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Hardcore Parkour

(Top) Senior Nadine Zalour walks on the run-way during the New York section of the Fashion Club Fashion Show on Feb. 25. (Right) Trends Beauty Center employee Xioxy Jugo puts makeup on sophomore Diana Caduff in preparation for the evening event.

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BY ALEXA STEINLAUF

As students prepare to choose their

classes for next year, they will see that

three current regular-level science cours-

es are no longer present on the course se-

lection cards. In order to receive science

credits in Environmental Science, Marine

Biology, or Anato-

my and Physiol-

ogy students will

have to take hon-

ors classes. They

will still have the

options for regu-

lar classes in Biol-

ogy, Chemisty, and

Physics.

“Regular Ma-

rine Biology, regular Environmental Sci-

ence and regular Anatomy and Physiol-

ogy were all cut from students schedules

for next year because the district no lon-

ger considers the regular classes of equal

rigor to the other regular classes,” said

science department head Clara Russo.

Marine Biology teacher Jeannine

Grossi said that the county wants to push

all students in the same direction and

have them take the same courses, so they

decided to only offer a limited number of

science classes.

“The county wants to mainstream all

students into taking the three main sci-

ence courses of biology, chemistry and

physics,” she said. “I think that this will

be harder for many students when they

take the honors course if they are not sci-

ence bound.”

Freshman Jose Alegria said he does

Regular elective science to be cut

BY SYDNEY PESTCOEONLINE PHOTO EDITOR

As of January, a new Ethics Honors

class has been added to the curriculum.

After a three and a half year multistep

process, philosophy teacher Ralph Can-

“There was a lot of resistance along

the way,” he said. “Every time I got re-

sistance, I had to solve the problem and

just keep pushing on until I got to the next

person.”

After spending two and a half years

at the county level and a year at the state

level waiting for the class to get approved,

Mr. Cannizzaro said he decided to get

State Sen. Nan Rich involved because he

knew she would get the job done.

“She thought that the fact that the

whole process was taking so long was ri-

diculous and she put a lot of pressure on

+ Ethics Honors

+ Health and Wellness III

+ Chinese 1- AP Chinese

BY SAMANTHA WINDER AND MEREDITH SHELDON

Health and Wellness III and Chi-

nese I through Advanced Placement

Chinese will be offered as new cours-

es for all students to take in the 2012-

2013 school year.

“We added Chinese the previous

year on the course selection card, but

we did not get enough enrollment.

That’s why we did not have a class,”

said assistant principal Haleh Darbar.

“But we are going to try again this

year to see if we can have a class for

next year.”

Junior Ian Sirop said that if his

schedule for next year permits, he

would be interested in taking the Chi-

nese course.

“I’ve always had the intention of

taking it when I got to college,” he

said. “I just want to learn another lan-

guage, and Mandarin has always ap-

pealed to me.”

Ms. Darbar said Health and Well-

ness III is also new this year and will

be through the vocational program.

“Students have to have Health Sci-

ence I and II complete before enroll-

ing in the class,” she said. “The Health

and Wellness class will include a

trainer from the YMCA on campus

who will work with the students en-

rolled. We added this program be-

cause we wanted to expand our voca-

tional program.”

Ms. Warnock, the Health Science I

and II teacher, said that the main dif-

ference between Health Science I and

II and Health and Wellness III is that

Health Science students learn the ba-

sic anatomy, while in Health and Well-

ness students learn about the medical

aspect of sports training.

“In Health Science I and II, they

learn the fundamentals of all health

care careers,” she said. “Then in

Health and Wellness they study physi-

cal therapy and muscular skeletal sys-

tem so that they can become personal

trainers.”

Junior Matt Torres said that if the

Bay stays on block scheduling he

plans on taking Health and Wellness

II and III next year.

“I want to take Health and Well-

the future,” he said. “Since I want to

be involved in the health and medical

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rience and knowledge that I need to

succeed.”

Ms. Darbar also said that there is

no limit for signing up for either of the

classes. She said that administration

will look at the enrollment numbers

to see how many classes and teach-

ers will be needed once everyone has

turned in their course selection cards.

for all the Chinese courses,” Ms. Dar-

bar said. “Depending on how many

people sign up for it, we will then de-

cide whether we will be running the

class or not.”

Ms. Darbar said that there were re-

quests from students to have a course

in Chinese. In addition, she said that

Chinese and Health and Wellness III

will be desirable courses.

“We are always trying to expand

our curriculum and have a well round-

ed program in our school,” she said.

- Regular Environmental

Science

- Regular Marine Biology

- Regular Anatomy and

Physiology

New CoursesCut Courses

Changes to the curriculumNew classesadded tocourse card

Photographycourse on the fence for 2012

Mr. Cannizzaro said.

Philosophy teacher Michael Stember

said the new Ethics Honors class, as well

as Philosophy Honors I, should be man-

datory for all students.

“I believe ethics is the most needed for

students in today’s society,” he said.

Mr. Cannizzaro said there is a big

difference between the two philosophy

classes the school already offers and this

new class.

“Ethics class focuses strictly on one

area - ethics,” he said. “Philosophy has

many branches and ethics is one of them,

but it’s very brief. Ethics focuses on just

that one major branch and all we will do

is discuss all the best ethical theories and

best ethical philosophers in history.”

Mr. Cannizzaro said the topics dis-

cussed in class will be related to current

issues.

“We’re going to take things you see in

the newspaper every day and have a dis-

cussion on those and try to apply the great

philosophers’ ideas and how they would

treat the situation so the students can de-

velop their own ethical philosophy,” he

said.

Although there is no prerequisite for

the class, both Mr. Cannizzaro and Mr.

students to take Philosophy Honors I pri-

or to signing up for Ethics Honors.

they would have a great philosophical

foundation and have had experience in

debates or constructive arguments,” Mr.

Stember said.

new ethics class will be both “numerous

and invaluable.”

“Students will be more able to identify

and deal with ethical dilemmas,” he said.

“They will be better at recognizing the

widespread effects of unethical behavior,

policy and laws as they exist today.”

“I am really disappointed that all those

classes are being taken away,” he said. “I

was planning on taking Anatomy and

Physiology regular next year, but I will no

longer be given the option to do that.”

Mrs. Grossi said that she and many of

the science teachers at the Bay feel that

students will be too limited in what cours-

es to take after

these classes are

taken away.

“I believe that

it will now be

harder for stu-

dents to gradu-

ate with all three

of their science

credits,” she said.

“If a student is

not good in chemistry or physics, classes

like Marine Biology regular were an eas-

ier alternative, but now students will not

have that option.”

Regular Anatomy and Physiology

teacher Christine Mugione said she is up-

set that she will no longer be able to teach

the class.

“I thought that this class was very help-

ful to all students, and I would have really

enjoyed to continue teaching it,” she said.

“I am very bothered that they are no lon-

ger going to offer it.”

Although it would have been nice to

keep the classes, Mrs. Russo said that she

understands that they can’t.

“I think that all students will get their

science requirements before they gradu-

ate, even without these classes,” she said.

students if we kept them, but there is no

way that we can.”

BY CHLOE LIPKIN

The state legislature and governor are

already rethinking budgets and trying

to revamp course descriptions for the

2012-2013 school year. The state put off

approving the new descriptions until

late March, which also puts the future

of advanced art and photography classes

on hold.

“It’s very disheartening that they

would even consider cutting the arts be-

cause they teach students to think cre-

atively and have been proven to help with

standardized tests,” photography teacher

Elizabeth Jenkins said.

According to Ms. Jenkins, the only

safe guarantees for next year are 2D and

3D art, which are prerequisites for tak-

ing more advanced art classes. This is be-

cause they are entry-level courses and can

hold more students per class than other

art classes that are specialized for certain

things, such as photography.

“For many kids their elective is why

they come to school. It’s what they want

to do,” Ms. Jenkins said.

The photography class, along with

other elective courses, has a small bud-

get as it is, even

before the cuts

are made. And,

p h o t og r a p hy

class is one of

the most expen-

sive because

of the cameras, which need to be main-

tained and kept for a long time, Ms. Jen-

kins said.

“Every year we have to get a little

more creative in making students under-

stand the concepts while using less photo

said.

Drawing and Painting teacher Jill

Malone said that along with the talk of

switching the class scheduling for next

year, the added questions about the art

classes will confuse a lot of students.

“Students are always hearing things

by word of mouth and they know what’s

going on so constant changing is confus-

ing,” she said.

Photography Club president Caitlyn

Tate said she feels the budget shouldn’t

be changed too much because it’s already

hard to earn their money.

“I think the budget shouldn’t be cut

because we have to work harder for fund-

raising,” said Tate, a junior.

GRAPHIC BY ALEXIA MARCHETTI

After three years, ethics class added to curriculum

“I was planning on taking Anatomy and Physiology regular next year, but I will no longer be given the option to do that.”-freshman Jose Alegria

Lack of funds would be the cause.

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BY NICOLE BIRNBAUMMANAGING EDITOR

Coming to the Bay just last year, De-

bate adviser Megan West said she knew

the second she interviewed at the school

“I competed in debate for four years in

high school and four years in college, so

I knew I want-

ed to continue

with the activ-

Even though

she just recent-

ly came to the

school, previ-

ously teaching

college Argu-

mentation and

Debate classes at California State Univer-

Coach of the Year for Broward County on

“I was selected out of almost 20

at our Florida Forensic League regional

Now eligible for gaining the title of De-

bate Coach of the year for the whole state

by votes strictly from the state board for

was really surprised when she received

“Since this is only my second year in

the district, the accolades from my peers

English Department Head Joyce Sei-

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“She is energetic, passionate about her

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respectable as not only a teacher, but also

“She teaches the importance of rheto-

Steirn also added that the setting she

creates enables the students to think on a

“It is different for other students who

aren’t as fortunate to have her as a teach-

debate teams, each team receiving one

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cited because they always come home

with trophies and were really happy that I

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“She has single handedly turned

Teacher wins Broward Debate Coach of the Year

BY NATALIE BEDELL

“Love yourself” and “Don’t be

afraid to be who you are” were some

of the phrases written in chalk and on

Post-It notes throughout campus from

Society hosted its second annual Eat-

ing Disorder Awareness Week to co-

incide with the national event of the

President Catherine Martelly

said the society did many activities

throughout the week such as Chalk

for Change, which took place in the

BY AVERY ZAFFOS

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ued to keep up their success in tour-

naments around the country by par-

team as members traveled to Berkley

University, Harvard University, and

Junior Zach Gorwitz traveled to

the Harvard Invitational tournament

at Harvard University and placed

“It felt great placing second in one

of the more prominent tournaments

for my event, Congress, in the debate

Simultaneously, senior Chad

Klitzman and his partner sophomore

Sami Klitzman placed third overall

in Public Forum Debate at the Uni-

DeBAYte team on winning streak

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posters with information about eating dis-

orders and wrote inspirational messages

on post-it notes to hang on mirrors in the

“We want to promote the week and

bring awareness to eating disorders,” said

She also added that Chalk for Change,

and hanging post-it notes were meant to

inspire students and send a positive mes-

the Post-It note activity are so students

can see uplifting messages,” Martelly

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yard, they’ll see kind messages written by

uplifting messages that the society made

thought the society’s Eating Disorder

“It’s a great way to get the word out

about problems that could happen to any

Post-Its were a cool way to spread mes-

Vice president Danielle Kase, who

placed all the post-its on the mirrors in the

300 and 400 building bathrooms, said she

“Even as I was putting up the Post-

Its, girls were thanking me and telling

me how much the messages on the mir-

ror made their day better,” said Kase, a

project really makes a difference in a

world where society puts so much pres-

“It felt great to do well at a tourna-

ment as prestigious as the one hosted by

the University of Pennsylvania,” Klitz-

partner as it was only her second time at

of the team went to Berkeley University

in California for the biggest tournament

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dler, Brandon Inzinna, Dylan Warner and

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which is a 400 percent increase from the

Sophomore Isabella Paretti, who won

Along with Paretti, Lauren Blonde, Zach

Gorwitz, Jeremy Gutner, Lauren Sha-

tanof, Rachel Shatanof, Jordan Friedman,

Ignacio Sebate, Zach Pestcoe, Kevin Cai,

Giancarlo Musetii, and Marianna Garica

“I was thrilled to have been named

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state tournament, but also I was recog-

nized among all the competitors in Bro-

Bay will be hosting the national qualify-

As a part of the Psychology Honor Society’s Eating Disorder Awareness Week, inspirational Post-It’s are displayed in the bathroom. Along with the notes, the society wrote phrases in chalk throughout the campus.

Group displays inspirational phrasesHonor society raises awareness for eating disorders

Megan West

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BY EMILY LASSNER

After cheerleading coach and math

teacher Sarah Steinbach-Brobst resigned

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mester, social studies teacher Erica Wells

was chosen to be the new head cheerlead-

ing coach. Ms. Wells accepted the posi-

tion to coach for mainly varsity football

next year, but will oversee the whole pro-

gram.

“I have known [athletic director Bill]

Caruso and [Principal Scott] Neely for a

long time because when I attended Cy-

press Bay from 2002-2004, I was on the

cheerleading team,” Ms. Wells said.

Ms. Wells was cheerleading captain

her junior and senior year, and coached

BY ADRIANA DANIELI

Erica Salmeri, AP U.S. History and

U.S. Government and Politics teacher,

was named Social Studies Teacher of the

Year for the Bay on Feb. 2 by her fellow

teachers in the department.

“I personally feel honored to have

been recognized by my peers,” Ms.

Salmeri said.

Four other social studies teachers,

Ralph Cannizzaro, Wendi Giallombar-

do, Craig Forgatsch and Cristina Sel-

vidge, were nominated for Social Studies

Teacher of the Year. AP Human Geog-

raphy teacher Jason Maxson nominated

Ms. Salmeri.

“I know the kind of effort she puts into

her class,” Mr. Maxson said. “She has

done an outstanding job.”

Senior Franz Muller, who previously

had Ms. Salmeri for AP US History and

is currently in her AP Government and

Politics class, said Ms. Salmeri makes it

fun to learn.

“She makes the subject material really

fun because she brings a sarcastic, witty

approach to it so it’s easier for us to learn

it,” Muller said.

Mr. Maxson said Ms. Salmeri is great

at maintaining a grounded lesson plan.

“I know she does a lot of research to

Spanish Honor Society holds annual coffee house

Sophomore Bianka Ukleja serves traditional Spanish cuisine at Exprésate Café on Feb. 17. Students sang, danced and read poetry in Spanish.

PHOTO BY LISA ALTMAN

BY ALEXA STEINLAUF

As teachers and administrators have

sought to purchase new technological

devices to help expand students’ learn-

ing opportunities, the school’s Internet

network has caused a roadblock – or

“We understand that there is a need

for new devices such as an e-reader for

students because we are moving into

the 21st century and digital readers and

other interactive devices have become

a part of our life,” said media specialist

Merill Bettridge. “No matter what type

of e-reader is used, they are all great de-

vices.”

