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MHS organizations participates in sixth annual vocational-based competition
By Ryan [email protected] On March 6, MHS competed in the sixth annual Science Olympiad at Leeward Community College. MHS won first overall in the competition and will be Hawaii’s
MHS team sweeps state Science Olympiad
representative at nationals which will be held at the University of Illionois at Urbana-Champaign. The Science Olympiad is a science competition dealing with a variety of topics and events. Some topics require
SEE SCIENCE, PAGE 5
In the annual Hawaii Career and Technical Student Organizations (CTSO) convention, students in voca-tional organizations across the state competed against members of their respective clubs from other schools. This year, MHS was represented
AIDAStudents prepare for the spring musical
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by students of Future Farmers of America (FFA), Health Occupations Students of America (HOSA), Fam-ily Career and Community Leaders of America (FCCLA) and SkillsUSA. Coverage of the four clubs continues on pages 2 and 3.
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By Bianca [email protected]
The increasingly popular show “America’s Best Dance Crew (ABDC),” which airs on MTV, showcases the top dance talents from crews across the country. For the first time in the history of “ABDC” a Hawaii-based
Hype 5-0 takes third place on “America’s Best Dance Crew”
dance crew was able to land a spot on the sea-son five show to compete for the title as America’s best. The crew, Hype 5-0, is made up of seven mem-bers from all over Oahu and has two alumni of
SEE HYPE 5-0, PAGE 7
1. FCCLA (L-R) Row 1: S. Titcomb, N. Sjoquist. Row 2: T. Dela Sierra, E. Edwards, L. Kaneshiro, H. Ryan, J. Lizama, J. Ozaki, A.Del Valle, A. Del Mar. 2. SkillsUSA (L-R) Row 1: G. Kim, M. Hayase, J. Takayama, K. Nyuha, H. Saenz. Row 2: B. Tacadena, D. Leong, C. Cabico, C. Chio, B. Yogi, C. McGrath. Row 3: K. Guinto, C. Shigeta, S. Iwasaki, J. Garo, T. Dang. 3. FFA (L-R) Row 1: K. Oneha, T. Chun, L. Tsukuhara, S. Iwasaki, C. Yamada, R. Watanabe. Row 2: J. Boteilho, G. Wailehua, T. Roach, B. Calma. 4. HOSA (L-R) Row 1: J. Baxa, B. Acoba, J. Lee, N. Collelo, S. DeLeon, L. Hisamoto, A. Orense, N. Kawahara, R. China, M. Visperas. Row 2: D. Hamamoto, B. Daranciang, J. Simpliciano, J. Lee, C. Matsuo, J. Sandvig, B. Au-Stein, B. Orta, D. Bongbonga, S. Chung, L. Kishi, J. Maligro, D. Mariano, A. Deguchi, E. Thomas, K. Hiyoto, N. Namoca, A. Aczon, A. Lacaran, J. Tamashiro, N. Carlos, J. Kim.
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HOSACareer Health Display (Team)Nicole Kawahara, 11 - 2nd PlaceAllen Dominick Orense, 12 - 2nd Place
Concepts of Health Care (Knowledge Test)John Sandvig, 11 - 1st placeRance China, 12 - 3rd Place
Health Education (Team) Brittney Acoba, 11 - 1st PlaceJoleen-Taylor Baxa, 11 - 1st Place Shanyn Chung, 12 - 2nd Place Lance Kishi, 12 - 2nd PlaceJenna Maligro, 12 - 2nd Place
Medical Reading (Team) Nicole Colello, 12 - 1st PlaceSamantha DeLeon, 12 - 1st PlaceLiane Hisamoto, 12 - 1st PlaceBrianna Daranciang, 10 - 2nd PlaceAshley Layco, 11 - 2nd PlaceCarianne Matsuo, 11 - 2nd Place
Medical SpellingJae Yun Lee, 10 - 1st PlaceMyrna Joy Visperas, 11 - 3rd Place
Barbara James Service/Presi-dential Volunteer Service (250 hours)Jade Simpliciano, 12 - Gold
National Recognition Pro-gram AwardBrittney Acoba, 11
Outstanding State Leader Jenna Maligro, 12 (Hawaii HOSA State President)
National Service Project RecognitionMHS HOSA
Health Occupations Students of America (HOSA)By Caitlin [email protected]
On March 22, Health Occupations Students of America (HOSA) partici-pated in a conference at the Hawaii Convention Center. In this one-day conference, students engaged in a com-petition that tested their knowledge of health-related fields. Winners from this conference will go on to the national competition which takes place in Orlando, FL from June 23-26. Categories that the competition included were Health Education, Career Health Display, Medical Reading, Concepts of Health Care, Clinical Specialty and Medical Spelling. “The pur-pose of the competition is to see how well they match up with others across the state in various categories which test for knowledge or under-standing of health careers, knowledge and skills,” ex-plained HOSA Adviser Can-dace Chun. Sophomore Brianna Daranciang, a participant in the Medical Reading cat-egory, explained the process of the competition. “The category that my team and I competed in was Medical
Reading, where we were re-quired to read a set of books − this year, there were five books − and then participate in the HOSA competition to see how well we understood and interpreted them.” Preparation for the com-petition included extensive research and memoriza-tion. “(Chun) would ask us questions from the book and see how well and how long it took us to respond. She would give us feedback in some of our responses and told us how we could improve,” Daranciang ex-plained. The students’ work paid off and MHS was honored
with several awards. Junior Brittney Acoba was award-ed with the National Rec-ognition Program Award, while MHS HOSA was awarded with the National Service Project Recognition. Senior Jenna Maligro, Ha-waii HOSA State President, earned the title of Outstand-ing State Leader. The Barba-ra James Service/Presiden-tial Volunteer Service Gold was awarded to Senior Jade Simpliciano for contributing 250 hours of community ser-vice. Participants felt that they gained skills from the expe-rience which could be used later on. “The conference is
designed to allow students to compete in college level tests and skills all related to the medical field which re-ally pushes them to a higher level. Also, by going to this conference you get to net-work with other schools, which I feel is extremely beneficial,” said Maligro. The hard work of the HOSA members ended up paying off and many of them will move on to nationals. This gathering of students with a common passion for the healthcare field was a great opportunity for HOSA members to expand their range of knowledge.
Future Farmers of America (FFA)By Kelli-Anne [email protected]
The students of the Fu-ture Farmers of America (FFA) traveled to Maui over the weekend of March 26 to March 28 to compete in the club’s annual state con-vention. Students placed in the top three for Agricul-ture Demonstration, Creed Recitation, Prepared Public Speaking, Corsage Making and Plant Identification. To be a member of FFA, one must be enrolled in an agriculture class at MHS and so over the course of this school year, students were able to utilize time in and out of class to prepare for competitions. FFA Adviser Jeffrey Yamaguchi was not sur-prised at how well his stu-dents performed in states
because “they practiced a lot and they knew what they could do,” he said. “We did as good as we expected.” Although the qualifica-tions for each event varied, the standards remained the same for both the district and state level competitions. “The state competition was a lot more formal and seri-ous, but generally they were
the same. At the state com-petition, there were outer island chapters and a lot more people,” explained FFA President Taryn Chun, senior. Chun placed second in both Prepared Public Speaking and in Corsage Making with partner and FFA Treasurer Lauren Tsu-kahara, senior. “When I got second for public speaking I
was a little shocked. I had to improvise during my speech because I forgot a few lines and just laughed under my breath when I messed up,” commented Chun. “But ul-timately I think Mililani did really well and I’m proud of everyone.” The overall experience was worthwhile for those in FFA; Senior Stephanie Iwa-saki, who placed third in Corsage Making along with Senior Karlen Oneha, felt that she “gained experience and knowledge in the world of competition.” Nationals would be the next step for those successful at states, but the qualifying events from the state level to the national level are limited because the FFA organiza-tion was established in Ha-waii before it came into exis-tence nationally. Thus, many events of the state competi-tion do not align with those of the national competition.
Juniors Bryson Calma and Chase Yamada, Seniors Taryn Chun, Karlen Oneha, Lauren Tsukuhara, Stephanie Iwasaki, Junior Garee-Lynn Wailehua, Senior Joey Boteilho, Sophomore Thomas Roach and Junior Reid Watanabe.
Those who placed in the top three for Public Speak-ing, Job Interview or Creed Recitation will be able to move onto the national com-petition, though none from MHS will, due to financial issues.
FFAAgriculture DemonstrationBryson Calma, 11 - 2nd place
Creed RecitationReid Watanabe, 11 - 3rd place
Corsage MakingTaryn Chun, 12 - 2nd placeLauren Tsukahara, 12 - 2nd placeKarlen Oneha, 12 - 3rd placeStephanie Iwasaki, 12 - 3rd place
Plant ID Lauren Tsukahara, 12 - 1st placeReid Watanabe, 11 - 1st place
Prepared Public SpeakingTaryn Chun, 12 - 2nd place
Hawaii State HOSA Officers Shanyn Chung, Lauryn Mow, Lance Kishi and Jenna Maligro, seniors, are recognized for their accomplishments by Representative Marilyn Lee at the Hawaii Convention Center after the day-long conference they participated in.
Photo courtesy of Senior Stephanie Iwasaki
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Photo courtesy of HOSA Adviser Candace Chun
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By Cheyenne [email protected]
On March 22, the Fam-ily Career and Community Leaders of America (FC-CLA) participated in the Career and Technical Stu-dent Organizations (CTSO) competitions at the Hawaii Convention Center and won a number of awards. Students won gold medals in Culinary Arts, silvers in Chapter Showcase Manual and Chapter Service Project Manual and blue ribbons in Knife Cutting. “The whole competition is usually about your lead-ership skills as a person be-cause FCCLA members re-ally strive to become better leaders,” said Sophomore Naomi Sjoquist. Sjoquist and partners Sophomore Heath-er Ryan and Junior Shannon Titcomb won silver in the Chapter Showcase Manual category of the competition.
