Olivia Stickel Portfolio 2016

Olivia Stickel

portfolio 2016

self-anAlitical evaluation When it comes to personality traits, it takes as much as a Netflix ‘recommended for me’ list and a look at my bookshelf to see that I am an ever-changing person. My mind constantly wanders, and looks for new ways to express myself. Finding journalism was a light in the dark for me because it was a way for me to constantly explore new topics and share it with the world.

The life of a journalist isn’t meant for everyone. The work never stops— constant interviews, photography, research, writing, and so on. However, for those people like myself who love learning new things, it’s a dream job.

This semester of school taught me just that. The semester weeded out the uninterested and unproductive students who aren’t ever really going to take the class seriously. The semester shined upon those who really care, who will go to the nth degree just to get the right angle or get out the right quote. I’d like to think I’m one of the latter.

Although this was my first time ever being an editor, and this being my first year at Cactus Shadows, I tried my best to work well with the other students. I feel that I have

achieved that goal, and have made many friends this semester. I know the ins and outs of design and editing, and I love doing the work. I spent a whole class just letting Adamson help me learn InDesign, and I can honestly say that now I can do almost everything in InDesign that is required for this paper without help. As for yearbook, I tried extremely hard to make every editor know that I take the class as seriously as any other class.

I took pictures when no one else would, and took stories no one else would. When the index was thrown up in the air for grabs, no one said anything, so I said I’d do it. I knew this was a perfect opportunity to show everyone that no matter the work, I’ll get it done— even if I’m a newbie.

As for what I have learned this semester on production skills, the best way to explain how much I’ve learned is a lot. Honestly, everything I thought I knew about grammar and mechanics was blown out of the water based on how much I’ve learned in such a short period of time. From when to write out number to when to use a colon instead of a comma, I really learned how to write. I take the usage of vocabulary and grammar seriously because something as simple as using good language gets someone far in life. From what I have learned so far, I will never forget any of it— all of what I’ve learned will be useful for college, my future job, and, really, the better part of my whole life.

The one thing I never knew would be so hard were deadlines. I’ve always had due dates, but they were just for one thing that didn’t always require a team effort. Deadlines are crazy, especially for editors because we have to make sure all of the staff writers have everything done so we can edit our pages and submit them in time. The one thing that I’ll take away from the semester’s deadlines is to not put all of my faith in the staff writers. It was the second deadline when I realized this; I had two staff writers not finish their articles or not change what needed to be done, and I had to finish them myself on production day.

That day was a realization that I needed to expect the least, and keep a watchful eye on those writing for my page.

As a staff writer during a deadline, it is also just as hectic. While the editors are scrambling to get their spreads done, lots of random commands fly around the room at all the staff members to do different tasks. Headlines, captions, missing pictures, random quotes, everything they could ever need is thrown for us staff to do. It’s not a bad thing, but it definitely taught me to take deadlines seriously because if the editors care enough to be extremely stressed, then they must be extremely important.

Ethics were challenged this semester. I have never seen such a major change in the view of someone as I have when plagiarism was found. It led to a general distrust in the core ethics of a person who may not have meant it to effect them so greatly. Seeing this happen showed me how important it is in journalism to be completely 100% truthful in everything that is typed.

When it comes to weaknesses, everyone has them. No one’s perfect, and neither am I. One thing I need to desperately work on is to never procrastinate. Time catches up to me quick, and I sometimes find myself more stressed than I need to be just because I waited too long before completing an article or mod. Specifically the “trading cards”, as we called them in yearbook. They were supposed to be simple, so I waited until production day to do them in order to prioritize my other work. They turned out to be extremely difficult, including cutouts, finding quotes, finding stats, and took me almost three hours to make. That was three hours of my time that I could’ve spent helping my team leader with their spreads. From that, I learned that prioritizing is good, but waiting until the last possible second to complete something is the wrong way to go.

I think this semester has been the biggest growth period for me in journalism.

