Red & Black, September 2014

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Florida’s first high school newspaper Hillsborough High School 5000 N. Central Ave. Tampa, FL 33603 September 2014 hhstoday.com @hhstodayonline Volume 115, No. 2

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Down but not out After a defeat by Armwood, the Terriers angle for second place in the district Early in the Armwood game, quarterback Dwayne Lawson (No. 2) faces pressure from the Hawks defense. (Photo by Gillian Boyce)

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Editor-in-Chief

Ellie Rodriguez

Associate Editor

Samantha Votzke

News Editors

Ivy Bennett-Ford Maria Roberts Kathy Xie

Sports Editors

Dana Dinh Daniel Hamilton

Opinion Editors

Annie Aguiar Alyssa Ierna

Entertainment Editors

Vijata Patel Shelby Shoup

Life Editor

Sarvika Bommakanti

Photo Editors

Katie Frost Aleesha Mundra

Graphics Editor

John Veliz

Staff Writers

Aliece Brown Bianca Cegatte Kacey Johnson Matthew Lutton Suparna Narayan Denzel Pierre Monisha Pillai Amber Shemesh Toni Skraastad Tegan Smith Anthony Suarez

U.S. doctor brings home Ebola

ISIS killed two Americans in the Middle East. The beheadings of journalists James Foley and Steven even Sotloff were posted online with threats towardss the Obama administration and are considered d to retaliation for U.S. airstrikes. U.S. officials confirmed the validity of the videos shortly ortly after their releases.

“If they threaten us, we have to threaten them to know that they can’t threaten us anymore.”

“[The disease] could spread to the other doctors. It could go into the community; a bunch of people might die from it.”

–Mayla Purpura, 10

–Noah Bianchi, 9

Teachers’ unions sues due to vouchers The teachers’ unions in Florida are suing to stop the use of school vouchers. School vouchers allow for people to choose whether to send their children to public or private school. If the parents of the child prefer to send the student to private school, they no longer have to pay for public school funding.

Charlie Crist, a candidate for Florida governor, has decided not to condemn the teacher’s unions in their lawsuit against school vouchers possibly to avoid losing votes in the upcoming race.

Joe Humphrey, MJE Johan von Ancken

“I think parents should still pay for public school. It’s for everyone; it’s a back-up plan.”

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Tampa park makeover Tampa Mayor Bob Buckhorn plans to renovate the Julian B. Lane Riverfront Park to draw more attention to the area located at the west bank nk of the Hillsborough River, in West W Tampa. He aims to revamp the entire park in a construction job that might be worth as m much as $20 million. Buckhorn’s prediction for f the project time is at least three years years.

“I think that he should be pursuing something else.”

–Olivia Maraj, 11

Stories by Denzel Pierre Photos by John Veliz

Clubs

Adviser Principal

A United States doctor who went to treat the Ebola virus in Liberia, Africa contracted the disease while trying to cure locals.

Obstetrician Rick Sacras was transported to the Nebraskan Medical Center after he contracted the disease, and is being treated with an experimental drug and electrolytes. He is currently recovering.

Bringing Bollywood to the Big Red The idea of bringing Bollywood to the Big Red came to sophomore Shreya Dundigalla one day after watching one of King High School’s Bollywood performances.

“They have like 10 Bollywood dance clubs and teams and I’ve always seen them performing and I was like ‘You know what?

Hillsborough needs a Bollywood dance club’,”

Dundigalla said.

Dundigalla brought a sign-up sheet to school and went around the school asking who would be interested in joining if the club were to be created. She stood in front of her shiny tri-fold poster board, beaming with pride as over 75 students signed up for her club.

Hillsborough’s Bollywood dancers plan on performing this year in as many events possible.

The first meeting is scheduled for Sept. 29 in Room 147.

–Bianca Cegatte and Anthony Suarez

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Enrollment causes larger class sizes Maria Roberts News Editor The first thing you notice is the noise.

Every person seems to be screaming, shouting at the top of their lungs. The next thing is the heat, the sweltering and all-consuming heat that radiates from the dozens of bodies shouting back and forth. Lastly, once you’ve covered your ears and wiped sweat from your eyes, you look around and find the end of the lunch line.

During B Lunch, the line backs into the cafeteria doors, threatening to leak into the H Patio. Here, the increase in enrollment is evident.

It’s evident in the students cutting each other in line, in the noise that reverberates off the ceiling, in the time it takes to get to the front of the lunch line.

10 minutes.

It usually takes junior Brianna Hull and senior Christina Loomis 10 minutes to wait in line for their lunch. But today, in 10 minutes, they have not moved one step forward, but three steps back.

They wait and wait and wait, but as more students cut the line, the front of the line seems farther away.

There are about 700 people in B Lunch. Last year, there were about 650.

Loomis tries to keep herself and Hull distracted with conversation. “It makes the line go faster” she said.

According to Hull, even after waiting in the line, having time to eat lunch can be questionable.

“15 minutes in line 16 [being served],” she said.

“And five minutes to eat,” Loomis finished for her friend.

Cutting seems to be the norm in a cafeteria bursting with students as the line ahead gets longer, and Hull and Loomis have to step back. After 10 minutes, Loomis points to the middle of the line. “There was a group of four guys in front of us. Now we can’t see them.”

Loomis and Hull, along with the rest of the students in B lunch, have to wait for lunch every day in a longer line because of higher enrollment.

10 seniors qualify for National Merit Scholarship

According to Assistant Principal for Traditional Curriculum Kysha Herald, there were 1,940 students enrolled at Hillsborough as of the Day 5 count. The school can only hold 60 more students until it’s filled to capacity.

Last year, there were 1,860 students at most. At the beginning of this year, there were 1,870. In the next few weeks, hundreds of students began to enroll.

“I don’t know why this happened, but it seems to be the same in other schools,” said Herald. A possible reason for the inundation of students could be the migration of families into this district.

Although the problem may not have an explanation, it still needs a solution.

T-Payroll for teachers may be the answer, explained Herald. At the moment, teachers teach for six periods and have a seventh period for planning. To compensate for the extra students, some teachers surrender their planning period and will be paid compensation.

