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VII

_ In The Closing _ By: Asham J. Cooke

OPEN

HOUSE

Daniel McIntyre will be

hosting an open house on

Tuesday, February 25th in

the gym from 6-8pm.

Tours of the school will

be available.

Each teaching

department will have an

information booth. DMCeye Staff, Semester One– “This is going to be one tough group to beat” - Mrs. Jones

For full article, turn to page 3!

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INDEX

DMCEYE STAFF

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Features

News

Sports

Editorial

Entertainment

Pg. 3-9

Pg. 10-14

Pg. 16-17

Pg. 15 & 18

Pg. 19-23

Dagmawit Dejene

Jerick Reyes

David Duong

Jordan Mitchell

Khuong Huynh

Dagmawit Dejene

Mrs. Cynthia Jones

J.V. Aragon

Asham J. Cooke

Kenny Montalbo

Grace Gelo

Kris Cielos

Regine De Quiroz

J.V. Aragon

Jerick Reyes

Editors-in-chief

Staff Writers

Layout Artists

Advisor

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In The Closing . By: Asham J. Cooke

Alas! This is the very last issue of the Fourth Volume of the DMCEye. To

commemorate our journey this semester, we have included various clues

throughout the issue that all pertain to one DMCEye staff member.

See if you can guess who the person is on this issue’s newest addition,

“Guess Who”!

So here we are, at the end of a semester. We started at the bottom now we're here, and it all went by so fast. Transactional English was a learning experience. That may sound obvious, but it’s not. It wasn't the type of learning experience you might think it was. Transactional English was an experience that effected who we were at the time and what we are about to become. We joined Transactional English as individuals and we're leav-ing as a team. Now I'm not going to lie to you like a deception artist and paint a pretty picture because there were horrible days. We encountered the strug-gle of trying to come up with inter-esting ideas; we encountered the

struggle of having to deal with criti-cism. We were people who made honest mistakes. It's part of the learn-ing process and that's a fact, look it up. But you know what we learned what it means to work towards the same goal as a unit. All of us brought our own unique qualities. Our two editors (and writers) Dagmawit and JV were up all hours of the night and busy all hours of the day trying to manage this oper-ation. That position forced them to be bold and make sure things got done. Our writers Jerick, David, Ken-ny, Regine, Grace, Khuong, Jordan, and Kris all struggled with our editors to think of ideas that our readers would enjoy.

On top of that, time was always of the essence so we had to use it whether it was at 11:10 am or 11 at night. At the end of the day how-ever two hands are better than one and several minds are second to none. So we made the DMCEye hap-pen. Let’s set the record straight. I'm boosting up all our egos right now I know, and you're probably wondering what this all has to do with you right? Everything actually. Transactional English wasn't easy be-cause nothing that is worth it is easy. But if you've got the guts for a challenge and you want to grow as a person, Transactional English is the way to go. Peace. It's been fun.

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Semester 1 is finally coming to an end and that means students at DMCI will be busy preparing themselves for the final exams within the upcoming weeks. The marks earned during ex-ams could be the difference between passing and failing a course.

Exams contain between 20-40% of the total marks given for one class, so it’s important that you study hard to achieved those easy marks without stressing yourself out. This article is written specifically to help you with your studies.

Here are the two steps that you should do prior to studying:

Write down advices: Writing down your teacher’s study advice will be useful in helping you understand what is important.

Ask for help: If you need the concepts to be clarified, don’t be afraid to ask ques-tions.

Disturbances and being unpre-pared will play a huge role in dis-tracting you from your studies, so here are a few more steps that you should also consider doing before studying:

Find a quiet place to study: Avoid studying in plac-es that will cause distractions, find somewhere quiet and peaceful to concentrate on your studies.

Turn off all electronic ad-vices: Cell phones will only cause you to lose focus, so it’s better to turn them off.

Think about the questions

that may be asked: Emphasis on a particular concept in class will only mean that the likelihood of it being asked on the exam paper will be high.

Start from the most important to the least important materials: Study materials that you find most difficult to stuff that you can easily under-stand. It will greatly help in pre-venting you from wasting time.

Once you’re all prepared, here are a few strategies that will help you with memorizing your material.

Study during the evening and morning: No matter how tired you are, you should try studying before bed and after you’ve woken up which will help to reinforce information that you’ve studied.

Summarize, read and take down notes: Summarize the information as according to your own understanding and take down notes to avoid confusion as you’re reading on.

Write, write, and write: The repetition of writing down your Q&A onto a piece of paper will be a great way to help you memorize the answers to a question.

Quiz yourself: Quiz your-self using an index card until the most difficult question gets easier to answer.

Other tips that should be taken into consideration includes:

Studying for a specific amount of time and taking

breaks: Study between 20-30 minutes and take a break in between. Studying for hours long will exhaust your mind and will cause you to forget everything you’ve studied.

Study buddy: Having a study buddy can be helpful because you and your friend can assist each other in an-swering questions that each do not know.

Memorize all the vocabu-lary given: Knowing the defi-nition of a particular word will be beneficial in gaining you easy marks, so study them good.

Turn it into a routine hab-it: Studying at least once or twice a week until exam day will require commitment but it will refresh your memory and ease the stress in the long run.

And here is something that you should NOT do:

CRAMMING EVERYTHING AT ONCE: Do not try and study everything in one night, cramming everything will only be stressful and will cause you to forget the answers more easily.

Thank you to Ms. Wolkowski, Grace, and Regina for their contribu-tion in this article.

Studying 101 . By: Khuong Huynh

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Staying Safe on Slippery Streets . By: Jerick Reyes

Fender benders, t-bones, head- on collisions, and any sort of motor vehicle impact accidents can happen to any driver due to the winter road conditions.

It’s been taught in all driver’s ed classes, where drivers must multiply their caution by 17 divide it one and add 59. Nevertheless complete caution must be implemented into everyday winter driving.

With winter acting as kryptonite to all the super men and women drivers, we lose sight that we are not all amazing drivers.

