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SEPTEMBER 30, 2013 | ISSUE 2, VOLUME 12

EL students, teachers cope with changes Program eliminates SDAIE courses to comply with district standard

BY ROBBIE SHORT

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At the beginning of the 201314 school year, Roseville High School’s English Language Development (ELD) program experienced one of the biggest changes in its history – the elimination of Specially Designed Academic Instruction in English (SDAIE) core classes for its English Learner (EL) students.

The move, which is part of a district-driven effort to revamp the EL programs at all Roseville Joint Union High School District schools, means that EL students now take “mainstream” classes with the rest of the student population instead of SDAIE courses.

EL students will continue to receive some specialized instruction in English in the form of an ELD English class in the fall, followed by enrollment in a regular English class in the spring and SDAIE English Lab, a course designed to assist them with the transition to regular coursework, particularly in their English classes.

RHS no longer offers other core classes that used to be available to EL students, including ones such as SDAIE World Studies, and EL students will now only receive special language instruction through the two English labs.

However, RHS and district administration are encouraging

mainstream teachers to implement SDAIE teaching strategies into their instruction to ease the transition for their EL students.

“A lot of SDAIE strategies are strategies that teachers already do, but they don’t necessarily realize that they’re SDAIE,” RHS ELD teacher Suzanne Sharif said. “SDAIE strategies are good teaching strategies, but not all good teaching is SDAIE.” Sharif, who has taught ELD courses at RHS for eight years and is currently the program’s most tenured instructor, believes that teachers need more help integrating those strategies into their regular courses.

“It’s one thing to show a teacher a strategy,” Sharif said. “It’s a whole other thing to help them implement it, so I think that’s where we need to put a lot of our focus … we need to give a lot more support now to our mainstream teachers, now that they’re having these students in their classes.”

In addition to incorporating SDAIE strategies into their lessons, mainstream teachers are to differentiate their instruction to provide for the wider spectrum of learning styles and needs now in their classes.

This differentiation includes a focus on activities and lessons  ELD | Page 2

BY KEVIN CHAPPELLE

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Contingent on sufficient student course requests, Roseville High School will offer an Advanced Placement Biology class next year.

The new class, like all classes, would align its standards with the upcoming Common Core state standards, which have an emphasis on critical-thinking skills.

Additionally, College Board altered the AP Biology exam last year to incorporate more critical-

thinking skills into the range of abilties tested.

College Prep Biology teacher Darcee Durham would teach the new class, and it would be her first time instructing an AP Biology course. To prepare herself for the class, Durham attended an AP teacher’s institute over the summer, which provided her with support and training designed to help her.

“I went to the workshop this summer to work with other people who have taught [AP Biology],” Durham said. “That was kind of nice to be able to talk to those people who have done it.”

Senior Stephen Morin, who self-studied for and took the exam last year, noted the changes to the exam.

Current events further integrated into curricula

BY KEVIN CHAPPELLE

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PHOTO BY MADISON MACHA

English Language Development teacher Suzanne Sharif works with junior Alina Yevyts on an assignment in her ELD English class. Yevyts is an English Learner and now receives specialized in-class instruction only in Sharif’s class due to recent changes in the ELD program.

School will offer AP Biology next year, provided student requests

Durham set to teach class, aims to provide more in-depth, focused instruction than CP

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“It doesn’t test your knowledge of biology so much as your ability to analyze graphs,” Morin said.

Durham is anticipating a focused curriculum that would be more rigorous than the College Prep Biology class and involve labs that would better prepare students for the AP exam.

“AP curriculum has specific labs that are identified as the AP curriculum,” Durham said. “They are often more open-ended, where kids are investigating different aspects of the lab and setting those things up on their own. We’re kind of moving that way in CP Bio, too. ” Senior Pouya Ganjali, who also self-studied for the AP Biology exam, is glad about the creation of the class.

“A lot of people would like to do AP Biology,” Ganjali said.

“It’s an interesting class. It’s like a combination of biology and physiology.”

Senior Kylie Frost is happy for the future students who will have Durham.

“She’s a good teacher,” Frost said. “I had her for [CP] Biology.”

Junior Kylie Catilus is eager to join the class next year.

“I want to take it because I’m interested in the medical field,” Catilus said.

Morin also expects a large sign-up for the class next year.

“The people who would [otherwise] take AP [Environmental Science] would probably take AP Bio,” Morin said.

The class would require stu-

dents to take CP Biology before AP Biology. Freshman Andrew Smith is concerned with this requirement.

“I like the idea, but I feel like it would be a nuisance to have to take CP Biology and then take AP,” Smith said.

With the addition of AP Biology, RHS would offer classes for every AP science test (except for Physics C tests). Durham believes that the addition of the class gives more variety to the AP science department.

“Right now we don’t really have a life science AP course, so that’s the idea with bringing AP Bio in,” Durham said. “[For] those kids that aren’t necessarily physical science-oriented, it just gives them another option.”

BY KATELYN ROLEN

However, the limited selection of freshman electives have resulted in reduced numbers of students in Visual and Performing Arts electives.

For example, the drama class and other VAPA electives have reduced freshman enrollment and dance has lost a total number of 120 students. “[The reduction] gives me tons of time for me to work with students; I only have two to three freshmen in the class,” drama teacher Stuart Smith said. “However, not being able to be in certain electives as a freshman limits the amount of time to learn.”

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Third-period drama students participate in a mirroring activity to practice their imitation skills. Due to the implementation of the freshman pathways, significantly fewer freshmen will be able to participate in the program this year, and the lower enrollment may affect the department’s productions going forward.

Roseville High School is now over a month into its freshman pathways program. In this program, freshmen are required to take either Freshman Seminar, Geography, AVID or Positive Power courses. This means the addition of several new freshman-only classes, but also results in a reduced number of electives freshmen can select.

According to principal Brad Basham, one reason for the arrival of the freshman pathways electives is because Common Core will soon come into effect and the new electives are expected to ease the transition.

“We are making the transition to Common Core, and providing a foundation for the freshman class to build off of may help the transition to be smoother,” Basham said.

Current event assignments have become a standard for Roseville High School social science classes. In addition to classes that have already required students to read current news, classes like Advanced Placement European History and College Prep Government now integrate current events into the curriculum.

The social science classes use common forms, with some questions tailored to class material.

Psychology teacher Mark Andreatta feels that the current events augment his usual curriculum.

“The reason I do it for Psychology is that I want people to understand, when they read something in this particular field, what subfield it relates to,” Andreatta said.

“It gets people thinking about those terms over and over again through the semester.”

AP Euro teacher Carol Crabtree also uses the current events to supplement her class’ curriculum.

“It’s giving them ‘hooks’ – something they are learning today that is interesting, and they can connect it back to what they’re learning in their history class,” Crabtree said.

Current events involve students paying attention to the news. AP Government and Economics teacher Dana Dooley appreciates how current events encourage the student consumption of news.

“It starts to develop a routine for yourself to check the news, and to stay afloat on what’s going on,” Dooley said. “[It also develops] that awareness of things outside of you, but also how they could impact you personally.”

Senior Nikki Lukasko also sees a general informative benefit to the current event assignments.

“I like current events because I don’t read the newspaper every day,” Lukasko said. “It gives me a chance to see what’s going on outside.”

However, senior Jacob Darby feels that current events do not apply to all classes.

“It’s useful as long as it’s taken seriously,” Darby said. “In AP Lang we had great discussions about [current events]. I don’t think it should be standardized; not all classes should use it.”

In accordance with Common Core, the teachers who use current event assignments promote critical reading, writing and bias-analysis skills. According to Crabtree, most students struggle with picking out bias.

Despite this, Dooley believes that this is an important skill for students to have. “[Current events] develop this skill of being more skeptical of the information you’re coming across, what sort of bias or opinion might be inherent in that piece and how you found that,” Dooley said.

Andreatta appreciates the work ethic involved with current event assignments, as well as the individual focus.

“It’s a little more student-directed, because you’re picking what you want to write about.” Andreatta said. “So there’s a little more investment [from] students.”

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Eye of the Tiger ROSEVILLE HIGH SCHOOL 1 TIGER WAY ROSEVILLE, CA 95678 EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Robbie Short NEWS EDITOR Ian Souza FEATURES EDITOR Marian Abdelmalek OPINION EDITOR Meghan Julin ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR Isabel Fajardo SPORTS EDITOR Nick Espino Matt Tawlks COPY EDITOR Olivia Hillman PHOTO EDITOR Madison Macha Evelina Kislyanka ONLINE EDITOR Marc Chappelle ESPAñOL EDITOR Emma Carlson BUSINESS MANAGER Monica Linsangan

UNR holds early admission workshop Students learn about school, some receive on-site decisions

BY NETZY ORTEGA

netzy.ortega@eyeofthetigernews.com

Students at Roseville High School recently had the chance to apply early to the University of Nevada, Reno, at a workshop held in room 937.

The workshop was held Sept.

18, from 12:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. and was intended to inform students about the university, as well as assist them with the application process.

Students had the option to apply online during the workshop if they paid the application fee.

They would then receive a confirmation email up to 24 hours later and their results three to four weeks after that.

This would make it so that they knew the college’s decision in Oct., instead of waiting to apply

until Feb. 1 and not hearing back until spring.

Kim Moses, RHS’ College and Career Center technician, helped organize and attended the presentation.

“Around 30 students showed up – not all were interested in doing the on-site admissions, as some just wanted to hear what the UNR had to offer,” Moses said. “[The school’s admissions representative] actually sat down with our students if they were ready to apply to UNR for the fall and she went through the whole application process.”

If a student applies and is admitted, they will have the option to apply to receive a scholarship from the Western Undergraduate Exchange program, also called the WUE. This is based on the students’ SAT or ACT scores and GPA. This money would lower the tuition of students who would otherwise have to pay out-of-state tuition to only 150 percent of instate tuition.

The number of WUE scholarship available each year is limited, so UNR encourages interested students to apply early to boost their chances of getting one.

Carolina Rodriguez is the UNR representative that visited RHS. She gave the presentation and assisted students with the application process.

“I had a great experience,” Rodriguez said. “Roseville has a very friendly staff. I think students find [the workhop and presentation] useful.”

Senior Bryan Torres attended the presentation and participated in the on-site admissions.

“I enjoyed the workshop,” Torres said. “The information that she gave us was very helpful.”

Torres is now considering attending UNR for college.

“It did change my opinion about going there,” Torres said. “I thought since it was out of state it would be more expensive and unattainable, but learning about the WUE definitely changed what I thought.”

CORRECTIONS

In our Sept. 16, 2013 issue, we identified Roseville fire captain Greg James as an RHS alumnus from the Class of 1984. James actually graduated in 1987.

PATHWAYS: New courses aim to ease transition

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Math teacher Brian Klein instructs students in his first-period Early Assessment Placement math course. The course offers students who have not scored high enough on the EAP test to qualify as ready for college-level math a chance to test out of a community college or CSU placement test when they enter college.

School offers EAP math course to prepare students for college work

BY ISABEL FAJARDO

isabel.fajardo@eyeofthetigernews.com

Roseville High School recently integrated a new math course into its curriculum that is designed to further help the students’ transition from high school into college. The class is geared toward students who have scored “not ready” or “conditional” on the Early Assessment Placement test.

Upon successful completion of this course, the placement test for math while applying for community colleges or for the California State University of Sacramento will be waived.

EAP is a course that started a few years ago as a result of a collaboration between Sierra College, CSUS and the six feeder high school districts for Sierra College. The group that created the course consisted of seven high

school teachers, three from Sac State, two professors from Sierra and one person from the Placer County of Education office.

Brian Klein, a math teacher at RHS, is the only one who teaches EAP math, which is a math course at RHS. As of right now, it is only open for seniors and is a semester long.

“We try to do practical things,” Klein said. “We do projects. We don’t have the luxury of doing those things in a regular math class.”

EAP math covers eight units: problem solving, linear problems, quadratic problems, exponential functions, logarithmic functions, system of equations/inequalities, math of finance and absolute value/piecewise functions.

“I feel like they’re preparing us [for college math] by reviewing

the subjects we’ve had, and they go more in depth in the mathematical subject areas,” senior Myranda Ellis said. “There’s a lot of group work.”

Maile Barron, a math teacher from Sierra College, also believes that the math class teaches life skills as well.

“This course is trying to address many issues that students have with math and life,” Barron said. “[They] build communication skills, problem attack skills, [as well as] building confidence; so if an attempt does not lead to a correct path, another path will be tried.”

In addition, Klein believes that the class is different due to how the class approaches math in a different way.

“I pretty much create a situation and they run with it,” Klein said.

“I walk around and I’m more of a facilitator.”

In order to get into the class, Algebra 2 is a prerequisite. After passing Algebra 2, students can request the class during course sign-ups or ask their counselor.

“Last year, my [Advancement via Individual Determination] AVID teacher suggested it to me, as well as my counselor,” senior Nick Lasseson said.

In April of last year, Barron visited multiple high schools that did not offer the course, RHS being one of them. Before it came to Roseville, however, the class was taught at Lincoln, Whitney and Del Oro. Klein has high hopes for the class and believes that the class will help students.

“I hope [the class will be here next year],” Klein said.

CONTINUED FROM FRONT some students find their more limited selection of electives to be unfair.

“What we’re doing right now is talking about cyber bullying, and last week we were talking to the counselors and figuring out who our counselors are, and the week before that we looked at transcripts and we do a bunch of different stuff,” freshman Jackson Knapp said. “But the class in itself is a little demanding because we didn’t get much of a choice for our electives.”

According to Smith, it is too early to determine the true result of the freshman pathways on his program for at least another year and a half, when current freshmen in his program become sophomores.

“On the elective side it is a vast reduction, but it will be about a year and a half before we can judge,” Smith said. “There may be no problem.”

However, Smith worries that the decrease in freshman enrollment may impact the quality of the program’s future productions.

Freshman Seminar includes lessons on technology skills, time management, goal-setting, study habits and test-taking, as well as other preparative instruction during students’ first year of high school.

“The course is developed to build skills to support students in their transition to high school,” Freshman Seminar teacher Melissa Jones said.

ELD: Teachers must balance differentiation with Common Core rigor CONTINUED FROM FRONT that include a component for different types of learners to provide for students at all levels, including the EL students, the majority of whom need additional support to transition into their regular classes.

However, according to Sharif, this request presents a challenge for teachers.

“In an English 11 class, you have the students that should be in AP and are not and you have the EL students in there, and we’re trying to figure out right now how are we going to support these students in our class and still maintain the same level of expectation,” Sharif said. “You can implement SDAIE strategies, and it helps, but it only helps to a degree.”

The change in the EL program comes at the same time as a push

for teachers to prepare for upcoming Common Core standards, which involve more rigor than the previous guidelines.

“As a teacher, you’re being told to increase the rigor, and you’re also being told that you’re going to have students who need more time and support,” Sharif said. “There’s a dichotomy there – choices have to be made.”

One thing RHS administration has encouraged mainstream teachers to do to help provide that additional support to their EL students is to work with them individually, often in the form of tutoring and/or instruction outside of class.

According to RHS EL coordinator Nancy Muñoz, properly assisting EL students is a collaborative effort between students, parents, teachers and counselors.

“It’s a huge challenge,” Muñoz

said. “However, our teachers are doing well in meeting needs and differentiating instruction to help with the challenge.”

However, the transition to regular courses has not been easy for all EL students.

“We are scared to talk in front of the American kids, because we are scared that maybe we will not pronounce it right and they will laugh or something,” junior Alina Yevyts said.

Yevyts, an ELD 2 student, is currently enrolled in Sharif’s ELD 1/2 class and has lived in the United States for two years.

Her switch from SDAIE to mainstream courses has been bumpy, especially because of one incident several weeks ago.

