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la costa canyon high school | 1 maverick way, carlsbad, california 92009 | volume 1 - issue 6 | june 2009la costa canyon high school | 1 maverick way, carlsbad, california 92009 | volume 1 - issue 6 | june 2009

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editor in chief Rachel Scepanovicmanaging editor Jordynn Harriscopy editor Katherine Dwyer editors Kayne Friesen, Kobi Melamed, Alexa Simpson, Hunter Vurbeffstaff Heather Diaza, Kasey Fontaine, Sara Frondoni, Courtney Gulihur, Karl Johnson, Ryan Kay, Jackson Keller, Samantha Loos, Erika Mazza, Nicoll Mischel, Alessia Moscatelli, Jake Pruett, Carolina Palmer, Kristine Scott, Delaney Simmons

adviser Christopher Greenslate

cover illustration: Jackie Hsu

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Kyle Ruggles Announced PrincipalStaff gathers to meet new leader on campus

A few weeks ago, Kyle Ruggles was announced as the new principal of the school in the media center to staff by Su-perintendent Ken Noah.

“I feel so honored to be principal of La Costa Canyon High School, I just can’t wait to get started,” Kyle Ruggles said, “I want to be a Maverick.”

Ruggles is currently fi nishing his sixth year as the principal at Hidden Valley Middle School in Escondido. A gradu-ate of California State University Chico, Ruggles holds a masters degree in educa-tional leadership from National University and is currently completing his doctorate through University of California San Di-ego.

“He just has that feeling. I’ve been around long enough to feel that he’s the right one, like how a certain coach can get

you really riled up and excited, there is just something about him that’s right for the job. Sometimes you just have to go with the feeling,” Mario Flores, physical educa-tion teacher and representative of the San Dieguito Faculty Association said.

Ruggles is coming from a school that has stark contrasts to the campus. Accord-ing to the California Department of Edu-cation, 73 percent of the school’s students are Hispanic with only 18 percent being white. Here only 15 percent are Hispanic and 76 percent are white.

In the past few years Hidden Valley Mid-dle School has had a series of race related disputes and fi ghts, one of which involved a girl being knocked down and hit on the head, another girl being arrested and sev-eral other girls being suspended accord-ing to the San Diego Union Tribune.

“I think he’ll bring a fresh new start and a new approach to our school,” Assistant Principal Doug Kamon said, “I like what he said about working collaboratively. His

talk was short which means he wants to listen.”

Ruggles was honored as a Home Grown Hero by Eureka Springs, a commu-nity in Escondido. The award is given to people who have made signifi cant contri-butions to the community at large in the San Diego area.

“He is an ordinary man who has extraor-dinary talent to do extraordinary things,” Noah said, “This is a man who wants to be at La Costa Canyon for the long run.”

After Principal Craig Lewis’ unexpected resignation a few months ago, the position of principal has been a much discussed topic . The reason for the “revolving door” of seemingly skilled, qualifi ed, and expe-rienced principals remains debatable, as each principal brought their own vision to campus.

“There had been some poor choices with the selection of new principals and some bad decisions made by those select-ed individuals,” Noah said, “I saw this as one huge opportunity to get this right.”

Noah believes that his decision con-cerning the new principal is a pivotal mo-ment in his career as superintendent.

“This is the most important decision that I will make as a superintendent,” Noah said “If we don’t get this right, it cements a sense that the revolving door is going to continue.”

“I knew that at La Costa Canyon you have seen thirteen years of different prin-cipals and I knew that wasn’t successful,” Noah said, “There were promises that had been made to you and the community that had not been fulfi lled.”

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Kyle Ruggles talks with Marcia Pink in the media center about his upcoming

“I feel so honored to be principal of La Costa Canyon High School, I just can’t wait to get started. I want to be a Maverick. “-Kyle Ruggles

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Students Protest in the Student Center Gay Straight Alliance advocates for safer schools regardless of sexual orientationAlessia Moscatelli

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The platform in the student center was crowded with approximately 30 students sporting red T-shirts and duct taped covered mouths. These students were participating in a student orga-nized “Day of Silence,” in rememberence of those who have been killed, harassed or bullied because of their sexual orien-tation.

“There were probably a thousand students and it has never been so silent in the student center ever,” Marc Troc-chio, Assistant Principal, said.

The action was organized by juniors and last year’s Gay Straight Alliance club members, Sarah Edelstein and Jenn Fa-sulo.

Every year, students participate in the “Day of Silence” on campus. Typically it is organized through the GSA club. Al-though there isn’t a GSA club this year, due to miscommunication of whom was to start up the club for the year, Edelstein

and Fasulo still wanted to go ahead with the demonstration.

This year they estimated that there were approximately 60 students par-ticipating in the event on campus. Many wore red duct tape on their mouths or had on red “Stop the Silence” T-shirts that Edelstein ordered from Nightsweats & T-cells, a screen-print and design shop owned and operated by people living with HIV or AIDS.

“Day of Silence” was founded in 1996. Since it has become the single largest student-led action towards creating saf-er schools for all, regardless of sexual ori-entation, gender identity or gender ex-pression. According to dayofsilence.org, the very fi rst Day of Silence started at the University of Virginia, and through-out the years it has grown into a national event. Students from nearly eight thou-sand middle schools, high schools, col-leges and universities across the country

registered for the event last year. In a Harris Interactive study on bul-

lying, students said two of the top three reasons students are harassed in school are actual or perceived sexual orienta-tion and gender expression.

Many have been killed or have taken their own lives due to the pressures of a culture that is predominantly heterosex-ual. A news brief and the homepage of dayofsilence.org talks about Carl Walker-Hoover. Hoover, who would have turned 12 on the “Day of Silence,” took his life just a week earlier after enduring con-stant harrassment, including anti-gay bullying. Though Hoover did not identify as gay, his story is a tragic reminder that bullying and harassment affects all stu-dents.

“We’re making a difference just by starting conversations,” Edelstein said. “Just because you are silent doesn’t mean people can’t hear you.”

Edelstein wanted to deal with the event by approaching the administra-tion, staff, students and community be-forehand.

First, she sat down with school Prin-cipal Craig Lewis and asked if she could speak about the day at a staff meeting. At the meeting, Edelstein delivered a presentation to display statistics and the hopeful goals for the day.

“The presentation was well put to-gether,” Spanish teacher James Teague said, “I think a lot of the teachers were impressed. It’s hard to stand in front all of the teachers and talk easily.”

Although it would have been a little challenging for them to be quiet and teach that day, many teachers still wore the red T-shirts.

“We were supporting an event that involved our students,” math teacher Bill Smith said, “I support many things involving my students, whether sports, theatre or demonstrations.”

Smith also commented that the teachers’ involvement in the “Day of Si-lence” had nothing to do with their own political, religious or ideological beliefs. It was about stopping student tormenting and creating safer schools for students of different sexual orientations.

Edelstein and Fasulo also reached out to students by starting a Facebook group and placing a video on LCC T.V.

But according to Fasulo, Principal Lewis told them that he had received

emails from parents and people in the area who were really unhappy with what the students were doing.

“It doesn’t matter what the cause might be. There will always be people who are for or against a certain topic,” Trocchio said.

According to the Day of Silence par-ticipants, the day overall was viewed as a success. Most who participated said that although they received a few nega-tive comments, most treated them with respect.

“I’m proud of them even though it’s not what I believe.” Reagan Orme, junior, said.

