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On April 25th, La Cañada High School will be the lucky host of Facebook creator and Time Magazine’s Most Influential Person of the Year, Mark Zuckerberg. After months of sending requests to Facebook’s Palo Alto headquarters, Facebook finally respond-ed to LCHS’s Computer Science class.

With Zuckerberg scheduled to be on the Jay Leno Show in Los Angeles, he will first come to La Cañada High School and the new Robert F. Kennedy School in Los Angeles to give lectures to the AP Computer Science classes. Zuckerberg, who is an advocate of education reform, hopes to visit many high schools throughout the country to promote education in science and math and to inspire future computer scientists and engineers.

The very witty Mr. Clausen responded to the Java students’ requests to get the Facebook creator to come speak.

“Students have shown real interest in getting Zuckerberg to come talk with our class. I contacted Facebook in Palo Alto and they finally agreed,” explained Mr. Clausen. Even students who are not in AP Computer Science plan on attending the lecture. Unfortunately, seating is lim-ited to 36 seats with about 20 seats being taken by the AP Java students. The rest of the seats are most likely going to be reserved for the Honors Computer Sci-ence students and past AP Java students. Senior Jonathan Stroud remarked, “The most influential person in the world is com-ing to our high school—this is bigger than CIF.”

Mark Zuck-erberg to visit La Ca-ñadaBy Katherine PropperManaging Editor

With her first year at LCHS coming to a close, Principal Jackie Luzak has issued a new policy. Cheer Squad, traditionally a sixth period sport, will no longer receive physical education credit. It was decided that cheerleading does not meet the physi-cal education standards issued by Governor Brown.

Luzak found the decision unfortunate but necessary.

“We simply cannot give credit to cheer-leading. It is not on the same level as other sports at our school,” said Luzak.

Other administrators commented that the sport’s rigor at La Cañada did not satisfy fitness standards for adolescents.

The decision was made in light of the upcoming WASC review. WASC, the West-ern Association of Schools and Colleges, accredits schools.

Administrator Sharon Hull, a supporter of the pressure of the situation.

“Every policy change we make at the close of the 2010-2011 school year is to en-sure our success at the upcoming review and cheer was not making the cut as a sport,” explained Administrator Hull.

With the poor economy, the administra-tion fears that La Cañada is losing its status as a top public district. If the school were to lose its Blue Ribbon status, La Cañada home values would significantly decrease in value.

In a closed Governing Board Meeting, it was determined that any programs with shortcomings had to be fixed. The Instruc-tional Counsel decided that cheer was a weakness in the Physical Education Depart-ment at LCHS.

Cheer advisor, Kristina Kalb, under-stands that this was a necessary precaution that the administration had to take. However, she is concerned that fewer girls will be interested in joining the squads.

“It is hard to find girls to devote the time if they have to take P.E. and 6th period cheer,” said Kalb.

The administration has yet to formally announce this policy change to the school.

Cheer will no longer be a sport

By Terese RutkowskiEditor-In-Chief

The new state guidelines for Physical Education have led to a drastic change in school policy

The boy’s basketball team’s amazing season has been erased. On Monday, March 21, CIF Southern Section officials handed down their ruling that La Canada will have to forfeit all the games it played this season, including the CIF championship for using an ineligible player.

The ineligible player is senior Axel Wanghammar, a foreign exchange student from Sweden. Since Wang-hammar played basketball semi-professionally in Swe-den, under CIF rules, he is ineligible to play in high school.

CIF officials learned of Wanghammer’s semi-pro-fessional status after they were tipped off by one of La Canada High School’s other foreign exchange student, John Wold.

Allegations have been made that administrators and coaches implemented a cover up, in order to hide Wanghammer’s terrible secret. LCHS Athletic Direc-tor, Craig Franzen declined to comment on these al-legations, citing executive privilege.

With the CIF ruling, La Canada’s official record has changed from 30-4 to 0-34, changing this year’s squad from arguably the best basketball teams in school history to undoubt-edly the worst. The terrible effects of this change have already become evident.

“I was going to play basketball at the Naval Academy” said center, Matt Faber. “But now that our team is winless, the Navy has lost all of its interest in me. Now if I want to play in college, I’ll have to go to the Mexican Naval Academy.”

