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The Viewpoint April 2013 Volume VII Issue 5 Editor in Chief

Emmy Reinwald Assistant Editor in Chief

Kerry Reichhardt Business Manager

Ashley Friedl Opinion Editor

John Keppeler Entertainment Editor

Victoria Conner Student Life Editor

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The Viewpoint is a cross-section of the news and opinions of the student body of Mountain View High School. It is a forum of expression published by Signature Printing. Editorials represent the views of the writers and are not necessarily the opinions of Mountain View High School, its administration or staff. Letters to the editor are welcome and should be submitted to rooms 303 or 307 or sent to mvtheviewpoint@ gmail.com. Find PDFs of this and past issues can be found at www. issuu.com

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Local suicide a tragic reminder In October, a Canadian teenager made international news after taking her own life.

In December, a Spotsylvania teenager took his own life.

In March, a Stafford County teenager took his own life.

You hear about a teen’s suicide on the news, think about it for a moment and then move on with your day.

You hear about a teen committing suicide in the next county over, and you read about it in the local paper, and then you move on without thinking about it the next day.

Then you hear about a teen at your rival high school committing suicide not by turning on the TV news or picking up a newspaper, but by your mom texting you to ask if you knew the person. When you turn on your computer, you see the Facebook posts and RIP hashtags from your friends at the other school, and you sympathize.

You couldn’t imagine how it must feel to lose a classmate at such a young age.

You couldn’t imagine how his friends must feel coming back to school the next day trying to pay attention to their latest lessons on American government or geometry.

And that’s the problem with suicide, no one can imagine his friend, class-

mate or family member doing it until it happens.

More than 38,000 people commit suicide every year in the United States— that’s one every 14 minutes. The Centers for Disease Control reported that the attempted suicide rate for high school students rose to 7.8% in 2011, and suicide is the third leading cause of death among 15 to 24 year olds.

While the reasons for teen suicides vary, they are all morbid reminders that we are not invincible or immune to tragedy. Our high school community can be rocked with just one act.

Colonial Forge’s loss reminds us that we are all here together, regardless of how different our experiences are, we all attend Mountain View. We are all Wildcats—the band kids, the all-star athletes and the journalism nerds.

Each member of our school acts as a single cog in the machine that is unique to our school. Losing one of those cogs will forever change our machine and the other cogs.

Although this suicide is a tragedy for all, we must learn from it.

As F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote in “The Great Gatsby,” “Let us learn to show our friendship for a man when he is alive and not after he is dead.”

Memories and sympathies cannot

take back what has happened, but they can help us prevent the same tragedy from happening again.

Suicide is 100% preventable. If you need help, ask. If you think your friend needs help, talk to him. Log on to SAVE. org to learn the signs of suicide and ways to help.

Every day, we need to make everyone feel like a Wildcat. We need to show our friends how much we value them, how much they mean to us.

Show them how much you care. Ask them how they are feeling and actually listen.

Sometimes, their problems might seem too big to handle, but there are professionals who can help.

Our counselors at school are here to help, and if for some reason they can’t, they can find people that can.

If you feel like you or someone you know may commit suicide, call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-8255.

In high school, it may seem like we have all the time in the world, but we don’t.

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Students’ efforts help bring the school to the top of county-wide recycling competition.

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“Chocolate” (Music For Cars EP): A very catchy single that is the most popular from the group so far, even though you may have no idea what the lyrics actually mean. “Oh my hair smells like chocolate” shows the band’s ability to create unique lines that won’t be heard anywhere else.

“You” (Sex EP): A perfect break up song but without the usual sappy lyrics that come along with pop song heard on the radio. “It’s my party and I’ll cry to the end. You must try harder than kissing all of my friends” is a simple way to show how much a person can get hurt in a relationship.

“The City” (Facedown EP): One of the songs from the group that leans more to the “rock” side. “You wanna find love then you know where the city is” can be seen as a line in tribute to their native city of Manchester, England.

Even though the band was only started last year, this group founded in Brooklyn has already begun to make an impact on the indie-rock scene.

They first gained attention with their upbeat cover of Ellie Goulding’s “Lights” that resulted in thousands of views on Youtube. “Best Day of My Life” is a perfect song for the summertime because it becomes catchy from the very first note and keeps you listening to the end.

This single is unique in the way that the vocals draw out the words in almost every other line.

It is a song that has to be heard to be fully understood but only takes one listen to fall in love with.

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This song is the definition of pop and will make you want to dance. It is the perfect song to turn your bad mood into a better one in less than three minutes.

Their first single has been heard on shows such as “Girls” and “Snooki and JWow” but has yet to be heard regularly on the radio.

Some people in the music industry describe the song as “selling out” in the way that it seems over the top, but as the group says, “I don’t care, I love it!”

