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tudents in the junior and sophomore classes may not be able to park cars in either of Palo Alto High School’s parking lots for the next two years, according to the Palo Alto High School administration.

As a result of construction projects, the number of parking spaces will be limited.

According to Principal Kim Diorio, staging for the new Performing Arts Center (PAC) will begin in June 2014 and demolition of the Big Gym is expected to begin this coming summer.

Approximately 80 parking spaces will be lost from the Embarcadero lot

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Class of 2014 Graduation activities May

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Juniors may not be able to receive any parking permits, 150 parking spaces to be lost as new construction begins

and 60 to 70 spots from the Churchill lot, mainly near the entrance to Viking Stadium and the blacktop in between the baseball field and the Big Gym. While parking enforcement each school year does not typically begin until a month after the first day of school, after a set date, most will likely not be able to park on campus without receiving a ticket. Diorio says that “the first few weeks of school are going to be interesting” before enforcement begins, which she believes will affect juniors and the dozens of sophomores who typically begin receiving their license midway through the year.

“We’re going to limit right now for seniors only and see what that

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looks like after we sell out to seniors,” Diorio said. “And then if we have any spots, people will probably have to fill out some kind of application, make their case for why they need their parking permit.”

Diorio emphasized that students who live far away or who need cars for after-school jobs or activities would get priority as soon as parking spots free up. But in the meantime, she encourages students to carpool, bike and walk to school.

In addition to a limited number of parking passes, the layout of the Embarcadero lot will change as soon as the staging for the PAC begins.

While drivers currently have the option to turn left, right or go straight as they enter from Embarcadero Road,

they will only be able to turn right and go in a one-way loop next year as a result of the construction, which is expected to cause traffic jams.

The PAC is expected to take 22 months to build, but Diorio is hopeful that the project can be finished sooner so that more student parking spots will become available. She said that staging was originally supposed to begin in March or April, but was postponed until June.

In 2013, local real estate mogul Richard Peery — the father and grandfather of Paly graduates and a current student — made a donation to build a new athletic complex that will inevitably disrupt all Paly athletic events and parking spaces for those athletic events.

27 Annual all day senior class picnic at Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk May

28 Graduation ceremony on the Quad from 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. with a reception until 8:30 p.m.

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OCR investigation opened at Gunn Local high school joins Paly as the latest PAUSD school investigated into by federal agency due to unsatisfactory response to sexual harassment

By Nikhil Rajaram

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The Senior Deck flaunts its camouflage design a day after a group of juniors painted a “5” over the “4” in “2014,” but was taken off by seniors.

Senior Deck repainted with camo, vandalized English project results in the reignition of the junior-senior rivalry

By Hillel Zand Senior Staff Writer

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alo Alto High School’s iconic Senior Deck has undergone a makeover after senior Hayley Tawzer spearheaded an effort to paint it as part of her “Twenty Percent Project” for World Literature.

“I started this project in January,” Tawzer said. “I think everyone was just always casually talking about it and then I just made it my project.”

The “Twenty Percent Project” requires seniors to spend twenty percent of their class time planning and executing a project of their choice.

According to Tawzer, approximately 25 to 30 of her peers helped her paint the deck after school on May 16, with approximately five or six of her close friends helping her complete the job the following day.

The finished result was a eye-popping camouflage design encompassing the

whole deck with “2014” painted in white across the middle.

The project was granted approval

by Principal Kim Diorio and the Associated Student Body (ASB) provided funding for paint and other supplies. “[I] love the [painted] deck,” Diorio said. “I think it’s a great idea.”

The senior class returned to school on May 19 and most — if not all — were impressed with the new deck.

“It was all positive,” Tawzer said about the response she received. “It was all really good. I think it turned out really well.”

Tawzer and other seniors hope that the painting of the deck will develop into a new senior tradition.

However, the new design was met with some backlash. On the night of May 19 — two days after the deck was completely painted — the “4”

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mid an ongoing investigation of Palo Alto High School, the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) is now investigating Henry M. Gunn High School following a parent complaint.

The OCR is a government agency dedicated to enforcing multiple federal civil rights law in public education programs.

The agency has recently opened investigations at 55 higher education schools, claiming that the schools were negligent in the treatment of sexual harassment cases. The parent complaint that the OCR received al-

leged that Palo Alto Unified School District (PAUSD) did not respond to a peer sexual harassment claim satisfactorily at Gunn.

Upon receiving a complaint, the OCR acts as though the allegations were accurate and true, then acts as a “neutral fact finder” to affirm if the school district followed the correct protocol after having received the complaint.

The OCR deemed Gunn’s treatment of the sexual harassment complaint inadequate and consequently launched an investigation under Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972. These amendments mandate that schools do not discriminate based on gender.

Typically, the OCR enforces Title IX by investigating any complaints alleged, then works towards the resolution of those complaints.

Simultaneous to the commencement of the new investigation, the OCR also completed an investigation of the district dating back to Dec. 2012. The 2012 case surrounded a student matter under Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act and Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act, which prohibits discrimination based on disability.

After PAUSD complied with the resolution agreement that the OCR assigned to the district, the OCR

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Five students earn national Scholastic Award Students win the national Scholastic Arts and Writing Award

By Mischa Nee Staff Writer

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ive Palo Alto High School students received national awards in the Scholastic Arts and Writing Competition on Mar. 24, with 36 students receiving recognition at the state level.

After submitting pieces on Jan. 6 across 28 categories ranging from jewelry to video game design to short stories, students anxiously awaited results from the initial regional level judging — consisting of California and other west-coast states. Ultimately, 52 regional awards were brought in, thanks in part to photo teacher Margo Wixsom recognizing

the importance of such competitions and making it a project.

“Submitting to the contest was actually an assignment for AP Studio Art,” senior Ross Cardillo said.

I was surprised to hear I had won but [I was] very honored.

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Art teacher Kate McKensie also encouraged her students to send in a piece.

“I heard about the awards from my art teacher, Kate McKensie, and knew I wanted to submit some of my

writing,” sophomore Caroline Bailey said.

The regional awards were split into three ranks — Honorable Mention, Silver Key and Gold Key. The Gold Key winners went on to compete at the national level where Cardillo became the gold medalist in the Gedenk Award for Tolerance, Bailey won a silver medal in science fiction and fantasy and both junior Margaret Li and junior Ken Shin received silver medals in photography. In addition, junior Jackson Brook won two golds in the journalism category.

Paly students claimed three out of the 14 national medals in photogra-

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Superintendent Skelly appoints Dr. Denise Herrmann for position ByAngela Stern Senior Staff Writer

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n May 16, Palo Alto Unified School District Superintendent Kevin Skelly recommended the appointment of Dr. Denise Herrmann as the new Gunn High School Principal.

The recommendation was presented at the Board of Education Meeting on May 20.

Herrmann will be replacing Ms. Katya Villalobos, who announced her resignation after four years as principal in March. Villalobos will now assume the role of principal of the Palo Alto Adult School.

Herrmann began her career in 1991 in St. Charles Illinois as a science teacher at the the St. Charles High School.

From 2000 to 2006, she served as the Assistant Principal of Curriculum and Instruction at St. Charles North High School.

I will bring out the best in Gunn High School and Gunn High School will bring out the best in me.

Denise Herrmann Gunn Principal Herrmann then moved to Middleton, Wisconsin, where she worked as the Principal of Middleton High School.

There, Herrmann lead several initiatives such as Understanding by Design and Professional Learning

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Additionally, she worked closely with various local community groups to make efforts towards creating positive environments, interventions and opportunities for students.

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I have rarely seen a closer match between a candidate’s skills and the expressed desires of a school community.

Kevin Skelly PAUSD Superintendent Herrmann completed her Doctorate in Education focusing on Administration and Curriculum Leadership from the Northern Illinois University in 2002.

Herrmann had previously attained a Master of Science in Chemistry from the same school.

Herrmann is looking forward to joining the Gunn and PAUSD community.

“I am extremely proud to be selected as the Principal of Gunn High School,” Herrmann said in the PAUSD press release. “Throughout the interview process, my interactions with students, staff, parents and community members were positive, meaningful and focused on developing each student as a whole person. I believe this is a leadership position that fits me well; I will bring out the best in Gunn High School and Gunn High School will bring out the best in me.”

Skelly selected Herrmann due to her experience and positive support

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Dr. Denise Herrmann will assume the role of Gunn’s principal after eight years as principal in Middleton, Wis. from the Gunn community during the interview process.

“Dr. Herrmann was enthusiastically supported by the Gunn teachers, students, parents, and staff members who were part of the principal selection committee,” Skelly said in the PAUSD press release.

“Her years of experience leading a school similar to Gunn will serve the students and school community well. I have rarely seen a closer match between a candidate’s skills and the expressed desires of a school community.”

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fter four substitute teachers testified in front of the Palo Alto Unified School District Board of Education on May 6, Superintendent Kevin Skelly announced his intention to pursue a pay raise for subs.

Jordan Middle School teacher, Dr. Jeanie Smith recognizes the benefits of increasing wages for substitutes following the decline of substitutes in the district.

“Subs used to be plentiful and now they're not,” Smith said. “Too many days the district is maxed out on the need for subs and other teachers have to take up the slack by subbing for a class on their prep period.”

At the beginning of each school year, the district sends out a prefer-

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n May 28, the Palo Alto High School senior class of 2014 will put on their caps and gowns and line up to receive their high school diplomas.

The graduation ceremony will be held from 5:30 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. on the Quad, with a reception from 7:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Family and friends of graduates are welcome to attend the ceremony and the reception afterwards, which will also be held on the quad.

The ceremony follows the Baccalaureate service on May 25. Baccalaureate will be held at the Flint Center at De Anza College. The location was changed from its traditional spot at the Stanford University Memorial Auditorium last year in order to accommodate for the greater numbers of attendees, corresponding with the increasing size of the graduation classes.

Baccalaureate will feature speeches and performances by students and faculty.

Other senior events and traditions are interspersed throughout the final weeks The annual all day senior class picnic at the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk will be held on May 27 and the Grad Night party will follow the graduation reception on the 28. These events have been organized by Palo Alto High School ASB and will give the graduating class a fun way to end the year and their high school careers.

Overdue salary increase has reduced the pool of availiable subs, posing challenges to the district ence sheet so substitutes can select their areas of expertise and the school levels they feel comfortable teaching, so most times subs do not have to work outside their comfort zone.

However, when there are shortages, substitutes are often unprepared for the challenges they might face in the classroom.

“When there is a staffing shortage, we are pressed into service in areas we are not familiar or comfortable,” longtime substitute for PAUSD Sonia Kantor said.“Having a larger pool of substitutes will alleviate this problem.”

The last time pay was increased for PAUSD substitutes was in 2006.

At the time, the board voted three to one for increasing the daily rate for substitutes from $130 to $135 and the long term pay rate from $175 to $180.

Construction Completed ASB creates legacy book alo Alto High School has been full of construction for the last two years and will continue to be for awhile.

However, the first two parts to Paly's huge renovation are approaching finalization.

The new media arts building is completed and small events have been hosted in the new space.

The building is now being furnished in anticipation for the following school year.

The math and history building is on schedule to open for the 20142015 school year and, much like the media arts building is being furnished.

Both of Paly's newest buildings should be up and fully functional by next August.

But as the old gym is torn down after 85 years and the construction for the new state-of-the-art facility begins, lots of parking spaces and the swimming pools will be lost, causing many complications for students.

The demolition will begin June 1 and will hopefully be finished within two years.

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Superintendent to pursue pay raise for subs In 2006, the increase made the district one of the highest paying for subs in the area.

However, after eight years, this daily rate is no longer competitive with other districts.

When there is a staffing shortage we are pressed into service in areas we are not familiar or comfortable.

Sonia Kantor PAUSD Substitute “Substitutes do not get any benefits,” Kantor said. “So increasing the pay to $175 a day would help on all fronts.”

Increasing the pay for substitutes would not only attract more substitutes, reducing the shortage; but it

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he Associated Student Body (ASB) at Palo Alto High School is concluding the year with projects to help future officers and is trying to come up with new ideas for the upcoming school year.

“We’re pretty much just wrapping stuff up,” senior class president Audrey DeBruine said.

One project the ASB officers are attempting to work on is a legacy book that will help assist future officers in making decisions and reflecting on past projects.

DeBruine and other staff members believe that having a legacy book will not only help them reflect on past mistakes and successes, but also will make sure that they do not repeat the same style of events over again for those who have been at the high school for quite a while.

The legacy book will include themes and activities regarding big events such as “Not in Our Schools Week” which recently took place during the week of April 21.

“One thing we’re really trying to work on is a legacy book of sorts

where we document our thoughts on all of the stuff we did through the year,” DeBruine said. “We’re trying to do this so that future officers can go back and read it, as well as have feedback on whatever it is that they are planning for their year.”

ASB is working on planning this year’s graduation and baccalaureate.

ASB officers who will utilize the legacy book were recently elected for the 2014-15 school year. The results are listed below: Sports Commissioner: Olivia Musil Spirit Commissioners: Emma Cole and Ariya Momeny Social Commissioners: Alex Pelayo and Cezanne Lane Multicultural Commissioner: Tiffany Fields PAUSD Board Representative: Carolyn Walworth School Site Council Representatives: Anish Haris (Senior Rep), Sylvia Targ ( Junior Rep) and Candace Wang (Soph Rep) Other than the finishing touches to the end of the year and trying to help future officers, the ASB officers don’t have much else in store for the remainder of the 2013-14 year.

will also allow for better retention of substitute.

“The [substitutes] who stick around for a while are the ones most valuable, because they get to know district and school policies and get to know teachers and students,” Smith said.

Kantor says that the district needs to be proactive in orienting substitutes to the classroom environment.

“We need more classes in technology, new classroom procedures and class standards,” Kantor said. “Also, the district needs to help teachers in how to give instructions. Substitutes need to have more information on special needs students.”

Both Smith and Kantor agree, the daily rate for substitutes should be raised to $175, especially for a job that Smith says “we can't pay someone enough to do.”

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NEWS Senior prepares to compete with the US Physics Team Paly represented on US Physics Team for second year in a row

By Leslie Wan Senior Staff Writer

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alo Alto High School senior Grace Lin will be following the footsteps of Paly alumni Jeffrey Yan (‘13) in placing on the US Physics Team for the second year in a row. While on the team, Lin, along with some new and returning members, will be participating in training camps to prepare for the 45th International Physics Competition that will be taking place on July 13-21, 2014 in Astana, Kazakhstan.

Students who wish to join the US Physics Team must undergo an extensive selection process. First, in early January, students must find a physics teacher who is willing to proctor their test,the F=MA, a 25 question mechanics test, in which any student can participate in. Next, the top 300-400 students are invited to participate in the second round of testing, the semi-final round, which is a two-part free response exam that is around three hours long; the first part has four questions and the second part has two. Then, 18 students are selected to be on the US Physics Team. From there, the finalists are flown to Washington D.C. to partake in an extensive training camp to practice and utilize their skills in preparation for a final exam in which five are selected to compete in the International Physics competition.

Although Lin was the only one selected to be on the US Physics Team this year, other Paly students, whose medal rankings were determined by their results on the semi-final exams, were awarded medals for partaking in the semi-final round. Juniors Joseph Chang and Gary Chen, were awarded the bronze medals, juniors Matthew Li, Luke Liao, and Winston Wang were awarded the silver, and junior Wilson Wang and Lin were awarded the gold. Around 23.2% semifinalists were awarded for honorable mention, 18.9% for bronze, 9.5% for silver, and 15.8% for gold.

“I have been a [national] gold medalist for two years, and I was selected to go to camp last year,“ Lin said. “At the time, it was a very new experience, and it was mindblowing.

I was unfortunately not selected to participate in the International Physics competition last year, but I’m hoping to give it a shot this year.”

I have a little more sense of what we will be doing and how it’s going to feel because it can be a little brutal at times.

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Lin, who took Advanced Placement Physics last year, stated that the class has helped her prepare for the first physics exam and semi-final

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exam of the US Physics Team. In addition, she stated that she did not need to do much preparation other than reviewing AP Physics material and studied by herself, with occasional help from her older brother.

“Up until this point [final round preparations], it’s just getting comfortable with the material and being able to play with it and the relationship between variables,” Lin said Lin has experience due to being on the US Physics team last year, and believes that she will be more mentally and emotionally prepared for the intense training and learning this year.

“I have a little more sense of what we will be doing and how it’s going to feel because it can a little brutal at times,” Lin said. “I don’t know if my physics level has actually increased, but I know that I will be more mentally prepared.”

Lin believes that being on the US Physics team has exposed her to a more in-depth world of physics. Lin believes that the physics taught at school gives students a broad foundation and just barely scratches the surface of the physics world, while the physics taught in training camp at D.C. gives students a more comprehensive range of real-world physics.

Lin will be joining Yan at Harvard University this fall and hopes to be one of the five selected to compete at the International Physics Olympiad Competition.

Underclassmen perform well in annual math competition Freshmen take prize in ATM competition

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fter school on May 13, several Palo Alto High School students participated in the school’s Annual Team Math (ATM) contest for the opportunity to win gift cards worth a total of $150.

In first place was a group of freshmen that included Jerry Hong, Sarah Youngst and Joey Killison-Linn.

A team of two freshmen, Samarth Venkatasubramanian and Byron Zhu and an eighth grader, Chris Jawetz, took second place. Third place was won by a second all-freshman group of Alice Zhang, Erika Wu and Alex Song.

“Some parts were challenging, but it was not as hard as a lot of the other math competitions Paly provides,” Hong said. “I was ecstatic to win, of course, but I was just as excited for the pizza.”

Each member of the first place team received a $25 for each team member. Subsequently, second place received $15 gift cards per team member and $10 gift cards for each member of the third place team.

Each team that competed in the ATM was composed of three members with a point value sum ranging from eight to 10. This point system is determined by the math levels of each member. For example, any level of Algebra class, including Algebra

1.1, Algebra 1.2, Algebra 1 and Algebra 1A had a value of one point.

All math classes including geometry were valued at two points. Classes worth three points included Algebra 2, Algebra 2/Pre Calculus Honors and Trigonometry/Analytics. Courses of Pre Calculus, Pre Calculus A, Analysis and Advanced Placement Statistics were worth four points.

Lastly, classes valued at five points included all variations of Calculus.

Some parts were challenging, but it was not as hard as a lot of the other math competitions Paly provides.

Jerry Hong Freshman

The ATM contest was a combination of three rounds. To begin with, there was the individual round where contestants work separately.

The following collaborative round allowed all three members from each team to work on math problems together. Finally, the lightning round situated the three members in a row and allotted each member one minute to work on a problem before passing it to the next teammate.

To encourage participation for the ATM, many math teachers offer extra credit points. This incentive attracts many students, making the ATM a popular event each year.

Senior Deck project vandalized by members of junior class

Office of Civil Rights opens case despite no Attempt to paint over senior deck unsuccessful recent complaints against district SENIOR DECK, continued from A1 gift from our class to yours and to the nonverbal deadlock. The silence was OCR, continued from A1 abandoned the investigation, determining the district to be in line with Section 504 and Title II. “While the student did not agree with the district’s conclusion, the evidence did not establish that the district failed to provide a prompt and equitable process for addressing the allegations of discrimination,” the OCR said in a letter to the district.

The district was brought under the OCR’s spotlight last year following an article by Paly’s Verde magazine titled “You Can’t Tell Me I Wasn’t Raped.” The article exposed rape culture and included accounts of two

Paly students who had been victims of sexual assault.

After the article garnered national attention and local parent concern, the OCR, concerned that the district was in violation of Title IX, decided to open up a sexual harassment investigation at Paly.

This particular investigation was abnormal as most OCR cases are opened after a complaint is made to the school district, however in this case, there was no complaint to warrant its opening, Despite Superintendent Kevin Skelly’s request for the OCR to close the investigation, OCR attorneys will be visiting both campuses sometime during May.

in “2014” was painted over in yellow paint with a “5,” leading to a riff between the seniors and juniors over social media and during the following school day.

As soon as a picture of the vandalized deck surfaced online at approximately 10:00 p.m., Tawzer and a couple of her friends rushed to Paly and were able to wipe off the paint with wet towels, as either the paint had not fully dried or it was paint not meant for wood surfaces. But even that was not enough to settle the rivalry between the two grades.

“To the person who got the fat thrill from painting over our class number on the senior deck: that was a

school,” senior Talia Brown wrote on Facebook. “It took two long… days of painting in the sun and a hella of a lot of money out [of ] ASB’s pocket, and my best friend worked [hard] to give that to you all… Have some respect.”

Diorio, who says she left campus at about 8:30 p.m. on May 19, said that she was “not happy that the juniors did that, but kind of not surprised, too.”

“It’s unfortunate, but I’m glad the paint scrubbed off,” senior Noa Braun said.

During brunch on May 20, hundreds of students huddled around the edge of the Quad, with the juniors and seniors forming lines on opposite sides of the grass in a seemingly

broken when Senior Class President Audrey DeBruine walked across the Quad with a bucket of yellow paint, which was apparently left behind by the Senior Deck after the vandalism took place. She placed the bucket at the feet of a group of juniors and walked away, which brought a round of approving cheers from the senior class.

While it is unclear as to whether or not there will be any punishment for the unknown perpetrators of the vandalism, and whether surveillance footage from security cameras will be used to identify them, Tawzer had a personal message for whoever painted over her project.

