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By Anna Sturla HUB Staff Writer

Student Government changed its system of distributing graduation ceremony tickets for the 2012 graduation ceremony, responding to perceived glitches in last year’s system, as well as student concerns.

The new ticket allocation system requires that students submit their total number of desired tickets in one request form, which Student Government will then try to accommodate.

The first four tickets remain free, with all additional tickets sold at $8.

Last year’s system gave four free tickets to every attending senior, with the option of buying up to three more additional tickets. After distributing the free and purchased tickets, all extra seating was sold.

However, one unexpected problem was that those family members whose tickets were bought from the pool of excess tickets were seated separately from those who had gotten their tickets as part of the original seven.

“While there were no extraordinary problems with that system,” graduation committee leader Jacob Vanderbilt said, “we felt that it was important that all family members be able to experience the ceremony together.”

Some families were also too large to be accommodated, while not every student needed all of the initial four tickets.

“One of the main concerns we heard from last year was people worrying about not getting the number of tickets they wanted,” ASB president Courtney Jimenez said.

The new system is simply “common sense,” according to Vanderbilt, a senior.

“We knew that with this plan we could hit two issues with one solution, both allowing families to request as many tickets as they want […] and seating families all together,” Vanderbilt said.

The new system also allows students to fill up the seats that were left vacant during last year’s ceremony, according to Vanderbilt.

However, the change does not come without problems. Not all seniors have turned in their form, holding up seat assignment.

“As of right now, there are only 20 students who haven’t turned that request form in,” Jimenez, a senior, said. “We want to grant other people their requests, since they have turned in their form are hoping to have a certain number of people attend their graduation ceremony.”

The planning itself poses a unique challenge.

“The specific challenge at this point will be assigning particular seats to families,” Vanderbilt said. “It’s just like making a giant jigsaw puzzle, but we don’t have the picture on the box to go off of.”

With students’ new ability to make a blanket seating request comes the worry that there will not be enough seats to accommodate all requests.

Because not everyone has responded to Student Government’s form, the exact TICKETS continued on Page 2

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By Gary Djajapranata HUB Staff Writer

DHS’ PERFORMANCE RELATIVE TO SIMILAR SCHOOLS

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California uses two rank5 ings to measure school performance: the overall state rank, 4 and the similar schools rank.

DHS maintains top-caliber 3 performance in the overall state rankings, but has poor 2007 2009 2010 2008 standing in the similar schools Year ranking. In fact, DHS’ place 2010 API SCORES OF SIMILAR SCHOOLS in the similar school ranking 800 820 840 860 880 900 920 940 has been sinking lower and Granite lower with each passing year.

Bay The California DepartPalo ment of Education bases Alto these reports and rankings on Henry Academic Performance Index M. Gunn numbers, or API. These API Piedmont numbers, which range from 200 to 1000, are derived from Arcadia students’ performance on STAR and CAHSEE tests.

DHS DHS most recently received a ranking in 2010.

In the overall state rank, it *API (Academic Performance Index) scores range between 200 and 1000 scored in the 10th and highSource: California Department of Education est decile. Each decile contains 10 percent of all schools in that school type (elementary, junior Granite Bay High (844) and Arcadia High (890). high or high school) in California.

In 2007, DHS scored in the seventh However, when compared to a list of 100 similar schools, DHS scored in the decile among similar schools. In 2008, its third decile in 2010, meaning it performed ranking slipped to the sixth decile; in 2009, beneath more than half of schools with a to the fifth, until falling to the third decile similar demographic profile. DHS’ API in 2010.

Comparatively, Da Vinci Charter Acadscore in 2010 was 858, compared to the emy, which scored in the ninth decile similar schools’ median score of 877.

The list of DHS’ similar schools is cre- statewide in 2010, scored in the bottomated on a variety of factors, including pupil low first decile among its similar schools.

Principal Jacquelyn Moore says DHS’ ethnicity, socioeconomic status, percentage of English learners, etc. Some of DHS’ poor performance in relation to its similar similar schools include Palo Alto High schools is “a big concern.” Moore finds, (which scored an API of 897 in 2010), TEST SCORES Henry M. Gunn High School (918), continued on Page 2

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JOSHUA CLOVER, UCD PROFESSOR AND POET, AND 11 OTHER UCD PROTESTERS FACE JAIL TIME

By Genny Bennett HUB Staff Writer

In an email sent to all DHS students on March 19, counselor Courtenay Tessler announced that ROP Environmental Science had been UC/CSU approved as a “d” laboratory science.

Science teacher Ann Moriarty taught Environmental Science this year. Although the class was an ROP class, it was not considered an approved college preparatory course as determined by the UC/CSU a-g course list.

Moriarty wrote a proposal to turn the course into a “d” laboratory science for the upcoming year.

California State Universities and the University of California require high school students to take a minimum of two laboratory science classes for admission.

As students filled out their course planners for the 2012-2013 school year, UC and CSU schools approved the ROP Environmental Science class as a laboratory science class that could fulfill this requirement.

Current life science teacher Eric Bastin will teach the course next year because he has taught the subject previously at other schools. This will allow Moriarty to put her primary teaching focus on biology and biotechnology.

The class will be like a traditional Environmental Science class including topics such as ecology and water management. But Bastin also plans to give his students lots of handson opportunities.

“We are going to focus on sampling and focus on the jobs people may have in the field to give students a taste,” Bastin said.

Bastin plans to take his classes on a field trip to Lake Tahoe to study salmon as well as to Bodega Bay where the class will examine vertebrates.

“It is an ROP class so I’m taking that to mean get out and do a field trip component,” he said.

Junior Monica LeFlore plans on taking the class next year and is excited about the class’s application to her future.

“I decided to take Environmental Science because I want to major in Environmental Studies, so I though it would be good to show colleges that I am taking my major seriously,” Leflore said.

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From Jan. 2 to Feb. 27, protesters “occupied” the entrance to US Bank on the UC Davis campus to protest “the privatization of public universities and international austerity,” according to the group’s statement. On Feb. 28, the bank responded by closing its UC Davis branch. About a month later, the Yolo County DistrictAttorney issued letters summoning 12 of the protesters to appear in court on April 27. The bank said the protests risked the security of its customers and employees. The 12 are charged with 20 counts of blocking access, which is a misdemeanor, and one count of conspiracy to commit a misdemeanor. If convicted, they will have to pay up to $1 million.

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happy with new process number of those attending the ceremony is not clear.

“We’re not quite there [with seating assignments],” Jimenez said. “The ticket sub-committee of the graduation committee is trying to figure out how to add in another hundred seats so everybody’s requests are approved.”

However, Student Government believes that the new system will be able to fit in students’ requests, according to Vanderbilt.

“We want nothing more than each student to be able to have their friends and family to be present,” Jimenez said.

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continued from Front Page their ticket allotment during STAR testing week, and will receive further instructions about payment. Tickets will be distributed on the day of the graduation ceremony. Sophomores and juniors can attend the ceremony for free by signing up to serve as volunteers.

TEST SCORES: Other interests take precedence however, that similar school rankings are useful in determining what DHS can do to improve its scores.

“You look at [the rankings] and you say, okay, here’s somebody that has students just like us, but they’re doing a lot better,” Moore said. “When I’ve done those comparative studies in the past, I usually find some sort of difference.”

Moore says that DHS is frequently compared to Gunn High School in Palo Alto, which scored in the ninth decile in the 2010 similar school rankings.

“We have to go there and actually visit them to really see what they do differently,” Moore said.

Moore says she expects DHS’ similar school ranking to increase due to heightened “mindfulness” of equal education opportunities for all students at DHS. While Moore uses similar school rankings as a tool to gauge DHS’ strengths and weaknesses, school board member Sheila Allen believes that these rankings are not a vital concern for the district. According to Allen, the last time a similar school report was presented to the school board was in 2008.

“We are very interested in our API scores and in STAR testing […] so we definitely look at scoring, but this one particular measure of similar schools, we have not had a very big focus on,” Allen said.

Allen also points out that some of DHS’ so-called “similar schools” may not be so similar to DHS after

all, especially given differences in funding mechanisms.

According to Allen, DHS receives funding on a “per-pupil, per-day” basis of average daily attendance. Davis’ property taxes are directed toward the state, and the state divvies up funding among school districts.

On the other hand, other schools receive funding on a “basic aid” system. Cities that operate on a basic aid system are very affluent areas that retain property taxes and distribute the tax revenue to schools internally.

Especially given these sharp differences in similar schools’ administrations, Allen says that the Davis Joint Unified School District is concerned about other educational matters that take priority over similar school ranking.

One such matter is the achievement gap, which is the difference in performance between white and Asian students versus Latino and African-American students. API reports indicate that African-American, Latino and socioeconomically disadvantaged students, on average, score significantly beneath the school API at DHS. Allen says that “there’s no place that doesn’t have that achievement gap in California,” and the district is continually attempting to close this gap by enacting measures to boost student scores.

“We have invested more time and money in our English Language

continued from Front Page Learners program […] and at the elementary grades, we have reading aides that help out, and we added having math aides,” Allen said.

Moore also believes academic diversity in classes is also crucial in closing the achievement gap. According to Moore, when low-achieving and high-achieving students are mixed in the same classroom, all students tend to gravitate toward the teacher’s high expectations. Moore also hopes that differentiation of instruction will improve at DHS— so that teachers can communicate material effectively to all types of students, and thus improve all students’ test performance.

While Allen says these measures have not completely solved the problem, the achievement gap is becoming “somewhat” better, although not nearly enough so.

Allen also believes similar school rankings are not a major concern because DHS has “great graduation rates and “great college placement.”

“Kids from Davis High, or kids that come to the district, do they graduate? Yes. Kids that leave Davis High, are they able to get into great schools? Yes,” Allen said.

“Those criteria are being met […]

When we look at schools that are similar to us, I don’t really care that much about similar school ratings; I care that our kids are prepared for being citizens when they graduate, and I care that the students are able to get into college and move on to the next educational level.”

By Monica Lopez-Lara HUB Staff Writer

Student forum representatives from various DHS history classes piled into L-22 on March 21 to discuss several important school issues that impact students.

The first topic up for discussion was how to handle ASB elections and figure out a way that students can gain student body leadership roles around school.

Student Government member Jasper Gilardi explained that student feedback was needed because of some recent challenges to Student Government and ASB election policies.

Under the current policy, both ASB President and ASB Vice President must have been in Student Government for at least one school year, have a 2.5 GPA and be a junior or senior. School board representative, ASB Treasurer, Secretary, Clubs Commissioner and class officer roles do not require the person to have been a member of Student Government as long as he or she has met the other job requirements.

A possible change that was

debated was the creation of a “Student Government President,” who would run the Student Government class, while having a separate ASB President be in charge of overseeing the school board, student forum and executive board duties.

This division of roles would change the jobs of those who are under these titles and eliminate the one-year Student Government provision, plus give added representation to a broader range of students.

