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La Jolla High School • 750 Nautilus Street • La Jolla • 92037

Volume LXXXVIV Issue 4-February, 6 2015

Ne w bui ldingscoming to LJHS!

see page 10

On December 20, 2014, NewYork police officers WenjianLiu and Ra ael Ramos weresitting in their patrol car inBrooklyn when 28-year-oldIsmaaiyl Brinsley walked upto the car and shot them bothmultiple times in the head andupper body. Afer shootingthem, Brinsley ran to the sub-way, where he then committedsuicide. Liu and Ramos wererushed to the hospital and pro-nounced dead upon arrival.Brinsley had posted a pictureo a gun on his Instagram ac-count right be ore the shoot-ing with the caption, “I’m put-ting wings on pigs today. Teytake one o ours…let’s take 2 otheirs.” He used hashtags men-tioning Eric Garner and MikeBrown, two black males whowere killed by police officers in2014. It is being said that thisshooting was a revenge call

By Vivi BonomieStaff Writer

and an extreme example o theprotests that began when nei-ther o the officers responsibleor killing these men were in-dicted in court. Once again on January 5,2015, two more police officerswere shot in New York. AndrewDossi and Aliro Pellerano wereabout to end their shif when acall came in or two suspects o a

robbery in the Bronx at around10:30 PM. Dossi and Pellera-no rushed to the scene andupon arrival, the prime suspectopened re and, afer shootingboth officers, ran away. Dossisuffered injuries to his arms andlower back, which lef him incritical condition and in need osurgery. Pellerano, a 9-year vet-eran o the NYPD, also received various gun-shot wounds, how-ever, he has already been re-leased rom the hospital and hispartner is also expected to have

a ull recovery.

Tree men are currently incustody even though therewas only one shooter. He hadan alleged accomplice whochecked in to a nearby hos-pital with gunshot wounds tothe back; the police put twoand two together and linkedhim to the shooting. While this event has not yetbeen directly linked to the

protests, the possibility is stillcirculating that this is a di-rect response due to the actthat the shooting occurred soclose in time to the Decem-ber shooting and also duringa time plagued with such an-ti-police sentiment. Whilemany agree that these pro-tests are important and beingought with reason, many aredisheartened by the violentturn they have taken and thetension that they have createdagainst police officers, espe-

cially in New York.

Suspect Killswo Cops

update

spirit

“‘I’m putting wings on pigs today. Tey take one oours...let’s take 2 o theirs.’”

OPINIONS:Free speech?

SPORTS:Concussions inSchool Athletics

STUDENT FOCUS:Je Suis Charlie

FEATURES:One Year Later

A&E:The Film Fest

Posters near the senior bench-es about Dr. Podhorsky andothers have raised questionsabout student rights on the

LJHS campus.

When people think o go-ing to “the happiest place onEarth”, most people thinkwhen they go there, they willbring back souvenirs, pictures,and memories that will last ali etime, not a harm ul disease.Since December, however,there have been an increasingnumber o reports o peopleacquiring measles afer visit-ing Disneyland in Anaheim,Cali ornia, causing major con-cern or the people in and vis-iting the area.

When the rst cases o mea-sles sur aced, all o the vic-tims had visited Disneylandbetween December 15th andDecember 20th. Health offi-cials have not been able to ndthe rst patient who acquiredthe disease yet, but the num-ber o cases is growing. Since

December, now, more than 100cases o the measles have beendiagnosed, most o them tyingback to Disneyland. Out o therst 45 cases, “at least 42 cas-es o measles related to Disneyhave been diagnosed in Cali or-nia, plus three in Utah, two inWashington, one in Coloradoand one in Mexico,” accordingto USA oday. 10 o the casesrom the 42 in Cali ornia arein San Diego County. Toughmeasles is preventable by get-ting the vaccine, this past year,according to the Centers orDiseases Control and Preven-tion (CDC), “measles in ected628 people,” and Robert Glat-ter, an emergency physician atNew York’s Lenox Hill Hospital,told USA oday that [the Dis-neyland outbreak] “has the po-tential to be developed into one

o the worst outbreaks since1989 [in the US.]”

Te outbreak had to havebeen caused by someone thatdid not have the vaccine orthe disease be ore. Measlesare still a common disease inother parts o the world, sowho ever brought the diseaseis someone who had visitedor lives in a country wheremeasles are common and didnot get the vaccination. Measles is also one o themost contagious diseas-es that we know o , beingeasily transmitted airbornerom an in ected personthrough sneezing, cough-ing, or talking. Because othe outbreak and how ast itis spreading, many people inCali ornia have been discuss-ing and considering the need

or people to get the vaccineagainst measles.

Tough it is the only way toprevent the catching o thedisease, some believe that vac-cines can lead to autism. Tisbelie continues despite claimsby the American Academy oPediatrics, the CDC and theWorld Health Organization,to the contrary. Te measlesepidemic that has been goingaround is concerning many,earing that they will get sick.Te vaccine is not a mandato-ry one given out by doctors,so the potential o people ac-quiring the disease is still anissue, even i all o the measlescases are solved. Te act thatthe disease is something thathasn’t been controlled yet is aproblem that needs to be re-solved efficiently and quickly.

Measles Epidemic at Disney landBy Andrea AlbanezStaff Writer

La Jolla High School has aproblem that cannot be avoid-ed because it is a part o everystudents’ daily li e: the abuseo both the boys’ and girls’restrooms. Troughout theschool, some students havebeen urinating on the ground,leaving eces outside o the toi-let, removing toilet paper romits spot and throwing it in thetoilet or rolling it around thebathroom oor. Students havealso been leaving trash on theground, getting wet wads opaper towels and throwingthem around, and over alltreating the bathrooms poorly.

Custodial time to clean thesemesses and replace the toi-let paper and paper towels ismuch more time consumingthan dirtying the restroomsin the rst place. While somestudents nd this amusing todo, it causes a lot o extra cleanup and discom ort wheneverwalking into the bathrooms.

Junior Seth Pite remarks,“Tey are an aw ul represen-tation o La Jolla and studentsshouldn’t have to be grossedout to be humans.” Pleasetry your best to clean up aferyoursel and don’t make a larg-er mess or others to clean up.

By Joseph CarrollStaff Writer

Aim orthe oilet

Hey Vikes!Tis past month has beengreat. Te new year has be-gun and now so has the newsemester. Good job on nalseveryone. We have a greatmonth o February plannedor you guys with ASB Balltomorrow, Dodgeball on the19th through the 27th, andRed Ribbon Week on the 23rdthrough the 27th. In order toparticipate in Dodgeball youand your team need to go on-line to the LJHS ASB websiteand print out a dodgeball ormor everyone on your team.Have a great month Vikes andsee you at Dodgeball!Sincerely,Zoe RashidASB President

A Small World Afer All - the measles virus resur aces afer beingconsidered eradicated or years


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February 6, 2015OPINIONSHi-Tide 2

H - TTe La Jolla High School

Editors-in-Chief Jordan BowmanZoe HildebrandIsabel Melvin

News Editors

Jeanine ErikatNessie NavarroOpinions Editors

Sara EspinosaKaitlin Wheeler

Te Hi- ide, an open forum, isthe official student newspaperof La Jolla High School. Unlessotherwise noted, opinions beingvoiced in the Hi- ide belong tothe individual author. Te Hi-ide welcomes letters and opin-ions from students and staff members. If you have a letter tothe editor, please drop it off inRoom 514, or give it to any Hi-ide editor. You may also emailsubmissions to LJHi [email protected]. Submissions shouldbe typed and cannot be anonymous. Te Hi- ide reservesthe right to refuse any material. Advertisements are measured per column inch. o advertisewith the Hi- ide or to purchasea subscription, please email usor call (858) 454-3081, exten-sion 4514. Issues are distribut-ed every four weeks. No part ofthe Hi- ide may be reproducedwithout written permission.

