Hi-Tide Issue 1, October 2014

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The La Jolla High School

e Hi-Tide, an open forum, isthe official student newspaperof La Jolla High School. Unlessotherwise noted, opinions beingvoiced in the Hi-Tide belong tothe individual author. e Hi-Tide welcomes letters and opin-ions from students and staffmembers. If you have a letter tothe editor, please drop it off inRoom 514, or give it to any Hi-

Tide editor. You may also emailsubmissions to [email protected]. Submissions shouldbe typed and cannot be anony-mous. e Hi-Tide reserves theright to refuse any material.Advertisements are measuredper column inch. To advertisewith the Hi-Tide or to purchasea subscription, please email usor call (858) 454-3081, exten-sion 4501. Issues are distribut-ed every four weeks. No part ofthe Hi-Tide may be reproducedwithout written permission.

Editors-in-Chief

Jordan BowmanZoe Hildebrand

Isabel Melvin

News Editors

Jeanine Erikat

Nessie NavarroOpinions Editors

Sara EspinosaKaitlin Wheeler

Features Editors

Camille FurbyLilly Grossman

Student Focus Editor

Lily Kennedy

Sports Editor

Stephanie Buchbinder

A&E Editor

Sarah Rainsdon

Business ManagerMisha Kabbage

Media EditorsShane LynchRyan Robson

Advisor

Robert Boyd

StaffWriters

Andrea AlbanezCreekstar AllanKieran Bauman

Viviana BonomieJoseph Carroll

Sophia DorfsmanLucille Fitzmaurice

Ana GimberSophia Ketring

Jillian KoppIlana Larry

Yenitzia LopezTristan MacelliGeorgie MorrisLauren Robbins

By Shane Lynch

Media Editor

As students and teach-

ers returned to La Jolla Highearlier this month, theywere greeted by a numberof new policies and regula-tions, aimed at improvingour educational experience.In addition to tighter rulesregarding cell phone use andbathroom privileges, it hasbeen decided that e HiTide Newspaper must sub-mit all articles to the admin-

istration 24 hours before theyare to be published, in orderto give the adminisration thefinal say on what is deemedacceptable for reading. Upon discovery of thesechanges, a number of stu-dents transferred from jour-nalism to other classes, up-set over the apparent loss ofstudent voice. is brings toquestion the morality behindsuch a decision, as manywould argue the purpose of anewspaper is to give its read-

ers the stories they deservewithout holding back on in-formation. Legally speaking, a schoolhas every right to censor astudent-run newspaper, asdecided in the case of Hazel-wood v. Kuhlmeier in 1988.e proceedings found thatcontent deemed inappropri-ate by school faculty may besubjected to a certain degreeof censorship and a lowerlevel of First Amendmentprotection than a student

newspaper not officially af-filiated with the school. Regardless of its legality,a decision of this nature isbound to stir controversy.e role of a high schoolnewspaper is not solely toproduce stories that idolizestudent athletes and discussexciting school events; suchlimited scope would turn theHi-Tide into a PR machinefor the PTA. Students deserve the rightto discuss issues that are rel-

evant to the lives of teenag-ers, even when some mightfind them inappropriate oroffensive. So, if youre read-ing this story in its uneditedversion, then I applaud theadministration for keepingit in. To quote George BernardShaw, Censorship ends inlogical completeness whennobody is allowed to readany books except the booksthat nobody reads. Let us hope the same fate

does not befall the Hi-Tide.

By Lucy Fitzmaurice

StaffWriter

Nutrition is an importantpart of everyones daily lives,and for those who take it to thenext level, it is even more im-portant. Vegetarians are peo-

ple who do not consume meatbut are allowed to eat dairy.Vegans go one step furtherand only consume plant basedproducts, such as vegetables,beans, fruits, nuts, seeds, andgrains. People who have thesekinds of diets have a difficulttime eating school-producedlunches. Here at La Jolla High, the caf-eteria has now started to makemore of an effort to improvefood quailty than in past yearsand have become more health

conscious. In the end, howev-

er, thats not enough for thosewho have a more radical diet. During lunch the cafeteriaprovides the usual pizza, teri-yaki chicken, or the classichamburger. e few stridesthey have made are the veg-gie patty and sides like corn or

sliced oranges. According tothe SDUSD website, the menushere by federal law, meet nu-trition guidelines based onthe Dietary Guidelines forAmericans. e website states:Menus are written with 30percent or less calories fromfat A can of Coke Zero haszero calories, but look at thelist of ingredients: chemicalsand sugar. e schools areapproaching nutrition in thewrong way. Calories in the

end mean nothing if the food

What are we eating?is poorly made and has nonutritional value. e San Di-ego Unified School District istaking its stride to a healthierschool in the wrong way. Vegans and vegetarians eatmore plant based foods thatoffer nutrients. is food can

possibly prevent cancer andlower blood pressure sinceit isnt processed with possi-bly hazardous chemicals. eschool should be providingmore healthy food like this inour school cafeteria.

How are the students sup-posed to maintain a balanceddiet, if schools arent putting inthe right effort to learn moreabout nutrition? If the dis-trict is willing to spend moremoney to keep students eatinghealthier, it should at least do it

in the correct way.