“In one of my classes, the teacher asked me something,” Yevyts said. “I was sitting with Americans in a group. She asked

me the question and I was so scared to tell her. I knew it, but I could not pronounce it right, and I did not tell her, so she [gave] us – all four of us – she [gave] us extra homework, like this whole page.”

Yevyts has also found the adjustment to a different teaching style difficult.

“If I would have Mrs. Sharif in a regular class, I would understand her so well, because she’s not talking so fast in English,” Yevyts said. “She explains each step, step by step, but the regular teachers, they don’t explain. They just, ‘blah blah blah’ and ‘Do.’” However, Muñoz believes that students like Yevyts are only experiencing a rough transition period.

“It’s kind of a torn piece – they’re not ready, but we want to push them,” Muñoz said.

One of the main reasons

RJUHSD and RHS personnel decided to push forward with the elimination of SDAIE courses was a desire to challenge EL students and hold them to the same standard as the rest of the student body.

“We don’t want to set the bar lower, because they’ll have to take the same placement exams as everyone else when they get to college,” Muñoz said. “In the long-run, these changes are here for the best interests of the students.”

Until that transition occurs, though, EL students and mainstream teachers are stuck working through an adjustment period.

“After teaching ELD for eight years, if I feel really stressed out and I don’t really know how I’m going to support these students when they come into my mainstream classes and I’m trying to hit Common Core targets, then I can’t even imagine what other teachers who aren’t as experienced with ELD are going through or trying to do,” Sharif said.

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Blood drive reaches goal

BY MICHELLE IM

michelle.im@eyeofthetigernews.com

Roseville High School’s first blood drive of the year exceeded its goal of receiving 101 pints of blood for the entire year by collecting 103 pints in this event alone.

The drive, put on by Student Government, occurred Friday, Sept. 20 from 8 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.

To organize for this blood drive, senior Kylie Frost and her co-chairman of the blood drive committee, junior Maci Jordan, met with a representative from BloodSource who gave them marketing materials, such as posters. Frost and Jordan handled the organization of the marketing. “[The representative] tells us how many slots we have this year,” Frost said. “So we mostly go through her, but we organize,

like getting the yearbooks, doing sign ups and all that kind of stuff.

We mostly do all the logistics but she helps us with any questions.

She is more of overseeing us.”

According to Jordan, the actual blood drive went well.

“I think it was very good, except it was kind of distracting because the music video was playing at the same time,” Jordan said.

Junior Henry Irwin and senior Martha Tellez also thought highly of the blood drive.

“It went all right,” Tellez said.

“I did it…because it was a good cause.”

This was the first time donating blood for both of them.

Irwin was inspired to donate blood because of his friend.

“My friend has leukemia, so PHOTO BY MADISON MACHA I thought it would be a very nice Junior Eduardo Ortega donates blood during the Sept. 20 blood drive run by BloodSource. RHS students donated a combined 103 pints of blood, exceeding Student thing to do,” Irwin said.

Government’s entire-year goal of 101.

Roseville students visit Woodcreek for college fair

BY MICHELLE IM

michelle.im@eyeofthetigernews.com

PHOTO BY MADISON MACHA

A representative from Biola University shares information about the school at the Woodcreek High School college fair on Sept. 23. More than 130 colleges and universities were present at the event.

Several Roseville High School students recently attended a college fair at Woodcreek High School.

This year, the college fair was on Monday, Sept. 23. According to College and Career Center technician, Kim Moses, over 130 colleges came to the college fair, giving students a wide variety of options to choose from for their post-secondary education.

“I think the college fair is wonderful,” Moses said. “It gives students and parents the opportunity to speak directly to an admission representative from that school with specific questions. It’s a little crowded at ours because we have 130 colleges and universities that come, but on the other hand, it’s great to have that much exposure to those colleges.”

If students were not able to attend this college fair, more oppor-

tunities will be available in other districts. San Juan Unified High School District had their college fair on Thursday, Sept. 26, and Rocklin is going to be having theirs at Whitney High School on Oct. 10.

The Woodcreek college fair was originally held at Oakmont High School. However, due to parking issues, it was eventually moved to Woodcreek High School, according to Woodcreek College and Career Center technician Terri Griffin, who was also the district-wide planner for the college fair.

“It was previously held at Oakmont High,” Griffin said. “Parking and space were becoming a bit of an issue at Oakmont. Woodcreek has a joint-use agreement with the Roseville Aquatic Center, which is right next door, so we have more parking. We were also able to increase the number of participating college reps from

80 to 130.”

For a college to be able to send a representative, participating schools must be qualified. However, they may choose to send either admission representatives or alumni representatives.

“We are continually trying to improve our participant base to include a large variety of colleges and universities,” Griffin said.

“We have particularly increased the number of out-of-state colleges. It’s important to meet the needs of all of our students, so we strive to have a diverse participant base. Every student who attends should be able to find something they are interested in.”

Junior Nicole Dunger is one of these people who have had a pleasant experience at the college fair.

“It was really, really cool,” Dunger said. “We got to talk to all the different college people and figure out what we need to

have for college. This was my first time. I probably will go again next year.”

Dunger will be a senior next year. According to Moses, seniors are very much encouraged to attend.

“Sometimes, some of the freshmen and sophomores are ahead in their plan and actually come and see what is up there, so it is not just for seniors,” Moses said.

“However, it’s very important for seniors to go, but anybody is welcome to attend. You never start too early.”

However, senior Tyger Yang had a different opinion.

“Well, to be honest, I already know which college I want to attend,” Yang said. “I don’t think this will help the seniors. I mean, at this point, if they don’t know where they are going to go, they are [screwed]. I only checked one college at the college fair and that was Cal Poly.”

Student Government tries to win Katy Perry

BY NIKAYA SOUTHWORTH

nikaya.southworth@eyeofthetigernews.com

The Student Government class at Roseville High School has entered the school into nationwide contest to win a performance

by Katy Perry. Student Government found out about the contest through Twitter after Katy Perry tweeted about it.

Each competing school must submit a music video set to Katy Perry’s song, “Roar.” The song can either be lip-synced or sung, but not both. Anyone in the school can participate in the video, including teachers and administration.

Two complete takes of the video were filmed to allow room for

video editing. The video was lipsynced by senior Samantha Courville and junior Madison Pilgrim.

“I think we have as good of a chance as anyone at winning, and being the Tigers gave us a bit of an edge since the song is ‘Roar,’” Courville said.

Freshman Landon Bones edited the song and cut it down to two minutes, while seniors Daniel Wetter and Greyson Leach filmed the video during first and second lunch on Friday, Sept. 20.

According to Pilgrim, there was less attendance during first lunch than expected. However, Pilgrim thinks that everyone who took part in the video showed their RHS pride.

“We had a bigger vision for the video, but everyone taking part in it showed a lot of school spirit,” Pilgrim said.

Student Government presented the unfinished video at the Homecoming rally and filmed another clip in which students came down from the bleachers to chant and display school spirit in front of the camera. The editors plan to add this clip to the existing video.

The deadline for entering the contest is tomorrow, and SG expects the announcement of the winner to take place within the following two weeks. Katy Perry will perform a private concert for the winning school toward the end of October.

PHOTO BY MADISON MACHA

Above, a sign Student Government put up for the recording of the music video, which took place Sept. 20. The completed video features several students lip-syncing to Katy Perry’s “Roar” as other students cheer them on.

FBI program now accepting Maintenance removes lockers after 10 years without use cause of the possibility of stuapplications from juniors dents hiding contraband in them.

BY SIMIRON DHADDA

simiron.dhadda@eyeofthetigernews.com

Participants have chance to learn about working in law enforcement

BY NETZY ORTEGA

netzy.ortega@eyeofthetigernews.com

The Federal Bureau of Investigation office in Sacramento is accepting applications for its FBI Teen Academy as a part of its community outreach program, and Roseville High School juniors are now eligible.

Interested students can apply in person at their Sacramento Headquarters or by mail until Oct. 25.

The program is specifically for juniors that attend a high school in one of the chosen 34 counties in California, not just RHS. The reason only juniors are accepted is so that the students can come back during their senior year as peer mentors and teach others at their schools what they have learned.

Kim Moses, the College and Career Center technician at RHS, believes that the program is beneficial for any student considering going into law enforcement as a career.

“I think it is a fabulous pro-

gram,” Moses said. “They teach you concepts that they use and you will actually have some classroom time. It is just an overview of how the FBI works.”

The one-day-long class will be held on Nov. 22 at the Sacramento FBI headquarters.

Students will meet FBI personnel, learn about what the FBI specifically does and how to become an agent, in addition to other things.

Regional Occupation Program, or ROP, teacher John Swayne encourages all of his students to apply.

“I think it’s a great program,” Swayne said. “I have actually called the FBI office and tried to get them to come out here and give a presentation. I posted the email, address and website on the board in the classroom.”

Junior Michelle Placencia is a student in Swayne’s ROP class and plans on applying.

“I’m pretty excited to apply,” Placencia said. “It is a great opportunity and, in my future, it would look good on resumes. My new ROP instructor officer John Swayne has been really encouraging [about] doing it. He just wants us to get more experience.”

Roseville High School administration recently sanctioned the RHS maintenance staff to remove all exterior lockers, starting with ones located near Moeller Gym. The use of lockers stopped 10 years ago due to the transition to a block schedule. Their original intended use was to store books between classes, but the administration believed that it was no longer necessary after the switch to a four-class school day.

RHS maintenance staff removed the lockers due to not only their disuse, but also because assistant principal Jon Coleman thought they may be a safety hazard be-

There was no cost associated with removing the lockers.

“Maintenance [just had] to remove them,” Coleman said.

Administration will not have the RHS maintenance staff remove the lockers actually built into the wall because the school does not have enough resources to fill the space left after the removal. All lockers scheduled to be removed have been taken out.

Junior Maci Jordan has mixed feelings about the removal.

“I think it’s good that they took them down, [although] they should have kept them to show the [history of] Roseville High

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The lockers wait on a trailer for RHS maintenance staff to take them to a storage facility to be repurposed.

School,” Jordan said.

Senior Megan Blumm believes that the removal of the lockers is not significant.

“I don’t care, we never use them,” Blumm said.

The lockers will be taken to a surplus storage facility where they will wait to be repurposed.

“They will be sold if they can [and] recycled if they can’t,” Coleman said.

Sierra College to host student career option showcase Students can explore various fields during open house this Friday

BY HANNA SEX

hanna.sex@eyeofthetigernews.com

Several Roseville High School students will soon have an opportunity to explore several different career choices at the Sierra College Career Tech Ed Open House.

The open house will take place

this Friday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Sierra College.

Students will leave first period at about 8:40 a.m. to get on the bus heading to the college, and they should return to school campus sometime in fourth period.

The event is an opportunity for students to explore programs such as business, fashion merchandise, the medical field and child development.

It is also a chance for them to explore Sierra College’s campus

if they choose to attend that college.

During the open house, the students will split up into groups based on their career of choice.

The majority of the students attending will be coming from their English Learners classes, geometry classes and their special education classes.

In the groups, the students will find out about what they need to be able to do to hold a certain job.

They will also find out what you

do on the job.

In the groups, the students will also watch presentations. During the tour, the cafeteria and the library will be open for the students to explore and buy things if they would like.

“It’d be a great opportunity for students to explore various careers,” RHS Learning Support Specialist Jenny Bang said.

“Their mindset will change when they go [to the open house]. It will be good for them.”

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Eye of the Tiger has added a Spanish section to celebrate the diversity of Roseville High School students and their families. RHS has the largest diversity in the district and we want to keep all students and their families informed on relevant news in the RHS community. This section will provide some articles of Eye of the Tiger in Spanish and also other crucial news. We hope to unite the school and support the participation of the whole community through our new addition.

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Nosotros del Eye of the Tiger hemos añadido una sección de español para celebrar la diversidad de los estudiantes y sus familias. RHS tiene la mayor diversidad del distrito y queremos incluir a todos los estudiantes en las actividades y los anuncios. Con esta sección se proporcionarán algunos artículos del Eye of the Tiger en español y también otras noticias cruciales. Esperamos unir toda la escuela y apoyar la participación de la mayoría de la comunidad.

NOTICIAS El programa de ELD cambia las clases de SDAIE

BY ROBBIE SHORT

robbie.short@eyeofthetigernews.com

En el comienzo del año escolar 2013-14, el programa de los aprendices del idioma ingles (ELD) en la escuela secundaria del Roseville eliminó las clases de la instrucción académica especialmente diseñada en inglés (SDAIE) para sus aprendices de inglés (EL).

En el pasado, estudiantes en este programa estaban en clases de los sujetos principales de SDAIE. El cambio incluye que todos los estudiantes en el programa van a clases con el resto de la población estudiante en lugar de clases de SDAIE. Estudiantes de ELD seguirán recibiendo alguna instrucción especializada en inglés en la forma de una clase de ELD Inglés en el otoño. En la primavera, los estudiantes matricularán en una clase regular de inglés y una clase de SDAIE que es un curso que les ayuda a los estudiantes con sus transiciónes a otras clases de inglés.

Ahora, RHS no ofrece clases de otras clases principales de SDAIE. Por ejemplo, no hay una clase de historia mundial como el año pasado. Los estudiantes solo reciben instrucción especial en las dos clases laboratorios de inglés.

Sin embargo, la administración de RHS alienta a los maestros de

las clases normales a trabajar con los estudiantes de este programa con las estrategias SDAIE para las transiciones de los estudiantes a sus clases.

“Maestros ya utilizan las estrategias SDAIE, pero no siempre saben que sean similar de SDAIE”, RHS maestra de ELD Suzanne Sharif dijo. “Las estrategias de SDAIE son beneficiales para algunas situaciones pero no todas.”

Sharif ha enseñado cursos de ELD para RHS por ocho años y piensa que los maestros necesitan más ayuda a integrar las estrategias en sus planes de estudios.

En adición a los cambios en sus métodos instrucciones, los maestros necesitan alojar a muchos estilos de aprendido. Hay estudiantes en las mismas clases con niveles diferentes que tienen que exigirse demasiado en el grupo grande. Los esfuerzos deben incluyen actividades y lecciones con ensenados diferentes.

Esta transición ha pasado con la transición adicional a Common Core.

“He enseñado en este programa por ocho años pero ahora me siento muy estresado porque no sé cómo voy a apoyar a estos estudiantes cuando entran en mis clases regulares y estoy tratando de golpear objetivos básicos de Common Core al mismo tiempo”, dijo Sharif.

Hay una posibilidad para biologia AP

BY KEVIN CHAPPELLE

kevin.chappelle@eyeofthetigernews.com

La escuela secundaria de Roseville decidió a ofrecer una clase de biología AP. Esta clase, como todas las clases, tendrá las normas de Common Core con un énfasis en pensamiento crítico. El examen oficial de esta clase cambió en el año pasado y ahora incluye más habi-

lidades de pensamiento crítico.

Maestra de ciencias Darcee Durham seria la maestra de esta clase y fue a un instituto para las clases AP en el verano pasado.

Esta clase tendría el requisito de biología normal antes de esta clase adicional.

Durham piensa que esta clase añadiría más diversidad en el departamento avanzado de ciencias.

Un requisito nuevo de las ciencias sociales

BY KEVIN CHAPPELLE

kevin.chappelle@eyeofthetigernews.com

Las clases de ciencias sociales han creado un requisito nuevo que incluye las noticias mundiales. En adición a las clases que han tenido informes de los eventos mundiales antes, ahora clases como historia avanzada de Europa y gobierno normal también requieren estudiantes a leer noticias del día.

Las clases usan papeles similares para la tarea de estas noticias.

Noticias del día les ayuda a estu-

diantes a saber más del mundo y país. Maestra de la clase de gobierno y económica Dana Dooley le gusta el requisito porque piensa que contribuye a más consumo de las noticias entre estudiantes.

“El requisito empieza a establecer un hábitat a ser conscientes de las noticias”, Dooley dijo.

