The Roar | Volume 6 | Issue 3 | March 2011

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BATTLE OF THE SEXES

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This issue answers the question on everyone’s mind: are guys or girls superior?

Whether it’s accidents, tickets or fines, we determine the better drivers.

By ANIKA TERPSTRA

Maddy Fitzgerald stands alone as the only girl on the wrestling team.

By EMMA RICHIE

Guys and girls put themselves in each other’s shoes to see the differences.

By ILAF ESUF & KAVYA PATHAK

The weight room determines the strongest in the ultimate test of strength.

By ROBERT PARKER

A female artist battles her husband for rights to her paintings.

By SYDNEY RODRIGUERA

Male and female superheroes square off to show which gender is superior.

By AMY LU

Eating disorders affect both guys and girls, but who is hit harder?

By JESSICA SYPOLT

Personal hygiene is a priority, but who takes better care?

By JESSICA RANDHAWA

Cover photo illustration by Robert Parker, featuring Matt Reinking and Ashlea Trumbull

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STAFF EDITORIAL: Embrace the spirit

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adies Week is one of the most exciting times of the school year. Dress-up days and lunchtime activities are events we’re used to, but girls making the “big move” and asking guys to the dance, as well as the infamous Battle of the Sexes rally are unique to this time alone.

This will be the third year for the rally. The boys have won both of the previous two rallies, but might have some competition this year with the girls’ addition of the Alpha F club, a club entirely dedicated to Girl Power.

One of the largest clubs on campus, Alpha F prides themselves in their feminine power as they don a striking, unmistakable pink wardrobe. During the rally, however, they might blend into the sea of pink that is the girls’ side of the gymnasium, opposite the black abyss that is the guys’ side.

Known by many students as the best rally of the year, the Battle of the Sexes rally promotes friendly competition between the genders in a series of games, activities, dances and chants. Every year,

nearly every student gets into the spirit and dresses in their colors, chants with their friends and keeps the competition alive, and The Roar staff promotes that.

The more you get dressed up with your friends, scream during the rally and participate in the activities, the more memories you’ll make and the more fun you’ll have.

If you feel embarrassed, you’re doing it right.

This issue isn’t meant to stir up controversy between each gender, but to explore the differences between them and promote a little friendly competition. We hope it will fuel the spirit and make the rally one to remember.

The tradition of having an intense, competitive and entertaining rally is one that needs to be upheld, which can only happen if everyone participates and embraces the Battle of the Sexes spirit.

The rally is March 25.

THE ROAR 2010-2011 Editor-in-Chief Robert Parker Feature Editor Sydney Rodriguera Adviser Sarah Nichols, MJE

Staff Brittaney Campbell Ilaf Esuf Gabbi Forrest Emma Getz Ellis Holdsworth Amy Lu Chloe McCrossen Shai Nielson Kavya Pathak Jessica Randhawa Emma Richie Jessica Sypolt Anika Terpstra Margaret Tinker

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Who will win the rally?

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Girl Drivers

Boy Drivers

VS Statistics and stories will determine the answer once and for all ANIKA TERPSTRA staff writer

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s kids, tweens and teenagers, thoughts about getting a drivers licence and driving off into the sunset are inevitable.

Thinking about picking up your friends and going on road trips, planning what car to get and how to decorate it, possibly with little ornaments handing from the rear view mirror. But how many people thought about the possibility of getting into a car accident and potentially ending their lives much earlier than friends, relatives, or anyone could have expected?

Studies show that boys are more likely to get into an accident than girls. The car accident death rate for teen male drivers and passengers is more than one and a half times the number for female teen drivers. 19.4 deaths for every 100,000 male drivers compared with 11.1 deaths for every 100,000 female drivers, according to Teen Car Accidents. About two out of every three teenagers killed in motor vehicle crashes in 2008 were males according to Highway saftey research &

communications.

Knowing these statistics, parents seem to be a little more stern about letting their children get their licences.

On average one out of three teens will be involved in an accident every year, according to drivers education teacher Mrs. Jennifer Hernandez. Those unfortunate teens have stories to tell.

Unfortunately Cody Evans was the one in the one of three.

“The last day of school before winter break me and a couple of friends got into my car and I was going a little over the speed limit and I dropped my iPod then I pulled the steering up and I started hydroplaning and smashed into and through a light pole and into a cement wall. I got my licence taken away for two months and had lots and lots of fines. I know that it is illegal to have friends in the car but I was thinking I wouldn’t get caught and it wasn’t a big deal to have them in the car with me,” Evans said.

While boys are more likely to be involved in an accident, girls are the ones most guilty for texting while driving. In a survey of 605 drivers

Who is a better driver?

between the ages of 16 and 20, 80 percent of teenage girls and 58 percent of teenage boys admitted to texting behind the wheel. Texting also beat out rain, snow and talking on the phone as leading cause for accidents, according to The Allstate Foundation and National Organizations for Youth Safety.

All in all boys and girls seem to have the same dangers as each other.

Drivers Involved in Fatal Crashes in 2008 Male

Female

Age 15 - 20 1,688

Age 15 - 20 4,174

36,881

12,568

According to Highway Saftey Research & Communications.

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Who is more reckless?

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SHAI NIELSON staff writer

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here once was a saying “Guys go to Jupiter to get more stupider, girls go to college to get more knowledge.” Girls would sing it on playgrounds to annoy all the boys, not really knowing what they were saying. College is like a far away fantasy as a kid, but in high school, students learn that being accepted to a good college requires more than just dependence on gender. A lot more.

It’s not whether a college applicant is a guy or a girl, but what classes are taken in high school, what activities a student participates in and how well the student takes advantage of their high school years.