LJHS cafeteria is not catering to vegetarian and vegan needs

By Zoe Hildebrand

Editor-in-Chief

Did you pay attention to

the Ferguson riots this sum-mer? Aer the execution-styleshooting of unarmed teenMichael Brown by police of-ficers in an altercation pro-voked by Brown jaywalkingacross a road, the St. Louissuburb erupted in pro-tests. e local policeforce responded withtear gas, rubber bullets,and racial slurs all di-rected at the dissentingvoices of rioters. Manywondered how this was

made possible on a scalelarge enough to reachthe thousands of pro-testors. e answer liesin a twisted partnershipwith local police depart-ments and this countrysDepartment of Defense,two organizations origi-nally designed to keepall citizens from living theirlives in fear. Armored, mili-tary-grade vehicles were do-nated to the Ferguson PoliceDepartment through the US

Department of Defenses Ex-cess Property Program. is federal program alsodonated equipment to the SanDiego Unified School District.We have a $700,000 Mine-Resistant Ambush Protectedvehicle parked in Morse HighSchools parking lot, able to bedeployed at a moments notice. e higher-ups of San DiegoUnified are pitching the vehicleas a rescue vehicle for emer-

gencies only. eyve takenthe effort to paint a big redcross on the side, just to showhow humanitarian they want

this vehicle to be. But how canwe trust them? What happenswhen, in what we determineto be an emergency in its ownright, decide to protest? Willwe become subject to the ter-ror this vehicle was originally

built to cause? ey claim the vehicle canbe used in a school shooting,a preparation against the ideaof the next Columbine occur-

ring at a San Diego school.e cumbersome armored carfits only 34 elementary-agedchildren in total, not even oneclassroom. We know very wellthere are thousands more stu-dents enrolled in schools inSan Diego Unified, all of whomdeserve a chance of survival inthe case of a catastrophe. Who,in an emergency, gets to live,and who is leto die? Why hasour school district resorted to

the literal nuclear option incases of tragedy and violence? ere are many steps SDUSDhas skipped in the process of

preparing for an emergencylike this. We need more com-prehensive anti-bullying edu-cation. One day of RachelsChallenge was clearly notenough to make a lasting im-pression at this school given

the outpouring of vilewords students in allgrades directed at ananonymous gossip apprelating to a Yak a mat-ter of weeks later. Weneed gun safety taughtto both students and

parents. But most para-mount, we need to stoppretending events likeColumbine are isolatedand random, keepingour hands clean fromany effort to preventthem and resorting onlyto a flashy and obnox-iously gaudy arms race.

And what if the occasion oftragedy never arises, and thisvehicle begins to make displaysat non-violent protests? At thevery least, you can say youve

been warned.(Editors Note: Due to contro-versy and the story of the vehiclemaking national news, SDUSDreturned the vehicle to the U.S.Department of Defense. How-ever, the San Diego Police De-

partment still have 77 M-16assault rifles and a militaryvehicle of their own that the re-cieved in the same donation asour school district received ourarmored vehicle.)

sdusd ready for war

The school district prepares for the worst

...to paint a big

red cross on the

side, just to showhow humanitari-

an they want this

vehicle to be.

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By Sara Espinosa

Opinions Editor

La Jolla High School hasbeen characterized for manystrengths over the years, in-cluding its academic leader-

ship, community partner-ship, sports achievements, butnothing is ever mentioned inregard to its Arts programs.e sad truth is that whilemany students are involvedin aer-school activities, suchas class council, clubs, andsports, fewer and fewer arechoosing performing arts aspart of their daily routine. ere were 228 schoolsin 2011 in the San DiegoUnified School District.Of those 228, only 180provided the Visual andPerforming Arts program.LJHSs new string orchestraand marching band havegained popularity, whichresulted from the effortsof the music teachers, andthe time they spent duringthe summer applying forcredentials. e requirementsto be hired as a theatre teacherdemand that he or she mustalso have an English creden-tial in order to teach Englishas a secondary subject. Simi-larly, all dance and marchingband teachers must also havea PE credential. e districthad a budget of sixteen mil-lion dollars in 2011, accordingto the Tiger Team Report, topay art teachers salaries start-

ing at $80,000 per year, whilea regular teachers maximumpay was $82,129. at dif-ference might not seem likemuch, but the $2,000 they aredenied each year adds up. In addition to having several

periods of classes a day, artteachers, especially perform-ing arts teachers, must alsodedicate some of their extratime to aer school practiceand all their various events andperformances.

e Tiger Team Report of2011 also failed to supply theinformation of the budgetdedicated to art materials and

supplies. e reason? It wasunknown. e LJHS budget for 2011also included $182,988 specifi-cally for sports purposes, ac-cording to the annual budgetby SDUSD. Why are sportsreceiving a concrete budget fora year, when the performingarts department has to requestgrants for music sheets?

When asked about whysports are more supported by

Per f or ming Ar t s in da nger

music

is kind ofpushed to

the side.

the district than the arts, Mrs.Henderson jokingly replied,ats the way things usuallygomusic is kind [of] pushedto the side.

Performing arts are known tonot only give students a high-

er sense of self-confidence,but also help them improveacademic success and socialoutcomes. According to theNational Educational Longi-tudinal Survey, students whoparticipated in a school withthe Visual and PerformingArts Program were most likelyto be involved in volunteeringand political issues. Some of

the benefits of being in-volved in arts are bettercollege attendance, betteracademic achievement,and gaining post-graduatedegrees. Out of the 180 schoolswho provided the Visualand Performing Arts Pro-gram, only 36 providedtheatre classes, further-more and only 6 provideddance programs. From

this information, our fundingdoesnt seem to be going tothe correct place. It is up to us,the students, to decide whatwe want to implement in ourschools. It is time for the per-forming arts become a prior-ity.

Editors Note:ere was no cur-rent data released, so informa-tion about the LJHS budget isbased offof the next most recent

year available.