Faber isn’t the only player to suffer. Senior

Mason Holle was put on suicide watch after learn-ing of the ruling. “They took my ring,” said Holle holding back tears “My entire career is worthless.”

CIF’s ruling also has also forced head coach Mr. Hoffman to quit coaching basketball forever. “I’m just so crushed.” Hoffman said. “I can’t handle watching basketball without painful memories; I broke down watching a Laker game the other day”.

Wanghammar feels bad about causing the Spartans to forfeit their entire season, and will con-tinue to play in Sweden after graduation.

“I’m sorry about the trouble I’ve caused” said Wanghammar. “But at least next year the team has a lot of room for improvement.”

By David BelcherSpartan Staff

Boys’ Basketball for-feits entire season

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One of my finest memo-ries was when I received a 4.8 GPA and ecstatically told my parents. They were overjoyed and told me that they had never been so proud of me.

Unfortunately, future LCHS students will not be so lucky.

This past Wednesday, the LCUSD governing board voted unanimously to elimi-nate the extra point for AP and Honors courses offered here at LCHS. This new policy will be implemented for the next school year, 2011-2012. This means that students will no longer be

able to earn a GPA any higher than a 4.0, a major setback in their college ac-ceptances chances.

Freshman and Junior teacher Mr. Powers ex -claimed, “Finally, the kids’ intellectual abilities will be reflected truthfully, and not by some inflated and over-rated numbers! Brats!”

The parents of the PTA have organized a massive protest for April 11th. A local parent was heard arguing, “This is heresy! My kid needs that point to get into USC!” More than 500 parents are expected to picket in front of the school until they are forc-ibly removed by authorities. It is rumored that LCHS is banking on support from the National Guard, FBI, CIA,

and, yes, the KGB.Recently, the Ivy League

released a statement ex-plaining that due to an in-creasingly larger applicant pool each year, that they will only be accepting students with GPAs higher than the meager 4.0. This change in policy essentially eliminates any LCHS applicant from admission automatically.

An administrator, who wished to remain anony-mous, commented that, “Oh well, the kids will get over it. CSUN carries the same recognit ion as each and every Ivy League institu-tion… NOT! Good luck you ungrateful punks!”

By Diego NavarroBusiness Manager

LCHS to drop extra A.P. grade point

Photo By Erica Moore

Pinnacle’s down-time is not unfamiliar to anyone who attends our school. Recently, on March 19, 2011 Pinnacle stated that due to too many strongly worded emails that it would be shutting down indefi-nitely.

Newly hired LCHS IRC library Mrs. Lib said, “One might say that Pinnacle has finally reached its pinnacle of tolerance.”

As a result of this unfortunate circum-stance, LCHS admin-istration is now issuing

free pieces of official La Cañada Grading Paper, or LCGP’s, which are mandatory to be filled out by all students. The LCGP’s will replace teachers’ grade books and will be collected at the end of the year in or-der to fill in grades. The LCGP’s will be regulated on an honors system. Everyone knows that ly-ing about their grades won’t get them into col-lege because it’s a ter-rible thing to do. Why would anyone even think about it? Seriously.

Junior Jeffrey Wal-lace said, “Well, I don’t see a problem with this system. I think the hon-

ors system is sufficient regulation on honesty in our LCGP’s. I, for one, would never even con-sider trading my soul to attend prestigious col-leges that will probably set me up for life.”

In the slight chance that a student would lie on their LCGP’s, reper-cussions are still being negotiated. While some teachers believe that the system could easily be abused, others believe that the honors system is impermeable.

No members of the LCHS administration agreed to comment on the incoming LCGP sys-tem.

By David RheeOpinion Editor

The pinnacle of Pinnacle has come and gone

2 April 1, 2011 La Cañada High School

News

On March 5th 2011, the night of La Cañada’s annual Backwards Dance, the freshman class of 2014 received their last warning. After countless acts of misbehavior, Ms Davidson announced that Backwards was the final straw. As punishment for their bad behavior it was announced that the class of 2014 will be banned from all on, and off, campus dances. This includes Cafeteria dances, Winter Formal, Homecoming, Backwards, and Prom.

“Enough is enough,” Senior De-rick Abedain stated, while watching the freshmen laugh in the quad during lunch, “I know that my class wasn’t like that their freshmen year. They are after all freshmen, underclassman, so they should start acting like it.”

