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Zoboomafoo star, Jovian, passes away at the age of 20
Jovian died of kindey failure earlier this month. Photo Courtesy of cbc.ca Emma Cisek Editor-in-Chief
Jovian, the 20 year old Coquerel’s sifaka lemur, and star of PBS children’s wildlife show Zoboomafoo, died Monday, November 10th of kidney failure at the Duke Lemur Center in Durham, North Carolina. During his life spent at the Duke Lemur Center, Jovian fathered 12 sifaka children by 2 different partners, which lead to 4 grandchildren and two more on the way. He is survived by seven of his offspring, all of his grandchildren, as well as his partner Pia and brother Julian. As Zoboomafoo, Jovian leaped his way into the hearts of millions of children; the show ran from 1999 to 2001 airing only 65 episodes. Created and hosted by brothers Chris and Martin Kratt, the show took place in “Animal Junction” where, along with Zoboomafoo, they were visited by many other wildlife animals. Parts of the series were filmed on location at the Duke Lemur Center that Jovian called home. In 2001, the show won an Emmy for Outstanding Directing in a Children’s Series, a Parent’s Choice Award, and a Silver Honor. Although the final episode aired in April of 2001, some channels can be still be found showing reruns. PBS continued to regularly play the show on many of its stations until 2004. In 2003, the Kratt brothers committed to a new show Be the Creature on the National Geographic Channel, which was geared towards a more teen or adult audience. It ran for three seasons. Other shows of the Kratt brothers include Kratt’s Creatures, which ran on PBS Kids for only one season in 1996, and Wild Kratts which began in 2010 and has so far aired three seasons.
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Dons fall 27-20 to Royals in 55th edition of Big Game In a riveting crossTyler Greenwald town rivalry matchup Editor-in-Chief on November 7th at a jam-packed Peabody Stadium, Santa Barbara fell 27-20 to visiting San Marcos. The 55th addition of the Big Game did not face a dull moment, as the the two schools battled during a back-and-forth affair that was capped off with a game-winning touchdown for the Royals. However, the result of the game was clouded by a vicious fight that broke out between players from both sides with only 14 seconds remaining. After this, Santa Barbara head coach JT Stone agreed to call the game as he ordered his team off the field and into the locker room. “After the game, there were lots of emotions spilled, from both the coaches and players,” said senior wide receiver Danny Vallin. “The message we sent in the locker room was that what happened was completely out of line and does not exemplify what we are about as a team.” Trailing 19-13 with only four minutes remaining in the game, Santa Barbara faced a fourth and goal situation. Nevertheless, quarterback Brent Peus threw a crucial 10-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Tick Jellison which gave the Dons a 20-19 lead. “It felt awesome to throw the go-ahead touchdown to Tick, especially on such a dramatic fourth down play,” commented Peus. “There was such a great crowd at the game and they went crazy when he caught the ball. Shortly afterward, Royals quarterback Sage Reid led San Marcos down the field before scoring the eventual game-winning touchdown on a one-yard scamper. “It was frustrating because prior to the fight, we were still in the ball game. It was an exciting game and to see how it ended, with time remaining on the clock was tough,” said coach Stone. The Dons started off the first half strong, as running back Junior Garcia was able to pick up some solid yardage on multiple carries that set up the opening touchdown pass delivered from Peus to Vallin. However, the celebration was quickly put to a halt as San Marcos’ Inri Cortez retrieved the kickoff on the 3-yard line and blew by Dons’ special teams for a 97-yard touchdown return. The Royals went on to miss the PAT, leaving them down 7-6. “I think we played decently,” chipped in wide receiver Mason Bigelow. “It just came down to a couple of plays on special teams that we could have executed better,
Senior cornerback Russel Enholm secures a pass late in the fourth quarter. Photo Courtesy of Mitchel Klopp which would have made it a completely different game.” Later on, the Dons converted on a chance in the red zone as Peus hit Figueroa on a 5-yard pass for a score. This put the Dons up 14-6 lead with 41 seconds left in the first half. Subsequently, it was round two for the Royals as Garrett Paulson showed his speed and returned a kick for an 85yard touchdown. Once again, the Royals missed on a 2-point conversion and trailed 14-12 at halftime. “Defensively we needed to do a better job stopping the run and keeping their run plays contained,” said offensive tackle Daniel Podratz. “On special teams, if we just get one tackle on either of the two kickoff returns it would’ve flipped the entire outcome around. San Marcos’ momentum continued into the second half, as Reid came out of the locker room with a 40-yard run scramble on the opening drive. This successful drive was capped off by a twoyard rushing touchdown from Ivan Reyes.
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This score gave the Royals a 19-14 over the Dons. Reyes, who rushed for 110 yards on 17 carries, was named the winner of the Gary Blades Memorial Trophy as the game’s MVP. “Overall I’m happy because the kids fought hard and overachieved with what I expected them to do with my demands. Walking away from this season, I’m definitely excited for next year as we return almost 70 percent of our team,” added coach Stone. With the defeat, the Dons (4-6 overall, 1-3 league) wrap up their season under first-year head coach J.T. Stone. Despite the loss of many talented senior players, the team is confident in their ability to improve and is hopeful for next season. When asked expectations for next season, Peus responded: “Next years group of seniors is a very dedicated group and we really want to succeed. This is definitely a program on the rise so hopefully we will experience some great success next season.”
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Lois Capps will begin her 9th term in office in January of 2015 Photo Courtesy of Wikipedia Marianna Alevra News Editor
Incumbent Democratic Congresswoman Lois Capps has won her ninth full term in the U.S. House of Representatives for California’s 24th congressional district. The 24th congressional district includes Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo, and parts of northern Ventura counties. In the June 3rd primary, Capps had eight challengers — five Republicans, two Democrats, and an independent — in
a district that is more politically diverse than it once was, as its boundaries were redrawn in 2010 by a commission of five Democrats, five Republicans, and four independents. Capps beat out all candidates with 43.7 percent of the vote. In the November 4th election, she faced Republican Chris Mitchum, 70, who is an actor, businessman, former vice president of the Screen Actors Guild, and the second son of film legend Robert Mitchum. He prides himself in being the “most conservative” of candidates, though he strongly objects to the label of “Tea Party Republican,” instead defining himself as a “Constitutional Republican.” “Free market, lower taxes and abiding by the Constitution — the basic values that built this country,” Mitchum said. “When you look at the fact that John F. Kennedy would be a good Republican candidate today, then I think we’ve slid to the left.” Since 2014 is not a presidential election year, the voter turnout was expected to be lower. To get out the vote, Capps has ran an old-fashioned grassroots campaign. “To me, the hallmark of my campaign has always been grassroots, on the ground, going door-to-door,” Capps said. “And we need to keep reminding people that there is a very important election this year even though there’s not a lot on the ballot that grabs headlines.” Capps has the money to do that. According to the latest campaign finance reports, Capps trounced Mitchum with
over $2 million in contributions while Mitchum received just under $150,000. The Capps campaign launched mail and television advertisements that highlight some of Mitchum’s stances on what he considers priorities, such as privatizing Social Security, repealing federal health care reform, and rolling back regulations on Wall Street. “We have very different priorities,” Capps said of Mitchum. “He’s on the record as being for things like privatizing Social Security when my goals are to invest in programs that support strengthening the middle class.” Capps has been in office since 1997, when she was elected to complete the term of her late husband, Walter Capps, after he suddenly died of a heart attack. Since then, she has used her background as a nurse to support health care reform, environmental initiatives, and social welfare programs. To the Mitchum campaign, however, sixteen years is enough for Capps. It asserts that Capps received $11 million from special interest groups and voted to increase the national debt fifteen times. “This is my chance,” Mitchum said prior to the election, “the next six years will define the future of this country, mark my words, and this country will define the future of the world. That’s what this is about. That’s why I’m in this.” After winning the November 4th election, Lois Capps will join the 114th Congress on January 3rd.
Measure P defeated in midterm election Marianna Alevra News Editor
A local b a l l o t initiative in Santa Barbara called Measure P that would ban some forms of energy extraction, has attracted great attention from both the oil and gas industry, making it one of the most expensive local ballot initiatives in history. Backed by the Santa Barbara County Water Guardians, Measure P would prohibit all new “high-intensity” oil operations such as fracking (hydraulic fracturing), acidizing, and cyclic steam injection wells in the county’s unincorporated areas. It would not impede conventional drilling or “low-intensity” operations and would keep current operations intact. Proponents of Measure P claim that such high-intensity techniques pose dangerous risks to water, health, and climate. They argue that such practices use a tremendous amount of water, which is already limited since California is experiencing the most severe drought in recorded history. Supporters also assert that although there is no fracking activity occurring in the county now, companies that are experts in fracking have oil reserves in Santa Barbara County that could be exploited. These companies also experiment with high concentrations of acids in California fields. Additionally, since Measure P failed, they expect to see oil companies exert more political influence and counter
25 oil platforms line the coast of California Photo Courtesy of vcreporter.com efforts to protect the natural beauty of the county. “We can’t afford to keep doing this in this state until we’re absolutely sure that it isn’t creating havoc for public health and the environment,” said Kathryn Phillips, director of Sierra Club California. “The last thing you want is water that is nonpotable and could never be cleaned up.” Opponents claim that the initiative is anti-business and will drastically damage the economy of the county. According to Dr. Lanny Ebenstein, former treasurer of the Coastal Preservation Coalition, Measure P would stress a financial hardhit on northern Santa Barbara County.