By Andrea Albanez

StaffWriter

At La Jolla High School,we have over fiy clubs thatare involved with a variety ofcharities, programs, sports andacademic teams, and just somefor pure enjoyment. Each clubis unique in its own ways, es-pecially in the goals they wantto accomplish throughout theyear. While this is true, the ad-ministration decided to com-bine certain clubs that havegenerally the same theme as

one another.

e fact of thematter is that those clubs donot want to be associated withone another, and they had tomake an effort to convince theadministration that their clubswere different enough to beseparated. Helen Lee, who is the presi-dent of the club HomelessLunchbags, discovered thather club was combined by theadministration with Homelessand Youth, without any priornotice. To convince the admin-

istration that her club should

be separated from Homeless

and Youth, she explained howher club had a different focusand theme than the other clubshe was being combined with. Helen Lee stated, My club,Homeless Lunchbags, is onlydedicated to making lunchbags to give to homeless peopleon the streets. Homeless andYouth wanted to involve kidswith helping the homeless. eonly thing I was upset aboutwas the fact that my club wasonly focused on one aspect ofhelping the homeless and I got

combined with a club with amuch bigger spectrum. HelenLee was able to successfullyconvince the administration,allowing her to separate herclub and establish its originalpurpose and goal for the year. Now the main question is,what gave the administrationthe right to do this withoutgiving consent to clubs priornotice that this policy is en-forced? ey didnt tell mewhy we got combined in thefirst place, but I can imagine

it was because we both had

the word homeless in our club

names, Helen Lee added. Ididnt know the administrationhad the right to do this, but itmakes some senseIt was eas-ily fixable.

What if other clubs have thisissue and the administrationdoes not realize that they aredifferent enough to go backto their original state of be-ing separate? If this situationwas applied to all clubs thenall clubs such as ones that fo-cus on bullying should be oneclub, and all clubs that focus

on volunteering should be an-other club.is statement doesnot make any sense.

Whether or not the admin-istration decides to keep en-forcing this policy of regulat-ing clubs, clubs should still beindependent from one anotherwith their own ideas and fo-cus for the year. Combiningclubs does not benefit anyone.It simply adds more chaos andtension between club mem-bers. Clearly, the administra-tion should not have the ability

to merge multiple clubs.

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StaffWriter

As a 14-year-old eighthgrader at Muirlands Middle

School, I always rememberedlooking forward to having themonthly minimum day, whereI was released from school at11:30 a.m. Now attending LaJolla High School, you canimagine my disappointmentwhen Principal Shelbourneannounced that all scheduleswould be adjusted to accom-modate to a 30-minute lunchperiod on every minimum dayof the year.Aer this shocking announce-

ment, further speculation wastaken into when it becameunclear as to when this lunchperiod would actually occur. Ifelt calm as everyone else pan-icked, because I made the mostobvious conclusion that lunchwould be added aer 6th pe-riod for those who wanted toeat at school. But, I was thrownoffwhen the actual minimumday came around, with a lunchperiod in between 5th and 6thperiod. Senior Leslie Brown says,ey could just make lunchaer 6th period and the peo-ple who needed lunch couldjust stay and eat lunch and thepeople who didnt need lunchcould just leave and go home.While many other studentsseem to agree with this state-ment, the school still upholdsits odd and inconvenient mini-mum day schedule. Even though thirty minutesdoes not seem to be a longtime and can be considereda nice break between classes,many would argue that it is

not worth the wasted half of anhour. Furthermore, it is placedbetween the worst hours of theschool day. 10:55 a.m. is muchtoo early for lunch and much

too late for breakfast, so it cre-ates an awkward gap in themiddle of the day that is quiteunnecessary. is lunch period was cre-ated for the LJHS cafeteria so itwould have the opportunity toserve lunch to students everyday of the school year. But howis this beneficial to the studentsor teachers, who would ratherhave that extra half hour fortheir own personal time?

When asked if lunch on halfdays should remain, Sopho-

more Mackenzie Heermansargued, We shouldnt have itcause we can just get our lastclass over with. e major-ity of people at LJHS wouldrather have the extra half hourto go home and or enjoy lunchoutside of school with theirfriends. e idea of offering lunchaer school is still an optionso that people not interestedin staying aer have the op-tion to go home. However, theschool will not change to this

new schedule because they feelit it necessary to give everyonea mandatory lunch period anda chance to eat before the endof the day.

Even if the students are giventhe chance to eat during a halfday, most people do not evenuse this opportunity to eat. eschool needs to realize thattheir effort to create a lunchperiod has failed and the ma-jority of students do not likethe additional hours added tothe day.

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FEATURES4 October 3, 2014Hi-Tide

P a i n t t h e T o w n R e d

By Yenitzia Lopez and Jillian

Kopp

StaffWriters

Manicures are about to be-come a necessity for a nightout in more ways than everbefore. Undercover Colors is anew nail polish developed tochange your nail polish col-or upon detecting date rapedrugs in your drink. It was de-veloped by four undergradu-

ate students at North CarolinaState University. Although the exact sale de-

tails of the polish have notbeen released, the idea of sucha convinent sexual assault pre-vention product has peopletalking. Although there are otherdate-rape drug detectors onthe market, such as drug-sensitive coasters, cups, andstraws on the market, the sim-

ple convenience that the nailpolish offers makes the avail-able products look obsolete

and cumbersome.I dont think that it will

be that effective, said juniorRory Halloran. ...you haveto touch the drugs with yourhands, and if its in your drink,youre not going to be feelingyour drink.

According to the Centerfor Disease Control and Pre-

vention, one out of every fourwomen is a victim of sexual as-sault. Some argue that the nail

polish, while useful, still putsthe responisibility on womento prevent their own sexual as-saults. is tactic is known asvictim blaming. Ultimately,the pressure should be on mento understand consent. But again, the polish is only inthe early stages of its develop-ment. On ajc.com, Undercover

Colors creators state roughthis nail polish and similartechnologies, we hope to make

potential perpetrators afraid tospike a womans drink, becausetheres now a risk that they canget caught. Rohypnol (knownmore commonly as roofies)have no smell, taste, or texture.ey dissolve completly inliquid and cause memory lossand unconsciousness similarto being heavily intoxicated.