Ms. Bettridge said although e-

readers, such as the Kindle and Nook

the county will not allow them due to a

schools.

“Broward County operates on their

own network and surrounding the net-

students to access what they want on

any device,” she said. “The setting that

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low Kindles, Nooks and other e-read-

ers to be able to enter the system, so

they would not be able to get on the In-

ternet.”

While many e-readers are blocked

a device that is allowed in.

“I wanted to get some kind of elec-

tronic readers for my students because

that’s where all of the reading is mov-

ing to, so I felt that it was only smart

to try to get the school to move to that

platform as well,” English teacher Tina

Stoklosa said. “For whatever reason,

the county is blocking them and they

are only allowing iPads. But they are

$500 to $600 apiece, and the e-readers

Assistant principals Marianela Es-

have experienced this issue as well.

“I thought that ordering the e-read-

ers would be very helpful for students

in AP classes because it would be eas-

ier than carrying all of their textbooks

and novels around, but the county will

not allow us,” Ms. Estripeaut said.

e-readers make students lives easier,

but they would also save the school

more money in the long run.

“I was interested in purchasing the

e-readers because I think they would

cost less than buying all the textbooks

and novels for students,” she said. “I

think that buying them would majorly

help us later.”

Ms. Bettridge said she has tried to

a better alternative.

“I emailed the director of Network

Management and Integration and they

said they are not going to allow the e-

readers at this time,” she said. “With the

new superintendent interested in incor-

porating technology within the schools,

way to resolve this issue.”

Request for

e-readers gets

denied

BY REID OVIS

Spanish Honor Society held its annual

Exprésate Café in the Media Center on

Feb. 17 from 6 to 9 p.m. The event raised

money for the club while providing food

and beverages for the attendees. Students

sang, danced and read poetry in Spanish.

Ian Perchik. “It was really well decorat-

ed and full of charismatic people. We

had over 100 people show up, which was

great.”

Vice president Gal Sharony said the

event was a success this year.

“It’s been great. Everyone had an

amazing night,” said Sharony, a senior.

“We had a lot of people that came.”

said she enjoyed the enthusiasm that the

members expressed about the event.

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“There were so many talented performers

and I think everyone had a lot of fun. The

most memorable performances were the

musicians, the poems, and the dancers.”

Sophomore Anna Pincus said she

thought the club did a great job.

“They brought everyone together in

order to share the great performances

make her class as current as possible be-

cause it is government so it pertains to

what’s happening in this country on a

daily basis,” Mr. Maxson said. “You con-

stantly have to be aware of what’s hap-

pening and integrate that into what you’re

teaching.”

Muller said Ms. Salmeri differs great-

ly from others in her teaching approach.

“A lot of teachers are all tests or all

notes, but she keeps it really balanced be-

tween lecturing, notes, tests and activi-

ties,” Muller said.

Ms. Salmeri said she wasn’t expect-

ing the award because there are so many

more experienced teachers at the Bay.

they made,” she said.

Tickets were sold for $3 presale and $5

at the door.

“We raised over $300,” Perchik said.

“I wish the same amount and even more

success for the Spanish Honor Society of-

Sophomore Nicolas Rivas said he went

to Exprésate Café in order to see what the

club had been working on all year.

“I wanted to give them all credit for

what they have been working hard for,”

Rivas said. “It was incredible.”

History teacher recognized by

peers for dedication, success

PHOTO BY ADRIANA DANIELI

AP U.S. History and U.S. Government and Politics teacher Erica Salmeri assists students with classwork assignments.

in Phoenix, Ariz., so Mr. Caruso and Mr.

Neely knew she was experienced in cheer-

leading. Cheerleader Jillian Baumeister

said the switch will be good for the team.

“It will be a change but change is good

and can allow for some new things to be

put into play,” said Baumeister, a senior.

“It will be good for tryouts and put a

change into the system.”

Ms. Wells said she wants to do more

stunting and tumbling if the team can get

mats for games, but other than that she

does not anticipate changing very much

about the program.

“I am not changing much because I

and [Ms.] Steinbach-Brobst was the coach

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tem already in place,” she said.

Jen Mosier, who has been the JV

cheerleading coach for football and bas-

ketball for the past four years, said Ms.

Wells will be a good addition to the team

next year.

“I really like [Ms.] Wells. I know her

from when I was in high school. We both

cheered together,” she said.

Mr. Neely agreed it was a great idea

because she works on campus and will be

there for the kids.

“Wells was a superstar student and

went to the Bay and then came back to

teach here, which I think is really cool,”

Mr. Neely said.

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Operation Smile is selling

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SPARKS FLY: Senior Axel Sly and juniors Reagan Fuhr and Sebastian Ortega create a circuit to study Ohm’s Law in Mr. Rose’s AP Physics C class on Feb. 22-23. The lab was based on the previous lessons of electricity and magnetism.

“This year we bought 10 new capacitors. That made the lab go a lot smoother because it’s nicer to do it that way.”- physics teacher Jeffery Rose

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BY ILANA SPERLING

The World Language Literary and Art Fair will take place on March 20 in the cafeteria from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m., with no entry free.

“My classes will start preparing next week, others have already been work-ing on things that they will bring to the show,” said Ailen Batton, Spanish Honor Society adviser.

Language students will be writing po-ems or making three-dimensional mod-els. Those who attend will be able to vote for their favorite displays.

“I think it is wonderful that language students are being recognized,” Spanish teacher Rosalia Sachs said. “There is a lot of diversity at this school and they are re-warding differences.”

In preparation for exhibition, Susana Malaguti’s Italian IV students construct-ed masks on Feb. 16-17. The Italian fes-tival of Carnevale, which is similar to Mardi Gras, was the inspiration behind the masks.

“It was a fun project. Honestly, it was

into and it involved me into Italian cul-ture,” junior Claudia Zuniga said.

Zuniga also said she is excited to see what the other language classes will have to offer.

that I create, which is why I enjoy doing art more than having to recite a poem,” she said.

Ms. Malaguti said she is looking for-ward to the showcase and wanted to pre-

BY MEREDITH SHELDON AND LISA ALTMAN

The Literary Fair award ceremo-ny was held on Feb. 23 in the Bay’s Media Center. Awards were given for students in 29 different categories,

-egory at the Broward County Literary Fair on April 24 at Fort Lauderdale High School.

In the short story category, sopho-

her piece titled “Not Just a Piano.”

place, I didn’t expect to win,” Yu said. “I am excited to represent the Bay at the Broward fair.”

English teacher and English Honor Society sponsor Cecilia Fonseca was in charge of the event. She said that the judging system consisted of a panel of English teachers along with a teacher of another subject to bring a different perspective to the table. Student en-tries had to be submitted by Feb. 9.

“They’re looking at not just that it sounds pretty, but does it go that extra level, does it have poetic devices such

-phors,” she said.

Junior Catalina Trigo won third place for her short story “The Doll House.” Even though she didn’t win

pleased to be recognized for her story. “This is still a big honor, even if it is

just for the school,” Trigo said.

pare ahead of time. She prefers masks to any other project.

“The masks are representative of Ital-ian Carnevale, and they are an opportu-nity to express Italian tradition,” she said.

Zuniga’s classmate, Sebastian Conten-to said he agrees and also prefers making the masks instead of writing.

“I think its very creative and you can use your imagination to make it however you want,” said Contento, a sophomore. “It shows that language can be expressed through painting and not just speaking.”

Ms. Sachs said that some of her stu-dents constructed monument projects in which they discovered something new

BY MICHAEL GOLDWYN

Seniors Marina Rutenberg, Ange-line Plotzke and Adriana Gonzalez were awarded an $1,000 art scholarship each from Arts for the Future, an organization run through the Broward Center for the Performing Arts.

R u t e n b e r g said the applica-tion was exten-sive.

“I had to write an essay and send a picture of a painting,” she said.

A Gala Event at the Broward Center for the Performing Arts is being held for the winners on March 8.

“I got it [the letter] in the mail and when I opened it, it was a nice surprise,” Rutenberg said. “I was so happy.”

She said her family and experiences have contributed to her love for art.

BY ALLISON BLAKE

Robotics Club member Allison West won a $20,000 scholarship at a state com-petition at Embry Riddle University on Jan 18 -19 while the robotics team over-all placed fourth out of 30 teams in the state. She will receive $5,000 per year to attend the university, located in Fort Lau-derdale.

Club adviser Angela Ashley recom-m e n d e d West, a se-nior, for the schol-arship after the group took a tour of the cam-pus the day of the compet i-tion. West said she was impressed with the campus after the tour.

“I’m really excited to be going to Em-

about a country and understood the im-portance of a certain statue or object. Other higher-level Spanish students are writing essays.

“We have all different types and forms of projects, from poetry and masks to monuments,” she said.

Junior Oswaldo Abreu, another stu-dent in Mrs. Malaguti’s Italian class, has opinions that echo those of Contentos and said the masks were a fun way to explore his creative side.

“I am excited for the World Language -

ence of all the cultures from around the world,” he said.

Classes begin preparing for World Language Fair Students place in Literary Fair

“My inspirations are traveling, my grandpa, modern architecture design, my friends, and Miami,” Rutenberg said.

This scholarship has awarded more than 700 students since 1999, allowing the recipients to pursue their artistic en-

Plotzke said art has been a big part of her life since she was 13.

“My expe-rience in art has been the classes I’ve been taking since elemen-tary school,” Plotzke said. “Photography in particular

has been [my hobby].”Plotzke said the scholarship will help

her in the future.“It feels so liberating having a scholar-

ship to help me pursue a study and career that I’m passionate about,” Plotzke said. “It’s a hobby I fell in love with.”

bry Riddle,” West said. “I love how it’s close to home and it has all I want includ-ing my major, mechanical and aerospace engineering.”

West said participating in the robotics competitions with the Lightning will help her on the robotics team at Embry Rid-dle. Ms. Ashley’s recommendation for the scholarship worked out well for West.

“I could recommend two robotics club students for the scholarship,” said Ms.

Ashley, who teaches phys-ics. “I could only write three sentences of recommen-dation for the student. The judges did the rest.”

West is looking forward to the opportunities to come.

“The reason I’m so excited is it has everything I’ve ever wanted in a school,” she said.

Robotics Club member wins scholarship to Embry Riddle

“It feels so liberating having a scholarship to help me pursue a study and career that I’m passionate about. It’s a hobby I fell in love with.”-senior Angeline Plotzke

Three students receive award at the Broward Center for Performing Arts

“The reason I’m so excited is it has everything I’ve ever wanted in a school.”-senior Allison West

PHOTO BY ILANA SPERLING Junior Claudia Zuniga decorates her mask as part of a project for her Italian IV class in preparation for the March 20 event. MASK ME:


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BY DALTON JACOBS AND

STEVEN SILBERMAN

Nine seniors from the Bay have been nominated to receive the 2011-2012 Miami Herald Silver Knight Award, which rec-ognizes academic success and community service work.

“They all demonstrate ex-cellence in character and hard work,” said English Department Head Joyce Siegel, who is the Bay’s Silver Knight coordinator this year.

The requirements to qualify for a Silver Knight nomination consist of maintaining at least a 3.2 unweighted GPA and hav-ing a community service project. There are 15 categories available for application.

“They have to extend beyond the local community, and they have to reach a broad amount of people to have a big effect,” Mrs. Seigel said.

be announced in May at a cer-emony, will receive a medallion presented by American Airlines, a Silver Knight statue and a $2,000 scholarship. Three hon-orable mentions per category are awarded $500 and an engraved plaque.

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are great, it is not a huge deal to me if I do not win,” said science nominee Alexa Podolsky. “I’m just glad that I have been recog-nized for helping out the com-munity.”

Podolsky is not the only nom-inee who appreciates the recog-nition for her service project. Business nominee David Pinsky said that it is a very prestigious honor to be nominated for a Sil-ver Knight.

“The honor of the nomina-tion is simply a culmination of all the hard work I put into this over the years,” Pinsky said. “The students at our school who were potential recipients in the past had unbelievable combina-tions of academics and service in their respective categories.”

Joseph Bejany, vocational technical nominee, said his true pride comes from not necessar-ily being noticed for his service, but just knowing that he was able to make a difference.

“While the perks of the award are awesome, I am just happy that I can make an impact in the world that we live in today,” Be-jany said. “The effort that I have put in has gotten to be tedious, but I think that it is worth it.”

The nominees were inter-

Nine seniors receive nomination for award

Cypress Bay’s Silver Knight

nominees

Brett Garcia

Category: Social Science

Service Project: sold bracelets to Rotary Club members and students and sent the raised money to Africa to pay for malaria vaccines

Marina Rutenburg

Category: Art

Service Project: collected school supplies from Gator Run Elementary and donated them to less fortunate children in Argentina

Evan Schlossman

Category: General Scholarship

Service Project: created a newsletter and podcast for multiple sclerosis, distributed to over 4,000 subscribers weekly

Alexia Marchetti

Category: Journalism

Service Project: collecting Advanced Placement supplement books and donating them to Dillard High School in Fort Lauderdale

Joseph Bejany

Category: Vocational Technical

Service Project: raised money for Dillard Park Daycare by having a candy sale fundraiser

Chad Klitzman

Category: Speech

Service Project: helped teach debate at various local schools

David Pinsky

Category: Business

Service Project: produced a podcast to educate young people about investing

Ian Perchik

Category: World Language

Service Project: head leader of Maccabi Tzair Miami, a Jewish Youth Movement for K-10 grade

Alexa Podolsky

Category: Science

Service Project: hosted a book drive to relocate books in local neighborhoods to places in the community that need them

will help us out more,” she said. “Most of the questions hit AP level relatively early in the rounds.”

In addition to the Science Bowl, the club also competed in the Science Olym-piad Southeast Florida regional event at the Florida Atlantic University campus in

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viewed at the Signature Grand banquet hall in Davie on March. 1 by a panel of judges based on

judges, who are part of the Silver Knight committee, look for sub-

stance, professionalism and pas-sion during their time with the nominees said journalism nomi-nee Alexia Marchetti.

“The interview process can make or break your chances of

winning the award,” said jour-nalism nominee Alexia Mar-chetti. “We practiced and pre-pared by doing mock interviews so that we were successful.”

Podolsky said that she and the

other nominees will continue to be role models and youth leaders that set examples for students.

“Dedication to the commu-nity never stops,” she said. “You can never do too much to make lives better for other people.”

Winning Science Club team to participate in national competition

Boca Raton on Feb. 25, where two teams placed fourth and 13th in the region. They placed in six of the 23 events that quali-

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nior Daniel Richter said. “We’re going to try practicing a lot more for the state con-vention that’s coming up.”

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ONLINE EDITION

Along with the triumphs the school

has seen over the years, having a com-

bined student and faculty population of

over 4,500 also has the downside of in-

creasing the odds of tragedy. The Bay

community overcomes adversity and cel-

ebrates success unlike any other school.

When it’s time to recognize achieve-

ment, everyone comes together. In times

of need, students and faculty also join to-

gether to create a sense of positivity and

family, even if they don’t know the people

being affected.