“Esta conciencia incluye cosas fueras de las vidas de los estudiantes y como estos eventos pueden tener importancia a ellos.”

La oficina del FBI ofrece un programa a RHS

BY NETZY ORTEGA

netzy.ortega@eyeofthetigernews.com

La Organización Federal de Investigación (FBI) de la oficina en Sacramento está aceptando solicitudes para su Academia FBI que es parte de su programa de extensión comunitaria. Los estudiantes de tercera año ahora pueden participar en este programa.

Los estudiantes que son interesados ​​pueden solicitar en persona en la oficina de Sacramento o por correo electrónico hasta el 25 de octubre.

El programa es específicamente

para los jóvenes que van a escuela secundaria en una de las elegidas 34 condados de California, no sólo RHS. La técnica de los universidades y profesionales Kim Moses cree que el programa es beneficioso para cualquier estudiante que esté considerando entrar en una profesional del derecho.

La clase se llevará a cabo 22 de noviembre en la oficina de Sacramento FBI. Los estudiantes conocerán al personal del FBI, y pueden aprender más de las específicas de la organización.

NOTICIAS

Los estudiantes aprenden de la universidad

BY HANNA SEX

hanna.sex@eyeofthetigernews.com

Muchos estudiantes de la escuela secundaria de Roseville fueron a la reunión que se llama el College Fair. Muchos representativos de las universidades estaban en el evento que pasó en la escuela secundaria de Woodcreek en el 23 de septiembre.

Según a la técnica de las universidades y profesiones Kim Moses, había un total de 130 universidades que hablaron con los estudiantes que estaban interesadas en sus programas académicas, atléticas y admisiones.

“Pienso que el evento es fenom-

enal. Les da a los estudiantes y sus padres una gran oportunidad a hablar con los representativos de admisiones”, Moses dijo. “Estaba un poco abarrotado porque muchas universidades estaban allí con mucha información.”

Según a la técnica de universidades y profesionales de Woodcreek Terri Griffin, inicialmente el evento estaba en la escuela secundaria de Oakmont pero problemas de aparcamiento causaron estar movido en Woodcreek.j Ahora esto es un evento popularidad para estudiantes del todo el distrito.

“Con el cambio pasado, el distrito aumentó el total de representativas de 80 a 130”, Griffin dijo.

PHOTO BY: MADISON MACHA

La maestra de ciencias Darcee Durham les ayuda a sus estudiantes de bilogía CP. Tiene planes a establecer una clase nueva de biología AP en el año próximo.

REPORTAJES

REPORTAJES Un grupo nuevo de cocineros en RHS

BY HAYLEE SEX

haylee.sex@eyeofthetigernews.com

Un club nuevo en la escuela secundaria de Roseville les permite a sus miembros a disfrutar del arte de comida cocida.

Estudiante de último año Dani-

Una adición a los organizacionesde ciencias en RHS

BY SYDNEY VALENZUELA

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Un club nuevo en la escuela secundaria de Roseville proveerá a los estudiantes un modo a construir robots y participar en competiciones.

Estudiante de segundo año Kevin Carlson estableció el club de robóticas en agosto con el maestro de ciencias John Fuller.

Durante la primera reunión, Carlson presentó un PowerPoint

elle Moreno empezó el club culinario porque ella vio que no había un club similar en RHS. El club de culinario recaudará de fondos para visitar a algunas escuelas culinarias y eventos especiales de comida. Cualquier estudiante puede unir para participar en las actividades con un énfasis en comida. que explanó los objetivos del club. Los estudiantes también hablaron de los eventos futuros.

El club apoya los principios de ciencias y tecnología.

Ahora el club usa robots comprados por Fuller para sus clases de ciencias de la tierra. Fuller compró los robots usados por un precio barato pero espera mejorar a robots de LEGO en el futuro.

LEGO manufactura los robots por una línea que se llama LEGO Mindstorm. Esta compañía ofrece partes programables y otros materiales de construcción.

Los estudiantes interesados pueden ir a las reuniónes próximas en lunes en habitación 704.

Una asociación para Christian Ignite estudiantes bailarines extiende su influencia y participación

BY HANA ZAREA hana.zarea@eyeofthetigernews.com

Un club nuevo de la escuela secundaria de Roseville ha sido creado este año por estudiantes Gemma Coloma y Joy Valdez.

El club ofrece la oportunidad a explorar el mundo de hip-hop.

“Espero que estudiantes puedan unir y expresarse por baile”, Valdez dijo.

La reunión primera pasó en el 19 de septiembre e incluyó una introducción, video y juegos que les dieron a los estudiantes una oportunidad a practicar estilos de baile y ver los estilos de otros estudiantes.

Coloma y Valdez creen que el club les ayuda a los estudiantes a conocerse a amigos nuevos y mejorar sus habilidades del baile.

El club se reúne todos los martes y los jueves y es abierto para cualquier persona interesada.

BY SYDNEY VALENZUELA

sydney.valenzuela@eyeofthetigernews.com

El club de Christian Ignite está extendiendo su participación en el campus.

Los estudiantes de último año Amanda Murphy y Janessa Jordan han ascendido a las posiciones de directivos este año. Su objetivo incluye a crear un ambiente seguro para estudiantes a practicar su fe y aprender más de las características de su fe también.

Los estudiantes pueden venir a sus eventos aunque el club ya ha empezado.

En adición, el club de Conversate está en la casa de la asesora Valerie Herb durante los domingos a 7-8:30 de la noche.

El club se reúne todos los lunes durante almuerzo cerca de los edificios de 500.

BY MORGAN SIMPSON

morgan.simpson@eyeofthetigernews.com

El equipo de chicas de voleibol universitario tuvo éxito en su torneo en el 21 de septiembre. El torneo estaba en RHS y los Tigres quedaron en primero de doce equipos.

En la empieza del torneo los jugadores perdió su juego contra Pleasant Grove. Después de esta perdido, ganaron el resto de los juegos y en las semifinales ganaron contra Pleasant Grove y con-

tinuó a los finales.

RHS derrotó a la escuela secundaria de Pitman.

“Antes del partido oímos el entrenador de Pitman hablar con su equipo, así teníamos más motivación y energía para ganar”, jugadora de ultimó año Lindsay Anderson dijo.

Fútbol Americano universitario ganó contra Oakmont

BY WILL WHITE

will.white@eyeofthetigernews.com

En el 20 de septiembre el equipo universitario de fútbol ameri-

Estudiante de robóticas Sophia Díaz construya un robot con las materiales de su club. Este club es una adición a RHS y les permite a los estudiantes a aprender más de robóticas.

DEPORTES

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DEPORTES Voleibol universitario quedó en primero

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cano de la escuela secundaria de Roseville estaba preparado a jugar su cuarto juego del año. Los Tigres ganaron los juegos contra Cosumnes Oaks y la escuela secundaria de Roseville. También ganó su competidor de la escuela secundaria de Oakmont por 17 a 12.

Los Tigres tenían buenas posiciones defensas que solo permitió 12 puntos durante todo el juego.

El estudiante de último año Jordan Kunasyzk tenía un total de 11 fuerzas y una intercepción.

“Nuestro defensa dio un gran paso y tratamos a mejorar juego a juego,” Kunasyzk dijo.

Aunque los jugadores ganaron este juego, perdieron el juego de Hoemcoming contra Casa Roble 55 a 35 en el 27 de septiembre.

Los estudiantes de último ano Issac Carrol, Jonathon Lopez y Matthew Razzano sacaron puntos para el final total.

Velasquez dirigió al equipo de golf con un terminado fuerte

BY MADISON MACHA

madison.macha@eyeofthetigernews.com

El equipo de golf para mujeres de RHS participó en la clásica de

Jugador Matthew Razzano corre por la defensa del equipo de Oakmont. Los Tigres ganó este juego 17 a 12. dieciocho hoyos. Ellos llegaron lejos en secundaria el año pasado y obtuvo el mismo título este año.

El entrenador Corey Fukuman piensa que el equipo jugó bien juntos. El campo era muy difícil con muchas colinas pero el equipo alcanzo al desafío.

Virgie Velasquez logró un 81 que fue el secundario tiro del campo. Otra jugadora Madison Hambelton tenía un 94 y jugadora Courtney Lemos tenía un 96.

Fukuman estaba muy impresionado con las chicas que participaron en la competición.

“Estaba muy satisfecho con el modo de competición en el campo y los resultados estaban estímulos”, Fukuman dijo.

Manantiales Españoles de Sparks, Nevada ganó todo el torneo. McClatchy de Sacramento quedó en tercero lugar. Las Tigres mujeres ganaron contra McClatchy y jugaron a su potencial.

Este juego fue preparación para las Tigres mujeres a competir en las semanas futuras. Fukuman fue consciente en algunas técnicas que necesitan ayuda de sus jugadores en el futuro.

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PHOTO BY HANA ZAREA

Above, sophomore Gemma Coloma and freshmen Julianne Cooper, Vivianna Gomez and Alexis Webb show off their passion for hip-hop as they dance together. Coloma decided to start the Hip-Hop club to bring the passion she has for hip-hop to other students at RHS.

Hip-Hop club offers students chance to express their passion for dancing

by HANA ZAREA

hana.zarea@eyeofthetigernews.com

A new club at Roseville High School will have members on their feet and moving to the beat.

Sophomore club president Gemma Coloma and sophomore vice president Joy Valdez sparked the idea for the Hip-Hop Dance Club after discovering they shared an interest in dance.

Coloma and Valdez decided to be co-founders of the club this year in hopes of bringing RHS students with a similar passion together.

The club offers students an opportunity to explore the world of hip-hop through dance activities and choreography sessions held after school.

“I hope people can come here and just express themselves through dance,” Valdez said.

The first meeting was held on Sept. 19 and included an introduction, video and games that gave members the opportunity to practice dance moves, watch

other dancers and be able to interact and have fun with other members.

Coloma hopes to bring her passion of hip-hop to RHS. “[Through this club], I hope to bring out hip-hop in general,” Coloma said. “To me, it’s a culture. I live off of it and I’ve been surrounded by it growing up. I want to share that passion with other people in the school.”

Both Coloma and Vald ez believe that the club gives students the chance to make new friends, overcome their insecurities and express themselves.

“I know that I can sometimes be [shy], so I go and get all of my nerves out through dance,” Valdez said.

Coloma was further inspired to start this club as a dancer helped Coloma after moving to Roseville for her freshman year.

“Freshman year was a big start,” Coloma said. “I didn’t know anybody, I didn’t really fit in or talk to anybody. I found that

it was hard for me to find people with the same interests as me, so that’s a big reason that I started this club.”

Club officers hope to be able to move their club to the dance room or another open space, rather than meeting in room 500.

They also hope to hold workshops with guest speakers, as well as have the opportunity to performthe routines that they have assembled in the Patty Baker Theater.

“I’d like to just to have the experience of teaching others [and] collaborating together.” Coloma said. “If I could teach choreography to students who come into the club, that would be great.”

The club meets every Tuesday and Thursday after school and is open to any students who are interested in joining.

“Anyone that’s interested, wants to learn how to dance and just likes [hip-hop] or loves to watch it should join,” Coloma said.

PHOTO BY MADISON MACHA

Junior Sophia Diaz experiments with the robots at the second club meeting. The Robotics Club is hoping to upgrade to LEGO robots in the future, as they are currently using entry-level robots. Each kit costs approximately $400 and includes various parts, sensors and cables.

Robotics Club helps students develop skills that can be applied in college

by Sydney valenzula

sydeny.valenzula@eyeofthetigernews.com

A new club at Roseville High School will give students the chance to build robots and participate in competitions.

Sophomore Kevin Carlson started the Robotics Club in Aug. with club advisor and RHS science teacher John Fuller.

“I wanted to start the club to introduce RHS students to robotics and also because our school didn’t have a club that dealt with this subject,” Carlson said.

“I chose Mr. Fuller as the club advisor because he was already interested in starting a robotics club.”

The new club gives members the opportunity to experiment in the world of robotics, as well as learn how to program and use technology.

Carlson’s goals for the club are to teach students the principles of robotics and to compete in robotics competitions against other high schools.

Members will also develop and practice skills that students can apply in college and future careers in the science, technology, engineering and mathematics field.

Being able to have a club like [this] both makes me look better and gives me experience in the field I’m going into,” senior Tyger Yang said.

The club currently uses entrylevel robots initially purchased

by Fuller for his earth science classes. Fuller bought used robots at an inexpensive rate, but is hoping to upgrade to LEGO robots in the future. “[The robots] can do more,” Fuller said. “They improve the club by allowing us and the robots to perform more complicated tasks.

Upgrading to advanced robots from LEGO robots would allow club members to think critically and solve challenging problems.

The LEGO Group manu-

factures a robotics line called LEGO Mindstorm. The line offers programmable robots and other construction toys. Each kit, which includes various parts, sensors and cables, costs approximately $400. The club will also need access to computers to run the kits software.

The club hopes to build several robots this year to enter into competitions.

“I’m hoping to do, at the very least, an in-school competition,” Yang said.

Competitions are held in several locations throughout the year; however, the club’s hopes of attending depend on the budget.

“It’s not the biggest club out there. If we had more members it would be easier to fundraise,” Yang said.

The club is looking to raise money for new robots and competitions as the year progresses by holding fundraisers through restaurants and car washes.

Morin qualifies Alex Lara dresses for first impression for Merit Award FASHION COLUMN

by Michaela PAUL

michaela.paul@eyeofthetigernews.com

How would you describe your style?

I’m more old fashioned. I like to stay classy.

What inspires that?

I’ve always been known as a GQ kind of guy, and I feel like a GQ kind of guy has to be classy.

So would you say you dress more for yourself or for that

image?

It’s for myself, but it’s also for the ladies.

And how do the ladies like your fashion?

I don’t know [but] they give [me] compliments frequently.

Is that what makes fashion important to you?

Fashion is important to me because first impressions [are] everything. You’re not guaranteed [that] the person you encounter one day, you’ll ever encounter again. So that impression they have of you is really important.

It helps them see what kind of person you are.

Where do you buy your clothes?

Mostly at the Galleria Mall; usually at Buckle, True Religion, Tilly’s, places like that, but also at discount stores like Ross and TJ Maxx.

So prices vary?

Yeah, everyone knows that Buckle can be over $100 but yeah, everything pretty much varies.

But you think it’s worth it?

I definitely think it’s worth it.

Impressions mean a lot to me as a person. I would say that it’s very important for someone to take the time and worry about how they look. Not necessarily go out and buy the most expensive clothes, but go out to buy nice things.

What do you think of trends around Roseville High School?

I feel like the trends, especially at Roseville High School, are all the same. I think fashion should be about who you are. It should define your character, you know?

A lot of people here wear the same brands and wear it the same way. I think it would be interesting or more original if people wore the same brands but wore things differently, with different kinds of styles.

Do you have any fashion advice?

My advice to the public is to try and look your best at all times because you never know who you’ll encounter. It could be your next girlfriend (or in girls’ cases, boyfriend), or your boss, some-

one you’ll be working for. You never know.

Any advice specifically for guys?

Just because you’re a guy doesn’t mean you should scrub. [They] don’t have to put as much effort as girls, like hours and hours, of effort [into] their image. I just think they need to put in more effort to the way they look, dress how they want to be viewed.

BY CATHERINE BARBER

catherine.barber@eyeofthetigernews.com

PHOTOS BY MADISON MACHA

Lara dresses for first impressions as he believes that they are important.

He advises people to look their best at all times.

Senior Emily McLeer opens up mobile business by haylee sex

haylee.sex@eyeofthetigernews.com

A senior at Roseville High School has opened up a mobile spray tanning business.

Emily McLeer began her business after taking a class about spray tanning at Sjolie Products.

McLeer later became a certified spray tan technician after taking the number of classes recommended and on her ability to spray tan the model provided McLeer, as member of the

Roseville High School dance team, decided to become a certified technician so she would be able to spray tan her teammates and herself for dance competitions.