“As an economist I am greatly worried about the loss of over 1,000 jobs and $300 million in annual economic activity Measure P would bring to our county,” said Dr. Ebenstein. Opponents also deem Measure P unnecessary, because there is currently no fracking activity in Santa Barbara County. The nearest and most recent fracking activity occurred in the hills between La Cienega Boulevard and West Los Angeles College, in the Santa Susana Mountains near Porter Ranch, in the mountains around Ventura and Fillmore, and under the sea floor off Ventura. A band of critics go so far as to affirm that proponents are only masquerading Measure P as a fracking ban; it was actually designed to eliminate the entire oil and gas industry from the county. As expected, energy companies outspent Measure P’s supporters. The most supportive audience was centered in the coastal areas around Santa Barbara and Montecito, while most of the opposition came from more rural, Republican, and blue-collar areas around in northern Santa Barbara County near the offshore fields. “People have pretty strong feelings about oil here,” said Linda Krop, chief counsel of the environmental defense center in Santa Barbara, “and it hasn’t really changed.” Measure P was defeated in the Tuesday, November 4th election.
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News Construction on Goleta ice rink to begin soon Emma Cisek Editor-in-Chief
Over 17 years ago, Santa Barbara County approved plans to build an ice rink in Goleta, and this month those plans will become a reality. The plans were a part of the Camino Real Marketplace project and a $3.3 million land donation was made by the Wynmark Company, but it has taken 11 years to produce the funds to actually break ground. Fundraising has been lead by the Greater Santa Barbara Ice Skating Association, a nonprofit group which formed in 2003, and has been mostly “silent”, working only with major donors so far, but there are plans to launch a community “buy-a-brick” campaign. Earlier in November, the group announced that they hope to begin construction of the $11 million building before the end of this month. The two story building will be built in a lot next to Girsh Park at the corner Santa Felicia Drive and Storke Road and will be operated by the GSBISA. The 46,500 square-foot building will house one NHL sized rink, a smaller studio sized rink, an after-school homework center, public skating, learn to skate programs, adaptive
Jessica Lange and Steve Carell honored by SBIFF Emma Cisek Editor-in-Chief
January 27th of next year will kick off the Santa Barbara Film Festival’s 30th year running. Earlier this week however, the festival honored actress Jessica Lange with the Kirk Douglas Award for Excellence in Film. On Sunday, November 16th, Lange walked the red carpet at the Bacara Resort and Spa in celebration of the honor. She is the 9th actor and first woman to receive the award, following actors such as Forrest Whittaker, Robert De Niro, Michael Douglas , Harrison Ford, Quentin Tarantino, Ed Harris, John Travolta and Kirk Douglas. Sunday’s event also served as a fundraiser for the upcoming Santa Barbara Film Festival. SBIFF Executive Director Roger Durling also announced that Steve Carell will be receiving the 2015 Outstanding Performer of the Year Award. The award will honor Carell for his performance in Bennett Miller’s Foxcatcher. Carell will join past recipients including Cate Blanchett, Jennifer Lawrence, Viola Davis, James Franco, Angelina Jolie, and Heath Ledger, among others. The award will be presented at the Arlington Theater on February 6th. The Santa Barbara International Film Festival will run from January 27th to February 7th. Tickets are available at sbiff.org or call 805-963-0023.
ice sports for mobility-impaired athletes, and facilities and programs for figure skaters, hockey players, and the general public. Construction is said to take about nine months, and the facility is projected to be completed by September of next year. Acquiring funds has been the major obstacle in getting this project off the ground. When GSBISA formed, they always seemed to be just $1 million away from their goal as a result of fluctuating cost estimates and a delayed timeline. The nonprofit has now raised about $7 million in donations and pledges and have also obtained a construction loan. They plan to raise another $1 million in the next two years. During the fundraising process, A digital rendition of what Ice in Paradise will look like. the GSBISA not only received money Photo Courtesy of noozhawk.com from private citizens and foundations, but the City of Goleta has waived the development fees and will donate $250,000 in equipment once the facility is built. Soon, athletes and families alike will no longer have to make the almost 40 mile Emma Cisek Since May, plastic drive to Oxnard in order to practice their Editor-in-Chief bags have been figure eights. completely obsolete in all large grocery stores and pharmacies. Starting last Friday however, the ban has stretched to include small businesses such as mini-marts. Small plastic bags will still be available for produce, meats, and holding prescriptions. Customers will now either have to use their own reusable bags or purchase paper bags for 10 cents each. The citywide ban was passed by the Santa Barbara City Council in October of 2013. 129 other California cities have also placed a ban on plastic bags, and A statewide bag ban will take effect beginning July 1st, 2015 the ban will take July of next year. effect throughout the entire state. Photo Courtesy of earth911.com Emma Cisek Afton Burton, a Editor-in-Chief 26 year old Illinois woman who goes by the nickname “Star”, has officially obtained a marriage Emma Cisek Two cute new in Germany in an effort to add to the license to wed infamous criminal, Charles Editor-in-Chief additions have been genetics of the North American population. Manson. At the age of 16, Burton fell in made to the Santa Since 1975, 27 giant anteaters have love with Manson after discovering his Barbara Zoo family. On Tuesday, been born at the Santa Barbara Zoo, and environmental philosophy, ATWA. Then, November 11th, the Santa Barbara Zoo the zoo has been a leader in nationwide at 19 years old, the young woman moved released a statement about a giant anteater research of the animals. This great feat to Corcoran, California where Manson pup that was born on Thursday, November is thanks in part to Grandma, who had is serving his life sentence. Now at 26, 6th. This pup is the second to be born to over 15 offspring during her time at although she already considers herself his the same pair of anteaters this year. The the zoo. The average giant anteater will wife, the couple has finally obtained the first, was born on March 1st of this year live to be between 20 and 23 years old. license to make it official. and was the first anteater born at the zoo When Grandma died in 2002 she was 31 No date has been set yet, but the two since 2006. The newest pup weighed in at years old and the oldest giant anteater in have 90 days to to get married before they 4.25 pounds and is currently being reared captivity at the time. have to reapply for a marriage license. by his mother in a special holding area and Just one week after the anteater’s birth, The couple will be allowed 10 guests from will not be out for public viewing for at on November 13th, six-year-old Masai outside of the prison, two from inside, and least two weeks after his birth. giraffe Audrey, gave birth to Buttercup, her an officiant of their choosing. Star talks to This week, as a part of the Association of third baby in the past four years. Buttercup Manson on the phone almost every day Zoos and Aquariums’ breeding program, is a male Masai giraffe weighing in at 186 and visits him on the weekend. During the older pup will be moved to the Staten pounds and standing tall at 6 feet 8 inches. those visits, the prison limits physical Island Zoo. He was the male half of a pair Buttercup is a healthy and hefty giraffe contact, allowing only one hug at the of twins where the female unfortunately despite struggling to stand up and take beginning and end of the meeting, and did not survive. Although twin anteaters his first steps. He made his debut with because Manson is serving a life sentence, are rare, the mother, Anara, who is two is mother earlier this week, meeting his even when the two are wed, they will not years old, was a twin who was hand-raised fellow giraffes and charming spectators. be allowed conjugal visits. at the Fresno Zoo. The Zoo’s other female giraffe, Betty The father of the pups, Ridley who Lou, is also expecting, and is predicted to is six years old was brought to the Santa give birth in March of next year. Barbara Zoo in 2008 from Zoo Dortmund
Bag ban broadens
Charles Manson, 80, to marry 26 year old
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November 21. 2014
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What are the Better path to college: the pros and cons of limits of a Free alternative schooling Press? Mark Gross The First Amendment to the Staff Reporter U.S. Constitution guarantees freedom of expression for all U.S. citizens. If an article comes up that contains controversial or offensive material, should it be protected by the First Amendment? It is a common misconception that students have the same privileges while on campus as they do off campus. While at school, however, you are under the jurisdiction of the school district, whose job is to facilitate the education of the student-body. As such, you can have your possessions searched legally and have any obscene material that you have written or purchased censored. Anyone can be brought to heel, even The Forge staff. The Forge recently had an issue with an article submitted by a freelance writer. The Forge staff decided to pull the article after it was decided that the word choice of the story was crude and unprofessional. This raised concerns amongst The Forge staff about infringement of press freedoms. However, the staff failed to take into account that there is a restriction of obscene material on school campus. So what does this mean? It means the editors had to implement a new policy where an article is thoroughly screened for obscene content before they are put in the paper’s layout. If something objectionable is found, the author of the article is contacted and told they can either edit out the obscene content or have the article completely removed from the issue. Our goal as a paper is to report news in a professional and appropriate manner.
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David Zevallos Often viewed Freelance Writer today by students as an easy way out of the strict regimen of high school, homeschooling appears to offer little in the way of academic preparation for college. However, some recent studies indicate that homeschooled kids are actually more successful in college than traditionally educated students. It starts with their test scores for SAT and ACT tests. On ACT tests, homeschooled students score an average of 2 points higher than non-homeschooled students. On the SATs they score an average of 72 points higher. Additionally, homeschooled kids are more likely to attend college than their traditionally schooled peers. 74% of homeschooled students are enrolled in college courses; in the general population only 47% of students are. A number of elite universities have reported accepting a higher percentage of homeschooled students. For example, Stanford University reports accepting 27% of home schooled
applicants compared to a 5.1% acceptance rate from the standard applicant pool. Once in college, homeschooled students tend to finish their freshman year with a higher GPA, and they graduate in greater numbers: 66% compared to 57%. But before you decide to drop out of your classes and get your parents to take responsibility for your schooling, you should know that homeschooling is not all about college acceptances and allday video gaming. I spoke with a couple of students about their experiences with homeschooling. Will Pulice, a senior at SBHS, who dropped out of eighth grade because he felt he was wasting his time in school, felt his homeschooling educated him better, but he did feel lonely because of all the free time he had. Homeschooling did give him more time to think about his future and what he wanted to pursue as an adult. He returned to school in ninth grade after a year away. I also spoke to senior, Summer Garrison. In Summer’s case, her parents pulled her out of school
during her second semester of sophomore year and for her entire junior year. She returned to SBHS at the beginning of this year. While she was gone, she was enrolled in an intensive tennis academy in Florida. She had little time for anything but tennis and she went to school from 7:30 in the morning until 5:30 at night. There was only one other American in the program, and she was very unhappy about leaving her friends. Summer’s chances for scholarships are much greater as a result of her experience. In both of these cases, the students have felt the loss of the social life that is a significant part of the high school experience. Overall, homeschooling may seem like a good alternative to the daily pressures of high school, but as with everything else, your success with homeschooling would depend entirely on the effort you and your parents put into your education.