Four-Year College

42% of last year’s students were accepted to a four-year college Source: Mr. Floyd, College and Career Center

Keaton Boyle

Liz Grover COLLEGE: UCLA MAJOR: Physiological Science and Pre-dentistry AVERAGE GPA: 3.9 HIGH SCHOOL CLASSES: AP US history, AP World, AP Bio, AP Lit, AP Calc AB and AP Calc BC and all the advanced/honors english classes, Spanish and yearbook

COLLEGE: UCLA MAJOR: Undeclared with the UCLA Engineering School AVERAGE GPA: 3.8 HIGH SCHOOL CLASSES: AP courses, weights, theatre, leadership and Spanish COLLEGE CLASSES: intro math and science courses, History of Electronic Dance Music ACTIVITIES: swing-dancing, going to basketball games, hanging out with roommates, ballroom dance class BEST COLLEGE MEMORY: those moments where you really feel like you belong at the school and the school belongs to you BEST HIGH SCHOOL MEMORY: the speech I got to give at graduation

Leigh Leonard

Photo by Shai Nielson

COLLEGE CLASSES: chemistry, calculus, life science, and physics ACTIVITIES: club swim team, intramural soccer team, working at an on-campus eatery, studying up to 6 hours a day, going to the beach or watching “Modern Family” and “Glee” BEST COLLEGE MEMORY: Dance Marathon, which is where you are not allowed to sit for 26 hours and you dance the whole time with no breaks to eat or go to the bathroom as a fund-raiser for pediatric AIDS research BEST HIGH SCHOOL MEMORY: being so thoroughly involved in so many things like soccer, water polo, swim, yearbook, NHS, etc

Community College

COLLEGE: Sierra College

Neil Sunseri

AVERAGE GPA: 3.0 HIGH SCHOOL CLASSES: all of the required

COLLEGE: Sierra College

classes to graduate and AP Psychology

AVERAGE GPA: 3.7

SIERRA COLLEGE CLASSES: music and

HIGH SCHOOL CLASSES: Theatre, band, forensics,

psychology

Team Sports, Journalism, Leadership

ACTIVITIES: play piano, teach music, play music for

SIERRA COLLEGE CLASSES: administrative justice,

musicals and choir

psychology, political science, theatre, astronomy

BEST COLLEGE MEMORY: making the Sierra

ACTIVITIES: Xbox, mountain bike ride, church (Bayside),

College Jazz Choir because it is an audition-only class and

hang out with friends, work (Red Robin), concerts, swim

there are only 10 people in the class

BEST COLLEGE MEMORY: the food

BEST HIGH SCHOOL MEMORY: all the time on

BEST HIGH SCHOOL MEMORY: friendships I made

the WHS stage and anything involving theatre

and people I miss

AFTER SIERRA COLLEGE PLANS: transfer to

AFTER COLLEGE PLANS: Transfer to a 4 year

San Jose State, San Diego State or Chico State majoring in

college, my goal is to get into the medical field or become

music, psychology, or both

an EMT

Who is most likely to go to a four-year college?

50% of WHS students attend Sierra College Source: Mr. Floyd, College and Career Center

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What type of student are you?

MEGAN SANDERS & KAVLEEN SINGH staff writers

Facebook, Twitter, TV, etc.

How many hours of sleep do you usually get?

What kind of snacks do you eat after school?

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How many friends do you have?

See how you rate based on this simple quiz

What do you usually do when you get home from school?

Bathroom & Homework

Too Many To Count

Fruits & Chips

Do you think that having a boyfriend/girlfriend is a distraction to schoolwork?

A Close Few

No

Do you think that having too many friends is a bad thing?

Yes Neutral: Shad McCarty

“I do my homework when I get home most of the but sometimes I just forget.”

Anna Bare

Yes

No Laid Back:

Studious:

Nathaniel Cinnamon

Colton Cox

Amanda Puleo

Alaina Boyle

“My work ethic is good, but it still needs improvement.”

“I do my homework, but not right away, I take some time to relax first.”

“I try to study every night to get at least a 3.8 GPA.”

12% of Boys 12% of Girls

38% of Boys 48% of Girls

Who is more studious?

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“I make sure I do my work before I do my fun.”

“I try to get most of my homework done in class, I want to get good grades.”

50% of Boys 40% of Girls

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Will you go out with me?

Having trouble finding a creative or unusual way to ask him/her out?

Here are some ideas: 1. Create a scavenger hunt around school or around town.

2. Get a white T-shirt and write “Will you go out with me?” on the

Hayley Silva completes a puzzle from her boyfriend asking her to junior prom. Photo by Katelyn Piziali BRITTANEY CAMPBELL staff writer

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or years the male species has been expected to be the brave one when it comes to certain situations. Like when there’s a spider in the house, the man of the house is expected to kill it. Or maybe if a child’s got the ball stuck up on the roof. Who has to go up the tall, scary ladder to get it? The big, brave guy takes care of it most of the time.

Bravery is more than just physical work and doing the dirty or gross

front. Then on the back in washable ink write a bunch of guys’ names, but write yours in permanent and have her wash the shirt to find out who it is! Of course this works for girls as well.

3. Make your own jigsaw puzzle.

4. Leave a small gift on his/her doorstep with a note attached.

5. Trace the outline of your body with chalk and leaving a note that looks like a police report. Use the note to ask him/her out.

6. Write and sing a song.

7. Burn a CD with his/her favorite songs and at the end record a track with your voice asking her out.

tasks, though. Along with all of these situations, there’s one thing that a girl will hardly ever do that has nothing to do with icky spiders or brute strength.

Girls simply won’t ask out guys. They expect guys to do the asking. Many girls think it’s traditional for the guy to ask the girl, saying that making the first move would be too weird.

Ashley Carstons, however, is the complete opposite.

“I actually like to be the one to make the first move. I tried to ask my boyfriend Cliff Carpinely out but he said

that he wanted to be the one to do it,” Carstons said.

So maybe some guys actually like to be the one to make the first move?

Not Thom Ruiz. He wishes that — just once — the girl would be the brave one.

“Are you kidding me?! Do I wish the girl would make the first move?