It may have been from the couple-thousand-mile move, or the amazing people in the publications, but it’s made a bigger impact on me than all of my school years combined.

reflection one: Newspaper When it comes down to which page of this semester’s newspapers I’m most proud of, it is extremely difficult to choose­—I’ve only made three my whole time being in publications. However, I do believe my November issue spread was the most significant. Instead of recipes and other types of stereotypical food related articles, this spread had a spotlight on a local company and a wonderful article on a member of our community.

Being that I am new at design and just being an editor in general, I was introduced to so many new things that I didn’t have time to really think for myself and try and do my own spread. This spread was probably the first I ever truly made by myself, and had very minimal help doing it.

As for the actual substance of the spread, each staff writer wrote the articles well to begin with. They had very few errors before the editing process, which is advantageous to the stories themselves in that when a story is great when written once, then there is no filling in of unnecessary information that will not be beneficial to the article.

Not only was the makeup of the page above par, but the design of it has special meaning to me. The November page was the first page that I really tried to make look professional. I reached out of my comfort zone—learning text wrap, cutouts, colored rectangles, color coordination—and played around with it until I came up with the finished product. This really benefited me because I spent so much time working on it, I’ll never

forget what I spent so much time learning. That has shown on the December issue, and for all of my pages to come.

The one thing that I learned, the hard way, from this page was to double, or triple check, all spellings.

I had read over everything time and time again, had made every change my brain could catch, and yet there was a word missing in the headline of the sidebar on the page. I was devastated when it was printed, but luckily, it was such a hard thing to catch that not many even noticed it. When I made the December issue, you bet I quadruple checked the articles.

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vegan for the cure Vegan cafe owner tells her story

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“I believe in only creating what I love, if I don’t love it, it’s not going to be on my menu.”

Sara Siso, restaurant owner.

old the heat. Chef, educator, and healer, Sara Siso, prepares raw vegan cuisine and educates from the world famous Chef Sara’s Raw Vegan Cafe and Academy out of Cave Creek.

Located in the heart of Cave Creek next to Jane y’s Coffeehouse, Chef Sara’s Raw Vegan Cafe specializes in raw veganism, this means no cooking or heat of any kind. Being named one of the top ten vegan restaurants in the country, the cafe has gained worldwide recognition.

The cafe goes beyond the average vegan diet, avoiding gluten, GMOs, peanuts, cashews, potatoes, green peppers, tomatoes, eggplant, honey, grains, dried beans, and nutritional yeast.

The ingredients that Siso uses call for a colorful and unique menu. With soups, salads, wraps, rolls, and other entrees, there is a variety of meals for any kind of foodie. Two of the most popular menu items are the young coconut roll, with zucchini hummus, avocado and salad, and the ravioli, with a housemade pesto and spinach paste.

“I believe in only creating what I love, if I don’t love it, it’s not going to be on my menu,” said Sara Siso, restaurant owner.

The type of ingredients featured on the menu stem from Siso’s history. Siso’s sister was diagnosed with stage four liver cancer and underwent the traditional route for treatment, including surgeries and chemotherapy.

“I was there at the hospital looking after her, and when I saw how it tormented her, I was so upset I couldn’t just sit there and let my sister die. I needed to look for alternative medicine for her,” said Siso.

Siso then went to Hippocrates Health Institute in Florida to find help for her sister. When the institute could not take her because of her condition, Siso took matters into her own hands and enrolled in their program for alternative medicine.

The day she graduated from Hippocrates, her sister passed away. Siso decided to then get herself checked out and discovered that she had stage two cervical cancer. Through her studies at Hippocrates Health Institute, she was able to detoxify her body and cure herself through alternative medicine within three weeks.

Veganism has been used as an alternative form of medicine recently, but it’s health benefits have always been acknowledged.

“I’ve noticed a lot of immediate health benefits, such as increased energy, clear skin, faster growing hair and nails, and reduced allergies and headaches,” said Sada Tubbs, a senior and vegan.

This inspired Siso’s three week program. The first week starts with detoxifying the body, the second week includes learning how to shop beyond organic to avoid toxins in every way possible. The third class goes into meal preparations for an entire life, starting the transition to a new lifestyle.

