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Wednesday, September 28, 2011VOLUME XXX, ISSUE II DIAMOND BAR HIGH SCHOOL

Chelsea Grunseth Announced asNew Activities Director

NEWS ANALYSIS

The Bulls EyeRAZE YOUR GAME

Waiting for the next biggaming console? Wellyoure in luck because the

Razer Blade is comingsoon. Read all about it.Please see page 9.

SEE SPOT EATWant some yummy bobaor maybe some deliciousbread? Discover some of

the interesting restaurantsthat we have reviewed.Please see page 8.

SELF-OFFENSESix police ofcers havebeen accused of unrightfullybeating a man to death.

Turn the pages to nd outwhat we think about this.Please see page 4.

VICTORY IS SERVEDVarsity volleyball bumpedout Diamond Ranch lastThursday within the rst

three sets. Find out thedetails of our victory.Please see page 12.

INSIDETHISISSUE

Available online at http://bullseye.dbhs.org

DIRECT: Grunseth applied forthe director position online andthen went through a series ofinterviews. There were nineapplicants who moved on to theinterview process.

Prisca KimAsst. News Editor

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Grunseths new game...Chelsea Grunseth adjusts to her position as Activities Director in her new ofce.Xing Yen Quek

The Aftermathof Hurricane

Irene MakesRecoveringDifcult

Holly LiuAsst. News Editor

SHOW: Admission tickets willbe available for purchase two orthree weeks prior to the openingnight of the play. The tickets willbe $8 for students and $10 foradults.

Justin ParkAsst. Editorial Editor

Were all in this together...Choir members practice for their upcoming fall choir concert with Choir

Director Patty Breitag. Xing Yen Quek

The east coast is stillexperiencing power outagesand storming. There are roads

that are impassable due tofallen trees and high levels ofwater.

Choir Department Hosts Annual FallChoir ConcertVOICE: Tickets will be on saleuntil Wednesday, October 5.Student tickets are $7 eachand adult tickets are $10 each.Tickets will also be sold at thedoor for the same price.

Vivian TangStaff Writer

Fall Play to beHeld in Theater

In the course of 10 daysfrom Saturday, August 20 toMonday, August 29 HurricaneIrene, a Category 1 hurricane,formed and devastated mainlythe east coast, resulting in thedeath of 46 people. UnitedStates President Barack Obamahas promised that there will beno delay in federal help for theprocess of recovery.

In addition to the damagefrom the hurricanes, there havebeen many incidents of oodingin New England and Upstate

New York that are considered tobe more damaging to the eastcoast than the hurricane itself.

Many areas in the eastcoast are still experiencingpower outages and dangerousstorming that consists of heavyrain and wind.

There are roads that areimpassable due to fallen treesand high levels of water. Thishas complicated the recoveryfrom the damage sustained bythe hurricane alone.

A large amount of peoplewho have evacuated are stillunable to return to their homedue to the ooded roads; in

Diamond Bar High School'sDrama Department will bepresenting its annual fall playtitled "Leading Ladies" at theDBHS theater on Friday, October14 through Saturday, October

15. Two additional showings willbe held on Friday, October 21through Saturday, October 22.

Written by playwright KenLudwig, "Leading Ladies"depicts a comedic story aboutEnglish actors in America tryingto make a living.

"The play is about thechoices these two actors make.They make these choicesand problems compound oneanother," explained dramadirector Peter Bland. He added,"It is a true laugh-out-loudcomedy."

Unlike the DramaDepartments previous plays,which were more formal andserious, "Leading Ladies"promises to entertain the crowd

with its unique sense of humor."It has a lot of comedy in

it. I know that a lot of jokes, thestudents [at DBHS] will be ableto [understand]," said juniorJazzlyn Parra, the assistant

REMEMBER: At times whenstudents are blinded by theobstacles they face, they tendto make impetuous decisionsthat can hurt more than justthemselves.

Jennifer WangEditor-in-Chief

SuddenTragedyfor WalnutHigh SchoolGraduate

director of the production.Thirteen different students

from advanced and intermediatedrama classes were selected forthe cast through an extensiveauditioning process.

The chosen actors andactresses were then separatedinto two groups: Purple Castand Gold Cast.

The members were thenexpected to memorize theirscript throughout the summer.They proceeded to prepare forthe play after the new school

year began.The preparation of the

play involved many in-classand afterschool hours. Parracommented about the workatmosphere among the castmembers, Its more fun than itseems, working late hours, shecontinued, Its actually reallyfun staying here after schoolworking with these people.

Admission tickets will beavailable for purchase two orthree weeks prior to the openingnight of the play.

The tickets will be $8 forstudents and $10 for adults.Tickets will be available forpurchase at a ticket booth infront of the theater during lunch.

"The play is extremely

funny," said senior ClayBoonthanakit, one of the leadingactors. He quoted from the play,"It is mesmerizing, fascinating![It will be] a powerhouse night oftheater!"

Starting the year off withits rst 2011 showcase in theDiamond Bar High SchoolTheater, the Choir departmentwill host its fall choir concert onWednesday, October 5, at 7:00

p.m.All four choirs, Chamber,

Diamondtones, Marquis, andSolitaire, will be featured in theproduction. The four groupswill sing a variety of repertoiresincluding Classical songs,Gospels, sacred and seculartext music, and spiritual songssuch as Shenandoah will beperformed by Marquis, andFlower Drum Song, a ChineseFolk Song, will be sung byChamber Choir.

Solitaire member JuniorMaggie Tsui stated, Themulti-lingual songs are verychallenging to sing because thewords are hard to pronounce.Ever since the beginning of theyear, our choir has been working

diligently; putting together amultilingual concert that youwould not want to miss.

Aside from the groupperformances, at least fourstudents will perform solos.

Choir students interested in asolo performance were able totry out on Monday, September26. Soloists were selectedthrough an audition held byChoir Director Patty Breitag.

Ticket sales started theweek of Monday, September19 in the choir room duringlunch and will continue to be onsale until Wednesday, October5. Student tickets can be

purchased for $7 each and adulttickets for $10 each. Tickets willalso be sold at the door startingat 6:15 p. m. for the same price.

Choir students have beenpreparing for the concert since

Monday, August 22.Aside from their daily class

periods, the performers alsorehearsed during lunch andduring their allotted sectionaltime. During the sectionals,

students practiced in theirindividual sections of eachchoir.

Choir director, Patty Breitagcommented, "My hope is thatall students perform their best

in the concert. [The students]have been practicing theirmusic since the beginning ofthe school year. I would like tocordially invite all students andstaff to attend!"

Chelsea Grunseth wasannounced the new DiamondBar High School ActivitiesDirector on Friday, September16 after having served as theinterim activities director forapproximately a month.

My goal is to continue the

program of excellence that isin place at DBHS because wehave a very rich history of astrong activities program and mygoal for this year specically isto continue to grow the activitiesprogram efciently despitenewer budget restrictions,stated Grunseth.

Grunseth has taughtEnglish for ve years, four ofthem at DBHS. She was alsothe journalism advisor lastyear and had been the LinkCrew advisor for three years. Inaddition, she has participated inthe Summer Bridge Program for

at-risk students.As an English teacher, it

was about the classes I taught.As activities director, it is aboutnot just the entire school butthe entire community as well,commented Grunseth.

Grunseth applied for thedirector position by lling outan application online and goingthrough a series of interviews.There were nine applicantswho moved on to the interviewprocess but the nal choice wasGrunseth.

DBHS Principal CatherineReal stated that some of the

traits necessary for the positionwere spirit, responsibility,and loyalty to the Academics,

Activities, Arts, and Athletics.The interview panel was

looking for someone who couldhandle the nancial part of the

job and support the colleaguesand students.

I am excited to see her takethis next step in her career [and]to carry on our great traditionat DBHS and our activitiesprogram. I wish her and the USBstudents a lot of luck during thistransition period. I know that it isgoing to be great, stated Real.

A recent Walnut HighSchool graduate committedsuicide on Monday night,September 12, after strugglingwith depression.

The former wrestlersfamily and friends were greatlyshocked by the incident. Thiswas a student who seemed verycontent. No one would haveassumed such a conclusion.

The staff at Walnut wasvery distraught. [He] wasa student who they had intheir classes, who they lovedand cared for, and who wasclose friends with a lot of thecurrent students. They had

lost a student that they loved,expressed Diamond Bar HighSchools psychologist StacyWoodward.

The student was reluctant toshare his personal issues withothers; only a few understoodwhat he was experiencing. Hisfriends were really devastatedbecause he didnt share a lot ofhis true feelings with them andI think it just became too muchfor him, shared Woodward.

It is important to notethat there are always otheralternatives that are availableto students. Our campus hasa peer counseling program

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NewsNewsTHE BULLS EYE2 Wednesday, September 28, 2011

On Target

Diamond Bar High School Celebrates30th Annual Back to School NightWELCOME: During the night,

parents visited classrooms

of their respective children.Teachers had ten minutes to

give an overview of the course

curriculum and expectations.

Prisca Kim

Asst. News Editor

Back to Brose...Jeff Brose gives parents and students an overview of the calculus course and his

classroom guidelines. Xing Yen Quek

Two New Teachers Join Diamond BarHigh School Faculty

START: Woolston has previously

taught English and World History

at West Covina High School and

Whitesel graduated from Cal Polyin June 2010 with a Bachelor in

Kinesiology.

