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The Inside PHOENIX, ARIZONA ALHAMBRA HIGH SCHOOL • October, 18 2012 VOL. LI NO. 1 Scim Alhambra fashion in the halls; the styles and what’s cool. PAGE 4 & 5 SPORTS The Scimitar sits down with Caleb Al - teras and finds out what makes this year in Lion Football different. PAGE 6 OPINION “Don’t you hate it when people give you bad attitude and smart remarks? Read within. PAGE 3 Lines vex students by FABIAN MORALES Alhambra students are angry about the long lunch lines in the cafeteria due to high enrollment. Students are reporting that the cafeteria is running out of food. This has students angry about the situation. One senior said, “ I feel disappointed that the school doesn’t have enough food to feed everyone, I’ve been a victim of this Local crime causes lock- downs by ANTHONY MUNOS Wednesdays schedules at Alhambra are modified, however due to two lockdowns Alhambra’s usually calm and differently- scheduled Wednesdays were Severely disrupted. Having our district late starts every month is something kids look forward to; start late and leaver early. However on Wednesday September 26, Cheer saves lives with blood by YVETTE PADILLA The varsity cheer squad is sponsoring a fall blood drive on September 27, 2012 in the south gym. United blood drive services will be on campus all day to secure donations for the blood bank. Donating blood can save lives, it’s estimated that six out of 10 people will need blood or blood components during their life. The varsity cheer squad had been sponsoring the blood drive for several years and it is one of the largest community service projects. Daisy Kennedy relaxes as she donates blood in the South Gym. Many people donated blood because donating can save a life. Student line up during 5th lunch in the cafeteria. Long lines are a staple for both lunch periods. Thousands of students recieve lunch in the cafeteria every day. For young minds lunch is a very important meal. I am comfortable, chill, simple, and cute Angie Landa SENIOR I am conservative and professional “Happiness often sneaks into a door you didn’t know you left open. Ms. Christenson TEACHER What’s your style? Each member of the team is required to sight up a minimum of 10 people. This year here are more sophomores on the team and it has been harder to get the 10 volunteers per team member. Many people are afraid to give blood. Professional phlebotomists monitor the process. After a donor gives he will be given refreshments and change to rest. Blood donations save many lives each year, so consider signing up with a cheerleader the next time there is a blood drive. situation many times!” The anger that some students feel is actually a symptom of a very complex problem that includes many factors Due to strict nutritional standards, the cafeteria is only able to offer a certain amount of each type of food per day. For example once the nachos run out, there are no more nachos allowed to be sold that day. The state of Arizona is trying to fight obesity, and this is one way they are tackling the problem. The daily special, while not as popular is still readily available. This meal meets the state guidelines for nutrition. Nutrition, however, is not the only challenge that the cafeteria faces in feeding Alhambra’s 2700 students. Glen Mendoza, the I love style , clothes, I like to be comfort- ably fashionable, also my favorite clothing store is H&M Ms.Deaver TEACHER see LUNCH on page 2 Whatever floats my boat? My style is friendly, it’s whatev- er I am feeling it ties to my emotions. I am crazy so I wear crazy colors. But mosty what I am feeling. Vilma Samaniego SENIOR Just normal black clothes, and dark colors, like any oth- er rocker person. Daniel Magdelena SENIOR I like to look nice during school. Dress to impress Orlando Acosta JUNIOR see CRIME on page 7

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The Inside

PHOENIX,ARIZONA•ALHAMBRAHIGHSCHOOL•October,182012•VOL.LINO.1

Scim

Alhambra fashion in the halls; the styles and what’s cool.PAGE4&5

SPORTS The Scimitar sitsdown with Caleb Al-terasandfindsoutwhatmakes this year in LionFootballdifferent.

PAGE6

OPINION “Don’tyouhateitwhenpeoplegiveyoubadattitudeandsmartremarks?Readwithin.

PAGE3

Lines vex students

byFABIANMORALES

Alhambra students are angry about the long lunch lines in the cafeteria due to high enrollment. Students are reporting that the cafeteria is running out of food.

This has students angry about the situation. One senior said, “ I feel disappointed that the school doesn’t have enough food to feed everyone, I’ve been a victim of this

Local crime causes lock-

downsbyANTHONYMUNOS

Wednesdays schedules at Alhambra are modified, however due to two lockdowns Alhambra’s usually calm and differently-scheduled Wednesdays were Severely disrupted.

