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ISSUE #1
Homecoming 2012
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What’s in this issue?4-5 RHS Updates; October News Highlights; & Letters from the Editors
6-7 Homecoming 2012
8-9 The New Look, Feel, and Taste Around RHS
10-11 Chipotle’s Food, Idea, and Music Festival in Lincoln Park
12-13 A Day in the life of... Interview; News and Facts from Mr.G & Mr. DeRose
Image Source: Google
Editor-in-Chief Alex Hanns
Co Editor-in-Chief Paulina Pachel
EditorsChristy DeVol
Jacqueline JaworskiJola Pach
Skirmante Survilaite
Formatting EditorGustavo Pereira
AdvisorMr. Lippstreuer
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14-15 Felix Baumgartner’s Amazing Feat; The Android Perspective
16-17 Culture Section: The History of Famous Spanish and Italian Foods
18-19 How to Spot a Scam on Craigslist; The Song that Everyone’s Talking About
20-21 Creative Corner: Poems & the Return of Fishy Fish and Octavious
22-23 RHS Sports: Football, Volleyball, and the History-Making Sabrina Bonanno
RHS Updates
News Highlights• Theunemploymentratehasdroppedtothelowestpointsince2009• ObamahaswonasecondtermasPresidentoftheUnitedStates,buthestillrefusestoadmitthatAmericaisscrewed.Perhapsthis“hope”heclaimsexistsiswhatwillgetmagicallyappearinhissecondterm.
• Asidefromwinningthehighestseatintheland,PresidentObamaalsoholdstherecordforhavingthemostlikedphotoonFacebook.
• HugoChávezwonathirdterm.Con-gratulations!You’vebeenpresidentsince1999.Caretoshare?
• OnthenoteofChávez,Obamahasearnedpraisefromhim,theCastrofam-ily(whohaveruledCubaforover50years)andVladimirPutin.Americaismakingfriends!Maybeournextpresi-dentwilllearntheirsecretstosuccess?
• AccordingtotheBBC,aplanethasbeendiscoveredthatorbitsapairofstarsthatareorbitedbyanotherpairofstars.
• LanceArmstronghasbeenstrippedofhissevenTourdeFrancewinsandbannedfromthetournamentforlife...Ouch.
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Sunday,November11:VeteransDay TimetohonorthosewhohavefoughtforAmericanfreedomTuesday,November20:ParentTeacherConferences a.k.aD-DAY
Letters from the EditorsHello everyone! Welcome back to another school year. My name is Alex Hanns and I am the new Editor-in-Chief of this fine
publication. Running the show with me is Paulina Pachel, our Co-Editor-in-Chief. We also have an additional 4 editors, Skirmante
Survilaite, Jola Pach, Jacqueline Jaworski, and Christy DeVol, and a formatting editor, Gustavo Pereira. Last but certainly not least
is our wonderful advisor, Mr. Lippstreuer.
Every single year, we are have new ideas and aspirations in order to make this the best newspaper as possible. Most noticeably
is the fact that it doesn’t really look like a newspaper anymore. Back in the olden days of 2010, we were still printing on tabloid
paper (aka newspaper paper). We decided to ditch the old format and transform the Rebellion into a more visually-friendly design:
the magazine. Moving to this format makes it possible for us to print in color and make sure that the Rebellion is always looking
fresh. Aside from appearance, we are buckling down on content too. Our team of editors want to make clichéd stories interesting
and fun to read. If any of you have suggestions to make the Rebellion better, please let us know! We’d love to hear your input.
After all, it’s the school newspaper! Please let us know how we’re doing and share your ideas. Post on our Facebook wall or email
me directly at [email protected].
Finally, if anyone is interested in writing for the Rebellion, come to our meetings during Rebel Period on Mondays in Room 203.
Looking forward to a great year,
Alex Hanns, Editor-In-Chief
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Kudos to all of you—strangers, friends, acquaintances, and readers of this unbelievably great piece of publication that you’re holding: The Rebellion.
It’s that time of the year again—time to start the year with a bang. After three amazing months of fun in the sun, smooth-ies, beach parties, friends, and travel, we’ve come back to greet another amazing school year at Ridgewood High School—and I’ll assure you that it’ll be ah-mazing! As your Co-Editor-In-Chief this year, I will make sure that you will be satisfied with every monthly issue. This year’s newspaper will be filled to the brim with tons of interesting op-eds, music reviews, movie reviews, music playlists, concert updates, school events, comics, sports, recipes, photographs, A Day In The Life Of… interviews with fascinating individuals whose lives are quite inspirational, and so much more! We want to hear from you, readers of The Rebellion, about things you’d like to see. What would you like to read about? What makes your day? What would you like to find out about? Where would you like to go? The fate of this paper is in your hands—you’re our audience and we’re here to entertain you. The Rebellion’s job is to provide you with all kinds of essential information. As your Co-Editor, I want to make sure that your attention is always spurring—you will not be disappointed. Enjoy the year Rebels & always keep reading.
