The Talon Volume 15 Issue 3 March 2017

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Volume 15. Issue 3. March 2017

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“Hands Off” a spread on sexual

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pages 10 & 11

Softball Page 19 PHOTO BY NIKKI HAZELETT

Mr. Hobbes Preview Page 15

Pages 10 - 11 Club sports: it’s more than just fun and games

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Kezman Lozevski, freshman, crosses the ball to another team mate in order to score a goal. with being a part of a club Ticknor, father of Nick

By NIKKI HAZELETT team.

Ticknor, freshman and Sports Editor “It’s very competitive club player.

By definition, a club and a lot of time and a lot Club sports are an acsport is an organization for of commitment. It does tivity that require students students to promote and improve your child, as far to set aside time each day develop their interests in a as their ability because of for practice. particular sport. the competition, tourna“I have practice six However, there are sev- ments, exposure to higher hours per week not ineral positive and negative skill players, and more in- cluding games, which are aspects that come along tense training,” said James on Saturdays and can be

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multiple days long. And practices are on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays,” said Sloane Sivek, sophomore club and school volleyball player.

High school athletes juggle their club team, school team, and homework year round. This gives little time to do other things non-related to sports or even be apart of their school’s team.

“The bad part is they just never take the time off that I think kids need in high school. I think bodies need to heal, especially arms need to heal in baseball. High school kids need to be high school kids,” said Jeff Baumgartner, varsity baseball coach.

Some student athletes also don’t see the point in playing for a school team because they feel it doesn’t help them become any better at their particular sport and it takes away from playing with their club.

“I didn’t play because I didn’t see the benefit in it. It was pretty much for fun and didn’t really have any intentions to make me a better player. It gets in the way of playing on my club team,” said Kezmen Lozevski, freshman club soccer player.

But for the students who do play school and club, they take whatever time they can get to do school work or participate in other activities.

“I come home from school, do my homework, and then I get ready and go to practice. On days when I don’t have practice, I’m weightlifting,” said Kasey Jahnke, sophomore volleyball player at OHS and club.

There is a speculation that a student must be on a club team in order to be a contender for a varsity team at OHS. The experience and practice from Jump to Page 7

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Remembering Ryan with a community run

By SAMANTHA RUOFF

News Colummist

Friends, family and members of the community of Stetson Valley gathered for an annual running and biking event to remember former OHS student Ryan Edwards, a former student who took his own life in the 2014-2015 school year.

The first part of the rally was the biking portion which was a total of six miles. The walking/running portion was a 5k that took place just after the bikers had finished their final lap.

“This is our second race; we did one last April, and we’re doing it in memory of our son Ryan, who took his life in September of 2014,” said Dana Edwards, father of Ryan.“We’re doing this to promote mental wellness and to tell people that they matter.”

Dana had even mentioned that there was over 100 participants and over 35 volunteers helping out.

Many of the volunteers were

National Honor Society students.

Many of the students were posted alongside the path with to help direct the runners and bikers as to where to continue running.

These were also water stations to be able to provide needed water to the participants.

“I was traffic control,”

said Andrea Savu, junior, “So when the bikers were biking we would stay at certain locations just to watch them, cheer them on, and make sure they knew where they were going.”

As the runners made it through the final stretch they were greeted by a cheering audience and a DJ who was blasting Eye of the Tiger. As

soon as each runner passed through the balloon archway, they were given a medal.

“It was fun seeing everybody come through the finish line, and they had the medals for everybody, which was really cool,” said Ronda Cunningham. “I’ll do it again next year. I may run it next year.”

After the two main rac-

PHOTO BY SAMANTHA RUOFF Joelle Narducci, junior, cheers on the first to cross the finish line during the lollipop race at the run for Ryan on Feb. 24.

es, everyone was able to cool down while a smaller race was set up for the younger children; their main prize being lollipops. , Joshua Bacon’s, senior, favorite part was after the race when he could talk to all the participants about what they had to say afterward and hearing everyone’s stories.

The event ended with a prize raffle and a speech from Dana and Pam Edwards. A couple of prizes that were awarded were a hydroflask water bottle and even a customised wrist band for biker and runners who may have gotten injured on the trail.

“We are very grateful for the support that we have received and opportunity to give back to the community” Dana Edwards said.

A good portion of the money that was raised goes to the Andy Hull Sunshine Foundation. This foundation is in the name of Andy Hull, another former OHS student who lost their life.

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OHS scholars compete for recognition

By KASEY CROSS

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The National Merit Scholarship Organization is an organization that rewards the students with scholarships and opportunities based on their test scores.

1.5 million students are chosen to participate annually.

Two of those 1.5 million are OHS seniors, Yash Patel, and Kailash Raman.

“It is an honor to receive this scholarship because it is kind of a validation of a lot of the work that many of the students have put in over the past four years to excel academically,” said Raman.

In order to qualify, Raman and Patel, along with all the other participants, had to receive above average scores on the PSAT’s, and

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If two students from our “Colleges will auto- school can make it, then more matically consider you can. To reach the same goals for scholarships and then as Yash and Raman, “I would after you are automati- encourage all students who cally considered, they will are looking to go for some let you know if you are a more selective schools and semifinalist or finalist for a programs that they should specific scholarship,” Patel really put in the time to propsaid. erly study for the SAT, PSAT He says that the hard- and ACT because those scores est part of this competi- can play a big role,” Raman tion is not knowing what said. comes next within the next The best thing you can round of applications, do is to take as many oppor“You are kind of putting it tunities as possible, “I would in the hands of time to see say start as early and give if you make it.” yourself as many opportuIf they were to receive nities as possible. The more this scholarship, Patel opportunities you give yourand Raman already have self, you’re going to be able to their future planned. Patel pursue more.” Patel said.

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By SHYANNE COOPER March 2017

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Editorial: Fake news misinforms the people As journalism becomes more advanced, more practiced and more accepted, there are bound to be missteps and bad apples within the community. This, however, is different, as nobody could’ve expected that the entire heart of the field would be tarnished by deception, lies and stories that “exist” solely to get you to click on it.

Fake news has become a more discussed issue as of late, particularly after the election where fake stories emerged that Hillary Clinton and her campaign manager ran illegal, immoral business at a Washington pizzeria.

Because of this, a man brought a gun to this pizzeria but thankfully nobody was killed. What would have happened if he wasn’t apprehended though?

On the opposite side, there’s also when Buzzfeed published an unsubstantiated report regarding President Trump and Russia that news outlets such as CNN reported on.

A smaller example is recently when a major story came out revolving around Felix Kjellberg, also known as PewDiePie, regarding supposed insensitive humor and many different anti-semitic jokes he has put on his channel. This controversy blew up when the Wall Street Journal wrote an article on him, calling out several times he has displayed inappropriate and offensive humor on his channel.

The Wall Street Journal inquired several companies that were affiliated with Kjellberg about his content, and many have decided to cut ties with him. Since this story became popular, there have

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been an extreme amount of angry people writing and sharing stories against him, essentially broadcasting the message to audiences around the world.

Except, the story isn’t completely accurate. While some of what people are saying is true, a lot is taken out of proportion, and even out of context, to provoke more outrage. One of the reasons

traditional ways that a newspaper is to be run. After a staff writer finishes his or her story, it is edited, reviewed, and fact checked by several editors. This ensures that it is read by multiple people and maintains an honest story that positively represents the newspaper.

However, these procedures are lacking in today’s journalism industry. Be-

American readers now have to search for specific publications that prove to be honest.

Aside from fake news, the media can also influence the public through clickbait and smaller grammatical tactics.

Clickbait has always been something that internet users have dealt with and have done their best to avoid ever since the days of yellow journalism.

INFOGRAPHIC COURTESY OF STATISTA AND DATA COURTESY OF PEW RESEARCH CENTER listed was an image of Kjellberg supposedly giving a Nazi salute, but the actual clip of that was just him pointing at a wall.

It even goes as far as the media taking clips of him saying offensive things from a video about how media can and will take anything out of context. This is yet another example of the power and influence of fake media.

The hard work and determination is just not prevalent with some modern journalists. In our newspaper class, for example, we follow the

cause of technology, a story could potentially be written and simply published.This is harmful as there is no longer an ensurance of honesty and truth for the American people who are to read it.

This is exactly what happened when Buzzfeed published the unsupported Trump report regarding his dealings in Russia. This type of writing can be considered “Fake news” as it does not have a form of editing and fact checking. These types of stories make the entire journalism industry look bad as

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However, with the rise of social media in everyday use, clickbait and fake news have taken off and are almost impossible to avoid. The intriguing titles that catch reader’s attention and have made it clear that the only thing you need for a “successful” story online is to have a good headline.

Just recently, Fox published an article with the headline “Dem lawmaker apologizes for crude remark about Kellyanne Conway.” In this headline, there is a subject and a direct object, plus

an object. The subject is the lawmaker, the direct object is the crude remark, the object is Kellyanne Conway.