Features EditorsCamille Furby Lilly Grossman

Student Focus EditorLily Kennedy

Sports EditorStephanie Buchbinder

A&E EditorSarah Rainsdon

Business ManagerMisha KabbageMedia Editors

Shane LynchRyan Robson

AdvisorRobert J. BoydStaff Writers

Andrea AlbanezCreekstar AllanKieran Bauman

Jordan Beary Viviana BonomieJoseph CarrollMary Dentz

Sophia DorfsmanAna Gimber

Sophia KetringJillian KoppIlana Larry

Yenitzia LopezTristan MacelliGeorgie MorrisLauren Robbins

By Sophia Ketring Staff Writer

As we move urther into thetwenty-rst century, our gen-eration seems to be coming offas being more and more igno-rant. For example, the tweetsabout Kanye West’s and PaulMcCartney’s new collabora-tion on the song “Only One.”

One o the tweets states,“Kanye has a great ear or tal-ent. Tis Paul McCartney guygonna be huge.” Some o thetweets about the collaborationare sarcastic when asking who

Paul McCartney is, but the or-mer one sounds legitimate.A tweet responding to simi-

lar tweets rom the one abovestates, “I you don’t know who#PaulMcCartney is, you don’tdeserve your ears.” Tis com-ment explains many peoples’eelings o astonishment aferreading various tweets asking,“Who is Paul McCartney?”He’s only part o one o themost inuential bands in thehistory o music. How can we grow up without

knowing about some o thesetimeless bands, ones who have

shaped many o the artiststhat we listen to today? Havepeople just stopped caring tolisten when their parents orriends tell them about these“super old bands” since theydon’t think they aren’t consid-ered relevant anymore?

It is crucial or our genera-tion to take the initiative tolearn about inuential peoplenot just in the history o musicbut events and people in ourcountry so we can be takenseriously. Te lack o some o

our generation’s knowledgeis truly making all o us look very ignorant.

We seem to be becomingmore sel -centered, only car-ing about things that pertainto ourselves directly. Withthe amount o time that mosto our generation spends onphones and searching the In-ternet there is no excuse whysome people have not comeacross Paul McCartney romTe Beatles.

Afer all, Te Beatles were

the start o modern pop rock,a genre that most o us have

heard and listen to and a genrethat wouldn’t be exactly thesame without the inuence oTe Beatles.

We need to show that wecare about the past and showsome respect or the peopleand events that have shapedour culture. Not everything isabout us. We didn’t magically just appear and then the worldbegan.

Whether or not some care toacknowledge it, we are a by-product o past generations’

successes and ailures. Tesesuccesses and ailures o a-mous and in amous peoplerom the past are important orus to know so we don’t makethe same mistakes and contin-ue the best o them.

I we continue down this ig-norant path don’t be surprisedwhen your children or grand-children come to you whenthey are our age asking whoObama was or what 9/11 is.Afer all, we started this trendo not caring.

Ignorance Paul McCartney resurrects from the past

The Sorta, Kinda,Free(ish), Speech Board

By Shane Lynch Media Editor

Tis past December, a num-ber o satirical photos wereposted on the La Jolla High

ree speech board, depictingthe aces o two well knownstaff members photo shoppedto appear in various comicalscenarios, and later, over theaces o dictators. Accompa-nying these images were nu-merous statements directedagainst the school adminis-tration, criticizing the generalshif in policy this past schoolyear along with increased reg-ulation over certain classes. Most o these images were re-moved within 24 hours o be-

ing put up, despite several an-nouncements that posts on theboard could not be removeduntil two weeks afer the ini-tial posting. It is unclear atthis time who removed them,

though one may speculate. Regardless, a change wasmandated by the administra-tion a ew weeks ago in theorm o the ironically named“ ree speech policy,” essential-

ly a list o things you can’t putup on the board. Included inthe newly prohibited contentis anything that could be in-terpreted as obscene, slander-ous, hate ul, racial, misogynis-tic, and more. While certainly anyonewould agree with limitingbaseless hate ul comments,this opens up a larger questiono why these regulations sud-denly appeared, and whetherthey were created out o gen-uine concern or the wel are o

students or simply to protectthe image o those in positionso authority at La Jolla High. One may argue that by reg-ulating the content o this o-rum, students don’t truly have

the right to ree speech butrather the right to post opin-ions so long as they aren’t o -ensive or disagreeable to any-one else. Tis should ensurethat the ree speech board is

sa e, dull, and ree o any hon-est commentary. Perhaps the school shouldconsider renaming the reespeech board to somethingmore tting, such as the “Free-dom o Happy Speech!” board. Te greatest irony in all thisis that by responding to a cou-ple o clearly satirical cartoonswith regulation, more atten-tion than was ever intendedhas been called to what wouldhave otherwise been orgottenby now. In an effort to sup-

press content that took shotsat school policy, the adminis-tration has simply added to anatmosphere o rebellion ratherthan controlling it. Je Suis La Jolla High.

Photo Courtesy of Jordan Bowman

By Vivi Bonomie

Staff Writer High school is notorious orits bathroom graffiti; there isalways going to be vulgar lan-guage and initials in hearts.However, what I never expect-ed to see in ront o me, as I didmy business, were deep, poeticmessages. Te other day, whenI walked into the bathroomstall, I couldn’t help but beshocked and impressed at theentire paragraph that was writ-ten out in sharpie.

Te poem ollowed a depress-ing tumblr-esque tone thattruth ully made me eel morecon used than anything else.Who takes the time to create apoem and then not only shareit with their riends, but alsowith the whole emale studentbody, by copying it down ontoa bathroom-stall door?

I have to give this personcredit because there’s probablyno better way to spread yourart than to orce people intoreading it out o pure curiosity.

Tis movement began early inthe year with simple messagesthat were sometimes uplifingsuch as: “you are beauti ul” or“smile today.”

While these little snippets o -ten made me smile, sometimeslaugh, I never thought thatthose our, smelly walls wouldsoon become a mass o jum-bled words and hashtag-deepquotes, intended to be Insta-grammed.

One o the longer paragraphsends, “I’ve realized that guilt is

a national code that translatesthrough sel -hate and spreadslike a god damn disease. Guiltis a cancer inside me.”

Granted, this poem may bewell-written and meaning ul,but it is truth ully not the kindo thing you want to read whilein the bathroom. I pre er toread gossip and bad puns, notsomething talking about howthe back o my teeth have been“burned by a re blessed by thedevil himsel .” Te act that these poems

are written in bathroom stallswhen they should be sharedwith the student body is ridic-ulous. Students should not eelorced to hide their talents ina bathroom. Some o them canbe inspirational, or rather de-pressing, but whoever the au-thor is, she deserves credit.

Bathroom stalls are not usu-ally the center o attentionwhen it comes to our school’sspecial qualities, but this timehas truly outdone itsel . Withthat said, let the author come

orth and enjoy her ame.

TinkleTalk


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February 6, 2015 OPINIONS Hi-Tide3

Valentine’s Day YES NO

By Andrea AlbanezStaff Writer

When we are at school,work, home, or public areas,we always want to eel com-ortable and sa e, especiallyin schools, where we spendmany hours. Sadly, the threatsand emergencies we hear inthe news are present morethan ever be ore.

High school threats didn’tbecome a huge issue untilthey started to become morerequent. According to Wiki-

pedia, between 1990-2000, 44cases o high school shoot-ings occurred; in 2014 alone,42 incidents occurred.

From teenagers bringingweapons and bombs to school,to having an armed man oncampus, many schools acrossthe nation have seen these ca-tastrophes. Tese problemscause lock downs, schools be-ing evacuated, bomb squadsand police surrounding thecampus, and parents prayingor their sons or daughters,hoping they don’t get hurt. I

have heard those stories manytimes. Even looking up “highschool threats” on Google willprobably show a new news sto-ry o someone threatening aschool. It is so common now tohear about these things, a dis-turbingly regular incident thatoccurs in our country.