Xoxo—yours truly,Paulina Pachel , Co-Editor-In-Chief
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A Magical Homecoming: 2012by Paulina Pachel
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It’s that time of year again, la-
dies and gentlemen! We are home at last
and it feels better than ever! It’s time for
new relationships, memories, and some
more extensive high school fun. It’s time
to go shopping for flowers, dresses, shoes
and tuxedos. It’s time for boys to become
men and step up to the challenge of ask-
ing a pretty girl to be their homecoming
date. All in all, it’s time to let loose! And
who was the person who made all this
possible? The undeniable and lovely Ms.
Cantos!
Ms. Cantos, as many of you
know, is our favorite madwoman and
Homecoming is a
very stress-
ful time of
the year
for her.
However, she has an exquisite team of
people that helps her fulfill many of the
crucial obligations that have lead up to
this memorable Saturday night dance.
The events that t coordinate are: the Pep
Assembly on Monday, The Carnival on
Tuesday, Girls Flag Football on Wednes-
day, Night Rally on Thursday and last but
not least the decoration of the gym for the
dance on Saturday.
This has been Ms. Cantos’s eighth year
coordinating all of Homecoming and she
loves it. The theme for this homecoming
was Disney, an all-time favorite for her. It
revolves around our favorite Disney char-
acters—Mickey Mouse, Minnie Mouse,
princesses, princes, knights in shining
armors, magical castles, Pixie dust, and
anything else your childhood memory is
capable of conjuring up.
“The idea came up as a sugges-
tion and everybody loved it,” says Ms.
Cantos. “This is my dream Homecoming
so I’m very excited,” she adds. Taking
that statement in consideration, it’s no
surprise that every single detail of this
year’s Homecoming had to be perfection.
“We’ve been working on the decorations
since June and ever since then we’ve
been meeting up twice a week for final
touches.
“There’s tons to expect this year.
We’re planning to have a big Cinderella
castle, a pirate ship, a Mickey Mouse
arch that people will walk through…”
Ms. Cantos informed me. It was a
success, and Saturday night everyone
stepped through the Mickey Mouse arch
and into a Disney wonderland for a magi-
cal evening.
Magic was in the air that Satur-
day night—many grabbed their princes,
their frogs, their princesses, their magic
wands, their stiletto heels, or uh…their
best dress shoes gentlemen, and made
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A Magical Homecoming: 2012this one of the most memorable nights of their life. Students
were on the lookout for spirit days because each day had a spe-
cific theme to it and the more people dressed in the appropriate
attire for that day, the more points they earned for their class.
The days went as follows: Monday was class color
days and for those of you who are unfamiliar, Freshman wore
white, Sophomores wore red, Juniors wore blue and Seniors
wore green. On Tuesday we had our famous clash day where
people got crazy creative with their mismatched outfits and
no other person could say anything about it. Wednesday we
could’ve just as easily gotten out of bed and came to school in
our pajamas. Thursdays we put on our best Disney costumes
and/or Disney shirts! Last but not least, Friday was Rebel Pride
Day; students wore their best Rebel clothes to show off their
school spirit. In the end, the spirit trophy went to the one, the
only—class of 2013!
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Image Source: Ms. Cantos, Tania Chwala
by Jola Pach● ● ●
With construction slowly coming to an end and cooler temperatures residing in the building, students are finding that they just
can’t learn while feeling so comfortable. Having gotten used to last year’s intolerable heat and the constant loud noise that accompa-
nied their class time, they miss all the complaining they were entitled to.
Confused about the regular temperature, one student remarked, “It was the weirdest thing. I wore a sweater yesterday and it
didn’t look like I had gone swimming by lunch time.” Another says, “Learning about algebraic equations just isn’t the same without
loud clanging noises, so I hired my younger sister to bang pots together while I study at home.”
Now, with no drilling sounds resonating in the hallways, test scores are falling and students are less motivated than ever. They
hope that the peace and quiet stops soon so they can finally pay attention in school and improve their feeble GPAs.
by Kristina Lazzara● ● ●
The year is 2009, the school is filled with
the intoxicating aroma of teenage sweat,
tears, and the latest Axe cologne. As I
wander around the school, absorbing this
entirely new setting I come across an
unfamiliar smell. A sort of musty, your
grandmother’s basement kind of smell.
I being the curious freshman I am go to
investigate this intriguing stench. As I
grow closer to the source of my curiosity
I begin to hear whisper upon whisper of
this rumored “ghetto hallway.” Passing
Ms. Kumas’ old desk, behind a set of
heavy double doors I discover my long
awaited destination. The ghetto hall-
way in all of its’ ghettoness. Light blue,
paint chipped, squeaky lockers lined the
walls of this ancient ruin. Along with an
unfinished mural from the class of 1996
and to top it all off, a water fountain that
tasted as though you were drinking from
a rusty pot. Though intrigued by the sud-
den step back in time I couldn’t help but
feel disgusted. Those lockers are older
than most of the current population of
the school. Who knows what could be
lurking in those asbestos ridden crevices.
Now let’s take a few steps into the future,
2011 to be exact.
