The Aztec February 2015 Issue

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THE AZTEC

VOLUME LXXVII NUMBER VI

ALHAMBRA, CA 91801

FBLA to compete against Mission Valley schools at Six Flags Magic Mountain

FBLA poses for a group picture in a Keppel hallway.

CHRISTIE HUI Staff Writer Mark Keppel’s Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) will be competing against various schools of Mission Valley on Saturday, February 28. The event will be held at Six Flags Magic Mountain and will start at approximately 9 a.m. and end at 10 p.m. The competition is to showcase the business

knowledge that FBLA members have acquired. 25 students ranging from 10th to 12th grade will be participating. The event will be held in the Six Flags Magic Mountain Theater. FBLA is an academic club that promotes business leadership and helps students understand American business enterprise. FBLA will be competing in business related topics such as accounting, global business, business ethic,

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etc. Students will compete in various events ranging from section, state, and nationals. There will be team events as well as individual. There will also be workshops that will teach team building, motivational speaking, and more. Tommy Tang, an FBLA member, will be in the digital video section, a state event, and the spreadsheet section, a section event. The section event is the first level of the competition.

Keppel will be competing among the Mission Valley Area, which consists of 17 schools in the San Gabriel Valley area. Those who make it into the top five will move to the state event. There will be a test with 100 multiple choice questions that lasts for an hour for topics such as accounting, spreadsheet, word processing, etc. The judges will consist of business people and teachers from other schools. Awards will be given out at the end of the competition. Senior Kimberly Thai, the president of FBLA, says she is looking forward to “networking and bonding with the members of FBLA.” FBLA advisers, Ms. Salama, Ms. Baca, and Ms. Fillpot will be chaperoning the event. Ms. Fillpot thinks this competition can benefit students by giving them a chance to meet new people and learn how to prepare for a competition. She advises to students competing that “it is never too late to start studying.” Ms. Baca’s advice to students is to “be prepared and realize that this is a great leadership opportunity.” FBLA members will soon have a chance to display their academic ability outside of school.

School Wi-Fi restricts access to students and staff BRANDON CHUNG Historian Beginning this semester, many students have noticed that the school wi-fi is no longer up, spurring many rumors on campus as to what has happened. This problem is not exclusive to Mark Keppel’s campus; it is happening all over the school district. Alhambra High School, San Gabriel High School, even the elementary schools are all suffering problems with their wi-fi connection, according to Principal Cisneros. “After Christmas, we did a

statistic on when the bandwidth (the amount of traffic that the network can handle at a given time) is used,” said Cisneros. “[We noticed that] the two highest peak times were before school and after school, the reason being teachers coming [on campus] and accessing [the wi-fi].” It was around this time that the district began experiencing significant problems with their electronics. According to Technician Eric Chau, the problems are stemming from a large influx of devices attempting to access the wi-fi.

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“There’s so many devices connecting to the wi-fi, and all that contributed to the network problems we’ve been having,” Chau stated. Not all of the affected devices are mobile. The desktops in the computer labs, many of which are used by students throughout the day, are also impacting the network connection. However, the bandwidth is being prioritized in certain areas, such as the Student Bank, the Career Center, and other places. Because of this, only the mobile wi-fi was temporarily disabled while equipment in the District Office,

where wireless connection for all the schools in the district is based, was upgraded. This decision is the reason why so many students and staff have been left without mobile Internet access. Most of the impact has been on phones as well as some of the iPads, according to Cisneros, noting that her own wireless access has suffered along with the majority of the student body. The district is taking such measures to root out the source of the problem due to the SBAC testing, which is all done on computers at the same time.

February 12, 2015

Eyes Around the World collaborates with Crown and Sceptre in glasses drive SARAH McCORMICK News Editor The Eyes Around the World group is working along with the Keppel club, Crown and Sceptre, in order to collect and reuse students’ old glasses to send to the people of Malawi, Africa. The origin of this glasses drive came from the platform that was suggested by seniors Megan Lee and Sera Takenaka, president and vice president of the off campus club Eyes Around the World. These two sought the help of Crown and Sceptre to help their project reach a larger amount of people. Crown and Sceptre began this years’ collection at the end of January, and it will continue until around April. To donate to the cause, Keppel students can drop off their old pairs of glasses to the shoebox in Mr. Luong’s room, or they can create their own box to leave in their classroom for donations. Glasses can be preowned, but not broken in order to be donated. Takenaka says that the target for this year is to collect at least 75 pairs to add to the 60 pairs they already collected in last years drive. The glasses will be shipped through airmail to people with matching perscriptions. According to the president of Crown and Sceptre, senior Vincent Lin, the goal of this project is to collect something that students are no longer using in order to recycle them to be useful for those in need. Lin said, “We are aiming to create an environment of empathy and an environment where we are actually giving back and giving to the less fortunate.”

IN THIS ISSUE... News: FBLA • Wi-Fi • Glasses Drive • Teens for Jeans • Science Olympiad • Lunar New Year Festival • Esther Suen Scholarship

Viewpoint: Basic • Community College • Sex Ed • Does the thought count? • Smart Phone Reliance • The List

Focus: Valentine's Ads Features/A&E: High School Relationships• Saying Yes or No • Music Streaming • Jupiter Ascending • Trivia Craze • 50 Shades of Grey

Sports: Athlete's Profile: Mia Kato • Boys' Basketball • Girls' Basketball • Girls' Soccer • Boys' Soccer • Girls' Water Polo • Wrestling


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