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Pony ExpressPONY EXPRESSTheGAITHER HIGH SCHOOL - 16200 N. DALE MABRY HWY - TAMPA, FL - 33618

Wednesday, October 19, 2011

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SPORTS

The Florida heat raises risk of a heat stroke for athletes. Find out what our athletes are doing to prevent a heat stroke.

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Heat strokes

Camila AcostaEntertainment Editor

ENTERAINMENT

Foster the People release first album.

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Art students take action for hunger-reliefTeachers, students work as one to help solve hunger problems in community

Art teachers and students at Gaither teamed up with Feeding America Tampa Bay to participate in the “Emp-ty Bowls Project” in the effort to help end hunger in local communities.

The “Empty Bowls project” was created by Imagine Render, a non-profit organization,connected with Feed-ing America, that seeks to create a positive change in society through the arts.

“I learned about the project from Debbie McCarthy, the coordinator of Feeding America Tampa Bay’s 2011 Empty Bowls event,” said pottery teacher Caitlin Clay.

The Feeding America organization supplies the teach-ers with the clay necessary for their students to make bowls; afterwards, guests are invited to a luncheon of simple soup and bread for an exchange of a $10 dona-tion. Each guest also gets to keep one of the handcrafted bowls that students made as a reminder of the empty-bowls in our world.

All the profits from the event are sent directly to the largest hunger-relief organization available, in this case Feeding America Tampa Bay.

“The issue of hunger is affecting more students and families in our community; I think my students will be more aware and sensitive to the issue,” said Clay

Each student has to create their bowl within the theme of hunger, although, they are to interpret hunger in their own point of view.

“I felt like the topic of hunger in America and espe-cially in Tampa Bay is an important and worthwhile topic for my students to explore in their art,” said Clay.

“Empty Bowls” is unique, due to its grassroots na-ture, anyone can help to their cause; schools, churches and pottery clubs from all over the world have partici-pated and made a difference in their communities while expanding their artistry.

“I like that even, if we are all making bowls, they are all going to be different,” said sophomore Daniela Aris-tizabal.

According to Emptybowls.net, 1 out of 8 Americans struggle with lack of food, and the percentage of food stamp recipients rose dramatically over the past year.

“People should care about serious problems like hun-

ger. As long as we make it valuable it will remain important,” said senior Bridgette Guggenheim.

The “Empty Bowls” event has taken place in at least a dozen countries ac-cording to emptybowls.net. Their effort has raised millions of dollars that bente-fit many hunger-fighting organizations. Each group or organization that hosts an

“Epmty Bowls” event molds their event to fit the needs of their community.

Clay student’s “empty bowls” are ten-tatively scheduled to be featured in one of the upcoming “Empty Bowls” events on Friday, Nov. 18 and Saturday, Nov. 19.

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OPINIONS

Pro vs. Con: Does technology have a positive impact on todays students?See page 9

Art students make bowls in an effort to help put an end to hunger problems in the community. The Feeding America organization supplied the art students with the clay necessary to cre-ate the bowls.

NEWSBright Futures changes requirementsState makes changes to requirements for bright futures scholarships

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OCTOBER 2011News2

With much anticipation, the renovations at the school are soon coming to a close.

Entering phase 3 of 5 in the reno-vations, the library, 500, 280, and 180 hallways are in the process of being refurbished and cleaned.

According to Principal Marie Whel-an, in the near future, phase four will begin during the second semester of the 2011 – 2012 school year.

Phase four plans to restore the 200, 220, 240, and 250 hallways.

In the summer, the final phase of the renovations will begin.

Phase five will renovate the com-mon areas of the school, the cafeteria, the auditorium and the rest of the main halls.

“The renovations will finally be done by August 2012,” said Whelan. .“The school hasn’t been renovated in 28 years. Hopefully these renovations will last even longer than that.”

English and AVID elective teacher Malinda Ashley is happy to be in one of the newly renovated classrooms.

“I love my new classroom because it is spacious, has new paint and tiles, and new desks,” said Ashley. “Further-more, the three new whiteboards are perfect for when my AVID students do their tutorials.”

Some fundamental problems still come up in the newly renovated class-

es.“There are some new temporary challeng-

es however, such as a non working intercom and the temperature in the classroom,” said Ashley. “Fortunately, these are small issues that will be resolved in the near future.”

Entering their last year, seniors get a gist of what the newly modernized school will look.

Some seniors really like the new chang-

look, it definitely makes the school look nice,” said McCay, “At the same-time, the colors are not even close to our school, so I don’t get it.”

The new desks help improve back posture.

Desk space is bigger with a curved edge that allows for more comfort.

“I don’t care for the new baskets on the desks. I can’t rest my feet on it anymore,” said Denis.

Teachers entering their new classes are generally pretty happy with the changes.

“The new motion sensor lights are great additions because it adds excite-ment to the classroom due to the new technology introduced,” said business teacher Sharon Fowler.

Another sentiment felt among stu-dents is the timing of the renovations.

Construction will be finished roughly by August 2012, but the date is tentative.

The schedule administration had been given proves that the workers are staying on track.

According to Whelan, the 210, 300, main hallways, main staircase, and of-fice has been completely restored and refurbished.

Students cannot wait for the reno-vations to finish and be over with.

According to Whelan, the school renovations are expected to renew, re-furbish, and repair the school for an expected 30 years.

The next phase of the renovations is scheduled to start in January.

KEVIN SARDJAGraphics Editor

es.“The new classrooms are really comfort-

able,” said senior Michael Denis, “and I really like the new color in the hallways. They’re a little bit weird, but I like some-thing new.”

Other students, like junior Kaylee Mc-Cay, have bittersweet feelings about the renovations.

“It’s a bittersweet feeling. I love the new Staff writer Brett Wasmund con-tributed to this story

The new desks are designed differently compared to the old ones. After phase two the remainder of the classes will be equipped with these particular features.