Prisca Kim

Asst. News Editor

Friendly RemindersPlease do not stop or park your cars on Evergreen Springs

Drive from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. on school days. Police are handingout tickets to those who do not abide by the trafc laws. To

pick up or drop off your student, drive futher down Evergreen

Springs.

The Sheriffs Department has indicated that they have

begun issuing tickets to jaywalkers on Brea Canyon Road.

At the beginning of the 2011-2012 school year, Diamond

Bar High School hired two new

teachers: Addison Whitesel andTim Woolston.

Woolston has previously

taught English and World Historyat West Covina High School. In

his second year of teaching, he

will be instructing tenth-gradeand twelfth-grade English on

campus. DBHS has some of

the most motivated students

and supportive parents of any

high school Ive ever been to,

shared Woolston.

Besides teaching, Woolstonis also involved with on-campus

organizations. These includePathways Leadership, Game

Club, Origami Club, and swim.

I, personally, love Pathways.

[Pathways students] treat eachother well, feel comfortable in

class, and work very hard, said

Woolston.As a teacher, Woolstons

goal is to be the best teacher

I can possible be, always bewilling to lend a hand or get

involved, and make whatever

subject I teach fun andinteresting. He added, I plan

to work with the other teachers

on campus to learn new ways

of teaching a subject and also

asking the students themselves

what works and doesnt work.

In his free time, Woolstonenjoys to go on road trips and

hikes. In addition, he plans tobackpack through Southeast

Asia next summer.

I hope to contribute new

ideas and energy to both thestudents and staff. Hopefully

I can make a positive impact,

commented Woolston.Whitesel graduated from

Cal Poly in June 2010 with

a Bachelor in Kinesiology.He began lling his student-

teaching credit rst at Brea

Junior High and then switchedto Yorba Linda High School a

semester later. This is his rst

year teaching Kinesiology and

helping coach boys basketball

and girls softball. P.E. is a

class where [the students]

get to be outside and blow offsome energy for the day, said

Whitsel.Whitesel also works at

Reection Clothing Company,

which designs and screen

prints tee-shirts. In addition,Whitesel was recently married

on Saturday, September 17.

One of the reasons whyI wanted to become a P.E.

teacher is because I really enjoy

working with students. I havethe ability to connect with them

and communicate with them in

a manner which is interestingand I feel that the students

greatly enjoy my teaching style,

explained Whitesel.

Fresh new faces...Addison Whitesel and Tim Woolston (from left to right) smile for the camera.

Xing Yen Quek

Diamond Bar High Schoolheld its 2011-2012 Back to

School Night on Thursday,

September 15, from 7 p.m. to 9p.m.

[The goal was] to welcome,

inform, and entertain our

parents and community, aswell as celebrate our 30th year

with a great evening, statedInstructional Dean David Hong.

Parents and community

members were notied of and

invited to Back to School Nightthrough both mail and e-mail.

During the night, parents

visited classrooms of theirrespective children. Teachers

had ten minutes to give

an overview of the coursecurriculum and expectations.

I look[ed] forward to

seeing all the parents who areso involved in their kids lives

show support for their academic

achievements and successes,

expressed Ty Watkins.Both the Pathways

Communications Academyand the English LanguageDevelopment programs held

meetings for the parents during

the night.In preparation for the event,

all of the administrators worked

together to plan a schedule.

DBHS parent organizations

such as Brahma Boostersand South Asian Parents

Association set up booths in thequad.

Parents were able to go in

the LINC to learn how to view

their student grades online.Also throughout the night, the

Food Services Department held

tours of the kitchen facilities and

sold barbeque in the lunch area.

Tables were also set up aroundcampus to sell refreshments

and offer free coffee to parents.The United Student Body

also participated in the event

by helping direct parents to

classrooms and passing outmaps and programs. In addition,

USB members helped decorate

the campus and answer any

questions parents had.

I think it is great to put aface to a name. I am more

impressed with the classes mydaughter takes after I came[to Back to School Night] and

learned how rigorous they

really are, stated attendeeDiana Kim.

END ON THE RIGHT FOOT

Wow, we are almost a month into the school year! Time really

ies by, and the end of the six-week grading period is right at

our heels. Make sure you keep those grades up by doing all of

your homework and not winging any tests. An above-averagegrade will really help you in the rest of the rst semester. Get

rid of some stress by starting out the school year strong!

Six-week grading period ends on Friday, September 30.

STRIKE A POSE

Did you forget to take your picture? Well then make sure youremember to go and take the makeup one, otherwise your face

wont show up in the yearbook! Makeup pictures will be held in

the gym so beat the lines by coming early while looking yourfreshest! That way, you can still crush your friends in basketball

during P.E. without having to worry about how you look. Dress

your best and remember to smile!

Undergrad makeup pictures are on Tuesday, October 4.

PREPARATION IS KEYYou have already gone through it once, so you know what toexpect. Although the CAHSEE is going to be review material,

make sure you know it well! Get enough sleep at night so you

do not doze off during the test and make sure you have enoughnutrition in your body! Remember that in order to graduate,

you will need to have passed this exam so dont take it lightly.

Good luck juniors and seniors!CAHSEE makeup tests are on Tuesday, October 4, and

Wednesday, October 5.

THE LATE BIRD GETS THE WORM

Feeling exhausted with too many late night homework days?

Dont worry, another late start is just around the corner! Mark

this event on your calendars so you dont show up to schoolan hour early with nothing to do. Catch up on some sleep or, if

you dont really need it, wake up and enjoy a relaxed morning.

Cook some pancakes and eggs instead of eating your regularcereal, watch some television, or even take a morning jog,

then come to school feeling refreshed!

Late Start is on Tuesday, October 11.

LUXURIOUS LUNCHTIME

Tired of the same old lunch every day? Well heres your chanceto spice it up a bit! The All Club Food Fair is coming up and

clubs will be selling everything from boba milk tea to popcorn

chicken! Just make sure that you hurry there, since all of these

popular food items will sell out fast!All Club Food Fair is on Wednesday, October 12.

GET YOUR SMART PANTS ON

Are you aiming to get into the top ten percent of the nation

and grab the National Merit Scholarship? Well then, its your

time to shine! The PSAT is almost here! Make sure you reviewall those math problems and grammar rules and give your

brain enough rest to get you through the test! This will be good

practice for the actual SAT and might even boost your score.Dont let this catch you off guard! Work hard and good luck!

The actual PSAT is on Saturday, October 15.

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News Bits

Clubs Promote DuringClub Membership DriveJOIN: Organizations varied fromlanguage clubs to service clubs.Officers from their respectiveorganizations set up tables withposters, yers, props, and treatsto draw students to their club.

Emily HwangStaff Writer

A Colorado logger wasforced to self-amputate allve toes on his right foot witha pocket knife when a seven-ton trailer, which he was tryingto x, detached and fell on hisfoot. Using a shirt to hamperthe bleeding, he drove his

tractor down a mountain pathand dialed 911.

A man was arrested ata Miami airport attemptingto smuggle seven snakesand three turtles in his pantsonto a ight heading to Brazil.Transportation Security

Administration caught thehidden reptiles through abody scanner.

A mysterious bubblecloud of light appeared overBeijing and Shanghai forapproximately 15 minutes.

According to pilots, thesphere grew from the sizeof an Unidentied FlyingObject to 100 times the

size of the moon. Scientistsand citizens are bafed bythis unusual spectacle, butexperts believe it had beendesigned by a group ofpeople.

The annual FireballFestival was held in Nejapa,El Salvador where residentshurled reballs, made ofburning rags, at each other.This was a celebrationin remembrance of thevolcanic eruption in 1922 that

destroyed the town and forcedthe inhabitants to leave.

A 19-year-old British

students love for the Koreanculture led her to surgicallylengthen her tongue to helpspeak the Korean language.She is proud her pronunciationis no longer foreign andcan now speak with a nativeKorean accent.

A Florida woman in herearly twenties was arrested forbiting the arms and face of anelderly man in a wheelchair.

According to the man he fellasleep under a restaurant toavoid rain, and woke up tond a young woman biting his

arms and lips claiming to be avampire. When police arrivedat the scene, they found thewoman nearby bloody, half-naked, and unaware of whathad just taken place.

Join the fun...Wanda and Jack Tanaka (from left to right) collect Leo Club applications and membership

fee. Xing Yen Quek

Various Diamond Bar HighSchool clubs recruited studentsas part of the two-week clubmembership drive which washeld during lunch in the upperquad from Tuesday, September6 to Thursday, September 15.

The event gave students anopportunity to learn and sign-up for clubs that they wereinterested in.

Clubs only promoted theirclubs to students but did notcollect dues during the rstweek of Club promotion.

During the second week,clubs were allowed to collectmembership dues and continueto advertise their clubs.

Some of the clubs got me

interested so I decided to join,said freshman Kelvin Choi. Hecontinued, Im hoping that Illlearn more about them [theclubs] once I go to the meetings.