Having our district late starts every month is something kids look forward to; start late and leaver early. However on Wednesday September 26,

Cheer saves lives with bloodbyYVETTEPADILLA

The varsity cheer squad is sponsoring a fall blood drive on September 27, 2012 in the south gym.

United blood drive services will be on campus all day to secure donations for the blood bank.

Donating blood can save lives, it’s estimated that six out of 10 people will need blood or blood components during their life.

The varsity cheer squad had been sponsoring the blood drive for several years and it is one of the largest community service projects.

Daisy Kennedy relaxes as she donates blood in the South Gym.Many people donated blood because donating can save a life.

Studentlineupduring5thlunchinthecafeteria.Longlinesareastapleforbothlunchperiods.Thousandsof students recieve lunch in the cafeteria every day. For young minds lunch is a very important meal.

I am comfortable,chill, simple, andcute

AngieLandaSENIOR

I am conservativeand professional“Happiness oftensneaks into a dooryou didn’t knowyouleftopen.Ms.Christenson

TEACHER

What’s your style?

Each member of the team is required to sight up a minimum of 10 people. This year here are more sophomores on the team and it has been harder to get the 10 volunteers per team member.

Many people are afraid to give blood. Professional phlebotomists monitor the process.

After a donor gives he will be given refreshments and change to rest. Blood donations save many lives each year, so consider signing up with a cheerleader the next time there is a blood drive.

situation many times!”The anger that some

students feel is actually a symptom of a very complex problem that includes many factors

Due to strict nutritional standards, the cafeteria is only able to offer a certain amount of each type of food per day. For example once the nachos run out, there are no more nachos allowed to be sold that day.

The state of Arizona is trying to fight obesity, and this is one way they are tackling the problem.

The daily special, while not as popular is still readily available. This meal meets the state guidelines for nutrition.

Nutrition, however, is not the only challenge that the cafeteria faces in feeding Alhambra’s 2700 students.

Glen Mendoza, the Ilovestyle,clothes,Iliketobecomfort-ably fashionable,also my favoriteclothing store isH&M

Ms.DeaverTEACHER

seeLUNCHonpage2

Whateverfloatsmyboat? My style isfriendly,it’swhatev-erIamfeelingittiesto my emotions. Iamcrazy so Iwearcrazy colors. Butmosty what I amfeeling.VilmaSamaniego

SENIOR

Just normal blackclothes, and darkcolors,likeanyoth-errockerperson.DanielMagdelena

SENIOR

I like to look niceduring school.DresstoimpressOrlandoAcosta

JUNIOR

seeCRIMEonpage7

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Campus

TheAlhambraScimitar3839 West Camelback RoadPhoeinx, AZ 85015(602)764-6144 Adviser

Mr. Adney

Editor-In-ChiefEileen Yazzie

StaffFabian MoralesVanessa Sanchez

Yvette Padilla

Edgardo GaxiolaAlicia DominguezSamantha Limon

Analy RasconCecilia ChangAnthony MunozFernanda Luna

The Scimitar is a pub-lication of Alhambra High School’s seventh period newspaper class. It is published five times a year.

Editorial Policy: All editorials will reflect the majority of the edi-tors’ opinions and will be written by an editor.

Ethic Policy: All sto-ries are accurate to the reporter’s best ability and the information in the story must be able

to be documented. We vow to do no harm nor print obscene or vulgar media of any kind. The source’s name can be withheld upon request. Everything is written for the reader. We are the voice of all Alham-bra students and strive to represent all students regardless of race, gen-der, ethnicity, and abil-ity.

Letters to the Editor and Guest Submission Policy: All letters to the

editor must not not ex-ceed 200 words. They may be handwritten or typed. All letters can be submitted by either e-mail, via Mr. Adney’s mailbox or delivered to room 1144. All guest submissions must be submitted electronical-ly. All submissions must include the author’s name, grade and Eng-lish teacher. All letters and guest submissions that are to be printed will be edited for clarity and length.

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cafeteria manager, says “ It’s hard [feeding everyone] because there is a lot of guess work involved. I never know how many students are going to eat each day.”