“I’m coming after you.”

University of California system accepts record Students earn national number of out-of-state applicants Scholastic awards

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he University of California has accepted a record number of out-of-state and international students into its system in a time of lower acceptance rates, while in-state students face greater challenges to acceptance than schools had previously established to accommodate California residents.

Since 2009, 57 percent of added spots in the UC system have gone to out-of-state and international students; consequentially, the number of out-of-state and international students enrolled at UC Berkeley and the University of California has skyrocketed from 10 percent to 30 percent in this time period. Also during

this time period, out of the 700 new spots created within the same five year time period, 57 percent of those admitted do not live in California.

Not only does that leave less spots for those who live within California, but an increase in overall applications results in a more selective admissions process.

The average out-of-state student pays $36,000 per year for standard tuition, while the average Californian only pays $12,000. As a result, the vast difference between the two tuitions provide a much greater incentive for the UC system to accept many more out-of-state students to account for previous budget shortfalls, greater geographical diversity and additional and increased tuitions.

Because of this predicament, Fremont mother Rohini Ashok created

a petition in order to reduce the UC system’s incentive to accept and enroll students who do not reside in California.

According to the petition’s website, the “[UC system] is now ‘selling’ its admission process to the highest bidder. Qualified high school students are being rejected in favor of out-of-state and foreign candidates, while a portion of its budget is paid by the state government and our tax dollars. We need the Governor to stop this practice and make UCs available to all qualified Californians as a priority.”

In summation, given the vast increase in admission for out-of-state students, this leaves many more California students to settle for pricier private institutions, out-of-state state schools or community colleges.

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Cardillo was one of six winners for the prestigious Gedenk Award, who each received $1,000.

“I was surprised to hear I had won but [I was] very honored,” Cardillo said. “A lot of amazing artwork has come out of these awards.”

According to the Scholastic Art and Writing Award’s website, the Gedenk Award for Tolerance is aimed for young people to “Reflect upon the lessons learned from the Holocaust and other genocides, and attempt to raise awareness of the im-

portance of increasing tolerance to safeguard a peaceful society.”

“When I learned about the Gedenk organization I came to strongly appreciate their goals and took my submission very seriously,” Cardillo said.

All four national medalists are invited to the ceremonies to acknowledge their impressive accomplishments.

“I’m starting to look forward to the ceremonies in New York City, which take place June 5-7,” Bailey said. “National Medalists accept their award in a ceremony at Carnegie Hall, attend college fairs and go to a ‘Maker Prom.’”

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Palo Alto Weekly named Best Theatre Department commemorates seniors Large Newsweekly in the state Performances celebrate graduating class Local publication receives state-wide honor second year in a row

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n May 3, the California Newspaper Publishers Association (CNPA) named Palo Alto’s local community newspaper, The Palo Alto Weekly, the best large newsweekly in the state.

At the 2014 CNPA press summit hosted in San Jose, Calif., The Palo Alto Weekly received this award for general excellence for the second time. The paper also won eight other top awards and eight honorable mentions.

“We feel really gratified,” Jocelyn Dong, Editor of the Palo Alto Weekly, said. “We work really hard throughout the year and this [general excellence] award and the other awards from the CNPA just kind of gave us a little bit of endorsement or encouragement for the quality of journalism we’re trying to achieve at the Weekly.”

At the summit, the paper was submitted into the Better Newspapers Contest, which received over 4,000 entries from local, daily and school newspapers.

The combinations of dedication and willingness to get to the bottom of the story, the heart of the story, makes us stand out.

Sue Dremann Palo Alto Weekly Reporter

Judges from both in and out of the state reviewed work from all the publications during the time of Nov. 1, 2012 and Oct. 31, 2013 to select this year’s winners for various categories.

“The top five finalists in each category are sent to judges in press clubs outside of the state,” Dong said. “So in any year judges could be people in New York, Texas, Mississippi or whoever the CNPA can find. I really feel good that our stories resonate in other parts of the country as well.”

During the contest, judges look for all the hallmarks of good journalism, such as the newsworthiness of the writer’s topics, whether or not the reporters capture the significance of their stories, whether the reporters use a diverse selection of sources and if articles have a solid storytelling component.

“This year one of the judges said we have ‘smart reporting’, which I think is a nice compliment to the work that we do,” Dong said. “It shows that we bring our intelligence to what is going on, we weigh facts and try to present the readers with the information they can use to make their own decisions on these topics.”

The Palo Alto Weekly has entered the Better Newspapers Contest for many years in the past and has won many top honors. Over the years, the paper has won the first place “general excellence” several times.

This year, the staff of the Palo Alto Weekly won first place awards for General Excellence, Coverage of Local Government, Editorial Comment, Enterprise Reporting, Photo Essay and Best Tabloid Front Page.

The second place awards were awards for Best Website, Feature Story and Feature photo.

Compared to other newsweeklies, Palo Alto Weekly’s staff of 11 editors and reporters is considered small.

Despite this, the paper is still able to

compete and win against other newsweeklies, some with a staff of over 25,000.

Unique content also serves to set The Weekly apart from other publications. Sue Dremann, a reporter for the Palo Alto Weekly, believes that the coverage of more serious topics makes the paper stand out from its competitors and is an improvement the paper has made in the past couple of years.

We work really hard throughout the year and this [general excellence] award and the other awards from the CNPA just kind of gave us a little bit of endorsement or encouragement for the quality of journalism we’re trying to achieve at the Weekly.

Jocelyn Dong Editor of the Palo Alto Weekly

“In terms of the depth of the reporting, we’ve moved into some really serious topics such as immigration issues, mental health, [and] sexual abuse,” Dremann said. “These are all topics we’ve been willing to go deeper into than our competitors and I think [it] has made the paper better.”

Dremann also believes that teamwork and dedication are keys to success for the paper.

“The team works really well together and everybody is really confident, they are highly confident reporters and they take their work very seriously,” Dremann said. “The combinations of dedication and willingness to get to the bottom of the story, the heart of the story, makes us stand out.”

COURTESY OF MOLLY MACKRIS

The theatre department celebrates the contributions of the graduating senior class. map displaying the colleges that the

By Maggie Rosenthal seniors being honored by the showStaff Writer case will be attending.

“I designed and made a beautiful n May 17, the Palo Alto college map of all of the seniors in H i g h S c h o o l T h e a t r e theatre,” Mackris said. “I also chose Department held their and printed over 30 pictures from the Theatre Showcase commemorating past two years.” seniors involved in their program.

One highlight of the night was The showcase included short per- the announcement of the perforformances by all seniors wanting to mances that will be take place in participate, as well as various other the coming school year. Kathleen activities to wrap up the year of the- Woods, the director of the Paly Theater and to celebrate the graduating atre Department, took the stage and class of seniors in the theater pro- announced the musical for next year, gram.

“The Drowsy Chaperone”, as well as Younger Theatre Department the play “Servant of Two Masters.” members presented each of the 20 seAn element that Mackris introniors being honored that night with a duced as a new, unique component short speech. for this year’s showcase was an event Junior Molly Mackris, a Theatre including a symbolic send off of bal4 student, helped to organize the loons.

Theater Showcase along with juniors “I had the idea that every senior Kelly Shi and Alex Merkle-Ray- would write down a dream for the fumond. ture on a slip of paper and then each “[We] planned and hosted the senior would tie his or her dream event, which basically meant that my to his or her own helium balloon,” co-hosts and I thought out and co- Mackris said. “We all went to the ordinated every detail of the event,” quad together at the end and they Mackris said. released their balloons as a symbolMackris helped design a focal ic way of sending them off into the point of the night’s decorations: a world.”

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Publications elects new editors for upcoming school year Student leaders of Paly journalism programs pass down their positions to newly appointed executives

By Hannah Nguyen Staff Writer

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alo Alto High School enjoys a nationally-ranked journalism program with a multitude of student-produced publications, and as the 2013-2014 school year comes to a close, the student leaders of these publications have passed down their positions. The newly appointed juniors and sophomores are looking forward to yet another year of successful, groundbreaking high school journalism, and paired with the new media arts center, the future of journalism on Paly campus has never looked brighter.

The Paly Voice

Editors-in-Chief: Charles Yu, Molly Fogarty Managing editors: Lydia Barry, Emma Chiu News editors: Lizzie Chun, Maddy Jones Sports editors: Julia Asin, Liana Pickrell Features editor: Chloe Fishman Entertainment editor: Ido Gal Multimedia editor: Takaaki Sagawa The Paly Voice is one of the most accessible publications at Paly, pro-

ducing news stories online and making them instantly available by sharing them via social media networks.

Junior Charles Yu, newly appointed editor-in-chief of The Paly Voice, looks forward to the upcoming 2014-2015 year.

“I’m honored to have been selected as [editor-in-chief ] for this coming year,” Yu said. “I’m looking forward to using this opportunity to really push Voice to take on new frontiers of journalism.”

Yu also pointed out that the rising online presence of other Paly publications presents a challenge for The Voice.

“One challenge that [Fogarty] and I have pinpointed is that Voice has traditionally been the ‘online publication’ but it’s slowly losing that title as more and more publications are moving towards web journalism,” Yu said. “This year, our focus will most likely be to redefine the Voice’s place in the scope of Paly publications and to make sure that we continue to produce high quality material.”

Editor-in-Chief of digital content: Bryan Wong Managing editors: Lucy Fox and Brigid Godfrey Perspectives editor: Kelly Shi Culture editor: Anand Srinivasan Features editor: Eliza Ackroyd Launch editor: Esmé Ablaza News editors: Siddarth Srinivasan and Anna Lu Social media director: Zofia Ahmad Design director: Claire Priestly Verde Magazine, Paly’s features magazine, has gained national attention in recent years for its notable investigative journalism, and new student leaders hope to continue this strong reputation. According to Editor-in-Chief Tira Oskoui, increasing online presence is one of the primary objectives for the traditional print magazine.

“The main goal for the coming year is to go more digital,” Oskoui said.

“We’re going to be really trying to expand our online presence and use social media a lot more. We are designing a new website, and we’re hoping to upload a lot more online content.”

Social Media Director Zofia Ahmad hopes that gaining greater atVerde Magazine

tention online will foster more comEditors-in-Chief: Tira Oskoui, Jack munication with readers.

Brook, Jasper McEvoy

“We are hoping to facilitate more conversation with our readers, and get more input from them,” Ahmad said. “That’s where social media comes in, so we’ll be posting more often than just whenever we come out, so people have more continual updates.”

The Viking Magazine

Editors: Rowan McEvoy, Zoe Bhargava, Alex Murray Paly students rely on The Viking magazine to deliver high-quality coverage of both local and national sports. Like Verde Magazine, the new student leaders look forward to more award-winning journalism in the upcoming school year and will strive to increase digital representation.

“I’m very excited to be one of the [Editors-in-Chief ] for The Viking next year and hope to continue a tradition of interesting content, but also expand our online presence,” Editorin-Chief Rowan McEvoy said.

Madrono

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“I’m looking forward to welcoming a new group of student to our yearbook staff this upcoming year,” Noroian said. “I want to introduce our new staff to yearbook slightly differently than in previous years, focusing on learning vital skills very early on so that the entire yearbook will be professional looking and well designed.”

INfocus Network

Executive producer: Griffin Carlson INfocus proudly remains the only broadcast publication. In addition, INfocus is the only publication that produces daily, and the modern media, despite the departure of beloved advisor Mike McNulty, hopes to continue delivering daily news and broadcasts to Paly students.

Friday, May 23, 2014

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NEWS Residents protest in support of Buena Vista Mobile Home Park

Snapchat allegedly collects users’ personal information

Community members rally to save local mobile home park

By Lauren Klass

News and Opinion Editor

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Members of the Palo Alto community peacefully gather at Cogswell Park to show their opposition to the plan to close the Buena Vista Trailer Park on May 12. The group was comprised of educators, local residents and students.

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n May 12, dozens of city residents, students and educators joined at Cogswell Park on the corner of Bryant Street and Lytton Street to rally in support of Buena Vista Mobile Home Park, half an hour before a fate-deciding court hearing.

The Jisser family, the owner of Buena Vista, which currently houses approximately 400 individuals on slightly over four acres of land, has been looking to sell the property for over a year. If the owners follow the necessary steps in selling their land and have their required proposals approved, Buena Vista will be transferred over to Prometheus Real Estate Group and the current mobile home residents will be displaced.

The hearing, which was held in the nearby Avenidas Senior Center and led by administrative law judge Craig Labadie, aimed to take steps toward determining whether or not the Relocation Impact Report (RIR), a package the owner planned to offer the displaced residents, was sufficient or not. The proposal being evaluated was the sixth version of the original RIR — the preceding five were

deemed incomplete by the City of Palo Alto. The newest report stated that the Jisser family would purchase mobile homes from their owners for their appraised values as well as subsidize the “startup costs” of finding a new living situation.

Community members present at the rally included Buena Vista families, educators, supportive Palo Alto residents and many young children.

All protestors joined together countless times throughout the evening to shout “Si se puede, yes we can,” their slogan for the cause and rally. Among the protesters were numerous Barron Park Elementary School students supporting their classmates who live in the mobile home park.

“The reason we are here is to support the Buena Vista children that go to our school,” Barron Park fifthgrader Pavel Dobrov said. “We don’t want [the owners] selling Buena Vista to some overpriced housing thing.”

Pavel’s twin brother Mick Dobrov, also a fifth-grader at Barron Park, expressed concern for the education and living situations of his peers.

“I support Buena Vista because I want to make sure we can help keep our classmates in a good school and community and a safe place,” Mick said.

The Dobrovs’ classmates Grace Eldridge and Zoe Jung both voiced their support for helping their “friends save their houses” and “keeping classmates from having to move and leave their friends.”

Protester Joanne Erwin noted that her support for Buena Vista residents was rooted in her own recognition of what she perceived to be overly expensive housing and lack of affordable housing in the city.

“I moved [to Palo Alto] from Colorado very recently and housing prices in this town are just ridiculous,” Erwin said. “On top of that, these people [Buena Vista residents] have already been living in this city for years and are about to have their homes and everything taken away from them.”

An anonymous teenaged resident of Buena Vista expressed fear of losing many academic opportunities if forced to move from the mobile home park.

“I’ve been living at Buena Vista for maybe about five years now,” he said.

“Living here has opened many doors for me. I get a great education at Terman Middle School. If the owners succeed in selling the property, I’ll have to abandon all the great doors that have been opened for me here.”

Technical difficulties derail AP Spanish Language and Culture exam Students unable to record speaking portion of test due to confusion regarding audio recording program “Audacity”

By Jack Shapiro Senior Staff Writer

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very May, dozens of students file into various rooms at Palo Alto High School to take the Advanced Placement Spanish Language and Culture Exam. This year, while most finished the test and left between 12:30 and 1:00 p.m., a small group of students had to stay behind, on hold with College Board for over an hour, waiting to take the speaking part of the test again.

The test is comprised of two sections, each worth 50 percent of the final score. Section I consists of multiple choice questions based on listening and reading passages, while Section II is comprised of a free response, in which there are two writing responses and two speaking activities. The problems began with the speaking activities.

In order to record the spoken words of AP test takers, Paly-distributed computers are equipped with Audacity, an audio recording program. However, for some students, the audio never recorded after they pressed the record button on their computers, resulting in further confusion over which buttons to press in order to record.

“I would press the record button and it wouldn’t record,” sophomore Eoin O’Farrell said. “By the time we got it working, it was mid-way through the speaking bit.”

According to O’Farrell, around 12 students from various rooms who had issues recording the speaking section were taken into the same room after the other students were released.

“First off, they had to call the College Board to check if we could even redo it,” O’Farrell said. “We called up and were put on hold for about an hour. Then after, [the College Board] told us that we might have to do the whole second part [free response] again. After about an hour and a half, they said we could do the listening bit alone, so they put us all in one classroom and made us do it over.”

While the students were able to retake the sections they were not able to record properly, many other students had difficulty with the program which elongated the test. Even though they were eventually able to record, many classes had to get help with setting up Audacity and getting the headphones to correctly record the audio, among other things.

“Once we had finished the reading, listening and writing portions of the test, we thought we only had

about 20 more minutes left to do the speaking portion,” junior Kelly Swanson said. “It ended up taking about 45 minutes just to get the computer set up so that we could be able to take the 20 minute test.

“College Board had sent CDs for us to record on, but the Macbooks at Paly are the newer version and do not have CD drives. We had to set up the recording application, Audacity, which took a long time but could have gone quicker if teachers and other staff had helped set it up beforehand.”

The many issues encountered using Audacity to record the audio portion of the test raises questions about how the test could be better administered going forward to prevent a repeat of this years’ problems.

“I think the system and methods should be tested before being used each year and instead of having a slideshow showing us how to set up our computers, they should already be set up so that we do not end up staying until 1:30 or 2:00 in the afternoon,” Swanson said.

O’Farrell feels the use of a more simplistic audio program would solve the complication problem.

“Maybe [we shouldn’t] use Audacity,” O’Farrell said.

napchat has been allegedly collecting both content and personal information without users’ consent. Earlier this month, Snapchat settled charges set by the Federal Trade Commission.

Snapchat is a mobile application that allows users to share photos and videos on their smartphones with other users. These can be viewed for a limited amount of time before they vanish ‘forever’. Snapchat guarantees that neither the recipient’s device nor the company’s database will store any of the media shared by users, however this policy is now under question.

FTC chairwoman Edith Ramirez released a statement explaining that if a company markets privacy to its consumers, it is critical for them to keep such promises.

The FTC’s mission, according to the official FTC website, is to “prevent business practices that are anticompetitive or deceptive or unfair to consumers,” and to “enhance informed consumer choice.”

“Any company that makes misrepresentations to consumers about its privacy and security practices risks FTC action,” Ramirez said.

Snapchat’s alleged misrepresentation does not come as a surprise to Palo Alto High School sophomore Charlotte Hall.

“I already figured that it’s the same as with all free social media sites like

Facebook; they sell your information to make money,” Hall said. “So [the recent discovery] hasn’t really changed my outlook [on Snapchat] because I never thought it was private in the first place.”

According to Business Insider, approximately 30 million people actively use Snapchat every month. Of those monthly active users, 55 percent use Snapchat daily, amounting to a total of 16.5 million people regularly using Snapchat.

“Typically I just snapchat my close friends with random photos of myself or of an activity I’m doing,” sophomore Adele Bloch, who has sent and received a total of 76,000 snapchats, said. “Sometimes I’ll have conversations over Snapchat.”

On its blog, Snapchat attributed the privacy issues to their focus on developing the app and putting it on the market.

“While we were focused on building, some things didn’t get the attention they could have,” Snapchat wrote.

Despite neither confirming nor denying any wrongdoing, Snapchat has settled the charges. Furthermore, the company has revised its privacy policy and for the next two decades, will be monitored by a privacy professional.

“I would use Snapchat as I’ve always used social media sites; assume that everyone is going to see it and post accordingly,” sophomore Jenny Xin said.

Senior reaches quarterfinals at national debate tournament

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Senior Travis Chen has qualified for the Tournament of Champions three times.

By Stephenie Zhang Senior Staff Writer

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enior Travis Chen reached the quarterfinals, placing in the top eight in Lincoln-Douglas debate at the National Tournament of Champions, a prestigious debate invitational held at the University of Kentucky from April 26 to 28.

“I was pretty happy with my performance this year,” Chen said. “I did better than in previous years and got to a late elimination round. Of course there’s always that lingering thought that I could’ve gotten to finals or won, but overall I was pretty satisfied.”

The tournament has seven preliminary rounds where debaters with similar records are paired against each other. Debaters who exit the preliminary rounds with records of 5-2 or better advance to the elimination rounds, where the high-seeded debaters compete against the low-seeded debaters in a single elimination fashion. Typically, 16 to 20 debaters move on to the elimination rounds. “[The Tournament of Champions] was more difficult than other tournaments since every single round was against an accomplished debater, unlike other tournaments, where I would usually only debate the best debaters in later rounds,” Chen said.

To qualify for the Tournament of Champions, debaters must receive at least two bids at various national circuit tournaments after reaching a certain level depending on the tournaments’ difficulty and size; the qualification threshold can range from being a finalist to being an octafinalist.

There are almost 50 qualifying competitions a year, and around 70 to 80 debaters qualify to compete at the Tournament of Champions each year.

Chen qualified for the tournament after receiving a total of five bids, more than the necessary two, from

being an octafinalist at the Greenhill Tournament in Dallas, Texas, a finalist at Voices in San Jose, Calif.; the champion at the Victory Briefs Tournament (VBT) in Los Angeles, a quarterfinalist at Stanford in Stanford, Calif. and an octafinalist at Harvard in Cambridge, Mass.

“I was pretty happy that I qualified after two tournaments since it relieved the pressure of doing well at future tournaments and also made it so that I didn’t have to go to as many,” Chen said.

In Lincoln-Douglas debate, there are typically four topics a year, each lasting around two months. The Tournament of Champions uses the January-February topic. By doing so, there is an expectation of higherquality research and preparation, according to Chen.

For the tournament this year, the topic was “Resolved: Developing countries should prioritize environmental protection over resource extraction when the two are in conflict.”

“To prepare for the competition, I compiled the work I had done in previous tournaments and edited some of it in addition to writing a few more positions,” Chen said.