Students protest on campus in recognition of the “Day of Silence”. The day advocates for safer schools. Photo by Alessia Moscatelli

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Coffee Bean Break-In

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Kasey FontaineStaff Writer

Theft and Vandalism in the Locker Rooms Students report stolen items, and lack of supervison dur-

ing school hours

A fi re that burned about 65 acres of brush in the Cotton-wood area of East County was accidentally started during a training exercise by members of the U.S. Department of Justice, according to state fi re investigators.

General Motors Corp. said that it has agreed to sell its Hummer brand, a day after the U.S. automaker fi led for bankruptcy protection with hopes that it will transform its most profi table assets into a new company.

In San Francisco, California State Supreme Court upheld the state’s gay marriage ban but said that the 18,000 same sex weddings that happened are still valid.

During the school year, several cases of theft and vandalism have been report-ed including stolen iPods, clothing, mon-ey, accessories, and shoes. Students have reported that there have been urinating on the lockers.

“In my three years here, I’ve only had to deal with that twice,” Assistant Prin-cipal Marc Trocchio, said, “One of those times was this year.”

These acts of vandalism upset coach-es, teachers and janitors who have to clean up every night.

“I don’t feel disgusted, it’s my job. I just feel sad that someone would destroy something like that. It tells you some-thing about that person, they don’t care about themselves.” Custodian Ambrose Quebedeaux said.

Vandalism has directly affected many of the custodians which in turn has changed the attitudes of students to-wards taking care of the lockerroom.

“I had my $200 iPod stolen, it felt like I had a still birth, like something that was so close to me died,” Chris Ames, junior, said.

The methods of breaking into lockers have become a devious art form that stu-dents continue to expand upon.

“They put a pencil under the big lock-ers and pull small things out of it.” Roman Ruiz, freshman, said.

If the item the thief wants can not be squeezed out from the cracks of the locker, many attempt to pick the locks or swap students locks with their own.

When students take their lock off and set it on the bench, another student re-places that lock with their own. During class the student who switched the locks, opens up the locker, and steals all of the valuables, replacing the lock. As much as

$460 worth in cash and iPods have gone missing according to Ivan Padilla, senior.

During the school year, the girls’ locker room tends to have a lot less break-ins and vandalism compared to the boys’ locker room. Some students believe this is be-cause of the lack of a locker room supervi-sor according to Padilla.

“Coaches are responsible for being in there during PE. It happens a lot after school when it’s left wide open. Cathy Reny, the locker room attendant, has the primary responsibility to keep the gym and locker rooms clean,” Trocchio said.

Physical Education teacher, Mario Flores, explains how hard it is to catch someone actually stealing something from a locker.

“There is a minimum of about one hun-dred kids in there, coming in and out. You

could literally be watching a kid open their locker, put their iPod inside, turn their head, and it’s gone.”

Although he tries his hardest to super-vise, he notices that several coaches seem to care little about the students’ belong-ings.

“I’ve never seen a coach in there once in twenty years. It’s a school issue. At any time of the day you can fi nd ten kids down there,” Flores said.

The theft and vandalism problem seems to be avoidable if the school would tighten up on the availability of locker rooms and supervision.

When reporting something stolen, stu-dents should fi rst go to a coach or teacher nearby if there is a suspect or witness.

Erika MazzaStaff Writer

The shattering glass crashes onto the ground, creating a disastrous wave of a million little pieces. Masked humans walk through the window, further into The Coffee Bean, scram-bling toward the register. The burglars walk out of the store with monstrous hunks of metal. They then proceeded to rob Mexico Viejo, the

nail salon and launders. “When I got there, there was glass ev-erywhere. I could have walked through the windows,” Katie Gillespie, freshman, said.

The thieves who crafted such a scandal ar-rived at the Coffee Bean on Camino De Los Co-ches between four and fi ve thirty in the morn-

ing, proceeding to break in through a window. There are no witnesses to the break-in, and therefore no identifi cation on the robbers. How-ever, the only items stolen besides two money-holding devices were laundered clothes. None of the primary stores like Henry’s and the bank were robbed because of their tight security.

Boys locker room, where students have had items stolen and opened their lock-ers to fi nd the stench of urine on their belongings. Photo by Jake Pruett


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Sara FrondoniStaff Writer

Community in Uproar Over CheckpointsDriver’s license checkpoints in Escondido are the cause of controversy

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Latino families in Escondido are being torn apart by city initiated driver’s license checkpoints that have resulted in the de-portation of loved ones.

“ The perception [of the checkpoints] is that Latinos in general are not welcome in Escondido. This has resulted in a division of the community,” said Bill Flores, a former La Costa Canyon parent and the spokes-man for El Grupo, a civil and Latino rights organization.

Nidya Ramirez, a spokesperson for the Escondido Human Rights Committee, an orgainization that educates the commu-nity of Escondido about their rights in the United States, explained a case of a child’s mother who was sent back to Mexico from one of the checkpoints. This had a devastat-ing effect on the child involved.

Escondido Police Department has been conducting random diver’s license check-points to try to control the amount of hit-and-runs, but the local civil liberties groups in Escondido feel that these checkpoints are targeting Latinos and specifi cally illegal immigrants.

“A lot of the checkpoints are held near highly populated Latino areas, like the exit ramp off of the 78 freeway, on 9th and Tulip, the police station, and on Valley Parkway. It has also become a lucrative business for the city. Money is involved to bail out cars from repossession, people have to go to court and pay for a lawyer, and pay bail out funds for themselves,” said Ramirez.

The checkpoints are conducted ran-domly, about 48 a year, stopping thousands of cars to check for licenses. Many of the drivers who do not have their license with them have their vehicles impounded.

“The emphasis of this checkpoint was to contact and remove unlicensed drivers from the roadway, as well as to provide a highly visible operation to deter driving without a license,” said the Escondido Po-lice Department.

The release also indicated that out of 972 vehicles that entered the checkpoint eastbound on Valley Parkway, 723 vehicles were screened in primary, 36 vehicles were sent to secondary screening (drivers who could not prove that they had a driver’s license), 23 vehicles were impounded, 18 drivers did not have a valid driver’s license issued to them, and 12 drivers could not provide proof of current automobile insur-ance.

“By conducting these checkpoints, the police are not focusing on other safe-ty issues that are more important,” said Ramirez.

Groups like the American Civil Liberties Union, the American Friends Service Com-mittee, the Escondido Human Rights Com-mittee, and El Grupo are concerned about the checkpoints.

El Grupo feels that Police Chief Jim Maher is taking unnecessary action and contributing to the division of the commu-nity. They are taking action to have Maher fi red.

“This is a result of several years of trying to convince him that drivers license check-points are not a good policy. This is an over response to what he is trying to do. A hit and run crime occurs after a traffi c incident. If you reduce the number of accidents by monitoring dangerous intersections, the number of collisions will go down. Immi-gration is not a part of it,” said Flores.

The checkpoints started being enforced after the Housing Ordinance of Escondido did not pass.

The ordinance stated that landlords were forbidden to rent homes to illegal im-migrants. As a result, the landlords of these properties stopped renting to Latinos be-cause they were afraid they were illegal immigrants, which is racial profi ling. The City of Escondido was taken to court.

The act was rescinded shortly after, be-cause the City of Escondido had no right to get involved into immigration issues, which is a power under the federal govern-ment. The Escondido Police Department is the only police department in North Coun-ty that has an immigration agent. Flores emphasized that people in the community feel that the checkpoints are just an excuse to check for illegal immigration.

Escondido Police Department did not respond to interview requests.