Another idea that was brought up was to have a split election for both of these positions in order to emphasize the importance of both.

During the last five minutes of the meeting, Principal Jacquelyn Moore asked for students’ opinions on options for rebuilding or reconstructing the multipurpose room, which was shut down on Oct. 28, 2010 because of black mold and asbestos.

A suggestion was made that it should be rebuilt as a student lounge, complete with a campus store to sell DHS merchandise and even turn it into a work-experience business class.

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UPCOMING EVENTS IN DAVIS

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Citrus Circuits, the Davis robotics team based at Da Vinci Charter Academy, recently won a Sacramento regional tournament held at UC Davis on March 15-17. The team is now the back-to-back champion of the competition.

The team will be participating in nationals which is held in St. Louis, Missouri on April 25-28.

Each team is given a strict six weeks of building time where it needs to build the body of the robot and program the remotecontrolled software.

Citrus Circuits participant Gwen Brinsmead said the process is “stressful but exciting.�

Every year, there is a new theme to the regional competition; this year it was Rebound Rumble. The idea of this game is a three-onthree basketball game to showcase what the pre-programmed robots can do.

The robots range in size from a few feet to eight feet tall.

In this setting, there is a basketball court with four hoops on either end, each corresponding to different amounts of points, and a ramp in the middle with a teeter-totter that acts as a balancing challenge for the remote controlled robots.

During the off-season of robotics, Citrus Circuits participates in mini side projects and practice competitions.

According to its website, the team has built Robo-Chair 4.0, an old dentist’s chair that was refurbished into a remote controlled armchair; a Robo Crane, which can be operated remotely to control a video camera; and a t-shirt cannon for rallies.

Brinsmead said that the best part of the robotics team is that is student-run and offers an opportunity for student leadership and responsibility. “I have gotten to do so much on my own [‌] Robotics is like running a company.

You have to get funding, you have to have a product which is our robot and you have to go with the market, which is the game.�

Brinsmead, who is on the business media team, created the Citrus Circuits logo this year that she hopes can be used to promote and brand the team.

Citrus Circuits welcomes all those who are interested in robotics from both DHS and Da Vinci. There is room for everyone, whether it is in the mechanic, programming or marketing fields. “If you know graphic design you can do that. If you know how to use Illustrator or Photoshop or Autocad,� Brinsmead said. “If you seriously don’t have anything whatsoever, we are going to be hosting workshops and we will guide you through it.�

The team meets every Wednesday in Room 19 at Da Vinci.

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Decisions,

Decisions,

Students weigh finances and academics while making plans for higher education

By Kelsey Ewing HUB Staff Writer

Forget the all-telling 4-by-9inch rejection letters and turn your minds toward the larger envelopes stuffed with brochures and pamphlets offering picturesque scenes of college campuses. These longawaited acceptances pose a new challenge to seniors: deciding where to go to college.

Many seniors must sign letters of intent by May 1, but when deciding where to go to college, students have various considerations to take into account.

“The most important aspects that I am considering are proximity to home and school environment.

Oh, and if they have a club lacrosse team,” senior Dom Lowell said.

Lowell is choosing between University of the Pacific, Simpson University, Ohio State University, CSU Sacramento, Montana State University and Corban University.

Senior Lucas McGrew is choosing Sacramento City College because of its proximity to Davis.

Next year, McGrew plans on living at home to reduce the cost of college.

McGrew was initially choosing between Sacramento City College and Cabrillo Community College in Santa Cruz.

“I had a friend who was going to

go to Cabrillo and I was going to live with him,” McGrew said.

But ultimately, the cost of living away from home convinced McGrew to stay in the area.

In addition to costs, students also take into consideration the academic specialties of the schools they are considering.

“So far in deciding where to go to college, I have done a lot of research into the schools that I applied to, and really narrowed down what I want to study to something pretty specific,” Lowell said.

“I have also done a lot of thinking about where I want to live next year, and if I could see myself living at the colleges that I applied to,” Lowell added.

While Lowell says she will consider these aspects of the schools she was admitted to, those schools that offer her incentives like priority housing, priority class choice and scholarships are more likely to be her final decision.

Though Lowell says that considering all the different incentives of various schools can often seem to add more confusion to the college

decision-making process, they have ended up influencing her opinion.

Similarly, senior Christina Burns chose University of San Diego in part because the school offered her a large scholarship.

Burns has finalized her decision to be on the University of San Diego crew team next year but was initially choosing between UC San Diego, UCLA, St. Mary’s and University of San Diego.

However, Burns was not offered a scholarship until the end of her decision process. In fact, Burns fell in love with the environment of the school and the atmosphere of the crew team before she was offered monetary incentives.

“The coaching staff was really supportive and really interactive

and the girls were all really fun and I knew I’d be happy to spend the next four years with them,” Burns said.

“I am looking forward to being immediately in a social group at the school and taking classes that I am genuinely interested in,” Burns said.

While she has not finalized her decision yet, Lowell is most seriously considering University of the Pacific. “[University of the Pacific] has a beautiful campus, not to mention

that I could be out with my pharmacy license in two or three years shorter than usual,” Lowell said.

Wherever she may end up, Lowell anticipates that deciding where to go next year is just a precursor to the many decisions she will make once at college.

“Next year I am looking forward to the freedom. We are going to have a lot more decisions that we get to make for ourselves, and even though it is daunting to think about finally being out there in the big world, it’s exciting,” Lowell said.

Only fools rush in on April 1 Top 5 Funniest April Fool’s Day Pranks 1. Alarm Clock Prank: Set all of the alarm clocks in the house to an unbearable morning hour, such as 3 a.m., and watch as the entire house wakes up in the chaos.

2. Tape Prank: Stick a piece of double-sided tape to the bottom of the mouse of your family computer and bear witness to their frustration as they try to move the mouse.

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where I live,” Dahal said. “I guess my older brother knew [otherwise] and played along.”

Sometimes, mischief can strike when least anticipated. In junior high, Choi had avoided being a hapless victim during the school day.

He had gotten safely out of school and out of the proximity of his peers when he saw some familiar-looking older kids. They invited him over to their conversation, and before he knew it, “things went white.”

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Every single day can be an occasion to have a little harmless fun, but April 1 just seems so much more special. On April Fool’s Day, a prank can cause someone to crack a smile or suppress a wince—depending on who you talk to.

Sophomore Dustin Choi can dream up crazy ideas and blame it on the spirit of the occasion. He recalls the time when he tinkered around with the showerhead, right before his brother took a shower.

“You know how people change the shower nozzle once in a while?

I unscrewed it, shoved in a bag of salt and rescrewed it back on,” Choi said. “My brother later came out smelling like salt.”

Choi’s pranks in the bathroom did not end there. After reading a “Captain Underpants” book, Choi endeavored to test out the physical humor mentioned in a passage. “I put ketchup on the toilet seat, so when someone sat on it, it would splat on [their] legs,” Choi said.

“I’m a trouble child.”

However, there is another kind

of practical joke that gets played. It falls into the category of “psychologically painful.”

“A girl I liked said she had a crush on me,” junior Taeksang Yoo said.

She was just kidding.

Yoo diverts the subject to a serious situation he found unintentionally funny: one time, his school confiscated his suitcase backpack on April Fool’s Day, mistaking it for a bomb.

While some jokes can be cruel, many are just imaginative and lighthearted. Sophomore Pavle Jeremic still remembers a collaborative effort from seventh grade, when his classmates teamed up to play a prank on their teacher. “We basically removed all the furniture from Mr. King’s room, and rearranged it outside in the exact same way as it was inside. He didn’t see us, but we saw him open the door with his coffee, and he did a double-take.”

Even total strangers can be pranked. Senior Nikhil Dahal saw a sign along Pole Line and Covell which advertised: “Super WalMart Opening Soon!” Needless to say, he was excited. “Here I am, 12 years old, excited to have a toy center open up five minutes from

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out,” Choi says. “They dumped flour all over me.” While he was a little ticked off initially, he now laughs it off as good-natured ribbing.

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Emerson carnival returns, using fun for funding

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By Daniel Tutt HUB Staff Writer

Huh, a carnival?

The Emerson Carnival, after a break in 2011, returns to Davis with all its old amusements— except, apparently, giant pickles (Yes, they did sell giant pickles in the past).

This year, the profits go to updating 9-year-old Emerson computers which carnival-organizer Pam Pacelli says “take longer to boot up than the class period.”

Although the asphalt desert bordering East Covell Boulevard now looks foreboding, in less than two weeks flashing and spinning rides will (with the help of workers from Butler Amusements) sprout from the ground and turn what is now barren to an escape from school stress and humdrum lives, or just a place to have a little fun.

DHS psychology teacher Katie Wi thinks a carnival can be a stressrelieving break, but also, for some students, a stress magnifier.

“I think it’s great to kind of get out there and live, because so much of your interaction now is done in front of the computer, where you don’t have that face-to-face interaction,” Wi said. “It’s definitely good to get out there and just have some real contact with real people, with real friends, and just do something physical.”

To quote Ralph Waldo Emerson: “Sometimes a scream is better than a thesis.”

The Library Still, the carnival isn’t about helping students by giving them a break from school; the carnival is for Emerson, specifically, the library.

Walking through the Emerson library doors, the first things seen would be the computers. Lined up against the far wall were 17 behemoths of old technology and outdated software which use enough power, along with a fully running air conditioner, to burn out the li-

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Along the north side of East Covell Boulevard, where it intersects with J Street, the food company ConAgra owns a cracked expanse of asphalt spotted with trees. A chain-link fence topped with three strings of barbed wire encloses the entire compound and supports two large signs. One, in bold red letters, gives a warning to trespassers and loiterers, the other, in neon blue, green and red letters, reads: Carnival!

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Davisites line up to ride the ferris wheel at the Emerson Carnival in 2010. The Emerson Carnival is returning to Davis on April 19-22.

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When Amanda Sharpe, a librarian there, mentioned the power overloads, she laughed and followed up with, “Yeah, we definitely need to work with the district on that.”

Pacelli exaggerates when she says it takes a class period to boot up one of the computers, but not by that much. According to Sharpe, it does take on average five to 10 minutes just to save and print a document. “[Using the computers] is an exercise in frustration,” Sharpe said.

“Just lots and lots of little frustra-

tions that sort of build up together to make people not even want to come in here and use the computers.”

But, Sharpe says, there is nowhere else on the Emerson campus for students to go.

The problem does not end with the computers’ slow processing; there is also their scarcity. Sharpe says the library needs at least 30 working computers, almost double what they now have.

To buy the computers alone will cost an estimated $33,000, but Sharpe expects additional furniture

Should I stay or should I go?

This year, several students at DHS have different destinations for spring break. Some are going out of town to enjoy their week of spring break at different cities, and some have decided to hang around in Davis.

Senior Beth Vidmar plans to get away from Davis in order to go to Santa Barbara for four days to soak up sun on the beach and to shop.

“I’m going to meet up with my friends while I’m there,” Vidmar said.