There are many factors that might put all drivers at risk including the un-organized winter ploughing which may increase the amount of snow that is on the roads of Winnipeg.

Black ice might even exist on the most common roads in Winnipeg. According to Wikipedia, Black ice which is sometimes referred to as “clear ice” is a thin glazed ice on a surface. Black ice isn’t actually black, but it appears to be very transparent, so be aware.

Another factor in which winter driving could be dangerous could be the mountain-tall snow banks which can make safely clearing an intersection a game of “where’s Waldo?”, because it is almost impossible to see incoming cars.

Driving in the winter doesn’t have to be a hassle; it should be taken as a learning curve.

Winter driving should be taken as a caution builder, awareness enhancer, and defensive practice. There are many drivers out there that

tend to drive as if snow doesn’t exist and neither do cars.

According to The Department of Motor Vehicles, drivers aged 16- 19 years of age have the highest average annual crash and traffic violation rates nationwide.

Young Drivers are known as risky drivers due to eight reasons:

Poor Hazard Detection Low Risk Perception Risk Taking Not Wearing Seatbelts Lack of skill Alcohol and Drugs Carrying Passengers Night Driving

Many of these reasons can be

accommodated, meaning teenage drivers can easily improve their driving skills with experience.

We were all once a novice driver, so don’t forget where you came from.

Winter driving is difficult, because anything can happen. This only shows that drivers should be more cautious when driving, especially during Winnipeg’s infamous rush hour.

Beware and be aware of what the winter has to come. Wear your seatbelt and drive safe!

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DMCI GUIDANCE

OFFICE

Feeling stressed from exams? Having a

tough time deciding what to do after high

school? Or maybe you’re in need of a trustworthy advisor and confidant?

Visit the guidance office today. The

counsellors there will be more than happy to

help.

Sharp Shooter . By: Grace Gelo

Point. Click. Shoot.

(Don't take it the wrong way.)

Most know him as the quiet

counselor who is busy in his office

down at the guidance room, but be-

hind those closed walls lies the truth

about Mr. Ottenbreit: photography

has always been one of his favorite

pastimes.

A picture is really worth a

thousand words, and Mr. Ottenbreit

has proven it: catch him during school-

related events snapping away some

excellent photos.

Photography being a dear

hobby in his heart, he says it's chal-

lenging to balance hobbies and work

and informs that he tries to go to all

events when he can.

While pictures can be a re-

minder of past memories and happy

times, it requires that the photogra-

pher know the basics of capturing bril-

liant canvases.

Some essential

skills include

focal point,

lighting, color

and angles. All

these skills go

hand in hand

with the de-

vice itself.

Anyone can

become a

photographer

with basic knowledge of photo taking

if they have a decent camera: decent

meaning knowing that megapixels de-

termine the quality of the picture.

Having a low megapixel cam-

era will result in a photo lacking intri-

cate detail while a high megapixel

camera will capture the finer details,

such as the warm colors of spilled spa-

ghetti sauce on that white shirt your

mom bought for you!

These days, people every-

where rely on their smartphones,

which have rear cameras ranging from

5 to 13 megapixels, to capture pre-

cious moments.

To name some examples,

Blackberry phones such as the Bold

9900 come equipped with a 5 mega-

pixel rear camera; Apple iPhones with

8; and Samsung Galaxy S4 topping

both with a surprisingly clear 13 mega-

pixel camera.

The secret behind Mr.

Ottenbreit's quality photos are his

cameras: equipped with a Canon cam-

era owned by the school and a Nikon

for personal use, having two devices

expands his range of hard-drive

memory.

Mr. Ottenbreit has well over

5000 photos total, saying, “There's a

wide variety of pictures, from sports

to concerts to grad photos.”

Some notable examples of Mr.

Ottenbreit's photographic work have

been featured in the DMCeye, such as

pictures of players on sports teams in

action.

(above): A Nikon camera being the focal point of a photo. Courtesy of Google Images

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Entrance Exams . By: Grace Gelo

The Scary Post Secondary . By: Regine De Quiroz

As first semester is coming to an end, grade 12 students are endur-ing the most busiest and important year of their high school life.

The months are coming closer and closer to an end as grade 12 stu-dents will be graduating and will be taking one of the next biggest steps for their life to further begin.

Thinking about what lies ahead and what you plan to do next after grade 12 is straining to the mind.

Thinking about what is next puts a great amount of pressure and stress to students, especially to those that are graduating this year.

A number of students still do not know or are not sure of what they will choose to do after grade 12.

Many students have thought of upgrading, taking a year or two off and/or working or going straight into college or university, whatever the case it may be, applying for school is

never easy. Applying for school requires a

lot, you have to go to the school or apply online, fill out applications and other papers, have your transcripts, apply for classes and ensuring that all of these things are done on time for you to qualify for that semester of schooling.

Along with having to apply to the school you plan to go to, you have to pay for the course and schooling in the college or university you chose.

It puts an even greater amount on students as these pay-ments are a very large price to pay for, also having to pay for the materi-als needed during school also comes to mind.

This is something students need to think about months prior be-fore the semester sign-ups for college or university begin and to be very sure that what they’re taking they will follow through considering price for

college or university aren’t easy num-bers.

This may seem very stressful and a lot to do as it much more com-plicated, but in the end this is some-thing much needed to be done and worked hard for.

Nothing in life comes easy nor are good things in life easy to get.

You must always work hard in order to get the best out of some-thing. So remember that when you apply to the school you plan to go or the career path you decide to go for.

Those who work hard, wait and are determined are rewarded the best things in life in the end.

Good luck to all the grade 12 students of 2014 who are planning to go to college or university after they graduate and also good luck to all the future students who will also be going through this.

Some people have to take en-trance exams?!

With DMCI having such a di-verse population of students from all around the world, student population often gets filled with students and their families immigrating to Winni-peg.

Choosing the right school can be a tough decision, but DMCI is known to have high expectations. Ex-cluding discrimination of course!

DMCI has goals to assist that all its student body succeeds, and for most, that usually starts by taking an entrance exam.

