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Can you guess the teacher?

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Auburn Mountainview High School 28900 124th AVE SE Auburn WA (253)-804-4539

Getting to Know a Hometown LegendSierra Kanzler

Cary Davidson and wife, Jennifer Davidson pose for a photo with Bobby Vogel after receiving his honorary diploma

Some of us may think we know “Auburns Son”, the familiar face that can be seen walking around downtown Auburn, cheer-ing on Auburn sports at the Memorial Stadium or help-ing out at the local Auburn Safeway. Doing all of this while sporting his Auburn HS Letterman’s Jacket. We see him, we know his name, but do we really know him? Viscom teacher, Cary Davidson and wife, Jennifer Davidson do.

Bobby Vogel was born in Omaha, Nebraska and moved to Washington State at a young age. He is 67 years old, and of five siblings, Vogel currently has one sister living who re-sides in Cle Elum. In 1985 Bobby’s mother passed away and a few years later, his father. As a young child he didn’t attend school due to people thinking he was incapable of learning but this changed in June of 2011 when Auburn High-school granted Bobby with an Honorary Highschool Diploma, Letterman’s Jacket and class ring. Vogel has been residing in Auburn for the past 35 years and is known for his outstand-ing amount of community service and work at the Marriott hotel but more recently, Safeway right here in Auburn. Although he is retired now he still takes on responsibility as an AHS basketball manager and attends most of the sporting events.

The Davidson family have known Bobby person-ally for 35 years running. As a highschool student, Jennifer worked at what was once Big Scoop (Trot-ters now) where Bobby would come in for lunch or dinner daily. Mr. Davidson met him soon after when Jennifer and Cary began dating. The Davidson’s took responsibility for Vogel

about 5 years ago. Mr. Davidson stated, “We take care of Bobby’s finances, pa-perwork, grocery shopping, etc…Bobby can’t read or write and is diabetic, so he just needs help in those ar-eas.” Cary lets us know that his wife, Jennifer has been a big help, “My wife has helped him with lots of pa-perwork and phone calls for retirement, state assistance, bills, doctor visits etc.” It is clear that the Davidson’s have done a lot of work to help Bobby and get him to where he is at today. Vogel has been welcomed with open arms into both sides of the Davidson family and attends many family func-tions that happen through-out the year.

With the disabilities Bobby faces it has been taken on by the Govern-ment to send him monthly checks. While this can help some, it doesn’t help with everything. Recently Bobby has had his monthly check cut down from roughly $100.00 to as little as $37.00. Do you want to help Bobby Vogel out? Stop by Mr. Davidson’s room and donate any change you have or may have found lying around and place it into the old water jug located at the front of the room. All money collected goes towards Bobby’s groceries and other finances.

Take a second to think about the next time you go for your daily Starbucks run, do you really need it? Take into consideration the act of kindness a teacher here at our school has done, find it in yourself to do the same and help someone out who may be in need.

Upperclassmen with a PlanName: Molly CichoszFuture: Loyola UniversityGrade: Senior

Profile: Molly is a volleyball player who has already been admitted to Loyola University. The university offered her a full ride scholarship for volleyball. She wants to study business and later become a successful business owner. Her motivation came from competing in DECA and to be the first person to graduate from her family. Tip: “Have fun, but don’t let it affect your school work!”Name: Laura LystedFuture: United States ArmyGrade: Senior

Profile: Laura is apart of the JROTC program and is planning to enlist in the Army after high school. She would like to study and work as a Pediatric Doctor. Her motivation was based on her brother’s service in the Army and to be able to support her future family. Tip: “Don’t take your freshman year like it’s easy. Do good.”

NewsVolume 9, Issue 1

Dangers of Distracted Driving

Ahlaya Tiumalue

About 1.3 million car crashes are caused annually by the use of cell phones. Drivers under the age of 20 are the largest group of distracted drivers. Distracted driving is the primary cause of teenage deaths today. Around 27 lives each day are lost due to drunk driving. (distraction.gov)

Scared yet? If not, you should be. Distracted driving is the primary

cause of teenage deaths today. Distracted driving can be anything from drunken driving, texting while driving, eating while driving, or even driving while tired - and us teenagers are the largest group of offenders.

Although millions of teens around the world lose their lives each year from dis-tracted driving, we think we are invin-cible and it will never affect us. However, this is far from the truth.