Influence is attempted in the small details of this headline. The headline changes in its connotation, “Lawmaker apologizes for crude remark about Kellyanne Conway?”

Or what about even, “Dem lawmaker apologizes for crude remark?” The small modifier of an adjective, “Dem,” in this case, to refer to Democrat, creates an opposing position to Kellyanne Conway, a well known Republican.

Small modifiers like this may not seem like much to the American people but they really do have an influence on the public’s thoughts. Conflicts like this might not be fake, but details like this appear overblown and manufactured to get clicks from the public.

Media manipulation and fake news is an issue the entire journalism community, as well as the American people need to address. It must be done reasonably, however, as President Trump’s all out fear of the entire media by blocking them from press conferences is very unreasonable and unwarranted.

People need to read and research a story rather than just basing their knowledge off a headline. If people want to end fake news, they need to know what it is, and how we can stop it from ever being published again.

Journalists share a majority of the burden however.

Truth in American society depends on if they can recognize what’s happening, and fix it.

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Is the music industry going into a decline?

By HAYDEN CUNNINGHAM

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Change in the style of music is inevitable. It’s meant to change. It’s why most people today don’t turn on their radios to listen to Beethoven.

But what if in the process of change, music begins to lose those fundamental pieces that make it enjoyable? And what made people argue that music that occurred only a few decades ago was so much better than today?

There are many musicians today that perform well and their work is of good merit.

But the amount of originality and creativity is beginning to shrink.

PHOTO COURTESY OF BILLBOARD.COM We are in a generation of less musicality. There are less Bruno Mars performs his tribute to the late Prince at the 2017 Grammy’s. musicians who play their own instruments, write their own Technology essentially waters The music of the song music and make albums rath- down music. Anyone can sing is only eight chords that er than single hits. Less musi- a song into a microphone and are continuously repeated cality equals less quality. Past have a computer adjust your throughout the whole song. generations had all this. They notes to make them in tune. The song called to question had singer-songwriters, com- That takes no skill. how musicians have one posers, arrangements all deIn the 1990s, the band Blues catchy melody, or hook, and signed by people who learned Traveler wrote a satirical song after that it doesn’t matter how music is made. about how music was chang- what is sung because “the Artists today lack the same ing called “Hook” (referring to hook brings you back.” experience as musicians of the melody in the song which Because of this, finding the past. Before, if you want- makes you keep listening). a musician today who does ed to be famous you spent The song was a top hit and something new, something years performing in small their opening is as follows: creative and musical, is so places, anywhere from bars to “It doesn’t matter what I special. Just because you restaurants. Today, all that is say take pictures, it doesn’t required is a video to go viral So long as I sing with make you a professional on youtube and you’re sudinflection photographer. What makes denly famous.

That makes you feel that I’ll one great at their field is Most musicians now use auconvey doing something that is to-tune or synthesizers which Some inner truth or vast both unique and has qualirequire virtually no talent. reflection.” ty. What is something that

is original and of good merit? That’s the million dollar question.

In the 1920s-1940s, jazz music exploded, everyone liked this one genre. But it began to die. It died because people liked it too much. Suddenly there was a jazz musician in every club across the country and on every corner: it was everywhere. Internet is doing to modern music what these clubs did to jazz.

The internet is killing the music industry. Thirty years ago, your only access to music was walking to a store and purchasing a record. And if you heard a song on the radio you liked, that was it. There was no replaying it, there was rarely a way to learn the lyrics except for listening. The internet created a new way to distribute music and make a profit.

Musicians themselves are being ripped off because they are not getting a fair amount of money for the art they make. So who does?

Music producers and recording companies. Because of this, the musician is an asset for financial reasons. When money is distributed, roughly 63 percent of the money go to the record labels, and 24 percent go to distributors. That leaves 13 percent for the band. Within that 13 percent, money is divided to the singer/band members, lawyers and managers.

This means for every sing-

er that sells a song on itunes for $1, they make about 2.3 cents, a little more if they wrote the song as well. This makes music companies a financial machine.

The companies throw a new musician in the spotlight, make their money and move to the next one. Like a cookie cutter, they grab musicians who relatively have the same style and know they will obtain a profit.

They do not care about the quality of the music. Music today is not about being good, it’s about being profitable.

In some sense, the music has always been a form of making profit. But there are more people today who think they have the “it” factor that make them good.

And you even have some musicians who blatantly say they are trying to sound like old school musicians.

That’s not music, that’s imitation.

So my suggestion would be to listen to music from the past. Compare it with modern day. Broaden what you listen to, find something new and different. Be selective and not quick to like everything you hear.

And maybe try playing an instrument, singing, and writing a song. Some of us will be the next generation of music, and we should have quality before quantity. Let’s make sure that tomorrow’s music will be different and original.

Supporting the arts is a benefit to students

By EMILIE REID Arts and Entertainment Editor

Varsity sports are a key component that will never be overlooked in high school, whether it be by the students or the school board.

Their events are abundantly broadcasted on the announcements, the school website and Twitter.

But what about the arts?

The theater department, marching band and choir are all award winning and yet their events fly under the radar.

Each portion of the arts works hard for numerous months to produce quality performances, and yet their only advertisements seemingly come from the students telling their friends, wearing their department t-shirts or writing announcements on the whiteboards in their classes.

Even though this can be discouraging, it is undeniably true that our school has great arts programs that really change and influence the lives of the students that are involved in them. But what about the students who ar-

en’t so familiar with the programs?

Music and entertainment are two very important parts of society, no matter how someone becomes involved with them. Sometimes all a student needs is to witness music that their friends or classmates perform to start appreciating the arts or feel better mentally.

Singing has been found to increase dopamine levels in the brain, which makes you feel happier. The joyful attitudes of students as they perform quickly influences their audience’s mood, causing them to forget any negative feelings they had been experiencing, even if it’s just for an hour or two.

Students would have some time to de-stress during finals by attending performances, but without more advertising around these times of year, they won’t know this opportunity exists.

The shows are usually less than ten dollars for admittance, and band even performs for free. This makes the productions affordable and fun to attend, even if

PHOTO BY KASEY CROSS A line of trophies is on display on top of a completely filled case located in the band room in the performing arts building. it’s not usually a student’s production of “Picnic”, in With a little more help “thing” to go to school order to bring in more rev- to get the word out about events. enue and recognition to the shows, the arts would be Recently, Stugo arranged department. able to express their passions a spirit week that came after It’s benevolent acts like better than ever and keep the school dance it was seem- this that bring the school to- the spirits of students lifted ingly advertising for. In actu- gether and show that other through tough times in the ality, however, the week was school programs care about school year. made to lead up to theater’s the arts.

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OC sounds off:American educational system What change would you like to see made to America’s education?

By KATIE DIAB

Staff Writer

Here in America, the educational system is deficient compared to other countries.

Even if we are not being compared, some teachers would agree that the system is broken. If I could make changes to the educational system, I would not change the amount of exams and standardized tests; instead, I would change the homework policies, additional critical thinking and dual enrollment classes. I believe less homework in high school will be more effective because having an excessive

By AUDREY SERRANO

Features Editor

One aspect of the U.S. educational system that should be changed is definitely the amount of mandatory standardized tests we take.

The concept of standardized testing eludes me. Why are students given multiple tests over the course of their high school career that don’t even help them much in the long run? Sure, they’re good on transcripts and allows col-

leges to pick and choose the higher-scoring students, but they’re just another pile of grades that don’t define how smart you are. There is no point for more standardized tests when all it does is measure the ability of students’ to take tests. It does not increase nor decrease the intelligence of students, it just merely allows for bragging rights. The increasing number of mandatory tests that students have to take are leaving a toll. More students are stressed and just simply

amount of homework, especially if students are taking six or more classes a day, can really put a great deal of stress on them. Having too much stress can cause severe physical and/or emotional problems. In the Philippines, they have four sections of education in a high school that determines their placement based on their previous grades from elementary school. Those who have lower grades will be placed into a lower section which will help them understand at a slower pace than the higher sections.

Once you raise your grade at that level, you can keep mov-

ing up to to higher sections.

Everybody is taking the same amount of classes and the same accelerated classes which are called AP or IB here. Now talking about the district, I believe they need to be more social and connected to every school on a professional level instead of having rivalries, other than in sports.