Checkpoints are conducted ran-domly, about 48 a year checking thousands of cars for licenses

Checkpoints are used to check for unlicenced drivers and pre-vent hit and run accidentsLocal civil liberties groups in Escondido feel that these check-points are targeting latinos and specifi cally illegal immigrants

Out of 972 vehicles that entered the checkpoint eastbound on Valley Parkway: 723 vehicles were screened

36 vehicles were sent to sec-ondary screening (drivers who could not prove that they had a driver’s license)

23 vehicles were impounded18 drivers did not have a valid drivers lisence

12 drivers could not provide proof of current automobile insurance.

For More Information:Escondido Police Department: 700 W Grand Ave Escondido, CA 92025 (760) 839-4721

El Grupo P.O. Box 301630 Escondido, California

[email protected]

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Escondido Police Chief Jim Maher Photo Courtesy of the North County Times


After the fi rst full inventory was completed at the library, hundreds of books and audio visual equipment were reported missing. Students have stolen thousands of dollars from their parents’ own pockets by taking books from the school library for their own intellectual

benefi t. “Twilight” fanatics stole all four novels once the craze for “Twilight” hit. In fear of forgetting to return books, students result to stealing. Placing the book above the censor, or taking off the sticker that the censor reads allows students to steal whatever they please in

the library. “We just want our books back. If you have any at home, please bring them back in. No questions asked,” Librarian Sharon Talmadge, said.

Erika MazzaStaff Writer

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ASB Honors TeachersTeachers invited to barbeque for their hard work.Hunter Vurbeff

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Many teens often dream of dating and falling in love with a celebrity, one student on campus is trying to make that dream a reality. “Luke Walton posted a video of himself on YouTube singing Taylor Swift’s “Love Song,” to try and get her attention, “ Jenna King, sophomore, said, “He has a huge crush on Taylor Swift so he really wants his dream to come true by people

viewing this video and spreading it to their friends.” Luke Walton, a senior who graduated early, is using his musical talent with the help of YouTube to date his passion, the country singer Taylor Swift. Walton is the lead singer in Blue Suburbia that won the Battle Of The Bands at school this year, and also pursues his solo career playing at places like Disneyland

and even appearing on KUSI News. He currently has an EP out called “Heart In Hand” and is working on a new record. “We were trying to fi gure out a way for me to get a date with Taylor Swift, It seems completely impossible,” Walton said, “But what I fi gured out is if I put up this YouTube Video and you guys watch it over and over again, tell your friends about it and that kind of stuff it will get

high enough hits and move higher and higher up the search bar so that next time Taylor Swift searches herself my face will pop up,” Walton said. On April 21 Walton uploaded a video to his video blog explaining his hopes that with the help of a high number of hits on the video, Taylor Swift, his crush would go out on a date with him. While his video currently has over 19,000 hits and his Facebook group supporting the video is growing, some students are ap-prehensive. “I have a gut feeling that it won’t hap-pen,” Jenna King, sophomore, said, “When you look at other videos that have hit the top such as Susan Boyle’s infamous audition on “Britain’s Got Talent” that has gotten two million votes, it makes Luke’s 19,000 not that big, but you never know, it could happen.” “He might have a chance because he’s a really good singer, but Taylor Swift is really hot so it won’t be easy,” Cj O’Neill, sophomore, said.

The smoky smell of the grill and the sound of cheerful chatter met teach-ers at lunch as the Associated Student Body showed their appreciation for good teaching by hosting a barbecue on campus. “We planned the barbecue in honor of of the teachers in our school, to show that we as ASB appreciate them for what they do each and every day,” Stephanie Capps, senior, Head of Staff and Student Connection said, “Most of the teachers appreciate it and everyone looks forward to the free food.” The annual meal was held in the court-yard of the ASB room where members of ASB tended to the grill and handed out snacks and desserts to teachers.“Hey, I’m the king of the grill,” ASB Ad-

viser Andy Saltsman said, “I love doing this at the food fairs but especially for the teachers as they do such a good job.”The teachers came and went, but a good majority sat in the shade talking an en-joying each other’s company. “It’s a great thing,” Darrin Brown, Head coach of the football team said, “It’s good to get all the teachers together with the students who do most of the work around here.” As school is winding down ASB pro-vided the hard working teachers of our school with a feast that put a smile on everyone’s face. “It’s May and the end of the year is so near that’s it’s a great thing to have, I love being with all the teachers,” Ceramics teacher Ron Lenc said.

Self Proclaimed “King of The Grill” Andy Saltsman tends to burgers with the help of ASB. Photo by Hunter Vurbeff

Student Musician Trying to Date Taylor Swift

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Jake PruettStaff Writer

As part of the Group Study Exchange (GSE) sponsored by Rotary International Foundation, two teachers from Uganda visited our school and several others in the Southern California area to learn more about our education system.

“We are here to learn about how your education system works,” Gilbert Kansi-ime, Group Study Exchange team mem-ber, said.

The purpose of the sponsored trips between nations and continents is to educate both the teachers and the stu-dents they are visiting about the different teaching styles, tools, and infl uences that are employed in schools from different cultures.

The teachers are part of a Group Study Exchange, which is just one aspect of the professional fellowship programs that Rotary International sponsors world wide. It selects its recipients from a pool of ap-plicants, a process that involves extensive interviews and a substantial academic and community background.

“I was fi rst nominated by my Rotary district in Muyenga, then I wrote an essay on the challenges of teaching comput-ers in a secondary school, and then was interviewed and selected to go,” Benedict Nsana, team member, said.

There were several other people cho-sen to represent the fi ve countries in Afri-ca but were unable to travel because they could not obtain Visas from their govern-ment, according to Nsana.

The two team members that visited our school represent a total of fi ve Afri-can countries, and themselves hail from Uganda. The fi rst is Gilbert Kansiime a lecturer at Kampala International Uni-versity, and among other things a social worker, and Monitoring and Evaluation specialist at different universities, with the goal of improving the lives of people living in the vulnerable communities.

The second recipient is Benedict Nsana who has eight years of teach-ing experience in secondary education (high school). He is extremely active in the technological progress of his school and community, where he runs an IT business to train and provide services for businesses.

“The biggest difference between here and there is the infrastructural develop-ment. The teachers here are well facili-tated to teach with their technological aids, and our classes are more theoretical and not practical,” Kasiime said.

He cited journalism as an example of the theoretical and practical teaching. In Uganda the education does not apply to specifi c vocations and leaves many without a specifi c skill they can use when seeking employment in the local commu-nities.

At his school Nsana teaches a geogra-phy course that covers several continents including North America. While here he visited a few schools in the Imperial Val-ley, which is one of the locations he teach-es about.

“My favorite part of the trip was visit-ing the imperial valley, now I can go back to my students and show them my pic-tures from one the locations we studied.” Nsana said.

Teachers Krista deBoer and Christo-pher Greenslate had been selected by Rotary International in previous years to travel to the homeland of Nsana and Kan-siime in East Africa to visit and learn from

the schools there as a part of a global ex-change system of teachers.

Teachers From Uganda Visit Campus

Ugandan teachers Gilbert Kansiime and Benedict Nsana answer questions from curious students. The teachers cited the stark contrast between Uganda and our school when they visited. Photo by Jake Pruett

As a part of a group study exchange Ugandan teachers experience school culture

LccTV Misleads Seniors

A mixed message left seniors scram-bling to tend to yet another task last Wednesday when LccTV relayed the mes-sage that the completion of the senior survey is required in order to graduate.

However LccTV was following direc-tions they received from a higher order.

“It came up on our list of announce-ments to make, which was delivered by someone from the offi ce”, said LccTV broadcast member Brianna Filips.

