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The Epigraph
Vol. 12 Issue 1
Contents Co-Curricular:
Diet in Yucaipa High . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Yucaipa’s Market Night/Yucaipa Improvements . . . . . . 6 A Whole New Library . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 16
A Changed Class: Flipped Teaching . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
News:
Pay at the Pump: Customers get ‘Skimmed’ . . . . . . . 10 Seasonal Jobs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
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Hometown Hero’s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Queen Bean Caffe: Yucaipa’s Newest ‘Addiction” . . . . . 14 Fancy Friday . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 14
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Sports:
Bryce Miller “Out of the Blue” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Tori Dutchover “On the Right Foot” . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Eric Abrams “The Boy of Fall” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 18
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Emilee Corral “Show Me No Love” . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Gap Jumping to Save a Generation . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
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Pokemon/Movie Reviews . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 20
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Staff Reporters: Astrid Ahumada, Vanessa Arce, Kimberly Arriaga, Miguel Aviles, Madeline Barton, Na Vanessa Pedersen (Co-photography editor), Courtney Sarringer,
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Gino Woulard Copy Editor Coolness Editor
Jade Murguia Editor in Chief Features Editor
Sara Shackleford Editor in Chief Features Editor
Jealee Hubbard Managing Editor News Editor
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Lawrence Sanchez Sports Editor
Owen Beltran Sports Editor
Alyssa Sanchez Co-Curricular Editor
Zach Lungstrum Entertainment Editor
Marcella Molina Co-Photography Editor
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Diet in Yucaipa High
What is actually going on behind the counter in the Yucaipa High Cafeteria? by Samantha Taylor For some students at Yucaipa High, they feel they are being ripped off. Due to not having chips with their meal, and this newly developed wheat streak; students feel this epidemic is getting out of hand. But, if they truly knew the facts behind the food, they might change their mind. But, for some, there is no fact or truth behind the changes that could differ the way they feel about the new diet plan. Now you might be thinking: What could be such a dramatic difference in a meal to get people talking? It all started with a simple bag of chips. In previous years, Yucaipa High students were allowed a bag of chips with their meal, paying $2.50. This year, students no longer get chips but are still paying the same amount.“What a rip off!” Vanessa Pedersen, a high school student in Yucaipa High stated. But, in reality, the chips you “paid” for last year,
were surprisingly free. There are many things most Yucaipa High students would be surprised to discover. Such as, the wheat streak that has seemed to take over the school lunches. Most students may say that it is gross and it’s pointless, but, they probably didn’t know how nutritional wheat is compared to what we used to have. The flour tortillas we had in previous years are a lot less nutritous than the wheat tortillas we have now; same goes for the bread, and the noodles. If a student says, “it doesn’t taste good,” they really mean, “I’m not used to healthy food.” So in all honesty is this epidemic so dramatic to make a fuss? Or can the students of Yucaipa High endure the food and go on with their lives.
A prepackaged and healthy garden salad with garbonzo beans, and carrots sits waiting in the cafeteria for a student to eat during B lunch.
“Go Healthy or Go Home.” -Yucaipa’s Eating Healthy Club
Below: various nutritious fruits and peanut butter and jelly sandwiches are on display in the cafeteria.
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Yucaipa’s Market Night by Marcella Molina Market night in Yucaipa is a very recent and new thing on Yucaipa blvd. Market night is a nice place to go and hangout. It has vendor stands with new and interesting things like different types of produce, product and trinkets. Many of you know the market night in downtown Redlands. Yucaipa’s market night hopes to soon catch up to the Redlands’ market night in terms of regional interest and weekly visitors. The buildings around market night were recently renovated and because of their vintage architecture are called ‘Historical Yucaipa.’ The city wanted to build and improve this area of Yucaipa so they can attract area residents and locals to purchase and intereact as a community. Market
night is a good place for people to have fun, see friends, buy cool things and enjoy the classic and clean look of Yucaipa’s upper blvd. This is a nice place to go to because of the lights, sidewalks, bands, and all the different food and snacks. It is family friendly and taking a walk around here seems comfortable--even when there is no event going on. There is a bounce house and a band with different types of music and can be a nice way to start off a good weekend. Many people like market night and the way the streets are set up. With the new look of historical Yucaipa, market night is sure to become a best seller!