“People come to me from all over the world to do this program. They come with all kinds of diseases and they are completely cured,” said Siso.

Veganism, raw veganism and other diets similar to this advocate for a healthier lifestyle and certain types, like Siso’s can detoxify and cure diseases in the human body.

“I feel a lot happier and so does my body, I have more energy throughout the day and my body is so much healthier without meat products,” said Samantha Cashman, a junior and vegan.

Whether it is for medicine, health benefits, or environmental reasons, enthusiasts like Chef Sara have continued to advocates for the many benefits of veganism. The cafe is opened Monday and Thursday through Sunday from 12pm to 8pm. owner and chef Sara

Siso prepares a quick vegan wrap without needing to cook. 4 mia gilling

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healthy on the go

Salad restaurant makes eating healthy easier on the road

By Zoie lamBesis f staff writer

Salad and Go makes eating out healthier, with their fresh salads and smoothies, there is really no excuse for eating unhealthy. Award winning Executive Chef Daniel Patino wanted to make a better, healthier fast food restaurant.

This restaurant has multiple locations, the closest one to Cactus Shadows High School being located on 2006 west Pinnacle Peak road in Phoenix. They are open Monday-Friday, 6:30am-9pm and Saturday-Sunday, 8am-9pm .

Salad and Go is a perfect place to go when in a hurry, the drive through/walk up style restaurant makes it a quick and easy fast food experience.

Even though it is technically a fast food restaurant, each salad on the menu is less than 400 calories and costs $5.79. All the salads can be made into a wrap, and chicken, chicken substitute (no meat), or steak and shrimp can be added for extra money.

A fan favorite is the Caesar salad with romaine lettuce, fresh cracked black pepper, sourdough croutons, tomatoes and parmesan

cheese. Paired with Caesar dressing. All salads can be customizable you can pick from all their dressings for any salad/wrap.

Another thing about Salad and Go is that they also make smoothies. A top seller is their kale and banana smoothie that is $4.50.

The smoothie consists of fresh kale, banana, cucumbers, ginger, apple juice and lemon juice. The smoothie was full of flavor and had a smooth creamy texture.

Breakfast is also served at Salad and Go. Their breakfast smoothie, chia seed parfait, and the peanut butter power wrap are available during all of the hours they are open.

But the rest of the breakfast menu is available Monday to Friday 6:30am - 10:30am, and Saturday to Sunday 8am - 12pm. Also during these times their milk whether it is non-dairy or dairy they a great selection of it.

From all of the nurtrional facts about all the foods at Salad and Go is online on their website, saladandgo.com, along with their menu and other locations.

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refLection one: yearbook

As with newspaper, I am just now starting out with yearbook. I’ve had to fail many times to finally start getting things right.

Once I was assigned the “how STUCO makes homecoming” main story, I was a little, okay a lot, nervous. Why? I don’t know really. I’m not a nervous person. I can walk into the middle of a silent room and start reciting Hamlet’s “speech to the players” without a second thought. However, for some reason, thinking about interviewing some important and popular people made my stomach sink. In such a small school, everyone knows each other. I didn’t want to give these people a wrong impression­, and poking questions too hard could do that.

In light of that though, I wanted to write something that would give students an insight into how hard these people work. STUCO is more than just a group of upperclassmen who put come up with good ideas, and I wanted the school to see that.

I may have asked some dumb and useless questions to start out, but I learned a lot about how STUCO works. I never knew, for example, that they meet over the summer many times just to plan homecoming. I suppose that I learned an extremely useful trick in interviewing­­—

it’s okay to ask moderately-dumb questions so that you can entirely and fully understand the person who’s being interviewed.

This specific piece taught me how to write as yearbook staff. It was somewhat more difficult to write, because of how used I was to writing articles newspaper style­—long and as detailed as possible. Main stories in yearbook are short and to the point, so that there can lots of other pieces on the page. I rewrote the whole story multiple times, because I wanted to include only the most important and informational pieces as possible.