On November 19, 2011 Joseph Queza-da passed away at the age of 19 due to a drunk driver crashing him into a pole, causing him to shatter his femur and lose a major amount of blood.

Joseph’s cousin, Auburn Mountain-view freshman Kasandra Tadeo, de-scribes the accident as “one of the most traumatizing things”

Joseph was on his way to pick up his six month old son, Joseph Myles Queza-da Jr., just as a drunk driver in a U-Haul truck crashed into him. The driver was 20 years old and is sentenced to jail until 2026.

Tadeo says that day, everyone was in high spirits, until the sound of screaming and yelling came into lock with her hear-ing, “That night no one slept, just cried”, she explains.

Kasandra says it is still extremely hard to talk about what happen to their be-loved family member, but they try focus-ing their attention toward baby Joseph and how fast he is growing.

Kasandra was asked what she would tell teens that drink or text while driv-ing, and she responded saying, “Stop! It’s one of the dumbest things ever. They’re not cool if that’s what they’re thinking. They’re putting their life and others in danger”.

As primary offenders it is our job to stop situations like this from happening. We can do this by putting down our cell phones, making sure were sober, or even have someone else drive even when we are tired. All these choices can make a huge impact on this important topic.

Can you match the teacher with their picture?

Christina Polyanko

Objective: Match the teachers name to the baby picture by drawing a line to the picture you think is correct. Answers will be available for you to check on the back page of this issue!

A. DePiano B. Gravning C. Giola D. Lovejoy E. Meinhart

Don’t Hate, Appreciate!Kristina Shoemaker

Appreciating our teachers here at AMHS is an impor-tant part of our school. In today’s society, teachers do not get the same amount of respect that they used to. When asked if she thought teachers get enough respect, Senior, Avalon Lanz, said that “teachers do not get enough respect or recognition, espe-cially the good ones”. That brings us the question, what makes a “good teacher”? According to AMHS stu-dents, good teachers could be anyone who’s well organized, lets students retake tests, or even the ones who say “there’s no homework, let’s all relax”. Regardless, whether or not we think a teacher is a “good teacher”, we should treat them the same because they are all here to help us. However, many students don’t do this. The question for us is how can we change this?Sophomore Searra Madoutlet notices how students treat teachers poorly, and thinks they should be treated bet-ter and recognized for the amount of work they do “teachers do too much work, aint nobody got time for that. Bring them candy and give them hugs.” There’s a lot of work that teachers do in and out of school that students don’t see, or realize. It’s not just about grading papers and assign-

ing a seating chart, but there’s preparing for the next lesson, or reading a chapter or two ahead of a book to prepare the class for a new story. Try and place yourself in a teacher’s shoes, could you do what they do?Every single day, teachers take in what they hear from teenagers’ mouths. From cuss words, to “I hate you”, and even, “I’d hate to be a teacher”. Senior, Georgia Riffle, says that “People only talk about the bad in teachers, never the good. Each student is differ-ent”. Teachers are just like the rest of us, they have their own life outside of school, and they have their own goals and dreams. So why should we disrespect our teachers as if they were nobody, and treat them like they’re only here to bring us pain?Some students do show respect for teachers, for example, our ASB does a great job with appreciating our teachers already, but individually we should each show our own appreciation. Even if that means help grad-ing papers, cleaning up the classroom, or even giving them a teacher appreciation award. Take a moment to think about your teachers-do they deserve recognition? If they do, don’t be afraid to show them!

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News and OpinionVolume 9, Issue 1

From day to day, we go through life without realizing how precious it is to us. Auburn is a minuscule city compared to the rest of the world and frequently, the days consume us. We tend to go through the motions and not think about other inhabitants on this planet. And if they do cross our minds, then there is a tendency to label different people based on their religion or race.

Those living in a developing country such as Kenya, one faces everyday with a sense of fear and uncertainty and all they are left with is a stereotype that is permanently attached to their race. Terrorist are common among Muslim countries, but this does not give us a reason to categorize the whole race as terrorists.

On the morning of September 21st, in a faraway place called Nairobi located in Kenya, shots rang out at Westgate Mall. Islamists mili-tants stormed into the wealthy plaza armed with military weapons and gunned down the first 60 civilians they saw.

When asked if this is a common scenario

in Kenya, Ms. Stephanie Giola, social studies teacher at Auburn Mountainview High School, responded by saying this is frequent because of “political turmoil and strong terrorist affilia-tion.”