The more they are involved, the more the students know and can become prepared for their future. With free tuition for college, it will help students get the education they need and will keep less people off the streets and working.

dents from feeling valued, it prevents teachers from getting to know their students and how they learn and are best taught. It prevents students from reaching their full capability of learning and listening skills. When a student needs help it is much easier to ask for it when they know and feel a bond with their teacher, but when a teacher has so many students that bond is never fully created and students won’t speak up

nearly as often. More students also equals much more distractions, however with less students in a classroom it also gives them the opportunity to get to know each other even more. There should only be about 15-20 students in every classroom to give the students and teachers much more opportunities to be even more successful in school, and excel to their fullest potential.

don’t have the time to think about how to study for them, even though you can’t because most of them contain questions that the common core curriculum hasn’t even covered in that year. Standardized tests are a “one size fits all” deal and it’s sad how someone’s intelligence is determined by how well they did on them, which shouldn’t be the case. They don’t aid us in applying ourselves to real world situations and they’re just stressful and unnecessary.

By LACI HOLM

News Editor

If there is anything that has to be changed within our educational system, I would have to say a smaller limit on the amount of students in a classroom. It is extremely crucial for students to feel valued and heard in a classroom. When there are so many students in one learning environment plus teachers having multiple classes a day, it not only prevents stu-

Continued from page 1, Club Sports: more than just fun and games doing club have more of an advantage over athletes who are not on a club team.

“Not necessarily, I mean yeah that helps, but some kids can just do high school swim and be on varsity,” said Houston Burgoon, senior club and OHS swimmer.

Club is always a great way for student athletes to earn scholarships for college.

The time and money put into the sport in a way can be rewarded with a scholarship.

Burgoon was lucky enough to receive a college scholarship to continue her swimming career. She will be attending the University of Cumberland in Williamsburg, Kentucky.

Even though club contributes a lot of great qualities into athletes, money and time seem to be the biggest downfalls to club sports.

“The money is expen-

sive and the time is definitely a commitment. It can burn you out as a parent with all the driving around and sometimes it burns out the child, too, and they lose the love of the game with all the intensity of the club,” Ticknor said.

As the number of years a child plays for a club team increases, the money spent over that time period always rises.

“It [club sports] costs about $600-700 a month,” Sivek said.

With money and the time commitment aside, the students athletes are having fun and improving their skills.

“You have that group of friends that you tell everything to. You go to travel-meets together and stuff like that so you are always together and they become your closest friends and they know everything about you,” Burgoon said.

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I decided to be a teacher when I moved to the US. In France, I was in sales and marketing for fifteen years.

When I moved here, I was not comfortable enough with my English to do the same kind of job. So in France, my hobby was scuba diving and I was and still am a diving instructor. When I was teaching in the club, they always gave me the teenagers to teach because no one wanted to teach a teenager. I was always good with them. When I moved here I was like, “ What can I do?”. I speak French and I like teaching teenagers, maybe I should try teaching them French. So I ended up teaching.

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My mom when she first got a piano, it was right after my mom and dad got divorced and I was like five. She ended up buying this piano randomly and I remember her just sitting there and playing random songs she had learned and that really inspired me to try and learn how to play the piano. She tried to get me piano lessons and I didn’t want piano lessons. I wanted to teach myself and learn by ear. I wanted to learn on my own and I really wish she made me take them in the end.

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Red Light Rebellion strives to educate students on sexual harassment

OHS staff stands tall against sexual misconduct

By LACI HOLM

News Editor

Sexual misconduct, in the DVUSD Students Rights and Responsibilities handbook states that “Sexual harassment is defined as the unwelcome conduct of a sexual nature that denies or limits students ability to participate in or to receive benefit service or opportunities in the school program.”

The OHS staff does not tolerate sexual misconduct and participating in it in any form will result in suspension or expulsion.

“We take it very seriously and it’s a serious issue that we need to address right away. It’s not acceptable, it’s disrespectful, it’s not right, and swift and harsh punishment must be taken,” said Justin McLain, assistant principal.

Cases of sexual misconduct on campus can be reported in the office, on the OHS website, and teachers or staff depending on the severity of the situation.

“I hope if anyone sees anything relating to sexual harassment that they would say something right away because it is completely unacceptable,” McLain said.

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By AUDREY SERRANO

Features Editor

Approximately 35.8 percent of sexual assaults occur when the victim is between the ages of 12 to 17. Teens 16 to 19 years of age are three and a half times more likely than the general population to be victims of rape, attempted rape, or sexual assault according to the National Sex Offender Public website, a website in partnership with the U.S. Department of Justice.

Sexual harassment, although a common controversial topic, is not talked about enough and is always pushed to the back of the mind unless brought up. Red Light Rebellion, a student-run club at OHS, plans to change that and raise awareness on the issue of sexual harassment and sex trafficking.

“Red Light Rebellion’s mission is to educate students at O’Connor to avoid it in general and to not be scared to talk

In some cases the police can and will be contacted immediately.

“We do have a police officer on campus. We are very fortunate to have him here to keep this school as safe as we possibly can and all sexual harassment cases will be reported to him and the rest of the police department can come in,” said McLain.

One of the officers on campus is Thomas Romano. He encourages students to report cases of sexual misconduct so it can be fixed.

Some students are hesitant to report these issues due to the fear that it can cause more problems.

“They don’t come and report it to us because (A) they’re scared (B) they don’t want to cause any trouble or (C) they’re scared of the repercussions after telling someone,” Romano said.

Students should feel safe and know the impact of reporting an issue on sexual misconduct.

While it is a very serious issue, it is luckily not seen as a major campus problem.

“There’s has only been two or three issues this year where it was brought to my attention,” said Romano.

about it because I know it’s a controversial topic, like we had a lot of trouble even making the club,” said Amy Ponce, senior and President of Red Light Rebellion. “So our main purpose is to educate the students here.”

The students who are in the club are very passionate about what the club stands for and how they could help. “[I joined because] of what they were fighting about,” said Aaron Mendez, sophomore, “I wanted to see if I can do something in the club to help and to stand by them for the reason they made that club.”

As the influence of social media increases, it is easier to see only one side of stories from victims and a lot of backlash comes with it. Many victims of sexual harassment are scared of sharing their stories due to the fear of being blamed on or being denied of their traumatising experience and Red Light Rebel-

1 in 4 Girls & 1 in 6 Boys will experience sexual assault before the age of 18

lion want to change that.

“I don’t like it [victim blaming]. People dress the way they want to dress and feel confident in themselves,” Ponce said, “It’s not a reason for someone to harass them sexually. I feel like it shouldn’t even be a thing.”

Many are often unaware of the events surrounding them that could be classified as sexual harassment and most push it aside when it happens to them.

The club, one day a year, go around classes to explain their mission and to inform students with facts about sex trafficking, sexual harassment, and similar topics that go hand in hand.

“If someone sees someone else being sexually harassed, they should stand up and report it to a teacher or an officer on campus or to just take action against it,” Ponce said, “I think everyone should have respect for everyone no matter what race, gender, or whatever, it doesn’t matter. And

if you see it happen, report it to someone or even step in yourself and stop it.” “[Students] should think more about the consequences and put themselves in that situationto be the victim basically,” said Desiree Ponce, freshman, “To see how it would feel.”

The club is looking to change the outlook of students towards sexual harassment and are constantly finding ways to inform others on how they could change the effects of sexual harassment and how it’s treated. “[Students should] talk about it with someone who’s had personal experience so they know it’s a real thing and has happened to people,” said Ponce, senior, “It’s not just something you see happen on T.V. or on the news. It has happened in our neighborhood before and it has happened in our country before and it’s happening today.”

74% of sexual incidents

perpetraded against 12-17 year olds were committed by someone the child knew Statistics provided by the Arizona Coalition to End Sexual and Domestic Violence

Victim Blaming: It doesn’t make sense

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Hands Off: Dealing with sexual harassment

Imagine being the victim to something so heinous that it feels likeyour world could end at any moment. On top of all of that pain your friends, family, and strangers blame every aspect of that crime happening on your behavior.

Every day there are thousands of people that fall victim to rape, sexual harassment and domestic abuse. Instead of seeing the crime as a crime, they turn to the victim to blame that crime for ever happening.

Some of the most common variables that are blamed on the victim are how intoxicated they were during sex, how provocative was the clothing that they were wearing or if the victim happened to be leading the assailant on.

People look at intoxication as a huge factor for it being the victims fault, especially if the victim was consuming alcohol at a bar. It doesn’t matter to some people how much was consumed or how drunk anybody was; they only see it as it impaired judgment, seeing this as a key factor that allowed the somebody to fall victim to a crime.

Another huge factor that people like to blame the victim on is their choice of clothing.

Whether someone’s shorts were too short, or someone’s dress was too tight, people will always find a way to pass the blame onto the outfit that was worn when the crime was committed.

Finally another factor that people go to blame the victim on is how flirty or touchy that they were that night. They tend to question behaviors such as if

the victim ‘lead them on’ or even said if they had agreed to something earlier on in the night.

All of these are just excuses to avoid the bigger picture of that fact that a crime was committed and it only hurts the victim. They were robbed of their right to safety and consent, telling them that it’s their fault won’t make it end quicker, it won’t change the fact that it happened, and it will more than likely destroy any remaining sliver of trust that the victim has left.