Ryan said, “We had to make a scrapbook about what our club did throughout the year and put it together with pictures and quotes.” Ryan, Sjoquist and Titcomb were replacements for the origi-nal three girls who were go-ing to make the scrapbook. Another category at the competition that MHS
By Bianca [email protected]
Sixteen students of the graphics department, who belong to the SkillsUSA or-ganization, have worked busily since last year for their annual competition. This year it was held at the Hawaii State Convention Center on Monday, March 22. They represented MHS in this state-wide competi-tion and will be going to the national competition. “Students from across the state (fourteen schools) came to compete in a variety of co-curricular competitions for the organization Skill-sUSA,” explained Industrial Arts Teacher Tom Falenofoa. “Our competition is part of the larger CTSO convention which also includes FCCLA, HOSA and DECA/FBLA,” he said. The students arrived the day before competition and started early the following morning. The day began with an opening ceremony and then, students went to their designated locations, depending on what category they were competing in. The different areas the students competed in in-
cluded Architectural Draft-ing, Advertising Design, Automotive Service Tech-nology, Cabinetry, Carpen-try, Internetworking, Job Interview, Job Skills Demon-stration, Prepared Speech, Promotional Bulletin Board, Related Technical Math, Television Production and Statesman Award. While most students have been working since third quarter, others, like SkillsUSA President Kara Nyuha, junior, have been preparing “for a very, very long time since last year.” Nyuha is among the stu-dents who will be going to
nationals after winning the gold medal for their promo-tional bulletin boards. With much time and ef-fort put into preparing for the competition, eleven of the sixteen students placed in the competition or received the Statesman Award. The students were pleased with their final products. “I thought every-one did a pretty good job,” stated Senior Bryson Yogi, who won the gold medal in the Job Interview category. He continued, “I mean, if you look at everyone who did something that has a fi-nal product like the promo-
tional bulletin boards, you can tell that they definitely put a lot of time into it.” Their teachers were also satisfied with the results of the competition. “The teach-ers are all very proud of the students who participated in the competition and very happy for the winners,” said Falenofoa. “Our students represented (MHS) very well; they competed with the best technical students in the state.” After placing in the dif-ferent categories, the stu-dents will get a chance to compete at the national level, where they will have to improve their projects. “I have to work on my board and basically just make it better, improve it,” stated Nyuha. “So, I have a lot to do before competition and then practice my speech,” she continued. Although going to na-tionals will have the stu-dents working harder to make their projects better, they are anticipating the competition. “I feel pretty excited going to nationals,” said Yogi. The teachers look for-ward to seeing their students compete. “We are obviously very happy that we have so many students representing
placed in was Culinary Arts. To participate in the compe-tition, the students had to try out in a cook-off in class. After being picked for the competition team, they put in over one hundred hours of practice. “We all already knew each other from before so the chemistry of the team was instant and working to-gether was a breeze,” said Junior Erika Edwards. Edwards and Seniors Jo-
seph Anthony Lizama and Tawni Dela Sierra all won gold medals. Edwards will go on to nationals. “The reason that I am the only one going to nationals is because we weren’t judged as a team, but on an indi-vidual basis. I had a little bit of a higher score than them which caused me to place in the top three,” explained Edwards.
“It’s not all about winning. Even though we went there to compete, you were also able to learn how to become a good leader and a better person.”
-Naomi Sjoquist, 10
After dedicating hours of work putting her promotional board togeth-er, Junior Kara Nyuha displays it at the state-wide CTSO competi-tion. Nyuha took first place and will be going to nationals in June.
SkillsUSAAdvertising DesignCory Shigeta, 12 - 2nd Place
InternetworkingMallory Hayase, 11 - 1st PlaceJordan Takayama, 12 - 2nd PlaceDuane Leong, 12 - 3rd Place
Job Interview:Bryson Yogi, 12 - 1st Place
Promotional Bulletin BoardKara Nyuha, 11 - 1st PlaceHeather Saenz, 12 - 2nd Place
Related Technical Math:Tru Dang, 10 - 3rd Place
Television (Video) Production:Grace Kim, 11 - 1st PlaceBrandon Tacadena, 11 - 1st Place
Statesman Award:Tru Dang, 10Cailin Cabico, 12
both (MHS) and Hawaii at the SkillsUSA national con-vention; we are also very confident that they will per-form at a level that both we and they can be proud of,” stated Falenofoa. With only two months left to prepare, the students will be diligently improving projects for the national com-petition that will be held in Kansas City, MO from June 19-25.
In the Chapter Service Project Manual category, Se-nior Lexi Kaneshiro and Ju-nior Jenna Ozaki won silver medals. Seniors April Jean Del Mar, Amber Del Valle and Chelsey Silva received blue ribbons in the Knife Cutting category. Although it was a com-petition, FCCLA members gained more than just med-
Photo courtesy of Junior Kara Nyuha
SkillsUSA
Family Career and Community Leaders of America (FCCLA)
FCCLACulinary ArtsTawni Dela Sierra,12 - Gold MedalErika Edwards, 11 - Gold MedalJoseph Anthony Lizama, 12 - Gold Medal
Chapter Showcase ManualHeather Ryan, 10 - Silver MedalNaomi Sjoquist, 10 - Silver MedalShannon Titcomb, 11 - Silver Medal
Knife CuttingApril Jean Del Mar, 12 - Blue RibbonAmber Del Valle, 12 - Blue RibbonChelsey Silva, 11 - Blue Ribbon
Chapter Service Project ManualLexi Kaneshiro, 12 - Silver MedalJenna Ozaki, 11 - Silver Medal
Photo courtesy of Sophomore Heather Ryan
als; they gained knowledge and experience. “It’s not all about winning,” stated Sjoquist. “Even though we went there to compete, you were also able to learn how to become a good leader and a better person,” she added. Altogether, MHS man-aged to produce eleven FC-CLA members that won medals or ribbons in the CTSO competition.
Members of FCCLA gather together for a group picture after they completed their presentations for the Chapter Showcase Manual and Chapter Service Project Manual categorieds. (L-R) Senior Lexi Kaneshiro, Sophomore Heather Ryan, Junior Shannon Tit-comb, Sophomore Naomi Sjoquist and Junior Jenna Ozaki.
The final year of highschool is coming to a closefor the MHS Class of 2010and one of the last majoreventsof theyearwill giveseniors the opportunity tohave one more unforget-table memory. This year’sSenior Prom, taking placeonSaturday,April17willbecelebratedattheHiltonHa-waiianVillageinWaikiki. The theme, “Passportto Romance,” was chosenoverthesummerbytheSe-niorClassCouncilandalsocoincides with this year’ssenior theme, “Passport totheWorld.”Theinitiationoftheconcept“beganathome-coming and it’s based onthe idea that (seniors) willbeheadingoutintotherealworld as young adults andyouhavetheworldatyourfingertips,”explainedSeniorClassAdviserSuttonTucker.“ThethemeforpromisPar-is,” she added. The Frenchthemeextendsintothemoreromanticsideoftheprom,inhopes of making the eventverymemorable. Thefestivitywillinclude“awonderfulDJandwewillhavesomedigitalhighlightson a screen, and theremaybe a performer or two; we
By Cheyenne [email protected] New amongst thehardworking staff atMHS is EducationalAssistant (EA) BennyAgbayaniwhowaspre-viously a professionalbaseballplayermost re-centlyfortheChibaLotteMarines in Japan. HestartedatMHSonMon-day,Feb.8andhelpsoutinPlantsandAnimalsofHawaii, Algebra I andGeometryclasses. Agbayanihasplayedbaseball profession-allyforseventeenyears.“Last year I played inJapan and came hometo decide what wouldbe next for me,” saidAgbayani. He contin-ued,“Talkingtoa lotofpeople,Idecidedtotakea job at Mililani HighSchool.” Agbayani said, “(Ilook forward to)havinga(n) enjoyable experi-ence, interacting withstudentsandsharingmythoughtaboutwhateachstudentcanaccomplish.”Agbayani’sfavoritepartof his job is “getting toknow the students andguidingthemintherightdirection.” Science TeacherMary Miura-Aguinaldothinkshe’sofftoagoodstart.Shesaid,“Thestu-dents are very comfort-able with him − somestarted jokingwith himthefirstday!”Ofhisfirstday,sheadded,“Ithinkitwentverywell.” Agbayani plans toreturn next year as anEA. His professionalbaseballcareerandtrav-elsshouldprovetobeavaluableasset.
SeniorPromtobeanightof“Romance”
By Landen [email protected]
The Kipapa ElementarySchoolClassof2003ReunionDinnerwas held on Thurs-day,April1forthegraduat-ing seniors of 2010 that at-tended Kipapa ElementarySchool. It was a chance tospend a finalmomentwitholdteachersandfriends. Besideshavingactivitiesand food, the dinner wasorganized with the intentto “relive memories, to re-connect.It’sourlastyearofhighschoolasseniors,whoknowswhenwe’ll see eachotheragain?”saidSeniorTa-tianaYukawa.Itwasan“op-portunityfortheformerKi-papa students to reconnectbeforetheygotheirseparateways,” said former Kipapa
PrincipalandKipapaFoun-dationPresidentElsieTana-ka. The seniors were greet-ed by former teachers andsigned in while old MayDay videos played. “(It’sfunnytosee)hownerdywelooked,” Senior Steven Ilacsaid. Yukawa said, “Ourmindsets have changed;we’veallgrownupsomuchand we’re all getting intodifferent things. Itseemssofarawayfromthefifthgradewhenweareall singing to-gether,” Ilac added, “You’dnever see us doing that atthis age, I guess watchingeachother growup is kindofcool.” Astheseniorsspentonelasttimetogether,thestaffofKipapa Elementary shared
theirhopesthatthestudentsare successful in whatevertheypursueinlife,andcon-tinue the friendships madeinKipapa.“(Ihopetheyre-alize) that their friendshipsthatbeganatKipapaSchoolcan continue and that they
feel a sense of communityandsupport,”saidTanaka. Theseniordinnerwasagreatturnouttoanunforget-table night. It was possiblewith the support of manypeople thathelpedplannedtheevent.