New nail polish innovation aims to spare women the trauma of sexual assault

N E W L E A R N I N G P O D S A T L J H S

By Sophia Dorfsman

StaffWriter

Going to the farmersmarkets has been a traditionin my family since I can re-member, even before I movedto San Diego. We love sup-porting the locals and gettingfresh produce on our weeklyadventure. Something about

restocking your fridge froma farmers market makes youfeel closer to the community.e farmers can come fromall over California to provideour area with great ingredientsand products. Not only are yousupporting the farmers whenyou go to the markets, but alsolocal businesses.

You can find such awide variety of fruits, veggies,and prepared foods, from yel-low and orange raspberriesto green juices to Mexican

food.Some of my favorite stands

for produce are Suzies Farmand J.R. Organics, both withoutstanding selections of thein season harvest. My favor-ites for the prepared itemsare WOW Waffles, the rawfood stand, Joes on the Noes(Coffee), the panini stand,and Bitchin Sauce. For those

of you who like kombucha,there is a great stand for it withthe addition of all things fer-mented called Happy Pantry.Plus, there are multiple standsthat sell stunning flowers. Youcan have breakfast, get cof-fee, listen to music, hang withfriends, and buy some goodiesfor later in the week.e popular farmers markets

in the area are in Pacific Beach(Tuesdays), Little Italy (Satur-days), and La Jolla (Sundays).

Taking a trip to the

farmers market is an all

around fun thing. If you havenever been to one, you shoulddefinitely go at one point.Drink coffee, run into some ofyour friends, buy some straw-berries and peaches, or go ona date with your dog. Get outof the house, for all the rightreasons.

Farm to FridgePhotos Courtesy of Sophia Dorfsman

By Vivi Bonomie

StaffWriter

e new school year bringsforth a lot of change for stu-dents at La Jolla High, suchas new schedules, new lock-ers, new friends, and now, newdesks. When students andteachers walked into the class-rooms of our school aer sum-mer vacation, they all seemedsurprised at the new furniturethat had invaded our class-

rooms. ese new desks, orlearning pods, have sparkedquite a bit of debate betweenstudents and faculty.

Many people seem to havemixed feelings about the newdesks, most arguing that spaceis a big issue, while others notethat they dont really under-stand the change. Dr. Pod-horsky, when asked what hisrationale was for changing thedesks, stated, Student com-

fort. I want the students to becomfortable. I go to so manymeetings where the desks areuncomfortable, and I want thestudents to beas comfort-able as pos-sible.

While spac-ing does ap-pear to be anissue, fresh-man Wil-liam Hartford

agrees withour new prin-cipal and alsoenjoys thatthe desks canbe formattedinto groups,saying, Itgives you an opportunity tosit in a group fashion, andI think thats a lot nicer, its alittle more convenient than sit-ting by yourself in a traditional

classroom. He also stated hisbelief that people tend to likenew things in general. While Williams statement

may be true, a majority ofthe upperclassmen that wereasked about the desks didntseem too keen on keepingthem around. Senior Delaney

Foerster said, Its nice thattheres no crusted gum under-neath the desk, but its kind ofinconvenient for the flow of the

classroom. When askedif she believedthat theyhelped createa more collab-orative envi-ronment, shereplied, Inmost classes,

collaborationjust doesntreally work,unless you arewith a groupof peers whoshare thesame passion

as you.She continued to say

that most kids in AP classesdont benefit from these desksbecause in college, group work

isnt usually allowed.Juniors Lucy Barton and Ka-

lid Teodosio both mentionedthat the angles of the deskmake it hard to face the frontof the room, claiming that thedesks are awkward and toobig. Kalid added that you arebasically facing the personnext to you, while Lucy simi-larly said, In some classes, Imfacing away from the boardand its hard to take notes. e chairs of the learning

pods also pose a huge incon-vience to the custodians. In or-der to vaccum the floors, all thechairs must now be stacked ontop of the desks, wasting pre-cious cleaning time and fur-ther burdening our aldreadyhard-worked and underappre-ciated cleaning staff. While most students agreedthat while they are more com-fortable, many considered thechange unnecessary overall.

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By Ana GimberStaffWriter

La Jolla High School haschanged a lot from its begin-nings. Aer interviewing Mrs.Erikson, an alumni from 1962,the Hi-Tide uncovered someinteresting LJHS history.e school started in 1922,

when Ellen Browning Scrippsdonated the land where thefootball field is now, which atone time had been a dairy farm.At first, the school opened as a

junior and senior high schoolwith grades ranging from sev-enth to tenth. e 1925 grad-uating class was made up ofonly eleven students. Unlike our nicknames today,

the seventh graders were calledPea Greens and the eighthgraders were called CabbageHeads. e ninth graders weresimply lealone. e 800 building was calledPea Green Hall because of itscolor. Aer the earthquake in LosAngeles in 1976, all the schoolbuildings in the state of Cali-fornia were examined forearthquake safety. Many of theschools buildings were not upto code, so they were torn down.

e whole layout of the cam-pus was shied westward andovertook some residential areato fit the parking lot and soballfield, while the gyms stayed. Our field was the first turf

field in California and waschosen because it providedless maintenance and fewerinjuries from the old torn upgrass field. LJHS was also the onlyschool in the district to owna pool. In order to build thepool, the road was movedcloser to the hill where Muir-lands is located. We hadswimming as a sport before,but the team had to travel toa different pool, like the oneat the JCC in University City.

Although there were cars,students still walked andbiked to school. ere wereno houses on Nautilus, so thestudents didnt have to findother ways of transportationto avoid walking up the hill. Over its ninety two yearhistory, LJHS has completelychanged.

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8 October 3, 2014SPORTSHi-Tide

La Jolla High School hasmany athletic teams, includingbadminton, baseball, basket-ball, cheer, cross country, fieldhockey, football, golf, lacrosse,soccer, soball, swimming,tennis, track, volleyball, waterpolo, and wrestling.

It is very difficult for fresh-men to play on the varsityteams, since they have to com-pete with students who areolder and more experienced.