“We have to be tan for dance competitions, so instead of getting spray tanned somewhere else, I started my own business,” McLeer said.

Since McLeer’s business is mobile, clients have the choice to be spray tanned at McLeer’s home or his or her own home.

“I love meeting new people and talking to them,” McLeer said.

The charge to be spray tanned is $20 and clients have the option of three different shades, depending on their original skin color.

The application process takes approximately 30 minutes and first appears as a bronze color until the pH color, the color the tanning product promises, develops after eight hours.

McLeer thinks the hardest part about spray tanning some-

After earning high score on PSAT, Morin in the running for scholarship

one is following their body shape with a fluid motion and figuring out the correct color for him or her.

Most of her clients were girls who wanted to be spray tanned for the homecoming dance, held last Saturday.

Though McLeer enjoys this work, she does not want it to become a full-time career.

“I would like to do it on the side, like something fun for me to do,” McLeer said. “I like doing cosmetology stuff, [too].”

Roseville High School senior Stephen Morin has recently qualified for the National Merit Scholarship.

The National Merit Scholar Program is an academic competition that started in 1955. Those who are chosen as the winners receive national recognition and a $2,500 scholarship.

To be eligible to participate in the contest, students are recommended to take the Preliminary SAT. “The PSAT was pretty hard,” Morin said. “But I took a lot of practice tests which helped me prepare.”

The recipient will advance in the competition as a semifinalist, then becomes a finalist if he meets the test scores that are required. Approximately 15,000 out of the 1.5 million who take the test qualify to be a finalist.

Winners of the contest are chosen based on their skills, accomplishments, academic achievements, test scores, written essay and school recommendation.

In mid-September, Morin was notified of his qualification.

“I was pretty happy about it,”

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The award will help pay tuition for college. Morin plans to apply early action to Princeton.

Morin said. “It will help pay for my college.”

Morin aspires to achieve academically so he can earn acceptance into the college of his choice.

“I am applying early action to Princeton,” Morin said. “I was thinking about majoring in molecular biology and minoring in finance.”

A class that Morin believes helps prepare students for the PSAT is Advanced Placement Language and Composition.

“The kind of questions that are in AP Lang are very similar to the ones on the PSAT,” Morin said.

Morin’s advice for future students trying to qualify for a National Merit Scholarship is to stay calm and study.

“Don’t stress out about it; it’s not the end of the world if you don’t get it,” Morin said. “If you really want to get that top score, just take a lot of practice tests, study vocab and memorize grammar rules.”

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Grove returns to position after pacemaker failure

by HANA ZAREA

hana.zarea@eyeofthetigernews.com

On the night of Sept. 6, Roseville High School social science teacher Ron Grove’s pacemaker stopped working during the varsity football game against Rio Linda at RHS. There was a sudden commotion in the stands as Grove suddenly suffered a short in his pacemaker, collapsing in the press box while announcing the varsity game.

“I heard about the accident that evening at about 11 o’clock,” varsity girls volleyball assistant coach Darcee Durham said. “I was concerned, of course. I just hopped in my car and went to the hospital.”

Grove underwent surgery the following weekend.

Grove is the head coach for the girls varsity volleyball team, and some of the girls witnessed the emergency.

“We were shocked when we found out it was him and [were] really upset,” said Jayme Lee, a senior co-captain of the varsity girls volleyball team. “He means a lot to all of us, and we had a tournament the next day, so we were confused about what would happen.”

Retired firefighter Jeff Kim and the fire captain for the Roseville Fire Department were some of the first to respond to the emergency. Both immediately located the press box and performed CPR on Grove until paramedics arrived.

“At the game, if [they weren’t there] to jump in and save him, then it could have been a much different result,” said Lindsay Anderson, a senior co-captain of the varsity girls volleyball team.

Both Anderson and Durham agree that learning CPR could benefit students and teachers alike, giving them the opportunity to save someone’s life in an emergency.

“I definitely think that knowing CPR saves lives, and that’s an important thing,” Durham said. “A teacher or a coach or any kids that are involved in babysitting or lifeguarding [should learn it]. I don’t think everyone would step up to [save someone’s life], but having that knowledge is good.”

Despite the chaos and urgency of the accident, Grove returned to coaching and teaching on Sept.

16 with the same spirited attitude. The only change is Grove temporarily not being able to hit

BY Catherine barber

catherine.barber@eyeofthetigernews.com

Shishido and Cortes add new bundles of joy to their families

PHOTO SUBMITTED BY AMY SHISHIDO

PHOTO SUBMITTED BY NATALIE FARAHANI

Junior Mason Griffith and senior Natalie Farahani became good friends in Yearbook class and always talked about Homecoming.

“I didn’t think that he would ask me,” Farahani said.

Mason has never been to Homecoming and this was Natalie’s first time being asked.

“On my birthday, Friday the 13th of September, my friend called me saying she had balloons for me as a gift, so she told me to meet her in Senior Square,” Farahani said. “When I got there, she had balloons for me, and Mason was standing there, too, holding roses and a box with Icing on a Cupcake, brownies and a sign that said, ‘Natalie, will you go to Homecoming with me?’ It was really

PHOTO SUMBITTED BY CARLOS CORTES

Shishido’s son Gabriel (left) is almost two months old - born on July 3.

Cortes’s son Arian (right) is a little over a month old - born on Aug. 26.

PHOTO BY MADISON MACHA

The junior class incorporated the Golden Gate Bridge, Fisherman’s Wharf and Lombard Street in their San Francisco-themed float. boardwalk rides. The top is going to catch everyone’s eyes.”

Juniors embraced the city of San Francisco on their float.

“Our float was centered around a trolley car,” junior class president Emma Slack said. “It included the Golden Gate Bridge, Lombard Street, Fisherman’s Warf and other San Francisco landmarks.”

Seniors showed pride for Los Angeles on their float.

“Our float included Hollywood, Disneyland and the LAX airport,” senior class president

Connor O’Brien said. “I really liked our movie reel and projected Marilyn Monroe.”

Four judges graded the floats during the parade to determine which class would win the title of the best float.

“I think all of the floats turned out great,” Slack said. “They represented the cities well.”

The juniors’ San Francisco parade float was announced as the winner during the halftime show at the Homecoming varsity football game versus Casa Roble on Sept. 27.

Christian Ignite looking to make campus environment safe to practice beliefs

Students have chance to learn more about faith

by SYDNEY VALENZULA

sydney.valenzula@eyeofthetigernews.com

Roseville High School’s Ignite Christian club is looking to expand its presence on campus.

Seniors Amanda Murphy and Janessa Jordan are this year’s club officers, taking over after last year’s officers graduated.

Their goal is to make the campus a safe environment for others to practice their faith.

The club also gives students who are not able to practice their faith at home a chance to learn more about their faith.

“It’s open to anyone so anyone can feel safe and not ashamed to study or talk about God,” Jordan said.

New members are encouraged to come out to meetings even though the club has already started.

“I want to achieve unity with everyone that comes,” Murphy said. “I want it to be more like a family. We really like to see new faces.”

BY EVELINA KISLYANKA

michaela.paul@eyeofthetigernews.com

PHOTO BY EVELINA KISLYANKA

Social science teacher Ron Grove returns to his position after suffering a pacemaker failure on Sept. 6. Grove continues to have a spirited attitude in class and while coaching, despite his inability to lift his left arm above his head. but now everything is back to to wear orange and black for him volleyballs, due to his inability normal,” Lee said. on Sept. 10. to lift his arm over his head from Roseville High School stu“I thought it was really cool undergoing surgery. dents and faculty members have [that the students gave support] “I kind of expected him to also supported Grove through his because Grove seems to care come back saying ‘Hey guys, recovery. more about our school than taking it easy’, but literally the Student Government orgaany other teacher on campus,” day he came back he was exactly nized a video in which students Anderson said. “He puts so much the same,” Anderson said. could leave supportive messages work and effort into our school, Lee believes that things for him. so I thought it was really nice were different without Grove, The varsity girls volleyball that we reached out to him and and since his return things have team wore “Play for Grove” ribgave him recognition that we finally fallen into place. bons during one of their games, were there for him during that “When [Grove was gone], and all students were encouraged time.” practices seemed kind of slow,

Juniors’ San Francisco-themed float wins in Homecoming parade The annual Roseville High School Homecoming parade took place on Sept. 27 on Campo Street. The class floats each featured a different city in California.

The float-building process began two weeks before the parade commenced. About 30 students from each class helped to work on their class float.

“My favorite part of floatbuilding is seeing the floats finally come together,” junior class secretary and treasurer Kylie Catilus said.

The freshman class’ float theme was the city of Roseville.

“Roseville has a lot of history,” freshman class vice president Kamri Hunt said. “The float’s main aspect was the rose statue, but there were also trains, the Tower Theater, the Fountains and Roseville High School.”

The sophomores represented Santa Cruz on their float.

“The best part of our float was that there were two stories,” sophomore class president Marcus Wells said. “On the top there were moving parts that resemble

FEATURE: How did you get your HC date?

by CATHERINE BARBER

catherine.barber@eyeofthetigernews.com

Earlier this summer, two members of the Roseville High School community welcomed a new addition to each of their families.

English teacher Amy Shishido and RHS’ Youth Service Officer Carlos Cortes each welcomed a new son to their respective families.

Shishido announced her pregnancy last school year and received positive feedback from students and co-workers.

Shishido had her son, Gabriel, on July 3.

“I named him Gabriel because I’ve always liked the name and I’ve never had a student who ruined it for me,” Shishido said.

Though she found her time off work to be a good experience, she is happy to be back to a normal schedule.

“It was good, enjoyable, relaxing and any other describing word like that,” Shishido said. “It was a nice break, but it is nice to be back in the routine.”

Approximately a month later, Cortes and his wife had their son,

Arian, on Aug. 26.

“We chose the name for our son because it was one we could pronounce in both English and in Spanish,” Cortes said.

Cortes and his wife specifically chose Arian’s middle name to be Alfonso, after Cortes’s father.

Cortes found the four weeks he had off were a great way to spend time with his wife and two sons.

Since being back, both faculty members will be trying to balance work and having a newborn baby.

Shishido believes that even with a newborn baby she will be able to balance her time out and still be able to stay on track for this school year.

“It’s a little difficult because, as an English teacher, [I] have a lot of grading and there isn’t much I can do at home,” Shishido said. “I do think I have it under control, though.”

Cortes hopes to be able to balance a heavy schedule with his family.

“I’m fairly new to this, but we will see sometime soon,” Cortes said.

Students have chance to enjoy art of cooking in Culinary Club

BY HAYLEE SEX

haylee.sex@eyeofthetigernews.com

PHOTO BY MADISON MACHA

Last Wednesday the club held an annual Christian event, See You at the Pole.

Students prayed and worshipped around the flagpole in front of the school. creasing from the past numbers.

The club recently partici“It’s exciting to see how many pated in See You at the Pole last people are willing to come out,” Wednesday. See You at the Jordan said.

Pole is an annual Christian The club also hosts Converevent where students and other sate at club advisor Valerie Erb’s members of the community are encouraged to pray and worship house on Sunday nights from around the flagpole in the morn7-8:30 p.m. Members who caning before school. not attend the meetings during “It declares that we have the the school day are encouraged to freedom to pray and to believe in attend Conversate as an alternaGod,” Murphy said. tive.

The event hosted over 30 stuThe club meets every Monday dents before school for prayer. at lunch in the 500 quad. Bible The club has also received a study will begin at today’s meetlarge turnout at each meeting, ining.

A new club at Roseville High School allows members to enjoy and learn about the arts of cooking and baking.

Senior and club president Danielle Moreno started the Culinary Club when she noticed there was not already one at RHS and that multiple students are passionate about food.

“I wanted other people to learn more about it,” Moreno said.

Senior Nikki Lukasko collaborated with Moreno as club vice president, as she also has a passion for cooking. “[We] started the club actually because of Danielle,” Lukasko said. “She’s looking into going into a culinary career and I just

like to cook for fun.”

Culinary Club is fundraising to raise money for future trips to culinary schools and special events by catering.

“We already catered once for Mrs. Bumgardner’s grandmother’s 90th birthday,” Lukasko said.

“We are still waiting to do other catering events.”

Lukasko thinks that the Culinary Club is off to a great start, but hopes to advertise and find new members.

The Culinary Club is open to any students who are interested in joining.

“Other than the fact that you get free food, people should join the club because they learn culinary techniques and methods without taking the regular class,” Lukasko said.

PHOTO SUBMITTED BY STEPHANIE GERSTLE

“My friend took me out to distract me, because [junior Mike Mulligan and I] both live on the same street, so he could set up the signs,” junior Stephanie Gerstle said.

On the way back to her house, there were signs on every lamppost leading to Mulligan’s house.

“On the first lamppost, there was a sign that said ‘Stephanie.’

On the second lamppost there was a sign that said ‘will you,’ the next sign said ‘go to’ and the next one said ‘Homecoming.’”

Gerstle said.

Mulligan was standing with the last sign.

“He was standing in his driveway with flowers and a sign that said ‘with me?’” Grestle said.

PHOTO SUBMITTED BY SAVANAH MARTIN

Savanah Martin and Fee Pulette met last school year at a football game at Woodcreek High School.

“We started hanging out during the summer like every day,” Martin said. “He kind of became my best friend.”

Martin decided to take him to Homecoming because he was one of her good friends.

“Last Thursday at his house, I told him to come out and he came outside,” Martin said. “He plays football so I made him a poster that said ‘Wanna tackle Homecoming with me?’ and at the end it said ‘it would be a blast,’ and I gave him a Baja Blast [from Taco Bell] and he said yes.”

Opinion

september 30, 2013

page 7

Berry Street safety concerns School dances lack music variety create dire need for stop sign

BY HANA ZAREA

hana.zarea@eyeofthetigernews.com

A high school parking lot is a dangerous place. It is full of distracted parents forgetting how to drive and newly licensed students who miraculously passed their exam. When the streets surrounding a high school lack basic safety features, crossing the street becomes a leap of faith.

The installation of an extra stop sign on Berry Street is long overdue. How many reckless vehicles need to plow over students before the City of Roseville decides to do anything about it?

Over the past few years, there have been multiple accidents on

Berry Street. This spring, a vehicle hit two students walking in the Berry Street crosswalk, sending them to the hospital. I also recall hearing about at least three more accidents over the past few years that were minor enough that the police department did not document them.

In the past year that I have parked in the Berry Street lot, I have had at least a dozen close calls. About a month ago, my friend and I were nearly hit twice in one trip through the crosswalk.

Because of the three lanes that cars pass through at once, it is extremely difficult for pedestrians to see oncoming vehicles. I am one to always remember to look both ways before crossing, but in reality there is no way to stop a distracted driver from running me over.

Last year, I noticed that a speed monitor was installed on Berry

Street – a weak attempt to reduce the number of student casualties.

Speed is only a small part of the issue.

At any crosswalk, especially one near a school, drivers must yield to pedestrians.

“Yield” does not simply mean to slow down, but also to look for passing students. In this case, many drivers on Berry Street forget to yield, risking the safety of hundreds of passing students.

An easy and cheap solution to this issue would be to turn the student crosswalk between the two parking lots into an intersection.

This would require every passing car to stop and look for students that may be passing. Once the law requires stopping, student-vehicle collisions will surely reduce. The City of Roseville should not wait for more accidents before ending this life-threatening hazard once and for all.

cover basic uses of household kitchen-wear – oven, microwave, pots and pans – as well as what to buy when grocery shopping for cheap, healthy meals instead of having top ramen every night.

The next important topic would be money; how to stick to a monthly or weekly budget and set aside for the future. The people doing well in this economy are usually the ones who start saving now for times like these, or emergencies or whatever the case may be.

No matter what, having something to fall back on is always beneficial. We should also be taught how to apply for a credit card, how to open and use checking and saving accounts, how to use an ATM (it’s more confusing than it looks) and how to keep track of important papers, like paychecks.