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students projected to be at Hillsborough on Day 20

With each earning at least a score of 211 on the PSAT/NMSQT, 10 Hillsborough seniors qualified for the prestigious National Merit Scholarship this month.

The semi-finalists will now have to maintain good grades and submit an SAT score in order

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to be considered for the scholarship of $2,500 awarded to finalists. The finalists will be announced in late March 2015.

The qualifying seniors are Devan Adhia, Garrett Andrews, Erik Ekendiz, Katherine Jones, Alexandra Lutton, Christina Maldonado,

Hayley McAleese, Derek Otis, Ravi Patel and Samantha Votzke.

Of about 1.5 million juniors who take the PSAT each year, only about 16,000 students are chosen as semifinalists.

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On the catwalk Dana Dinh Sports Editor Move over elderly women. The title “crazy cat lady” is no longer reserved for senior citizens.

Sophomore Alaina Thomas volunteers as a foster parent for kittens from the Humane Society of Tampa Bay (HSTB) in addition to owning two cats of her own. There are currently four cats residing in her home.

Through the foster program, animal loving volunteers like Thomas take in dogs or cats that are too young to be adopted.

“I want to say I’m [fostering kittens to help] the Humane Society, but it’s really for me.”

-Alaina Thomas, 10 “[The kittens] have to be eight weeks old or at least two pounds to be adopted,” Thomas said. “If someone doesn’t take them in, they die.”

Animal foster parents must be at least 18 years old, so students interested in participating in the program must have an adult register on their behalf.

Volunteers at the HSTB must be at least 16 years old.

Thomas was extremely excited about taking in the kittens. While she’d wanted a kitten for a while, Thomas already had a cat and her parents had some reservations: more cats could be costly.

“I want to say I’m [fostering kittens to help] the Humane Society, but it’s really for me,” Thomas said.

She’s always been an “animal person,” but cats are her favorite.

When she took her first foster cat home last month, the kitten was the size of her hand and had to stay confined to one room in her house.

Last week, Thomas was supposed to return the kitten to the Humane Society, but she couldn’t bear to give up her “baby.”

According to Thomas, volunteers often end up as “foster failures,” adopting the animals instead of bringing them back to the HSTB.

Alaina Thomas and two of her new charges. The kitten “paws” for the photographer. (Photos by Alyssa Ierna)

John Lawrence

Alaina Thomas

These sophomores find creative and unique ways to complete service hour requirements Bianca Cegatte Staff Writer Bright lights, hairspray and glitter covered the auditorium as sophomore John Lawrence and student volunteers ran around setting up for Fashion X-press’s first fashion show.

Lawrence, eager to get on stage, had his hair styled by volunteers from Paul Mitchell’s School of Tampa who came in and did each of the models’ hair and makeup.

“I was actually the one that got the hook-up on that,” said Lawrence, “I used to get my haircut at the Paul Mitchell School in Tampa so I got [their] card.”

With hair and makeup on point, Lawrence and other volunteer models strutted down the “ r u n w a y ”, some showing off formal wear

that was made available for donation at the end of the show to both Hillsborough and Memorial students unable to afford outfits for school dances.

At the end of the show, interested students spoke to Athletic Secretary Anne-Marie Manning to sign-up for the outfit of their choice. The event went on from 3 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.

“It was an extremely fun and easy way to help out and get volunteer hours,” Lawrence said.

Much like other high-schoolers, Lawrence is always busy with grades and after-school organizations. Volunteer hours weren’t number one on his list of things to worry about.

Luckily, Lawrence was initally approached by Manning, who was coordinating the show at the time, and, according to Lawrence, was intrigued by his hair.

While prepping, Lawrence had to come to three rehearsals, each about two hours long, where he learned when to enter, where to walk, as well as decided what outfits they were going to exhibit.

Those who didn’t want to model in the show also had the opportunity to help out by working lights and props or helping with staging and lineup.

Interested in modeling in this year’s fashion show?

See Andrea Ellis in Room 307 for information.

(Photo by Bianca Cegatte)

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Cooking well-Dunn “He taught me most of what I Dana Dinh know,” Dunn said.

Sports Editor From Menard, Dunn learned The sound of clanking dishes and shouting cooks reverberated how to “treat people with respect throughout the kitchen. The vari- while demanding the best out of ous appliances and hot dishwater them.” Menard taught him that made the room incredibly warm. screaming at people doesn’t lead Standing by the sink was 15-year- to results, but building them up to old Dalton Dunn, elbow deep in their full potential does.

Though Dunn loves cooking, hot, soapy water and dirty dishes, working hard to pay bills and sup- he majored in psychology and wants to get his doctorate in cliniport himself.

He’s been in the kitchen since, cal psychology. He aspires to be working as a chef and helping published one day, but until then open restaurants. By age 21, he “food is a great way to anyone’s helped open three restaurants. heart.”

For years, Dunn “watched Now, he is the new culinary people work really teacher in the 400 “It’s not only that I hard and not get hall. “[Cooking is] get to teach. I get anywhere” because they didn’t have a fun. It’s hard work, to be in the kitchen. good education. but it’s worth it,” Dunn said. “I’ve Those are two of the He was inspired by made so many coolest things out others’ lack of opportunity to study connections [while there.” hard and become working in the cu- Dalton Dunn an educator. linary field].”

Teaching beDunn had many interesting experiences came “second nature” to Dunn while he worked at restaurants. once he learned to have patience One time, someone came into the and appreciate the unique qualikitchen, yelling, and started chas- ties in everyone, especially his ing the dishwasher. The man had students. “[Hillsborough’s] student lost his phone and used the GPS body is great. There are many to track it to the kitchen.

“The [dishwasher] was only goofy people [who make] teach4-foot-9, and spoke no English,” ing more fun,” Dunn said.

Dunn was surprised to learn Dunn said. The dishwasher didn’t understand that the man was ac- that not only does he excel at both cusing him of theft, and someone teaching and cooking, but that the needed to translate for him. As it two go “hand in hand.”

