The Roar | Volume 11 | Issue 1 | October 2015

VOLUME 11 • ISSUE 1 • OCTOBER 2015

HANDLE with CARE MARCHING TO A

NEW BEAT

woo or BOO

marching band classified as part of athletic department

Halloween guide

BLOCK

new girl on the

exchange student from Germany experiences California lifestyle

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IN THIS ISSUE OCTOBER 2015

NEWS

page 5 FALL IN LOVE WITH

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S. MARTINEZ

‘EMMA’ The fall play is now directed with the help of student directors

page 10 ICE, ICE BABY Comparison

H. BALLESTIN

of new shaved ice restaurants in the area

SPORTS

M. GREEN

page 11 MARCHING TO A NEW BEAT

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Marching band becomes a sport page 12 WOMEN IN WEIGHTS Women join a per-dominantly male sport

L. JONES

FEATURE

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page 13 WOO OR BOO Halloween costume ideas and trick-or-treating page 14 EMBARKING ON ELECTIVES Extra-curricular activities travel for conventions and competitions page 15 NEW GIRL ON THE BLOCK Foreign exchange student Chiara

TECH page 16 OUT WITH THE OLD, IN

M. CARACUT

WITH THE NEW Teachers receive new laptops

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WHITNEY HIGH SCHOOL 701 WILDCAT BLVD. ROCKLIN, CALIF. 95765 EDITOR-IN-CHIEF OLIVIA GRAHL

STAFF CORINA BALDONADO HALEY BALLESTIN MISSIE CARACUT RYLEA GILLIS ONA IGBINEDION BELLA JACOBS BENJAMIN KIM LILY JONES RACHEL MARQUARDT SARAH MARTINEZ KRISTEN MCILVAIN KACIE NICHOLSON DANIEL SHARRAH BRENDEN SMITH SIERRA YOUNG

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EDITORIAL

Push back the clocks skin problems, impatience and drowsiness that causes a difficulty to focus. We all want to be healthy. Our health should be our first priority.

Another thing we need to consider is our overall excellence and our overall focus in our courses. Again, lack of sleep could affect our ability to focus. We all can imagine how much better we could be doing in our classes if we truly were awake and able to focus. Grades would elevate in a multitude of classes, and on top of this rise of excellence our health would increase as well.

Sleep is natural, and important to our health. Our workload from classes prevents us from getting the sleep that is essential to our well being. And there is nothing to do but set back the alarm, because there is no realistic way to change the rigor of our classes due to the rising intensity of college rigor.

Hearing about the sleep study findings published by The Sleep Research society and the American Academy made us wonder, “Is this stuff really legit?” But we can all feel it. It affects how we wake up and what time we wake up. It affects how we feel when we finally do wake up.

FINAL SAY:

Our school should be second priority over our health and our well being. And it is our health that makes it possible to accomplish the amazing things that our school does. So push back the clocks, start school later and let us sleep.

It will keep us healthy and happy, and it will increase attendance rates. If we don’t get sick as often, we won’t miss school as often.

R. MARQUARDT

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he clock ticks second by second as night turns into day. The stack of books on our desks decreases slowly as the work on our plates is checked off one by one. But sometimes even the greatest work ethic is not enough. The amount of school and extracurricular activities leads to a massive deficiency in the most important thing contributing to our overall health: sleep.

According to Aric Pather’s Sleep Research Study, more sleep means less sickness. As far as teenagers go, we get little to no sleep. We’re constantly up with homework, studying and personal excursions. Most students have a hard time balancing sports, friends and school work, maybe even a job or taking care of a sibling. It’s too much.

There is a simple necessity for more sleep for teenagers.

According to The Sleep Foundation, teens on average need nine and a half hours of sleep per night for optimal performance, health and brain development. However, they average fewer than seven hours per school night by the end of high school.

The Rocklin Unified School District sets up the 7:40 a.m.-2:40 p.m. time schedule in balance with the rest of the school year. It is efficient and set in stone for a multitude of reasons. These reasons include to get in the seven hour time schedule of a normal school day, and to end at 2:40 instead of later to make it easier on students to participate in sports, help coordinate district transportation and make it easier for the custodial staff.

But we need to change in how early students have to wake up.

A study conducted by Dr. Mary A. Carskadon of Brown University led to the findings that teen sleep deprivation is largely driven by a conflict between teens’ internal biological clocks and the schedules and demands of society. This study proves there is reason to change this set in stone school schedule, because it directly interferes with our sleep schedule in a negative way.

In 2014, Zoe Lofgren, representative for California’s 19th Congressional distrcit tried to pass the ZZZs to As Act. The bill’s main priority was to get the Secretary of Education to conduct a study to determine the relationship between school start times and adolescent health, well-being and performance. However, the bill died in Sept. the same year.