As far as the finished product, I am very pleased with it. For my first main story, it isn’t half bad, and I felt great while writing it. I learned a lot from writing such a simple-at-first-look article, and I hope the students will be interested and like reading it.

1. The senioritis vs. editors story was one of my fa-

vorites because it was extremely relevant to my everyday school life. It gave me an insight as to how hard these editors work with the addition of being seniors.

Also, since I will be a senior editor next year (hopefully), the story gave me pointers on how I should go about it without drowning with work.

2. Designer vs. Drugstore is important to me be-

cause it was the first mod I ever made. I didn’t even know what a mod was until I joined yearbook this year, and making the first one wasn’t easy. However, by having to do it, I learned what a mod really is, and I’m sure glad I did— I’ve made so many mods since then. I also had to go through a lot of trial and error for the design, which showed me how the yearbook staff likes their designs to look.

3. I love quizzes so much, that when I got assigned

the pom quiz, I immediately started working on it. It turned out to be much harder to do than it looks—it took me almost a week to make. I had help from various yearbook staff, and they taught me so many things about edesign. The Try It Out quiz really got me used to edesign, which is always helpful to my team because I can arrange and design the spreads when needed to.

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porated into them, and a space of many circular pads that when stepped on, light up, and when stepped off of dim down.

In addition to the lights themselves, there is a multitude of unique dining experiences. Cuisines from Japan, China, Thailand, Italy, and more are sold. There are also dozens of international vendors selling merchandise from the country they represent. The festival even includes acrobatic, dance, and music performances. If the lights and shows weren’t enough, there is also a carnival with roller coasters, games, and unique fried food.

The downsides of the festival span from price to quality. With 4 million lights, the electric bill for the festival must be extremely high, hence the hefty price.

The cost of entrance is $25, not including the $10 parking fee. It may not seem like much, but two people would be about $60, so the price racks up fast. On top of that, each thing done at the carnival By olivia stickEl g food editor costs money, as well as if anything extra is bought from the vendors. The carnival games and food are enjoyable, but the A Tuna Christmas takes place in a rides are semi-rundown. As for location, town called Tuna, dubbed “the third the festival is quite far- Chandler is about smallest town in Texas,” followan hour away, without traffic.

As if operating a vehicle with the ability to kill is not mom, brother, sister, husband, wife, and so much more.

As for the actual experience, the festiing the lives of various individuals, scary enough, the texting and driving epidemic adds They are not just random victims. val is extremely fun. Loud, upbeat music another level of risk to driving. According to the American What many fail to recognize is that is that texting whileall connected by the littleness of is played, which makes the atmosphere Automobile Association, 11 teenagers die everyday as a driving, is equal to someone driving completely blind while the town. The main plot of the play moregoing lively.55The light themselves result of texting and driving. miles perdisplays hour, according to the US Department of are spectacular andThis colorful.

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Rawhide is hosting the Lights of the World festival, a light show presenting different cultural aspects of the world, Nov. 18 through Jan. 29.

The festival consists of over 4 million lights making up 75 displays, giving it the title of the largest light show in North America. The festival is funded by the US-China Cultural & Educational Foundation , or UCCEF. The foundation exists to organize festivals, expositions, and cultural performances of bands, orchestras, and dancers, and also sets up cultural exchanges between the US and China. UCCEF teamed up with the Zigong Lantern Festival and Trade Company, a leader in lantern/light festival exports, to make the festival a reality.

The lights show offers stunning representations of America, Europe, China, Russia, Africa, Australia, and quite randomly, dinosaurs. Some of the displays move and some are interactive. There are color-changing swings with lights incor-

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Millions of people fall victim to the stupidity of another each year. At the end of the day, it’s important to think about the possible damage that could be caused by texting and driving.

First and foremost it is utterly selfish to risk the life of someone else, just so you can keep up with the latest tweets and texts.

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her family together during the holiday season, and two friends trying to make a decent living working at a fast food restaurant.