Those not accustomed to the atmo-

sphere might question from where the

powerful sense of unity stems, but it is

evident to students.

The administration

and faculty strive to

enforce the sense of

community. Every-

one on campus is

somehow connected,

whether it is through

a club, class, honor

society or a sport.

The Bay is one giant

extended family.

When art teacher

Susan Silverman, wife of head of secu-

rity Larry Silverman passed away in No-

vember, the student body gathered to sup-

port Mr. Silverman and his family. The

art honor society created a mural in the

courtyard in Mrs. Silverman’s memory.

Students in CBTV also dedicated a seg-

ment on Aftershock to further her legacy.

Last April seniors Sasha Abiante and

Juan Zambrano were killed in a car ac-

cident and friend Brian Corbett, who was

also in the accident, suffered severe in-

juries. Students created a fundraiser to

assist Corbett’s family with the medical

bills; they went from class to class ask-

ing for donations. Along with the in-class-

barbeque held at Vista View Park with all

the proceeds going to Corbett’s family.

Local hockey coach Ron Schmidt,

father of Bay student Randy Schmidt,

passed away late last month from brain

cancer. To help his family with medi-

cal expenses, the Bay hockey team par-

ticipated in a Yogurtland fundraiser. The

team also contributed to fundraiser by

purchasing “I give a Schmidt” bracelets

to further help his family.

Not only does the school unify in

times of need but also times of triumph.

Different clubs and organizations join to-

gether to praise fellow

students. The mem-

bers of the boys var-

sity soccer team were

welcomed back from

Tampa with a morn-

ing band performance

in the courtyard. SGA

lined the catwalk with

banners acknowledg-

ing the state title.

When the school

lost the “A” grade for

2009-2010, and dropped to a “B” due to

one small subcategory of a large over-

view, students and teachers strived harder

than ever to regain the “A” status. More

afterschool FCAT reading and math tu-

The Bay community is here to stand

by and support all of its fellow students

and faculty members, whether it is to

congratulate the amazing soccer team or

to mourn the death of a beloved teacher.

Students and faculty need to remember

that in times of celebration and despair

the members of the Bay are always ready

with an embrace.

BOTTOM LINE: The

Walking down the stairs after lunch,

one can see anything from a splattered

ketchup packet to a half-eaten chicken

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dom given to students by administration

is routine on campus, yet students have

been disregarding this trust like an un-

wanted turkey sandwich.

Due to the cafeteria’s inability to seat

everyone during each of the four lunches,

security allows students to eat almost ev-

erywhere on campus aside from the se-

curity-blocked 800s building. The lenient

nature is inherent to the Bay, but the lack

of respect for the school’s property should

not be the result.

An act as simple as throwing trash

into the garbage should not only be ex-

pected of high school students, but stu-

dents should want to take pride in their

school and keep it clean without being

told to do so.

There are only four custodians (two

inside the cafeteria and two outside in

the courtyard) responsible for maintain-

ing the cleanliness of over 4,000 students

during lunch, so when students eat scat-

tered all over the Bay’s 313,074 square

foot campus, it is

impossible for the

custodians to keep

the entire school

tidy. Help from

students is essen-

tial.

The empty

lunch trays and

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en nuggets that

are left cover-

ing staircases and hallways after lunch

display a seeming lack of appreciation

for the school. School should be a place

where students and staff are able to call

their home, so assuming nobody leaves

food wrappers and trash across his or

her house, the Bay should be treated with

equal respect.

Until students are able to clean up af-

ter themselves and keep the campus clean

students within certain boundaries when

eating. By restricting

the area for messes to

be made, the adminis-

tration will be able to

provide an easier op-

portunity for the al-

ready extremely hard-

working custodians

to keep the school or-

derly.

Limiting the free-

dom given to teenag-

ers might seem unjust, but the high stan-

dards of the Bay should not apply only to

academics and athletics. The visual im-

age and feel of the school is just as im-

portant to maintaining its respectable

atmosphere, so until students are able to

uphold certain standards of cleanliness,

restrictions should be implemented.

BOTTOM LINE:

In order to get the attention of Su-

perintendent Robert Runcie, students

should email him with their opinion

on the block schedule. I recently sent

him an email (supt_runcie@broward-

schools.com) explaining how I didn’t

want the scheduling to change. Mr.

days later to tell me how important

my email was and how it showed that

I cared about our school. It is amazing

how something like a simple email

can have such impact. I believe that

many more students also care about

our school, and we should all voice

our opinion and let the superintendent

know that we want block scheduling

at the Bay.

-Carlos Benitez, sophomore

Students need to trash bad habits at lunch time

Bay community feels like family

The scheduling at the Bay is some-

thing that truly bothers me. Not know-

ing for certain what to expect next year

is extremely stressful. Next year when

I’m a junior, I’m expected to challenge

myself with several APs, and with a

different schedule, that may be hard

to do. Block is the perfect choice be-

cause it allows students to take all of

the necessary courses, without over-

whelming them with seven classes.

-Laine Henkel, sophomore

Letters to the Editor

Schedule uncertainty

causes stress

Get voices heard by

school board leaders

PHOTO BY ILANA SPERLINGCLEAN IT UP: Students attempt to enjoy their break sitting under the catwalk among trash left from previous lunches.

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Within the past few months, I’ve dis-covered via Twitter that some of the most famous celebrities are dying every day...but not really. Unfortunately, death hoax-es on Twitter have become common-place thanks to trending topics wishing a thoughtful but fake “rest in peace” to well-known names such as Drake, Justin Bieber and Barack Obama.

After a while, the repetition of this trend led me to lose faith in Twitter’s cred-ibility and begin dismissing each “#RIP” that appeared on my timeline. So, when singer Whitney Houston died on Feb. 11 and the news began to circulate via Twit-ter, I chose to ignore it. Call it a modern-day social media case of the boy who cried wolf.

When I found out that the news was true, I was shocked that this time the ru-mors had it right. I realized that Twitter not only has a credibility problem, but is also an example of why we need to be more vigilant about what we read.

As an avid news consumer, I’m always looking for new media outlets. That’s the

Networks like CNN, The New York Times and ESPN make up a large portion of the accounts I follow because I want to remain informed and encourage my peers to do the same.

However, it seems that lately people are less interested in the facts. Reporting has become more of a high-pressure race than anything else, with each of the major news networks tripping over each other

-ry. Social media sites like Twitter provide the perfect opportunity for this game, and allow news networks to share their new-found information with the public in 140 characters or less within seconds.

While it’s great that we’re now pre-sented with news at a faster rate than ever before, the advantage has some major

Between traditional news outlets and newer online media, there is such a deluge of places from which to get information. How do we determine what’s factual and what’s not? Since it’s unclear from where faulty news trends are stemming, we the consumers now have more of a responsi-bility than ever to sift through the infor-mation ourselves.

Take for example an incident this past July 4, in which Fox News erroneously reported in back-to-back tweets that the President of the United States, Barack Obama, had been assassinated. While the tweets eventually proved to be the work of a hacker, the incident showed just how damaging the power of instant online news can be when not handled properly.

We shouldn’t be left to close our eyes

tweet that could be true among the rest. News agencies and individuals need to use more diligence before hashtagging an event like celebrity death. Otherwise, the “wolf” just might devour what’s left of Twitter’s credibility.

Online information sources like Twit-ter have the potential to inform like noth-ing news media has ever seen before. But with that power comes responsibility; the line between credible and not credible needs to be drawn. For the sake of future minds, let’s hope Twitter will soon devel-op the common sense to stop killing off everyone and his mother.

Yes. No. Flash of Brilliance

Should outside vendors be allowed to sell food in the

cafeteria?

-REID OVIS-BRITTANY ZEIDEL

My mouth felt dry and clammy, rem-iniscent of the sensation one feels after waking up from a deep sleep. It was third hour, and I realized I hadn’t opened up my mouth to speak basically all day. The

that of my brain at the moment as well. We like to talk. We like the way our

vocal chords buzz in our throats as they send up the sounds, the way our tongues maneuver around the words and our lips expel them. Conversa-tion is the brain’s cardio workout. We like to en-gage and to be engaged, to be active participants in our mental pursuits.

We need to talk more here at Cypress Bay. Not necessarily about what we can’t believe our friend did at the party this weekend nor what we plan to eat for lunch. From the classroom to the court-yard, the Bay could use a little more intel-lectual chatter.

Conversation is the most organic method of learning. Long before the writ-ten word was created or formal languages were organized, humans used oral com-munication to exchange thoughts and cultivate ideas. I think Socrates was onto

something with the whole seminar thing. So why is it that so much of the education at the Bay chooses silence over sound, bystander over participant and passenger over navigator? Don’t we want to foster a school full of navigators?

A major reason is because the alterna-tive to discussion-based learning is much easier on both teachers and students. Teachers don’t have to corral an “unruly” crowd of students, trying to orchestrate

us into a civil, aca-demic symposium. Honestly, though, I think these teachers who neglect to at-tempt this are being lazy. If probed in the right way, students have the creativity

and intellect to spawn thought-provoking discussions, rich with logic and ideas. It may be easier to distribute an assignment or trudge through a PowerPoint, but the results for the students (more like con-sumers in these cases) are not as dynam-ic.

Granted, discussion-based learning would be more viable if our classes had fewer students, but it can be done in larg-er classes as well. Even a lecture can be

transformed into an interactive conversa-tion. This is not to say that no teacher at the Bay teaches this way. Actually, many do. And from what I’ve seen and done, it works. Perhaps we can all make more of an effort to incorporate it into the class-room, with teachers who have mastered the method offering advice to those who want to try it.

This is not to say that teachers should throw us into the ring and step back to let us have at it. They can be mediators and more. I view teachers as a largely untapped resource when it comes to au-thentic discussion, like a diamond mine we are harvesting with a spoon while we could be using a crane. Engage us. Chal-lenge us. Intrigue us with your knowledge and beguile us with your wit. I know you have it. We may surprise you with what we’re serving up hot and fresh in return.

Most conversations one overhears in the hall at this point will probably strike eavesdroppers as anything but schol-arly. But if we were coaxed into a more thoughtful type of verbal exchange inside the classroom, we would be privy to its enriching delight. And we would emulate it. Imagine how different this school, these students and all of our futures would be.

Let’s talk about that.

Cypress Bay, we need to talk

From the classroom to the courtyard, the Bay could use a little more intellectual chatter.

Fake deaths on Twitter cry wolf

PHOTO BY GIGI ZUMBADOTALKING IT OUT: AP English Language teacher Jillian Simon leads her third hour class in a Socratic seminar to discuss Truman Capote’s In Cold Blood as it relates to the nature vs. nurture argument about murderers.

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BY REBECCA RUBIN

COPY EDITOR

As the school bell rings at 2:41 p.m.,

SGA president Jamie Bakalar heads to

for the next day’s

sporting event.

Behind the glit-

tery banners and

spirit T-shirts, the 27

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dent Government As-

sociation (SGA) are

hard at work making

projects to better the

school and the com-

“SGA is not all

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oversee everything in

the school to recog-

nize every event. If

we are not spirited

then the school won’t

Passion and dedi-

cation are vital re-

she said.

“People might not

realize that we literal-

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SGA adviser Danielle

Nascimento.

the class has to chair

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said. “[SGA is] pret-

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the exact same time,

ranging from com-

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ties to staff apprecia-

The Bay’s SGA is

means the chapter is

the top ranked and

one of the best in the

are no other schools

that really compare to

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ated by approval from all that attend the

meetings, Bakalar said.

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side of the class to have a say in what proj-

she said.

Geller, chair of service.

“It feels amazing to know that we are

which took place on Valentine’s Day,

one of many SGA events designed to as-

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The banners and decorations for sport-

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A pat on the back is far from the minds

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“The reason why they’re in the class

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BY PAIGE LEVIN

ONLINE COPY EDITOR

clipping scissors away. Now, with no

a text-based savings service

developed by senior David

Pinsky.

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instant deals that are with

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text messages. Locals can

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tory at www.textweston.com. To stop re-

Pinsky said he decided to create Text

called Apple Spritz, a spray that prevents

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“I was inspired after observing the

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tive way for locals to save money.

need to do is present a mes-

lot easier than having to print

After a year, Pinksy said

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he hopes to expand.

“Over the next few

Unlike other daily deal sites, Pinsky

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Pinsky, instead, only makes money by

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ing on the website.

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“I think it’s a good idea to have a text

with the exception of possible message

and data rates.

“Unlike daily deal sites, there are no

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gions.

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he said.

GRAPHIC BY DANIELA MARIN

PHOTO BY REBECCA RUBIN

Behind the Banners

Student entrepeneur develops online coupon site

Student Government Association president Jamie Bakalar leads a meeting to discuss possible projects in the categories of public relations, service, spirit and fundraising.

FOLLOW THE LEADERS:

David Pinsky

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Students leave Bay to start careers early BY JESSICA SCHEIN

Junior Guilherme Apollonio has big dreams of becoming an actor, but he is also aiming to complete an education. He left

his acting aspirations and get a head start on a career.

“I left be-cause I was offered a job in a Latin A m e r i c a n TV show for kids,” Apol-lonio said. “The sched-ule was in-tense, and I wouldn’t be able to go to school and work full time on the show.”

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native methods to receive their education. Online schooling has become one method for those hoping to enhance their future and to better manage their time.

Apollonio left the Bay at the beginning of this year because he was offered a position on Gra-ci, a children’s television show on Nickelodeon that is entirely in Spanish and airs in 22 Latin American countries.

“The schedule was intense, and I wouldn’t be able to go to

“The schedule was

intense and I wouldn’t

be able to go to school

and work full time on

the show.”

-junior Guilherme

Apollonio

school and work full time on the show,” he said. “The TV show had started last year at the end of my sophomore year, though, and for the second semester of that year I was constantly miss-ing school or leaving early. It was hectic.”

Apollonio is currently en-r o l l e d as a full t m e Florida Vir tual School student. He said the class rigor is p r ac t i -c a l l y identical

Bay, but it is different in atmo-sphere of a public classroom and school.

“I miss everything,” Apol-lonio said. “Seeing your friends every day, eating unhealthy food, sitting outside at lunch, participating in clubs, meet-ing new people on a daily basis,

homework. I even miss waking up early.”

Although Apollonio misses all these things, he feels what he is doing is truly worth it for his future.

“I’d love to go to Hollywood

and at least give it a shot,” he said. “I want to take more class-es, improve my skills, and when

takes, shoot for the moon. BRACE adviser Shari Bush

said students should make high school education decisions ac-

-cial for them.

on the individual’s opportunities and what really is in their best in-terests,” she said.

Mrs. Bush said it is not up to others to decide the path that the student should or should not take.

“I always think that it is to their advantage to have a high

and get their degree so that they have many options for them down the road, because you nev-er know which way their life is going to go,” Mrs. Bush said.

