the pinion vol 92 no 1

THE PINI N Student-edited paper of McKinley High School

Delving into thePrincipal’s Story

Honolulu, Hawaii

“ Instead of going from point A to point B, I went all the way to point Z and came back.”

-Principal Ron Okamura

Vol. 92 No. 1 October 2013

by Sean Gleason

STATE OF THE SCHOOLFor 149 years, Mckinley High School

has been providing education for Hawaii’s youth. Many changes have occurred over that long period of time. One recent change is a seven-period schedule.

In Principal Ron Okamura’s State of the School address to The Pinion, it was one of the first topics he covered. He hopes the seven-period schedule will give students extra opportunity to further their learn-ing.

Twelve new teachers have joined the MHS ohana. Eight are transferring in, while the remaining four are fresh from college. Okumura hopes that these teach-ers feel at home and their time here will be memorable.

Principal Ron Okamura did not dream as a young boy of becoming a principal. At first, he wanted to be the first Japa-nese professional NFL football player. He decided he was too short so instead he wanted to become a chef because he loves to eat. In 10th grade, Okamura de-cided to become an accountant. He was accepted to the University of Hawaii and began majoring in accounting, but he changed his mind because his personality didn’t fit the job. He wanted to do some-thing he would enjoy for 30 years so he decided to become a teacher. He called his mom and told her that he wanted to become a teacher; the phone became si-lent. His parents were shocked. When he was in school, Okamura said he always caused trouble in class, although he got good grades. Okamura said, “Instead of going from point A to point B, I went all the way to point Z and came back.”

This year, MHS enrollment is on the smaller side compared to previous years, especially in the freshman class. Okumu-ra wants more students to attend MHS not just so we can educate them, but to also make the school look better as a whole.

Okamura is concerned about the gradu-ation rate. “For me it’s a little disappoint-ing,” he said. He wants to keep students coming to school past freshman year.

Finally, Okumura said he wants to make sure that students who graduate from Mckinley High School are prepared, whether they go off to college or enter the workforce.

In the end, the school year is going smoothly and with next year being the 150th anniversary of McKinley being a public high school, who knows what will be in store?

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More healthy food available for Tigersby Lin Song

Hey, Tigers. If any student is asked whether they like to eat, I think the an-swer is undoubtedly “Yes!” So let’s figure out something more about what we eat everyday.

McKinley students are served daily at noon, the school lunches may be the most important meals in a students’ daily life.There are 25 different meals and finding out the day’s meal has become routine for many tigers. However, it seems that the students are always complaining about the lunch. Some freshmen who are not used to the lunch food choose to eat from outside like McDonald’s or Jack in the Box.

It’s true that some meals are not as tasty as meals from fast food chains, but at least they are healthier and they don’t taste so bad. Many students like the chicken and fruits the cafeteria provides. However, some think the ALA ENTREE menu is not worth the price. Although there is more meat, less fruits and veg-etables are provided. The manager of the cafeteria, Mitch Arnold, said our school lunches meet the standards of USDA and have reduced the amount of sugar as well as fat this year.”The vegetables,fruits and milk can satisfy the vitamin and calcium students need every day,”said Arnold.

Some boys say that the amount of food

is not enough and they will feel hungry easily in the afternoon. These guys need to bring some snacks like chocolate with them. A crowd of boys eating their hamburgers bought from Jack in the Box.”That tastes good, it’s enough,” said the guys. A junior said she often brings whole grain bars and drinks tea instead of juices. That’s a kind of healthy choice, right? Maybe some more fruits like apples will be better.

Perhaps some teenagers will say, “They are healthy. So what?” Then,we will show you it really matters. Healthy foods are high in vitamins, minerals, healthy fats and protein, and they promote energy, good health,efficiency of working and longevity. Fast foods are high in trans fats, sugar and sodium, which can lead to obesity, heart disease and diabetes among other health problems. In fact,not only does it rot your teeth and add inches to your waistline, but now researchers have discovered that junk food actually hurts your brain.

