.The Mustangs wrapped up 2010 with 10 losses and 11 wins according to head coach Doug Timmons.

As for CIF,Timmons said that the whole team was able to compete in the “play in” match against El Capitan at the Barona Golf Club. Although none of the boys advanced, he said that they all had fun during the match.

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he boys tennis team struggled this year finishing at 4-13, but Junior Tor Syvrud went to CIF individual matches.

“Although we didn’t do well number wise, we had a fun season,” senior Nick Smith said.

SDA ranked low in league, but that didn’t discourage them from being energetic.

“Eric Ward, Alex Haddad and Ryan Cardenas were the most spirited on the team,” Smith said.

Syvrud and sophomore Steven Lee made a valuable doubles team with the most wins on the team, and are expected to be stronger next year. kaylin greene

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or the varsity girls lacrosse team, the season started much better than was expected. Last year, they ended with a record of 4-14, but new coach Chuck Kaczmarek whipped the girls into shape with his goal of creating a team with strong offense and defense.

The coach focused on defense for the first half of the season, enabling the team to find early successes that “surprised” the girls, according to Kaczmarek. Towards the second half, SDA had progressed enough on defense to begin to focus more on offense which allowed them to make it to a CIF playoff game for the first time in years, according to the coach. Though they lost the game against Coronado (seeded second) Kaczmarek is proud of all the work that enabled the girls to get there.

Kaczmarek said the season began with a team that had no concept of offense or defense and ended as a group of players who worked very well together. The “fulfilling” season ended with a record of 11-6 and the coach is excited to continue his work with SDA next year.

“Now it is time to create a lacrosse dynasty here at SDA,” he said. kate radcliffe

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he varsity boys lacrosse team wrapped up the season stronger than they began with a 6-13 record.

The team was young, with lots of new talent thaneeded to be fine tuned.

“Our team has improved tremendously this year.

It was one of those season where we were growing as the season was ending and I wanted more games to see what we could do against other teams,” said head coach Nicholas Borden.

The highlight of the year for the team was winning the “Academy Cup” against CCA. Borden said that the Mustangs’ success’ depended on key players. “Tommy Rodriques, senior, and Chase Brokaw, sophomore, did a great job of holding down the offense, and the defenders also played a huge role in the outcome of the game.

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he 2010 season of track and field ended abruptly and unexpectedly for the Mustangs because of a disqualification.

According to Coach Justin Conn, SDA was tied with CCA for the Coastal League title, so whoever won the league championship May 13 at Mt. Carmel would clench the title. Before the last event, the Mustangs led the Ravens by three points. The girls in the last race could have finished second behind CCA and the team would still be victorious based on points.

Unfortunately, at the league championship one of SDA’s runners, sophomore Margo Taylor, popped her hip, so a new runner came in to fill the spot. She and her teammates ran the 4x400 relay and dominated over CCA with a time of 4:16. As soon as the girls crossed the finish line, everyone knew SDA had won.

However, a referee soon announced that SDA was disqualified because the runner that filled in at the last minute forgot to take out her earring. Track and field rules are strict when it comes to what participants can wear.

According to Conn, the referee had to disqualify SDA because, if he finds out something is against the rules, he has to report it. Conn says someone (from the other team, runners or parents) “ratted out” SDA. “I went completely crazy.

I lost it. I completely lost it,” Conn said about the incident.

The team was not upset with the substitue runner because she did well for filling in at the last minute, and Conn said he was more responsible than she was.

When it comes to CIF, Conn said several runners competed including sophomores Jenna Asperslag and Margo Taylor, senior Jourdyn Aiken, and junior Caitlyn Ford in the 4x100 race placing ninth overall. Juniors Kaky Payne and Kaylin Greene competed in the high jump and Aiken competed in the long jump. Greene also competed in the hurtles event and Asperslag in the 100 m race placing ninth.

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ustang surf is catching their final waves for the 2009-2010 season. It has been a successful year for the team in the ISF, NSSA and NSL leagues.They finished 2nd place overall in the ISF league, 4th place in the NSSA State Competition, and recently won 1st place in the NSL San Diego Regionals.