Junior Ryan Smith, an aspir-ing tennis player, left Cypress af-

junior year in order to dedicate the majority of his time to prac-

ticing tennis. He now takes all his classes online.

“I am getting a college schol-arship to play tennis and hope-fully turn pro,” Smith said. “Be-ing [an online student] lets me commit myself to tennis.”

Smith said choosing to do on-line schooling is a good decision for him for the most part.

“The only thing I miss is see-ing my friends, but I still do on the weekends so it’s not too bad,” he said.

Another tennis player, sopho-more Christie Brigante, has also been using alternative schooling methods in order to train more rigorously for tennis. During ninth grade, she took two classes at school and two online classes for each semester. This year she added an additional course to the ones taken in school and is now doing only one online class per semester.

“I came back [this year] for the extra class because I wanted to take two AP classes this year, but I have to take other required classes so I needed more than

two periods at school,” Brigante said.

When she’s not at the Bay she is training four hours a day on the court and one to two hours

she said.“Right now, I’m training [as

a goal] for a full scholarship to a Division 1 school,” she said. “UF and Standford are my top choices, and hopefully after col-lege, I can go on to become a professional tennis player or use my degree to become a marine biologist or physical therapist.”

Brigante said the choices she has made for her education have really helped her manage her

-nitely recommend this option to others.

“Online classes allow you to go at your own pace so you don’t have to be sitting in a classroom or sitting in front of your com-puter for a certain amount of time,” Brigante said. “It gives

to do into your schedule.”

Christie Brigante Guilherme Apollonio Ryan Smith

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BY LISA BURGOA AND MEREDITH SHELDON

While freshman Sophia Pin juggles all of her school work at the Bay, her fra-ternal twin brother, freshman Nicholas Pin studies diligently at Sagemont Up-per School. Sophia said that her and her brother don’t get to spend as much qual-ity time together as they used to due their separation.

“Well, all my friends were going to Cypress, and I wanted to go my own path throughout high school,” Sophia said. “I know Nick is getting the help he needs and is in good hands. We both love our schools.”

Although Nicholas relied on his sister throughout their elementary years, he now manages schoolwork on his own. While balancing a minor learning disability, he said he feels he is receiving more indi-vidualized attention at Sagemont than he would have at the Bay.

“Back then, I feel like it was so much pressure on her and now she can worry about herself,” he said. “I can deal with my own problems in school and be re-sponsible for my actions.”

Sophia said she developed “a mother-bear feeling” towards her brother. While

she is concerned about his performance and safety in school, she said that Sage-mont is perfect for him.

“It eases my conscience knowing that he is okay in a school that will help him

worry about protect-ing him.”

While the Pin twins have a protec-tive feeling towards each other, some siblings approach school separation differently. Senior Ana Finan, who at-tends St. Thomas Aquinas, said she and her sister, Cristina, a sophomore at the Bay, sometimes feel competition between schools.

-ly a rivalry between the schools —in sports as well as academics and curricu-lum,” Ana said. “Some dinner conversa-tions consist of us trying to outdo each other’s schools, when both are great.”

Ana said that she chose to attend St. Thomas due to its community service op-portunities and various leadership activi-ties. Cristina said that an advantage of be-ing away from her sister during the school day is it allows her to be her own person.

“Teachers don’t compare me to my sister,” she said. “Her school helps her out and my

Sophia said she also enjoys having the freedom to es-tablish herself with no precedent from her brother.

“I get to be So-phia, not Nicolas’ sister, and vice ver-sa,” she said. “We both learn different things and are in-

like I enjoy debate and literature and he likes music and art.

Liliana Pin, mother of Sophia and Nicholas, said that balancing her children in separate schools becomes a constant

challenge.

between open houses and meetings it is very hectic,” Ms. Pin said.

Despite loving his school, Nicholas feels ambivalent toward the separation between him and his sister.

be really nice to know someone such as a sibling who could be there if you need them,” he said. “We used to be closer, but we have grown passed those years as in-dividuals.”

Ms. Pin said their relationship will thrive because of their ability to under-stand and communicate with each other.

“They’re both very mature,” said Ms. Pin. “Together, they have always support-ed each other no matter which path they’ll choose.”

Even though the separation can be

said that she and her sister still manage to

“Cristina and I like to have snacks to-gether after school and watch TV and talk about interesting things that happened in our days,” she said. “She always puts a smile on my face with her awkward yet hilarious sense of humor.”

BY AVERY ZAFFOS AND ALEXA STEINLAUF

English teacher Leslie Rheingold has always had a passion for helping children. Prior to becoming a teacher at the Bay, Mrs. Rheingold temporarily stepped out of the classroom and pursued a differ-ent child-related career for 14 years from 1989 to 2003.

She worked at the Posnack Jewish Community Center (JCC) as the Direc-tor of Family and Children Services in Davie.

“I found a posi-tion which still al-lowed me to work with my true pas-sion, children, and

-ibility to spend time with my own kids,” Mrs. Rheingold said.

During her time at the JCC,

-grams.

“I took my teaching skills with me to the JCC and started some of my own pro-grams and implemented others to help create a more academic environment,” she said.

that she made a difference at the JCC by

popular around the community. “We started out with about 150 kids in

the summer camp and when I left it was 500 campers and we had about 80 kids separate that were in the special needs camp,” Mrs. Rheingold said.

She authorized an additional program

but also her own daughters.“When both of my daughters became

too old to be campers, we started a pro-gram called Too Old For After Care so

too,” she said. “There were about eight

School and then it just kept growing.”Mrs. Rheingold said the program be-

came so popular because people discov-ered that it was a safer environment for their children.

“It helped the parents get their kids transferred from some rougher schools to the JCC’s aftercare program,” she said.

Mrs. Rheingold hired Lori Wind-loss, who is currently a math teacher at the Bay, to be her secretary at the JCC in

1990. She said she quickly discovered that Mrs. Windloss was capable of be-ing assistant direc-tor of the program.

“Leslie and I were like yin and yang with our work ethic,” Mrs. Wind-loss said. “She was the creative one and I was the math mind, so we ended up being co-camp

directors during the summer.”Mrs. Windloss and Mrs. Rheingold

their last summers at the JCC in 2003. They even got offered jobs on the same day.

“One day Leslie decided to go for an interview and I wasn’t even planning on speaking with Mr. Neely, but after an hour of waiting for Leslie she pushed me into the room and 45 minutes later I was offered the job,” Mrs. Windloss said. Mrs. Rheingold said that spending time with kids coming from a wide variety of

change children’s lives. Moving from to the JCC and then to the Bay, Mrs. Rhein-gold has had one similarity stand out to her.

“Every child and every teen has some baggage that a good teacher or director needs to be available to help them with,” she said. “Kids are kids. It doesn’t matter where you are.”

Teacher gains experience with kids prior to coming to the Bay

Siblings adapt to enrolling in separate schools

(Top) Leslie Rheingold and Lori Windloss pose together after a day’s work at camp. (Above) Mrs. Rheingold and her campers dress up for color war.

MAKING MEMORIES:

PHOTOS SUBMITTED BY LESLIE RHEINGOLD

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BY SAMANTHA WINDER AND JENNA

KLINE

Being born on a holiday can make

someone feel extra special. Senior Nikki

Costello enjoys extra love from her family

and friends on her Valentine’s Day birth-

day.

“I usually get double roses and obvi-

ously one for good luck, and I get double

the gifts,” she said. “Even though it’s a

holiday for everyone else, all my friends

balloons, cakes, Valentines and every-

thing else you

could think of.”

Unlike Costel-

lo, freshman Emi-

lee Wideman said

that being born on

Valentine’s Day

can sometimes

make her feel that

she is being up-

staged by the holi-

day.

“Most people remember Valentine’s

Day,” she said. “I just ignore it and pre-

tend that my birthday is on a different

day.”

Junior Thomas Yamashita, another

Valentine’s baby, said he doesn’t mind be-

ing born on this romantic holiday.

my birthday, so it’s more memorable,”

Yamashita said.

on Christmas Eve, said she likes getting

into the holiday spirit for her birthday.

Christmas and my birthday,” she said.

“It’s one good after another.”

In addition to just enjoying having her

birthday during the holiday time, another

“I get my birthday presents on my

birthday and my Christmas presents on

Christmas,” she said. “It just happens to

-

eryone else’s seems to be more spread

out.”

Year’s Day. He said he

enjoys getting a year

rolls around.

“I think it’s a posi-

tive because I’ll never

school on my birthday,

and not a lot of peo-

ple can say they have

special birthdays like

mine,” he said.

A perk to being a

-

-

day because there’s never any school and

said.

These students all concur that there

agreement, Valentine’s baby Wideman

birth.

-

to make you feel special,” she said.

Students’ birthdays fall on the same day as holidays such as Valentine’s Day, Christmas Eve and New Year’s Day. This coincidence gives them the opportunity to celebrate both “holidays” on the same day.

MAKE A WISH:

“People connect

Valentine’s Day with

my birthday, so it’s

more

memorable.”

- junior Thomas

Yamashita

Sharing the love

PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY GIGI ZUMBADO

Students celebrate birthdays on holidays


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BY REBECCA RUBIN

COPY EDITOR

Senior Sarah Cooper is planning on making a lampshade crafted out of dif-ferent sized buttons to take up to college. Her inspiration? Pinterest.com

Pinterest is a virtual pinboard that allows users to organize and share all things found on the web with those who have similar interests. From sharing reci-pes to planning the perfect wed-ding, Pinterest allows users to become inspired by what they see, said prod-uct and interac-tion designer at Pinterest Justin Edmund.

“Some peo-

Mr. Edmund said. “It’s not for one par-ticular thing. The possibilities are truly

Sophomore Sydney Schepps said Pin-terest offers users a unique way to orga-nize everything on the web.

Schepps said. “It gives you a lot of good ideas for life and they have cute clothes

Accounts on Pinterest are invite-only and are set up through Facebook or Twit-ter accounts. One may be invited to the website by somebody who already has an account or by requesting an invite from the site. Those who do not have accounts

are still able to view Pinterest but cannot

“Since you have to be invited, I believe it’s safer and much better than other web-

Pins (images added to Pinterest) are then organized into boards, which catego-rize the users’ interests. Mr. Edmund said users are also able to follow friends’ and even strangers’ boards to get live updates on what people have been pinning.

“I’ve creat-ed many boards that have my fa-vorite foods list-ed, fun art proj-ects that I’d like to complete and even inspira-tional quotes if I’m in need of a

said. “The basic principle of it is to organize your inter-

Standing out from similar blogging sites such as Tumblr, Pinterest offers us-ers the unique opportunity to track the website from which a pin came, allowing users to make food recipes, recreate crafts or buy clothing seen.

can’t see where it came from. But on Pin-terest if you see a cute pair of shoes or a

-mes said. “It has such great clothes and

Users such as sophomore Amanda Cao enjoy the option to narrow down

Website caters to individual interestsentertainment.

“The categories I search have projects

like a Tumblr but it’s more than just girls

The engineers behind Pinterest work all hours to maintain and perfect the web-site, Mr. Edmund said.

“It’s a fairly complicated site to run due

he said. “Our engineers are all extremely smart and they’re all really dedicated to keeping the site up 24/7 and making sure

Mr. Edmund added that part of the in-spiration for Pinterest came from the lack

with interests on personal computers.“The problem with that is you can’t re-

ally keep track of where the images came from to easily get back to where you

Pinterest is connected with Facebook and Twitter, and Mr. Edmund said this

and see their interests.“It’s important for us to help people

connect with people who share the same interests [even if] those people may or may not actually know each other in real

Mr. Edmund said the endless pos sibilities that Pinterest offers along with the high quality design makes the web-site unique .

“We believe Pinterest should be as simple to use as possible, while maintain-

said.

“It’s not for one particular

thing. The possibilities are

truly endless.”

- Justin Edmund, product

and interaction designer at

Pinterest

Here is an example

of something found

on Pintrest.com

Butterbeer recipie 4 tbsp caramel topping

4 bottles IBC cream soda

1 cup whipping cream

2 tbsp caramel topping

1/2 tsp vanilla extract

2 tbsp sugar

Place 1 tbsp caramel

topping each into 4 large

mugs. Pour about 1-2

TBSP of cream soda into

each mug. With a spoon,

stir caramel and soda

until caramel has broken

down and “watery”. Pour

remaining soda into each

mug.

Whip together whipping

cream, caramel, vanilla

extract and sugar until

medium stiff (about 2

minutes). Top each mug

with whipped topping.

GRAPHIC BY SARA GAGGIA

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BY SAMANTHA WINDER

Words with Friends, Hanging with

Friends and Scramble with Friends, word

game applications created by Zynga, are

all common ways for freshman Karlee

Turchin to spend her free time. She said

these applications have transformed the

way she plays word games on her phone.

“Having the everyday word games

on a phone or a computer makes it much

easier to access,” Turchin said. “You don’t

it’s all online.”

The apps can be played through the

iPhone, iPod, Android phone, as well as

Facebook. All three of the apps resemble

traditional boards games. Hanging with

Friends is similar to Hangman, Words

with Friends is similar to Scrabble and

Scramble with Friends is similar to Bog-

gle.

“I loved playing Hangman when I

was younger because of the challenge of

together to make words,” Turchin said.

“Now I can play almost the same game

just with more competition whenever I

want and against whoever.

Junior Michael Wagner, was intro-

duced to Words with Friends by his par-

ents said he plays it almost every day be-

cause it’s user friendly.

“I mainly play against my friends and

it’s interesting because I can see how well

my friends work with words so I’m learn-

ing things about them that I didn’t know

before,” he said.

Wagner said since the games are so

accessible, he plays them a lot during

school.

“I’ll play it while I’m at lunch. And

sometimes when I’m bored and we aren’t

Board games without the board

In the past, phrases like, “I just had to catch them all” could be commonly heard from freshman Esteban Urcugo while he was playing his Pokemon Gameboy and trying to beat the game.

impacted popularity of games and apps, said Ken Moskowitz, Plantation psychologist and executive director of Jewish Family Services. “Peer pressure plays a part, especially as far as teenagers. If everyone in your social group is doing it, you don’t want to be left out.” From Angry Birds and Fruit Ninja to Words with Friends and Temple Run, addicting games have captivated

-REBECCA RUBIN AND AVERY ZAFFOS

doing things, I’ll play during class,” he

said.

While students like Wagner may en-

joy playing during classes, AP Psychol-

ogy teacher Kimberly Patterson said she

does not allow her students to play during

class but thinks it is a good thing to do

outside of school.

“It’s a good in-between,” Ms. Patter-

son said. “It’s a fun activity to make the

time pass.”

English teacher Holly Pozin said an-

people with cognitive skills that are used

every day.

“They sharpen the mind,” she said.

vocabulary skills and critical thinking

skills because you have to place the words

and you have to have a strategy to earn the

most points. “

Along with the advantages that come

with playing the games, senior Christine

Dusome said there are also some bad

qualities about them.

“I enjoy playing the games but the

fact that people are able to cheat and that

many people do it makes them not fun to

play,” Dusome said. “Also the games are

time consuming because once you start

playing you can’t stop. They are very ad-

dicting.”