Many fear that four letter word, but in a different perspective it can be a good thing: think of it more like an assessment, just as Mrs. Ilagan would. “The entrance exam is an as-sessment to determine what grade levels to put the coming students in.” It is anything but scary!

Luckily for them, they only get assessed in compulsory courses of Math and English.

But many students are una-ware that this process even occurs at school. The process is similar to this: students get set up with appointments with Mrs. Ilagan.

The exams occur only two times a year. There is a big group ex-am at the beginning of the year and individual ones throughout the year.

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Does Anyone Remember Kony? By: Khuong Huynh

It’s been almost 2 years since Invisible Children successfully got the world’s attention concerning the horrors that many Ugandan children were facing back home.

The organization received mil-lions of views in the span of a week on their campaign video “KONY 2012”. The success of the video effectively helped to generate strong support for the cause that the charity was bringing to light.

Invisible Children made it their mission to have the L.R.A. (Lord’s Resistance Army) leader, Joseph Kony, arrested for war crimes com-mitted under his commands upon innocent civilians and children for over 26 years.

The nearly 30 minute long vid-eo explained how between 30 to 60,000 boys and girls in Uganda were abducted by Joseph Kony’s army and recruited into becoming child soldiers. It succeeded in gen-erating a large response to the situ-ation and raising awareness to the

situation. However, despite the huge suc-

cess of the campaign, the charity received a strong backlash in the form of criticisms from the general public for their ‘’Hollywood-style campaigning’’.

The many inaccuracies that were falsely portrayed in the video angered even Ugandan audiences, who were offended by the charity’s attempt at giving Kony prominent fame status for crimes he had com-mitted, in order to have him arrest-ed.

The film’s various inaccuracies forced the PM of Uganda to correct the mistakes made on another offi-cial video, in order to clarify the fact that Kony was no longer a threat and that the country was at peace.

Nevertheless, the success of the video was able to persuade countries such as the U.S. to pass a ‘’bi-partisan resolution’’, which would help support African coun-

tries in their mission to hunt down Joseph Kony. It also saw the de-ployment of 5,000 African Union (AU) troops to continue the search for Joseph Kony and bring him to justice.

A second video was released a month later, launching another campaign aimed at pressuring more government officials to step into action by covering cities with posters of Joseph Kony. However, the campaign failed.

Financial aid generated by the Invisible Children charity group, successfully decreased the killings of civilians by 67% in over a year and saw the arrests of two top R.L.A. commanders but have yet to successfully arrest Joseph Kony.

Sources:

http://www.theguardian.com/politics/reality-check-with-polly-curtis/2012/apr/16/has-kony-2012-changed-anything

Racism: Why We Should Care . By: Jordan Mitchell

Let’s all take the time and think about racism. What’s the big deal anyways and why should we care?

To start off racism has been around for long time, longer than we can remember, and was used to de-grade groups of people of ethnic backgrounds.

The most common act of rac-ism is calling a person by the colour

of their skin. Not only is this nonsense but

it affects us all emotionally and physi-cally. Even though they’re only words, they can be harmful and hurtful to our feelings.

It affects people of all ages, but mostly children. It can leave an impact on children that do not under-stand what is going on.

It’s a type of bullying that is

very unnecessary. If you see someone acting racist you should ask them to stop or tell an adult you trust.

Teaching children about the signs of racism in their early years can also help prevent future generations from making the same mistakes.

Together, maybe we can stop future acts of racism.

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Remembering Mandela By: Asham J. Cooke

A man who touched the lives of many and also changed the history of a country

Nelson Mandela, born Rolihlahla Mandela, was a writer, law-yer, and a political activist who brought an end to the segregation that took place in South Africa during the early 1900s.

Although he is no longer here with us, the legacy he left remains.

Nelson Mandela was born to a royal family of South Africa by the name of the "Thembu" tribe.

His mother was Nosenki Fanny and his father’s name was Gadla Hen-ry, who had passed away when Nelson was only 9 years old.

The young Mandela would later be adopted by a man named Jongintaba Dalindyebo, a man who was also of the Thembu tribe whom

would raise the young Mandela to be-come a leader.

He then attended a missionary school where he had received the Eng-lish name "Nelson".

During the soon-to- be-activist’s teen years he attended a Methodist secondary school by the name of Clarkesbury Institute and was proficient when it came to balancing academics with athletics.

Mandela had participated in boxing as well as track and field when he was in high school.

Mandela would later leave for Johannesburg in order to avoid an ar-ranged marriage and this is where he would become more serious about his passion for politics.

Nelson Mandela had been working two jobs while studying law at the University of Witwatersrand. He had also been participating in peaceful

protests concerning the state of his country when it came to the rights of others.

In 1944, Mandela became a part of the African National Congress where he would fight against the seg-regation of whites, blacks, and Indians that had been taking place.

Nelson Mandela was arrested for his efforts in the 60s and he re-mained in prison for a whomping 30 years.

In spite of all of this, he came out of prison during the 90s and stayed true to his convictions.

Nelson Mandela continued to fight for peace and justice in South Africa, even after being in jail until his seventies.

His dream became a reality when he became the first coloured

president of South Africa and put an end to the apartheid in Africa, granting equality among all citizens.

His efforts are held in high esteem around the globe and this earned him a Nobel Peace Prize.

Although Mandela has passed, he will forever be remembered for what he accomplished through his painful journey of ups and downs.

A young Nelson Mandela, courtesy of Google Images

Guess Who!

- Works at Silver City - Obnoxious and loud

- Maroons Football player - Wears designer brand clothing - Came from Cecil Rhodes School

- Male

Well, now that you have reached a certain age in your life (18) you are officially legal!! Hooray!! But there are still restrictions even though you have reached that age.

You must still follow the law, because the laws that are placed be-fore you are still in effect and you can’t change that.

Just because you’re 18 doesn’t mean you can do whatever you want, whether it’s school related, or responsibly drinking late at the night and still have school, no, it just doesn’t work like that.

Sure, you are now legal; you can do what you want but the rest of your entire life solely depends on your actions.