Junior year roles around and I
decide to go take a walk down memory
lane and visit the ghetto hallway. As I
come closer I hear the buzzing of drills,
banging of hammers, and the loud stomp
of work boots on linoleum. Construction,
construction EVERYWHERE. A grey
cloud seemed to instantly cast the school
into mourning. Despite its’ obvious out-
dated appearance the ghetto hallway was
loved by all who have been graced with
the chance to walk down its’ glorious car-
peted floors. Students, faculty, and even
the occasional visitor would double take
on the lovely 1960s décor. The ghetto
hallway gave the school a sense of hu-
mor, a school wide inside joke both jock
and band kid could appreciate. It was a
landmark, “The gym lockers? They’re
right down the ghetto hallway.” “The
visitor’s entrance? Right by the ghetto
hallway.”
Though now the hall has been
updated enough to now be called the
Hamptons hallway, much like the stub-
born Sears Tower it will always be known
as the ghetto hallway. A symbol of our
school’s past and the ever changing world
of Ridgewood High School.
The “Not So” Ghetto Hallway
Students Unable to Learn in Comfortable Environment
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by Aga Jarzabek● ● ●
The hall fills with the anx-
ious student body. School has just
started and the doors have let in the
first of the kids. None of them want to
be here. Their blissful, long summer
has just ended and they now have to
go back into the world of responsibil-
ity, stress, and worst of all…the caf-
eteria food. The memories of soggy
burgers, stale fries, and overpriced
salads are taunting them. Each step
towards the lunch room reminds them
that only plugging of the nose and
copious amounts of diet pop can get
them through each bite.
But as the threshold is passed
and the first footsteps approach the
cafeteria hallway, a new smell greets
everyone’s nostrils. In waves, it
flows through the halls, spilling into
classrooms, and weaving around the
students. Confusion seeps through
the crowd. For the first few moments
nobody knows what to think, but
eventually they recognize that the
smells tickling their olfactory bulbs
are simply the smells of great food, a
concept long forgotten at Ridgewood
High School. Luckily for staff and
students alike, however, it was time
for the previous food provider to
renew their contract, and the school
decided that they might as well look
for another company that could poten-
tially meet their gastronomical needs.
After a laborious search, the food
committee found exactly what they
were looking for in cafeteria food.
They picked Organic Life. The grade
D meat was replaced by fresh beef.
The barely thawed peas made way
for fresh pineapple and watermelon.
The sad, greasy “hamburgers” were
no more, and juicy burritos took their
place. And as the students excitedly
lined up to be served pasta only an
Italian grandma could make, they saw
something that needed a double take
to be believed: an actual human chef
preparing all the food they were going
to be eating for the next school year.
A wise man once said that
Ridgewood High School’s lunch
program was unredeemable. And up
until this year I never questioned his
words. I never believed in a God. I
thought that miracles were stories told
to comfort the lost and miserable. But
upon entering that school and smell-
ing and tasting that food, all my pre-
conceived ideas have been revoked.
The change is real, and it is here.
The Miracle on West Montrose Street THE NEW CAFETERIA FOOD THAT SHOCKED STUDENTS AND FACULTY
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Image Source: Google
by Alex Hanns● ● ●
On a breezy Saturday in
mid-September, Chipotle Mexi-
can Grill, everyone’s favorite bur-
rito chain, put on their second-
annual festival in Lincoln Park.
This festival, dubbed Cultivate,
was one of the coolest that I’ve
been to. Cultivate wasn’t simply
a food festival, nor a music fes-
tival; it was an accumulation of
food, music, and ideas on mak-
ing sustainable products.
As my friends and I
walked into the festival, we
smelt the familiar smells of
grilled steak and chicken, just
like walking into the local Chi-
potle. The aroma drew us into
the taco stand where it couldn’t
be more different. These tacos
weren’t topped with the regular
salsas, cheese, and sour cream;
they were topped with salsa
verde and escabeche (pick-
led cauliflower and carrots), a
pleasant surprise. They also
served barbacoa chili (a mix of
the spicy shredded beef, pinto
beans and black beans, topped
with sour cream and crispy torti-
lla strips) and carnitas tortas (a
sandwich stuffed with juicy car-
nitas, black beans, pickled red
onions, and queso fresco). In
addition to these Mexican deli-
cacies, Chipotle featured their
new Southeast Asian concept
that is open in Washington D.C.
that served pork and chicken
meatballs over jasmine rice, a
welcome addition to the festival
menu.
Aside from all of the
delicious food at the event,
there were many up and com-
ing bands performing at Culti-
vate. Among them were bands
named: G. Love & Special
Sauce, LP, JC Brooks & the
Uptown Sound, Allen Stone, and
J Roddy Walston and the Busi-
ness, plus Chris Golub, Chipot-
le’s very own DJ, “adding a layer
of groove to the celebration”
according to Chipotle’s website.
As a side note, Chipot-
le’s philosophy when making ev-
ery dish that they serve is to do
it organically and sustainably.
To do this, there is a higher
product cost, but the benefits
outweigh the price. Throughout
many displays, Chipotle showed
the horrors of conventionally
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raising pigs and the downfalls of using non-or-
ganic cotton. That’s why everything that comes
from Chipotle, including the t-shirts and nap-
kins, are environmentally friendly and made
responsibly.