Hell yeah!! I think it’s totally sexist and unfair,” Ruiz said.

Boy likes girl, boy asks girl out. That’s tradition, but why not break the rules?

With Sadie Hawkins on March 25, there’s a first time for everything.

Man loves little and often Women much and rarely When it comes to relationships, it’s safe to say that it takes work in order for the relationship to stay strong. But who works harder at it? You have your opinion, but your partner’s opinion could be completely different.

KATIE O’BRIEN & BRITTANY WINBLAD staff writers

“We work equally hard at the relationship to make it better.”

Katie Palin, freshman “Katie is better in the relationship, because she’s amazing.”

Joey Biedermann, freshman

“Sean (is better in the relationship) because he does way too many unnecessary cute things and I’m not creative enough to come up with stuff like that.”

Sierra Lemay, junior “We both put equal effort into our relationship and the effort we put into it is what makes it so good.”

Sean O’Brien, junior

Couple Jordan Traynor and Jodee DaBranca embrace outside the cafeteria while Brittany Winblad and John Polli spend time together at lunch. Photos by Katie O’Brien

Who’s better in a relationship?

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BATTLE OF THE

BUCKS EMMA GETZ staff writer

From part-time jobs to the occasional extra buck for doing chores around the house, teens are very capable of making money, and of spending it. How they spend it generally varies by gender.

According to magazine.org, the items female teens spend most of their cash on are clothes, while teen males lose most of their big bucks feeding their appetites. This comes as no surprise; these facts fit the girl and guy stereotypes of high school perfectly.

But ladies must eat too.

A Bureau of Labor Statistics poll showed women spend a whopping $1,145 on eating out. This is no comparison, though, to the men’s $1,800. The classic argument of “Men have to eat more to sustain their naturally bigger physiques” can possibly justify this fact, but the girls don’t exactly have statistics to back up their craving for the newest clothes.

Food and fashion aren’t the only things emptying

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How does spending compare between guys and girls? percentage of teenage GIRLS

percentage of teenage BOYS

48% 19% 6%

24% 18% 21%

16% 13% 16%

7% 22% 15%

that spend their money on...

CLOTHES MUSIC VIDEO GAMES

out high schoolers’ wallets. According to mint.com, men spend an average of $701 on the latest technology while women clocked on at $536. Are guys’ obsession with video games a contributing factor?

Whatever the reason, spent cash

JEWELRY FOOD SHOES

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usually relies on an individual’s personal preference and also depends on whether the money comes from parents or students earning it themselves. From shirts to sandwiches, teens know how to waste their cash.

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No Stereotypes. No EXCUSES

Photo Illustration by Emma Richie EMMA RICHIE staff writer

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ipped jeans, hair down, make-up on, Maddy Fitzgerald stands with her head straight and eyes full of purpose. She is just like any other girl at this school except for the fact that Maddy is a

wrestler.

“They told me (wrestling) was only for guys,” she said. “I didn’t listen to them.”

Since seventh grade, Maddy has been wrestling for her school team despite the side glances and whispered rumors. In middle school, it was unheard for girls to wrestle boys. She was made fun of at matches and it was harder for her to fit into the team. The only thing that kept her in it was her extreme love of wrestling. “(Wrestling) was the biggest challenge for me and I like things that challenge me. I like to work hard and I like to do something interesting and unique and it helps keep me fit,” Fitzgerald said.

Her first match as a wrestler, she was not only thinking about winning the match. The silent open-mouthed stares she faced as she stepped onto the mat for the first time was almost more than she could handle.

“I was psyching myself out because I was so excited, but I was extremely nervous because I wasn’t sure how people would react. I ended up losing the match because he was a really good wrestler,” she sad.

After two years of hardships on her middle school team, she came to high school and finally felt like she had a place on the team.

“I’m like their little sister here. It’s a really tight bond. My closest friend is Nathan Torno and he’s like my big brother.

We help each other in practice to get better and he treats me just like I’m another teammate. It doesn’t matter what gender we are. When we have a tough match we tell each other, ‘Well, you win some and you lose some. You’ll get

Who is mature enough to wrestle a girl?

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MARCH 2011 However, not everybody is as welcoming to a female wrestler as her teammates are. During one of her first tournaments in high school in her freshman year, she beat her opponent from Bear River fairly.

“After the match I heard his dad commenting that ‘(Maddy’s opponent) went easy on her because she was a girl and he didn’t want to hurt her.’ It made me want to cry because I was just so frustrated and angry. I’m not asking for any special treatment. I’m not asking them to go easy on my just because I’m a girl. It was his own loss. I was stronger mentally and physically and I showed it.”

She is one of the top wrestlers in her weight class and is working hard to get a college scholarship to wrestle at a four-year college. Being a girl, she finds advantages when she is wrestling somewhat stronger male opponents.

“My hips are a lot stronger even though the guys have stronger upper bodies. I’m really good at leg riding, though. It’s where you tangle your legs between [your opponent’s] when they’re laying on the ground. It makes it where they can’t get back up on their knees.”

Fitzgerald also tries to have mental advantages over her opponents, male or female.

“I stay positive and tell myself ‘I can do it, I can win.’

But if I don’t, I have a million other matches. I get really upset when I lose but I try to let it go because I just remember that I love to wrestle and that’s why I’m here.”

Other wrestlers do not necessarily have the same positive attitude. The challenge of whether to wrestle a girl overcomes some of her opponents. The old stand-by that a boy cannot hit a girl overwhelms some wrestlers from other schools. Maddy, however, treats every wrestler the same.

“I shake their hand respectfully before and after the match and wish them good luck for the rest of the day. Most of them are respectful and shake my hand back. But some won’t shake my hand or tell me ‘Good job’. Some will forfeit the match once they find out they’re wrestling me. I try to let it roll off my shoulders but I get aggravated that I don’t have a match. That irritates me more than them not wanting to

wrestle me.”