People could be doing theseaw ul things because o de-pression or mental illness. Butsome people do it just to do it,not realizing the danger they’rebringing to their school.

It sounds absurd as to whyanyone would want to do this,but, surprisingly, just a ewweeks ago, a 15 year old girl atCarlsbad High School madea threat on Instagram, sayingshe was going to “shoot up” theschool.

When a high school shootingoccurs somewhere thousandso miles away, most prob-ably aren’t scared by it, butwhen it happens in your ownneighborhood, opinions maychange. Te ways o generatingthreats has gone completely

out o control, contributing toanother actor as to why highschool threats are more com-mon. Trough the use o so-cial media, such as Instagram,witter, or Facebook, anyonecan post a comment, tweet,or send a picture warning thatthey will cause havoc at theirschool.

Knowing this, people stillhave guns or weapons at theirhouses. In addition, with theInternet available to anyone,anyone can look up how tomake a simple bomb with aclick o a button. Tis sounds ridiculous, butit is sadly the truth and as acountry, we are not takingenough action to prevent thesethreats; there is no true way totell i someone will do some-thing bad, or i something badwill happen at a school until itis too late.

Te issue o high schoolthreats must become a biggerpriority or schools across thenation, to not only make teen-agers eel sa e, but also entirecommunities.

A reason or this could bebecause we all have our ownideas o how the popularcrowd acts and who they are.Some people think it is just anact they put on around riends.Freshman Brynn Bushey said,“I think they know that theyare the popular people andthey all stick together… a goodportion o the popular peopleact ‘cool’ and show this around

their riends.” Cameron Hick-man, a reshman, explainedhow people act like the “pop-ular teenager” (but) “that isn’twho they truly are. Tey mayenjoy it, though.”

Now even though beingpopular is something that isalways around in high school,it is something that might eas-ily be lef in high school. JaridMorrison, a junior, said aferhigh school, “Tey [popularpeople] will hang out with newpeople. Being popular is all on

personal judgment and how

you see other people, and aferhigh school, you don’t see thepeople that thought you werepopular anymore.”

Popularity may just be a highschool phase that people gothrough, with the people whowere so called popular dyingdown afer their shot at “ ame”and having the outcasts shineafer high school. Exampleso this are known by many:

Bill Gates, Lady Gaga, StevenSpielberg, aylor Swif, SelenaGomez, even the heartthrobZac E ron were the nerds, dra-ma geeks, and loners o theirtime in high school, and nowthey are some o the mostpower ul and inuential peo-ple in the world.

So, in the end, popularityis something that is a part oevery high school experience.We all know what it is and we,un ortunately, have some ideao how the uture will turn out

to be.

Popularity

Too Many Shots Fired

Does It Really Matter? By Andrea AlbanezStaff Writer

We have all watched moviesand V shows where it lookslike the so-called “popularkids” rule the school and havetheir lives put together. From Mean Girls to Grease, teenshave witnessed how popularkids are supposed to act.

From the evolution o the

rich kid to the mean girl,popularity has been an on-going occurrence in schools,especially high school. Whenpeople think about it, eventhough popularity may be ahuge part o high school, itdoesn’t really last.

I’m pretty sure most oyou have an idea or picturein your head o the popularcrowd that you know o . It isa hard and sensitive subject totalk about since people don’twant to say the wrong thing

about someone else.

Senior Chase Repp “I like Valentine’s Day. It is aday o love and giving gifs tothe people you like and love.

I plan on taking my girl riendout on a date and give hersome chocolate and owers.”

Junior Trenton FudgeValentine’s Day is just a happytime. You just eel closer to ev-eryone.”

Junior Alyssa Burnley “I mostly like it or the choc-olate. With my boy riend, weare probably just going to dowhat we did last year. We wentto the movies and got Panda

Express.”

Sophomore Preston Weber“Yes, but only because I some-times get ree chocolate.”

Freshman Emmy Pohlman“I love the idea o ValentinesDay: people celebrating theirlove and just being together.”

Senior Madeline Bolinger“I only like Valentine’s Day be-cause o the candy and choco-late actor. Te day gets ocused

on the dating and what you planor the day. I you are not in arelationship, it’s really not a bigdeal, but I think a lot o peoplein relationships make the day alot more stress ul than it shouldbe.”

Sophomore Nikki Schroeder“I don’t like it. Tere is no rea-son or people to only lovesomebody else or treat some-body with loving actions or oneday o the year specically whenthey should do it all year round,

so I think it is kind o a pointlessholiday.”

Freshman Samuel Burns“It’s okay. It is no big deal or me.I don’t really do anything or itand I don’t really celebrate it thatmuch.” By Andrea Albanez

Staff Writer

By Creekstar AllanStaff Writer

La Jolla roads are terrible,case and point. Tis is thepart where everyone laughsand says, “You live in La Jolla,what do you know about badroads?” Well, I know rompersonal experience, and I’dlike to shine light on La JollaShores roads in particular. Asan owner o a 1993 VW Euro-Van, I’ve come to the conclu-sion that driving through TeShores is righteningly similarto taking a Jeep up a mountaintrail in Colorado. Te past ew months havebeen ull o countless con-struction projects on whoknows what. Te men come in,rip up our streets, x whatev-er they were trying to x andthen attempt to patch thingsup. Tey do a terrible job in the“patching up” stage, assumingthey already xed everythingcorrectly. It seems like every-day I drive back through LaJolla, there are another threeo our cracks in the ground,orming a mini death valley. I’m assuming others have no-ticed this as well. I can’t be theonly one getting progressiveminor whiplash rom the gash-es in the streets. I someoneever nds themselves in La Jol-la, they shouldn’t be surprisedi they need to park away romthe curb, to prevent landing

your wheels in the accidentalman-made gutter. Other un ortunate scenariosthat seem to keep appearing outo nowhere are the alarminglylarge potholes. One pothole inparticular has gotten tires spin-ning. On La Jolla Shores Drive,towards UCSD, there is a giantpothole right near a traffic lightthat a ew unlucky drivers havebeen in contact with.

As ar as I am concerned, theywere most likely tourists whodidn’t know how to drive onour narrow streets and probablydidn’t expect to nd a potholein the heart o La Jolla Shores.Te worst o the streets by arhowever, is Paseo Del Ocaso.

It is difficult to drive a ewyards without hitting a bump ora dip in the road. Marlie Hoop-er, who also lives in La JollaShores, said, “I think it is a wasteo everyone’s time and money.Tey work on one section andthen the next week work on an-other, all the while leaving therst section unnished!” She is just one o the many individualswho have had to deal with thedangerous La Jolla roads.

La Jolla is known or be-ing a wealthy community, soshouldn’t the residents be ableto afford xing roads? La Jollaamilies provide a signicantamount in tax dollars, so theroads should reect the use othose tax dollars. Where else isthe money going?

Danger:La Jolla Roads

The Never-ending School Shooting Confict

Cartoon Courtesy of Anonymous

Contributor


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February 6, 2015FEATURESHi-Tide 4

By Ana GimberStaff Writer

Mr. enenbaum has re-turned afer a surgery. He hada non-cancerous tumor behindhis lef ear that was affectinghis hearing.

In an interview with Mr.enenbaum, he said he rstrealized he needed to go to seehis doctor when he was on “oneo those amazing summertimeswims.” He heard “a sound likeI imagine a train wreck wouldsound like: steel on steel andunbearably loud.” Once the doctors told himhe needed surgery, he talkedto Ms. Lyon, who also has hadbrain surgery. She recited aquote that she’d learned yearsago: “Pray as though every-thing depended on God. Workas though everything depend-ed on you” by Saint Augustine.

Te doctors explained thatthey would try to “preserve”

his hearing on the lef side, butthat it could also be sharply di-minished or gone altogether.Tey also mentioned the like-lihood o him having difficultywith balance afer the surgery.

