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Huntington Beach, CA

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World’s Fair, a simulation of the World Expo. The World Expo, which is currently being held in Shanghai, China, displays certain aspects of each of the 190 countries participating in it. Not unlike the World’s Fair

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An overview of the World’s Fair

By: Julia lawler, Staff writer

Last week, our freshman CIBACS, MUN, and Honors World geog-raphy classes participated in the

An Ecological disas-ter Hits the gulf CoastBy: alina Carnahan, Staff writer

It has been all over the news. It has been hailed as one of the worst indus-trial disasters since the gulf War oil

spill. It killed eleven people and count-less animals. And we don’t know how to stop it. Yet. The British Petroleum oil disaster began on April 20th, when the deep sea oil well deepwater Ho-rizon had a blowout, which caused a large explosion. This is different from

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Sleigh Bells Review By: aBBy Kerfoot, Staff writer

Sleigh Bells is the best band you’ve never heard of. or if you have, they’re the band you can’t keep from sharing with your friends.The duo of derek Miller, a hardcore punk musician, and Alexis Krauss, a fifth grade teacher, made waves across music blogs and publications last year. Their five-song demo EP was released with little fanfare, but it spread like wildfire by word of mouth. heir unique style caught so much attention because of its

paradox: its gritty, distort-ed-beyond-reason guitars make it seem as though the speakers are about to be blown out, and all the while Alexis Krauss sings clearly and sweetly in the foreground. Listening to Sleigh Bells feels like be-ing punched in the face while riding the tallest roller coaster in the world. And eating cotton candy. Your heart will be racing by the end of the first track. Treats takes these incred-ible demo tracks, polishes them up, and adds in a few more to make thirty-two minutes of great electro-

noise-pop, or whatever Sleigh Bells is. The song “Rachel” is mediocre, but it’s the only such song out of the eleven on Treats. The rest will be stuck in your head for weeks. Sleigh Bells’s truly singu-lar style makes it some of the most original music I’ve heard in months, but they draw on the same pure en-ergy that made the Ramones and the Beach Boys so im-mortal. This is not music to listen to while you study, but to blast while you drive down PCH with your friends. You can buy Treats now on iTunes or in stores, and the vinyl will be available June 22. Check out the song “Crown on the ground” for a taste.

A.S.B. UpdateBy: Marie Cheng, Staff writer

It’s finally June, and the last days of school are winding down. As summer quickly ap-proaches, Edison’s A.S.B. is working hard down to the very last week of the school year. Recently, we’ve had many very successful events take place. Perhaps one of the most nota-

ble events is dance Marathon, which took place in the gym on May 21st. This district-wide dance was put together with the help of A.S.B. under the strong guidance and leadership

of Community Service Com-missioner Rebecca Rierson. With her direction, the dance was a huge success, involving hundreds of helium balloons, donated food, and six hours of dancing. As a result, the dance drew the attention of over 1700 students from around the dis-trict, and helped to raise over $15,000 for CHoC Hospital. other events that A.S.B has

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oil SPill (froM front Page)most other spills which are mostly oil tankers that crash en route to one of their desti-nations. Also, this oil well is 40 miles off of the coast of Louisiana and 5,000 feet be-low the surface of the ocean. This makes it very difficult to fix, because there is a huge amount of pressure at that depth in the ocean. If you have ever been scuba div-ing or even been in a deep pool, you know that your ears begin to hurt at around 8-12 feet. Imagine, then, the pressure at 4,000 feet. British Petroleum (BP), the company in charge of the well, has been rather slow in figuring out how to fix the problem. They recently tried placing a cap on the leak-ing well, but the solution has proved to be only temporary and does not stop the flow of all of the oil. Many peo-ple argue that British Petro-leum and the US government

have been working hard to solve this issue, and Presi-dent obama even canceled a trip to the South Pacific in order be in the United States to help solve the issue. I do not believe that the govern-ment is at fault with this issue, but I think that they should be more open with Americans and discuss con-crete measures they are tak-ing to help solve this issue. on the other hand, I believe that both the government and British Petroleum should have foreseen that this kind of disaster could occur and I think that it would have been a good idea for BP to set up specific precautions and preventative measures in or-der to ensure that something like this wouldn’t happen and that if it did, they would be prepared to stop it. But here we are, over one month later, and the oil flow still hasn’t stopped. The fishing and tourist industries in the gulf are tanking, and some

experts even report that the oil may begin to flow up around Florida into the At-lantic and up the East Coast. Hopefully BP and scientists can put their heads together and think of viable solutions to stop more oil from flow-ing out and to soak up oil already in the ocean. Hope-fully all of this can happen before the people of Loui-siana suffer even more than they already have, before the president is able to see BP oil floating in the Potomac River in Washington d.C., and before gas prices go through the roof. Some stu-dents at Huntington Beach High were generous enough to donate their hair to cre-ate booms that contain and soak up the oil. However, instead of hair, people (es-pecially scientists and such experts) should be donating brainpower to come up with creative solutions to the problem.