“I am definitely going to take a course on time management… just as soon as I can work it into my schedule.” – Louis E. Boone Cyprus Van Inwegen I don’t know Staff Reporter about you, but what stresses me out the most is actually caused by myself. I’m a young adults, and beginning to have to deal with a lot right now – grades, parents, colleges, jobs, relationships, friends, all that fun stuff. Everybody has hassles thrown at them, but I’ve noticed that how much stress they actually end up causing is very conditional. Getting to a point in life where your problems can greatly increase or decrease depending on how you handle them is where good time management can benefit you. It’s a skill that will be useful to you in the workplace, and it can help you get the most you can done with the least of amount of sleepdeprived-hair-pulling-out-stress. Last week, I had to make a tough call. I’m sure plenty of other students can relate to being in a situation at least somewhat resembling my own. My dilemma was that I really wanted to audition for a play, but I also wanted to keep good grades, have time to hang out with friends, and get plenty of sleep, without a constant IV drip of 5 Hour Energy (thought it might be a pain to haul up and down all these freaking hills.) I’ve made rash decisions in cases like this before, and it has not served me well. When it comes to these kinds of choices, there is only one motto to go by: know thyself. Some kids can get straight A’s in six AP classes while working a job and somehow still have enough spare time to perform heart surgery on homeless
bunnies. I am not one of those people. I had to weigh what was most important to me. I love theater and I knew it would be a whole lot of fun for me, but I wasn’t sure if the happiness I would gain from participating would be cancelled out by the stress of all the practice. I realized that I really enjoyed devoting myself to my school work and wouldn’t be very happy with having my grades fall. Also, it would mean a complete flip of my social life. It would have been fine when I just moved here, but I had recently made some very good friends and I knew I didn’t want to give up what little free time I had leftover. I checked the sign-up sheet, and it turned out to be an even bigger time commitment than I had imagined. Like, way bigger. Nope. In theory, I could do it, but it would mean giving up either my sleep or my friends. Sanity lost in both scenarios. The ability to objectively examine your life, what you do with it, and what you want to do with it is invaluable. I’ve done too much of nothing and ended up a stressed-out pile of goo amongst towers of unfinished homework. I’ve done too much of everything and just ended up a different sort of stressed. Ultimately, the result of planning your time well should be that you can get the things that are important to you done, and you don’t have to think too hard about what you’re missing because you know you’re spending your time on what is best for you. So please, lovely people, be kind to your future self. Do not screw your future self over. When you know you don’t have a lot to do on a
certain day, fill your boredom with busy work, because the next day when all your friends inexplicably decide to want to hang out with you, you can pat yourself on the back for all the free time you now have. Then you can say “Thanks, pastme.” It’s like Christmas came early. Here are some events you won’t want to miss out on, so plan accordingly: UC applications are due by November 30th, apply at http://admissions. universityofcalifornia.edu The Santa Barbara Scholarship Foundation application is due by January 31st, the application is available at www.sbscholarship.org SBCC Dual Enrollment is December 15th. Paperwork should be completed at least two weeks prior to that date and can be found online at http://www.sbcc. edu/dualenrollment or in the counseling office MAD and VADA applications are now available online at madacad.com and https://sites.google.com/a/sbsdk12.org/ vada/Apply_to_VADA The FAFSA will available starting January 1st, fill it out with your parents at https://fafsa.ed.gov/ Late registration for the December 6th SAT and SAT Subject Tests closes November 24th, register at http://sat. collegeboard.org Late Registration for the December 13th ACT with Writing closes November 21st, register at www.actstudent.org Financial Aid Night is December 11th at 6pm in the cafeteria. Bring your parents!
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November 21, 2014
Opinion Decisions, decisions, decisions Gabe Reali Entertainment Editor
The waft of college season is in the air, whether you’re a freshman at your new college, or you’re a high school senior gearing up to start applying to schools. College is a huge, complicated process, and ends up being a huge decision in most cases. One of the many things students decide early on is how they want to apply. Meaning, are you going to apply early, or just regular decision? Most colleges have pretty different combinations of those options which sometimes makes it difficult for students to arrange all their applications. For the underclassmen reading this, I will explain the difference between these options, and for some of you slower seniors, listen up as well. Early decision is a binding application that basically means that you apply early and get the results earlier than everyone else. This type of application commits you to the school if you get in. For me, the most significant “pro” to early decision is the fact that you find out so much sooner. It gives you the security of knowing which college you’ll attend in the Fall, which means you can start planning out details usually as soon as winter break. Also, in some cases, applying early decision gives you an advantage because they know that if they admit you, you’ll attend their school. It gives them a higher yield rate
(percent of students accepted that actually end up going there). It’s a win-win for early decision if you’re serious about your first choice of school. Early decision sounds nice, but every good thing has it’s “cons”. Right off the bat it means that you have to finish your application by one of the earliest deadlines, and you can only apply to one school early decision. And of course the most significant restriction is that if you get in, you’re going there, even if you end up changing your mind. It also means that if you get in you have to withdraw all other college applications and won’t be able to see if you got accepted or not at the other schools you applied too. Bottom line, only apply early decision if you are confident you want to go to that school. If you are, this is probably the best bet for you, but be careful if that’s not what you’re looking for. Early action is similar to early decision in that you apply early and get results early, but this type of application is not binding. It offers similar perks like finding out sooner, getting finished with applications early, and sometimes gaining an advantage in the admissions office. However, in my opinion, what makes early action the most desirable application is that it is non-binding, meaning if you get in you are not restricted to that school and can weigh all your options when you receive the verdicts from other schools you applied too. The only negative thing
about early action is that you have to finish your application sooner, but to some people that could be considered another perk. Of course, there is always the option of regular decision. Don’t get down on yourself if you’re a senior and haven’t even started applications yet, because regular decision has some perks of it’s own. It gives you more time to take SAT’s/ ACT’s, more time to spend applying and writing essays, an opportunity to raise your GPA with first semester grades, and it can be much less rushed and stressful (that is, if you still give yourself enough time). The extra time, however, also brings some not-so-favorable aspects of applying regular decision. The first thing is that you won’t know your admissions results until Spring, thus giving you much less time to plan. Also, applying regular doesn’t distinguish you from the masses. Obviously, if you’re applying to random schools for “safety” or other reasons, it may be all you want to do, but if there is one school you really want to go too, I would suggest doing some research on whether that school offers some sort of early application or not. Then of course, a problem that will arise if you wait until the last minute to apply is that after the final deadline passes, if you don’t have your application in, it is too late. Regular decision tends to be around January 1st, and if you are applying one day before,
Pep rallies are useless Emmanuel Gonzalez Pep rallies are Staff Reporter designed to raise students’ school spirit through games and chants; however, some say they are not a good use of school time and actually do the exact opposite of what is intended: raising school spirit. Although they may be entertaining at times, they end up doing nothing but make many students despise their school even more. I asked several students to provide their opinions on pep rallies. Senior Mark Gross said, “They make me want to engrave ‘SAN MARCOS’ onto my chest.” While this may be an extreme case, many other students have similar feelings. Seniors Pericles Spanos and David DuPont both said, “We feel our rights to learn are being violated when we are forced out of class to attend these gatherings.” Interestingly enough, another senior Kelly Biswell said, “I don’t get all the hate. We should be proud of being the best high school. WE ARE DONS! WE ARE SB!” With the exception of those few students who enjoy them, it seems to me that most of the audience dislikes pep rallies. So my final question is: if most students dislike pep rallies, then why do we still do them? It has already been scientifically proven that they do not raise school spirit, and simply waste valuable school time. Is ASB using these “rallies”
oh boy, you have one day to finish any college applications you need to submit. If you don’t get it in on time, it’s either wait until next year, or go to City College. (Although, even SBCC has deadlines.) Just don’t wait until the last second and you won’t have any problems! I think early action is the best option if the school offers it. There are a lot of perks, and the only con I could think of was the fact that you must finish your application sooner compared to regular decision. I’d rather have that than my application looming over my head for months. So, college bound student, it’s your decision. Editorial/Opinion Policy: While we will do everything possible to grant the greatest range of free expression to our contributors, The Editorial Staff and Faculty reserve the right to edit for objectionable language and space constraints.
Things overheard in the hallway “Do you have any Barbies? I need them for video production.” “I hate India.” “If Ebola isn’t a conspiracy theory, why would Chris Brown say it is?” “Whenever I see a Fiat I get angry.” “I can’t believe that YouTube video was wrong!” “If I say ‘hella’ one more time, hit me with a Prius.” “Get shreked.” “There’s pumpkin flavored yogurt now -is it weird that its my favorite thing?”
This photo from The Forge Vault shows students at the not-so-rowdy fall pep rally of 2007
to push their political agenda onto the student population as failed brainwashing attempts? Is a fascist dictatorship rising throughout ASB? Are drug dogs just the first step to controlling us? Only time will tell. In the meantime, we will try to put an end to these so called “rallies” by raising awareness amongst the student-body. #occupysbhs.
“Starbucks is my RELIGION.” “That’s the most white girl thing I have ever heard.” “I think I just sat in gum.”
“I shattered my phone for a See’s The Forge encourages discussion candy.” between students on topics like this, and we are so happy we get to facilitate it, so “I had Thanksgiving with gay men.” give us your thoughts! What do you think? Do pep rallys get “I did not come to school for a you pumped up about being a Don, or sandwich.” do you think they are cutting into your education? Email us with your thoughts at “If your shorts aren’t high waisted... forge.sbhs@gmail.com and you might just then what are they?” be featured in our next issue!