FormerKipapastudentsrevisitthepastatKipapadinner
New in campus: Benny Agbayani
By Matthew Ambrosecchio and Jaclyn [email protected]@trojantimes.org
arestillauditioning.Butit’sat the Hilton, which has aniceambianceandthefoodwill be great,” Tucker ex-plained.Thismonth,these-niorswillbeattendingtheirlast high school promwithfriendsandpeers. Seniors Sarah Andrade,Daniel Lyons and RachelGregory, who plan on at-tendingtheprom,aremost-lylookingforwardtospend-ing timewithfriendsat the
event.“Iexpecttohavefun,dancewithmy friends andhaveagoodtime...It’slikethe last prom and it onlyhappens once in your life,”saidAndrade. Lyons is also lookingforward to prom becauseof“therockingparty,sweettunes, (and) seeing all (his)friendsdressedup.” Gregory plans on “go-ingwith agroupof friendsand we all agreed that we
would have to go stag ...(we’ll)probably justmingleanddanceandeat.”Thereisalso the issue of arrangingtransportation to the event.“I thinkwemight just ridedown in a limo together,”saidGregory,ofherandherfriends. April17promisestobeanightofexcitement;amuch-anticipated milestone willbemet in our seniors’ highschoolexperience.
“Passport to Romance”
Mililani High’s Senior Class Presents:
MHS Senior PromApril 17, 2010Hilton Hawaiian VillageTapa Ballrooms5:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.
Students line up to sign in for the Kipapa Elementary School Class of 2003 Reunion Dinner to reconnect with old friends.
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Exemplary work showcased at Trojan ShowcaseBy Camille [email protected]
In many schools, the exemplary work done by the students often goes unnoticed. At MHS, however, this is not the case. In an effort to recognize the hard work done by students, MHS hosted a Trojan Showcase on March 3, the first in several years. The event was held in the cafeteria and had contributions from each department including performances, display boards with examples of work and sculptures and paintings, portraying how well the students of MHS have done so far in the year. “Well, it is a lot of effort to pull all of the teachers together to do this, but I think it’s worthwhile,” said Principal John Brummel. He continued, “I think the teachers felt it was worthwhile, and I think they’re going to think of other creative ways to show what kids are doing in their classes, and just other things besides this, and I
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Senior Shawntee Merrick displays skills learned in her Drawing and Painting 3 class, while painting live at the Trojan Showcase.
think that’s neat, and I think that they should be proud of what they’re doing in school. I encourage this type of activity.” While a lot of effort went into making the Trojan Showcase possible, it was clearly a success based on the number of projects being shown and the parents and students who came to view these projects. To add variety to the evening, there were several performances throughout the night. The Spanish 3 class performed two salsas, the Polynesian club performed a hula and the Central Theatre Arts Academy performed a few scenes from “The Illiad, the Odyssey, and all of Greek Mythology in 99 Minutes or Less.” Another interesting display of the night was the Drawing and Painting Level 3 class, where students painted live and showed the techniques that they were taught in class while parents and students observed. Fine Arts Teacher Ruth Ravina-Koethe said, “It definitely was (a success). I was surprised by the number of people that came; I was actually afraid
that we were going to put this all together and there wasn’t going to be anybody here, but I was actually happy with the number of people who came.” Teachers weren’t the only ones presenting. Senior Samantha DeLeon came to the Trojan Showcase to present her Senior Project. She said, “I’m presenting my Senior Project, which I did during summer school, and it’s on Filipino food and its relation to heart disease, because a lot of Filipinos in Hawaii have cardiovascular problems. So I wanted to do an informative presentation, like for the community, so I went to the Filipino Club, and senior citizens in Waipahu, and I did a presentation for them.” The overall response to the Trojan Showcase was positive. Senior Kiara Thomas said, “I think it’s pretty cool; students who don’t really know what’s going on can see what’s going on and parents who don’t know what’s going on at school can find out, so it’s very informational.” English Teacher Jennifer Laxton said,
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By Cyrus Takahashi [email protected]
On Saturday, March 13, the school’s Chess Club competed at the 2010 State Scholastic Chess Championships, earning the title of “State Scholastic Champs” with two members winning in their grade divisions and one earning an invitation to the national Denker Tournament to be held in Irvine, CA in late July. The competition was held at Washington Middle School and consisted of chess team members from about ten schools from across the state playing off against each other and scoring points for wins and ties. In the end, MHS was able to tie for first with Kamehameha. “The team got off to a shaky start but was able to pull it around with the aid of
(Freshman) Stephen Mau and (Junior) Ryan Jose Palomares,” said Chess Club President Christopher Hakoda, senior. Mau and Palomares were named the 9th Grade Champ and 11th Grade Co-champ respectively, and Mau has received an invitation to represent Hawaii at the 2010 Denker Tournament of High School Champions from July 31 to Aug. 3. Participants are eligible for a number of scholarships and bonus awards based on their performance. In addition to producing Hawaii’s representative to the Denker Tournament, the team as a whole was proud of their overall achievement and naming as the state champions. “It’s a fantastic honor for those that participated and knowing that we represented the school in such a way is
Chess Club captures top spotgreat,” said Hakoda. Mau said, “It feels great. We all realized that all our work paid off.” To prepare for the competition, members met every Tuesday for two-hour practice sessions against each other, occasionally with the help of a tutor. “Essentially, our team is self-taught; they work really well together to encourage and help each other’s game,” said Chess Club Adviser Vanessa Humphreys. For now, the chess season has ended in Hawaii and members are already preparing for the tournaments next school year. However, Mau now has just over three months to get ready for the Denker Tournament against the nation’s top high school chess players.
“I’m really happy with (the Trojan Showcase). There’s a good number of people and lots of displays. It seems to be going really well.” Based on the good turnout, variety of presentations, overall
teams to build specific structures such as bridges, rockets and cars or build a structure of their choice to do tasks such as count time. Other events had students attempt to define diseases or participate in labs. In all events, students had a team to work with. Sophomore Chad Uyehara, who won gold in the Elevated Bridge event, credited his win to having the help of a teammate. “(Senior Christopher Hakoda) was experienced in the competition and helped me design and assemble the bridge,” said Uyehara. MHS has gone to the Hawaii Science Olympiad every year since its start. This familiarity helped the team focus on the task at hand. “We went in knowing that we had prepared and if we didn’t do well at least we tried our best,” said Senior Cyrus Takahashi.
While the competition only lasted a day, the team had been prepared months in advance. Students stayed after school to study, practice and make trial runs. “We’ve built two bridges before today, we literally just do the same event seeing how much sand it could hold. For Picture This! (an event like Pictonary for scientific terms) they would come after school every day and practice, and Egg-o-naut (students launched a bottle rocket into the air with an egg on top and the egg had to land safely) they just launched the rocket until they got it right,” said Science Teacher Namthip Sitachitta, the team coach. Now that MHS has won, they will advance to nationals in Illinois. The team believes it would be a good experience and have planned with Principal John Brummel to minimize the cost per person. However, if they choose not to go, MHS can defer and let the second place team take their spot in representing Hawaii in nationals.
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satisfaction of the attendees and Brummel’s encouragement of such activities, MHS students and teachers can hope to have the Trojan Showcase become an annual event.
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The Central Theatre Arts Academy (CTAA) promises action and romance in its upcoming musical “Aida.” Written by rock legend Elton John, this musical satisfies a wide range of musical tastes, incorporating rock guitars, classical pianos and contemporary vocal arrangements. “Aida” has been adapted several times due to its popularity on Broadway and with students studying theater. “(‘Aida’ is) about an Egyptian captain fighting a war against neighboring Egypt’s country, Nubia,;and he captures a group of slaves,” said Junior Lucas Bender, who plays the villain Zoser. “He falls in love with one of the Nubian slaves he captures, and it turns out she is the Nubian princess,” he said. The cast began rehearsals by studying with Musical Director Kenji Higashihama, who also directed the Manoa Valley Theatre production “Hair.” Complete run-throughs for the play last “from 3 p.m. and end around 5:30 or 6 p.m. depending on
how much improvement we need, (if) we have to figure anything out or if (CTAA Director Jamie Stroud) wanted to tell us how good we did,” said Junior Francis Empeno. “Aida,” unlike past musicals, poses several challenges to the student actors. Since the characters are not widely known and are from a different culture, it is hard to get a feel of the character. “I play the villain, so the most difficult part is
getting the level of malice right, because the character isn’t overly upfront and evil; he’s very conniving,” said Bender, continuing, “that’s the hardest part – to get that range of emotions. Not too much and not too little.” Since “Aida” was developed for Broadway, the musical demands of the cast are great. Bender added, “(‘Aida’ has) really hard music. We have a school version, so some of the songs are in a slightly
“Aida” rehearsals rock the houseBy Matthew Ambrosecchio and Farah [email protected] [email protected]
Leads:AidaAmnerisRadamesMerebZoserPharaohNehebkaAmonasro
Charity Culp, 11Colby Benson, 9Andrew Baker, 11Francis Empeno, 11Lucas Bender, 11Matthew Ambrosecchio, 11Niki Badua, 10 (Moanalua)Darnell Arceneaux
Show DatesApril 23April 24April 30May 1
7:30 p.m.2 p.m.7:30 p.m.2 p.m.
$10 for adults$7 for students
COST:Juniors Andrew Baker, Charity Culp and Francis Empeno, who play Radames, Aida and Mereb, respectively, portray the death of Mereb, Aida’s friend, in the upcoming musical “Aida.”
lower key. For example, my song, I sing it in a lower key than in the original score, but some of the other people like Aida (played by Junior Charity Culp) – she is doing some crazy stuff.” Although the cast has faced several difficulties, there is a lot of promise in their show. “We haven’t done a rock musical before
so it’s different than the other things we’ve done … (but) I think it’ll be excellent; we have some really good singers and great performers” said Stroud. “Aida” opens Friday, April 23 at 7 p.m. and will also have shows on Friday, April 30 at 7 p.m., Saturday, April 24 at 1 p.m. and Saturday, May 1 at 1 p.m.