Although the obstacles and discrimination she has had to face are most female high school athletes, pushing to get to her dream State, but the main wrestling itself against

greater than Maddy keeps of Arizona challenges of are working her.

“The hardest part is staying energized and not getting really tired.

During that six minutes of wrestling, you’re doing move after move, so it’s really hard work. If you lose a match you have to stay mentally strong. If they’re up by two points and you tell yourself ‘I’m gonna lose.

I can’t do it,’ then you won’t. You’ll lose for sure.

And it also takes physical strength. It’s physically exhausting.”

Through the sweat, tears, blood and pain, Maddy only has eyes for her dream ahead. When times get tough, she reminds herself how lucky she is that she gets the chance to wrestle, because some people don’t. She tries not to make excuses because she knows she can do her best.

“I knew this kid from a wrestling camp; his name was Kurt.

He was paralyzed from the waist down. I thought to myself ‘How does he do that? How does he keep going?’. We became really good friends.

Despite having no use of his legs, he still goes out on the mats and works as hard as anyone else.

When he loses he doesn’t make excuses like ‘Oh, I lost because I can’t use my legs.’ He inspires me. I’ve seen blind people wrestle. They have a huge disadvantage but they still don’t give up. This guy at Arizona State wrestles with one leg and he dominates because he works harder than anyone else and he doesn’t give up or make excuses. People like that inspire me. People who have disadvantages and don’t give up inspire me most.”

She looks away and tries to calm herself down.

“I’m not injured. I’m not paralyzed. I’m not blind. I’m alive and I’m a girl. So why should I make excuses for myself? I’m gonna be the best wrestler I can be.”

Photos by Emma Richie

Who would wrestle against the stereotype?

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Booty shorts work for girls, but they really don’t work for me. I hope I don’t see any other guys wearing booty shorts. It’s not very attractive on us. ”

Did you like it?

Keevan Carr wore extremely short shorts to his volleyball practice and to the game later that night

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It was weird to show off so much skin, but it was really funny. It was uncomfortable, but I think I looked good in it. I definitely won’t be wearing them again, though. It’s not my thing.”

Photo by Kavya Pathak

Photo by David Smith

IN THEIR SHOES

Lexi Dibachi played “Call of Duty”

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It wasn’t as bad as I thought it would be, but I don’t see the point of it. You go around shooting people, why? It was okay, not really something I would do, though.”

“

Nora Rabah sagged

It’s just so uncomfortable.

I felt so self-conscious because I’ve never really done that before. It just felt so odd. I don’t think I would do that voluntarily, I don’t know how guys do it.”

Did you like it?

Did you like it?

Photo by Jack Dibachi

Photo by Kavya Pathak

Who is more comfortable with the opposite role?

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I definitely don’t think I could live with my room a total wreck. I like organization and knowing exactly where everything is. I’m not saying my room is 100 percent perfect 24/7. But there certainly is order to it,” she said. “Having my room a disaster would probably have a negative effect on my life. I would just feel unorganized and when I’m unorganized I can’t find anything and I get upset. I think (men can handle it better than women) because they can handle the smell better than girls ever could.”

Did you like it?

Photo by Andrew Capik

Kelsey Capik had a messy room for a day

ILAF ESUF & KAVYA PATHAK

staff writers

Random students were selected to take part in an experiment, performing a task traditionally attributed to the opposite gender. Most people are so stuck to their gender based routine, they fail to consider the opposite sex’s struggles but for a day these five students managed to step outside their comfort zone and experienced life in the opposite gender’s shoes.

Did you like it?

Jack Brooks wore his younger sister’s pink sweatshirt for one day

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I wouldn’t really care about wearing a girly sweatshirt, but I don’t think I’d voluntarily do it.”

Photo by Kavya Pathak

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It didn’t feel different because it was just like any sweatshirt, but people did doubletakes because it was pink.”

Photo by Jack Brooks

Who is more comfortable with the opposite role?

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Expectations lifted in the weight room Studies prove that teenage boys are physically stronger on average, but it’s all on an individual level ROBERT PARKER editor-in-chief

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he fact that guys are physically stronger than girls is commonly accepted, but is it actually true? Dr. Wayne L. Westcott, Ph.D. begs to

differ.

“The boys did physical conditioning programs in preparation for sports competition, but the girls never had this experience. They were considered the weaker sex, and they had little opportunity to change this perception. It was simply assumed that high school girls did not have the physical or emotional capacity to participate in competitive sports,” Westcott said in an article from jaxtrainer.com.

However, girls nowadays are changing their perception of weakness in comparison to

I HAD GIRLS IN THE WEIGHT ROOM YESTERDAY THAT WERE USING AS MUCH WEIGHT WHEN THEY WERE DOING SHRUGS AS THREE OR FOUR OF THE STATIONS THAT HAD BOYS AT THEM.

Photo by Robert Parker Dominic Pinales and Nicole LaFleur squat during weights in third period on Feb. 16.

Who is a better weight lifter?

guys. Coach Mike Gimenez, weights teacher for 19 years and football coach, said for every 25 or 30 guys in a class, there are 10 girls.

Some sports like soccer and softball require that the players take a weight training class as their P.E. course. But some people, like Rozlynn Foreman, aren’t in it for a sport.

“I love to work out, and I really wanted to get in better shape this year since I’m not playing any sports,” Foreman said.

The same goes for guys as well. While most men sports, like football and baseball, require its players to take weights, including two

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“I take weights because I don’t have a gym membership, so I just use it to stay in shape,” Conner Drab said.

Coach Gimenez expects the same amount of work from both guys and girls, despite the notion that guys are stronger than girls.

THE GIRLS ARE DEFINITELY BETTER LISTENERS. THEY’LL TAKE THE COACHING BETTER... I HAVE GUYS AND GIRLS THAT WORK HARD, BUT IT’S ON AN INDIVIDUAL BASIS.