Since school policy is in place, what the freshmen class did specifi-cally can not be published however the various acts of immaturity have been confirmed.

Over the course of the year the class of 2014 has been caught: Talking back to teachers in class, screaming crude comments to older couples visit-ing campus, holding fist fights between periods under the bleachers on the football field, streaking, placing inap-propriate bets on seventh and eight graders, egging passing by cars, and trashing Senior lockers.

Overall the freshmen crowd hasn’t been doing the LC name justice.

The only bright side of this situ-ation is that the freshmen might (if good behavior occurs) get their senior prom back.

The La Cañada Unified School District finally decided during their March meeting to extend the P.E. requirement from two to four years for the class of 2014 and on. Early this school year, the California Education Code had required LCUSD to alter its graduation requirement of physical education. Until now, our district had been able to maintain the requirement at its bare minimum, but this year the Ed Code did not allow LCHS to be exempt from the rule that other public schools in California have been following for many years.

“This might make a lot of our underclassmen unhappy,” said Dr. Luzak, the 9-12 principal. “But as a public school, we have to follow the State Ed Code, and the physical education department is not an exception.”

The California Ed Code made several major arguments to support the change in the P.E. requirement. First, the Ed Code presented statistics proving that America’s overall health was deteriorating every year due to unhealthy diets and irregular exercise patterns, and the only way to prevent this tragedy from developing further was to stem the issue at an early stage: high school. Studies by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control Prevention (CDC) showed that one in three Americans born after the year 2000 would develop some form of diabetes. Additionally, experimental studies proved that sitting for over an hour increases the risk of obesity. The board argued that juniors and seniors tend to be the students who sit for long hours in class and at home, and they also tend to be the students who do not take P.E. This trend led the Ed Code to enforce the four-year requirement of regular exercise. Consequently, the La Cañada School Board had to acquiesce to the Ed Code’s decree.

This change in the P.E. department has not been disclosed yet to the students, but the administration plans on officially disclosing the information in the coming weeks.

“I was quite surprised by the change too,” said Ms. Hayos, one of the high school P.E. teachers. “Although some students might find this awfully regrettable, this change will really help our department expand further than its current stance.”

It is astonishingly like-ly that La Cañada High School’s Information Re-source Center will meet its inevitable demise within the fiscal year. As a result of the financial crisis at LCUSD, La Cañada High School wil l be forced to curtail many of its expenditures. After countless hours of consideration among the LCUSD board members, the IRC has been deemed inefficient and ineffective in its goal to provide the stu-dent body with an enrich-ing and suitable learning environment. LCHS can no longer account for the tens of thousands of dollars that have been invested into the IRC and it can no longer maintain the IRC and its financial demands. Unfor-tunately for students and

staff alike, the ramifications of such a drastic economic downsizing are frighten-ingly unpredictable.

For years now, the IRC has provided students with the tools they need to suc-ceed academically. Its di-verse collection of books, online resources, and com-puters supply students with the resources needed fulfill their academic responsibili-ties. However, LCHS can no longer afford to support the IRC and will be forced to close its once welcoming doors to the students of La Cañada High School. The IRC provides students with a convenient location to collaborate on projects, research various subjects, and have meetings, yet even with such consider-able contributions, LCHS can no longer justify the financial hindrance that is the IRC.

“I was shocked when I heard the news. I’ve al-ways gone to the IRC to work after school but that soon won’t be possible. The student body and I will just have to adapt and try to work around it as best we can,” said Brian Hack-ley, a sophomore at LCHS. Students such as Brian will only find the future years at LCHS more inconve-nient after the closing of the IRC.

The students of La Ca-ñada High School are not the only ones who will be affected by this curtailment. This staff that is currently devoted to the IRC and its cause will be regretfully let go by LCHS administra-tors. All possible options have been considered and much to the dismay of the student body, the IRC will inevitably close its doors permanently.

Construction has finally come to an end, but new renovation ideas are still being discussed. The School Site Council has decided to use the school’s beautification money to create new facilities by getting rid of student parking.