This year is Chen’s third trip to the Tournament of Champions, having also qualified for the tournament his sophomore and junior year.

“My sophomore year I was more worried about the qualifying process, while this year my main concern was doing well at the tournament itself,” Chen said.

After graduating, Chen plans to stay involved in the National Forensics League while attending Harvard College.

“I’ll try to stay involved at least a little bit,” Chen said. “I might coach and judge at a few tournaments, but I’m not entirely sure of my future plans yet.”

Friday, May 23, 2014

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Students should incorporate art into curriculum The growing emphasis on science in the work place cannot undermine the value of art and creativity

By Maya Kitayama Senior Staff Writer

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e live in the epicenter of technology and innovation. Palo Alto High School has a huge percentage of students who graduate and then attend a four-year university the subsequent year. Everyday we hear of the growing importance of working toward an engineering or computer science degree, how the workforce of our generation is only concerned with employees who know how to program and develop and how everyday, the value of a liberal arts degree is becoming more and more obsolete.

If that is the case, that subjects within the liberal arts realm are not viable pathways of study, where does that leave those who want to pursue an even more unconventional degree, namely those involved and interested in visual or performing arts?

I have learned from personal experience that many in this community believe that the very idea of pursuing a college degree in the arts is essentially a waste of four years and tuition money. And I am not here to completely disregard the fact that artists, on average, make substantially less money than those who choose to study engineering and computer science. I’m here to question the perception that many people, including artists themselves, continue to hold regarding the importance of art in the world.

Traditionally, art is used as a form of self-expression which simultaneously serves as a method of entertainment. Whether it be painting, photography, music, dance, theater or any combination of them, the resulting products typically are enjoyed by people who pay money to experience them firsthand. This sort of practice has been an integral part of the arts, and many artists are often overwrought with making money off of their craft, and like people of other professions, continue to measure

their talent and success through how much money they can make.

As an aspiring artist and performer, I have been consumed with the idea that there is but one pathway for any dancer to travel down in order to transform a passion into a career. This pathway involves intense training, scrutiny, failure, rejection and carrying out someone else’s artistic vision.

Although this current institution of art appreciation will never fully die out, there is ample opportunity to expand the realm of the arts and foster newer and innovative ways to bring the fundamentals and contributions of the arts into other facets of the professional world.

The ability to tune into emotion, self-expression and communication is a skill that people everywhere need access to.

The formal definition of art is “the expression or application of human creative skill and imagination.”

In other words, the practice of art is the practice of using and applying creativity. Many people are keen on differentiating innovation, invention and creativity. The fact of the matter is, there is no conceivable possibility for innovation or invention to take place without creativity to dream up the possibilities. Now, this statement is interchangeable, as creativity is useless without someone to bring it to life through innovation or invention, so in essence, they mutually benefit one another. And therefore, in this community colloquially known as the Silicon Valley — the frontrunner of innovation — we cannot continue to function without the support and input from those who make it their life’s work to foster creative thought: artists.

Unfortunately, here at Paly, the community seems to disagree on the importance of the arts, whether we are aware of it or not. This past year during Career Month, the entirety of the art field was represented by one individual. In comparison, there were at least six speakers involved in the field of technology and engineering, all of whom held Bachelor of Science degrees.

And while we’re on the subject of arts and education, let’s look at it on a level-by-level basis. High school is a time of experimentation. Most adolescents are undergoing an identityfocused stage of development. Since self-expression is one of the key components of the arts, this pairing of ar-

tistic outlet and a bunch of teenagers who are in the midst of developing their individual voices and identities seems more than fitting. Naturally, not every teenager will find comfort or passion within the arts, but teenagers should not be deterred from at least delving into the arts, purely because there is so much left to be discovered internally and externally.

High schools are notorious for spending little money on arts-related activities. The way secondary education is set up holds an inherent bias against teaching and exposing students to artistic study. Choir teacher Michael Najar observes the lack of arts appreciation within the standard high school curriculum.

“Math and science aren’t a choice, we just accept them as principles in our education,” Najar said. “Why? Why do we prioritize that as opposed to completing it with an arts education? It’s a fact that the highest achieving students in this district have an incredibly strong arts background, you cannot divide the two.”

Now let’s consider post-secondary education. College is a time to figure out what direction you want to take your life in, and then throw yourself into the subject matter to learn more about your chosen field. Some do so with computer science, engineering, medicine, education, political science, psychology; some do so with the arts.

A student who chooses to pursue the arts in college is actively choosing to learn as much about creative thought, self-expression and how to translate those skills into platforms for other people to understand, enjoy and benefit from.

I am in no way trying to condemn the choices of my peers, or the community focus on STEM-related fields. I am calling for us as a collective whole to start broadening our perspectives of the true value of art.

We need creativity, we need art in every field of the professional world. If we do live in the age of development and innovation, then this is a situation that requires new ideas. Artists need to be a part of the conversation when it comes to human rights, and political policy. Artists need to contribute to the world of technology and engineering. Artists should engage in the media, broadening the perspectives of those who represent and report.

We need creativity to move forward, and those same individuals who you secretly scoff at for wanting to study visual arts, music, dance or acting in college are the same individuals who are going to fulfill this need.

Courtesy of Abigail Hernandez

Senior Abigail Hernandez’s artwork demonstrates its importance in education.

But just as much as those who condemn artists for not taking up more conventional fields of study need a change of opinion, many aspiring artists also need to start broadening their perceptions of possibility.

It’s how we view the world, it’s how we interpret the world.

Michael Najar Choir Teacher

We are, undoubtedly, living in a world of change. We have access to technology, allowing the instantaneous exchange of information and communication. We also have a world where mediums and fields are starting to overlap and interlace in ways no one thought possible. Those who choose to invest their time into perfecting and enhancing their artistic craft need to realize that there is a much bigger need for those skills and they do not necessarily all end up on a stage or in a gallery. The stage for future artists is much bigger than Madison Square Garden or the Louvre. Artists are needed on the global stage, reaching out to a much larger audience. The ability to tune into emotion, self-expression and communication along with facilitating those same processes within other

people is a skill that people everywhere need and deserve access to.

According to Najar, the “study of art is the study of life.” It is through art that we allow ourselves to gain deeper insight into the human experience.

“It’s how we view the world, it’s how we interpret the world,” Najar said. “It’s inclusion is to make us feel more human.”

Art is as close to the human experience as we can get through an entirely separate medium. The human experience shouldn’t be restricted to those who can afford it. As artists, we need to start broadening the realm of possibility, and start creating new ways to harness our passion and love in order to benefit a larger audience.

We live for the applause (please excuse me Lady Gaga), we live for the gasps, the cheers, the tears of an audience. So why not bring that experience to all kinds of people; people who can’t spend $100 to sit in a theater or walk through a gallery? As humans, we all have the capacity to appreciate something as humane and emotionally-compelling as the arts.

Therefore, it is time to travel into a new age of artists bringing their craft to the global stage, may it be through media, social work, technology, travel; whatever it takes.

Elective requirement hinders choice in school curriculum Combining art and career elective requirements would give students an extra class period to pursue interests

By Jeffrey Ho

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t’s that time of year again, the “I can’t believe I wasted an entire year in that class” and “I’m not taking another one of these classes again” attitudes begin to float around campus, as students brace themselves for the end of the school year.

Such feelings that many students have for classes they find boring or meaningless have existed for years now, despite teachers’ attempts to modify their lesson plans and teaching styles in order to alleviate this issue. No matter how radically class curriculum changes, the same feeling still flows: often times, students find

little interest in classes that they are forced to take just to meet graduation requirements.

Core classes have always served as the most basic prerequisites for high school graduation, but our daily schedules still accommodate for two to three classes denoted as “electives.”

Students are able to select elective classes that may deviate greatly from the standard English or laboratory science classes; however, even in these classes, many still complain that either the teacher was mediocre or the course’s content was not to his or her liking. As a result, teachers continue to question what they are doing wrong when, despite their efforts, students remain dissatisfied.

Required electives defeat the purpose of creating more well rounded students and does not relieve them of their unsatisfactory feeling of wasted time at the end of the year.

Sure, not every teacher can satisfy every single one of his or her students, but the lack of satisfaction in

elective classes may be partially due to the current graduation requirements.

In order to graduate and be eligible to attend a University of California (UC) or California State University (CSU) school, one must pass a “yearlong course in visual and performing arts” and a “year of an elective chosen from any area on approved a-g course list,” according to the Palo Alto High School Course Catalog. Although the two year-long requirements seem very lenient, there remains two main flaws that have caused both students and elective teachers great distress. The result of mandating both Visual and Performing Arts (VPA) and Career Technical Education (CTE) requirements is counter intuitive. The UC and CSU demand a year of both VPA and CTE classes in order to give students a well-rounded education. By doing so, many hastily fulfill the bare minimum of one of the requirements while devoting the rest of his or her elective classes to subjects which will satisfy other requirement.

Required electives defeat the purpose of creating well-rounded students and does not relieve them of their unsatisfactory feeling of wasted

time at the end of the year. Separating the UC, CSU and Paly graduation requirements for VPA and CTE has created the same sticky situation that was to be avoided in the first place. In fact, with the current system, students are further restrained from possessing full control over their electives.

Combining the VPA and CTE requirements into a general elective category would please many students, as they would feel much less inclined to simply enroll in a class for the sole purpose of knocking off a graduation requirement.

Dividing elective courses into two separate categories forms multiple social injustices that may be solved by other methods. By making the VPA and CTE requirements mutually exclusive, the UC and CSU colleges inherently imply that arts classes fail to provide the skills required in a stable workplace. Although some VPA courses may be taken for CTE credit and vice versa, the split sets the prec-

edent that the arts and professional careers are in little ways related.

In the same way, if the UC and CSU systems were to mandate one year of required computer science or engineering technology coursework along with a general CTE requirement, we would encounter the same problem; dissatisfied students would be required to fill a period with an engineering class that they would rather not take in order to graduate.

Therefore, there’s no need to separate the arts from applied academics.

Combining VPA and CTE requirements into one elective category would please many students, as they would be less inclined to simply enroll in a class for the sole purpose of knocking off a graduation requirement. Although it may seem complicated to merge the two UC/CSU requirements, the result would create a less restrictive curriculum for students, allowing them to take classes which truly interest them. Ultimately, merging the two requirements into a one would help improve the overall scholastic curriculum and allow students to have more space in their class schedule for classes of their choice.

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OPINION

Friday, May 23, 2014

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Students should not stress over AP examination Advanced Placement tests do not always reflect the knowledge of a student and should not be over-emphasized

By Will Snodgrass Staff Writer

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s the school year winds down, high school students are busier than ever. Many students find themselves focusing on a last minute push to improve their grades.

On top of that, students in Advanced Placement (AP) classes have to prepare for AP exams.

Pressure to succeed in the classroom an intense focus for college applicants. Many students believe that a higher grade or test score will give them an edge over other students, creating intense stress during the end of the school year. Consequently, some students put too much emphasis on the results of AP exams.

While it is always important for students to work hard and try their best, it is not the end of the world if they score poorly on an AP test. In the scope of college admissions, AP tests do not play that large of a role.

In fact, students are not obligated to send their scores to colleges if they do not wish to do so. If a student scores poorly, prospective colleges will not know unless the student opts to send his or her score.

Students are not the only people that stress over AP testing at Paly. AP testing also puts stress on teachers as

they worry about their students’ performance and how their results will reflect on their teaching and curriculum.

While it is always important for students to work hard and try their best, it is not the end of the world if they score poorly on an AP test.

Rather than worrying about AP exams, students should be using this time of the year to improve their grades and prepare for standardized testing if they have not already taken the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) or the American College Test (ACT).

Grades and standardized testing have a greater factor in college admissions, so they should be taken more seriously by students. Furthermore, AP testing itself does not always reflect a student’s absorption of knowledge

over a year long course. Unlike standardized tests such as the SAT or the ACT, AP tests are offered only once a year. A student could put a lot of effort into an AP test and receive a poor score, but that does not mean that he or she is a poor student.

There are also students that naturally do not perform well on tests.

Students that are poor test takers are put at a disadvantage when it comes to AP testing. On many AP tests, the essay section makes up a large portion of the entire score, and the essays are usually about a specific topic. It is plausible that a student could have extensive knowledge about a particular subject but score poorly on the essay because of a lack of knowledge on something specific.

The beneficial aspect of AP testing is that a student can gain college credit if he or she does well on the exam. At many schools, a score of

four or five on an AP test will give a student credit for that course, allowing that student the opportunity to take other classes that might interest him or her. However, receiving a lower score will not create long term issues for students. The worst thing that might happen is that the student will have to take a similar course in college. In the future, it is important that the administration and staff at Paly continue to support students throughout the end of the year as student stress reaches its peak. Activities such as Field Day are great because they give students an opportunity to relax and take their minds off of AP and final exams.

This far into the year, the most that anyone can ask for is for students to try their best. Even if they do not receive the score that they wished for on an AP or final exam, they should be praised for their hard work.

AP classes should focus on curriculum rather than exam Courses should emphasize material, while preparation for the Advanced Placement test should be kept to a minimum

By Irene Ezran Senior Staff Writer

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alo Alto High School offers a wide variety of Advanced Placement (AP) classes that allow students to complete a college

level course in high school in order to master a certain subject. While some students take AP classes to show academic rigor on their transcript, others strive to score well on the AP exam to avoid taking introductory classes in college. Most importantly, some students take AP courses to delve deep into a subject that they are truly passionate about. While the latter group of students may be small and often overlooked, teachers should focus on designing a course for such students who take the class for the purpose of learning the curriculum rather than to perform well on the exam.

Many AP classes cover topics that are likely to appear on the exam, which are not necessarily the most important, central ideas of a subject.

As a result, many students become less passionate and more reluctant to

study subjects that are geared towards standardized testing. Students would be more interested in a subject if the teacher demonstrated enthusiasm for the curriculum itself, rather than focusing on the educational program outlined by The College Board, the company that administers AP tests.

An AP class should be a balance between focusing on an engaging curriculum while preparing students to score well on the exam.

Moreover, a study done by the National Public Radio (NPR) demonstrated that scoring well on standardized tests is not the best measure of intelligence. Thus, preparing students excessively for such an exam is not

the best way to help a student learn a subject.

In addition, constant discussion of the exam throughout the year and preparing students exclusively for the exam builds pressure and stress for students. It can cause students to feel that if they do not pass the AP exam, they have not understood the material taught in class.

Most importantly, it is a waste of time for students and teachers alike to devote so much effort on a test that students will most likely forget shortly after taking it. Instead, they could be studying a subject that could be useful for their college education.

Since Paly is fortunate enough to have many students that are extremely motivated academically, the AP course should focus on channeling that enthusiasm rather than boring

students with a focus on standardized testing.

Granted, teachers should provide time to review and practice the exam material towards the end of the year so that students can perform to the best of their ability.

However, preparation for the exam should be kept to one or two months prior to the exam, rather than the entire year. An ideal example of how AP classes should be structured is the AB Calculus class. While students spend the majority of the year learning important mathematical concepts, the teachers provide a generous amount of time to focus on AP test questions near the end of the year.

An AP class should be a balance between focusing on an engaging curriculum and preparing students to score well on the exam.

Friday, May 23, 2014

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EDITORIALS

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Pennsylvania school does not have right to force newspaper to print mascot’s name

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ditors of The Playwickian, the student newspaper of Neshaminy High School in Bucks County, Pa., have sparked controversy after deciding to ban references to their school’s mascot, the “Redskin” from their publication.

In a decision supported by a twothirds vote within the editorial board, the newspaper decided to avoid writing “Redskin” in any future story that it prints because of the word’s racist implications toward Native Americans.

According to the Editor-in-Chief of The Playwickian, Gillian McGoldrick, the few staff members who voted against the policy did so because they didn’t find the word offensive. “[Those who didn’t vote for it] believed that it was a term of honor for Native Americans,” McGoldrick said. “It was honoring them, not hurting them.”

However, McGoldrick noted that “there is no one on the [editorial] board of Native American descent” and that overall, a majority of the staff stood for banning the word.

The high school’s principal challenged the decision, arguing that the newspaper must print what a staff writer writes in its entirety. The staff protested and the ban was addressed at a Neshaminy School District board meeting, where board members joined the principal in opposing the decision, going so far as to consider “reverse censorship,” or forcing the publication to use the word. “[A group in the school board] is claiming that we are infringing on the first amendment rights of our staff writers or anyone else that wants to use the term in their writing,” McGoldrick said. “They think it changes the whole meaning of an entire article by removing that one word.”

A decision on the ban was supposed to be released on May 21, but was pushed back to the Board Policy Committee for further negotiation.

The Pennsylvania Code section 12.9 says that “Students have a right and are as free as editors of other newspapers to report the news and to editorialize.” Another part of the Code states that newspapers are al-

lowed to form policy regarding what they print. The Playwickian editorial board, as well as The Campanile editorial board, believes permissions granted by the Code provide clear justification and defense of the paper’s decision to ban the word.

The Campanile supports The Playwickian’s continued efforts to exercise their prerogative, and believes that any negotiations should result in a full validation of the right of a newspaper to make a policy on what they print. Censorship in any form on the part of school administration infringes on the rights of student journalists. As a fellow high school newspaper, The Campanile supports the decisions made by the staff of The Playwickian, believing they are protected and should not be up for debate by School Board officials. Additionally, The Campanile applauds The Playwickian staff for their efforts in challenging an outdated term that possesses racist undertones and for demonstrating resilience and commitment to its cause, even in the face of backlash.

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the prevalent morning and afternoon congestion of school and work commuters. The bottleneck around the train causes a backup in the left and right turn lanes of the Alma and Churchill intersection, often causing drivers to try and rush through the lights. This sense of urgency adds to the pressure on drivers to drive and turn quickly into the lot in order to create room for cars to cross the tracks.

The pressure and congestion creates an unsafe environment for pedestrians and cyclists, as drivers often do not yield at the crosswalk or check both ways. We understand that it is impossible to change the location of the train tracks and the hazard they cause, but something else still needs to be done to alleviate the pressure in that area.

The main concern truly is the right turn into the parking lot. Many cars attempt to bolt through the turn before student bikers reach the intersection, as the bikers make it practically impossible for cars to turn safely into the right-hand lane.

However, in doing so, drivers tend not to focus their attention on bikers and pedestrians who are in the crosswalk or bike lane. Putting up a stop sign or traffic lights at the intersection of Churchill Avenue and Castilleja Avenue and recalibrating the timing of the Alma and Churchill traffic light would resolve the conflict between the interests of drivers on Churchill, and both groups would be able to act with full confidence that their decision would not lead to injuries.

In conclusion, the Churchill and Castilleja intersection is a bundle of confusion resulting in risky moves on the part of both drivers and pedestrians or cyclists, especially in the minutes before school commences.

Adding a traffic light and timing it to match the left turn light of the Alma intersection would reduce the danger of another accident involving a cyclist or a pedestrian.

Letter to the editors Paly Editors, Thank you very much for your comprehensive article of April 25, “Running out of Time”. It captured well the current situation of the mobile home park closure. As you noted, on the May 12th, an appointed Administrative Judge begins to evaluate at the merits of the Relocation Impact Report submitted by the owners. Immediately before that hearing begins, Friends of Buena Vista will hold a rally in support of residents of the Park.

I’m writing to encourage The Campanile to follow up your “Running out of Time” article with anoth-

er post that informs the community of this rally.

Sue Eldredge and I co-chair a PTAC formed committee to support the residents of the Park, in particular as it relates to the many families with 100+ school-aged children in the PAUSD. Knowledge of the rally and the public hearing to follow affords community members to get involved.

The Campanile’s reach with Palyaffiliated students and parents (and beyond) makes it a great publication to keep this demographic of the community aware and involved.

Sincerely, Sara Woodham

Top ten ways to leave a legacy at Paly 10) Organize a team of volunteers to clean the school 9) Donate to an esteemed charity in your school’s name 8) Win CCS 7) Be on the front page of the Campanile six times 6) Begin a Paly tradition 5) Vandalize the Senior Deck 4) Visit the 50 yard line 3) Streak in August and stop when asked to 2) Become a movie star or a professional basketball player 1) Become Lifestyle Editor of the Campanile - PAUL MEWES

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Traffic control must be added to the ChurchillCastilleja intersection fter an accident in the beginning of May involving a cyclist at the intersection of Churchill Avenue and Castilleja Avenue, the need for a comprehensive solution to the hazardous traffic situation in that area has arisen. The Campanile believes that a traffic light or stop sign at the intersection would make the crossing of bikers and drivers safer and decrease the risk of an accident.

Although the addition of traffic lights to the Embarcadero intersection in 2010 improved the safety of students crossing from that direction, there is still no protection offered to cyclists and pedestrians commuting from the other side of campus. Putting traffic lights or stop signs at the intersection of Churchill and Castilleja Avenue would guarantee that students coming from the opposite side of Palo Alto would have time to cross the street without worrying about whether or not oncoming traffic will respect the yield sign that is currently in place.

The intersection is made especially hazardous by the unpredictability of traffic at the crossing of Castilleja Avenue and Churchill Avenue. A large number of drivers turn into the Paly parking lot from both directions, giving pedestrians and cyclists opportunities to cross. However, the line of drivers making the turn into the lot can sometimes extend as far up as the intersections at El Camino and the railroad crossing from the other direction. In addition the intersection is dangerous due to the contrast between the busy stretch of Churchill that runs from Alma to El Camino and the quiet neighborhood that Castilleja Avenue runs through.