Although the statement was incorrect it was backed up by the the counseling departnent to air it. The school website even states that “The senior survey is mandatory to graduate.” However, it is not legal for the survey to be declared mandatory, and no one can be withheld from graduating for not completing it. When questioned about this claim, coun-selor Randa Fast-Medley said

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held from graduating for not completing the senior survey.”

Both LccTV and the counseling offi ce delivered the wrong message. Unfortu-nately LccTV is straddled between deliv-ering a cocktail of entertaining news and the daily announcements, which leaves staff prone to situations where they are dangling between information true and false statments.

In any case, seniors

should still complete the senior survey because it helps the entire school by showing which admirable colleges that its graduates were accepted to.

The mix up only occurred with the intentions to get a few more seniors to represent the accomplishments of their high school careers in order to promote the school.

Courtney GulihurStaff Writer

False announcements create confusion among students.


Many people are left with question marks fl oating over their heads as to what is going to happen in the next

few years. Take a look at what students had to say about living in an ever-changing world.

COVER STORYpage 13 // the idea of certaintypage 14// global warming and uncertain leadership on campuspage 15// student narrative of their personal experiences and songs to get you through uncertain times


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“I feel uncertain about terrorism and war because anything can happen involving other coun-tries, especially with our new president, at any time.”-Megan Rauch, junior

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I am certain of absolutely one thing; I am going to die. It is a strange, yet enor-mously liberating ability for the human mind to grasp its own mortality. Every-day takes us closer to the end, and how seriously we take ourselves in the face of this is for each of us to decide. The clock is ticking my friends.

Beyond this I really don’t know any-thing. We live in a time of immense cer-tainty, established by the institution of science as the most guiding infl uence on western culture. The world is dissected and analyzed formulaically, and each new discovery brings our collective thought closer to a place where science and rea-son itself become infallible.

Let us be honest, each of us really knows nothing. When Socrates examined the scientifi c and artistic minds of his generation he came to this conclusion, “Although those men know nothing, they all think they know something; whereas, if I know nothing, at least I am not in doubt of it.”

At one point in time men believed that Earth was the center of the universe, and we look back and laugh at the ignorant state in which we once lived. I would ar-gue that not much has changed, because at that time advocates of the geocentric model were undoubtedly as sure of them-selves as the scientifi c minds of today are. I do not doubt that science has a substan-tial weight on the realities of human life, but it is not perfect. Pi is an indefi nite abstraction, the law of gravity is just now revealing its fl aws to us in the form of “dark matter” (which is code for we have

no clue), and our answer to the biggest question of all, “Why is there something as opposed to nothing?” is The Big Bang. A series of instantaneous events that sent every conceivable form of matter hur-tling uniformly outwards, thus creating the universe we fi nd ourselves in. When looking for scientifi c answers to the big-gest most timeless questions, we arrive at conclusions that will never fully pin down the enormity of the question.

The more one knows the less one fi nds they really know. Every question answered leads to fi ve more, putting our own intellect at odds with itself. I fi nd this perpetual chase of the tail to be comfort-ing. I would not want to reach the end of line only to say, “So I guess that’s every-thing.” It is uncertainty that has driven our curiosity and fueled our desire to conquer all that remains uncertain. My optimism is embedded with the fact that despite our knowledge that we will never know all that there is to know, we keep at it.

Every day is a step closer to the grave, and already I have spent the fi rst quarter of my life in a world of routine and cer-tainty; in a culture where most endeavors exist as some sort of means to an end. Kafka wrote, “The fact that the only world is a constructed world takes away hope and gives us certainty.” When we con-struct and defi ne our own reality, limits are implicitly set on that reality, and with limits comes an absence of hope. I think I’ll spend the next few quarters of my life embracing the uncertainty of my own existence and take a walk into the wilder-ness.

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Jake PruettStaff Writer

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post high schoolThe Truth of Certainty


Administrative leadership has been continuously a work in progress. Princi-pals and teachers are constantly being fi red, hired, or transferred. Some of the longest-standing administrators and foundations for leadership will be ending their work here, contributing to the over-whelming confusion of leadership.

Marc Trocchio, an assistant principal, had dedicated the last three years to im-proving our campus and getting involved in positive programs. His enthusiasm and

dedication has laid a strong foundation that students and teachers can depend on. With the overwhelming number of principals we’ve had, consistency is left upon assistant principals and other ad-ministrators.

Tom Meeks, campus supervisor, will also not be working on campus next year. Meeks was one of the most respected and appreciated staff members, and his absence signifi es another gap in conti-nuity for students. He has been working

on campus since the very beginning, so it seems that many consistent faculty mem-bers are fading away.

Krista deBoer, speech and debate coach, will be attending Harvard Law to obtain a law degree. Andrea Cartwright, English teacher, will be assuming the role of the speech and debate coach next year in her place. She is another teacher who has positively infl uenced students, so with deBoer’s absence, it will be diffi cult for the team to adjust.

With Kyle Ruggles, the new principal, the future of leadership on campus is un-certain. We have adopted new policies this year including a tardy policy, home-coming dance policy, and the bathroom pass system, all of which have created more structure.

This year we have lost many of our most skilled leaders. The leadership roles could go in any direction, though hope-fully Ruggles will lead the administration in a positive way.

Rachel ScepanovicEditor in Chief

Losing Our LeadersChanges in the administration leads to an uncertain staff and community.

Global Warming has been dis-cussed in almost every newspaper, web site, radio station, and televi-sion show. It will continue to be a popular discussion as time goes on. The only certain fact we know is that it is man-made, and created by our emissions on a daily basis. It seems that environmental issues are getting worse, and nothing seems to be improving. It is unclear where the future of the planet is headed.

Because we are fi lling the streets

with garbage and making poor de-cisions when it comes to handling our planet, animal and plant life are going extinct. This selfi sh desire to make our world fi lthy, has only led us into an even bigger hole, which will soon be very diffi cult to come out of.

The media is constantly giving out ideas about how to save our planet, but time is of the essence and soon our human population will be in danger if these problems aren’t taken seriously.

Environmental Challenges Loom Around the World

Jordynn HarrisManaging Editor

With the rate things are going, the environment is in trouble.

“I Try”Macy Gray

“Dont Panic” Coldplay

“No Woman No Cry” Bob Marley

“Let Go” Frou Frou

“Stand by Me” Ben King

“Sound of Settling” Death Cab for Cutie

“Don’t Stop Believin” Journey

“Where is my mind?” The Pixies

“All You Need Is Love” The Beatles

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Tally MeyersGuest Writer

I have acknowledged that I have a problem. It’s hard to admit when at the point in my life when I’m supposed to know everything, but I fi nd myself in the exact opposite position. I don’t know anything. Hello, my name is Tally and I’m scared to death.

Stepping onto the high school cam-pus on my fi rst day of freshman year was terrifying. I was a shy girl with braces and a pink backpack in a place that might as well have been the other side of the world.

Despite my skepticism, high school wasn’t as awful as I thought it might be. I have learned so much about myself, but at this peak in my life where it feels like I am invincible, there is a dark cloud lurk-ing in the near future. It holds a truth that will bombarded me with the unknown.

Although I have decided to go down the path of community college, I feel like my decision can’t be compared to Califor-nia Polytechnic State University, or Uni-versity of California Davis. My self-esteem takes a dive when I hear of my friends who are going to school that costs their parents $40,000 a year, over half of what my mom makes in that amount of time. I won’t be able to experience the thrills of football games, hundred year old brick buildings, dorm rooms or fraternity par-ties at a university for at least another two years.