Last but certainly not least, we got
the opportunity to meet Chefs Nate Appleman,
Kyle Connaughton and Joel Holland of Chipo-
tle’s own culinary development team. Through-
out the interview they all said that their mission
is to ensure the quality of Chipotle’s food. While
Chipotle is not releasing new menu items, the
culinary team works to improve and refine reci-
pes so each item always tastes the best that it
could be.
All in all, Cultivate was a major success
in my book. Delicious food expanded my pallet.
New music broadened my perspective. And new
ideas about sustainability made me think twice
about the products I consume on a daily basis.
Sept. 15, 2012 Image Source: www.zimbio.com
by Paulina Pachel● ● ●
Snap! Snap! Snap! Flashes go
off everywhere—because once you intro-
duce an introspective individual with a
vivid imagination to a camera, the photos
don’t stop.
We’ve all done it: ohmygawd,
time for a new Facebook photo, or
perhaps a night out—that picture has to
be taken. We all want the same result:
good photos. Albert Pławiński was just
an average teenager…until he discovered
the magic of photography. The incred-
ible sensation after capturing a moment
forever inspired him and got him hooked
on freezing time.
At first, he was mesmerized by
another photographer who happened to
be a pioneer for him at camp. Later on, he
played the role of photo editor and lastly,
he began to experiment with photos
himself. Now in his twenties, he’s taken
photography to a whole different level.
Albert says about his new approach, “I
have to admit that I’ve been experiment-
ing with some portrait type of photos
where I line people up and make them
pose. The key to that is having an inter-
esting background and a cool composi-
tion.”
Let’s not forget the proper equip-
ment—“[My] first camera was actually
a friend’s Nikon D90 that I borrowed at
camp...well he lent it to me for 3 weeks.
Knowing I might come to camp to do
more photos and now that I wanted to
take photography more seriously I bought
a D7000: my current camera with a 50
mm f/1.8 lens.”
Once that perfect photo is
captured, what exactly goes through a
photographer’s mind? For Albert it’s,
“Whatever I see I try to capture and keep
as a memory for eternity. You can teach
people about art but you can’t teach
someone to be an artist. I never took a
course but I read about proper exposures
and what to do to get a cool composition.
A lot of work is being able to see the
world in a particular way and sharing that
with others.”
That’s why the best part of pho-
tography for some is “seeing everyone’s
reaction after seeing their photos. Having
people go to camp just because they saw
their sibling’s photos from camp last year
makes it worth it. There’s a type of open-
ness in photography that can take away
your breath and pull you in.
“There’s even more to it. From
a different standpoint you can ask what
the photographer’s intentions are with the
message. It can be political or not. Why
are they photographing? Is what you
see the truth? So many questions to ask.
There’s a difference between photogra-
phy as art and photography as document-
ing. Sometimes these can be blurred
and that’s when we get some interesting
things.”
The average income of a profes-
sional photographer varies but it aver-
ages 24 grand. However, for Albert this
is merely a passion; he puts money last.
He says, “To me, money is only there to
help me get new and better equipment
to expand my skills and get some more
interesting shots.” And shouldn’t it be
like that for anybody?
All future photographers who
are now mere amateurs but yearn to
prosper and spread their wings should
consider taking a class in college on pho-
tography. Who knows? You may discover
something new about your talents that
you haven’t before. Just a theory.
A Day in the Life of... a photographer
“ ” WHICH OF MY PHOTOGRAPHS IS MY FAVORITE? THE ONE I’M GOING TO TAKE TOMORROW.
–IMOGEN CUNNINGHAM
Image Source: Paulina Pachel
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Fun Facts with Mr. DeRose
Venus is the only planet in our solar system that rotates clockwise.
Cockroaches are animals, not insects. They are the fastest animals on six legs and therefore can run a meter a second.
Parrots and rabbits are the only two ani-mals that can see behind itself without turning its head.
Humans use fourteen muscles to smile and forty three to frown.
In the nineteenth century, millions of hu-man mummies were used as fuel for loco-motives in Egypt where wood and coal were scarce, but mummies were plentiful.
Elizabeth Taylor has appeared on the cover of Life Magazine more than anyone else. (14).
The average lead pencil can draw a line that is thirty five miles long.
The koala bear is not a bear; it is related to the kangaroo family.
It cost three cents to make a dollar bill in the United States.
Japan, as small as their country is, has two hundred volcanoes, and is home to ten per-cent of all active volcanoes in the world.
Top 10 Songs you should listen to!by Alyssa Martinez
• TheZoneByTheWeekndft.Drake• CliqueByKanyeWest,Jay-Z,BigSean• ComeAroundbyM.I.Aft.Timbaland• SmilebyLilyAllen• GetMeBodied(ExtendedMix)byBe-
yonce• Hot&FunbyN.E.R.D.ft.NellyFurtado• UnstoppablebySantigold• BambooBangabyM.I.A.• UsPlacersbyLupeFiasco,KanyeWest,
andPharell• DancingintheDarknessbyCharlixcx,
TheInternet,MikeG
“WHAT’S UP?”with Mr. Glogowski
a look at the evening sky for the month of October 2012
Fall is a great time to go star gazing. You don’t have to go far
to enjoy the night sky. Just find a place in your backyard that is not in
the glare of city lights, or if you have access to a car take a short trip to
a suburban location that is darker than Norridge or Harwood Heights.