Many students walking and cycling through the area have an almost unobstructed commute up until the intersection and as a result cannot determine how heavily congested the intersection at Churchill will be.

Furthermore, the train tracks create a bottleneck, which exacerbates

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2014 Hybrid Publication Gold Crown Award Winner

News and Opinion Editors Lauren Gargiulo Lauren Klass

Lifestyle Editors Paul Mewes Stephanie Cong

Sports Editors Owen Dulik Kevin Mullin

Business Manager Haley Fang

Online Editor Jeffrey Ho

Photography Editor Conner Harden

Cartoonists Jane Gorelik

Staff Writers Dami Bolarinwa Rachel Cui Parker Devine Irene Ezran Bo Field Jeremy Fu Lauren Gargiulo Bowen Gerould Lauren Giurata Jensen Hsiao Josefin Kenrick Maya Kitayama

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Homemade Ice Cream

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By Emily Semba

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A love letter to Paly

Alex Flatley:

Fighting meningitis

with the heart of a li on De sig Ste By: n ph Co anie Lif ng e Ed style ito r

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hat all began as typical flu-like symptoms soon turned into a defining episode in Alex Flatley’s life when a seemingly innocent headache and fever soon took a turn for the worse.

In May 2013, Flatley — who graduated from Palo Alto High School in 2011 — was getting ready to wrap up his sophomore year at the University of Arizona when a consistent headache, fever and nausea prompted a visit to the campus’ student health service. He managed to finish his last final exam, but as he returned home to Palo Alto, his symptoms worsened.

When Flatley’s mother asked him if he wanted toast and he responded “What is toast?” she rushed him immediately to the Emergency Department at Stanford Hospital & Clinics.

“The morning my mother took me to the ER I was declining rapidly and was in a coma within two hours of arriving at the hospital,” Flatley said.

After multiple scans and a spinal tap, Flatley was diagnosed with viral meningitis, encephalitis and sepsis. Meningitis, which is the inflammation of the brain and spinal cord, can appear as a bacterial, fungal and viral infection. Encephalitis is the inflammation of the brain, usually as the result of an infection, and sepsis is inflammation throughout the body as a result of a negative response to antibiotics.

The doctors at Stanford Hospital gave Flatley a prognosis that predicted he would not be able to return to college for one to two years. When Flatley returned home, he was bedridden, could barely walk and was extremely nauseous. It took a month for him to be able to walk around the block near his house again.

Two months later, in July 2013, Flatley relapsed and suffered a seizure, falling into another coma. As he began to slowly recover, he was determined to come back strong from this setback. Against all odds, Flatley returned to the University of Arizona to begin his junior year in fall 2013.

It was then that he decided to make it his mission to raise awareness of meningitis, a disease that he says put him on his deathbed.

With the help of his fraternity brothers in Delta Tau Delta, Flatley began Delt’s Lion Heart Challenge, whose mission is to “raise as much awareness as possible for meningitis.” The philanthropy got its namesake from Flatley’s father, who, before he passed in 2010, told his son he had “the heart of a lion.” Flatley created a Facebook page — which has over 2,500 “likes” — and uploaded a video to YouTube in order to explain his story and promote the work he is doing.

“They have played a giant role in this whole campaign,” Flatley said about his fraternity’s involvement. “They have helped me spread this message to all of their friends at other colleges and have helped me spread this through social media. They helped me produce my video, set up my philanthropy and helped me get everything organized. They have had my back throughout this whole journey.”

Flatley spent a month designing a t-shirt to raise awareness and ended up selling 178 shirts through Fundly, a crowdfunding platform.

“We had people in Ireland buy shirts, and we had Marines in Iraq buy shirts,” Flatley said. “The response[s] we received from them left me speechless.”

The account has raised just over $10,000 to date, with 100 percent of the proceeds going to the Meningitis Foundation of America, an organization of which he is a board member. On May 4, Flatley held a fundraising event at his school to educate students but also have a good time, as they competed in an obstacle course. “[Delt’s Lion Heart Challenge] was our fraternity’s philanthropy, and throughout the whole time I was doing everything I could to raise awareness,” Flatley said. “I went around to different organizations at school and gave speeches of what happened to me and what to look out for.”

Flatley’s mission is personally meaningful, not just because of his own struggle with meningitis, but also of that of Emily Benatar, a friend in his graduating class who passed away from bacterial meningitis in May 2012 at the end of her freshman year at Washington University in St. Louis.

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Alex Flatley sits outside the Delta Tau Delta Fraternity at Arizona State University.

“I’ve known Emily since the sixth grade,” Flatley said. “We were both in Mr. McNulty’s Sports Lit class together senior year. She was truly one of the nicest people I ever knew, and I will never forget her smile, or her great laugh. It was a terrible moment finding out about her diagnosis, one I’ll never forget.”

Going forward, Flatley remains steadfast on his commitment to raise awareness about meningitis, specifically in regards to getting the Food and Drug Administration to approve Bexsero, a vaccination not protected by the , which was not protected by the meningococcal vaccine.

“The vaccine that is currently available here in the U.S. is important because it protects from four of the five strains of meningitis, but we still urgently need the men-b vaccine approved,” Flatley said. “It is alarming how so little is being done with all of these outbreaks over the past couple of years. There needs to be awareness so this is on everyone’s mind and people know to get the vaccine.”

According to Flatley, the Bexsero vaccine is approved in Canada, Australia and Hong Kong, and was also used when Princeton University and the University of California, Santa Barbara had meningitis outbreaks of their own.

Flatley has been elected as philanthropy chair for his fraternity for the upcoming school year and plans to design a new t-shirt and continue to raise money for meningitis research, as well as continuing his role on the board of directors at the Meningitis Foundation of America.

“My goals are to help save at least one person from this horrible disease, raise awareness on signs and symptoms, and spread the word,” Flatley said, urging others to “please get vaccinated… it could save your life.”

“It is alarming how so little

is being done with all of these outbreaks over the past couple of years. There needs to be awareness so this is on everyone’s mind and people know to get the vaccine.”

INSIDE

Grade Inflation A is for Average?

Tattoos at Paly

By Maya Kitayama

By Heather Strathern

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By Hillel Zand Dear Paly, It’s been four years since our romance took first hold. I had heard a lot about you before I first set eyes on you, so I had some preconceived notions about what I should expect. Least to say, you surprised me.

Every day with you has been an adventure. Even though you have given me a hard time sometimes — or a lot of the time — I write to you today to thank you. Without you, I would not be the person I am today.

I give you crap a lot for your imperfections. You make me stressed, you make me angry, you make me annoyed. But sometimes in the moment, it’s hard to see the bigger picture, the real you. The real Paly I’ve come to know and love cares about me more than I could have asked for.

You want me to be better than I am.

Sometimes when you come up with conversations with friends, I try to shove you to the side. I don’t like talking about you and your lessthan-perfect qualities. But ten years from now, when I talk about you, I will be proud. I will be proud of all that you have taught me and confident in my newfound abilities.

The memories I have created with you have left a lasting impact on my soul. Ok, that’s a little bit too cheesy, but you know what I mean. I can’t even begin to count the number of times I’ve laughed with you, basked in the sun with you and made new friends with you. You have provided me with a setting that allows me to grow, albeit sometimes slowly and painfully.

You don’t know how much pain you’ve caused me. Sometimes I lay in bed at night just thinking and thinking, and soon my brain starts hurting because all I think about is you. I don’t like to admit it, but I’ve cried over you a few times. It’s not entirely your fault because that’s just how you are intrinsically.

As I begin this new chapter in my life, I know that you will be left in good hands. I know you are who you are and that it’s hard to change.

That said, I want you to grow even more and involve into a better you.

So many people in the future can benefit from your personal growth and I want others to experience for themselves the impact that you’ve had on me.

I’ve tried to better myself why I’ve been with you and I want you to try the same. You can learn to become more easy-going and more creative than you already are. You have so many unique qualities that are sometimes hidden from public view, but I want the world to see just know firsthand just how great you are.

Please know that you will always have a special place in my heart and even though our time together was rocky at times, I will try to use the lessons you’ve taught me to help propel me into the future.

With eternal gratitude, Hillel Zand

End of School Romance A bit of advice about love

By Jensen Hsiao

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Friday, May 23, 2014

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LIFESTYLE

A is for Average?

Ice Cream: A How-To

Grade inflation causes negative effects for a schools that choose to abstain

By Maya Kitayama Senior Staff Writer

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t the end of every quarter, grade reports are sent out, dropping into the mailboxes of all Palo Alto High School students. Listed on these reports includes a series of letters: A, B, C, D or F, along with additional pluses or minuses to further differentiate the grades. These seemingly simple letters stand for a straight-forward scale of student achievement: A representing outstanding achievement, C indicating average achievement and F meaning failure of the course. However, the definition of these letter grades has experienced a serious shift in value.

Now, many view receiving a C in any class as unacceptable.

A phrase heard around campus all too often sounds something like “Oh my God, I’m failing the class.” But with further inquiry, the meaning of “failing” often means a student is oscillating between a B and C, or even an A and B. In the high school environment today, many students believe that there is a fundamental expectation that getting A’s is no long an “outstanding” achievement, but rather a satisfactory one, similar to the actual meaning behind a B grade. If the A is the new B, and a B is the new C, what does this mean for the truly exemplary kids who can no longer receive recognition for their achievement? Or, does this just mean we — as a collective generation of students — have grown exponentially more outstanding?

David Brooks, op-ed columnist for the New York Times, seems to think a change in academic rigor is at fault.

In one of his more recent articles entitled “The Streamlined Life” he claims that according to surveys conducted by researchers from UCLA, “high school has gotten a bit easier.”

“In 1966, only about 19 percent of high school students graduated with an A or A- average,” Brooks said. “By 2013, 53 percent of students graduated with that average.”

As well-intended and well-researched Brooks might be, many agree that the idea of high school getting progressively easier over the years is blatantly incorrect.

“I see students that are working way harder and doing a lot more outside of school just to make sure that they are successful in the classroom,” Principal Kim Diorio said.

Economics teacher Eric Bloom agrees that students’ work ethic has improved.

I see students that are working way harder and doing a lot more outside of school just to make sure that they are successful in the classroom.

Kim Diorio Principal

“[Before, there was] no parent help, no tutors,” Bloom said. “[The] percentage of kids who worked as hard as they do now was so miniscule.”

These statistics might have less to do with the difficulty level of high school education, or even a possible increase in overall intelligence in secondary education students. Rather, these rising grades could be more closely linked to a constant problem plaguing the American education system: grade inflation.

According to ACT, Inc., grade inflation is “defined as an increase in students’ grades without an accompanying increase in their academic achievement.”

ACT Inc., an achievement-based testing organization, carried out a study of student grade point averages (GPAs) and their correlation with ACT scores over an extended period of 13 years. In the period of time between 1991 and 2003, the study found that students in

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2003 had, on average, GPAs that were 0.25 percent higher than students with the same ACT scores in 1991. This significant increase over time indicates that there is a distinct skew in the grading scale of high school students, which can be attributed to several different factors. When examining the rising GPAs of students who take the ACT, the organization identified a divergence in the usage of grades between high school teachers. “[A] complicating factor is variability in the pedagogical purposes behind the grades teachers may give,” the ACT article said. “For example, some teachers may use grades not solely as a method of rating student achievement, but also as a method of rewarding student effort.”

When comparing comparably qualified applicants, it was better to have earned high grades at a college where that was relatively easy to do than to have earned less high grades at institutions with tougher grading.

Scott Jaschik Editor of Inside Higher Ed.

High schools are continuing to suffer from grade inflation because many schools experience an increased pressure to maintain rising GPAs. According to Jed Applerouth, founder of Applerouth Tutoring Services, administrations are encouraging inflated grades in order to improve the face value and academic appearance of various high schools.

“Teachers are warned that they could be keeping their kids out of top schools by giving lower grades, particularly if other schools in their competitive cohort are playing the inflationary game,” Applerouth wrote.

Furthermore, there is an increased incentive for students and parents alike to continue demanding this overall inflation of grades. Many colleges and universities are more likely to admit a student with a higher overall GPA than a student with arguably equal academic merit who simply attends a school that chooses to fend off the grade inflation trend.

“Admissions officers no longer have the time to fully differentiate the grading cultures between different high schools,” Applerouth wrote. “Unless admissions officers understand the nuances of grading norms at each school, students from more challenging grading cultures will be penalized.”

An article by Scott Jaschik from Inside Higher Ed offers further analysis behind a recent study involving admissions officers for MBA programs and fake applicant portfolios. The intention was to figure out whether officers would take into account the discrepancies between different colleges’ grading tendencies, and the results indicated that on average, officers admitted more students based off of face value GPA, and more often disregarded students from tougher grading environments.

“When comparing comparably qualified applicants, it was better to have earned high grades at a college where that was relatively easy to do than to have earned less high grades at institutions with tougher grading,” Jaschik said. “Applicants at colleges with grade inflation are winning more than their share of slots, in other words.”

This trend isn’t necessarily uncommon, but rather can be attributed to the fundamental attribution error, where humans tend to place greater emphasis on what they can easily access and view, and tend to undervalue the situation or context when making a judgement. However, recognizing this inherent quality in a mankind’s judgement process might indicate a substantial need for some level of

grade standardization and ending of the inflation trend.

Grade inflation may be plaguing the nation, but the trend is not one to infiltrate Paly, at least not in the technical sense. According to Diorio, had inflation ever been a serious problem on campus, it would have been reflected in two standards of measure the district uses to determine the school’s success: A-G requirements and the D and F list. A-G requirements are the minimum requirements for applicants looking into UC/CSU’s, while the D and F list is an updated list of students receiving failing grades of D or F. Neither of these forms of measure have experienced any change, at least none that Diorio is aware of, to constitute either grade inflation or deflation.

With no significant change in the grading scale happening institutionally, the pressure to keep GPAs high falls onto the students instead. And this increasing pressure is warranted.

“I have a suspicion that some schools hand out A’s much more easily,” one teacher, who asked to remain anonymous, said. “The College Board is putting pressure on schools to do it.”

Many students of Paly theoretically could have the same academic capabilities as students from other schools, but will still have lower GPAs overall in comparison to high schools who succumb to grade inflation. This, unfortunately, puts Paly students at a disadvantage when it comes to the college admission process.

“Colleges are scrutinizing the academic records of students much more than ever before,” Diorio said. “For them, GPA has become very important as they try to weed through so many applicants. When you have a hypercollege admissions environment, it trickles down into the high schools.”

I think the pressure is coming from parents, colleges and the feeling like a B is going to kill my kid.

The Campanile shares how to make your own delicious homemade ice cream

By Emily Semba Senior Staff Writer

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uring the hot summer months, making ice cream is a fun and delicious way to stay cool.

The process of creating ice cream is surprisingly easy and quick, and al-

Ingredients:

Ice cubes 1 gallon-size ziplock bag 1 pint-size ziplock bag 1 cup half and half 1/2 cup salt (preferably salt with larger crystals, such as rock salt or Kosher salt) 2 tablespoons sugar 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract

lows for endless possibilities of flavor and use.

The recipe below uses plastic bags to hold the ice cream, but the same process and ingredients can be used if one substitutes a plastic ice cream maker ball. Recipe courtesy of Spoonful.com.

Add-On Ideas:

Cookies N’ Cream: crushed Oreo cookies White Chocolate Macadamia Nut: white chocolate chips and macadamia nuts Peanut Butter Chocolate: Reese’s peanut butter cups, chopped peanuts and chocolate syrup

Instructions:

1. Mix half and half, sugar and vanilla extract, and seal tightly into a pint-size bag.

2. Fill the gallon-size bag with ice and salt until about halfway full. Place pint-size bag inside the gallon-size bag. Surround with the ice-salt mixture and seal tightly.

3. Shake the bags until mixture in the smaller bag hardens (around five minutes).

4. When the cream mixture appears to be an appropriate consistency, pour into a bowl (or eat straight from the bag) and enjoy!

Jake’s Takes: “Neighbors” A close look at a supposedly modern “comedy”

Anonymous Teacher

In light of this inequity that imbalanced grading causes, Diorio emphasizes that the only way for Paly to continue thriving in a culture of inflated grades is through maintaining the prestige of the school in the eyes of admissions officers. “[Admissions officers] pick up things from the newspaper or prior applicants,” Diorio said. “The world needs to know that this is an amazing school. [That’s why with] Star Testing and CST or Smarter Balance next year, it’s really important that everyone takes the tests. Because when everyone takes the test and we get the measure, we do well and that gets out there in the community.”

The consistency in raising the grade averages comes more from outside sources, other than a fundamental inflation. According to the anonymous teacher, the pressure to get A’s in as many classes as possible is perpetuated by a growing fear among the community.

“I think the pressure is coming from parents, colleges and the feeling like a B is going to kill my kid,” an anonymous teacher said. “I really feel like the pressure is coming from fear, and fear that our kids won’t get the foothold in our economy. I think there’s just a feeling that every A is a step closer to more opportunities.”

Despite this growing sentiment, the skills that Paly students acquire outweigh the benefits of inflated grades, especially when it comes to college readiness.

“You leave Paly, and we kinda kick your butt and you hate us for it, but you sail through those entry level exams and you’re at the top of your class and that’s what a lot of our old students are telling us,” the anonymous teacher said.

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Zac Efron delivers a strong performance in “Neighbors,” directed by Nicholas Stoller.

By Jake van Zyll Staff Writer

B

y now I’m sure you’ve seen an advertisement for Director Nicholas Stoller’s new comedy with Zac Efron and Seth Rogen playing the roles of feuding neighbors. While the film definitely did not exceed the high expectations I had going as I sat down it to watch, it was decently funny and had just enough laughs to make it worth watching.

In the film, Mac Radner (Seth Rogen) and Kelly Radner (Rose Byrne) have recently bought a house in a nameless suburban city so that they can settle down and raise their six-month-old daughter, Stella. But soon, the fraternity Delta Psi moves in next door.

It was kind of predictable.

Katya Sigal Sophomore

Initially President Teddy (Zac Efron) and Vice President Pete (Dave Franco) are nice to Mac and Kelly in hopes that they won’t call the cops during their future parties. All is well until Mac calls the cops one night, and you can probably deduce from the commercials what ensues thereafter.

Unlike many of his other performances, Seth Rogen lacks his quirky, signature humor in this somewhat

disappointing film, as does Rose Byrne. The two are supposed to be a bit dorky, but they take it too far and miss being goofy and lovable and are simply annoying at times. The film also did not need a scene involving Rogen, Byrne, and breast milk. I’ll leave it at that.

The real laughs come from the fraternity brothers. Zac Efron and Dave Franco are well casted and hilarious.

“It didn’t hurt that they took their shirts off a lot,” sophomore Katya Sigal said. “[But] It was kind of predictable.”

Christopher Mintz-Plasse and Ike Barinholtz also deliver notable performances.

Despite the film’s flaws, which almost all involve Rogen and Byrne, there are some powerful messages. For example, Pete is thinking about his future after college and already interviewing for jobs while Teddy is unable to move on with his life and desperate to leave his mark, a point many of us can relate to. Also, while it is pointed out way too many times, Mac and Kelly relentlessly attempt to convince themselves that they are not getting old as they move on with their lives, a fear almost everyone has.

In short, the film is decent. If you like Zac Efron or Dave Franco, go see it. A lot of the funny moments in the film are shown in the trailer, but not all of them. Just don’t expect it to be the comedy of the year.

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SENIOR SECTION

A tribute to the Class of 2014

The Class of 2014 experienced Palo Alto High School during a time of transition. Our four years have been characterized by change, growth and surprise. To commemorate the last month as seniors at Paly, we encourage you to remove this page, which includes our four years in review, the College Map and a photo collage as a reminder of our time on this campus.

Freshman Year 2010-11 Chill Phil Phil Winston, who had previously served as one of Gunn High School’s vice principals, was hired prior to the start of the 2010-2011 school year to replace the controversial former Principal Jacqueline McEvoy. Winston’s arrival was a breath of fresh air into a previously suffocated student body and with his lax attitude, he inherited the nickname “Chill Phil.”

construction. Construction on the new state-of-the-art media arts and math/social studies buildings began during the Class of 2014’s freshman year, and despite claims that the buildings would be available for use at the start of the 2013-14 school year, the buildings were not completed until weeks before the end of the 2014 school year.

CCS and State Championships The volleyball and football teams kicked off the year by winning both the Central Coast Section (CCS) and State Division I titles.

Paly’s two state championship teams were honored by the City of Palo Alto with a “Parade of Champions” through downtown Palo Alto that culminated outside city hall, where the mayor congratulated the two teams. Additionally, the baseball and girls basketball teams won CCS championships of their own, bringing Paly’s count Construction Projects One of the few consistent ele- for the year to four. This mark tied ments during the four years the the CCS record for most champiClass of 2014 spent at Paly was onships by a school in a single year.

Bell Schedule Paly piloted a new bell schedule during the freshman year of the Class of 2014. The schedule was similar to a college-style arrangement, with block periods spanning an hour and a half and school days only including three or four class periods per day. This new schedule reduced the amount of homework due each day, thereby reducing student stress and workload.