“It’s not only that I get to teach. turns out, the man had dropped the phone on the street and the I get to be in the kitchen,” Dunn dishwasher picked it up, “not said. “Those are two of the coolest things out there.” thinking anything of it.”

One of Dunn’s greatest role models is Yves Menard, the head chef and owner at Dunn’s first kitchen job.

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Culinary ats teacher Dalton Dunn wraps up his fourth period class with a discussion on the art of cooking. This is Dunn’s first year of teaching at Hillsborough.

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Better effort needed to diversify clubs

editorial

The first club fair of the year has already come and gone, and as usual, many clubs are exclusively IB or traditional,with seemingly little effort to diversify being made.

Clubs at Hillsborough are a big deal; we devote a full day to them each month. They allow students to meet peers who share their interests and provide opportunities for getting involved in our community and our school. The biggest flaw in the club system, however, is seperation of IB and traditional students.

Some clubs cross all grades, both IB and traditional, these are mainly honor societies and service clubs that work to make sure they have equal opportunity for membership. Other clubs have hair-splitting requirements to join. For some clubs you have to be in a certain teachers’ class to join. While it is reasonable to say that large clubs can be tough to manage, we should still have an open system.

How can we foster a sense of unity and Terrier pride if we are divided as a school when it comes to clubs?

The division between IB and traditional is not only inside but outside of class. Many clubs are entirely IB, in order to keep smaller numbers or simply due to laziness of IB students to reach out to traditional students. IB students often don’t feel like going out of their way to find traditional members. They don’t want to step out of their comfort zone to pass out flyers after school. Often, students from both sides simply don’t have the time to

seek out traditional or IB members.

Club officers should reach out to all students at Hillsborough, even if it means stepping out of a comfort zone. If a club is about sharing in a love of science or art or math, that love should be shared with as many students as possible. It wouldn’t make sense that a club created to help the community, wouldn’t want as many helping hands as possible.

How can we foster a sense of unity and Terrier pride if we are divided as a school when it comes to clubs?

Another reason for the segregation is the inconvenience of the club fair for many officers. During lunches the club officers have to either skip class or pack up their booth when the bell rings. This is an issue for IB officers.

Ultimately, the club fair system has to be changed.

Instead of using students’ lunch period to advertise clubs, a true “fair” should be held in the gym during a chunk of the day. Club officers would be allowed to stay for the entirety and students could be released from class by floors to browse the options. It may be more work for administration, but something more accessi-

Giving ALS the cold shoulder Despite the participation of students, administrators and faculty, some Terriers reject the Ice Bucket Challenge The Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Ice Bucket Challenge is a viral phenomenon, absolutely dominating social media for the last two months or so.

Once nominated, there are two options: Donate $100 to the ALS Association or dump a bucket of ice water on your head and post the video online.

The challenge has raised $113.6 million from July 29 to Sept. 16 to go towards research for a cure to the neurodegenerative disease, but as the challenge’s online presence grew, so did criticism towards it.

Graphic by Annie Aguiar

“It’s like a chain email; ‘you have to forward it!’ No, you don’t. It’s peer pressure; you’re being forced to do things by others.”

–Allison Snow, 10

ble to all students would help to bridge the gap between IB and traditional students.

It’s easy to critique the club system and lack of action later in the year when clubs slip into mere bagel eating gatherings, but clubs are starting on a weak foundation when the membership system is broken. It’s no surprise that clubs struggle during the year to cajole student members to show up for events in and out of school, when the same dozens of IB students are in all the clubs.

If we want to see change and diversity in our club system, we need to change the way we recruit.

It won’t be easy; members of our own staff who are officers are offenders, not reaching out during traditional periods to recruit traditional students.

Despite the different bell schedules and lunch periods, students should have the opportunity to be united by shared interests and the club system should foster such relationships. No student should be denied the opportunity to meet students with similar interests or to learn something new, because they aren’t IB or they aren’t traditional or they took a different class. Clubs are capable of bringing us closer as a school, but unless changes are made,they only segregate us further.

Clubs are the key to realizing the long-stated and little worked-at goal of uniting IB and traditional programs at Hillsborough. Changes are due for next year and it’s time we made an effort to include every person on club day.

“I’m not going to donate money and I think it’s safe to say that when something has been a global trend on Twitter for like three weeks straight, awareness has already been raised.”

–Jacob Kirchheimer, 10

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Are the new bathroom vests worth it?

When you find yourself half asleep and bored out of your mind in a class you rely on your handy dandy hall pass.

Even if it’s just for five minutes, a quick break from class promises a refreshed brain and some time to breathe.

At the time, it may seem like a much better alternative than forcing yourself to listen to another word in that dreaded class, but by the time your break is over and you’ve returned, you realize those five minutes have left you way more confused than you were before.

Teachers and staff have clearly realized the harm these passes have caused to our education and are trying to reverse the damage by replacing our beloved paper passes with vibrant new vests. “It’s a simple way to identify students out of class,” said Principal Johan von Ancken.

W h e n the vests were first introduced, t h e y were supposed to help enforce the last

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rule of our newly established “Terrier Commitment,” hung on the walls of every classroom: “Increase your learning by limiting the need for hall passes.”

The new fluorescent vests make it difficult for students to skip classes,; “With a vest, they’re nice and bright, so you can see who’s excused from a distance but with a pass you have to actually ask for it,” said history teacher Michael Mikulec.

If we’re really being honest with ourselves, these vests are exactly what we need.

“There is the student’s task and the teacher’s task,” said Kysha Herald, assistant principal of Curriculum.“The teacher’s task is to keep the student so engrossed and involved that they will want to stay in the class. The student’s task is to respect the teacher and themselves enough to stay in the class and learn.” The vests are supposed to make it easier for us to follow through on our “task.”

I’ll admit that the vests aren’t the most attractive of fashion statements, but the fact of the matter is that they are effective in helping us succeed in our education.

So, if all I have to do is cope with looking like a traffic cone for a couple minutes in order to use the bathroom, then so be it.