For those who want to lose weight, take a look at the food on the daily menu and reduce these high heat ones as well as having more vegetables and fruits.Besides, what we eat can affect our life at many aspects. According to the research, the children who eat more eggs and fish can be cleverer. Those who drink milk everyday have larger possibilities to be

taller. Girls can even improve their looks through eating!

Tigers, try a healthier diet!

Here are several food that can make people healthier.

(the information is from Listverse and Cosmopolitan )Unsweetened Coconut ShavingsDark chocolate - But don’t go overboard: The Journal of Psychopharmacology says that all you need is a few ounces of dark chocolate daily to reap the benefits.Salmon and walnutsBerries - They can also make you clevererSpinach Greek yogurt - It’s a good source of calicumChickenEggs - A 2008 study in the International Journal of Obesity found that people who had eggs for breakfast lost considerably more weight. Really multifunctionalTofuGreen tea Honey - Far better than regular sugarWater - It’s really important in keeping the brain working

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Freshmen comment on their first day

by Silvana Bautista

As soon as the first bell rings, a fresh-man’s high school life begins. Many thoughts float in their heads as they walk through the side doors of the gymnasium.

What am I going to experience?Will I make any friends?Where are my classes?The questions are endless.The opening assembly started off with

a bang, literally. Sights, sounds and new faces were everywhere. The freshmen were greeted with applause from their mentors. The school songs were sung with the band. Lastly, the student council, principal, teachers, and staff offered sup-portive words to the freshmen.

The freshmen wore faces of awe, excite-ment, nervousness, confusion and many more emotions. It reminded me of my own experiences of my first day of high school two years ago. I understood what they were going through because enter-ing high school is a daunting yet exciting experience.

When asked about her first impressions

of McKinley High School, one freshman said, “It looks nice, and the people are well-behaved.”

Shortly after the opening assembly, the freshmen were separated into their Igni-tion groups. I followed the groups who had outdoor activities on the front field. It was a bustle of activity: mentees laughing and working together in activities; mentors giving praise, directions, and hints; and music blasting in the background.

When asked about her thoughts on the activities, one freshman said, “It’s fun. I

think that my mentor’s nice.”The mentees seemed to have enjoyed

their activities, and learned the importance of Ignition. Mentees thought that the ac-tivities were helpful to their transition in high school.

She said, “Yes. You meet new friends. The demonstrations are helpful.”

In the end, the freshmen appear to be doing fine in their transition to high school. Freshman Orientation was a suc-cess in helping our newest additions to the McKinley family.

McKinley welcomes new students on Freshmen Dayby Sean Gleason

It was a sunny day with pleasant cloud cover on August 5, 2013. A perfect day for Freshman Orientation. Many new bright and aspiring freshmen were intro-duced to Mckinley High School. The day kicked off in the gymnasium with the in-troduction of school staff members, music by the band, and of course meeting their ignition mentors.

Once everyone was matched up, fresh-men and mentors left the gymnasium for various activities. On the front lawn, lots of fun was had by freshmen, mentors and staff members with many team and trust building activities.

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Sophomores wait their turn to teach the Black and Gold fight song. Photo by Vivien Chen

Though the day was dedicated for the new freshmen, for some teachers, today was their first taste of what McKinley had to offer. I asked a couple of them what they thought of this event and their com-ments were one hundred percent positive. They all said that this day was a good way for new students to get acquainted to the new environment and maybe even make new friends.

A first-time mentor too shared his expe-rience helping out the freshmen. He said that the whole event was a lot of fun, ev-erything from the gym to the front lawn.

To all the freshmen and first-year teach-ers out there, good luck and have fun in the new school year.

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Motivation: It’s all your choice

Teenager dies in ‘skitching’ incidentby Corwin Shapiro

A recent graduate from Castle High School died in a skateboarding accident last month.

Alan Danielson was “skitching,” which is when someone on a bicycle, roller skates, or, in this case, a skateboard, holds on to a moving vehicle.

A case for negligent homicide has been

opened by traffic investigators because Danielsonís death involved a car. The driver has not been arrested.