Technically, the production had very few errors, and any errors made were covered up very professionally. When lines were forgotten, improv saved the day. When sound

effects were early, the actors made it work. One thing that was really outstanding was the quick changes and character changes. Some were so fast, I almost forgot it was the same actor. Almost everyone played two parts, which requires double the effort than just playing one— something that should be applauded.

Another aspect that was enjoyable was the fact that the play was so unstructured. The mannerisms of the actors fit perfectly with what they were saying, but did not look choreographed. Normally, plays seem over-rehearsed, which is fine for serious plots, but for more comedy based plays it’s nice to not have it seem stiff.

As for the best character portrayals, honestly, they were all very well done. To pick a few, Maggie Ewens , a junior, did an amazing job playing Bertha Bumiller, a distressed

housewife who is having some trouble dealing with her crazy children.

Ewens portrayed the humor and tomboyish behavior of a southern mother with a redneck background with humor and a realistic attitude.

Sam Chartier, a junior, and Tara Prager, a junior, did a great job playing two radio hosts of the town’s radio station. They bounced off of each other’s words and humor well, adding a good flow to the scenes.

Although she had two minor parts, Ashley Shirley, a sophomore, shined with an amazing personality, playing a conceited, but friendly rich housewife. Almost every line she spoke made the audience laugh in a genuine way.

Overall, A Tuna Christmas was a well produced play, and was 100 percent worth seeing.

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The EDITORIAL represents the consensus view of the members of the Editorial Board.

The Editorial Board members are Alex Laggren, Kiera Riley, Katelyn Reinhart, Lauren Haggar, Annalee Barnett, Madeline Howard, Mia Gilling, Sara Windom, Logan Larkin, and Olivia Stickel.

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ing someone to “have confiHigh school. When said to a middle schooler, they light dence.” It is something that has up, when said to an adult, they cringe. The ninth through to be worked in from the inside twelfth grades are hard for a lot of students because of a out. One simple way of building large percentage lack of self-confidence. self-confidence is to try and stop The cause of the change from happy preteen to self-con- comparing oneself to other peoscious teenager has much to do with self-image. When in ple. middle school, a student’s top priority nine out of ten times Understanding that everyis not on how they look, but instead on friends and school- one is different takes time, but work. no one is perfect and thinking The instant that that student is put in high school, they that someone has no flaws is a are seeing a new mature level of their life. Most of the prob- fantasy. Another thing to try is lem tends to happen because of body image. to find one’s individual identity, “More than 90 percent of girls 15 to 17 years old want to and own it. change at least one aspect of their physical appearance, Doing something different with body weight ranking the highest, and 13 percent of and not trying to ‘fit in’ may girls age 15-17 acknowledge having an eating disorder,” seem scary, but honestly, if Apple has released the new Apple Watch 2 following the release according to heartofleadership.org. everyone did what everyone else The problem does not just occur within the female popu- does, then what would make a of the iPhone 7. So far, the new watch is receiving great reviews. logan larkin lation, but high school boys have just as much trouble as person special?

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Olympic athletes definitely kiera riley PreParing for oPening at an afterall school rehearsal, Maggie Ewens, a junior, According to Heart of Leadership, up to 12 percent of teen are not apart of the norm. allow thenight public to know about it before buying it. The watchand Sam Chartier, a junior, boys are using unproven supplements and/or steroids.

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Self image issues gives way to risky behaviors in teens. stuck to it no matter what.

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A visit to Santa’s Village. Each December, thousands of families attend events that celebrate the holiday spirit.

One tradition, the Nutcracker, has become a popular family holiday ritual. This children’s tale is performed all around the world..

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the story to life, such as the Sugar NOvEmbER 14, 2016 ■ 7 Plum Fairy and, of course, the Nutcracker.

“It’s a really fun experience and, even if you don’t like ballet, it’s really cool to see the variety of characters.

Some Nutcrackers have different characters in them. They are not all the same and there are different versions of it,” said Alyssa Wong, a sophomore dancer.