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November 21. 2014
Features
Still bleeding olive and gold Edoardo Kaplan Managing Editor
Mr. Richard Everett never expected to teach for 40 years, thinking that he would be worn to a stub long before then, but by 1998 he had achieved that impossible feat. From 1962 to 1998, Mr. Everett taught at Santa Barbara High School, after having spent four years teaching at Carpenteria High School. Over his several decades at SBHS, he taught American Government, Ancient Greek History, and Ancient Roman History, was a Football coach, and sponsored the Junior Statesmen while also counseling Student Cabinet. Now retired, Mr. Everett shared some of his memories of SBHS with The Forge. “It was an old traditional high school, and it was just so comfortable and enjoyable, and the students were really excellent, highly motivated kids, so it was a wonderful place to go to work every day, and like I tell many people, I never had a bad day at SBHS and always looked forward to teaching until I retired.” What major changes did you witness during your time here? “I personally think we had a better educational program than they have now by far. What we had was a full academic college prep program, a business preparation program, and a general education program for those who were going to finish their high school education and move on to jobs. We also had a full industrial arts program, a full home economics program, a full art program, a full music program, and a full agricultural program. Students could take a very involved and complete business program, and go right to employment in the city offices. I’ve spoken to many students who were given careers through this route. We had six industrial art teachers and were rated the top school in industrial arts; we participated in nationwide competitions and had an automotive program that was sponsored by GM. We had the full athletics
program, but then of course we only had five sports at that time; we just hadn’t gotten to the realization that girls should be able to participate as much as boys. Later on in the late ‘70s, the girls’ athletic program really got started after Title 9 and the ‘68 civil rights laws. It was really a complete high school. But over the years, it became more and more limited in focus; most of the programs were eliminated and, by 1995, there was hardly anything but academics. It was sad.”
going to do was gather all the seniors together in front of the library during the first pep rally. After everybody was seated, we would march down the ramp into the stadium and let the lower classmen know who the seniors were. The seniors would run across the field with banners and signs. And then in those class yells that they did, the seniors just dominated everybody because of that enthusiasm. I would keep reminding them about who they were and what they were. We had T-shirts, and on the back they printed the senior class, so Mr. Everett truly enjoyed that everybody would have their fellow teaching. Some of his best memories are seniors on their back. Hopefully we tied to his Ancient Greek and Ancient established some traditions.” Roman History classes. “The Ancient Greek and Roman After sharing his greatest memories, History program was very unique, Mr. Everett spoke about the challenges he because at other schools it was all phased faced as a teacher. out by the ‘40s and the ‘50s, so people were quite surprised that we even did that, “The most difficult thing was to teach and I taught those classes for 35 years. All those who were negative about high school the students from every grade level took education and negative about being there, it, and we had so much fun and learned to try to turn them around and keep them so much and the students I meet now say, in school until they graduated. This is ‘Oh yeah, Mr. Everett, I remember Greek one of the reasons I worked on the senior history and Roman history.’ They never class so hard. You can’t have teachers and remember the other classes I taught, but parents telling you to stay in school; you they really enjoyed those two.” need seniors telling seniors to not drop out of school: ‘Be with us when we run down I asked Mr. Everett what he was that hill.’ That’s the biggest challenge, especially proud of as a teacher. because some kids you just can’t reach. I “During the 80’s, I had become really happened to be one of them when I was disappointed in the lack of leadership in high school, until I got turned around.” by the senior class to provide spirit and enthusiasm and bring the student body Finally Mr. Everett talked about his together as an identifiable unit that you vision of what high school should be like. could have some kind of good memories for. So in my American Gov classes, I “There happens to be a group of decided to develop senior spirit teams, to students that are not motivated for college, create a spirit among seniors. So I took my nor academically mentally prepared senior classes and we would gather during for college; they have unique skills in a period and talk about who they were other areas. And even those who are and who they were going to be, and we academically prepared for college can talked about trying to develop a cohesion take advantage of industrial art classes, of friendship and really love. I spent a lot and too often those students aren’t given of time talking to them about love and the adequate curriculum to keep them, not hugging one another, then we planned the only mentally involved, but physically year out. And the first thing that we were involved. During those years when
Mr. Everett reps his Dons gear. Photo Courtesy of Edoardo Kaplan we had the business, architectural, and industrial programs you saw marvelous achievements. I mean winning prizes. It’s so nice to see young people accomplished things with their hands. I struggled for the last five years of teaching trying to maintain those kinds of programs. If the programs you guys have now could be enlarged, and they could meet all sorts of Math and English requirements in classes of specialized interests, you would have a much better high school for preparing young people.” With all his great memories and even the challenges, Mr. Everett is still very fond of SBHS. As he concluded, “I’m still a don, bleeding olive and gold.”
Horoscopes Anastasiya Brice Staff Reporter Olivia Harris Freelance Writer
Aries (March 21-April 19): You might feel like you are going through some huge life changes right now, and the best thing to do is cut all your hair off and swing from a wrecking ball. Some people might not like the new you but you should ride the wrecking ball to happiness. Taurus (April 20-May 20): You might lose your pencil, you might not find it, you might have to get another one... But you will be okay. Gemini (May 21-June 20): It’s your month to be loud and annoying. Haters gunna hate hate hate hate hate, just shake it off. Cancer (June 21-July 22): You should
go home and hug your bunny, or any other time lunch rolls around. Just eat it, or don’t animal you have because only your pet and move on. There’s better sandwiches loves you and that’s okay, be the crazy pet out there for you. person. Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): You are Leo (July 23-August 22): It’s time for going to go on an adventure. Bring your you to be a champion, let them hear you swimsuit and snow gear and hiking boots, roar. You are one fierce kitty. because no one knows where you’re going. But you’re going, so go. Bye. Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Enjoy what you’ve got and take comfort in knowing Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Have you what you have cause baby, you light up checked your Facebook lately? What my world like nobody else. about Twitter? When was the last time you got a Snapchat? Did you see that picture Libra (Sept.23-Oct. 22): Letting go is on Instagram? No? It’s okay. Even though not always bad. Right now you are holding it’s important to stay connected, it’s more Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20): You might on to something very tightly, but you need important to stay connected with yourself. need to go see Alexander & the Terrible, to let it go, let it go, be one with the wind Do some yoga. Horrible, No Good Very Bad Day. You and snow. Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): I see a great might relate. Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Look, you idea in your head! You will have a great can’t help if your sandwich starts out crisp idea that will change the world! You will and fresh but is wilted and soggy by the slice bread!
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November September 21, 26, 2014 2007
Features Staff Spotlight: Lawrence Gamble Sable Layman Staff Reporter
Mr. Gamble keeps his students focused. Photo Courtesy of Christopher Sink
Almost every student at Santa Barbara High School has seen this Stanford alumnus walking down the hall, with a bounce in his step and a mind filled with years of learning and experience. He is the type of teacher that reminds everyone that you have to be engaged in learning and then you will succeed. Lawrence Gamble grew up in Los Angeles, California, a mere two hours away from Santa Barbara. Mr. Gamble has been teaching for fifteen years, but before his teaching career, he had been an attorney for twenty years. Over time, he became “disenchanted” with being an attorney, and made a change in his career path, something that he had wanted to do since college. Mr. Gamble now teaches a wide variety of classes, ranging from human geography to political science. Every class that he teaches is very dear to him and he enjoys every class the same. He aims to “engage students, get them to think, challenge, and push themselves.”
Though he spends much of his time in the classroom or grading, outside of the classroom he loves to read, walk, and spend time with his new grandchild. One very interesting thing I learned while interviewing Mr. Gamble is that at one point, he was an actor, though he believes, “there’s no difference between teaching and acting.” He was in a production of Amadeus at City College directed by Rick Mokler, he auditioned at Santa Barbara’s Ensemble Theater, and was in an independent play at Center Stage Theater. Mr. Gamble was also a holder of a SAG (Screen Actor’s Guild) Card for many years (a rite of passage for a working professional in the industry), and can be seen in a major TV movie called For Their Own Good, in which he played the role of a lawyer with one line, “Frankly ma’am, in a case like this, that’s a real possibility.” Lawrence Gamble has lived a very interesting life, with many careers, and has also broadened his student’s minds. He deserves the spotlight on stage, and off stage.
Emily Stokes has been dancing since the age of three and has been trained in many dance styles including ballet, jazz, tap, broadway, and lyrical, and her favorite, contemporary. Emily has danced with many studios and is now a member of Academy of Dance Westlake Village and her inspiration is her mentor Jess Warfield, the director of said academy. On Friday and Saturday nights, she competes with the same numbers that Academy of Dance Westlake Village performs at various competitions. The competitions she attends involve performing group numbers with her company as well as performing solos. Some of these competitions include Showstoppers, Rainbow Dance Competition and Starbound, which are all held in the Los Angeles area. She also attends conventions such as The Pulse and Tremaine, where she takes classes for a whole weekend. Emily is a company member of the Tremaine Dance Convention, and five months out of the year, she travels out of state to assist the convention by performing with faculty and helping with the logistics of the competitions. Emily says, “Dance is my form of self-expression and I feel the most
Pheobe Mullen Freelance Writer
Becca slumped against the wall, slid all the way down to the ground, and began picking at the hole in the knee of her tattered pants. She stared dubiously at her peeling, exhausted sneakers, which looked ready fall off her feet. She reached a hand into her pocket and pulled out a crumpled candy wrapper so worn that it seemed to have no creases but was just a soft and fragile film. She began to twist it in her pale fingers; and it glinted in the faint light from the high window. She jerked it, her hands shaking; and it tore with a defeated sort of sound. She let it fall from her hand. It fluttered to the ground like a broken butterfly. Becca pulled her legs up to her burning chest and wrapped her scratched arms around them, resting her cheek against her thin knees. She was aware of the light falling down on her from above, but she did not want to see the mockingly golden sunshine that streamed into her prison, where it lay in bright bars across the floor. Slanting and deep, it reminded her that night was coming soon. Night, when she would be alone in the cold blackness. And that was if they didn’t come for her before then. She shivered. The late afternoon light appeared warm on the concrete floor, but the dripping of moisture seeping through the cinderblock walls made the place seem like a dreary tomb, where corpses would rot immediately. Becca clenched her nails into her palms almost until they bled; the nervous tapping of her feet matched the thudding of her heart. Nerves shot Emily performing this summer at The Pulse On Tour. through her like electrocuted poison. This Photo Courtesy of Emily’s Facebook page place held her in, an eternal trap, escape comfortable and confident when I dance. than just twerking and booty popping; it’s impossible. I find it fascinating to experiment by an athletic art form that challenges and physically showing how I feel compared combines the intricacies of the mind, the to just talking about how I feel, because body, and the spirit.” for me, words aren’t enough. Words don’t After high school, Emily plans on come easily enough to me to have the attending college in Los Angeles or New power to show what happiness or sadness York to study business or communications or frustration I’m feeling. Doing this while simultaneously auditioning for jobs physically by dancing is something that and trying to get signed by a professional has pushed my boundaries as an artist and dance company. She later hopes to pursue a person. Dance is my therapy and every a career as a backup dancer and to tour day I spend dancing, I feel like I am doing with a celebrity. Emily can be seen on what I was designed to do. I aspire to bring YouTube by searching Academy of Dance attention to the fact that dance is more Westlake Village.