The moral of this story is: Skitching is not safe. It may seem like cool, but it is not something worth risking your life over. Skitching should be left to movies and video games.

by Austin Watkins

Wake up, come to school, complain, and do it again tomorrow.

So why do students do it; why do stu-dents come to school?

“To get a good job, for my future I need to get an education first,” said a junior. “It’s one of the most important parts of life in order to become an adult,” said a McKinley senior. Students are not igno-rant to the realities of life many of them realize just how hard life can be without proper education. McKinley Expository Writing teacher, Thomas Favors put it best when he made the statement, “a lot of stu-dent don’t understand why they’re here at school, they’re actually here to learn how to deal with life.” A few students simply said “to get knowledge in my head” or “because I have to.” But despite this, they still come to school with a reason.

A June 2012 Student Quality Survey showed that 84% of students were satis-fied with their experience at McKinley. One senior even went as far as to say, “Where else would I be through the day? I’m just trying to get out of high school.” Despite appearing as if she did not see the importance of school, she still comes to school and tries her best to get good grades, still with some sort motivation. “It’s both the students and the school,” said Principal Ron Okamura, He stated that motivation needs to be exemplified by the students of the school, but also by the school itself. “School has to be relevant,”

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he said. He said that he felt that students are influenced by the media more than anything else.

Athletic Director Bob Morikuni ex-pressed why he felt some students might take school for granted. “They don’t have goals, they don’t have a vision for what they want in life; they’re [living for the moment]. They might be dependent on their parents or have another way to survive, whether that be selling drugs, stealing, they list could go on and on. Sometimes we don’t learn our lesson, un-til we’ve actually [hit rock bottom].”

McKinley security guard Brandon (Puka) Tatupu said, “Life is about choices,

whether you make good choices or bad choices, or whatever it is, going to have to live with the consequences, good or bad…it’s better to better to be ahead than behind.”

Now all of this could either open your eyes to what is important or it could mean absolutely nothing to you. The great thing about school is that for the most part you control your own future, whether you choose to make it easier to more difficult for yourself.

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School bathrooms a concern for students

Grafitti Disrespect

What comes to mind when you think of using the bathrooms here at McKinley?

Probably the common lack of soap, paper towels, toilet paper, and the notori-ously common unflushed toilets.

“The bathrooms are dirty and when it comes to drying my hands or using the bathroom I feel uncomfortable,” said Meagan Harris, sophomore.

“The bathrooms are nasty and gross,” said another McKinley sophomore, Josiah Alzona.

Last year one whole row of the stalls in E building girls’ bathroom were out of order. “People abuse what’s in there. They take out all of the paper towels, and plug the toilets,” said Principal Ron Okamura.

When students do not respect McKin-ley’s bathroom necessities (e.g. soap, paper towels, toilet paper, and mirrors), custodians might stop replacing them because we waste them, and thats taking money out of fun school activities.

Don’t we all want a nice and clean bath-room that we feel comfortable in, just as if it were our own.

According to Okamura, the three main

Graffiti is very bad. Principal Ron Okamura said, “It’s on

the list for me of one of the ten worst things you could possibly do.”

There are many reasons why students in McKinley High School graffiti the campus.

Students do that is because they are marking their territory. When they do that there is going to be a lot of tagging every-where like on the walls in the bathrooms or on vehicles.

They want to tell everybody that is in town trying to present the group how tough or how bad they really are.

When students want to talk to each oth-er they will sometimes they’ll put a three digit number on the wall to communicate with each other.

They don’t really care about getting in trouble with the cops or the teachers.

The custodian for W and H building, John Aipia said “graffiti a bad thing’’ and “it makes the buildings very ugly.”

by Mac Rommel Bautista

I had just jumped off the bus and was heading off to class when I realized some-thing, my bag was lighter than usual and there was this annoying sensation in the back of my mind. I sat in my seat and opened my bag to find that my textbook was gone!

When my teacher was checking for our textbooks, I felt embarrassed that I was the only one missing mine. I was stuck without my book for the entire class, and I was frustrated. While everyone had start-ed on the class assignment to do notes, I just sat there.