In my mind I know that going to col-lege will be comparable to going to high school my very fi rst day of freshman year; scary and unpredictable. The difference

I can’t seem to accept is that after I walk across that stage to receive my diploma, the real world is waiting for me. I fear not knowing if I will become overwhelmed with freedom that I will fail out. I fear not knowing what I want to major in when my friends want to be biologists, or therapists, or teachers. But what I fear most is not be-ing able to pay my way to a degree.

Now, at one of the most crucial times in my life I have to make a “big-girl” deci-sion. If I move out of my house to live with my friend, I will not get any help from my mother to go to school. No books, no health insurance, nothing. To anyone else this seems like the easiest choice they would ever make; stay at home and don’t pay for anything. But nothing is ever that simple.

Living at home with my mom and her boyfriend for the last four years has been a constant struggle. Bickering origi-

nates from anything from the tone of my voice to not sweeping the fl oors. I have to search for what is important to me, happi-ness or money.

When August comes, my graduating class will be waiting for that reality check that the world has promised, but I feel as though mine has come. Being faced with an issue of complete independence, I am worried that obligations will come in the way of my youthful experiences.

I am meant to go to college. Trying to avoid student loans that I will have to pay off until I’m forty is gradually becoming more diffi cult, especially if I pay for my ed-ucation on my own, but I believe that if I really want something, I have the strength, the confi dence, and the willpower to get it. I don’t know what I am going to do or how I will do it, and although I’m uncer-tain about my future, I am determined to fi gure it out.

Senior Confronts ChallengesBefore Graduating

One student faces hardships before graduation as she tries to make a diffi cult decision that could change her relationship between her and her family as well as affect her future.


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Joelle VannGuest Writer

Efforts StuntedA student struggles to promote fundraisers on campus

I joined Social Justice with the inten-tion to take my passion for helping others and use it to make a signifi cant difference in my community and the world. But during second semester of this year my efforts to help the commu-nity were stifl ed.

On Jan. 9, 2009, my friend Jake Pastel lost his two-year-long battle to brain cancer. In order to defray the expenses of Jake’s medical treatment, my social justice project group planned a garage sale and I created a short video adver-tisement for LccTV.

When my advertisement aired, An-drew Saltsman, Associated Student Body adviser, confronted Scott Jordon, video production adviser, with the intention of taking my video off LccTV. Saltsman said that the video must be approved by him because it deals with fundraising. This is absolutely untrue. Saltsman’s job is to oversee fundraising transactions that occur on campus, not regulate the advertisement of them.

According to the California Student

Free Expression Law, “Students...have the right to exercise freedom of speech and of the press including, but not limited to, the use of bulletin boards, the distribu-tion of printed materials or petitions...and the right of expression in all offi cial

publications”. What airs on LccTV is regulated by

Jordon and no other faculty member has supremacy to step in, except when the video is “obscene, libelous or slanderous,” or “incites...a clear and present danger.”

My video did not meet any of those criterion. Saltsman had no authority in the situation, and it confuses me why he felt he should be involved in the

fi rst place. Jordon kept the video up for the rest of the week, but Saltsman tried again to discontinue my video.

After he died in January, the Jake Pastel Cancer Fund, created and run by Jake’s friends and family, got permis-

sion to rent out the theater for a benefi t magic show. We created a short video informing people about the magic show. Jordan referred us to Saltsman and Salt-man said we were not allowed to show it because it was not approved by him. Saltsman provided vague answers as to why he felt we were allowed to display fl yers but did not have permission to air a video. Our advertisement never aired.

It infuriates me that Saltsman has absolutely no authority in this situation, but yet somehow managed to prevent us from doing what needs to be done. He fails to recognize he is violating our freedom of speech rights as defi ned by California education code. And even more so, he has made our efforts to help a family that fell victim to cancer exten-sively diffi cult.

I do not want future students to endure the same diffi culties we did. I encourage future administrators, includ-ing the new principal to make further efforts to ensure that the entire faculty is thoroughly informed about the Califor-nia Student Free Expression Law. Some-times we stand on the shoulders of our elders, and sometimes we have to stand on their necks. I strongly suggest that students remain informed and stand up for their rights, no matter who tries to deny them.

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Goodbye deBoerAlexa Simpson Editor

With a baby on one arm, and judge ballots in the other hand, she is deter-mined to run her tournament on time. Even during all the commotion of run-ning and planning a tournament, deBoer is able to keep her cool and put a smile on her face while diving into the deep waters of argumentative debaters, and famished judges and parents.

Throughout the years the debate team has prospered into a highly com-petitive squad of award winning debat-ers. From Long Beach to Berkeley, the debate team has accumulated wins that have taken them to high level State and

National tournaments. The one person to thank for our credited team is Coach Krista deBoer.

As a teacher on campus for nine years, deBoer was awarded teacher of the year and in 2005 took the club STAND, a group of students dedicated to improving the world to do service work in the Philippines.

deBoer has made a name for herself over the years by dedicating much of her time to debate and making sure students always have a shot at fi guring out what they are good at. Even with her busy schedule and a new baby, deBoer always

found time for students that asked for extra help on cases or speeches.

Whenever students have trouble with a speech deBoer would always be will-ing to help on early mornings, giving her helpful suggestions. It will be unfor-tunate next year when students will not have that source of help that has always been there.

“I went into debate defi nitely know-ing that I wanted to do tournaments but not on the scale that I have been this year, I tried a lot harder because deBoer was constantly motivating me to do better.” Reza Zommorodian, sophomore, said.

With deBoer being a teacher and coach of such high caliber, it has long been expected that she would not teach on our campus forever. It has only been a matter of time before she would move on to the next stage of her life.

“I think life is a process where you have to keep learning, and learning and learning and I feel that I’ve got to go away to school to do that.” deBoer said.

deBoer has made a stunning accom-plishment of getting into Harvard Law School. Her hard work and smarts have taken her to a top Ivy league school and it is expected that with her passion to never stop learning, she will reach her highest dreams in becoming an excep-

tional lawyer. deBoer has known for a few years

that she wanted to go back to school. Her hopes were to hire someone specifi c a long time ago so she could show them the ropes and have them not be com-pletely clueless on how to run and plan a Speech and Debate class. Unfortunately, the district did not see the urgency in hir-

ing a new coach because they didn’t see where deBoer was headed long term.

“I wish I would have been heard when I was making suggestions about hiring a new teacher a long time ago; it’s no-body’s fault,” deBoer said, “but now we’re just going to have to have somebody fi ll in the gap.”

“It’s the most challenging yet most re-warding part of my job.” deBoer said, “My relationship with the debate kids and kinds of experiences we have together make my teaching experience worth while.”

deBoer’s vibrant personality will never be replaced, her energy and light seemed to make the classroom a comfortable environment, while at the same time en-couraged students to want to learn more and to never stop asking questions. She gave motivation and Iher students can only hope that in the years to come the debate team will keep that incentiveto not give up and strive to be better in each event they are competing in.

The debaters with years of experience will hopefully be willing and able to help the incoming freshmen as well as the new coach, Andrea Cartwright.

Cartwright, the English 11 College Prep. and AP English Literature teacher has volunteered to take on the position

as our team’s new debate coach. “It’s going to be challenging because

Speech and Debate is new to her, it was new to me, it was new to my predeces-sor, but I think more than anything it’s the personality she has that’s going to be the thing to carry her through. I feel really confi dent about her.” deBoer said.

Speech and Debate coach Krista deBoer leaves to attend Harvard Law School

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{As two year old baby Ivy hangs from her neck, deBoer runs a frantic tourna-ment with a smile. Finding time to banter with student Jason Gamache, her quick whit puts stressed out debaters at ease. Photo by Joanna Tang

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An upbeat tune stuck to the remains of a once talented yet fairly melodramatic singer expresses new thoughts of happy-go-lucky love. “Outer South’s” basic use of giddy, fast-paced instrumental is truly a failed attempt at modern folk. No more talk of bulimia and nights of lust, but in-stead unrealistic, Disney movie love. It is an album resembling the joyful sounds of Bright Eyes’ “Cassadaga”.