If clothing is the cause of people being assaulted, why aren’t mannequins being raped? If alcohol is a factor, why isn’t every bar goer just as equally susceptible? And if being flirty is a factor, why do socially introverted people still get raped?

That’s because rapists don’t

go out with the intent to find someone with the shortest dress, or someone who is holding a beer, or somebody who is flirting with everyone. They are looking for the opportunity to control and abuse anybody they are able to take advantage of.

The tightness of your clothing didn’t get the victim raped. That strawberry daiquiri followed by three shots of vodka didn’t get the victim raped either. The only thing that gets a victim raped is the rapist themself.

People who blame the victim are just as bad as the assaulter.

Thedon’t contribute any solace in a time of pain and healing; they only hurt and destroy any amount of progress that the victim is trying to make to heal themselves.

A victim of rape shouldn’t be treated like the person who raped them.

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Alex Almeida, adviser of the Poetry Club, selected a poetry piece by Bryce Craig, junior.

The Talon’s Feature Editor, Audrey Serrano, selected a story piece by Kendall Deal, junior.

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Cotton candy stench Billowing out from the stalls Like a ridden horse

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Not just sweet, but dank As a skunk is brought to mind Rolled in fake sugar

In sisyphean Stalemates persist in restrooms Like live cockroaches Popcorn provided Brought for those who wish to watch One must only breathe

PHOTO BY ETHAN GILCHRIST Bryce Craig and Mandy Moisoff, junior, perform in improv.

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KENDALL DEAL

Sometimes heroes become villains, and the villains become heroes, but sometimes the hero refuses to change and is left stranded. Then again, a villain is someone’s hero- all that matters is perspective. Long ago a friend told me, “I think in life we all have a finish line to reach, and the path we take does not move the finish line. We all get there, whether we like it or not.”

This friend wasn’t really always my friend. In all actuality, she was my boss most of the time. She was younger than me, not to say I’m old, but when we met I had at least a decade over her. We called her Nin. She was unforgettable and she changed my life, and she was the best aunty to my kids. I don’t want to spoil her adventurous tale, but she doesn’t make it. We all tried, but at a point we knew we were holding onto her more than she was holding onto to us. Don’t get me wrong though, she was a fighter to the day she died. That’s all she did, she fought, battles, wars, training, herself, she was always fighting.

I guess I should start with how she got the job. My husband died, that’s how she got her job. We were a task force,

Art by Kasey Cross

PHOTO BY TRAVIS ROBERTSON Bryce Craig acts as Gomez Addams in Addams Family.

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Some kids were vaping in the bathroom and you know a normal person would be like well that’s stupid but I was like you know what I’ll write some haikus about it

-Bryce Craig

PHOTO BY CASSIDY MOORE Bryce Craig, Percussionist, performs in Sing at half-time.

nin: a short story we were sent on missions with questionable moral standing, but we did them everytime, without fail. He made a choice, himself or the team, he decided to save them team, the prick.

He always had to be the hero. It’s okay because had he not died, we would have never met Nin and in fact, she may have died sooner. The team was given a very brief file on her while we were all on leave for the loss. All that it contained was her name: Nin, Age:15, Height: 5’5”, Weight: 120lbs. That’s all we knew about our new boss before we met her, and some of the phone calls I got from team members were quite concerning.

Before we even met her our task force of seven dwindled down to three, excluding our new leader. Me, Parker, and Keaton.

I was more on the muscle side of the force, I flew our helicopter and planes, I was in charge of the arsenal, and I had the most kills, that is, before Nin. Keaton was the complete opposite of me, he was our tech guy, he was all about nonviolence and love. He was vegan for pete’s sake. He was physically harmless.

Parker was a pretty decent mix of us, they were always trying to help in the least violent way possible, but they weren’t against using force if necessary.

Nin was different. It was blatantly obvious that she was special, just her presence in the room was unlike that of any other person I had met.

She was a soldier.

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I don’t think that’s my best writing. I don’t like the way it turned out. I think that I’m too hard on myself and that it is actually probably good, but I just see everything that I could’ve done or changed or want to change and I just can’t look over that in the story

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-Bryce Craig

Denizens protest My strained forward advancement My attempts halted

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I love words I always have and I always will one of my favorite things are words. My favorite possible genre of music is musical comedy because of the usage of word and the clever twists and assonance and rhyme structure and all those things you learn about in school being put to use. All the quirks of the english language.

-Kendall Deal

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Academy dance rocks its way onto campus

By ETHAN GILCHRIST

Managing Editor

The era of poodle skirts, greasers, jazz music and excitement has returned to campus in the form of a historical dance.

The Academy of American Studies held their first 40s Swing/50s Sock Hop History Dance Friday, March 3 in the cafeteria, featuring the OHS Jazz Band. The event raised money for both the Academy and their Adopt-ASoldier Program.

The 40s/50s dance is a part of a movement to shift how the Academy is seen as well as expand Academy to different facets of the school.

“It’s a program that’s unique to Deer Valley. No other school has it,” said Darrell Hudson, director of the Academy of American Studies for two years. “I’ve tried to promote it as a rigorous program that allows students the ability to see history from a different perspective through guest speakers, through trips to historical places, to bring history alive.”

The dance used to be held by the History Club, howev-

er, that club has since ended and Hudson decided to pick up the event again.

“It is an American tradition from the early part of the 20th century and I wanted to have something fun for students to be able to go to that was a throwback that works with history,” Hudson said.

The director of the Academy also made it clear that this event is “a baseline” for him to see the crowd size they get.

“If we get 50 people great. If we get 100 people great,” Hudson said. “I don’t have expectations of you know a goal. It’s just something that whoever wants to come and have fun can do that.”

In actuality it was estimated there were about 6070 students in attendance.

Hudson worked with Academy students and representatives to organize the event.

“There’s been after school dates to help create banners and flyers and then before the dance we’ll help set up and just kind of spread the word about the dance and help support the academy,” said

PHOTO BY ETHAN GILCHRIST Hazel White, sophomore, and Noelle Hoenicke, sophomore, clap for the jazz band.

Isabella Shawe, sophomore in the Academy for two years.

Shawe, who said she finds academy to be “very enjoyable,” along with the other organizers, are pushing Hudson’s goal of juxtaposing Academy with other parts of the school with the dance.

“What the dance is going PHOTO BY ETHAN GILCHRIST to do is connect multiple aspects (Left to right) Carson Schilling, senior, Maddie Potts, senior, Andrea Giacini, sophomore, Bailey of school life. Crepinsek, senior, and Tabitha Turner, sophomore, play saxophone at the Academy dance.

We’re going to have the jazz dents. your usual formal attire that band play, the choir,” Shawe “Our plan was Monday we are used to seeing people said. “We’re trying to get [before the dance] to hang wear at dances,” Sanborn lots of the fine arts students up a poster and a few other said. “It’s going to be more involved and so it’ll kind of ones,” Knudson said. “But 40s and 50s style so you’ll see bring it all together.” since then since we’ve had people in poodle skirts and Karson Knudson, sopho- that crazy rainstorm with fluffy hair or something.” more academy representative the hail and the lighting and Connor Sapien, freshman and member for 2 years as the thunder it would have in academy for one year, said well as the event’s DJ, medi- completely destroyed all the he just hopes it all looked ated the connection with jazz posters we put up.” “retro old school,” and also band finding them to be “a Part of the goal of the expressed some fund goals. best fit” for the event. dance was donating to the “Well we’ve been having “I think there’s a great Academy Adopt-A-Soldier some trouble earning enough opportunity to have both a Program. This program helps money for the people to go DJ and band to be able to support deployed US troops on trips,” Sapien said. “So kind of mix and take what’s and this semester will be do- hopefully this will push over good about both of them nating to a personal friend of so that’ll be able to happen.” mix them together and we’ll Hudson’s in Afghanistan.

With the dance finally see how it works this year,” “He thought it would be held, Academy will have to sit Knudson said. a good idea to raise money down and look into the future The band was led by Mel- to send care packages out to of the event. Karson Knudanie Britton and they have them,” said Brenna Sanborn, son said that if the numbers practiced two times a week junior in the academy for one are there “we should continfor a month in order to play year. ue it.” The director shared multiple live songs on stage The Academy dance similar views. at the dance when Knudson draws comparison with other “I would definitely love wasn’t playing 40s and 50s school dances. Sanborn said to have this every year and classics. this is really a “smaller” and you know hopefully grow it However, Knudson said more “connected” event that more,” Hudson said. “And he is “a little bit worried” differs in other ways too. kind of make it a staple dance about how effectively they “The theme is going to for the academy to host on a advertised the dance to stu- be very different. Instead of regular basis.”