Renovations restore school for the next twenty yearsSchool begins the end of a three year renovation plan that will repair and maintain the school

Kevin Sardja / Pony Express

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State legislature passed an addition to the dress code regulations for every school district.

Known as the “Baggy Pants Bill,” this law mandates that students secure their trousers. Penalties will be given if students are wearing clothing that exposes under-garments or skin in an indecent or vulgar way.

New consequences are now being enforced for this offensive behavior.

“I don’t think [administration] should care how high or low our pants our. It should be our decision,” said senior Joshua Scarberry.

The first offense is a warning and a phone call home. Afterwards, is a meeting with principal and parents along with student not being able to participate in extracurricular activities for five days.

The final offense is and in-school suspension for no more than three days and ineligibility to participate in extracurricular activities for thirty days.

“I have already started the first offense to some students. The parents have been very sup-portive though helping to enforce it at home,” said Assistant Principal John Olewski.

The teachers and administration are trying to prevent the situation altogether.

“We give Zipties to the students so that they are able to use them by taking two belt loops and ziptie them together,” said Assistant Principal Matthew Smith.

Credit Union aims to get ATM in school with student support

Major changes have been made to Florida’s Bright Futures scholarship program.

New legislative decisions have been made to mandate an increase in the required com-

munity service hours, a switch to requiring annual FAF-SA forms, and a slight decrease in the amount of money given.

“There are some big changes this year to the program. It’s going to be harder for students to qualify, because they’re making the requirements tougher,” said College and Career Counselor Ann Ferguson.

Since 1997, the Florida Bright Futures Scholarship Program has served to provide high school students with an incentive to do well in school. With funds provided by the Florida Lottery, students who obtain the mandated GPA and test scores along with a set amount of commu-nity service hours, receive a merit-based scholarship to a Florida college.

“I have 325 hours, and have completed all my require-ments. But [Bright Futures] should have told everyone the changes sooner,” said senior Adrianne Roberts.

The community service hour requirement has been increased from 75 to 100 total hours.

“This is especially important for the class of 2012

because in previous years they thought that they only needed 75 hours instead of 100. Because of recent leg-islation, students will have to find time during their senior year to get 25 more hours. This is going to be dif-ficult because many of them get their volunteer hours during the summer,” said Ferguson.

Students who wish to apply and maintain a Bright Futures’ scholarship will now have to fill out a Free Ap-

plication for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) every year of college.

Previously, students would only have to prove resi-dency and complete the FAFSA form once; the forms would renew if the students kept up a required college GPA. In order to fill out a FAFSA, applicants must have a permanent social security card. The renewed form pol-icy will make it harder for illegal residents to maintain

a Bright Futures scholarship. According to Ferguson, the Florida Academic Schol-

arship and Florida Medallion Scholarship SAT and ACT test score requirements have increased for the 2012-2013 school year.

A trend in data shows a greater increase in test score requirements for each successive class.

“I’m upset about the changes. Our class has worked hard, and we’re held to a higher standard. I have to re-take my SAT test, and haven’t done the new hours. I wish they would have told us the changes sooner. Even if they were thinking about making changes, they should have warned us,” said senior Rachel Strelser.

Another change is that the scholarship money will no longer be 10% percent more than the actual tuition.

The extra money was designed for students to use that money for books or housing. Bright Futures’ origi-nal 1997 budget was set at $70 million.

Due to the program’s popularity, the total budget for scholarship money has risen to approximately $437 mil-lion.

To balance the increase, Florida’s House of Represen-tatives and Senate are considering cutting the size of every scholarship by $1,000. In addition, a new proposal to raise the minimum SAT scores by 200 points has been suggested.

According to the Bright Futures website, legislation passed on the Bright Futures prerequisites are subject to change depending on the state’s economic situation and lottery funds.

By 2017, raising the qualifications would save around $100 million due to a smaller amount of students able to qualify for the scholarships.

Bright Futures changes requirements for students to recieve Florida Academic Scholarships, grants

With the new school year having already started the Suncoast Federal Union has started back up.

The Suncoast Federal Credit Union is a nonprofit organization that educates students on the importance of having a saving and checking account and how to manage it.

“The Credit Union is a great way to educate students in finance to prepare them for the future” said Debbie Delgado, Suncoast Federal Credit Union representative

To sign up for the credit union is not a difficult pro-cess. To sign up students must visit the table set up in the cafeteria every Wednesday where they can then find the application where they then have to complete and turn back in.

Once accepted, the credit union students can open a savings account and receive an ATM card with just a minimum deposit of $5.

Students 16 years of age or older are eligible to open a checking account and recieve a free check card.

With each new member added to the credit union, students are one step closer to having an ATM machine in Gaither.

“I would use the ATM here because it would be eas-ier than going to Bank of America every time I need

money,”said junior Natasha Kuehner.Other students share similar views.“It would be convenient to have an ATM in our school,

I would use it a lot,” said junior Rudy Domiguez.The ATM Gaither would receive is not an ordinary

ATM. Unlike regular ATM’s that allow students to with-draw $10s and $20s.

Gaither’s ATM would allow students to withdraw $1 bills as well as other quantities.

Joining the Suncoast Federal Credit Union also has its perks.

Students who join and are members are put into a raffle and are eligible to receive prizes such as two tick-ets to a performing arts show and a flip camera. Also being a member of the credit union gives students dis-counts on loan rates as well.

The credit union is also a nonprofit organization which means the money they make does not go to them; they give it back to the members though drawings and raffles.

The Suncoast Federal Credit Union’s philosophy is people helping people and they exercise this in every way possible such as giving away free items in raffles and discounts on rates.

The credit union is a great way to educate students on how to manage their money and prepare them for life in the long run.