By the time school ended, I thought of just cutting my losses and accepting the fact that I would have to pay for the book. As I waited at the bus stop and decided that I might as well go to the transit cen-ter in Kalihi to see if they found it. I had

Book reviewby Yasmine Cheang‘Dangerous Game’ is a book about

a man whose wife has died. After that there is always a ghost appearing at night in his bedroom. Time flies. He starts to play games with the ghost as they are starting to become friends. Many mysterious things happen after. I like this book because many myste-rious things happen in the story and that makes you want to continue to read the book to see why they hap-pen. Students may feel interested to read those mysterious books which can catch their mind. They may make those students who don’t like reading books to read books. Therefore, I rec-ommend it.

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by Isaiah Blanko-Rettig

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items McKinley high school strives to provide are seat covers, papers towels and toilet paper. The custodians try to stock the bathrooms on a weekly basis but stu-dents waste the things that are needed for the bathroom.

Custodian John Aipia said, “We try to keep it clean for you guys.” He added, “Students do things that they wouldn’t do at home.”

The school bathrooms are not an every-day problem, but when there is a problem and it is terrible. It is not what the princi-pal and custodians expect from McKinley students.

Everyone wants a nice, clean, comfort-able bathroom. So ladies and gentlemen, can we strive to keep the bathrooms de-cent? Make that a reminder for yourself. No trash, no clash! Show your tiger pride!

Letter to the editor

nothing to lose.I arrived and received the news that

they didn’t have it. I went home feeling even more frustrated. I returned the next day, and the day after that, hoping that they had found it. Nope! It remained miss-ing.

Over the weekend, I was stuck with homework and without a textbook. I dealt with it by taking photos of my classmate’s book. It was far more difficult to work with pictures instead of the actual book.

Then the next school week began, and I got to my class. My textbook was waiting for me. Apparently a student’s aunt had found it on the bus I had forgotten it on. I do not know who that person was, but I would like to thank her for finding and returning my textbook.

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My Lu wins Pinion header contest

Students use haiku to reflect on new school year

Now as a sophomoreI am ready to work hardNo slowing down yet. - Anna Chen

It’s a real puzzlePut the pieces togetherTo find who you are - Jonathan De Soto

Sun shining too brightlyIt’s early Tuesday morningI’m nervous with fright - Josefina Fortin

Classroom to classroomNew faces to meet and greetAdventures await - Ashley Pennington

Many new facesThe honor classes are hardBut my teachers rock - Daeniel Tiamzon

The first day of school,So stressful and tiringBut glad to be back - Arwyn Yim

All these new facesThe freshmen look really lostI look and I laugh - R.L.

New teachers and newfaces. Work on the first day?This’ll be a long year - Anna Nguyen

by Silvana Bautista

This year The Pinion had a contest for a new header. My Lu was one of the many people who joined the contest.

Lu was a former English student of The Pinion adviser, Cindy Reves. Lu has drawn for The Pinion before so she de-cided to compete in the header contest Lu had decided against a design of a tiger head because it was “not refreshing, and not new.”

Lu decided to draw a design based on tiger eyes because she believed that it showed the tough and powerful nature of a tiger. The idea came to her while eating sushi.

She said that when she saw the sushi, she also saw the tiger. The black sea-weed of her sushi reminded her of the black eyes of the tiger. The kimchi that she had with her sushi gave her the idea to blend red in the tiger’s eyes.

Later that day, Lu drew her idea for the header while she was waiting for her laun-dry to dry. She had nothing to do in that time so she decided to draw it out. This happened during the night. Lu said that she has more energy and excitement dur-ing the night. She used her excitement to her advantage and drew the design.

Her excitement and energy was some-thing Lu had to use “right away” before “it’s gone.”