Because the country constantly has violent outbursts, Kenyans are given the stigma of being terrorists. Although this stereotype seems to be universally known, it is not strongly considered. Consider thinking about a Kenyan as an indi-vidual. They have their own personal character, not necessarily a terrorist.

This massacre was an event that many believe ultimately could not be prevented. The terror-ists struck at what seemed to be a random time, but chose their target specifically. The Westgate Mall, owned by Israelis, was a niche where wealthy families spent their free time to shop and take a day off. It swarmed with innocent people. In this massacre, many children and non-Muslims were targeted.

“The UN (United Nations) encouraged Kenya to send troops to Somalia.” Giola said.

The Somalia group named Shabab took ac-tion as a result of Kenyan troops being sent to their country, Somalia. Being terrorist extrem-ists, the group did not stop to think twice about shooting though-out the mall.

The main reason we need to grasp out of this tragedy is to remember the conflict. Although we live here in America, we must “keep the issue fresh in mind and another example to not label.” said Giola.

Use this as an opportunity to treasure your life. Resist labeling religions. An event caused by terrorists and religious association is not an excuse to label someone of the same race, negatively. Keep in mind that you are only one person in a flood of many and that life often passes by us without slowing down. Take a small break from your own life and look at the life of others. Remember to be informed of issues going on in the world and to realize your short time on earth.

Massacre leads to a second look at lifeChristina Polyanko

Pros and Cons of the latest iPhone update

As many of us may know by now, Apple recently introduced the ios7. Most agree that the software is modern, sleek and easy going, yet others seem to feel differently.

Because the ios6 was not only original and just as easy to use, but ev-eryone was very used to it, there are mixed emotions about the decision by Apple to move to a new operating software (ios7) here at AMHS.

AMHS Viscom teacher Mr. Davidson, happily stated “the ios7 is interesting, it was hard for me at first to get used to it, but the update is rapidly growing on me. I love auto-updating of apps, the new way to multi task, Safari’s new look, the control center, the new camera con-trols, and the look and feel of the new lock screen. I already LOVED Siri –we’re best buds. It is the best user experience for smart phones and tablets”.

Senior, Devin Cannon also loves the new update, “It’s fancy, not as plain, but I don’t like the notification bar where I could check the weath-er. The ios7 is more girly.”

However, not all students feel the same.Senior, Aisha Trujillo disagrees and says “It slowed my phone down

and doesn’t represent apple as much as it used to. I prefer the ios6, not the ios7 it’s a lot simpler and not as modern, I don’t like modern”.

As well as, Senior, Sierra Kanzler, “I don’t like it because it looks just like an Android. There is now a lock screen, and the layout represents Android material more than Apple”.

So why should we update our iPhones ios7? Here’s a few reasons,1. There’s a smarter Siri, she will find what you’re looking for a lot

faster, and she will show you more of a variety.2. Blocking contacts is even a lot easier to do on the iOS7. Just by

opening up a contact and editing their information, you can choose the option, “Block contact”. Nobody likes those pesky telemarketers and the annoying exes.

3.Who likes taking pictures? The new camera app offers new pic-ture designs just like instagram and a square photo format. But for those who love snapping multiple photos in a row, there is a lag-free shutter.

4. No one likes annoying notifications, update your phone today to get rid of it!

We can go on and on about why the iOS7 is a lot more manageable. So what it comes down to, is the pros vs. cons. Are the pros worth the cons, or do cons outweigh pros? pros?? Decide for yourself.

Kristina Shoemaker

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Situation in Syria

With the Syrian Civil War going on for nearly three years now, the media has been both focusing and ignoring the conflict at different times, making the situation very confusing for some people. As teenag-ers, we are constantly berated with news media on both television and radio, because of this we hear about the conflict, we know that there IS a conflict, but that’s just about all that we know. This article will break down the basics, and help you understand just what exactly is going on in Syria. Beginning with how the conflict first began.

It all began in late 2010 when the “Arab Spring”, a large string of protests and uprisings that affected a majority of the Arab world, cre-ated a series of anti-corruption and anti-government protests in Syria. These protests were met with Human rights abuses by Syrian security and police forces. Eventually the protests led to a civil uprising and ultimately a civil war. The Syrian conflict has sprouted many different factions trying to gain control of the troubled nation.