Gaithers’ credit union is only 52 accounts from get-ting an ATM.

MARC COSTELLOStaff Writer

JACKIE LAWSONAsst. Editor-In-ChiefCenterspread Editor

Federal Credit Union short by 52 accounts to get ATM in school

Baggy Pants Bill goes into effect

State heightens requirements for students to recieve scholarships for in –state colleges

Story by Alex Rodriguez

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It’s going to be harder for students to qualify [for bright futures], because they’re making the re-quirements tougher.

- Counselor Ann Ferguson

OCTOBER 2011Features4

After their move to the portables, members of the English department have taken it upon themselves to decorate the porch-like area in front of their doors.

“Ms. Selman was actually the first to physically decorate, but as a department we all got together and decided we had to do something about the metal and the heat,” said Debbie Dyal, English depart-ment head. “We decided we should all bring rocking chairs and be porch sitters.”

Students have expressed that they appreciate the

attempt to brighten the portables. “It creates a unique experience for each classroom,

for sure,” said junior Rudy Dominguez. “I like it.” Students even show their excitement for the new

“home feeling” with gifts. “One of my students even offered to bring a gnome to

set outside,” said Dyal, “and I’m going to put out some more flowers.”

English teacher Dianne Vickers explained that deco-rating the so called “porches” brings a home-like feeling to the community.

“Everything was just so plain, so we decided we want-ed it to be like our home and stand out,” said Vickers. “Mr. Strapp approves of our unity.”

The English department has started a trend and

there is said to be competition brewing between them and the opposing social studies department.

“The social studies department says they feel left out,” Dyal said. “So we threw the gauntlet down and challenged them.”

Dyal said the social studies department accepted the challenge.

“I love their decorations. I want to have a cool lawn set up like Selman or Dyal,” said Sam Currey, social studies teacher. “I just have to find the time.”

Competition or not, decorations are still popping out, making the portable sight easier on the eyes to all.

“It’s fun trying to make a challenging situation a little more bearable,” said Dyal.

AMBER RAZZANOFeatures Editor

Amber Razzano/ Pony Express

Left: English teacher Dianna Vickers decorates her portable with grape vines and FSU decor. Middle: Department Head, Debra Dyal designs her portable as a house garden. Right: Pamela Selman composes her porch with a shady umbrella and tree frog. The idea for decorating portables was thought of by the English department.

Portable teachers begin porch warThe English department starts new fad by decorating their porch fronts

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Photo Courtesy of Dianna Vickers

The church was decorated; the guests were seated; the bride was ready; the only thing miss-ing was the groom.

While taking pictures prior to their wedding, Dianna Johnson’s husband-to-be, Les Vickers passed out from low blood sugar and dehydration, making their wedding an unforgettable one. D. Vick-ers, English and Reading teacher, was set be married this summer on July 16, to L. Vickers at Idlewild Baptist Church.

As they were posing for their photos her husband-to-be said he needed a drink. Having not eaten enough breakfast that day, L. Vickers’ blood sugar was low. The wedding coordinator went to fetch him a can of Coke, and the bride and groom con-tinued taking pictures.

“He [L. Vickers] said to me, let’s go sit down,” said D. Vickers, “I turned around to pick up the train of my dress, and I heard a thud. I turned back and saw that he had fallen backwards and hit his head.”

Then, EMS was called and L.Vickers was taken to the emergency room at St. Joseph’s Hospital.

“We [Debra Dyal and other teachers from the English department] were all standing outside of the church, and there were a lot of people that we hadn’t seen, kind of like a reunion of Gaither... and there was someone from the church that was going to each group of people telling them that the wedding was going to be delayed because L. Vickers had gotten ill and had gone to the hospital,” said Dyal.

To avoid making a mess of the wed-ding, guests were asked not to go to the hospital; they were left bewildered and wondering of what would happen next.

“We were horrified. The minister came out and said a prayer, we hung around and said how terrible this is. And some-how everyone filtered into the church and saw how beautifully it was decorated and we all sat around then they gave more in-

formation about what was going on,” said Josephine Slonena, English and journal-ism teacher.

Meanwhile, the pastor went to the hospital to follow up on L. Vickers’ con-dition. He had passed from dehydration and low blood sugar, but because he had hit his head when he fell and was bleed-ing from the frontal region in the brain, he was not released from the hospital. D. Vickers went to the hospital to visist, and then returned to have the ceremony at the church.

“They did the music and the proces-sional and the introduction. Then the minister introduced the wedding party. And apparently they had written some-thing to their maid of honor and the people who stood up for them and min-ister read all that. Then she went back to the hospital to get married, to actually get married, and asked everyone to enjoy themselves at the reception,” said Dyal.

After the single-party wedding, the pastor took the bride, along with her bridesmaids and the groomsmen, to the hospital to marry them.

“The E.R. Security was not happy. They said that an emergency room was not a place for so many people,” said D. Vickers.

However they managed to get every-one in, including the photographer via a friend who knew one of the nurses.

So D. Vickers stood in a small hospital emergency room, looking “gorgeous…gor-geously stunning,” said Slonena, ready to become Mrs. Dianna Vickers.

They exchanged their vows, exchanged their rings, and were married right there in the hospital. D. Vickers then returned to the church to attend her 250 person reception

“They [the guests at the wedding] were nice, and they all prayed for us. I felt a little awkward but the guests made me feel much better,” said D. Vickers.

Another Gaither English department teacher Slonena, was present at the wed-ding as one of the “VIP guests” said D. Vickers.

Slonena said “[The wedding was]

unusually beautiful, unusual because I haven’t been to wedding where some-thing like this had happened before, it happened, and they carried on. They were married in the emergency room… that part was unusual.”

Despite the atypical events of the day, D. Vickers was still glad to be getting married and nothing could change that.