Junior Year 2012-13 New finals schedule For years, Paly had been a bit of an oddball for holding its first semester finals subsequent to winter break. In 2012, the Palo Alto Unified School District implemented a pilot schedule with finals occurring before winter break.

Rape Culture article Verde Magazine, one of Paly’s student publications, published an extensive spread revolving around “rape culture” and its prevalence at Paly. This article sparked an impressive amount of media coverage, both local and national, with everyone from journalists to parents to educators lauding Paly’s ground-breaking journalism program for uncovering and exposing such a sensitive and previously taboo subject. However, much of the discussion would center around how the events in the

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Sophomore Year 2011-12 Unity Points Controversy It had long been an unwritten rule that seniors always win “Spirit Week,” the week-long competition between grades that led up to homecoming. However, the Class of 2014 put this tradition through the crucible when it came out on top after all points had been counted at the end of the week.

The people in charge of the scoring for the week made the decision to award “unity points” in varying amount to all grades, something that had never been so much as mentioned before. The addition of “unity points” caused the Class of 2014 to see themselves slip from

article were allowed to transpire.

The article highlighted the culture of “victim blaming” at Paly, in which incidences of rape were often overlooked and portrayed as the victim’s fault.

Record number of streakers Under then-current Principal Winston, the number of seniors streaking across campus during their final weeks of high school increased remarkably. The number of streakers grew from around 30 during the Class of 2014’s freshman year to over 80 during its junior year. Streaking incidents continued to grow in grandeur, with student streakers getting more and more creative in how they chose to streak across campus. The Class of 2014 saw streakers employ a wide range of props, everything from silly string to dead fish to live chickens.

Senior CONFESSIONS... oesn’t t the school d u b , re e h g in “I’d put someth rnmental agency on its ass.” ove need another g “I forgot my Infinite Campus password the first day of freshmen year... ha ven’t used it since.” f th e tb o o k s o u t o nd x te / s k o o b neak nce a “ I u s e d to s rtment entra a p e d h s li ir g n eE em over the th ld library via th o h to ll eone ta then get som .” them back in head to walk

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first to third and sparked massive outrage. To this day, the Class of 2014 still considers itself the winner of Spirit Week 2011.

Linsanity Jeremy Lin (‘06), who led Paly’s boys basketball team to a state championship in 2006, burst into the national scene in February 2012. The former undrafted free agent led the New York Knicks on an improbable and sensational winning streak that fans coined as “Linsanity.” Lin’s story would later be made into a movie that shares the name “Linsanity,” bringing pride to Paly.

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Senior Year 2013-14 Investigations The first of multiple federal investigations was levied on June 3, 2013 by the Office of Civil Rights (OCR), an unprecedented investigation due to the fact that it was initiated by the agency itself, rather than a request made by a member of the Paly community.

People speculate that the initiation of the investigation was prompted by the Verde Rape Culture article, which shared the anecdotes of several rape survivors, published the previous year. The OCR investigation is looking into whether Paly complies with standards outlined in Title IX, which examines how a school responds to sexual harassment cases.

Kim Diorio Former Vice Principal Kim Diorio was hired over the summer after Winston’s departure. Despite two federal investigations and an incident involving streaking on her first day, Diorio has been working to find a balance between an amiable relationship with students and an understanding of Paly’s tradition of seniors’ disobedience and fair disciplinary action and communication to help keep the environment at Paly safe and strictly educational for all of its students.

Streaking controversy During Diorio’s first school day on the job, two seniors decided to get a jump on the streaking tradition, which is historically reserved for the end of the year. The evening following the incident, Diorio sent out a letter to the Paly community that declared her stance

on streaking, which sparked much outrage amongst the student body.

Diorio also came down harshly on the streakers, something which had not been done in years. Due to the stress of an investigation, the Palo Alto Unified School District and the administration jointly recognized the necessity of ending streaking, exacting stricter and more severe punishments, thus bringing about an end to one of Paly’s oldest and most beloved traditions: “streak week.”

Viking Stadium After minor renovations and additions the summer prior to the 2013-14 school year, Paly’s football field transformed into the “Viking Stadium.” The new stadium featured larger bleachers, new concession stands and an archway entrance. Additionally, the new stadium was christened with a grand ceremony that featured fireworks and an appearance by former Paly and University of Michigan quarterback and current 49ers head coach, Jim Harbaugh.

Homecoming success In recent years, the annual homecoming dance — which was supposed to be the grand culmination of Spirit Week — had become something of a joke and was sparsely attended. The elected leadership of the Class of 2014 made an effort to reverse this trend, which was met with overwhelming success. Students began orchestrating extravagant public “askings” to court dates to homecoming, and the dance’s attendance skyrocketed to levels that hadn’t been seen in years.

Friday, May 23, 2014

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The future of Theeds ‘14

By Julia Kwasnick Daniel will drift through Michigan with an uncertain milieu. After graduating, he will join the workforce starting at an entry-level position.

Daniel will then work his way up the corporate ladder to a middle management position, where he will stay for the rest of his career. Daniel will have three beautiful children, two girls and a boy. He will raise them with a stern, but loving hand and will teach them the ways of the Torah despite hating Hebrew school as child. In his spare time, Daniel will coach the local high school baseball team and tell the team stories of his glory days as a Paly baseball stud.

Jensen will venture off to Lewis and Clark, where he’ll soon become Photo Editor of the school’s newspaper. He’ll spend his time photoshopping, taking black and white photos for his Instagram account and searching for the best cup of coffee. While listening to a slam poetry reading in downtown Portland one night — consuming coffee, not alcohol — he’ll be forcefully kidnapped by a band of artsy-hipsters and whisked away into the northwestern forests. However, it is rumored that if one is wandering through the Oregon forests and sees a lone camera flash, this is his cry for help. Despite being completely off the grid, Jensen still manages to update his Instagram daily.

Maya, after spending four great years in New York at Fordham University as a middle-of-the-pack dancer supported by Roberts’ flower business, finds her lavish New York lifestyle too much for her not so lucrative dance career. As history repeats itself, Maya starts working as a part-time intern for the New York Times, once again discovering her voice. At a New Year’s celebration, Maya spends one questionable night with the New York Times’ Managing Editor. Soon thereafter — when the current Editor-in-Chief mysteriously disappears — Maya is promoted to Editor-in-Chief of the New York Times. The scandal rocks New York, but Maya actually does a decent job and people slowly forget her controversial rise to power.

Hillel learns to suppress his need to frolic naked through the streets via his weekend pass to the Sunset Valley Nudist Colony. He goes into the human-body-hair-clothing industry, using his wealth of body hair as his material. But Hillel is looking to expand, so he decides to go on Shark Tank, receiving an offer from Mark Cuban. However, he does not accept it. Despite having the coveted RapidBody-Hair-Growth Gene (synthesized by Dr. Bowen Gerould), he still does not produce enough to clothe the masses. Hillel loses everything and decides to retreat back to his life with the welcoming individuals of the nudist colony.

Rachel will start off her life in New York City as a food and fashion blogger, creating a larger and larger fanbase as she adds more pictures to her collection. Eventually, she becomes the next Kim Kardashian, being immensely popular for no particular reason. While she continues to go about living a typical New York City life as an A-List celebrity, her path takes a turn for the dirty when her face suddenly appears on tabloids across the nation with rumors of an #ootd gone wrong. Rachel shuts herself up in her NYC penthouse for two years, recovering from the shame. Finally, she reemerges, only to discover that her loyal fanbase has forgiven her regrettable fashion mishap.

Stephenie, after graduating from MIT in a record two years, rises to the top of a Fortune 500 company by the age of 21. Seemingly perfect and flawless from the public perspective, Stephenie successfully manages to run an underground organized crime syndicate spread all along the eastern seaboard. Her sheer intellect keeps the system in check and her powerfully sweet disposition keeps doubters at bay. However, after a decade of solid and successful crime, she decides to go back to school, or schools that is. Stephenie challenges herself to see how many college degrees she can acquire in a lifetime. She’ll manage 15 Bachelor’s degrees, five Master’s, two Doctorates and one certification for beauty and nail care.

Friday, May 23, 2014

SENIOR SECTION

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Humboldt State University (2) CSU Chico (1) CSU Sacramento (1) UC Davis (11) University of the Pacific (2) Saint Mary’s College (1) Sonoma State (4)

COLLEGE MAP '14 COMPILED BY HILLEL ZAND, STEPHENIE ZHANG, JENSEN HSIAO & EMILY SEMBA

University of Washington (8) University of Puget Sound (4) Whitman College (3)

Macalester College (1) St. Olaf College (2)

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Washington University in St. Louis University of Michigan University of Colorado, Boulder Sonoma State University Foothill College Boston University University of Southern California University of Denver California State Univ., Sacramento Undisclosed University of California, San Diego Dartmouth College Knox College Carnegie Mellon University Undisclosed Cornell College Undisclosed Univ. of California, Santa Barbara University of California, Riverside Univ. Federal de Minas Gerais University of Washington Westmont College San Francisco State University Foothill College University of Chicago Undisclosed Boston University Northeastern University Tufts University Loyola Marymount University University of Southern California Undisclosed University of California, Los Angeles Case Western Reserve University Univ. of California, Santa Barbara University of Washington University of Vermont University of Portland University of Southern California Undisclosed Foothill College University of Arizona Tulane University Berklee College of Music Wesleyan University Pennsylvania State University Foothill College Foothill College Santa Barbara City College Northeastern University Regis University Chapman University Guilford College University of Alabama Gap Year University of Chicago Sonoma State University Princeton University Undisclosed Stanford University Stanford University Bowdoin College Foothill College Cal. Poly. State University, Pomona

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Alabama State University (1) University of Alabama (1)

Undisclosed University of Southern California University of Southern California FIDM Indiana University University of California, Davis Trinity College Dartmouth College University of Southern California University of California, Santa Cruz Brown University University of California, Davis University of California, Davis University of California, Berkeley Undisclosed Marquette University Pacific Northwest College of Art Stanford University University of Colorado, Boulder Whitman College University of California, San Diego Harvard University Johns Hopkins University California Institute of Technology University of Michigan Cal. Poly. State University, SLO Cal. State Univ., Dominguez Hills Pennsylvania State University University of California, San Diego University of California, Davis Chapman University Foothill College University of California, San Diego San Jose State University University of Great Falls New York University Undisclosed Undisclosed Fordham University Gap Year Foothill College Undisclosed De Anza College University of Oregon Foothill College San Francisco Conservatory of Music Foothill College Undisclosed University of Nevada, Reno San Francisco State University Univ. of California, Santa Barbara Yale University Brigham Young University University of California, San Diego University of Nevada, Reno Cornell University Humboldt State University Miami University Undisclosed Foothill College Undisclosed University of Redlands Stanford University Waseda University Massachusetts Institute of Tech.

Foothill College Georgetown University Undisclosed Dartmouth College

Middlebury College (2) University of Vermont (2)

OTHER:

Dartmouth College (4)

Amherst College (1) University of Massachusetts Amherst (1) Smith College (1) Tufts University (2) Harvard University (5) Massachusetts Institute of Technology (3) Boston College (1) Northeastern University (6) Boston University (3) Berklee College of Music (1)

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Brown University (4) Rhode Island School of Design (1)

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Allegheny College (1) Carnegie Mellon University (5) Duquesne University (1) Penn. State University (1) Swarthmore College (1) Villanova University (1)

Loyola Marymount University Stanford University Swarthmore College California State University, East Bay University of Southern California University of Washington University of Washington Undisclosed University of Missouri Foothill College Undisclosed Univ. of California, Santa Barbara University of Southern California University of Mississippi New York University Washington University in St. Louis University of Colorado, Boulder Undisclosed University of British Columbia Brown University University of California, Santa Cruz Northwestern University University of Southern California West Valley College Undisclosed Undisclosed Washington University in St. Louis Undisclosed Undisclosed New York University Boston College American University Foothill College Stanford University Gap Year Northwestern University Undisclosed Case Western Reserve University Undisclosed Duke University Foothill College Santa Clara University Rochester Institute of Technology De Anza College Undecided college in Finland Stanford University Northeastern University Foothill College Middlebury College Middlebury College University of Washington Undisclosed University of Southern California Undisclosed Georgetown University University of California, Santa Cruz University of British Columbia Cal. Poly. State University, SLO Entering workforce Undisclosed University of California, Los Angeles Allegheny College University of Oregon Undisclosed Undisclosed San Jose State University Undisclosed Northwestern University New York University

Colby College (2) Bowdoin College (1)

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North Carolina State University (1) Duke University (1) UNC Chapel Hill (1) Guilford College (1) University of North Carolina School of the Arts (1) Davidson College (1)

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Matthew Craig- United States Marine Corps Vera Sommerfeld - Returning to Germany

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (1)

Vanderbilt University (1) Emory University (2) Georgia Institute of Technology (1) University of Miami (1)

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Frederick Kellison-Linn - Research at Stanford Grace Grignon - Europe, Zimbabwe Hillel Zand - Israel, World Jake Dagan - Israel Juelle Persad - Undisclosed Levi Schoeben - U.S. Margot Richard - Work Martin Ehrensvard - Pusuing career in glass Saloni Varma - Australia Sam Kelley - India Shivonne Logan - Morocco Sophia Moss - Germany, Australia

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Pomona College (2) Claremont McKenna College (2) Harvey Mudd College (3)

Stanford University Undisclosed Texas Christian University Univ. of California, Santa Barbara University of Southern California Univ. of California, Santa Barbara Davidson College U.S. Marine Corps Univ. of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapman University Colorado State University New York University University of Colorado, Boulder Brown University University of Washington Cal. Poly. State University, SLO San Jose State University Northwestern University Undisclosed Cal. Poly. State University, SLO Univ. of California, Santa Barbara University of Portland The George Washington University Undisclosed Macalester College University of San Diego FIDM University of San Diego Santa Clara University Colby College St. Olaf College Gap Year Northern Arizona University Tel Aviv University Whitman College Undisclosed University of Arizona University of Michigan New York University Undisclosed Undisclosed Undisclosed University of California, Davis Foothill College Northwestern University Dartmouth College Smith College Univeristy of Wisconsin — Madison California Institute of Technology Univ. of California, Santa Barbara University of Miami Saint Mary’s College of California Santa Clara University Pratt Institute Claremont McKenna College Undisclosed Otis College of Art and Design Fordham University Univ. of California, Santa Barbara Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Univ. of California, Santa Barbara Northeastern University University of the Pacific Northwestern University Claremont McKenna College Humboldt State University University of Oregon Undisclosed Undisclosed

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Texas Christian University (2) Baylor University (2) Rice University (2)

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Northern Arizona University (2) University of Arizona (3)

Chapman University (3) University of San Diego (3) UC San Diego (12) San Diego State University (3)

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Cornell College (1) University of Wisconsin—Madison (1) INTERNATIONAL: Marquette University (1) Daiki Minaki - Waseda University, (Japan) Knox College (1) Einat Eilav - Tel Aviv University (Israel) Northwestern University (7) Emma Le Cesne Byrne - Trinity College (Ireland) University of Chicago (3) Emma Noroian - University of British Columbia (Canada) University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (3) Izabella Avelin Ribeiro - Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (Brazil) University of Michigan (9) Jerome Rasky - University of British Columbia (Canada) Purdue University (2) Kristiina Pulli - Finland Case Western Reserve University (2) Sam Kelley - Quest University (Canada) Kenyon College (1) University of Missouri (2) Miami University (1) OH Indiana University (1) Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (3) Hamilton College (1) Washington University in St. Louis (4) Rochester Institute of Technology (X) WV Cornell University (1) VA

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Reed College (1) Lewis & Clark College (1) Pacific Northwest College of Art (1) University of Portland (2) University of Oregon (6)

The following is a list of all Palo Alto High School graduating seniors post high school plans, as of May 21.

Congrats class of 2014!

Matthew Abbott Emma Abed Amanda Aldridge Charlotte Alipate Jafar Alkenany Jamie Allendorf Tal Almogy Rebecca Althoff Anthony Amanoni Cedric Amaya Isabelle Amon John Anderson Danny Andreev Robin Anwyl Jacqueline Argueta Alondra Arias Raul Arias Shiri Arnon James Ashby Izabella Avelin Ribeiro Ahmed Awadallah Ilana Baer Tiffani Baker Kaitlyn Banfe Raphael Bargues Alexandra Becerra Perez Isaac Benque Cassandra Bernard Maxwell Bernstein Paul Bienaime Briana Billups Eilam Birger Neal Biswas Max Blachman Gautam Bordia Raghav Bordia Sarah Bramlett Jessica Branson Noa Braun Patrick Breckenridge Madison Brown Marcus Brown Paige Brown Talia Brown Aashli Budhiraja Hannah Bundy Conor Burns Markus Burns Riley Burt Ross Cardillo Maria Carew-Chamberlain Anna Carlsson Chasen Chacon Andrew Chalmers Alexander Chamberlain Joyce Chang Elena Chavez Annie Chen Ruizhi Chen Travis Chen Tessera Chin Wayland Chiu Andrew Choi Michael Choi

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University of Great Falls (1)

Friday, May 23, 2014

SENIOR SECTION

the annual Campanile

College of the Siskiyous (1)

UC Berkeley (5) CSU East Bay (1) SF Conservatory of Music (1) SF State University (3) University of SF (3) SF Art Institute (1) Notre Dame de Namur Univ. (1) Stanford University (12) Foothill College (27) De Anza College (2) Santa Clara University (6) Cañada College (1) San Jose State University (4) West Valley College (1) UC Santa Cruz (7) Cabrillo College (1) UC Merced (1) CSU Fresno (1) Cuesta College (1) Cal Poly San Luis Obispo (9) UC Santa Barbara (15) Santa Barbara City College (1) Westmont College (1) California Institute of Technology (2) CSU Dominguez Hills (1) Art Center College of Design (1) University of Southern California (18) Loyola Marymount University (3) UC Los Angeles (8) Los Angeles City College (1) UC Riverside (1) California Institute of the Arts (1) Otis College of Art and Design (1) FIDM (2) Cal Poly, Pomona (2) University of Redlands (2) CSU Long Beach (1)

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Friday, May 23, 2014

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SENIOR SECTION All good things come to an end...

As we come to the end of our time as Theeds, we want to extend our warmest congratulations to the Class of 2014 for making it through the past four years at Paly. It has been a pleasure reporting and bringing the news of this campus and community to the attention of the student body. We’ve seen a year of controversy and conflict, success and triumph and we hope you’ve enjoyed reading about it just as much we’ve enjoyed writing about it. It has been a long journey, but an exciting and eye-opening one as well. Endings are bittersweet, but we hope you appreciate this school year’s final issue of The Campanile as yet another reminder of how far we’ve all come.

Warmest, Maya, Jensen, Stephenie, Hillel, Rachel and Daniel

As Principal Diorio says: traditions may be broken, but legacies last. One of the Class of 2014’s legacies is being the first class not to streak across Paly. Instead, seniors demonstrated their unity by painting the senior deck.

The Rhode Island crew: Rhode Island School of Design and Brown University

Dartmouth College and UC Santa Barbara

University of Chicago and Wesleyan University

Beware: asking these promising students where they’re headed next year may result in them yelling “FIGHT ON” in your face. Don’t say we didn’t warn you.

Photos courtesy of Paly Class of 2014

U-C-L-A fight, fight, fight!

North Carolina State, UC Davis and Purdue University

Staying local at Stanford University

Denver University

UC Santa Cruz

San Diego State University

University of Oregon

High five!

University of Colorado, Boulder

Washington University in St. Louis

Yes, Theeds ‘14 managed to get into college as well: University of Michigan, Fordham University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, New York University, Lewis & Clark College and The George Washington University

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STUDENT LIFE

Friday, May 23, 2014

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Dealing with romance as high school ends

Declare your love before it’s too late, discover the benefits of a summer fling and learn how to end a relationship

By Jensen Hsiao Senior Staff Writer

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hat is love? How do you know you have found it?

Is it the warm fuzzy feeling inside when you see your crush across the Quad, or is it the late night craving for that special someone to cozy up with?

High school is a time when we start to ask these questions, when romances bud further than the awkward middle school racy hand holding. Now as seniors looking back, experimenting has allowed us to discover more about ourselves than we ever imagined in our more youthful days. Freshmen year was just the beginning, an opening to a whole new world.

“Sweaty-hand-holding-movie dates began freshmen year,” Ashley said. (Ashley’s real name has been withheld for the purposes of anonymity). “After two dates you end up kissing and not only is it scandalous, it’s also gross. Fast-forward four years later it gets not PG.” As many of us are well aware, the experimentation continues all four years of high school. To onlookers, high school is a time where the constant battle to be liked by your friends, romantic interests, teachers and parents all comes together while you body is changing, possibly not

for the better. This stressful time is admittedly the perfect time to start dealing with love and relationships.

Keep in mind that in high school, especially Palo Alto High School, you are sheltered. Go out and make mistakes with your friends because most likely they won’t be your friends after college ends.

Love can mean all sorts of things to different people.

“Love is a battlefield” senior Becca Althoff said.

Others tend to think love is more intimate and not as harsh.

“Love is an intimate feeling between two people,” junior Rick Takeuchi said. “Much more than the physical crush. You are bound to each other, not only by friendship, but by watching each other and by cheering each other on no matter how bad times are.”