However, some freshmenhave made the varsity teams

due to their hard work andhours of practice.

Nikki Collins, who madethe varsity field hockey teamas a freshman this season,says that during the summer

of 8th grade I did camps withcoach Conway and I practicedat home with my sister. Shewent on to note, I expected toget on varsity because I workedreally hard over the summer. Alexandra Kuo, who is on thevarsity tennis team, also talkedabout how important it is topractice over the summer. Ispent my entire summer play-ing tennis and practicing andplaying in tournaments. I didexpect to get on varsity be-cause I practiced every day inthe summer and worked reallyhard. However, not every fresh-man wants to be on varsity.Freshmen on varsity teams areless likely to get as much play-ing time as their older team-mates. ey may also feeloverwhelmed by playing withother students who are oen

bigger, faster, and stronger. Insports such as football, olderstudents can outweigh theother students by more than100 pounds, creating a poten-tially dangerous situation incertain cases. e benefits of playing as afreshman outweigh the risksfor many students. Nikki Col-lins says, I really like being onthe team with such nice peo-ple and especially having myolder sister on the team be-cause she makes it really fun.

Alexandra Kuo says, I willtry to play in college becausethats what I want to do and Ithink its going to help me getinto a good college.

So, when you see a fresh-man playing on a varsity team,know they got there throughhard work and perseverance.

By Lucy Fitzmaurice

StaffWriter

At La Jolla High, all sportspractices can be grueling. Onesport that stands out abovethe rest is mens water polo,coached by Tom Atwell, one ofLa Jollas social studies teach-ers. e team starts training dur-ing the summer, but the realcommitment is the dreadedhell week, which is when theplayers are asked to be up at thepool Monday, Wednesday, andFriday, from 5:15 am to 6:45am. Every morning they will

crank out 6,000 yards of swimsets. Aer school practicesthen add another 4,000 yards,for a total of 10,000 yards eachday. at is the equivalent ofswimming from the cove to theScripps Pier two times, whichis about 6 miles.

Water polo requires the play-ers bodies to be in top physicalcondition, being able to endurelots of exercising both in andout of the water. Besides being in the pool, the

team bonds out of the water aswell. Senior and 4-year La JollaHigh Varsity veteran Jake Le-

beau believes bonding outsidethe water is a big part of theseasonal experience.

We eat together aer everypractice and talk about howAtwell murdered us, says LeB-eau. Being a team in and out ofthe water is just as importantas winning CIF. is year the team is espe-cially pumped to beat Bishops,LJHSs biggest water polo ri-vals, at the CIF games.

Because of new CIF regula-tions, practices have been split

up differently compared to pastyears. Swim sets and trainingschedules have been revisedto fit in the proper train-ing and the correct amountof conditioning. Atwell hasdone a great job, says 4-yearvarsity player Matt Allen. Itsnot easy. Everyone is trying topush each other. is year, the team has gaineda strong bond and spirit be-tween newbies and the older,more experienced players.

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e Vikings go over plays between quarters.

e referees discuss their last call during Friday night lights onLa Jolla Vikings home field.

BLAST OFF2014

e cheerleaders pump up the crowd.

Jake Harvey runs the LJ Vikings flag across the field.

e Vikings and Knights come face to face as the Vikings begin their next play.

e stands are full as the Viking supporters cheer on their team.

By Joseph Carroll

StaffWriter


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By Jillian Kopp

StaffWriter

With each new school yearcomes many exciting changes,both in and out of the class-room. is year, La Jolla HighSchool had the privilige of wel-coming two new coaches forboth tennis and field hockey.

Blair Moses

Girls Tennis

Q: How long have you beenplaying tennis?A: I started playing tennisaround 10 years old. I took

lessons at the La Jolla Recre-ation Center from Bob Perryand at the La Jolla Beach andTennis Club under Bill Bond.My favorite summer camp wasKavanaugh Tennis Camp inOceanside, and I looked for-ward to going each summer.Q: Are you worried or stressedout about anything? What is

your biggest concern?A: My only goal is to have eachgirl learn to love tennis andpersonally take their game tothe next level. Six weeks is not

a long time so I hope they areinspired to work on the sportoffseason and come back next

year shooting for varsity.Q: What, so far, is the hardest

part?e easiest?

A: e hardest part so far wasrealizing that I could not take allthe girls that were interested inbeing on the team. e easiesthas been the wonderful groupof girls.Q: Do you plan on continuingthis next year as well?A: I hope so.Q: What part of coaching hasbeen the most fun so far?A: I played on these courts inhigh school under Coach Mag-gie so lots of fond memories arecoming back to me. is years

group of girls are fantastic andthat makes it fun to come backeach day.Q: Do you think you were pre-

pared for this position? Is it whatyou expected?A: I was asked to do this job aweek before school started, so Iwas not prepared. Coach Lisa,who is the varsity coach, hasbeen very supportive and help-ful. Each day I try to preparea game plan and so far it hasgone smoothly, again, thanks toa great team.

Q: Anything else you would liketo add?A: Tennis is a lifelong sport so

I hope my team can find thelove.Q: Can you tell me a little bit

about yourself in relation tothe sport and coaching?A: I played 3 years at Bishopsunder Coach Bill Scott and 3years at La Jolla High underCoach Maggie Quita. Aerhigh school I did not playtennis for awhile and about16 years ago found the loveagain. I play on numerouscounty wide womens andmixed A/AA level leaguesand have played in manydoubles tournaments (mixedand womens 4.5 level).