Mr. enenbaum went intothe surgery with a positive out-look and gratitude or all thosewho were supporting him. Hehad his surgery December 3and lef the hospital on De-cember 5. At home, he ollowed thedoctor’s advice to go slowand take rests as needed. Mrs.enenbaum helped him by as-sisting him with getting up anddown stairs and reminded himto resist doing too much tooast. aking it easy was criticialbut also very difficult or Mr., an active person who “isaccustomed to getting on thebike at will, going or an oceanswim on a whim, or paddlingout near Windansea.”

He was not allowed to lifmore than ve pounds or therst two weeks and was givenexercises to do that helped alot. Mr. enenbaum is happy tobe back at school, but says hends his customary work in-credibly tiring. He is havingdifficulties with his balanceand hearing. His balance is themost challenging, but it willcontinue to improve.

On the other hand, his losso hearing is distracting andnot getting better. He is look-ing into technical xes buthopes to get better at copingwith it.

All in all, Mr. enenbaumreported being happy withthe surgery and returning toteaching. He plans on ollow-ing his doctor’s and his wi e’sadvice to slow down and notdo too much too ast. We areglad to have you back Mr. !

An Update on Mr. TenenbaumBy Yenitzia LopezStaff Writer

On Monday, January 5, 2015,the Unicode Consortium, anorganization which sets theinternational standards orboth characters and texts orall sofware plat orms, releasedtheir latest draf on the newemoji characters. Having beenrepresented by an orange oryellow character in the past,the new emoji characters willbe represented by multipleethnicities. Afer several complaints oemoji’s not portraying ethnicdiversity through their char-acters, a petition was nallyproposed earlier this year onDoSomething.org, gatheringseveral thousand signatures.Tis led to Unicode develop-ing a skin tone palette consist-ing o ve different skin tonesor users to choose rom ortheir emoji. Te new palette variety can also be applied to

past emoji characters.Te additional shades were

based off o a Fitzpatrick scale,a system which dermatologistsuse in order to classi y humanskin tones. Te Unicode pro-posal has stated that the newaces will be presented in thestandard yellow shade. In or-der to change the skin tonerom yellow to another col-or, you must press down onthe character which will thenpresent you with the ve otherskin tone options. Te updatewill change the skin tone oall human characters rom thedancing twins, to the prayinghands. I the new skin tonemodier is not supported byyour device, then the emojiwill stay its standard yellow/orange pigment used or theemoticons.

Although only vague out-lines have been presented tothe public, the new Unicode8.0 update is expected to be re-leased sometime in June 2015.

The Right Emoji For You

O n e Ye a r L a t e r. . .

By Lilly GrossmanFeatures Editor

It’s hard to believe that it

has already been a year sinceDr. Podhorsky started work-ing as La Jolla High School’sprincipal. During his rst year,he introduced many changesand new policies to the school.Some o these changes haveproven to be controversial,while others have served wellover the course o his admin-istration within the past year.

Not even two months aferhis arrival at LJHS, Dr. Pod-horsky started making import-ant changes to the campus. In

March, a group o studentswere trained to use MedSledsin case o an emergency evac-uation. Dr. Podhorsky was anadvocate to not only make theschool staff and aculty awareo what to do i someonecouldn’t evacuate rom the-second oor in an emergency,but also making sure studentsknew how to use the sleds. Te

sleds are stored in the class-room next to each major stair-case in the upper 900 building,upper 500 building, and the

gym. When students and teacherscame back to school in Septem-ber, new desks called LearningPods as well as new “Purposeand Outcome” requirementsor teachers greeted them.Many teachers claimed thatthey had no prior knowl-edge o the new desks, simplywalking into their classroomsand being con ronted by theLearning Pods on the rst dayo the new school year. Fewteachers were able to keep

their original seating setupsand those who didn’t are hav-ing trouble going about theirrooms because it’s so cramped.In addition, teachers have towrite their daily “Purpose andOutcome” on the board andstudents must know it be oreclass begins. Although it hasyet to be determined wheth-er or not this is an effective

teaching method, “Purposeand Outcome” requires teach-ers to have a structured lessonplan with a clear purpose and

outcome. In October, the rst issue othe Hi- ide newspaper o the2014-2015 school year was

scheduled or publication. Be-ore submitting the newspa-per to the publisher, Dr. Pod-horsky requested to review thecontent o the articles, whichis something that has neverbeen done in previous years.

Immediately, the topic o reespeech became a prominentissue among members o theHi- ide staff. Even though

some o the Hi- ide staff seesthe required review processas “censorship,” it is import-ant to point out the act thatDr. Podhorsky has yet to denyany article rom being pub-lished. Te idea o censorshipand the right to ree speechhas also played out in regardsto the ree speech board oncampus. It began with postersre erring to the slogan, “BlackLives Matter” rom the riotsafer the shooting o MichaelBrown in Ferguson, Missou-

ri, and has spread to, at times,controversial remarks aboutthe school administration be-ing posted. Also in October,the rst emergency drill thatully incorporated the use oMedSleds took place. While Dr. Podhorsky hasmade various changes to thecampus o LJHS, he also madechanges that have improved

its surrounding communityas well. He managed to createa relationship between LJHSand UC San Diego (UCSD),

enabling the two entities tocollaborate on upcoming proj-ects such as the constructiono the new science buildingsat LJHS. ackling the issueo accessibility around cam-pus or disabled students hasbeen one o Dr. Podhorsky’sbiggest goals since starting atLJHS. By installing automaticdoor buttons in December tothe library and counseling o -ce, students who were onceunable to get in and out o thebuilding can now access these

services independently. Teautomatic door buttons alsoprovide a sa e way out in theevent o an emergency. Whenever there is a shifin administration, there arebound to be welcome and un-welcome changes. Sometimes,in order to make positivechange, there have to be nega-tive changes as well.

By Ana GimberStaff Writer

Sea World is launching a 10million dollar project that willexpand the killer whale tank toapproximately double its cur-rent size. “Te new tank,” says SeaWorld president, John Reilly,“will be providing state-o -the-art, innovative homes or itsanimals.” Reilly also promisedto offer park guests “unique

and inspiring killer whale en-

counters or years to come.” Sea World has promised tound programs to protect theocean and killer whales in thewild. “Research initiatives have just as bold a vision to advanceglobal understanding o theseanimals, to educate, and toinspire conservation effortsto protect killer whales in thewild,” says Dave Koontz, thespokesperson or Sea World. Te killer whale tank expan-sion has begun at a time when

Sea World has drawn much

negative public reaction.Sea World received bad press

rom Blacksh, the aggressivedocumentary that uncoversthe gruesome treatment oSea World’s killer whales. SeaWorld reported a loss o $49million, which corresponds toa 13% drop in attendance orthe 1st quarter o 2014.

Sea World claims the dra-matic drop was due to a lateEaster holiday and bad weath-er. Te park has also launched

a website titled “ ruth About

Blacksh.”People For the Ethical reat-

ment o Animals (PE A) ar-gues that a larger tank will notx the problem by stating that“A bigger prison is still a pris-on.” PE A is demanding thatthe killer whales be moved tothe wild.

Some people believe the ex-pansion o the tank is adequateor the orcas and will add bet-ter viewing or visitors, whileothers say the tank will not be

big enough and the best option

would be to be released intothe wild.

In response to the continu-ing controversy over the twen-ty-nine Orcas, Fred Jacobs, SeaWorld’s vice president o com-munications has stated, “For usthere is no higher priority thanthe wel are o our animals.”

Te question on whether thelarger exhibit will bring peopleback to Sea World or will con-tinue to stir up protests is yetto be answered.

What’s Up With the Whales?