Starting in the fall of 2012, student parking will no longer be available for purchase. Without student parking, the cage parking lot will provide space to construct another three story 7/8 build-ing. All junior high classes will relocate to that area. As middle school rooms separate from the other main high school buildings, the current 7/8 rooms will become the foreign language de-partment building, where all foreign languages classes will take place. In addition, the classes near the North Gym will fill-in the vacant rooms in the previous foreign language classrooms. The relocation of the classrooms would make departments and high school classrooms closer together.

Mr. Williams excitedly stated, “We can finally reduce the amount of reck-less drivers around the campus, along with somewhat separating from the annoying little junior high kids.”

Also, in order to raise funds for the construction of the new 7/8 building, the senior lot area will be sold to the Child Education Center. Their expan-sion will finally allow them to possess their personal parking lot and have more space for their daycare children to run around and have more space inside of their caged area.

Freshman Class Out of ControlBy Carly Moore

The Resource Center has been depleted By Armen Dingizian

By Ailin Kim Backpage Editor

P.E. requirement extended for 9th graders

Parking Go Bye-ByeBy Austin HongSpartan Staff

Many students took lavish trips abroad or stayed in beach houses this past summer vacation. However Junior Brian Park, a recent transfer from Crescenta Valley, had a much darker experience.

On June 29th 2010, the Park family traveled to Imperial Beach for a lazy weekend. Now located just half a mile away from the Mexican border, the eldest son, Brian, saw a perfect op-portunity to fulfill his lifelong dream: to have a taco from a Mexican Taco Bell. (Despite the obvious health risks of Mexican Mexican food) The adven-turous fifteen year-old trekked on and easily hopped the fence.

“The border agents were facing the other way the whole time,” recalled Park with a smirk, “They weren’t ex-pecting a random Asian kid to pull a reverse.”

However that “random Asian kid” didn’t make it fifty yards into Mexican territory be-fore the cartels struck. A skirmish between warring families left Park in the crossfire, so the junior heroically took cover in an

unmarked, white van.Little did he know that van actually

belonged to the notorious Jorge Lopez Cartel.

“In retrospect, I kinda kidnapped my-self,” remarked Brian with a laugh.

Luckily the cartel found a student I.D. on Park and discovered he was from C.V. Now realizing that he had no ransom value, they let him go with nothing more than a recommendation for a new gardener.

Since that harrowing day, Brian no longer yearns for a Mexican taco. He is now an integral of The Spartan staff and continues to be a stud to this day. Though he does not mention it much, his kidnapping drama has stuck with him to this day.

“I’ll never forget the time I spent in captivity,” explained Park, “but what has stuck with me most is Juan, the recommended gardener. He is great with the roses.”

By Michael BelcherSpartan Staff

Brian Park kidnapped by Mexican drug cartel

Photo by Erica Moore

Photo by Michael Belcher

3April 1, 2011La Cañada High School

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School approves graffiti wallconstruction

In response to last month’s graffiti and paint around campus, the school administration has decided to take

action. They approved the construction of a structure with four blank white walls for aspiring artists to practice their paint throwing skills.

Many students were shocked to hear that the school had decided to take this approach.

Junior Trenton Martinez said, after hearing the news, “This is such a cool idea. I’m going to go get my buckets of paint and spray paint ready!”

The administration has not yet caught the perpetrator of the vandalism from last month, but the hope is that this initiative will eliminate acts.

The proposed construction site will be in the quad and the blueprint shows that the structure will take on the shape of a square, but without a roof. The reason for this positioning is to allow student artists to paint both on the outer and inner walls. However, the administration declined to comment on the lack of a door to allow students to access the inner walls.

It seems that students will just have to figure out how to get over the fourteen-foot walls, in order to paint the inner walls.

When asked about the proposed structure, the LCHS graphic design and photography teacher, who requested anonymity, exclaimed that, “I can’t wait to see the finished product. I hope that teachers will be allowed to show off their street art as well”.

Detractors of the proposed wall say that the administration has taken an in-correct step in addressing the issue of vandalism on campus.

A freshman, who also requested to remain anonymous, said “This will just promote vandalism. I doubt that the graffiti will stay just on that wall”.

As the freshman responded, a sopho-more bystander questioned, “Why do freshman take the fun out of every-thing”?

The proposal will now move on to the LCUSD School Board, where it will be further discussed and eventually voted upon.