For some families, it is an annual tradition to go see the ballet during the holidays i, a way to

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At the beginning of the year, the participants of the league met at counselor Mike Sarraino’s house to draft players.

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really it's not bad at all. I don't think I'm really that strong and I can do it,” said senior Korie Kerr.

A big question about crossfit is if it is really any different from regular strenuous exercise.

“In Crossfit, you are incorporating different exercises every time you come in to work out. With regular exercise, you fall into a pattern, so you will probably not get the full workout you're looking for. The whole time I've been doing Crossfit, I've never had the same workout twice,” said Thompson.

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venting concussions in football.

“Advancements in helmets have helped but concussions are unavoidable. Football is a contact sport and they are bound to happen,” said junior Brandon Busbee.

Concussion protocols have been introduced and implemented in most football organizations in order to provide proper care for head injuries. Many high schools have a concussion protocol in place.

“At the beginning of every season, teams are required to take a concussion test to determine their baseline levels.

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If we have an athlete with a suspected concussion, we perform a separate concussion test to determine what level of symptoms they have and to test different aspects of their brain. Athletes must be symptom free for seven days after taking another impact/concussion test before being cleared for full activity,” said Harvey.

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tHe cActUS SHADOWS PreSS “I’m looking forward to seeing all The boys and girls golf teams have of the girls improve on their skills now officially started their season throughout the season so we can do with the goal of winning this year's amazing at state,” said Coach Mark ing nice pictures of the clothes to make them look better to state title.

O’Brien, who teaches math.

State is one of the biggest golf tourAt tournaments, only five comshoppers. naments. They compete against other pete at a time, so the teams have a Once a fitting website is found, it is time teams to create an in Arizona that have qualified. system to choose who competes at account. With Poshmark, an account can quickly setuntil up the end of the sea- each event. The entire team practices Statebe is not son, so the girls will have time to pre- together and when a tournament is with an email and other basic information. pare. coming up they will have a small After an account is created, make sure to take high qualcompetition between their teamity pictures of the items to be sold and provide a simple but mates to see who will fill those five spots. accurate description to make the product look appealing to

“You can get a lot of scholarship money if you are a girl and plan on golfing in college,” said Barnett.

One of the biggest challenges in

By DOMINIC DAVIES g staff writer golf is to get the ball in the hole in less than three putts. A three putt is when a golfer requires three putts to get a ball in the hole. website is a way for anyone to make money and gain recog“My least favorite part of golfing is all of the times I have hit it in the nition. water or out of bounds. Oh and three When creating an online store, the first thing to consider putting how could I forget that those is the type of product to sell. Both store-bought and handare the worst,” said Sirota.

Another benefit to being on the made items are acceptable. Anything such as artwork, mer“It’s so stressful because you girls golf team is the bonding. They chandise or old clothes that are no longer needed can be sold customers. really want to play,” said junior often go out to team dinners with online.

An online store doesn’t just have to be golfer Annalee Barnett. “You one another off of the golf course. want to play so you can say you This helps them become a lot closer Second, finding the right platform about fashion. Luke Scott, the Film and TV contributed to a match. because they are in a more casual for an online store is crucial. An entire teacher, buys film products for his classes.

Par is a term often used in golf. It is environment and don't have to be so website can be created, or using a web“I prefer online shopping because it’s a the average amount of times it should serious and focused. take to hit the ball in order to make “My favorite experience is our site to host the store along with others convenience, I like to be able to spend as it into the hole. When a golfer breaks team dinners and how close we are is not only cheaper, but gives access to much time looking for what I want and I par, it means he or she was able to get as a team. We all get along super other people's stores online. Dedicated can do it whenever,” said Scott. He also sells it in the hole with less hits than the well which makes it a lot of fun,” said average. senior Chantal Savoie. websites like Etsy are used for selling cars online and shops on Amazon.