Lu’s design can be seen on The Pinion’s website, www.mhspinion.com

Photo by Lauren Oakland

My Lu was inspired by sushi before drawing her header de-sign. Image by morguefile.com

FEATURE


Tigers learn to tell the truth

I always think the consequences of tell-ing the truth are too severe so it takes me a long time to make the choice of whether I should say it or not. I am often scared of finding out the unexpected truth, because I am scared of being hurt and would rath-er avoid knowing anything at all. When I was thirteen years old, my friend MinjI invited me to her birthday party. I wanted to go so desperately but I knew that my mom would not let me since she thought I was too young to hang out with my friends without supervision. Therefore, I lied to her that I had to go to a friend’s house for an English project. She believed in me but she told me that I needed to give her a call before I left Minji’s home. I was so happy that I could go to the party that I accidently forgot to give her a call when I was on my way home. I remember that day very clearly in my mind. Although my Mom usually sleeps at nine, when I got home at eleven o’ clock she was still awake – waiting for me on the sofa. I didn’t think it was a big deal, but I was wrong. She burst into tears about how she was so worried about me because I didn’t notice her about my whereabouts. At that very moment, I felt a wave of guilt in my mind. I felt so bad; I knew that I should have been more responsible and not have lied to her about the birthday party. I then apologized to her and told her the truth thinking that she would be furious with me. However, that was not the case. She was really glad that I chose to tell her the truth in the end even though I should have told her in the very first place. It was then I finally understood that no matter what happens, it is never good to lie because lying will just make everything worse.

- Alice Cheng

It takes character and courage to look someone straight in the eye and tell them the truth. I’d rather face someone in the eye and tell them the truth instead of looking them in the eye and lying to them. Lying will get you nowhere in life but it ges you in more trouble and filled with disappointments.

Telling the truth is hard but lying isn’t any good either. I was in the position to lie or tell the truth when I forgot to do my math homework and my friend let me copy down his homework before the class started. When I finished copying it down my teacher asked me if I finished my homework on time and I stuttered a little and told him no. That was really hard but I felt good telling the truth and accepting what I did. On the bright side, the home-work wasn’t due that day so that made me feel better about myself. Telling my teacher I didn’t do my homework made me feel like I took responsibility for my actions instead of almost cheating with the guilt and having no pride whatsoever. -Bryce Takenaka

Along with telling the truth comes consequences. One day at my old middle school my friend and I were just kicking the ball around and having fun. After a while we talked to each other about who could kick the ball higher than the other. I said I could kick the ball higher and he did the same. We finally came upon a agreement. the agreement was that we will both kick a ball in the air and we will see which one falls to the ground last. I went fist. I kicked the ball as hard as I could and it took three seconds for

it to fall. My friend saw how long it took and said with confidence “I can do bet-ter than that”. After he said that I passed him the ball and and he got ready for his kick. He aimed and kicked the ball not in the air but forward into the direction of the convent of the nun’s in my catholic school I attended. The ball hit one of the glass panes of the convent and it broke instantly. When that happened our princi-pal came out of her office and questioned all of the students at a assembly. At the assembly some kid spoke up and said, “it was one of them” and pointed in our direction. The principal looked at us and said, “Which one of you kicked the ball?” My friend and I froze in terror. We didn’t know what was about to happen to either of us. after a while the principal took us into her office one at a time. My friend was first to go in. He came out of the of-fice after about 5 minutes. He came out with tears and told me “the principle is going to call my parents” and left. After that the principal called me in. Her room was cold and surprisingly bright. I had never been called into her office before so this was a new experience for me. When I was in her room she sat me down and asked me what happened with the ball and glass incident. At that point I had the choice to tell the truth or lie. When I was a kid I was brought up never to lie even though I did at times. she asked me the same question again “who did it”

So in that split second I told the truth. After that my principal said thank you and called my friend back in and said “I won’t call your parents ok but I will tell your mom about this” and then sent us on our way. -Karl Selga

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Everyone has a StoryFamily makes Work Easier

Jean Ilacas

I grew up in the Philip-pines with my mom, dad and my two brothers. Growing up for me was not so easy. I remember at a young age, my broth-ers and I would go to the farm and help our parents plant rice.

When it was time to harvest, my broth-ers and I would harvest while our parents did all the harder jobs. We would be working until night time and go home to eat dinner and rest.

One time, my brother came home from the farm with a bloody finger because he accidently cut the tip of his finger.