When Mr. Mendoza

orders food for the week he looks at how many students ate last week.

That number can fluctuate depending on what activities are happening on campus. For example, if a club is selling nachos, the cafeteria might sell fewer amounts

Lunch

“StreetLightsOn”byTylerKaune

The street lights don’t shineThey give a nightlight glowTheir beams streak and distortNeon signs humWelcoming redsFriendly greensArtificial color in a naturally dull cityThe rain cascades to the dusty streetsWringing out the air of what impurities it canThe sun has long setAnd the struggle between twilight and dust long settledThe moon now owns the skyContested only by the damp ebony cloudsThat try to smother herThe moon hums like the neon signsThe whole world is awake and at restThunder clapsTrying to sound more comforting then they really are

Nights like theseA rainy night in PhoenixShows small miracles are still possible

Every drop on the window cascades like a waterfallI promised myself I would never cryWhen I was too young to understand what it meant to be a manTo be humanMy window is lined with tearful riversThat rest gently on my window sealSleepingI always sleep better when it rains

The cool airThe rhythm comes over meLike blankets and sheetsI hide underneath my blanketsA little rebel against the sunriseUnder the martyr moonMonsoon shells shake the houseOvercome with shell shock anxietyOvercome Over dramaticI am quiet when I should be laughingI sleep better when it rainsChronic depression

The rain is pouringComing down like the sky is at war with the groundThe puddles are mirrors of rippling reflectionsThe soil gives way to the icy waterChills to the boneI wonder if he knows when it rains

Can he feel the heavenly drops

Or is he the one throwing them down to us?I never cried for himI cried cause I couldn’t cryCried cause I couldn’tHow do you feel for a dead manYou’ve never knew?I cried for my grandfather’s forgiveness

I dance in the rainLike it’s the last time it will ever fallI laugh and fall and smile at the skyEven though I’m so coldIt took a long time for me to warm up again

I spent two months trying to forgetMemories I was always afraid I’d forgetSeeing her hold someone elseI missed her summer embraceHer kiss chased away winter stormsI criedTwo months after she leftI’ve forgiven myself for that

The street lamps look so nice in the rainThey remind me of lanterns on the ocean coastThe light tricks the rain into believing it is sea foamOn a full moon ocean

Have you ever listened to the rain?It’s beautifulDo not be fooledIt is no orchestraThere is no melodyNo lullaby just for youIt sounds like lifeNoiseA crescendo of splattersTaps and rustlesBeating against windowsOccasional base drum of thunderAnd cymbal of lightningAll falling over each otherHard to pick out just one partThat makes it what it isThat makes it so beautifulCreating a sound hypnoticComfortingLucidSoothing

Arizona needs more rainSometimes I cryTo rejuvenate the dry lands of my faceThat so seldom see rainIt doesn’t rain often hereBut I always feel better when it does

The rain looks so beautiful tonight

because students are eating elsewhere.

The problem with feeding thousands of students can be very complicated, but the cafeteria is working hard to serve the students of Alhambra good food and a positive dining experience

bySCIMITARSTAFFEvery tuesday from

2:50 to 3:00 in room 4009 students gather to create poetry. Most of the regular attendees have no prior experience with writing or performing poetry, but that doesn’t matter. For them, the experience of sharing their work is important.

These budding poets are part of the Alhambra Poetry Workshop. The club is described, but its founder Tyler Kaune, as place where students can come to listen, participate, and learn.

“The workshop is pretty laid-back” says Valerie Walsh, the club’s sponsor. “Tyler is incredibly welcoming and makes both novice and accomplished writers feel at home.”

The vision and philosophy of the Alhambra

Poetry Workshop is modeled after Phonetic Spit.

Phonetic Spit is a new valley-based organization using poetry to empower young people to contribute to society though poetry.

Through a workshop model Phonetic Spit has brought poetry to over thirty Arizona high schools.

Mr. Kaune, however, decided to form this workshop himself based on the principals of Phoenetic Spit. He also serves as the facilitator.

Every Tuesday Mr. Kaune brings activities and inspirational ideas for students to work on during the 40 minutes the club meets. Every activity is 100% student-run.

The poetry workshop is a place where “poetry is made” says Mr. Kuane.