The highlight of the year, according to coach Oly Norris, was defeating both Point Loma and Carlsbad in the San Diego Regionals Championship held at Moonlight beach on May 26.

The NSL High School Cup National Championships took place June 12 and 13 at Upper Trestles, while the NSSA National Championships will be held at Lower Trestles June 25 through 27.

“I’m confident that we can reclaim our National Title; we’ll see...either way we’re going to have a lot of fun!” Norris said.

During the year, the team took the highly individualistic sport and made it more of a team activity.

“Our biggest improvement was our ability to work with each other and take an individual life-style and adapt into a team sport and have fun with it,” Norris said.

The team is looking forward to an even more successful season next year.

“We have a very young team so I’m looking forward to working with our athletes as their surfing matures,” Norris said. kaylin greene

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he boys baseball team fell short of early expectations this season. They finished with a record of 16-9, and 8-2 in the Coastal North league. The Mustangs were not able to advance to the CIF level as they were competing for an at-large spot in the championships with four other teams, but were not awarded it by the placement committee, according to varsity coach Dennis Koolhaas.

“It was a frustrating year not getting into the playoffs,” Koolhaas said.

Some of the most valuable players on the team, according to coach Dennis Koolhaas, included seniors Eric Peabody,

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Alex Scheiwe, and Max Hardman, freshmen Dominic Anguiano and Noah Huggins, and sophomore Niko Gilligan.

Peabody has, for two years, been a top pitcher in San Diego County and improved his batting average to almost .500 in league play. Huggins also stood out by striking out 50 batters as a freshman, Scheiwe hit monstrous home runs, and Gilligan, Hardman and Anguiano hit over .400 in League.

Over the year, the team’s play and strategy has improved.

“The team was great at confusing the other team while we were on the bases. Ben Kilobasa (senior) made some great steals and slides,” Koolhaas said, “I would say that is where we

improved the most since our pitching was consistently rock solid.”

Koolhaas also complemented the teamwork between the different grades of players.

“Watching the veteran players and the younger players mesh on a team and compete was a true highlight.”

Next year, the team expects younger players and anticipates the upcoming CIF conference rearrangement. “We will have a very young team next year as we begin our first year in the Valley League. We have a ton of work to do to get them ready physically and mentally, however it is our goal to compete immediately,” Koolhaas said. kaylin greene

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Way to go, sport

Keep an eye on these Mustangs who are going to the next level in college. Photos and story by Pauline Disch.

Nate Burns

Cassy McCulley

“I’m pretty hyped because I get to run, but I also get priority of classes.”

“I’m excited because they are a pretty good team and the coach is excited to have me play.”

Cross Country, Track Palomar

Ariel Chao

Soccer Wellesley, MA

“I’m really excited to play soccer there because I’ll get to be part of the NCAA experience and travel with the team.”

Softball Redlands

Rachel Calsbeek Mia Sprau

Haley Arsenault

Johnny Cox

“I’m excited to be the mother of the lacrosse team because I’m going to start a team there.”

“I’m pretty excited to go there and to go to the next level and play college baseball.”

Baseball Cal State Monterey

Kent Oman

Eric Ward

“I’m scared and excited at the same time because it will be different and a new experience.”

“It’s something I’m looking forward to because it will be fun, even if it’s club or intramural because there won’t be the stress of travel.”

Club Lacrosse UCSB

Lacrosse Univeristy of Arizona

Club Tennis MiraCosta

Courtney Swan

Cross Country, Track

Bentley University, MA “I’m excited for another four years of cross country and track.”

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“I’m super excited to represent one of the best universities in the country.”

“It will be fun to meet new people and to play the sport that we love.”

Madeline Bauer

Camille Torres

Cheer UCLA

Softball Palomar

Lacrosse Cal State San Marcos

Felipe Pezzoli

Ben Atlas

Michelle Whitfield

Max Oltersdorf Club Squash UC Berkeley

“I’m concerned because it’s going to be pretty hot there, but luckily the games are going to be at night.”