There are three main forces in the Syrian conflict. The Syrian army under the Ba’athist (Arab nationalist) regime of Bashar Al-Assad (Syria’s current President), the Syrian rebels which are a coalition of Islamist militias from Syria as well as Iraq and other neighboring coun-tries, and the Democratic Union Party which are a Kurdish (minority ethnic group that spans from Turkey to Iraq) nationalist and demo-cratic socialist party. All three control different areas within Syria. The Democratic Union Party control areas in Northern and Northeast Syria, the Syrian Rebels control areas in eastern Syria as well as some urban areas in Western Syria, and the Syrian army controls large cities such as Damascus and Aleppo along with towns on the outskirts of these cities. The conflict has also spilled into different neighboring countries such as Lebanon and Iraq through the tide of refugees fleeing the vio-lence.

International support has also affected the region, main interna-tional supporters being from the West as well as different nations such as Iran, Russia, and North Korea. The West, mainly the US, has begun to arm the Syrian rebel forces with different equipment for the conflict. Iran, Russia, and North Korea have all been arming the Syrian military with different missiles and equipment, Iran has even gone so far as to send 4,000 of its Revolutionary Guard to fight alongside the Syrian forces. Hezbollah, an Iran backed Shia Islamist militia has also taken the side of the Syrian military.

“Why is the US government aiding the rebels though? They are Radical Islamist militias.” That question is frequently asked, but there is no clear answer that can be given. There is a clear answer though as to

why the US tried to lead a military intervention in Syria, which if suc-cessful would’ve broken international law, chemical weapons. A chemi-cal weapons attack had occurred in Ghouta, an agricultural suburb of Damascus. The numbers of deaths in the attack were disputed; US intelligence claimed that over 1,000 civilians were killed. No perpetra-tor was ever discovered, but the US government was quick to point the finger at the Syrian government and called for military intervention in the already troubled nation. This was curbed by Syria entering the chemical weapons convention and handing their chemical weapons

stockpiles over to international control. The spotlight on the Syrian Civil War dimmed after this. What has happened after this?

Currently, the war is a stalemate. Syrian rebel militias fight with each-other due to different ideologies, and treasure media attention to the point where militias would kidnap reporters from each other. It is hard to say who the clear victor will be, but the war has caused the displacement of 4.5-5.1 million people and has caused the deaths of relatively 100,000 people.

This is a brutal civil war, and we have explained how it began through the Arab Spring, the forces involved in the conflict, the inter-national support the conflicting forces are receiving, why the US tried to get involved, and the current stalemate and effect on the peoples of Syria. Only time can tell when this bloodshed comes to an end, but until then the people of Syria suffer over a needless war.

John Woody

Fall sports updateSierra Kanzler

Girls Cross Country• 2013 season led by captain, Allison Hammer and coach Ms. Stricherz• Finishing record of three wins and two losses• All will be attending sub districts Saturday, October 26th, 2013

Boys Cross Country• 2013 season led by captains, Jonah Zucati and Clayton Pantano, along with coach, Mr. Tubbs and • Finishing with a record of zero wins and five losses• All will be attending sub districts Saturday, October 26th, 2013

Boys Golf• 2013 season led by captain, Zac Wildin and coach Mr. Calhoun• Finishing with a record of seven wins and four losses• Captain, Zac Wildin has qualified for State Qualifier in the spring time• Boys’ golf finished 3rd in league and 3rd in league tournament

Girls Soccer• 2013 season led by captains Nicole Carter, Anastasia Finney, Maddi-son Newell, Sophia Wagner, Maddison Clarkson and Coach Mr. David-son• Finishing with a league record of nine wins and one loss• Currently ranked first in their league and seventh in state

Boys Tennis• 2013 season led by captain, Carter Harms and coach Mr. Hedger• Finishing with a record of three wins and six losses• Carter Harms and Colton Wheeldreyer are competing in districts Fri-day, November 1st and Saturday, November second for singles

Boys Football• 2013 season led by captains, Ray Hardaway, Joey Cassano, Aeron Watson, Gresch Jensen and Coach Mr. Gervais. •Currently ranked fourth in the league

Teacher and student opinions

“Auburn Moutainview stands out in very distinct and wonderful ways…while I might have fleeting moments of homesickness, the students and environ-ment at Mountainview quickly remind me of how glad I am that I find myself at AMHS, ‘the best high-school in the world.”

-Ms. Giola, first year Social Studeis teacher

“Yes, this year is what I ex-pected! I expected freshman year to be fun and so far it definitely is!”