Even though it was hard work, I still enjoyed it because I was with my family.

Different, yet the Same

Gabby Aikau

My grandmother is like any other grandmother. She cooks, she cleans, she pinches your cheeks ‘til they’re red.

But there’s one thing that makes my grandmother different; she’s legally blind. Growing up, I didn’t really understand, but now I know. She walks around with a seeing-eye dog.

To me, she’s just a normal person, but everyone else sees her as different. Grow-ing up, I would always help her with read-ing things, help her take care of her dogs, and even help her write.

Yeah, my grandma’s different, but that doesn’t mean you should treat her any dif-ferently.

Quite a Little Dancer

Tomomi Kohn

This is a story that my mom always tells me but I remember nothing of.

When I was a toddler, I had a favorite song that they played everyday on the toddler show. Whenever I heard that song playing, I would drop whatever I was doing and dance all around the living room.

My mom said I was quite a dancer.

The Three R’sRyan Ruiz

My name was sup-posed to be Bryan when I was born but I guess the doctors made a tiny mis-take that changed my life. My name is Ryan.

I really don’t regret my name being a mistake because Ryan matches with my middle and last name initials, “Ryan Ramirez Ruiz.” All R’s I find very inter-esting about my name.

So I thank the doctor who made the typo in my name and named me Ryan instead of Bryan. When people ask me my full name, they’re like whoa! I never knew anyone personally with three of the same initials in their name.

I do not want to change my name at all because it’s simple and is not hard to pro-nounce.

I am still mad at my mother for not say-ing anything about the typo, but I’m also glad she didn’t.

A Lesson Learned by

JumpingKyle Ginoza

When I was seven years old, I used to bounce on my bed all the time but kept getting scolded by my parents because they could hear me jumping on my bed from downstairs.

I didn’t listen and I just kept on bounc-ing and bouncing until I was tired, which would be 30 minutes to an hour later.

One day when I was on my bed, I slipped on a toy and hit my head on the wall. I went to the hospital that day.

It is a life lesson I will never forget.

Risa Higa Many NicknamesMy name is Risa Higa.

As a nickname, people call me Mona. It’s like Mona Lisa but Mona Risa. A lot of people make funny names like pizza because it kind of rhymes with Risa.

They also say Reeses peanut butter. I don’t like it when people call me that be-cause I don’t even like peanut butter.

I like my name because it’s not that common and it matches me.

Courtney HoA “Corny” NameMy name is Courtney.

I got my name from my parents looking through children name books. My name means law of the court or court law.

My nickname is CC because my first name and middle name start with C. I have the same name as my friend’s older sister. Whenever I’m at her house, every-one calls me CC so we don’t get confused.

I like my name, though sometimes little kids call me “Corny” because they can’t pronounce my name well, but that’s OK.

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“A school without football is in danger of deteriorating into a medieval study hall.”~ Vince Lombardi

Our McKinley football team, win or lose, always show off the type of “roars” our tigers have. Our Football team exemplifies the heart and fighting spirit our students have.

Senior Jantzen Hatakenaka shows this best everyday through his role as a cor-nerback and wide receiver for the McKinley Tigers. Being a Tiger for four years, Hatakenaka has learned to put all the effort he can into each and every practice and game. Playing as hard as he possibly can has become his policy.

He has always cared for the game, he said. “ I really care about the team and I want us just to all do our best. I didn’t join to just be able to wear the jersey...The team has become like my brothers.”

Only through hard work, determination, and teamwork, from every single player, can a team play well. Jantzen understand sthis and strives for this in ev-erything, not just as a football player.

Caring for the game by Austin Watkins

A chance to try something new led to some-thing bigger for Jonathan Seradilla. While he was in the Philippines, his uncle let him try some-thing new, which was shooting with a rifle. He practiced it with targets so that no one would get hurt. It turned out that he had skill.

“I had a good shot with the rifle,” he said. An air rifle is different from an actual rifle. An

air rifle has a different weight and a different way to be held. The difference between the two didn’t stop Seradilla.