Making correct financial decisions are the difference between being broke now, or being broke forever.

The next step would be learning how to keep up a professional appearance – and how to fix it when it’s not. It may sound funny, but knowing how to do laundry and rescue your clothes from stains is important. Everyone should be able to sew a button, mend a seam, wash and dry clothing by hand and pack a suitcase.

Tying into this would be athome skills. Trust me when I say I’d love to move out, simply so that I wouldn’t have to clean my room every day, but cleaning is more important than we realize.

Living in a sanitary environment stops germs from getting us sick and insects from infesting our homes. It could just be me, but I’d like to learn how not to live with a horde of rats.

Besides cleaning, other necessary home skills would be simply knowing your home – where and how to use a furnace, a fire extinguisher, how to fix a running toilet. Also, knowing how to put together and use items in a firstaid kit is vital.

The next is everyone’s favorite part of being a senior – cars. We thought simply learning the laws and how to drive was enough, but since we’ll (hopefully) be getting our own cars in the near future, maintenance is also key. You should be able to change the oil, wiper fluid and even a tire if need be. Not only will you be prepared for critical situations, you will also be able to save money by being able to complete these tasks on your own.

The final step to this adult preparation class would be developing the skills necessary to get a job – interview skills, putting together a resume – so that you have the means to move out and become a contributing citizen to this society to begin with.

Unfortunately, such a class does not exist in our current curriculum. While I remain hopeful that administration will someday realize that these skills should not be secondary to plotting a parabola, I encourage seniors and all other grades to begin developing these skills on their own.

Lack of “Life Skills” class creates ill-prepared adults

BY MICHAELA PAUL

michaela.paul@eyeofthetigernews.com

The scariest part of senior year is upon us. Life is breathing down your shoulder, seductive and haunting, exciting yet terrifying.

This fear manifests mostly out of the unknown.

I’m nearly an adult and there are lists of things I don’t know. I have no concept of money, or bills, or budgeting, or food. The most I can cook is mac-n-cheese… out of the box. And apparently there are ‘ply’s’ to toilet paper. I can’t keep a goldfish alive, much less myself.

I’ll be 18, a legal adult, in three months and I am horrifically underprepared. This is why I propose that Roseville High School returns a life skills class to its curriculum.

There are plenty of classes set to enrich a student’s educational upbringing, but it lacks classes that will add practicality and information valid to any path a student chooses. According to sites like familycircle.com, and my own personal philosophy, there are five major points these classes should cover.

The first would be food. You can’t live in the real world without being able to buy or make your own food. This aspect could

BY KATELYN ROLEN

katelyn.rolen@eyeofthetigernews.com

Homecoming is here once again, and with Homecoming comes another predictable playlist. I know we can all appreciate a good classic such as “Get Low” and “Get Out of Your Mind.”

However, how many times can we dance to these songs before someone points out that it sounds like we’ve been listening to the same song for 45 minutes?

Complaints about our generation’s taste in music are common, but how can we deny it when we never play any variety of music at our school dances?

And no, do not tell me that we have variety just because we may be able to score “Thriller” or “Don’t Stop Believing” once during the course of the night.

We also have the slow song situation. It’s completely understandable that the faster songs would be played more because a greater portion of us go without dates.

I think that we can meet in the middle and play more than two slow songs over the course of three

hours. There are still couples who would like to have that experience during the night, and not just for the duration of one or two songs.

I think this would be completely fair; the majority of the night would still consist of faster songs for those who attend with friends instead of dates.

In addition to this, our generation prides itself upon us being the “90’s kids.” I love it, but if we are so proud of the era in which we were born, why is it that we never play the music of the time at our dances?

I think we would all be pleasantly surprised if the DJ threw on some Blink 182. I’m pretty sure any one of us could bust out the lyrics to Wonderwall. Heck, at this point I think anyone would be

stunned to hear a song that doesn’t have an awkward pause in the lyrics. This is, of course, because we can only hear the clean version, as high school students have never heard such words before.

All in all, the music at Homecoming, or any other school dance for that matter, is lacking in variety. Sure, play Eminem and Macklemore because those are current and relevant to most of us.

However, a few more slow songs won’t lead to school-wide riots, so there is no need for us to avoid them like they’re the plague. A little nostalgia won’t kill us either. Some older classics would be appreciated by most, unless you don’t mind getting low for the whole three-hour duration of the dance.

Senior year is worth enjoying

BY SAMANTHA PAUL

samantha.paul@eyeofthetigernews.com

When we walked into Senior Square on the first day of school, it didn’t seem like it would be the last year we would return to Roseville High as a student. When we chanted “Senior Power” at the Superhero Rally, we were not thinking about how reluctant we were to chant “Freshman Power” three short years ago. When we stood in the Tiger Cage, decked out in orange and black at the first home football game, it did not seem like it was the beginning of our last high school football season. However, in light of Homecoming, it is really starting to hit home that as seniors we need to realize that every moment at Roseville High School is our last.

Even though it does not seem like graduation is rapidly approaching, that celebratory walk across the stage gets closer every day. Not to sound too depressing, but especially since many seniors are already applying for college and taking steps to start the next chapter of their lives, we have to acknowledge the fact that our

time at Roseville is limited.

When thinking about Homecoming, most feel excitement.

Senior girls have searched for months to find the perfect homecoming dress, hoped to be asked by the perfect date, prepared for the perfect final night. It is extremely important to recognize the fact that this Homecoming is our final Homecoming. While it may be bittersweet, it is just the start of all of our memorable final events here at Roseville.

While many argue that Roseville is potentially the most boring suburban town on the face of the earth, which can be true sometimes, I think that we should try to enjoy the things that we have gotten tired of.

For many students, especially those who are going away for college, we are not going to be living in Roseville for too much longer.

While going to the Blue Oaks Theater every Tuesday can get mundane, it is not something that can be done in every town. I know that I won’t miss being stuck behind drivers going twenty milesper-hour on Diamond Oaks, or the nights spent with seemingly nothing to do. But I will miss the days spent with friends at classic hangout spots throughout Roseville.

When it comes to Roseville High, many seniors cannot wait to

get out of here. Whether it is about school lunch, underclassmen, the parking lot or the length of classes, everyone seems to have something to complain about.

While there are many distasteful things that I will not personally miss at Roseville High School, I prefer to focus on the things that I will, so that I will not take them for granted.

I will miss standing in the Tiger Cage amidst a sea of orange and black. I will miss the class unity as we chant “Senior Power” at every rally. I will miss the familiar walk to class every day, and even eating at the same spot in Senior Square every day. As seniors, even the little things are worth appreciating.

I don’t want to get too sappy and nostalgic, but I feel like it is worth saying. Every single event this year is our last. So go to every event, every football game, dress up on spirit days, cheer on your team in the Tiger Cage, go to the movie nights, outdoor dances.

Don’t miss your chance to live senior year to the fullest because you would rather stay at home.

The important part is that we participate in every event and enjoy every last moment we get here at Roseville High and in Roseville, because we aren’t going to get another chance to relive our senior year.

Miss USA Pageant challenges social norms

Miss Kansas is a role model Racist comments are uncalled for

Though tattoos and military service break the traditional mold, they show examples of positive self-expression

BY CATHERINE BARBER

catherine.barber@eyeofthetigernews.com

In this year’s Miss America Pageant, Miss Kansas was the first contestant in the pageant’s history to reveal tattoos while competing on stage.

Theresa Vail, otherwise known as Miss Kansas, was also different from other contestants in that she was an active soldier in the United States Army. Although she

broke traditional pageant conformities, she serves as a positive example of change in society.

On stage, Vail did not shy away from wearing a red bikini that revealed her large side tattoo, an inscription of a bible verse. Vail also sported an army insignia tattoo on her shoulder.

Some of those who criticize Vail’s decision to rock her tattoos are upset because the tattoos are against their religion. Others are upset because it goes against the conformed idea that all pageant girls are wholesome and pure.

I personally do not think that Miss Kansas’ tattoos should be looked upon as a problem. It is great that she is breaking stereotypes. Not only this, she also is a

positive example of self-expression.

Vail set a new stage, literally, for individuality. By doing so, she shows people that it is okay to be yourself even if you are different from others.

Another unique aspect about Vail is her service in the U.S. Military. She was the only female in her unit, but that did not stop her.

Her bravery and willingness to serve the country makes her a role model for women. It also showed that women are capable of standing strong in a field that is dominated by men.

Miss Kansas made it all the way to the talent portion of the contest, where she sang opera. Although she didn’t win, she proved that you can be different and still make it far.

Vail’s tattoos and career in the military make her a symbol of change. Not only does she show that it is okay to express yourself, but she is also a positive example to women everywhere.

BY SYDNEY VALENZUELA

sydney.valenzuela@eyeofthetigernews.com

Outrage broke out all across Twitter when Miss New York, Nina Davuluri, was crowned Miss America 2014 - the first woman of Indian descent to win the crown.

Racist comments surfaced almost immediately from everpatriotic (and white) enthusiasts of our nation. Comments such as “Miss 7-Eleven,” “foreigner,” “Arab,” and even “terrorist” littered the online community. Others stated that Davuluri should not have one because “this is America.”

Yes, this is America. Hence why an Indian American won the title. It’s not like America is a melting pot of cultures, built by immigrants.

If these people want to claim Davuluri winning is un-American

as she is not white, perhaps they should open up a textbook and look at just where their ancestors came from.

However, asking any one of these people to realize this would require them to look past their ignorant noses and develop some common sense.

Like it or not, and if you don’t it may be time to reevaluate some life choices, America is not a white nation. We have diversity, and a lot of it.

However, these comments show that the privileged do not care. White, middle, and upper class Americans cannot seem to accept that they are not the only people on the planet. In fact, North America makes up only 7.6 percent of the world’s population.

Many refuse to look past their privilege, and enable racism and the marginalization of other minorities as well.

Why? Because that’s “just how it is.” Well, it should not be.

Racism, cultural appropriation (Johnny Depp in the Lone

Ranger, anyone?) and all around ignorance are deeply ingrained in American culture. What is worse is that no one seems to care.

Issues that need acknowledgment and need to be challenged are not. Anyone who speaks out against the norms just needs to calm down.

However, this is a serious issue.

When Americans are attacking their own with hateful comments, something is seriously wrong. Not to mention, it says a lot about our intelligence when we are in fits over who won a bikini-contest, especially when we apparently cannot tell the difference between India and the Middle East.

It is time for many Americans to take a step back and truly think about their actions and words and consider what they have done to contribute to the marginalization of minorities and the dominance of racism in the world.

Congratulations to Miss Davuluri on her win as a real American woman, same as any of the other contestants.

september 30, 2013

opinion | page 8

Homecoming: The clashing of the two genders The process of getting ready is Guys can just go with the flow an ordeal for girls everywhere

BY NIKAYA SOUTHWORTH

nikaya.southworth@eyeofthetigernews.com

You wake up the morning after the Homecoming game in a groggy stupor. Suddenly, you remember what day it is. Homecoming is a mere 10 hours away and you’ve yet to start getting ready. As a girl, you must utilize every second of time you have to make yourself presentable for this long-anticipated night.

For girls, Homecoming preparations begin about a month before the date. We look through hundreds of different stores to find the perfect dress-and-shoe combination. A week before the dance, it’s common to scrub it to school so that you look much cuter in comparison on Saturday night when everyone sees you all dressed up.

The day of, most girls start preparing as soon as they wake up in the morning. Even showering turns into a whole different

ordeal. You use your best body scrub and shave scrupulously in anticipation for the night’s events.

A 45-minute shower is the first step to appearing presentable for the evening.

The next few hours are spent at salons. You arrive at the nail salon to cough up another $40-$50 for that perfect mani-pedi. You have to be sure not to smudge your freshly painted nails as you waddle over to the hair salon for a quick touch-up on those unsightly roots.

Now it’s time to look over the Homecoming checklist.

Of course, you’ve picked out your dress in advance, and you probably have your shoes already.

But did you remember to get all your jewelry? Are you sure you have the right bra? What about that one shade of lipstick you needed? Fake lashes? That complimentary eye shadow palette? If not, you need to rush over to the nearest retailer and buy anything you’ve forgotten.

After tearing through the beauty section of Target like the Tasmanian devil, you rush home just in time to start doing your hair and makeup. At this point, some of your friends may be over to get ready with you.

It takes up to three hours to adequately apply and reapply makeup and to coax your hair into behaving. This process usually includes throwing a raging fit when your eyeliner refuses to cooperate, vowing to shave off all your hair and suffocating in hairspray.

You emerge from the bathroom with a cry of victory, transformed into a painted goddess.

Now that you’ve conquered the feat of meticulously applying makeup and styling your hair, you proceed to slip into that red-carpet-worthy dress. Of course, this means you’ll be standing in front of a full-length mirror for half an hour just to make sure the dress hasn’t suddenly become unflattering. You have to try out a few dance moves as well to be sure you won’t have any technical difficulties during the dance.

You’re finally ready to go after a few more minutes of decorating yourself with jewelry, strapping on your frighteningly high heels and then collecting your purse.

The countless hours of busy preparation have come to an end at last, and now it’s time to take pictures, get dinner and enjoy the greatly anticipated Homecoming dance.

After that altogether 45 minutes of strenuous work, we get dressed and do our hair. This will not take long for most guys, although for some that could be a rigorous task.

Overall, guys spend little time on getting ready. A total of an hour, maybe an hour and a

half tops. While girls take all day stressing over Homecoming, guys just lay around before and worry about all the money they are about to spend on the night. Girls make such a big deal out of the day to get ready, while guys relax and have a good time until they need to leave the house.

BY NICK SAPP

nick.sapp@eyeofthetigernews.com

Homecoming for guys is a breeze; we spend very little time on what we are wearing and the process of getting ready for it.

The hardest part of getting ready for Homecoming is matching what you are wearing to that of your date, if you have one. This can be hard sometimes with all the crazy colors nowadays. Other than that, the day of the dance is easy to get ready to attend.

We wake up in the morning as late as possible and usually go pick up the corsage from the store, because you always have to give your date a corsage. Then when we get home, we take a shower for about 10 minutes. After, guys who have facial hair will shave, but that doesn’t apply to everyone.

Now we get the ironing board out to iron our clothes we’re going to wear that night, which takes a little bit of time, but it is worth it to look clean.

Parent pressure can Sinks do not provide proper sanitation cause ill preparation

BY NETZY ORTEGA

netzy.ortega@eyeofthetigernews.com

As the SAT, PSAT, and ACT come up in October, I can see how students around me are reacting to the pressure. Some students complain about their parents’ expectations, some resort to food to make them feel better, but no matter what they do, I see that a large portion of these students are upset.

Parents, now more than ever, are watching every little thing their children do and say. These parents use the excuse that they are “too young” to know what is best for them. They do anything in their power to make sure they do not make any mistakes, have the best grades possible and join the clubs that “look best.” I have a huge problem with this and do not think it is realistically preparing any of them for life after high school.

Most of these students are pressured to get perfect grades to a point where some are even punished when they do not receive something that their parents find acceptable.

This may make them get a score some colleges think of as desirable, but they are not doing it for the right reason, which I think will make them fail once they start college.

They study because they are scared of what their parents will think or do, not because they want to.

Discipline is a good thing to have, but only when it comes from their own desire to get ahead.

When they are all alone in their dorm and they do not have their mom there to make sure they get their homework done, it will not happen. They have never done something because they have personally wanted to do it.

When students put so much time into achieving perfection, it is not likely they will fail a test or a class, but this comes at a cost.

Failure is sometimes needed to

learn.

Author Samuel Smiles once said, “It is a mistake to suppose that men succeed through success; they much oftener succeed through failures. Precept, study, advice and example could never have taught them so well as failure has done.” I have never agreed so much with a quote.