This is the first in a series of features that will profile clubs and organizations on campus doing amazing and extraordinary things. If you think your club should be features, please contact Eileen Yazzie in Mr. Adney’s room, 1144 during 7th hour.

Student-run organization brings poetry to Alhambra

Tyler Kaune leads a group ofstudentsinapoetryworkshopactivity. The workshop allowsstudentstomakeanssharetheirownpoetry.Anexampleofthetypesofpoemstheycreatecanbefoundtotheright.

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Opinion PAGE3

Students should reflect on behavior, make changes

I’m pretty sure there is a lot more history behind sagging pants than there is regarding female fashion. However, the origins to the sagging pants trend isn’t a very good beginning.

People first began sag-ging their pants in prison, and that was because the guards took away the pris-oners’ belts. Without a belt, an inmate couldn’t commit suicide, or choke out anoth-er prisoner, but it also meant that the inmate’s pants would sag because there was noth-ing to hold them up. Later on, during the ‘90s, hip-hop artists started to adopt the trend from the prisons, and eventually it became a sym-bol of freedom.

However, not everyone is ok with this particular

“I didn’t know chicks sagged their pants!” claimed one girl to me, even though I had a belt on, and my butt wasn’t hanging out of my pants. That is a fashion trend that’s seen in guys these days: sagging pants. It may not be as fashionable as fe-male fashion trends, and can be more provocative, but

Pants sagging, people nagging

Dress code confusion

symbol of freedom. There have been laws and regula-tions against sagging pants here in the United States. Buses have refused passen-gers whose pants were sag-ging, and airlines have even kicked passengers off for sagging their pants.

I don’t mind that it’s a symbol of freedom among people, but really here at the school, it doesn’t seem to be a symbol of freedom, it seems to be more of a fashion trend, done only to look cool rather than actu-ally stand for freedom. Un-fortunately, it’s still hard to determine whether or not someone’s doing it as an ex-pression of freedom, or just to look cool, so in the end it’s easiest to just simply ban sagging pants at school.

After the Dream Act passed in June, the choldren of undocumented

Brewer’s position may help, not hurt

SAMANTHALIMON

Don’t you hate it when people give you bad attitude and smart remarks? Well guess what I do to.it was a specific day after school my friend angel and I were walking home getting ready to cross the street light. This girl bumped into my friend. Angel thought she did it on purpose because she didn’t say “sorry” or “excuse me”. Then Angel went up to her and pushed her into a crowd of people

This ugly end to this conflict could have been re-solved by remembering to say “excuse me” or “sorry”.

Many people think that these words are not impor-tant in our lives but, many times they can diffuse a sit-uation that gets out of hand

A teacher might let you go to the bathroom if you ask nicely. A lot of students ask for things rudely. Being polite could change some-one’s opinion for the better

In life, you won’t get nowhere without manners. For example you go for a job interview. Then they ask you “why do you want this job” and you reply “because I want it. Why do you want to know?” that attitude won’t get you nowhere in life. You guys know who you are it’s up to you to change your ways of “LIFE”.

When you’re at home just do stuff without arguing use some coping skills to keep you from lowing your lid off. You won’t want your parents to take your IPhone’s or your iPod’s right? So just have manners and you won’t have a problem just be pat-ent .

VANESSASANCHEZ

byALICIADOMINGUEZ

During the second week of school, as I was walking to class a security guard stopped me saying, “Those pants are inappro-priate.” I gave him a “are you serious?” look like any on else would, because my pants were barely ripped. He shouted at me “I’m not go-ing to argue just go to the of-fice!”

I’m sure this incident has happened to many stu-dents here at Alhambra High School. It seems like security guard pay more attention to what girls wear than guys.

I would believe it would annoy students to be dress coded for something minor such as a tank top strap an eight of an inch less than dress code requirements, or blue shoe laces on a blue shoe.

In my opinion the dress code is rather too strict this year especially regarding the ripped pants style. I could understand if the rips showed a lot of skin but if their just patches showing no skin at all then it should be okay.

This could be fixed by security guards dress coding students whose pants show skin threw their rips rather than all students who have stylish ripped pants.

FERNANDALUNA residents were ecstatic, but in Arizona young people are devastated because Jan Brewer, Arizona’s governor, has decided to support a ban prohibiting non-citizens from obtaining drivers licences.