If you’re 18, you must take

responsibility for what you do, no one will help you paying your car in-surance and your parents won’t show their health card to your doctor be-cause you have your own health card, and if you forgot it, then you might have to pay.

You can also get a job during school but that’s up to you whether you can do both or just one because studying and having a job is really a pain for some and it can cause your concentration to be very slow over time.

Another responsibility is that you have to take care of your own health. Being healthy and exercising is what makes you be positive and lively; if you don’t take care of your-self then you are just slowly destroy-

ing your own body. Also, as an eighteen year old,

you can go to clubs! Just make sure you tell your parents where you’re going or else they will think that you might go to a club that they might think is inappropriate.

Another responsibility is that if you’re drinking alcohol, then do it on a day that’s best for you, because if you’re in college/university then you might not want to drink during your time if you have scheduled clas-ses. It’s like you’re asking yourself that you want to drop out as soon as possible.

Here’s to the eighteen-year-olds! Cheers!

#trending By: David Duong

If you have any access to the World Wide Web, then you should know all about the latest trends. A trend is defined as: a general tendency or inclination. A trend may refer to: a fad, or trendsetter. A trendsetter is defined as a person or thing that es-tablishes a new trend or fashion.

Some common trends are skinny jeans, use of hashtags, and Fli-pOGram posts on the mobile applica-tion: Instagram. Trends can be in the form of hashtags as well.

Hashtags are a word or an un-spaced phrase prefixed with the hash symbol (#) used in popular social net-working applications and sites such as Twitter and Instagram.

The most common use for hashtags is as a method for other us-ers to search the phrase and see the post with said hashtag.

They can also be used to start hashtag trends in which a user starts a trend by tagging a word or phrase and if it becomes popular, other users begin to use it.

Another popular trend is FlipOGrams on Instagram. Instagram is a mobile application owned by the social network, FaceBook, and is used as a platform on which users can up-load and share pictures and recently, 15-second long videos, for other users to see.

FlipOGrams are compilations of photos posted onto Instagram and have escalated quickly in popularity. Instagram allegedly copied the idea of short videos from “Vine,” another competing mobile application that us-es 6-second long videos for entertain-ment purposes.

Fashion trends are also popu-lar among the younger generations of people. Wearing the latest popular clothes to fit in with others and look good.

Some earlier fashion trends were the wearing of Adidas Tiro train-ing pants with Vans shoes, and new Nike Roshe Runs sneakers.

Fashion trends are also widely popular and displayed in magazines and on television. Some people often refer to the people that follow the lat-est fashion trends as “HypeBeasts.”

In other words, trends are widely popular and can spread like wildfire. Trends can be abused and mistaken for popularity, and out of force of habit, the young people may follow along without thinking. But they can also be used for charitable purpos-es and/or sharing of information.

Forever 18!? By: Kenny Montalbo

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‘Twas an Honour to Band With You .

By: Grace Gelo

“You guys made my job a heck of a lot easier; always smiling, working hard and willing to learn,” was the final but still motivational quote said by Dr. Darrin Oehlerking to the 2014 Honour Band students, as

they prepared to make their way on stage to perform.

Along with their advisor Mr. Dion, a handful of students from the DMCI Music Program have been se-lected to represent our school in the annual Winnipeg School Division's Honor Band.

They were given ample time to practice their repertoire to be played as a whole on January 9, 10 and 11, being given the music two weeks before the winter break.

The repertoire of course came in a variety of styles, from energetic, fast tempo pieces such as “The Trom-bone King” by Karl King to slow, dark ones such as “An American Elegy” by Frank Ticheli.

Guest conductor for this year's Honor Band was Dr. Darrin Oehlerking, a resident of Manitoba!

Mr. Oehlerking gave great tips

to help the students grow as young musicians. The students in turn grew fond of him because of his personality and sense of humor: “It's hard to cheer for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers while in Saskatchewan!”

The students have endured hour long practices on the 9th and 10th to showcase what they've worked hard for on January 11th.

To make the practices more bearable, the students were provided with scrumptious snacks such as rice krispies, granola bars and juice boxes as well as dinner on the first night consisting of a multitude of pizzas in a variety of flavors, as well as a can of pop.

Practices also had 15, 30 and hour long breaks. The students divid-ed and conquered, moving into sec-tionals with trained professionals ac-cording to their instrument, to max-imize the efficiency of them learning how their part sounds with others.

On Saturday, January 11th in the evening, Honour Band students as well as Honour Choir students walked on stage wearing all black clothing and put on a night of roller coaster emotions, making the crowd laugh and tear up with their repertoire.

If having free admission didn't give you more reason to go, the weather was surprisingly cool that night.

And as every year passes, Ju-bilee Place was almost a full house of friends and family who all have one purpose: to celebrate beautiful music making by young students in the works.

Honour band students practicing for the big performance

Guess Who!

Hard worker Hands in articles on time

Likes Rock Music Has a brother who stole her

empanada recipe Know by her middle name

Guess Who!

Very shy but funny Intelligent

Willing to work hard in order to accomplish his goals

Never caught dressed horribly Always simple and at his finest

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OMG Honour Choir! .

By: Jerick Reyes

A New Year means a new honour choir, which also means greetings to those who are new and welcome back to returning honour choir students.

Honour choir gives the op-portunity for very talented music stu-dents from different schools, to come together and each individually con-tributes to the glorious sound of the honour choir with a repertoire that doesn’t fall short from spectacular.

These students are under the directions of the one and only, Bruce Cable.

Students from schools such as, Sisler, Kelvin, Tec Voc, Gordon Bell and Daniel McIntyre whom share the same love for music practised tire-lessly for two days straight learning a versatile repertoire comprised of six songs.

The student’s practices took place on Thursday January 9th, and Friday January 10th, and subsequently performed on Saturday January 11th at Jubilee Place.

The Honour Choir performed alongside Honour Band and delivered a stupendous concert as the honour

choir started off their repertoire sing-ing in the aisle of the auditorium.

Mr. Cable connected with the crowd and cracked many jokes as he does naturally, making the concert all the more worth watching.