In my years in high school, I have learned more from losing elections, failing a test and from doing things I know I should not have done, than from staying home and studying all night. I have learned to keep trying and that things are only bad if I let them be.

Not learning to accept failure is only setting people up to be upset with their lives and unable to move forward.

Some of these students also do not have their personal interests taken into account when decisions are being made for them. If they only join clubs that are academic because they want to get into their parents’ dream college, they will not spend time in activities like dance or creative writing. They will not discover things they may really like until they are much older.

These undiscovered interests may have changed what they majored in once they got to college. This could have completely changed the course of their entire life.

Being young is all about learning about yourself and what you like. Knowing what their parents like is useless.

Parents who also restrict what these teenagers watch and where they go are not preparing their children to be on their own in a college dorm.

Once they do not have someone watching over them, they will be persuaded to do things solely because they were always only told not to do something, and never why they could not. They will be invited to their first college party and be completely clueless on how to protect themselves from others.

Once they go off to college, they will not know what is appropriate and what is not, since they have no personal standards on what is right and what is wrong.

They will be nowhere close to being prepared for the challenges that are to be faced on a college campus.

BY MONICA LINSANGAN monica.linsangan@eyeofthetigernews.com

When I was younger, I, like most others, was taught how to properly wash my hands. We first wet our hands with warm water, put soap on our hands, scrub it in between our fingers and all over our wrists. Then we wash the soap off our hands long enough to sing

the alphabet or sing “Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star” twice.

We aren’t only taught this lesson when we are younger, but also in Health and Safety and our cooking classes.

Teachers and medical professionals, among others, express the importance of washing hands to help ensure that people don’t get sick all the time.

If sanitation is so important, why on earth are the faucets in the 900 buildings only letting the water run for a few seconds? Why is it that half of the faucets in the 600 wing need to be pushed down upon with one hand in order for water to come out of it, causing people to only be able to wash

one hand at a time?

Without being able to wash both hands at the same time, no one can actually wash their hands in both a clean and sanitizing way.

With the water running for only a short amount of time, no one is able to wash their hands properly.

Since no one is able to clean and sanitize their hands, people are walking around with millions of bacteria cells on their hands.

While all the bacteria is on their hands, they are touching desks, pencils, computers, food and other people. Think about it.

When someone uses the bathroom, they are barely washing their hands due to lack of water time or only being able

to wash one hand at a time.

Then they go and high-five, fist bump or shake hands with you.

Once they have touched you, now you have all of their germs in addition to your own on you.

And then you will touch another person and the cycle goes on and it only continues to spread.

We need to fix this faucet issue. Roseville High School needs faucets that not only run water longer, but also don’t need to be constantly pushed down in order to run properly.

If this doesn’t get fixed, we will continue to be walking around with more bacteria than necessary, causing more and more avoidable illnesses.

with other people that feel the same way. It’s also an opportunity to meet new people that enjoy the same things and are looking for the same experiences.

A club opportunity is something that I think everyone should want to have and want to continue pursuing throughout high school.

It is an experience you will have forever.

I know I would want to play a role in clubs. It can be the most gratifying experience. Knowing you put forth effort to keep the club going and successful is a great feeling that I would want anyone to have.

Some students, including me, want to have the chance to participate in more than just one club and play an active role but, given the scheduling of meetings, it can be extremely difficult to do.

Clubs are generally really good at spacing out the meetings

to make sure that students with a busy schedule can make it. However, they aren’t very good at spacing them out for students who desire to join more than one.

Everyone understands that students, like me, have a job and chores to take care of outside of school, as well as homework and many other things.

I personally wanted to join two clubs: the French club and the Anime club. Both clubs have meetings every other Monday and on Wednesdays after school.

This would not be a problem if I wanted to join just one, however, wanting to join both does not seem like an option.

Even if the meetings were every Monday and Wednesday after school, I would be able to pass back and forth each week to both clubs. I would not be able to do this with meetings every other week, because of what I would

be missing. Besides the fact that I would be missing so much of these meetings, I would also not be able to play an active role in the club.

Having this problem is a bit annoying and actually a little upsetting. However, there are a few things that you can do to not have to worry about keeping up with two clubs. You can either weigh out which one is your favorite and join that one, or you can attempt to join both and possibly work it out with the club officers.

Although I am displeased with not being able to be a part of the two clubs I was looking forward to joining this year, I will eventually get over it and hopefully be able to join both clubs, if not even more, next school year. Those brave enough to join all the clubs they want and manage to work it all out, I give a big thumbs-up to you. Good luck.

Multiple club participation seems impossible

BY SARAH LOOPER

sarah.looper@eyeofthetigernews,com

As many Roseville High School students know, clubs can be a big part of student life. At the beginning of every year, RHS has “Club Rush” on Campo Street to display all of the different clubs that you can join.

The clubs vary from academic to athletic to anything that you have a hobby or passion about.

Some of you might have even wanted to join multiple clubs. I know I sure did.

Club experiences can be a fun way to follow a passion or hobby

APUSH/AP Lang block creates opportunity

BY NICK TREZZA

nick.trezza@eyeofthetigernews.com

The Roseville High School junior classes, Advanced Placement United States History and AP Language and Composition, have always been two separate courses that have had to been taken separately, until this year.

This year, juniors have the opportunity to take the once separate classes as one yearlong block course. This option is offered in first and second period to students, with only two teachers. Mrs. Powell teaches AP Lang and Mrs. Fork teaches APUSH. Having these two classes offered together really helps out students for a variety of reasons.

First, students have less work for the individual class than normal because they switch off every day between History and English. This switch helps keep students interested in the class since they are not going to the

same teacher every single day.

Also, students have a longer time to learn the material since each class is every other day. APUSH and AP Lang are two very challenging courses, and having that day in between to either work on classwork or study for a test is very helpful.

Another plus about having the yearlong block setup is that students only have midterms while everyone else is having finals at the end of the term. Students have finals when everyone else is having their second-term finals.

This lets students focus on their other classes during midterms,

which will lead to increased test scores for those students.

Lastly, students who take yearlong AP classes tend to have a better work ethic. This leads to deeper thinking and understanding for everyone in the class. In turn, a more sophisticated environment makes it easier to pay attention in class; students won’t get as distracted in the classroom.

There are far more advantages of having these two classes offered in a yearlong schedule rather than the two individual classes like last year. I am glad that our school decided to make the switch.

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Entertainment

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Dust Off the Reel

Giraffe sets high standard for restaurants Heathers

BY ISABEL FAJARDO

isabel.fajardo@eyeofthetigernews.com

Having recently opened, Giraffe definitely brings a lot of potential to the plate. The restaurant offers variety in menu, so much so that it is hard to pinpoint the exact ethnicity of the food they serve. They offer everything from the everyday burger to a chicken alfredo pita pizza, and even a beef-and-lamb kabob.

When I walked into Giraffe, it was hard to distinguish which door was actually the one to the entrance and which one was just a side door. Thankfully, I managed to walk through the correct door and was subsequently greeted by the host, who seemed to be waiting to greet me. It was a really nice touch, but it may only be because there was no one else in the restaurant, save for the cooks, and my other friend who went with me.

What struck me as odd was that the restaurant was so empty.

It seemed like the cooks were just waiting around to cook people food, and while that’s not a bad thing, seeing as it increased the amount of service I was given, it was just saddening to see.

It was also really hard to determine the exact atmosphere because of the lack of people, but I think it was supposed to be family-friendly due to the fact that the television was changed to Disney Channel. I personally thought Giraffe was very welcoming, if not a bit cold.

The restaurant was adorned

with cute giraffe figures (as the name suggests) and was furnished with comfortable seats and chairs. There was definitely a prominently inviting atmosphere and I would’ve stayed longer in the restaurant if I had brought a jacket. The place where the chefs prepared the food was in the open and, although you couldn’t actually sit up to the window like you would a sushi bar, you can still sit at a table near them and watch them cook your food. It also lets you see when your food is coming out.

I ordered the bruschetta, which was $3.99, along with the chicken mushroom burger that was $7.49. The bruschetta came beautifully plated, with three slices surrounding a pile of what looked like fresh greens.

After receiving a dish like that, it was obvious that presentation was one of the things that Giraffe focused on.

The bruschetta was definitely tasty, even if it didn’t have much of the garlic flavor that was in the description.

The main element, besides the obvious bread, was the basil mixed with the sundried tomatoes. All those combined with the feta cheese created a perfect, light topping for the appetizer.

When I ordered the chicken mushroom burger I was a little skeptical, especially regarding the fact that most of the chicken burgers that I’ve ever eaten are either very dry or not as flavorful as a beef patty.

However, this chicken patty

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BY ANNA PORRETTA

anna.porretta@eyeofthetigernews.com

PHOTO BY ISABEL FAJARDO

The brushetta ($3.99) is covered with sundired tomatoes, feta cheese and basil. It is served with a pile of fresh greens. was very juicy and wasn’t as wasn’t a dessert section on the The consistency reminded tough as I expected it to be. I was menu. On top of that, I couldn’t me of butter – smooth and very, also really surprised that there really determine the price, which very rich. Though the dessert wasn’t a grilled mushroom on top was definitely a drawback. I itself was very tasty, I feel like it of the patty either. Instead, the ordered the panna cota, which might’ve been a heavy ending to mushrooms were incorporated was $4.89. an already heavy meal. into a nice, creamy sauce that Since it was my first time Overall, I think that Giraffe is was spread on top. ordering panna cota, I didn’t rea good restaurant if you want to My only complaint about this ally know what to expect. When fill up on a good meal while also dish is that it didn’t have as many I received the dish, there was a paying a relatively cheap price fries on the side that I would’ve cute heart made out of raspberry for something other than the liked. And although it wasn’t jam, and two pistachios on top, ordinary types of food. really a scant amount, it was still which added a nice touch. not as much as I had hoped for.

The panna cotta itself was Giraffe is located on 10271 A while after we finished the flavorless except in the split moFairway Drive, Suite. 140 in plates, our waitress actually ofment that you taste the vanilla Roseville. It’s open Monday fered us dessert, which I thought flavoring – not that it was a bad through Sunday from 11 a.m. to wasn’t offered because there thing.

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Grand Theft Auto V precedes successors, has new playable characters

BY MITCHELL PERALTA

mitchell.peralta@eyeofthetigernews.com

PHOTO BY KEVIN CHAPPELLE

The Crunch Master roll ($8.95) is shown above. The sushi is served with wasabi and pickled ginger, as well as sauces.

Ninja Sushi and Teriyaki offers new rolls

Friendly staff and welcoming environment set Ninja apart from others

BY KEVIN CHAPPELLE

kevin.chappelle@eyeofthetigernews.com

When I heard that a new sushi restaurant was opening in Roseville, my first thought was, “Oh, yet ANOTHER sushi restaurant to open here.” Don’t get me wrong. I am a big fan of sushi, but I honestly wasn’t expecting Ninja Sushi and Teriyaki to impress me or anything, if only because of the already existing collection of great sushi places in Roseville alone.

My first impression walking in was that the place was very nicely decorated. I thought that they really put together a pleasant, comfortable atmosphere, despite having a relatively small space.

There was an open sushi bar in the middle of the restaurant, surrounded by well-organized dining tables around the room.

My two friends and I chose to sit at the sushi bar.

The staff, including our waitress, the sushi chef,and the manager, were all very friendly and I could tell that everyone that worked there got along very well together. They were casual in answering our questions about the menu and even made conversation with us in a way that was very accommodating.

The menu included the customary smorgasbord of Japanese

cuisine, from sashimi to beef teriyaki. I noticed that there was also quite a large amount of sushi rolls in particular to choose from.

I ordered the Crunch Master roll for $8.95, a price that is not particularly competitive compared to some other sushi places that sell rolls for half that price.

However, I was surprised to see that the portion size and sheer quality of the roll justified the cost considerably.

The Crunch Master roll was a bulk of fried shrimp, crab, avocado, spicy tuna, tempura and, of course, special house sauces. The sushi chef arranged it all with impressive plating, considering the large amount of ingredients mixed into the roll.

The tempura was just right, not too bland, not too oily, and the sauces had lively flavor. The taste of the roll overall was very original and, most importantly, had great taste.

I paid nearly nine dollars for a roll, and I tasted nine dollars’ worth. The final product made it clear that a lot of quality ingredients and preparation went into the food.

I was actually surprised at their customer loyalty programs.

The manager gave us a punch card (which was admittedly a spend $200 get $15 free coupon), as well as free chopsticks with

which we can win prizes when we return.

For those who are tired of ordering the same rolls at their favorite sushi place, try Ninja Sushi. It’s really worth a visit, and the excellent quality and portion size accompany a refreshing assortment of Japanese food.

Ninja Sushi and Teriyaki is located on 963 Pleasant Grove Boulevard in Roseville. It’s open Monday through Saturday, 11 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., Monday through Thursday from 5 p.m. to 9:30 p.m., Friday through Saturday from 5 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. and Sunday 4:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.

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Grand Theft Auto V, also known as GTA V, has been one of the most anticipated games of all time. GTA set a record in all of entertainment by making $1 billion in the first 72 hours. GTA V is the fifth game of the series and took five years to make from the release of the previous GTA game.

And the time that it took to make the game was not a coincedence with the number of game it is in the series.

For the first time in the GTA series you have multiple main characters. This GTA gives you three main characters to choose from and the game allows you to switch from character to character whenever.

One of the huge reasons that people enjoy the GTA series is because of the sandbox gameplay. Roaming the huge map and doing whatever you want is what GTA is best known for.

You don’t always have to story missions. In fact, they’re optional, just like they’ve always have been for the past few games.

You can do pretty much whatever you want during gameplay.

There are so many things you can do in this game that don’t have to do with the story, it’s ridiculous.

I think that’s why people enjoy this game so much: you can literally do whatever you want. Things you wouldn’t be able to do in real life have no limit in GTA. The three characters that are playable all have different per-

sonalities and traits.

The first character you get is Michael, a rich white man with a dysfunctional family who has to deal with paying off people.

The second character is Franklin, a young black gangster trying to make it big in the city and make money.

The third playable character is Trevor, a huge redneck who sells meth and is completely insane.

He is set on money, but he just loves the thrill in doing crazy stuff. All of them together makes plot incredible and interesting.

The graphics are incredible; getting 10 out of 10 stars on appearance is common on multiple reviews for this game.

The game’s setting takes place in Los Santos, which is supposed to be a replication of present-day Los Angeles.

The game is full of 100 hours of gameplay, which is one of the largest games created to date.

The size of the map is about four-times larger than the map in the previous GTA. This game has so many features you can explore; it’s just an open world. You can go from escaping from the cops to playing golf.

The amount of things you can do as one of the characters are endless.

It’s a game that’s very hard to get tired of because of all the different things you can do. You even have in game decisions that can change your story-line.

With easily over 100 hours of gameplay, you will have to spend a lot of time playing it to complete it only the story alone.

This game is easily be my favorite video game of all time.

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Watching classic movies widens your cinematic literacy and allows you to enjoy stories and visuals that you might otherwise overlook. “Dust Off the Reel,” recommends classics that Kevin Chappelle or Anna Porretta enjoy, and that you will too.

Though this movie didn’t exactly rake in billions at the box office, Heathers is a movie to die for. Literally.

If you appreciate dark humor, Winona Ryder and big, bushy, 80’s hair, you’ll love this cult classic.

This movie is just like Mean Girls, but with murder and shoulder pads.

This black comedy, coming of age flick follows four girls: Heather, Heather, Heather and Veronica.

With their strange liking for croquet and even stranger affinity for perms, these four ladies rule supreme over their high school.

The girls create a cruel pecking order, making fun of the geeks and praising the jocks, which sounds snooze-worthy and cliché but proves to make the overall message of the movie more powerful.

Veronica, the resident good girl in the group, keeps all of her disgust to herself. Fortunately for us, that all ends when Veronica meets Jason “J.D.” Dean, the dark and dangerous new guy on campus.