-Brahm Trujillo, freshman

What is different about teaching here at AMHS than any other school you have taught at?

So far, is this year what you expected? Why or why not?

The season has finally come to be dressed in warm cozy sweat-ers and to cuddle under a blanket with a warm bright fireplace under our noses. But that’s not all to be excited for, most people are simply happy their favorite seasonal coffee drinks are finally in. And they are delicious! But is that rich creamy taste worth all the bad things that come with it? Or is it a blessing that is actually beneficial to your health? Most people look at coffee as an enemy to their health life, but what they don’t know is that it actually can help it. For example, it can reduce your risks of getting all sorts of different cancers and diseases.

Kristin Kirkpatrick, a registered dietitian and manager of wellness nutrition services for the Cleveland

Clinic Wellness Institute writes, “A 2012 study found that a compound in coffee actually helped to block a substance in the body called hu-man islet amyloid polypeptide that may play a role in the develop-ment of diabetes. Further studies have demonstrated that caffeinated coffee consumption is linked to decreased diabetes risk as well”.

Also, Kirkpatrick states “A study in the journal Cancer Research that looked specifically at the caffeine in coffee demonstrated that coffee drinkers had a lower risk of devel-oping basal cell carcinoma (skin cancer)”.

And again Kristin claims, “Cof-fee drinkers are more likely to resist development of dementia and Alzheimer's later in life according

to a 2009 study”. Although coffee can reduce some

diseases and risks for cancer it can also increase your chances for other ones. For instance, Readers di-gest informs, “A Californian study of 980 post-menopausal women found that those who drank two cups of coffee a day suffered a greater loss in bone density than those who didn't…Because caf-feine acts as a diuretic, increasing the amount of calcium excreted in urine”.

And to add to the article, it states, “A Finnish study of 19,000 people revealed those who drank four or more cups of coffee a day were twice as likely to develop rheumatoid arthritis. Researchers believe some as-yet-unidentified

ingredient (particularly in un-filtered coffee) could trigger the disease”.

But what does that mean for us? No coffee? Or should we drink a lot of coffee? One word to answer that question is moderation. Limit your amount that you consume and if you don’t drink coffee that doesn’t mean you have to start, just simply control yourself. The recommended amount for a healthy adult is 400 mg of caffeine a day. That means 4 cups of regular coffee a day. Which for some is way too much but that’s the maximum anyone should be drinking. So go ahead and enjoy the aroma and the chocolaty, nutty, or creamy coffee of yours know-ing that your aiding your body, but don’t drink 5 cups of it!

Coffee: Is it good or bad for you?

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Lifestyle and Opinion

Sierra Kanzler

Career Center News

Anna Velit

November 9th National College Fair: Seattle 12:00 PM-4:00 PMNovember 12th Northwest University 8:15 AM-8:50 AM

Cornish College of the Arts 12:50 PM-1:40 PMNovember 13th College Application Workshop 2:45 PM-5:00 PM

Lion Football Thrives with New LeadershipJayden Fennell

As the 2013 Lion foot-ball season comes to an end, we reminisce on Friday nights of watching our team trample across the green turf at Auburn Memorial Stadium, and being part of the roaring fans dressed in orange and blue that cover the bleachers in “The Jun-gle”.

As fans, we enjoy watch-ing our team play and sup-porting them, but we often don’t know what goes on behind the scenes. This year, Auburn Mountainview foot-ball saw improvement with the new leadership the team has taken on.

Throughout the sea-son most players, includ-ing the coaches, believe that they have made an overall improvement from the be-ginning. Each week a new captain is appointed, how-ever many players have been placed more than once, in-cluding Seniors Ray Hard-

away and Joey Cassano, Juniors Aeron Watson and Ryan Pitt and Sophomore Gresch Jensen. Compared to last year, more lower class men have been added to the team making it 11 seniors 18 juniors and 27 sophomores.

Head coach Jared Gervais has been coaching football for seven years, but has been coaching at Auburn Moun-tainview for only four years.

He loves taking on the role of teaching the game of football by helping “young men” to understand what their assignment is every day to make each play. Also, helping them reach their goals of becoming a better player on and off the field.

Sophomore quarter back Gresch Jensen has been playing football since he was only eight years old and has enjoyed it along the way.

Jensen stated that the big-gest challenge for him so far this year has been “the shift

of moving up from junior varsity to varsity, and ad-justing to a faster speed and dealing with larger guys on the field”.