1 1 Brandon Gerber does incline bench press with dumbbells.

2 The Terminator test. Girls do less weight on the push press and D-Ball thrust stations.

3 Peter Anderson does D-Ball thrusters during Terminator.

“All of the workouts are safe for both boys and girls. And a lot of them are free weights, so, where a boy might be able to use a 25-lb dumbbell, a girl would just use maybe a 10-lb dumbbell, so they adjust like that. I train the girls just like the guys,” Gimenez said.

He’s seen the theory proven wrong in his classes, too.

“I had girls in the weight room yesterday that were using as much weight when they were doing shrugs as, I think, three or four of the stations that had boys at them.

It’s always on an individual basis,” Gimenez said.

The reason men are generally stronger than women is because men have a larger amount

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of testosterone, a hormone that increases the amount of hemoglobin in blood. Hemoglobin carries oxygen to cells in muscles, and since they are in higher quantity in guys, the muscles build faster.

According to an article from BBC. co.uk, “Boys’ muscles go through a phase of rapid development which girls miss out on. At puberty in boys, these muscle fibres don’t increase in number, but the length and width of existing muscle fibres increases. As a result, teenage boys become fitter and stronger than they have ever been before.”

Even though physically guys have the advantage, girls have a quality that is just as important in the weight room.

“The girls are definitely better listeners. They’ll take the coaching better... I have guys that work hard and girls that work hard, but, like I said, it’s more on an individual basis,” Gimenez said.

Foreman uses this as fuel to compete in her weights class.

She said, “I look at it as a competition and I try to push myself to be as strong as the guys.”

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Who is the hardest worker?

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Taelor Hatch and Devin Valdez race each other after track practice. Photo by Jenica Dodge

TRACK & FIELD

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s you walk out to the football stadium after school around this time of year, you notice that the track team is out on the field. If you counted up all the girls and boys, you would realize that the majority of the team is male. They usually fill up the events, while the girls are begging their best friends to join, even if they aren’t runners.

“There are definitely more boys than girls every year.” said Coach Mark Snow, the main and long distance coach.

He also said that boys are usually more likely to drop out or get kicked off the team. This track season, he estimated that there are about 120 kids on the team, and 80 of them are boys.

But the fact that there are more boys on the team doesn’t mean they are better.

“Girls are just as competitive and talented as the boys.”

Snow said. The girls team also looks just as promising as the 100 meters 200 meters 400 meters 800 meters 1500 meters 1600 meters 3000 meters 3200 meters 110m hurdles 300m hurdles 4x400 relay

4x100 relay 4x200 relay 4x800 relay sprint medleys distance medleys shot put discus high jump long jump pole vault triple jump

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boys.

“I think the girls will do pretty good this year,” sophomore Jacob Zufelt said, “I think we have a good shot at winning league this year. It’s a pretty strong team.”

Determining if the track team is meant for boys or girls is purely a matter of opinion.

“I think it’s for both genders,” Devin Valdez said, “Boys and girls are both equally talented. Even though there are more boys, girls are just as determined.”

On the other hand, Taelor Hatch thinks the sport is for ladies.

“Girls are really competitive,” Hatch said. “Since there are so many more boys than us, it makes us seem tougher and better.”

Even though the sport is dominated by the male gender, the girls are evenly matched when it comes to competition and Wildcat pride.

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Is it for boys or for girls?

“I THINK WE HAVE A GOOD SHOT AT WINNING LEAGUE THIS YEAR. ­-JACOB ZUFELT

Who is better at track?

2/3 of the people doing track this year are BOYS.

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baseball vs softball P GABBI FORREST staff writer

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any 10-year-olds aren’t planning where they want to go for college, and most 4-year-olds aren’t already playing softball. But for Leslie Tulloh, well, she just likes to plan ahead.

Leslie’s a JV hitter for the Lady Wildcats with big dreams of getting a scholarship to Arizona State University and being apart of the ASU softball team.

“I play because my dad played baseball all throughout high school and he thought it would be good for me to play softball. He taught me

erfectionist. That’s how JV baseball player Kevin Corpus describes himself. He’s a PAK4 dancer, former football player, wrestler and an allaround competitive person.

“I’ve been playing baseball since I was 4 because my dad played in high school, he’s always been an inspiration of mine,” Corpus said.

Baseball players are supposed to take weights, but Kevin decided to take dance instead, because of his passion for dancing. The other sports he’s played also help him in baseball.

everything he knew, and I liked playing,” Tulloh said.

But just playing for the school team isn’t enough, Leslie’s passion for softball travels outside school, even outside the city, to play the sport she loves.

“During the summer I play for an ASA team, which is like a competitive travel team. I like it more than playing for the school because it’s a challenge and everyone is a lot more experienced. It makes the game a lot more intense and that’s the way I like it. The most I’ve

“Dancing actually helps you play, it helps you maintain your footwork and movements if you can keep up with your rhythm. Throwing a football kind of helps me with my pitching, and wrestling helps me stay conditioned,” Corpus said.

Kevin would love a sports scholarship, to Stanford or somewhere small, but as for now in high school, he only plays for the school team.

Corpus said “Playing for the school is great because it’s more competitive. High school teams have higher expectations than other programs. I’m always really competitive and have an urge to win.”

ever gotten hurt in a game is just sliding into a base and getting my knees cut up, but I usually don’t even notice until after the game is over,” Tulloh said.

Many memories come from playing the game Leslie loves so much, but her favorite memory is one she’ll remember for a long, long while.

Tulloh said, “My team and I were in the semichampionship game, we were tied, and I was hitting. Everyone was cheering me on, and I hit a home run and got us into the championships.

That was probably my favorite memory.”

Who’s really tougher?

CHLOE MCCROSSEN staff writer

One of the most unfortunate yet inevitable circumstances of every sport is the risk of injury. While some competitive sports like football or hockey prove to cause more violent injuries, other sports like soccer, swimming and even running can definitely be accident-prone as well. However, it’s not just the sport in choice that can affect the chance of injury.