Erika Mazza

“Years of Refusal” doesn’t provide any co-lossal surprises but still offers the wit and charisma that only Morrissey can deliver. Steven Patrick Morrissey, known for his songs with The Smiths, shows a sign of defi ance through his slow change from a melodious jangle to pummeling guitar progression to further his sound. His use of contemptuous, yet literate lyricism is dramatic in the way he speaks about doomed relationships and the burden of the prison of home.

Kayne Friesen

Morrissey“Years of Refusal”Jerry Finn7/10

Conor Oberst“Outer South”Merge4/10

Green Day“21st Century Breakdown”Reprise9/10

Iron & Wine“Around the Well”Sub Pop Records8/10

Green Day, the punk rock trio from the 90s, released yet another hit album titled “21st Century Breakdown”, the fi rst in nearly fi ve years. Instead of extracting the past or simply recreating the present, Green Day has always focused fi rmly on the future. “21st Century Breakdown” is the most ambitious statement yet, rang-ing multiple territories of sound; furious punk to complex arena rock anthems, to go along with the hectic political climate of past years.

Kayne Friesen

Restaurant Review of the Month:Berry Happy

Frequents to encinitas blvd. stop to enjoy a refreshing cup of frozen yogurt. Photo by Kayne Friesen

Happiness is golden, so is Berry Happy.

Samantha LoosStaff Writer

You walk into a modern, mini restau-rant with round sink-in chairs and huge plasma high defi ninition TVs, just in the seating area. New age music playing adds to this feeling of walking in to an upper class dairy queen. The yogurt is conve-niently placed right by the entrance and the add-on candies look, and defi nitely taste, fresh. The price depends on how much yogurt you decided to put in the cup. Though no matter how much you get it runs pretty inexpensive. This simply frozen yogurt place is now the new craze for teenagers in Encinitas. The restaurant looks like it’s going to “make bank” in the upcoming summer.

Berry Happy is a self-serve frozen yogurt shop on South Highway 101, lo-cated next to Filibertos, Manhattan Piz-za, and 711, which opened up in March.

Berry Happy also serves a variety of boba, shakes, smoothies, and sundaes. You can also get different toppings on your yogurt. I bought a small cup of yogurt with a mix of self-served cookies and cream, berry, brownie chocolate, peppermint, pump-kin, strawberry, and lemon; however, the fl avors change every week. The yogurt was very smooth and was fun to put dif-ferent toppings on. The shop’s toppings were varied from coconut to chocolate chips. Berry Happy’s coconut and other fruits had natural fl avor to them, unlike other places where sugar is practically dumped onto them.

A compilation of both rare releases and never before heard, past creations makes for a relapse of beautiful music. Samuel Beam continues to create the relaxing vibe of his folk style with his latest album, “Around the Well”. Not much of a twist to his creations, as they continue to abide by his general style of love struck lyrics. How-ever, classics like “Trapeze Swinger” and the “Such Great Heights” covers add to his newest work with a nostalgic feel.

Erika Mazza

480 South Coast Highway 101Encinitas

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Students Lurk On FacebookStudents Lurk On Facebook

Facebook has made it effortless to fi nd information about others. With a few clicks, one can see what school someone goes to, who their friends are, if they are single, and who they went to formal with freshman year. This habit of fi nd infor-mation has taken on the name lurking, which has become a popular activity.

“People will know all about someone else’s weekend, vacation, or relationship without even knowing the person,” Jac-queline Cooley, junior, said.

Lurking on Facebook brings up the question of privacy. Though pedophiles are often associated with internet lurk-

ing, it has become standard for students. Facebook is bridging the gap between creeping and simply fi nding informa-tion.

The statistics on campus show the popularity of Facebook lurking. Out of the students that have a Facebook, 85 percent lurk photos, 68 percent lurk wall posts, and 35 percent lurk relationship statuses.

Stalking refers to a more real, physi-cal sense of following someone, though lurking is more socially acceptable. Stalk-ing used to be hiding in the bushes fol-lowing someone around, but has now

morphed into casually browsing on Facebook.

“Facebook lurking is equivalent to sending winking smiley faces over text, both are creepy but it’s a lot more creepy done outside of technology,” Clayton Samuels, senior, said.

Social network lurking shows how easy it is to access personal information on the internet. Social norms are chang-ing and though unspoken, profi le lurk-ing is a norm.

Rachel ScepanovicEditor in Chief

Social networking turns into convenient stalking.

The audience’s tension fl ourished as orange and purple stage lights began to cascade up onto the many hanging stripes that inconspicuously hung behind the set.

The Shins headlined Soma San Diego, for the fi rst time, with an impression that can only be described as a lull of giddy rock that swept through the crowd like wildfi re.

Opening for the Shins, was local rock band, Delta Spirit, who did a fairly nice job at set-ting the tone for the evening.

Starting off with the upbeat swing of “Australia”, the show began to give off an embrac-ing aura.

However, it felt almost that

a majority of the audience had only heard a few tracks by the Shins, being that the most ap-praised songs that were played were those in Zach Braff’s “Gar-den State”.

Lucky for the Shins, most, if not all, of their songs are fun and catchy anyway, so the au-dience didn’t seem to have much a problem with staying awake on that particular Mon-day night.

Among the wonderful set they played, the band debuted two songs that are planned to go on their upcoming, name-less, album; the fi rst song called “Fool of a Martyr”, the second being “Sphagnum”. With this breath of fresh air, the Shins

decided to cover a Beach Boys song, which only seemed right because of their comparable buoyant rhythm.

After what was played off to be the last song of the night, “Sleeping Lessons”, the Shins left the stage only to come back for a three-song encore, which included the favorite “New Slang”.

With some new material, edgier versions of old songs, a few instant classics, and the same sincere but not too ear-nest persona of the Shins, the overall performance was one to remember.

Kayne FriesenEditor

The Young Pilgrims Rock San DiegoThe Young Pilgrims Rock San DiegoThe Shins play for eager crowds at Soma.

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Ryan KayStaff Writer

Star TrekStar TrekThe Movie Legend Beamed Back To The Big Screen

“It was amazing! Seeing as it was based off the original show, they casted it perfectly. All characters were spot on.”Aaron Peterson, sophomore

“Really close to the original, seri-ously a good movie. Go see it!”Nikole Barnes, freshman

“Not worth seeing more than once, but still very good.” Sarah Collins, junior

Warped Tour ‘09Cricket Wireless AmphitheaterSan Diego August 22nd

Electric Daisy Carnival LA Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles June 26th, 27th

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Outside Lands FestivalGolden Gate National Park San Fransico August 28th, 29th, 30th

Street SceneDowntown San DiegoSan DiegoAugust 28th, 29th

Space: the fi nal frontier. These are the voyages of the starship Enterprise. It’s continuing mission: to explore strange, new worlds, to seek out new life and new civilizations, to boldly go where no one has gone before.

Well for many it was the last words they heard of their beloved “Star Trek”, un-til the new movie. Just when all the lasers seemed to have ceased fi re and the ships had landed on their planet, J.J. Abrams and company came out with a blast from the past.