Another English band that is finding fame just in time for summer, The 1975 has a style that is unique and new. They have yet to release a full album, but their EPs have given their fans a taste of what is to come. Their most well known song, Chocolate, gives the feel of a care free summer and is the type of song that will be stuck in your head the entire day. It may take a few listens to get used to their Manchester accents but they will eventually become an addiction.

The band finds a majority of their plays over seas, but it is only a matters of time before their hit song Chocolate finds its place here in the United States.

They were recently featured on Sirius Radio as a “hit bound” artist. The lyrics are simple, even repetative at times but there is something about the song that will draw you in. It’s something fresh and different that is desperately needed for the summer.

The band has been working hard, releasing three EPs in less than a year and scheduled to release a fourth in May. They even have plans to release their first full length album in September. With so much music, it has allowed the group to find their own unique style which can be described as equal parts pop and mellow. The vocals, added by lead singer Matthew Healy who can easily be identified by his unique hair style (pictured left), have helped to make the songs rememerable and is one of the main reasons that their most recent EP, Music For Cars, was so successful. The band has signed with Vagrant Records in order to help bring their music to the United States. flickr.com

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This foursome from England started by Dan Smith has taken over the charts in the United Kingdom. Their debut album “Bad Blood” has reached number one and the single “Pompeii” has peaked at number two on the UK Singles chart.

“Pompeii” is different than anything you’ve probably heard before. The beginning feels like you’ve walked into the middle of an acappella rehearsal but combined with Smith’s vocals, it blends together perfectly.

The instruments are not overwhelming like some songs out there and instead they add the perfect backdrop to the perfect summer song.

Mac Miller “Somebody Do Somethin’”

Some people have seen Mac Miller as the new Eminem but his style couldn’t be more different than Marshall Mathers. After steadily releasing songs throughout 2012 such as “Missed Calls”, he is set to release “Watching Movies With the Sound Off.” “Somebody Do Somethin’” has been announced as his first single off the album and sections of it can be heard throughout new episodes of his reality show, “Mac Miller & The Most Dope Family”. The song seems similar to his past single, “Clarity”, with a simple beat and Miller just doing what he does best, which is creating unique lines and remember-able rhymes.

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Recycling starts here!

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Goin’ Green. Mountain Vew’s position as #1 recycling school soldifiies it as an eco-friendly force to be reckoned with.

It’s over 3000! Juniors Jen Del Castillo, Mallory Davis, and Colton Muller are some of the prime plastic bag collectors for Learn and Serve.

Recycling: Keeping the #1 Spot Mountain View’s efforts in recycling have made it the leading recycling school in the county.

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elping the environment is an important cause and Mountain View is no doubt contributing.

Since the county-wide school recycling competition began in September, Mountain View has alternated between first and third place and is currently in the lead, just a hair ahead of competitor, Brooke Point.

“Healthy competition,” said teacher Eric Hokanson, “particularly with high school kids, always tends to inspire.

Nothing helps inspire kids more than saying ’Oh, this other school is gonna beat us if you don’t!’”

Hokanson is in charge of the school’s recycling, promoting the program at faculty meetings and among the students.

“I’m constantly going around trying to be the public face of it,” he said.

“I’m that little poke to push people over the edge.”

Student efforts in the recycling program include those of the Environmental Club and of the Video/Media classes, who have been making public service announcement videos about recycling for the county.

One of the most notable student efforts is Learn and Serve, where a group of students has begun a project of collecting and recycling plastic

grocery bags.

Started in February, the project, led by juniors Dane Anderson, Jen Del Castillo, Mallory Davis, Colton Muller and senior Andrew Martz, consists of the students placing boxes in select classrooms so other students can bring in bags for recycling.

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“Nothing helps inspire kids more than saying ’Oh, this other school is gonna beat us if you don’t!”

-Eric Hokanson announcement,” said Anderson, “and we just had the idea to do it about recycling grocery bags and that turned into our project.”

The boxes have been placed in 12 rooms throughout the school, including the rooms of Abigail Murray, Jeanne Carter, the Learn and Serve classroom and the front office.

“[The administration] didn’t want any big carts being pushed around,” said Castillo, “which is why we did the boxes in the classrooms.”

The project has over 3000 bags collected so far. The best day for the project saw 300 bags collected in one day.

“I like to count the bags,” said Martz.

The project has helped Mountain View stay in the lead in the county-wide high school recycling competition.

In the meantime, students are encouraged to keep bringing in their plastic bags, as well as recycling at lunch in the blue bins, so that Mountain View may extend their lead and win the recycling competition for the year.

Hokanson said, “I think what most people forget is that it’s single-stream recycling. It all goes in the blue bins.