“I’m gonna squash the competition next year at Berkeley.”

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Now let me see your bat SWING! Scott Hairston tries to hit it out of the park.

he San Diego Padres are on fire and now is the time to watch them in action at Petco Park. The team is starting strong with one of the best records in baseball and consists of a group of players that other teams are keeping an eye on.

Currently the Padres have a record of 31 wins and 21 losses according to padres.com as of June 2, which ties them for the second best record in all of Major League Baseball. San Diego typically isn’t known for their amazing offense because the boys don’t hit many homeruns or bring in a lot of RBI’s. This season however, the team is able to bring in wins.

“When you’ve got a smallmarket club you can’t afford the big bat. So you win with good (pitching) and defense. And now they have speed,” said former Padres general manager Kevin Towers in an interview with the

USA Today.

Towers is right because the Padres have the second most stolen bases in the Majors with 54 right behind the Tampa Bay Rays with 58 as of June 1.

Generally stealing these bases has allowed the team to put more runners in scoring position and manufacturing runs to beat other teams. Last year the team consisted of older players like Brian Giles who were not fast enough and young enough to steal bases.

To compensate for the Padres lack of offense the pitchers are stepping up for one of the best staffs in the Majors. According to padres.com the team is second best in Major League Baseball with an ERA (earned runs average) of 3.00, behind the St. Louis Cardinals with a 2.95 ERA. “We’d prefer to have a balanced attack. We have a number of guys hitting below their norm, but we’re confident we’ll hit better. It’s early but we’re

excited,” said Padres manager Bud Black in an interview with the USA Today.

The biggest difference for the Padres is the youth on the team and their new outlook on the season.

“This team doesn’t know there not supposed to be good.

They have a bunch of kids who’re eager to do anything they have to do to stay in the big leagues,” said Channel Four producer Jason Bott who has been with the team for 13 years.

Bott also said that he’s shocked to see the small turnouts lately. He knows it’s not summer yet and school’s still in, but he would have thought a first-place team would draw more than 20,000 a night. Then he said there’s the fact that some people are waiting to see if this team is for real.

Clearly the Padres are for real and playing to win. So go down to Petco Park and root for the home team!

Africa’s calling—The World Cup’s on the line

Hop on the world’s bandwagon everybody, and chow down on earth’s gravy train. Let’s take a a monthlong ride through soccerdom. dimitri fautsch

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his summer the world’s collective eye will turn towards South Africa for both “National Lampoon presents: Invictus 2: The Rise of the Mandela,” and perhaps more importantly, the World Cup. Come June 11th, “the beautiful game” will have a chance to unite a country still struggling with its racial identity with a love for the game.

Leaders will attend their nation’s games, hoping a good finish can bolster their country’s morale, and ensure their reelection.

Citizens will take vacations, ‘sick days’ and spend thousands just for an opportunity to watch their national teams play live.

Despite all this fanfare, USAers have remained apathetic to their country’s fortunes in the competition, choosing instead to

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focus on Jack Bauer’s quest for revenge and John Locke’s transcendence. Now, in wake of the “Lost” and “24” series’ finales, America will need a replacement TV program for the summer that’s practically here. Enter: World Cup 2010, and if that intro paragraph wasn’t enough to convince you, here are five reasons to GAF and watch “the really beautiful game.”

American Pride: It’s the 10th

anniversary of the movie “The Patriot,” and what better way to honour America than to cheer them on in their quest for soccer immortality. America’s main competition in their first group is the Union Jackers.

Fortunately for the US, the Brits have to deal with some inner turmoil after their Captain John Terry had an affair with a

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Tyler White

teammate’s wife, who has since quit the team. Think LeBron has an affair with Zydrunas Ilgauskas’ wife, and then you know what Team Infidelity have on their plate.

MESSIIII: 5’7 forward Lionel

Messi is Argentina’s best player, goal scorer, and lover. He’s been splendid for his club team, Barcelona, but his play for the national team has been largely disappointing.