A year in review of Dr. Podhorsky

Photo Courtesy of Camille Furby


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Q: When did you start yoga?A: About a year and a hal ago during the summer.Q: What made you want to start teaching yoga?A: One o my teachers I always loved going to, she was my a- vorite, talked to me afer school about teacher training that wascoming up. She really convinced me and took me through whatit would be like... and I wanted to involve it into my li e into amore in depth way.Q: What studio do you work at? How ofen?A: I practice at CorePower Yoga. Six days a week I would say.Q: How is the process o becoming a teacher?A: I did a 200 hour yoga certication, I have all o my credentialsI could apply or a job but I wanted to do the ve week extensionprogram, I am currently doing that and once I nish I am goingto apply to work.Q: What do you like most about yoga and what can you get romit?A: I like most the healing and com orting part o it just goinginto class and eeling sa e and kinda in your own space andyour thoughts are ully silent and you’re just present. Somethingdifferent that you get rom no other sport is the stretching andwhen you combine it with the breathing motion that is very di -erent and unique and its a soothing meditation practice as well.

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Katie Chapman

Mia Wallach

S U R F I N G

Q: Where do you dance?A: I dance at the Dance Academy.Q: How long have you been dancing?A: I have been dancing since I was 3, so or 12 years.Q: Do you have any new productions soon?A: A production comes out every December and June.Q: How long do you practice each week?A: I usually practice about 5 hours each week.Q: How long is each practice you attend?A: I go several times a week and practices can be 1-2hours long.Q: What is your avorite thing about dancing?A: I like that it is really un but it is also exercise.

Bettie Coy

Q: Where do you dance?A: I dance at the Dance Academy.Q: How long have you been dancing?A: I’ve been dancing since I was 5, so or 10 years.Q: Do you have any new productions soon?A: We do shows in December and June.Q: How long do you practice each week?A: I probably do 7 hours o dance each week.Q: How long is each practice you attend?A: I usually go or around 2 hours.Q: What is your avorite thing about dancing?A: I like being able to express mysel and I also geta good workout in.

Q: Why did you start doing yoga?A: One o my aunts and two o mycousins are all teachers so I kind o gotbrought along.Q: What inspired you to teach?A: I worked in a studio or three yearsbe ore doing my training so I think whatinspired me was seeing so many o myriends come out o the training talkingabout how much they loved it and I alsoreally wanted to teach in college.Q: What studio do you work and practiceat?A: I just started working at a new stu-dio called Buddhi Yoga in downtown LaJolla.How many times a week do you teach? A: Me and Delaney Dickenson are aboutto start teaching a High School YogaClass twice a week.Q: Do you know what days that’ll be atBuddhi Yoga?A: uesday’s and Tursday’s.

Extracurricular Sports

Jake Tear

Lou Rasse

FreedomofSpeech

Q: When do you usually sur ?A: Afer school or on weekends.Q: Do you pre er to sur in the morning or be-ore sunset?A: I like surng in the morning better.Q: What is your avorite sur spot?A: I like going out at Calumet Park.Q: How long have you been surng?A: I’ve been surng or about 10 years now.Q: What type o board do you sur with?A: I like to long board.Q: How long do you usually sur or?A: Generally about 2 or 3 hours.Q: Have you ever broken a board?A: Yes, I’ve broken 2 boards surng.Q: What’s your avorite part o surng?A: I love riding the nose and just b eing out onthe ocean surng un, long waves.

Q: When do you usually sur ?A: Usually afer school and on weekends.Q: Do you pre er to sur in the morning orbe ore sunset?A: In the morning.Q: What is your avorite sur spot?A: I like surng South Bird.Q: How long have you been surng?A: 5 years.Q: What time o board do you sur with?A: 5’2’’ Hypto Krypto short board.Q: How long do you usually sur or?A: Generally 2-3 hours.Q: What’s the longest you’ve ever sur ed?A: One day when it was really un I sur ed7 hours.Q: Have you ever broken a board?A: I’ve broken one board.

B A L L E T

Y O G A

Mat t Allen

Te purpose o ree speech is to allow peo-ple to publicly express their thoughts. Tereare many mediums that are made solely orthe purpose o exercising this right such as LaJolla High’s very own ree speech board andsenior benches, allowing us to send messagesto those around us and develop progressiveand productive thought.

“Je Suis Charlie” is a phrase recently cre-ated ollowing a terrorist attack that resultedin the massacre o 12 journalists, now knownas the Charlie Hebdo Massacre. Te purposeo the statement is to show affiliation withwestern culture and agreeing with the idea oreedom o speech. o say “Je Suis Charlie” (“Iam Charlie”) is to say that you are affiliatedwith or agree with reedom o speech. Freedom o speech can be a good thing;when people orget, however, where the linesare drawn or what can and cannot be said orotherwise disagree with the restrictions, cha-

os can ensue. Te terrorist attack in Franceis a recent example o how a group o peopledisagreed and became enraged with the ex-tent to which the reedom was allowed. Another major event was the Internet re-lease rather than an in-theater release o TeInterview. Tis was the result o the NorthKorean government’s threats o “merciless”response toward the United States i the mov-ie was released. 12 People were killed on January 7th 2015due to a cartoon in Charlie Hebdo, a week-ly satirical news magazine published in ParisFrance. Te cartoon depicted Muhammad,an action orbidden in the Islamic aith, andangered many Islamic people. A ew in par-ticular became so enraged that they decidedto retaliate against the cartoonists responsibleor the satire o their prophet.

Te imes Europe discovered that, whileattacking, the gunmen shouted two phrases

Q: How did you nd out about kickboxing?A: Almost all the men in my amily do it, mom and dad’s side. My great grandpa was a pro essional boxerand my dad started teaching me when I was about 6 and I continued it rom there on, then about 3-4years ago a kickboxing gym opened up a minute away rom my house so I thought I’d give kickboxinga try and I ended up loving it even more than boxing alone. I continued it because it’s in my blood, themind set, speed and skill. I couldn’t imagine not boxing. Every time something happens it’s the rstthing I want to do.Q: What are some other benets to kickboxing besides what you’ve mentioned?A: Well not only do I love it but it’s an excellent way to practice not only physical but mental health likealertness, ocus letting off steam, solitude and physically there’s just no limits to your body. It uses everyinch o your strength and exibility... it teaches you that size and strength truly doesn’t matter, it’s just themindset. And it’s an excellent way to learn sel de ense in hundreds o scenarios.Q: Where do you train?A: Currently I train at Eagle Martial Arts on Mount Soledad just outside Windermere Real Estate.

K i c k b o x i n g

Alle y Lop ez

Photo Courtesy of Katie Chapman

Photo Courtesy ofLou Rasse

Photo Courtesy of Matt Allen

Photo Courtesy of Alley Lopez

By Joseph Carroll, ristan Macelli, Creekstar Allan, Georgie Morris, and L auren Robbins

in particular. One was “Allahu Akbar”, whichtranslates as “God is great,” which is one o themost common Islamic Arabic sayings used in aormal prayer or in times o distress to signi y

victory. Te second phrase was “the Prophet isavenged.” What they didn’t predict was that theirrole in the presentation would be short lived.sion o bullets as they shot at the police be ore. Charlie Hebdo’s retaliation came in theorm o a second cartoon on the cover o theirnewest issue, drawn by Renald Luzier. It de-picted Muhammad tearing up while holdinga sign that states “Je suis Charlie” beneath thestatement “ out est pardonne,” meaning “All isorgiven.” Te march in Paris had created a re-cord display o unity consisting o many worldleaders and 1.5 million people. According to TePost, “Christians, atheists, Jews and Muslimsstood side by side, sending up shouts o ‘Charlie,Charlie, reedom o speech!’”