Organizations varied fromlanguage clubs to service clubs.Ofcers from their respectiveorganizations set up tableswith posters, yers, props, andtreats to draw students to theirclub. We advertized with candy,yers hanging in classes, andshouting our clubs name aspeople passed by, stated seniorSharon Im, the vice president of

Girls League.Some clubs used othermethods to draw people to theirtable. The Anime club membersdressed up as anime charactersto express their interest towardstheir club. Leash Club AdvisorSue Benner brought in her dogto the club membership drive.

As IOC Chairperson, Ibelieve that Club MembershipWeek beneted both thevarious clubs on campus and

the student body, commentedIOC Chairperson senior JessicaYam. Yam added, This weekwas not only an experiencefor the clubs and students, but[also] for myself.

Before the Club MembershipDrive started, each club had toschedule a date with the UnitedStudent Body in order to haveits own club booth. The sign-upsheets were posted inside theUSB room for clubs to reservea table. USB assigned tables foreach club. Some organizationssuch as Key Club and Leo Club

were able to use the whole twoweeks while most clubs onlyhad one week to promote.

Sophomore Ashley Chung,the publicist of Best Buddiesstated, I expect this year tobe a year where I can meetnew people, and make newhappy memories. The ClubMembership Drive really helpedour club tremendously by beingable to recruit new membersinto our club.

that consists of students of allgrade-levels.

These students have beentrained to provide support foranyone who seeks help. The

counseling room, room 242,is almost always open duringlunch for any students who wishto speak to a peer counselor orthe Peer Counseling AdvisorSandra Davis.

Peer counselors aretrained to recognize the

warning signs of suicide andunderstand the importanceof taking any person who isdirectly or indirectly expressingthe desire to take [his or her]

own life seriously, explainedDavis.

Woodward and theIntervention Counselor LisaBenner are other staff memberswho are able to alleviate stressand problems students have.

Suicide is a permanent

solution to temporary problems.Whenever I hear about a youngperson committing suicide, Ioften wonder if anyone in hisor her life was alerted to [his

or her] depression before theincident. I think it is imperativethat everyone is educated onthis important issue, statedDavis.

There are times whenstudents are blinded by theobstacles they face and in these

moments, students tend to makeimpetuous decisions that canhurt more than just themselves.

When we struggle and weare in a sad or desperate place,

we forget who loves us and whocares about us. We forget thatthose feelings are temporaryand that there can be help to getpast them and that is why it is soimportant to talk about what youare really thinking and feeling,concluded Woodward.

fact, people are recommendedto stay off the roads in general.

In addition to the ooding,evacuated people are notrecommended to return home

until roads have been cleared offallen trees and downed powerlines.

Property damage isestimated to be extremely highnot only from the hurricane butalso from the ooding.

The complete amountof damage has not beencompletely accounted for sincemany areas are still consideredunreachable, but the damagesare estimated to cost as high asa total of $14 billion.

This is an extremelydamaging event towardsthe United States still weakeconomy, considering the factthat the United States is still indebt.

On Saturday, August 27,

Obama visited the east coast inorder to survey the damage. Hespoke to many citizens abouthis determination to have thegovernment prioritize the effortsfor relief.

Obama has already

requested $1.8 billion for theimmediate relief of the victimsin the east coast; however,due to nancial complications,Congress can only provide $11

billion of relief funds for disasteraid for the whole of next year

Despite the devastatingaftermath of Hurricane Irene,many ofcials revealed that theyhad expected worse from thestorm.

Many precautions weretaken before the hurricane hitthe east coast. The east coastwas prepared for this disasterand in order to limit the damage,10 states declared a state ofemergency. The precautionsincluded evacuating over twomillion people and closing downairports and public transit daysbefore the hit.

Numerous non-protorganizations have formed forthe relief of those who were

affected by Hurricane Irene.Hopefully, with the help

of many organizations andcharitable citizens, the recoveryfrom the destructive aftermath ofHurricane Irene will be soon andsuccessful.

Continued from page 1STORM: A large amount of people have evacuated in preparation.

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REFLECT: The student was reluctant to share his personal issues with others; only a few understood what he was experiencing.

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EditorialTHE BULLS EYE4 Wednesday, September 28, 2011

Editorial

Over the past few years,

the demand for shark n soup,a Chinese delicacy, has grownfrom a dull roar to a chaoticclamor in California. However,

the controversy that comes withshark nning has grown in directproportion to that noisy demand.

Those who support the huntingof sharks for their ns arguethat the traditional dish is a part

of Chinese culture, and to banit would be to undermine thevery culture itself. In contrast,others claim that shark nningis inhumane and will some daylead to the extinction of sharks.

Instead of taking the side of

either of these extremists, thebest solution would simplybe to restrict the number ofsharks that can be hunted peryear. Ideally, a cap limit wouldbe placed on shark nning toreduce the approximately 73million sharks killed every yearby half. Chinese culture cannotbe completely sacriced, so acap on hunting sharks wouldmoderate the sharks decline in

population and greatly reducethe risk of their extinction withouthurting Chinese life.

Limiting the number ofsharks that can be hunted peryear would be highly effective inkeeping the population levels atnormal numbers, as they havealready fallen by over 90 percent

in certain species of sharks inthe past few years. Fishermen

report that the sharks they arecatching seem to be gettingsmaller, as the sharks are nolonger being given enough timeto fully mature before they arehunted. If fewer sharks werehunted each year, they would beallowed to mature. Furthermore,ocean ecosystems as a whole

would be able to functionmore effectively with the sharkpopulation kept intact. Althoughshark nning needs to beregulated, environmentalists,however, cannot disregard

Chinese culture and sacred

Lea ChangFeature Editor

practices like traditionalweddings. California has asimilar limit for hunting blackbearsa cap was establishedin 2009 so that only 1700 bearscould be hunted per year. Sincethis restriction has provedviable for black bears, the sameprinciple should be adopted forshark hunting as well.

It is of the utmost importancethat a solution is found forthis problem, but extremistson both sides of this situationhave been slowing the processdown to an irresponsible pace.For example, the California

State Senate recently passedAssembly Bill 376, which willban the possession of sharkns if signed by Governor Jerry

Brown. This bill will include afew compromises that allowshermen who catch sharksto keep ns for personal useand also permit taxidermiststo have them in possession.

Despite these paltry provisions,however, the bill is not practicalbecause it only addresses oneside of the situation. A bill thatis written with the interests ofChinese culture at heart needsto be implemented; bills like376 severely limit the ability topartake in a dish that is suchan integral part of Chinese

life. When the members of theCalifornia Senate and Brownnally realize this, they willamble back to their desks andsettle in for another number

of months spent arguing andrevising before they turn outanother bill, months that couldhave been more wisely spent onthe right kind of bill exercising acap limit.

The looming ban on sharknning in California is extremelydamaging to Chinese culture,but allowing the hunting ofsharks to go on unrestrictedwill cause equal harm to theenvironment. Introducing alimit to the number of sharksthat can be hunted is the onlysolution that satises both thesupporters of Chinese cultureand environmentalists as well.

Fin of the Shark Tale

Blazing Trails of Satire

Child abuse has a newname and it is a rather large

one: Childhood Obesity. Thiscrime is horrifying; parentsare purposely stuffing theirchildren full of saturated fats. Tomake things worse, the problemis growing rapidly and hasswelled to large proportions. Infact, the number of overweightadolescents has tripled in thelast two decades. This increase

in size is simply unacceptableand the problem must be

nipped at the bud. It demandsall of our efforts, time, and focusto slim down the predicamentso that we can begin to takeobese children out of harmsway. Negligent parents do not

deserve to feed their children ifthey cannot do so responsibly.

Childhood tubbiness ischildhood abuse. It is withouta doubt that between starving achild and overfeeding one, theformer is better. Overfeeding isplugging hundreds of childrensvulnerable digestive tracts withchocolate and grease. EveryBig Mac, although tasty, is likea ruthless kick to the ribs. Thephysical abuse does not par upto the psychological issues thata kids meal imposes.

After all, a black eye or abroken rib pales in comparisonto 600 pounds of blubber. Orrather it is lost in the shade ofa very large shadow. Truly,fast food is the most sickening

Oh Please, Stop the Obese!Sarah Cho

Asst. A&E Editor

and appalling abuse in thisworld! Parents are intentionallyseizing their childrens chance athappiness with hamburgers andfrench-fries.

The children are not toblame for their wide silhouettesthe guilty party is the cruel,sadistic parents! It is the parentswho stuff their children full ofsaturated fats, cholesterol, and

high fructose corn syrup. Whilesuch a crime may be pardonableif it were only for the low cost and

convenience of fast food, suchis not the case! These parentsare feeding their children fried

chicken wings and chocolatecake out of vengeance and spite,punishing their children with bothsugary and fattening foods.

These parents should beswiftly served prison time. Weshould take vengeance againstthem on behalf of their plumpvictims. If not the government,no one will intervene on behalf

of the stout casualties. No onewill defend the hefty sufferers ofoutrageous mutilations. No onewill speak for the portly, silentwounded.

These parents must be heldaccountable for their flagrantheart lessness and malice.

Al re ad y, st at es ac ro ss th ecountry have recognized this andhave begun to take immediate

steps, in order to punish theseruthless parents. One shiningexample is the case of AlexanderDraper, a 14-year-old boy fromSouth Carolina who was seizedfrom his parents custody andput directly into foster care. It isa revolutionary action that hassparked a wave of reform.