Sickness can lead to even worse devastation for students; much worse devastation than a bad grade. Loss of sleep can cause sickness, as we see on page seven, and can be catalysts for aggressive and inappropriate behavior,

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OPINION

the SOUTH of US

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tereotypes. People from all around California experience them the second they step out of our state lines.

‘Whoa, you’re from California? Do you like, live by celebrities? No? Oh well you surf everyday right?’

Northern Californians get grouped together with the beautiful, warm sandy beaches of Los Angeles and San Diego all the time. And, while we do have our fair share of beaches, I won’t be hopping into the San Francisco waters anytime soon.

Now, as the talk of NorCal being our own state becomes less myth and more like a far off reality, let’s see what exactly separates us from SoCal, besides just climate differences.

For one, it much more expensive to live in SoCal than up north. According to PayScale, the cost of living in Los Angeles is currently 102 percent higher than the national average while Sacramento is only 47 percent. Even though teens often don’t deal with

The pros and cons of living in NorCal versus living in SoCal

paying bills, a higher cost of living affects them too.

A cup of frozen yogurt or a box of cereal at a grocery store can be more expensive and since California’s minimum wage is the same throughout the state, teens with jobs get less for their work down south.

But what if you don’t work? What do you do with your time?

Teens in Rocklin don’t get beach time like teens in SoCal. They often spend their Friday nights going to the movies or hanging out with friends at someone’s house.

In the summer, while we go to Folsom Lake or Sunsplash, teens in San Diego are tanning along the Pacific Ocean.

It’s not all that bad to live in Rocklin though, we’re pretty centrally located.

Drive two hours in any direction and you’ll hit something. You want a beach day? Stinson Beach is two hours southwest of Sacremento. You want snow in the winter? Lake Tahoe’s the place for you. Feeling more urban? Two hours to San Francisco.

STORY BY OLIVIA GRAHL

the UBER explosion

Uber becomes more popular among teens, raises safety questions Uber is a popular service where users can request a ride through a mobile app.Uber is very different compared to the conventional taxi. Uber is used not only by adults, but is frequently used by teens.

Because of its ability to be utilized by anyone with a credit card, Uber is an extremely controversial and sensitive topic. One of the reasons for the controversy behind Uber is that teens that use this service not only get into a strangers car, but then are driven by them.

To add to this, teens are able use this service without their parent’s knowledge and approval.

With over SCAN HERE to read 160,000 drivers a student’s opinion in over 290 on her first time cities, Uber has using Uber.

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NORCAL VS SOCAL FASHION NORCAL SAID “Nor-Cal has more of a beach bum, skater vibe while So-Cal has more of that swag crew neck, beanie, joggers vibe.

MAXIMO ESGUERA

SOCAL SAID “Nor-Cal and So-Cal aren’t that much different, but a lot of people down here do dress really flashy.”

VICTORIA ROBBINS

SCHOOL SPIRIT NORCAL SAID “Mostly everyone dresses up and shows their pride. Even if it is low key, it still counts. Football games are a real big deal.”

AERIS HAMMOCK

SOCAL SAID “Our school gets really hyped up at football games. Many students paint themselves red and blue. It is pretty dope to see people participate in spirit since everyone really gets in to it.”

ANDREW OVALLE

exploded in popularity.

Like taxi’s, Ubers drivers can be requested any time of day.

“I used it to get from one side of Rocklin to the other in the middle of the night,” Chad Campbell said.

Campbell had used this service without his parents knowledge.

Carson Cook, another student who has used Uber shared his experience.

“It was very scary having a stranger drive me. He was quiet and didn’t make any conversation,” Cook said.

Like taxis, Ubers drivers can be requested anytime of day.

Whether or not if people agree that Uber is safe enough for students, it will still be used and at least for now, it’s here to stay.

STORY BY BRENDEN SMITH

NEWS

fall in love with ‘EMMA’

IN THIS PHOTO: Casey Borghesi and Samantha Raey Gonzales help run auditions for ‘Emma’ on Sept. 2.

Who are the student directors?

For the first year, two student directors will be assisting Mrs. Julie Hilliker

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lways the bridesmaid, never the bride. Thus is the life of Emma Woodhouse, the main character of Jane Austen’s “Emma”, this fall’s play.

Derived from Austen’s 1815 novel, the plot has been adapted to film, stage and television.

Emma is a lively, young girl in her twenties who finds a nitch in setting her friends up. Her character will be played by Sarah Goulette (“Hartfield” cast) and Kayla Duffy (“Randall” cast.)

“I didn’t really know a lot about Emma when I first found out we were doing it, but after researching and watching the movie, I thought that she would be a fun and challenging character to play. There is actually a lot of humor in the show, and I really loved her playful attitude, not to mention the chance to do a British accent,” Duffy said.