Her interest peaks when J.D. has the audacity to pull an unloaded gun at the school bully.

Hot, right?

After getting into a fight with the most powerful of the Heathers, Veronica goes home to find J.D., with whom she spends the night. In the morning, the two decide to get revenge on Heather by making her drink a nasty concoction disguised as a hangover cure.

Unfortunately for Heather, drain cleaner makes its way into the liquid and she ultimately dies.

In a panic, J.D. and Veronica stage her suicide. Unfortunately for their classmates, the killing only continues.

Her relationship with J.D. not only proves to be toxic to the public, but to the student body.

More people start attempting suicide because it appears “all the cool kids are doing it.” Irritated that her point isn’t getting across, she decides to break it off with her psycho boyfriend. But don’t worry, folks, the movie doesn’t end there.

I suppose you’ll have to find it on Netflix to see how the chaos draws to a close.

This movie is shot in a different way, the clothing is bright and borderline ridiculous and the angles are flamboyant, but that’s what makes this movie so special.

The movie is so satirical and even the lighting seems sarcastic.

I wouldn’t label this one a feelgood movie, but I would recommend this to anyone, especially high school students.

Though it’s a little over the top, and very 80’s, this movie is satirical and hilarious.

I encourage you to take the time to see this movie because, as J.D. would say, Heathers is “perfecto!”

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Sleepy Hollow presents old story in modern-day setting

BY OLIVIA HILLMAN

olivia.hillman@eyeofthetigernews.com

In a present-day retelling of Washington Irving’s 1820 story, “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow,” Ichabod Crane and the Headless Horseman resurrect in 2013 Sleepy Hollow, New York.

The pilot episode opens in 1781 as Ichabod is fighting Redcoats in the midst of the Revolutionary War, when the Horseman, who couldn’t be defeated with a simple beheading, overcomes him.

When he awakes centuries later, Ichabod realizes that the Horseman is one of the four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, Death.

The Horseman is on a killing streak in Sleepy Hollow, and seemingly crazy Ichabod is joined by Lieutenant Abbie Mills to hunt the Horseman and other dangerous foes to protect Sleepy Hollow along with the world.

They must work together to stop the Horseman before all four come, leading to the apocalypse.

The duo uses their vast skills and complex pasts to uncover secrets including why the Horseman remains in Sleepy Hollow and how to save Ichabod’s wife, Katrina, from a strange netherworld.

The show draws on flashbacks to Ichabod’s life in 1776, incorporating American history, mythology and real stories about the nation in its early development.

Ichabod Crane is played by

British actor Tom Mison, who handles the role remarkably well.

Of all the actors, he stood out for presenting his character convincingly and as realistically as it can get in the genre of fantasy thriller.

Mison’s acting is incredibly believable, especially as he portrays a character dumbfounded upon awakening in modern-day New York two and a half centuries after he “dies.”

He sincerely seems to struggle to understand the ways of modern life and to realize the changes in social standards since the times of Revolutionary America.

Lt. Abbie Mills is depicted

by Nicole Beharie, who grapples with Ichabod as she tries to keep him in line and under control, especially around the new head of her police precinct, Captain Frank Irving, who is played by Orlando Jones.

Beharie uses sassy and witty remarks authentically as she struggles to teach Ichabod the modern ways of living.

Mills faces her own supernatural experiences and must come to terms with them as she decides whether or not she should believe Ichabod’s story.

Based on the pilot episode alone, I think that the plot will continue to grow to incorporate even more types of enemies than solely the Horseman. It seems that gradually more of the four Horsemen will arrive in Sleepy Hollow, forcing Ichabod and Abbie to face more than one at a

time.

With more than one foe to battle, the show will increase in thrill and suspense, making the audience wonder how close the duo will get to unleashing the apocalypse on the world before stopping the Horsemen, if they even can.

Upon watching the second episode, “Blood Moon,” it is clear that the director hopes to appeal to audiences that enjoy haunting scenes with a hint of gore.

The show evokes extreme thrill, as the main characters get closer and closer to disaster.

New enemies are starting to arise and attack the people of Sleepy Hollow, and Ichabod and Abbie work through the duration of each episode to stop the foes before it’s too late.

There’s no telling for sure if they will be able to save the citizens of Sleepy Hollow from each new threat, as the show is crammed full of twists and turns and traitors.

I have high expectations for this show and I believe that if the director sticks to this formula, the episodes will continue to draw the audience in.

I hope that the show continues in the direction I think that it’s headed, toward a climax full of several antagonists and twists in plot, which will result in a gripping tale that no one will want to miss.

Sleepy Hollow premiered on Sept. 26 and airs on Mondays at 6 p.m. on Fox.

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MGMT releases new album PHOTO BY LOS ANGELES TIMES/MCT

American psychedelic rock band MGMT arrives at the Grammy Awards at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. The band’s self-titled album, MGMT, released on Sept. 17.

BY AARON AND IAN SOUZA aaron.souza@eyeofthetigernews.com ian.souza@eyeofthetigernews.com

Following their hit album Congratulations, songwriters Andrew VanWyngarden and Benjamin Goldwasser are attempting a new sound in their latest album MGMT. MGMT draws heavily from the psychedelic rock influences present in the band’s previous albums, while experimenting with slower, more rhythmic melodies to help complement VanWyngarden’s lead vocals and deep lyrics.

Complete with bass player Matt Asti, drum player Will Bernam and multi-instrumentalist James Richardson, each song features a unique staff of various instruments.

This album has taken MGMT’s psychedelic style much further than many songs they have previously released. Those who are expecting sounds like those heard in the popular “Kids” and “Electric Feel” will be surprised.

However, it is psychedelic rock done well.

The songs are notable for their long introductions, clear baselines and smooth melodies.

Especially apparent in “Mystery Disease,” the album showcases MGMT’s creativity and ability to achieve depth in their songs.

The album’s first track, “Alien Days,” sets the tone for the album by showing off the band’s complex vocals and interesting sound. It starts off with a child singing the lyrics, and then VanWyngarden gradually joins her. Within the five minute span of “Alien Days,” the song gives off multiple different feelings by using notes in the minor key, giv-

ing off a dark and eerie tone. The eeriness fits well and strengthens the song.

The third song, “Mystery Disease,” starts off with a very, very solid drum beat. It’s not technically the most challenging beat, but it works extremely well.

The softness of VanWyngarden’s voice complements it as well.

All of the sounds in this song – drums, synth, vocals and more – work together to make this our favorite song off of the entire album.

The fifth track, “Your Life is a Lie,” will most likely end up being the most popular one on the album. Not because it is the best, but because it is the most tame song on the album, so to speak. That’s not to say the song is bad in any way though. It has a steady beat and a nice, mellow vocal line that the song thrives on.

MGMT features dark tones in most of its songs, which are abundant in many of the songs – one such is “I Love You Too, Death.” The song starts with dissonant notes of the flute, chimes and a synthesizer making up the rhythm of the song.

About a minute into the song, the vocals come in – slightly off key. However, in certain cases when done purposely, off-key notes can add to the mood of the song. This is one of those special cases. It’s impressive, because that is not an easy feat.

The band’s strong use of lyrics is essential in lines such as “All beginnings are an end, in the blackness there’s a light.”

Intros are very important in this album. This is especially apparent in the tenth track, “An

Orphan of Fortune.” By starting off quiet with the slightest beat of the drum, then suddenly filling out the song with rhythm guitar and soft vocals, this song is perhaps the smoothest and has a great groove.

Another thing to note in this is that the song gradually gets quieter, which pulls the listener in. As they listen more intently, it will explode again and catch the listener off guard – a trick used by many old blues players.

It’s rad that MGMT incorporated something like that into the song.

MGMT offers longer, more developed songs than the average album. Each song features a distinct sound with a distinct experience that is impossible to compare to any other song, which is the mark of any good psychedelic rock album. MGMT took three years to develop their sound since Congratulations and MGMT was well worth the wait.

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Various truffles are made by Lolli and Pops which are featured above. The candy shop sells all types of confections.

Lolli and Pops creates sweets haven

BY HAYLEE SEX

haylee.sex@eyeofthetigernews.com

A candy shop called Lolli and Pops is one of the new stores in the Galleria Mall and is located by the store Origins. It is even bigger and better, in my opinion, than the candy shop in the Fountains.

Once you walk into the store, you are immersed in a world somewhat like in the movie Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.

There are so many varieties of candies ranging from chocolatecovered cake batter to plain old Starburst. Small plastic bags are available so you can grab one and start filling it up with any candy you want at $11 a pound.

It even sells cupcakes, cookies and fudge from the store Icing on the Cupcake, and sells cookies from Cookie Connection.

All of the sweets from Icing on the Cupcake and the merchan-

dise from Cookie Connection are $3. Rice Krispie treats covered in frosting and sprinkles are also displayed, which are $4.50 each.

There is a display counter that resembles the one located in See’s Candies. It holds truffles and even has chocolate-covered Oreos.

I bought the plain chocolate fudge at $3, which was a pretty large portion and was covered in mini chocolate chips.

It tasted just like any other fudge, but the one factor that really stood out was the chocolate chip coating.

There were other flavors such as Maple Walnut and Swirl, which was a combination of both white and milk chocolate.

One of the unique attributes about this new candy shop is that it has two really tall poles with slight openings on the sides that hold giant rainbow lollipops.

The treasure chest, located in

a separate room full of chocolate, was overflowing with chocolate gold coins. In my opinion, I think this treasure chest is one of most exciting parts about the store.

The uniforms the employees were wearing were so adorable.

They had on grey bowties and the hats were even better than the ones from Hot Dog on a Stick.

The music was pretty weird, ranging from foreign French artists to what sounded like music from the 60’s.

Overall, I think everyone should have the chance to explore this delightful candy shop in the mall and have fun scooping out pounds and pounds of delicious candy.

Lolli and Pops is located in the Galleria in Roseville and is open Monday through Saturday 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. and on Sunday, 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Japanese animator retires recently

BY MICHELLE IM

michelle.im@eyeofthetigernews.com

Hayao Miyazaki, one of Japan’s most endearing filmmakers, announced his retirement at the age of 72.

He is famous for the humanlike movements in his animation, as well as his use of watercolors to create a poignant and almost fairy-like world.

One of my personal favorites, Princess Mononoke, is mostly hand-drawn with only about five minutes of computer animation.

The most astonishing factor of this movie was the amount of cels in the film, with Miyazaki

having personally overseen the creation of 144,000 of them.

One of the problems concerning Miyazaki’s works was his refusal to conform to present-day standards of filmography.

This includes his reluctance in using technology, causing a longer delay in making movies compared to other filmmakers.

Miyazaki’s talent for hand-drawn images, which was a major reason for his fame, caused him problems in his movie-producing speed, in addition to his old age.

In addition, Miyazaki himself has implied that he is too old to continue and will be handing the

animation film industry to the new generation.

It is a bittersweet moment that makes the release of The Wind Rises, which already released in Japan but not internationally, an even longer and more suspenseful wait.

This movie will also be the last one that Miyazaki will be drawing and writing. Hayao Miyazaki solely directed this movie, so it will be exciting to see what ideas and wonderful hand-drawn scenes he has made.

I cannot wait to relive my childhood memories with new ones.

Sports

september 30, 2013

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Fouad El-Chemali places first in taekwondo Pan-Am games

BY LOGAN ASH

logan.ash@eyeofthetigernews.com

Junior Fouad El-Chemali recently won the Pan American Games for taekwondo on Sept.

20. El-Chemali had over 40 people in his respective weight class at 55 kilograms.

The tournament was in Queretaro, Mexico – a suburb of Mexico City. El-Chemali explained that Mexico was scary and much different from the United States. This was only ElChemali’s second international tournament.

“It was really big with a lot of people and a big venue,” ElChemali said.

Last March, El-Chemali went to Germany to compete in his first international tournament. He ended up finishing in third place in Germany.

“I was nervous because this was my first ever international

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Neilson Powless celebrates after finishing first in his race.

tournament,” El-Chemali said.

El-Chemali has been prac-

ticing taekwondo for 10 years.

He believes that the hardest part of any fighting sport is losing weight and not giving up when it is the hardest. El-Chemali says that all of the hard work is worth it when he travels and sees the world while doing something he

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Fouad El-Chamali (right) strikes opponent with a heel kick to contribute to his success in Mexico. loves to do.

Taekwondo is a fighting sport, which pits two competitors against each other.

The sport consists of multiple different kinds of kicking to the

head and body, which score the fighter points.

The fight consists of three two-minute rounds in which the fighters go head-to-head.

His entire family is commit-

ted to the sport, with his younger brothers also fighting and his dad being his coach and his mentor.

El-Chemali’s ultimate goal in taekwondo is to make it to the Olympics for the 2020 Olympics.

Wrestling team granted use of new practice room

BY LOGAN ASH

logan.ash@eyeofthetigernews.com

Roseville High School’s wrestling team recently got the go-ahead from the school district to begin construction on a room solely dedicated to wrestling team practice.

The team’s coaches had been trying to get approval for the room from the district for the past two years now.

“I’m ecstatic that we can make

Girls golf places second in lady minor fall classic

BY MADISON MACHA

madison.macha@eyeofthetigernews.com

Roseville High School’s varsity girls golf team recently participated in the 18-Hole Lady Minor Fall Classic.

They placed second overall last year, and were able to keep the same title this year.

According to golf coach Corey Fukuman, the team played very well together. He said that the golf course was very difficult and had many hills, but the team was able to rise up to the challenge.

Virgie Valazquez shot an 81, the second best score on the course, followed up by seniors Madison Hambelton with a score of 94 and Courtney Lemos with a score of 96.

Fukuman was impressed with the girls who competed in the tournament.

Two players who had never played before on this course, freshmen Abby Hall and Kayla Kwong, performed well for their first time. Hall recorded a 106 and Kwong ended with a score of 108.

Spanish Springs from Sparks, Nevada, won the tournament.

McClatchy from Sacramento finished in third place. The Lady Tigers were able to play close to their personal potential and beat out McClatchy for second.

This game was preparation for the 18-Hole League tournaments in a couple of weeks. Fukuman realized a couple of things that may help the girls improve for next time.

it a place of our own,” head wrestling coach Doug Ash said.

This will be the first room purely dedicated to wrestling in the team’s history.

The room will be located in the mat room, on the lower level of the small gym.

The old carpet will be torn out in order to lay out the new wrestling mats and padding that will be installed on the walls for extra safety.

Since the room is not big enough for both the varsity and junior varsity teams, there might be two separate practices or the JV team might still practice in the cafeteria due to space concerns.

“I’ m really happy the wrestling team is getting their own room,” senior wrestler Graeson Leach said. “They are really hardworking guys who deserve some recognition. I just hope the room is big enough to accomodate the

whole team. The wrestling team has a bond I wouldn’t want to see get broken.”

Also, the room will be painted orange and black.

According to Coach Ash, the program is also thinking of putting in a wall of fame to honor past atheletes for all of the wrestlers to admire and aspire to be on eventually. Ash thinks that this move will help the entire program moving forward.

“Consistency is probably the key to success,” Fukuman said.

“They just need to minimize their mistakes and focus on improving their shot game to help save a few strokes per round.”

tournament in Fairfield that took place from Sept. 21-22.

They won three games and lost three. However, they only lost to the teams that placed higher than them in the tournament.

It was the first time that RHS had ever beat College Park and it was done with a score of 8-7. On the last day, they had to play with only four subs in the pouring rain.

They lost their first game to Clayton Valley, but came back strong with a big win against Ukiah. An hour later they lost to Northgate, who had a threegame break. Roseville only had a one-game break and the players were clearly exhausted.

“We did the ‘six more minutes on three’ chant in the fourth because we were at the tournament and it was our sixth game,” junior goalie Joey Costa said. “We were exhausted and we were losing to Northgate.”

the race and Sangria was sick due to a cold from a few days before.