Aside the talented students, without a doubt, honour choir did a splendid job performing the songs they’ve put their biggest effort into.

The concert was a complete success, and had very positive feed-backs from many parents who watched.

“Dear Mac…” “Do you believe in Grade

13?”

Only if you have the proper

prerequisites. But 14 grades (N-12)

is enough.

“Smurf or Gremlin?”

Troll. Haha. Geddit?

“Chicken Noodle Soup?”

Yes please.

“Do you remember

‘Heelys’?”

Yes very vividly.

“How can I get more credits

in a little period of time? Say

I want to graduate next year

or a year and a half and only

have seven credits.”

You can try to join the music pro-

gram, which offers after school

extra curricular credited classes!

For example, Jazz band, Vocal Jazz,

Chamber Choir and the musical!

You can also volunteer and rack up

some volunteer hours!

“Do you love Jennifer Law-

rence?”

How can you not love the girl

that’s on fire?!

“Can Lobsters be pets? If so,

how.”

Yes! Lobsters can be pets! Because

Lobsters are so cute, and really

sharp!

“Thoughts on body modifica-

tion?”

I believe everyone is beautiful in

his or her own way! I know, pretty

cliché, but our creator doesn’t

doodle random drawings on his

pavement. I also believe that those

who are concerned of what others

think are responsible for body

modification because they con-

stantly want to alter themselves to

fit in. But that is just my opinion.

Just love you for you, because

you’re exactly how you should be.

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Taking Charge .

By: Grace Gelo

Saying Goodbye to Uncle Phil .

By: David Duong

Have you ever wanted to be more involved in your community? Now's the chance!

With a leadership program at DMCI run by dynamic duo Mr. Malandrakis and Ms. Wolkowski, the program's ultimate goal is “To get youth running events at school and in the community,” as quoted by Mr. Malandrakis.

The word leadership speaks for itself. There are many interpretations of this word, one being taking charge of something and influencing people to follow in a person's footsteps.

According to Wikipedia, it defines leadership as “organizing a group of people to achieve a com-mon goal”. This is an accurate definition for this program at DMCI.

As this is a youth program, it primarily focuses and prefers stu-dents in grades 9 and 10 to join, but anyone can join.

Meetings are held in room 5 without any particular schedule; the group meets as they need to.

With little to no effort, an individual can help contribute to their community and benefit themselves.

Similar to the Career Internship pro-gram, not only do you get to be hands on and get involved with your community, but the leadership pro-

gram also has rewarding results. “You gain life long leadership

and interpersonal skills, as well as counting this program as volun-teer experience that just shines on a resume,” shares Mr. Malandrakis.

Students also learn goal setting and decision making skills. Other benefits include earning one credit after 110 hours of vol-unteering (which seems like a lot

but really isn't!) and savings towards the individual's grad ticket when it's their year to graduate.

Hopefully, everyone reading this is familiar with the popular TV sitcom from the 90s: “The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air.” The show aired on NBC from September 10, 1990 to May 20, 1996 and starred Will Smith, James Avery, Janet Hubert-Whitten, Alfonso Ribeiro, Karyn Parsons, Tatyana M. Ali, Joseph Marcell, Daph-ne Maxwell Reid, and Ross Bagley. Will Smith played the role of himself and James Avery played Philip Banks, also known as “Uncle Phil,” uncle to Will. Although, James played other roles as well and continued his acting career, he is most well known for his role as Uncle Phil.

Unfortunately, because of complications from an open-heart surgery at the Glendale Adventist Medical Center, James Avery died a sad death at the age of 68 on Decem-ber 31st, 2013, right before the new year, in Glendale, California, U.S. Before his acting career took off, James Avery served as a member of the U.S. navy during the Vietnam War, from 1968-1969, just after grad-uating high school.

In addition to his sitcom fame, James played many voice-acting roles for animated series’, such as the 1987 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles series, and the Iron Man 1990s series.

James also partook in a charity event over two years ago in which a near Christmas reunion of the Fresh Prince of Bel-Air cast was held. Mr. Avery will be missed be-cause of his popularity and success in his acting career and the memory of “Uncle Phil” will not be forgotten.

Guess Who!

Karate Master A bit shy

Underrated Benches???

Fences???

Escaping The Cold .

By: Kris Cielos

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Mistreated Microwaves .

By: JV Aragon

Pack your bags, and your astro-naut suit. It’s time to escape from winter Winnipeg and go to Mars!

Oh wait… we have yet to put an astronaut on Mars.

The conditions on Mars are more atmospherically favourable than in Winnipeg – minus the inabil-ity to breathe! The air temperature on Mars, according to a rover, was -29oC on December 31 (New Years Eve).

The temperature may not

seem ideal for an escape-cation but for Winnipeg, the high was -31oC dur-ing the afternoon.

When the wind chill is fac-tored in, we get a freezing -47oC.

For those waiting for the clock to strike 12, it was not the “warmest” weather in Winnipeg. Go-ing to Mars (or south) could be a good idea to escape from Winnipeg.

“Its pretty cold,” said Kenneth, a student. “If you ever go outside with one or two layers, good luck.”

Kenneth is right. With the cold-est winter in years, wearing an extra layer of clothes to reduce your dex-terity (try wearing multiple layers of gloves while writing) is a good idea.

Covering exposed skin with clothing is important to help prevent frostbite. In freezing temperatures, frostbite on exposed skin can occur in mere minutes.

With many of us are stuck here in Winnipeg, we can only endure what nature throws at us. Either that or go to Mars.