Because the play is set in Highbury,

England in the early 19th century, the entire cast is required to speak in a British accent. “[It’s] a new dimension for me. There are entire guides for practicing diction, tongue position and vowels. But it’s a lot of fun talking like an old British man,” Vikram Verma said.

Rehearsals have already started.

“They are going well. Because Emma is in every scene, I have rehearsal every Monday through Thursday,” Goulette said.

Despite the change in student directing, there will still be a double cast this year.

“Mrs. Hilliker tries to give everyone an opportunity to be involved. She double cast’s because she feels the actor can portray their character very well. And if more than one person can do that, she’ll double cast them,” student director Midori Garman said.

The play will run Nov. 5-7 and Nov. 12-14.

STORY BY OLIVIA GRAHL AND SARAH MARTINEZ

S. MARTINEZ

Midori Garman and Samantha Raey Gonzales are the student directors.

Theater students have always been involved in producing the play as stage managers. However, there is now a new hierarchal position of student director.

MIDORI GARMAN Q: What is the difference between a stage manager and a stage director?

A: Staging managing is more about focusing on the technical side of a show, making sure your actors know what to say and do and that the show goes smoothly. Directing focuses more on how the actor performs and making sure how we want to show to be performed can be played out our actors.

SAMANTHA RAEY GONZALES Q: What are the prerequisites for being a stage director?

A: The only requirement is being an active member of the theater program, and having experience, not only because stage managing is so much about organization, structure and making sure everything runs smoothly while directing is much more creative and making sure everyone looks good on stage. It’s actually nice to not have to worry about what’s going on behind the scenes as much anymore.

MRS. JULIE HILLIKER Q: How has having assistant directors affected you?

A: They have been invaluable in assisting me through the audition and rehearsal process so far. They take on the role of taking notes as I direct and they occasionally make suggestions after the scene is finished being blocked.

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HEALTH

the

HYDRATION situation

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Athletes deal with heat stroke and hydration s fall sports are midway through the season, there is always a chance of athletes getting heat stroke due to high temperatures. According to mayoclinic, heat stroke is a condition caused by the body overheating, usually as a result of prolonged exposure to or physical exertion in high temperatures.

It is the most severe type of heat related injuries, compared to heat cramps and heat exhaustion.

Symptoms include a high fever (for heat stroke it’s a temperature of over 104 degrees F), nausea, headache, fatigue, and can even cause seizures, coma, and/or death.

If serious heat stroke occurs, 911 must be called immediately. It is a life-threatening medical emergency and cannot be fixed through just cold water and shade.

For some people, heat stroke has been occurring if they are not careful.

“I fell [at marching band] and I don’t remember anything and the next time I woke up people were helping me and putting water on my pulse places,” Shrabya Joshee said.

To help prevent this, hydration will reduce the risk by a solid amount.

“It’s crazy important; it gets hot out there and it’s all sorts of bad. I have a huge Arizona bottle filled with water and I drink the whole thing in one day.

You want to drink water before and all throughout the week. Just keep drinking water so it gets into your body and not down a bunch right before you have to play,” Xzavier Caldwell said.

While hydrating, athletes drink many different drinks to stay hydrated.

“Water’s always the best, it just gets in your system. Gatorade is also good for electrolytes,” Ryan Palmbaum said.

“Hands down, water. It’s the best for hydrating.

Sure, Powerade and Gatorade taste good, but water’s the best,” Caldwell said.

Less severe symptoms may occur, such as dizziness and fatigue, even if athletes are drinking water, so it’s important to stay safe and not exercise too intensely during extremely hot weather.

For most cases though, drinking water and eating more will help prevent heat stroke and lead to an overall focus on the game, rather than worrying about health.

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HYDRATION TIPS Keep a reusable water bottle with you Eat food with lots of water in it Keep track of how much water you drink

STORY BY BENJAMIN KIM & DANIEL SHARRAH

HEALTH

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Studies show the amount of sleep students get affects immunity to the common cold

t’s time to go to sleep,’”a child’s mother says.

“Awwwww,” he whines, “Do I have to go to bed?”

“Yes, children your age need their sleep,” his mother scolds.

As children, many of us have asked that of our parents in hopes of being able to beat their bedtimes and join the mysterious ranks of teens, adults and others deemed old enough to stay up late. It turns out that those bedtimes were put in place and reinforced for a good reason.

The Sleep Research Society and American Academy published the work of Aric Prather, lead author of this study, and his team of scientists who found that people who are deprived of sleep are more than four times as likely to get a cold than their well rested counterparts.

This two-part study, composed of 164 healthy individuals, ranging from ages 18 to 55, recorded the times they went to bed and woke up, while wearing a watch-like device that uses a method called wrist actigraphy to monitor their movements while they slept. The scientists then subtract the time the participants moved from the total amount of time that they slept, associating the movement with wakefulness.