The MHS Winter Drum Line A, Winter Drum Line B and Winterguard have been working hard - a fact made clear from their performance at the Mililani Springfest 2010, held at the MHS Gym on March 28. Springfest was an opportunity for these groups to showcase what they’ve been working on for the past winter season and was the culmination of the hard work on the part of both the students and the teachers. The night began with Winter Drum Line B, which started off the show performing some of the exercises they learned over
the course of their practices in the winter season. They ended their show with a cadence piece, which was the main piece that the group worked on. This group featured students from grades as low as seventh, and was an opportunity for these students to familiarize themselves with a marching instrument. “It’s basically to get the feel of what drum line is all about,” explained Sophomore Cassie Kawamata. The next performance was from the Winter Drum Line A, who performed their show entitled “Equus,” based off the song by Eric Whitacre. “(It’s) a lot of repetition and a lot of different layers. A lot of
different parts,” Kawamata said. The Winter Drum Line had a fun experience during this season. “I like practices,” said Junior Kimberly Tatsuyama. “I like playing (vibraphone) for winter season … It’s enjoyable.” Afterwards, Leilehua’s Winterguard performed “Bali-1965 Liberation and Freedom.” The final performance of the night was that of the MHS Winterguard and it was their last performance before their trip to Winter Guard International (WGI) at Dayton, OH. They performed their show to the song “World” by Five for Fighting. “Throughout the show, while we’re performing, we’re kind of
Springfest presents Winterline and WinterguardBy Michelle Choe [email protected]
Junior Nicholas Tuvera and Senior Jordan Tansiongco, both mem-bers of Winter Drum Line A, focus on their show, “Equus.”
showing the audience what kind of world that we want, you know, and at the end of the show, we all hold up these signs that have different words, like diversity, love, peace, representing, I guess, kind of what we want from
the world that we have,” said Senior Dharyl Bongbonga. All the groups put in a lot of time and effort into their shows. At Springfest, they showed the audience the fruits of their labor.
Farah Schumacher | Trojan Times
Michelle Choe | Trojan Times
On Wednesday, March 24, music students were able to attend an assembly held by the National Performing Arts High School All-Star Jazz Septet, nationally-ac-claimed Vocalist Lisa Henry and Grammy-nominated Saxophonist Antonio Hart. During this presentation, they introduced students to jazz music and its history in America.
Their trip here was made possible by the Thelonius Monk Institute that works to spread the history of jazz music everywhere, as well as exposing students to dif-ferent kinds of genres. “The Monk Institute is currently housed in eleven different art schools around the country. (They) pick seven (students) from each school, they make a combo, from these com-bos they pick (one student) for this All-Star group,” said Stephen Gladney, a mem-ber of the All-Star Jazz Sep-tet.
down with the MHS Jazz Band for a workshop on how they can improve their skill when playing their in-struments. At the same time, another workshop was be-ing held just down the hall for vocalists. In the choral room, Henry and the chorus stu-dents were practicing songs and their singing voice. She helped the students with their confidence and their feel of the rhythm. Although Hart and Hen-ry were in different rooms,
“Thelonius Monk Institute of Jazz National Performing Arts High School is a peer-to-peer program, which is part of the national perform-ing arts high school pro-gram, has been going since 2006,” said Sarah Andrew Wilson, National Director of Education Outreach of the Monk Institute. The All-Star Jazz Sep-tets fly in from all across the country and visit high schools. Music Teacher Bry-an Hirata stated, “It’s a good opportunity to watch stu-dents their own age perform and see the quality that’s possible from students and also it’s a good opportunity (to) learn from these pro-fessionals we have here.” Monday, March 22, was the All-Star Septet’s first time playing together. “They’re all such great musicians that they can come and play with anyone and put on a good show,” says Wilson. After school, the All-Star Jazz Septets and Hart went to the band rooms and sat
they both espoused the same rule. An artist can play an instrument or sing well, but it doesn’t matter if the audience does not feel the performance.
Many of the students were able to build up their con-fidence and others found a lot of helpful tips. Having the septets, Hart and Hen-ry come here to the school and working with them is something that students will not forget and maybe have something to look forward to in their future.
Nationally-acclaimed septet jazzes up MHS music studentsBy Jayna Kitazaki
ASMHS President Matthew
Lai
Students learn better technique from Saxophonist Antonio Hart, whose experience earned him a Grammy nomination.
MHS, Brittnie Aguilar and Joshua Ulep. They are joined by Casey Kalahiki of Kaimuki High School, Marc Duey of Kapolei High School, Allen Pascual of Campbell High School, Jon Ramones of Waipahu High School and Will Soares of Aiea High School. All of the members met at Hyper Squad Dance Company. “We actually do the elite class at the dance studio called The Hype,” said Aguilar. “And I guess we all became so close like a family. We started to treat it more as a crew. Rather than having like an hour class on Thursday, we decided to practice more often, hang out, be more of a crew,” she said. With thirty people in The Hype, these seven were chosen to make up a crew and were flown out to Los Angeles for the season five “ABDC” auditions in De-cember 2009. Season five was not the only time Hype 5-0 audi-tioned for the show. “Well, Hype actually auditioned for season three, season
Hey Trojans! The end of the year is ap-proaching! Aren’t you excited? I know I am! I am excited for the prom, End of the Year Assembly, and gradu-ation!
This month we had an Easter Spirit Day. On March 30, ASMHS went around campus and hid over one hun-dred plastic eggs. In each egg there was a note telling the lucky person to report to B-105 for their prize.
On March 31, we had our annual Foodbank collection. This year our goal was to col-lect over two thousand pounds worth of food.
We also have the priv-ilege to hold an End of The Year Assembly. The theme is the “Final Countdown” and dur-ing this week we will be having our End of the Year Sprit Week. Please stay tuned to your morning bulletin for the specifics.
On April 22 some stu-dents from MHS will be able to participate in the annual Preschool Play Day held at the Mililani District Park. This is a great opportu-nity to give back to the community and have fun!
On April 27, we will be having our last Sen-ate meeting of the year. The Senate meeting will be held in the caf-eteria during period 1.
The following day, we have our ASMHS Induction Ceremony. During this special time we will be honor-ing all outgoing and incoming officers as well as advisers. On April 29, we will have our End of the Year Assembly, the “Final Countdown.” at Kauinana Stadium.
It is about time for me to wrap it up! I will talk to you soon. Be safe and study hard.
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Hype 5-0CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1
In the 2008-2009 school year, MHS Alumna Brittnie Aguilar danced with Hyper Squad. A year and a half later, her involvement with dancing took her to compete nationally on MTV’s “America’s Best Dance Crew.”
Arianne Cablay | Na Mana o Poina ole
four and season five,” stat-ed Aguilar. After their third attempt for the show, they finally received a callback. “We were really excited. We all cried,” said Aguilar. Many sacrifices were made in order for Hype 5-0 to be on “ABDC.” “I actual-ly was on the (University of Hawaii) Dance Team and I had a scholarship for that,” said Aguilar, continuing, “I quit that because like all the practices would interfere so I had to choose either UH
Dance Team or Hype and I chose Hype,” she said. Scholarships weren’t the only sacrifices. Ramones missed his own high school graduation when he audi-tioned for season four audi-tions. The crew competed against fifteen other crews throughout the season and ended up placing third. Aguilar said, “Right now, we’re practicing for the per-formance for the finale. All the crews came back and so
now we’re doing group per-formances,” she said. By becoming the first dance crew from Hawaii to make it this far, Hype 5-0 has a message to other dance crews on Oahu. “Fol-low your dreams no matter what it is,” said Aguilar. “It’s always possible.” After making it on “ABDC,” Hype 5-0 has be-come an inspiration and now Hawaii is known to have a growing hip-hop dance scene.
Jayna Kitazaki | Na Mana o Poina ole
Chosen TrojansApril 15, 2010
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By Jaclyn [email protected]
March’s 2010 Healthy Hawaii Teen Video Con-test drew entries from schools all over Hawaii, with the main theme be-ing health awareness. Of the entries submitted by MHS students, one re-ceived second place in the Teen Health category and an additional $400 prize. The winning video’s cre-ator, Senior Nicole Bula-can, also attended the Stu-dent Television Network (STN) Convention held at Disneyland in California on March 2 to celebrate her passion for filmmak-ing, along with her video-making team (Senior Ed-ward Birtodaso, Juniors Colby Lum and Brandon Tacadena) and students from schools across the country. The Healthy Hawaii Teen Video Contest was open to students in vid-eo-making classes. “The contest was to promote healthy lifestyles for teens and to convey it in media form. Basically, you chose from a list of categories, such as social health, which was my category, along with others like street and Internet safety, drug or alcohol abuse, etc. The contest was school-related; only high schools and middle schools could enter and it was meant to create awareness within teens,” said Bulacan. Bulacan first heard about the contest from Digital Media Teacher Shelly McCharen. “When you’re in electronic media,
Bulacan places in Healthy Hawaii Teen Video Contest
By Camille [email protected]
For most students, spending several hours participating in a very competitive chemistry exam as part of the Chemistry Olympiad would be extremely hard. However, Senior Cyrus Takahashi and nine other high school chemistry students who achieved the top ten scores in the state on a local level exam, have the motivational drive, desire and talent to participate in such an exam. On April 23, the students will move on to the national competition of the Chemistry Olympiad. The Chemistry Olympiad is a taxing competition in which high school students are tested to find the most talented chemistry students in the country. When the top
Takahashi to represent MHS in national level chemistry exam
students in the country are found, they then compete on an international level, competing against high-performing students from several other countries in the world in the International Chemistry Olympiad. In the Chemistry Olympiad, students all over the country take a local level exam. The scores from the exam are looked over, and the top two highest testers from each participating school are chosen. This group is narrowed down further and the top ten from each state are chosen. Science Teacher Namthip Sitachitta explained, “What happens is that these ten guys, they have to go to Honolulu Community College on April 23. They will have to take an exam, which consists of three parts. First, they will have multiple choice and then they will have labs (and then a problem solving portion). It will be a whole day of exams. And from there … they’ll pick the top twenty students to go to Colorado for two weeks to study. And from that twenty students they pick the top four that will represent the United States, and they will compete in Tokyo, Japan.” Takahashi first got involved with the Chemistry Olympiad because all Advanced Placement (AP)
all you ever do besides the morning bulletin is enter contests. McCharen gives us flyers showing what contest we can enter, what the requirements are and lets us do whatever we want with our videos,” shared Bulacan. The contest initially interested her because of the opportunity to be cre-ative and have fun with the project. “I chose the category ‘social health,’ because I knew that I could make a cool video by just having fun with it and going with the flow … It was the (most fun) day I went filming and I think it really showed throughout the final piece,” she said. McCharen was just as excited when she was first informed of the con-test results. “I was very happy for her. One of her goals this year was to win something for the class, so I knew she would be excit-ed when she found out,” said McCharen. Over the past two years in which she mentored Bulacan, McCharen has seen that “(Bulacan) is a wonder-ful student and leader in class. She enjoys making videos for class and for the contests. She is a hard worker and a good exam-ple to her peers in class.” As for the prize money, all $400 were donated to the school, which helped pay for media depart-ment-related equipment and next year’s STN com-petition fees. The next big project Bulacan plans to work on is the STN Spring Nationals; her team will create a video with an emphasis on comedy and entertaining an audience. Video contests give many students like Bu-lacan the opportunity to showcase their creativity and win prizes for their schools. With dedication, imagination and spirit, Bulacan won second place in one of the state’s most prestigious filmmaking competitions and got a chance to participate in a national convention.
