MIR ROR 28 February 2018 Vol. 85 Issue 8
Loma Linda Academy News Reflecting on LLA since 1940s
“Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.” - Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Briefs • Talent show - Monday, March 5 (upcoming event) • Pastor Mark Holm, following his stroke, returned home on Monday, February 19. He is in the process of recovering. Keep the Holm family in prayer! You can find the Pastor Holm Fundraiser at: www.youcaring.com/markholm-1056052/update/802884 • Junior Senior banquet announcement happened Monday, February 26.
A Month to Remember Rosa Parks once said, “Racism is still with us. But it is up to us to prepare our children for what they have to meet, and, hopefully, we shall overcome.” February is Black History month, and with this month we are reminded of those who were often forgotten. In 1926, Carter G. Woodson realized that African American heroes weren’t included in history and their only reference was as slaves. He proposed that education had to take the first steps in ending racial separation, and that it should include teaching of black history. Thus he chose the second
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By Ivanna Vargas
week of February to be Negro History week, which would include the celebration of both Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass’s birthday. In 1969 it was proposed that February should be recognized as Black History month, but February did not become Black History month until 1976. President Carter recognized that actions needed to be taken in order to include African Americans in American History and make it so they were no longer neglected. In today’s world, one would think that there is no longer a need for this type of recog-
nition. However, in light of current events, it is evident that our country still continue to struggle with race and inequality. Now more than ever, we need to be reminded of the struggles that we have already suffered through, and the people that allowed us to get to where we are today. Black History month is not only about the African Americans that have helped to create the country that we live in now, but also for us to gain a better understanding of our world history as a whole.
• A college trip to PUC took place February 11-13. Students enjoyed attending classes and worshiping with PUC students. • • • • •
Winter Olympics 1st Norway: 39 2nd Germany: 31 3rd Canada: 29 4th USA: 23
• Lyle Goulbourne - Achieved the National Merit Scholarship
Gun Control and What We Can Do About It by Kaleo Smith
Chinese New Year
By Cheerleen Hu
Chinese New Year of 2018 starts on February 16th, and most of the celebrations can last until March 2nd. Chinese New Year, also known as the Spring Festival, is the most important festival in China. It is a significant time for families in China to gather together celebrating the festival, but the ways to celebrate it are different among the southern and northern parts of China. In China’s north, people eat dumplings on New Year’s Eve, while people in the southern part usually eat “Year Cakes” (nian gao), “Soup Balls” (tang yuan), hotpot, and fish. There are special events such as lantern exhibition in Shanghai and flower fairs in Guangzhou. What is more special about Chinese New Year, is that it has its own zodiac animals - Rat, Ox, Tiger, Rabbit, Dragon, Snake, Horse, Sheep, Monkey, Rooster, Dog, and Pig. Everyone’s year of birth can be matched to one of the animals mentioned above. For example, this year is called the Year of Dog. On February 17th, many of the Chinese students had a gathering at Susan Bathke’s house. Chinese students had fun eating dinner together as a big family and chatting while having great food. At the end of
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the gathering, Bathke gave everyone a red envelope having money inside that stands for good luck in Chinese culture. It was amazing that Bathke put red envelopes on her Christmas tree, which was a creative and surprising way for giving red envelopes. “It is a great experience having the New Year supper together with my friends. Also, it gives me chances getting to know some new faces. Many of the international students do not have their parents living with them, so they may feel lonely sometimes. I believe this gathering brings them more joyfulness and happiness.” said Molly Liu (10).
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On Wednesday February 14, there was a school shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Florida. It left 17 dead in its wake and raises the question, “What can we do about this problem?” America has a problem with school shootings, and many believe that not enough is being done to stop it. Many believe that mental health and gun availability are the main factors in these shootings. Some would like to place restrictions on what firearms civilians can own, some want stricter requirements for gun ownership and maybe even psychological evaluations for potential gun owners, some would like both, and others don’t want government regulations to be involved at all. It is a complex issue. The Mirror set out to find student opinions on the topic. Yuri Altemus (12) says, “I think background checks on people who own assault weapons should be more harsh. I don’t think that guns as a tool are the main problem, but are we going to just sit around and let a mass shooting happen every single month or are we going to try to look for a solution.” Izabel Rengifo (12) says, “I feel like it is caused by miscommunication between students in schools, so I think that is a disconnect that we need to work on. I feel like reaching out towards people who seem a little off could possibly prevent school shootings.” Harrison Mace (11) says, “I think the government should be doing something more about this, but I also think that having the second
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amendment is important to this nation.” He continued, “I looked at gun rights in different states and in California, where it is hard to have a gun on you unless you have a permit for it, you can see the crime rates still up. I feel like there can be something done about it. I agree with making it harder for these kids to obtain guns, but also I think it is easy to use someone else’s gun, so it is very complicated. I think getting rid of guns in general is not the best idea, but it is an idea.” Jacob Guzman (12) says, “I think a way to prevent school shootings is to either arm teachers or have armed police officers at all schools.” There were also interesting solutions from the “other” box on the survey which included raising the age of legal gun ownership to 21 instead of 18, watching suspicious characters, adding more focus on social skills in elementary instead of standardized tests, and making social workers more available for youth who struggle socially. There are many approaches that can be considered. For the first 100 responses, the two options that had well above 50% approval were: stricter background checks and psychological evaluations. Although people may disagree on many different solutions, they can certainly work together to achieve what they do agree on as a start.