For many, this was the second com-ing of a once great movie series, however, plenty die hard fans thought it to be a dis-appointment, a step away from the old se-ries, and a step into the new era of action movies. Abrams even came out and said, “this isn’t your father’s Star Trek...”, which for many hardcore fans was disturbing that their beloved series was tweaked. Now, I’m no Star Trek fanatic, but in the few I’ve seen, the history lined up pretty

well with the past episodes, even though the portraying of the characters was so-so. It may have saved the movie for some that the past Spock, Leonard Nimoy, came to bring it back to its roots.

There are advantages in making an add-on to an original series like the al-ready established fan base, characters, and basic story plot, but the diffi culties of being accurate with the past can be painstaking as with this movie at times.

The acting I thought was sub par, a little too accommodating for the style of today’s world and less of the old Star Trek. The actors didn’t get into character as much as I thought they would, but it was nothing to get angry at. It wasn’t the greatest, not in any way the worst.

While the acting wasn’t anything spe-cial, the action and portraying history of Star Treks past was very good. It really made me want to watch the old series to fi nd what it was all about from the characters, to the planets, to what a Klin-

gon was. The movie started with an epic space battle, Kirk’s father and the Romu-lans clash with the explosions and hero-ics that wasn’t fully expected from this American classic, but nicely added. The plot seemed a little out of place for the common fan, but when Nimoy, original Spock, came into the picture, he reunited the old to the new and explained it all in the Star Trek fashion; all the quotes and lingo we’ve come to know and love.

From the time the lights dimmed to when the last of Spock’s monologue was said, casual and hardcore Star Trek fans were glued to the movie in which many of them watched as a child. For better or worse, “Star Trek” came back to a differ-ent time, maybe that time wasn’t as wel-coming to “Star Trek”, and maybe some Trekkies were disappointed at times, but the essence of an American classic has returned.

Del Mar Summer Concert SeriesDel Mar Fair GroundsSab DiegoJuly 24th, 31st / August 7th, 14th, 21st, 28th / September 4th

LollapaloozaGrant ParkChicagoAugust 7th, 8th, 9th

Rockstar Mayhem FestivalSan Manuel AmphitheaterSan Bernardino

July 12th

Fuji Rock FestivalNaeba Ski ResortJapanJuly 24th, 25th, 26th

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Tetro

Imagine ThatFood, Inc.Moon

Dead Snow (Dod Sno)The ProposalYear OneWhatever WorksUnder Our Skin

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen

My Sister’s KeeperAfghanCheriThe Girl from Monaco (La Fille de Monaco)The Hurt LockerQuiet ChaosSurveillanceberg

Ice Age: Dawn of the DinosaursPublic Enemies

I Hate Valentines Day

BrunoI Love You, Beth CooperSoul PowerYoo-Hoo, Mrs. Goldberg

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood PrinceSomers Town

500 Days of Summer

All Good ThingsG-ForceOrphanThe Ugly TruthThe Answer ManIn the Loop

Adam

Funny PeopleAliens in the AtticThe CoveLorna’s SilenceFlame & Citron

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26th

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3rd

10th

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G.I. Joe: Rise of CobraJulie & JuliaShorts

District 9Taking Woodstock

Inglourious BasterdsPost Grad

H2: Halloween 2The Boat That Rocked

7th

14th

21st

28th

Album ReleasesThe Mars Volta - “Ochahedron”Alexisonfi re - “Old Crows / Young Cardinals”Lil Wayne - “Rebirth”Regina Spektor - “Far”Bjork - “Voltaic”

Moby - “Wait For Me”Maino - “If Tomorrow Comes”The Used - “Blood On My Hands”

Beastie Boys - “Ill Communication”The Dead Weather - “Horebound”Iggy & The Stooges - “More Power

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MavLife Athletes of the Year

The girls volleyball team was, without a doubt,the top sports team this year. Led by All-American Katie Fuller (pictued above), the girls swept the Avocado League, won the state championship and were named the number one team in the nation by PrepVolleyball.com, maxpreps.com and Volleyball Magazine. Photo by Bill Wechter/The North County Times

Girls Basketball Team Football Team

Led by Avocado League Player of the Year Katelyn Rowe , the girls basketball team exceeded all expectations this season, going undefeated (10-0) in league play to clinch the Avocado League title, winning the CIF San Diego Section Division I championship and making the state playoffs. The Avocado League and CIF titles were both fi rsts in girls basketball history. Photo by K.C. Alfred/The San Diego Union-Tribune

The football team capped off one of its best seasons ever with a fi tting fi nish, beating Escondido 45-28 in the CIF San Diego Section Division I championship game to win the the section title for the fi rst time. They were led by a wide array of stars, including All-CIF De-fensive Player of the Year Jacob Driver, Avocado League Offensive First Teamers Sebastian Frausto and Kenny Stills and Avocado League Kicker of the Year Bobby Zalud. Photo by Gary Nelson

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Jay Daniels (Freshman, Softball)

“Ezra”

“Fever” by Family Force 5

“Live in the moment.”

“Badminton”

“Has pretty cool sunglasses, but he’s too reserved.”

Monica Thunder (Junior, Lacrosse)

“Naida”

“Bad Habbit” by Offspring

“Don’t take offense.”

“Skiing”

“Ominous.”

Jamey Lyon (Freshman, Swim)

“Mr. Dude”

“Disturbia” by Rihanna

“Common sense is not common.”

“Surfi ng”

“The dude from YouTube?”

Name I Wish I Had

Guilty Pleasure Song

Favorite Saying

Favorite Sport (Other Than Mine)

Craig Lewis...

Favorite color? Blue Blue Blue

Favorite place to eat? Karina’s Mexican Food Wahoo’s Karina’s Mexican Food

Why the white patch of hair? Birth mark that caused loss of pigment He was born without pigment there Birth mark, or as he calls it “halo mark”

Your pet rat’s name? Sugar Sugar (his maid called it Azucar) Scooter?

Your middle name? Randall Randall, same as his dad’s Randall

Your dogs’ names? Roxie and Bailey Roxie and Bailey Roxie and Bailey

When is your birthday? 2/14/1991 2/14/1991 2/14/1991

Dream job? To be a billionaire Architect Architect

Sexiest female garment? Wearing nothing Separated from the garmet Nothing

Favorite artist/band? Lil’ Wayne Lil’ Wayne Jack Johnson

Prettiest actress? Jessica Alba Angelina Jolie Megan Fox

Favorite teacher? Mr. Ruchman Ruchman Mrs. Anderson

RESULT: Kelsey wins, 9-7

Photos by Kasey FontainePhotos by Kasey Fontaine

Karl JohnsonStaff Writer


Who knows lacrosse star Spencer Peterson best: his girlfriend Kelsey Harrington or his best friend Matty Gillan?

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Freshman Jonathon Robinson is looking to become the fi rst African-American MVP of the NHL

Photo by Rick Robinson

Putting Adversity on Ice

Recently drafted to the prestigious Western Hockey League (WHL), freshman Jonathon Robinson hopes to pursue his professional ice hockey dream in Indiana in the fall.

“My goal is to go to the NHL, be the fi rst African-American MVP of ice hockey, be the leading scorer and become the Mi-chael Jordan of hockey,” Robinson said.

Since age six, Robinson has had a de-sire to play ice hockey. However, every year he has had problems dealing with the fact the he is African-American, unlike his nearly exclusively white teammates. He has been able to get past the rude comments and does not have as much a problem with them as he becomes more and more respected by fellow teammates and rival teams.

“People used to be like dude, J-Rob, you’re black and playing hockey -- in a bad way,” Robinson said. “Now, they’re like dude, J-Rob, you’re black and playing hockey -- that’s sick.”

Robinson was originally very interest-ed in BMX and was ranked third in his age group nationally. He fi rst realized his love for ice hockey after a BMX race.