In her short time, she wants to visit UC Santa Barbara, one of the colleges she is considering attending in the fall. “I’m really looking forward to it and I’m sure it’ll be a lot of fun, since I’m with my family and my friends,” Vidmar said.

Junior Casey Schnathorst is planning on going to the So-Cal Safari, a City of Davis program that takes high school students on a college tour around Southern California.

His main reason for going is because a few of his friends wanted to go and have a fun experience by having Schnathorst tag along.

“I also wanted to check out several colleges with my friends,” Schnathorst said. “I’m interested in finding ones I like so I can apply for them.”

Other than visiting colleges, Schnathorst and his friends want to spend their extra time doing other activities such as visiting the beach to catch some waves, pogo-sticking and playing Xbox games. “Overall, I think the trip will be very interesting,” Schnathorst said.

Junior Allison Yates’ destination for spring break is Portland, Ore.

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costs to bring the total bill up to around $40,000. Sharpe does not think the carnival will be able to provide the full funding, but it will be a significant step.

“What we’re hoping is that whatever seed money we get from the carnival will then be able to use as leverage for further fundraising,” Sharpe said. “So if we go to private corporations, or local businesses, or anywhere and say, ‘Hey this is what we want to do,’ it looks a lot better for us to be able to go to them and say, ‘We already raised $15,000, $20,000, whatever. We just need

How it happens Preparation for this year’s carnival began early. Pacelli began talking with ConAgra in April of 2011 about donating the area. ConAgra agreed in November to volunteer the site for the carnival, whereupon Pacelli applied for permits from the city government. Organizing the volunteers, which Pacelli says is “the most difficult thing,” comes next. She needs people to get the word out, prepare the site and, most of all, sell tickets.

Tickets right now are being sold at Emerson, the Davis Food Coop, Fleet Feet, Nestware and Armadillo Music. Armadillo Music charges a $2.50 service fee. Tickets cost $20 and give unlimited access to rides.

The Emerson Junior High School PTA runs the carnival.

There wasn’t a carnival in 2011 because there was no space. This year, ConAgra agreed to donate the lot alongside Covell, called Cannery Park, on multiple conditions including that this is the last year the PTA asks for the donation.

This year’s carnival also coincides with Picnic Day. Pacelli says the PTA had to find extra security to make sure inebriated people stay out.

Sharpe says the carnival will be “a really good place for people to go with younger kids and families and do fun, wholesome stuff.”

The carnival will feature 17 rides including The Zipper, Century Wheel and Cliff Hanger, as well as food and carnival games.

Pacelli says most of the money the carnival raises comes from advance ticket sales.

“People are willing to buy tickets even if they don’t know what the weather will be because they know it’s a donation,” Pacelli said. “Our hopes are to raise enough money to replace all the existing 9-yearold computers in the Emerson library.”

But, looking to the future, Pacelli is unsure when the next carnival will be.

“It will be the last carnival on this site,” Pacelli said. “If we can find a site that’s agreeable to Butler [the company that provides and sets up the carnival equipment], well, we’ll see how it goes.”

On April 22, this year’s carnival will end, and in the days after that, Butler Amusements will deconstruct and remove the rides and the food stands. Cannery Park will be left to the weeds, never again, or at least not for a while, to host this sparkling celebration.

She has family living in Portland, so Yates will be spending time with them.

“My grandparents are coming up also, so it’ll be a great family get-together for the week,” Yates said. “I’m mainly excited to have my family all together because we don’t get to spend that much time [because we are] living in different places, so it’ll be a nice bonding experience,” Yates said.

While many have decided to go out of town, junior Jenna Farboud is spending her spring vacation staying home and playing soccer for the DHS varsity women’s soccer team. Her team will have three games in a row during the break so the players are practicing extrahard on Monday and Friday. “For some, having to play sports over spring break is a bummer, but I’m glad I have something to do,” Farboud said. “We’re all friends on the team, and this bond makes traveling and practices enjoyable.”

She says that soccer over the

break will also keep her in shape, which is essential when playing multiple games per week in league.

“Besides playing soccer, I have SAT classes on the weekends, and I’m going to visit family in Chico on Easter,” Farboud said. “I also plan to hang out with friends, record some songs whenever I have the free time to, and just relax.”

Sophomore Allison Stanely is also staying in Davis for her spring vacation. “It’s not something I’m super bummed about because I haven’t gone anywhere my past spring vacations,” Stanely said. She plans on hanging out with friends during break.

Stanely says that, if she does not get grounded, she wants to drop by her friends’ houses and hang out, which, for Stanely, includes listening to music, watching TV, web surfing and shopping.

“Even though I never go anywhere for spring break, I have a great time here in Davis with my friends either way,” Stanely said.

Turn in kindergarten photos in the front office for grad night.

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Features

By Katie Van Deynze HUB Staff Writer

As summer slowly grows nearer and many start to pull out their shorts, tanks and swimsuits, many DHS students look for rewarding places to work during the warm summer months.

Senior Elizabeth Kubey will be working for the City of Davis this summer teaching gymnastics which she has been teaching since last summer and throughout the school year.

Kubey took gymnastics at the city when she was a “Tiny Tumbler” and decided to give back to the children.

“I love all the arts and I sing, dance, play trumpet and paint.

Teaching gymnastics is another way for me to enjoy art through movement and to pass on my love of art to children,” Kubey said.

Senior Forrest Bockrath will also spend his summer working at the City of Davis, not in the gym, but in the pool. He works for the Aquatics Department and has been lifeguarding there for four years, and has found the experience very worthwhile.

“Being a lifeguard, you get a lot of leadership skills out of it because you are spending a lot of time with the kids and you’re learning how to take responsibility for certain things,” Bockrath said.

Sandra Montgomery is in charge of the Aquatics section of the City of Davis Parks and Recreation Department and employs many teens.

“Aquatics employees learn valuable time-management skills, customer service skills and, of course, skills relevant to their specific jobs,” Montgomery said.

“Working in aquatics is a great way to build your resumé and demonstrate to future employers

and schools that you’re a responsible individual who is able to multitask and succeed in the workplace,” Montgomery added.

Montgomery is also a lifeguard, and said that lifeguarding was the best job she ever had.

“Lifeguarding is extremely rewarding, but fun at the same time.

It’s important to stay on top of your skills so that you’re ready to respond in the event of an emergency; as a result, this job requires a commitment to ongoing trainings,” Montgomery said. “In addition, you build life skills that can be used in non-work situations; for example, it’s important for everyone to know CPR because you just never know when you might need to use these skills.”

Another opportunity offered through the City of Davis is to work at one of the many summer camps. Junior Lucy Brazil went to Camp Putah as a child from third until sixth grade and has been volunteering there ever since.

“You meet different people so you create friendships, that’s really fun,” Brazil said. “Also its just really fun and it’s a good use of your summer, because otherwise I would just be sitting at home, but instead I am out hanging out with people that I like, doing stuff I wouldn’t normally do.”

Brazil also found that Camp Putah is helping prepare her for future experiences.

“It’s good work experience that you’re not going to get somewhere else. It’s having a job and you have to show up every day and you have a boss and you have to do all this stuff […] it teaches you to grow up a little bit I think,” Brazil said. “It’s different every day, you have to be willing to go with the flow that teaches a lot about yourself.”

“It shows you how willing you are to just do something and get

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Summer jobs prove both rewarding, enjoyable

Junior Lucy Brazil performs a skit with campers at Camp Putah. Brazil volunteers at the City of Davis’ Camp Putah every summer.

out of your comfort zone and go with it,” Brazil added.

The next step after volunteering at Camp Putah is becoming a counselor, which is a possibility when you turn 18. According to Brazil, being a counselor is more rigorous and it’s harder to get the job because it’s a paid position.

Brazil’s older brother, DHS alumnus of 2007 Jack Brazil, is a counselor at Camp Putah and has found the experience very rewarding.

“Working at Camp Putah let me realize how much of a passion I had for working with children.

It was nice to find something that I was passionate about and could fairly easily translate into a future career,” Jack said. “I also had the added benefit of getting to meet

What qualities about each other led you to become friends?

Pantelis: No one else would be friends with him, so I felt bad. He was weird, so I thought it would make me look cooler in comparison.

Simon: We were really good friends in sixth grade and then reconnected during junior year.

We’ve become good friends because we like the same girls, working out together and going crazy on the weekends.

What’s the most memorable thing you guys have done together?

Have you guys ever gotten into a fight?

P: Kind of once.

S: It started off as an argument and led to us attacking each other; we don’t even remember why it started, but it was over absolutely nothing.

How do you hope to keep your friendship strong when you guys both go off to Chico State?

P: We’re going to be living with each other most likely, so hopefully that helps and doesn’t make us hate each other. Hopefully he’s clean.

S: We’re going to be doing work

every day to keep it stronger.

What’s the nicest thing Simon has done for you?

P: He bought me Chipotle one time.

That’s about it.

What is something fun you guys usually do when you hang out together?

P: On weekdays, we go to the gym and on the weekends, we just go out with all our friends and have a good night.

S: If there’s nothing to do, we usually hang out with our furry friends [our pets].

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Seniors Pantelis Callaway and Simon Rothenberg have been friends since the fifth grade. According to the duo, they have good things to offer from both sides. Their friendship is strong because they do everything together.

P: When Simon and I went with some friends to San Francisco and got stuck there because of all the roads blocked off, so our friend decided we should all go to the gay parade. Six weird girls were following us the whole time and asked to take a picture with us; they were stalking us the whole day.

S: If only we could remember.

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and work closely with several other people my age who shared my passions, and became lifelong friends of mine.”

Jack found that working at Camp Putah helped him realize that having a job didn’t have to be a hassle.

“Camp Putah made me realize that I could look forward to getting up for work every morning and that was more than okay,” Jack said.

Jack also said that working at Camp Putah helped him learn to communicate effectively with coworkers and adults when situations get serious.

Working for the City of Davis actually helped some choose what they want to do after high school.

“Working with kids in recreation is a great stepping stone for other employment opportunities,”

Montgomery said. “Teens will learn valuable skills which can be beneficial for many future careers and college applications; many of our recreation staff have gone on to become lawyers, teachers, doctors and social workers. The experiences they received in aquatics served as valuable career building opportunities.”

Jack is preparing for graduate school and is looking into tutoring both primary and secondary level children.

Bockrath also found that his summer job directly prepared him for the future. “I’ve come to really appreciate the stuff that we do there and after high school I am going to join the Coast Guard to become a rescue swimmer,” Bockrath said.

SEPARATION

What’s one thing you didn’t like about each other when you first met?

P: The one thing I didn’t like about him when I first met him, was that he was better at video games and Yu-GiOh than me.

S: You went out with my dream girl in junior high; I was in love with her! She was my favorite type of ham.

What’s the weirdest thing you remember that has happened to you guys?

P: We got yelled at by some guy because he [backed] into Simon’s car when it was parked and we weren’t even in it. The guy was crazy.