Dyal said, “She looked beautiful, she had a smile on her face the whole time, and I think she was a little stunned by everything, understandably. But she still

Dianna Vickers and Les Vickers pose at Idlewilde Baptist Church on July 16, 2011. Their wed-ding ceremony took place unexpectedly in a hospital due to medical contions of the groom.

Summer wedding brings surprise ending

looked so happy, and that was the thing that struck us all.”

L. Vickers was kept in the Intensive Care Unit at St. Joe’s until July 20, and after being released he was still a bit weak. L. Vickers is back to normal now and as healthy as ever.

“Everything for the dream wedding was there we just had the little mishap and that’s all good now,” said Slonena.

Even though the wedding was full of unexpected events, the marriage still overcame all obstacles.

SAHAR TAKSHIOpinion Editor

Recent construction has led to a surge in the amount of inconvenient circum-stances for students, such as dealing with the frizzy, sweaty hair that comes as a result of walking to and from the por-tables.

“The weather has affected my hair badly; it has made it frizzy and impos-sible to work with. I can’t keep my hair straight or down,” said senior Monika Garcia.

With consistently high temperature and humidity levels, the treks to the por-tables can ruin hair quickly and easily.

“An up-do is the way to go. My hair stays out of my face and still remains cute,” said sophomore Gianni Barreras. “It allows us to de-stress. There is no need to worry about the constant frizz, you simply just put your hair up and walk out the door.”

Whether it is a French braid, a pony tail, a fish tail, or a regular braid, there is no doubt that up-do’s are popular among students in the portables. Girls want to keep their hair out of the way, while

maintaining their trendy style. Keeping hair up is a very convenient way to deal with the changing temperatures through-out the school day.

The long walks to and from the por-tables in combination with constant perspiration from the heat poses a huge problem to a girl’s style. Hair can stick to skin and become unmanageable within seconds.

Another issue that can be avoided with hair in braids is un-straightening.

“The weather is awful to my hair. My hair is naturally curly, so when I straight-en it and then walk outside it goes right

back to curly,” said junior Sarah Mal-lardi.

As basic as these hairstyles can be , they are class as they are functional. For some girls, French braids or other types of more complex braids are too difficult and time straining.

“A side braid looks cute and is super easy to do. It’s simple and versatile,” Mal-lardi said.

These new trends among Gaither stu-dents is a way for them to look “stylish” with the heat of the Sunshine State.

Braids are a common comfortable hairstyle.

Gigi RodriguezGraphics Team

Creative hairstyles help girls beat the heat of Florida

These girls try their trendy hairstyles to beat the hot weather. (From left to right): picture one: Senior Rachel Strelser connects her braids with a bow; picture two: senior Adrianne Roberts wears a french braid down side of her head; picture three: senior Kailey Kelly has a sideways french braid; and picture four: senior Jessica Prieto styles a side french braid with a bow. Many other students have been experimenting with diverse hairstyles as well.

Gigi Rodriguez/ Pony Express

Dianna Vickers’ and Les Vickers’ wedding is one to remember

Briads and accessories are popular for the humid and hot weather

they say a good deal of the time. Really, we often don’t have subtext. In many ways, a lot of the talk-ing men do is simply geared towards doing an ac-tion. Phone calls have one goal: arrange something to do. Texts have one goal: organize a date or time to hang out. We also have a very bad habit of as-suming anything you say, as a girl, is the same. An example, if you complain about something, mostly just to vent, we’re going to try to fix it.

School is bad? What we’ll do is suggest a thou-sand and one ways to make school better. What you want us to do is just listen and care, but it’s very hard for a guy to do that. If there’s any way we could improve the lives of someone we care about, we’re going to go about it almost single-mindedly.

Also, this is an important point in communicat-ing with a guy. Please don’t ever say, “He should have known.” You give us too much credit. Let us know if something is wrong, and if we do it again, feel free to yell at us. As a man, I might be stupid, but I’m willing to learn for someone I care about.

Emotions. Men have been shown to actually experience emotions with less intensity in many cases – stoicism is rooted in our genes. Because of this, we don’t talk about our emotions much. Blame culture, blame biology, or blame our own stupidity, men just don’t like dealing with emotions.

Think of it this way: a man is most comfortable when he is in control of a situation, with no vari-ables or danger. Emotions take the control away from a man. Hence, we don’t like them.

Men think a lot about relationships. Mostly, we realize these points: we are terrible at understand-ing women. We’re terrible at understanding our-selves, we’re fairly bad about communicating or showing emotions, and we don’t often listen. What, exactly, do we do right?

We’re dedicated. A lot of us really, really are. From long distance to long term, from Canada to the corner, if we’re happy, we’ll stand by you. If we’re not, we’ll tell you.

Anybody who wouldn’t simply does not deserve to call themself a man.

RELATIONSHIPS

OCTOBER 2011Centerspread6 THE PONY EXPRESS Centerspread

Man versus relationship

% OF STUDENTS GIVE ADVICE TO FRIENDS ABOUT RELATIONSHIPS

7Relationships comprise a very unstable as-

pect of the average teenager’s quest to grow up. Most of the nation’s youth start to form

these experiences during middle or high school. Young women and men both want very different things out of high school relationships. The clash-ing of these desires often proves to be nothing but a futile attempt to discover the coveted ‘true love.’ Though some view these quasi-romantic ventures to be fruitless and disappointing, high school rela-tionships can provide valuable life lessons as well as helpful practice for the future. However, the un-easy combination of unfamiliar territory and over-whelming peer pressure does not frequently churn out good results and can cause many a heartbreak. }

5. “I hate when guys start to flirt and talk to other girls while you’re still dating them.”- freshman Alondra Sanchez

7. “No guy truly wants an easy chick. We like it when we have to work for it a little.”– senior John Rio

8. “I absolutely cannot stand when guys think they have to lie in order for you to like them.”- sophomore Nadia Holloway

1. “I hate the committment that comes along with relationships.” - junior Charlotte Mallardi

4. “Holding hands in the hall is cute, but couples kiss-ing like they’re never going to see each other again is disgusting.”- senior Taylor Gendason

3. “I hate the awkward mo-ments that come with trying to get to know a girl that I might be serious about.”- sophomore Danny Kim

10. “I can’t stand a girl that is self-centered and doesn’t have a sense of humor.” - senior Chris Torres

2. “I don’t like when girls think that guys don’t care. Guys do care, even if they don’t show it.” - junior Mario Reece

With all the joys of high school relation-ships, dating in high school can be a source of happiness in an adolescent’s life. However, lack of social graces can lead to embarassing situations as well as awkward moments. Here are some students’ pet peeves of dating, which can serve as practical tips for future use.