On October 29th is the full moon. The reason for the full moon
is the Sun is directly opposite the Earth as it illuminates the moon’s
face. You can see the full moon early in the evening by looking east
just as the sun sets or later in the evening as it rises. As you look at the
moon, look for the most dominate feature of the Southern hemisphere!
Tycho is the source of one of the Moon’s most massive ray systems.
This ray system was caused by a large object hitting the surface of
the moon and ejecting rock and material out form the center. As the
material blasted out form the center it scattered across the surface of the
moon causing the streaks we now see on the surface. It is named after
the famous Danish astronomer and nobleman, Tycho Brahe (1546-
1601), who made important contributions by devising the most precise
instruments for studying the sky in his day.
If you have any question about astronomy submit them to the
rebellion staff and I will try to answer them!
Keep looking up!
Mr. Glogowski
Image Source: Walter Glogowski, 2009
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A Jump from Space“RED BULL STRATOS, A MISSION TO THE EDGE OF SPACE. ONE MAN. ONE
BALLOON. ONE JUMP FROM THE EDGE OF SPACE BREAKING THE SPEED OF SOUND.”
by Alex Hanns● ● ●
Records have been broken.
Boundaries have been crossed. Dreams
have been fulfilled. All in one jump.
On October 14th, 2012, Felix
Baumgartner became the first human to
break the sound barrier with only the
assistance of gravity and set the world
record for the highest jump.
He ascended though the atmo-
sphere in a 2,900 pound capsule that
was attached to a giant balloon. This
wasn’t just any balloon though. It held
30 million cubic feet of helium and was
1/10 the thickness of a Ziploc bag. Fully
inflated, the balloon reached a height of
335 feet, 25 feet taller than the Statue of
Liberty!
This apparatus brought “Fear-
less Felix” up to the stratosphere. At
128,000 feet (24 miles), he jumped from
the highest point in human history. When
the door finally opened and he was stand-
ing on the small platform ready to jump,
Felix was humbled. He said, “sometimes
you have to be really high to see how
small you really are.” Then, he jumped.
He reached a maximum speed of 833.9
miles per hour while freefalling for 4
minutes and 20 second and landed safely
back in Roswell, New Mexico just 20
minutes after leaving his capsule.
This all happened on a special
day too. The scheduled date for the jump
was October 9th but because of weather
conditions, it had to be put back 5 days.
This postponement made Felix’s jump
coinside with the 65th anniversary of the
first supersonic airplane flight, which was
piloted by American Chuck Yeager in
1947 aboard the Bell X-1 rocket plane.
Who would’ve known that 65 years later
that a man could surpass the speed of
sound alone.
Througout the mission, Felix had
a team of 70 people working with him to
accomplish this great feat. Joe Kittenger,
the previous world record holder for the
highest jump, has been the man in charge
of the Red Bull Stratos mission. “Felix
trusts me because I know what he’s going
through — and I’m the only one who
knows what he’s going through,” said Mr.
Kittinger when asked about their relation-
ship. Felix certainly had a wonderful
mentor.
When asked about why he
wanted to jump from such heights,
Baumgartner said, “All of my life I have
been looking for unique goals, things no
one has accomplished.” Kittinger knew
just what he meant. “From the beginning
of mankind, the boys want to go higher,
faster, lower,” he said. “It’s a fascinating
part of human nature. We’re never satis-
fied with the status quo.”
Image Source: Google
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-Taken from redbullstratos.com
SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO BE REALLY HIGH TO SEEHOW SMALL YOU REALLY ARE.“ ”
Too Little Too Late...THE ANDROID PERSPECTIVE TO THE APPLE-ANDROID WAR
by Gustavo Pereira● ● ●
“When you think about your
iPhone, it’s probably the object you use
most in your life. It’s the product that
you have with you all the time,” said
Jony Ive, Senior Vice President at Apple.
If that statement is true, then why does
Apple refuse to update their phone to
become what consumers actually want?
Phones are changing to become faster,
better, and more useful than ever before,
yet Apple seems to be drifting from the
trend all other phone manufactures are
following. But why?
Siri is a personal assistant
designed to make the life of an iPhone
user easier. Yet it really doesn’t. You say
something you would normally type in a
search box, then you wait for a voice to
give you a response that a simple Google
search could’ve done. In what situation
would it be more convenient to speak
than to simply type on your phones touch
keyboard? When you’re driving? I don’t
think so. Texting and driving was banned
not solely because of drivers not seeing
the road, but because they were being
distracted. Siri doesn’t remedy that situ-
ation. Siri’s usefulness only shines when
your hands are tied behind your back
and you have to make a search on how to
escape from it.
For the first time ever, Apple has
increased the size of the iPhone’s display.
The iPhone 5 now comes with a 4 inch
display. Innovative? Sure. But a tad late.
Android phones have been having a
display bigger or equal to 4 inches since
2009. Why did Apple wait so long to
introduce this enhanced screen size? Just
a commercial ploy designed to get more
money. If Apple were able to convince
people that smaller screens were bet-
ter, then Android phones would have to
either change or suffer a huge drop in
their sales. But since people realized that
larger screens were better, Apple was
forced to adapt... three years later.