Renovations Benefit Yucaipa
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by Marcella Molina
There are many new things that have theatre it would cause excitement in the come to Yucaipa during these past years, YHS community. Students on campus the residents of Yucaipa love the big have seen Yucaipa through many of it’s changes. Historical Yucaipa is a whole changes new design up by Bryant Street. HistoriYucaipa is now making more sidewalks cal Yucaipa is also where the new mar- and parks for the people of the town, the ket night takes place every Friday, where town needs more sidewalks for the people people can go and sell their hand-crafted who walk around and new round-abouts for the streets. creations. Building new New shops businesses have sprung “...the new “Up Town” Yucaipa is and fast food up that cater finally done, with new apartments places will to a newer and stores. It is a great improvegeneration draw peoment for our small town...” ple to yuof Yucaipans. caipa earnEspecially ing enough The Queen Bean Caffé (see pg. 14), it is becom- money to be able to build more and more ing more popular each passing day. The new things for this small town. It’s a very Queen Bean provides breakfast, lunch, new thing to yucaipa with maintaining dinner, and many different varieties of new businesses. Yucaipa has been changcoffee. Their main goal is to create a com- ing these past years, businesses, fast food fortable place for everyone. places, and the centerpiece to this place. No one knows yet on the possibility of These improvements are modernizing In-N-Out burger or the new movie the- and making Yucaipa a more enjoyable atre. If Yucaipa were to get a new movie place to live.
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A Whole New Library Improvements going on in the library
by Courtney Sarringar and Nikki Mailloux
Have you noticed changes in Yucaipa High’s library? Carat Mitts, our school librarian, has made more than a few changes to our library. She has a wall of fame containing books that are most read and talked about, these titles can be found online. She has added an online bookshelf to our school website where students can check out books online. Each month, Mrs. Mitts has a poem of the month. Students can also find these online and in the school library. This month’s poem is A Plagued Journey by Maya Angelou. The Library will be having a book drive, through Barnes and Noble, to improve our library’s fiction and biography section. Mrs. Mitts is working with Barnes and Noble to get a Nook and an iPad for students to use, as well as ten new computers. She will also be attempting to get audio books for students to listen to. You can find the school’s library page by going to our school website. Once on the library web page, you will find a list of links available. Click on the link that reads digital collection. Also, on the library web page you can find the poem of the month. There are archives for previous months available there. If you’re interested in the library, you should check it out. A lot of fun and interesting things have been going on, and you don’t want to miss out on any of the fun, do you?
“I thought up an ending for my book. ‘And he lives happily ever after, till the end of his days.’” – Bilbo Photography by Courtney Sarringar and Nikki Mailloux 7 Complete Issue.indd 7
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A Changed Class: Flipped Teaching Why online and flipped classes could change the face of public education and especially Yucaipa High by Alex Bush
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re you tired of doing homework and not having anyone to help you when you don’t understand the concept? Teachers at YHS, such as Mrs. Allen, Mr. Cruz, Ms. McCoy, Mr. Steenhausen, and Mrs. Williams are teaching the idea, developed by Eric Mazur at Harvard, to help the students understand and complete educational content standards. In a flipped classroom, the students do their homework in class and get taught the lesson at home on the internet. You can access internet through the School Fusion page. Yucaipa High School teacher, Mr. Cruz, stated that when he was a student he was nothing like the students at Yucaipa High because students are surrounded with technology now. The teachers that are going to try the flipped teaching process are going to attempt to get us to understand, and try to teach using technology. Teachers are hoping that the students like the flipped teaching strategy better than a normal teaching environment. Instead of the teacher teaching in class, now so students can learn in-
struction outside of the classroom. Teachers that are attempting the flipped teaching strategy are anxious to see if the technique will increase student achievement. Flipped teaching should help the Yucaipa High School students understand the lesson if they didn’t understand it before, because flipped teaching has the potential to help students anytime. Teachers are also offering online classes for all students, who have good grades. It is not a requirement but it’s available for everyone who has a 0 period or a sixth period. Many people ask questions like. “Students may do it at home, so do they have to go to class?” The answer is “no.” This form of learning requires students to be self-motivated. Classes are taught by Mr. Steenhausen and Mr. Taylor and a couple other teachrs. Mr. Steenhausen teaches the U.S. Government classes, and Mr. Taylor teaches Modern World History. Online classes are a great alternative for the busy YHS student.