“My favorite memory is the first Captain Taylor Searles, a senior, handmade items only, while Poshmark As an online shopper, junior Aidia time I broke par in ninth grade,” said credits the golf team with helping her Morgan Kallusky, a senior is exclusively aimed towards women's Nielson likes to purchase posters, handsenior RJ Sirota. become a better person. who sells her clothing online.

Female golfers are a lot more “Joining the golf team was the best fashion. made patches for her backpack and lots of rare than male golfers, so colleges decision of my life. It definitely made “I wanted to get rid of clothes that I shoes. For fun, Nielson shops online at least tend to give out scholarship money me the person I am today. The girls on STROKING THE BALL into the don’t wear anymore but I also wanted to make money off of it, once a week on Amazon, Ebay, and Wanelo. toOF encourage girls toSHADOWS pursue golf. STUDENTS the team areON great and we just have a hole, senior Becki Meils, diles inAher golf SURVEY 100 CACTUS game after made a break due to to a broken Colleges also have a girls golf team so good time but we want to win as well,” As hAlloween gRows so I started using Poshmark,” said Morgan Kallusky, a senior.

“I love online shopping because it lets me see custom SEPTEMBER 8. finger. girls and boys can represent a college said Searles. neAReR students like to bring OLIVIA STICKEL She says the overall process was simple and only took a cou- products from people all over the world that I never would’ve candy withWOOLDRIGE them to lunch. in a sport that interest him or her.

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records in the 100 free, 100 breast, season in general. and 200 free. Nicholas Rooker comes “I am most excited to compete with next with two records in the 100 fly my amazing team. I have built great and 200 Individual medley. On the friendships and am excited to congirls’ team, Kendall Bennett holds the tinue that,” said Akin. record in the 50 free, 100 free, and 200 A lot of effort has been put in to free. make the swim team better than These records have been set under ever, and students at Cactus Shadows the help of the captains Jay and should show them lots of support. a drop (orSara more if needed) of hot 4.Place

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and end up getting hurt.

The swim team is preparing for ming. and Kameron Moore and Kobe Gall “It’s easy to get hurt by doing Crossfit a new season, ready to represent “The training for the new season is for boys’. The captains have a variif you aren’t very experienced and try Cactus Shadows starting with their really challenging because you have ety of jobs to do besides swim, such to do everything too fast. Start out slow Duncan hearn,tosophoMore first match on September 1. There push yourself, but you find out what as organizing team attire, setting up and make sure you’re doing the movehave been many changes to the team you’re good at,” said Co-Captain Sara fundraisers, encouraging new teamments right,” said Thompson. this year. The team has switched Jay. mates, and setting up the banquet and 5Make sure to overlap, tuck some in Teenagers may be timid to try Crossfit With all the training, each swim- awards. divisions, from division one to diviandhas cover the ribbon completely. because of the fact that they are teenagsome sort of motivation to sion two. The switch was made based mer “I love [being co-captain], it can be “I have Cam either personally, or based stressful but I’m glad,” said Jay. ers but the sport is for everyone. There improve, on population. This affects who they Newton, are no age restrictions, recommendaoff ofTheo someone else. play against; they will now compete With the thrill of the season beginlookGreg up to all of my teammates as ning, swimmers can be excited or against larger schools. This allows Jones,“Iand tions, or specific risks for young people swimmers, as well as my coach,” said scared of many things. Perhaps most them to “race teams close to their perOlsen.

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Akin. to win, formance level,” said Kailee Mckeon, importantly, the meets. As Jay puts it, I’m going “Teenagers think that since mainly On is a different side, a junior. the charger invitational meet is the my team the adults are seen doing it that it would be “I don’t really look up to anyone in Quinn Akin, a senior, said, “I honcompetition to be looking forward to. best, simple.” weird for them to, but there's nothing estly don’t think it will have much of particular, I just want to do the best “We get to compete against all of wrong with doing it as a teenager. I do I can throughout high school,” said our division schools in one meet, an effect on the team… we don’t really and it’s fine,” said Kerr. focus on the size of the school, we just McKeon. and it is a great way for us to be able Beneath all the stigma and misconsaMuel goulet,insophoMore Multiple records have been broken to place in our heat and meet other like competing general.” ceptions, Crossfit is a great idea for anyIn addition to change, Trevor in the team as of last year. According swimmers,” said Jay. one trying to get in shape, but wants Moore team as Others are just excited about the 3 Think of how you wanthas thejoined final the product to new to AIA Online, Kobe Gall hold three something different.