The Apple iPhone’s screen
also fails in another aspect: its dull,
washed out images. Would you rather
have a phone that has a sharp image
and produces dull colors that don’t even
resemble the real world, or a phone that
produces sharp vibrant images and makes
photos seem as if they’re actually real?
Apple boasts about their Retina Display
but the real winner in this category is the
Android’s Amoled Display.
iOS 6. Apple’s new mobile op-
erating system. Apple claims to have the
world’s most advanced operating system
yet all this recent update has brought is a
more advanced version of Siri that now
requires you to look at your phone now to
get the information you asked for and a
version of maps not dependent on Google
that actually leads people the wrong way.
iOS 6 was also expected to bring widgets
(a revolutionary new way to access infor-
mation on your phone faster than opening
up an app) to the interface, yet it didn’t.
The first android phone, the Google G1
was released in 2009 and it featured
widgets. iOS 6 can’t be the world’s most
advanced mobile operating system if it
lacks features present in technology 3
years older than it.
Apple’s iPhone fails in many
aspects, but one thing that the Apple team
gets right is the way they present their
product. They make it seem as if you, the
consumer, NEED the product when you
truly don’t, also known as brainwash-
ing. They also display the iPhone 5 as
if it were a new product when it really
isn’t. The iPhone’s design and operating
system hasn’t changed since it’s begin-
ning in 2007, whereas Android phones
offer a wide variety of phones constantly
being updated. The iPhone stays behind
while Google Android phones continue to
revolutionize the way we see phones. The
Apple iPhone, the world’s most innova-
tive paperweight.
THINK DIFFERENT. THINK ANDROID.
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Andulancia has played an incredibly significant
role in the history of Spain, but what separates Andulancia
the most from all other regions of Spain are the tasty snacks
that are provided for free in restuarants when ordered with a
drink. Ladies and gentlemen, Spain presents you with tapas.
Etymologically speaking, tapas were born when
people covered their drinks with a lid to protect it from flies.
Somewhere along the way, it became custom to put small
bits and pieces of food on top of the lid.
So, what exactly are tapas? The Spanish word
“tapa” is another way of saying “lid” or “cover.” They are
a variety of appetizers that can be served cold or warm. In
certain places, tapas are served as one meal—where a person
can order different kinds of tapas and combine them as one.
The idea of tapas is to encourage conversation during a meal
without necessarily devoting an entire focus towards food.
Tapa restaurants are windows to the Spanish soul.
Tapas can be grouped into three main categories:
cosas de picar (things to nibble), pinchos, and cazuelas.
Cosas de picar refers to finger food—the most famous: olive-
the signature Spanish, Mediteranean finger food. Pinchos is
a tapa that is eaten with the help of a toothpick. Last but not
least, cazuelas are tapas that come in sauce—like dumplings
or meatballs—or if you want to get really fancy—shrimp
fried in garlic.
If you are ever in Spain and it is the authentic tapa
you desire served the traditional way and at no cost, the
province of Granada is your place to be.
Spain and the Origin of TapasEspaña y el origen de las Tapas
by Paulina Pachel● ● ●
Andulancia ha jugado un rol muy importante en la
historia de España pero es lo que la separa de otras regions
en España es sus sabrosos aperitivos. Son aperitivos gratis en
bares cuando son ordenados con una bebida – camas y cabal-
leros: España les presenta las Tapas!
Etimología dice que el nacimiento de Tapas ocur-
rio cuando la gente cubría sus bebidas con un plato pequeño
para protegerlo de las moscas. Al pasar el tiempo la gente
pone pequeños trozos de comida encimade del plato.
¿Pues, que son las tapas? La palabra Española
“tapa” significa “lid” o “cover” en ingles. Son varios de
aperitivos. Tapas pueden servirse calientes o friós. En otros
lugares, tapas pueden servirse como una comida—las perso-
nas pueden pedir diferentes tapas y combinarlas como una
comida. La idea es a fomentar las conversaciones.
Tapas nunca son servidas en la casa. Los españoles,
cuando salen de sus casas en la noche, se reunen con sus
amigos en los bares de tapas. Estos bares son las ventanas de
la alma Española.
En general, tapas son muy deliciosos.
Tapas tienen tres categorías: cosas de picar, pinchos,
y cazuelas. Cosas de picar son pequeños aperitivos como
aceitunas. Por otro lado, pinchos son cosas que pueden ser
comidas con palillo de diente. Finalmente, cazuelas son tapas
en salsa como albóndigas—o camarones fritos en ajo.
La provincia de Granada es el lugar para saborear las tapas
auténticas.
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In the late 1800’s, the renowned baker Esposito
made a new dish in honor of the beloved Italian Queen
Margherita of Savoy. Today, this dish is known as the pizza.
Of all the pizzas he made, the queen loved the plainest one
of all. It was just topped with a simple fresh tomato sauce,
fresh buffala mozzarella and basil. She liked this pizza the
best, not only because it tasted good, but because its color
scheme of green (basil), white, (mozzarella) and red (tomato)
resembled the Italian flag. In honor of the queen, the chef
named that style of pizza Margherita and that’s still what we
call it today.