S: Definitely when we were tag team wrestling in my house at like 2 a.m. and my mom was screaming because she didn’t know what was happening so we just ran out.

How do you think your relationship will stay strong when you’re adults?

P: I think we’ll be friends for a while since we’re going to Chico next year and probably will get a house eventually and have a lot of fun. It should be chill.

S: We’re adults right now.

Seniors Simon Rothenberg (left) and Pantelis Callaway.

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DEVIL’S ADVOCATE Opinions & Editorials

Filter frustration plagues students Chloe Kim

Students at DHS face a serious barrier in being prepared for life after high school.

Because of the Children’s Internet Protection Act (CIPA), a law that requires that public K-12 schools and libraries in the United States adopt and enforce an Internet safety policy, the school has Internet filters on the district computers for all student accounts.

Davis Joint Unified School District’s interpretation of the law should be updated to reflect today’s student’s needs by allowing unfiltered textual Internet access for high school students.

Though CIPA does require blocking of pornographic and otherwise obscene imagery, strict filters on text are not required.

Strict Internet filters, such as the one DJUSD uses, cripple the quality of students’ education, unnecessarily inhibit student freedom and represent an antiquated view of the Internet that fails to reflect or prepare students for the technologically-saturated world that stretches ahead in the future.

Any student that has attended a Davis school for any length of time can attest to the inefficacy of these Internet filters.

Search “French cheese” for a cultural project in French 3, for example, and the filter blocks one of the most legitimate-looking results, an official website hosted by the French government, for the bi-

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zarre crime of “pornography.” Access to the website on an unfiltered computer reveals no such sordid material—just cheese.

The inability of Internet filters to do their job properly leads to inefficiency in our students, the opposite effect desired.

When teachers assign research projects and book computer labs for

students to complete work in class, rarely are the students able to do all their research—instead, they sit at the computers, mindlessly trying to bypass the filters, waiting until they can search the Internet freely in the comfort of their own homes.

The district’s interpretation of CIPA is doing a serious disservice to students’ futures by blocking

their access to a free Internet.

Internet filters are patronizing toward high school students, seeming to tell 15, 16, 17 and 18-year-olds that the Internet is a universe filled with predators and traps intended to molest and kill them.

Yet a 2009 study by the Internet Safety Technical Taskforce, led by the Berkman Center for Internet

and Society at Harvard University, concluded that sexual solicitation of children by adults is not a significant source of danger on the Internet.

Rather, peer-to-peer bullying and harassment have far more of an impact, according to the study.

And social media websites are not havens for predators and bullies, as adults frequently tend to believe.

They mostly reflect the real world, where there are both nice people and mean people.

That’s because social media and the Internet are the real world.

Where and when else are students going to be able to inhabit a fantasy “safe” Internet universe? Students can still encounter dangerous websites elsewhere, sometimes as easily as using their personal smartphones, which are becoming increasingly common.

The popularization of wireless Internet access, as well as the growing number of students who use cellular networks on their smartphones for free Internet access, renders the school Internet filters obsolete.

Though younger students, who may not be able to police themselves, may benefit from Internet filters, the public educational system appears dated in assuming high school students cannot safely navigate the Web. Students are not likely to access dangerous or obscene websites on school computers, where their browsing history can already be tracked; such records left are deterrent enough.

The truth is that the Internet is here to stay, and education is heading into a more Web-heavy future.

The district’s strict interpretation of CIPA does students a disservice.

Films must stop romanticizing world of zombies

HUB Staff Writer

In the past several years, the idea of a zombie apocalypse, or “zombocalypse,” has become increasingly prevalent in pop culture.

Movies like “I Am Legend” and TV shows such as “The Walking Dead” glorify and romanticize the adventure of living through a worldwide takeover by zombies.

Making apocalypse escape and survival plans has become nothing less than mainstream in media and for the most part is taken lightly and in good fun.

Don’t stop joking about the apocalypse, just stop fantasizing about one, because that’s like wishing for the end of all human civilization.

In the event of a real zombie apocalypse, life would be anything but an exciting adventure for the whole family.

Despite popular

The Hero Syndrome Everyone wants to be the savior of all humankind in the event of a complete zombocalypse: mowing down lines of hungry brain-eaters and saving the world, but the chances of merely staying alive are slim to none.

Think about it: of the six-something billion people on the planet, what are the actual chances that you (not to mention your loved ones) would be the fortunate survivors? The only people not being turned into zombies would be the extremely lucky or the extremely adapted.

Without any type of real civilization left, it all goes back to survival of the fittest, and in the case of a full-blown zombie apocalypse, “fit” is defined as being in the same physical shape as an Olympic

marathon runner.

Even if you did manage to escape certain (walking) death, a future of slaughtering zombies would, honestly, be less fun than it first sounds. Contrary to pop culture, unlimited ammo does not exist, so getting rid of those pesky zombies probably wouldn’t be as easy as continually pressing a trigger.

Also, imagine coming face-toface with the zombie version of someone you once knew. We all cried when Will Smith had to kill his dog in “I Am Legend”; having to kill an infected sibling, friend or parent is probably worse.

Faced with the option of being the hero, your best option is to remember that cowards usually survive and keep running. Fast.

The Costco Dilemma Costco: the ultimate apocalypse hideout. The warehouse has literally everything you need to survive: food, clothing, home appliances, medical supplies and hot tubs.

Now assuming you could successfully secure yourselves from the outside world, you and a couple of your best buddies might be able to live semi-comfortably snacking on bulk packs of granola bars and enjoying each other’s company.

Only it won’t be just you and a few easy-toget-alongwith pals having a

jolly old time, it will be EVERYONE who can get there. A large amount of the worldwide population is not only aware of Costco, but of its supreme potential as a safe house. People would literally flock to Costco in unbelievable numbers.

From reading “Lord of the Flies” we all know that a large group of people living together in a limited area won’t get along for long. Add some universal panic with a large warehouse full of dangerous items and you’ve got the perfect recipe for some top-notch anarchy.

During a fullblown zombocalypse the safest choice is to avoid heavily populated areas entirely, trust no one, and try to survive as a hermit. Sound fun?

The Doomed Lovers The fantasy that you and your lifelong crush will be the last two people left on the planet is ridiculous.

First of all it is going to be hard to whoo your crush while constantly running away from flesh eating zombies. You’ll never have a moment alone.

Leaning in for the

first kiss, zombies will be there.

Saying “I love you” for the first time. They’ll be there.

Then not only do you have the responsibility of repopulating the entire planet, but if you and your crush don’t hit it off, then you are doomed to a life of awkwardness.

Although zombie movies and shows are entertaining, the truth is that the apocalypse would just not be that fun.

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opinion, a zombocalypse would truly suck (and not just brains).

Here’s some romanticized zombie scenarios and the truth behind these situations.

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Op-Ed

Junior Travis Zane turns in a note to the attendance office in return for a pass to leave school.

Childish attendance policies Mara Seaton HUB Staff Writer

Eighteen-year-olds are legally adults. They can vote for the leader of our country, buy a pack of cigarettes and get a lap dance from a stripper named Candy. Eighteenyear-olds can fight and die to protect their country, but at DHS, if they’re feeling a little under the weather, they can’t excuse themselves from class. It seems a little silly, doesn’t it?

In previous years at DHS, 18-year-old students have been allowed to excuse themselves from class, just as parents do for younger children; but this year, policy has changed. Even if the state of California and the U.S. government now recognize you as an adult,

with all the rights that entails, you still need to ask your mommy or daddy’s permission before you go to a doctor’s appointment.

Principal Jacquelyn Moore says the rule was changed, but due to a court case in which an 18-year-old student signed himself out of class and was subsequently killed in a car accident. The parents of the child sued the school.

“The school functions as a parent when the parent is absent,” Moore said. “It’s a liability issue.”

Some skeptics out there are probably saying, “Yeah right, this is all just about the school losing money.” Moore stated that it’s not about the $30 a day the school loses when a student misses class, but losing millions of dollars in a lawsuit.

If that’s really the case, why has the acceptable number of absences before being considered a Level One Truant gone down to just twenty-one periods, a far cry from the

number last year ?

It’s true that some 18-year-olds are going to inevitably abuse this right, and therefore cost the school a little extra money, so instead of reinstating the policy that cost the school so much money, we should adopt a policy similar to Eaton High School in Ohio. This policy recognizes an 18-year-olds status as an adult, but also recognizes adults make mistakes and sometimes abuse the power they are given.

An 18-year-old can excuse themselves from class five times, and any time after their fifth self-excuse, the school will require verification from a parent or guardian.

This seems like a simple and fair way to give more freedom to the adult students at DHS, while still monitoring them to make sure they don’t use their adult status to ditch class.

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RIDICULOUS UNDER 17 REQUIRES ACCOMPANYING PARENT OF ADULT GUARDIAN Grace Calhoun HUB Staff Writer

R for restricted? More like R for ridiculous.

Each year thousands of movies go through a process of being rated by the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) to essentially filter the audience they attract. I can understand the idea of rating a movie to an extent, but still, to simply throw a movie into one category doesn’t seem fair.

A motion picture is a form of art.

It’s just like singing or painting in that way. Art exhibits don’t have “parental guidance suggested” signs tacked to various works. So why is a movie any different? It is just a creative medium through which an artist conveys a message. Restricting the audience with a rating almost defeats the purpose of the movie as art.

Back in 1988 when the film “Big” starring Tom Hanks first debuted, it was labeled as a PG movie. I’m pretty sure PG movie dialogue nowadays doesn’t include the f-word. But now, in 2012 the documentary “Bully” has been rated R. The reason? Language, in particular the very same f-word used in “Big.” What’s funny is how swear words are used in both of the movies but only one of the films is in possible danger of having a restricted audience. What’s sad is that if “Bully” is rated R, it will severely limit the viewership of the audience it was aimed after: teenagers.

It’s a documentary about bullying, with the intention of trying to stop a ruthless chain of harassment primarily occurring during the middle and high school years.

It’s not about something scandalous. There are no risqué scenes or bloody guts flying all over the place. The message of the documentary is like an anti-bullying

Public Service Announcement.

So for “Bully” to be categorized as Restricted just for the use of the fword seems a bit unreasonable. I’ve heard 5-year-olds drop f-bombs before, so should this “harsh language” really qualify a movie for an R-rating and be compared to things like “sexually-oriented nudity”?

This isn’t to say that ratings are worthless. I’m glad we have them and they do have importance. Ratings ensure that when a child is watching a G-rated movie, there will be no cuss words, or bad morals being taught. Ratings will tell you that just because a movie is called “Kindergarten Cop,” that doesn’t mean it is suitable for kindergarteners.

Usually ratings given to a movie s are reasonable. But, the MPAA needs to think harder before giving a movie with good intentions and a specific audience such a harsh rating.

As the end of the year quickly approaches, it is time to prepare for all of the festivities that come with the last quarter of the year.

For many seniors, Senior Ball is the last big event that will shape their high school experience before graduating DHS. Although everyone will remember the fun that they experienced on prom night, the way that someone is asked to prom can be just as memorable.