Atkins, South Beach Diet

, and the Lap Band, though allchildren should use these plansto ensure proper health, shouldbe replaced by the infinitelymore effective alternate for moresevere cases like Drapers:

foster care. In fact, millions ofchildren across the country arealready enjoying the benets offoster care. Studies show that57 percent of children placedin foster homes are at high riskof receiving abuse and neglect.That is a 57 percent highchance that children can nallyshed that weight they havebeen worried about! Stressfrom a foreign environment,

homesickness, misery, andunceasing humiliation haveproved to be the perfect formulafor weight loss.

The governments role is

to control every fraction of apersons life to ensure that

America is a nation embodyinga perfect and ideal image. Afterall, one can never be too skinny.

Those parents who have

raised the anorex ic andbulimic masses are the leadingexamples for aspiring parents.

Any problems those childrenhave are much too slight andslender to be seen. The realdi lemma l ies with the bigproblems: the big sizes. Ignorethose small ones about themalnourished; you cant evensee them!

Obesity is an epidemic ofhefty proportions. It is abuseof the worst sort and the people

of this country must raise their

voices and armaments againstsuch a heinous crime. Andhopefully, one day in the future,all of America can raise theirarms without a wiggle of adiposetissue jiggling under it.

Hundreds of protestersbegan rallying in July in orderto pin six Fullerton policeofcers as the murderers ofKelly Thomas, who died vedays after he was beatenunconscious in what startedout as a routine arrest. Thebeating, while grotesque andunwarranted, is only bringingabout the trial of two out of thesix ofcers responsible, despitecountless testimonials andsurveillance videos that depictan outnumbered homeless manbeaten beyond recognition.Two months later, FullertonPolice Chief Michael Sellers

is extending his stress-relatedmedical leave of absence,allowing him to maintain his$228,576 annual paycheck,while four of the six ofcersinvolved in the arrest remain

on paid administrative leave.Conveniently, Sellers was not

able to provide a timely narrativeon what occurred that nightwhen Thomas was arrested, nor

did he offer condolences to the

Thomas family. Meanwhile, theDistrict Attorney took even moretime to wrap up the investigationwhich will determine whetheror not the broken bones, braininjuries, and internal bleedingmight have been the result ofexcessive force. Rather than

provide these murderers with

protected identities, criminalcharges need to be placed onall of the ofcers involved in thearrest

The ofcers did not usereasonable force to apprehend

Marcel BoubionEditorial Editor

their suspect yet, the D.A.sshockingly slow response timeand Fullerton City councils lackof concern allows these men towalk freely. Judging from thereactions of eye witnesses, it is

clear that arresting K. Thomas

was not the only intention ofthe six men who beat him. Onewitness frantically describedthe scene to a local bus driver

just moments after it happened:they caught him, pound[ed]his face, pound[ed] his faceagainst the curb ... and theybeat him up. On September 3,Ron Thomas released his sons

medical records revealing thathis death was caused by braindamage received during theincident. It should not take the

D.A. over two months to realizethat K. Thomas life was placedin the hands of all six ofcerswho beat him excessively.

This is a criminal case andevery ofcer involved should behandled as such. The FullertonPolice department is allowing

four men involved in whatshould be an on-going murderinvestigation to take leave with

pay along with their protectedidentitiesregardless of theirranking as ofcers, this isunacceptable. The D.A. needsto continue their investigationso that these policemen are

removed from administrativeleave and tried for the wrongfuldeath of K. Thomas. Protestors

must keep pressuring the

Fullerton City council andthe D.A. so that they are nolonger provided the immunitythat allows them to avoidresponsibility for Thomasswrongful death.

Homeless to Lifeless

Many would say that thehackneyed principle of equalopportunity for everyonehas been well establishedin the United States for over

decades, specically in its realmof education. Thousands ofundocumented high schoolstudents around the nation,however, would beg to differ.Before implement ing the

California Development, Relief,and Education for Alien Minors

Ac t, th es e un de rp ri vi le ge dstudents had been constantlyneglected from their fair shareof educational benefits andopportunities, all which were

once offered exclusively toAmerican citizens and residents.The passage of Cal. DREAM

Act now enables undocumentedstudents to qualify for loweredtuition and nancial aid benets,therefore stopping thousandsof potentially successful youthsfrom being brutally stripped oftheir chance of attending college.

The state governments longoverdue decision to pass the actwas a prudent act of decencyaimed for the betterment of thestate and its people.

In essence, the Cal. DREAMAct proposes a two-part planthat is directly designed toalleviate the financial burden

A DREAM Come TrueJustin Park

Asst. Editorial Editorof underprivileged immigrantsenrolling in college. Under AB130, any individual, regardless ofhis or her lawful stay in the U.S.,who has attended high school in

California for three or more yearsand has attained a graduatestatus will become eligible forin-state tuition at various publiccolleges in California. In addition,

AB 131 , wh ich is yet to bepassed, wouldallow those ofequal cri teriato be el igiblefor addit ionalf inanc ial a id

p r o g r a m sadministered bythe state.

P r i o r

t o t h i s a c t ,undocumentedstudents werediscriminated

from receivingthe most basic nancial benetsoffered by the government,regardless of their potentialproductivity in America. A majorityof the undocumented studentswere brought to the U.S. illegallyas children, seeking for a betterlife. Regardless of the strugglessurrounding their residencein the U.S., these guiltlessyouths strive daily for academicsuccess, only to realize that theentrance to college is too steepfor a disadvantaged immigrant

to overcome. Although thesestudents have lived in Californiafor years, they are forced to payan average of $20,000 more thanother students because theyare ineligible for in-state tuition.This bill is the rst of many stepswe must take in order to stopdiscouraging young studentsfrom working toward their dream,simply because they were not

born American.These studentswork equallyhard, i f not

harder, thandocumenteds t uden t s t oachieve theird r e a m s ,

and it is the

states duty toacknowledgetheir efforts,

T h e

l e a d i n gopposition of Cal. DREAM Actasserts that taxpayers moneyshould not be spent towardsillegal immigrants, especially at

this time of dire economic crisis.However, the act offers benecialeffects that are guaranteed tobring positive changes to thestate in the long run. Accordingto a research conducted bythe College Board, a college

gradua t e w i t h adv anc eddegrees earns two or threetimes as much as a regular high

school graduate. As a result, ifCalifornia were to produce morecollege graduates with largerincome, the state would amassmuch higher tax revenue, thusrelieving the financial deficit.For example, a study by theImmigrat ion Policy Centerstates that when compared toan undocumented high schooldropout, an immigrant with acollege degree will pay around$5,000 more in taxes, but willspend $4,000 less in governmentexpenses each year. Theresults may seem insignicantat first, however, one cannot

ignore its potential benefits.In order to take advantage ofthis, the government must rstobliterate all barriers that are

hindering youths to pursuetheir journey in achieving theircollege degrees. The passage

of this act accomplishes exactlythat, by successfully eliminatingour states most conspicuousproblem in providing an equaleducational benet to everyone.

The purpose of Cal. DREAMAct is nothing short of its name;to help students dreams cometrue. Every student deserves tobe awarded with the opportunityto pursue his education withthe help of the government.Fortunately, undocumentedstudents statewide can nowchase their goals more freelywith their newfound benets.

These underprivileged

students had been

constantly neglected

from their fair share of

educational benetsand opportunities...

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Wednesday, September 28, 2011

Out of the Box

The Editorial Board invites The Bulls Eye readers to submitoriginal commentary based on current events. All submitted workshould be in accordance with the Editorial Policy in the staff box.Selected entries will be published in a subsequent issue of The

Bulls Eye.

Editorial PolicyThe Bulls Eye is a public forum that welcomes the views of ourreaders. Letters to the Editor will be accepted only if they aresigned. The author may, however, request anonymity. The staffreserves the right to edit letters without changing content. Forwardletters to The Bulls Eye, Room 250.

Asst. Feature Editor

Angie Zhang

Asst. Sports Editors

Winston ChoRachel Halpert

Photo Editor

Diana Romero

Asst. Photo Editors

Stephanie CotaXing Yen Quek

Business ManagersMichelle LeeChristine Song

Asst. Business Manager

Jenna Chay

Staff Writers

Emily HwangGloria KimVivian Tang

Interim Advisor

DanielRoubian

Diamond Bar High School21400 E. Pathfnder Rd.

Diamond Bar, CA 91765

Editors-in-ChiefAshley AhnJennifer Wang

News Editor

Jennifer Wang

Asst. News Editors

Prisca KimHolly Liu

Editorial Editor

Marcel Boubion

Editorial Cartoonist

Nicole Ongpoy

Asst. Editorial EditorsColene EngJustin Park

Feature Theme Editors

Ruby Hwang LauraMoftt

Asst. Feature Theme Editor

Hanna Yi

A & E EditorAustin Kong

Asst. A & E EditorsSarah ChoClaire Huang

Feature Editors

Ashley AhnLea Chang

THE BULLS EYESTAFF

So how did Steve Jobs actually resign?

iQuit? Or is there an app for that?Laura Moffitt

Political parties are like handcufngtwo bad drivers to the steeringwheel and having Americans as thepassengers.