An authentic Italian pizza from Naples must meet
certain criteria. It must not be thicker than 0.3 centimeters
in the middle and the edge must not exceed 1 to 2 centime-
ters. Unlike American pizza, it must not have too much fresh
mozzarella cheese-no more than 300 grams! (Chef Esposito
would roll in his grave if he ate a Lou Malnatti’s pizza!)
For a really good and authentic Italian pizza in Chi-
cago, go to SPACCA NAPOLI! It’s the best! Just ask the
Italian students. We go there on field trips!
Who doesn’t love pizza?Chi Non Ama la Pizza?
by Michael Nasca● ● ●
Alla fine del 1800, il famoso panettiere Esposito ha
fatto un nuovo piatto in onore della regina italiana Mar-
gherita di Savoia. Oggi chiamiamo questo piatto pizza. Di
tutte le pizze che ha fatto, la regina amava la più semplice
fatta con il pomodoro fresco, la mozzarella di buffala, ed il
basilico. Questa pizza era la sua preferita non solo perché
aveva un buonissimo sapore, ma anche per la combinazi-
one di colori che sono uguali alla bandiera italiana: verde
(basilico), bianco, (mozzarella) e rosso (pomodoro)! In onore
della regina, lo chef ha chiamato quest pizza Margherita.
Oggi quando andiamo in un ristorante italiano e vogliamo
questo tipo di pizza, ordiniamo una pizza Margherita.
Una autentica pizza italiana da Napoli deve sod-
disfare determinati criteri. Non deve essere più spessa di
0,3 centimetri al centro (molto sottile) e il bordo non deve
superare 1 a 2 centimetri. È molto differente dalla pizza
americana perchè non ha nemmeno molto formaggio-non più
di 300 grammi. (Il pizzaiolo Esposito A differenza di pizza
americana, non deve avere troppo fresca mozzarella-non più
di 300 grammi! (Il famoso pizzaiolo Esposito si rivolterebbe
nella tomba se mangiasse la pizza di Lou Malnati!)
Spacca Napoli Pizzeria1769 W. Sunnyside, Chicago, Illinois 60640 (773) 878-2420
http://www.spaccanapolipizzeria.com/
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by Skirmante Survilaite● ● ●
This summer I learned how to spell “Portuguese”, tie my shoes the right way, ride a skateboard, use my Magic
Bullet, and deal with Craigslist scammers. I also learned to be thankful for them, believe it or not. I mean, without
those eight scam emails to one serious email, I would still be my same old gullible self. Well… Maybe I still am. But
still, I do have reason to be thankful for them. First off, they would start off my every day with a good old laugh. I
mean, seriously Mr. smith walker and Ms. jane Dan, if you have an email address, at least capitalize your name right.
Anyone taking the five minutes to create an email address for themselves would, so your capitalization errors lead me
to suspect that this is not an email you use very often. Why is that, hmmm? Do you have something to hide? Hm? Hm-
mmmm? (Shine bright light in face here)
Okay, well, maybe you’re a complete dimwit and really don’t see anything wrong with the name you used for
your email address. I’ll give you the benefit of the doubt. But here is the real trademark to a Craigslist scam- the email
will go something like this:
“Ni hao, fellow Craigslist user. I am contacting you with great happiness and trust in the hopes that we can
kindly do business together. I have seen your wonderful item for sale and am positively ecstatic about it and complete-
ly fine with its condition. I hope we can proceed with complete trust in one another. I regret to say that my grandmoth-
er died and I will not be able to come see your item, but I will have a business associate of mine mail you a check for
2,135 dollars so that you can guarantee that this item will be mine. If you could please remove your ad from Craigslist
to keep those other scavengers off of our prize, I would be eternally grateful. I will also need your full name, full ad-
dress, times when you will be home and social security number. Your first born would also be appreciated.
Thank you very much, and may the force be with you.”
Whereas a real inquiry will go something like this:
“Hi! I saw your ad and does the item work? I live in Tinley Park, would you mind delivering it for me if I went
through with the purchase? When can I see it, too?
Thanks dude :) ”
So if you ever decide to post something on Craigslist, here are the lessons learned:
1. If they sound Chinese, they are. Don’t ship to China, they’re supposed to ship to us.
2. Ms. helen Dan , I am not asking you on a date for you to need to reply, “I am out of town at any time you want to
meet, so I cannot see you in person.”
3. You know, maybe I wouldn’t be so hesitant to deal with you if I could understand what you’re saying…
4. And, last but not least, I am listing my item for $350! Not $2,135!
Thank you and have a good day!
craigslistTIPS ON HOW TO SPOT A CRAIGSLIST SCAM
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The Nature’s Love By Christy DeVol
I glance at my reflection,only to see an ordinary person.Hair, frizzier than a branch, mixed with twigs;and a face, distorted by the rings of water. Longer as I look, the painting changes;
showing its nature view of me;fair as a flawless goddess.As I reveal my soul to the cool waters,the nature shows me her unforgotten love.