Crutches for Africa gives aid to polio survivors

By KASEY CROSS

Photography Editor

Polio is a condition that destroys nerve cells in the spinal cord and causes muscle wasting and paralysis. Its survivors are usually physically impaired, from a limp all the way to complete body paralysis. The Interact club here on campus decided to help those survivors, by collecting mobility devices for their use.

The Interact club is dedicated to community service.

It is modeled after Rotary International, a worldwide community service organization.

Along with Rotary, In-

teract has ca, to collect developed a mobility depassion for a vices for those specific cause struggling in particular: with Polio in eradicating African counpolio. tries.

The Unit“Rotary’s ed States is main mission considered is to put an a polio free end to polio, country, but so we hope according to that [Crutches Daily Nation 4 Africa] will news, a Kenbe a step in yan publiCOURTESY OF CRUTCHES4AFRICA the right dication, it’s a Recipients of the mobility devices donated by the crutches4africa organization. rection,” said very real threat to children in ident, Charlotte Baker, the Baker.

Kenya, among other African Interact club has partnered Since their first shipment countries. with David Talbot, the in 2006, The Crutches 4 AfriAccording to club pres- founder of Crutches 4 Afri- ca organization has donated

88,000 mobility devices to 26 countries (16 of which are in Africa).

Baker, herself takes this community service to heart, “I lived in Detroit, Michigan for two years. And I was exposed to the less fortunate side of people. Since then I’ve always wanted help out in some way, ” she said.

For more information, go to crutches4africa.org, or attend the Interact club on Tuesdays in room 419.

“We plan on doing this again next year. Until then, if anyone has crutches or wheelchairs they don’t need, bring it to room 419 anytime,” said Baker.

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Counseling in review and looking forward

By ETHAN GILCHRIST

Managing Editor

With a fierce desire to help every student on campus, the counseling department spends every day working to prepare them for the future. This year has been no different, but with two new counselors and no significant changes to their workflow, they’ve had the opportunity to build themselves up for a future that promises improvement.

So far, the 30 weeks of managing for the 2016-17 school year have been a time for the counselors to reinforce their current systems, train the newest additions and innovate the campus with updated programs all in an effort to improve the day to day lives of students.

The counselors have continued to develop their online systems with Powerschool schedule creation as one of the largest new systems. This year incoming freshmen, incoming sophomores and incoming juniors came in to create their schedules digitally as early as Sept. with a final decision needed by Jan. Incoming seniors are not yet included in the system due to their unique classes.

“It’s allowed the students, and I’m looking at it this way, more time to actually contemplate their electives and think about what courses they want to take.

And it gives us time to speak with them,” said Christopher Harmonson, counselor since the 2003-04 school year.

Prior to Powerschool, students came in once in Jan. and filled out their final schedules without having to put other thought into it.

Harmonson said there would always be students who come in the beginning of the school year looking to make changes, creating a line out the counselors’ doors.

“In the end of July, first of August, when we’re all back there won’t be any changes. The students [know] what they have selected. We gave them plenty

PHOTO BY ETHAN GILCHRIST (Left to right) Jennifer Miller, counselor, and Lindsay Nelson, counselor, discuss what to tell freshmen about their ECAPs, of time to really think about it, have those conversations, and make changes that they needed. It will be set so we’re hoping that line out there is non-existent this next year,” Harmonson said.

Lindsay Nelson, counselor, just joined the department alongside Tiffany Ostrowski, counselor. Nelson has caught up to pace already managing the proctoring of the Accuplacer dual enrollment test with Kathleen Giacini, counselor since the 2006-07 school year, and administration.

“It’s a lot to learn. There’s definitely a lot more that goes into counseling than you see standing on the outside,” Nelson said. “Especially with schedule changes it seems like it should be such a ‘well just change my schedule why not’ but there’s so many different things that go into it that you just don’t even realize.”

Despite what Nelson said is a “learning curve”, she finds she has all the support she needs. She also said that her first few days where she met the lines of kids needing changes defined her.

“Definitely an enjoyable experience looking back on it now. I survived; I can handle anything. I keep going back to that like it’s stressful, but

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There’s a lot more that goes into counseling than you see.”

-Lindsay Nelson

after surviving those first few days I can handle anything I feel like.”

Even as a novice she’s taking in everything from her fellow counselors and try-

This year 1000 tests are expected.

“Someone would have to go through every single test, every single order [and] be verifying stuff in big, giant spreadsheets that are created by us manually and manually entered,” Giacini said.

“This is going to do that part of the process so that we can make sure everything is accurate and accounted for. It allows the teachers to review everything and make sure that they recognize all those kids.”

The new process will also remove the pre-administration sessions where students bubbled in answer docu-

the 2008-09 school year, has a very positive outlook on 2016-17.

“We had two new counselors this year and I think we did a tremendous job.

They learned so fast. They acclimated so well to O’Connor, to our whole school and our team. And I think that’s a huge accomplishment for us. They’re amazing,” Miller said.

Debbie Harmonson, counselor since the 2002-03 school year, has two missions for this year. The first is that all her seniors graduate and the second is to improve her personal connection with the students.

“The small groups and trying to make sure our kids know who we are. You know we don’t want them to graduate and go ‘well I don’t know who my counselor is’.

Now that’s a big goal for us because it’s important that they know we’re part of their lives,” Debbie Harmonson said.

Alongside a very open door policy, the counselors met with all students twice and seniors thrice and Debbie Harmonson said that this “has been a great success.”

As the 2017-18 school year creeps up, there are new goals for the counselors.

“We give the students a lot of tests, PSAT and ACT,” Debbie Harmonson said. “We get lots of data and results and I would like us to be able to get the teachers those re-

PHOTO BY ETHAN GILCHRIST Christopher Harmonson, counselor since the 2003-04 school year, leads the freshmen to work on their ECAPs in the lab. ing to use her platform as a new way to connect with students.

“I think I can relate to a lot of the students especially the freshmen that are coming into this huge new school and they don’t know the process and they’re learning it all.

I’m there too, learning with them,” Nelson said.

Nelson added that they are “constantly taking on new projects.” This year’s big project is online AP registration. Last year registered 900 tests across 400-500 students.

ments, no longer wasting the one to two days it took.

“This process will do that part of it as well so kids don’t have to be pulled out of AP classes right when they’re trying to prepare to take these exams, and we don’t have to disturb their schedules even more,” Giacini said.

Giacini said at the department “we’re crossing our fingers” in hopes that the new system works out to be efficient and accurate.

Looking back, Jennifer Miller, counselor since

sults a little bit sooner than later so that they could maybe help students a little bit more sooner.”

At the end of the day, Christopher Harmonson said they’re a “well oiled machine” who are doing their best.

“We all are one big team and we try to keep everyone informed, keep the communication open as much as possible,” Christopher Harmonson said. “We’re all striving to do the best we can for our students.”

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Theater books family vacation for students in spring Schaffer it will be helmed said his ulby student directimate goal tor Jacob Shaffer, is that this senior.

Theater is beginning prois a great "In junior year duction of their upcoming play that you do a playwritplay, "Mr. Hobbes' Family students ing competition Vacation", which will prewill come and you get to miere on April 21. to see. direct your own The play is a comedy that "I just show if your show takes place in the 70s and want it to is picked and mine is about a man named Mr. be a really was," Shaffer said.

Hobbes (Nick Leach, junior) great show, Leach said even who is told by his doctor I want it though it takes that he needs to alleviate his to just be place in the 70s, stress. Because of this, him, something students can still his wife (Sarah Jedlowski, PHOTO BY TRAVIS ROBERTSON that peorelate to what's junior) and his kids Kate happening in the Jacob Shaffer, senior, directs Sarah Jedlowski, junior, and Nick Leach, junior, on ple come (Maddie Worley, junior) and how the scene should be portrayed. These two portray Mr. and Mrs. Hobbes. to because story.

Jane (Emily Burns, senior) "What excites me ly that students can connect in previous years we've had the most about the to. a harder time getting people "The son-in-law is a liber- to plays, and our senior show, show is that there are a lot of things al, and Mr. Hobbes himself is Picnic, that had greater atin this show that a Republican and a conser- tendance than any play that a lot of us can re- vative and some of the bick- we've ever done so that's my late to even though ering they have is funny and goal for Hobbes," Shaffer it's decades before, applies to today and I think said. there's even a little the audience will think that's The cast and crew agree mention somewhere great," Fioramonti said. that a lot of hard work has Jedlowski said she is ex- been put into the play which in the show where it's about something cited to portray Mrs. Hobbes they want people to see. politically standing and appreciates her character "This is my favorite thing so I feel people will traits. in the entire world, and ev"Basically she's just fun- erybody in this entire show relate to this more than they think they ny and she's great and I love is working so hard and I just her, she's very accommodat- feel like it would be a shame would," Leach said.