“My dad took me to a hockey rink and I was pretty good on the ice,” Robinson said.

He has stuck with the sport ever since and has come to love “the energy level,

all the fans you get and mostly the physi-cal part of the sport.” Robinson has just fi nished the season as a Sixteen and Un-der Midget AAA with the Los Angeles Jr. Kings Hockey Club. Robinson had a very successful year last year and retrieved several benefi ts from his hard work.

“Last year I was the leading player for goals and points. I just got draft-ed to play in the Western Hockey League(WHL),” Robinson said. The WHL is considered one of the top three junior ice hockey leagues in Canada, and also contains teams in the northwestern United States.

In addition to being a talent-ed ice hockey player, Robinson has also acted in several televi-sion shows such as “Friends”, Nickelodeon’s “All That” and “Everybody Hates Chris”; in commercials for Chevrolet and Doritos; and as a stunt man in the movies “Kick-ing and Screaming” and “Rebound.”

The boys lacrosse team hasn’t lost a league game since April 20, 2007

Record number of overtimes in Bulls-Celtics NBA series

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13Years since our school opened in 1996

League titles won by our sports teams since then

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Jeremy Tyler, a junior at San Diego High School, is looked at by some as the next great American big man. He has the skill, height and basketball knowledge to take his game to the pros in a few years, but he doesn’t want to wait and is looking to play professionally next season. In an unprecedented move, Tyler decided to give up his verbal commitment to Louisville University

to play basketball in Europe, leaving behind his home, friends and life as he knows it. He’s going straight into a full-on career in a European league, with no room for messing around. His life will be basketball, basketball and more basketball. Instead of going to prom like other kids his age, he’ll be practicing with men nearly as old as his father. No matter how much he loves

basketball, he’s only a high school junior moving into a no-holds-barred commitment to the sport. If you move thousands of miles for one purpose, you’re going to have to work your tail off to succeed and make the trip worthwhile. He’s trying to grow up too fast, which will hurt his development as a player and as a human being.

Ryan KayStaff Writer

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September 2008Kendall Polan (volleyball) named Sep-tember Star of the Month by San Diego Hall of Champions.

August 2008Daniel Frasier (golf) named August Star of the Month by San Diego Hall of Champions.

December 2008

February 2009John Fitzpatrick (soccer) named Febru-ary Star of the Month by San Diego Hall of Champions. He was later named the top soccer player in the country by ESPNU. Though the soccer team didn’t live up to expectations, Fitzpatrick led the Avocado League with eight goals and was named to the All-CIF First Team, along with teammate Johnny Espinoza.

12/12/2008Football team won its fi rst ever CIF San Diego Section D-I title, easily beating Escondido 45-28. Kenny Stills fi nished the season with 16 touchdowns, enough for 8th place in North County. Bobby Zalud scored his 9th fi eld goal of the season and fi nished in a three-way tie for fi rst place in fi eld goals.

12/6/2008Girls volleyball team won its fi rst ever state championship and was named the national champion by PrepVolleyball.com. Katie Fuller, who is later named an All-American, fi nished the season with a North County best 359 kills. Kendall Polan fi nished fi rst in assists with 867. Natalie Loos took second place in blocks with 122.

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3/7/2009

3/2/2009Tim Randall won his second straight CIF San Diego Section Masters title, at 145 pounds. He later went all the way to the state 1/4 fi nals, where he was eliminated. The varsity wrestling team fi nished third in the team competition. It was later named the San Diego Section All-Academic Team for wrestling, with an average GPA of 3.27.

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5/23/2009Kendyl Stewart won the 100 yard but-terfl y and the 100 backstroke in the CIF San Diego Section Division I Champion-ship Finals, with times of 53.44 seconds (a section record) and 55.37 seconds, respectively.

Reliving the success of the 2008-2009 sports teams

5/31/2009Boys volleyball team won its second consecutive CIF San Diego Section D-I title and its 10th in 13 years. The girls lacrosse team won the section title for the third straight time. The boys lacrosse team lost in the section fi nals to Coronado.

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5/28/2009Steven Kearney won the individual CIF San Diego Section D-I golf title and lead his team to its third straight team title, beating Torrey Pines by one shot.

5/18/2009Girls softball and boys lacrosse teams named CIF San Diego Section All-Academic Teams, with average GPA’s of 3.73 and 3.49, respec-tively.

Katie Fuller (volleyball) and Jacob Driver (football) named December Stars of the Month by San Diego Hall of Champions.

Girls basketball team won the CIF San Diego Section D-I title for the fi rst time. The girls’ incredible season ended two days later with a loss in the fi rst round of the state playoffs. Katelyn Rowe, who was named Avocado League Player of the Year and made the All-CIF San Diego Section Second Team, fi nished the season averaging 14 points per game, 4th among Avocado League players. Sophomore Jen Dumiak fi nished 6th in North-County in free throw percentage, shooting 78.6 percent from the line.


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Complete the Sudoku puzzle so that each and Complete the Sudoku puzzle so that each and every row, column, and region contains the every row, column, and region contains the

numbers one through nine only once. numbers one through nine only once. 1. Odontophobia is the fear of what?Braman: Fear of dentistsdeBoer: Fear of the morningAnswer: Teeth. Connor gets the fi rst point! 1-02. What is the most common name in the world?Braman: Mohammeddeboer: MohammedAnswer: Both are correct! 2-13. What are the only mammals that can’t jump?Braman: ElephantsdeBoer: WhalesAnswer: Connor is correct. 3-14. Like fi ngerprints, everyones’ _____ print is different?Braman: ToedeBoer: ToeAnswer: Tongue print. 3-15. Coca cola was originally what color?Braman: CleardeBoer: ClearAnswer: Green. 3-16. Right handed people live, on aver-age, how much longer than left handed people?Braman: 4 years.deBoer: I don’t know, but vegetarians live 7 years longer.Answer: 8 years longer. Goes to deBoer because she is closer and vegetarian. 3-27. What is the only type of rock that humans eat?Braman: IrondeBoer: SaltAnswer: Salt. DeBoer gets the point! 3-38. People forget what percentage of what they learn in one day?Braman: 45 percentdeBoer: Depends on which people, my students: 98.9 percentAnswer: 80 percent. 3-3

9. The average life expectancy of a per-son in the world is:Braman: 61 yearsdeBoer: 61 yearsAnswer: 66 years. 3-310. In Saudi Arabia, a woman may ______ her husband if he does not keep her sup-plied with coffee.Braman: Divorce himdeBoer: LeaveAnswer: Divorce. Connor was more specifi c. 4-311. How often does any given computer get infected with a virus?Braman: Every 10 minutesdeBoer: 3 times a weekAnswer: 5 seconds. 4-312. Women are more likely to do what with their faces when giving bad news?Braman: CrydeBoer: SmileAnswer: Smile. Goes to deBoer! 4-413. What is the number one thing that couples argue about?Braman: MoneydeBoer: Money...or how annoying the man is.Answer: Money. Goes to both. 5-514. Mars looks red because it’s covered by what?Braman: Fairy DustdeBoer: IronAnswer: Rust. Goes to deBoer! 5-615. In the United States, tornados usually occur during what month?Braman: MaydeBoer: OctoberAnswer: May. Connor gets the point! 6-616. Intelligent people have more zinc and copper in what part of their body?Braman: HeartdeBoer: BloodAnswer: Hair.Looks like it’s a tie. Congratulations to both Connor Braman and Mrs. deBoer!

Ms. deBoer vs. Connor BramanMs. deBoer vs. Connor Bramanteacher vs. studentteacher vs. student

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