Artist of the month: Emily Stokes Lizzie Saunders Staff Reporter
Creative writing: The Sun and the Cold
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November 21, 2014
What you didn’t know about Thanksgiving and our feathered friend the turkey
What is Thanksgiving really all about? The truth about our beloved feast We all know what Thanksgiving is the day we give thanks, eat turkey, and have some pumpkin pie right? But is that what Thanksgiving is really about? The last time I remember learning about Thanksgiving was back in my elementary school days, which was a very long time ago considering the fact that I am a senior now. Now that I’m older, I can’t help but wonder: what is Thanksgiving really about? What are we actually celebrating? After further investigation, I’ve come to find that the sugar coated idea of Thanksgiving being the celebration for when the Pilgrims had a friendly feast with the ‘native Indians’ of Massachusetts Bay is false, and the actual truth behind Thanksgiving is gruesome. The real story about Thanksgiving took place in 1637 near Groton, Connecticut, when over 700 men, women and children of the Pequot Tribe gathered for their annual Green Corn Festival; known as our Thanksgiving celebration. While the Pequot Tribe slept, they were surrounded by English and Kathy Victoria Staff Reporter
Dutch mercenaries who ordered them to come outside. Those who came out were brutally murdered while terrified women and children huddled inside the longhouse as they were burned alive. The next day, the governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony declared “A Day of Thanksgiving”. After that there were more killings of the Native American people until George Washington finally suggested that only one day of Thanksgiving per year be celebrated, instead of celebrating each and every massacre. Later, Abraham Lincoln announced Thanksgiving Day to be a legal national holiday during the Civil War. Knowing the truth behind Thanksgiving really does change your whole perspective and feeling towards the holiday. I can see why we don’t talk about the real meaning behind the horrid truth of Thanksgiving, and just enjoy a whole week of rest from school/work and just eat until we feel like we’re going to explode. Who would have thought that we were actually “giving thanks” for the deaths of innocent people many years ago.
4 movies you can be thankful for 1. Planes, Trains and Automobiles (1987)
2. ThanksKilling (2009)
1. Turkeys are more than just big chickens–more than 45 million years of evolution separates the two species. 2. The wild turkey was hunted nearly to extinction by the early 1900s, when the population reached a low of around 30,000 birds. But restoration programs across North America have brought the numbers up to seven million today. 3. A turkey’s gender can be determined from its droppings–males produce spiralshaped poop and females’ poop is shaped like the letter J. 4. Benjamin Franklin praised turkeys as “a much more respectable bird” than the bald eagle. 5. TV dinners have Thanksgiving to thank. In 1953, someone at Swanson misjudged the number of frozen turkeys it would sell that Thanksgiving -- by 26 TONS! Some industrious soul came up with a brilliant plan: Why not slice up the meat and repackage with some trimmings on the side?Thus, the first TV dinner was born! 6. There are four places in the U.S. named Turkey. Louisiana’s Turkey Creek is the most populous, with a whopping 440 residents. There’s also Turkey, Texas; Turkey, North Carolina; and Turkey Creek, Arizona. Oh, let’s not forget the two townships in Pennsylvania: the creatively named Upper Turkeyfoot and Lower Turkeyfoot! 7. Why is it called a turkey? Back in the day, the Europeans took a liking to the guinea fowls imported to the continent. Since the birds were imported by Turkish merchants, the English called them turkeys. Later, when the Spaniards came to America, they found a bird that tasted like those guinea fowls. When they were sent to Europe, the English called these birds “turkeys” as well. 8. Thanksgiving didn’t become a national holiday until over 200 years after the first Thanksgiving. Sarah Josepha Hale, the woman who actually wrote the classic song “Mary Had a Little Lamb,” convinced President Lincoln in 1863 to make Thanksgiving a national holiday, after writing letters for 17 years campaigning for this to happen. 9. Each year, the president of the U.S pardons a turkey and spares it from being eaten for Thanksgiving dinner. The first turkey pardon ceremony started with President Truman in 1947. President Obama pardoned a 45-pound turkey named Courage, who has flown to Disneyland and served as Grand Marshal of the park’s Thanksgiving Day parade! 10. The Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade began in 1924 with 400 employees marching from Convent Ave to 145th street in New York City. No large balloons were at this parade, as it featured only live animals from Central Park Zoo. 11. The NFL started the Thanksgiving Classic games in 1920 and since then the Detroit Lions and the Dallas Cowboys have hosted games on Turkey Day. In 2006, a third game was added with different teams hosting. 12. Turkeys can run at speeds of up to 25 miles per hour and fly as fast as 55 miles per hour.
3. Home For The Holidays (1995)
4. Free Birds (2013)
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November 21, 2014
Coconut hot chocolate with almond fluff whipped cream Ingredients: For the whipped cream: 3/4 cup very cold heavy cream 1/2 cup Marshmallow Fluff 2 tablespoons almond-flavored liqueur (such as amaretto), or 1/4 teaspoon pure almond extract 1/4 teaspoon pure vanilla extract For the chocolate: 1 cup whole milk 1 14 -ounce can unsweetened coconut milk
2 tablespoons good-quality unsweetened cocoa powder (such as Valrhona or Ghirardelli), plus more for garnish 3 tablespoons packed light brown sugar 1/2 cup good-quality bittersweet chocolate chips (such as Callebaut or Ghirardelli) 1/4 teaspoon pure vanilla extract Pinch of fine sea salt 1/2 cup sweetened shredded coconut, lightly toasted
Directions: Make the whipped cream: Combine the heavy cream, Fluff, almond liqueur and vanilla in the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the whisk attachment; whip until soft peaks form. Make the hot chocolate: Combine the whole milk and coconut milk in a saucepan over medium heat and bring to a simmer. Whisk in the cocoa powder, brown sugar, chocolate chips, vanilla and salt; cook, whisking constantly, until the sugar and chocolate melt and the mixture is smooth and thick, about 5 minutes. Divide the hot chocolate among mugs and top with a large dollop of the whipped cream. Dust with cocoa powder and garnish with toasted coconut.
Pumpkin cinnamon pancakes
10 songs to get your Thanksgiving dinner bumpin’
Ingredients Syrup: 1 cup maple-flavor pancake syrup 5 tablespoons chopped pecans, toasted Pancakes: 1 cup buttermilk pancake mix 2/3 cup cold water 1/3 cup canned pumpkin 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon 1/8 teaspoon ground ginger Nonstick vegetable cooking spray Butter
These songs are sure to get the whole family singing, even Great Aunt Ethel!
Directions: For pecan syrup, in a small microwave-safe bowl, combine maple syrup and pecans. Microwave on high for about 25 seconds or until hot. Set syrup aside and keep warm. For pancakes, in a medium bowl, whisk pancake mix, water, pumpkin, cinnamon, and ginger just until blended (do not overmix; batter should be lumpy). Spray a heavy griddle with nonstick spray; heat griddle over medium heat. Spoon 2 tablespoons of the batter onto griddle to form each pancake. Cook about 2 minutes or until bubbles appear. Turn pancakes over and cook 2 minutes longer. Transfer pancakes to plates. Top with butter and warm syrup.
Turkey day travesties The holidays are supposed to be a time of family and joy, but sometimes the turkey gets burnt. Here are some times Thanksgiving didn’t quite go a planned.
pronged serving fork and stabbed Wallace in his neck. The victim was taken to the hospital with minor wounds and Allsup was charged with assault.
PUT YOUR WINGS IN THE AIR: As Connecticut man Jimmy Mulligan was walking to his friends’ house for Thanksgiving dinner, an armed man approached him demanding the turkey and stuffing he had, along with his wallet and plastic bag of other treats. When Mulligan called 911, the dispatcher thought he was joking. When police arrived at the scene however, they saw that the story was all too real. The dispatcher who answered the call then felt so bad for the man, she decided to help him out by getting her coworkers to help her buy two turkey dinners from Boston Market and have them delivered to Mr. Mulligan.
Girls are made of sugar, spice, and everything nice: In 2012 NYPD officer Gilberto Valle was arrested after his wife found disturbing pictures on his computer. It was discovered that Gilberto had a list of women he was stalking and often fantasized about cooking and eating them. In one chat room, he boasted he was going to have “girl meat” for Thanksgiving. Despite these disturbing conversations, a judge overturned Valle’s convictions, ruling that the former officer was just fantasizing. Valle was freed in 2014 after serving 21 months and returned to live with his mother, who promised to “cater” to his every need.