Follow these steps when planning to ask that special someone. This is The Way We See It. Step 1: Choosing a date Yes, it’s 2012, but sorry guys, it’s still your job to buck up the courage to ask a girl to prom. But ladies, if the guy you want as a date is not taking the initiative, ask yourself. For some, the answer may be obvious (example: if you have a significant other), but even though you may think an invitation is a given, it’s a good feeling knowing that you went the extra mile to be creative in your invitation. If you don’t have a significant other keep it realistic. Ask someone you’re going to have fun with all night, not someone who is just going to look nice next to you in prom pics.

Step 2: Scheming Prom is one of the only times that girls give guys free reins to creep. We completely encourage Facebook stalking and becoming best buds with our friends. If the creeping means we will have an awesome prom story to tell, then it’s all worth it. Don’t worry if some of the asking methods you come up with involve a little sketchiness and/or little white lies.

For those having trouble coming up with the perfect idea, starting points include knowing the person’s hobbies, interests and any activities they may be involved in. If you don’t know the person super well, find their best friends and get them in on the plan. Girls love scheming, and who knows what your future date will love more than her besties? The more people involved, the more unique the plan is bound to be. Make sure it is memorable. No pressure.

Step 3: Organizing Of course, making sure that the plan you came up with goes smoothly without any issues is a stressful endeavor. Again, this is

where friends come in handy.

Do a trial run of your plan, just in case you find any faults in the process. Have the question written out somewhere and surprise her when she’s least expecting it. Not only do you not need to muster up the courage to say the words out loud, but there is something inexplicably cute about seeing the words “Prom?” While all of the planning is going on, you have to make sure that your date does not suspect a thing. Remember plans don’t need to be extravagant, just thoughtful.

Step 4: Asking Don’t stress about asking your date to prom. This is prom, not a wedding proposal. If you’ve planned well, it will all go smoothly. The best way to ask a girl is indirectly. If you ask her flat out, you’ll catch her like a deer in the headlights. Give her time to process. Give the girl some time to think of a nice way to let you down if she decides to say no. The hardest and most nerve-wrecking part of the entire process comes down to the very end.

Step 5: Pre-Prom Spending time with your date before prom is crucial. Nothing would be worse than spending all of prom in an awkward silence because neither of you are comfortable enough with each other to keep a conversation going. Invite your date to eat lunch with you and your friends so they can get to know the people they are going to be at a table with. It’s awful to feel like a third wheel all night; make an effort to get to know your date’s friends so you’ll have fun at prom and also meet some new people.

Step 6: Prom The best thing you can do as a date at prom is be low maintenance. Prom is supposed to be fun, just be chill and try not to control your date. People are going to want to float between groups and talk to a lot of people; if this means letting your date roam and meeting back up later, then that’s fine.

Prom is going to be hectic with all the running around and getting pictures with everyone. Just go with the flow. Your date will have more fun without a leash.

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In-Depth

The Art of L Quotes from Iconic Series The Hunger Games: “Happy Hunger Games! And may the odds be ever in your favor.”

– Effie Trinket

Twilight: “About three things I was absolutely positive. First, Edward was a vampire.

Second, there was part of him — and I didn’t know how potent that part might be — that thirsted for my blood. And third, I was unconditionally and irrevocably in love with him.”

– Bella Swan

Harry Potter: “ Dark times lie ahead of us and there will be a time when we must choose between what is easy and what is right.”

– Albus Dumbledore

The Lord of the Rings: “The battle of Helm’s Deep is over; the battle for Middle Earth is about to begin.”

– Gandalf

Creating a successful

By Chloe Kim Editor-in-Chief

New sets of entertaining novels line the shelves of bookstores in ever-changing rotations. Some highly recognizable books and series, however, transcend time to achieve iconic status in millions of readers’ minds—think “Harry Potter,” the “Lord of the Rings,” the “Chronicles of Narnia,” “Twilight” and “A Series of Unfortunate Events.”

Precisely what makes these stories so timeless, however, is harder to pinpoint. But several key elements stand out, according to professional book publishers.

Tamar Rydzinski, an agent with the Laura Dail Literary Agency, believes the key to legendary books is the characters.

“I think that the lasting success of well-loved YA (Young Adult) books is always due to an author writing a book with characters that readers can fall in love with and one where readers just want to keep turning the pages,” Rydzinski said in an e-mail interview.

Jamie Blair, author of the Young Adult novel “Leap of Faith,” also believes a good story is essential for

success.

“If the plot, world-building and characters ring true, and are relatable and memorable to readers, word-of-mouth recommendations will be the catalyst for a successful series,” the author said.

For example, “in Harry Potter, J.K. Rowling gave readers a world they could virtually walk through as they turned the pages, with characters that felt as close as friends and family,” Blair said.

Publishers, Rydzinski and Blair claim, may also play a large role in the success of literature.

“They come up with amazing covers, come up with publicity plans and teach authors how to

promote themselves, push the book in every way they can—but the publishers wouldn’t be able to do all of that without an amazing book to start with,” Rydzinski said.

Blair agrees that publicity is “nice.” However, she also says “sometimes even books with a lot of buzz from publishers fail.”

Senior Isaac Goldstein, who enjoys recreational reading, says that for him, “to be a classic, a series either has to be the best or first at what it is, or be overwhelmingly popular at the time of its printing.”

Goldstein cited the perennial favorite “Harry Potter” as “neither the first, nor even the second series of books to tell a story about a boy going to magic school well, but it is by far the most popular.”

In contrast, Goldstein said, “‘War for the Oaks’ is a book that is not popular by any means, but is a classic as it began the tradi-

The Chronicles of Narnia: “Once a King or Queen in Narnia, always a King or Queen.”

- Aslan

Innovative characters, adventures interest youn

By Linda Ge HUB Staff Writer

One thousand eight hundred and twenty hours.

This is sophomore Shelby Danzer’s estimation of how much time she has spent reading in her life.

She admits, with some embarrassment, that she’s nerdy: she most recently reread “In The Time of The Butterflies,” an assignment for her English class. In her group of friends, she is the reader.

“I definitely read the most, or am at least one of the biggest readers,” Danzer said.

“I recommend books a lot. Two of my good friends have half my bookshelf at their houses.

My friend likes to steal all my hardcover books because she

says they make her bookshelf look prettier. I’ve definitely opened people up to new authors and genres.”

Junior Asha Byrd is another example of the fact that, in this age of glitzy social media marketing techniques, word of mouth still makes an impact.

“I’m drawn toward books my friends pick up at the library or [those] I see really good reviews [for]. An attractive book cover helps too!”

And consider sibling influences as well: sophomore Isabel Leamon shares a love of reading with her older brother, starting from story time when they were little. She says she still borrows books from him, and he gives her book recommendations.

Danzer, for whom the term “an avid reader” would be an understatement, owns “about 150 to 200 books” and

finds it impossible to fit them all in her room. “Some are in my sister’s [room].”

For Byrd, reading is serious business as well. She remembers being captivated by the popular “Magic Tree House” books as a child, an episodic series of adventures that two kids take in their magic, timetraveling tree house.

“I’m pretty sure I own almost all of the books except for the most recent two or three books. My favorite would have to be ‘Dolphins At Daybreak,’” Byrd said.

A big part of the series’ allure was the constant barrage of new adventures to be had alongside the main characters, all thanks to a seemingly normal tree house, according to junior Anny Huang.

An aspiring veterinarian since kindergarten, Huang also devoured books featuring animal characters.

“Animal Ark” was a favorite.

“It was about a young girl whose mom was a vet. This series was like, what I wished my life would be like. I had shelves of these books and read them and reread them and reread them again. I can’t even remember what they were really about, but I really enjoyed them,” Huang said.

Early exposure to interesting children’s books led Byrd to continually seek out more.

She moved on to the “Little House on the Prairie” series, about the adventures of a pioneering family in the log cabin days.

Beyond that, the Harry Potter series marked a magical period of reading in her life.

Like Byrd, Danzer similarly had her world transformed by “Harry Potter”.

“The first book I latched on to [was] “Harry Potter”. My dad read it to me before I could read [by] myself. We followed the series as I learned to read, and then through high school.”

Both girls developed a discerning taste for literature. Byrd defines a great novel as a book with a “strong, exciting plot line” and “characters you can connect to,” with her all-time favorite example being “Light on Snow” by Anita Shreve.

Danzer is tuned in to current literary trends, yet does not let the buzz behind a book affect her standards.

“I think hyped

books, for the most part, are appropriately hyped. ‘Twilight’ was ridiculous, but ‘The Hunger Games’ was good,” Danzer said.

Despite their popularity, many hit book series have not made their way into the classroom.

English teacher Anthony Vasquez explains that getting the approval for English course novels can be an intricate process.

“Until we go paperless, the school has to buy class sets of books—hundreds. Additionally, books have to be appropriate and valuable. When you include a Harry Potter book [in the curriculum], you are then taking up the space of something else. I can’t see why they can’t be read [in class]… it’s just the question of trade-off.

Would the same quality, depth and volume of student thinking be achieved with one of those dragon books [Eragon]?”

Whatever schools feel about incorporat-

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In-Depth

Literature series

By the Books

tion of setting fantasy books in a modern urban setting.โ Literature, as an art form, is subjective to personal judgment, but readers agree on one thing: good literature tells a great story that makes us think. โ Good literature is any book, regardless of genre, that causes you to think about life in a new way,โ Goldstein said. โ For me personally, the best kind of literature is the kind that isnโ t purposefully trying to tell me anything, but simply relates a story and lets me draw my own conclusions.โ โ Whether poetry, prose, fiction or non-fiction, good literature lights a spark inside of us,โ Blair said.

HUB Staff Writer Linda Ge contributed to this report.

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DEVIL’S FUNHOUSE Entertainment

Mr. Blue Devil

One contestant crowned victor

Ryan Uota Talent: Dancing to LMFAO Quote: “Been planning on doing it since I was a sophomore.”

Simon Rothenberg Talent: Playing bass in a “crazy outfit” Quote: “I’m gonna win because of my body, obviously.”

Kovy Rinzler Talent: Singing to Marilyn Monroe’s “Diamonds are a Girl’s Best Friend” Quote: “The audience should try their best not to get seduced.”

Ilanko Nataraajan Talent: Reading a poem Quote: “I’ll get the girls involved.”

Michael Yen Talent: Showing a video Quote: “I definitely expect to show people a good time.”

PETER LIN/HUB PHOTOS

Bryce Vaewsorn Talent: Dancing to hip-hop music Quote: “People expect to be entertained [by my performance] either in a way that’s really really funny or sweet.”

Sriram Ramesh Talent: Telling stories Quote: “Expect to be a little turned on.”

Kaveh Toofan Talent: Singing “Can You Feel the Love Tonight” in a lion costume Quote: “It’s senior year. Go out with a bang.”