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MIR ROR 28 February 2018 Vol. 85 Issue 8
Loma Linda Academy News Reflecting on LLA since 1940s
“Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.” - Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
How I Found ‘The One’ Continued
Mr. Jarrard
In the last issue, The Mirror took the time to interview many teachers about how they met their significant others, this is a continuation of those interviews.
Dr. Sandiford
We met in freshman English at Atlantic Union College. Lynette had always loved writing and reading. She is the perfect complement to me. She loves with a pure and selfless love, which is kind and caring and she is the wisest person I know, but she is not aggressive with her counsel. She has that twinkle in the eye which stirs me to this day many anniversaries later. I encourage teens involved in relationships to set a personal goal to offer the other person their best by constantly working on self-improvement. In this way, each person is always getting the best partner. Even if they break up, each can be satisfied that the relationship was a blessing. If they stay together through high school, college, and adulthood, they will be getting a great partner every day.
Pastor Jo
Mandy and I both went to Loma Linda Academy. She was a senior when I was a freshman. She didn’t know who I was, but I actually had a crush on her when we were in high school. She graduated and I thought I’d never see her again. When I went to La Sierra University for my second year I saw her on campus again! She started working for the spiritual life team, and I was on the spiritual life team. The first team meeting, I introduced myself, and found out she started high school early and I started high school late. Then she became a student missionary for two years in college, so our grades lined up. What sparked my interest in her was her strong sense of leadership, the fact that she’s absolutely beautiful, and that she is very independent, envisioned, and creative. My advice is don’t be afraid to communicate, that is the key thing. People think communicating is telling others what they want to hear, but communication is telling people really how you feel. The only way for you to date someone that’s going to last is if you both understand who each other is. The first step is to become honest with yourself so you can vocalize on what those things are.
Ms. Anjejo
Ms. Holm
I met my husband at my college, in 1981. Originally what sparked my interest in him was that he was a God fearing man, handsome, hardworking, funny, likes to help others, humble, and his willingness to admit he is wrong. My advice to teens is to always put God first, know the person before you date, be mature in all your relationships, ask the person their plans for the future, marriage is a worthy pursuit so don’t be afraid to date, and remember everyone’s story is different.
I met my husband at Pine Springs Ranch, in the summer of 1983. I was his boss. I like to tell people that we were doing our talent shows to find out the talent of our staff to plan for our Saturday night program. He was in a quartet and when it came time for him in the song to do a solo I looked up from my clipboard and thought this voice is amazing. I love his voice, I looked up and went, oh and he’s cute too. Here’s my advice, my new found advice in light of recent events. If you want to have fun with somebody and if there’s somebody in your life that sticks by you in the tough times, the hard times in life and is going to be there to support you, it makes the fun times even more enjoyable and makes it bearable to get through the rough times. And I think that the better way to find a mate (because anyone can be fun), because they are going to stick around when you really need them and that’s what’s important.
Mr. Oswald
I met my wife at church. We were at a church activity. We were actually roller skating at a rink with all the church members. I looked across the rink and saw this girl trying to skate and I thought to myself, I’m going to marry that girl. Then I found out she was the little sister of my friend’s good friend. So we started talking and I started seeing her as much as I could, but you know she was young, in 7th grade, and I was in 10th grade. Really and truthfully how do you date somebody when they’re in 7th grade, especially if you’re in 10th grade. So we did church activities,we went on church campouts, pathfinder activities, youth group activities, and Sabbath school events. Number one don’t marry young. Number two remember love is about commitment. It’s not just about fun and games and feelings. It’s about true commitment. Its like Gods love to us. He doesn’t love us because we are the greatest people in the world. He doesn’t love us because of all the great things we do. He loves us because he is committed to us, completely. I think that’s key to any and all relationships. I also don’t believe you should date unless you are serious about finding somebody. Dating isn’t something that you do for the fun of it. I think people should just group date and group hang out.