Chemistry classes are required to participate, but preparation was hard. He said, “Sitachitta let us take the exams from previous years and we could’ve also gone onto the American Chemical Society website to get other years’ exams so I looked through those a little. There really wasn’t anything you could study, because it covered the entire year’s material, so you either read the whole book, or you take (the exam) hoping you remember what you learned.” Despite the grueling nature of the exam, Sitachitta is hopeful. “This year we have (Takahashi). He doesn’t talk much, but he’s good.” Based on previous success, Sitachitta has reason to expect great things. “Two years ago was (Alumnus) Phillip Mocz, and he made it all the way to nationals, so he went to Colorado. Unfortunately, he didn’t make the top four; he really wanted to though. Last year, we had two that made to the top ten in the state which were (Alumni) Lucia Mocz and Daniel Lee.” As long as Takahashi remains focused and does what he can to prepare, it is likely that MHS’ Chemistry Olympiad streak of success will continue on at the National level.
To the Point
On March 31, MHS held its annual canned food drive for the Ha-waii Food Bank. A va-riety of canned soups, vegetables, meats and meals were collected through clubs and Advi-sory classes. The Interact Club donated the most out of all the classes and clubs with 175 cans. In total, the school raised $250 and collected about 1000 pounds of food.
Compiled by Ryan [email protected]
Chosen TrojansApril 15, 2010
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English Teacher Claire Gearen is to be one of the distinguished recipients of the Tom Adams Award, giv-en by the Public Schools of Hawaii Foundation for her outstanding submissions when applying for the Good Idea Grant. The Tom Adams award is given to the teacher whose applications for the Good Idea Grant display outstanding initiative and creativity. Gearen first wrote an essay when applying for a grant and wrote another reflection afterwards that detailed how the year went and what possibilities the grant had for carrying over to other schools and class-rooms. Gearen was awarded this prize due to her submis-sion for the grant, which she used to purchase art, or the rights to images. “The idea is to better teach a literary period through the use of art in conjunction with the liter-ature,” Gearen explained. The plan is to fully implement this vision next year with her American Lit-erature class, since most of the art selected was geared towards that group. “There’s just more American art avail-
able and (it’s) very closely connected to literary eras,” she said. Gearen had big ideas for incorporating art, both in her own teaching cur-riculum and for the Ameri-can Literature curriculum. “I would like to work with other American Literature teachers and incorporate art into that curriculum,” she said, “I think it would really improve the American Lit-erature curriculum.” Gearen heard about the opportunity through an e-mail; she had used art to teach at her previous school and was eager for a chance to do the same at MHS. She wrote in for the grant, and was later able to select about 140 images for use. “It was actually really difficult to se-lect the art because I knew this was the money that I was going to get; I don’t get money like that every day, and so I had to look through thousands of slides to find out which ones I wanted,” Gearen said. When selecting the im-ages, Gearen said that she looked for images that could prompt discussion. While next year’s American Lit-erature class will be receiv-ing the bulk of her plans for the art, she has already
used the art this year with one of her classes. “We just looked at several paintings from the Romantic period and I think they understand a little more about the at-titude towards nature ... when they look at the art from that period,” Gearen said. “ … There’s something about having a very tan-gible image that everybody is looking at the same time that prompts discussion, and most students feel that they have some knowledge to share, they have some au-thority to speak about the
painting, even though they feel they can’t talk about the ‘Canterbury Tales.” The use of art in the classroom is not limited to the images that Gearen re-ceived from the grant. “I’ve been able to incorporate art that isn’t even in that col-lection that I got from the award. I was able to bring in art from books, and I was able to show them since the grant gave me a document camera, so I wasn’t limited to only the art I selected with the grant money … There’s a lot of flexibility with the re-
sources that I received and I’m not limited to those orig-inal images that I selected,” Gearen said. Gearen hopes that the use of art will help students understand different con-cepts and ideas. Due to this vision and her plans to ef-fectively use the resources she received from the grant, she was the recipient of the award. She will be attending an awards banquet on May 12 at Hilton Hawaiian Village.
By Leelynn Harris When Senior Sabrina Lowe went to school on April 5, she expected it to be a normal school day. Little did she know that when she went to her art class, she would be having a special visit from Ryan Mielke, Ex-ecutive Director of Public Affairs at the University of Hawaii, West Oahu. Lowe received news that the flyer that she entered in the UH West Oahu Flyer Contest had been chosen as the State Winner. Lowe’s flyer was chosen out of all the flyers submit-ted from around the state. “Literally, hundreds of flyers were submitted this year so we’re really impressed with the participation …” com-mented Mielke. Not only was it chosen by five judges dur-
English Teacher Claire Gearen teaches her students through the innovative use of art. It is thanks to this teaching vision that she was a recipient of the Tom Adams Award. She uses the images and technology that she received from the Good Idea Grant in her classroom to engage students.
Michelle Choe| Trojan Times
Innovative use of art during teaching wins Gearen Tom Adams Award
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Senior Sabrina Lowe wins the UH West Oahu State Flyer Contest and a visit from Ryan Mielke, Executive Director of Public Affairs at the University of Hawaii, West Oahu.
Lowe comes out on top in UH West Oahu Flyer Contest
ing the preliminary round, but it won the public’s vote during the finals. “… We had a group of judges who began the judging and they narrowed it down to the top
five … Then we opened it up to the general public. We had three weeks of voting and at the end of the voting period, (Lowe’s) came out on top,” explained Mielke.
Lowe’s flyer displayed the qualities that UH West Oahu was looking for from the contest. “Well they had to have certain information about going to college, about our small class sizes, various attributes about our school on the flyer. A couple of key color components that they need to have, which is red and black, which virtually all of them did,” said Miel-ke. Besides having the basic requirements, contestants were given free range of what they could make. “Out-side of that it was left up to their own creativity. And so the diversity and variety of flyers that we got were just tremendous,” commented Mielke. Upon receiving the award, Lowe also received an Amazon Kindle, courtesy
of UH West Oahu. Lowe’s flyer will be published in the Honolulu Star Bulletin and Midweek, as well as being posted on UH West Oahu’s website, uhwo.hawaii.edu/fly-ercontest. In addition, UH West Oahu will use it for other purposes as well. “We may use it for various purposes to recruit other students, but primarily it will be avail-able for anybody to view throughout the next year on our website at that address,” stated Mielke. Lowe’s flyer will be used throughout the year, and UH West Oahu plans on later ex-panding the competition to include other media forms. By combining creative vision with advertising com-ponents, Lowe won a state honor.
Senior Announcements
Attention Male Seniors According to the Selec-tive Service System, almost all male U.S. citizens, and males living in the U.S., who are age 18 through 25, are re-quired to register with Selec-tive Service. It’s important to know that even though you are registered, you will not au-tomatically be inducted into the military. In a crisis requiring a draft, men would be called in sequence determined by random lottery number and year of birth. Then, they would be ex-amined for mental, physical and moral fitness by the mil-itary before being deferred or exempted from military service or inducted into the Armed Forces. So, if you are a man age 18 through 25 and living in the U.S., then you must reg-ister with Selective Service. It’s the law. You can register at any U.S. Post Office or on-line at www.sss.gov.
Graduation Here are a few end-of-year reminders:-May 1 is the universal dead-
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10line to let schools know whether you are accept-ing their offer of admis-sion or not. This is not a postmarked deadline.
-Turn in any scholarship letters that you have re-ceived to be recognized in the graduation program.
-Turn in your final tran-script request if the col-lege needs your final grades. If you are a scholarship athlete, you also need to send your fi-nal grades to the NCAA Clearinghouse. You can do this now and the reg-istrar’s office will hold your request until your final grades are posted.
-Be sure to turn in your health clearance informa-tion (TB test and MMR shot record) to the school you will be attending. You will not be able to register for your classes until this is complete.
-Do not forget to thank the teachers and counsel-ors who helped you with your college/scholarship recommendations and mid-year reports.
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Running Start The Running Start pro-gram is a unique partnership between the DOE and the UH system. It allows public high school juniors and seniors to attend college classes while earning both high school and college credits. Deadlines are coming up shortly, so come to C&CC for more information, or visit www.hawaii.edu/running-start.
Fee Waivers Available Students on free or reduced lunch are able to receive SAT, ACT and/or NCAA Clearing-house fee waivers. See Ms. Ya-mamoto and pick up your fee waiver.
Juniors Reminders: distribute/col-lect Student Evaluation Sheets, update your resume, take at least 1 SAT or ACT test, make an appointment with your alpha counselor, request for letters of recommendation (if applicable) and research your schools. Make an appointment with Ms. Yamamoto if you need help with your college search or if you have any questions.