Senior Jarrett Maples believed that the most shocking performer this year is sophomore Matt Seefeldt who has managed to sneak into one of the top runners positions on varsity.

“Matt has really improved and he has been able to get into the top five runners,” Maples said.

Maples thinks that once every runner gets healthy and strong, they will be able to perform at a higher level than they are at right now.

“I think we can get second in the SFL finals because we were only 10 points behind the next SFL team,” Maples said.

Powless pursues his biking career

BY GABE LIRA

gabe.lira@eyeofthetigernews.com

Roseville High School junior Neilson Powless was a successful triathlete who triumphed in some of the largest international triathlon competitions.

However, he decided to give up triathlons so that he could focus solely on his passion for mountain biking.

“Being a triathlete, you can’t specialize in any sport,” Powless said. “You can be good at all three but you can never be the best, so I decided to be the best in mountain biking.

Just this year, Powless has traveled to many countries including Germany, Czech Republic, Canada and South Africa for mountain biking competitions.

Sports Shorts

Volk not returning to baseball this year

BY NICK TREZZA

nick.trezza@eyeofthetigernews.com

For over a decade, Roseville High School business teacher Ron Volk has also been coaching in the school’s baseball program. This year, Volk will not be coaching.

Current Roseville High School junior Andrew Grinder was on the junior varsity baseball team last year and had positive things to say about his former coach.

“He was an all-around outstanding guy,” Grinder said.

According to Grinder, and other Roseville High School baseball players, Volk will be greatly missed as a coach since a lot of players on the baseball team were able to develop a bond with him.

“He is the type of guy you can have a relationship with,” Grinder said.

The RHS JV team has not yet announced who the next coach will be for the upcoming season this spring.

Boys water polo finishes 3-3 in tournament

BY KIRA CLIFTON

kira.clifton@eyeofthetigernews.com

The Roseville High School boys varsity water polo team took fourth place at the Heely

Cross Country finishes fourth in first league meet

BY LOGAN ASH

logan.ash@eyeofthetigernews.com

Roseville High School’s cross country team had their first SFL league meet on Sept. 18 at Folsom High School. Sixteen teams competed at this event and RHS finished in fourth overall, right behind Woodcreek High School.

According to junior Arturo Sotomayor, they would have finished higher if two of their top runners were not injured. These runners were senior Anthony Sanchez and junior Matt Sangria.

Sanchez twisted his ankle during

Girls tennis just falls short in league opener

BY NICK TREZZA

nick.trezza@eyeofthetigernews.com

The Roseville High School girls tennis team started their 2013 Sierra Foothill League campaign with a match against the Granite Bay Grizzlies last Tuesday. The girls lost 2-7 but had wins from two Roseville High School juniors – Nicole Trezza and Kelechi Ukaegbu.

Despite the loss, junior Elise Abel feels good about this season.

“The girls have more passion and drive about tennis than last year,” Abel said.

According to Abel, the girls tennis team is focusing harder than they have before, with a goal of reaching playoffs at the end of the season.

“We have cut the girls that didn’t have their heads in the

game,” Abel said.

The girls had their second Sierra Foothill League match last Thursday versus the Woodcreek Timberwolves at RHS. The girls tennis team won the match 5-4.

Singles winners were two RHS seniors – Janet Rowe and Summer Muir – and two RHS juniors – Nicole Trezza and Kelechi Ukaegbu.

Kayla Stoneking and Summer Muir got a win in a doubles match to get RHS its fifth point in the match, which later gave them the win over Woodcreek.

JV boys soccer ties Granite Bay in league opener

BY MARISSA STONE

marissa.stone@eyeofthetigernews.com

Roseville High School’s junior varsity boys soccer team opened league play with a 1-1 tie against perennial powerhouse Granite Bay. The Tigers’ lone goal came from freshman Tommy Edwards.

The game could serve as a confidence boost for a team that struggled a bit heading into league play.

Prior to the tie, they lost three out of their final four pre-league games.

They played Rio Americano at Rio where they took a loss of 1-3. Freshman forward Matthew Valdez tore his MCL in this game after colliding knees with a player from the other team. He will be out for three months.

On Sept. 17, the boys traveled to Sheldon where they had a dev-

Powless is a part of Team USA for mountain biking and is one of the youngest members on the team.

The USA team also includes Neilson’s sister, Shayna Powless.

“I believe we are the first siblings to be on the National team together,” Powless said.

Powless’ goal now is to try to make it on the Olympic team.

“I’m hoping to go to the Olympics by 2020,” Powless said. “I probably won’t be able to go to the Olympics for 2016 because I’ll still be too young – at least with experience.”

Next April, Powless will be going to Australia, and will later be returning to Germany, Czech Republic, Canada and the East Coast for the World Cup.

astating loss of 0-1 after a long, hard 50/50 game, according to coach Paul Stewart.

“The game was very even. Sheldon was better first half but I felt we played better the second half,” Stewart said. “What a bummer it was.”

The Tigers had several opportunities, including when forward Ryan Pointdexter went one-onone with the goalie, but had a bad angle on the goal and ended up hitting the post instead of the back of the net.

After losing two games, the boys bounced back up and beat Natomas in a victory of 4-2.

On Tuesday Sept. 24, RHS faced Whitney High School and the Tigers came down with a loss of 0-8.

According to Pointdexter and Stewart, their passing could have been a lot better and their midfielders were not dropping quick enough to get back and help their defense.

“Whitney was extremely good on the counter-attack and [was] very fast,” Stewart said. “So when we had the momentum up on their half, they would get the ball and be on our half quicker than our players could get back.

The score was 0-3 at halftime, and in the second half they had opportunities, but were not able to capitalize and were caught up offensively.

That gave Whitney the chance to win by eight.

“Our goalie, Alex Vazquez, did a great job even though it doesn’t show in the score,” Stewart said.

“He had some great saves and it takes the whole team to prevent goals.”

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september 30, 2013

Tigers fall short in Homecoming game

Despite Homecoming loss, Tigers come up on top against long-time rival Oakmont, 17-12

BY WILL WHITE

will.white@eyeofthetigernews.com

Last Friday, the Roseville High School varsity football team was defeated by Casa Robles on their Homecoming night by a score of 55-35.

Senior Issac Carrel lead the way on the ground with three of the team’s five touchdowns.

The other two touchdowns that night came from senior wide reciever Jonathan Lopez and senior running back Matthew Razzano.

Both came on passes, one from senior Kyle Downy, the other from junior Michael Dobbler.

On Sept. 20, the Roseville High School varsity football team was

prepared to play their fourth game of the season. So far, the RHS Tigers have had a fairly good season, knocking off two sectionranked teams, Cosumnes Oaks and Rio Linda High School. The next test for them was to play at Oakmont High School, which also happens to be a rival school.

This rivalry has been going on for decades but for the last four years, Roseville has come up on top, and this game was no different.

“We were trying to emphasize that it is a rivalry game,” senior wide receiver Jonathan Lopez said.

The Tigers were victorious beating the Vikings 17-12 an improv-

ing overall to 3-1.

“We played horrible as a team but made plays to win the game,” Lopez said. Scoring for the game came by a receiving touchdown caught by junior running back Bryce Crouch, a goal line TD by Carrel and a field goal by junior kicker Max Fereira.

The Tigers’ defense played very well though, forcing turnovers and only allowing 12 points to be lost all game. Senior middle linebacker Jordan Kunasyzk had 11 tackles and grabbed an interception.

“Our defense took a big step and we’re all just trying to get better game by game,” Kunasyzk said.

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Senior running back, Matthew Razzano, runs through a whole in the Viking defense.

RJUHSD eliminates option for voluntary Lady Tigers place first in tournament athletic contribution to comply with law Team bounces

BY MARISSA STONE

marissa.stone@eyeofthetigernews.com

This year, Roseville High School’s athletic department will not be collecting athletic contributions, not even voluntary donations.

For the previous two years, athletic contributions have been voluntary.

Three years ago, athletic contributions were required and the player had to pay to play, unless they had a waiver based on financial need.

The athletic contributions fee was $125 for one sport, $100 for a second sport and then $75 for a

third sport.

The district got rid of athletic contributions because they violated the California state law of free and public education.

Senior Jonathan Lopez had to pay more to the program because he is a three-sport athlete, but now he will not be asked to pay anything to play.

“I think it is awesome that we don’t have to pay anymore because I feel like it is fair now,” Lopez said. “I think it might be a negative effect for the money situation, but it is positive for the athletes because we don’t have to pay to play.”

According to athletic director Jaime Bunch, the lack of athletic contributions should not affect the program much because few families paid once the fees became optional two years ago.

“The first year it was just voluntary we got about $3,000,” Bunch said.

There are nine people who paid the fee at the beginning of this school year, before the contributions were not allowed.

Those nine people are being refunded.

Families are still allowed to give donations to specific programs, but it cannot be tied to a student being on the team.

Athlete Atmosphere

back after loss to Pleasant Grove

BY MORGAN SIPMSON

morgan.simpson@eyeofthetigernews.com

Roseville High School’s varsity girls volleyball team had another success at their tournament on Saturday Sept. 21. The tournament was held at RHS, where the Lady Tigers took first place out of the twelve teams.

“We just played well together as a team,” junior Abby Jensen said. “We communicated well, and over the weeks we’ve gotten to be really close and I think that has been a factor for our team.”

In the beginning of the tournament, RHS had a rough start, losing their first game to Pleasant Grove. After that, they ended up winning every game, and in the semi-finals they beat Pleasant Grove which got them into finals.

“We started off really tired in

Every issue of Eye of the Tiger, the sports department will feature a male and female athlete from a variety of different sports.

JV football loses

Anthony Sanchez - Cross Country

The second Athlete Atmosphere in the boys division is senior Anthony Sanchez.

Sanchez is a captain for the varsity boys cross country team at Roseville High School.

The boys team happens to be very successful in what they do, competing in meets every week.

Sanchez was elected captain of his team because of his hard work and ability to lead by example.

Sanchez’s teammates look up to him and realize the hard work that he puts in translates directly to the outcome of his success.

Sanchez has always enjoyed running and has done cross country every year since the sixth grade.

Through the years, he has al-

himself past his own limits.

Sanchez believes that motivation is the key to being successful in the sport that he plays.

Part of the reason why Sanchez is so successful in cross country is because he also runs track in the spring. This gives him a nearly year-round training schedule that keeps him ever getting out of shape.

He says he doesn’t know which one he likes best of the two, but he loves how different each one is from the other.

Before each meet, Sanchez makes sure he is plenty hydrated and has eaten healthy food for a couple of days.

Right before the meet, he likes to listen to music and talk to his teammates about how they are going to run in those specific meets.

our first game,” senior Lindsay Anderson said. “We are not really used to playing against really good teams in our first game.”

RHS made it to the championship against Pitman High School, who the Lady Tigers defeated to claim the title.

“At first I think we struggled, but by the end we figured it out,”

Jayme Lee said. “It was really exciting beating Pitman because they are such a good team.”

According to Anderson, the team was especially eager to take on Pitman.

“Before the championship we heard the Pitman coach talking about us, so we were really fired up to beat them,” Anderson said.

big to Bulldogs

BY GABE LIRA

gabe.lira@eyeofthetigernews.com

BY NICK ESPINO AND MATT TAWLKS ways liked the feeling of pushing nick.espino@eyeofthetigernews.com matt.tawlks@eyeofthetigernews.com

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Jessica Yaranon (#3) sets up Abby Jensen (#4) for a spike.

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Off the field, Sanchez is also very successful in academics.

He has maintained a GPA over 3.5 throughout high school.

Because of his hard work in and outside of the classroom, Sanchez is considering attending UC Davis next year and hopefully running cross country and track at the collegiate level as well.

On Sept. 13 the Roseville High School junior varsity football played the tough Folsom Bulldogs.

At halftime, the Tigers were trailing the Bulldogs 7-35. The Bulldogs were getting anything they wanted offensively and defensively.

“We came out flat and didn’t do much on offense or defense,” quarterback Blake Rayback said.

Head coach Tim McDowell was surprised to see the team struggle, as he felt they were well-prepared heading into the game.

“We had a good week of practice and had two opportunities early in the game to score that we didn’t take advantage of,” McDowell said.

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Ben Zannhiezer breaks out a big run agaisnt the VIkings 28-0. The Tigers’ run game could In the second half, the RHS Tinot be stopped and the defense gers continued to struggle against was stopping the Vikings straight the Bulldogs. in their tracks.

The final score of the game was “During the week of practice, 20-48. we practiced harder and we had a On Sept. 20, the RHS JV team good game plan,” Rayback said. played the Oakmont Vikings.

“Oakmont wasn’t ready for our After the loss against the Foloption run game. Also, our kids som Bulldogs, the Tigers were were much more physical than using that loss as fuel and motivathey were.” tion to beat the Vikings.

In the end, RHS won the game At the end of the first half, the with a score of 41-0.

Tigers were ahead of the Vikings

Freshman football starts season off Jennifer Gleason - Cross Country 4-0, with a Homecoming blowout

BY NICK ESPINO AND MATT TAWLKS other hobbies that take up her nick.espino@eyeofthetigernews.com matt.tawlks@eyeofthetigernews.com

The second girl in Athlete Atmosphere is senior cross country runner Jennifer Gleason.

Gleason is very successful in her sport and as a leader, mainly by example.

Gleason is known for trying her hardest during practice and finding that desire within her to improve.

In only her second year of cross country, Gleason has found herself as one of the top runners for the girls group.

In the spring, Gleason also does track, where she stays with the long-distance running.

Although Gleason spends a lot of her time on the field, she has

time.

Gleason enjoys playing the flute and listening to music. Before her meets, Gleason stays hydrated, listens to music and goes over in her head how she is going to finish in the race.

Gleason, also a hard worker in the classroom, maintains a 3.6 GPA along with a difficult senior schedule. In the first term, she is taking Advanced Placement Government and Economics, Physiology, senior math and AP Psychology.

Gleason loves the sport that she does because of the camaraderie of her teammates and the feeling it provides knowing she has accomplished a goal.

According to Gleason, there is

BY BRYCE CROUCH

bryce.crouch@eyeofthetigernews.com

PHOTO BY MADISON MACHA

no greater feeling than using hard work to reach goal. She explains this feeling as a “runner’s high.”

Gleason plans on attending the University of Nevada in Reno next fall to carry out her nursing goals.

On Homecoming night, the freshman football team hosted the Casa Roble Rams and defeated them in a blowout win 49-7.

Running back Jay Razzano had another impressive rushing game, scoring three touchdowns – two of them coming in the first half.

“I was very proud of the team, and we all played great together on our Homecoming game,” Razzano said.

Brendan McMinn and Jason Russel each had a rushing touchdown while Josh Clark had two receiving touchdowns.

The defense held Casa Roble at scoreless until only four

minutes remained in the fourth quarter.

Roseville caused many turnovers throughout the game. Safety Hayden Simpson was able to intercept in this game.

He has now forced a turnover in each of the four games this year.

“The defense played very well stopping Casa Roble the whole game and I’m hoping we can continue this going into next week’s game,” defensive end Jimmy Jaggers said.

Assistant coach Ron Volk was pleased with the team-wide effort.

“On both sides of the ball we came in concerned, thinking the team will underestimate Casa Roble, but they didn’t,” Volk said.

“The team came out fighting and hitting and it was a great night.”

The victory over the Rams came one week after the team traveled across the town to Oakmont High School looking to improve their overall record to 3-0.

They won the game 40-14, blowing out the Vikings.

Leading the way was Razzano, who rushed for 200 yards and two touchdowns. He also broke for a 90-yard touchdown run.

“We could’ve played more efficiently but I’m glad we came out with a win,” Razzano said.

Quarterback Nick Martig and tight end Jimmy Jaggers connected for a passing TD while Brendan McMinn had a goal line touchdown.