-Bianca Cegatte

The new policy requiring students to wear the neon yellow vests while going to the bathroom is just an overall bad idea.

They make students look ridiculous. The school could have at least bought a more flattering color, except they had to go with neon yellow. Pretty much any other color would have been better: red, orange, blue, green, purple or even pink. Yellow has got to be one of the most unflattering colors known to man.

Besides the fact that they make us look like a walking highlighter, they are totally unsanitary.

While in the bathroom, you touch things that have millions of different types of germs and other, um, matter, not to mention the ones floating through the air. While you can wash your hands to prevent the spread of germs to other classmates, you cannot clean the vest, which gets passed from person to person.

Another thing is that the school is going to have to replace the vests as they wear down. Each vest costs the school $1.83. The school bought 300, according to Principal Johan von Ancken.

You do the math, and you get $549. That is $549 the school could spend on something that could have gone to something

Junior Nick Hardesty models “The Diaper.” Check out hhstoday.com for eight more ways to wear your vest.

else that would have been more worthwhile to us as students. It could and should have gone to something like sports, supplies, computers, copy machines and other useful things for us.

Instead of adding the vest, administration would rather just start checking passes of students. In my two years of school at Hillsborough, I have never once been asked for my pass or even looked at suspiciously when walking through the halls. If teachers started to check passes, it would eliminate the need for the vests, because people would not be skipping as much due to the fact that they know they will get caught. Going along with this, the people who would leave class without a pass before the vests to skip, are not going to magically stop when t h e v e s t s are introduced.

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For more information on the HHFK Act and new lunch standards, VISIT fns.usda.gov/healthierschoolday

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Calories: 160 Total Fat: 10g

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Calories: 140 Total Fat: 3.5g Gluten Free 0 grams Trans Fat

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“[The new vending machines] are good. It has all the right stuff everyone needed.”

–Deandre Dunbar, 10

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Calories: 380 (for two) Total Fat: 9g

“[Lunch] kind of tastes funny. It’s good that it’s supposed to be healthy and not bad for you though.”

NEW SNACK: Buzzstrong’s Whole Grain Chocolate Chip Cookies

Calories: 160 Total Fat: 4g

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“I know [the new snacks] are better for us, but it’s going to take time for us to get used to it. I just don’t like the small Gatorades.”

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Since healthier standards for lunch items have been introduced steadily within the past several years, the alterations were not met with heavy resistance from students. But, a change that has struck a chord with students is the reduced portion sizes.

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According to HHS student nutrition manager Judy Harrison, changes on campus are mostly focused on lowering sodium and increasing offerings of whole grain-rich foods. But, striving to improve the health of students has its challenges, for the high prices of these menu revisions have been troublesome to deal with.

“We started about 10 years ago, [transitioning] from white to whole wheat bread,” Harrison said. “But the cost [of wheat bread] is much more expensive.”

Bread isn’t the only item increasing in price after undergoing changes; fruits and vegetables are culprits as well. Students are encouraged to fill up on fresh fruits and vegetables instead of high-so-

Sitting with a group of friends during C Lunch, junior Michael O’Rourke exclaimed, “They’re underfeeding us! It’s ridiculous.”

However, according to Harrison, students’ complaints of being underfed are far more attributable to long-term habits than the recent changes in meal sizes, citing a phenomenon called “portion distortion.”

“For so many years, people have been eating much more than they need to, leading to a large overweight population, diabetes and other diseases linked to being overweight,” Harrison said. “It also makes it seem like we’re underfeeding them.”

Regardless, the school’s lunchroom staff operates under guidelines provided by the HHFK act, and cannot stray from instructions given.

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A decade of progress

dium high-fat foods, but that comes with significant economic issues.

“Anytime you serve something fresh, the cost immediately goes up,” Harrison said.

To compensate for price increases associated with healthier items, the lunchroom staff has employed several “cost motives,” such as removing chocolate and strawberry milk as menu options, now only offering low-fat white milk.

Although it hasn’t been well-received by students, in the face of rising costs, it had to be done.

Alleviating some strains from higherpriced ingredients is the “6-cent rule,” implemented alongside the HHFK Act. The rule reimburses schools an additional 6 cents for each lunch served meeting the new meal standards.

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childhood hunger and reduce obesity.

New standards have been provided for meals, putting emphasis on the need to increase offerings of fruits, vegetables and whole grain, while limiting fats, added sugars and sodium. Although the updated standards have been in effect since 2012, changes have been “phased in” over the past three years to make it easier for schools to comply.

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Along with changes to the school lunch menu, several vending machine items have been replaced with healthier options. See below for the changes:

Serving up new standards Kathy Xie News Editor It’s been stigmatized, branded, made an American icon by books and movies alike.

A pile of green mush upon a Styrofoam tray, surrounded by a crowd of semi-horrified kids asking questions and egging each other on— “What even is that?” “I’m pretty sure it just moved.”

“Come on, I dare you to eat it.”

Oh, the glorious paragon of public education: school lunches.

Thankfully, school meals outside the pop culture realm are neither grotesquely discolored nor capable of crawling off the table on its own accord. However, in recent years, the problem of obesity among this generation has prompted some significant changes to school lunch menus across the country.

In response to the epidemic, First Lady Michelle Obama created the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids (HHFK) Act in 2010 to improve nutrition in school breakfast and lunch programs nationwide.

The law is intended to transform the school food environment to combat

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where are they now?

Alumna finds success

Aliece Brown and Toni Skraastad Staff Writers From dancing in a small studio in Tampa to becoming a Dancerette to advancing to the Denver Broncos Cheerleading squad, Gioia Bartalo is an HHS success story.

At 2½, Bartalo began her life-long love for dance. She eventually joined Dancerettes, where she remained for the

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rest of her high school career. In her junior year, Bartalo became captain and one of the official go-to ladies of the team.

“We were responsible for keeping the Dancerettes afloat,” said Bartalo, a 2010 graduate.

While Danielle Cole, the coach at the time, taught students over at Memorial Middle School, Bartalo and co-captain Marissa Aron had to step up and h e l p carr y

the team.