Seradilla decided to join Air Riflery because of his new experience. He wanted to improve his skills with riflery and to meet new people.

Seradilla has been on the team for two years. In that time he has improved his skill with the air rifle. He said that he might use his skill at Air Riflery to go to the Olympics.

Seradilla often has Air Riflery practice. He uses that time to talk to his coach to see how he can improve his skill. He participates in competitions. Seradilla thinks that competitions shouldn’t be taken lightly, but he also thinks that it should not be something to stress over. Competitions are almost like practices.

“It’s slightly different,” he said. Seradilla doesn’t think that competitions are a big problem this

year because the new shooters are doing well. He likes being on the Air Riflery team.

“It feels like I belong there. It would be nice to see more people who join,” Seradilla said.

Interest leads to passionby Silvana Bautista

Derek Haugen, a senior at McKinley High plays for the bowling team. Haugen wanted to join bowling because when his brother was a freshman, he thought it look pretty fun

What motivates him is his family. Haugen’s biggest chal-lenge is his footwork. “The way footwork ties in with bowl-ing is because you want to shoot the ball from an angle,” said Haugen. Bowling is scored by pin falls. The more pins that fall, the more points you earn. Haugen’s biggest achievement was bowling a 250. Maximum points possible is 300.

During the season, its a team sport. The coaches decide who gets to go out and play. The lowest score of two bowlers out of the six are taken out and another two go in and play. Haugen bowls competitively because he wants to make to states. “The way we bowl now, we have a slim chance but I think we can make it to states,” said Haugen.

A lot of people does not think that bowling is a sport. “Bowling should be considered a sport even though people don’t care about bowling,” said Haugen. “We do everything just like any other sport, teamwork-wise and cooperating with the team.”

Gathering together as one by Daniel Le

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“Volleyball has become a part of my life,” said Jazmayne Williams, a girl who loves this sport and has worked hard on it the past three years.

She played volleyball for the first time when she was a fresh-man. Since the first try, Williams began to have interest in this sport.

Volleyball is a kind of sport which is easy to participate in. Every student can have fun while playing together. That’s also a usual scene that boys and girls gather together on the grass before or after school passing the ball with laughter.

Another reason is that she gains a lot from the teamwork. Co-operation is very important, in addition to the special techniques, and the teammates become great silent partners. Facing the challenges they encourage each other while cheering excitedly after the success.

”We had a tough time about the development of the team last year,” said Williams. However she believes the team will be better with ev-eryone’s strength and work.

Williams, and the other girls on the team, are all energetic and they always devote themselves to every match and practice. This sport really brings them a lot of fun in their daily life. They are looking for-ward to more success on the volleyball team in this year.

Tiger expresses love of sportby Lin Song

Two years ago, Motomasa (Kyle) Mitsui made the decision to start running. Today he is the fastest runner of McKinley's JV Cross Country team.

Kyle Mitsui was born on December 31,1997, on Oahu. He came to Mckinley High School following in the footsteps of his oldest brother and joined the Cross Country team simply because he likes to run and Cross Country sure does have a whole lot of it. Kyle isn't the only Mitsui in Mckinley however. Hidemasa (Vincent) Mitsui, the middle brother in the Mitsui family and an experienced runner, also attends McKinley and is a part of the Cross Country team. Kyle thinks having his brother along side him in his trek through Cross Country is "nice" and that his brother can be there for him if he needs some advice.

Despite only have been running for 2 years, Mitsui knows a thing or two about running. To Mitsui, it’s all about your mentality as a runner. If there was a tip he could give to begining runners, he'd tell them the mind set you have is very important, and it isn't always all about your stamina or speed. When it comes to Cross Country, this concept is definitely stressed. In Cross Country, the competitions consist of a three-mile race between a multitude of schools all at once. With the amount of people you are racing against, even the strongest of nerves can be aggravated. You have to "push yourself a lot" and "you have to run to the end, all the way to the end," emphasized Mitsui. In conclusion, when it comes down to if he'll continue to run in the future, Mitsui happily and confiden-tally replied, "Of course."

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