Please pass the assault: The holidays are a time where families get together to hash out their differences, but sometimes things get out of hand. As Shenika Allsup of Baltimore was arguing at the table with half-brother Deonte Antionio Wallace, she got so upset that she grabbed the two-
Turkeys can fly at speeds up to 55 mph: On November 24, 1971 a man wearing a suit, dark glasses, and raincoat boarded a plane in Washington under the name Dan “D.B.” Cooper. He sat in the back and calmly lit a cigarette (it was the 1970s, back then people could smoke on planes
1. Mary Chapin Carpenter “Thanksgiving Song” (2008)
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2. Natalie Merchant - “Kind and Generous” (1998) 3. Louis Armstrong - “What a Wonderful World (1968) 4. Natalie Cole - “Be Thankful” (1977) 5. ABBA - “Thank You For the Music” (1978) 6. Adam Sandler -”The Thanksgiving Song” (1993)
in the US). He then handed the stewardess 7. Cheryl Pepsii Riley - “Thanks For a note that said he had a bomb and wanted My Child” (1988) $200,000. He hijacked the plane to Seattle and released the passengers when the 8. Dido - “Thank You” (2000) money was delivered. Then, he ordered the plane back into the air and when it 9. Kelly Clarkson -”Thankful” (2003) was over the mountains near Portland, he strapped on a parachute and jumped; 10. Sister Sledge - “We Are Family” Cooper was never seen again and only (1979) $6000 of the loot was ever found. This is one of the most famous Thanksgiving heists, and considered a “perfect” crime if D.B. survived the jump. Irene Moorman Bailey was loading Tweetin’ ‘bout turkey: Everyone’s Thanksgiving her groceries into her car favorite singer/actress Cher doesn’t when an assailant threw her to the ground celebrate Thanksgiving. In November at a BP gas station. Then, swooping in 2013, when asked by a follower, the to save the day, a horrified bystander woman with the most icon tweets grabbed the frozen turkey that Bailey had commented on the topic. The pop diva purchased and hit the man over the head says she feels the day celebrates “the with it. The man, Fred Ervin, still got beginning of a GREAT crime” against away with Bailey’s car, but officers later Native Americans. Cher is part Cherokee found him suffering from a serious head and claims the Pilgrims stole the land and wound and took him to the hospital. gave her people smallpox. Have we missed anything? If you know Can I get a frozen turkey for my of any great holiday crimes email us at head wound?: After an innocent rip forge.sbhs@gmail.com, we would love to to the market, North Carolina woman hear your stories!
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November 21. 2014
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November 21, 2014
Entertainment
“She’s Fergie Ferg, & I Love Her Long Time” - (London Bridge circa 2006) Gabe Reali Entertainment Editor
Where did Fergie go? She’s mostly known for her time spent with The Black Eyed Peas, but she also amassed huge success with her solo album The Dutchess. I guess you could say she never actually disappeared considering she continued to sing as the lead singer for The Black Eyed Peas, but have you realized that Fergie has only released one solo album, and that was 8 years ago! The Dutchess did very well, going Triple Platinum and having five Top 5 hits on it; a Billboard record at the time before Katy Perry came along. If her solo album did so well, why did she stop? Probably because she was too busy writing and singing two of the best selling digital singles of all time! “Boom Boom Pow” and “I Gotta Feeling”, both from the 2009 album The E.N.D. were huge milestones in the music industry, selling over 25 million copies combined. “Boom Boom Pow” was #1 for 12 weeks, and then replaced by “I Gotta Feeling” for another 14 weeks, totaling 26 weeks at the top of the charts, a record breaking feat for being the longest reigning artist at #1. Clearly she was busy, but she also had a great solo career going, and if you’re a fan of Fergie, I am pleased to say that she’s releasing a new album in early 2015! The question is, will she pick up right where she left off at the top of the charts, or will she have to build her audience again? Considering the industry is constantly evolving, it’s tough to predict how her new album will perform since it’s been eight years since her last one. She already released the single “L.A. Love (La La)” with producer D.J. Mustard, but it hasn’t performed well on the charts. When I heard about her collaboration with Mustard on the radio, I got super excited
and couldn’t wait for it to come out. Turns out, the song had been out for 2 weeks and I still hadn’t heard any hype about it. I listened to the song, but I didn’t like it as much as I thought I would. However, it did grow on me eventually. In an interview with Ryan Seacrest, Fergie said, “I think DJ Mustard is shaping a new era of music so I thought to myself, I have to work with him!” Mustard may be influencing a new era of music, but I don’t think that means she has to work with him. I can see her wanting to work with him to stay relevant to the new generation of listeners, but she helped shape the industry herself in the 2000’s. Fergie is incredible, being credited with writing every song on her triple platinum album, and managing to compose a ballad, written by her and one co-writer, which became one of the best selling songs of 2007 (during a time when music was evolving into the more modern electronic beats era.) Also why does she need to work with anyone else when Will.I.Am is right at her fingertips. I trust Will.I.Am with her music, because he produced most of the songs on The Dutchess, even the ones you wouldn’t expect. Of the five singles that went platinum on her album, he produced three of them including “Clumsy”, “Fergalicious”, and “Big Girls Don’t Cry”, the bread-winner which sold 3.8 million copies alone. Fergie, if you’re reading this, I am telling you, you don’t need to hire someone just because they’re making waves in music, especially when you’ve been making your own waves for years. Yes, Mustard has been dominating the charts recently and some of his songs are becoming huge radio hits, but if a collaboration with one of the most influential artists of the 2000’s (you) flops, that’s not a good sign. This is the perfect
Fergie’s new solo album will be released in 2015 Photo Courtesy of ttcharts.com example that you can’t force collaboration in music. Just because someone else is doing something great doesn’t mean you should do the same thing. Mustard doesn’t collaborate with country artists, and there’s a reason for that. (Although the more I think about it, it might be a smart marketing move down the road. After all “Cruise” was a game changer in country music and I love that song.) As a long time fan of Fergie, I’m really
looking forward to her new material. However, I’m worried that if it doesn’t resonate with her long-time fans due to this “new approach” her solo comeback may be weak. Okay, that’s enough of me being pessimistic. What we can look forward to is the fact that our long lost Fergie is releasing an album for the first time in almost a decade.
Preview: The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part I Alyssa Mendibles Staff Reporter
The Hunger Games series is not only a good trilogy, but are incredibly popular movies as well. Today, November 21, 2014 the third installment, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1 will hit theaters. Katniss Everdeen, played by Jennifer Lawrence, goes back to District Twelve because of the Capitol. Hopefully in part one there will be some battle scenes, and according to director, Francis Lawrence, we will indeed see the beginning of the rebellion battle. “There’s some of the first glimpse of the real war in this movie. And the scale gets quite big,” said Lawrence to Entertainment Weekly. He also stated that “one of the really good surprises” in the movie is exactly when part one ends in the book. Lawrence will not release any more information about where part one of the movie will end. Luckily he talks about how the plot of the book will not be dramatically changed; the most change the director will be making is
the scenery. Jennifer Lawrence plays Katniss Everdeen in the films, and with the movie coming out today, Cineplex Magazine recently interviewed her. When being asked about the ending of Mockingjay Part 1, she told the magazine, “It’s a really great ending and you guys are going to be pissed.” Knowing this, you Hunger Games fans should be prepared for a huge twist. One of the biggest cliffhangers since Harry Potter will be hitting theaters tonight and is not something to wait for. Not only that, but the director and the cast are expecting this movie to be one of the highest grossing films of 2014. We will see very soon if this movie will be as good as it sounds like it is. The Forge surveyed some students to see who is a fan of The Hunger Games. Surprisingly, of 300 students surveyed, only 147 students said they were fans while a majority, 153 students, said they were not.
Jennifer Lawrence stars as Katniss Everdeen in the third installment of The Hunger Games trilogy Photo Courtesy of lionsgatepublicity.com
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November 21. 2014
Entertainment Big Fish makes a big splash at SBHS Emma Cisek Editor-in-Chief
Last week, Santa Barbara High School’s theatre department opened it’s first production of the year, Big Fish. The show played Thursday and Friday night, with two shows on Saturday, and a Sunday matinee. Directed by Otto Layman, Big Fish transitions between past and present, exploring the wild stories a father told his young son as the son, now grown, struggles to discover the truth of his father’s life. Aaron Linker starred as Edward Bloom, father of Will Bloom, played by Andrew Gutierrez and Lex Siegel, and throughout the story the two butt heads as Will longs for practicality while Edward refuses to accept the norm, telling unbelievable stories of his past. The audience travels through time with Edward Bloom as his life progresses, getting to explore his mystical tales while watching Will try to figure out what they mean as his father’s death approaches. The audience sees Edward befriend three witches (Mae Pendergast, Rio Salazar, Mia Valdes), fall in love with a mermaid (Meredith LeMert), save his town from a giant (Irving Soto), spend three years at a circus, and the list goes on. The show was whimsical and
The cast of Big Fish wowed the crowd with their always incredible talent. Photo Courtesy of Isaac Hernandez touching, with a sad but beautiful ending. Even more impressive was the cast, it is always amazing to see how talented some of our Dons are and, in this production particularly, there were a lot of new
faces which was fun to see. The set was incredible, with a lot of detail and cool special effects, and as always the music and vocals were amazing. It was good to see the theatre department off to another
great start this year. Later in the year, the theatre department will put on it’s annual Music of the Night as well as a spring production.