By Kevork KurdoghlianOnline Editor

Mr. Valassidis, beloved Engl ish teacher of LCHS, has decided that he is going to retire after this year. The AP and Honors English teacher made this difficult decision after finding out that the expected birth of twin boys is going to be in late June of this year. Mr. V already has a daughter, and he has stated that it is difficult for him not to be able to spend time with his daughter since his work in La Cañada is far from his house in Santa Clara. But now, with two boys on the way, “V” says that it’s best for him and his family.

“It hurt me so much that I had to leave my baby at home while I was at work, “Valassidis said. “And then I’d be at home grading papers, and sometimes I’d have to come to my class on the weekends.”

But now, the former Northwestern graduate has said that it’s impossible to be so far from his family when he has three children, two of which would be boys. “My sons are definitely going to leave me more around than my daughter needs me. The relationship a father has with his son

is the most important relationship that a boy has in his whole life. He learns from his father things or traits that reflect him as he grows up. And I definitely wanted to be the father who could be at home so his children could have a daddy who teaches them what he thinks is right for them to know.”

However, Mr. V isn’t going to be jobless, even in this economy. Some people know that Valassidis was a former champion weightlifter. As a high school kid, “V” won the Florida Amateur 18-and-under Weightlifting Championship when he was only sixteen years old. As a senior, Mr. Va l a s s i d i s p l a c e d

second in the USA Amateur Weightlifting Championship. He chose Northwestern

not only because of its prestigious English department, but also because of its award-winning

we igh t l i f t i ng p rog ram, hav ing won the NCAA Championship a record 14 t imes. Valassidis

competed in college for the Wildcats, and won the National Championship in the heavywe igh t division two years

in a row. Ask him one day to show you his

second ring, because i t ’s the one w i th a sapphi re encrusted

Wildcat on a 24-karat gold ring.

H o w e v e r, V d i d n ’ t b e c o m e a professional weightlifter after college despite his accomplishments, instead he decided to teach. But now that he will be at home for most of the day, he has decided that he is going to pursue pro weightlifting. “I’ve been in the same shape I was in college because I lift for 2 hours on the weekdays and 4 on the weekends, regardless of what time I get home or what I’m doing that day. So it’s not like I’m going to have to make this huge comeback to get back to where I was in college. I’m definitely excited for this, because I always thought about whether I made the right decision becoming a teacher and not a professional weightlifter.” Top professional weightlifters make around $800,000 a year excluding endorsement, so there certainly would be a shortage of money for Valassidis.

We are all going to miss Mr.V deeply. He’s not only an outstanding teacher, but a great guy to talk to, whether it’s about Gatsby or football. We are all going to

miss you Mr.V, but we all wish you good luck in your successful future with your family and weightlifting career.

By Jack FinniganSpartan Staff

English teacher says he will leave the school to focus on his new children and start his weightlifting career again

Mr. Valassidis will return to his old career

Attention all movie fanatics! You’re hopes and dreams have come true because you, yes you, will be staring in a new upcoming movie! Nickelodeon recently hosted a contest to select one high school to serve as the location for their new movie, Rugrats Grown Up. LCHS has been chosen to star in the new teenage version of the rugrats movie we all grew up with. Wait….it gets better! Three students will be selected to play the parts of Tommy, Chucky, and Angelica. All students will have an opportunity to be featured in the film as students in classes, in the halls, and at parties. Sign ups for auditions begin soon and there is lim-ited space so don’t wait and miss this incredible opportunity!

Nickelodeon placed a $28,000,000 budget on the movie. Mr. Phillips, the media arts teacher, will have the privilege to work with director Norton Virgien. Students from media arts will be able to be part of the editing pro-cess, which will help them learn more about the vast industry. Future actors, actresses, editors, and directors, this is your calling! Don’t miss your chance to be part of a movie we all grew up with and have the chance to display your actions to the industry that either makes you or breaks you.

Moving the Hollywood set to LCHSBy Paulina GaloostianSpartan Staff

On Saturday, March 19, LCHS faced one of the most terrifying biological disasters in school

history. No, it wasn’t Mrs. Wheeler’s Biology class, but something almost as horrifying.

While performing a routine cleaning of the school’s pool, janitor Richard Hertz noticed something different.

“The pool had an odd glow in it.” recalled Hertz “so I decided to run a test on the water to see what was wrong.”