Senior varsity receiver Ray Hardaway is furthering his plans by playing college football after high school but believes that his future doesn’t involve playing on a professional football team.

Hardaway stated that the hardest part for him during the season was “taking the place of the previous seniors leaving”, but concluded that, “I think we’re doing a pretty good job at it and I enjoy the leadership of it all”.

With a fairly new coach and a roster dominated by underclassmen, AMHS foot-ball has done a great job at adjusting to new changes in leadership, which will hope-fully lead to many successful football seasons to come for the Lions.

As volleyball season comes to an end, many volleyball players will pack up their gear in their bags and relax for the next few months until the season be-gins once again. However, for seniors Molly Cichosz

and Maya Williamson be spent relaxing, but rather working hard and prepar-ing themselves for their futures as college volleyball players.

While much college bound senior athletes have played their sport almost their whole lives, Senior Molly Cichosz has only played hers since 8th grade, “I used to play soccer. I

played soccer for 10 years, but in 8th grade some-one told me to play volleyball, so I tried it and ended up being pretty decent”, Cichosz stated.

After trying it out, Cichosz soon realized that volleyball was her sport. Cichosz spent the next four

years after 8th grade playing competitive volleyball on both a club team and the AMHS varsity team, while at the same time working on getting her name out to college recruiters, “I’ve been trying to get recruited

since freshman year…it’s a lot of e-mailing coaches, going to certain tourna-ments and having them come out to watch you”, said Cichosz. After four years of trying, Cichosz efforts paid off, as she was offered a full ride schol-arship, covering tuition, books, and housing, to Loyola University in Mary-land, which she accepted at the beginning of the school year during a visit to the university. While at Loyola, Cichosz will play outside hitter left or right. How-ever, before she leaves, she hopes to improve her skills, as she stated “I definitely have a lot to fix before I go to college so I’ll be work-ing on that for the next few months (until) I leave”. Although Molly will miss high school volleyball, she’s extremely excited to move on to the next phase and start college volleyball. Maya Williamson is another senior volleyball player who has been of-fered the opportunity to

play volleyball after high-school at the collegiate level. Like Cichosz, Williamson has been playing Varsity volley-ball since the eighth grade as well. Dur-ing her fresh-men year she decided she would one day want to play in college.  So far, she has been offered scholarships to play at Seattle Pacific University, Lewis and Clark College in Idaho and western Wash-ington University.

Although The College she is choosing is still a secret, Williamson is extremely excited to leave home “I love my family but I kind of want to be on my own” she stated. Maya

Williamson said col-lege volleyball is going to be a major difference, “it’s

going to be more difficult because you’re coming in as a freshmen you don’t know anybody you don’t know how they act it’s going to be hard.”

Maya Williamson

If you see these seniors walking around in the halls, be sure to wish them luck in there volleyball career.

Taking it to the Next LevelKasy Tadeo

Photo Cred: Brandon Lawrence

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Photo Cred: Kasy TadeoMolly Cichosz

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Photo cred: Jayden Fennell Within the past decade or so, competitive dancing has become extremely popular. Just by flipping through some TV channels on any given night you are bound

to come across Dance Moms, Dancing with the Stars, So you Think you can Dance, and many more, but do we really know what it takes to be a competitive dancer? The bright lights, critical judges, and an ap-

plauding crowd is only the cover up of what it truly takes to be one. Freshmen Amanda Enz, who dances at the Auburn Dance Academy, explained to us that she has been dancing since she was only 3 years old and has been performing on stage for six years. She states that she puts a lot of “hard work and ef-fort” towards her dancing which involves practicing in the studio for about 20 hours a week. She performs on stage at least once each month but said “for as long as I’ve danced, you’d think I wouldn’t get nervous before I go on stage but when It’s

my time to go up, I just dance to what I have been taught”. Since she’s usually danc-ing throughout the entire week, it gets challenging for her but keeps herself at ease by reminding herself that dancing it what she loves to do. Enz hopes to take her dancing career further by eventually moving to Los Angeles and becoming a professional dancer. As a ballroom dancer for Pacific Ballroom Dance, Freshman Emily Lewis has been performing for two years now and practices about four times a week for about two hours each day, making it about eight hours each week. She performs

with her dance team just once a year, but goes on stage by herself as a soloist every two months. Lewis stated that the most stressful part of it all for her is the fear that she may forget her practiced routine on stage. Also, not doing as well as she intended, or knowing she could have done better. Emily too would like to attend a college for danc-ing and succeed in being a professional dancer. Overall, a typical teen-age competitive dancer like Amanda or Emily lives a life of hard work, passion and commitment, all in hopes of one day becoming a professional dancer.