“You can’t accuse her of being racist since there is no actual, like she hasn’t said she’s actually racist against immigrants,” said Itzel Rubalcava.

No one is sure of what is going on inside of Brew-er’s head, or what she is planning.

For all anyone knows she is trying to protect her people. “She could possi-bly be doing it to protect us, like especially with the ma-fia and all of that, she could be assuming that everybody is included in that. So that could be a reason why she’s not supportive of the Dream Act,” Rubalcava answered.

For many students here in Arizona this has become a catastrophe.

After the word about Brewer’s doing, the people who supported the Dream Act took to the streets and

walked down Central Av-enue towards the state Capi-tol.

Along with drivers li-cense also comes some state benefits that dreamers aren’t able to receive such as un-employment and state con-tracts.

“I do believe she is going against federal law, which would allow people to have some sort of state li-cense or state I.d., so I think this could be a court issue,” said Susan Meece.

Jan Brewer has com-mented that even though

Dreamers get a reprieve from deportation, they still have no legal status or legal presence.

Who knows, maybe Brewer feels peer pressured. “She knows she’s in a republican and anti-immigration state,” Meece has commented.

Jan Brewer’s staunch anti-mmigration stance might actually do more to help the cause of those who want citizenship. Those people will express their inalenable right to free speech.

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FEATURES4 Fransicso Ruiz

Brianna Martinez

Karen Espinoza

Eddie

Maria

Avila

Spikeseason!Spikesaremorefashinablethanever!

Button-upshirtsarecrispandgrown-up

look.

button-upshirtwithcollar;asweetlook.

High-waistedskirt.

Schoolpridenever

goesoutofstyle.

Fittedjeans

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Fashiondoesnotonlyhavetoapplytowomen,manymenhaveasenseofstyleaswell. AaronEsqueda,asenior,isoneofthefewboyshereatAlhambraHighSchoolwhohasafashionablesenseofstyle.“Fashioniswhatanybodythinksitis.It’swhatevertheylike.” ThereisnodaywhenAaronisn’tlookingdropdeadhandsome.Alwayswearinganeyepoppingoutfit,somethingyoudon’tseeboyswearatAlhambraonadailybasis. [Iwanttolook]classybecauseIdon’tlikewhatpeoplehavelikeYOLOorswagitlooksuncomfortable.” TherearemanywaysapersoncanberememberedatAlhambraandAaroniddefinitelydoingthisbyhissenseoffashion.

Karen Espinoza

Alvaro Rivera

MarioEnriquez

Button-upshirtsarecrispandgrown-up

look.

Schoolpridenever

goesoutofstyle.

Casualandcomfortableforclassmeansgoodgrades.

Watchesareagreataccessorryandcanhelpyougettoclasson-time

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by:CECELIACHANG

Volleyball is a must watch here at Alhambra High School. The ladies that make up this team try there hardest every day to make their fans proud

This season has start-ed off on the rocky side of the road. Alhambra played Trevor Brown on Tuesday August 28 losing to an excit-ing five games.

by:ANTHONYMUNOZ

The 2012-2013 Alham-bra football team strives to be better this year. After a strikingly surprising win of their first away game against Central there is a new flicker of light that will ignite as more wins come our way this year. We have lost three games thus far one to Mo-have High School by only one touchdown with the fi-nal score being 25-24 the other to West View, and the last loss was to Valley Vista. Our record so far is 3-3 but our hopes remain high.

I got a chance to sit down with Caleb Alteres

and got to ask him some questions.

Q. What was your reac-tion to getting the win over Central?

A. “I don’t know, I was shocked, I was jumping up and down and I couldn’t be-lieve it.”

Q. What has the foot-ball team done to get better this year?

A. A lot of players went to speed camp, there was more training, and we were all motivated to do better.

Q. What schools do you think will be the toughest to beat?

A. West view, Saint Mary’s, and Valley Vista

Q. Does the team be-lieve they have a chance at the finals?

A. “ I believe if we keep playing with heart and keep doing what we were doing we will get there.

Q. Would you like to say anything to any doubt-ers that remain?

A. “ Don’t think about the past think about the fu-ture”

Interview: Caleb Alteres

“Losing only makes the team stronger. We will keep practicing to improve our skills and we will be ready for them when we have the rematch.”