It has been three months since our school’s cafeteria was gifted with four new microwaves, and without question, not only have they been used, they have also been ne-glected. The current state of the interior of the microwaves can be described as a graveyard of leftover lunches. Whether it is a spilled sauce of some sort or dried up pieces of rice, the microwaves have taken multiple hits and without proper care, it is possi-ble that they might stop work-ing. Prior to their induction into the café, we were in dire need of new microwaves as the old ones did not evenly heat food. We also needed more microwaves to reduce the long lines of waiting to use the

microwaves. The microwaves were pur-chased with the gracious collaborative effort of school admins: Mr. Belmore,

Ms. Guzzi and Mr. Di Fabrizio and the Student Council. A fifth microwave was pursued, but the wiring of the school’s cafe was inadequate to sup-

port it. “We will provide you (the stu-dents) with the tools you need, but it is your responsibility to take care of

them.” says Student Council su-pervisor, Ms. Doucet. In effort to maintain the cleanliness of the microwaves, the Student Council will be pur-chasing sanitizing wipes so that students may clean up any of the mess that they produced. If the microwaves contin-ue to be neglected, they may be revoked by the end of the first term of second semester. Students, if you don’t want to be eating cold lunches, please take care of the things given to

you – it’s common courtesy.

It’s almost that time of year again. Florists are stocking up on their roses. Candy stores are repacking all their merchandise into pink and red packaging. Every store in the mall will soon assure you that this is where you shall find the perfect gift for your significant other. Yep, Valentines Day rears its ugly head again.

For those who have a special someone, it is a time to panic and stress over planning the perfect day and buying the perfect gifts.

For those who do not, it is a time for society to make you painfully aware of how single you are, and encourage you to buy ice cream and romantic movies in order to comfort yourself.

So why exactly did the world assign this one day to praise romantic relationships?

The original story, like most, is a much more gruesome one than today’s ‘flowers and candy’ holiday.

As explained on history.com, Valentine’s Day originated from a Pagan holiday, Lupercalia, which was observed from February 13th to 15th, in order to deter evil spirits and increase fertility.

To begin the festival, an order of Roman priests would gather at a sacred cave where it was believed that the infants Romulus and Remus, founders of Rome, had been raised by a she-wolf.

The priests then sacrificed a goat and a dog at the location. The goat was meant to bring fertility and the dog, purification.

The goat would then be skinned and its hide cut into strips which were then submerged into the sacrificial blood.

After this whole process, the priests would then take to the streets of Rome with the strips of goat skin, as the women of the city waited anxiously to be touched by the hide. This was believed to increase their fertility.

Later on during the day, all the women place their names in a big urn, and the bachelors of the city would take their pick. Kind of like The Bachelor, except not.

The men would pair up with the women they picked and the couple would be together for the rest of the year. These pairings would often end in marriage. How romantic.

Clearly Valentine’s Day has changed quite a bit since then. Now it is known as a day of romance; a day to show your significant other just how

much you love them. However, many believe that it

is just an over commercialized holiday that gives companies the opportunity to swindle hard working citizens out of their hard-earned money.

Let’s think about this for a second. Do you really need a giant teddy bear, two dozen roses, and box of chocolate big enough to feed a small village to show someone you love them? Won’t a simple gift with some special meaning behind it do?

Also, why are you only obligated to show your affections on one day out of the year? Shouldn’t you be showing your significant other how much you care about them every day?

It seems Valentine’s Day has become just a day for bragging. If you have a significant other, you are allowed to parade them around the whole day and shower them with gifts. If not, well, tough luck.

So for those of you who have big plans for Valentine’s Day, remember that spending $100 on gifts that will most probably be gone in a few days isn’t exactly smart. Don’t buy into the craze. Spend your money wisely.

And for those of you who do not have someone to spend the day with, there is really no reason to be depressed. Ice cream isn’t the answer. It is just another day; you can do whatever you like. Who said you were obligated to be sad?

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Valentine’s Schmalentines By: Dagmawit Dejene

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Karate Kenny: Is Martial Arts Good For You? . By: Kenny Montalbo

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Track Meet . By: Asham J. Cooke

If you’re wondering why I’m asking that, then that’s a good ques-tion because Martial Arts is a means to protect yourself, and If you ever have a family of your own, you would use these techniques to protect them.

Martial Arts are a form of discipline. You are to use these skills only if you are being attacked, if not then just lay low.

Martial Arts can also be used in daily life; when you’re training or even exercising. It makes you sweat, a lot...

Martial Arts itself is not bad, but if you think it’s bad then you real-ly don’t have to take it.

The classes are good to take though, because you may learn skills to protect yourself with.

For example, if a person with a knife walks up to you, grabs you and puts the knife at your neck, then you would secretly put your hand near your neck and collar bone, where the knife is, and then use your elbow from your other arm to hit him in the ribs as hard as you can. Simultaneous-

ly, you would put your hand on your attacker’s hand and push the knife away while mov-ing away from their body and holding them in an arm lock.

If your attacker has a knife, it’s danger-ous to fight back if you don’t know what to do.

So if you ever encounter such an inci-dent, don’t fight. It can endanger your life ten times more if you do.

Another thing about Martial Arts is that it involves a lot of muscle memory. The techniques you learn in class will most likely be hammered into your body.

Leadership in Martial Arts can also help you in life, because your instructor could ask you to teach the students or warm them up with exer-cises if you have been at the school for a long time.

Your instructor won’t tell you

what to do. You have to teach the other students what to should do and what they should train for.

It can also help you with your social skills, because talking in front of everyone can be very nerve wracking and this will give you some practice.

Responsibilities are included as well because now that you have power, you can’t abuse that, only for self-defense and for safety reasons.

The annual Track and Field event located at the Maxbell Centre was held on January 21st. Many talented and skilled athletes took part in the wide variety of events which included Shot put, Long Jump, Triple Jump, a 60 metre sprint, a 400 meter run, and a 1500 meter sprinting marathon (I kid, I kid).

Athletes who attended put their best foot forward in their races and were given the opportunity to witness the talent other schools had to offer. With the first meet com-pleted, practice will continue as the team of runners prepare for the next one on February 11th which will also be held at the Maxbell located on the

U of M campus. No pain, no gain. Any indi-viduals who are interested in coming out to participate are still welcome! Practises will be held at 7:30 am to 8:30am on Mondays to Thursdays in the fitness centre downstairs.

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Take Your Seat . By: Asham J. Cooke

Have you been feeling down, tired or stressed recently? Well if you have maybe it’s time you took a seat.