Males constantly strive to figure out what women want

GIRLS

I am a man. I make no apologies for this. I enjoy weightlifting, explosions, and hand-to-hand com-bat. But I also enjoy discussing relationships. This gets a few interesting responses, ranging from the bemused, “So, what do men think about relation-ships?” to the confused, “Men think about relation-ships?” to the outright insulting, “Men think?”

The truth is that men give a lot of thought to what makes a relationship work. We’re curious people. We invented fire, nuclear weapons, and the heated toilet seat. It’s only natural that we’d turn our attentions to the biggest mystery of them all - women.

I’m well aware of the stereotype that men are simple, knuckle-dragging cavemen. I’m equally aware of the stereotype that women are histrionic, hormone-fueled harpies. Both are untrue- well, mostly. From a man’s perspective, we take a cer-tain amount of pride in our simplicity. If you show interest, in many cases we’ll respond.

Now, this leads into a completely separate point. Why are some men so hesitant to ask someone out, while others do so with almost haphazard aban-don? The former try to read into perceived hints women give, while the latter gave up on that a long time ago.

The first group could attribute their hesitance to a lack of self-confidence or something of a legiti-mate apathy to the intricacies of drama that thou-sands of impulsive teenagers are bound to create.

Those who fall into the second group have skill in reading women’s hints. This results in quick success or spectacular failure. Either way, some-body who follows this approach is used to both.

If you are wondering, as a woman, why a man has not asked you out yet, I put forward the follow-

ing fact. Men. Do. Not. Get. Hints. We just don’t. For the sake of space, I will only write that one more time. Men. Do. Not. Get. Hints.

With the first moves covered, we can talk about men in relationships. Men differ from women in a few key ways. We communicate and deal with emotions differently.

Communication. Men mean what

9. “I hate when people start a relationship, spend all their time with their boyfriend or girlfriend, and forget that their friends still exist.” - junior Megan Kavana

6. “I think girls complain too much. They should just stop the drama and be happy.”- freshman Casey West

She’s just not that into youBeing attracted to a person in high school is an

undeniably common predicament. With hormones and emotions all up in the air, the quest to find love seems just as important as the SATs.

Girls are incredibly picky in their search for a boyfriend in high school.

“Most girls look for looks. I look for looks but per-sonality is a huge thing. [If he is] conceited then I won’t like him at all. I don’t find [that quality] at-tractive,” said junior Krista Rodriguez.

Even though all girls are different, there are al-ways key qualities that they look for in a potential partner. Personality and appearance seem to be very important traits that attract females.

Females look for minute characteristics in a guy, select charms about him that distinguish him from the rest of the pack. The main goal is to make it last. No girl wants a broken heart.

Girls constantly evaluate their stance on relation-ships. Relationships during the course of high school years tend to last from one to two months. After that short time frame, many individuals decide they are bored with each other or find that it just isn’t work-ing out.

“In a relationship I look for someone that under-stands me and is a source of support, love, hugs and kisses,” said junior Nicole Murcia.

Dating is a complex process that can either grow or fail. Girls date for many reasons. Even if they don’t admit it, nearly all girls look for love.

“I guess [girls] like the idea of dating. It’s comfort-ing to have a boyfriend, someone you can hang out with and just have fun,” said sophomore Kathryn Highland.

Some girls date solely for popularity. Surviving the hectic hierarchical chain of popularity in high school is one of the reasons girls enter relation-ships.

“High school dating occurs because some of the guys are cute, and it’s possible to make relationships last,” said Murcia.

While some relationships have the potential to last long, they may have unwanted consequences

which make a number of girls uneasy. “[Long relationships] come with a

lot of emotional baggage. When prob-lems arise and you break up, there’s lots of heartache and division of friends,” said Rodriguez.

Negative effects of dating in school are time consumption, drama, and un-controllable emotions. But whether it be due to cheating, graduation or plain old boredom, the worst part of high school relation-ships is the impending break-up.

“I don’t want to date because I’m a senior. The goodbye thing is pretty tough so there’s no point,” said senior Kaycee McGuire.

On the bright side, females gain comfort, love, and happiness they crave from healthy relationships.

However, it’s very hard to find the right compan-ion in high school.

“You may think you know that they’re the right guy, but then they turn out to be a jerk,” said junior Brandee Fitzpatrick.

Every girl is definitely aware of the “jerk factor.” Overly self-confident guys or ones that talk about their love life in public are automatically not the right guy.

“Most guys are jerks. It’s hard to find nice guys to be in a relationship with,” said freshman Kala Her-nandez.

Despite the jerks and players, there are always exceptions to the rule. Girls dream of the perfect guy to sweep them off their feet. But where do girls go to find that right guy?

“The good guys are never easy to find. Sometimes they’re the guys you wouldn’t think you liked. Guys that are just your friends and they have good char-acteristics, and then you turn out liking them or re-alizing that they’re a good guy and you’re like hey, want to date?” said Rodriguez.