Fioramonti adds ing, she loves to make sure if nobody saw it because it's on by explaining po- the guests feel welcome more just so good and we want to PHOTO BY TRAVIS ROBERTSON litical divisions with- than herself and her family," share it with everybody else," (Left to right) Darian Funston, senior, Mandy Moisoff, Makenna Cain, and Riley Clark, juniors, rehearse a in the Hobbes Fami- Jedlowksi said.

Jedlowksi said.

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take a vacation to a seaside house. Hobbes soon finds that this trip will be anything but relaxing.

Toni Fioramonti, theater teacher, says this play was chosen at the end of last year by theater students.

"We read a bunch of scripts at the end of the year and the kids narrowed it down, they wanted to do a comedy and we picked this one because it had the people in it that we could play and it had a lot of characters so as a group we just kind of picked it," Fioramonti said.

The play is unique in that

scene from Mr. Hobbe’s Family Vacation. Jacob Schaffer directed the four actors as a student director.

LEGO Batman stacks up to be a great movie

By LEXI GASS

Staff Writer

LEGO movies are back!

The newest animated film based on the popular toy company is inspired by the Batman franchise, particularly the toys involved with LEGO. On February 10, 2017, “The LEGO Batman Movie” was released all throughout the US as a spinoff of the LEGO movie that was released in 2015. The movie was directed by Chris McKay, and stars Will Arnett (Batman), Zach Galifianakis (The Joker), Michael Cera (Robin), and Rosario Dawson (Barbara).

LEGO Batman is a story about the famous DC hero, Batman, who is revealed early on to be an extremely lonely person. He is asked to team up with the police force to defend the city, which he is strongly against.

The Joker spends the movie trying to get Batman to admit that he is his greatest enemy, and that drives his motivation to prove that he is the greatest villain in Go-

man and it having no tham City. Batman effect on the rest of the is forced to team up movie. with the police chief, One of the running Barbara Gordon, his gags was between the butler Alfred, and a Joker and Batman, their child he accidentally relationship appearing adopted, Robin, to similar, yet polar oppostop the villains and site, of a romantic resave the city. lationship. The Joker’s The LEGO Batmain motivation is to get man movie is legitBatman to admit that he imately funny for is his greatest enemy, spebeing a movie directcifically to get him to say ed towards children, the words “I hate you.” having moments that This is obviously an appeal to both the allusion to couples adadults and kids in the mitting “I love you” and audience.

PHOTO COURTESY OF WARNER BROS. this kind of parallel is The plot of the movie itself was cre- Official photo released from “The LEGO Batman Movie”, featuring Batgirl, Batman, and Robin. present throughout and adds an amusing new dimension to ative and was better This movie uses a unique the Rings” and many more the plot. than expected from a movAll in all, LEGO Batie of its genre. The charac- style of animation to make it make appearances throughters showed development look like actual LEGO toys out the movie, entertaining man was a humorous kids throughout the movie, and moving around the screen. the ones who recognize the movie that was entertaining for audiences of all ages. The ended up showing realistic This style allows the movie to references.

Something that stood out plot was both amusing and emotions in a completely differentiate itself from othunrealistic setting. The emo- ers and maintain the nostal- about the movie was that expressed very real feelings, there was an absence of a keeping it from falling into tions shown go much deeper gia that comes with it.

The movie has been rec- romantic subplot. At one the category of ‘stupid and than animated films usually tackle. Batman’s refusal ognized for its many refer- point, Batman attempts to pointless’ as many movies of of close friends and family ences sprinkled throughout woo Barbara, but she rejects that genre often do. The referbecause of his fear of being the film. Famous movie vil- him and it is left there. This ences from various other big hurt really hits home with lains, such as Voldemort from is something that rarely hap- franchises delighted viewers, the more mature themes of “Harry Potter”, Godzilla, the pens in movies, the leading and added more humor to an Eye of Sauron from “Lord of woman rejecting the leading already entertaining movie. the movie.

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Divide continues to carry its predecessor’s legacies

By AUDREY SERRANO

Features Editor

2016 was a busy year for wellknown artists to release new music and experiment in styles they haven’t delved into before in their music career. Ed Sheeran, though, seems to have kept his sound constant.

Sheeran’s third studio album, Divide, was released on March 3, three years after his second album. With 12 tracks on the standard edition of the album and an additional four on the deluxe, the artist has given his fans 16 beautiful songs after three years of impatient waiting, similar to how his last albums were released.

Sheeran debuted in June 2011 with his well-known single “The A-Team” after signing to Atlantic Records that January. His debut album, Plus, came out just a few months later in September.

Prior to his signing, Sheeran was already releasing EPs and singles as an independent artist.

His influence spread all over the UK when he released his first album but it wasn’t until his collaboration with Taylor Swift in 2012 with “Everything Has Changed” that his popularity spread abroad and increased two years after with his second album Multiply.

Sheeran is known for two qualities when it comes to his music: the dance-poppy tunes combined with not-quite-raps and love songs that somehow make you miss the significant other you don’t even have. The third album upholds that reputation, including the apparent

PHOTO COURTESY OF EDSHEERAN.COM The cover of Sheeran’s third album, Divide, after his album Multiply. Received up to 56,727,861 streams on its initial release day alone, double The Weeknd’s Starboy in November 2016, according to Billboard. pattern of math-inspired album singles on January 5, giving his titles. audience a sneak peek of what “Eraser” starts off the track- was yet to come. list unlike any of his other alMany of the songs are love bums, as the last two albums songs such as the third track, started off softly with “The “Dive”, which starts off notes A-Team” kicking off Plus and similar to Beyoncé’s “All Night”.

“One” with Multiply. It’s much The most memorable of them more angst-filled than the other on this album are definitesongs on the tracklist, which is ly “Perfect”, “Happier”, and a surprising change, with heavy “How Would You Feel (Paean)”. acoustic guitar and strong vo“Perfect” sounds a lot like a cals. sng that would play at a wedSimilar to “Eraser”, “New ding with its soft guitar strumMan” and “Galway Girl” have ming and touching vocals along the rap-like verses and then with very dedicated lyrics such sing-songy choruses, “Galway as “be my girl, I’ll be your man, Girl” giving off the same sounds I see my future in your eyes” as Sheeran’s hit radio single and “I’m dancing in the dark “Don’t” from his second album. with you between my arms, The second track, “Castle On barefoot on the grass listening The Hill”, was already released to our favorite song”. Probably along with “Shape of You” as the most romantic song on the

tracklist, it’s reminiscent of his songs “Thinking Out Loud” and “Tenerife Sea”.

“Happier”, although romantic as well, is much less happy-romantic as it is sad-romantic. The piano and guitar combined with lyrics like “ain’t nobody hurt you like I do but nobody love you like I do” makes the track more of song relevant to a breakup than the previous love song mentioned and the sound is comparable to that of Sam Smith, with its orchestral background and piano melodies.

“How Would You Feel (Paean)” has a classic-rock vibe with a soft guitar solo as the bridge and a sentimental tone with lyrics like “I’ll be taking my time, spending my life falling deeper in love with you so tell me if you love me too”. The song was also previously released as a live performance on Feb 17.

On the dance-poppy side of the album are “Barcelona”, “Nancy Mulligan”, and “Bibia Be Ye Ye”. Both “Barcelona” and “Bibia Be Ye Ye”, which is a title unlike any of the other tracks, have a very tropical-like tone and are very happy-golucky tunes.

“Nancy Mulligan” is unlike the rest of the album. It’s heavily Irish-influenced, saluting to Sheeran’s Irish heritage, with fiddles, Irish folk-song tones, and chanting and clapping during the interlude near the end of the song.

The last songs on both the standard and deluxe editions, “Supermarket Flowers” and “Save Myself” are the most heartfelt out of the whole al-

bum. Instead of romantic undertones, both songs are more emotional and personal than the rest.

“Supermarket Flowers” is soft with piano, rather than the usual guitar, and is more of a song telling the story of familial love instead of romantic. Soft harmonies are accompanied with lines such as “hallelujah, you were an angel in the shape of my mum, you got to see the person that I have become” and “a life with love is a life that’s been lived”.

“Save Myself” is a more personal song with piano and strong vocals. It’s a very emotional and lonely song that is very touching and relatable in some ways with lyrics like “life can get you down so I just numb the way it feels” and “I’m here again between the devil and the danger”.

The array of emotions that this whole album brings with chronological songs that are different from each other in their own special ways is unlike any of Sheeran’s previous works.

This album particularly stands out against the releases other artists are sending out as Divide’s rollercoaster of soft melodies, heartfelt and cheery lyrics, and a different array of guitar strumming patterns leaves you emotionally confused.

It’s a beautiful album full of twists and turns and Sheeran, although stuck to the sound of his other albums, did amazing on the production and writing of these songs, so it’s safe to say that waiting three years without any new material was worth this album.