In the second part, the scientists infected their patients with a strain of the common cold and quarantined them in a hotel for five days to let the strain take affect.

Overall, it resulted in people who had seven hours or more of sleep being least likely to be affected by the strain with only a 17.2 percent chance of catching a

STORY BY ONA IGBINEDION

O. IGBINEDION

sleep or sickness cold, while people who got five hours or less of sleep had a 45.2 percent chance of becoming sick, concluding that people who got less than five hours of sleep a night to be 4.5 times as likely to become ill than those who slept seven hours or more.

Students with busy schedules can find it challenging to get enough sleep, causing them to become sick more often and miss important classes.

Mia McDaniel sleeps about seven hours per night and gets sick around once every two months. She admits that she gets more colds when she doesn’t sleep properly.

“I have to get up at 6 a.m. every morning, and I sometimes have water polo practice after school, so I don’t get as much sleep as I would like,” McDaniel said.

Other students such as Felipe Avila claim that the amount of sleep they gets does not affect how often they get sick.

“I get about seven hours of sleep a night, and I get sick about twice a year,” Avila said.

Gabriel Irvine sleeps for about eight hours every night and gets sick only once every two months.

“My schedule doesn’t affect the amount of sleep I get, so I get about eight hours of sleep a night,” Irvine said.

While many students have busy schedules, some may not manage their time wisely and save enough time for sleep.

Prather said, “Sleep often takes a back seat to other health behaviors like nutrition and exercise. I think this [experiment] provides some really clear evidence for those people who get less than five or six hours of sleep—there really is a clear biological cost.”

SLEEP FACTS Humans are the only mammals that are willing to delay sleep.

Regular exercise makes it easier to fall asleep.

Exercising right before bed or out of the blue makes it harder to fall asleep.

Sleep is just as important as diet and exercise.

A primary cause of sleepiness in all Americans is self-imposed sleep deprivation.

The majority of teens nap because they are not getting enough sleep at night.

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HEALTH

ROAD to RECOVERY

R. MARQUARDT

the

Counselor Mr. Patrick Floyd recovers from the kidney surgery that, because of Mike Anderson, saved his life

H

e woke up in a hospital bed, blinking a few times to refocus his eyesight.

Everything was a blur as he tried to align his thoughts. Immediately, the doctors asked him to try do something. “Walk” was the first thing Mr. Patrick Floyd heard as he stood up and walked for the first time after his necessary kidney surgery.

“The more you are up and walking, the faster your recovery is, so I walked a lot, and I continue to walk everyday,” Floyd said.

Before reaching this state, Floyed was informed a year before his surgery by his doctors that his kidney was failing and he would need a replacement kidney from a donor. The procedure was a necessity and not much of a worry, with a 97% chance of working in the first month (kidney.org). The main concern for Floyd was finding a donor.

Immediately, his sister, his family and his girlfriend sought out different ways to spread the word to find a volunteer with the correct blood type. Donor after

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donor, each volunteer was declared “not a match.”

“I put out a plea notice on Facebook that went around. [Floyd] had donors coming in from all over. In doing so, I felt the need to step up and get tested. I felt the odds were pretty slim that I would match,so no big deal right?” Floyd’s brother-and-law Mike Anderson said.

Anderson decided to test his blood for similarity.

Blood tests were sent back and forth from Mike’s home in Alaska to Idaho, where the blood would be tested in a lab. In order to achieve the closest accuracy, Anderson had to perform three blood tests as well as four types of tests including scans of his kidney, EKG’s on a treadmill, urine and blood tests.

“I had numerous friends, family and [former] students complete applications to try and be my donor. None of them were a match except for Mike,” Floyd said.

As much of a slim chance he believed it to be, Anderson’s blood was a perfect match, and his kidney

STORY BY RACHEL MARQUARDT

HEALTH was qualified. Anderson decided he must take the flight from Alaska to help his “baby brother-in-law.”

“In the end, it had to be sort of a no brainer I had to think about the positive for [Floyd] rather that the fact that I was giving up a valuable body part. You just can’t overthink it,” Anderson said.

The surgery took place on April 14 for both Floyd and Anderson. Floyd was out of the hospital by Saturday.

“I walked in the morning of surgery with 8 percent kidney function. I walked out four days later with the kidney filtering at full capacity,” Floyd said.

Because of Anderson, Floyd’s family and community, Floyd feels he is living a normal life again. Besides some medications and food restrictions, he feels he is really being able to live life to its fullest.

Floyd said, “As a school counselor, I see students everyday sacrificing their free time to giving up various kinds of activities in order to hit the books and better themselves. All I can say is, keep it up!

You will be making a difference for all of us in your future.”

Band teacher Mr. Kris Harper balances work and cardiovascular health

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n Sunday June 21, Father’s Day, Mr. Kris Harper and his family were trailer camping along the Oregon coast. They headed to bed around 10:30 p.m. to move to a new campsite in the morning. Around midnight, Harper woke up with a sore jaw as if he’d been clenching his teeth. Shortly after, he became short of breath and there was pain shooting down both of his arms.