Below: A YHS student completes an assignment for an online class.
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PayatthePump
CustomersGetSkimmed by vanessa arce Are you being skimmed when you swipe your card? People hate the high cost of gas and now they have to worry about skimmers. Skimmers are inconspicuous electronic devices that card thieves install inside or outside a gas pump. These small inexpensive devices read and record card numbers as you pay for your gasoline. These credit card thieves and gas station insiders, freely wander around and use the stolen card numbers to make purchases. There are 1.36 million gas pumps in the United States, an estimated 700,000 gas pump a c c e p t pay at the pump, and not one of those is secure against skimming. Some skimmers also use a tiny camera to see PIN numbers of debit card uses that enter them at pump side. If you use your debit card they can get your PIN and your card number; however if you just use
your credit card it is harder for card thieves to get your cash out of your bank account. More than 120 bank accounts were cleaned out in Washington state. Also, more than $200,000 was stolen from 180 victims at gas stations in California. David Paul, also known as Mr. Paul, a teacher from Yucaipa High School said, “this never happened to me and if it did I would check my account, freeze my account, figure out how much financial damage was done, and figure out how much extensive was done to my account.” To protect yourself from skimming here’s what to do: · Pay cash at the gas stations · Pay with card inside, directly to the clerk · Look for irregular configurations at pump · Use credit cards instead of debit cards · Watch your statements every month When you pay directly to the clerk you will be able to see if he skims your card or not. Debit cards are less safe against skimming; when you swipe your debit card the thieves are able to get your PIN and your card number, but when a credit card is swiped, thieves will not be able to take your money out of your account.
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Seasonal Jobs by Savanna Groza
Students can get great on-the-job experience without the pressure of an all-year job.
Seasonal jobs mean they are short time obligations. They are only open for a certain amount of time. One of the jobs available in the fall is the Pumpkin patch on Live Oak Canyon Road. This historical place is a family owned company that was established in 1980s by two brothers, Gregg and David Palmer. The Palmer brothers started with forty-five acres of dry brush and hills, and eventually turned into a luscious green landscape. Every year during the fall, the Christmas tree farm and pumpkin patch have games to play, fun activities, hay rides, food and much more. With the place becoming more and more popular with Southern
California, they need more employees to work for them. Mrs. Karen Trathen, from Yucaipa High School Career Center, gave out over 200 applications to the students. “Who knows how many they hired?” said Mrs. Trathen. Seasonal jobs are located all around our area like Oak Glen, Willow Glen, Riley’s Farm, Los Rios Rancho, Halloween City, Regional Park, and Splash Kingdom. Seasonal works stock product, clean, sweep floors and serve as cashiers. Students are able to try something different and it’s an easy way to get extra cash and you are able to build up your resume experience if you take on a seasonal job. Riley’s Farm is one of the many places to go for a seasonal job to get great experience to build up your resume and meet new people.
Pharaoh’s Adventure Park, is offering summertime jobs for people with lifeguard experience. The Pumpkin Patch and Christmas Tree Farm, located on Live Oak Canyon Road is hiring during fall and winter. Mrs. Karen Trathen gave out over 200 applications to our students just for the fall season of the pumpkin patch.