You heard me right. It's time for you to take your seat. Studies have shown that meditation can reduce stress levels and increase overall brain function.

Meditation does a lot more than it is given credit for by the main-stream media.

How often do we see commer-cials telling us if we sit down and relax for a few minutes we can improve our lives?

How many commercials do we see telling us if we master our minds, we master ourselves?

That question does not need to be answered because its blatantly obvious the last commercial that ran

on the TV was for fast food, fast cash, celebrity junk or Viagra.

Meditation can be done any-

where! All you've got to do is find a quiet place where you won't be dis-tracted, sit down, and control your breathing.

This simple task slows down different areas of your brain from the ones that deal with reasoning to the ones that deal with audiovisual infor-mation you're constantly being hit with.

Ever wonder why that song Friday kept running through your head? It's because of an undisciplined and scattered mind.

Data shows that the more you meditate, the more disciplined your mind becomes. You go from worrier to

warrior because you start to under-stand there's nothing to be worried about.

It becomes easier to retain information and call on when you need it. You begin to learn the art of relaxation, and it becomes easier to get things done at will instead of not getting things done due to emotional-ism.

You also begin to have height-ened levels of creativity because since you attain a more balanced mind through meditation, these levels be-come healthier.

So take your seat because it’s your personal power. It's funny what one can accomplish when they just sit down and the only reason we don't know about this or write it off is be-cause we've been conditioned to con-stantly be on the go.

That's on purpose for a pur-pose. The people running this will know darn well you need time to re-charge and they don't want you to have it.

Guess Who!

Rapper Music is his life

Guaranteed a spot on each year’s Step It Up talent show

Will be making his big debut on this year’s Musical Review

Asham Cooke reflecting on his Trans. Mark– no worries Asham– you done good!

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In School... By: J.V. Aragon

In school, we, the students, are taught to be average, not extraordinary.

What we should really be taught is to be both.

We are taught to be average in a sense that we won't be discovering a new Law of Physics. We won't be the genera-tion to be flying cars and have space trav-el perfected. .

Not only that, but we probably won't be example billionaires or innova-tors either. There are the fortunate few outliers that have a chance to exceed ex-pectations, but don't get your hopes up.

In spite of that, we are already a privileged generation: with our internet, and our smartphones, and our so-called social lives— we are lucky to have these things.

With these privileges, we should have it easier than how previous genera-tions had it, right? However, in our case, it's the things that bring us forward, that are also the things that hold us back.

Due to the fact that everything is easier for us now, we have become lazy. With this limitation, we don't strive to excel anymore.

We are all just aching to get by in this world. Our lives consist of a lot of time that we wish would go away and shorter times that we wish could stay.

We are told what to do, and yet we still we do not follow. We are assigned work, and we put it off for tomorrow.

And because of this, the truth of the matter is: in the future, the vast ma-jority of us will not be featured in Time magazine or be on Forbes list, but proba-bly settling for some occupation in which we are not genuinely interested in.

We were happily born into this world, but we weren't hoping to turn out like this.

Notwithstanding, we are unpre-pared.

The teachers are not to blame for

our misfortune; they're just doing their jobs, teaching what they are required to. Maybe they're even in the same position as us.

We can't really blame the gov-ernment, because they're already blamed for everything else that's messed up in this world.

So who's to blame? The person to blame probably

died centuries ago and at the time, they were probably hoping for the best to set up what a school should be like. So we cannot really blame anyone who had good intentions.

Despite that, the way education is right now needs to be changed.

But first, what is an education anyway?

It's not a formula. It's not a re-search project. It sure as heck is not an essay.

An education should consist of things that a human being should be aware of. We should be acquiring knowledge that is necessary to live in this changing world.

Yes, all the basics are important; reading, writing, arithmetic, but there is no sense in teaching us the more difficult and elaborate variations of them, that is unless we actually needed, or wanted to know those kinds of things.

If students are in school to be educated, why not actually educate them?

Why not teach us how to pay our taxes? Why not teach us how to pay our bills? Why not teach how to keep our money tight?

If we wanted to raise a more rev-olutionary and conducive generation, we should be allowed more freedom in what we actually wanted to do and let that in-fluence our paths.

Instead of telling us to read this, or write that, we should have had our

questions answered, and our theories tested, not the other way around.

Let us learn from ourselves, teach us the basics first, but let us develop ourselves and if we strayed, put us back into place.

In the case of those who do not know what they want, maybe expose them more to the world and let them be inspired.

It is those that desire to become something that are the best type of peo-ple to have. Those with ambitions and goals. Those that have a sense of direc-tion.

We need more of those people right now. We really do.

And with respect to all teachers, you are all game changers in this world, and you are all appreciated. Teachers, not only found at school, but everywhere we go, are our only true source of knowledge.

Guess Who Answers:

Page 9: David Duong

Page 11 (top): JV Aragon

Page 11 (bottom): Grace Gelo

Page 13: Kenny Montalbo

Page 17: Jerick Reyes

Thank you for taking the time to

read our papers! It’s been a great

semester!

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Aries Remain optimistic. It’s a new semester that will be filled with new opportunities so don’t be afraid to jump into them. Don’t let frustration get in the way of your work-ethic. That will be the key to your success. Taurus Enjoy the fruits of your labour, but continue to move forward in your work as well as your craft. Don’t get too comfortable be-cause a new semester is starting and an old one is ending. There is still much work to be done and you’ve got it in you to do it. Rome wasn’t built in a day, so start from the bottom and work your way up. Gemini Now’s your chance to start fresh and start focussed. Devote reasonable amounts of time to all of your subjects in your next semester and remember that even once you learn a few things, there is still much to be learned. Discovering new things is something that you enjoy, so use that to your advantage and avoid laziness. Cancer Take baby steps during this upcoming semester. Instead of say-ing “I’m going to get 100 percent in all my courses” and possibly disappointing yourself if it’s out of your comfort zone, make a realistic goal to score 20 percent higher than you did in all of your subjects the last semester. Stay on top of your work so that you can avoid stress in order to be the best that you can be and don’t be discouraged by a couple failures. Remain confident in your ability to succeed. Leo Start this semester with confidence. You’re not afraid to take risks, just make sure you take smart risks. Now’s the semester for you to take action and work on this confidence so that you can attain higher levels of academic success and since you take pride in almost everything you do this shouldn’t be an issue. Virgo Put your best foot forward this upcoming semester and pay the proper respects to all of the work that you put in. Instead of being hard on yourself for making mistakes (and you will), uplift yourself when you mess up and give it 210% the next time around. Start this semester off being proactive instead of reac-tive.