How to declare your love and get all the people you wanted to get with before the end of high school: Because the group of students in your high school is determined not by your mindset, but by the choices of everyone’s parents, high school is a mixed bag of kids from all over the place. Keep in mind that you will never have the same mixture of stu-

dents in the same place at the same time ever again. With this in mind, take risks, and if you like someone, tell them. The worst thing you can do is not let someone know and keep all of your feelings inside. When you tell them, be respectful yet epic.

We all have that one guy or girl that we’ve secretly crushed on for our entirety of high school but never had the courage to let them know. Now is the time to do that, with not even a week left of high school; break out the flowers, picnic, spontaneous beach trip and everything else you personally think is romantic. This brings us to the summer fling.

What is a summer fling?

As we approach the end of high school and gain sight of sweet summer, of course we all wonder how we will prevent the inevitable loneliness that comes from friends going off to travel and leaving us here to brood alone. The answer is a summer fling; a no commitment, fun relationship and someone to spend your languid summer days with.

“I think a summer fling is just for people that want to go out and have a good time,” Althoff said. “It’s for those who want to get a little frisky in the summer heat; I support it.”

Summer flings are increasingly popular as high school students gain

in age. As the gross and cooties factor fade, teens across the nation realize the enjoyment and pleasure gained from time spent with each other.

If you are worried about the social repercussions of hooking up, try a summer fling. By finding a partner in the summer rather than in the school year, word of mouth travels about a quarter of the speed it does during the academic year which can, in some cases, be a good thing.

How to successfully end a relationship with your boyfriend or girlfriend:

The trickiest subject regarding high school romance: how to say goodbye to the perfect guy or girl you’ve been dating for all four years of high school, who you thought you were going to marry and start a family with. Let’s get one thing straight: teenagers are not the best decision makers, and while we want to make all our life choices, some need more guidance than others.

People change in college, that’s a fact. In most cases, even if you really want to keep dating your high school sweetheart, the best option might be to break up. The three-thousand-mile separation will be grueling, and you’ll spend your entire freshman year longing for the three times a year you will see your significant other. Unless

circumstances are in your favor, say you will be attending the same college or a college in the same area, the practical route to take is to break up and go to college. This doesn’t mean you can’t keep in touch. If it was truly meant to be, you can always meet up again and live happily ever after.

More realistically, most high schoolers in long term relationships are aware that people change and they most likely won’t end up with their partner for the rest of their life, but that doesn’t mean they should break up and stop talking forever.

Keep in mind that a whole summer awaits, and you now have the option to spend the last few months together taking that road trip you’ve always talked about or getting a room in Hawaii and spending a week. Whatever you do with your sweetheart, go out with a bang. Do something memorable, something that you want your partner to forever remember you by; in twenty years at the high school reunions, you want to avoid that eyes-down awkward confrontation because you dumped your partner the day school ended with no explanation and never talked to them again.

Conclusion:

All in all, high school is a great time to experiment with love, but be sure to keep it casual as you have a long life to live after high school.

Ways to enjoy the summer holiday The gap year: an alternative without major vacation preparations post-high school option Hit up the beach, the city, take a class, get in shape or just relax

Students choosing to take gap years after high school seek opportunities worldwide

By Shivonne Logan Senior Staff Writer

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Over the summer, take advantage of Palo Alto’s proximity to the coast and plan a relaxing trip down to the beach.

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ongratulations! You have almost made it through this school year and summer is just around the corner. But, what are your summer plans? Though it may seem like everyone in Palo Alto is traveling the world during summer, many are not. For those who are not able to travel wherever they please and are stuck in the Bay Area, there are various local options that will allow you to have an amazing, fulfilling summer.

Take a trip to the beach We are lucky enough to live in a state known to have very beautiful beaches. Grab your friends, get in the car and go on a road trip for a day at the beach. The closest beach to Palo Alto is Half Moon Bay, only a half an hour drive away. Though not known for warm weather, Half Moon Bay has scenic views where you can watch waves crash into the cliffy California coastline. It is a perfect place to relax and appreciate nature’s beauty. For more fun in the sun, another beach to visit is Santa Cruz. Santa Cruz is about a 50 minute drive away and is filled with great shops and restaurants, as well as a boardwalk with amusement park rides and warm sandy beaches.

Pick up some s’mores supplies and head to the woods for night of camping Camping is affordable and allows you to take a vacation close to home.

The beautiful Foothill Park, located in Palo Alto, is open for residents to rent out campsites. The park also contains various safe hiking trails to enjoy and explore.

Hit the City San Francisco is one of the most beautiful cities in the world and is only 40 minutes away. Take the Caltrain up to the city and enjoy a variety of high end to low end shopping and food. You can also visit renowned sites located in San Francisco such as the Golden Gate Bridge, Alcatraz and Chinatown. Take the opportunity to appreciate art and science with the excellent museums located in the city such as the Exploratorium, California Academy of Sciences and the De Young Museum. Tourists from all over the world visit San Francisco, so Palo Alto citizens should take advantage of their unique proximity.

Take a class Sure, it seems like the last thing anyone would want to do over the summer, but there are many interesting and fun classes available nearby.

For example, the Palo Alto Art Center offers art classes for people of all

ages. These classes help students learn more about or even master photography, painting, drawing and sculpting. In addition, us Palo Altans are extremely lucky, as our city is host to one of the most prestigious and beautiful universities in the country, Stanford University. Stanford University offers several educational camps for students. With these classes, you could even use your summer to get ahead in your classes at school or bridge into higher lanes.

Get in shape Many make a promise to themselves to get fit over the summer, but don’t end up achieving this goal due to “being too busy.” Now that school is over, you have more free time to get in shape. You can work out in creative ways such as hiking, biking, rollerblading or running on the beach. Join a club sports team to maintain your skills or go to a camp and learn a new sport you have always wanted to try.

Also, there are several places where you can take classes which help you adhere to your workout regimen. For example, Sanyam Yoga Center, Core Studio and the JCC are all local gyms and studios that can help you achieve your fitness goals.

Do not let lack of travel get you down. Take advantage of all the bay area has to offer you and have a fun and productive summer.

s the majority of Palo Alto High School seniors graduate and continue on to college next year, a select few are choosing an alternate route: a gap year.

According to the American Gap Association, a gap year is “a structured period of time when students take a break from formal education to increase self-awareness, learn from different cultures and experiment with possible careers.”

More Paly students than ever before are electing to take a gap year with a wide variety of destinations and motivations. Some are traveling, some are participating specific programs, some need a break for health reasons and some are pursuing jobs and further education in their specific areas of interest.

“I’m taking a gap year just because I’m burnt out on school,” senior Sam Kelley said. “I think that if I went straight to college from high school I wouldn’t do as well if I took a gap year.”

Taking a gap year is a tough decision, particularly when it means giving up the security of a college commitment. Some Paly students, like Kelley, have chosen to defer from their college of choice. Others, on the other hand are counting on the added interest from a unique gap year to boost their college applications for next year.

Taking a gap year can prove to be both an advantage and disadvantage simultaneously. Unique programs and travel opportunities are often only available during a gap year, and can often leave students feeling more prepared for college.

On the other hand, students who choose to take a year before college will graduate a year after their friends and their unique experiences might leave them feeling out of place in a normal college scenario. Nonetheless, previous Paly graduates returning from gap years often express enthusiasm and contentedness with their decisions.

For example, Paly class of 2013 alum Henry Tucher chose to take a gap year in Colombia and Germany, working in a variety of jobs rather than participating in a specific program.

“During my gap year I worked 7 months for a financial services startup in Colombia and 5 months for an engineering firm in Germany to learn about different businesses and work in Spanish and then German,” Tucher said. “I structured my own gap year instead of signing up for a program, so I had to get these jobs, find out where to live, how to take care of myself and fit into a different culture, and prove that, though I didn’t have a degree or as much experience as my coworkers, I was worth hiring, all of which was difficult in the most rewarding of ways.”

Taking this gap year was the best decision of my life, so I’m glad to see quite a few Paly students of the class of 2014 are taking them.

Henry Tucher

Paly 2013 alumnus

Other graduates chose to defer from their colleges and take a gap year with specific programs to travel with other students in similar situations. No matter what program or adventure they planned, their gap years proved beneficial.

“Taking this gap year was the best decision of my life, so I’m glad to see quite a few Paly students of the class of 2014 are taking them,” said Tucher.

For students who have chosen to take gap years, the year after graduation promises both new experiences and adventures that many of their peers will not experience until after college.

A gap year is not the only way to allow students to experience other cultures and alternate choices and for both those who choose to take one and those who elect not to, the years following graduation promise self discovery and growth.

Friday, May 23, 2014

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While records exist of tattoos up to 5,200 years ago, tattoos have only recently gained popularity in pop culture. As the taboo surrounding tattoos has faded, more people than ever are going under the needle. According to a 2012 Harris poll, about one in five Americans now has at least one tattoo on his or her body.

From American traditional to new skool to Japanese to polynesian, there exist numerous different tattoo styles for anyone looking to get some permanent body art.

SIGNIFICANCE

While some people get tattoos purely as decoration, there exists a cultural expectation for tattoos to have a deeper meaning or message.

“My tattoo means ‘Hakuna Matata’ or ‘No worries’ and has a lot of personal significance to me,” senior James Hindery said.

“It has a lot to do with my childhood and my relationship with my father, as well as being one of my guiding philosophies on life.”

Senior Vivian Lawrence got a wrist tattoo saying, “have faith” written in her own personal handwriting as a way to stay connected with her mother. “[My tattoo] is to keep my mom and I together when we are apart,” Lawrence said. “She has the same one on her wrist in her handwriting. It is something to remind me to always believe in the good, even when things seem difficult. I want all of my tattoos to be small phrases that I come up with that are in my handwriting so that they are a personal message to myself.”

LEGALITY

According to California Penal Code 653, “tattoo” means to insert pigment under the surface of the skin of a human being, by pricking with a needle or otherwise, so as to produce an indelible mark or figure visible through the skin. This same code also prohibits the tattooing of minors, stating, “Every person who tattoos or offers to tattoo a person under the age of 18 years is guilty of a misdemeanor.”

However, despite the apparent stringency of this law, more young people than ever are getting tattoos. While some people go to professional tattoo artists outside of the shop, as senior Sydney Williams did, others leave the state of California or even the country. Both Lawrence and her mother got their tattoos while they were in Fiji, where it is not against the law to tattoo minors.

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It is common knowledge that tattoos hurt, as needles pierce your skin; but how much they hurt varies greatly depending on location and personal pain tolerance. The most notorious location for painful tattoos is the ribcage, right where Hindery got his tattoo.

“As a former football player and current rower I have had plenty of painful experiences that I thought would be enough to prepare me for the pain I was going to endure while getting the tattoo, however all of my concussions, broken bones, herniated discs or all out 2k’s combined couldn’t add up to the pain of getting a tattoo right on your bone,” Hindery said.

This being said, even the pain hasn’t completely deterred Hindery, who plans to get three more tattoos in the near future. “[I plan to get] an American flag on my right shoulder blade, an outline of California on my calf and a Polaris compass on a still to be determined location,” Hindery said. “I will probably get all three at some point over the next year, and plan on getting more later if the urge compels me. It’s kind of addicting.”

As the pain goes however, if you aren’t getting your tattoo on your left ribcage like Hindery, tattoos are not always as painful as the hype. Both Lawrence and Williams who got wrist and neck tattoos respectively agreed the experience wasn’t that bad.

“It feels like a bee sting with some electricity,” Lawrence said.

Williams, on the other hand, endured a much less painful experience.

“The session took maybe an hour tops,” Williams said. “It was not that bad to be honest. It was more of an annoying feeling. I was relieved at how little it hurt. I am definitely planning on getting one for my eighteenth birthday.”

JOB STOPPERS? Despite the growing acceptance of tattoos as commonplace, there still exists a stigma, deterring those who might otherwise get a tattoo. For the most part this stigma results from the association of tattoos with deviant behavior. Even if a hiring manager has nothing personally against tattoos, our culture’s perception of tattoos affects customers and therefore could affect whether or not someone with tattoos is hired.

The stigma related to tattoos cannot be generalized, but many believe the root of the stigmatization lies in the frequency of tattoos within jails. Some speculate that the strict rules against tattoos within various religions have added to the stigma related to tattoos. This being said, tattoos are as acceptable in mainstream society as ever and many tattoos can be placed in locations that can be covered and would not stop someone from getting a job.

NO RAGRETS So what happens when the dream tattoo turns out horrible or, god forbid, misspelled? Well, there exist three main methods of tattoo removal, all of which are much more complicated than the initial tattoo.

The most common method of tattoo removal is laser surgery. To ultimately fade and remove any appearance of ink, powerful pulses of energy are applied to the tattoo. This can be quite complicated as multicolor tattoos might need different lasers and requires multiple sittings. However, even after a number of sittings, laser surgery does not always result in complete removal. While one could undergo dermabrasion or surgical removal, no method of tattoo removal is easy. For this reason, tattoos should be thought of not as artwork, but a permanent design of self expression.

This edition featuring

Callie Walker

with The Campanile’s own Hillel Zand

The Campanile: Do you prefer Callie or Mary Callaghan?

Callie Walker: That’s a hard question… probably Callie. It’s a little less formal. But Mary Callaghan has a nice ring to it.

TC: Talk about your social life.

CW: Well, I have some really good friends. And I like hanging out with them during the daytime. And in the nighttime, I just decide not to take part in activities that may be… questionable.

TC: What kinds of things do you like to do when you’re not doing questionable stuff.

CW: I watch “Jeopardy” and I sing, play piano, hang out with my cat, bake… geocaching.

TC: Talk about your love for cats.

CW: I love cats. My motto is that people who don’t like cats haven’t had a cat. Cats don’t start off as your best friend, but they’ll become it if you’re nice enough.

TC: Is your cat your best friend?

CW: She’s one of them. Actually, one day Maizie attacked me and she was really digging into my skin and I said, “Maizie get out of my room.”

TC: So it was like a catfight? No pun intended.

CW: If you put that in there, that’s terrible.

TC: Ok, next topic. So your editorship at the Paly Voice has ended.

What’s the best publication at Paly besides the Paly Voice?

CW: Caroline Moley is the best publication. Just listen to what she says, and it’s funny.

TC: What do you think has been the most defining moment of your senior year?

CW: Musical chairs. Spirit Week.

[Senior Andrew Frick] got out in the first round and I said, “Oh, ok delightful.” This is the thing about musical chairs, I have my own strategy. Everybody does it with their back turned to the chairs. Wrong.

Front, you straddle the chair. And I won two years in a row, so maybe it works.

TC: You wanna play would you rather? Would you rather have whiskers on your face or snapping turtle claws on your hands. Like whiskers in “The Hunger Games.”

CW: Maybe the claws because there are some X-Men that have claws.

But I could probably go through life more normally with whiskers.

TC: Callie, what is true love?

CW: I don’t know. When you love something truly.

TC: I hear you’re going to Harvard.

Harvard Yard. What was the deciding factor?

CW: Well I had decided on Harvard multiple times and then I just second-guessed myself. I think I can grow a lot as a person, and I’m really excited to explore a new area.

TC: You already have some friends going to Harvard, like [senior] Aaron Slipper.

CW: I love Aaron. I think he’s a precocious young man. He has many talents.

TC: Do you think you could be a comedian?

CW: Some days. I was “Class Clown” in eighth grade and won it this year too, but chose “Most Fun on a Deserted Island.”

TC: What are your final words for Palo Alto High School as you leave this beloved place? Do you have any confessions? Something racy.

CW: Well this isn’t about high school but one time I stole stickers from University Art when I was three. But in all seriousness, if you drink water, wear sunscreen and laugh a lot you’ll turn out just fine.

The Campanile

Friday, May 23, 2014

SPORTS

ATHLETE OF THE MONTH: JUlia saUl Senior Julia Saul is killing it on the girls softball team.

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DAVANTE ADAMS DRAFTED BY PACKERS

2011 Palo Alto High School alumnus Davante Adams drafted into Green Bay Packers

Courtesy of The Paly Voice

By Sarah Tayeri

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n the second round of the National Football League (NFL) Draft on May 9, Davante Adams, a 2011 Palo Alto High School alumnus who later went on to Fresno State University, was drafted by the Green Bay Packers as the 53rd overall selection.

While there was presumably some risk in taking an early entry into the draft that had a particularly vast number of wide receivers, the redshirt sophomore did not see it that way.

“I feel like I’m one of the best playmakers [in the Draft class], being able to catch the ball deep or catching a short route and taking it the distance, and obviously I feel like I’m the best red zone threat in this draft,” Adams said, according to Fresno State’s website.

Adams received a third-round evaluation from the NFL Draft Advisory Board before declaring for the draft.

According to the Entertainment and Sports Programming Network (ESPN), the Packers, with quar-

terback Aaron Rodgers, have one of the best passing offenses in the NFL, ranking sixth out of 32 teams.

Throughout the draft, the Packers have made it clear that they were looking for natural pass catchers, something they definitely acquired when they drafted Adams. Adams is excited to start his NFL career.

“I couldn’t be any happier being anywhere else,” Adams said. “Aaron Rodgers has always been one of my favorite quarterbacks and obviously has proven to be the best quarterback in the league. I mean, just like in college with having [quarterback] Derek Carr throw me the ball. He made my job easier. Aaron is definitely going to do the same thing, and I can’t wait to get started working with him.”

Adams was a huge asset to the Paly varsity football team, which he played during the 2009-10 and 201011 seasons. His senior year, Adams had the highest number of receiving yards out of the whole varsity team by more than 300 yards. The 2010-11 team held a 14-0-0 record and took the State Championships.

Adams also played on the Paly varsity basketball team all four years

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of high school, scoring 153 points his senior year and having the highest number of assists on his team.

I couldn’t be any happier being anywhere else.

Davante Adams Paly alumnus

Despite playing only two years for Fresno Bulldogs, Adams has had a remarkable run. Adams led the National College Athletics Association (NCAA) in pass receptions in 2013, catching 131 passes for 1718 yards and 24 touchdowns. In just two seasons, Adams set a record for Fresno State with 233 career receptions for 3030 total yards, averaging 9.0 receptions per game. Adams also set a Mountain West Conference record with 38 touchdown receptions. Adams caught at least one touchdown pass in 22 of the 26 games he played for the Bulldogs, with streaks of nine in a row as well as a Mountain West record of 11 in a row. Adams was also a runner-up for the Fred Biletnikoff Award, an award presented annually

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to the nation’s best college football receiver.

Despite his huge success in high school and college, Adams will have to earn his playing time with the Packers. The Packers already have receivers Jordy Nelson, Randall Cobb and James Jones playing for the team, all exceptional and celebrated players.

The Packers are hoping to see similarly impressive results in Adams’ performance in the upcoming season.

“Some of the ways he was able to create separation on the deep ball, the post route, the fade route, he was able to basically step on the defenders’ toes, close that cushion, create separation at the top of the route and get open,” Packer receiver coach Edgar Bennett said, according to Fresno State’s website. “Or, the other way, maybe he beat the defender at the line of scrimmage by his release, his hands, and stacking him at the line, you can create additional separation from that standpoint as well. He showed a number of different ways of creating the explosive game.”

Quarterback Rodgers seems to share coach Bennett’s enthusiasm.

“Love it,” he tweeted after the pick.

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INSIDE

Pay Em’

By Jonathan Ziegler There are two things that really tick me off in college athletics: the NCAA and UCLA. The former is much easier to understand than the latter.

My question that I will present to you today is why can’t college athletes make any money off of the millions they make for their school?

From my understanding, it is the NCAA that makes the rules that screws over all of these athletes. If you look at the tax returns of the top 14 executives from the NCAA, you will see that all of them combined made $6 million this year. That averages out to about $2.33 million for every executive at the NCAA. Now, that’s quite a large sum, right? Take into consideration that the NCAA is a $6 billion company. How on earth can a bunch of greedy executives spend $6 billion to make rules and such? Do they just have really nice pencils at their offices or expensive Herman Miller chairs?

Now lets think about the moral standpoint of this greedy organization. The top executives make $2.3 million a year, and the athletes are lucky if they get any sort of scholarship. You have to realize that not all athletes are D1 with a full scholarship. So we have an industry with an unpaid labor force? Since when is it legal in the good ol’ US of A to allow for such a wrongdoing?

It is also important to take into consideration that the NCAA is not the only one profiting off of this dilemma. Colleges are profiting to extreme amounts. Remember when Andrew Luck was across the street?

Well, yeah, on the football field on some of the Saturdays of the year, but I’m talking about Stanford’s huge ad campaign about him. They use his name, his picture and his reputation to spur ticket sales so that the farm can make some money. Where is the actual Luck in this story? In his dorm room drinking away his sorrows because of all the money that is being made off of him.

Before I proceed, there is this idea that if Luck is so good then he’ll just make a ton of money in the NFL. This is wrong. Luck put his 110 percent effort into each and every game.

You could see it on the field. Then he switched over to the NFL and continued to put the same effort into every game. So now you are telling me that he was worth a full scholarship valued around $250,000, and now he is making $390,000 a year. For comparison, that is his complete scholarship every year plus $140,000 more.

That is like taking the mail man in a law firm to making him partner all in the course of one year – the probability of that happening is most likely 0.0001 percent.

So after this you could address the counterargument that college athletics is based around school pride, and that athletes should play for free to gain dignity. Look at every CEO of a major corporation today. They have insane pride for their company and they make boatloads of cash. Why can’t college athletes do the same?