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by Alyssa Sanchez and Crystal Lopez
Hometown Heroes
What is a hero to you? A hero can be someone you see on TV, the super heroes you read about as a little kid, or someone you see helping that little old lady crossing the street. Mr. Full believes that heroes are “policeman and firefighters because they put their lives on the line for the protection and safety of people they don’t even know.” Our very own hometown hero, the magnificent, Mr. Simon. Mr. Simon is a paid-call firefighter. Meaning that he works after-school, weekends, and in the summer. He was inspired to become a firefighter by a big built guy, who was respected and who saved a baby out of a burning building. He also wanted to be a firefighter because of the ability to be able to help people. Mr. Simon also said that he is an adrenaline junkie and loves the rush. When he is on duty, his greatest fear is that the team will mess up. His family was both proud and scared of his decision to be a firefighter. Firefighters are heros, but there are also other heros who are close to home. As we all know, there are local people who are serving our country. Some we know as friends and others we know as family. Danielle Sanchez, a student at Yucaipa High School, said that what she considered to be a hometown hero would be someone “in the Army because my sister, Raquel Sanchez, is [in the Army]. She went to the high school. She is now an official Army soldier. I love her so much. She is my inspiration into going into the Army.” An alumni from Yucaipa High School, Andrea Sanchez, was close friends with a fallen soldier, Tyler Davis. “Tyler was amazing and had a great sense of humor, always had the biggest smile on his face, a giver. Tyler put people before himself and was honest; a little too honest at times.
He was never afraid to speak his mind. It got him into a lot of trouble. I knew him since [my] freshman year when he got killed.” (In 2012, a bomb exploded under the vehicle he was driving in Tore Obeh, Afghanistan). “ I was too shocked to cry,” Sanchez said. Many Yucaipa citizens mourned over this tragic incident. They had a tearful gathering by a picture near a dedicated area just for him. This goes to show how much of a hero Tyler Davis was.
“No one was ever named ‘Hero’ for following the crowd. Heroes set their own course” -Jonathan Lockwood Huie There are many Yucaipa High school graduates serving our country as we continue living our everyday lives. This list of the names is just a small group of people who are or have served to make your country a better place. We honor each and every one and thank them for their sacrifices to keep us safe. Remember, the people listed below once sat in the seats you are sitting in today.
Our Yucaipa High Alumni Hometown Heroes Raymond D. Chaves (Private) 2010 Brandon R. Johnson (Corporal) 2007 Jeffrey Castanon (Specialist) 2006 Kaleb Doucette (Boatswain Mate Third Class) 2009 Cameron Kinnear (Specialist) 2009 Jeff Blake (Machinist Mae 3) 2009 Chase J. Stanton (Petty Officer 3) 2001 Brandon Blakely (Info. System Technician) Jonathan D. Hutton (1st Lieutenant) 2006 Kenny Holman (Staff Sergeant) 2002 Andrea Stalter (Senior Airman) 2008 Jeremy Gileno (Petty Officer, 3rd class) 2007 Philip Franco (Lance Corporal) 2009 Daniel Murphey (Aviation Mechanic) 2007 Jonathan Arnetter (First class Airmane4) 2009 Marina L. Perez-Jackson (Airman 1st class) 2007 Tyler Davis (Specialist) 2010
Christopher Lee Hafer (Private 1st Class) 2009 David Sanchez Jr. (Corporal) 2010 Justin Gibertson (Specialist) 2009 Jason Michael Hibbetts (Technical Sergeant) 2001 Lucas Eistiles (Master Chief Petty Officer) 1992 Cody Beuler (AMAN4) 2007 Kevin Robinson (Specialist) 2009 Michael Welks-Campbell (Specialist) 2007 Vincent J. Amell (Combet Medical) 2007 Walter Lukesh(Sargent) 2007 Bryce Edwards Frede (Corporal) 2004 Matther D. Blackwell (Chief Warrant Officer) 2009 Edward Franco (Lance Corporal) 2006 Miles E. Davis (Sargent) 2006 Matthew Colongelo (Engineman-3rd Petty Officer) 1999 Bryan Engle (Seaman) 2010
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TheQueenBeanCaffe A look into Yucaipa’s newest ‘addiction’... by Jade Murguia
As I drove up Yucaipa Blvd, I decided
to turn left onto 5th Street and, in a moment, found myself at the Queen Bean Caffé ordering one of their specialties. Those who have been to the Queen Bean will agree, it’s an easy place to come back to. The Queen Bean is an interesting little place, and the Epigraph wanted to find out more about it. Recently, the Epigraph got the privilege of interviewing Queen Bean Caffé owner, Josh Conroy, with contributions from Jenifer Conroy, a family business partner. He had much to say about the Queen Bean. Lets have a look:
and just hang out. They don’t necessarily have to buy something. This isn’t meant to be an environment where it’s all about making money, sitting here, getting your food, and getting out.
started catering and delivery orders, so it’s kind of expanding the business step by step on a small scale. At the moment we’re still just trying to get a handle on how everything’s going right now.