Trying to figure out the way women think is like expecting rain in a drought – useless and disap-pointing.

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Cheating can result from various situations: the student stayed up late for their mandatory sport’s practice; they simply forgot; or they were just too lazy to put any effort into studying.

Not everyone in class is going to study and ace a test, there are always students who want to take the “easy” way out. Although, that “easy” way isn’t always so easy.

Students have gone to extreme lengths in order to cheat, sometimes cheating ends up being more work than just studying. From writing down a bunch of in-formation in teeny-tiny writing on a teeny-tiny piece of paper, trying to swiftly look at the kid’s scantron next to you without it being obvious, to even mak-ing signals with your friends that stand for answers

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Underclassmen look forward to their senior year and the benefits of seniority.

This year seniors didn’t recieve the usual perks that seniors have had in the past with regards to lockers.

As an underclassman, seniors were always looked upon as the “top dog” on campus. Underclassmen look up to seniors and cannot wait until they too achieve the authority and power that the senior class enjoys.

Class of 2012 loses locker rights

Cheating is something that every school, teacher, and student has experienced be-fore, whether they were the cheater them-selves or they were the smart one the cheater was cheating off of.

It’s sad to say, but just about every student has cheated at least once. Yes, cheating is wrong and it ‘s something no body should take part in but it’s always going to happen.

Yeah, someone may get away with it and pass their test, but they won’t be able to retrieve the information in future situations. This means that, come semester exams, they will have to learn twice as much, or cheat again. Sure, cheating makes things easier now, but in the long run it’s a loss.

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Last year, and all the years before, seniors had first choice in picking their lockers before all the oth-er underclassman.

Although there are still many other events left for seniors to enjoy, the class of 2012 never had the privilege of locker selection.

Seniority is a big part of a student’s high school life. They crave those perks and want to be seen as the coolest kids on campus.

The final year in high school is the time to relax, get all of the benefits seniority gives, and prepare for what the future has in store.

This year, lockers were sold on a first come, first serve basis to every grade at open house.

Having first choice of lockers is one of the many

things that seniors have looked forward to since freshman year. Not having first choice with lockers threw off the beginning of the senior year mentality. This left many of the seniors wondering, is this a re-flection of the rest of the year?

“Renting the lockers at open house is not going to be an issue for seniors or anyone for the future any more. There will be close to three thousand lockers [next year]. Seniors will have a choice for lockers still. It’s still like when we sold it during lunches, its first come, first served,” said Assistant Principal Matthew Smith.

Even though it was a bump in the road that se-niors didn’t get lockers first, the final year of high school is still the best year to look forward to.

during the test, some students will do anything to do well on tests. That is, everything except study.

Cheating isn’t always that simple, it can get com-plex to the point where it’s not even worth the risk. Teachers attempt to stop cheating by threatening grades, being sent down to the office with a cherry-on-top ending of a phone call to mommy or daddy.

So what should we do about this cheating situa-tion? Well, let’s study. Let’s actually read. Let’s do what we came to school to do: learn! Everything stu-dents are learning in school is going to prepare them for college. College is expensive, and why would stu-dents want to pay for extra classes in college when they could have learned that same information for free in high school? Let’s be smart.

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Student Perspectives

In this modern era, technolo-gy is no longer just a fad but a foundation for education. More and more schools are starting to replace text

books with ibooks, the long-stand-ing chalkboards are being replaced by SMART boards, and remote con-trols are no longer being used to change channels on the television, but for answering a teacher’s ques-tion instead of the traditional “rais-ing your hand”.

But is all this technology in the classroom good?

Look at it this way, would you rather listen to your teacher babble on about the 2,000 mile trek west-ward on the Oregon Trail or play the Oregon Trail computer game, which allows you to take control of a pioneer and experience the long journey first hand, that is (virtually of course). I think the choice there is quite obvious. Technology doesn’t only

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How does the use of technology impact today’s students?

It’s no surprise that students are not as astute, or creative, as they were 25 years ago.But who’s to blame? Is it the teachers, the parents, the stu-

dents, none of them, all of them? Well, some would mention the aggressive acceleration of technology that is put upon our generation.

Students used to be able to perform easy mental math in their heads and have an answer in literally 27.6 sec-onds, flat.

Nowadays students can barely an-swer a simple math problem without whipping out their $100+ graphing calculators and typing in x2-6x+9… enter… loading… ERROR, now what?

Are we becoming indolent? Remem-ber what coach always said, “You per-form like you practice”, and because we practice lazily, do we perform lazily too?

Well, as some would mention, tech-nology allows us to move to the digital age, but what happens to our minds, especially our young generation, are we forced to think like machines and act like robots?

With all the technology shifts, we can blatantly see that there is a gap of creativity in our students’ and young minds. Who’s to say a work of prodi-gious art is not copied and pasted into a document and simply printed with one’s name?

And to take the cake, the failing education level in the whole entire na-tion- Is it directly related to our grow-ing technology?

According to the Huffington Post, in 2010, the United States has now fallen to the “average” range of the world education rankings, rank-

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make boring subjects in school a tad bit more interesting, but it also al-lows for a competitive edge when it comes to finding a career. Lets face it, there really aren’t many jobs out there anymore that have yet to be taken over by technology.

So, unless you’re looking to pur-sue a long successful career as a septic tank cleaner, you’re going to have to learn how to use some type of technology at some point in your life and what better time to start than while you’re still a cute little kid in school.

Kids, nowadays, are like spong-es, they absorb every piece of infor-mation you throw at them, so it’s quite obvious that teaching kids at a young age in school how to use various pieces of technology is the best way to prepare them for the difficult technological life that lies ahead of them.

If we do not use technology in the classroom today, and kids aren’t able to learn how to deal with the many different types of technology, then it is going to be very difficult for our society to move forward and answer life long questions such as, “What is the cure for cancer?”