Coach Parma

Field Hockey

Q: How long have you beenplayingfield hockey?A: Ive been playing fieldhockey for seven years sincemy freshman year at La JollaHigh School.Q: Are you worried or stressedout about anything? What is

your biggest concern?A: To be honest, I was a littlenervous at first because I had

never been a coach before.However, now that Im a fewweeks in, those worries have

faded away. Ive already seena huge improvement from allthe girls and each day is getting

better and better.Q: What so far is the hardest

part?e easiest?A: e hardest part is that Iwish I could just jump in andplay! e easiest part is thatthis position completely suitsme. I love the sport and lovebeing outdoors, staying active,and living a healthy lifestyle.Q: Do you plan on continuingnext year?A: Im not sure yet. We will seewhere life takes me.Q: What part of coaching has

been the most fun so far?A: e best part is that Im partof a team again! Ive grown upmy whole life playing teamsports. I played field hockey,basketball and soball at LaJolla High School. e friendsI made from these teams andthe memories we created to-gether have been some of thebest memories in my life. Itseven more satisfying now thatIm the coach. Its fun to watchthe girls improve their skills,bond as a team and develop a

love for the sport as I did whenI was their age.Q: Do you think you were pre-

pared for this position? Is itwhat you expected?A: Ive been playing field

hockey for seven years now soteaching the game has been acomfortable transition.ank-fully, Coach Mittermiller hasbeen a great mentor!Q: Anything else you would liketo add?A: Im extremely thankfulto have the responsibility tocoach for La Jolla High School.I absolutely love my positionso far and Im glad to give backto the community that I grewup in. Special thanks to PaulaConway! I loved playing for

her in high school and she hasbeen such an inspiration overthe years. Also, special thanksfor Coach Mittermiller! Notonly is she the backbone of theJV team, but she is responsiblefor bringing the field hock-ey program to La Jolla HighSchool.Q: Can you tell me a little bitabout yourself in relation to thesport and coaching?A: I started playing field hock-ey my freshman year at LaJolla High as a forward and

midfielder. I also played clubat the University of Coloradoat Boulder as starting forward.

!"# %"&'( !"# )*&+,"-

By Lauren Robbins

Staff Writer

Every high school athlete

at some point in their career

should review the code of eth-

ics because it is the basis of

all the rules and regulations.

The governing body for high

school sports in California is the

which stands for the Califor-

To govern such a mas-

has a list of bylaws and rul-

-

ics that guide each sport.

would be no equality and

fairness for each team. Be-

must respect and abide by.

-

-

2. Eliminate all possibili-

ties which tend to destroy

the best values of the game.

3. Stress the values derived

from playing the game fairly.

4. Show cordial courtesy to

5. Establish a happy relation-

ship between visitors and hosts.

6. Respect the integrity and

7. Achieve a thorough un-

derstanding and acceptance

of the rules of the game and

the standards of eligibility.

-

ment by the players on a team.

of athletics is to promote the

-

-

ing of the individual players.

10. Remember that an ath-letic contest is only a game

not a matter of life and death

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Cifss.org)

These rules might seem like

common sense but there is a

reason and event behind each

one. Our goal as student ath-

letes is to play a fair game and

to give each other the respect

in which we would want re-

turned. There is a difference

between determination to do

well and outright aggression.

UPCOMING SPORTS EVENTSFOOTBALL

vs. Coronado @

7:00

10/3/14

FIELD HOCKEY

vs. Del Norte

@3:1510/7/14

TENNIS

vs.Scripps ranch

@3;0010/7/14

WATER POLO

VS. CATHEDRAL

@3:30

10/3/14

VOLLEYBALL

vs.Scripps ranch

@4:45

10/10/14 CROSS COUNTRY

vs.University

city @3:00

10/7/14

GOLF

vs. San diego

@3:00

10/7/14

Last Friday, La Jollas var-sity football team faced offagainst Clairemont, in whatwas dubbed Blast Off Part2, the REDemption. For-

tunately for La Jolla, the Vi-kings came out on top with afinal score of 41 to 0.

e game was met with ahigh number of spectators,eager to see a home gamewin aer the ill-fated show-down with Bishops at thebeginning of September. e

! " # $ % & ' ( ) *aforementioned game was per-haps one of the most tense andwell-attended games in recentLa Jolla history, spurred by atrash-talking Bishops video

entitled, Rally the Dungeon.e video caused a great dealof backlash on social media,culminating in fights and ar-guments aer the big game.Regardless of the outcome,students were invested inthe game like never before.

is goes to show that high

school athletics are not somuch about winning or losing,but rather about bringing stu-dents together to rally behindtheir peers. With clubs like

Viking Ship having emergedthis year and events on Face-book advertising sportsevents, enthusiasm for La Jol-la sports is higher than ever.

We applaud our Vikings fortheir most recent victory, andlook forward to many more suc-cessful football games to come.

By Shane Lynch

Media Editor!"#$ &'()*$+&,-


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Netflix, an online videoservice frequently utilizedby many, is now available inFrance as part of their Euro-pean expansion. By the endof September, Netflix will beavailable in thirteen Europeancountries. Netflix's expansioninto France has brought con-

troversy and problems amongdifferent French competitors.According to USA Today,

because Netflixs headquartersare not in France, they will nothave to follow French law thatstates that forty percent of theprogramming on TV and radiomust be of French origin. Net-flix is expected to negativleyaffect French competitor Ca-nal+. Netflix is able to bypassFrench law because accordingto the Wall Street Journal, theyare in the process of moving

their headquarters from Am-sterdam to Luxembourg. Canal+ is a big investor in new

Robin Williams took his lifeon August 11, 2014, and ac-cording to CNN,his last yearswere spent battling bipolar dis-order and coping with his ter-minal diagnosis of Parkinsonsdisease. According to TMZ, (Wil-liams) had been receiving

treatment for depression. Wil-liams had been severely de-pressed and went to a Minne-sota rehab facility last month.

Everyone knew Williams forportraying very comedic char-acters in all of his movies andnever failing to put a smile onthe faces of all.