Oscars represent why they are in the drama business

By EMILIE REID Arts and Entertainment Editor

The Oscars, as it would seem, are the grand finale to awards season each year.

There’s just something about this particular award show that draws people to it.

Maybe it’s getting to see their favorite stars interact with each other or hoping to watch their favorite film win an award, or just the elegance and humor of the event as a whole.

This years’ Academy PHOTO COURTESY OF OSCARS.GO.COM Awards was certainly one (Left to right) Mahershala Ali, Actor in a Supporting Role, Emma Stone, Actress in a Leading Role, Viola Davis, Actress in a Supporting Role, and that will go down in award Casey Affleck, Actor in a Leading Role, pose with their oscars after the 89th annual Academy Awards. show history. From the ongoing and hilarious feud be- didn’t exactly receive the re- the SAG awards and Gram- previous year, especially the tween host Jimmy Kimmel action he expected. Kimmel mys contained an endless leaders of the film industry: and Matt Damon, candy quickly recovered from these presentation of political “La La Land” and “Moonfloating down from the ceil- misses with another joke and comments and opinions on light”.

Mahershala Ali became the ing using parachutes, and an moved on quickly, paying no the recent actions of Presimind to the goofs. dent Trump. first Muslim actor to win the unexpected plot twist ending, Though he did make a few The attendees of the Oscars Oscar for Actor in a Supportthere was no dull moment. jabs at President Trump, chose to make their stateing Role for his performance A group of tourists even in ways like calling Meryl ments quietly, with actresses in “Moonlight”.

This would got to enter the theater and Streep the most overrated acand actors sporting ribbons not be the last win or nomimeet some of their favorite tress of all time and tweeting and pins in support of ornation for the film, however. stars, and their starstruck Emma Stone took home expressions made the event the president during the show ganizations such as Planned to ask “u up?”, the political Parenthood, ACLU, GLAAD the Oscar for Actress in a even more enjoyable. statements were seemingly and more.

Leading Role for her perforJimmy Kimmel did an exlacking.

This decision left more mance in “La La Land”. The ceptional job hosting this This was very refreshing room for humor and celebramovie ended up winning six year, even though a few of and welcomed, however, as tion of the movies from the Oscars overall, and almost a his jokes were a bit risky and

seventh due to a moment of confusion.

The award show ended with a crazy mistake, as “La La Land” was awarded the Oscar for Best Picture, when in reality it was “Moonlight” who had won the last prize of the night.

The production team and director, as well as Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling had all made their way onto the stage had begun their acceptance speeches when men with headsets approached the stage and began trying to fix the mistake that had just taken place.

After announcing that “Moonlight” had actually won, the “La La Land’ team handed over their Oscars and returned to their seats while the rightful winners made their acceptance speeches to close out the night.

Overall, this year’s Academy Awards closed out a rather overly-political award show season lightheartedly, even with the hiccup at the end. Hopefully next year will run more smoothly, but you can’t deny that drama adds to the excitement of the season.

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Girls tennis succeeds with younger team

PHOTO BY CASSIDY MOORE Kelly Slattery, senior, prepares to serve the ball during practice.

By CASSIDY MOORE

Design Chief

The girl’s tennis team shows that with hardwork and determination, even with lots of underclassmen the team can be great.

Along with having only one senior on their varsity team, it is their team’s coach Chris Harmonson’s, a counselor, first time coaching this sport.

Harmonson has previously coached many sports at O’Connor, but loves the excitement of the new team and coaching the sport for the first time.

“I have eight who have never played tennis before and they’re doing very well in their matches and a lot of them are winning their matches,” Harmonson said.

“They are growing quickly and learning the sport and

they seem to be energetic about it and want to pursue the sport.”

The young team doesn’t seem to stop the new coach’s passion for the team as he continues driving the girls hard at practice everyday after school.

“In two years I see us being a very strong team,” Harmenson said.

Kelly Slattery, senior on the team and long-time tennis player, loves how welcoming the team is to all their new players.

“I want to get everybody comfortable,” Slattery said.

“We obviously won’t win everything and we are focused on just improving.”

With Slattery being the only senior on the team, there are lots of sophomores on the varsity team.

“It’s a really good group of girls and we all get along which is nice because we are all getting used to the new sport and team so we are comfortable,” said Claudia Ramsey, sophomore.

The varsity girls won their first three matches, but it’s hard to say what the rest of their season will look like.

“You never know what will happen with the other schools and where they will be at talentwise. This year we have one senior and the rest are sophomores,” said

Harmonson. “It’s hard to say if the other schools are experiencing the same thing we are or if now they are full of seniors so they are gonna beat up on our freshman and sophomores.”

This season for the girl’s

tennis team may be focused on growing and improving the young team, but the girls don’t fail as they try their hardest and persevere. *Due to The Talon going to the printer, scores for the Mountain Ridge game can be found on aia365.com

PHOTO BY CASSIDY MOORE Claudia Ramsey, sophmore, is number two on the Varsity team. She has been practicing relentlessely with the rest of the team during hours after school.

Boys baseball slides its way into the spring

By HAYDEN CUNNINGHAM Business Manager and Webmaster

Varsity

As winter turns to spring, the OHS Eagles baseball team is ready for a new season. After making it to the semifinals last year, varsity is hoping to make it all the way.

"I think we're only going to get better as the season goes on," said Nico Burgarello, senior.

The team achieved a record of 2-2 in the Adam Donnenfield Baseball tournament that occurred Feb 22-25. Following the tournament, varsity went on to win three games: a 13-2 win against Cesar Chavez, a 4-1 win over Gilbert, and a 10-3 win against Brophy Prep.

With several seniors graduating, it calls for reflecting on how they have changed over the course of their high school career.

"I think I've really matured a lot both mentally and psychically,” Nico Burgarello said, "My leadership has

evolved where I can lead this team”.

In addition to the seniors and juniors on varsity, the team includes a few sophomores from JV to compete as well.

"As a team I want to go far in playoffs and have a good season with no injuries," said Noah Burgarello, sophomore.

The OHS varsity team is ranked third in their re-

gion so far, with Mountain Ridge and Horizon tied for first. Their next game will be March 14 against Perry High School at home.

JV

"Both teams are good this year and will have a good season,” Noah Burgarello said, who plays on both JV and Varsity.

JV won their first game against Skyline with a score of 10-8.

PHOTO BY HAYDEN CUNNINGHAM Anthony Cosenza, senior, pitches strong at the start of the game for OHS.

PHOTO BY HAYDEN CUNNINGHAM Logan Bayus, sophomore, slides into second base, making a successful steal.

"The team is doing pretFreshmen ty good," said Marco Valdez, Last year’s freshmen sophomore. "[Our Goal is] to team ended with a record of just win as many games as 15-3. This year, the team has possible.” JV has the Coach started off strong with a 2-1 Bob tournament which will record. Their game against occur towards the end of Gilbert ended with a score of spring break.

19-7, a great score for a team The team practices near- of players who are competly every day and is working ing in high school for the first to win every game they can. time.

In spite of recent weather *Due to The Talon going that delayed the team, they to the printer, scores for the are striving to practice as Perry games can be found on best as they can to do well aia365.com this season.

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Boys volleyball serves on their opponents

By LEXI GASS Staff Writer

Boys volleyball kicked off their season starting Thursday, March 2nd. The team has been working hard to do well this season.

“I think we can definitely make the playoffs,” said Parker Broadway, junior.

“We practice everyday at school, and sometimes I’ll play sand on weekends. Our goal is to do well and get as far as we can.”

The boys are happy and excited to play this season.

“I just love the game,” Broadway said. “I mostly like the social aspect. I have lots of friends that I get to play with.”

Their goals for this season are to play as well as they can and stick together as a group.

“I want us to stay togeth-

PHOTO BY LEXI GASS Parker Broadway, junior, practices during their game against Verrado high. er,” Broadway said. “Hope- “We’re a pretty solid team,” fully we can make the semis said Benjamin Walker, sophthis year. That’s what I want omore. “We have some pretus to do, I want to work on ty good seniors and we have high expectations for this that.”

Their next away game will be season.” on March 16 against Sunrise They have a pretty busy schedule ahead of them.

Mountain.

“We practice 3-4 times a JV On the JV team, the team is week, depending on when we holding themselves to high have games,” Walker said. standards coming into the “Our games are mostly on Tuesdays and Thursdays.” new season.

PHOTO BY LEXI GASS Bryan Byarly, senior, prepares to serve the ball before their game on March 9.

They have set goals for them- against them.” selves this season and are Their next away game will be ready to play their best. on March 16 against Sunrise “Our goals are definitely to Mountain. make it to state, have a win- *Due to The Talon going ning record,” Walker said to the printer, scores for the “and we want to beat Ridge Basha game can be found on in both of the games we play aia365.com

Track and Field works to achieve their goals

By KATIE DIAB

Staff Writer

PHOTO BY KATIE DIAB Maia Gilchrist and Aylene Newberg, freshmen, run towards the finish line after taking a quick break during a 400 meter run.