College athletes don’t deserve to get paid, they need to get paid. They should be able to take multimillion dollar contracts for advertising and whatever they want because it is fair, and represents the actual world of business more.

As for UCLA, I’m going to USC, so screw the Bruins.

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Loss to Menlo ends boys tennis’ successful season Despite CCS loss, team remains positive

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Girls swimming places eighth in CCS finals Team makes comeback after early losses, placing second in leagues

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alo Alto High School’s girls swimming and diving team performed well in the final push of the spring season.

On May 8 and 9, the girls swimming team participated in the Santa Clara Valley Athletic League (SCVAL) preliminary and final meets held at Gunn High School. The team performed well and placed second after Monta Vista High School, the team’s fiercest competitor. By placing second, the team beat both Gunn High School and Los Gatos High Schools, both rivals to the team.

“We got second at leagues, ahead of Gunn and Los Gatos, which was a great way to come back after the early season losses to these teams,” senior varsity swim captain Karina Goot said.

Many members of the team were able to improve in their events and achieve their best times at leagues.

The majority of the varsity team was able to qualify for Central Coast Sectionals (CCS).

“We qualified 14 swimmers and three divers for CCS,” Goot said.

“Leagues went very well, I was very

happy with how the girls swam. There were lots of personal best times and quite a few new CCS qualifiers.”

The CCS Preliminaries took place on May 16, and the finals took place on May 17. The team got eighth place overall, but many swimmers were able to place higher in their individual events.

“We got eighth overall for girls,” Goot said. “The standout swimmer was Grace Zhao, a freshman. Zhao won both her races — the 50 free and the 100 breast. Other notable swims were from Jayna Wittenbrink who got fifth in the 100 fly, and the 200 freestyle relay that got eighth.”

Leagues went very well, I was very happy with how the girls swam. There were lots of personal best times and quite a few new CCS qualifiers.

Karina Goot Senior

After leagues and CCS, the season has drawn to a close, and Goot is content with the girls team‘s performance.

“Overall I really enjoyed this season,” Goot said. “Even though we didn’t place as high as we had hoped,

we had a ton of fun and really came closer together as a team.”

The girls diving team competed at CCS on May 16 and 17. The team did not place as highly as they had hoped either but is looking towards next year for further improvement.

“The team was stronger last year with three girls making the cut but we have time to train hard and improve,” sophomore Myriam Lin said.

The standout performance from the Paly diving team was led by Lin, who placed second at CCS. Despite hesitation due to a back injury, Lin decided to compete regardless.

“I was about to not compete at all and scratch that morning because I hurt my back the week before the meet and haven’t been to practice, but I’m glad I competed anyway, placed decently and hopefully helped the swimmers,” Lin said.

Lin is very content with second place at CCS and is happy for senior Alexa Cacao from Milpitas for winning first place, an accomplishment she has achieved every year of her high school career.

“I’m happy for Alexa knocking out 4 for 4,” Lin said. “She’s a really good diver and leaving with a winning streak is what she’d been aiming for. She worked hard and got it so I’m happy she won.”

Strong golf season ends after close CCS loss

Golf team eliminated in first round of CCS finals, losing by only five strokes

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he Palo Alto High School golf team was eliminated in the first round of Central Coast Section (CCS) playoffs after going undefeated in their league.

“It was great to win leagues, but we were really disappointed with how things turned out in CCS,” junior captain Alex Hwang said.

There were two qualifying days for CCS and the team had to play the harder day. The team lost by five strokes.

“Had we played the day before, we would have been in a tie to advance,” junior captain John Knowles said.

“We got unlucky that we had to play on the tougher day.”

As individuals, both Knowles and sophomore Matthew Lewis ad-

vanced, but neither of them qualified for the next round. Knowles believes the team could have done better.

“Some of us played well, but I think it was just one of those days where some of us didn’t perform,” Knowles said.

I think we can do better individually and as a team we can be better prepared.

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Even though the team is unsatisfied with the finish of the season, the team completed its second season in a row undefeated in leagues, and Knowles has high hopes for next year.

“I think we can do better individually and as a team we can be better

prepared,” Knowles said. “I expect another good season in which we will approach every match as prepared as possible, but whatever happens as far as wins and losses is out of our control.”

The boys golf team maintains high hopes for next year as its members this year were fairly young, with only a few seniors being missed after graduation.

“We have a couple good sophomores: Henry Hughes, Henry Gordon and Matt Lewis,” Knowles said.

In addition, the team is excited for the players who are set to join next year.

“We have a lot of good freshmen who are [going to] work on their games a lot before next season,” Hwang said. “We are even getting an eighth grader who we’ve heard many good things about.”

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alo Alto High School’s boys tennis team reached the end of their largely successful season in the Central Coast Section (CCS) quarterfinals on May 12, losing 4-3 to Menlo School.

The team began CCS with a bye and then defeated Archbishop Mitty. In the second round of CCS, Paly boys tennis team came remarkably close to beating their opponent, due to Menlo’s team missing many players as a result of the Advanced Placement testing schedule. Perennial powerhouse Menlo, was seeded first out of all the competing teams, compared to the Paly tennis team’s eight-seed status.

“It was a good season and I’m sorry to see it end the way it did,” sophomore Shiv Matta said. “We were so close to pulling off a massive upset against Menlo, even if they were missing a lot of guys. I’m proud of everyone on the team.”

Those victorious include Matta in singles, Jack Paladin and Aditya Mahadeven in doubles and Niall

Patrick and Gabe Mechali in doubles as well.

“Although both of our teams weren’t at full strength, it was an amazing experience to be able to come so close to beating a team like Menlo,” junior Eric Lu said. “It was a bit painful to come so close to beating Menlo, but it was also a nice way to end the season.”

In the beginning of the season, the boys tennis team seemed to alternate week-to-week between wins and losses. Only at the middle of the season did they get on a winning streak, lasting five games.

Against cross-town rival, Gunn High School, the boys tennis team won 4-3 the first time, and later dominated 6-1 in their second game.

The only team to beat the Paly team before the start of CCS was Saratoga High School, winning 1-6 in both of their two games.

This year the boys tennis team performed well in Santa Clara Valley Athletic League (SCVAL) Championship but faced defeat in the second round of CCS. Overall, the team finished with 14 wins and seven losses.

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espite breaking a school record in the Central Coast Sectionals (CCS) championships on May 17, the Palo Alto High School boys swimming and diving team fell second to Bellarmine High School for the fourth year in a row.

Paly ended 12 points behind Bellarmine, finishing in second place with 310 points to Bellarmine’s 322 points. This is the 30th straight section title Bellarmine has won and the 10th time overall Paly has fallen second.

“We swam as well as we could, a couple hiccups here and there cost us the meet but Bellarmine came out the second day and took care of business,” senior swim captain Omri Newman said.

Paly was six points behind Bellarmine heading into the last event, the 400 yard freestyle relay. Paly swam a school record of 3:04.12 but came in second to Bellarmine’s 3:02.36 time.

“I think it was a great accomplishment, but I was not surprised when the record was beat,” Newman said.

“Our four swimmers on that relay are incredible athletes and I knew what they were capable of.”

The swim team came into the season with high expectations of beating Bellarmine High School at CCS, but according to Newman, focusing on these goals will be key in the 2015 season.

“For next year, the swim team needs to work on keeping the right mindset throughout the season, and to keep their eyes on the prize,” Newman said.

The divers are looking to sophomore Reed Merit to show talent and perform well during meets in hopes that he will help carry the team. “[Leagues] went great,” Merit said. “I got second and Scott Hillen got fourth so we ended up scoring a good amount of points for the team.”

The entire team looks to improve for next season, and hopefully finally beat Bellarmine, effectively keeping them from getting its 31st consecutive CCS title.

Congratulations to the Class of 2014!!

Best of Luck, Mrs. Maulick

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Baseball season ends at CCS Seeded ninth, Vikings lose to Leland in first round

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he Palo Alto High School baseball team ended its season on May 21 in the first round of the CCS playoff.

The Vikings lost to Leland High School 8 to 4 at Leland.

They came out early, up 3-0 but then faltered later in the game with costly errors.

Senior Noah Phillips led the team with three hits, but the offense could not pull through.

With a league record of 9-5, the Vikings capped off a successful season with an overall record of 16-14.

Paly has set itself apart from opponents with a dominating pitching staff and diverse batting lineup.

Senior shortstop Jack Cleasby led a talented offense with six home runs and a 0.424 batting average. To put

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Senior Chris Smith led the Paly pitching staff with six wins in his 75.2 innings pitched.

that in perspective, the highest average in major league baseball is Troy Tulowitzki’s 0.386 average.

Cleasby also lead the Vikings in runs, runs batted in and hits with 28, 36 and 39 respectively.

Senior starting pitcher Chris Smith dominated the mound with an impressive earned run average of 1.02 .Smith clocked in with six wins and two saves in 75.2 innings pitched.

Leading the team in stolen bases, Bowen Gerould stole 21 bases in 21 attempts — never getting picked off even once.

Although the Vikings’ season ended prematurely, Paly accomplished its preseason goal of making it to the CCS playoffs.

Next season looks promising with young talent ready to step up and replace the graduating seniors.

ollowing the successful Santa Clara Valley Athletic League Championship meet on May 18, 18 qualifying athletes of the Palo Alto High School track and field team train for the Central Coast Section (CCS) Championship on May 30.

The boys varsity team placed third overall, and the girls placed sixth out of the seven teams. Boys managed to nab first in both the 100 meter ran by sophomore Eli Givens and the 200 and 400 meter ran by junior Nick Sullivan. The 4x100 meter and 4x400 meter teams also placed first.

“I think we’re all starting at our peak, so a lot of us are probably going to PR,” Givens said.

However, the hurdlers, middle and long-distance runners were un-

able to reach the podium throughout the meet.

The varsity girls teams placed second in the 4x100 meter and the 4x400 meter, while the junior varsity girls’ teams took first in the same relays.

“We got our fastest time of the season which was exciting,” junior Anna Dukovic said. “Our handoffs were pretty good and it felt overall pretty good.”

Dukovic also placed first in the high jump.

Unfortunately, the girls fell short in the other events, with no one able to place in the top three.

CCS trials will take place on May 24, and CCS finals will occur on May 30.

“I hope to win it,” Coach Jason Fung said. “We always hope to win.

If anything, we hope to place top four as a team. Winning is going to be dependent on everyone else and how they do on the meet.”

Softball finishes season with winning record, confident for next year Despite errors resulting in losses, players reflect on winning season with hope and confidence for future

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s the 2014 spring season comes to a close, the softball team reflects positively on their performance this spring as they round at the year with a winning record of 14-13.

The team recovered from three consecutive losses with three backto-back wins against Milpitas High School, Castilleja and Lynbrook High School on April 8, April 22 and April 28, respectively.

Junior pitcher Casey Glassford hit her second home run of the season during the game against Milpitas, while senior Shannon Fee was named Player of the Game for successfully putting down a squeeze bunt and

scoring a run to help the team finish with a score of 7-6.

After the three-game winning streak, the Lady Vikes lost to Cupertino High School on May 2. Cupertino lead by three points after the first two innings, and despite two runs for Paly in the sixth, Cupertino scored another four runs and won with a final score of 7-2.

Despite this loss, the team was able to pull a 5-0 victory in a nonconference game against Independence High School on May 5. Senior pitcher Julia Saul threw a noteworthy four hit shutout, and won her 11th game with eight strikeouts and a walk.

Victory was short-lived for the team however, as it rematched Milpitas and Cupertino in conference games on May 6 and May 8. Despite

an early lead against Milpitas, the Lady Vikes fell a point short of tying the game.

I think we had a bit better chemistry as a team this year than last which helped a lot. I was really pleased with all the new coaches we got this year.

Emma Noroian Senior

In the second-to-last game of the season, the team rematched Fremont High School, to whom it had lost in a conference game on April 4. Paly scored four runs in both the third and fourth innings and finished the game with a five

point lead. Glassford and seniors Emma Noroian, Tori Destefano, Hannah Bundy and Julia Saul each had two hits in the game.

To close the season, the Lady Vikes faced rival Gunn High School. After a 1-1 tie in the first inning, the Titans managed eight more runs and won by four points.

This defeat brought the Lady Vike’s final season record to 14-13, with a league record of 4-8.

At the close of the season, Saul was selected to the league All Conference First Team, while Casey Glassford was nominated to the All Conference Second Team, and sophomore Maddie Martinson and senior Hannah Bundy received honorable mention.

This season’s record marks dramatic improvement from the 2013 record of

3-24. Players note that a stronger team dynamic was an important factor in its progress.

“I think we had a bit better chemistry as a team this year than last which helped a lot,” Noroian said. “I was really pleased with all the new coaches we got this year, and I think they did a really good job [of ] boosting our confidence.”

Others players echo this sentiment, and those who will return next season anticipate even greater progress next year.

“This season was better in every way from last season. Our coaching was better, our team dynamic was better, and our record is way better,” Glassford said. “Hopefully we can take all the positives from this year and keep building on them next season.”

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FIFA World Cup 2014: The Campanile’s Predictions

Quarterfinals Brazil vs. Uruguay

With the 2014 World Cup less than a month away, national team managers must finalize their squads and finish their preparations for the tournament. Club seasons are coming to an end, which means players are heading for national team camps to prepare for this year’s competition in Brazil.

How They Got Here: Brazil: Armed with a huge home field advantage, Brazil should comfortably top their group. There have been worries that Brazil lacks the star-power that was so typical of previous Brazilian national sides (i.e. Ronaldinho, Pele, etc.), but manager Felipe Scolari’s team calmed those fears with a dominant showing at the 2013 Confederation Cup. Uruguay: Uruguay will have a tough task getting out of Group D, but they should have just enough firepower to finish second, just ahead of an England side that lacks a true identity. Uruguay doesn’t have any noticeable holes and they have one of the most in-form forwards in the world in Barclays Premier League Player of the Year Luis Suarez.

Who Will Win: Brazil Although Uruguay has plenty of experience playing in South America, Brazil has the world’s best center back in Thiago Silva to cancel out Suarez. The Brazilians have plenty of attacking talent in players such as Neymar and Oscar to break down an Uruguayan backline that can sometimes struggle with pace.

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Very few of Belgium’s stars play together aside from international breaks and they don’t have much experience as a team on the biggest stage. Germany, on the other hand, after years of international heartbreak, is better prepared after plenty of high-stakes international matches together (2008 Euro, 2010 World Cup, 2012 Euro). Moreover, many of Germany’s starters have experienced the pressure of a Champions League Final in 2013 with Bayern and Dortmund. Lastly, although they are equally athletic, Germany has that extra bit of technical quality that will take them over the edge. Belgium will look to press high up the field, but expect Germany’s midfield three to outclass Fellaini and co.

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Belgium will look to shadow Pirlo wherever he goes, perhaps with Axel Witsel or Steven Defour, cancelling out Italy’s service. Kompany has experience against Balotelli from super-Mario’s tumultuous Manchester City days and should be able to frustrate him.

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Who Will Win: Germany Although this is one of the most defensively disciplined Brazilian squads in recent memory, Marcelo and Dani Alves can still be caught a little too high sometimes and Germany will be quick to punish them.

I see a lot of similarities in this matchup and last years’ Champions League semifinal between Dortmund and Real Madrid. Real Madrid is similar to Brazil in that they both feature a very fluid and tricky frontline and a very disciplined holding mid. Both have very technical and athletic defenders and seemingly no glaring weaknesses. However, both Madrid and Brazil have a tendency to send too many men forward, leaving them susceptible to pace down the flanks and quick counter attacks. Although last years’ Dortmund and the current German squad are both capable of attacking in any manner they like, they both have deadly pace and can punish a team that isn’t focused for 90 minutes.

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How They Got Here: France: Although much more put together than they were in the 2010 World Cup, France still hasn’t shown themselves to be capable of consistently topping the best in the world. Although they have some of the most talented players in the world (Ribéry, Pogba, etc.), they still struggle to play as one. However, they were blessed with an easy group, as their group is rounded out with Switzerland, Ecuador and Honduras. Then, they’ll either come across Bosnia or Nigeria in the second round, both of whom they should topple with ease.

Germany: On the other hand, Germany was placed in one of the most difficult groups. However, the Germans are possibly the most talented squad in the world and shouldn’t have too much trouble winning the group. Germany comes across Russia in the second round, and the Russians don’t have anywhere near enough talent to contain Germany.

Who Will Win: Germany This one won’t even be a contest, really. From Dortmund center back Mats Hummels to Bayern forward Thomas Müller, Germany has world-class talent up and down the squad. Similar to Dortmund and Bayern, Germany has a rare combination of technical ability and athletic strength that makes for an incredibly entertaining style of play.

Ruthless on the break and strong in possession, this team is built to handle absolutely anything. Although France is solid defensively, they don’t have the pace to handle Reus and co. and aren’t dangerous enough going forward to trouble a back line anchored

by Lahm and Hummels. Germany’s likely midfield of Bastian Schweinsteiger, Mario Goetze and Toni Kroos should control the tempo of the game.

How They Got Here: Spain: Spain has won three straight major tournaments and will head to Brazil brimming with confidence. Spanish sides Atletico Madrid and Real Madrid are set to face off in the Champions League, which shows the good run of form many of Spain’s stars are in. Spain will have a tough match against the Dutch in the group stage, but they should comfortably pick up six points against Chile and Australia and they should at the very least top the group on goal differential.

Spain was also boosted by star Atletico striker Diego Costa’s decision to snub Brazil and play for Spain. Costa adds a dangerous dimension to Spain that the possession-based side has lacked in recent years. Spain will ease past Group A runners up Croatia in the second round.

Italy: Italy was drawn in a tough group with Uruguay and England (Costa Rica, the other team in the group, won’t make much noise). Although England is traditionally viewed as a lock to advance from the group stages, Uruguay and Italy are clearly stronger. England has struggled to show cohesiveness and consistency and that simply won’t do against two world powers. Uruguay has only gotten better since the 2010 World Cup (when they lost in the semis) and Luis Suarez is as unplayable as Messi and Ronaldo right now. Italy made the final at the 2012 Euro and finished 3rd at the 2013 Confederations Cup and are one of the most defensively sound teams in the world. Look for Mario Balotelli to carry them past Uruguay and through a second round showdown with a talented Ivory Coast side that has struggled to put it all together.

Who Will Win: Italy Although Spain has the more talented squad, I think they’re simply running out of steam. The Xavi-Iniesta partnership that has dominated every midfield for the last six years isn’t at full-strength (Xavi hasn’t even been starting with Barca) and the rest of Spain’s Barca stars aren’t in great form. Although I think they’re capable of winning the tournament, they’ve lost the air of invincibility that has been so obvious in recent years. Mario Balotelli has been terrific for Italy and Pirlo is as good as ever. The best way to break down Italy has been with searing pace and dangerous counter-attacks and Spain just doesn’t have that in them.

Look for this one to stay 0-0 for at least the first hour, with Italy taking advantage of Spain’s tired legs with a late winner. Spain’s stars, on both Madrid sides and Barcelona, have been playing for a title for months while Italian players on Juve and Milan have been coasting in.

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Argentina vs. Belgium How They Got Here: Argentina: No squad boasts as many world-class forwards as Argentina. Messi, Aguero, di Maria and Higuain make for possibly the most dangerous front four in the world. Argentina has struggled defensively in the past, but their attacking talent alone will easily be enough to roll through Bosnia, Nigeria and Iran. Switzerland will prove a tough opponent in the second round, but they simply aren’t strong enough to contend with so much creativity. Argentina was blessed with a simple path to the quarters and they should take full advantage.

Belgium: Belgium’s golden generation is finally coming of age and they should roll through the group round against Algeria, Russia and South Korea. Belgium is one of the most physically imposing sides in the world and they have plenty of technical quality to go along with it. Belgium can trot out a lineup featuring Premier League starters such as Vincent Kompany, Jan Vertonghen, Thomas Vermaelen, Marouane Fellaini, Mousa Dembele, Romelu Lukaku, Adnan Januzaj, Kevin Mirallas and finally, Chelsea superstar Eden Hazard. Atletico Madrid keeper, 22-year-old Thibaut Courtois has been playing like the best keeper in the world and is backed up by Simon Mignolet, who just completed a fantastic season for Liverpool. A quick look at Belgium’s 24-man squad for the World Cup will show that they have strength all the way through the 18th man at least.

They’ll meet a Cristiano Ronaldo-led Portugal side after the group stage, but Kompany and co. should be able to cope.

Who Will Win: Belgium Watching Messi and the rest of Argentina’s forwards battle against Belgium’s gigantic backline will be a pleasure to watch, but Argentina simply doesn’t have the defensive strength to deal with Belgium on the counter. Lukaku, at 6’ 3” and 220 pounds, has proven to be too strong and explosive to deal with for most Premier League center-backs and Argentina doesn’t have a defender good enough to deal with him. Hazard, who will most likely play from the 10 spot, will exploit any space allowed to him and should be good for at least one goal. There isn’t a more athletic team in the world than Belgium and they’ll strike against Argentina early and often.

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Clippers owner’s controversy raises privacy debate Leaked private phone call released by Donald Sterling’s ex-girlfriend Stiviano leads NBA Commissioner Adam Silver to ban Sterling from NBA, league to attempt forced sale of team

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ight off the bat, I would like to make it clear that I in no way condone the actions of Clippers owner Donald Sterling. What he said was not excusable, and I completely agree that he should be shamed and ostracized by the members of the National Basketball Association (NBA).