Richard Mule

The tenth anniversary of

September 11 brought a waveof well-deserved patriotism toDiamond Bar High School; themethod the school has chosento show its devotion, however,is quest ionable. Leadingthe school in the Pledge of

Allegian ce will not increasepatriotism; rather it will takeaway the pledges value as asalute to the country. At somepoint between the time studentsenter elementary school andgraduate high school, theyare taught that pledging theirallegiancetoaaginfrontof

their classmates is the bestway to show their love for theircountry. Students are rarelyexplainedthe signicanceof

the pledge, nor is the option

to not recite it made clear, andeven though a student may begiven the choice to refrain frompledging, social expectanciesto recite the pledge will alwaysbe in place.

Recent ly , DBHS hasestablished a weekly recitationof the Pledge of Allegianceprior to the reading of theBullsheet. Although it is notmandatory, the expectationand obligatory feeling to recitethe pledge are still prevalentin the majority of classrooms.Saying the Pledge of Allegianceso frequently takes away itsvalue and meaning. Althoughstudents are not forced to recitethe pledge in class, they will notbe able to refrain from saying it

in a social environment where

the students feel obligated tostand by their classmates andrisk criticism from their peers.Requiring students to recite thepledge is brainwashing thembecause by teaching childrenthe Pledge of Allegiance atsuch a young age, it becomesa routine, which children donot think twice about beforereciting. In the 1943 SupremeCourt case West VirginiaState Board of Education v.Barnette, the Supreme Courtruled that requiring the Pledgeof Allegiance in public schoolswas a violation of the Firstand Fourteenth Amendments.

Although the administ rati onis by no means forc ingstudents to recite the pledge,

there is an unspoken socialexpectancy that will keep manystudents pledging along withthe rest of their classmatessimply because the pledgeis occurring. Even if studentsrealize that the recitation isbrainwashing the students, theywill continue to feel obligatedby these social pressures torecite it. This expectancy takesthe freedom of speech fromstudents and should no longeroccur in schools.

Particularly for lower gradelevels, such as kindergarten andrstgrade,thepledgeshould

not be required as children canbarely pronounce the wordsthey are repeating, let aloneunderstand their meaning.

Eye of the Editors

I believe that the Pledge ofAllegiance should be recitednot as an everyday activity,but as an actual pledge toour country.

EricMoftt,

Freshman

Con: Thank Goodness Its Thursday?Holly Liu

Asst. News Editor

Recently, the Irene-WakondaSchool District of South Dakotaadopted a four-day school week.This trend is not to be mistaken fornew. Many school districts havealready adopted this four-dayweek in place of the traditionalfive-day week. These schooldistricts mistakenly believe thatby adding more hours to schooldays and cutting out a schoolday,theywillsaveasignicant

amount of money, while stillmaintaining the quality of the

American education system. Itis plausible that money can besaved with this new schedule,however, this singular benefitwill not be able to make up forthe stress that it will create for

parents nor the reduced qualityof student education. A planfor a shortened week would bedevastating for the education oftheWalnutValleyUniedSchool

District.

On average, parents workfive days a week, and it is

impractical for schools to expectparents to take every Friday off tocare for their children. In addition,the option of leaving childrenhome alone is ineffective sincedoing so for 12-year olds is illegalin most areas,and those thatare older thantwelve may notbe independente n o u g h t otake care of t h e m s e l v e s .Mos t o f t heschool districtsthat are adoptingthe four-day school week aresituated in rural areas wherenot many childcare facilitiesare available. The few that are,

however, cannot accommodatethe sudden inf lux of thethousands of students that needsomewhere to go. In the eventthat more childcare facilitiesbecome available for these

students, parents should not beburdened with an extra expense.

Paying for childcare servicesistoodifcultforparentstodo

without reasonable assistance.The four-day school week

doesnotonlycreateconictsfor

parents but also damages thequality of studenteducation. Longers c h o o l d a y smean studentswill have troubleconcent rat ing,w h i c h w i l lnegatively affecttheir performance.

A l s o , m a n ys t u d e n t s

participate in extracurricularactivities after school; however,because this plan does notaccommodate the students with

after school activities, studentsthatdoparticipatewillndthat

their days end later. Extendingthe school day eliminates robsstudents of valuable time neededto rest.

The four-day school

weekcreatesconicts

for parents and

damages the quality of

student education.

The Irene-Wakonda schooldistrict in South Dakota recentlyestablished a new four-dayschool week. The Republican-led Legislature of South Dakotacut school budgets by nearlysevenpercentinordertolla

$127 million budget gap, makingit necessary for school districtsto improvise. South Dakotasplan to save money is a great

example that should be followedbyWalnutValleyUniedSchool

District.The 300 students inthis rural school district arenot the only ones receiving anextra day off from school. Otherschool districts in the UnitedStates are taking advantage ofthe economical benefits. Thisplan also provides students withextra time for tutoring or otheractivities.

Students from this districtarebenetingfromthischange

and have continued to succeed

Pro: Thank Goodness Its Thursday?Claire Huang

Asst. A&E Editor

in achievement tests. There havebeen no negative effects towardthe academic performanceamong students, and the schooldistrict has divided the schoolhours so that students are ableto cover all of the necessarymaterial. The distr ict haschosen to do soby shorteningl u n c h h o u r sa n d a d d i n g30 minutes toeac h s c hoo l

day in order toc o m p e n s a t ef o r t he l ac kof class time.Deuel, anotherdistrict in SouthDakota, has been using thisshortened schedule for fouryears, and its superintendentreported a decrease in failingstudents because of the extratime available for tutoring andteacher training. If more schooldistricts in the country decideto shorten the school week,

students will not only be providedwith more time to improve onacademics, but will be providedwith more time for extracurricularactivities.

The four day week willundoubtedly lessen SouthDakotas economical problems

b y a l l o w i n gt he s t a t e t oclose the $127million budgetgap. D is t r ic tSuperintendent

Larry Johnkestated that theIrene-Wakondaschool districtis able to save$50,000 with this

alteration. With the continuoususe of this improvised schedule,the school district will be ableto provide South Dakota with asubstantial amount of savings.Meanwhile, the Deuel schooldistrict reported that shorteningthe week has saved as much as$100,000. This change in the

school schedule has not onlybeen used in South Dakota, buthas also been considered inother states. The Palm BeachCounty School District in Floridamay use the four-day weekschedule as well, and has notedthe large amount of savings thatwould result from cutting downon various expenses that wouldbe used on Fridays.

This concept of a shortenedand improved schedule shouldnot be ignored. Nearly one fourth

of the schools in South Dakotahas already adapted this system.By making Friday the new startof the weekend, money wouldbe saved by cutting back ontravel expenses, supplies, andelectricity. Change is necessaryfor improvement. Rather thancont inuing to support thetraditionalve-dayschoolweek,

WVUSD should shorten theschool week to accommodateour budget crisis and providestudents with more time foracademic improvement.

By making Friday

the new start of the

weekend, money would

be saved by cutting

back on expenses.

Many younger students do not

understand that they have achoice regarding the recitation,and by leading them in therepetition of the same linesday after day, not only are theyforced to believe in somethingthey may not understand, butthe pledge is also turned into aduty rather than a vow. Recitingthe pledge on a daily basiswould be more appropriate if itsabsolute meaning was taught tostudents at an appropriate age,so that children could makean educated decision from thebeginning as to whether or notthey want to recite it. However,to ingrain in them at such ayoung age words that theyhave no comprehension of isinherently wrong.

While some individualsmay feel that the poem is apatriotic display of loyalty, it isridiculous to impose this recitalon students. Not only is it amisconstrued view of patriotism,but it is also an intrusion on thenatural rights of the students.

Allowing schools to create anenvironment that suggests therequirement of a weekly oathis an inappropriate display ofloyalty and dedication to thecountry. Such an environmenthas no place in a classroombec aus e t he i deas andexpectations of the pledge areforced upon students withoutconveying to them that whattheyarerepeatingisareection

of their personal views.

Eye of the Editors discusses local issues that are relevant to Diamond Bar High School students. Statements andopinions expressed in the article herein are strictly those of the editors of The Bulls Eye. The view of the editors does not

necessarily reect that of the entire staff.

I believe our schoolshould recite the Pledge of

Allegiance because it shows

pride for our country.Natalie Toldi,

Senior

I think we should say

the pledge because weshouldnt lose our patriotism

just because were in highschool.

Joseph Bachman,Sophomore

Am er ic an st ud en ts ar ealready considered to be behind

many other international students,and by shortening instructionaltime, these students are beingput at a further disadvantage.Every year, students in the U.S.spend about a month less inschool than students in SouthKorea, which has the worldshighest high school graduationrate. Instead of downgradingour education system, the U.S.should continue to improve oureducation under the examples ofother successful countries.

Four-day school weeks,whileappealing atrst, cause

problems for parents andstudents alike. The benefit ofsaving money is only seen bythe government and has noplace interfering with education.

Five-day school weeks shouldcontinue to be implemented inschools in order to accommodatethe needs of parents andsecure the academic successof students.