Libra Don’t take the beginning of the semester too seriously but don’t take it too lightly. You are the sign of balance and you need to have a balance so set up reasonable study times as well as times to kick back and enjoy yourself. This way you won’t become miserable or stressed, which would suck just starting out a se-mester. Scorpio Apply your curiosity this semester and give it all that you’ve got. A steady start means a steady finish so figure out what it is you’re going to do in order to succeed and follow through with it. You’ve got talents from easy memorization to high levels of intuition at your disposal and all this can be geared towards your success. Sagittarius You’re approach to the beginning of the semester should be a little different from the other signs. What you should do is first enjoy the fact semester 1 is over and kick back for a little while, albeit, still paying attention in class. You don’t really need to take things too seriously, but do make sure you study and ask for help if you need it. You’ll find more success in working smart opposed to working hard. Why do in one hour what can be done in fifteen minutes? Capricorn You’re bound to finish the semester with a bang, so start the new semester with a boom. Jump right into your studies, jump right into the hard and stable work-ethic. Utilize your discipline and intellect in order to succeed and you will. Don’t forget to believe in yourself, because just like the Virgo you tened to be hard on yourself. Aquarius Enjoy you’re freedom just like your Sagittarian cousins. You’ve got natural genius and you’re very good at connecting the dots so you should have a fairly good start for the new semester. Just remember that no man is an island and even you need to get some studying done. Pisces Exercise your creative mind before you do anything else. In-stead of jumping into your studies, jump into the things that you enjoy doing the most. Make sure that you’re taking subjects that you’re actually interested in so you can put your heart into it and improve your chances of academic success. You’re feel-ings are intense and rarely superficial, so never do anything for superficial reasons.

Horoscopes

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SPOT THE DIFFERNCE .

TThere are at least ten differences between both pictures below.

Can you spot them all?

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M.A.S.H!

Girls

MASH

Spouse: Vehicle: Colour: Barney Stinson Convertible Red Marshall Erikson SUV Black Ted Mosby Truck White “That Dude Over There” Bike Pink Occupation: # of kids: Location: Principle 18 kids and counting Shermer, Illinois Electrician 2 Winnipeg, Manitoba Teacher 3 Chicago, Illinois Janitor 40 San Francisco, Calif.

Boys

MASH

Spouse: Vehicle: Colour: Robin Scherbatsky Truck Blue Lily Aldrin Convertible Black The Girl w/ the Yellow Umbrella Limo Silver “That Girl Over There” Tricycle Green Occupation: # of kids: Location: McDonald’s Jon & Kate plus Eight Sydney, Australia Lawyer 0 State Farm Doctor 14 Antarctica Military 21 Las Vegas Magic Numbers: Jan: 4 Feb:6 Mar:12 Apr:7 May:14 Jun:13 July:5 Aug:4 Sep:8 Oct:11 Nov:10 Dec:9

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POEM

A Poem by Asham Cooke and Jerick Reyes

Goodbye and farewell We laughed together

Together we fell And as a team we rose and became better

Goodbye and farewell

To all the energy we put into our creation Through our creative minds

We aimed to stimulate your sensations while all we asked was a little time

Goodbye and farewell

Because time goes on and suddenly 4 month doesn’t seem that long

But we gained skills that extend and beyond Although we’re not here, hopefully you miss us when we’re

gone

Goodbye and farewell We broke the barriers

We took our chances and made our ideas sell And there was nothing scarier

This is my farewell, my goodbye,

I dreamed of being a star, so goodnight, I hope everything works out for you, have a good life,

Thank you for the memories and the good times,

Goodbye and farewell to everything we’ve accomplished, Leaving behind little pieces of us in our existence,

Forming as an community of individuals, Too bad we have to say goodbye to home,

These farewells shouldn’t be our last thank you,

These farewells shouldn’t be our last hello, These farewells shouldn’t be our last thought,

These farewells shouldn’t be the last connection,

Keep in mind the farewell that I speak, Let this goodbye be a hello to your dreams,

There is always a home someplace, a safe haven, So good bye and farewell.

STUDENT POLL

The staff of the DMCEye asked the students a

question, and this is what they said:

“What are your thought’s on this semester’s

volume of the DMCEye?”

- “I liked the Christmas Edition.”

- “Nothing was bad about it”

- “It’s good that you’re doing it, it makes our school look

good.”

- “It was nice to see myself in the paper.”

- “I liked the MASH”

- “You should cancel it to save paper.”

- “It was too long.”

- “Pretty good.”

- “Not bad.”

- “I liked the comics.”

- “It’s good to have our school’s name out in the

community.”

- “I liked the pink tricycle on MASH.”

- “Boring.”

- “Needs more entertainment.”

- “I didn’t even know who Paul Walker was until I read the

paper.”

- “Funny answers on Dear Mac.”

- “It needs to be advertised better for more people to read

it.”

- “I liked the tips for saving on Boxing Day.”

- “No coupons?”

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THE EYE SEES YOU!!

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SEMESTER ONE EXAM SCHEDULE

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MONDAY, JANUARY 27TH

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TUESDAY, JANUARY 28TH

9AM MATHEMATICS

1PM CHEMISTRY

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 29TH

9AM BIOLOGY, EAL BIOLOGY

1PM SCIENCE, EAL SCIENCE

THURSDAY, JANUARY 30TH

9AM PHYSICS, EAL MATHEMATICS

1PM EXAM MAKE-UP

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