MIR ROR 10 November 2017
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A Good Time in December by Cheerleen Hu Loma Linda Academy Christmas Banquet has a decades-long history. Christmas Banquet has changed a lot over the years. One tradition that has risen is the Sadie Hawkins banquet that occurs every four years. Sadies means that the girls are encouraged to ask the boys, instead of the other way around. When looking back at previous Mirros, there was an article about the Student Association Christmas banquet of 2004 that said “...many students think that it is time for females to take the initiative.” This year in honor of Sadies, girls in LLA are asking boys to the banquet. The banquet announcement on October 30th revealed the
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theme of this year’s banquet: Beauty and the Beast, which coincided with the Sadies theme, by ending with Belle proposing to the Beast. The banquet will be on December 3 from 4pm to 11pm in the Anaheim Marriott hotel. In the past two weeks, many girls have already asked boys to the banquet. Creative askings have included banners and posters, sport themed invitations, a picnic, a walkway with confetti poppers, singing, and a scooter entourage. There was even an asking that made balloons fall from the second floor to the first floor in the main building to make a better vibe. Students are very excited about this big up-
coming event. “I think this year’s theme is really elegant. It gives girls in our school a chance to be in the spot of asking boys,” said Hannah Chang (12th), SA social vice. “It is also going to be a special memory for me because I am in charge of it and it is my last Christmas Banquet.” “I found this year’s theme very interesting and I really love the play in the Banquet Announcement this year. And also girls asking boys makes this year’s banquet kind of special. I believe this year’s Christmas Banquet will be a great experience for me because this is the only time when girls are asking boys to the banquet during my highschool years,” said Alex Zhang (11th).
On Sunday, November 5 in Sutherland Springs, Texas, at 11:20 a.m. there was a shooting in the First Baptist Church. According to cbsnews.com, 26 people were announced dead and 20 were injured. The shooter was 26 years old and escaped into a neighboring county, but later died by a gunshot wound. Officials are unsure whether the gunshot came from a resident or if the gunshot was self-inflicted. Also, a terrorist attack occurred in Manhattan, New York on October 31. According to cnn.com the man drove onto a bicycle path and hit the people who were riding on their bicycles before crashing into a school bus. After the attack, it was confirmed that 8 people were killed and another 11 people were injured and transported to the hospital. After exiting a rented truck, the man responsible for the attack was shot, by a police officer, while holding a paintball gun and a pellet gun. Our prayers go out to the friends and family of those killed and to those injured during these horrible attacks.
The Original Thanksgiving
BRIEFS
by Kaleo Smith
Recipe
Photo by: Grace Morales
by Chloe Hegstad (Source: Cookies and Kate)
INGREDIENTS • ½ cup melted coconut oil or room temperature butter • ½ cup pumpkin purée • ½ cup fine cane sugar • 1 teaspoon vanilla • 1 ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon • 1 teaspoon ground ginger • ¼ teaspoon ground allspice • ½ teaspoon salt • 1 slightly heaping cup raw pecans or raw pecan pieces • 2 cups whole wheat pastry flour or regular whole wheat flour • ½ cup powdered sugar INSTRUCTIONS Preheat oven to 350ºF. Line cookie sheet with parchment paper. Lightly toast pecans on skillet on medium-low heat, stir frequently. Use food processor to finely chop pecans. In large bowl, beat coconut oil or butter, pumpkin puree, cane sugar, vanilla, cinnamon, ginger, allspice, and salt with electric mixer on medium speed till light and fluffy. Gradually add chopped pecans and flour. Shape dough into 1-inch balls. Put cookies on baking sheet 1 ½ inch space in between. Bake 14-15 minutes until bottom of cookies are lightly browned. Let cookies cool for five minutes. Pour powdered sugar into bowl and roll the warm cookies. Then let them cool on wire rack.
When one thinks of Thanksgiving, it rouses memories of pumpkin pie, turkey (or tofurky), apple cider, and cranberry sauce. But that is just the modern iteration of Thanksgiving. What was the first Thanksgiving like for the Pilgrims and Native Americans involved? According to ushistory.org, the story starts in late fall of 1620. The Pilgrims at Plymouth arrived too late in the season to plant crops, and subsequently starved through winter. Fifty-eight of the original 102 people perished in that first winter. In early 1621, the natives began building relations with the Pilgrims. Squanto, a Native American who knew English because he was kidnapped years before the arrival of the Pilgrims, worked as an interpreter between the Pilgrims and his tribe, the Wampanoag. He taught the Pilgrims how to increase the yield from their crops by burying dried fish remains in the soil. The Pilgrims brokered a deal with the Wampanoag in which the Pilgrims helped defend the Wampanoag from another rival tribe, the Narragansett. In return, the Wampanoag gave the Pilgrims food. The Pilgrims and Wampanoag celebrated the first harvest and the new pact by feasting on venison, wild turkey, fish, and cornbread. This is the beginning of Thanksgiving, although it wasn’t declared a holiday until October 3, 1863 by Abraham Lincoln according to
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www.abrahamlincolnonline.org. There is another side to the story that we rarely, if ever, hear. According to nationalgeographic.com, the reason the Pilgrims had a place to settle was because the thousands of Wampanoag who had previously lived there had been killed by pestilence caused by previous contact with European explorers or settlers. During the first winter while the Pilgrims were starving, the Pilgrims dug up the graves of these deceased natives and stole corn from the graves. Even though the Pilgrims had desecrated the graves, the Wampanoag still helped them out of necessity since the disease left the Wampanoag more weak than their enemies, the Narragansett. According to www.tolatsga.org/wampa. hml, in the end, the Pilgrims were absorbed into a greater population of Puritans, who viewed the Native Americans as uncivilized heathens. Unlike the Pilgrims, the Puritans didn’t pay or ask for permission to take land, and this eventually lead to the King Philip’s War. The war left only 400 Wampanoag natives alive. Thanksgiving today is about being thankful for life, family, and the people of all backgrounds that make up the United States as well as reflecting on our history so we are less likely to repeat it.
• On the 14th of November 2016, Alondra Martinez passed away. This November, we commemorate her passing. Campus Ministries worked together with the students to create a card in her honor to be given to her family. • SA Christmas Banquet is coming up on December 3rd. Table sign ups in Mrs. Constanzo’s room will begin next Wednesday, November 15th. Tickets are required to sign up. • Congratulations to the Girls Volleyball team on making the CIF Finals! Come cheer for them this afternooon. They will be playing at Cerritos College. • Don’t forget to watch the upcoming Newscast next week.
Mirror Staff Editor-inChief Ivanna Vargas
Design Editor Hannah Sitanggang
Photo Editor Shantel Guzman
Photo Journalist Angela Jin
Photo Journalist Grace Morales
Reporter Chloe Hegstad
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Reporter Cheerleen Hu
Reporter Moses Montanez
Reporter Kaleo Smith
Sponsor Danelle Taylor Johnston
Publisher Datha Tickner