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8 Wednesday, September 28, 2011 THE BULLS EYE Feature

Toons Gone Crazy

Angie Zhang

Asst. Feature Editor

Sarah Cho

Asst. A&E Editor

Fresh Food FadsNicole Ongpoy

Editorial Cartoonist

Colene Eng

Asst. Editorial Editor

Today, there are peoplewho take it upon themselves togo out and lie down in bizarre

and foolish places. They lie

in escalators, on cop cars, inairplane compartment storages,

and even on top of camels. This

strange activity is a renownedhobby called planking, where

people lie face down and do

absolutely nothing.Rumor has it that the term

planking originated from slave

ships where slaves were chained

together and forced to lie downon shelves of wooden planks in

small compact spaces. Although

possible, planking most likelycame from the The Lying Down

Game in the 2000s when the

game started out as a fad in

England, and eventually becamean over hyped Internet sensation.

These plankers are gettingpositive feedback from others on

the Internet for doing absolutely

nothing on top of uncomfortable

and unsafe areas. Not only dothey put themselves at risk,

but they also disturb the public

peace by planking over the railsof escalators and in the middle

of doorways, causing traffic

and making people angry. Aman in Australia actually died

after losing his balance trying

to plank off his balcony. Policeauthorities and even Julia Gillard,

the Australian Prime Minister,

called the matter of planking

to attention and warned othersabout the recklessness of this

activity. It may be all fun andgames, but unless you wish tohurt yourself, I suggest that you

stick to planking on your soft bed

at night.

Girl 1: Wait, whats a fetish?

Girl 2: Isnt that the pickle youput on hotdogs?

Teacher: Im like wine, I getbetter with age.

Student: Wait, Sigmund Freud?

You mean like the lion tamer?

Girl 1: I love your shoes!

Girl 2: They were yours. I nevergave them back.

overheard

in DB

Every month, we will bring you

some of the most ridiculous,

hilarious, flat-out idiotic, and

sometimes insightful things

we hear around campus. So

bewarewell be listening.

a professional dancer so I see

this as another performance.

Im anxious and excited to seewhat will happen the day of the

pageant, elaborated Ting.

Like Ting, Mejia is outgoing,

as exemplified by her friendlydemeanor from the start of the

interview. The pageant is herway of following in her mothers

footstepsMrs. Mejia was

crowned Miss West Virginia.

Mejias aim is having a goodexperience and making new

lifelong friends. With her great

personality, I am sure that Mejiawill gain many friends throughout

this journey.

M e j i a s c h a r i s m a t i cpersonality was also shown

when she was asked about her

goals for the show. Insteadof winning just for the sake of

winning, Mejias goal goes much

deeper. My goal is to be a good

influence on teenagers. I wantto show them that they dont

need to do crazy things in orderto have fun. They can be classyand elegant and still have the

time of their lives, commented

Mejia. Her standards are highand show that not all pageants

are based solely on beauty, but

also on good-intentions, whichMejia definitely has.

All in all, Im really excited

because all of my friends andfamily are coming to support me.

I feel confident in my abilities and

look forward to the pageant,

summed up Mejia.Ting and Mejia are clearly

great girls. Before my interviews,

I was unsure of how they wouldact: snobby? Haughty? Even

cocky? By the end, I knew that

I was remarkably wrong. With

their intelligence, striking beauty,and unwavering friendliness,

both girls will go far in theirrespective pageants and in their

lives as well.

I recently had the opportunity

to sit down and interview two

pageant hopefuls: Diamond BarHigh School junior Nadia Mejia

running for Miss Chino Hills and

DBHS alumna Jenny Ting for

Miss California.From the s tar t of my

interview with Ting, I knew thatshe would be extremely friendly

and likeable, two traits that will

greatly help during the pageant.

While chatting easily whenwalking to our interview location;

her bubbly personality caught my

attention and I knew that Tingwould be a great contender for

Miss California.

Al th ou gh sh e ha s ha dpractice in the pageant industry,

such as running for Miss

Diamond Bar, Ting has remainedhumble and has even admitted

that she still has a lot to learn.

Right now, Im trying to figure

out how the pageant works atthis level. I hope to learn new

things from this industry andmeet incredible and intelligentwomen, stated Ting.

H a l f w a y t h r o u g h t h e

interview, my initial thoughtsof Ting being easy-going was

confirmed. For example, the

regular application includesinterviews and callbacks.

However, Ting was nominated

for the honor, which meantthat she did not have to go

through the laborious process.

I feel incredibly lucky for such a

new experience. Thousands ofpeople apply and only a couple

hundred get in, explained Ting.

A l t h o u g h t h i s i s a nextraordinary once-in-a-lifetime

event, Ting remained calm,

showing that she inhibits a

balance of emotions. This isimperative for such an event

because it would be undesirableto break down during the show.

Im not very nervous. Ive been

Walk thePlank!

Quiz time!

What Did You Do?

Do you like your boba on the sweet and creamy side? If you do, you will love Meow Meow Cafe!The Boba Milk with Pudding contains a lot of milk, sugar, and a chocolate-like sauce, to the point where

it almost tastes like a milkshake. For me, the pudding is the best part of the drink! It has a wonderfultexture, tastes just right, and is easy to eat - no struggling with the straw or spoon. The restaurantdisplays a menu on the wall that has the three most popular drinks (the boba milk with pudding is #1),

and a few other specialty beverages. If you want a full menu, you will need to step to the side of the

counter and get one of the pamphlets. Drinks take about 10 minutes to come out, so do not order ifyou are short on time. Also, Meow Meow Cafe is not open on Mondays or Tuesdays, so plan ahead!

What interests me about this cafe is the line of people waiting outside that never seems to dwindle.

Even on weekdays, there is some kind of queue there. 85C Bakery is one of the most popular cafesin Taiwan, which explains the line of predominantly Asian people. What first drew me to this place was

the fresh bread. Unlike your usual Asian bakery, 85C always has new batches of bread, due to the

masses of people that quickly make the confections disappear into their stomachs. Many of the breads

sold here are on the sweet side, but the bakery also makes salty ones. An example of a salty breadwould be the French Cheese bread, which has garlic powdery on top and is filled with cheese. When

you pay for the bread, you also get the option of buying a drink. For the most part, this bakery serves

coffee-like drinks, as its name comes from the supposed perfect temperature for drinking coffee. Thepricing here is also very good; I bought 10 different types of bread and the total was only 15 dollars!

However, the wait time is the longest I have ever had to endurea whopping 25 minutes! Hopefully,

this time will be shorter on weekdays.

Do you like tea?

YES NO

Are you thirsty?

YES NO

Do you have a sweet

tooth?YES NO

Is today a Monday orTuesday?

YES NO

Recently, many Diamond Bar High School students have been flocking to a number of Asiancafes and raving about the boba and desserts. The Bulls Eye sent one of its staff members to three

of these sites to see just what was so great about these places.

Feeling hungry but dont know what to eat? Then youre at the right place! This simple flow

chart will help you decide which snack shop would best fit your tastes. After youve found out, simply

look below for more tasty info!

Surprise surprise! There is more than meets the eye to some cartoons. One writer plunged into the myths and rumors behind some of the most popular toons and revealed interesting theories and

scandals.

If you like the taste of tea, Half and

Half is the perfect place for you! Many of the restaurants tea

based drinks taste like actual tea, so if you do not like that bitter flavor, I suggest that you add somecaramel to it. When I first stepped into the restaurant, I was a bit confused since there was no menu of

any kind on display. The only thing the cafe had was a chalkboard with a lot of Chinese characters on

it. Some advice I would give to the first-timer would be to step up to the counter and grab one of themenus that are hidden in one of the boxes. Like many other tea stations, Half and Half takes a pretty

long time to make your drinks. That waiting time, in addition to the line of people waiting to order, totals

to about 15 minutes. Nowadays, four dollars seems to be the standard for specialty boba so the cafesprices are pretty reasonable, especially since its cups are some of the largest you will ever see.

Half & Half

Tea Station

Beauty & Brains

Half& Half

The most famed

conspiracy about thePokmon franchise

is the theory that the

entire cartoon series is Ashscoma induced delusions. While unconfirmed,

this premise has gained a huge following.

Advocate s argue tha t Ash went into a comaafter being struck by lightning early in the series.

Following this event, the pacing and style of the

show changed significantly with Team Rocketbecoming less menacing and the world becoming

more idealistic. The characters are allegedly Ashsprojections of himself as he struggles with his ownpersonal demons. This theory explains why all

Pokmon centers have the exact same nurse and

why Ash never becomes a real Pokmon master.

Animators sometimes get outof hand and conduct inappropriate,

obscene actions. In the 1977

Disney film, The Rescuers, aracy image of a topless woman

can be seen flying past in the

background during a scene in which

the two mousy protagonists racedown a street. The image is small

and only flashes byfor a split second,but this offensive

picture led to the

recall of 3.4 millioncopies of the film.

Many of us remember watching The Rugrats on TVwhen we were kids. Recently, however, rumors have been

circulating about the true story behind the TV show. Theorists have speculated that

the children on the show are all simply a figment of Angelicas rampant imagination.According to internet blogs and forums, Chucky died long ago with his mother, and

Tommy was a still born. Bloggers have also reasoned that the DeVilles, the parents of

Phil and Lil, had an abortion and because Angelica could not decide what gender theinfant would have been, she simply created the same character

with two different genders.