Hurdles. Shot Putt. High Jumps. Sprints. The Track and Field teams are huddling up every day and practicing before their meets on Wednesdays and invitationals on Saturdays.

Track and Field had their first meet last Wednesday against Mountain Ridge and Barry Goldwater, and for every event they had placed in the top three.

“I work as hard as possible in practices to become better and play hard in meets, instead of being hard on ourselves, we need to look at the

bigger picture. We just need to enjoy life and do the best we can,” said Aaron Morgan, junior, hurdles.

According to Maurice Archbold, sophomore, sprinter, the coaches encourage and motivate the team to work hard all the time and not just in meets.

“I would describe my teammates as persevering, hard working, caring, much love for the sport. They’re great people and athletes. They are the people I call family,” Archbold said.

With Shotput, Sprints, Hurdles, 50 and 100 meter runs, all the teams are getting ready for their second home

game on March 15 against Desert Mountain and Corona del Sol. The players have been practicing since February and have had a great turnout with their meets and their audience.

“Personally, my goals are to constantly improve or at least explore all aspects there are to my field of events,” said Rebeka Wucinich, sophomore, shot putt. *Due to The Talon going to the printer, the scores for the Husky Invitational can be found on aia365.com

Boys tennis starts season off with no losses

By KATIE DIAB

Staff Writer

Consistency.

Hustling.

Determination. Boys tennis are currently undefeated with a record of 4-0.

Enjoying their time and working hard at each practice, they all work together not just as a team but as a family.

“I believe we need more practice, morale goals and to have a good attitude towards our teammates and our opponents. We should never give up. We are always fighting and ready for the next point,” said Kennedy Hildebrandt, junior.

The team has been showing their determination by working hard in practices and matches. In their runs, serves, backhands and their drop shots, they are very proud and diligent.

With all the juniors and seniors playing since freshman year, they have shown that they have strengthened their weaknesses.

“I have noticed that my footwork has gotten a lot better compared to my previous year playing on the team.

As well as my mental game, I don’t get down on myself quickly like in the past,” said Noah Mendoza, senior.

With the first match of the season against Queen Creek high school, OHS defeated them, ending the match with 8-1.

“My team is also very focused when on the court. We cheer each other on when we see one of us hit a good shot,” said Mendoza.

The second match was against Campo Verde, and OHS led with 6-3. In their third match they won by eight, with the score of 8-0.

“When my team is on the court they communicate with each other as much as possible as well as well as cheering each other on,” said Ryan Alley, junior.

Hildebrandt says the team hopes to win district and go to state with an undefeatable record.

With a score of 9-0 against Verrado, the team congratulated each other with this win.

“A weakness of mine would be getting to the net often. I need to work on getting there quicker and more

to the printer, the scores for the Paseo Invitational can be

found on aia365.com

“

We are always fighting and ready for the next point.”

- Kennedy Hildeb randt often. A lot of times, I just stay back and hit it straight to my opponent, then he just hits it right back,” Alley said.

Having an overall record of 4-0 is catching up to the team as they went into their first invitational from Paseo on Friday, March 10.

The team’s next home meet will be on March 16 against Desert Vista. *Due to The Talon going

PHOTO BY KATIE DIAB Griffin Sauer, senior, serves the tennis ball towards opponent Campo Verde coyotes.

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Softball scores a homerun in being selfless

By NIKKI HAZELETT

Sports Editor

Varsity

The 2014-15 state champion varsity softball team is back at it two years later and are stronger than ever. After making it to playoffs last year the team is ready for another great season.

The girls have been hard at work competing in the 23rd Annual Dorado Classic, which consisted of several tournaments on Feb. 23-24.

They ended the tournament with six wins and one loss.

“It was a nice opportunity to see where we are and where we need to improve,” said Maddie Westmoreland, senior.

The team's first game was against Tolleson Union but was canceled due to rain.

The girls next official first game was against Desert Vista. The team walked away with a 13-10 win.

“Our hitting helped with the mistakes we made and every time the other team scored, we always responded well and didn't get down on ourselves,” said Rachel Shepherd, sophomore.

The softball program is very dedicated about working together and being selfless on and off the field.

About once a week, all three teams meet for a character counts meeting before practice. Different speakers will come in or coaches will have activities planned to help the girls become better people and play as a team.

"Each message is different and they're all on ways to be selfless and other things that not only make you successful in softball, but also in life," Shepherd said Along with these meetings, everyday before practice each team is given 30-45 minutes to complete homework or get the help they need

PHOTO BY NIKKI HAZELETT Sierra Rodriguez, senior, pitches a perfect strike to help her team get outs.

with classes. Players are not allowed to start a game if they have a D or dress out if they have an F. “It’s really big on time management. We have study hall, so I try my best to stick all my homework in there,” Westmoreland said.

Their next home game will be on March 30, against Boulder Creek.

JV

The JV softball team has started off their season strong with a 7-4 win against Gilbert and another win against Desert Vista, scoring 27-2.

The team has welcomed new coaches, Patricia DePHOTO BY NIKKI HAZELETT Vito, ELA teacher, and her Gavyn Gerardin, senior, bunts the ball to get herself to first base on March 1. son, Tommy DeVito, who No matter the team a other even more than we alhave switched from freshplayer is on, coaches will not ready do," said Lauren Franmen to JV this year. With budge on getting school work cis, freshman. this switch, Kristen Haugen The team is hard at work done and having good grades. and Bill Stoffers are now the practicing and improving "We aren't just about sucfreshmen coaches. their skills.

The girls have cess on the fields, we also care This year the team also been taking notes on about succeeding in school," is working on conditionplays and techniques the two Montoya said. ing more. Sierra Johnston, other teams have been workThe girls next home game sophomore, explained that ing on. will be on March 15 against the team has been working "I would watch some of Boulder Creek and their curon different running exercisthe older girls and I would rent record is 4-0. es during practices. pick up on some of the things Freshmen Just like the varsity they were doing," Francis Following in both varteam, having these characsaid. sity and JV's footsteps, the ter meetings mean a lot and The freshmen teams next freshmen team had a winning the team take each message home game is on March 15 score of 25-6 against Gilbert to heart. against Boulder Creek. on Feb. 22.

"It teaches us how to *Due to The Talon going "I'm not so much focused build bonds between one to the printer, scores for the on wins and loses, but I just another and to build conPerry games can be found on hope we all come together as fidence in each other," said aia365.com a team and learn to love each Kylee Montoya, sophomore.

Sand volleyball spikes its way to success

By LACI HOLM

News Editor

OHS welcomes back sand volleyball for its second season. After the successful first season the district has decided to add Sand Volleyball to other schools within the district such as Mountain Ridge, Boulder Creek and Deer Valley.

“I think the success of our school definitely inspired other schools to play,” said Jamey Spartz, head coach.

With two seniors com-

mitted to D1 schools (Jordyn Miller and Meagan McCall) it inspires the younger players to work hard and develop leadership skills.

The team played Ridge on March 1st and won 5-0.

"The game against Ridge was really good, we won 5-0 which means we beat every single team," said Rachel Jakab, freshman.

Last year the team had an undefeated season and was ranked top four in the state losing to South Pointe

in the playoffs.

"I do think higher expectations have been set due to last year, but i know if we aren't doing our best we are trying our best," said Kylie Randall, sophomore.

Most girls play volleyball then transition to sand volleyball and sometimes that transition can be difficult.

"It is really hard playing in the sand, it's hard to get used to it," Jakab said.

Not only do girls have to make the transition to the sand, they are given a lot of different rules to follow as well.

“

The success of our school definitely inspired other schools to play.”

- Jamey Spartz

PHOTO BY LACI HOLM Julia Boat, senior, plays at the Mountain Ridge game on Wednesday, March 1.

"The biggest difference is that sand volleyball only involves two players playing against another two people and a lot of the rules are different. You also have to hit the ball a certain way so it will be fair for the other team

PHOTO BY LACI HOLM Julia Boat and Jordyn Miller, seniors, work together to defeat Mountain Ridge. and the nets are a little bit people will want to try out higher," Jakab said. and it will be able to improve This year’s coach Jamey over the years to come,” CamSpartz is returning from last ryn Humphrey, senior. season.

On March 8 the team "Having Spartz as our plays Desert Edge at Victocoach is great, I can't see ry Lane, located near Wet n’ anyone else being our coach," Wild at four.

Randall said. *Due to The Talon going With Sand Volleyball to the printer, scores for the only being on its second sea- Desert Edge game can be son the team hopes that will found on aia365.com. get bigger and better.

“Hopefully this season it gets bigger and more people will know about it and more

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