Foster the People close The Bowl Movie review: Interstellar season with a bang Cyprus Van Inwegen The Santa Staff Reporter Barbara Bowl triumphs again. Last Saturday, November 15th, ever so rad pop/rock group Foster The People (along with some surprisingly killer opening acts), shook the stage with a great performance. I was excited when I heard that Santa Barbara was the very last stop on their tour, because I figured they’d want to go out with a bang. I was not disappointed. Over the course of the tour, the band had been accompanied by several different opening acts depending on where they were. While “special guests” aren’t typically anything to get excited about, but I was blown away with their lineup - whom I had never heard of before until that night. Soko was strange, wild, groovy, and sometimes hilarious. The lead singer gleefully pranced around in a billowy mustard-yellow jacket thing in tune to indie rock. At one point she commanded the audience to dance the silliest dance possible, and make the crowd look like “an alien acid dance party on mars.” Before one of the last numbers, an energizing rock number, she opened it by proclaiming “this is a very lesbian song.” Following Soko were two people from North Carolina making up Sylvan Esso. If you like haunting vocals and intense bass, I’d recommend you look them up because they got the crowd so pumped up you could have sworn it was the main act. At last, Foster The People started playing amidst wild screams and billowing
Nick Blondell There’s a Entertainment Editor scene about smoke (only some of it was from the halfway through stage). The crowd was energetic and willing to dance - it was a pretty even mix Cristopher Nolan’s Interstellar that will of young people and adults in the standing soon be known as one of the defining area, and almost everybody up front was moments of Matthew McConaughey’s singing along, there were even a few folks career. After being stranded on an oceanic sitting on people’s shoulders. The vibe of planet for around three hours, the pilotthe performance ranged from fun-loving turned farmer-turned astronaut Cooper Torches hits mixed with edgier new songs (McConaughey) returns to the spacecraft from their sophomore album, Supermodel. Endurance, only to realize he has been Cell phones trying to capture videos gone for twenty-three years. Due to were abundant, however it’s excusable relativity, every hour on that oceanic considering the amazing light set-ups. planet is worth seven years on earth. After Color changing giant crystals adorned the docking, Cooper receives all of the video set, and the variety in the general lighting messages sent from his son and daughter, was fantastic. The show opened up to a and witnesses their growth from teenagers stunning rainbow light display, and the to adults. Nolan, the director, trains rainbow theme switched off with deep the camera on Cooper’s face, and what reds and black and white during different McConaughey does is both beautiful and extremely heartbreaking. As tears stream songs. The music itself was invigorating down his face, one can truly feel the loss and always entertaining. I saw plenty of that Cooper emotes. This is by no means, however, saying fans of their new album singing along to that Interstellar is a perfect film. Although songs I hadn’t heard yet, but when “Call It What You Want” started playing, I flipped the visuals are astounding (if Director of out too. Highlights included a mellow, Photography Hoyte Van Hoytema’s work clear-vocalled “Pumped Up Kicks” and a is not nominated for Best Cinematography rocked out, guitar heavy “Don’t Stop.” It at this year’s Academy Awards, it will be a was a great night from start to finish and crime), the script, written by Nolan and his it had a consistency of enjoyability that brother Jonathan, just doesn’t make that was rare for most concerts. The whole much sense. Characters make decisions band has a great synchronicity to it and that they wouldn’t usually make, and Mark Foster’s penetrating vocals tie it the entirety of the third act is completely all together. I’m okay with the fact that I farcical. But let’s remember that this is stooped to recording some video on my not a film about science, it’s a film about science fiction. Reactions to sci-fi films cell phone. It was worth it. will always be split down the middle, because they are either too realistic or not realistic enough. And really, the
visuals are so stunning that they cannot be overlooked. Another strength of Interstellar lies within its phenomenal cast. McConaughey’s performance is fantastic (we are truly living in the midst of the McConaissance), and Anne Hathaway returns to the screen in fine form, her first role since her Oscar winning turn in Les Miserables. It’s always nice to experience a child actor give a good performance, and Mackenzie Foy is incredible as Cooper’s twelve year-old daughter, Murph. Jessica Chastain is also incredible as the older Murph, and her subtlety brings a new level of emotional heartbreak to the film. Casey Affleck, Michael Caine, John Lithgow, and a sarcastic robot voiced by Bill Pullman round out the cast. Although Interstellar is not a perfect movie, it was still a joy to walk into the Arlington Theatre and witness it projected on 35 mm film. It was a beautiful sight, and Nolan’s visuals translate beautifully onto the big screen. There’s one shot of the Endurance slowly flying past Saturn, and it’s gorgeous. Even though it is filled with plot holes, the music is a little too loud, and the ending makes no sense whatsoever, Interstellar is great concept, and that makes it a very good film. Rating: 7.5/10
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November 21, 2014
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November 21. 2014
Sports
Rivalry with San Marcos hits a new boiling point Nick Blondell Entertainment Editor
Recently, the San Marcos scream team stormed the football field after their team won the Big Game. Just before, a vicious fight had occurred, resulting in the Santa Barbara players being marched off the field by their head coach J.T. Stone. Principal Becchio seemed disappointed, saying “I thought it was unfortunate ending to an otherwise really good high school athletic event.” All the way back in October, the Dons played the Royals in a volleyball match that will be remembered infamously. Not because we were defeated 3-0, but as a result of our scream team being exceptionally rowdy that night. Earlier that day, some SBHS students allegedly stole the San Marcos mascot from the car of a Royals assistant coach. As a result, rumors surfaced that a beheading of Leo the Lion was going to take place at the game. This act would prove that for once and all, Santa Barbara would forever be triumphant over San Marcos. As always seems to be the case, there are two sides to these controversial stories. There is one in which the students tell and one in which the school administration tell. Since this is a school newspaper by students, we will examine our student body’s point-of-view first. At the volleyball game, the students in our scream section were certainly riled up. This was partnered with the fact that a Royals volleyball player had
SBHS students were rumored to have stolen the San Marcos mascot during an attempted prank similar to the one above. Photo Courtesy of SBHS Athletic Department previously leaked pictures of a few Dons players imbibing alcohol in their uniforms during a post-game celebration. Chants of “Snitch!” echoed throughout the Thunder Hut. Apparently, these chants were offensive and malignant. However, people in general cheer at sporting events all the time. Calling Dos Pueblos players and students “hicks” could be just as offensive when viewed in a certain mindset. During the game, the only view that matters is
that of the referee. They have the power to eject players and crowd members, so if he or she sees possible chants as “offensive,” then the offender will be ejected, it is as simple as that. People should stop whining about negative chants, because they are an integral part of sports. However, there is a time where cheering becomes mean and possibly hurtful. This certainly took place during this instance, as calling someone snitch is rude. According to athletic director Joe Chenoweth, CIF guidelines state that malicious cheers directed at certain students are explicitly against the rules. Even though she may have deserved it, continuing to call that player a “snitch” could have resulted in certain sanctions. This could have potentially hurt our volleyball team or athletic department. Another part of this controversy is the possible beheading of Leo the Lion. Apparently, it alludes to ISIS’ beheadings of humans and could lead to mob mentality, but it never happened! If the students had followed through and sawed off Leo’s fake head, then we could enter into conversations about possible ramifications, but nothing occurred. It really does not make sense to talk about what could have happened. It is comparable to talking about players who underperform in Fantasy Football. No one cares about how well they could have done; they only care about how well they did perform. Creating controversy about something that never happened just does not make sense. One of the anonymous students who was behind the theft said: “They overreacted, and did not take it as what it was, which was a joke. They never gave us a chance to give it up without facing legal action. It was a poorly executed
prank, that is just what happened.” Really, that is all it was. Just a prank not executed as well as it could have been. Sadly, administration could not have allowed the prank to continue, because the mascot was technically stolen. Still, the student body has made it known that they support the prank, and are disappointed that it did not come to a head (no pun intended). In the case of the fight that ensued during the Big Game, one can only wonder what may have taken place had Mr. Meister not kept Santa Barbara students away from San Marcos students. Could there possibly could have been a major fight? Perhaps this would have really cemented this year as the most controversial in the history between the Dons and the Royals. In conclusion, this has definitely been a fall to remember in sports. But there is one thing we as students should never forget. This is that there is always a line we can cross. Usually, we tiptoe around it, sometimes jumping over and then quickly sliding back. I am no expert on what is crossing that line really means, but there should always be a careful element in our cheering and pranks. Administration has not handled these situations perfectly, but neither have we. Next time, lets make sure we do not hurt anyone or anything in the process of showing our school spirit. What do you think about our rivalry with the Royals? Email us at forge.sbhs@ gmail.com and you might be featured in our next issue! The next time the Dons face-off with the Royals will be December 8th when both the Girls Basketball and Girls Soccer teams go head-to-head with our crosstown enemies. Be sure to get out there and show your Dons pride!
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November September 21, 26, 2014
Sports Rising athlete: Sawyer Rhodes Blake DeVine Sports Editor
With only one true senior starter and half of the team consisting of underclassman, Santa Barbara High School’s boys water polo team was in need of someone to step up their game this season. For this reason, young Sawyer Rhodes was forced to mature and transform into a team-leader for the Dons. Overall, the sophomore answered the call in an effective fashion by delivering countless phenomenal performances throughout the season. The star right winger led Santa Barbara (16-13 overall, 3-6 league) with 58 goals in the season. After wrapping up a very successful season, Rhodes holds high hopes for both himself and the his team in the future. You’re only a sophomore and you are already making a big impact on the varsity water polo team, who do you credit the most for your success? Our coach, Mark Walsh because he is a great coach in the sense that he has prepared us very well. Coach Walsh has taken the time to teach us in different ways that help us improve overall.
and scoring goals. So far, what are your favorite memories from playing water polo at Santa Barbara High School? Overall, I have enjoyed the experience of getting to know new people through the sport. Last year, it was fun getting to know all of the upperclassman on the team. As far as a favorite game, it has to be an exhibition match our team played this summer. During a matchup versus Claremont, I scored a game-winning goal with only three seconds left.