TheRugrats

Internet bloggers have also created theories about TheRugrats spin off show, All Grown Up. According to these

writers, Angelica is a bipolar schizophrenic who became addictedto narcotics. This drug use caused her to revert to her childhoodmentality, a state which brought back her imaginary characters.

She clung to her hallucinations as a form of comfort and ultimately

died of a heroin overdose.

BEACH

BIRTHDAY PARTY

SPORTS EVENT

OUT OF COUNTRY

AMUSEMENT PARK

PICNIC

Curious as to what DBHS students did over the summer?Well, we went and found out for you. Here are the results!

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Xing Yen-QuekAsst. Photo Editor

gaming devices produced byits competitors. It is only 0.88inches thick and weighs 6.9pounds, creating a sleek andslim design.

The Razer Blade alsoincludes the Switchblade UserInterface, which consists of 10

adaptive tactile keys for easyaccess to in-game commandsand a liquid crystal display touchscreen built into the keyboard.The LCD touch screen, foundnext to the full keyboard, can

be used as a touchpad or an in-game information display. Thisadvanced technology allows thegamer to have the privilege ofcontrolling the game right at hisor her fingertips.

The revolutionary inventionhas a starting price of $2,799and will be available by the endof 2011. Although the devicemay seem a bit pricey, gamersof all skill level will find the laptopuser-friendly.

The Razer Blade will mostdefinitely attract gamers of allages and will also encouragemore innovation towards PCgaming.

Meet the Razer Blade byRazer, the future generationof portable gaming laptops andthe worlds thinnest and mostpowerful gaming hardware. It

provides gamers with the highperformance found in personalcomputer games along withconvenient portability.

T h e R a z e r B l a d e i sequipped with a powerful Intel

Corei7 processor and anNVidia GeForce graphicsprocessor. This gives the gamerlife-like animations at the fastestspeed available. The AlienwareM17X and the Asus G74SX-A2,Razers rivals are also gaminglaptops that weigh about 9.7to 9.8 pounds, making themextremely inconvenient forportability.

Bo t h c ompan ies hadto compromise the weight of

the laptop in order to achievegreat performance. But, thefull aluminum chassis laptopby Razer is much slimmerand portable friendly than the

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DimensionVision should be selected: statistics.Also impressive is the filmscinematography. The movieis divided into chapters thatflash on a black screen beforefading into the next scene ofthe movie. Inaddition, muchof the baseballg a m e s a r e

shown in low-r e s o l u t i o nt o e m u l a t ewatching thegame thougha televisionscreen. Themoments ofdead silencealso heightenthe suspenseof events ofthe baseballgames.

What is mostcommendableabout this film

is its universallikeability. Theaudience can

know nothing about the game of

baseball but still be able to fullyenjoy the movie. Moneyballis an overall engaging film with

a take on baseball that setsit apart from any other sportsmovie, past or future.

it can be said that Brad Pittslimited acting skills have beenplayed out over the years, nopun intended. Phillip SeymourHoffman plays Art Howe, theManager of the California

baseball team. Surprisingly, the

true star of the film is actor JonahHill who plays Peter Brand, ayoung economics expert freshout of Yale University with abriefcase in hand and a radicaltheory about how baseball teams

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Hollywood is overstockedwith dull, formula sports moviesthat have audiences wonderingh o w t r u l yu n o r i g i n a lt h e m o v i eindustry has

b e c o m e .H o w e v e r Moneyball,directed byBennett Miller,is not one ofthose films. Itis instead, afresh new lookat the sportsw o r l d t h a tis, for once,d e p i c t e dt h r o u g hthe eyes ofs o m e o n eother than anathlete.

The filmdisplays animpressive cast with expectedly

solid performances from BradPitt, as the protagonist BillyBean. Bean is a washed outex-baseball player who nowacts as General Manager ofthe Oakland As. Nevertheless,

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THEBUZZ

On November 11, Sony

will be releasing a unique head-mounted display known as theHMZ-T1 Personal 3D Viewer.

A prototype of this device wasfirst introduced in Las Vegas atthe 2011 Consumer ElectronicsShow, back in January. TheHMZ-T1 is a sleek, personalheadset that enables the userto experience an immersivecinematic display.

Sony has cleverly designedthis headset so that thehorizontal viewing angle restsat 45 degrees, leaving usersto feel as if they are sitting 20meters away from a 750-inchmovie screen.

The HMZ-T1 comes with two0.7-inch Organic Light EmittingDiode screens that are able to

be adjusted to the users eyes inorder to provide a high definitionpicture. The OLED panels alsoallow for a fast response timewhich enables videos to playsmoothly.

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The device comes with ascreen for each eye that workstogether to produce a three-dimensional effect. Users will be

captivated by the 5.1-surroundsound coming from the built-inheadphone speakers with fouraudio modes available. Theseinclude game, standard, music,and cinema.

The HMZ-T1 wil l alsobe able to connect with otherdevices such as televisions orBlu-ray Disc players. Theprocessor unit comes withtwo sockets for high-definitionmultimedia interface outputand input. In addition to allthese amazing features, Sonyalso came out with ear and eyepiece adjustments available forcomfort.

The HMZ-T1 will, withouta doubt, be a favorite of many.Users will find the futuristic feel

and the perfect view of the entirescreen irresistible. The devicehas both two-dimensional and3D functionality available forfilm watching and game playing.This is an enormous upgrade

from the previous attempt of awearable 3D device by Nintendo,Virtual Boy.

Virtual Boy was a complete

disaster because it was toobulky and had horrible quality.Howev er , we igh ing on l y14.8-ounces, the HMZ-T1 hascorrected the problem that madeNintendos gaming device afailure. The capabilities of theHMZ-T1 greatly surpass thoseof Virtual Boy, which was onlyused for gaming.

Sony has also succeededin creating this small, easy-to-carry headset without degradingpicture quality. In fact, theymanaged to create perfect andcrisp images that make the videoall the more natural.

Priced at less than $800,this headset is a must-buy foranyone who wants to enjoy thehigh-definition home theater

experience.Although the HMZ-T1 is set

to be first released exclusively in

Japan, it is expected to be soldin the United States at aroundChristmastime.

THEMANYEMMYSThe 63rd Primetime Emmys

broadcasted l ive on FOXTelevision straight from theNokia Theater in Los Angeles onSeptember 18.

Al l ac ro ss th e co un tr y,millions tuned in to see whowould join the ranks of otherdistinguished winners of pastyears. The evenings big winnersincluded Melissa McCarthy,Julie Bowen, Jon Stewart, and

Kyle Chandler. These starswere finally able to enjoy therecognition that they deservefor their work on their respectiveproductions. Surprisingly, JimParsons from The Big BangTheory beat Steve Carrell of The

Office for Best Comedy Actor.The show was entertaining

with amusing skits parodyingvarious popular TV shows. A

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particularly memorable clip was

a segment lampooning TheOffice, with Ashton Kutcheras the lead. Comedic musicalnumbers also livened up thenight. The true star of the show,however, was Jane Lynch whosename in past years has becamewell known through her recurringrole as Sue Sylvester on Glee.She stole the show as the hostdelivering witty lines and jokesthroughout the night.

O v e r t h e d e c a d e s ,the Emmys has becomesynonymous with amazingtalent, extraordinary ability,and impressive flair for showbusiness.

The award ceremony wasstarted by the Los Angeles basedorganization, the Academy of

Television and Sciences. Thename of the award originatedfrom adding a feminine twistto the word immy, a common

nickname for image orthicon

tubes which were found in earlycameras. Shirley Dinsdale,who won Most OutstandingTelevision Personality, holdsthe honor of receiving the veryfirst Emmy.

At first , the Emmys wereoriginally only meant to honorLos Angeles based televisionproductions, however, the showhas, since then, expanded toinclude a much broader range.Past winners have includedLucille Ball for her comedic workon I Love Lucy, Bill Cosby forI Spy, and Betty White for TheGolden Girls.

The Emmys have becomea night of glamour, excess,and beauty with stars from allover the country showing up

in their best dresses and suits.An invitation to the spectacularshow is truly proof of ones A-liststatus.

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T h e M u s e u m o f Contemporary Art in Los Angeleshas always had a wide variety ofexhibitions to showcase eitherthe work of a particular artistor the collective pieces of astyle. These showcases rangethematically from politicallyinspired art to a collection ofabstract art. This diverse rangeis found in both the currentexhibitions as well the exhibitions

the museum can anticipate.There are seven differentexhibitions currently open tothe public which have beenopen since summer. One ofthe more popular exhibits is theCommon Objects exhibition.This showcase displays theworks of many different post-

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TWorld War II artists who havedefined the meaning of Pop Art.

These artists include Jim Dineand the famous Andy Warhol.Common Objects has been opensince June 30 and is coming toan end on October 10.

Other exhibitions includea CY Twombly Tribute, ThePersonal is Political collection,a Miranda July collection, a

George Herms compilation,selected works from MOCAspermanent collection, and ashowcase of Lynda Bengliss

work. All of these showings willbe closing in October.There are also four more

upcoming exhibitions MOCAwill display in the following year.The first is titled Under theBig Black Sun, a collection ofCalifornia photos, paintings, andsculptures from 1974 to 1981,

which will be open October 1until February 13. The vintagephotographs of old Hollywoodwill also be displayed as ashowcase from November 13until February 27, titled Naked

Hollywood. Another exhibition,Ends of the Earth, is scheduledto open to the public in April ofnext year and Blues for Smokewill be open in October of thefollowing year.