A World Cup championship would satisfy his home country and ensure Messi’s canonization into soccer legendary, while a loss would inevitably lead to crazed Argentineans attacking him with flank steaks, and another four years of an unmovable monkey on his back. Think he doesn’t know all this? Think again.

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For the Ladies, Sexy Guys:

The World Cup is a beehive of handsome men, gettin’ sweaty in tiny shorts, playing their hearts out and being passionate for their country and all that cute stuff. If that won’t satisfy your lust, there’s also a long-held tradition of players exchanging jerseys at the end of games.

Nipple Alert! Unfortunately, David Beckham will not be playing for the English, but a coalition of men and women have formed an organization campaigning for Jude Law to be his replacement on the pitch.

No Commercials: Perhaps

the only downfall of televised sports, and television in general is the inconvenience of commercials. It’s never a good feeling to have your all-American game of football interrupted by John

Travis Norton Nina Comforti

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Cougar Mellencamp crooning to a montage of Chevy trucks. “The elegant game” on the other hand features no Cougar, no trucks, and no commercials. You tell the wifey your gonna watch for an hour-and-a-half, and your gonna watch for an hour-and-a-half.

Something Crazy Might Happen: Y’all remember when Zinedine Zidane channeled his inner Hulk Hogan and headbutted his way out of the 2006 World Cup finals? Remember that for a lot of these players it’s their last chance to play in the tournament, and going out with a bang is sometimes an unfortunate priority. While I’m not the beardface from Men’s Warehouse and one-hundo perecent guaranteeing some insanity, with so many egos, something’s bound to happen.

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We fly high. Hannah Ellerbrock and Faberge compete in Palm Desert.

he equestrian team is the newest on SDA’s growing list of sports, but it wouldn’t have been made possible without the help of the SDA Equestrian Club and President Hannah Ellerbrock, junior, who has been a rider for 12 years. Now The Mustang is taking a timeout with Ellerbrock to interview her on the ups and downs of jumping.

Mustang: Why did you start?

Hannah Ellerbrock: When I was little, I loved ponies and everything do to with ponies.

My parents put me in a camp to show me how much work it was to take care of a horse, but I ended up loving it even more.

M: What are some of your latest successes?

HE: In January I was awarded High Point Equitation Rider in the Greater San Diego area for 2009, and I won Varsity Individual Champion and Varsity Medal Finals in the San Diego Scholastic Equestrian League.

M: What types of events do you compete in?

HE: I compete in jumping. There’s regular “jumping,” which is how fast you can get through the course; “hunterjumper,” which is concentrated on the ability of the horse; and “equitation,” which is based on the ability of the rider. My focus is equitation, but I’m taking lessons in dressage, which helps me in what I do for jumping.

M: How often do you ride?

HE: I have IndependentStudy PE. I ride every day except Mondays, because my horse needs some time off.

M: Describe your daily practice routine.

HE: First I’ll stretch my horse, and then start with some dressage. We focus on lateral work, such as making the horse cross his legs over, and working on tucking the shoulders and haunches in. Then we do jumping. Some days we’ll jump for height to make sure that my horse is careful and keeps his feet picked up, and some days we’ll work on tight turns over low fences to work on balance.

M: How has the SDA Eques-

trian team been doing this year?

HE: Last year, Dana Presley and I helped found the team.

We just had Finals on May 23.

We were Varsity Champs in Hunter-Jumper, and Varsity Champs in Western, so it was a clean sweep this year. Some of our main competition includes Linfield Christian, Torrey Pines, and Santa Fe Christian.

M: Tell us more about the horse you ride.

HE: Faberge is a Swedish Warmblood, and is chestnut with a white blaze. He prefers eating leaves off of trees instead of grass. He thinks he’s a giraffe.

Out in the pasture, he lays down in such a way that he’s all spread out. We’ve gotten calls before that our horse is dead, but he just passes out in the sun and sunbathes. He loves his sun time.

M: What’s the funniest thing that happened while riding?

HE: Once, a duck ran into my horse. The duck was flying through the arena, but it looked a little bit off. It was just flying at me and my horse, and then ran right into my horse’s neck.