The Journal of Sports Science and Medicine conducted a 12-month survey in 2009 showing the difference in injury between male and female athletes. Although most people generally believe girls are injured in sports more than guys because they aren’t as “tough” as guys, the JSSM survey proves this wrong. In cross

country skiing and long distance running, male athletes are actually the ones who get injured much more. Female athletes do get injured more than males in soccer and swimming, though. So in this survey, the injuries of guys and girls in sports are generally even.

Even though gender does not really dictate how frequently an athlete will be injured, it does change the risk of exactly what kind of injuries are more likely. By the obvious differences between the male and female body, different types of injuries occur between the two.

Girls are more prone to damage muscles in their hip, lower leg, shoulder and ligaments in the knee. Since females have a higher average , they also generally have slightly less endurance, aerobic capacity and overall

Are youWho addicted plays to harder? your phone?

muscular strength.

“I tore my ACL as well as dislocated my patella and tore my miniscus,” soccer player Autumn Rosenfeld said. “A player on the other team nailed me right in the knee, shoving my kneecap all the way to the left side of my knee, and snapping my ACL in half.”

On the other side of the spectrum, males have a higher risk for more severe and permanent injuries. In running especially, they usually injure the hamstring and calf muscles more than girls.

Basketball player Diego Rosales said, “I suffered a concussion by taking a blow to the bridge of my nose when going up for a rebound.

I kept playing without knowing I had one, then later in the game I got a hyper-extended knee.”

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WHERE DO THEY SPEND IT? BOYS • • • •

GIRLS

Thrift Stores •

Sport clothing

• Footwear

• Strip malls

Department stores

Online stores

Accesories

According to Scarborough/Arbitron Teen Mall Shopping Attitudes and Usage Study, 2009

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eople always argue about which gender spends more money on clothing. Most people would argue girls, because it’s a common stereotype in the social world nowadays. They say girls are the bigger spenders, blowing all their money on clothing and makeup, but this sometimes is not the case. There are some guys at this school who spend just as much, or even more then some of the big female spenders. Usually, guys spend a lot of money of one item of clothing, where as girls, use sales and discounts to buy a lot of lower priced items.

Then there are guys

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who spend a lot less then the average student. An example of this is junior Tim Costanzo. His favorite store is Good Will and he shops for new clothes every two months. “My clothes only get worn out from working, and you need clothing, but it’s not that big of a deal,” Costanzo said.

Most students agree that girls do spend the most money on clothing.

“Girls because guys don’t care about how they look every single day. The girls are worried about impressing everyone.” sophomore Demiah Cook said.

Even though she feels that girls are the big spenders when it comes to fashion, she’s the opposite. Shopping for new clothing once every three months.

“I spend my money on other things,” Cook said.

“I like to use sales to save more money and

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spend my cash on other things.”

There are big spenders at Whitney too, freshman Tisha Degamo goes and buys new clothes every week. “If I go to the mall, I feel obligated to buy something,” Degammo said.

Since clothing is expensive, most students do pay attention to sales. “I pay attention to sales a lot. I can use the other money to buy more clothes.”

Students get the money to spend on clothes in different ways. “My mom just gives it to me,” Degamo says. “I work for it and save money specifically for clothes,” Costanzo said.

With most opinions landing on girls as the big spenders, it would seem that girls spend more money on fashion then boys do.

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two setsof rules Photo Illustration by Margaret Tinker Photo of Ellie Mueller

No matter how far society comes, guys and girls still aren’t equal.

MARGARET TINKER staff writer

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t’s been around for centuries.

The always-present double standard. It’s the idea that a guy can do one thing but if a girl does it, it’s wrong and vice versa. With all the progress people have made over the years one would think this ancient idea would have disappeared by now, but that’s just not the case.

When people think about the double standard the first thing that comes to mind is usually the idea that a guy can hook up with as many girls as he wants and be cool, or be known as a ladies man in his group of friends, but when a girl does it she’s usually branded a “slut.”

“I think it’s justified. That’s what it’s about. When I’m trying to get with a girl I tell her it’s not true (if she hooks up with a lot of guys she’s tainted), but in actual practice I don’t want to be with a girl like that,” Justin Gold said.

However, this isn’t the only thing guys and girls aren’t socially equal on.

There’s also the idea that girls can dress boyish and still be a girl, but the second a guy dresses the least

bit feminine or likes fashion, he is automatically thought to be gay.

“When I see a guy dressed femininely I’m amused that he bats for the other team but it doesn’t mean I’m going to discriminate against him or hate him. I don’t think guys like that are always gay but if a guy dresses more like a girl I’m amused he wants to show others he’s gay,” James McKenzie said.

I DON’T THINK IT’S FAIR. HONESTLY, I THINK ANYONE SHOULD BE ABLE TO DRESS HOW THEY WANT. - MORGAN GOETZ Of course, not everyone thinks this way and the double standard doesn’t always have to come into play.

“I don’t think it’s fair. Honestly, I think anyone should be able to dress how they want. How you dress is way of expressing your personality,” Morgan Goetz said.

The standard also shows up in sports with girl push-ups, insinuating girls aren’t physically able to do the same exercise as a guy, and with the phrase “throw like a girl” when

Who makes things equal?

in actuality the girls’ softball team has two girls currently on college scholarships, Tegan Schmidt and Stephanie Nippert, and next year, Alyssa Schmidt.

Considering all the success men and women have had becoming equal, this idea seems like it should have gone away a long time ago.

Women worked for years, starting with the Seneca Falls Convention in 1848, to be granted the right to vote and in 1920 the 19th amendment passed for women’s suffrage. Not to mention the fact that while men have always been seen as the main provider in relationships and families, now one in five women earn more than their husbands or boyfriends.