However, I do feel that Sterling’s right to privacy has been violated.

My reaction when I first heard the comments made by Sterling was utter shock, then disbelief. How could anyone so affluent be so stupid? I thought that Sterling had made the remarks in a public place, knowingly expressing his racist views in front of reporters and other people of the media. This was not the case. In fact, the recording of Sterling’s conversation with his girlfriend, V. Stiviano, was recorded over the telephone and leaked to the public without his consent. In our society, our right to privacy must be protected. How can we be judged by comments made in our own homes to people we believed to be our friends? Sterling is a racist bigot and nothing can change that, but as a country based on freedom of speech we need to acknowledge that his rights have been violated.

In his conversation with Stiviano, Sterling claims he does not want African Americans attending Clippers games. Not only is this comment racist, but it is also illogical on so many different levels. His team, made up of predominantly African American players, is participating in a league dominated by African Americans.

Add on the fact that Sterling’s girlfriend Stiviano is half black and you have yourself a real puzzler.

The answer is it shouldn’t matter.

Sterling is entitled to his opinion,

whether or not it makes sense. In addition to the violation of privacy is the way that Stiviano led Sterling on throughout the conversation. Why was Stiviano suddenly motivated to make public to the world Sterling’s obviously racist attitude? One reason might be because of the charges made against her for embezzlement of around $2 million. Not only was the telephone recording taken by an obviously biased source, but it is probably being used by Stiviano to sway the courts when they make their decision regarding the embezzlement allegations made against her.

I’m not saying that what Sterling said was right, and I disagree with his opinion, but that is what it is; an opinion. Every person in our country

is entitled to his or her opinion, and Sterling is no different. While I am glad that the NBA made the decision to ban Sterling from the league, I can’t agree with it 100 percent. It sets a dangerous precedent for the future of our country. There are moral clauses that NBA owners such as Sterling are required to sign, but it can not be expected of any person to perform to a perfect moral standard throughout his or her entire life, even in the privacy of his or her own home. If the NBA was going to punish Sterling, it should have done so over his discrimination towards minorities as landlord a long time ago.

In this day and age, the lives of everybody seem to be more and more open to the scrutiny of the public.

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s the National Basketball Association (NBA) Playoffs are fully underway in the Conference Semifinals, shocking new audio of Los Angeles Clippers’ owner, Donald Sterling, has surfaced. The recordings reveal the 80-year-old making many racist remarks while talking with his girlfriend, V. Stiviano.

Sterling’s remarks were sparked due to photos that Stiviano posted to her Instagram account with AfricanAmerican people, one of whom was

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V. Stiviano (right), ex-girlfriend of Donald Sterling (left), recently released audio recordings in which Sterling made racist remarks. Sterling faces a lifetime ban from the NBA for his comments.

five time NBA champion and former Los Angeles Laker Magic Johnson.

According to a recording published

by TMZ, Sterling commented that “it bothers [him] a lot that [Stiviano] wants to broadcast that [she is] associated with black people.”

These comments made their way around the world instantly, sparking controversy practically everywhere.

As a result, the newly appointed NBA Commissioner Adam Silver banned Sterling from both the Los Angeles Clippers organization and the NBA for life.

This serious action prompted support from some of the most prominent names in the NBA. Miami Heat forward LeBron James tweeted, “Commissioner Silver thank you for protecting our beautiful and powerful league!! Great leader!! #BiggerThanBasketball #StriveForGreatness.”

Magic Johnson, who was personally targeted in Sterling’s remarks, also tweeted, “Commissioner Silver showed great leadership in banning LA Clippers owner Donald Sterling for life.”

In no way, shape or form should a man with views such as Sterling’s be allowed to be involved with an organization like the NBA. Although one could argue that Sterling has his right to free speech, this type of a mindset has got to change. It is 2014 and we still hear of incidents of racism.

The NBA is a private organization, and under its constitution the owners have the power to force Sterling to sell the team with a 3/4 vote of approval. Owners such as Mark Cuban of the Dallas Mavericks have already voiced support for Silver’s actions banning Sterling from all basektball operations, and it is anticipated the vote will be completed shortly. Fans, players and partners of the NBA will likely boycott the Clippers organization if he is not removed before the start of next season.

This incident has caused enough damage to the NBA. It is time this issue is resolved once and for all.

Girls lacrosse wins championship Boys varsity lacrosse Lady Vikings beat Saratoga 15-13 to bring home championship falls in semifinals

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Junior Amalia Roth cradles the ball during game against Saint Francis.

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ith just one league loss, the girls lacrosse team finished on top in the Santa Clara Valley Athletic Tournament finals against Saratoga High School (8-6).

The win marked the first Palo Alto High School girls lacrosse SCVAL title since 2010 and brought the team to an astonishing 13-1 league re-

cord. The finals were hosted at Paly on May 17 and finished with a close final score of 15-13. At the half, the Vikings lead Saratoga with a score of 10-8 and tied them in the second half with a 5-5 score.

Though winning the championship was a huge accomplishment, the 14-11 win against Saint Francis High School on May 22 was the key win for the Vikings.

“I think the harder fought battle was actually in the semi-finals against Saint Francis,” sophomore

Maya Benatar said. “[In the finals], we played well our last game but not spectacularly in my opinion.”

Sophomore Meredith Kinnaman also comments on the team’s performance.

“I felt that we achieved our goal of winning SCVALS,” Kinnaman said.

“We worked so hard all season and it’s really rewarding when all your hard work pays off. We definitely earned the title.”

The departure of seniors Ami Drez, Kristen Destefano, Sama Soni, Andrea Clerci-Hermandinger, Julia Kwasnik and Olivia Peeps are notable losses that will hurt the team. “[Drez] and [DeStefano] will have the biggest impact on the team because they’re from different positions but were key players,” junior Paige Anderson said. “I’m sad the season’s ending because I love my team and it was such an amazing season but I’m happy to have finally won SCVALs after four years.”

Sophomore Claire Chevallier was also content with the season and her performance.

“Undoubtedly there was no better way to end the season; our last game against Saratoga is one I’ll never forget,” Chevallier said “It feels so satisfying to win the SCVAL playoffs partly because we came so incredibly close to it last year. This year was like a redemption for our one-point loss triple overtime to Saint Francis [last year].”

Boys lacrosse season ends after a 10-9 loss to Menlo Atherton, 14 seniors to depart

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fter a grueling loss to MenloAtherton High School in the Santa Clara Valley Athletic League semifinals, the boys lacrosse team concluded its season.

The team finished fourth in the standings with a 9-6 league record, behind Menlo High School (8-5), Menlo-Atherton (9-5) and Sacred Heart Preparatory High School (121).

The conference semifinal finished with a close 10-9 score, with MenloAtherton High School coming out on top. Though the team had beaten Menlo-Atherton all three times the schools played against each other, the Vikings could not manage another win. Although in the first half of the game the Vikings had a large lead, Menlo-Atherton made an unfortunate comeback in the second half. of the game The Vikings defense failed to stop inside goals throughout the game, ultimately costing the team their predicted victory.

Menlo-Atherton High School will now advance to play Sacred Heart in the SCVAL finals.

Preceding the loss against MenloAtherton, the Vikings won their last league game against Sacred Heart.

Having lost to Sacred Heart three times last season and once this season, the win was great for the team.

The team has 14 departing seniors that will leave major gaps in the team’s dynamic, among them being captains Jordan Gans and James Harrison.

“Losing Gans will hurt us a lot on offense, not only because he scored at least a third of the points in every game but his ability to see the cutters and make the right decisions,” sophomore Matt Seligson said. “In order to cope, in the off season we’ll have to develop our cumulative lax [knowledge] which proved to be a problem this year and will definitely be an issue next year.”

Throughout the season, the boys lacrosse team performed well when it had the home team advantage, achieving a 7-3 record in games at home.

However, the team was also plagued by a subpar 2-3 record at games hosted at other schools.

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Friday, May 23, 2014

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Golden State Warriors finish season with several notable accomplishments Warriors wrap up a successful season, but do not continue to play in NBA playoffs

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s the National Basketball Association (NBA) playoffs continue without the hometown Golden State Warriors, it is time to reflect on the past season.

In a season of many highs and some lows, the Warriors finished 51-31 and in 6th place in the Western Conference. This was the fourth highest win total in franchise history.

Along with the impressive record, the Warriors featured a few noteworthy accomplishments in one of the franchise’s most impressive regular seasons in years.

The Dubs competed in some of the closest games in the NBA this season, including 26 games that were decided by four points or less, and six game-winning shots in the last three seconds of regulation, both league highs.

Along with close games, the Warriors were a team that never gave up, with seven comeback victories after being down by a deficit of 15 points or more.

This includes one of the most memorable Warrior games in the franchise history, storming back from a 27-point deficit and outscoring the Toronto Raptors 42-15 in the fourth quarter to cap off a win.

According to the NBA, this was the team’s biggest comeback since the association began recording play-byplay information in 1999.

Underlying their overall success was their continual success on the road and some winning streaks.

On the road, the Warriors put up a 24-17 record, tying the franchise record. Included in their road strength was a 6-1 record in a seven game road trip, only the third team in NBA history with six wins on a road trip in consecutive seasons.

On top of the impressive road record, the team won 10 games straight for the first time since 1975 and came one win away of tying the franchise record of 11.

Although the season ended earlier than hoped, fans could not have

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The Golden State Warriors came back from a 27-point deficit against the Toronto Rapters, one of their biggest comebacks. asked for a better playoff series than the one provided.

Coming off a surprisingly successful playoff outing in 2013, the team expected good results in 2014.

Along with close games, the Warriors were a team that never gave up, with seven comeback victories after being down by a deficit of 15 points or more.

It was a competitive series between the Warriors and the Los Angeles Clippers, who are bitter enemies, with the Clippers coming out on top in Game 7 to advance to the Western Conference Semi-Finals.

In a series riddled with drama resulting from Clippers owner Donald Sterling’s racist remarks, it was a main concern for the players to stay focused solely on their job while on the court and not be distracted by the drama.

Tempers were already high considering the distaste both teams have for one another, which led to nine technical fouls between both teams, many flagrant fouls, a bench clearing fight and a postgame confrontation.

Following this postseason loss to the Clippers, the Warriors decided it was best to part with three year coach Mark Jackson.

This was Jackson’s first NBA coaching job, and he successfully

turned a struggling team into a playoff contender.

It was a surprise to many that he was on the hot seat, but the Warriors management believed that Jackson was more of a preacher and less of a true coach, even though he led the team to consecutive playoff appearances.

Soon after, Jackson was signed by ESPN as an NBA analyst, and the Warriors filled the coaching job with ex-analyst and first time coach Steve Kerr.

Overall, the Warriors put out a successful regular season with a bitter end, and fans cannot wait to see what the 2014-15 season holds for the team.

Warriors replace Coach Mark Jackson

Steve Kerr accepts a $25 million five-year contract from the Golden State Warriors, taking his first head coaching position, replacing former Coach Mark Jackson Bob Myers, general manager of the Golden State Warriors, released a statement covering the hire of the new head coach.

In my estimation, the Warriors, from top to bottom, have become one of the marquee organizations in the NBA in recent years. I’m looking forward to becoming part of that environment and building upon the success of the last two seasons.

Steve Kerr Head coach for Golden State Warriors

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Mark Jackson, above, was let go from his position as the head coach of the Warriors a year earlier than his contract outlined.

“Maybe rookie-coach-to-be Steve was the franchise’s top choice for the

By Dami Bolarinwa Kerr can be the savior, perhaps by- job.

Staff Writer passing his opportunity to take over Golden State’s move to hire Kerr he Golden State Warriors the New York Knicks in order to take came a day after another candidate parted ways with former this talented team to the next level,” for the job, Stan Van Gundy, accepted coach Mark Jackson following Sam Amick, writer for U.S.A. Today an offer from the Detroit Pistons. a first round loss to the Los Angeles Sports, said.

Kerr has no head coaching expeClippers in the playoffs.

According to Turner Network rience, but has been involved in the Jackson compiled a 121-109 re- Television’s (TNT) David Aldrige, NBA since his 15-year playing career cord over three seasons, but a rocky Steve Kerr has recently accepted a ended. He is currently serving as a relationship with team ownership $25 million offer to become the next color commentator for TNT, as he contributed to his firing. head coach of the Golden State War- has done on-and-off since he retired After a 4-3 loss in the series to riors, committing to a five-year con- from his playing career at 37. the Clippers, Golden State Warriors tract.

Kerr has front office experience, owner Joe Lacob decided that, for Kerr was considered to be the having served as General Manager the benefit of the club, it would be frontrunner for the Knicks’ head of the Phoenix Suns from 2007 to a wiser decision to let go of Coach coaching vacancy after new President 2010. He was also behind the trading Mark Jackson a year earlier than his of Basketball Operations Phil Jack- of Shawn Marion to the Miami Heat contract presumed. son made it clear his former guard for Shaquille O’Neal in 2008.

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“We’re very pleased to introduce Steve Kerr as our new head coach,” Myers said. “We are confident that he will be an extremely good fit for our team and our organization as we venture into the future. The fact that he played for several of the greatest coaches in the history of the game — including Phil Jackson and Gregg Popovich — will serve him well, as will the many nuances that he learned from performing on the brightest stage during his incredibly successful, championship-filled career.”

Steve Kerr expressed his excitement after being signed to the Golden State Warriors.

“I’m really excited about the unique opportunity to coach a very talented team and work for this committed management group,” Kerr said. “In my estimation, the Warriors, from top to bottom, have become one of the marquee organizations in the NBA in recent years. I’m looking forward to becoming part of that environment and building upon the success of the last two seasons.”

The Campanile: So now that the season has ended, how do you feel about the team’s performance?

Julia Saul: The season before this one, we did very poorly with only three wins, so it was definitely a very large improvement. I loved watching our team grow, each individually as players and as a team. I think it’s a big step upwards for this organization.

TC: How do you think you personally performed this season?

JS: I felt like I had one of my best seasons. I’m very proud to call this my senior season because I think I did a great job and I think I put everything I had forward for my team.

TC: What is the maximum miles per hour that you can throw?

JS: I think I can hit 60. That’s what my coach told me.

TC: If you had to estimate Chris Smith’s speed, what would you say?

Probably slower than yours.

JS: Yeah, probably maybe 30 miles per hour.

TC: What is the most important thing about being a great softball player?

JS: To be a great softball player I think you need to have a lot of heart.

You need to be there for your teammates and always support them even when they do bad or have a problem, because overall your whole team and you have to work together.

TC: Who is the worst player on the softball team?

JS: Probably Hannah Bundy. You know she really brings our team down [laughs] but I still love her.

TC: Describe your relationship with this infamous Ms. Bundy.

JS: First when she came as a freshman, she was also a pitcher and that made me pretty angry because I didn’t want any competition. But then it all got sorted out so now she’s been a very strong infielder for us, and I’ve been pitching and we’re best friends.

TC: But, who’s better?

JS: At what?

TC: Everything. Softball, being cool, dancing.

JS: I’m better at being cool, but I think we each have individual skills on the softball field.

TC: High socks or pants down to your ankles?

JS: Definitely high socks.

TC: Visor or headband?

JS: Headband. I always work the headbands.

TC: Who is the new coach?

JS: His name is Bill Lasky, and he pitched for the San Francisco Giants so it’s been really amazing having him.

TC: What players do you expect to step up and really fill the legacy left behind?

JS: I think definitely the Glassford sisters, as they are really a force to be reckoned with on the field.

TC: And your brother Nathan, is he as athletically talented as you?

JS: He wishes.

TC: If you had to rank the Saul family in terms of athleticism, where would Nathan and Mojo fit in?

JS: You know, Mojo has short legs but he can really get going. I’d have to put Mojo at a ten, he can go for very long distances. Nathan kind of struggles to keep up with Mojo sometimes. I hope he can train and get up to that bar.

TC: To wrap up, do you have any final words?

JS: Go class of 2014, and I’m going to miss you all so much.

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THE CASE FOR

JOHNNY MANZIEL

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ohnny Manziel exploded onto the college football scene in 2012 at Texas A&M University, dazzling football fans with his electrifying style of play. The A&M quarterback went on to win a variety of awards, most notably the Heisman Trophy, awarded to the best player in college football. In 2013, Manziel continued his dominant performance while leading his team to a 9-4 season in the hyper-competitive South Eastern Conference and finished his season as a Heisman Trophy finalist.

After deciding to go to the NFL after just his sophomore season in college, the 21-year-old college superstar was projected to be a likely top five pick in the NFL Draft on May 8. However, for a variety of reasons, NFL General Managers passed on Manziel repeatedly, leaving him to be selected 22nd overall by the Cleveland Browns. Many thought Manziel was lucky to have such a great team around him, that he partied too much instead of focusing on the game and that his fan base helped him a lot. But those naysayers are wrong. Here is the case for Johnny Manziel.

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Former Texas A&M quarterback Johnny Manziel stiff arms an Alabama cornerback during breakout performance in Texas A&M’s shocking win over the number one team in the nation in 2012.

To start off, yes, Manziel had an incredibly talented team around him at A&M. Offensive linemen such as Luke Joekel and Jake Matthews gave Manziel the time and room to make his jaw-dropping, SportsCentermaking highlight plays. Manziel also had Mike Evans, a freakishly tall yet fast wide receiver always open for the deep pass. Additionally, Ryan Swope seemed to always be in the right place at the right time to make a spectacular Manziel-led play complete. While all of these A&M players have moved on to be NFL stars, the Browns also have players that will complement Manziel greatly.

While the Browns are notorious for being a terrible team all around, they have a solid offensive line and a strong receiving core, allowing Manziel to keep making spectacular plays.

Alex Mack and Joe Thomas are perennial Pro Bowlers who have been accompanied by young breakout star Mitchell Schwartz to complete an offensive line that can compete with the best of the NFL and confidently protect Manziel in the pocket.

To even further bolster the offensive line, the Browns drafted solid offensive lineman Joel Bitonio out of Nevada University. With time to make good reads, Manziel will find it easy to scramble for long yardage and to throw the deep ball to Jordan Cameron, Josh Gordon, Miles Austin and several other decent receivers.

Cameron, the Browns’ tight end, has proven to be a great blocker, as well as a receiving threat with a great pair of hands. Gordon, the Browns’ number one receiver, has the height and speed to replace Evans for Manziel.

On May 15, the Browns added star receiver from the Dallas Cowboys, Miles Austin. Austin will be a third speedy set of hands who will prove to be a great match for Manziel. To round out the receiving core, the Browns also have Greg Little and Travis Benjamin who respectively bring height and speed.

In addition to their talented, maturing offense, the Browns have a defense that is adding depth and will look to put the ball in Manziel’s hands. Star cornerback Joe Haden

was just signed to a five year deal, and the Browns just drafted elite cornerback Justin Gilbert eight overall in the Draft. The Browns also added Donte Whitner to be their strong safety, pairing him with Tashaun Gipson, their free safety. Paul Kruger will continue to be a menace at linebacker, along with linebacker Barkevious Mingo. This offseason, the Browns also signed linebacker Karlos Dansby, who was a leader on Arizona’s starstudded season last year. While the Browns may not have depth at defensive line, they have great linebackers and a great secondary, which will support Manziel immensely. Overall, the Browns have been a terrible team but now seem to show promise with their new, excellent young players.

In addition to having a great team around him, many cold-hearted critics believe that Manziel was too much of a partier and that he needed to focus on the game more. Obviously, Johnny Football has shown that he likes to have a good time. I mean, what college football star doesn’t want to be the life of every party? Yes,

he has gotten into some trouble with the law. But unlike many other college football players, his encounters were simply about speeding and fake IDs, not violence and drug abuse.

There is no doubt that these runins with the law are foolish, but he is maturing and will embrace the NFL as an adult. Also, to those that said his off field activities detracted from his play, how the heck did he still win the Heisman trophy and then be a finalist for it the next year? Answer me that. He likes to have a good time but will keep it in check and will focus on football.

Yes, the Browns have been awful in recent years. But there are very few NFL fan groups that can challenge the ravenous fandom of the Dawg Pound in Cleveland. These fans are reminiscent of Manziel’s beloved 12th Man fan group at A&M. To add onto that, Johnny Manziel has been a shot in the arm to the city.

Within 24 hours of being drafted, the Browns sold 1,500 season tickets and hundreds of Manziel jerseys. People of Cleveland were walking up to the

Browns owner on the street, thanking him for drafting Manziel. This crazy fan base will pair well with Manziel and might be just what the Browns need to get back to the top of the NFL. As much as I hate to say it, Johnny Manziel is not perfect. But he’s pretty damn close. The man will be surrounded in Cleveland with just as many if not more offensive and defensive threats as there were at Texas A&M, and Manziel’s electrifying athleticism will be unleashed. Manziel has made stupid mistakes with the law but has learned from them and has never taken his focus off the game of football.

Manziel will slow down in Cleveland and really dive into the game.

The Cleveland fan base is ecstatic to have Manziel and will loyally obsess over and root for the Browns. Manziel has a massive chip on his shoulder for not being selected earlier in the draft. Manziel will face many of the teams that passed on him next season. Johnny Manziel will be the next LeBron James for Cleveland.