He woke up his wife and asked for Asprin, not knowing what was truly happening.

Harper’s brother in law drove him six miles to the nearest hospital. After multiple EKGs and other tests, they determined he had suffered a heart attack, and he was still in the middle of it.

He was transferred by ambulance to another hospital 25 miles away. There, he had an angioplasty: surgery to remove a 90% blockage of one of Harper’s arteries.

Not five hours after waking up, Harper was in the ICU. “I was in the hospital about two

STORY BY OLIVIA GRAHL

O. GRAHL

MUSICAL BEATS TO HEART BEATS

Mr. Kris Harper in his classroom on Sept. 24

and a half days. I was in the ICU most of two days so they could keep track of what things were going on. My pulse rate was very fast so they were trying to bring it down. I spent the night in a regular room on the floor and was out by noon the next day,” Harper said.

Since then, Harper has been put on six different medications, has blood work done every three weeks and sees a cardiologist every two months. He is also enrolled in a cardiac rehab program that teaches him about what affects the heart, and requires him to exercise.

“We use stationary bikes, walk on treadmills, that’s cardio exercise and while we are doing it we wear heart monitors. They take our blood pressure three to five times during the workout to make sure we aren’t over stressing our hearts,” Harper said.

Because of this new program, Harper must miss school occasionally.

“Every Monday, Wednesday and Friday, I go to my cardiac

rehab which starts at 12:45 p.m., so I have to leave school at intervention. My last block class on even days often has a sub, so I don’t see them all the time. It’s something I’m adapting to, too,” Harper said.

Despite his heart attack’s affect on his personal life, it has also affected his ability to perform in the classroom.

“Normally I stand up the majority of the time in my classes, but I just don’t have that stamina yet so I sit down a lot. We’ve taken my podium and put some edges on it so that I can have a chair on it and I don’t fall off. Marching band has been the hardest part because it’s pretty tiring. The students have really stepped up. They’ve really gone to the top,” Harper said.

The health symptoms not only hinder his ability to perfom, but are changing his personality.

Harper said, “It’s different.

I’m more of a hands-on type of person, I want to be in there at all times. Now I have to settle down and not get excited.”

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LIFESTYLE

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ICE, ICE BABY

Two new frozen treat and drink places feature shaved snow as well as slushies and milk tea

SHAVE MONSTER

32 DEGREES

6823 Lonetree Blvd.

2164 Sunset Blvd. Suite 206

PRICES

For $3.85, a regular sized plate of “snow” with free choice of sauce and one topping can be purchased. Regular Gunther’s ice cream is $2.95 . Smoothies, slushies and other beverages can be purchased for no more than $4.

For the price of $3.85, comes a nice sized plate of “snow fluff” with a free topping of choice. Regular ice cream for $2.75 and smoothies, slushies and bubble tea for $4.

DESSERT

Displays their dessert in a beautiful, snow ball shape. The ice is fluffy and soft, with a texture that is unique to the treat, along with a flavor that isn’t overpowering or too sugary.

Serves their ice ribboned and layered over itself, making it feel thick. All the desserts have natural ingredients, so each flavor is true to what it portrays.

AMBIANCE

Modern and urban, with pop music playing and color changing lights. While the area is a little on the small side, there was wonderful seating arrangements for people to gather at once and enjoy their food.

Loud and colorful, with a blender being heard from the back and highlighter menus hanging on the wall. It seemed to be much more Japanese oriented displaying different jars of boba and pocky.

HOURS

Monday through Thursday: 11 a.m. to 10 p.m.

Friday through Saturday: 10 a.m. to 11 p.m.

Sunday: 10 a.m. to 9 p.m.

Sunday through Thursday: 11 a.m. to 9 p.m.

Friday through Saturday: 11 a.m. to 10 p.m.

LOCATION

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STORY BY HALEY BALLESTIN & KACIE NICHOLSON

SPORTS

MARCHING TO A

Band becomes official school sport

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he sun is setting and the sky is growing dark.

The warmth is fading into a cool evening breeze. It is nighttime and the campus is bare of all students except for one group out on the football field. But they’re not wearing cleats or pads and they’re not throwing a ball around. The football team finished an hour ago and a new team has taken over the turf. Although they are the only people still at school, their presence doesn’t go unnoticed — their practice can be heard throughout the surrounding neighborhoods.

Trumpets, tubas and horns blare as the marching band prepares for their upcoming performances.

But this year, there is something different about the band. Taking the football field at halftime of home games or traveling to compete against other bands is no longer just a pastime for the 65 band members, but it is officially a school sport.