National College Fair The National College Fair will be held on Thursday, April 22, at the Hawaii Convention Center. Online student regis-tration is highly encouraged. Requesting information from multiple colleges/universities at this College Fair just got a whole lot easier. Students who pre-register and bring their bar-coded printout with them to the fair will not have to fill out in-
formation cards on site. Avoid the long lines and register on-line before you arrive. Register at http://www.gotomyncf.com/na-cac.asp. For more information, visit: http://www.nacacnet.org/EventsTraining/CollegeFairs/ncf/Spring/Pages/HonoluluNCF.aspx.
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Trojan TimesEnjoyment means indulgence at promBy Kelli-Anne [email protected]
Materialistic animosity awakens in typically every girl during prom season. It is the desperate wish to enjoy prom that forces girls to im-merse themselves in a very thorough preparation pro-cess because, if they do not look good, they will not feel good. Similar to those mon-strous brides on TV, every other girl attending prom has declared herself to be on a diet, refusing to eat any food that could potentially make her “fat” and some-how blow her up to a size too big for her dress. But enticed by a burger, per se, the diet is promptly put on hold for the moment, to be continued tomorrow or at a more con-venient time when it is easier to restrain from these guilty pleasures. I am criminal of being one of those girls ex-cept my diet has never lasted longer than a few days. But as humorous as these “diets” are, it really is quite a serious problem when one is unable to fully zip up the dress that
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By Kellie Kawamoto [email protected] The one night most of us girls, especially those of the senior class, look forward to is our glamorous prom night. Prom night is the one night that we get to dress up in fancy gowns and dresses with sparkles and sequins, and put on makeup that is much more dramatic than everyday wear, and put our hair up in intricate curls and up-do’s and even stick a lit-tle tiara on the crown of our head if we wished. Senior prom is especially a big deal, I suppose because the chances of going to an-other prom are not entirely likely. So we like to end with a bang by “going all out” at our last prom. But unfortunately, that bang requires a lot of bucks because “going all out” means buying the dress, get-ting a manicure AND a pedi-cure and getting the hair and makeup done professionally. And that’s after paying for
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used to fit two months ago. The thought is enough to cause distress to disperse through one’s complexion. Despite an almost religious use of oil blotters, blackhead removers, acne soaps and whatever else skin concoc-tions are out there, they seem to have sprouted over night, these enemy zits, evading every kind of facial medica-tion known to woman. On the day of prom, hope lies only in your make-up art-ist, whom you will quietly mumble threats to, to cover up every single scar on your face. Personally though, I am extra wary of this make-up artist because I am entrusting her (after a past experience, I no longer trust “hims”) with the two delicate lines of hair on my face, otherwise known as eyebrows. I cannot under-stand the “beauty” behind thick dark penciled-in lines and I have seen too many dangerously obvious fake eyebrows to want to seek professional make-up help. My lack of faith in males and make-up because unless they wear the same amount of
foundation, eyeliner, blush, mascara, etc., as females do, then no, they do not know a thing about applying it. The same mistrust car-ries over to hair stylists, with a prime example being my hair for prom last year. (In the least sexist way possible, I had to have a male stylist, of course, of the ten other fe-male stylists primping hair around the salon.) Perhaps I was not specific, but I re-quested hair that looked al-most messy; no tight curls, please. Maybe his ears were plugged with hairspray be-cause at the end of an hour after being poked and prod-ded with bobby pins, my hair looked exactly how I did not want it. I was inwardly fum-ing and outwardly sprouting a new pimple, thank you. I do not remember how much I spent on prom that year, but do recall fond mem-ories of a very fun night. The stress for a meager five hours is only worth the price if you remember to enjoy what you fretted about. You only look as good as you feel, right?
By Noah Perales-Estoesta [email protected] First it was wizards, then it was vampires and now, it appears to be Greek gods. To no one’s surprise, “Clash of the Titans,” opened two weekends ago to an impressive $60 mil-lion in tickets sales. But for all the Harry Potter films, or the millions made by the “Twilight” franchise, or even the hype surround-ing “Clash of the Titans,” these fads are grounded by the fact that they are, basically, remakes. Before Harry Potter, there was Merlin; before Edward Cullen, there was Dracula; and before “Clash of the Titans,” there was … well, “Clash of the Titans” (the 1981 version). But regardless of what the fad is, it is interesting to consider that ideas so firmly embedded in the classical imagination can be revived and recycled for commercial purpos-es, as is the case with the aforementioned examples. And despite the implica-tions this recycling has for the works themselves, the people producing these movies and television shows are simply doing their job of satisfying the masses’ craving for enter-tainment. So if one considers that all of these recurrent ideas can be constantly revital-ized, one is also consider-ing the possibility that the need for entertainment – it’s appeal – comes from the same source, genera-tion after generation. One is considering the possi-bility that what made the X-Men so relevant back in the ‘60s is what makes them relevant today. One is not, however, consider-ing the possibility that the reappearance of old ideas in the present is indicative of a lack of originality. In-stead, one is considering that the appeals of these ideas remain constant.
prom bids. The dress alone usually costs over a hundred dollars, just because the formal dress code calls for long dresses. Then more often than not, al-terations are required, which may be an extra thirty bucks. Hair and makeup may cost between fifty to a hundred dollars to be professionally done. And really, all of these factors add up to a few hun-dred dollars and all for one night! When are we ever going wear a pink princess poof dress or a black and backless slinky gown again? The dance floor gets pretty hot since everyone insists on being two inches apart from each other (it’s so uncool be-ing on the outside where all the breathable and refreshing air is) so makeup will start to smear off or fade. Within a matter of hours, the glam-our is pretty much gone after spending the entire day get-ting ready. Comparably, the cost of prom for girls far exceeds
the price for guys. Guys usu-ally rent their tuxedos, which comes complete with vests and shoes and everything, and that’s virtually the only investment that they have to make for that one night. Be-sides the flowers. Or possi-bly bids, depending on how gentlemanly they are feeling. But this is usually the case for girls in the fashion world anyways. The cost of looking good for girls is pret-ty pricy when compared to that of the guys. Girls always spend more money and time on clothes and shoes and makeup and lotions and per-fumes and other “necessi-ties” to maintain decency. So it’s nice when guys take the time to appreciate the girl’s efforts rather than complain-ing about how long it took to get the end result. For prom especially, girls literally spend the whole day (I would know) getting ready for one special night and a little appreciation wouldn’t hurt, guys.
Beauty sacrifices go unnoticed, underappreciated
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By Kellie [email protected] As an experienced athlete, Senior Maryssa
Shigesato has had her time in many sports including volleyball, soccer and track. But the one sport that has kept her interest is golf, to
which she devoted much effort, free time and school time. Shigesato has become the accomplished recipi-ent of a scholarship from the University of Hawaii at Manoa, but it required much dedication and sacrifice to get to where she is today. Getting started in the sport proved to be a slight challenge for Shigesato because she actually only started playing golf compet-itively after playing Varsity Volleyball during her fresh-man year. “In golf, I was at a disadvantage because I was playing with girls who had a lot more experience than I did and they were play-ing competitively for many more years than me,” Shige-sato said. But Shigesato wasn’t daunted by her inexperience and spent many hours prac-ticing. “When I’m not do-ing my homework or other school-related activities, I’m normally practicing at the golf course. On average, I practice about three hours on weekdays and I practice or play on the weekend,” she shared.
However, time was a challenge for Shigesato be-cause she was involved in other school-related ac-tivities that often conflicted with scheduled golf tourna-ments. But as a student-ath-lete, Shigesato always made school her priority first. “Balancing school and golf is a challenge during the high school golf season be-cause I miss a lot of days of school for tournaments, so I don’t play in all the tourna-ments and I can attend class instead,” said Shigesato. Her hard work to main-tain a balance between her schoolwork and golf perfor-mance did not go unnoticed by either of her coaches or teammates. Head Coach Jason Agsalda said, “She definitely has leadership qualities as evident by be-ing a team player. She tries to balance her busy school schedule to fit in private golf as well as team practices.” Senior Konni Wilson, Shige-sato’s teammate, also com-mented, “(Shigesato) always seems to stay on top of her work and is a model student. She is well-rounded; she bal-
ances her homework time, extra-curricular time and fun time pretty well.” Shigesato’s ability to be a team player was also a stand-out quality. “She praises team members on good shots and sug-gests ways of improve-ment when needed. She is a good teammate and friend to have around,” said Wilson. Agsalda also noted that Shigesato is “very humble and always tries to help out others on the team.” As a dedicated and well-rounded student-athlete, Shigesato has prepared herself to be triumphant after high school and in college at the University of Hawaii at Manoa. Agsalda attest-ed to that, saying, “I have no doubt that she will be successful in college and possibly at the next level.” She can owe her successes to her ability to keep a balance between all the priorities – school, golf and social time – in her life.
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Cheerleaders bring Trojan spirit to Florida Griffin scores HHSAA tournament awardBy Ryan Rustyn
Over spring break, the MHS cheerleading team left for Orlando, FL to compete in the American Open tour-nament and finished second in the nation. Along with winning as a team, six Tro-jans also placed individu-ally. While MHS has gone to the tournament before, this has been their best showing. “This was the first time we had a lot of them go. And the only reason I pushed them to go is because a lot of them want to do this in college and this is the only way to be seen, especially in Hawaii,” said Head Coach Renesha Kierstedt. All teams that participat-ed had two and a half min-utes for their performances, being separated into a min-ute of cheering and one and a half minutes of choreogra-phy to music. According to Kierstedt MHS’ performance earned a standing ovation for the team.
The six Trojans who earned individual awards were: Seniors Andrew Long-boy and La Precious Richard-son, Junior Kelsey Koyanagi, Sophomores Sarah Almeida and Kiersten Havelock and Freshman Kylee Ann Enoki. The individual competitions were separate from the team competition, with competi-tors being judged on their personal skills. “I was very nervous and scared because I wasn’t only competing against my friends but also myself to see if I can accom-plish what I came for,” said Enoki, who earned third in the nation in her division.