Robin

Williams

French films and TV shows. Iftheir subscription numbers arereduced by Netflix, many up-and-coming French filmmak-ers will lose the oppourtunityto find success. Even thoughNetflix is able to work throughthe regulations, they still, ac-cording to Fox News, will haveto pay a two percent tax if theirearnings per year are more

than 10 million dollars effec-tive in 2015.

Canal+ already has the rightsto House of Cards, Netflix's hitseries. But according to the

Wall Street Journal, Netflix isin the process of creating a newFrench television show Mar-seillethat is similar to Houseof Cards". Famous Frenchproducer, Pascal Breton, willproduce the new French show.e show Marseille will bebased in France's second larg-est city, Marseille, and be po-

litical. e show is expected tostart production in the springof 2015.

Now Playingin France:By Sophia Ketring

StaffWriter By Yenitzia LopezStaffWriter

When Lauren Morelli be-

came a writer for hit TV seriesOrange is the New Black, shenever expected her life wouldso dramatically change. is series is known for itsdisplay of various lesbian ac-tivities, so it comes to no sur-prise that Morelli found her-self questioning her sexualitywhile she wrote love scenesbetween the main character,Piper Chapman, and her exgirlfriend, Alex Vause.

Fall Movie Calendar

October 24th

1,000 Times GoodnightHappy New Year

John Wick

October 17thMen, Women & Children

Furye Book of LifeA Matter of Faith

Dear White PeopleGuardian Angel

Housebounde Young Ones

October 10thAddicted

Dracula Untolde Judge

Alexander and the Terrible,Horrible, No Good, Very Bad

DayAutomata

KiteMeet the Mormons

WhiplashKite

Meet the MormonsWhiplash

October 30thABCs of Death 2

Before I go to SleepHorns

Night CrawlerInvasion of the Body Snatch-

ers

October 3rdAnnabelleGone Girl

LeBehindHector and the Search for

Happiness

By Vivi Bonomie

StaffWriter

Art Becomes LifeOrange is the New Black

I went throughit all on set: I

fell in love witha woman andwatched my

life play out onscreen

Everyone knewRobin for portray-ing very comediccharacters in all

of his movies andnever failing to

put a smile on thefaces of all.

By Ilana Larry

StaffWriter

Its sad to think about whatpeople are feeling on the insideand what they are conveyingon the outside, its terrible,stated junior Jacob Rosenblatt

in regards to Williams passing.Williams did work hard tokeep his personal life very pri-vate, which was part of the rea-son why his struggles were sointense. He, as an actor, hadalso a lot of pressure, and ofcourse he had a private life thata lot of his fans didnt knowabout. Its tragic, its not a goodthing ever but its definitely abig loss, said junior MadisonLeone. Just because we have physi-cally lost a comedy king does

not mean we will forget himthrough spirit. Fans all over thecountry showed their condo-lences by leaving flowers andcards on the Good Will Hunt-ing bench in Boston and writ-ing messages with chalk on theconcrete next to it, saying theirthank yous and goodbyes.

He will definitely be remem-bered for his ability to makecomedy. I thought he was a co-medic genius, said junior Cur-ran Roberts. ere is no doubtin anybodys mind that Robin

Williams will be missed.

Morelli came out in a writ-

ten piece on Mic.com, whereshe shared she realized she

was attracted to women inFall 2012, one of my first days

on the set. According to heressay, she had already begunrepressing her attractions be-fore she worked on the show,but watching the love scene shehad written unfold before hereyes empowered her to comeout. I went through it all onset: I fell in love with a womanand watched my life play outon screen, she shared. Morelli married her ex-hus-band Steve Basilone aer a sixyear relationship. She realizedshe was gay five months into

their marriage, but did not filefor divorce for another twoyears. I was so deep in myown self-doubt that I constant-ly felt like a fraud, she stated.

Aer she finally came out ofthe closet and filed for divorce,she soon thereaer made anappearance at the Emmys withnew girlfriend Samira Wiley,who plays Poussey on OrangeIse New Black.

Morelli looks back at her timein the closet and says, I amnot perfect. I would rather be

comfortable than brave. I alsowouldnt mind your approvalbecause that always feels nice.

LaggiesLowdown

OuijaParanormal Activity 5

Revenge of the Green DragonsWhite bird in a Blizzard

November 7InterstellarBig Hero 6

e eory of Everything

November 14

FoxcatcherBeyond e Lights

Dumb and Dumber To

November 21e Hunger Games: Mocking-

jay- Part 1e Imitation Game

V/H/S: Viral

November 28Horrible Bosses 2

Penguins of Madagascar

e Glorious Return of

TVBy Sarah Rainsdon

A&E Editor

As many of you know, fallis television premire and re-newal season, when all of ourfavorite TV shows come outof hibernation and we spendwhat seems like an eternitycatching up on the numerousshows we missed so dearlyover the summer.

Although this season signalsthe return of many of our be-loved shows, it also means thatthere are some new shows. Sofar this season, every networkhas had wonderful ratings onsome of their new shows likeGotham on Fox and Scorpionon CBS. Returning shows, such as BigBang eory, e Voice, ande Blacklistappear to be go-ing strong, and according tothe New York Times, they havesurpassed their initial viewingprojections by several million.

American Horror Story, ashow popular among youngadults, is also projected to dovery well with their fourthseason, Freakshow,premieringOctober eighth.

Freakshow,created and pro-duced by Ryan Murphy and

Brad Falchuk, will feature thepartially returning cast pres-ent in all seasons of AmericanHorror Story, featuring EvanPeters, Jessica Lange, Kathy

Bates, and Sarah Paulson. eplot will encompass one of thefew remaining American freakshows in 1952, located in Jupi-ter, Florida.

Bones,a crime show still go-ing strong in its tenth seasonthis year, premiered on Sep-tember 25 on Fox Network.e show itself, created byHart Hanson and starring Em-ily Deschanel as Bones andDavid Boreanaz as Booth, en-compasses an American com-edy-drama based on forensic

anthropology and archeologywhilst connecting the lab workto a FBI case.