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By GRACE HAYCRAFT staff writer because I’m the best.”

Crossfit continues to gain popularity Crossfit is a rising fitness craze, and some students and teachers have chosen to take part in it. It may not seem like it, but Crossfit’s growth has risen tremendously over a decade. There are over 7,000 gyms now that are affiliated with crossfit, “a huge jump from just 13 in 2005,” as stated by channelsignal. com.

“I think people like it so much because they change it into a sport, so instead of just ‘working out’ it’s now the kind of like the ‘sport of fitness’,” said John Thompson, yearbook and CTE teacher who participates in the sport.

When someone hears the word ‘Crossfit,’ they probably think of a bodybuilder, or huge weights, or something involving an intimidating exercise.

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gotten to see if I just went to a store,” said Nielson.

GET RID OF OLD CLOTHES Over time, trends wear out, and new trends come in, but that doesn’t mean throwing away out of style clothes is the way to go, donate them.

According to Goodwill Arizona, there are 40 donation centers across the state that take used clothes, one of which is located on Tatum and Dynamite.

Arizona is also home to four Buffalo Exchange thrift shops that will purchase last year’s trends.

Often times, clothes are donated to the homeless, or people who cannot afford new clothes on their own. This provides people who don’t have It’s Halloween night, and the loot has been the finances to be clothed gathered. The healthiest candy of the bunch and is warm for the for the chillier months. different than one would think.

Little kids grow up grace haycraFt-mckee WoLivia stickeL quickly, meaning they are constantly outgrowing their 100 students surveyed on October 4. clothes. Small donations such as footwear allow for children 1 being the healthiest. to have comfortable attire for their everyday lifestyles.

Most donated clothes are usually resold, however.

Goodwill and Buffalo Exchange both resell used clothing.

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Olivia Stickel grades the good, the bad and the ugly trends fashion has seen.

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and bait shop on the way to Bartlett and Horseshoe Lakes built in 1951, the Buffalo Chip Saloon has come a long way, boasting a large and loyal customer base.

Overalls are an easy way to be inspired by 80’s and 90’s fashion. InStyle.com reports that celebrities have taken the childhood trend and made them look like, “really irreplaceable theups.” most chic of grown BUTLER a title of one U KATIE holds

Leopard prints were popular during the 1960’s, according to Harpersbazzar. Animal prints in general were a staple during the Bohemian Movement.

While some relics of the old Buffalo Chip authentic dance halls and will be missed like the arm- saloons in the country. wrestling machine and tradi“I miss being able to go tional red and white check- every Friday night and watch ered tablecloths, new decor bull riding andand two-stepping

By EMMA RUSSELLO staff writer nice shirt for guys. Do not wear clothes that look sloppy or that could get you dress coded at has been donated and dis- on the dance floor” said senior Many high school students want a job, but do school.” covered. Signed photographs Katie Pusateri, who is enthunot know how to dress for the interview, or why Alyssa Hipschman, junior and hostess at of athletes, CiviltoWar peg siastic about the restaurants they need dressera that way.

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According to Sun Sentinel, bermuda shorts were mandatory on Bermuda island because women’s thighs were expected to be covered. The shorts didn’t become popular in international fashion until the late 1940’s, because of the unsuccess.

Cropped tanks are a great item to pair with the high waisted trend.

They are another 80’s trend that has come back, and theeverygirl.com calls them, “a chic fashion staple.”

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TUDENTS of all ages have discovered thrift shopping as an alternative to more expensive

store.

“I like thrift shopping because there is only one of each item so I can wear it without worrying that someone else will have the same outfit as me. I also can say

“They’re exciting to our team form.”

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