Deniz Tumer Talent: Dancing in dance team outfit Quote: “It’s gonna be pretty hot.”

Corey Nelson Talent: Shouting Quote: “One word: flamboyant.”

Jackson Vanover Talent: Singing and a comedy roast Quote: “It’s senior year, what the heck.”

By Shauna Simon & Genny Bennett HUB Staff Writers

Note: This issue of The HUB went to print the night before Mr. Blue Devil.

As students eagerly awaited this year’s showing of Mr. Blue Devil, the contestants and the Mr. Blue Devil Committee were busy planning and rehearsing. It took them more than a month to make a show that was truly fit for a Devil.

Mr. Blue Devil is an annual male talent show where DHS’ finest have a chance to show off and compete for the prestigious title of Mr. Blue Devil.

“It’s really funny. A bunch of guys get up there and pretty much make fun of themselves,” senior Deniz Tumer said.

This year the stage was home to only 11 senior boys instead of the usual mix of 12 junior and senior boys.

The selection process for Mr. Blue Devil started with nominations that were sent out to a variety of junior and senior boys. Then, the nominees sent in an application to be one of the few performers flaunting their talent on the big stage.

In previous years, the contestants included an even amount of juniors and seniors. However, only a

few juniors replied to nominations this year.

“I wanted the ratio to be even with six [juniors] and six [seniors] or just seniors so we made it just seniors,” said senior Akilah Young, a committee member.

Young wanted there to be 12 contestants so that they could match each contestant with a month for the calendar that they had made in previous years. However, because there were only 11, Young arranged a poster instead of the usual calendar.

Young was the head of the Mr. Blue Devil committee which consisted of five other Student Government members: senior Hanna Jolkovsky, junior Kylie Dunn and sophomores Madi Yule, Amani Jones and Rami Rashmawi. Young split up the work for the event between the committee members.

Rashmawi and Jones made posters to publicize the event and were in charge of making sure the tech equipment was in order for dance practices and rehearsals.

HENRY ANKER/HUB GRAPHIC

A behind-the-scenes look at how Mr. Blue Devil comes to life Jolkovsky and Dunn also attended dance practices. Jolkovsky was there to add ideas while Dunn danced alongside the contestants to help them learn the routine.

According to Dunn, the contestants tended to get a little too into the music.

“They [were] always goofing off and they got distracted so easily,” Dunn said.

Although everyone contributed to making last night successful, Young held up most of the weight. She was in charge of putting together music for t h e show, choreographing the boys’ dances and teaching them the moves.

Along with the dancing, Young organized a photographer for the poster and chose the final photo.

The profits from the poster and ticket sales will fund the ASB programs and activities such as the annual leadership retreat for Student

Government, CASL. According to Young, the boys were rather picky when it came to their performance. “I had to pick the songs for the dance mix that they had to do, make the dance mix, and then there was remaking the dance mix because they decided they didn’t like the first dance mix,” she said.

After the choreography was done, it was time to dance. According to Young, the dance practices were a lot of fun, and “fortunately, [this year’s guys were] better than last year’s group of guys at dancing,” she said. However, not all the boys were natural dancers.

Rinzler, for example, had trouble with the dance move that involved popping his chest and then going into a squat. “It just look[ed] really wrong the way he [did] it […] now there’s this inside joke about how when he trie[d] to do it, it look[ed] like he was doing something else…

Something inappro-pro,” Young said while laughing.

After spending seven two-hour practices and rehearsals preparing together, the contestants and committee members got pretty comfortable with each other. Practices mimicked the fun, entertaining atmosphere of yesterday’s show as contestants cracked jokes and made fun of each other.

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April 6, 2012

Entertainment

Past Picnic day problems lead to change

The Girl Scouts march through the street during the annual parade at Picnic Day. Picnic Day 2012, which will be on April 21, will have stricter policies about alcohol consumption due to issues in the past.

zero tolerance for alcohol offenses—no warnings will be given.”

UC Davis has set up a website with advice for setting up a safe party at www.safeparty.ucdavis. edu, and Davis police have also “expanded the Safety Enhancement Zone [...] to include a larger area north of Russell Boulevard,” according to Fell.

To ensure an auspicious celebration for everyone, the UC Davis Police Department is working with several officials involved with Picnic Day, such as its organizers, university administration, city officials and the City of Davis Police Department throughout Picnic Day. Davis residents have also taken some precautions in light of recent

Picnic Day mayhem. Nora Brazil, a Davis parent and 1981 Picnic Day chairperson (a student-held position), has seen firsthand the dramatic change in Picnic Day over the course of three decades.

“Especially in town, it’s become much more of a party atmosphere,” Brazil said. “Not to say we didn’t party [as students], but mostly the

parties were in the evening, when Picnic Day was over.”

While Brazil believes that “on campus […] it’s bigger and better,” she thinks the students’ actions offcampus and downtown are out of control.

For Brazil, one of the more significant changes has been the need for crowd control. In 1981, when she was a UC Davis senior, Brazil said she did not “remember working with the city about crowd control downtown, or anything like that at all,” and that she did not “remember [crowd control] being an issue.”

Brazil views it in contrast to her recent experience two years ago, when she visited downtown on Picnic Day. “It was wild and gross,” Brazil said. “There were people falling all over the street. That was disappointing, not being able to take kids in town on the night of Picnic Day because it was so drunken.”

Brazil said she “didn’t go into town last year, on purpose,” because of the unwelcoming environment.

However, the consensus appears to be that, much like how Picnic Day’s current reputation for excessive lawlessness has been building over several years, it will also take time to wind the event back down to a manageable level.

“I think it’s been building up to this problem for a long time, so I think it’ll take more than a year or two to fix it,” Brazil said. “But I do think they’re on the right track.”

LYNNETTE DIEM/COURTESY PHOTOS

The 2009, 2010 and 2011 Picnic Days saw 32, 38 and 54 arrests, respectively, according to UC Davis and Davis police department statistics.

This increase in arrests and general anarchic behavior is being met with a strong and multi-faceted local response during this year’s 98th annual Picnic Day on April 21.

In 2011, the Downtown Davis Business Association formed the Picnic Day covenant, encouraging local businesses “to adopt ‘responsible hospitality practices’ promoting a healthy and safe Picnic Day environment in Downtown Davis,” mostly through restriction of alcohol sales.

“The goal was to raise awareness of the issues related to excessive drinking and seek business owner support of an environment that discourages over-consumption of alcoholic beverages,” Stewart Savage, director of the Downtown Davis Business Association, said.

“The ultimate goal is to ensure the longevity of Picnic Day.” The UC Davis police have adopted a two-fold tactic of increased police presence and tough disciplinary consequences.

“There will be a number of recently certified UC Davis bicycle officers patrolling among the crowds on campus,” UC Davis spokesperson Andy Fell said. “No alcohol will be served on campus on Picnic Day, and there will be

UC DAVIS PICNIC DAY/ COURTEST PHOTO

By Anna Sturla HUB Staff Writer

The self-portraits of (from left) junior Alanna Ho, junior Maria Rojas, junior Henry Anker, senior Sasha Hill and sophomore Greg Shilling will be displayed at the Crocker Art Museum in Sacramento, Calif. from April 10 through June 24. These AP Art Studio students were selected from a group of 18 students who submitted their self-portraits.

Students showcase self-portraits at Crocker

By Glenn Hull HUB Staff Writer

Five talented DHS student-artists were recently awarded the opportunity to display their self-portraits at the Crocker Art Museum in Sacramento, Calif.

The five students are Henry Anker, Alana Ho, Sasha Hill, Maria Rojas and Greg Shilling. Their art is going to be displayed in the Crocker Art Museum April 10 through June 24, 2012.

The self-portraits were judged on both technical skill and overall concept.

The self-portraits were selected from the ones created by the students

in the AP Art Studio class, where 18 students decided to submit a piece.

“The selection process was very short. On March 9 I submitted my self-portrait to Ms. Diem, and by the next day an email had arrived telling me I had been chosen to display my portrait at the Crocker Museum,” junior Rojas said.

Rojas was very happy to get the opportunity to have her work displayed at the Crocker Art Museum.

“Being selected was important to me because I hope to follow a career in the arts. Getting work displayed in a prestigious gallery, as is the Crocker, is an amazing opportunity to have my work shown to a larger audience,” Rojas said.

“There were many great portraits made by my classmates which were not chosen,” Rojas said. “It was definitely tough, even for the students to judge which were the five that would place into the Crocker Museum.”

Sophomore Shilling was unsure of how he did compared to the other artists. “I was nervous that I wouldn’t get picked but confident as well. My friends in art assured me that I would qualify,” Shilling said.

Shilling, like Rojas, is excited about getting his work presented at the Crocker Art Museum.

“It means the world every time I get recognition for my work.

Just the fact that it will be seen in a famous art museum is an honor.

I’m proud of myself and that’s a great feeling,” Shilling said.

“I made it a goal to make the top five when I heard about the opportunity, but I hadn’t put much thought into a self-portrait until last month. Not much art just happens, it takes a lot of hard work and creativity,” Shilling said.

Lynette Diem, the AP Art Studio teacher, believes that the opportunity to get students’ work displayed at the Crocker Art Museum is great, but the creation of the self-portrait is a great experience in itself.

“Adolescence is a time of endless reflection, scrutiny, exploration of identity. Creating a self-portrait, therefore, requires looking. Not only at one’s physical self, but

deeply within,” Diem said. “It is a most valuable experience for an artist, and is a way students can start to see the power of visual communication through art.”

Diem thinks that all students benefit from creative self-analysis, such as the self-portrait.

“It takes hard work and courage to put yourself out there and let others see your interpretation.

Those whose portraits were selected will be able to say they have had their work exhibited at the Crocker Art Museum in Sacramento,” Diem said.

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Entertainment

SolveSomething New app craze popular among DHS students Compiled by Monica Lopez-Lara HUB Staff Writer

MONICA LOPEZ-LARA/HUB PHOTOS

Although it has only been released for nine weeks, Draw Something has doodled its way into more than 35 million people’s electronic devices, according to the website “Business Insider.” The social game involves users choosing a word and drawing it out for their opponents to guess. The other user must guess the word using the drawing and scrambled letters.

Here are some examples of doodles for you to try yourself.

ANSWERS (FROM LEFT) FACEBOOK, NAIL, INSOMNIA

Shins album simple, but versatile Review by Grace Calhoun HUB Staff Writer

The Shins released their newest album “Port of Morrow” on March 20 without disappointment.

The mastermind behind the music, James Mercer, leads the band to new heights in a collection of music that sounds surreal. It’s the type of music that you listen to while you’re kicking back in a lawn chair with a cool glass of lemonade.

Mercer’s involvement with another band, Broken Bells, has clear influence on The Shins’ current work. The inner soulfulness of the band is brought to light; you feel at one with the music. It’s kind of strange but cool too.

I hadn’t heard much music by The Shins before listening to “Port of Morrow,” but as I combed through more of the band’s old works, the differences were obvious. Older songs like “Caring is Creepy” were trite and superficial compared to the more moving and expressive “September.”