Even so, the popularity of the apps

inspired AP Psychology teacher David

Geller to purchase stock with Zynga.

“Every kid seems to be playing one of

the games on either iPhones or Facebook

and considering how many people use iP-

hones or Facebook I just thought it would

be a good stock to own and to hold onto,”

Mr. Geller said. “Also the price was pret-


Skate from the Heart

The What: A Fundraising Skate-a-Thon

The When: March 10, 2012 4:30 - 6 p.m.

The Where: Saveology Iceplex

3299 Sportsplex Drive, Coral Springs

The Details: $10 minimum donation for

skaters

Can’t Join Us For The Event?: Donate

via PayPal at www.igiveaschmidt.com

or

Drop off a check donation, made payable

to: Schmidt Family Relief Fund

or

Send donation to:

Schmidt Family Relief Fund

c/o Williams

5102 NW 59th Way

Coral Springs, FL 33067

The Who: The Schmidt family is one of many to

have taken on the battle of cancer. The dad, Ron,

was diagnosed back in 2010 with brain cancer.

He fought a long, hard, courageous battle but

passed away in his sleep. Ron leaves behind Kathie,

his wife, and three children, Terry, Casey and Randy.

We are here to show our love and support to the

attend our Skate-a-Thon, you can always make a

donation through our website at www.igiveaschmidt.

com. Please just follow the donate tab and it will lead

you through the process. Thank you for all your well

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BY DANIELA MARIN

FEATURES EDITOR

As seen from Google satellite view, Weston looks like an intricate mosaic of man-made lakes, house confetti and paved cul de sacs. But once zoomed out, Weston’s proximity to acres of wetlands and marshes that make up the Everglades is evident.

The Everglades is currently home to a number of endangered species, including the Florida panther, the American crocodile and the West Indian mana-tee. Due to loss or degradation of habitat, these spe-cies are now in decline.

Howie Gonzales, chief of the ecosystem branch of the Programs and Project Management Division of

Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan (CERP)

“In addition to the habitat the Everglades provides for plants and animals, including many threatened and endangered species, people depend on the Ever-glades for fresh water,” Mr. Gonzales said.

According to Friends of the Everglades, a restora-tion organization, one in every three Floridians relies on the Everglades for a daily supply of fresh water. Mr. Gonzales said it comes down to the individual to take action.

“Because of this connection between humans and the natural environment, every individual that lives, works or plays in South Florida needs to do their part to help conserve water usage,” he said. “This, in part, will help protect this irreplaceable treasure.”

Captain Tim, an airboat captain and naturalist at

the Sawgrass Recreation Park said that it takes the collective work of a community to help preserve the Everglades.

“I think everyone is responsible for taking care of the Everglades and the more people realize what is out here and how important it is, the more people are going to want to save it,” he said.

Senior and Ecology Club vice president Alexa Podolsky said that the rate at which humans are cur-rently consuming and producing waste presents a threat to the environment.

“A lot of people are living a consumption-based life, which is not sustainable,” she said. “The Ever-

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ecosystem around us.”Despite the Bay’s proximity to the Everglades,

Podolsky said many students take the ecosystem for granted and are therefore uninspired to preserve it.

“Maybe if kids saw what they were trying to pro-tect they would be motivated to get active,” she said.

Ecology Club sponsor Cynthia Joseph encourag-es students to take advantage of the wildlife available only in South Florida.

“The Everglades is the only ecosystem like it in the world,” she said. “It is important to preserve it because it is so unique. There is no other place like it in the planet, but if you don’t see it then you can’t un-derstand it or value it and are therefore not motivated to preserve it.”

Senior Arthur Guisasola has been working to pro-tect the Everglades and takes advantage of its natu-ral beauty. Accompanied by his brother, Guisasola

bikes, camps and picks up trash in Andytown, an abandoned town in the middle of the Everglades, and has recently become active in opposing the construc-tion of a church that would demolish the wetlands.

“I usually go to Andytown and explore parts of the Everglades that are left in Weston,” he said. “Our ecosystems are what make this world beautiful. Why destroy what makes this world earth?”

Junior Alfredo Salkeld also enjoys the natural beauty of the Everglades, but fears for ecosystem’s future.

“I love going for bike rides down by the Ever-glades and I would be sad if grass paths with alliga-tors and egrets were transformed to sidewalks with cookie-cutter landscapes or oil rigs with ‘Do Not En-ter’ signs,” Salkeld said.

He said that the only way to prevent the future de-struction of the Everglades is to adapt a environmen-tally friendly lifestyle and stop leading a consump-tion-based life.

“We have gotten to a point where only a small portion of people can take pleasure in spending time outdoors,” Salkeld said. “We need to stop indulging in activities that force us to destroy the environment for resources.”

Captain Tim said that if the Everglades continue to be neglected, the effects to Floridians would be detrimental.

“We depend so much on the Everglades and peo-ple don’t realize that,” Captain Tim said. “The Ever-glades have a huge effect on Florida and if we were to lose them we would all be negatively impacted. We wouldn’t be able to survive it.”

Because the Everglades is the only ecosystem

like it in the world, the need to protect Weston’s

backyard is becoming increasingly dire. Here’s a

deeper look into South Florida’s swamps.

DESIGN BY NICOLE MARTINS AND SARA GAGGIA

PHOTOS BY GIGI ZUMBADO

INFORMATION FROM EVERGLADES.ORG


This month’s featured university is...

BY AVERY ZAFFOS

Although Greek life is commonly viewed as a purely social outlet, there is a whole other side that is usually overlooked. This side consists of philanthropies, respon-sibilities and networking opportunities. Junior Shelby Lopez, president of the Delta Gamma sorority at North-western University, said that being a member of a sorori-ty has been helpful to her throughout her college career.

“I immediately found myself included in a group of women who set high goals for themselves academical-ly, philanthropically, professionally and socially,” Lopez said. “The objective of a sorority centers so much around developing our members into the best versions of them-selves, and that has come to fruition through my time in Greek life.”

Sierra Livingston, a sister of Pi Beta Phi at Florida State University, said while a major aspect of Greek life consists of social events, networking and community service are some of the more important qualities that Greek organizations have to offer.

“I do know several sisters that have gotten internships and actually started their careers with the help of Pi Beta Phi alumni from all around the United States,” Livings-ton said.

Shane Randel, Internal Philanthropy Chair of Zeta Beta Tau fraternity at the University of Florida, said that between the sororities and fraternities, at least one philanthropic event is put on per week and events could range from athletic events to social events.

Livingston attends many such events throughout the year, including Dance Marathon, Light the Night, First Book, Relay for Life and Pi Lam’s Line Dance Competi-tion; these funds go to charities such as the Susan G. Ko-men Breast Cancer Foundation and Children’s Miracle Network.

“Our First Book philanthropy provides new books to low-income families and communities in need,” Liv-ingston said.

Lopez added that she spends a majority of her time doing community service and developing social aware-ness.

“We put our organizational effort into creating pro-

University of Tennessee-Knoxville is a four-year pub-lic university. Lane Carasik, brother of AP Psycholo-gy teacher Kimberly Patterson, is currently a senior at UTK. He studies nuclear engineering and is the presi-dent of the American Nuclear Society and a member of a Jewish fraternity. He spoke to The Circuit’s Arts & Entertainment Editor Melodi Erdogan via phone interview about his experiences at the school.

Why did you choose the University of Tennessee?I chose Tennessee because it’s a school that has a repu-tation for nuclear department is really good. I’m from Atlanta so I didn’t really want to go to a school in At-lanta so it offered an opportunity. I liked the area, and the type of people here are great and actually seeing the school and the caliber of it really made my deci-sion to go here.

What is campus life like?Campus life is pretty active. There’s a lot of partying on the weekends but during the week there’s a lot of school events going on. There are speakers from dif-ferent universities coming to talk to us on campus. There are always students going to and coming from classes.

What are sports like at UTK?Sports are if not No. 1, the main thing people are thinking about at UTK. Sports are a pretty big thing. On games days you can’t get anywhere else unless you’re going to the football game.

What is the campus like on game days?All the parking garages are full. The campus is full with people. The entire city is pretty much shut down for the game. It is a 100,000 people stadium so there’s usually at least that number walking around down-town or walking around campus just getting ready for the game and pre-gaming.

What is the weather like in Knoxville?The joke is, if you don’t like the weather wait 30 min-utes and it will change. During this time it’s usually pretty cold, but right now it’s around 60 degrees. Dur-ing the summer it’s probably what you get in Florida. It’ll get to the 100s.

Are there any downsides to Tennessee?If you are not a gigantic fan of religion, it’s not being shoved down your throat, but it is something students see every day. It’s more that you are in the Bible belt. There are a lot of events that are promoted by reli-gious organizations. It’s getting more progressive but at the same time there still is issues on how religion affects what goes on in Tennessee.

What is the ratio of in-state students to out-of-state students?I would say the population is 85 percent Tennessee. No, there are not a lot of out-of-state students but it is increasing.

Anything else you would like to say about UTK?The university has a plan to become one of the top 25 public universities in the country. There are a lot of new changes, but I feel it’s a really good school to go to. If you want to get involved in undergraduate research you can. You can get involved in a Greek in-stitution, and if you want to be active on campus you can. Or if you don’t want to and you just want to have fun, you have that opportunity.

gramming that will make our members and our commu-nity better,” Lopez said. “Luckily, at a school like North-western, we have an extremely active and large Greek community and each chapter on our campus puts on at least one philanthropy event per year.”

At Northwestern, Delta Gamma has been contribut-ing to the foundation Service for Sight for 80 years and continues to do so.

“DG chose Service for Sight in 1936 in honor of a blind member of our organization,” Lopez said. “Since that time we have contributed so much to research that will eventually prevent blindness and visual impairment and to improving the quality of life of those who suffer from visual handicaps.”

Nowadays knowing the right people can make a

a chance to meet a wide variety of students in various

“I believe Greek life is an equal balance of both building your social circle and getting involved with your community,” he said. “If you wanted to take ad-

helped me get involved with a lot opportunities on and off campus.”

Livingston echoes Randel’s view of how being in-volved builds interpersonal communication skills and helps students meet a lot of new people that they wouldn’t usually get to meet.

“Greek life offers so many more opportunities than just partying to young men and women across the na-tion,” Livingston said.

More than just providing a social outlet, to Lopez, Greek life is comprised of values-based organizations whose primary purposes are to promote better citizen-ship and create members who dedicate their lives to ser-vice and academic excellence, she said.

“I would absolutely recommend it,” Lopez said. “Greek life has shaped me into a better leader, better friend and better member of my community. And I’ve learned so much from my organization and my fel-

groups, and it will provide you opportunities you’d never come across otherwise.”

Greek life provides networking opportunities

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23Technical crew lights up American Musical Theater’s stage

BY PAIGE LEVIN

ONLINE COPY EDITOR

When the curtain closes and the lights

dim between scenes of an American Mu-

sical Theater (AMT) production, there is

a whole other show that the audience is

missing.

In the short time between scenes, or-

chestrated madness ensues. Sets are fran-

and traded and lighting and sound is ad-

justed.

Getting 93 actors, singers and danc-

ers to cohesively perform on one stage at

the same time is no easy feat, but luckily,

a group of about 10 students nicknamed

“techies” dedicate themselves to helping

smooth the process.

“It’s actually a lot harder than it looks,”

-

more. “Most people think you just have

to tell the stage crew when and where to

move stuff, but really you have to coordi-

nate everything in time so that the lights,

sound and set moving is all precisely

done.”

for organizing her crew and the actors

backstage to make sure that the technical

aspects of the show go according to plan.

Throughout each show, she can be

found backstage calling cues on walkie-

talkie with AMT adviser Cindy Lutwin,

who sits in the middle of the audience.

“Because I’m a control freak, I’ve got to

make sure that everything is perfect,” Ms.

how else do you communicate when peo-

ple are all over the auditorium?”

There are about 25 different lights that

go on during shows, each one individu-

ally controlled by a team in a booth above

the auditorium.

“We have two intelligent lights, which

“You can program them to do anything

you want. Any color, any shape, any

brightness.

The other 23 lights are basic white

lights that can be dimmed or adjusted

cues and knowledge of the show to move

the lights depending on the scene.

“The way we choose lighting is depen-

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PHOTOS BY TATIANA AZMOUZBEHIND THE CURTAINS: Sophomore Garet Frank (above) and senior Peder Weierholt (below) adjust the sound and lights of the stage during American Musical Theater performances.

times if it’s a dreamy scene, like going

back in time, we’ll use a soft blue light to

kind of create that.”

AMT is limited to nine microphones

per show, so the cast is forced to trade off

throughout the performance.

frequently malfunction during shows

because of cell phone signals and other

problems.

“They’re just the worst thing to try

and control, and if they break you just try

your best to regain control of the signal,

but sometimes it just doesn’t work and

it’s terrible,” she said.

“You can either choose

to just block it all out,

or to turn off their mic

and let them project,

depending on how bad

it is.

The tech crew spends

the months leading up

to the show staying af-

ter school to build the

sets needed.

Throughout the show,

-

creet ways to move the

sets so that the scenes

change seamlessly.

“One of the great-

est compliments you

can get as a techie is ‘I

didn’t even know you

member of the running

crew, said that being

backstage is great. For

him, moving sets is only stressful some-

times because the “techies” are so well

prepared.

“The curtains are loads of fun, and

it is what we are best at,” he said.

During intermission, it is AMT tra-

dition for the actors to have a backstage

dance party to help the cast relieve stress.

-

termission is the most stressful 15 min-

utes of the night.

set piece that broke on stage,” she said.”

“It’s the craziest point of my life while ev-

erybody’s having this giant dance party.”

the night is when something goes wrong,

because then everybody blames the tech

crew.

wise,” she said. “It’s just upsetting be-

cause you had it perfect half an hour ago

when you were rehearsing.”

Just as the performers must spend a

tech crew puts in countless hours rehears-

the show.

“We don’t go through any lines or any

one, and just do every set change as fast

as we possibly can so that they [the crew]

Ms. Lutwin said that although she is

very tough on the tech crew, she realizes

“You can’t have a show without a tech

crew,” she said. “They work very hard.”

Check Out...LudovicoThe Facts: Ludovico, a local indie/alternative rock band, is inspired by

bands such as Radiohead, Wilco, and Bomb the Music Industry. To-

gether for almost a year, the band consists of juniors Eduardo Rodriguez

(vocals, guitar, keyboard, trumpet), Matt Dobrzanski (bass guitar), and

Charpie Torres (guitar).

What’s In The Works: Despite wanting to go on tour, Ludovico currently

doesn’t have the funds to make it happen. “Hopefully the band will

pick up and we will get the money to tour,” Dobrzanski said. In addition,

an online music sharing website. PHOTO SUBMITTED BY MATT DOBRZANSKI

Behind the scenes of AMT’s performances, techies run the show


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-Alexis Levy

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BY MELODI ERDOGAN

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR

The Sound of Thunder band received 59 superior awards at the District Florida Bandmasters Music Performance Assess-ment performance on Feb. 18 at Stone-man Douglas High School. The drumline

Florida Winter percussion event at J.P. Taravella High School on the same day.