TE: What are your future plans for the Queen Bean?
TE: Why did you start Open-Mic Night?
The Epigraph(TE): What inspired you to become a business owner? Josh Conroy(JC): It runs in my family.We’ve had many generations of business owners in my family. It’s what [I’m] used to: working jobs at a very young age. I’ve always had a feel for it, and Josh Conroy, founder of The Queen Bean Caffe I’ve always liked working with people. JC: If this store does well, I’m planning I could never envisioned myself work- on opening a couple more Queen Beans. ing assertively for anybody. I’ve always Also, I am trying to make this place more wanted to do something that was my own into a music venue that bands can book creation. I’d want to see how my thought for the night and have a real show. Here and my ideas could transcribe into real- we’re able to have shows, but I can’t ity. For example, I had an idea here of have drum kits or anything super loud, creating an environment where people because it’s hard to take orders and it’s can safely congregate. I found that there not very fair to people who just want to weren’t too many places like that in Yu- come and sit down. We are also starting caipa. There are a lot of young people but to do a closed magic show with a hundred not really a place where they can come and fifty people, so we’re starting to do some closed events. The Queen Bean has 14 Complete Issue.indd 14
JC: It’s like what I was originally saying; there was really nothing for this town, or a repeating event. There were some fairs that happened up on the Blvd. before. Farmers market is also one of those repeating things, but I wanted there to be something consistent for people to do on Thursday nights. Because when we book a band they have to have some sort of experience, but open-mic nights are a chance for anybody to be given 20-30 minutes to go on stage and do whatever they want to do; express themselves in any way they want. They could literally go up there and stare at the audience, they don’t have to do much, but at least it’s an opportunity for them to express themselves. We don’t restrict ourselves to just musicians, people can do spoken word, performance pieces, something acapella, reciting something, it could be anything...I’m still waiting for a ventriloquist, we haven’t got any of those yet. TE: How did you get the name ‘Queen Bean’? Jenifer Conroy: There are so many different answers to that question. Part of it is that it’s a spin-off on Dairy Queen. We added the ‘queen’, so we were trying to come up with something with something fun, funny, and different. The corporation for our business that runs both Dairy Queen, and Queen Bean, is called ‘Queen Jen’, so there was
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‘queen’ already in there. Do you want to pounds of food. So far, his business has tell them about Ren and Stimpy? donated over 175,000 pounds of food to local communities. The next time JC: Oh, do you know Ren and Stimpy? you purchase a cup of coffee from the (An older cartoon on T.V.) On the epi- Queen Bean, consider your money going sodes they used to do these little spin- toward a helpful cause. Mr. Westwick’s offs. There was this one called ‘Ask Doc- mission to help the hungry is inspiring, tor Stupid’, where they were asking the and makes Yucaipa High a little more question “What is that white thing that closer to this coffee shop than it already you find in a can of baked beans?” (It’s is. Yes, Yucaipa High is associated with really just a little piece of lard), and then the Queen Bean in multiple ways. The Stimpy goes, “That’s the queen bean!” Queen Bean has opened their stage to Jenifer Conroy: So it really means a lot our school’s successful Speech and Deof different things, you know, it’s not bate team to perform their speeches on necessarily one thing, but the ‘Bean’ is open-mic night. This allows the team to definitely supposed to be “bean” as in gain points that go toward their grade and coffee beans, not the lard in baked beans! allows them to improve in their speaking skills--a huge convenience to the team. The Queen Bean is a place where Yu- As Conroy mentioned, you can do alcaipa residents of all ages can come to- most anything on that stage, the possigether and share enjoyable times. Some bilities are endless. Speech is one of the have called it a ‘hipster’ kind of coffee many ways that Yucaipa High students shop, considering its rustic and unique have chosen to express themselves in a