Principal Mrs. Debra Hawkins first proposed the idea to athletic director Mr. Jason Feuerbach in April and the process of becoming a sport took off from there.

“My comment was, we have over 900 athletes and 50 coaches, so what’s another five coaches and 50 kids?”

Feuerbach said.

Feuerbach saw this as an opportunity to elevate the marching band program in terms of organization and member standards.

“It gives them set rules, guidelines, processes and procedures in regards to everything they do. Also, it holds the kids accountable to the academic eligibility and attendance guidelines,” Feuerbach said.

For some students in band this was new, as they’ve never had to follow the student-athlete guidelines before.

But sousaphone player Daniel Izarraras has been in the athletic program for three years before this, as a part of the dive and track and field teams. He recognizes both differences and similarities between these sports.

STORY BY RYLEA GILLIS

The band performs at halftime of the Quarry Bowl on Sept. 11.

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NEW BEAT “We don’t work out to the level of other sports on campus, but we do have a lot of endurance training, because we have to be able to march and play our instruments for long periods of time,” Izarraras said.

While most sports practice for a couple hours after school, the band runs on a unique schedule. Since the football team has total use of the field after school, the marching band has to wait until 6 p.m. to get in their rehearsal time, which lasts for three hours twice a week.

Because of these long practices, as well as their daily 12-hour camps over the summer, Izarraras believes their team forms a bond different from teammates on other campus sports.

“Marching band is more of a family sport than my other sports. You have to build a connection with everyone on the team because you’re relying on them during every moment in a performance,” Izarraras said.

After football season is over, the band doesn’t hang up their uniforms quite yet. Their competition season extends through the end of November. At competitions, along with eight to 25 other teams, they perform an eight minute routine that gets judged on more than just the music they play. Ten judges watch different aspects of the routine, such as the overall visual effect and the color guard, and give them a score out of 100 points. Once all the teams have performed, an award ceremony takes place, where the bands are ranked and the color guard, percussionists and drum majors have the opportunity to receive individual honors. Band director Kris Harper is with the team the whole day to help load instruments, lead the warm-up and keep the team on track.

“Band competitions are an all day event for us. From the time we leave the school to the time we arrive back is usually a 12 to 14 hour day,” said Harper.

The team will perform at the remaining football games, as well as five away competitions. Their next competition is Oct. 17 at Del Oro.

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OCTOBER 2015

SPORTS

J. ROLANDE

WOMEN and WEIGHTS

Females push the limits of weightlifting side-by-side male weightlifting classes

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etal clinks as the weights slam down in the machine.

The gym smells of perspiration and hard work. Another rep, and another.

Since being recognized as an Olympic sport in 2000, women’s weightlifting has gained momentum among younger crowds. Women are beginning to prepare for it even during high school, prepping for the Olympics.

For Olympic qualifying matches, participants have to focus on their snatch, clean and jerk.

However, women are still not often thought of as people who would want to focus on weightlifting.

“I started out crossfitting but I wasn’t good at cardio, so I did lifting, because I enjoyed the feeling of maxing out,” Claire Mackey said.

Mackey lifts for the Hassle

Free BBC (Barbell club), a premiere weightlifting team in the United States.

“My favorite part about women’s lifting is the people and environment. I also like traveling.

Over the summer, I got to travel to Minnesota, Colorado and all over the state,” Mackey said.

As a freshman, Mackey is in soccer weights and has connections with the wrestling and football coach who have helped her train.

Even though women’s lifting is a more recent sport, men’s weightlifting has been around since the 19th century.

Nathan Scott said, “[My favorite part of lifting] is learning what your strength is and how much you can really handle. You can keep working on it and get it higher, it’s always changing. You can always just say how much you lift, but the stats are the proof.”

HEAVYWEIGHTS Female personal records compared to male personal records

CLEAN & JERK 175 lb SNATCH

135 lb

DEADLIFT

245 lb

BACK SQUAT

200 lb

MAX PULL-UPS 45 CLAIRE MACKEY

CLEAN

308 lb

JERK

297 lb

FRONT SQUAT 412 lb ZACH SCLATER

WEIGHTLIFTING TIPS NUTRITION post workout nutrition is necessary for muscle growth

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REST give your body time to relax inbetween sets

KEEP A JOURNAL track how much you lift and how often you lift to track your progress

PREVENT IMBALANCE having an imbalance during lifting leaves room for injury STORY BY BENJAMIN KIM

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WOO or BOO? J. SMITH

Although school policy prevents students from wearing costumes on campus, the candy-filled holiday gets plenty of attention. Here we weigh the pros and cons of trick-or-treating

Visit whitneyupdate.com for a local guide to haunted houses

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It’s one of the best times of the year, the scary movies, the Pillsbury cookies with pumpkins on them, the trips to Bishop’s Pumpkin farm, the change in weather, honestly I could go on forever. Fall is one of the best anticipated times of the year and Halloween is the day to bring all of these changes together.