Sawyer Rhodes winds up for a shot during a match earlier this season versus Dos Pueblos. Photo Courtesy of Presidio Sports
Gaffney, Jack Rotman, and Adam Gross. What has allowed this young group to have so much success already? A lot of us having been playing with Santa Barbara Water Polo Club since 7th grade, so we have been playing together This season, the team has been led by for a very long time. This made the sophomore boys including yourself, Chris transition from club to high school very
What are your future ambitions or goals in your career playing water polo? I would like to stay in California and play college water polo at a Division 1 school. As of right now, my top choices for college are USC, Stanford, UCLA, and CAL.
What are the teams goals and smooth compared to kids who just start expectations for the future? We are pretty young but really good at playing in high school. the fundamentals. In the future, we will What aspect of the sport of water polo be really good when we get bigger and do you enjoy the most? stronger. Next year, I believe we can win The most satisfying part of the sport is the Channel League. The following year, when I achieve my individual goals. This we will have a good shot to win CIF. includes putting in hard work, winning,
Dons continue playoff run in CIF Regional Championships Tyler Greenwald Another undefeated Editor-in-Chief Channel League season and extensive success in the playoffs has pinned the Santa Barbara girls tennis team into the CIF Southern Regional Championship tournament for the first time since 2011. The Dons’ breezed through the first round during a 6-1 victory over Granada Hills on Tuesday at the Santa Barbara High tennis courts. “Our team was excited to play in front of our fans and they played with a great amount of energy and focus. We were able to jump out to early leads in most of the matches and Granada Hills was never able to recover,”aid Dons head coach Greg Tebbe. The altered format didn’t pose a problem for No. 6 seeded Santa Barbara, as they went undefeated in doubles and only faltered during one out of their four singles matches. Summer Garrison, who recently got second place in the singles department of the Channel League individual tournament, defeated Risa Fukushige 6-3, 6-1 in singles. Cade Sorensen did not surrender a single game against her opponent Megan Kim while Madison Hale also came up victorious, 6-1, 6-2. The combination of Lexy Gulden and Marianna Alevra went undefeated in a 6-0, 6-0 sweep in doubles. The teams of Carolina Turri and Brooke Morrison along with Hope Dalton and Mackenzie Monroe each tallied a set win. Before the Dons qualified for the regional tournament, they powered themselves all the way to semi-finals where they were taken down 12-6 by the No. 2 seed, University. Santa Barbara was
Summer Garrison returns a shot during Santa Barbara’s CIF regional victory over Granada Hills on Tuesday. Photo Courtesy of Chris Gulden able to hang close with the second seeded Trojans, ending the first round of play tied at 3-3. However, University turned up the pressure with a 5-1 mark in the second round, all but securing the win with an 8-4 lead after two rounds. “University has many more highly ranked players than we do, so on paper it looked as if we did not have much of a chance against them, especially considering we had to travel a long distance and play at their home courts,” added Tebbe. “The fact that we were tied 3-3 after the first round was shocking to them and I could tell their coach was
extremely stressed.” Hale moved into doubles play where she teamed up with Gulden to pick up a 3-0 sweep. However, the No. 1 duo of Sorenson and Alevra managed only one set win, and the No. 3 squads of Monroe, and partners Dalton and Morrison, couldn’t land any set wins. Garrison led the team with two singles wins. “We fought for every point and after splitting the first round, a few matches did not go our way,” commented Hale. “Despite this, I was happy that Lexy and I were able to play well while winning all of our matches.”
With the win over Granada Hills, Santa Barbara advances into the quarterfinals of the CIF Southern Regional Championship tournament. The Dons will travel to Claremont on Friday to take on No. 2 seeded Torrey Pines. The team will be sure to bring some extra motivation in an attempt to keep Greg Tebbe’s final season alive. “Coaching this girls team for the past six years, it feels a bit sad to know this is my last season. Overall, I have thoroughly enjoyed the experience and I am glad to have been able to coach this senior class for all four years,” concluded Tebbe.
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November 21. 2014
Sports
Three SBHS Athletes Sign Letters of Intent for College Blake DeVine Sports Editor
Recently on National Letter of Intent Signing Day, three Santa Barbara High School athletes signed documents to continue their athletic careers at the college level. This list of sporting stars includes girls tennis players Mattea Kilstofte and Madison Hale, along with girls water polo player Sienna Goggia. The three girls signed their letters of intent in the school’s foundation room above J.R. Richards Gymnasium. “Tennis is an individual sport, but having the team camaraderie while playing in high school is really cool. This is what it will be like in college, so it has been good preparation for me,” said Kilstofte. The Dons’ number one singles player will be playing for the University of Dayton in Ohio next year. Before deciding to become a Flyer, Kilstofte went on three official college visits. These schools included Delaware, Providence, and Dayton. “At Dayton, I fell in love with the campus, the people, and the tennis team. Everything was right for me, so it was the perfect fit,” added Kilstofte. “While visiting, I had this feeling that I knew that this was the school for me.”
By bringing her talents to Dayton, she wishes to help build the program at the school. Kilstofte also hopes that the Flyers could win an Atlantic 10 Conference championship while she is a member of the team. On the other hand, Hale will be staying close to home at UC San Diego. Santa Barbara High School’s most versatile doubles and singles player was looking at schools primarily in California such as Cal Poly, Pepperdine, and UCLA. However, she chose UC San Diego because of her strong affection for the city and desire to play tennis in college. “I visited the school a few weeks ago and I really enjoyed how beautiful the campus was being right next to the beach. Also, the girls on the team were super sweet and held a love for the game,” remarked Hale. When asked what experiences she will take with her into college, Hale responded: “It has been an awesome four years and all the girls on our team have had a lot of fun while experiencing tons of success. I have gotten a good amount of doubles practice, which is going to help me a lot in college.” Goggia signed to play water polo at NAIA school Concordia University located in Irvine. The Dons goalkeeper visited the
From left to right: Sienna Goggia, Madison Hale, and Mattea Kilstofte sign their letters of intent to play in college. Photo Courtesy of Vic Neuman school and enjoyed the fact it was a small school in a gated community. She was also held high approval of the learning environment at the school. “I was considering playing at SBCC, yet Concordia was always my number one choice school. I didn’t really hear about the school until they recruited me, but the more I got to visit, the more I fell in love with it. On the water polo team, the coaches were super nice and the team was really great,” commented Goggia. With the SBHS girls tennis team currently competing in the CIF playoffs, Kilstofte and Hale will shortly be
wrapping up their final season with each other. This will mark the final time the two girls play together before going away to college. On the other hand, Goggia looks forward to her last year on the girls water polo team. For all three of these talented Dons athletes, they will treasure the final moments of senior year before embarking on the next step in their respective sporting careers. “I did not start playing water polo until I was a freshman. So moving forward into college, everything I will take with me will be from my experiences of playing in high school,” concluded Goggia.
Dons season comes to a close with loss in CIF Playoffs Blake DeVine Sports Editor
During a seasonending loss last Thursday, Santa Barbara’s girls volleyball put up a valiant fight but were ultimately defeated by topseeded Aliso Niguel. The Dons fell in four sets 19-25, 25-23, 25-17, 25-19 on the road in the second round of the CIF Division 1A girls volleyball playoffs. “We put together two really good games and in the third and fourth sets, we were close, but they pulled away at the end of the set, which is the mark of a really good team. They were a little bit more physical than us, as they were bigger and stronger,” said Santa Barbara head coach John Gannon. Outside hitters Jessyca Beksa and Lourda Weger each had 13 kills to pace the Dons attack. Jackie Starnes added nine kills and middle Caroline Anderson contributed seven kills. Setter Lexi Rottman handed out 45 assists and libero Dane Miller picked up 19 digs. “We played really well and we came in with a game plan and executed it. The crowd was pretty obnoxious but it was fun to win the first game. It is a bummer we lost but I think we played good volleyball,” added Weger. After winning the first set, the Santa Barbara carried all of the momentum while taking a 19-15 lead in the second game. However, the Wolverines caught some breaks and ended up pulling out the set 25-23. From that point onward, the Dons were never able to regain their mojo and suffered losses in the third and fourth games. If Santa Barbara had been able to win that frustrating second set, they would have taken a 2-0 lead on the home floor of Aliso Niguel. One can only wonder the
Outside hitter Jessyca Beksa goes up for a kill during a matchup earlier this season. Photo Courtesy of Julie Pitney possibilities that may have arisen if this were to have transpired. “Going into the match, we knew that their team was going to be really good, Considering this, I think we played pretty well and came out playing hard. Even though we lost, it was still a team victory,” commented Rottman. The CIF playoff draw was not kind to the Dons, who were given a matchup on the road against a Wolverines team with a record of 25-1. Aliso Niguel were also coming in fresh as a result of receiving a first-round bye. “It was a good season and even after setbacks, we were still able to accomplish a lot such as winning Channel League and doing pretty well in the CIF playoffs
despite our seeding,” chipped in Weger. Before this, Santa Barbara traveled to face Canyon (Coastview League No. 2) in a first-round match last Tuesday. Led by another solid performance from Beksa, the Dons claimed a four-set victory over the Comanche. The set scores were 22-25, 2519, 25-18, 25-19. In that match, the junior outside hitter pounded 13 kills, had five blocks and served three aces. Santa Barbara’s middles of Anderson and Katie Gallivan also played a big part in the win over Canyon. They combined for 20 kills, with Anderson putting away 11 and Gallivan nine. “This season, we worked on certain skills that helped each and every player get increasingly better throughout the season,”
said Rottman. “Our team chemistry will last forever because we became so close over the year.” With the loss, the Dons (17-13, 5-3 league) wrap up a successful season in which they won a share of the Channel League title along with San Marcos and Ventura. They were able to do so despite the three-match suspension of four key players during the middle of league play. When asked his teams goals for the future Gannon responded: “I definitely think we can compete for another Channel League title next year since we have some good pieces coming back. We do have a lot of seniors graduating but if our girls are ready to buy into what we do as a program, then we can still be successful.”