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News -4-aSB uPdate (froM Page -2-) been planning include the golden Key Awards Ceremo-ny, at which dozens of academ-ically and athletically gifted Chargers were recognized at the HBHS Auditorium for their achievements. These students were selected on a competitive criteria by their teachers and coaches. Several students went home with medals, plaques, and the honor of being a gold-en Key Nominee. Also, A.S.B. has worked with the Academic Booster Club for Character Co-alition, an awards night where students with exceptional class-room behavior and sportsman-ship were nominated by teach-ers to receive awards. Also, the Commissioners of Academics,

Rachael Adair and Mollie duner, have been hard at work all year hosting luncheons for various departments through-out the campus. These lun-cheons help show the student body’s gratitude toward the Charger staff for their dedica-tion and service throughout the school year. Lastly, the 2009-2010 A.S.B. has been welcom-ing the new members for the 2010-2011 school year. While it is bittersweet to say our goodbyes to the seniors, we look forward to welcoming a group of fresh faces for the next school year. It has truly been a memorable year, and we wish you all a relaxing and enjoyable summer.

world’S fair (froM front Page)held here at Edison, each country brings a travel bro-chure, a geographical map, a technologically advanced-in-vention, and theme pavilions to illustrate the country’s cul-ture. However, here at Edison each nation competes with the next to see who will win the grand Prix. Mr. Bammer, the teacher behind organizing the event says, “The World’s Fair is a researched-based com-petition between the 225-275 freshmen involved. It puts all freshmen on a level playing field in six different catego-ries and the kids ha[ve] fun”. This year’s theme revolved around contributing to the world’s economy while im-proving the environment, which proved to be a challenge for some of the students. Vy Ly, a member of the winning coun-try The Netherlands explained, “The grand prize was a ribbon and exemption from taking the final for our whole MUN class. My group and I won because we all worked really hard to-gether and were strong across the board, as opposed to other groups where only some peo-ple were good. overall though, I think some of the other stu-dents presentations were really interesting, and I am glad I was able to participate this year in the fair”. The grand Prix win-ners Stacey Seiler, Kyle Poch-er, Lillian Tang, Vy Ly, Rachel Mayer, and Christian Carywon because of their pavilion(the overall group score), which amazed the judges. Each of the different nation’s brochures, inven-tions, culture presentations,

maps, and timelines were also presented with individual awards. Jeff Tolan, a notable winner who won first place for his eco-friendly inven-tion, describes his creation as “[it] was something that made boats travel faster, and I figured it would increase

the world economy by sav-ing time in between ship-ping ports.” Although fix-ing the world’s economy may not be a generally fea-sible idea from a few high school students, hopefully this is one of many ideas to come.

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The Editor’s Last Words

By: eriCa gleaSon, editor in Chief It’s been a long, busy, won-derful, and fun four years, and as cheesy as it sounds, I don’t think it would’ve been the same for me without my time spent with the Bolt. Two years ago, I came to the Bolt expect-ing it to be nothing more than just another club. However, I found the newspaper in need of an editor and I decided to step up and just do it. The first year was rough; filled with printing errors, missed dead-lines, and unfulfilled goals, the paper’s lack of progress often left me discouraged. But with the help of Josh Francis and Megan Kabre, the Bolt was reborn, completely trans-formed in just one year. That first year taught me how im-portant teamwork is, because without the cooperation of the new Bolt team, we would

not have achieved any-thing. Without the trans-formation of last year, this year would not have been as nearly as successful as it was. This year we start-ed with a new and innova-tive group of writers, and we learned the value of setting goals by printing an issue of the Bolt every month. The Bolt has come so far in the last two years, and for that I thank the dedicated Bolt staff and our supportive advisor, Mrs. Chlarson. Thanks for making the Bolt into what it is today; each of you is a part of this small change at Edi-son whose legacy is marked by a newspaper that is in-credibly different from what it used to be. You all have taught me so much, provided tremendous support even be-yond the Bolt, and filled my Tuesdays with tons of laughs and hilarious memories. The Bolt is only one way in which my time at Edison has touched my life. Walk-ing onto campus every day, seeing the people and places that have filled my life for the past four years, I can’t help but be thankful. Edison has given me so many expe-riences, opportunities, and friends that I couldn’t have found anywhere else. These people, places, and expe-riences will always hold a special place in my mem-ory, and as I move beyond graduation next week, I will certainly miss all of these things I love about Edison, but I will know that they have prepared me well for life beyond high school.

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Thanks to everyone who has been a part of my life in the past four years, and to my Bolt staff, I love you and wish you the best in the years to come.

The Last Words (Part II)

By: Josh Francis

Well Erica pretty much summed it up but i thought since i have been a part of The Bolt for 2 years I would say a final word as well. The Bolt has been a part of Edison since 2006 but i be-lieve The Bolt really took off the last two years and with the dedication of the staff we have managed to create a newspaper worthy for viewing by Edison students and faculty. The Bolt has had to meet certain challenges but I feel that as a whole The Bolt has done well. There have been many memorable moments here at Edison and i’m glad to have been at many of them and re-ported on them on behalf of The Bolt. A special thanks goes out to Mrs. Chlarson as well for all her suport.

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Name That EHS Teacher (Part II)