“Gioia made us remember why we loved dancing,” Aron said. Friend Allison Briggs said that Bartalo was “outgoing and charismatic.”

Between finding music and choreographing for dance numbers, Bartalo also was a staff member on the Hilsborean yearbook and had to maintain her grades as an IB student.

Although she was working her way towards an IB diploma, current Dancerette coach Linda Wilson added that “She cared more about journalism and dancing instead of schoolwork.”

Bartalo said Dancerettes were “more than just a club.” Her four years on the team created long-lasting friendships and prepared her for a big step in her dancing career -- becoming a Denver Broncos Cheerleader. “[Auditions] were hands down the most intense thing,” said Bartalo, who moved to Denver this year after graduating from the University of Central Florida. The auditions lasted for a week, including the preliminary, semifinal and final rounds.

By the second day the original 200 girls had been cut down to 100.

Everyone that hoped to make the squad spent the week learning techniques, taking fitness classes and testing their knowledge of both general football know-how and Broncos history.

Bartalo, who was familiar to the area thanks to her father, who played football for Colorado State University, advanced to the final audition.

From there, the intensity continued. The remaining 50 girls were interviewed by judges, and another routine was performed. Along with the routines, the finalists had to improvise during certain parts of their dances.

Following the final round, all the girls were to wait in a small room while judges evaluated their performances to see who would make the team. After a period of time, the director of the squad came into the room, and had the girls sit in a circle.

“We all prayed and worried,” Bartalo recalled. Twenty-six names were called.

She was No. 26.

Photo provided by Robert Hawthorne/Denver Broncos

That’s how they Four wheeled wooden vehicles dot the H Patio, senior lot and the rest of campus.

From left: “It’s actually just another thing I want to do when I grow up. I want to be a pro skater,” freshman Emmanuel Strong said (pictured here doing a kick flip);

Tate Stewart, a sophomore, explained that skateboarding is a faster way to get home, even though it was difficult at first to pick up; freshman James Bennett also agreed that skateboarding provides a fast and easy way to get home.

Photos by Aleesha Mundra

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Family bonding isn’t a joke

Annie Aguiar Opinion Editor Her least favorite part is the makeup.

The topcoat goes on first, followed by the greasy white Mehron face paint that sophomore Cheyanna Worthington’s family uses. “Most clowns don’t like the feeling of the grease on their skin,” Worthington said.

She’s still learning how to apply it herself, so for now her mother does it for her. Her mother’s been painting faces for years; Worthington’s parents met at Busch Gardens while her mother was a face-painter and her father was performing.

After the makeup, Worthington dons her colorful costume. The red, white and black jumpsuit goes on along with a baggy long-sleeved shirt and black-and-white checkered knee high Converse. Her hair is tucked under a short blue wig and her nose is replaced with a big red one.

Once everything is in place, Worthington becomes Lily Stitch, and she’s ready to perform. *** “My outfit is made from scratch, and so is my dad’s. We adopted the name Stitch Family Clowns because we stitch our own outfits,” Worthington said of the Tampa-based family clown group’s name.

The Worthington family has been clowning around for multiple generations. Her father, Eric Worthington, AKA Papa Stitch, got his first clown outfit at age 13 after teaching himself to blow up balloons. His uncle sold him all of his clown makeup, and Eric’s been doing it ever since.

Eric, also a Sunday school teacher at Oak Park Baptist Church, drives a van called the Ministry Machine around Tampa, sometimes even picking up his daughter from school in the painted vehicle. “Everyone at school knows that it’s me,” Cheyanna said.

The Stitch Family Clowns incorporate their religious side during their performances. “We like to share the gospel while we do it,” according to Cheyanna. “Before a performance, when we’re in the car, we always pray before we go. We always pray before.”

The Worthingtons perform at events with bounce houses, hula hoops, face painting, balloons, character costumes like Scooby Doo and performance magic in tow.

“I’ve been cut in half, I’ve disappeared from boxes, I’ve reappeared from boxes, I’ve been floated in mid-air, I’ve been dropped in mid-air, I’ve been set on fire,” Cheyanna

said of the magic with a laugh.

But the Stitch Family Clowns, now consisting of Cheyanna and her parents, only perform as a group. “If you call us for face paint, we don’t do it,” Eric said. “If you call us for balloons, we don’t do it. We do it as a family, or we don’t do it.”

But the Stitches now have a hole; Cheyanna’s brother will no longer perform with the rest of his family. Before the school year started, the Worthingtons brought him to college. “It’s really sad because we all have fun when we’re together,” Cheyanna said of her brother’s leaving.

But a patch is already in the works for the Stitch Family Clowns, according to Cheyanna. “It’ll keep going. We’re training my little cousin Jordan, he’s going to be Jojo the clown.” *** Even though she doesn’t like the makeup itself, Cheyanna loves the freedom of being someone else with it on.

“You don’t have to worry about not being yourself. You can just be your character and goof around and have fun.”

At the end of the day, Cheyanna washes off her face makeup with baby oil in the bathroom of her house in about two minutes. Since she’s only a half-face clown, it doesn’t take as long to wash it off as it does for her father, who completely covers his face with the white paint.

But to her, the look isn’t everything about what she does.

“Being a clown is more than just putting on a costume and makeup.

It’s about having fun.”

TAKE 5

with a terrier

Senior Hailey Munro was randomly chosen to answer questions about herself

do you have any pets?

Munro has a “cat and a dog. And a brother.” If she could have any pet, Munro would want a tiger because they’re “like, beautiful.” do you do any sports or extracurricular activities?

“I mean I’m in ROTC and I like sleeping … that’s my extracurricular activity.” This is Munro’s fourth year in the ROTC (Reserve Officers’ Training Corps) program. She aspires to join the Navy after graduation. how many football games have you gone to this year so far?

“Every single one of them. My twin [John Munro] is on the football team, so I gotta go.” what are your plans after high school?

“Join the Navy. And become a nurse.”

As a child however, Munro’s dream job was to become a veterinarian. are you excited to graduate?