With that being said, education in schools today is definitely mov-ing in a more technological direc-tion, as it should. Soon, maybe even in our lifetime, everything will be run by technology and those who do not know how to use technology will not have the ability to help contrib-ute to the improvement of our soci-ety let alone have a long successful career.

ing 14th in the world. The United States has scored an average of 500 out of a possible 1,000, 487 in math, 500 in reading, and 502 in science.So how do we solve the problem of America’s state of education?

Do we stop technology in the classes altogether? Do we go back to our primitive squeaky chalkboards? Or do we continue to let technology overrun our education system, vir-tually limiting a student’s ability to think for themselves?

NBC has launched a special event called Education Nation in Rockefeller Plaza to engage the country in solutions focused con-versations about the state of edu-cation in America. One issue that came up, “is technology impacting our young generation’s education?”

And so, back to the question, how do we solve the problem of stu-dents and young kid’s inability to think for themselves?

Who knows? But how about we start by putting away our TI – 80-whatever graphing calculators and take out our papers, pencils, and brains, and try out a simple math problem:x2-8x+9=0 Find x

How do you feel about technology in the classroom?

“I like technology in the class...the only problem

is I always get distracted when I go on the inter-

net.”

Senior Jonothan Garcia

“I like technology in the

classroom because I don’t have to write as much.”

Freshman Morgan Lynch

“I like the classroom setting better. In the

computer lab you don’t recieve the attention from your teacher to help you.

through.”

Sophomore Jaydan Bell

“Technology in the

classroom is great! It’s not as boring as sitting in the classroom and

listening to the teacher talk.”

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Joaquin VidalStaff Writer

Heat stroke poses threat to dehydrated athletes

Heat strokes threaten to attack at any moment when exercising out-doors in the heat.

Lack of hydration can also con-tribute to this. Athletes are at most risk of getting a heatstroke.

According to Mayo Clinic, heat strokes are caused by overexposure to hot dry weather. Not hydrating may also raise the probabilities of suffering a heatstroke.

“I make sure to drink plenty of water or Gatorade during the day and at practice. We also stay in the shade and spray ourselves with water,” said football player Phong Le.

Letting people know of the risks of heat strokes, many lives could be saved each summer. Teaching people at risk will make them more aware of their bodies when train-ing in the heat.

“We educate our coaches on heat strokes and make sure athletes have frequent water breaks and a cooler full of ice,” said Assistant Principal Henry Strapp.

Sometime players decide to hide

their symptoms or are not aware of what is going with their bodies.

Many of them decide to continue playing or practicing without notifying a coach of what they are feeling.

“[I] check for symptoms of heat strokes such as too much sweat, no sweat, lack of concentration, slurred speech, disori-entation, and vomit while my players are practicing,” said track coach Caitlin Clay.

In the case of a heatstroke, first aid knowledge might save the victims life.

“Three years ago one of my players got [a heatstroke] but we quickly worked on him. We probably saved the kids life,” said Charles Lattimore, receiver coach for the football team.

While athletes count for a great ma-jority of heatstroke cases, they are not the only ones at risk.

Anyone who does not hydrate prop-erly is at risk of getting heatstroke.

“Anyone who is not used to drinking water and drinks soda all the time is at a higher risk of a heatstroke because they are not hydrating their body properly,” said Clay.

According to Mayo Clinic, the treat-ments for a heat stroke are simple: rehy-drate with plenty of water or electorlytes and place ice behind the neck and under the arms to lower the body temperature.

Heat strokes impact high school students that practice in intense, hot environments

Senior Ariel Moore rehydrates after a workout with the girls soccer team. Athletes must drink water or gatorade every half hour to stay hydrated.

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THE PONY EXPRESS 11Sports

Students have been talking about the football team getting more recogni-tion and more special privileges then other sports.

Our schools football team is well known. But what about other sports like golf and ten-nis? Who goes to those games?

Football players receive pep rallies, time out of class, cheerleaders, and a band. No oth-er sports have any of that; most people don’t even go to any school event besides football games.

Our school has 11 different sports, most of which are ignored by faculty and other stu-dents. These team players should be credited for what they do.

Freshman Savanna Dye said she never even knew we had a tennis team.

“Our boys have worked long and hard at what they do, we may not be the best, but I think we need a little more credit,” said boys tennis coach Antony Valencia.

Though all school sports get the same amount of money, $8,000 dollars split between various sports. It seems like our football team always seems to have so much more money.

This extra money comes from the booster club. The Athletic Booster Club is a fundraiser for a specific sport that donates money to the team.

If other sports just signed up for the boost-er club, they would be able to receive new uni-forms and equipment.

Some students even acknowledge the fact that football is favored at our school.

“I’m on the baseball team and we’re just as good as the football team, maybe even better. We never get pep rallies or special announce-ments for our games. Most people don’t even know what night our games are on,” said ju-nior Hunter Henderson.

Baseball has placed in regionals for the past two years, and the football team hasn’t even come close to regionals for eight years.

Our football team also hasn’t made it to the playoffs in three years.

“I understand why people don’t come to our golf matches. Golf isn’t a spectator sport, but people need to have a little appreciation for what we do. It’s not as easy as it looks. We’re an individual sport, not a team sport,” said boys golf coach Dwayne Olinger.

Even though our boy’s golf team was two strokes away from winning regionals last year, they received no congratulations for the great job.

All sports at our school need to be given the same privileges; there shouldn’t be one sport that is better than another one.

Maybe it’s time to start appreciating sports other then football.

New coaches look to make a mark as Cowboys

Jessica LawlessPublic Relations

Girls volleyball starts strong early in the year

Gaither’s volleyball team has a record of 6 wins and 9 losses.

”The girls have played hard and the teams they have lost to are quality opponents. The girls can be a great team with all the talent they have. All we really need is a little height, the team is a kind of short,” Coach Timothy Boylan said.