As we grow older less teens go trick-or-treating because “we are to old for that,” but are we really? Trickor-treating isn’t exclusive to anyone, you get the chance to celebrate the holiday and get free candy on the way.

Trick-or-treating is a sacred time, that you only get to do once a year and you get to be creative while doing it.

If my friends and I didn’t go trick-or-treating we would be sitting inside watching scary movies and eating candy, but we do that all the time anyway. It’s not like we can go to people’s houses on any given day and ask for free candy, without being creepy. Halloween is the perfect day to break out of this normal routine.

It befuddles me that there are high school students still dressing up in foolish costumes every Oct. 31, going door to door just to get some free candy for binge-eating in the following days. Teenagers have corrupted the purpose of Halloween by using the holiday to throw skimpy costume parties, greedily fill up a whole pillowcase with their neighbors’ candy bowls and run around scaring little children. For those who do participate in the traditional trick-ortreating, don’t you notice the strange looks parents give you when you hold your bag out at someone’s doorstep, as opposed to the way their face lights up when a little power ranger knocks on their door?

They don’t think you’re cute anymore, they just think you’re a selfish teen trying to take advantage of their goodies. If you want to be considered a young adult, then separate yourself from the kids and make the transition to a candy passer-outer.

OPINION BY LILY JONES

OPINION BY RYLEA GILLIS

SCAN HERE for a Pinterest board of DIY Halloween costume ideas.

“I’m dressing up as a baby because I don’t want to grow up. ” SCOTT NAKANO

“I think I’m going to dress up as Macklemore because people always tell me I look like him.”

JASON LITVINCHUK

“My sister and I always have Halloween movie marathons.”

CAELI SOLIS

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Extra-curricular programs take trips all over the country, cost affects students

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loud “ring” goes off as the alarm clock strikes.

Cars are piled with camera bags, purses, backpacks and suitcases. Families rush to the airport to say their goodbyes as students greet their classmates.

WCTV19 annually attend the Student Television Network competition to compete in on-site competitions and learn more about broadcast journalism.

“Going to STN is such a good experience, even though it’s expensive. We as broadcast students can learn so much there, so it’s totally worth it,” Sarah Murphy said.

Every year, STN is held all around the country in a hotel where the convention takes place over four days.

This year it is at the Atlanta Marriott Marquis.

“Last year, since went to San Diego, the cost wasn’t too bad. This year since its out of state in Atlanta, it’s more expensive,” Savannah Hill said.

Because STN is held in spring, it gives students time to raise money.

“Some students sell promotional videos to businesses to fundraise, and that’s what you see during commercial breaks in the morning announcements,” broadcast teacher Mr. Ben Barnholdt said.

However, not all students choose to fundraise.

“We pay in separate payments, so we’re not paying it all at once,” Alex Muir said.

Broadcast isn’t the only program that takes trips. The marching band, jazz band, orchestra and chamber choir go on trips as well.

“We go to marching band competitions as far as Reno and Napa. The jazz band, orchestra and chamber choir will all attend the Heritage Festival in Los Angeles. It usually amounts to about $600,” Shelby Johnson said.

Parent groups and band teacher Mr. Kris Harper help set up fundraisers with opportunities to offset the cost of the trip.

“Any student trip can be a good educational learning experience, so I try and do something musically involved

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cost of travel

when we go on these sort of trips with the students,” Harper said.

Band used to be a voluntary group, so students had no obligations of selling cookie dough for fundraising.

“Now that we are part of the sports program, we can raise money in other ways such as booster clubs and athletic events. It costs about $250 per semester for transportation, meals, uniform equipment repair, color guard uniforms/flags and other expenses,” Daniel Izarraras said.

Some students are in more than one program, so they have the cost of multiple trips. Dani Blankenship is in both marching band and leadership.

“Band can get extremely pricey, so every year we offer a voluntary donation to all band members to help pay all the fees throughout the season. [However,] Leadership doesn’t take many trips during the year, as most of our budget goes towards putting on events for the school,” Blankenship said.

In leadership, executive board retreats are held in summer and winter for committee leaders, President, Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer and Voices.

Over the summer, the exectutive board went to Jenner for three days to bond and plan for the year.

Each year, a group of students are chosen to go to CASL where Leadership students from all around California meet to share ideas and learn new leadership skills.

“The trip costs around $250 for each student. In the past, we used to sell Krispy Kreme, but a lot of the time the students have to just pay the expense of the trip,” Kourtney Nham said.

The CASL trip swaps between San Jose and Ontario so the cost fluctuates.

Activities Director Mr. Travis Mougeotte said “When we go to San Jose we drive. This year we are planning to fly. The cost for the San Jose trip last year was $350, while this year will be up to $600 with flight costs.”