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and understand where they arecoming from. I know them morethan just football players andpeople who are more than just

athletes.BE: What is your background infootball? How many years haveyou played?RM: I played Pop Warner since Iwas eight years old. I played highschool football [at Diamond Bar]

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The 2011 Diamond BarHigh School fall sports seasonmarks the beginning of a newera for DBHS football. Startingthis season, coach and teacher,Ryan Maine, took on theposition of head coach afterJohn Martin stepped down lastwinter. Maine has taught DigitalVideo Production at DiamondBar since 2007, and is alsothe current advisor of TheStampede, the schools weeklystudent-led broadcast.Bulls Eye: When and how did

you nd out that you were thenew head coach?Ryan Maine: I did not knowCoach Martin was going tostep down. He has his reasonsbecause he wanted to spendmore time with his family. I amsure hell be back coaching. Itwas a surprise for us when hecame in December.BE: How did the team respondto the change?RM: First it was a little difcult;any change is difcult for kids.It was easy after Coach Martin

Meet the Coach: Ryan Maineestablished a solid foundationand left the program in goodhands for the same coaches.Change always kind of shakesthings up a little bit. Afterthe rst couple of weekswe were rolling.BE: What changes and/or improvements did youmake to the program?RM: We changed theweight training a little bitwe wanted to get strongerand faster. We startedthe protein shakes afterworking out and triedto establish more of afamily atmosphere bydoing more team-building

and team-bonding. Wewanted the kids takingownership of the team.Our goal was to get thekids mentally stronger.BE: What was the mostdifcult part of becominghead coach?RM: The transition was toughtrying to carry off of what coachMartin established and to keepit going and making sure kidsdid not quit or go away. Wewanted to keep the same guysand the same culture.

BE: How has your relationshipwith the team developed?RM: I have denitely grown alot closer to the kids. Before I

became head coach, I did notknow much about some of thekids personal lives, but now Iam interacting with parents,Grade Level Coordinators, andteachers. You know more aboutthe kids life off the football eld

and I played college [football] atSacramento State [University].

And I nished my last twoyears at the University of San

Diego. My coach wasJim Harbaugh the [SanFrancisco] 49ers coachright now. After college,I still wanted to be a partof the game so I startedlming for some teamsthen I came here in2007 and started [as thequarterback coach].BE: What wasyour greatestaccomplishment in youryears of playing thegame?

RM: Probably[ C a l i f o r n i aI n t e r s c h o l a s t i cF e d e r a t i o n ]championships back toback. It was a fun teamto play for. We all lovedeach other and enjoyed

being with each other. It is a funmemory.BE: Based on the changesyou have made and your newposition, there has been a lotof hype for this year. How haveyou and the team responded to

Rachel HalpertAsst. Sports Editor

As a four year varsityvolleyball player who is in thetop one percent of her classacademically, senior KathleenTorres proves to be the idealstudent-athlete.

Oddly, Torress athleticcareer did not begin withvolleyball. She played sevenyears of soccer from the ageof ve and participated insoftball, basketball, track, andcross country as well. Whenshe was nine years old,she sparked an interest involleyball, I used to get

so excited the days Ihad volleyball practice,noted Torres.

In her rst year ofhigh school, she was theonly freshman chosenfor the varsity teamand she remainedthe youngest playerthe following season.I learned to havecondence in myselfand my abilities andto try my best everysingle game, said Torres.Unsurprisingly, she waschosen to be a co-captain atthe start of her junior year.When I was a freshman,my upperclassmenteammates taught me the

importance of team unityand being a family, not justa group of players on thecourt, commented Torres.She carried the teamto California InterscholasticFederation quarternals. Withall that experience under herbelt, she is off to yet anotherpromising season in thehopes of repeating last yearssuccess; she recently scoredher personal best, 30 kills,during the September 13 matchagainst Rancho CucamongaHigh School. She is currentlyranked 20th in the state forhitting, 79th in the country.

Not only does she excelathletically, but Torres alsoboasts a 4.0 un-weighted grade

point average. After this year,she will have taken seven

Advanced Placement courses,eight Honors classes, and oneInternational Baccalaureateclass. I take challenging

Athlete of theMonth:

Kathleen Torresclasses so I can see what Iam capable of achieving, saidTorres.

Aside from all the timeput in to practices, matches,and studying, she activelyparticipates in school andcommunity activities. Oncampus, she is a memberof Spanish Club, a threeyear member of CaliforniaScholarship Federation, an

ofcer for Bottles for theBay, former memberof the United StudentBody, and co-Founder/c o - P r e s i d e n tof Pocketful of

Sunshine. In

addition, Torresvolunteers at theSomeone CaresSoup Kitchen inCosta Mesa andcoaches a youth

volleyball teamfor the Boys

and Girls Club inWhittier. I havebeen so fortunatethroughout theyears, I just want

to give back andmake a difference in

other peoples lives,stated Torres. In thefall, she plans to applyto many prestigiouscolleges such asColumbia University,

Harvard University,Stanford University,University of California,Los Angeles, Universityof Southern California,

and Yale University. She wantsto major in Biology and enterPre-med.

She has yet to decidewhether or not to continuepursuing volleyball in college.Even with scholarship offersand notice from college scouts,Torres wants to focus on herschool work. I think I will play ifI can play for a school that hasa good combination of athleticsand academics like Stanford,said Torres.

Torres does not let hersuccess affect her dedication

to her schoolwork or herperformance by working hard inpractice and keeping her gradesup. Regardless of whicheverroad she chooses, Torres haspaved the way to a bright future.

this hype?RM: Hype can be good or bad.I felt that we came in a littletoo hyped during our game at

Ayala. I think that was a goodreality check. [Hype] is justa name. Your actions speaklouder than your words. All thepublic is going to see from us, ishow we do on the football eld.We care about making the teambetter but for others, they justwant to see if you win or lose. Itis a lot more about action thanto go with the hype.BE: Do you have any goals foryourself? Are there any goalsthat the team has?RM: The goal that I always

have, that will stick with me forthe rest of my life, is to practiceon Thanksgiving Day. What itmeans is that you won the rstround of CIF. Our rst goal is tomake the CIF playoffs this yearand my ultimate goal is to beable to practice on ThanksgivingDay. This means that you areputting yourself in a position toplay for a seminal spot.

Coming off a 6-4 2010season, the Brahmas have highhopes and condence in theirnew coach.

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Teams of all sports tradeaway players for new onesthat could potentially give ita better chance at winning achampionship the next season.

It trades loyal players who havebeen with the team their wholecareer in the hopes of winningmore games. Sports is treatedas a business and rightfully so.If teams can trade players, thenplayers should also be able toleave for a better chance atwinning. On August 29, 2011,Los Angeles Angels star JeredWeaver signed a ve yearcontract extension worth $85million. His actions have beenpraised as heroic and unselshas Weaver chose to stayloyal to the Angels and passup the chance to make moremoney from a different team.His decision also drew morecriticism to stars who left theirteams for unreasonably large

sums of money. However if thisis the case, this condemnationtowards these players isunwarranted and one-sided.

To begin with, many athletesare left with no choice but to

leave their team in order to wina championship. The offseasonbefore the 2010-2011 NationalBasketball Association seasonwas lled with drama as LebronJames, the leagues reigningMost Valuable Player, decidedto leave the

team thatdrafted himand madehim a star,the ClevelandC a v a l i e r s ,for the MiamiHeat. Hischoice toleave changed the dynamicsof the whole league as Jameswas criticized for taking ashortcut to a championshipby joining 2006 Finals MVPDwyane Wade. However,those who disapproved ofJames overlooked how little theCavaliers cared about winninga championship. In his sevenyears as a Cavalier, Jamesreceived two MVP awards and

seven All-Star selections, but itbecame obvious that he couldnot win a championship on hisown. Cleveland chose to ignoreJames requests to sign newand better players and at times it

seemed as if the franchise onlycared about making a prot.In his rst year with Miami,James nearly reached an NBAChampionship. His decisionto leave Cleveland was theright choice for his career. One

cannot blame

him for lookingout for his ownfuture.

Sa la r i esare utilizedby athletes tomeasure howmuch theyare valued by

their team. If a player feels heis underappreciated, leavingfor another team is justied.This happened in the 2000Major League Baseball seasonwhen Alex Rodriguez left theSeattle Mariners for the TexasRangers and then proceededto sign a massive ten year$252 million contract with theNew York Yankees. A commonmisconception in the world of

sports is how much the playersget paid to perform. Athleteshave to retire young as theirperformances decline as theyage. As a result, Rodriguezshould not be criticized for

leaving the Mariners for abetter nancial opportunity onanother team. The process ofbeing traded or signed withanother team is a hassle as theathlete must move to the teamsrespective city. This is why

players prefer staying on thesame team their entire career.However, a team prevents thatfrom happening when it choosesnot to commit to a multi-yearcontract at the expense