The team is 0-6 but their perseverance will lead them to a brighter season. The team has been prepar-ing for this season since the summer, practicing three hours every day. There work will pay off.

Cheer makes gains amid losses

If you love sports there’s stilltimetocatchthelastfewgamesofthefallseason.Sogooutandsupportyourfellowstudents.

VARSITY FOOTBALLFri-10-19-C.Hayden-AFri-10-26-St.Marys-H

FROSH FOOTBALLWed-10-24-St.Marys-HGAMETIME:6:00

JV FOOTBALLThurs-10-18-C.Hayden-HThurs-10-25-StMarys-A(MontereyPark)GAMETME:6:00

VOLLEYBALLThurs-10-18-TGBrowne-HTues-10-23-Bourgade-HGAMETIME:Fr4,JV5,V6

IfyoulovesportsandwouldliketoseeyournameinprintconciderwritingforTheScimitar.SeeMr.Adneyin1144formoreinformation.

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Tech&Media PAGE7

Midsummer Station captures pop magic

2012 students were kept after the final bell had rung due to a possible bomb threat.

The school was put into a shelter in place and students stayed in their 6th period class.

The suspected bomb was located at 37th Avenue and Camelback after school was supposed to be let out.

Police officers were arresting a man who lived nearby and that is when the encountered a suspicious bag.

After examining the bag, with much precaution, the police believed the bag to be safe and wasn’t explosive. The bag, however, did contain fireworks rigged with BBs, which is considered a harmful weapon.

Police have no idea who left the bag at the location. If caught the individual could be facing a class 4 felony.

The second lock-down happened a week later on October 3, 2012.

Police were responding to a situation in the neighborhood when the lockdown was called at 7:20 in the morning.

Denise Brumels, Assistant Principal for Student Opportunities, was the only administrator on campus at the time, called for the lockdown.

As teachers moved to their classrooms or safe havens, police helicopters were heard overhead urging the armed individual to surrender.

The gates to the parking lot were secured and teachers who had not driven on campus yet were left outside the school.

The lockdown lasted for 20 minutes and ended just before teachers were to go to their regularly scheduled meetings.

Classes continued for the rest of the day without incident.

Crime

Thin. Light. Fast. The instant the new iPhone 5 was revealed all the features that users had been asking for over the past year were met. However, moments after the iPhone was seen by mil-lions, bloggers, Facebook-ers, and Tweeters expressed their disappointment.

The iPhone 5 will soon be here and when it starts to arrive at Alhambra, it will be the device to have. Is this the case, though, when there are so many Andriod devices available right now? Can the iPhone 5 dominate Alhambra’s cell phone elite?

The first thing you’ll notice about the iPhone 5 is how loght it is compared to the 4s. The 5 is twenty per-cent lighter. You may think that 112 grams the weight will be what you notice, but it is.

Apart from the increase in vertical size (from 3.5in to 4in) other dimensions are nearly identical.

Looking at the new iPhone you will notice the increased screen size. The iPhone finally has a 16:9 which will be perfect for HD content.

The face iPhone is still glass and many reviewers have suggested that it might be Corning’s Gorilla Glass, but there is no proof.

The headphone jack has moved to the bottom and iPod Touch users will tell you it is a very natural loca-tion for your headphones.

Goodby dock connec-tor. The dock connector has been on the iPod for nearly 10 years and it’s about time it was upgraded. Dock con-nectors tend to be flimsy and easy to get oriented incor-

rectly. The new Lightning connector is smaller and can be inserted upside down and right-side-up. The problem is that so many accessories and docks are now incom-patible. The problem can be fixed with a $30 adapter, but that is one extra thing to buy.

The processor at the heart of the iPhone 5 is Ap-ple’s custom A6 chip. This is a SoC (a System-on-Chip) where all of the functions of a computer can be found in one small microproces-sor. Apple has not published clock speeds, but more and more the clock speed of a processor is becoming ir-relevant. The iPhone 4s is only 800 MHz and it is fast enough to handle pretty much anything.

The screen of the 5 is significantly better than the

4s. The 4s had a slightly greenish hue and the 5 cor-rected that problem by mov-ing a bit to the warmer side of the spectrum. This means images and movies will look more accurate under various lighting conditions.