STORY BY BELLA JACOBS & KRISTEN MCILVAIN

NEW GIRL NEW GIRL on the BLOCK German exchange student Chiara Midulla embarks on the on her first American experience

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fter a vigorous packing session, what felt like an endless flight and jet lag that seemed to last for years, German exchange student Chiara Midulla embarks on the most exciting trip of her life.

On Aug.2, Midulla flew from Erding, Germany to Sacramento to stay with the Blankenship’s for a year.

“My family has always been approached to host an exchange student, so when an e-mail was sent out saying Chiara needed a host family we didn’t hesitate,” Danielle Blankenship said.

Following in her sister’s footsteps, Midulla wanted to be a part of a long term exchange program.

“My sister went to Ireland three years ago and I had wished to do an exchange year too, but I wanted to go farther away. This year I had the opportunity to do it and I decided really fast that I wanted to spend this year in America, especially California. So I looked for an organization and wrote an application and then it happened pretty fast,” Midulla said.

Being an exchange student, the chance to experience a different culture is one of the motivations to embark on these journies.

“The whole school system is different but I think the biggest difference is that we don’t have school spirit in Germany. No one really cares about the school or would do anything voluntary, for example staying in school longer to set up a rally. In Germany school is just about STORY BY LILY JONES

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learning and nothing more, which is actually really sad,” Midulla said.

So far the Blankenships have taken Midulla on little adventures to Reno and various locations in Sacramento.

A goal for the Blankenship’s was to really create and grow a family atmosphere during Chiara’s stay.

“We haven’t had to make too many adjustments, she fits in right in our family. Her English she’s is outstanding and is a very easy going person. We love having her here with our family. One of the greatest things for us is to see all of her first experiences here in our home and at school,” Cynthia Blankenship said.

Being enrolled in classes without a translator can be tough for Midulla but she finds it is all a part of the American experience.

“Especially in classes like US history or biology because you have to explain a lot and understand everything. I often know something in German but I don’t know how to express it in English. If I don’t understand something in class I just ask the person next to me and they always help me,” Midulla said.

Despite only being here until the end of the school year, this trip will create lasting memories for the Blankenships and Midulla.

Danielle Blankenship said, “I hope after this experience is over that I’ll have a life long best friend and I’ll know more about German culture, maybe even a little of the language.”

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Teachers receive new laptops that have both a positive and negative effect on them

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s Mrs. Bettina Shoop moves to the pod after intervention, she realizes that she can’t get her work done unless she’s inside the classroom with her desktop, but now with the new laptops, the problem is resolved. Teachers can work more productively having all their work and information in their hands without having to carry around their desktops.

Teachers found that moving from classroom to classroom with the new laptops is beneficial especially when teachers have a prep period or have to bring the laptops home with them.

The transition is not hard for some teachers as they reflect on how the old desktop computers slowed down class time.

“I’m much faster in the things that I’m able to do [with the laptops]. There are things I’m able to accomplish at school now, whereas before I would just wait to go home to do it because I would get frustrated with the speed of the old desktops,” Mr. Timothy Farnan said.

Farnan dealt with the old desktops and sees a huge change between the two, specifically with the speed. He explains that working efficiently was a challenge, having to be delayed almost 20 minutes waiting for the desktop to boot up and then have the software run slowly while

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Mrs. Bettina Shoop starts her Honors French III class with opening an activity on her laptop.

opening new programs.

“The old computers would take forever to start up. They would freeze, lock up and they had issues running the more newer 2015 programs,” Farnan said.

Although the new laptops are faster, teachers have already found flaws. One problem most teachers agree on is how small the laptop screens are.

“It’s hard to see due to the small monitors compared to when we had bigger screens on the desktops,” Mrs. Bettina Shoop said.

Other challenges, such as the laptops not being connected to the printers or not having multiple charge cables for teachers who move to different classrooms. The laptops don’t perform their best after being on sleep mode, either.

Students have noticed that teachers are using the Internet more. They are now having them sign syllabi online and for history classes, their grades are now on Schoology.

The social science classes have decided to be the pilot group to start using Schoology as their gradebook.

Farnan explains that using Schoology is a strength especially this year, noticing that the freshman have been prepared from their middle schools on using Schoology.

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out with the OLD, in with the NEW Teachers share their opinions on the laptops “I really enjoy the speed and efficiency of the laptops and the ability to move classrooms easily. With the previous computers, moving rooms was an issue every day.”

MRS. SUZIE MAIN

“The new laptops have been great. They allow teachers to easily move from room to room without having to wait on the older slower computers.”

MR. ALEX ANDERSON

“They are very unreliable.

Mine crashed and had to be re-programmed three times in the first week alone. I use technology a lot in French class, and my laptop is constantly freezing, losing a lot of instruction time.”

MRS. KIMBERLY KARVER

STORY BY MISSIE CARACUT