According to the New YorkTimes, this show also startedoff the TV season with highratings and an exceeded pro-jected audience number. Overall, although there areno extremely impressive newseries that have premieredthis year, 2014s returning TVshows have had a wonderfulkickoff and hopefully will notdissapoint.

Beloved actor Robin

Williams passes awayand fans across the

world celebrate his life.


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On La Jolla Blvd. next to Don

Bravos, lies Riff

s Studios, aone-of-a-kind music shop thatoffers a variety of services forboth music-lovers and yogis.e studio has two locations:Park City, Utah where it beganand La Jolla, California.e studio was created with

the goal of building a musicshop that would be inviting,part of the community, and alocal gathering place for peo-ple to appreciate and enjoymusic. e two stores are not the

same. While the Park Citylocation was established as amusic shop with a coffee bar,the local studio offers a crossbetween a yoga studio and amusic shop. e location func-tions in music lessons and in-

Riffs Studios

From now until February 2nd,2015, the Museum of Contem-porary Art, Los Angeles willbe displaying Andy Warhol's"Shadows." is is the firsttime this Andy Warhol collec-tion has been presented on theWest Coast.

Andy Warhol was a Slovaki-an pop artist who in the 1960spainted iconic American itemssuch as Muhammad Ali, dollarbills, Marilyn Monroe, Camp-bells Tomato Soup, and ElvisPresley.

According to the WashingtonPost, his work was very popu-

lar and controversial, because itcapitulated consumerism. Warhol's work representedhis opinion on society: materi-

alistic and distorted. e Shad-ows exhibit displays a differentaspect of Andy Warhol's style.According to MOCA's website,"Shadows" first installation wasat 393 West Broadway in NewYork, and featured eighty-threepanels. Sixteen of those weredisplayed privately in a backroom of the gallery.

Warhol drew inspiration fromvarious photographs he took ofshadows in e Factory, War-hol's New York City studio.Warhol made this work in the

Warhol: Shadows

By Sophia Ketring

StaffWriter

By Ilana Larry

StaffWriter

e studio wascreated with the

goal of building amusic shop that

would be inviting,part of the com-

munity, and a localgathering place for

people to appreciate

and enjoy music.

Fall Concert Calendar

October 1st- SomaBombay Bicycle Club,

Milo GreeneOctober 6th- House of Blues

Angus and Julia Stone

October 3rd- Harrahs ResortBlondie

October 2nd- House ofBluesSan Diego

American Authors, eMowglis, Echosmith

October 8th- SomaChromeo, Wave Rider

October 21st- Houseof Blues Charli XCX,Elliphant, Femme

October 10th-Open Air eatre

Lorde, Majical Cloudz

October 19th- Sleep TrainAmphitheater

Zac Brown Band, SturgillSimpson

October 7th- House of BluesAnberlin

October 23rd- House of Bluese Janoskians

November 9th- Viejas Arenae Black Keys, Jake Bugg

November 21st- Somae 1975

October 31st-North Parkeatre

Cut Copy

October 30th- House ofBlues

New Politics, Bad Suns,SomeKindaWonderful

October 24th-Sleep TrainAmphitheater

Luke Bryan, Cole Swindell,Lee Brice

October 24th- SomaAlt-J, LoveLife

November 19th- BellyUpCold War Kids, Avid

Dancer

November 15th-e CasbahTegan & Sara, Waters, e

Courtneys

By Ilana Larry

StaffWriter

strument repairs, in addition toselling instruments like acous-tic guitars, ukuleles, mandolins,

and banjos. Riffs also workswith Santa Cruz and Huss &Dalton to build custom guitars.

e local studio is most fa-mously known for their out-door venue, e Yoga Yard,where they offer live music-

yoga sessions with a wide va-riety of local performers andyoga instructors.e deck, built of Redwood,

is surrounded by bambooand banana trees and is cov-ered by a mesh canopy toprotect the classes from toomuch sun, creating an ambi-ance unique to Riffs.e Yoga Yard is used daily

for live music yoga classesand workshops and the stu-dio even offers occasional re-treats to Mexico for yoga and

surfing in the past!e classes, which are dis-

persed throughout the day,offer both standard classesand classes that feature livemusic. e yoga styles re-cently explored in claasses

have ranged from Vinyasa, astyle in which the movementsare synchronized to the breath,to Gentle Hatha, a style known

for not being strenuous. Riffsoccasionally offers other class-es and workshops as well.

October 16th- North Parkeatre

Washed Out

October 4th- House of BluesPinback, Tara Melos

October 22nd- Hum-phreys

Erasure, Superhumanoids

mediums of silk screeningand hand painting. He playedwith the differences betweenthe positive and negative

prints of the photos to createall of the different panels of"Shadows". e MOCA Di-rector Philippe Vergne says."Andy Warhol's Shadows arethe line between the Ameri-can dream and the Americandeath... It is a very rare eventto be able to experience thecomplete work as Warhol in-tended." It would be adventageousto take advantage of the op-portunity to see Andy War-hol's "Shadows," considering

the gravity of its uniqueness.Student admission is onlyseven dollars if you bring your

school ID along. Ask yourEnglish teacher if you can getextra credit for visiting.

November 10th- Belly UpTavern

All American Rejects, P.O.D.,e Workday Release, Austin

Burns

October 25th- North Parkeater

War Paint

November 19th- Viejas Arena

Bastille and Last Stand

Riffs Studios is a local shopwithout equal, offering theunique combination of yogaand music. e Yoga Yard

hosts a variety of yoga classesand acts as a gathering placefor locals to enjoy its features.

Photo Courtesy of Ryan Robson

Photo Courtesy of Wikicommons

October 4th- ViejasArena at Aztec Bowl SDSU,

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