“It was phenomenal,” said band direc-tor Michael Friedman. “We had 97 per-cent of our students rated A or at the high-

solo and ensemble.”The band takes part in weekly con-

certs as a part of the South Florida Win-ter Guard Association, at which there are solo and ensemble music assessments of the student musicians playing individu-ally and in small groups.

Senior Alessandra Lanaro, who is a part of the pit playing the marimba, said taking part in the weekly concerts also helps the band adjust their technique in

addition to winning awards.“Every week we get different opinions

from different judges, and we change the show based on what they recommend and what they like best,” she said.

The band is currently preparing for the district concert band evaluation on March 6. If the band is rated superior, they could qualify for the state champion title on March 24.

“As we get closer we have extra re-hearsals even though everyday we have

Drumline wins gold at districts

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Classic Disney movies return to theaters in 3D BY AVERY ZAFFOS

When sophomore Charisse Comart

she had a bittersweet feeling as she sat in the Cinemark movie theater in Pembroke Pines.

“I think bringing the movies back is good because it brings back so many memories,” Comart said. “ But it’s bad because I hate 3D movies because they take away from my childhood experi-ence.”

Movies like Lion King, Beauty and the Beast and Star Wars are coming back in theaters everywhere now in 3D. Cin-emark marketing director Bryan Jeffries

the public’s interest.“Ticket sales have been very good,

much higher than expected,” Mr. Jeffries said.

Sophomore Nathalia Iole said she loves the returning movies due to her childhood obsession with the Disney Princesses.

“I was very happy when I heard the movies were coming back. Watching them brought up childhood memories be-cause it helped me reminisce my Disney themed parties,” Iole said.

Mr. Jeffries shares the same view as Iole and said he enjoys this recent trend of bringing the old back and seeing it “on the big screen.”

brought to life in a different way,” Mr. Jef-fries said. “Those movies were great to begin with, but they’re even better now.”

Unlike Mr. Jeffries, Comart said she has mixed-feelings about these movies. “Having the lions come right at me was really cool but seeing it in 3D changed how remembered the original movie,” she said. While Comart thinks that the 3D expe-rience diminishes the quality, junior Ma-rissa Stone has the opposite opinion.

“3D enhances the experience because it incorporates the new technology,” she said.

Mr. Jeffries said the reason these mov-ies are suddenly returning to the theater is because the current 3D technology wasn’t available back when the movie was made.

Sophomore Kim Morales loves the beauty and spontaneity of pho-tography. As the secretary of the Photography Club, she was respon-sible for contacting sponsors for the latest art show Artography, held on Feb. 15, where students were able to submit their work to be displayed. Staff writer Lisa Altman spoke to the photographer about her position in the club and what it entails.

What is it about photography that interests you?I like taking shots of when people pass by every day without noticing it. My favorite comment on my pic-tures is like “Wow, where was that?” and I’m like “That was right in front of the school in that little thing” and they’re like “What? No, it’s so ugly over there!” but you pass by it every day and don’t notice how beautiful it really is.

What inspired you to take up pho-tography?Last year, I decided to take the class and just completely fell in love with it. I had a skill for it, Ms. Jenkins told me. And ever since then, I just fell in love with it.

What do you think makes a good photo?Your expression of it. Your story. Your point of view on it. You can’t just take a photo without a story be-hind it. That’s not really the art of it.

What are your favorite things to take photos of?Nature. I’m nature-obsessed. I love

All that.

What camera is your favorite to use?

been using my Canon T1i, which is a digital.

Do you share your photos with friends and family?I do share my photos because even though I don’t want to be a profes-sional photographer, I do want to share my skill and talent and hope it rubs off on people around me.

What does Photo Club do?Basically, we always plan for art shows throughout the year. Artogra-phy was one we just had. Every week

digital stuff, and we teach the kids in the club how to do different tech-niques, so it’s just a huge learning process and then you’re able to show your work in the end.

class for an hour and a half,” Mr. Fried-man said.

Both percussion and color guard are having extensive practices for their na-tional championship contest taking place in Dayton, Ohio from Apr. 19-22, said Lanaro.

“It was pretty exciting winning those awards,” Lanaro said. “We usually win a lot of awards in the state, but it is when we go out of state that it gets tougher to win them.”

“Most of the producers and directors will tell you that they had an idea of what kind of a movie they wanted to make, but just couldn’t do it back 10 or 20 years ago,” Mr. Jeffries said.

He said he thinks that as newer gen-erations come in, older generations want to share their childhood movies.

“I think the success has to do with the fact that parents were brought up watch-ing those movies and want their kids to see them as well,” Mr. Jeffries said.

As technology advances, people can only wait and see what will be in store for their old classics in the future.

“We can’t even imagine what technol-ogy exists 20 years from now,” he said. “But if movies like Twilight or Dark

advances, won’t it be fun to see how those movies look in the year 2032?”


ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

March Playlist1. Childish Gambino: “Camp”

2. Taylor Swift and The Civil Wars:

“Safe and Sound”

3. Maps & Atlases: “Solid Ground”

4. Wolf Gang: “The King and All of

his Men”

5. Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic

Zeros: “Janglin”

6. Metronomy: “The Bay”

7. Lana Del Rey: “Video Games”

8. Gotye: “Somebody That I Used

To Know”

9. The Black Keys: “Lonely Boy”

Percussion members compete at districts on Feb. 18 at Stoneman Douglas High School.

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BY ILANA SPERLING

Celebrities line the red carpet teeming with glitz and glamour for shows such as the Grammys and the Oscars. Nominees wait anxiously to see if they have won, and the paparazzi, as well as social networking sites, buzz on these Sun-day nights.

While viewers may have enjoyed this year’s Gram-mys on Feb. 12 and the 84th Academy Awards on Feb. 26, they may not realize that behind all the star-power, the award shows are responsible for holding programs promoting education and mu-sic in schools.

The Grammy Foundation together with the Grammys work in partnership with MusiCares. This is a program that focuses on human service issues that im-pact the heath and welfare of the music industry. The foundation works on coor-

dinating projects and activities to engage the cultur-al community.

“Every year we host an event called Grammy Career Day and we hold a workshop with about 600 high school students,” said Monica Arel-

lano from Grammy365, a spinoff of the GRAMMY Foundation.

The senior director of education for the GRAMMY Foundation, David Sears,

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the music industry and there is no set or direct path to make it. For this and many other reasons, the foundation has created three summer programs.

“We reach out to teenagers by direct-ly purchasing a mailing list of 20,000 high schools and announce three application-based programs,” Mr. Sears said. “The Grammy awards recognize excellence among the music profession. For high school students interest-ed in that level, the Grammys serve as an incentive to work hard.”

For junior Daniel Orlan, the Grammys and Oscars are shows that have the possibil-ity to entertain him on a day that usually means home-work and a bittersweet end to the weekend.

“I watch award shows be-cause they are entertaining. I like the musical performanc-

Radiohead begins North American tour at American Airlines Arena

BY HAYLEY MEYER

Radiohead kicked off their 2012 North American tour in Miami on Feb. 27. While the concert had many surpris-es and a couple disappointments, Thom Yorke, Radiohead front man, was exactly right when he announced to the crowd, “I still have it.”

Opening up for Radiohead was a band that the crowd seemed unfamiliar with, The Other Lives, who played a short set-list of about four songs. Although the group has an extraordinary amount of talent, the crowd was too anxious for the main event to really get into it.

A little before 9 p.m., the anticipat-

ed Radiohead came on stage to a roar of ap-plause. Twelve screen projec-tors were low-ered and placed above the stage and “Bloom” from Radio-head’s most recent album King of Limbs started off the show. The pro-jectors were moved and re-arranged ev-ery time a new song come on, changed colors and effects, and changed what they pre-sented to the American Airlines Arena crammed full of people.

PHOTO BY HAYLEY MEYER

Radiohead

The coolest part was when all 12 screens zoomed in on Yorke’s face during one song to show his fa-cial expressions and his perfor-mance up close and personal.

Radiohead didn’t play a few of their most popular songs such as “Creep,” and “Jigsaw Fall-ing Into Place,” ended the show early around 11

p.m. and played with a lack of momentum. During “Morning Mr.Magpie,” “National Anthem” and “Idioteque,” the crowd was

singing and dancing along wildly, while also recording videos. But, excluding the performance of “Lotus Flower,” the band and the crowd generally lacked excite-ment, as the energy in the arena was not at full potential, possibly because expec-tations of the show were too high.

Radiohead performed a live debut of ”Meeting in the Aisle” and introduced two new, unreleased songs “Identikit” and “Cut a Hole,” and as extremely cool as that was, the crowd responded in a calm way that showed it may not of been what they were expecting or hoping for.

With the popular “Karma Police” end-ing up the night, it was a little disappoint-ing to leave the crowd at its peak of excite-ment. The song ended, and as the other band members were ready to go, Yorke got the crowd to continue singing the cho-rus “and for a minute there, I lost myself, I lost myself…” Since it was the start of their new tour, Radiohead could have ended the show with a bigger bang, but it was still an unforgettable Monday.

“For high school students

interested in that level,

the Grammys serve as an

incentive to work hard.”

- David Sears, senior

director of education from

the GRAMMY Foundation

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es and they brighten up my Sunday night,” Orlan said. “It would be cool to become famous, and the Grammys inspire me to try harder and maybe make it into the in-dustry.”

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BY CHLOE LIPKIN

For senior Samantha Eyley, being a singer and participating in chorus has been a given for her considering her mu-sical family. Eyley said she grew up in a house with constant instrument playing and singing, and she would not want to have it any other way.

“I grew up in a house that was always playing piano and guitar, along with ev-eryone singing,” Eyley said. “My mom

becoming a singer. She is always singing and bringing music into our house.”

Eyley has been in chorus since her freshman year and since joining has worked her way up to the position of pres-ident of chorus.

“Before becoming involved in chorus I was always the person to sit in the back, do what I’m supposed to and let everyone else audition for solos,” she said. “With-out chorus, I wouldn’t be who I am.”

plans on attending Florida State Universi-ty to major in music therapy, a major that uses music in a therapeutic way to help the physical, emotional and social needs of people.

“Skiing in Snow Mass, Colo.,

because there was nine

inches of powder.”

– sophomore Jesse Segaul

“Going to Brazil. I have a lot

of family living there so we go

every year.”

– sophomore Amanda Cardoso

Chorus student to major in music therapytherapy is to help communication be-tween individuals that might not be able to express themselves otherwise, so they turn to music,” Eyley said.

When Eyley’s father passed away a few years ago, she used music as her es-cape. She hopes to use music therapy as a way to help other people with their prob-lems.

“I truly believe that no one can live without music. It brings out the best in people, challenges people, and I know I’m not the only one who turns to it no matter what mood I am in,” Eyley said.

Eyley’s accomplishments include be-ing a part of the Florida All-State Cho-rus for six years in a row, and being one of 100 students in the state of Florida as a part of what she said is the most presti-gious choir, Reading Choir.

“Samantha is very dedicated, juggles a busy schedule and is going off to do great things,” chorus teacher, Mr. Brad-ley Franks said.

While Eyley is just trying to enjoy the rest of her senior year for right now, she is eager to begin the path to becoming a music therapist.

“Music therapy is a tough profession to get into, but I’m ready for the ups and downs,” Eyley said.

PHOTO BY BRITTANY ZEIDEL Senior Samantha Eyley speaks to her chorus class. Since ninth grade, Eyley has worked her way up to president of chorus. HITTING THE HIGH NOTES:

What is your best spring break memory?

“I went to New York and

went to the top of the

Empire State Building.”

– freshman Julia Strum

“I went to Yellowstone

National Park. I saw a lot of

animals and a dead bear.”

– sophomore Adrian Oropeza

English and Creative Writing teacher Joyce Seigel recently read a book titled It’s OK to Tell by Lauren Book, who is

abuse. Mrs. Seigel usually likes to read

she likes to know “what makes people tick.” She recommends this book so people can be educated on horrid acts made against others and realize that the readers could help or learn that it truly is okay to tell.

-Jessica Schein“Some things happen in our homes that people are afraid to

Sometimes we’re afraid to get involved, but sometimes that bystander passiveness is not good because it ends up in

-English teacher Joyce Seigel

It’s OK to Tell by Lauren BookBY ALEXA STEINLAUF

The American Musical Theatre (AMT) class is currently preparing for the production of their spring musical Footloose which will take place on May 16-19.

“I decided to do the show Footloose because it’s the 10 year anniversary of our school and I thought it would be a fun show,” AMT teacher Cynthia Lutwin said. “It is also a great contrast

Saigon.” After four weeks of auditions, the last

took place on Feb. 24, and the cast list was posted online on Feb. 26. Ariel will be played by senior Carolyn King; Ren will be played by senior Jade Ziane; Rusty will be played by senior Leigh Green; Shaw will be played by senior David Klein; Willard will be played by junior Sean Taggart; and Vi will be played by senior

Sara Pardo.“I think that auditions went very well,

and I am very excited for all of my stu-dents who will be in the show,” Ms. Lutwin said.

Students who auditioned for the show had to prepare a 45 second song and a one minute monologue for the initial audition, then do a “cold read,” which is when they are given a piece of the script and have to go on stage an act as the character.

“We haven’t done cold reads for our last couple of shows, but I think that it went well with the audition process,” said Green, AMT president.

With many students familiar with the movie Footloose, King said she thinks the show will have a great turnout.

“Many students will be familiar with the music so I think everyone will enjoy it,” she said. “This will be my last show that I will do at the Bay so I am very ex-cited.”

AMT prepares for Footloose

Daughtry to perform in Boca Raton BY SAMANTHA WINDER

Rock band Daughtry will be mak-ing a stop in Boca Raton on April 14 on their Break The Spell tour. They will be taking the stage at 8 p.m. at Mizner Park Amphitheater along with opening acts Mike Sanchez and SafetySuit.

Daughtry is composed of lead singer

Chris Daughtry, bassist Josh Paul, lead guitar Josh Steely, rhythm guitar Brian Craddock and drums Robin Diaz. Their recent album Break The Spell was re-leased on Nov. 21 and includes singles “Renegade” and “Crawling Back To You.”

Ticket prices range from $42-66 and are sold through Ticketmaster. For more information go to ticketmaster.com.

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“Many students will be familiar with the music so I think everyone will

- senior Carolyn King

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BY TATIANA AZMOUZ

New York-based band Nada Surf is an independent alternative rock group that has been around since 1992, consisting of members Matthew Caws (guitar/ vo-cals), Ira Elliot (drums/ backup vocals) and Daniel Lorca (bass/ backup vocals). Their sound has remained un-changed throughout ev-ery album release, and their seventh studio al-bum, The Stars Are In-different to Astronomy, proves just as worthy as the rest.