environment. Many have considered it to beneficial way. be ‘better than Starbucks,’ this is because it offers a much more laid back atmo- All in all, The Queen Bean Caffé has sphere, and more original combinations truly become what it was envisioned to when it comes to making coffee. be by young owner, Josh Conroy. A safe, The Queen Bean’s coffee beans also comfortable environment where anyhold an interesting story behind them. body can go and just relax and experiMost of the YHS student body has been ence a content moment through a cup of acquainted with Mr. Westwick, or have coffee, or having a laugh with a friend. had him as a teacher. Most students In fact, it really has become much more, might not know that Mr. Westwick is ac- it is Yucaipa’s own little ‘get away’. tually the main supplier of coffee to the With some people spending the majority Queen Bean. Here’s the thing, he isn’t of their day at the Queen Bean, Yucaipa merely supplying coffee, he is reaching has come to appreciate this local coffee out to his community. For every pound shop. If you haven’t stopped by there I of coffee purchased from his business, highly encourage you. You won’t be dishe donates enough money to buy 10 appointed.
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Fa n c y F r i d ay By. Sara Shackleford & Jealee Hubbard There are some people who live to stand out and give others a laugh by their differences. Some people at Yucaipa High dress up “Fancy” on Fridays to express their originality. They call this, “Fancy Friday.” One of these students is Tobias Walnofer. He, Tyler Carson, and Maverick Gunderson all participate in this event every Friday. They started this trend last year and it was originally on Wednesdays. However they changed it to Friday so they could call it “Fancy Friday” and because it was more convenient to carry briefcases along on Friday more than Wednesdays. Tobias says that he does this because he enjoys seeing everyone’s reactions and making people smile by the way he dresses. He also said he dresses up because he likes the way he looks in his outfit. Outside of school, Tobias likes drumming, climbing, hiking, paintball, video games, reading and sometimes acting. Tobias has recently joined the Army and he told us his middle name is Noah. He also scored the highest in the school on the ASVAB. Many people have inspirations to help pursue what they do in life, Tobias’s inspiration for his outfit is the Mad Hatter. Tobias also does this to encourage others to do the same and dress up as well.
“The more you say, The less value your Words are.”-Tobias Walnofer
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Bryce Miller
“Out of the Blue”
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ryce Miller is a Senior water polo player and swimmer. His positions are the “point driver,” and the “sprinter” on the polo team. When the swim season starts he swims the sprint free, 500 free and 100 free, as well as doing the relays. Miller just fell into swim events by luck. When he was too late to sign up for football his freshman year, they were doing the swimming portion of PE at the 9th grade campus. He just had so much fun being in the water that he told his mom and she signed him up right away. Now he plans on swimming in college and competing in a Division 1 NCAA team. The way he got into water polo is that his parents contacted Coach Carp and told him about how much fun he had in the swim portion of PE. “Swim was just a spur of the moment type thing,” All of Miller’s friends were going to swim practices after school while he was left with nothing to do, so he contacted his mom and told her that he was going to do swim. When Bryce isn’t busy with his two sports, he likes to work on his Jeep, sleep and eat, that is, when he ever has free time. One of the reasons that Bryce likes to play his sports is because he says it is different and it has the ability to keep him from being lazy. “There are outlets for my frustrations. It turned me into the skinny athletic guy I am today, instead of the overweight kid.” What makes water polo important is that it shows that there are other intense sports out there besides land-sports like football. Miller elaborates: “sports is an outlet for [dealing with] anger, pressure, and life.” The advice that Bryce gives to new players of his sport is to “push through it. The first year is always the worst and to go hard even when you think you can’t. You shouldn’t use ‘can’t’ anyway. It’s not a real word.”