Mr. Stone
I met my wife in college when I was working as a checker in the school cafeteria. The cafeteria was on the top floor, and everyone had to walk up the stairs to get there. She would always walk behind her friend, and hold her ID card from behind her friend which was necessary to be able to get in. One day I said, “I couldn’t see your card.” I examined the card and felt like I had finally gotten to meet her. She was very shy and it took a few more times until she would have a conversation with me. As I got to know her I found out that she had a sister who went to the school I was going to sing at and later I found out she was a nursing major. I was a chemistry major, so she had to take introductory chemistry and I became her tutor and that’s how we really got to know each other. There were two things that brought my attention to her. The first thing was her long hair, because not many girls had long hair at that point. The other thing was she was very shy, genuinely shy. She had a roommate who was friendly and I figured if they were friends there was a side to her that I wasn’t seeing. I would suggest to teens to be friends first because in the long run the friendship will be the strength of your relationship. Many times when people date they expect the other person to change. The only way change happens is when the other person wants to make that change. You can’t force that. They are going to want to be different because they are your friend. Sometimes you have to accept some of people’s faults, it’s just part of the package and that’s okay.
Mr. Leukert
I met my wife, Aimee, while I was in college and she was in high school. At the time, I was working for the La Sierra University (LSU) music department as a stage manager. LSU was holding a choral festival and that is where I met my wife. I was setting up for the festival and one of my friends who worked as a choir teacher told me about this amazing accompanist who happened to be the accompanist for the choral festival that year. I remembered hearing her and thinking “Eh, she’s not that great.” The next encounter I had with her was when I was in school at LSU. I didn’t get to know her until graduate school. We barely had any similarities and there was nothing to connect us, but it turned out that music was what connected us. She would accompany me to my trumpet and vocal recitals. After graduate school we went to a few social events together and once we learned more about each other we found that we had more similarities beyond music. As for teens, I would like to remind them that there ain’t no rush--the advice that all ‘old people’ give. Don’t treat every relationship like it is the only thing that could ever happen by investing too much of yourself too soon. You are a person mentally, spiritually, physically and socially. These components require balance. If one grows faster than the other it results in imbalance making difficulties and it can cause a relationship to fail or cause negative consequences. My personal philosophy is that your relationship should make you a better friend to your friend group, a better servant of Jesus Christ, a more well-rounded thinker. It should enhance every aspect of your life. If a relationship isn’t positively affecting your life, you need to fix it or leave it.
Ms. Peterson
We met at college (LSU) in 1972, we didn’t date then, we dated years later. I became interested in him when we started working together, he’s super athletic so we had that in common. He was also super easy to talk to. My advice to teens is to remember that communication is the key to any good relationship.
Winter Sports Boys Varsity Basketball 6W
Boys Varsity Soccer 1W2T
“This season was very fun even with its ups and downs. I feel like we grew as individuals and as a team.” - Nathaniel Dien (12) BV Basketball Captain
“This year was the best season the soccer team had in three years, and I’m very proud of my teammates.” - Andy Suh (12) BV Soccer Captain
Girls Varsity Basketball 3W
Girls Varsity Soccer 2T
“This was a rebuilding team, and we had a lot of fun and learned a lot’ - Nicole Evangelista (12) GV Basketball Captain
“This has been my favorite season so far, we just focused on having lots of fun and making the most of our last season.” - Lauren Wilson (12) GV Soccer Captain
When I was in graduate school at La Sierra University, I often visited my classmate Todd Wemmer at his apartment right off the Pierce exit of the 91. One day when he opened the door, I was smitten by the face of the young woman I saw sitting in the chair inside to the right. I’d never seen her before. I was sure. I was taken with her blue eyes and curly blond hair. She was smiling and clearly had been laughing. I couldn’t tell you anything else about the rest of my visit except that I discovered she had gone to undergrad at Andrews University with my roommate. It wasn’t long before when she called to see if my roommate was in; we would end up talking. We went on a few dates and then she froze me out. Later she would tell me that I was too serious and that she wasn’t ready to settle down. Half-way through the next year at my first job out of grad. school in Arkansas, I got a phone call from Cathy telling me that my former roommate was getting married. She asked me why she hadn’t heard from me. I told her I thought she was mad at me. She told me that she thought I was mad at her. We laughed and talked away. Hundreds of calls and many letters later, I decided that I needed to move back to California. We were engaged that summer and married the next. She’s still the sweetest, funniest woman I know. My advice is: do not change yourself for another person, and do not expect the other person to change for who you are.
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