This idea isn’t a law the government can pass to make it disappear, it isn’t a protest people can hold, it’s an idea.

An idea that with the right mind set each and every person can change.

An idea that once changed, can be passed on to generations to come and never be an issue again.

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AN EYE F0R AN EYE

An artist’s fight against her husband for the credit of her masterpieces

SYDNEY RODRIGUERA entertainment editor

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ou’re standing at the alter. Your heart is pounding. Your palms are sweaty.

Everyone you know is watching you make one of the biggest decisions of your life. The spotlight’s on you. Everyone waits for you to say two words. “I do.” And as you say these words, you realize what you’re doing. You’re committing yourself to the person in front of you. You are making a statement to them that you are confident you will love them forever. You are making a statement to everyone you know that you are confident it will last. And finally, you’re making a promise to yourself that this person will not hurt you, betray you, or lie to you. Margaret Keane made this promise to herself.

But unfortunately, this promise was broken.

Keane could see that her second marriage was failing in the late 50’s. Her husband, Walter Keane, belittled her constantly and treated her like she wasn’t important. But her passive and sweet personality became her downfall, and she allowed him to walk all over her.

And in her struggle to cope with his treatment of her, she began to paint. But not just paint things she saw or knew. She would paint what she created in her mind. People she would make up, animals that inspired her, situations she imagined, but all with a twist. The eyes of her subjects were always extremely exaggerated. There was always much detail put into the pupils, the eyelashes, the depth of the eye color, etc. The Egyptians used to say the eyes were the windows to the soul.

Keane had a similar take on that.

“People either love (the big eyes) or hate them; there’s no middle ground.” Keane said in an interview with The New York Times Magazine.

Her paintings however, always had a haunting and sad feeling to them. The weather in the pictures was always cloudy or dark, the people and animals had sad faces, and the situations which were painted were complex yet dark. Because her painting stemmed from the hurt she felt from her husband, her pieces had become a reflection of her feelings. “(The subjects) were sad because they didn’t have the answers. They were searching.” Keane said.

But a few years later, when her husband began to realize the potential in her paintings, he decided to show them off to the public. But saying that he was responsible for creating half of the paintings.

As the paintings got more and more popular, the couple gained fame. They ended up doing an interview for Life Magazine and were asked to paint portraits for the big stars of the day, including Zsa Zsa Gabor, Kim Novak, Natalie Wood and Liberace. Margaret went straight to work on them. With

no help from her husband of course, because the truth is, he couldn’t paint at all. But they collected the monetary profit as well as the artistic credit for the paintings. All because Margaret’s knowledge of the unjust situation took a backseat to her fear of Walter. This caused her paintings to become more and more depressinglooking.

Finally, in 1981, Margaret filed for divorce against Walter and soon afterward, remarried. This new relationship had given her a bolt of confidence to finally confront her fears and let the world know she was the sole painter of the pieces.

In 1986, she sued Walter and USA Today for an article claiming he did the work. The court gave both she and Walter one hour to complete a painting that resembled the past works they had promoted.

Walter of course, complained of a sore shoulder and said there was no way he could paint under the conditions. But Margaret produced a masterpiece portrait of a girl with the deep and round eyes she was famous for. The court sided with Margaret and she took her recognition for her old paintings, as well as the rights to any new creations.

Ever since that fateful day in court, her paintings started to become colorful and happy. One of her most famous paintings includes smiling children of all different nationalities surrounded by fun animals at a carnival.

Over the years, she has continued to influence and inspire the media. TV shows such as Saturday Night Live and Late Night with Conan O’Brien have discussed her painting style, and many current celebrities have requested paintings from her. She was even the inspiration for the large eyes of beloved Blossom, Bubbles and Buttercup of The Power Puff Girls. Their school teacher Ms. Keane is also named after her.

But the biggest news in the media is the upcoming movie of Keane’s story. Tim Burton is in the middle of the production of “Big Eyes,” the Margaret Keane story. The movie stars Kate Hudson as Margaret and Thomas Haden Church as Walter. It depicts the story of the court case, but with more insight as to what happened. Burton, who is very close with Keane got the low-down on the story. It’s as if you’re reading her story with a magnifying glass.

Keane now lives in Napa County, and frequently makes visits to her San Francisco gallery, Keane Eyes, located next to Union Square.

And to this day, at the age of 83, she still thrives with inspiration and passion for her work.

“A lot of art today doesn’t convey much hope, and I hope mine does,” Keane said.”I try to paint what I think the future holds and my innermost feelings about God’s promise for the future.”

Photo by Sydney Rodriguera

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staff writer

Whose powers and skills have the cavalier of a true superhero/villain?

Green Lanterns have the ability to turn invisible, fly, control minds, absorb power, manipulate matter, and multiple other capabilities and their foe, Star Sapphires, possess nearly the exact same powers.

The Joker causes the most trouble in Gotham City and the result of some of his treachery was the death major affiliates like the second Robin and Lex Luthor in a Superman comic.

Harley Quinn’s mad love for the Joker lead her to a life of crime with the many villains then later contemplating the murder of the Joker.

Bruce Banner formed into the Hulk and has a nearly limitless amount of superhuman strength.

Banner’s cousin, Jen Walters, transformed into the SheHulk after a blood transfusion from Banner and was given the same superhuman strength.

Thor, the God of thunder and lightning, acquires superhuman strength and durability that is proven by walking the heart of the sun and fighting against Odin and Zeus. He is equipped with the Mjolnir, his mystical hammer with the power of the Odin’s Force. Thor’s wife, Sif, upholds the same abilities and carries a sword that grants her to cut through dimensional passageways with the power of the Odin’s Force.

Eddie Brock developed into Venom from a alien Symbiote from Spider-Man and adapted many of his powers like clinging on walls, producing webbing and additionally can lift twice as much as Spider-Man. Brock’s ex-wife, Ann Weying, was attached to a Symbiote after being shot and formed into She-Venom and acquires some of the same powers as Venom.