The Shins were also refreshing in their choice to keep the melodies and instruments simple. There was no annoying beat, or excess noise to mask the raw voices of the band. It was nice.

Even though this album wasn’t exactly a dance party mix, it had a few booty-shaking tracks like “The Rifle’s Spiral.” The Shins succeeded most at making slow music captivating. The songs aren’t the kind that you hear on the radio and burst out singing to; I don’t think they’re meant to be.

Some of the songs on the album are better than others, but none are bad. The album clearly had multiple sources of inspiration because each track is notably different than the last. Overall the album is worth a listen. It sounds great and is miles deeper than anything you can hear on the radio nowadays.

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April 6, 2012

Sports in Brief 5 FACTS

Badminton rallies around Rutgard

Common baseball and softball injuries

By Kelly Goss Editor-in-Chief

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Michael Rutgard, the badminton coach, is currently a full-time UC Davis student who is studying Neurobiology, Physiology and Behavior.

Men’s Varsity Lacrosse:

Undefeated with 11-0 record 2 wins 0 losses in league Next home game on Tuesday, April 17 at 5:30 p.m.

Men’s JV Lacrosse:

1 win and 8 losses Next home game on Tuesday, April 17 at 5:30 p.m.

By Glenn Hull HUB Staff Writer

Rutgard enjoys badminton because “it’s more than just a physical sport; you have to think quickly and a lot if you want to do well.” The coach also loves the feeling he receives after playing a game: “I always leave the court happier than when I walked on, even if I lose.”

Men’s Varsity Baseball:

6 wins and 2 losses 1 win 0 losses in league Next home game on Wednesday, April 11 at 4:15 p.m.

The four most common injuries, according to Dr. Laura Inverarity, are: rotator cuff tears, elbow tendonitis, back strains and ankle sprains.

Men’s JV Baseball:

3 wins and 5 losses Next home game on Wednesday, April 11 at 4:15 p.m.

Women’s Varsity Soccer:

Back strains: Caused by overstretching muscles. Winding up before throwing a ball uses the twisting of various back muscles.

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Elbow tendonitis: Caused by the forward and backward motion used when throwing a ball overhead, which puts strain on the ligament and joint and causes them to be irritated and cause pain.

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The high school coach has two reasons why he loves coaching the DHS badminton team: “being able to share the sport [he loves] and the awesome student-athletes who make every practice and game fun and unique.”

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Rutgard’s favorite memory with badminton is the first game the DHS team played against Fairfield High School. “[He] told the girls to go out, have fun and do their best, and [they] ended up winning 15-0.”

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Ankle sprains: Caused by the overstretching of the ligaments in the ankle. It can result in anywhere from small to large tears in the ligament.

Women’s JV Soccer: 13 wins and 1 loss 3 wins and 0 losses in league

Women’s Varsity Softball:

10 wins and 3 losses Ranked 123 in Calif. 362 nationally Next home game on Friday, April 6, at 4:15 p.m.

Women’s JV Softball: 8 wins and 1 loss

Rotator cuff tears: Caused by repetitive overhead motions, such as throwing or pitching. The injuries happen because the rotator cuff is rubbing against the bone they are under and consequently cause tears in the rotator cuff.

Source: Dr. Laura Inverarity of Advocate Health and Hospital Corporation

Men’s Varsity Tennis:

Undefeated in league matches Fourth place in the Dana Hill Invitational Next home match on Friday, April 6 at 3 p.m.

Men’s Volleyball:

10 wins and 9 losses Next home game on Tuesday, April 17 at 5 p.m.

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Rutgard began his badminton career when he played the sport for all four years of high school. Now, the college student plays pick-up games whenever he can and with his family when he gets to visit them.

14 wins and 1 loss 3 wins and 0 losses in league Next home game on Tuesday, April 10 at 4 p.m.

Women’s crosse:

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8 wins and 2 losses Next home game on Friday, April 20 at 7 p.m.

Women’s JV Lacrosse:

5 wins and 3 losses Next home game on Friday, April 27 at 5:30 p.m.

By glenn hull HUB Staff Writer

JV TEAM

By Glenn Hull HUB Staff Writer

The JV women’s soccer team is starting off as strong as ever for the 2012 season. With a record boasting 10 wins and one loss, which includes a tournament win, the team is showing off its athletic prowess.

The JV team won the Cal Spring Classic, where it faced all varsity teams, including Casa Roble Fundamental High School, El Camino High School and Pioneer High School.

“My team has done a really great job of working together, communicating and getting our shots in

the goal,” sophomore Sara Pinto said. “I think it’s all the hard work we’ve put into soccer that makes us so strong. Davis is a huge soccer town and every single one of us plays other soccer besides DHS to practice and improve. A lot of us have played on previous club teams together so that is helpful.”

Sophomore Natalie Silver agrees that the team’s success is due to good communication and an overall understanding of the strategies that the team is trying to implement.

“Our team is strong because we all have a lot of experience and understand how the game is played,” Silver said. “This year is really cool

because I think the talent level is pretty equal, unlike last year where I thought there were definitely standouts.”

Although the team is off to a great start, there are still improvements that need to be made.

“I think we can improve our coordination and individual skills and passing to each other,” Pinto said.

The JV team will not be playing St. Francis this year, but the Devil’s still have another big game to look forward to.

“I’m looking forward to the Franklin game, because last year we tied them and the teams were really close,” Silver said.

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JV women’s soccer dominates Delta Valley league

Kasey Carlson kicks a ball down the field against Forest Lake High School during the Cal Spring Classic.

ATHLETES OF THE ISSUE Rita Allen-Sutter

Kyle Nadler

Softball

Swimming

Senior Rita Allen-Sutter began playing baseball when she was a kindergardener and switched to softball when she was 10 years old. The senior plans to continue playing softball in college either through intramural sports or by trying out for the varsity team of the school she decides to commit to.

Senior Kyle Nadler was afraid of swimming when he was younger, but at the age of 7 Nadler decided to follow in his brother’s footsteps and began swim lessons at Manor Pool. The senior plans to continue swimming for the college he decides to commit to and pursue professional swimming in his future.

What is your favorite part about playing softball?

What is your favorite part about swimming?

My favorite part about playing softball is learning how to work as a team. Softball is really a game of failure, so you learn to accept failure and when you’re successful it feels extra special, and I love the team bonding elements of softball.

There’s a certain level where you can have natural talent in a sport, but with swimming you need to put in all your effort at practice, you need to do dryland and all that extra preparation in order to be the best that you can. So natural talent only takes you so far in swimming, and that’s something that I like.

What are you most proud of in your softball career?

What’s your experience been on the high school team?

I’m most proud of my defense. I’ve played third base for a really long time, and I can play really close to the line; I have fast reflexes and nothing really gets by me. I can read their hands really well, so for example if they’re bunting I can get them out. I definitely think defense is my strong point.

We’re a really close-knit community and we all get along.

We’re all playing on different travel teams, so high school is really the time for fun and getting to play together, especially senior year because this is our last year time that we’ll all play all together, and I’ve grown up with these girls since I was 10.

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What’s your experience been like on the high school team?

It’s definitely a lot different than club. I didn’t play on the high school for my freshman and sophomore year because there were conflicts between playing for both club and the high school team at the same time. Ever since playing for the high school since my junior year, it’s been a lot of fun and I’ve met a lot of new people.

What will you miss about the high school team?

I’m going to miss the league meets and the section meets because I love the relays there. They’re so energizing because everyone’s cheering, there’s a ton of people and your team is supporting you the whole way.

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Sports

Clockwise: Sophomore Rana Eser hits an aerobesque at a basketball game in March. Junior Isaac Yee prepares to return a serve at a tennis match. Junior Lee Leverrier passes the baton to junior Paul Mohr at the Stanford Invitational last year. The cheer team performs a halftime show at the men’s basketball Break the Record Night in March. Junior Andrew Dumit winds up to serve the ball to a teammate at tennis practice.

Tournament Takeover

Track sprints for Stanford win

By Katie Van Deynze HUB Staff Writer

The DHS track and field team will make its way to the Stanford Invitational today and tomorrow, bringing some of its most talented athletes to compete.

The Stanford Invitational only takes a certain amount of athletes in each event, so which DHS athletes will be competing depends completely on the level of competition in their event.

“Some schools get zero people in, some get 25 people in and some are somewhere in the middle; it just depends on how they stack up compared to the other athletes,” head coach Spencer Elliot said.

According to Elliot, Stanford also offers a good opportunity to compete against strong opponents.

“Stanford is an opportunity to compete with elite competition and also to compete with athletes who

aren’t necessarily from our section,” Elliot said. “That said, Stanford, although it’s elite competition, it is not as critical to us as leagues, sections, masters and states and all the meets that come postseason. So it’s a really good mid-season opportunity.”

Distance coach Bill Gregg has been very happy with the season’s early results, and hopes for some best times at Stanford.

“We’ll come into Stanford well rested and look for runners to be all at or near their personal bests. It’s a big meet and a nice opportunity to face some great competition,” Gregg said.

Distance star and junior Jack Scranton will be making his way to the Stanford Invitational for the first time this year.

“I have never been to a meet that big before, so I don’t really know what to expect, but I heard it’s pretty STANFORD continued on 15

Cheer boasts seventh in nation

Tennis loses but spreads the love

By Genny Bennett HUB Staff Writer

By Nick Juanitas HUB Staff Writer

The varsity cheerleading team competed at nationals in Anaheim last weekend but was beat out of a spot in the final round by 0.8 of a point.

The cheer team originally found out that it was going to nationals after winning a regional competition against three other California schools on Jan. 7.

Going into nationals last weekend, the team knew that the competition would be tough but the cheerleaders remained optimistic about reaching a spot in the finals.

“We knew it wouldn’t be easy and we weren’t really expecting it,” said Erin Warnock, a varsity team member. “But of course we were hoping.”

Varsity competed in the medium varsity division on March 30 and got seventh place out of a total of 23 teams.

Unfortunately for the team, only the top six place-

finishers could move onto the final round.

The difference between DHS and the sixth place team was only 0.8 of a point and the difference between seventh and eighth place was even closer.

Warnock is proud of how well the team did and believes that even though the team made some small mistakes, the cheerleaders worked as hard as they could to make the fewest possible errors.

“Cheer stunts are sometimes like luck of draw, and can never be 100 percent consistent […] and you only get one chance to showcase your routine and it’s just the luck of the draw, it just depends who can do best in those given moments,” Warnock said.

The JV cheer team also competed last Saturday in the game time routine category where the team won third place.

While the teams were not busy practicing or competing, they enjoyed their time in Anaheim by spending some time in Disneyland.

A select few from the men’s varsity tennis team took their longest trip of the season to the Dana Hills Boys Tennis Classic, which was held 450 miles away in the Long Beach area from March 29-31.

Varsity coach Dale Hersch chose only the top seven players on varsity to make the trip, as he has for the last three years that the team has competed in the tournament.