The cheerleaders per-forming in individuals also choreographed their performances. “They were able to make their own routine, so each per-formance was a part of them,” said Kierstedt. Richardson, who won second in her division, agreed, “I just put my fla-vor in it, because you can only be yourself so I just put myself in there.” After the stresses of the competition the cheer-leading team was able to spend time relaxing on a short cruise around the Bahamas.
Photo courtesy of Coach Renesha Kierstedt
By Caitlin [email protected]
In every sport there are, if not one, a few outstand-ing players. This year, Se-nior Reginald “RJ” Griffin of the Varsity Boys Basketball team was awarded with the Hawaii High School Athletic Association (HHSAA) tour-nament team award for aver-aging twenty points a game over a four game span. Senior Nicholas Kunz, Griffin’s teammate, feels that Griffin “has a great passion for the game and he passes it on to all of his teammates.” Griffin showed his lead-ership through action. “I tried to make plays that would get our momentum going and I was always pos-itive on and off the court,” said Griffin. Griffin’s teammates also felt that he had leadership skills. “He is one of the most experienced players on the team, he’s not a selfish play-
er and he pushes us to play at our best,” said Kunz. MHS Varsity Boy’s Bas-ketball had an excellent regular season record of 10-2. They also participated in the OIA tournament and placed fifth in the state tour-nament. The team worked hard throughout endless practices to get that far. It was during the state tourna-ment that Griffin was hon-ored with the award. Throughout this season, Griffin was an asset to the team. “(Griffin) lead us in scoring this year, and put constant pressure on oppos-ing teams,” said Head Coach Ed Gonzales. Gonzales also thinks highly of Griffin, stat-ing, “(Griffin) does very well in his school work, and has set high goals for himself.” Along with this all-tour-nament award, Griffin is also a student-athlete with a bright future ahead of him with plans to continue play-ing basketball in college.
Kristen Sawada | Na Mana o Poina ole
SportsApril 15, 2010
13Akiu, Miyashiro named OIA Red West Soccer Players of the Year
By Matthew [email protected]
MHS Boys Varsity Soccer coach Jeff Yama-moto, has been recog-nized as Coach of the Year for the OIA Red West Division 2010. Coaches from each division nominate, then vote for the coach whom they believe is worthy of this es-teemed title. Yamamo-to was “very honored to be selected” out of the many other coach-es in the division. He continued, “I’m really lucky to be coaching at MHS. I think it’s re-ally a reflection of the school’s program and
the coaching staff.” Throughout the sixteen years he has been coaching at MHS, Yamamoto aided and guided his players to grow and improve. “He’s just dedicated to the game and he knows a lot about it,” said Midfielder Ryan Yone-da, senior. “(Yamamo-to) helps us improve our skill and knowl-edge of the game,” he added. According to Yone-da, Yamamoto’s coach-ing specialties are de-fense and exploiting weak points in their game. “He improves our strengths but fo-cuses on our weakness and helps us improve in that area,” Yoneda said. And this has been his coaching tac-tics these past years. “There’s no trick; you just need to make sure that you prep them during practice and
Akiona, Yamamoto honored as OIA Red West Soccer Coaches of the Year
By Matthew [email protected]
It takes an out-standing player to become the OIA Red West Girls Soccer Play-er of the Year, but if that player is also the Honolulu Advertiser’s Statewide Player of the Year, one could con-sider that individual a star athlete. Senior Mari Miyashiro is such an athlete. As one may expect, Miyashiro was enthu-siastic when she heard the news. “I was ac-tually really shocked (when I found out I got the award). I didn’t think I would be Player of the Year of OIA West and state because that
By Caitlin [email protected] This year, the Var-sity Girls Soccer Coach Ray Akiona was named Varsity Coach of the Year for the Red West Division. Akiona has coached seven years at the Varsity level. This past season, he led the team to an outstanding regular season record of 12-0, winning the OIA Red West and OIA Championship and be-coming a runner up in the HHSAA Tourna-ment. For his players, “this season was very memorable and it was definitely a great expe-
rience. We did the best we ever have since I’ve been on the team and it was an amazing feel-ing to have gotten so far,” said Senior Sasha Moscatello. Akiona’s practices consisted of endless ex-ercise. “Our basic prac-tices always include a warm up routine, con-ditioning, basic skill work and we finish with tactical drills,” ex-plained Akiona. In preparation for games, Akiona would have his players run drills. “(Akiona) thought of some fun ways to help us to en-joy our short sprints,” shared Moscatello. Like any coach, Ak-iona has his own coach-ing philosophy: “Be open-minded to sug-gestions, treat players and other coaches fair-ly and win or lose with respectable sportsman-ship. We have a team
was big time, so I was really excited when I heard about it,” she said. Miyashiro has been with the Varsity Girls Soccer Team since her sophomore year and has trained hard and long for the love of the sport. Head Coach Ray Akiona has observed her growth and deter-mination ever since. “She was already a very good player (when she moved up to Varsity) and she has refined her skills to become an ex-cellent player,” he said. “She’s always commit-ted at practice season, she gives one-hundred percent,” he contin-ued. According to her coach Miyashiro is speedy and technically sound on the field. Fel-low athlete, Defender Ashley Deguchi, se-nior said, “I feel like (Miyashiro) is the play maker on the team. She’s always distribut-
By Caitlin [email protected]
Senior Ryan Akiu has been named one of two OIA Red West Boys Division Soccer Players of the Year. Akiu’s skill on the field distinguishes him from the rest, and has earned him other hon-ors as well. This year Akiu shares the Player of the Year award with Se-nior Gavin Dela Cruz of Pearl City High School. Being Player of the Year simply serves as recognition for a stellar athlete on the Red West team; members don’t actu-ally play in additional games together. “I can
just use it on my resu-mé. It helped me make the senior all-star team though,” said Akiu. Becoming a Player of the Year is a sig-nificant accomplish-ment; only two play-ers were selected out of the entire Red West Boys Division. “I was pretty excited to make it,” said Akiu. On top of being Player of the Year, he was named a member of the Hawaii High School Athletics Association (HHSAA) All-Tournament team and the Senior All-Star Team. The All-Tourna-ment Team serves as recognition for out-standing players dur-ing the state tourna-ment while the Senior All-Star team is a match up of exceptional play-ers from the east and west divisions. His physical abili-ties have definitely been an asset to the Varsity Boys Soccer
Team. “As a player, (Akiu) is definitely very skilled. He has good footwork; he just has a really good touch that not a lot of players have. He has like a knack for goals,” said Goalkeeper Preston Miyashiro, senior. But his physical ability isn’t Akiu’s only strong point. “He understands the game so well; he provides great direc-tion on the field. He has good leadership on the field; he’s like a coach on the field,” said Varsity Boys Soccer Coach Jeff Yamamoto. The skills that Akiu has gained over the years through his dedica-tion to the sport have taken him far. Being selected as an OIA Red West Division Player of the Year is just confirmation of a bright future.
philosophy called the TRAIN: ‘Train’ hard with each other, ‘Respect’ each other, ‘Acknowledge’ each other, ‘Inspire’ each other and ‘Never’ give up on each oth-er.” Akiona also has the mentality that his team needs to be having fun while out on the field.“He figures that if we are having a good time and that we like be-ing there that we will work hard for him in return and we did, and that’s what made us such a great team,” com-mented Moscatello. Akiona has con-fidence in his girls that the same special chemistry that his team had this year will remain for years to come.
ing the balls and mak-ing everyone else feel good while making herself feel good and she never gives up.” But what really makes Miyashiro an outstanding player is her ability to involve her teammates and be part of the big picture of the play. “She’s al-ways concerned about her other teammates and that’s the thing that makes her an out-standing individual,” Akiona said. The compassion Miyashiro has for her team is evident, even now with her pres-tigious accomplish-ment. “Although I got the Player of the Year award it wasn’t just me who got it. My team-mates really helped me get this award,” she said. With so many hours invested in her team, Miyashiro dis-plays the qualities of a star athlete.
make sure they under-stand how to play for the next game,” Yama-moto said. Yamamoto also mentioned that the team was very self mo-tivated. “This team has a lot of school pride. That’s one of the re-ally great things about our team – they push themselves and on the coaching side we real-ly didn’t need to push them as much. They have a really great rep-utation and the boys really live up to the reputation and that’s the motivation factor for our team,” he said. With such a reputa-ble mentor as a coach, the Boys Varisty Soccer team was very fortu-nate to be trained by Yamamoto and there is no doubt that his fu-ture teams will feel the same.
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By Kelli-Anne [email protected] The next thirty days will see the anticipated end of high school for us graduating in the class of 2010, concluding our time at MHS. Four years have
Throughout the past four years, bonds you once had with people may have been relinquished due to differ-ent classes, new friends or changed interests. If there are fond memories to look back on, why not create new ones while the time is still here? Restore these past friendships; during our fast-approaching summer is the perfect time.
Senior bucket list:Graduate with completion
1. Reconnect with old friends
2. Mend broken friendships
Over your thirteen years of required education, there is hopefully a teacher who has influenced and impacted you like no other. It could be a teacher from elementary days or adolescent years of intermediate school. Regardless, dropping in for a chat to show how much you have changed will surely be appreciated by whomever your role model was.
Trivial high school drama may have ruined your friendship with someone. Before it’s too late, though, at-tempt to fix what has been damaged. While some rela-tionships are not meant to work, the effort in trying to salvage it is worth the maturity you gain from being the bigger person.
By Jaclyn Knitter and Farah [email protected]@trojantimes.org Traditionally used as signs of welcoming and goodbyes, leis have been
Ten ideas for easy graduation leispassed, quickly for some, and slowly for others, but before jumping the gun and preparing to graduate, cherish the last days of be-ing a high school student; chances are we will miss it when we’re old and gray.
Senioritis has probably infected most, if not all, of the class of 2010, leaving us with the desire for high school to pass and graduation to come. But with one month away from graduation, utilize your last time as a high school student by participating in whatever school-related ac-tivities are still left (lip sync, Project Grad, senior trip).