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ori Dutchover is a Junior Cross Country runner. She is captain along with Jess Aguliar, Kris Mazich, and Andrew Humpheries. “They are all great leaders and [this year took] the team to great places,” Dutchover said. Not only does she run Cross Country, she also is part of the distance team in Track and Field. She runs the 3200m (two mile) and the 1600m (mile). Tori chose Cross Country because her older brother Tyler ran. She saw him running and thought that it looked like it would be fun. “I loved it so much the first week, I knew that’s where I wanted to be.” After she graduates from high school she plans on going to a four year university, hopefully on a running scholarship. When Dutchover isn’t busy running the streets of Yucaipa, you can see her hanging out with her friends, listening to her favorite music, and sleeping! “I love to sleep in my free time,” Dutchover states. Tori loves to run Cross Country because, “it has the ability to show that [I] can go farther than [I] thought [I] could. You can be pushed to your limits and its re-
warding to know that you survived.” She also loves the people on her team. “They make coming to practice worthwhile. Just seeing the heart and dedication from everyone is really inspiring, it pushes me and keeps me going.” To Tori, Cross Country is important because it is able to teach hard work and discipline and perseverance. “I feel like running makes [me] a tougher person.” The advice that Tori Dutchover has for any new runners is to “be patient.” “Running is a slow process, you wont be your best after one practice. It takes time, but if you stay with it and keep reminding yourself that all the hard work will pay off in the end, you’ll be golden!” Dutchover and her fellow captains have taken the team to new heights this year, with winning both girls and boys Citrus Belt League Champions. Dutchover and Aguliar, took the varsity girls all the way past CIF Pre-Lims and CIF Finals, The Yucaipa Cross Country Varsity girls finished the season placing 11th in State.
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r i k Abr ams is a Jun i or Fo otb a l l w ide re ce ive r w it h f ive touch dow ns of succe ss t h is ye ar. He a ls o p ar t i cip ate s in t r ack and f i el d as a spr i nte r and l ong jump e r. Abr ams pl ay s fo ot b a l l b e c aus e, “It’s t he g re ate st sp or t i n t he worl d.” He got into t he sp or t b e c aus e he e nj oye d w atch ing it g row ing up and w he n he f i na l ly got a chance to pl ay it, he fel l i n l ove w it h t he sp or t its el f. Whe n he’s not on t he f i el d, E r i k l i ke s to b e around h is f am i ly and f r i e nds . For any g uy s t hat w ant to j oi n fo ot b a l l E r i k g ive s s ome adv ice : “ b e pre p are d and com m itte d b e c aus e pl ay i ng fo ot b a l l g ive s up a l ot of your f re e t ime.” Af te r he ge t s t h roug h h i g h s cho ol fo otb a l l, he pl ans on ge tt i ng a s chol arship to go pl ay fo ot b a l l i n col l e ge.
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s Emilee Corral
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milee Corral is a Junior ten- of playing the ukulele. Tennis is nis star. Adding to tennis, different than any other sport to Emilee also is a sprinter in Track Emilee because it requires payand Field. Emilee’s Aunt was the ing attention to yourself and one who got her into your partner. “It re“It’s one of quires a lot more focus playing Tennis. The uniforms also had an those sports because you predict influence on her deciyour opponents moves where you before they start playsion to play. “Its one ing.” The advice that of the sports where can still Corral gives to the you can still look like look like a upcoming tennis playa girl. (outfit wise)” girl... ” Her Aunt was the only ers is, “Dont give up if your score is down, one to play tennis in her family. Corral says that her make sure you cooperate with aunt was the one to push and your partner on doubles, be enencourage her to get into the couraging to other members on sport. When she’s not playing your team.” The tennis team was tennis, Corral likes to read, hang able to make it through the first out with friends, ride bikes, and rounds of CIF, ending their seashe also has the special talent son on a good note.