“266 more days.”

-Amber Shemesh

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We’ve ‘Seen It All’ before Anthony Suarez Album Review The most disappointing thing about “Seen It All: The Autobiography” is its wasted potential. Since Jeezy dropped the “Young” from his name, I’ve expected greater things from him other than pure “coke rap,” yet that’s almost all he delivers on this album.

The title suggests this album will be an introspective piece that tells the story of Jeezy’s life as a drug dealer, yet all he succeeds in is creating hood anthem after hood anthem.

I was misguided in expecting anything more from Jeezy other than what he does best: declaring himself as a product of the streets. Jeezy definitely succeeds here in perpetuating that idea; which he first presented in his debut, 2001’s

“Let’s Get It: Thug Motivation 101.”

The first eight tracks of this album all sound about the same, with rehashes of the same concepts. A handful of tracks are an assortment of half-hearted love songs for cars as well as for women. A Win is a Win, a track that is the equivalent of a victory lap, while somewhat deserved for a long and successful career, can’t stand on its own.

The only real standout is the title track, with a career-quality feature from Jay Z and a comprehensive story that blends the pasts of Jeezy and Jay Z seamlessly.

If pure Jeezy is what you’re looking for, by all means listen to and enjoy this album, but if you were looking for a true autobiography like I was, prepare to be sorely disappointed.

WAR OF THE WORDS Dana Dinh and Alyssa Ierna Sports Editor and Opinion Editor

Looking for Alaska

“It “ is i a goodd story about b goodd friends overcoming a tragic event.

I don’t think people should try to prevent us from reading it.”

-Audrey Whitaker, 9

“This book helps people understand more about the whole s situation that Anne Frank was in and how hard it was for her.”

-Kathleen Loomis, 10

Diary of Anne Frank

‘Souled Out’ should be sold out Vijata Patel Album Review I used to wonder what total happiness would feel like. After listening to Jhene Aiko’s debut album “Souled Out,” I know.

The nature of her voice combined with the electro and PBR&B (alternative R&B) instrumentals gives the album a perfect juxtaposition. I feel like someone has dropped me onto another planet and left me to be pampered by an alien life force and then brought back to Earth to tell others to take the trip (I’m not talking about drugs, there is nothing psychedelic about this album).

The entire album is based off the concept of complementing her voice in order to emphasize it. It would be easy to drown out her soothing voice with overproduction.

The album’s only fault is its monotony. No, not all albums need to be super-catchy and upbeat, but they should be slightly diverse in order to keep things interesting. This is the type of album you listen to when you’re driving late at night and want to relax, or maybe you’re doing homework and want something to listen to while you study.

While it may not sound attention grabbing, it is captivating in the sense that you want to hear what she’s saying. Aiko is known for her lyrical capabilities and her ability to make music an intimate experience.

There are many memorable lines such as, “I wish your mother loved you like I could’ve, that way you would’ve known how to love a woman,” in Lyin’ King.

Let yourself fall into a sweet abyss and listen to this album.

National Banned Book Week is Sept. 21-27. The annual awareness campaign encourages people to celebrate the freedom to read what they want and discourage the banning of books. Fight for your rights with these titles.

Paper Towns

“John Green is amazing. It’s a really good story– all of his books are great. They all have something we can all relate to.”

-Yuleydis Estrada, 12

“The book is something that teenagers can relate to. It shows that life isn’t just rainbows and sunshine.”

-Aradia Vargas, 11

Perks of Being a Wallflower

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The flicks of Flix

A brand new

WHO

Shelby Shoup and Vijata Patel Entertainment Editors

“A Touch of Sin”

“American Psycho”

Drama

Horror

“Amelie”

Foreign A lonely woman sets out on a journey to bring happiness to all those around her.

Four unrelated characters battle the struggles of life as Chinese lower class citizens.

“Pulp Fiction” Action

This cult classic follows the various narritive ties of the characters involved in several crimes.

“Ferris Bueller”

Founded in 1997 by entreprenuer Marc Randolph, Netflix originally specialized in a subscription-based digital distribution service.

But with the rise of online streaming and the decline of cable television, it is now utilized as a main source of television content for teenagers nationwide. Although Netflix is a great resource for watching television, many of its hidden gems are actually movies. Here are a few of Netflix’s hidden gems to watch during your next binge-watching session.

Classic

A Wall Street businessman lives a double life as a serial killer.

“The Talented Mr. Ripley” Thriller

An unstable sociopath tries to balance a double-life as himself and as a serial killer.

“Gimme the Loot” Comedy

“Stuck in Love” Rom-com

A father struggles with his divorce, a promiscuous daughter finds love, and a son learns to rebel.

Three high schoolers skip school for a day of wild antics while avoiding their principal.

Ivy Bennett-Ford News Editor The Doctor does not use a stethoscope or check your blood pressure. Instead, he periodically regenerates, travels through space in time in a bright blue police box and conceals his true name from the entire universe.

The latest season of BBC’s Doctor Who has just graced the world with its return to television after a ten month hiatus.

The BBC’s chronicle of the time traveler is often coined as campy, or “goofy,” according to junior Michael O’Rourke, but that hasn’t prevented Hillsborough’s students from enjoying it for a jolly time through the cosmos and television.

The past three doctors have been younger than ever, and more attractive. This definitely contributed the show’s appeal for many. The new doctor, played by Peter Capaldi, has gray hair.

“I wanted him to be more like Matt Smith or David Tennant,” said senior Hannah Barone. She wasn’t the only one to be slightly put out by Capaldi’s hoary appearance.

While some might find his appearance disappointing, Capaldi’s initial persona is compelling and a little grim. This plays along with the rest of the show, Who’s world is white-knuckling it through terrifyingly dark situations.

“There hasn’t been enough Peter Capaldi to know, but at the moment I like how dark the show has been,” O’Rourke said.

Co-star and companion Jenna Coleman completes the team with Capaldi. However, the age difference is striking: Coleman is young, witty and ballsy, while Capaldi initially comes off as a doddering old man. Admittedly, he plays it well, though by the end of the first episode he has returned to a semblance of his former vivacious self.