One of the new features in the Camera app is the pan-oramic feature. With ease you can take large sweeping panoramas. The files end up being 11,000 by 2,500 pix-els. The exact resolution de-pends on how smoothly you move the camera.

The battery life,

speed, and graphics perfor-mance are all improved sig-nificantly. Using the iPhone 5 you will see a major dif-ference. Apple’s not lying when they say this is the best iPhone yet.

Will all these new fea-tures be enough to convince Alhambra’s students to buy an iPhone 5? The truth is that the iPhone is very ex-pensive and many students will decide to stay with their Android phones for the time being. It is nice, however, to dream.

New iPhone delivers on speed, battery, and graphics

byFERNANDALUNA

Not being much of an Owl City fan I came to learn that the songs Adam Young are about being yourself and having fun.

Young’s fifth album, Midsummer Station, was re-leased on August 17th.

“Over the past several years I’d become fascinated with trying to capture mag-ic in a jar through simple, concise pop songs,” said Young.

Young got what he wanted with this CD. His songs are mainly about lov-ing who you are, living life in the moment, and love.

His collaboration with Carly Rae Jepsen is a great

layed back pop song. A genius summer song, maybe for you listeners out there it’ll bring back a nice sum-mer night memory.

Adam young, in my opinion, expressed a clear belief through his latest hits.

His upbeat tem-pos caught my atten-tion. Embers” has a message that should be fol-lowed; to look at the light ahead and not focus on the darkness in life.

The songs in this album are something you could pop in your stereo or listen on your music players after having either a good or bad day, just like Young wanted.

Great music is coming from this guy’s soul, I’m sure there are more to come.

It looks like there is a message coming from The Midsummer Station album cover. It seems his cover means that the bad roots of life will be destroyed, keep looking forward because life waits for no one.

Review

ThenewaluminumbackandlongerbodyallowtheiPhone5tobeheldcomfortably.The larger screenwillmakegamesandotherappsmoreusefulthanever.

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Aries- you’re smart and you don’t even realize it. Your intelligence may surprise you sometimes. Be careful when the holidays come around. There might be a romance kindling up. Make sure not to worry about the money, there’ll be plenty during the holidays.

Taurus- make sure to watch what you’re doing Taurus. A new love interest may be popping out of nowhere. If already in a relationship, make sure to include your partner in all activities possible. Remember, communication is key Taurus. The holidays coming your way should breeze by, in a fantastic way.

Virgo- no matter if it’s for school or work, you will be receiving much support from people around you. As for love, many people will give you affection either in friendships or in relationships. Don’t be so quick to rush things though.

Libra- the upcoming holidays will be a busy time for you Libra. That one special person might start making the signals you’ve been waiting for. Bring close friends closer. Don’t waste time.

Scorpio- don’t worry about money Scorpio, that should be the least of your problems. Many people depend on your expertise. Don’t stay put, make new friends. Among those people there may just be the person you’ve been hoping for.

Gemini- there is going to be surprises coming your way, but maybe some stabs in the back as well. Do not put a wall up, instead be open-minded.

Your relationships should be taking on a special glow this month.Cancer- there is a possibility that there will be pressure either at

work or at school. Responsibilities are coming your way. Be confident and have faith. Romance for you cancer is just around the corner, so be ready.

Leo- goodness leo, there are many love opportunities for you this month. Take advantage of the romance, but remember to be wise. Be careful Leo there might be some deception coming your way in the midst of this month, make sure to have your guard up.

Sagittarius- Don’t overreact Sagittarius. Keep your head up when things get tough. You have a warm personality. Fight for what you want, don’t give up.

Aquarius- Party Party Party!!! That’s the kind of mood you’ll be in this month. It doesn’t even matter if you’re in a committed relationship, you’ll have loads of fun with that person.

Capricorn- Chill out Capricorn! By the end of the month you’ll be full of energy, but remember to not over work yourself. Be careful, a love interest is going to pop out of no where. Your friends might be the ones to introduce you to that special someone.

Pisces- You’re going to be surrounded by attention that you’ll get for a job well done. Be careful with your money Pisces, spend it wisely. By looking around you might find yourself being stung by the love bug. You have a soft heart, just open it up.

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Puzzle 1 (Easy, difficulty rating 0.37)

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