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Gap Jumping to Save a Generation How a school and city approved BMX park might save youth from the dreaded “There’s nothing to do in this town.” By Owen Beltran Imagine a safe spot to ride, no skaters no people in your way just an organized BMX park. Have you ever thought about getting into the sport of BMX? The city just approved the building of a BMX track right in your town. The track will be located next you Yucaipa High School. This high pace sport is very competitive its takes skill and the guts to get back up after you fall. The people that are involved in this sport and go to competitions, even the people who practice and ride with their friends give it their all are always pushing each other to go above and beyond what they think they can do. Local BMX riders Nick Santos and Brian Nunez gave information on the building process, their own opinions on the track, and how the sport of BMX has helped them“it’s going to give people a safe place to improve on their skills and give them a track that is close to home.” Brian Nunez, one of the many riders who give it their all when it comes to the sport of BMX. Nunez says that the park will be compleated by the middle of December and will be sponsored by the Yucaipa Bike Center. The track will be built by the actual riders who have time and are will to help out. He, as well as most of the other BMX riders are really excited for the building process to take place. But what about the learning environment? “The track won’t be a distraction it will give students something to look forward to at the end of the day” Nunez said. Santos, was asked about the BMX scene and how the track will help. “When
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the track is done I think that people will start to get into BMX, since there will be a track close to home.” BMX riders, and even kids, that are thinking about getting into the sport are excited about the project. The sport of BMX is a great all-around sport to get into with your friends or even some of your family members. BMX can be one of the exciting sports to participate in if you’re willing to give it your all and you aren’t afraid to take a few falls. If you’re looking for a great spot you and your friends can all get into and push each other to go above and beyond, be prepared for the new BMX track coming in December and you too can be part of the BMX scene.
Brian Nunez lauches off the coping at the skate park near Yucaipa High School. Photo by Nick Santos
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Pokemon: Black & White Version 2 Nintendo has released two new Pokemon games called Pokemon Black Version 2 and Pokemon White Version 2. These games are the second set of the long anticipated fifth generation pokemon games. Pokemon Black and White 2 released on October 7th. These new versions feature a pokemon named Kyurem’s alternate forms, Black Kyurem and White Kyurem. Kyurem is a Dragon and Ice type Pokemon. Black Kyurem is in Black 2 and White Kyurem is in White 2. The setting in these games is the Unova Region two years after the events of the first two versions. Since then a lot has changed, the story starts in a previously inaccessible
part of the Unova Region in the southwest. You start in a new town called Aspertia City with your childhood rival and there are lots of new towns, gyms, and Gym Leaders! In these new games you can battle Gym Leaders from the Kanto, Johto, Hoenn, and Sinnoh Regions! Black and White 2 contain 300 pokemon in the pokedex, thats more than the first two versions! Also there is a special distribution of a newly discovered mythical pokemon named Genesect. Genesect is a bug and steel type Pokemon. Also on the release date, a special distribution of a newly discovered mythical pokemon named Genesect started! Movie reviews by Crystal Lopez, Pokemon by Miguel Aviles
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Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Pt. 2
Rate: PG 13 In The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part Two, the sequel to Breaking Dawn Part One, Bella (Kristen Stewart), is happy as a new mother and with her new family until another vampire believes that her child can create dangers and challenges for the vampire coven, the Volturi. The Cullens then have to gather other vampire covens and convince the Volturi that the child, Renesme, is no harm. The final movie in the Saga came out on November 16, 2012 and is sure to become a new favorite among YHS students. Complete Issue.indd 23
Hansel and Gretel Witch Hunters Gangster Squad Rate: R Rate: PG 13 We all know the fairy tale of Hansel and Gretel and how their father had led them to the forest to spare for themselves but on January 11th 2013, Hansel and Gretel:Witch Hunters, puts a spin on the classic fairy tale. Hansel (Jeremy Renner) and Gretel (Gemma Arterton) have to survive by killing witches with high powered weapons and paying the bills of a supernatural exterminator.
Gangster Squad is a crime drama film that is based in Los Angeles in the 1940’s and 1950’s. King Mickey Cohen (Sean Penn) is a Brooklyn -born mobster who runs the streets with not only the help of his men but with also with a group of politicians and the Los Angeles police department with the exception of the good police officers on the LAPD. The”good cops” who are trying to keep the mafia off the streets and protect their town by taking down Mickey Cohen. This movie is to be released January 11th, 2013. 23 12/11/12 4:14 PM
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