“He seems to be more serious.”

Two graffiti artists race against the rival graffiti-gang to tag the Mets’ home run ball first.

Illustrations by Shelby Shoup and Vijata Patel

-Kate Jones, 12

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Captains unite crew team

Monisha Pillai Staff Writer “On three! One ... two … three!”

A collective cheer arose from the boathouse at Julian B. Lane Riverfront Park. The sky was beginning to darken and the members were exhausted, but they managed to retain their school spirit for the end of practice. “Go Big Red!” The crew team has a penchant for long lasting traditions, such as their end-of-practice cheer. However, big changes have come for the team as of late.

In response to the instructions of a new coach, the team’s first set of official captains since 2011 have been elected.

“I think the captains are going to bring us together.”

- Cameron Fishback, 10 This new approach is intended to organize the team, bring members together and encourage the progress of the rowers.

The captains are seniors Maria Roberts, Christina Christie, Brandon Mahoney and Max Hernandez.

Christie emphasized the importance of bringing the team together.

“Previously, [the team] didn’t have as much unity.

Now, there’s more responsibility as a captain to include everyone,” Christie said. “We always invite the novices to Taco Tuesday. We also have a new system of Bigs and Littles.”

Both activities are intended to facilitate a sense of openness and comfort among crew members. Taco Tuesday is a team favorite; most members meet at Tijuana Flats after pratice to share beef and bean tacos. In Bigs and Littles, each novice is paired with a varsity member for advice and guidance.

Other crew members expressed their happiness with the outcome of the elections.

“I think the captains are going to bring us together,” sophomore Cameron Fishback said.

Agreeing with Fishback, sophomore Cassidy Bull said, “All the captains are really dedicated and I think they will work well together.”

“It doesn’t feel much different to me,” boys captain Hernandez said. “As a senior, I’m always getting [things] done anyway. If coach needs someone to watch the novices, we’re already doing that.”

Swim team treasures traditions

Suparna Narayan Staff Writer The silence was overwhelming as the anticipation started to build. Both the team and the audience waited with bated breath for the final score. The girls’ loss, which had been announced earlier, left the team unhappy and anxious. “Boys: Hillsborough 91, Sickles 90.” Without warning, the team ran to the edge of the pool and prepared for a favorite team tradition.

Prior to every meet, the team launches into stretches and traditions immediately when practice starts. While the team usually practices together on the pool deck, on rainy days girls and boys warm up in their appropriate locker room. The shouts of girls counting to their stretches are met with loud bellows from the boy’s locker room,echoing back the numbers that count the length of each stretch.

Junior captain Connor Knauer explained, “Swim team traditions are great, they make us feel like a family.” Even the lesser-known tradition such as singing the

national anthem in the boys’ locker room during stretches are thought of as an important part of initiating new members.

Spaghetti dinners before meets are the heart of swim team traditions. Swimmers congregate at a team member’s house and bond over spaghetti, homework, and games. “[Spaghetti dinners] are a lot of fun and they hype you up for the meet,” said sophomore Fitzhugh Rawls. Traditions are even ingrained within the spaghetti dinners, as it is considered bad luck for any swimmer

“I think without the traditions, you can’t really call us the Hillsborough High School swim team.”

- Riki O’ Byrne, 11 to step foot in the pool of the host.

While spaghetti dinners are a favorite tradition for most, the tradition that best personifies the team is the storming of the kiddie pirate ship that sails the chlorine

seas of Copeland Community Pool. After every meet, win or lose, the team pushes Coach Tom Paloumpis into the deep end of the pool. Then the swimmers jump -seniors first, then juniors, all the way to freshmen, all in a frenzy to be the first on the deck of the pirate ship. Being a senior is considered an honor on the swim team and the members wait to become seniors so they can jump in first, and get the best spot.

“I think it’s nice that whether we win or lose, we have something fun and team spirited to do after the meet,” senior Jade Reppenhagen said.

Paloumpis is currently in his twentieth year of coaching the Hillsborough team and still loves every minute of it. “The most important tradition I’ve ever created in my time here is giving people a chance; everyone who joins the swim team gets a chance to learn and do,” said Paloumpis.

Junior Riki O’ Byrne said, “I think without the traditions, you can’t really call us the Hillsborough High School swim team.”

Above left: After the meet against Sickles, the swim and dive team hurries to the pirate ship at Copeland Community Pool. Every home meet ends with the team standing atop the ship and chanting, “Hillsborough, you know!” Right: Before the meet, sophomores Maddy Dhondt, Sabrina Chang, Lydia Bicknell and Hailey Dansby stretch their calves in the locker room. (Photos by Suparna Narayan)

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Cross country struggles to keep pace With barely enough runners recruited to field an official team, the girls team is trying to make up for the lost summer training and conditioning Matt Lutton Staff Writer This time last year, the Terriers cross country team had four months of training and preparation under its belt. Right now, it barely has enough girls to field a team.

A combination of graduating members and lack of interest have left the team scrambling to recruit girl runners.

Coming into the school year, there were only two girls on the team. Since then, four more have joined, meeting the five-person team minimum set by the Florida High School Athletics Association and National Federation of State High School Associations.

However, inexperience and lack of practice time will make reaching regionals as a team highly unlikely for this year. To qualify for the regional meet, the team must be one

of the top three teams at the district meet in late October.

Most schools begin running and working out early in the summer. “It takes time to get in shape,” senior Gaby Arfaras said. “It’s pushing it if you don’t [run over summer].” A third-year runner and first year team captain, Arfaras is one of only two returning girls, and she is the only one that worked out with the team over summer. This will put the girls team at a huge disadvantage for the meets.

Sophomore Sophie Whitworth knows how difficult it can be as a new runner when everyone else has more experience and training.

“It’s kind of intimidating because everybody else is better than you,” Whitworth said. “The more practices you go to the better you get and the easier it becomes, but in the beginning the meets are going

to be really hard.”