Even if there’s a doubt, put it in the blue bins, because it’s all sorted by hand. I get so many questions about ‘Well, what about wrapping paper?’ or ‘What about this? What about that?’ Yes. Collectively. Basically everything but food and styrofoam can go in the recycle bin, and yet it’s not something that they think about. “

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Who? What? When? Why?

The Stafford County School Board recently added three new girl sports in an attempt to close the 10 percent sports participation gap between girls and boys. by Emmy Reinwald

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Who? Assistant Superintendent of Secondary Eductaion Lisa Martin recommended the additions, and girls lacrosse players from across the county have lobbied the School Board to approve them.

At the February 12 School Board meeting, the board voted unanimously to approve the addition of three new girls sports.

Junior Lauren Donahue spoke at the meeting and said she thought it was important for players to speak directly to the School Board.

“The School Board likes to hear from the people who will be affected by this,” she said. “It’s more effective [to convince them] when players speak to them.”

School Board member Patricia Healy of the Rockhill District said, “I was pleased that students who are currently playing on travel came to address the School Board.”

“They were excellent spokeswomen for their cause,” she said. “Their passion and desire to play for their high schools were factors I considered in my decision to support the addition of the girls lacrosse to the

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athletic program.”

What? A new Stafford County School Board ruling that will add girls lacrosse, freshmen and middle school volleyball and girls golf.

The high school volleyball program will expand to include a freshman team at each high school as well as adding the sport at the middle school level.

Although technically girls can already compete on the golf team in high school, this ruling adds a separate team just for girls.

Girls lacrosse is the third sport which will be added at the high school level with both a varsity and jv team.

Adding these teams is estimated to cost the county $265,000.

“The School Board recently approved its fiscal year 2014 budget which included the cost of the implementation of the approved expanded girls athletic programs”, Healy said.

The county’s Board of Supervisors must first decide how much money is being allocated to the School Board for the 2014 fiscal year before the School Board can adopt this budget.

This will likely occur in May.

“The School Board has requested a substantial increase in local funding from the Board of Supervisors,” said Healy. “If the Board of Supervisors doesn’t approve the budget requested by the School Board, cuts will have to be made from the program.”

The School Board hasn’t decided what these cuts would be.

“In the event budget cuts become necessary, the School Board will hold one or more work sessions to discuss the funding and the areas in which cuts to the approved budget will be made,” said Healy.

When? Girls will have to wait until next school year to begin participating.

“Girls lacrosse is to be rolled out in Spring of 2014,” said Martin.

The golf and volleyball programs will begin in August of this year.

“I’m a little disappointed [that it’s not this year], but at least I get to experience it,” said Donahue. “I know the seniors are upset they won’t get to play, but they’re excited for the younger girls.”

Although players may be disappointed that lacrossse did not start this spring, the School Board is still concerned that the fall sports may

not even be fully prepared by August.

“We currently do not have girls volleyball coaches in place,” said Martin.

“Time is essential to have all elements in place for August.”

Why? This decision will provide female students more opportunities in accordance with Title IX.

Forty years ago, Title IX was enacted by Congress in order to promote gender equality in schools. A major component of this law was creating and promoting more opportunities for female athletes to participate in school sports.

Although female students make up 50% of the high school population in Stafford County, they only make up 40% of the number of athletes— that’s a 10% gap.

A recent court case against Quinnipiac University found the school’s gap of 3.62% to be out of compliance with Title IX. “Formal complaints of non-compliance are investigated by the Office for Civil Rights,” explained Healy. “In the case of Stafford County Public Schools, to my knowledge, no complaint was filed with the Office for Civil Rights, therefore there has been no formal investigation of ‘finding’.”

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cause I know how much I can help the team. I want to bring everyone up from last year and not let them back down.”

The players want to bring the team closer to its former glory as district champions.

After a devastating loss to Colonial Forge on March 13, though, the team learned a valuable lesson. “[Losing to Forge] showed us that wins weren’t going to be handed to us. We still have to work for it,” said Shelby Tennant, sophomore catcher.

As the team works toward their goal, their first lost will be in the back of their minds. Levesque said, “It was very emotional, most of us cried, but now we’ll remember how it felt, and we don’t want to do that again.”

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win as individuals, but we can win if we come together as a team,” Wilson said.

Banglesdorf added that the team is working on getting stronger mentally. “Physically, they were good enough last year, they just had to realize that they’re that good.”

According to Banglesdorf, the key to a good team is age, maturity and experience. As the team gets older, they get closer to their goal to be district champions. “You can’t put a price on experience,” said Banglesdorf.

New additions to the team also help with the goal. “[Worst to first] is the best thing we can imagine right now,” said freshman pitcher Taylor Levesque.

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Last year, they only won one game, but this year they have a brighter outlook.

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To finish first in the district. “It’s an extreme goal,” said head coach Beau Banglesdorf. “We have the talent to do it.”

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