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February 6, 2015SPORTSHi-Tide 8

Following the AFC Champi-onship game on Monday Jan-uary 19th at Gillette Stadiumbetween the New EnglandPatriots and the Indianapo-lis Colts, with a nal scoreo 45-7, there was ad i s - covery thatootba lls used by thePa t ri ot s were signi-c a n t l y de lated.Tis re- sultsin the ballbeing sev-eral poundslighter than it should be,making it easier to throw andreceive, especially in rainyconditions. Each team is al-lowed to bring 12 o theirown ootballs to use in thegame and each ball is sup-posed to weigh between12.5 and 13.5 pounds persquare inch. During thesecond quarter o thegame, Colts lineback-er D’Qwell Jacksonnoticed that thePatriots ball eltlighter than i tshould be and hedemand- ed it to be

weighed. Itw a s then discov-e r e d that in act theb a l l did weigh less thanthe NFL mandated rules.O particular interest to this is-sue is the act that this isn’t therst time that the Patriots havebeen caught deating ootballsin a game against the Colts. On

November 16th, 2014, therewas an incident involving de-ated ootballs but it was nev-er pursued by the NFL. How-ever, in this recent situation,

the NFL has launchedan investigation

on the Patri-ots. Tis “De-ate-Gate” has

caused somes e r i o u st u r m o i la r o u n dthe na-tion and

there is now thequestion whetherthe Patriots wonair and square.

As o uesday,January 27th,

2015, the in- ve st ig at io n

is still on-g o - ing and theNFL in- vestigatornow is en- l i s t i n gthe help o p h y s i -cists at Co- l u mb i aUniversity to nd outi weather or any othercon dit ion s could havealtered the weight othe ootball. Te Patriotscoach Bill B el i ch i ckand quar- t e r b a c k

o m B r a d ydeny any involvement in thedeation o the ootballs.

D e f l a t e g a t eBy Lauren RobbinsStaff Writer

Photo Courtesy of WikiCommons

As a school that has alwayshad a strong sense o schoolspirit, it is not surprising thatso many o the aculty mem-bers also played sports whenthey were younger. Four teach-ers in particular have a strongbackground when it comes toathletic skills.

Coach Allen, one o the LaJolla High School PE coaches,was born and raised here inLa Jolla. He attended La JollaElementary, Muirlands Mid-dle School, La Jolla High, andthe University o Cali ornia,San Diego (UCSD). At thebeginning o academic careerat LJHS, he was cut rom thebasketball team and couldn’ttry out or baseball due toan injury. His junior year, hecame back and was again cutrom basketball but made theJunior Varsity (JV) baseballteam. It wasn’t until his senioryear that he made varsity orboth sports. He continued onto play baseball or UCSD andeven played minor league orthe New York Mets. His goal

was to move up into the major leagues, but sadly the Metsdidn’t offer him a spot on anyo their teams. Tis is when hedecided to coach baseball.

When asked i he regrettedquitting he shared, “No, be-cause that got me into coach-ing and teaching. Te chanceso ever making the majors areslim... my dream got shatteredafer one year so I wasable to get a teachingcredential and got luckyenough to land back inthe school that I went to.” Along with Allen, com-puters teacher Greg Vol-ger also had a success ulbaseball career. Afermaking varsity both his junior and senior yearso high school, he con-tinued to play at Santa BarbaraCity College and eventually re-ceived a scholarship to San Di-ego State University (SDSU).

He played with his team inthe State Championship JoeDiMaggio Summer Series,where he got to meet DiMag-

gio himsel . Aferwards, hisdreams o becoming a procame to an abrupt halt whenhe developed shoulder prob-lems that led to three surgeries

and the end o his career.o this day, he still enjoys

baseball and the competitive-ness o sports in the general,and while he claims to have noregrets, he did express his sad-

ness that it had to end. Another success ul col-lege player was Coach Con-way, who played eld hockeythroughout her high schooland college years. Conwayattended Ottawa Hills HighSchool in oledo, Ohio, whereshe was convinced by herriends to try out or her eldhockey team.

Originally, she was set onplaying tennis or her schoolteam but her riends told her,

“You can only play eld hockeyor our years... just come outand play something different.You can go and play tennis orthe rest o your li e.”

Tis nally convinced her todrop tennis and try out or eldhockey where she ended up be-ing the rst reshman to evermake varsity. She shared thather avorite memory was win-

ning back-to-back statechampionships her ju-nior and senior year. Shesaid, “I can rememberthe bus ride home andwe had a big parade andthey made it eld hockeyday in our town.” Eventhough her plan was toonly play in high school,she quickly ell in lovewith the sport and ound

hersel with a ull scholarshipto Providence College. Aferthose our years, she immedi-ately chose to start coaching.She coached at GeorgetownUniversity, Boston College,and Kentucky State.

I there’s one thing she learnedrom the experience it is that tobe success ul in a sport, youhave to be open to new things,like Conway said, “You mightbe a great badminton play-er and you didn’t ever know

anything about the sport.” Sheadds that the most importantthing is “going in with a pos-itive attitude [and] trying asmany things as you can.”

Over in the English depart-ment, Essex retells his highschool career in track and eld.He went to Northwest CatholicHigh School in West Hart ord,Connecticut where he ran the400 and did the long jumpon the varsity team. “I lovedtrack, and running in general,as I ound it was an enjoyableway to have a quiet time andcontemplate the world.” Hewas passionate about runningbut ended up attending USD,which did not have a trackteam, something he didn’t re-alize until he had already ar-rived.

Even though he could nolonger run or a team, he neverlet that stop him rom runningor un. He shared, “Te greatthing about running is thatyou do not have the get togeth-er a bunch o people to do it. Ihave run my whole li e, whichonly proves that you can be oldand at and still enjoy it.” Contrary to popular belie ,many teachers experiencedtheir high school careers in a very similar way that studentsnow do.

By Vivi BonomieStaff Writer Teachers Throw It Back

Photo Courtesy of Greg Volger


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February 6, 2015 SPORTS Hi-Tide9

Mens’ Soccer

3:00 pm @ St. Augustine

2/10/15

Womens’ Soccer

3:30 pm vs. University City

2/11/15

Wrestling

8:30 am @ Otay Ranch

1/7/14

Womens’ Basketball

5:15 pm vs. OLP

2/10/15

Mens’ Basketball

5:15 pm @ St. Augustine

2/10/15

Womens’ Waterpolo

3:30 vs. CHS

2/11/15

More than 22 countries haveootgol associations. Footgolis a hybrid o soccer and goland it consists o the same un-damental rules as gol in thesense that the player’s goal isto hit the ball rom the start-ing tee into an ending hole atthe end o the green. However,the difference is that the sportis played using regulation size5 soccer balls and a strict dresscode. It is traditionally playedon an 18-hole gol coarsewhere the holes are altered toaccommodate soccer balls. According to the IllinoisFootgol Association, thedress code consists o six mainpoints. Each player must weara designated ootgol at capor driver hat (no baseball capsor beanies allowed), a collaredshirt, knee-high Argyle socks,gol shorts, indoor or tur soc-

cer shoes, and must bring their

own size 5 soccer ball. Not onlydoes ootgol share a coursewith gol , but also its traditiono conservative attire.

According to resident ootgolplayer Jim Hogan in North Vir-ginia, “…a soccer backgroundis important. You need a qualitystrike and let the celebrationsoccur. It’s the inner soccer hoo-liganism,” says Hogan, as he de-scribed his teammates jumpingon him when his approach shotlanded in the hole. However,one o his teammates Glen Greyexplained that the players tooalso have to have at least somebasic gol skills in order to readthe breaks and distance to getthe ball in the hole. San Diego’s rst Footgolcourse has opened up at Re-sorts in Escondido. Te cost is$10 or those under the age o17 and $15 or those who are

older than 17.

Foot Gol By Creekstar AllanStaff Writer

Tis past all, towards theend o Te La Jolla High oot-

ball season, one o our playerssuffered a severe concussion.During the con usion o thegame, what seemed like a mi-nor mishap became a hugedeal, not only or the playerhimsel but also or the coach-es and the team too. As soon ashe was subbed out o the game,his riends could tell there wassomething wrong with him.