The results of the test were shock-ing. A potentially deadly strain of staphy-lococcus epidermidis bacteria, or “staph” was discovered.

Immediately, Hertz called a Hazard-ous Material Removal Team to eradicate

the bacteria. Though the bacteria are gone, the

effects of the outbreak are just beginning to be seen.

Several members of the swim team have reported medical issues as a result of swimming in the bacteria.

“After practice last week, I devel-oped a strange rash.” said junior Trevor Roskos “It spread to everywhere I had exposed skin, all I can say is thank god for Speedos.”

The administration is not completely sure where the bacteria came from, but Nurse Alice Hastings has an idea.

“Apparently some kids from CV managed to get into the pool a few weeks ago.” said Hastings “Everyone knows that kids from CV are the most dirty and disease ridden people in the tri-state area. So it’s safe to say that the bacteria probably came from them.”

Deadly bacteria strain found in LCHS pool

By David BelcherSpartan Staff

A typical student’s lunch is comprised of a sandwhich, a bag of chips, and a can of juice or soda, half of which come directly from the vending machine. And, truth be told, most of what vending machines sell is unnutritious, from Hot Cheetos to gummy worms to Rice Krispies. A nationwide sur-vey of vending machines in high schools reports that 85 percent of the snacks sold are of poor nutritional value.

As such, the LCUSD administration is taking steps to alleviate problems of potential obesity and health issues at La Cañada High School. This coming May, vending machines will no longer sell junk

foods and will instead dispense fresh fruits and nutritious granola bars. The cafeteria will also sell various types of vegetables to accommodate meals. In this way, the school board hopes to achieve an effec-tive meal plan for students and allow them to enjoy healthier diets. No longer will students be able to buy greasy chips and sugary pop tarts.

“Including fruits and vegetables to the school menu and vending machines will encourage students to choose a healthier lifestyle. Instead of a Doritos bag, kids will choose apples and cucumbers to munch on,” said Principle Dr. Luzak.

Snacks will now become carrot sticks and granola bars as they undergo a drastic transformation from churros and cinnamon

buns sold during break. “They can’t take away everything in

the vending machines, what am I going to eat now? There is no way I’m eating let-tuce and tomatoes for lunch,” expressed Sophomore Justin Lee.

Although several students have al-ready heard about the news and expressed their frustration and disappointment, the school board has firmly agreed to imple-ment changes in vending machines as soon as possible.

Maybe the idea of having green veg-etables and fruits to look forward to on a dreary school day isn’t so pleasant and exciting. But for the few vegetarians and health advocates out there, the beneficial change just might be a dream come true.

By Jennifer KimSpartan staff

Say hello to greens and veggies

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By Michael BelcherSpartan Staff

Remember: Eldest first!

YouTube sensation, talented singer Rebecca Black sings her hit song Friday to teens across America. Gaining over 20,000,000 views in less than a month, Black has been handed a one-way ticket to fame. Already on iTunes, Friday has deep lyrics that work their way into the hearts of teenagers across America.

The lyrics come across as very sim-ple, but there are hidden messages in between the lines.

For example, in the beginning the song, Black sings “Got ta have my bowl, gotta have my cereal.” In this line Black speaks to the teens with eating dis-orders, saying that she has to have her breakfast, or there will be no ‘fun, fun, fun’ the following night.

Another example is when she sings “Which seat can I take?” when she is at the “bus stop” watching as her friends sig-nal for her to get into a car. Well, viewers can clearly see that only the backseat is

available (considering two of her friends are in the front). The viewer also notices that the driver of the vehicle is clearly under 17, therefore it is illegal for her to even get in the car. However she chooses to sit in the backseat, suggesting that we should always stay safe under any given circumstances.

Throughout the song, good mes-sages like these are delivered and re-warded at the end of the day when Black gets “down” to “party”. It’s such a great song, the lyr-ics are well thought out, and it sends a good message to hurting teens.

What now for Rebecca Black? According to her agent, she will be touring across the states with her new

album, which will be released sometime in April.

“I hope to inspire teens my age,” Black stated at a press conference last week. “I really want people off the streets on Friday nights. Rates show that the most violence is on Friday nights, so basically I am spread-ing awareness. Fridays can be fun!”

By Carly MooreSpartan Staff

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