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WEIGHING IN JESSICA SYPOLT staff writer

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’m fat, my hips are too wide, I need to bulk up, I’m too weak, thoughts like these have most likely crossed your mind before. According to the online article Eating disorders one or two out of every 100 students will struggle with an eating disorder.

Eating disorders aren’t just about dieting and losing weight, they’re about the extremes one will go to just to maintain a perfect self image. Contrary to popular belief, eating disorders do not only occur in females, but also males.

A common eating disorder is anorexia nervosa, the fear of becoming fat or gaining weight even though the person is already below a healthy normal body weight. Food is an essential part to everyday life and depriving oneself or not getting enough can cause an unhealthy eating habit to worsen.

MY DEFINITION OF PERFECT IS TO BE 5 FOOT 5 INCHES, HAVE PERFECTLY STRAIGHT HAIR, LONGER LEGS, AND FLAWLESS SKIN Keeping a log to make sure calorie count stays below normal can be very dangerous and cause serious illness.

“I have to admit, I feel the pressure of being small, I’m a flyer and I want to make it as easy as possible for my bases,” varsity cheerleader Jenna Sampaio said.

In an online study Teens and Eating Disorders, nearly two-thirds of 548 girls surveyed, ranging from fifth to 12th grade, said that they thought that they needed to lose weight. However, only 29 percent were considered medically overweight.

Starving oneself isn’t the only thing kids are doing to their bodies. Terms like “bulking up” and “getting big” are floating around the high school. Boys are feeling the need to be bigger. This is known as muscle dysmorphia, or bigorexia.

“I have to gain weight when I start (wrestling) and lose weight at the end to make weight class. I don’t think it’s doing any harm to my body, it’s just part of the sport,” varsity wrestler Ian Bamsey said.

Considering being big is acceptable among males it

Photos by Jessica Sypolt isn’t surprising that this is becoming a growing problem among teens.

Students feel it’s all about the need to be perfect, but what is perfect? “My definition of perfect is to be 5 ‘5”, have perfectly straight hair, longer legs and flawless skin,” Jenna Sampaio said.

With billboards and magazines advertising everywhere it is no surprise that teens ideal perfect image is almost impossible to achieve.

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WARNING SIGNS

Obsessing over food Your friend feels the need to work out constantly They start wearing baggy clothes Frequent visits to the restroom after eating

These are only a few of the common warning signs. The best thing to do if you believe a friend is experiencing an eating disorder is contact someone who can help, like a counselor or an adult.

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How

HYGIENE?

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Three freshmen take a stand

CLEAN?

MICHAEL EWING & ARIN MUHIC staff writers

Khristian French

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o you have an everyday routine in the morning when it comes to getting ready for the day?

“Everyday I have to take a shower, brush my teeth, and wash my face or I feel gross for the rest of the day,” Mariah Quezada said.

Everyday everyone has their own routines for how they keep their own personal hygiene in order. Some people will take a shower in the morning or they will take one at night so they can wash off the days germs.

Some people do both.

“I take a shower before bed so I feel clean and not dirty before I go to sleep in bed but before I go to sleep I make sure that I brush my teeth,” Aaron Oborn said.

Every morning guys and girls take a totally different amount of time getting ready. For example some guys will take 5-10 minutes to get ready, and girls take up to an hour and a half.

“It takes me about two hours to get ready in the morning because I get up take a shower do my hair and make up and then I get dressed and come to school,” Quezada said.

Guys say that they spend less time in the morning.

“I spend only about five minutes in the morning getting ready because I get up brush my teeth, get dressed

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and then eat breakfast and go to school,” Oborn said.

Based on a poll of 165 students, the average time frame is an hour for girls and less than 20 minutes each day for guys.

Students have their favorite types of hygiene products. Eighty-five percent of all brand products and cosmetics are purchased by women, according to a report by SheEconomy.

“When I take a shower I use Pantene Pro-V shampoo and conditioner and once I have washed all of that out of my hair I use Paul Mitchell's Super Skinny Gloss,” Abby Leonard said.

Guys like their own brands.

“I like to use Old Spice or Axe deodorant but I am not too picky when it comes to what kind of shampoos that I use as long as it is not girly. But for toothpaste I like to use Colgate Total,” Oborn said.

Because students have their own hair and body products everyone spends different amounts on their hygiene products.

“My mom and I spend about $100 every two or three months on our hygiene products but the thing is we share our shampoos and other hair products along with our lotions.

So everything comes out to being pretty inexpensive,” Leonard said.

“Guys don’t really care about how they look all the time; girls care about every little detail. Girls do smell better though, I have to say.”

type of cologne: Velocity type of deodorant: Old Spice # of showers: once a day Who has better hygiene: girls

Zach Provan “Girls are cleaner, but only because they spend so much time preparing. Guys just wake up and go. Girls like to take their time.”

type of cologne: Nautica type of deodorant: Adidas # of showers: twice a day Who has better hygiene: girls

Abby BullWindham “Some guys smell really bad, and girls always smell good.

So girls definitely have way better hygiene.”

Are you Who addicted is cleaner? to your phone?

type of perfume: Love Spell type of deodorant: Dove # of showers: twice a day Who has better hygiene: girls

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Which gender is more addicted to TISHA DEGAMO & SARAH MINOR staff writers

?

“I CHECK MY FACEBOOK AS SOON AS I GET HOME, AND THEN I DON’T LOG OUT UNTIL I GO TO BED AT NIGHT.” Peter Kim, 9th

55% of students surveyed spend more than three hours on Facebook each day

14% of guys surveyed said they don’t have a Facebook profile compared to only 3% of girls surveyed

“I’M ON FACEBOOK MORE THAN FOUR HOURS A DAY.” Stephanie Simonsen, 9th 1,007 Facebook friends Who is on Facebook more often?

354 Facebook friends