The second meet of the season was the first competitive race for some girl runners. Junior Jada Sanchez and sophomore Mary Van Osdol ran in their first meet ever at the West Hillsborough Invitational Sept. 10.

“I think I did OK [considering it was my first meet],” Sanchez said.

“I could have done better under the circumstances, but I did what I had to do.”

“They went out and ran their hardest,” Coach Arturo Salow said of the new runners. “[I just want everyone] to keep improving, for everyone to get out there and put in their best and improve on their personal best.”

Arfaras was a little more critical of the team’s performance: “It was definitely an eye opener that we need to push ourselves harder.”

Top: Junior Nick Pham finishes his race at the West Hillsborough Invitational. Pham finished in 40th place with a time of 23:25. Bottom: Junior Jada Sanchez crosses the finish line at the West Hillsborough Invitational. Sanchez finished in 50th place with a time of 29:56. (Photos

by Jessica Thornton)

Lower golf scores may be linked to lower grades Denzel Pierre Staff Writer The golf team leaves for its matches at close to 1 p.m. during the day, leaving theplayers missing a large portion of the time they should be in school working.

This seems like a simple problem to solve: hold the matches later in the day. But for the golf team, it turns out that a solution to missing class is not so clear.

Daylight is one reason why golf players leave so early for their games. “It’s gotta be lit,” Coach Kenny White said when asked why the game is hosted so early. “They play during the sun.”

Of course, his answer brings up

even more questions: If daylight is the problem, why not simply light the field at night? The expense might be a little high, but it seems reasonable. It turns out though that even if the entire golf team had plenty of daylight, they still wouldn’t be able to play late.

White explained further why the team participated in such early games. “Afternoon tournaments start at 5:30,” said White, the girls golf coach. “They have to be off the course by then.” Even if the adult tournaments later in the afternoon were removed, that doesn’t change the fact that golf is still a time consuming sport.

“It takes 1 1/2 hours to play,” sophomore Olivia Knowlton said.

The time shaved off from their school day can seriously affect their grades. Physics teacher Neal Mobley said that although he supports extracur-

ricular activities, it is hard for the kids who could not attend his class to catch up on school work.

“It does put a burden on the student to keep up,” Mobley said.

Theory of Knowledge teacher Sandra Grudic agreed that golf ’s early schedule could cause student’s grade’s to plummet.

“Sometimes I see them once a week, sometimes two times, sometimes not at all.” This wasn’t the case if the students were proactive about going to her and making sure to complete their late assignments.

“It really depends on the student’s responsibility towards their work.”

Senior Brian Spivak explained that handling the lost class time was possible if proper planning was used. “Teachers really work with your schedule,” Spivak said. “I know I’m not great [at golf], but I just go out there and have some fun.”

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Second chance

From top: 1. The Armwood Hawks attempt to tackle Michael Hampton after he catches a pass thrown by Dwayne Lawson. 2. Hillsborough’s defensive line readies itself to defend against the Hawks offense. The Hawks gained 286 passing and rushing yards. 3. Defensive end Justin Moore blocks an Armwood offensive lineman from advancing downfield. At right: Cornerback Sherrod Darns and defensive end Willie Lanier give chase to the Armwood quarterback.

Armwood completed 9 of 12 attempted passes in the game. (Photos

by Katie Frost)

After a 26-0 loss to Armwood, the football team still controls its own destiny to make the playoffs

Daniel Hamilton Sports Editor Unlike this time last year, when Hillsborough had very small hope at making the playoffs after losses to both Jefferson and Armwood at the beginning of the season, the Terriers more or less control their playoff destiny this season.

The football team is slated to make the playoffs the year after it missed them for the first time since 2009, and only the second time since 1997, the year after head coach Earl Garcia Jr. took the team all the way to the 6A state championship final.

Considering the outcomes of the Jefferson and Armwood games, and the team’s record last year, the Terriers are projected to finish with one loss in district play. Jefferson, who lost to Hillsborough and should lose to Armwood (according to most predictions), is projected to have two losses, placing the Dragons in third, while Armwood, who has defeated Hillsborough and is projected to beat Jefferson, is proj e c te d to have zero losses, placing the Hawks in first.

The biggest competitors from here on out for Hillsborough include undefeated Lennard; Robinson, who held a lead against Jefferson into the second half; and Chamberlain, who nearly defeated the Terriers at 2013 homecoming.

Dwayne Lawson, a senior prostyle quarterback, said the team is

planning on worrying only about what it does.

“We have to take care of business on our part,” Lawson said. “We’re not worried about Jefferson. We’re not worried about Armwood. It’s just about the team.”

Armwood, who is 9-6 against Hillsborough since 2005, did not have much trouble in eliminating any uneasiness they had towards the Terriers.

Hillsborough was unable to capitalize on multiple opportunities, including a yard advantage in the first half, which had the team was ahead of Armwood by 44 yards.

“We just didn’t play very well,” Garcia said. “We made every mental mistake known to man, then invented some.”

The Terriers were 0-for-11 on thirddown conver-

sions, and only converted 2 of 5 attempts for fourth down conversions.

The team also failed to score on their two trips to the Hawks red zone. On the first trip, Lawrence Dawsey missed a 29-yard field goal attempt to end the first half. On the second trip, Hillsborough fought its way to the 9-yard line, then had the game end before backup quarterback Dawsey had a chance to take advantage of on the trip.

Hillsborough failed to match many of the performances displayed in the Jefferson game. The Terriers fell short in pass yards (226-162), completions (23-15), rushing yards (203-82) and touchdowns (5-0).

Despite the drop in stats from the first to the second game, the team statistically played better against Armwood this year, when last year it only managed to advance 103 yards.

On moving forward, Garcia said multiple aspects of the Terriers game must be improved.

“We gotta get smarter,” Garcia said.

“I have to do a better job coaching, and they have to do a better job of playing.

We’ll be OK. We got eight games left.

“The season starts tomorrow,” Garcia said after the Armwood loss.

Lawson says that the rest of the season will go in the Terriers’ favor.

“We’re going to get better,” Lawson said. “We’re going to win every game from here on out.”