Pop culture: senior edition The year is over and so is the spring season, say goodbye to these seniors.

Interviews and photos by Pauline Disch

best win as a mustang:

favorite highlight out of four years:

wet wipes -cam’ron

beating tri-city christian, in general

getting in fights with lying players

misinformed leprechauns

live forever or die

the cougars

tryout for sports and go to school events

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alex haddad senior tennis

Alex Henline

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haley arsenault lacrosse senior

tempertrap -sweet deposition

valley center in double overtime

having a team sleepover and then getting caught TPing my boyfriend’s house

sean holcomb senior track and field

samael the destroyer -oceano

beating this one kid from cca; I didn’t like his face

every joke involving brendon junge

Yvette Cervantes

if you could advice for change the incoming freshmen: school mascot....

current song on ipod:

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Elizabeth Christman Marc Lococo

Laura O’ Hagen

Bouset Munds

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Boogie Boarder vs. Rollerskater

In this issue rollerskater Ari Brin, junior, skates circles around sponger Jenson Atwood, senior. Story by Paige Ely. 1. Why don’t cops wear bulletproof pants?

BB: Because the heart isn’t located down below.

RS: Maybe because the upper body is the most important part.

Or because while they’re in the car they don’t have to worry about their legs getting shot.

Me: Boarder, way to state the obvious. I’m glad you know it’s not your heart that’s between your legs.

Skater, your mom wouldn’t be able to reproduce without her lower body, in which case you wouldn’t be born. Now tell me which part of the body’s more important. Plus cops don’t need any bulletproof clothing when inside the car. The car itself is bulletproof.

Hey guys, how about the simple answer that the pants would be difficult to run in?

Anyone, anyone? I guess not.

No crime catching today and no points either.

2. When companies ship Styrofoam, what do they pack it in?

BB: They don’t pack it. It’s

Styrofoam. It doesn’t need packing.

RS: I guess more Styrofoam.

Me: Boarder what are you thinking? Little pieces of Styrofoam are just floating around in planes and ships waiting to pack something? No, Styrofoam does have places to go and people to see before it’s used, so in the meantime it’s packed in cardboard or enclosed in plastic.

You’re not packing any points.

Skater, what an enigma! 3.1415 points while I try to figure out where the Styrofoam ends and your brain begins.

3. When you’re in the sun, why does your skin get darker and your hair get lighter?

BB: Um…um…I don’t know.

Can I phone a friend? *friend* It’s cause of the melatonin in your skin, and your hair gets lighter because it gets lighter.

RS: It’s because of the chemical reactions with the pigments of each of the materials.

Me: Boarder, this isn’t “Who Wants to be a Millionaire,” but if it were, you would go home

broke. While your friend may have sounded smart, at least to begin with, melatonin is the hormone used to fall asleep, like you were for this question.

Minus 500 points for every hour of science you slept through.

Skater, correct and elegantly phrased...for a 7th grader. Minus 4 points, one for every year you’ve had since that life science class.

To fill in your vagueness, melanin is the pigment in skin and hair that’s broken down by the sun. The difference is hair is dead and the melanin is depleted, while skin is living and able to replace it.

4. Why don’t you ever receive brownies when you get Brownie points?

RS: Maybe they are points leading up to a brownie…I just haven’t gotten one yet.

BB: (shakes his head, squints his eyes)…No. I don’t know what that is.

Me: Skater, what a cute response and even more you know what the question is about. You

Shaka v. Rocka’ Senior Jenson Atwood, left, shows the spirt of the waves, while junior Ari Brin, right, raises up her rollerskate with pride.

deserve a real brownie and 20 brownie points. Too bad no one will ever make you one.

Boarder, shame, shame. Not only are you ignorant of a common system of super cool points, similar to ones I’m about to take from you, but you weren’t even

curious enough to inquire into the delight you’re missing out on. Minus 5 points for every brownie you don’t deserve.

Hang your head in shame.

Boarder: -505 Skater: 19.1415

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