Be ore he had a chance to re-alize what may have happenedto him, he was put back in thegame. It was not until afer the

game and a ew days later thatthe real pain set in. Tis student-athlete has beenout o school since later Oc-tober, so it is clear to see thatthe injuries he sustained were

very serious, so much so that hemight not return to school until

next all. Furthermore, he may not beable to play contact sports orthe rest o his li e. It is import-ant to remember this is a highschool student who is affectedby these limitations.

Another student on the teamwho has played ootball sincehis reshman year said that hethinks injuries like these canhappen to anyone, and it’s just amatter o speaking up.

While he did not personallywitness what had happened to

his teammate, he did have thisto share: He said that, in hisown personal opinion, he didnot eel his teammate was tto continue playing. He him-sel suffered a concussion o his

own in a previous game; he,however, was able to recover

due to the nature o his spe-cic injury.Despite all o this, he still

trusts his coaches to keep himsa e because he believes theywould never do anything tohurt their players. It is important to be awareo yoursel and others as wellas accepting the risks youtake by playing sports that arehighly physical.

Injuries o the magnitude othis case can and will happento anybody putting them-

selves at risk in any physicalsport. Te important partis recognizing when you arehurt or speaking up or ateammate who may not real-ize how badly they are hurt.

By Tristan MacelliStaff Writer

Tis Girl Can Te new viral exercise cam-paign “Tis Girl Can,” devel-oped by Sport England (an

English sport council), is a cel-ebration o active women o allages, shapes, and sizes aroundthe world. Te creators alongwith Grace, rom London,Victoria, rom London, Julie,rom Manchester, and Kel-ly, rom Bury, hope to inspirewomen to challenge culturalassumptions about emininitythat prevent them in engag-ing in sport and exercise. Asthe American philosopher IrisMarion Young said, “throwinglike a girl” is a common insult

that excludes women romeeling strong enough or evencapable o playing a sport. Tecampaign makers also havehopes o knocking down bar-riers o girls’ own ears aboutactively exercising.

According to a Sport Englandstudy, two million ewer wom-en than men play a sport regu-

larly rom the ages o 14 to 40years old. Despite those num-bers only 75 per cent admit

that they want to be more ac-tive. Further research showedthat women’s ambitions turnedinto ear o judgment o whatthey looked like during exer-cising and their ability level. Advertisement or this cam-paign seeks to show the realstory o women who exerciseand/or play a sport. By cap-turing images o these womenengaged in their sport, theyare hoping to create a new im-age o woman, as opposed tothe idealistic style we are so

accustomed to seeing. Usingslogans such as, ‘Sweating likea pig, eeling like a ox” and‘I kick balls, deal with it’ haveshowcased these real wom-en and what they really looklike throughout their activi-ty, along with boosting theirsel -condence.

By Yenitzia LopezStaff Writer

Te X-Games is an extremesporting competition that oc-curs every year. Te X-Gameswere created by ESPN andhave began to involve othercountries.

Te sports played includebare oot water skiing, climb-ing, bungee jumping, skate-boarding, skiing, tricks onsnowmobiles, ice climbing,and BMX tricks. Amazingtricks like doing ront ips onsnow mobiles, rst per ormedby Heath Frisby, or triple ips

on a snowboard are common.Shaun White, a snow board-

er, currently has the recordor most gold medals won inthe X-Games. Te Winter

X-Games have been takingplace in Aspen, Colorado orthe past 10 years and usuallytake place in January.

Un ortunately, Caleb Moorewas the rst person to die be-cause o an accident happeningduring the X-Games. In thewinter X-Games, he attemptedto do a back ip on a snow mo-bile, but crashed and landedon his head. Sadly, he passed

away in the hospital. Tispast Winter X-Games, whichtook place rom January 22 toJanuary 25, 2015, Chloe Kimbecame the youngest person

ever to win an event. At age14, Kim took the gold in asnowboarding event whereshe scored higher than hercompetitors including KellyClark, who had won the eventthe past our years in a rowand is also a three time Olym-pic medalist.

Kim was not able to com-pete in the 2014 Sochi Win-ter Olympics because she wastoo young. However, her pastper ormance shows that agedoes not necessarily matter,and she has a very promisinguture in this sport. Te X-Games is truly anamazing event where extraor-dinary athletes to amazingthings. Tese athletes pushtheir sport to the very nextlevel, making them a lot moreentertaining to watch andpraise.

By Joseph CarrollStaff Writer

X - G a m e s 2 0 1 5

Te newest womens’ active campaign

UPCOMING EVENTS

Te Seattle Seahawks andNew England Patriots acedoff o February 1st, 2015 inGlendale, Arizona or SuperBowl XLIX. Afer the excitinggame, the Patriots were able tobring home the trophy, whichwas especially exciting or theBoston-based team because othe recent “Deategate” scan-dal surrounding quarterbackom Brady, in which he wasaccused o deating the oot-balls to make them easier tothrow and catch.

“Te nal 125 seconds in-cluded a per ect possession byom Brady or the go-aheadpoints, a juggling catch thatcould have been the play o

the year, and a victory-clinch-ing, end-zone interception ona pass - not run - rom the 1.”(cbssports.com)

In addition to the excitinggame, the commercials andhalfime show were entertain-ing as well. Fans voted theBudweiser commercial thebest once again, but among theother avorites were Snickers,Fiat, and NASCAR. Each com-pany pays about 4.5 milliondollars or 30 seconds to airtheir innovative commercials.

According to Te New Yorkimes, more than 112 million

viewers tuned in to the 2015Super Bowl.

Super Bowl XLIXBy Stephanie BuchbinderSports Editor

Photo Courtesy of Kaitlin Wheeler

Injury at LJHS


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It’s that time o year again-Te Oscars and Grammys areast approaching. Te 87thAcademy Awards will be heldon February 22, and the 57thGrammy Awards will be heldon February 8th. 2014 was apretty good year or movies,especially dramas.

Te avorites or Best Pictureinclude Te Imitation Game ,which is about the struggleto decipher the Nazi Enigmaduring World War wo. Bird-man is a dramatic look at astruggling actor trying to re-

play a role, and Boyhood is amovie that was 12 years in themaking, or it ollows a real li eboy on his journey o growingup.

Te Golden Globes sharemany categories with the Os-cars, along with many o thesame nominations. Tis makesthem a reliable source o in-ormation. On Saturday, Jan11, the lm Boyhood won 3Golden Globes, or best pic-ture, best supporting actress,and best director. Chances areit will also do very well in theOscars. “I cried two or three times

when I watched Interstellar,”says La Jolla High School ju-nior Xiao-Bao Bao, “and Idon’t normally cry. I’m prettycold hearted most o the time.It was a 10/10 movie.” Whenasked i he thinks Interstellarwould win any Oscars, he re-plied, “Oh, denitely.” Inter-stellar was not nominated orbest picture. However, there has beensome issues surrounding theAcademy’s choices on whatis nominated; one example ishow Te Lego Movie , a critical-ly acclaimed animated movie,did not receive a nomination

or best animated picture, eventhough it did receive a nom-ination during the GoldenGlobes.

A second source o controver-sy or some is over how therewere no A rican Americansnominated in the best actingcategories despite what manyelt were strong, Oscar wor-thy, per ormances in the lmSelma, which tells the story oDoctor Martin Luther King Ju-nior’s protest in the small Ala-bama town. Others say that it“cut corners”, was historicallyinaccurate, which is perhapswhy it did not receive many

nominations, while some saythe lm is per ect.

A third controversy sur-rounds the lm A mericanSniper , as some claim it is antiMuslim and inaccurate. Mul-tiple celebrities have lashedout at the lm and each otherover witter, with Seth Rog-en joining orces to comparethe lm to Nazi Propaganda.Tese are the “whitest” Oscarssince 1998, yet they may alsobe the most controversial. Onanother note, no women werenominated or the screenplaycategories either.