This year seniors Paul Klavins, Garrett Hosley and Russell Richardson went on the trip. They were accompanied by juniors Isaac Yee, Glenn Hull, Andrew Dumit and Sean Mishra.

DHS finished in the top half of teams at the tournament, which Yee believes is a fair accomplishment for the team.

“I felt that we did pretty well in the tournament because we placed fourth out of eight very competitive teams. Even though we only

won one match out of three, they were all very close matches,” Yee said.

Yee added that the longdistance tournaments like the Dana Hills Boys Tennis Classic benefit the team immensely because the trip brings the team together.

The tournament marked the last long-distance tournament for Klavins, and he said he would miss bonding with his teammates the most.

“It was our last long trip and we’re seniors and it’s sad that we’re never going to do it again,” Klavins said.

“I’m going to miss building bonfires and playing on the beach with the guys.”

Yee agreed with Klavins, stating that the tournament provides the best chance for the team to build chemistry with one another.

“We spend a lot of time together and it really helps us build the team spirit that we have now,” Yee said.

“Especially since this was the seniors’ last high school tennis trip ever, we all had a lot of fun and tried to make the best of it even though we lost.”

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The DHS baseball team played at West Sacramento’s Raley Field, home to minor league baseball team Sacramento Rivercats, on March 22 and 26. The Blue Devils beat Rocklin in the first of the two games and lost the second to Jesuit.

Baseball team gets a taste of the Big Leagues

By Kashmir Kravitz HUB Staff Writer

Spring isn’t just about STAR tests, a week of break or romance.

It’s also about baseball.

Every spring, the men’s baseball team plays two games at Raley Field, the home of the Sacramento Rivercats, a minor league baseball team.

Although the DHS athletes played on a professional team’s

field, the Blue Devils played another high school team at the two Raley Field games on March 22 and 26.

According to junior and baseball athlete Joe Murray, the team raises money from this event by selling vouchers.

Senior Chris Gnos says the field itself is not much greater in size than the field at DHS, but there are other advantages to playing on the field.

“You got nice grass, a really even

field, the dirt’s really nice [and] it’s packed evenly, you got the food,” Murray said.

Gnos also appreciates the amenities that the field has to offer.

“I prefer playing at Raley just because it’s a nice field and a lot more people come. It’s just a good atmosphere,” Gnos said.

However, Gnos says that the atmosphere of the field doesn’t affect how he plays.

“I was a little more nervous the first time I played. But […] now

I’m a senior and it’s just not as big of a deal,” Gnos said.

In addition to an improved playing field, the stadium itself has more to offer than the DHS stadium.

The Raley stadium sells food, has bathrooms and has better seating than the DHS field.

At the first game of the season, the stadium was fully running because it was a practice run for the Rivercats staff as their season has not yet begun. However, at the second game, Murray said that the

stadium only sold hot dogs and various other food items.

At home, no refreshments are sold at baseball games.

The team won its first game at Raley with a 7-6 victory over Rocklin but lost the second game 3-2 to Jesuit.

Overall, the team stands with a 8-3-0 record for the season so far.

The next home game is April 11 against Monterey Trail.

Halsted dives into olympics trials STANFORD: athletes hope to beat personal records

By Kashmir Kravitz HUB Staff Writer

Tara Halsted dives effortlessly in the pool after school once again. For many students, swimming at the pool is a hobby, but for this junior, it’s the road to the Olympics.

Halsted swims for the Davis Aquadarts, the competitive swim team for the youth of Davis.

Recently, Halsted qualified for the Olympic Trials swim team, which will be held in Omaha, Neb. in late June.

The Olympic Trials are the last link to the Olympic swim team.

Those who meet certain times at the final meet of the trials are put on the team.

The Aquadarts are coached

by William Doughty, who has coached Halsted for three years.

“She has improved steadily throughout [the past three years].

Her backstroke and individual medley events have improved the most over the last three years,” Doughty said.

In order to make it to the trials, Halsted says every swimmer must meet certain qualifying times for

each individual event. There are several races at which swimmers can qualify.

The Trials are described by www.usaswimming.org as “one of the fastest, exciting, suspenseful and pressure-filled competitions held in the United States every four years.”

Halsted qualified in the 200-meter backstroke for the Olympic Trials.

Halsted said she also wants to qualify for the 100-meter backstroke, the 400-meter individual medley and 200-meter butterfly.

“Now that I have qualified, I will focus on trying to improve my times more,” Halsted said.

Doughty says he wants Halsted to focus on doing the best she can at the Trials.

“The goal for Olympic Trials will be a best individual time and a great learning experience,” Doughty said.

But getting this far wasn’t easy; Halsted trains anywhere from 2.5 hours to 4.5 hours a day, six days a week, year round.

“We do Crossfit dryland training three to four days a week in the afternoon and we have afternoon workouts every day for two to two

and a half hours, and I also have practice on Saturday mornings,” Halsted said.

Leading up to the meet, Halsted says she will have a similar workout schedule with a few modifications.

“A couple of weeks before the meet, […] I will cut down in yardage to rest,” Halsted said.

Right now, Halsted’s training is not focused on the trials.

“Our team is currently training towards the Davis High School sectional meet in May,” Doughty said. “After we finish that meet, Tara will begin focusing on the Olympic Trial meet. She will do more specific/specialized training for the 200 back.”

Doughty believes that the team has a good chance of winning the sectionals this year.

While Halsted is excited for the Trials, Doughty says that the event will be overwhelming for her because she is young.

“I want her to have fun and enjoy the meet,” Doughty said.

“Hopefully, this will help her when she returns as a junior in college to race towards making the U.S. Olympic team.”

Lacrosse cradles an impressive record

By Nick Juanitas HUB Staff Writer

the entire team contributes both during games and in practice, where everyone pushes each other to “suicide.”

Nine games remain on the team’s schedule and sophomore Kian Reno and Buhlman both agree that their most anticipated game was March 30 against Jesuit.

“Break the Record Night on March 30 is our biggest game because we’re going to try to get a lot of fans and it’ll be very motivating for our team; plus, Jesuit is a really great team,” Reno said.

Davis managed to outlast Jesuit 6-5 and improved their record to 11-0.

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The men’s varsity lacrosse team accomplished a feat that has not been achieved by the men’s varsity lacrosse program in more than three years: the team beat Berkeley High.

In the team’s previous meeting with Berkeley on March 25, 2011, the men’s varsity team was handed a 12-3 loss. Almost a year later on March 20 the Devils reaped their revenge with a 7-6 victory in Berkeley.

The team has been met with similar success against every team

they have faced, improving its record to 10-0 with its win against Lincoln High School of Stockton on March 28.

Co-captain and junior Rudy Buhlman believes that the team’s success is due to the familiarity that each player has with each other and the strong team chemistry.

“The team is doing well because we all get along really well. Our chemistry is key to our success and since it’s pretty much the same team as last year we have had the past year to learn how each of us play,” Buhlman said.

Buhlman went on to say how there is no one key player. Instead,

Senior Carson Stone faces off against a Jesuit player during Break the Record Night. The team won the game to improve its record to 11-0.

continued from back cool,” Scranton said.

Scranton said he has run well so far this year, considering he has mastered all his personal bests from last year. His goal time for the season in the 1,600-meter run is to run under 4:20 and to go under 9:20 or even in to get within the 9:10 range in the 3,200 meters.

Scranton’s season best in the 1,600 was at the at the Elk Grove Dual Meet on March 21 in a time of 4:29.47. His season best in the 3,200-meter run was at the Franklin duel meet in a time of 9:32.32.

Scranton ran the 1,500-meter run at the Sacramento State Track Classic on March 3 and ran a 4:05.50 and in the 3,000-meter run a 9:04.57, respectively.

Last season’s best runner in those events was team record-holder Trevor Halsted and he went 4:14.00 at the Meet of Champions in the 1,600 and 8:43.80 in the 3,000 at the Stanford Invite. Halsted is now running track and cross country for the UC Davis Aggies.

Junior Lee Leverrier ran at the Stanford Invitational last year and is excited to return to the meet.

“Last year, it was my first race because I was injured at the beginning of the season, and I ran really well there, so I am looking forward to getting a [personal record] there.

I think it’s going to be a pretty good race,” Leverrier said. “I really like the track, and also when you have people racing next to you that are really fast, it pushes you to get better times.”

Junior Paul Mohr also attended the meet last year.

Mohr is excited to run two relays offered at this meet that are not traditionally offered. One of them is commonly referred to among athletes as the DMR, which stands for distance medley relay and consists of a 1,200, a 400, an 800 and a 1,600-meter run.

“I am probably going to run the 4-by-400 and the DMR. We are trying to get the 4-by-800 record, which is under eight minutes, so we’ll see how that goes,” Mohr said.

Leverrier was a part of the 4-by400-meter relay last year along with Ian Rock, Matt Austin and Alec Zavala. The team took third place out of 40 teams and had a time of 3:22.57. On March 21 at the Elk Grove meet, this year’s 4-by-400 relay went 3:39.88.

“Our main members lost were

Ian, Spencer, Vinny and then Alec.

And they are all gone now, but I still think we will have a good team. This early we are not going to be close to that time, but I still think we will have a pretty good time,” Leverrier said.

“I think our boys, like I said, it is going to be little tougher to replace some of those legs, but we’ll see,” Elliot said.

This year Leverrier, junior Kevin Sorensen, freshman Blake Croft and senior Andrew Croft make up the 4-by-400 team for Stanford.

The boys will also be entering a DMR and a 4-by-800 meter relay.

On the other hand, Elliot believes that the women might be stronger this year in regards to relays.

DHS will be entering a 4-by400 meter relay for the girls including senior Hannah Krovetz, junior Ellie Eaton, sophomore Han-nah Sumner and junior Laney Teaford.

According to Elliot the girls will be running a DMR relay, but scratching the 4-by-800 meters.

On the women’s side, athletes to watch include distance speedster sophomore Sophie Meads and Krovetz.

Meads ran 10:38.65 at this meet last year in the 3,000-meter run.

The 3,000 meter race is another race that is almost unique to this meet; the regulation for a duel meet is 3,200 meters.

Krovetz ran the 400-meter dash at this meet last year in a time of 62.61 seconds. Krovetz won the 400 at the Elk Grove meet in a time of 60.92. She also specializes in the 800, in which she ran a 2:29.93 at Elk Grove.

Compared to previous years, Elliot believes that the team is strong in many areas.

“Relative to last year, I think our girls’ team is about the same in regards to our depth. Our boys’ team graduated a lot of really elite athletes. So we graduated a lot of school record-holders in a lot of different events and we still have depth in that we have good athletes in each event group, but we don’t have quite as many of the elite marks,” Elliot said.

Despite these possible fallbacks, Elliot sees potential for success at Stanford.

“That said, we still have a lot of season left, so there is nothing preventing any of our current athletes from the hitting the elite mark as we move forward,” Elliot said.