The album starts out with seven great tracks with a mix of personal and positive lyrics. “Waiting for Some-thing” and “Teenage Dreams” are two

with their feel-good beats and lightheart-

“When I was Young,” the third and longest track on the album, is the only

BY JORDAN FRIEDMAN

If you happen to see a student in the hallway stomping on or ripping up a

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Wreck This Journal by illustrator, writer and guerilla artist Keri Smith.

The ultimate goal of the book, which has become a popular seller worldwide, is to provide young adults with a differ-ent journal experience. It has directions on how to literally wreck the journal in a fun, creative way that helps escape the reality of a stereotypical journal.

Every page has general instructions -

erence on how to wreck the journal more. The user can interpret each instruction his or her own way.

With starting instructions such as “spill coffee on a page,” “close the book and write or scribble something on the edges” and “poke holes in this page,” each journal turns out unique and per-sonalized. This is a great way to not only be inspired but also have an entertaining

3D remake fails to impress fans Seventh album proves band consistentone that has a tempo change. It starts off

until it meets the classic, uplifting Nada Surf standard.

Even though every track has a good

fan base, some lyrics such as the ones in “Waiting for Something” get repetitive. “Jules and Jim,” although not too repeti-tive, consists of short sentences that seem to lack development compared to the

rest.The last three tracks

on the album remain uniform in sound, but the lyrics are not as hopeful as the ones heard in the beginning. The words to these songs get more person-al and incorporate lines

-na wish that you were young again,” and “I

cannot believe the future is happening to me” that give off a nostalgic vibe.

Regardless of the contrasting lyrics, The

Stars Are Indifferent to Astronomy sends out great messages about life, romance and internal questions that listeners will be able to connect to.

Wreck This Journal

BY BROOKE WILSONPR / AD MANAGER

may be small in size, but their food packs a real punch. Myung Ga, located in the Shoppes of Weston, knows how to keep tra-ditional food fresh and tasting good for a moderate price.

Located on Weston Road, this restaurant is not too far for

Nada Surf: The Stars Are Indifferent to Astronomy

activity to spend an afternoon doing.“Even though there are instructions,

the journal still forces you to think out-side the box,” sophomore Jamie Herman said. “The fact that [the journal] told you to ruin it and take it certain places made it seem more personal. It was yours.”

appeal to all especially when there are in-structions on how to do it.

sophomore Alex Russ said.-

posed to box in the user, in fact, quite the opposite. It starts the reader on the pro-

take over.

a fearless way,” English department head and Creative Writing teacher Joyce Sei-gel said. “Rip a page and see a shape and write about it or step on it and the foot-print reminds you of something and in-spires you.”

The purpose of the journal is to make a mess of it, in a non-orderly fashion.

-cult, but in the long run it can help those who are perfectionists overcome their dread of mistakes. The book becomes a creation that is perfect because of its im-perfections.

Myung Ga

a quick dinner out with friends or family.

As soon as the order has been sent to the kitchen they bring out six complimentary mini dishes that are called bun-chans. They

cucumber, a side salad, cabbage marinated in kimchi sauce and cooked bean sprouts. All of them vary in spices and heat and they really added to the experience.

Ohjingun bockeum is a dish that consists of grilled squid in a sweet and spicy sauce. Unfortu-nately, the squid was overcooked

still very unique, spicy and note-worthy. It is served with fresh

Star Wars: The Phantom Menace 3D

BY JARED FISHER

When fans heard that the Star Wars series was being reconstructed into a three-dimensional format

was immense. Fans on social network-

ing sites like Facebook and Twitter used their ac-counts to show their ex-citement for the converted form of the 1999 origi-nal Star Wars: Episode 1 – Phantom Menace that starred Liam Nel-son, Natalie Portman and Ewan McGregor. Howev-er, even though there was

3D effects did little to im-prove the original copy and falsely advertised a rebirth of the Star Wars saga.

The one and only major change in the movie involves one of the main charac-ters, Yoda. In the original Phantom Men-

ace, Yoda is a puppet but in this new ver-sion, Yoda becomes a 3D computer gen-erated image (CGI). The new CGI Yoda is much more realistic than old Yoda.

Even though the Phantom Menace is an exciting, suspenseful and enjoyable movie, the new version does not use many “special” 3D effects.

There are no light sabers popping out at the audience or Jedi Knights falling into

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2D screen, which it should not be. The audience does not feel as if they are in the movie, which is the whole point of viewing in 3D.

The 3D producers are now bringing the mov-ies back to life on the big screen in chronological order, all with supposedly new and improved 3D ef-fects.

Since the 3D effect

all, viewers are more like-ly to enjoy the Star Wars story in their

will be less costly than an expensive 3D ticket which is $16, and it will be just as enjoyable.

Journal becomes popular among students

Restaurant brings Korean cuisine to Weston

PHOTO BY BROOKE WILSON

Myung Ga specializes in traditional Korean Food with a wide variety of sides at affordable prices.

rice that pairs well with the dish and costs $15.

Myung Ga is also known for

Dakgooi. It tastes like a savory grilled chicken with a hint of sweetness to it. Compared to the squid dish it has a much less in-

rice for $15. Myung Ga is a unique restau-

rant that gives customers a dif-ferent ethnic experience. As one of the only Korean restaurants in Weston, this place sets the bar high for any incoming competi-tors. Its moderate price and good service make this worth a try.

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29SPORTS

From one Jeremy

to another

He’s Lin-sane, Lin-credible and Lin-conceivable. New York Knicks point guard Jeremy Lin has burst onto the scene in what seems like a matter of minutes.

In the past month, this young man has gone from being virtually unknown by most of the world to what most consider

-rently. Some believe there is no way that his great play can last, but to me, whether

story is truly Lin-spirational.When you think of stars in the NBA,

you think of guys who have been cele-brated since high school. After the “stars” take their talent to the city of their choice for college, they go directly to the big leagues to get millions of dollars.

Lin took a slightly different path. To

feet tall and weighed 120 pounds. After his freshman year of riding the bench on the junior varsity team at Palo Alto High School, he worked hard enough to make the varsity team. By his senior year, he grew to be over six feet and was the lead-er of the team and leading scorer.

However, despite great stats and an upset over a nationally ranked team for the state title, Lin was overlooked by the big-time colleges. Lin “settled” for a trip to Harvard University to study econom-ics and start at point guard as a fresh-man. Once again, Lin put up statistics that could compete with any big prospect, but because he didn’t necessarily look the part, went undrafted to the NBA.

At this point, most would have given up, especially with the economics degree from Harvard that Lin had, but he perse-vered.

Lin played in the summer league and -

sion. After outplaying top draft pick John Wall, the Dallas Mavericks, Los Angeles Lakers, and Golden State Warriors of-fered him a contract. After playing for only 10 minutes a game for 29 games in the 2010 season for his hometown War-riors, Lin was cut.

Once again he had to prove himself. He did. After impressing scouts during practice with his effort and passion for the game, Lin was offered a minimum con-tract with no guaranteed money by the New York Knicks. That didn’t faze him.

-er’s in California to teammate Landry Field’s in New York. He continued to

to play and outperformed all-star point guard Deron Williams of the New Jer-sey Nets. Lin has averaged 21 points per game and 7 minutes per game and lead

games.Jeremy Lin is the perfect example of

why people, especially athletes, should never give up on their dreams. No matter how many times he was told no, he con-tinued to work to get to the next level.

As a pitcher on the Bay’s baseball team, I’ve been told I don’t have a future as a player at the Division 1 level. There are many other athletes out there in the same shoes. Not quick enough, fast enough, tall enough, strong enough; none of that mat-ters, though. People like Jeremy Lin give

and inspiration to carry on. Lin is the es-sence of the right type of player and per-son for athletes to follow.

How far can you go?

Boys Basketball

The 2011-2012 boys varsity basketball team had

12-8A title, the team beat Piper High School in the

“There is not one thing I would change about this season,” Coach Looky said. “It was amazing.”

Girls Basketball

Girls varsity basketball end-ed their season with a 11-9 re-cord and a district playoff birth. Head coach Scott Selvidge said that although he was upset with

the girls grew a lot as a team.“I thought we played hard,”

Coach Selvidge said. “It’s just one of those things where one team wins and one team los-es.”

HANDS UP:Junior Natalia Perez looks for an open player to pass to.

WITH PERMISSION: JP PORTRAITSHUDDLE UP: The team huddles around head coach Jason Looky.

Wrestling

WITH PERMISSION: JP PORTRAITSHEAD TO HEAD:

The wrestling team had 11 athletes head to regionals and four advance to states which “raised the bar” for the team Coach Patrick McNamara said.

“We made a great deal of progress because we had good leadership, a positive work ethic, and we were athletic,” he said.

Girls Soccer

The varsity girls soccer team made history this year by making it to the state semi-

“This was the most successful season we have ever had here since the school opened and I am very happy with the results,” head coach Kate Dwyer said.

WITH PERMISSION: JP PORTRAITS

Junior Rachel Swadlow goes for shot on goal.

Boys Soccer

PHOTO BY NETA BRONFMAN

FANCY FOOTWORK: Senior Sami Salim dribbles around his opponent.

The boys varsity soccer team ended its season with a 23-0-2 record, a 6A state championship and a No. 1 ranking in the nation by ESPN.

This is the second year in a row that the Lightning have captured the state championship.

“Since October, we have come closer as a team, and it makes it

we’re best friends,” forward Danny Jensen.

SHOOTS AND SCORES:

Junior Javier Gonzalez fac-ing in a tournament during the regular season.



Winter sports became spring sports for these high-achieving teams


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Varsity baseball comes together despite youthBY JAKE MARSH

This season, the varsity baseball team will attempt to achieve success in a way different from past years. Led by a mere four seniors, the Lightning will try to overcome its inexperience and march to-wards a possible postseason berth.

“They’ve played baseball their whole lives,” head coach Mike White said. “They’re not young, but for most of them

-ball.”

Coach White said that the team must focus on the “little things” in order to be successful.

“We need to stress the fundamentals,” he said. “We need to make sure they ex-ecute that right. As you get older you get a little bit more advanced with it.”

The team is full of sophomores and juniors who will get the opportunity to play an extra year or two of varsity base-ball, giving them more varsity experience because there are so few seniors.

“[Our youth] is -

said. “When we are older we are going to have good chemistry and we’re going to be better.”

-ing part of such a young team is different than the usual.

“There’s not that one person that feels like they have to take responsibility for anything,” he said. “Everybody just gets to help each other.”

Cepeda, who is also a sophomore, is op-timistic that playing against more expe-rienced teams will help them in the long run.

“We get to compete against older peo-ple and it makes us better as players,” he said. “Since we are younger, we don’t have that much power, so we have to start bunting a lot. We have different strategies for each team.”

Cepeda said that he, along with the rest of his teammates, will need to focus in order to beat the older teams.

“We need to just put effort into every-thing and be able to stay in each game,” he said.”

Contrary to these two sophomores, se-nior Brandon Cable has a different per-spective.

“Since we have such a young team this year, it feels like I have a really big role to play because I need to help lead the team,” he said. “I will need to lead the team by telling them what they’re expect-ed to do and by picking all of my team-mates up.”

Cable said that the team’s being so young will actually help them in a posi-tive way for the rest of the season.

“Every player on our team has a lot of talent,” he said. “Since they are young they will have experience on the varsity level for next year.”

Junior Ji Woo is very excited about what is in store for the team this season.

“It is exciting,” the relief pitcher said. “The energy, effort and enthusiasm this team has is unbelievable.”

Woo believes that the team will have to contribute with extra effort in order to win games against some of the older teams on its schedule.

“We need to give 110 percent and play to our full potential every game,” he said.

that the team needs to avoid its miscues during each game.

“We can’t make mistakes, especially the little ones that can cost us the game,” he said.

Coach White said that even though it has a lack of experience, the team is ca-pable of beating anybody.

“We can compete with all of the

teams,” he said. “It is just a matter of making all of the plays during the games and stepping up at the right times.”

If Coach White were to give his ath-letes any advice, he said it would be to fo-cus and listen at all times.

“They need to keep listening,” he said. -

erything will fall in place.”

Lightning softball off to fast start, keeps future goals in mindBY ANNA SCHIFTER

Since the start of the season, the girls varsity softball team has won four out of

-cluded the team’s defeat of Barbara Gole-man Senior High School 11-0 on Feb. 17.

“I think we played exceptionally well together,” pitcher Courtney Methven said. “Honestly, I don’t know who the best player on our team is because everyone is equal in talent.”

Methven said the most exciting part of the game was when catcher Carly Yasses hit a homerun early in the game because it helped the team get “pumped up.” Head Coach Lonny Shapiro said that while Yasses is the top overall player, the team has a tremendous amount of talent as a whole.

“The best part of the season so far has been having a lot of talent each day at practice to work with,” he said.

Coach Shapiro said the team needs to work on giving each and every game and practice their all and putting in all their effort to get a great outcome.

Third baseman Maddie Wideman gave input on what she thinks the team, as a whole, needs to practice.

“The skills I think we need to work on is staying in the game even when we are down so that we can come back stronger,” Wideman said.

Wideman said that she thinks the overall strength of the team together is having an excellent defense. She says the pitchers don’t have to worry about miss-

the defense is behind them.

“I think our team works well togeth-er because we have all been playing so long together and we know how everyone plays,” she said.

Methven and Wideman agree that af-ter the team wins a game, the girls feel accomplished and are certain that they have played to the best of their abilities. They said winning a game gets the team excited for the next game and shows the players that they are as good as any other

team. “What makes us special is that we

all get along so well and even when we are not playing softball, we all still hang out outside of school on the weekends,” Methven said.

Coach Shapiro, Methven and Wide-man said the Bay’s biggest competition is Western High School and West Broward High School.

“I think they are both our biggest com-

petition because we never have been able to beat West Broward before. They are one of the best teams in the district, but this year I think we well be able to stand a chance,” Wideman said. “Western is competition because they are our natural rival; therefore, we feel compelled to beat

By the end of the season, both the girls and the coach all hope to accomplish win-ning the district championship.

PLAY BALL:

SWINGING FOR THE FENCES: Shortstop Danny Cepeda gets ready for a pitch in the team’s game vs. Western on Feb. 21.



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BY BRITTANY ZEIDEL AND ALYSSA CARRAHA

The boys and girls water polo

teams headed to Saint Andrews

-

nament of the season on Feb. 23-

-

nament, the girls placed 13th

with a 2-2 record and the boys

placed 14th with a 1-3 record at

the end of the weekend.

“Like the past two years, the

playing in the Saint Andrews

look forward to playing in this

She added that they will also

-

-

paratory School in Coral Gables

on March 23-24 and Ransom

expose them to the best teams in

the state.