The girls are in the Di-vision 7A district 9 and their conference teams are Chamberlain, Stein-brenner, Freedom and Wiregrass Ranch.

”Our team does have a

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The athletics department has unveiled five new coaches for the 2011-2012 sports season.

“This season I want create a strong mindset for the players with a disciplined team. My biggest goal is getting wins!” said

new varsity football coach Jason Stokes. Coach Stokes, who also has been the head coach at Middleton and

Bloomingdale, emphasizes that he wants to turn the program around from their (3-7) finish last year.

Tori Minutillo, a science teacher, is the new boys cross country coach. Minutillo, who has coached recreationally in the past, said he chose to become a high school coach because he loves seeing students excel in what they love.

“I was surprised by the high level of competition. These athletes are here to win.” said Minutillo.

Varsity cheerleading also has a new coach, Gary Jimenez. He has been a professional cheer-leading coach for over twenty years and is a Tampa Cheer coach leg-end.

“He pushes us all to be our best and accepts nothing less,” said senior cheerleader Savannah Starnes.

The girls varsity tennis team is currently looking for a new coach accord-ing to athletics secretary Cindy Smith.

Sports deserve equalrecognition

The five incoming coaches for the 2011- 2012 sports season have come to impact Gaither sports in a positive way.

Varsity volleyball ranks in the top 100 in their division

Seniors Lena Rovellada and Tyler Schleman focuses during the Gaither v. Steinbrenner game. The varsity vol-leyball team has been working had to improve previous records of past years.

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lot of talent and we do have the potential to be a great team but we need to work hard and have more prac-tice time. We need more practice time if we even want to reach the playoffs we need to practice and get better.” senior captain Lauren Dykes said.

Gaither is ranked 406th in the state of Florida and 56th in their division.

“None of the players are better than anyone else because we all do our jobs very well. On a scale of one to ten I would rate the team at an eight because we do have a lot of tal-ent but there is still room for improvement,” said sophomore Andrea Mazur.

New head coach Jason Stokes calls plays during the Gaither v. Plant City football game. Stokes plans to lead the Cowboys to district championship title.

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THE PONY EXPRESS Entertaiment 12New coffee shop earns local acclaim

Foster the People release first album

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Foster the People’s hit single “Pumped up Kicks” raided the nation by recently re-leasing an album that ranked them among the top alternative rock bands today.

On Sept. 14, 2010, Foster the People re-leased their first ever single: “Pumped up Kicks.”

The single immedi-ately ranked on the top of the billboards with its moving melodies and catchy chorus.

A few months after, their first CD Torches was re-leased.

According to billboards.com, Torches was released on May 23, 2011. It had a top ranking of 8 in the United States and was number one in U.S. rock albums.

Their CD includes various hits such as the previously mentioned “Pumped up Kicks” and “Don’t Stop.” These two have been played thousands of times in radio sta-tions around the world.

They have also been featured in American TV com-

mercials such as the Nissan Versa sedan.

Torches has ten songs all of which are packed with infectious lyrics and rhythmic tunes. Other major songs on the CD are “Helena beat” and “Houdini.”

Foster the People’s gripping records and mellow vibes attract lis-teners of every genera-tion from across the na-tion to tune in to their music.

Mark Foster, lead singer of the band, said to Billboards that they see many “cool” kids, hipsters, as well as moms at their concerts.

Foster the People’s Torches is a captivating album with its 1960s style vibe that will appeal to all music enthusiasts.

Foster says that his band is for anyone who enjoys music. Not just for the younger generation of music fa-natics.

Mark Foster’s band will be in the Tampa Bay area on for the annual 97X Next Big Thing concert hosted at the 1-800-Ask-Gary amphitheatre on Dec. 3, 2011.

To find out more about Foster The People check them out on their website: www.fosterthepeople.com.

Michael FarrellBusiness Manager

Located in the Target Plaza next to the Yogurt Spot, Alba Coffee shop is leav-ing a mark on the local community.

Its relaxed atmosphere and great cof-fee can lead to a great morning-coffee-run or a late-night hangout.

Alba claims to be “Tampa’s friendli-est coffee shop,” and as soon as I entered their door they lived up to this promise.

The friendly service and excellent drinks sold me on this small, family run shop. In addition to Alba’s beverage op-tions, they offer a variety of gourmet sandwiches and pastries, many of which are imported from Scotland.

Store owner Ian A. Craig created and currently runs Alba coffee shop with help from his family members and employ-ees.

“I started Alba because of my passion for coffee” said Craig (or as some regulars may call him “Ian the Coffee Man”).

From my experience alone, I could see that Ian is very personable with all of his customers and I could easily see that he knows his coffee!

There was seven months of plan-ning into this business before we opened our doors on May 1 of this year,” said Craig.

Students are taking notice of this up-and-coming business. “Ian’s love for coffee is evident in his

product,” said senior Chenin Fernandez. Fernandez raves about the great en-

vironment and great food at Alba. “My usual order is a Hot Mocha with a

chocolate chip muffin,” said Fernandez. Alba has been known to have a variety of

entertainment in the evenings ranging from live music to trivia nights. Senior Taylor Raynor is the entertainment director at Alba when he’s not busy making drinks.

“I love working at Alba because I enjoy serving people coffee, and also everyone here is Scottish!”, said Raynor.

On select nights, Raynor plays music at Alba to an audience enjoying their lattes.

If you are not a fan of coffee, Alba also serves some of the best smoothies in town, as well as delicious frappes (which are prob-ably not so great on the calorie count!)

After my visits to this shop, I am proud to say I am now riding the Alba bandwagon and I have disposed of all my Starbucks gift cards!

For more information go to www.albacof-fee.us or find Alba Coffee on FaceBook.

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