3. Participate in school activities
4. Visit former teachers
Though the price has grown over the years, school breakfast and lunch are still considerably cheaper than meals at typical restaurants. In the final days of fourth quarter, buy a school meal for it will most likely be the last time you’ll eat off a five-section plate in a school caf-eteria, and the last time you’ll use your school ID.
With a little over a month of high school left, put that case of senioritis to a halt and simply finish your final quarter strong. In a little less than thirty days, you’ll be on your way to the thousands of days of the rest of your life.
Spring season is not yet over; cheer on your fellow Trojans and support the school by wearing brown and gold. Attend sports events you have not had the chance to go to. Embrace your final days as a Trojan.
Although it may not seem like it now, your years in high school are a milestone in the journey of life. Snapshot photos of you and your friends at a common hangout place around school to commemorate your time here at MHS.
5. Indulge in school meals
8. Take pictures
7. Go Trojans!
6. Pull the plug on senioritis
used since the early 1900s and were originally brought to Hawaii by Polynesian travelers. Nowadays, leis are the most convenient and popular thing to give to new graduates. Lei-making usually involves
flowers, but has expanded to include candy, money and ribbons. With gradua-tion only a month away, we compiled some ideas for unique leis to give to your special graduate.
1. Candy lei Treat your graduate to something sweet with candy such as bubblegum, Jolly Ranchers, choco-lates, toffee or Twix in a cellophane lei. 2. Fun noodle lei Purchase the fun noodles and some string, slice the noodles vertically into flower, circle or star shapes and string the pieces together. 3. Flower lei The old fashioned flower leis are probably easiest to get. Just be sure to keep them refrigerated prior to giving it away. 4. Braided lei Buy at least two different types of ribbon colors and braid them together. Show Trojan spirit with brown, yellow and white colors. 5. Eyelash lei These will take more time to make, but the end result is worth the effort. You will need at least two colors of eyelash yarn and a more delicate material than regular yarn. 6. Origami lei Although it will take time to make and risks getting crushed under the other leis a graduate will receive, the finished product is beautiful. A popular origami choice is the crane or puffed up stars. 7. Potpourri lei Wrap sweet-smelling potpourri in cellophane and tie the bags together with ribbon. 8. Tinsel lei Purchase tinsel and weave string through the material, scrunching along the tinsel as you go. 9. Money lei Money leis can vary in design, depending on how generous you’re feeling and how much money is used to make the lei. They are typically folded into accordion folds or different shapes. 10. Inner tube lei A unique alternative, the inner tube lei is easy to get and is available in many variations. The only drawback is the amount you can carry at a time; have your friends help you carry these around.
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By Noah [email protected]
On Oct. 14, 2000, Nin-tendo released “Pokémon Gold” and “Pokémon Silver” for the GameBoy Color in North America. “Gold” and “Silver” fol-lowed in the footsteps of their predecessors, “Poké-mon Red/Blue/Yellow” as video game blockbust-ers, selling several mil-lion copies worldwide and firmly establishing the Pokémon franchise as a highly lucrative en-tertainment and cultural phenomenon. Ten years later, Nin-tendo is well on its way to recapturing the Pokémon magic on the Nintendo DS with “Pokémon Heart-Gold” and “Pokémon SoulSilver” – remakes of the now classic “Gold” and “Silver” versions that not only update the game-playing experience with the technological evolutions (pun intended) of the past ten years, but, for many, bridge these up-dates with fond memories of the past. “HeartGold” and “SoulSilver” were re-leased in North America on March 14, 2010 and uti-lize the same basic game-play mechanics of their predecessors; players still roam the Johto and
Kanto regions, catching and training Pocket Mon-sters for battle. And like the remakes of “Red” and “Blue” ver-sions (“Pokémon Fir-eRed” and “Pokémon LeafGreen”), “Heart-Gold” and “SoulSilver” incorporate a multitude of gameplay and tech-nical features both new and old. “It’s just amaz-ing how the Pokémon DS team could bring back all the nostalgia from the first two games in a new DS game. And what’s cool is they not only brought back the old game, but they also incorporated all of the latest technologies in the Pokémon world that came out in (the orig-inals and the games in between),” shared Junior Francis Empeno. Features that reap-pear in “HeartGold” and “SoulSilver” include the time and calendar sys-tems that debuted in the original “Gold” and “Sil-ver” versions, and also the battle animations and running shoes that first appeared in “Pokémon Ruby/Sapphire.” Furthermore, “Heart-Gold” and “SoulSilver” feature their own origi-nal gameplay elements like the Pokéwalker. The Pokéwalker is a physical device that comes pack-aged with the games and that enables one of the player’s Pokémon to be transferred into it. “I’m sure you can see people around school with the little, tiny Pokéball thing around their waist,” said
Empeno. “Once (a Pokémon) is inside … it works like a pe-dometer” with Pokémon de-veloping experience points and other traits according to the amount of movement the Pokéwalker experiences. Another notable addi-tion to the gameplay is the Pokéathlon – a more inter-active update of the Poké-mon contests introduced in “Pokémon Ruby/Sapphire.” Players can choose from some ten mini-games to con-trol their Pokémon through and compete with others in. The technical merit of such additions are, doubt-lessly, contributing factors to “Pokémon HeartGold” and “SoulSilver’s” commercial success – the games have thus far sold several million copies. But their success is also grounded in their re-vival of the fun times that so many associate with the originals. Sophomore Ty Fu-ruta stated, “I could not stop playing them and it made me feel like a child again. It brought back a lot of happy memories of playing the original Pokémon when I was six or five years old.” “Pokémon HeartGold” and “SoulSilver” reflect, for many, a reemergence of the high-quality entertainment and guilt-free fun that char-acterized the originals, but do so with the additions af-forded by today’s technol-ogy. And even after over ten years, the Pokémon fran-chise continues to see sub-stantial success as a result.
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“Pokémon HeartGold” and “Soul-Silver” both come with an addi-tional piece of hardware called the Pokéwalker, in which a Pokémon from the player’s game can be stored and trained. The Pokéwalk-er functions like a pedometer, with
stored Pokémon gaining experi-ence and happiness according to
the amount of movement the device experiences.
Modern technology evolves entertainment experience, revives old memories
The Pokéathlon’s ten events Hurdle Dash: Twelve Pokémon race down a track, jumping over hurdles.
Ring Drop: Four Pokémon brawl like sumo wrestlers.
Snow Throw: Pokémon go toe-to-toe in a four-team snowball fight.
Lamp Jump: Pokémon are launched and attempt to hit lamps for points.
Relay Run: Pokémon race for 90 seconds around a circular track.
Block Smash: Four teams of Pokémon break as many blocks as possible.
Circle Push: Pokémon fight to stay within circles projected onto the field.
Disc Catch: Twelve Pokémon must jump and catch flying discs.
Pennant Capture: Pokémon hunt for flags as a team in a sandbox-like field.
Goal Roll: Four three-Pokémon teams compete in a soccer-like match. Pokémon drawings and illustrations by Jared Takiguchi and Michelle Choe
“Pokémon HeartGold” and “SoulSil-ver” incorporate a number of gameplay and technical features from previous games. (Left) Any Pokémon from the player’s party can follow the main character throughout the overworld – a feature adapted from “Pokémon Yellow.” (Right) The battle screen also features the more elaborate environment designs that first appeared in “Pokémon Ruby” and “Sapphire.”
InteractiveApril 15, 2010
HoroscopesAries(March 21 - April 19)In two months, you will dis-cover a family secret that will send you out on a trea-sure hunt. Make sure you purchase your plane ticket to the Kalahari Desert today.
Taurus (April 20 - May 20)You will win one million dollars, and people you have never met will be asking you for money. If you don’t want to share, tell them a joke about pink fur and eventu-ally, they’ll leave you alone.
Gemini (May 21 - June 21)An apple will fall on your head while you doze under a tree. Hopefully, like Newton, you will get an idea that will change the world of science forever.
Cancer(June 22 - July 22)This month, flower petals will sprout from your shoul-der blades. Don’t worry, it’s a seasonal thing; it’ll only happen once a year.
Leo (July 23 - Aug. 22)It may seem like bad luck when you fall into a vat of toxic acid, but don’t be dis-couraged; your new muta-tion will have others clam-oring to have you on their team.
Virgo (Aug. 23 - Sept. 22)You’ve been thinking too much lately. Go for a ten mile run in the mountains until you come across a chocolate tree by a river that leads to a magical pond.
Libra (Sept. 23 - Oct. 22)Go buy fifty Marvel comic books. Read all of them by the end of this week and you should have the answer to your question.
Scorpio (Oct. 23 - Nov. 21)On the third night of the third week of the third month in three years, you will be vis-ited by three Disney charac-ters. Each of them will want you to come with them. Choose the second one.
Sagittarius (Nov. 22 - Dec. 21)You’ll become the ruler of everything. Sadly, you will be overthrown for wearing too much pink and dancing a jig in geometry.
Capricorn (Dec. 22 - Jan. 19)Go home today, make your-self a peanut butter and may-onnaise sandwich, sing a Miley Cyrus song and knock on your bedroom door 1,028 times. Something full of awe-someness will happen.
Aquarius (Jan. 19 - Feb. 18)When you meet Iron Man, tell him to make you a new tiara resembling Thor’s hel-met. Use it when the flying blue monkeys come to class.
Pisces (Feb. 19 - March 20)You will be given the oppor-tunity to train as a knight at a royal palace. Take the oppor-tunity as it will help save the world from an evil sorcerer.
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School DazeBy Matthew Ambrosecchio
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ACROSS2. Season Hype 5-0 made ABDC6. Where the Skills Nationals will be held9. HOSA Outstanding State Leader10. The Nubian princess11. Aida is a ____ musical12. The Winterline show
DOWN1. Girls’ soccer player of the year3. Where Senior Prom will be held4. “HeartGold” and “SoulSilver” come with a __________5. New Educational Assistant7. FCCLA member going to nationals8. Tom Adams Award recipient
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