December 2013

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The World Is Our Campus Volume 61, Issue 4

Arcadia High School 180 Campus Drive, Arcadia, CA

December 2013

In this issue:

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OPINION pg. 4 Art on the Walls: Banksy spreads his messages through the art he puts on the walls of society.

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CROSS COUNTRY RACES TO VICTORY After another successful year, Boys Cross Country has made its way to CIF State Finals once again, reigning as championships for the second time in a row. Photo courtesy of SPORTS.YAHOO.COM

STUDENT LIFE pg. 13 Christmas Wish Lists: Students talk about what they want to see this year under the Christmas tree!

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ACADEMICS pg. 14 Boy Genius: Nathan Chou becomes 1 out of 11 students in the entire world who received a perfect score on the AP Calculus test.

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By CHARLES XU Staff Writer Finishing off another triumphant season, Boys Varsity Cross Country is once again champion in the California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) State Finals. With its victory, AHS qualified for the 10th annual Nike Cross Nationals (NXN), in which it finished as one of the top 10 teams in America. In the Boys Varsity Cross Country’s debut of the season, AHS placed 3rd out of 12 Division I high schools in the 30th Annual Laguna Hills Invitational. In the following three weeks, Arcadia swept the competition at the 33rd Annual Woodbridge Cross Country Classic, 40th Stanford Cross Country Invitational, Clovis Invitational, Mt. San Antonio College (SAC) Invitational, and the Apache Invitational. Riding an astounding six race winning streak, the Apache runners competed in the California Interscholastic Federation Southern Section (CIF-SS) Divisional Preliminaries at Mt. SAC. Boys Varsity was able to finish 3rd overall in its heat even without seniors Bryan Ngo, Thomas Tran, and Estevan De La Rosa. Led by senior Roni Yamane, Girls Varsity members combined their efforts to earn 2nd behind Capistrano Valley High School. After this race, Arcadia secured a place in the CIF-SS Division

Finals, in which it looked to win its 4th consecutive championship. At Mt. SAC on Nov. 23, Boys Varsity Cross Country lost a tight battle against Warren High School with a score of 77-69. AHS’ Girls Varsity took 9th at the meet by running a hard, gutty race at Finals; running the fastest Mt. SAC time the girls’ program has ever managed, it was the fastest team to miss out on CIF Finals. Bouncing back from its narrow loss, Arcadia responded by winning its second consecutive California State Championship and 3rd Division I title in four years. The seven Apache runners combined for a score of 59, beating out runner-up Madera South High School by a margin of 29 points. Coach Michael Feraco-Eberle reflected on Boys Varsity team’s postseason. “I wasn’t concerned about 3rd at preliminaries—our top three remaining runners finished 1st, 2nd, and 3rd in the race. [Second] at finals was unexpected—we went in trying to win the [race] and narrowly lost to a Warren High School squad that ran the second fastest team time ever at the Mt. SAC course (our time was third fastest—we still hold the course record from a previous year). [The team] got back on track at state; the boys had run too fast during the first portion of the CIF-SS Finals race, and held back at State before making a big, winning move up over the course of the second mile. It was an impressive performance.”

At the 2013 NXN, the top 22 American cross country teams competed at the Portland Meadows Race Track in Oregon. Arcadia ranked an impressive 9th place with a total of 255 points on a challenging course that was “bitterly cold and [had a] hard, uneven ground, [making] it difficult to run.” Estevan claimed 5th place, finishing only 10 seconds behind the event’s champion, and sophomore Phillip Rocha placed 64th. “Phillip had a good start to his race before having his shoe taken off by another runner a fifth of the way in. He had to run the rest of the race with one spike on; picture running barefoot on a cobblestone road in 20 degree weather, and that’s what Phillip had to endure. That he finished as well as he did is a minor miracle,” stated Coach Feraco-Eberle. He also remarked, “We all expected better prior to [NXN], but given how the actual competition unfolded, I’m really proud of my boys. I think every one of them gave everything they had that day.” As the only team to win multiple national titles (2010 and 2012) in Boys NXN history, the team has carried on the impressive legacy of victory. Next season, Arcadia will aim for yet another State Championship and plans to reclaim its title as the nation’s fastest high school. Congratulations Boys and Girls Cross Country on a highly successful season! cxu@apachepowwow.com


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