-

-

pionship and looking to make it

the winning standard that was

established for their team since

For the boys team, one of the

captains, senior Aitor Sahonero,

help as a preparation for states,

he said.

large with 27 players, Sahonero

-

ments, there will be a mix of

-

“There’s a good balance be-

starters to practice and easier

-

somehow fall short at districts

each year since she’s been at the

BY ALEXA STEINLAUF AND AVERY ZAFFOS

-

so’s passion for sports that dates

back to the 1970s when he tried

“Football has always been

-

-

-

BY ALYSSA CARRAHA

Aside from the physical as-

pect of athleticism, wrestler

“There are differences between

-

Aside from being physically

-

said.

-

derson, a senior, agreed that it is

Football player Tim Tebow

in both sports and life. Like

-

-

tling for a bigger reason than

Breno Ertty has a different in-

ner strength.

-

-

athleticism is innate, he said

with the proper mindset, ath-

leticism can be earned.

potential by working hard and

any obstacle, anything block-

talent and heart, Ertty said any-

one can become an athlete.

Aside from playing state

Hollywood Hills in districts and

Cooper City High in regionals to

New, old polo players rise up Athleticism built from many attributes

Athletic director tried out for New York Jets in ‘70s

City has the second best goal-

-

year captain, senior Cristina

Arribas to “rally the troops

-

ing players to carry the team.

-

ing that Alyssa Carraha and

heads together and with of-

-

-

ties, especially Carraha and

-

said.

Arribas said she is excit-

ed to be captain again for the

BACK OFF:

PHOTO BY ALYSSA CARRAHA

-

“The problem was, at the

also too small to play as a tight

his dream of playing profession-

al football.

“Our biggest hope for this season is to work ourselves hard enough so that we

girls]. fourth consecutive district championship and looking to make it to at least state

” -Head Coach Laura Vera

-

to athletics when he became the

coach in the spring, and after the

for the job here at the Bay.

-

-

a professional sports team

all opens his horizons and

broadens him into an amaz-

Aitor Sahonero (right) is in the process of a shot block, which is a defensive strategy that can not only prevent a goal, but also lead to a steal.

“Football has always been my sport. I’ve played ever since I was in the seventh grade and I knew that was what I wanted to do.”- Athletic director Bill Caruso

For more sports coverage check out www.cbhscircuit.com

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BY JENNA KLINE

High school is a time for students to

future seems pretty clear-cut.

Aspiring to go into sports broadcast-

-

-

-

Winderman had an exciting opportuni-

second quarter of a Miami Heat game for

BY ALYSSA CARRAHA

-

to the state tournament in Lakeland on

-

-

ning four med-

T h o u g h

place at states

he said he is

still proud of his

per formance

this season.

-

-

-

-

Wrestling team places in states

Miami Heat and added a pre-game piece

-

analysis about some of the players on the

Heat.

the Heat game as a good stepping-stone

for his future career.

“Anytime you can get a real life expe-

-

-

opportunity to pursue sports broadcast-

ing in the future.

-

skilled seniors to not get an opportunity

-

get in the lineup

extremely com-

-

-

-

“We made a great deal of progress be-

Although the season has come to a

heads to college.

-

“It raises the bar several

notches for them. Jonathan

won two matches and

Dylan won one. The

experience alone was very

valuable going into next

year.”

-wrestling coach Patrick

McNamara

STOP, DROP AND PIN:PHOTO SUBMITTED BY JPG PORTRAITS

PHOTO SUBMITTED BY JAKE WINDERMAN

LIGHTS, CAMERA, ACTION: Sophomore Jake Winderman provides commentary at the Miami Heat game on Feb. 5 for Sun Sports annual Kids Day.

Junior Dylan Seidle placed top 12 in his weight division at the state tournament on Feb. 16-17 in Lakeland, Fla.


BY ADAM BIRNBAUM AND ZACK LENDER

Not many athletes get the op-

that they play, but senior Matt

-

“Being a referee along with

a player allows me to be around

-

From a very young age, Hersh

-

roller and for the last seven years

-

two birds with one stone” and

said was very fortunate that he

“Being a ref allows me to

also being around a sport that I

Senior Cody Reiff said hav-

ing Hersh as a teammate has re-

“With Matt being a referee,

“He is a really great leader on

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Senior doubles as both referee, player

BY DANIELA MARINFEATURES EDITOR

Amidst a student population of nearly

-

-

around on the diving boards one day af-

-

-

-

stantly seeing the game from a

-

varsity team, he is unable to ref-

“I usually ref travel games or

In the future, Hersh plans to

RACE TO THE PUCK:

ter tem-porarily

giving up gym-

“When I

moved here in

seventh grade,

I did not really

gyms around so

I got really into

swimming,” she

Shortly af-

ter, however, she

-

ming injuries, in-

-

tended ligaments

and multiple mi-

-

was suffering from a lot of injuries,” she

swim again was to get surgery, and get-

ting surgery at that age would have been

-

“Jenny is very unique in that she not

only dives, but she is also a great swim-

-

-

-

line helps me a

lot with diving

forms you do in

-

“I learned how

trampoline and

then I applied

what I learned to

Due to the

sports’ similari-

-

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hand, a lot of people who are gymnasts

-

“I am really dismayed that we don’t

swimming program and would love to

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vertise the program enough in her opin-

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-

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“I used to be a swimmer myself so I

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“I got into diving accidentally. My swim coach saw me messing around on the diving boards one day after practice, and suggested I try out for the dive team since I was already a gymnast.”- junior Jenny Huchler

Junior holds top diving records at Bay

PHOTO SUBMITTED BY MATT HERSH Senior Matt Hersh (left) races to the puck in the lightning’s game at Incredible Ice. Along with playing ice hockey, Hersh also serves as a referee for various levels of hockey games.

Student’s passion for hockey creates job

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ing test to move up to level four

that’s not something I want to

School’s only diver excells in a pool of one


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Athletes required to dress out on game days BY MELODI ERDOGAN AND HAYLEY MEYER

One of many rules for sports teams includes dressing up on game days. At the Bay, there is a guideline that requires student athletes to dress up in formal clothing on game days.

“We started to do this at Cy-press with the soccer team two years ago. We have always done it for football,” said Boomer Bray, who is involved with coaching both teams. “It is just to get fo-cused. That it is not a regular day, that it is not a practice day.”

Coach Boomer said he doesn’t personally dress up on

-letes may not like dressing up on game days, but they eventually learn to embrace it.

“Everybody is on board,” he said. “It’s a tradition and we’ve always done it in football, all for one, one for all.”

Soccer player Javier Clavijo is recognized around school for dressing up in fancy clothes.

“I never really get the chance to dress up outside of school,” said Clavijo, a junior. “Probably my favorite part of pre-gaming is getting dressed up. And when they say we get to wear a shirt and tie, I get really happy.”

Clavijo’s teammate junior

Rhys Williams said that dressing up gives

on game day. “I think it gives

more emphasis for the game and it lets every-one know we have a game,” he said.

Clavijo said dressing up pre-pares him for that night’s game.

“Throughout the whole day

I’m mentally reminded to be prepared for the match, and that I have a game,” he said. “When

PHOTO BY HAYLEY MEYER

I wear my attire I’m more focused and take the game more seriously because we don’t always get to wear these clothes.”

Soccer forward Hannah Glick said that they only wear

sweatpants and a sweatshirt on game days.

“I wouldn’t want to dress up

“Throughout the whole day I’m mentally reminded to be prepared for the match and that I have a game.”- junior Javier Clavijo

nicely, but for the boys I guess it’s symbolic for the sports teams like basketball and football. They have to be included, too,” said Glick, a sophomore.

Senior Josh Appel, who is the public address announcer for multiple school sports, said that he is a fan of dressing up and there is no downside to it in his eyes.

“I think it shows class,” he said. “It’s a good thing and it makes them stand out to the rest of the student body.”

Center for the varsity basket-ball team, Andres Aleman, likes to “keep it interesting” with his style.

“I’ve got a variety of ties that I switch up with and a couple of shirts that I mix and match with,” said Alemann, a senior. “It has to be khakis or dress pants, but it gets the ladies.”

Coach Boomer thinks that ul-timately, when the athletes dress up on game days, it helps raise awareness to the student body when there are games.

“I think that the student body, the administration and the teach-ers applaud it because it’s a spe-cial day,” he said. “It’s game day and it means they care about their school and how they feel about their teams.”

Parkour jumps in popularity BY JORDAN FRIEDMAN

Flips, tricks, vaulting, wall running - whatever it takes to get through, over and under

-sible. Parkour enthusiast Diego Gonzalez said that there are no limits to what athletes are al-lowed to do in this sport.

“The sport requires quick thinking and is good exercise and a lot of fun,” said Gonzalez, a junior who is a traceur, which is the name for a person who does parkour.

His fellow traceur, junior Derrick Gallegos, gave insight on some of the moves involved with this fad.

“True parkour is really about vaults,” he said. “The Dash and the Kong are my favorite moves.”

The Dash is when you jump over the entire obstacle and at the last moment place your hands on it and push off to keep your mo-mentum going. The Kong is a dive at the object and your knees go through your arms.

Gallegos said that when he

YouTube, it looked really cool. He said that those interested in starting to do parkour should look at the videos on YouTube for beginner tutorials and then

ready. “The more you do park-

our the better you get. Practice makes perfect,” he said. “It is 90

percent mental and 10 percent physical. You just have to have faith in your abilities. It’s as safe as a sport can get. Major injuries are rare if you know what you’re doing.”

Gallegos said that parkour and free running should not be confused, though.

-cient aspect that includes most-ly vaults,” Gallegos said. “How-ever, it is becoming more of an art form, taking on the charac-teristics of free running which is

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Orthopedic doctor Kenneth Jarolem, MD said even when parkour is done properly, he has had those unlucky patients that have misstepped.

“The skills are a good exer-cise but the falling is dangerous,” he said. “Inevitably, this activity will lead to uncontrolled falls at fairly high rates of speed. This, in addition to the lack of protec-

-ry more likely than playing foot-ball.”

Although risks do exist, Gon-zalez said there are techniques and precautions when participat-ing in the sport. He recommends checking to make sure that wher-ever you do parkour is stable and that there are no present dangers, such as nails or glass. When per-forming a trick, the traceur may

circumstance. “Depending on the situation

and if there’s a lot of momentum, you roll out,” Gonzalez said. “Also, don’t land on your heels. When I fall I try to land on a stiff but bent arm.”

Gallegos said that rolling out is for protection. It’s a shoul-der roll that absorbs the impact and directs it forward instead of downward.

Gonzalez said it would be nice if there were a set place that had a low risk of encounter-ing dangerous objects and was somewhere traceurs were al-lowed to train.

“My friends and I are always looking for a place to do parkour since we always are getting in trouble,” Gonzalez said.

Head of security Larry Sil-verman said that he is not op-

posed to park-our as long as it’s done prop-erly.

“As a sport, I’m not against parkour. I’m against park-our being done under improp-er conditions,” Mr. Silverman said. “The same way we’d never let the football team practice in the guidance of-

in the courtyards.”Wherever parkour is being

done, Gallegos said that it still requires self-awareness and an

HARDCORE PARKOUR: Juniors Diego Gonzalez (left) and Derrick Gallegos (right) both demonstrate their parkour skills that they perform on the streets. Parkour can be detrimental to the body if done under improper conditions but it is just as safe as any other sport, according to Gallegos.

PHOTOS BY JORDAN FRIEDMAN

understanding of your own per-sonal limits.

“You of course have to test your limits or you aren’t going to get any further,” he said. “It’s just how smart you are that de-termines how dangerous it is.”

BLACK TIE AFFAIR: Juniors Rhys Williams and Javier Clavijo plan out to match ties and shirts when they have to wear formal clothes on game days.

“As a sport, I’m not against parkour. I’m against parkour being done under improper conditions. The same way we’d never let the football team practice in the guidance

done in the courtyards.”-Head of Security Larry Silverman


What is one thing people do not

know about baseball?

It is really a huge team sport. We need all 20 guys to play well or we are not going to win.How has baseball affected your

life?

Baseball has been a huge part of my life. It has kept me out of trouble, and I have made a lot of friends from it.What is your walk-up song?

Why?

“Behind Closed Doors” by Rise Against, because it pumps me up and it has a good message.Do you model your game like a

proffesional baseball player?

No, I play the way that I feel is the right way to play, which is with a lot of effort.

-Dalton Jacobs

What are your strengths and

weaknesses?

Defense is my strength, but my

since I was little I have always struggled on offense. I mean I can hit the ball, but I am not a power hitter.What inspired you to play softball

and how long have you been

playing for?

I have been playing since I was 5, and it was something that I always loved watching on T.V. and I got into it ever since then.How does the team get motivated

before games?

We listen to music. That is one big thing. We all just try to pump each other up. We are all really good friends, so that works, too.What college do you want to go to?

Western Connecticut State University. -Jessica Schein

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BY AVERY ZAFFOS

It’s legal. It builds muscle. And it’s back in use among athletes again after

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strength, but not all may be aware of the side effects.

Wrestling and football assistant coach

the risks and ben-

because he has -

ment.

a large amount of sugar which can cause your

also hold and re-tain a lot of water weight, and a lot

back for the football team has been tak-ing creatine since his freshman year be-cause he wanted to increase his athletic

use.

BY REID OVIS AND

BRITTANY ZEIDEL

With obesity rates rising in the United States, the Broward

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-teria food by informing students at an early age.

“We want to hit students ear-ly in schools in order for them to

-nator of the Food and Nutrition

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-cial it will be for students later

healthier choices, which ties

effects to creatine. The only downside is

he initially took creatine to test out the -

lete who consistently lifts weights should try it.

“I do not cur-rently take cre-atine because dur-ing wrestling sea-son I can’t afford

said athletes he has

But, he worries about how the heat

are getting.“Being in South Florida where it’s ex-

tremely hot and wrestlers are losing eight -

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a way to stay hydrated while he takes cre-

atine.“If you work hard you need to be

he said. “I try to drink at least a half of a

-mance enhancing drugs, they look at your

“But by taking creatine, it’s just an added amount to the creatine your body already

“EAS started coming out with a brand -

he said.

into using the classroom and the

Along with the addition of Sushi Maki in the Bay’s café,

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“We like to accommodate students’ likes and dislikes with-in the constraints of costs and

future is looking at reimbursable

money and instead use the stu-

high schools by the end of the

Assistant cafeteria manager

students.“I think the guidelines are

she said. “If we can control their diet while they are here at school,

Ms. Mora said the nutrition -

ernment are good for students.

“If nobody knows we cut the salt and fat but it still tastes

Ms. Mora said.

he likes the cafeteria food.“I like the club select sand-

taste good. I don’t care if they

Nutrition guidelines set to promote healthier lives

“I think they should get more organic food to make the lunch

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“If you work hard you

need to be drinking

water to replenish your

sweat. I try to drink at

least a half a gallon of

water per practice.”

- junior Josh Kaiser,

varsity football running

back

more students into the cafeteria

-fully this will introduce them to

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1/2 of a plate should be fruits and vegetables.

3 cups of dairy is recommended daily.

Protein levels depend on age and level of physical activity.

Serving up the facts: Recommended food

group portions per meal

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