Dancing to the TopJayden Fennell

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Passing Time: Is it Enough?Over the past several

years, the city of Auburn has been becoming more populated; henceforth the schools have begun to be-come crowded as well.

As senior Samuel Mogel said “There isn’t enough passing time. There are many reasons that we need more passing time.”

He went on to discuss that the population of the school is going up making the halls too crowded.

He also discussed how it’s nearly impossible to get across the hallway, stating that “People need to keep moving instead of stopping and talking to their friends in the middle of the halls.”

Mogel, along with a majority of the school, makes a strong argument. However, on the other side we have Mr. Dubay who argues we have more than enough passing time.

When asked if he

thought that the school was more crowded and populated, he responded “It hasn’t been any more crowded than usual. We’ve had a small increase; I wouldn’t even say a 10% increase. It’s not signifi-cant, but it’s noticeable. I believe we have more than enough passing time. We have a five minute pass-ing period and there are schools that are larger than us that have 3 or 4 minute passing periods. It gives you more than adequate time to go from any end of the campus to the far end.”

In a recent survey, 36/40 students voted to have an extended passing time.

Well, there you have it Auburn Mountainview. You’ve heard both sides, so what do you think? Is passing time long enough to do all that you have to in those 5 minutes or does it need to be extended?

Snapchat: Friend or Foe?Now a day social such as Facebook, Twitter, and Snapchat are very

common. 18.62 of all Iphone users use snapchat daily according to Cadie Thompson from cnbc.com and 18 out of 20 Auburn Mountainview stu-dents use Snapchat.

People all over the world use snapchat to just to communicate with one another or just to share photos whatever the reason is they should learn a little more about the social media they are using before they make an account.

When asked, How many snaps do you receive a daily, Senior, Salina Vorphet responded with “20 plus”.

Everyone that has snapchat knows the picture you send can only last up to 10 seconds, not very long right? That is just enough time for some-one to screenshot that picture you sent. But then the photo you sent hasn’t been taken as a screenshot then you don’t have to worry, right? Wrong.

Most people have Snapchat because they use the app to send funny pictures, selfies, and pictures of what they’re doing or eating, however, there are some that use the app for sending inappropriate pictures. What most people don’t know is that Snapchat isn’t as private as you think. Just like everyone knows what you post on the internet is there forever,, the same concept holds true for snapchat.

On his website about why you should delete your snapchat app, critic Adam McClane states, “snapchat knows who you are, where you are, and they store all of the information. Even though snapchat’s market copy says they don’t, their terms of service say that they do and they have the right to sell your images and information as an asset to the company.”

In Snapchat’s privacy policy it states, “We cannot guarantee that the deletion always occurs in a particular time frame”. When you create an account you are legally agreeing to this.

The entire snapchat app actually does to make it so you see it for just a few seconds is changing the name of that file so that you can’t see it. But it’s still there -even messages and pictures sent months ago still exist somewhere, they’re just camouflaged so that way you can’t see it. This technique fools users into thinking that the image was deleted but in real-

ity it’s still there. Even messages and pictures sent months ago are still available to those

people who can hack your account. When asked if they knew that other people could see their snapchat images, students had mixed feelings.

Freshman Tia Walker responded with “No, I wouldn’t be worried”. But senior Klaver Wilson had a different response, “Maybe, because

most of my pictures taken on snapchat are really ugly and only meant for my friends I send them to”.

Junior Kaleb Bailey doesn’t have a care in the world that sees the pictures he sends, he responded with “nope, let them see”.

What is comes down to is when you send or post something online you are giving up the ability to control who can and cannot see what you are doing and send-ing.

Even if you’re using a fake name those images can still end up on Google with your real name. This may be a big problem to some but for the others that are using the app for good purposes shouldn’t worry at all. The only thing you should worry about is whether or not you want the images you send on Snapchat to be public.

With all this in mind just be careful what you do online and what you send to other people via your phone and the internet, because later on in life it could become a bigger problem than you ever thought, and poten-tially ruin your future. Stay safe and be smart.

Amrit Jhutty

Acacia Shaeffer

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