By Kieran BaumanStaff Writer

Te Oscars and Te Grammys

Jurassic Park, Get the Gringo,op Gun , and Anchorman 2 are

just a ew o the lms whichwere partially shot in San Di-

ego. Years ago when San Diegostill had a lm commission,Los Angeles movie producerswould travel down to San Di-ego. Tey came to scout or lo-cations, and hire technicians toshoot i not their entire lms,

then to capture some shots othe San Diego shores and Bal-boa Park buildings. A year and a hal afer theSan Diego ourism Authorityclosed, 36-year-old FrancineFilsinger, president o the non-

prot San Diego Filmmakersis trying to bring back the lmindustry to San Diego. She hasattempted to re-establish a lmcommission here in San Diego.Te new commission will not

only serve the city o San Di-ego but the entire country aswell, by creating equal oppor-tunities or all lmmakers toshare their visions here. “SanDiego’s open or business,” stat-ed Filsinger. “We have highly

qualied and gifed lmmak-ers here, and one o the mostincredible locations-every-thing rom beaches to desertsto mountains. You name it, it’sright here.” Tere’s no reason,

why we can’t be a vibrant, pro-ductive community.”

“We just need advocacy, weneed the substructure, where aproducer can call and say, ‘Hey,I’m coming to the area, I needthis type o crew, this type oequipment, I need to knowwhat the permitting process is,and the procedures,’ and haveit all at their nger tips,” she

added. Since the 2013 closure o thelm commission, the San Di-ego region has proven itsel asunsatis actory to the Los An-geles businesses despite all thatit has to offer.

“I would like to see the re- vitalization o an active lmoffice to streamline and stan-dardize the permitting processthroughout San Diego County,Filsinger said. “I would like tosee incentives, tax breaks, thatmake us competitive with LosAngeles. Tere are very activeand aggressive lm commis-sions all over the country, and

even in other countries, thatwe have to compete against.Te key to ease o production-it’s even more important, Ithink, than the incentives andtax breaks.”

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Te La Jolla Film Festival,ormerly known as the La JollaHigh School Film Festival, isreturning later this year. Teestival is no longer associatedwith the school and is open tostudents all over La Jolla, romLa Jolla High School to Bish-ops to La Jolla Country Dayand to Preuss.

Adam Hersko-Rona as, or-ganizer o last year’s lm es-tival alongside Julian Clark,says, “Because o the largerpool o submissions we expect,the estival itsel will only ea-ture a selection as decided by apanel o lm-industry pro es-sionals.”

For those who eel like thisis their calling, “the guidelinesare simple: keep it under eightminutes and include binocu-lars somewhere in the short.”

As o now, it is looking likethe event will be held at thesame location as last year, theSherwood Teater at the Mu-seum o Contemporary ArtSan Diego, on Saturday, June13th. Specic event details willbe ocused on closer to thedate, while the current prior-ity is dealing with prizes andsponsors. Tis year the topcontenders will receive schol-arship money and more.

All submissions, i havingollowed all guidelines, willbe shared online as well at theestival’s website-to-be, www.lajollalm estival.com. Tis isthe same website where lmswill be electronically submit-ted beginning March 6th andending on May 15th.

Due to controversy over thecontent o a lm submittedto last year’s lm estival, LaJolla High School was unsurewhether the event would occuragain. Shane Lynch’s lm in-cluded drinking, smoking, andoul language. However, Lynchelt that he “was just going bywhat I had seen in previousyears.” Some parents o the ac-tors in the lm decided that itshould be removed rom theshow because they didn’t wanttheir kids to be portrayed inthat way.

When word got around o thelm being removed, an anon-ymous threat was made to aLJHS staff member. Accord-ing to Dr. Podhorsky, the es-tival was cancelled because osa ety concerns related to thisthreat, that the administration“planned or the worst andhoped or the best,” yet somestill dispute the actual cause othe cancellation. At an institu-tion like a school, the sa ety othe students and aculty is the

number one priority. Te La Jolla High Film Fes-tival was started by Mrs. Dill,Mr. Caviola, and Julian Clark,LJHS Class o 2012, about 3years ago. Last year’s estivalwas organized by Julian Clarkand Adam Hersko-Rona as,LJHS Class o 2014, and theywere given notice o the can-cellation a week be ore theevent was supposed to takeplace. With a lot o terric sub-missions in their hands, Her-

La Jolla Film FestivalBy Sophia DorfsmanStaff Writer

“Full details andrules will be avail-able alongside thesubmission orm

March 6th at www.lajollalm estival.

com.”sko-Ronaas and Clark decid-ed to not let anyone down. Tetwo set orth all o their effortsinto making the event happen.Since the lm estival could nolonger be affiliated with theschool, they needed a plan B.

On the same day as the dis-appointing news was revealed,Hersko-Rona as went rightafer school to the Museumo Contemporary Art in LaJolla and was able to book adate. In the days remaining be-

ore the show, tickets, posters,programs, -shirts, etc. werequickly designed and print-ed, while tickets were sold byhand. Everyone’s hard workpaid off because on June 6th,the museum was a ull house.

It was so packed that peoplewere turned away rom the490-seat venue.

Full details and rules will beavailable alongside the sub-mission orm March 6th atwww.lajollalm estival.com.

By Sophia Ketring Staff Writer Being in high school, we alltend to try to t in, one way oranother ; whether you realize itor not. We all just want to be

accepted and not looked at in aweird way by our peers. Tis major inner strugglemost o us have with trying tobe accepted and "normal" is amajor theme in the Broadwayshow "Te Elephant Man",starring Bradley Cooper. I was

not aware that the show wouldleave me with a lot to thinkabout. Cooper's character, JohnMerrick, rst appears hiddenbehind a sheet, as he is beingpresented as a human curios-ity. As the show progresses,he is unveiled by Dr. Freder-ick reves who wants to takepictures o him to study hisdisease, a rare condition that

causes both the bone and skinto overgrow into large lumpsall over one’s body. Cooper gotinto character by slowly con-torting his body and changedhis voice to sound like some-one who is under a lot o pain.Dr. reves gives the ElephantMan a place to stay which thengives him the chance to inte-grate Merrick into society, notas a curiosity just as a humanbeing. He specically ocusesso that the Elephant Man caneel a sense o being normalaround women. Te women were the oneswho look at the Elephant Manas something to be a raid o ,not as a human. Afer manyattempts, Dr. reves nallyound a woman who wouldsocialize with Merrick, Mrs.Kendal, an actress.

Tis leads into Cooper’scharacter developing a riend-ship with Mrs. Kendal wherethey discuss the meaning obooks and plays. Teir riend-ship comes to an end when hestarts to talk about how he hasnever seen a real woman un-dressed. Mrs. Kendal then tellshim to turn around as she un-dresses. As this happens, Dr.reves walks in and is disgust-ed by what he sees. Mrs. Ken-dal then stops coming and El-ephant Man questions why she

Te Elephant Man

“Tis major inner strug-gle most o us have with

trying to be acceptedand “normal” is a majortheme in the Broadway

show ‘Te ElephantMan’’.’

doesn't come back. One day ashe is about to have lunch in hisroom, he decides to go backto his bed and lie down. Tiskills him because he has goneto sleep with the weight o hishead in an angle that snaps hisneck. Te Elephant Man hadalways slept sitting up becauseo this possibility. Te end o the show present-ed me with a lot o questions.I was convinced that he hadcommitted suicide because hewas now unhappy with his li ebecause o the issue with Mrs.Kendal.

I was lucky enough to gobackstage and hear Coopertalk about this matter. Cooperelt that Te Elephant Man,John Merrick, was a man ocourage who just wanted to benormal or once and decidedto lie down like a normal per-son, although this ended upkilling him.

Cooper showed a lot o pas-sion while discussing the top-ic o “Te Elephant Man”. Hiswords got me thinking aboutthe extremes that some peo-ple will go to in order to t in.Most generally will not get onekilled, but it can change one’ssense o sel and give them aeeling that they are not goodenough.Photos Courtesy of Sophia Ketring

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