The clear lake, clearer than solid diamond,purer than the prettiest pearl,yet vaster than the Sahara,is as beautiful as a young flower.
WritingBy Diane Bendik
Writing is a unique technique that cannot be copied
Just like playing an instrument with lingering lyrics
Writing wonders wildly with the writer’s feelings
It can be loud like listening to lovely music or it can partake in
A low key. Where there is wind there are sounds, where there
Are sounds there is music written by someone who hears or sees
Far behind and far beyond.
CREATIVE CORNER
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The Nature’s Love By Christy DeVol
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The Super Fun SongBy Victor Bertocchi & Aga Jarzabek
A Band of Brothers: Ridgewood Football
by Jacqueline Jaworski● ● ●
The Ridgewood High School
Varsity Football team truly represents
Shakespeare’s idea, especially freshman
Vinny Scaletta and junior Mikey Ach-
ramowicz. Not knowing these boys well,
one might think that they have nothing
in common, but I beg to differ. In my
three years of writing sports articles for
the Rebellion, I have never met anyone
quite as devoted and compassionate about
their team and sport as Achramowicz and
Scaletta. Scaletta fondly speaks
of his team, “ They’re going to war with
you every Friday night. They’re the ones
that have your back. It’s like one big fam-
ily.”
Achramowicz adds more to the
brotherly bond the team shares: “I kind
of look at my team straight up as broth-
ers. Mainly because we all want the same
thing and we all work together for it. As
we work together for it we form a bond
and we have this chemistry that I don’t
even think that actual brothers have.
We’re always sticking together.”
Many people wouldn’t know that Mikey
and Vinny both were inducted into
varsity during freshman year. “I see a lot
of myself in Vinny just because of the
outstanding size he came with freshman
year. The one thing different between
him and me is that I had a little bit of that
nervous feeling freshman year. I can tell
that Vinny has no fear. Personally I think
he’s a better freshman player than I was.”
Mikey explains.
Although these two might be
fairly similar, the beginnings of their
love for football are completely different.
“All of my cousins always used to play
football. So I was supposed to play too,”
Vinny explains. “ I was built for it.” But
not everyone has football in their genes.
“It’s kind of the exact opposite for me,”
Mikey admits, “I was always into skate-
boarding as a kid and I was good at it.
It started in fifth grade when I watched
football. I was always a physical person.
Once I started watching football and
playing it at recess I started developing
this passion for it.”
In war, there are always heroes
and mentors that pull them through.
“They [the team] all help me out. They’re
all like my older brothers,” Vinny ex-
plains, “ Mike was in the same situation
as I am. He helped me out a lot during
the off-season. He was in varsity in his
freshman year. We can relate to each
other and I relate to the older linemen.
The older linemen help me out, like C.J,
Jake, Billy, and Nick help me out and tell
which way to go and what to do.” Even
Vinny’s “brothers” are impressed by how
far he has come.
“The way I look at Vinny is the
greatest view ever. He works as hard as
he can,” Mikey explains thoughtfully,
“The thing I like about him the most is
that he’s the most polite and teachable
and coachable kid ever since I’ve been
here. But on the field he’s an animal.”
When the war is over and the
soldiers of football go their own paths,
there is the next generation that will take
their place and make a new legacy. “My
advice is you just got to work hard, “
Vinny explains. “ I went to all the work
outs. I’ve been probably working nine
months for this. In the summer we had
the camps and I went to all of them. You
just got to work hard; you can’t give up
just because you’re too sore. Mike played
through a concussion and that didn’t stop
him.”
Not only should you work hard
during the off-season and during practice,
one should never lose hope when the
going gets tough. “My advice is never
quit,” said Achramowicz. “Like Vinny
said, I played through a concussion. I got
rattled pretty good at Elmwood Park. I
got up and scored a touchdown during
that game. Never quit in the game just
because you’re losing. Never ever quit
football and never ever quit your pride of
the team.
BEYOND THE FIELD WITH
MIKEY AND VINNY
“We few, we happy few, we band of brothers; for he today sheds his blood with me shall be my brother…” -William Shakespeare (Henry V)
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Sabrina Bonanno Makes HistorySABRINA’S FEAT BRINGS RIDGEWOOD TO ITS 2ND INDIVIDUAL STATE TITLE
by Skirmante Survilaite● ● ●
Sabrina Bonanno: a state golf
title, Metro-Suburban All-Conference,
2nd overall in boys, 1st in girls, and a
medalist 12 times (meaning that she re-
ceived 1st place in a dual meet). Besides
this, she is a remarkably humble, hard-
working student. It’d be a great end right
here, to say that this is how she ended her
high-school career with a bang, but she’s
still a Junior. What’s in store for Ridge-
wood next year? Only time can tell, but
it’s sure to be astounding.
So, already we have more than the one-
and-a-half lines dedicated to Sabrina
in the Chicago Tribune. However, we
are most definitely going to hear about
her again, and not just in the school’s
newspaper, or even the Tribune! A very
applicable question for her right now is
whether this is the end. She has achieved
practically all there is to achieve right
now. Her thoughts are quite optimistic,
though: “I finished it all for school, but
there’s my whole life to continue. I don’t
know what yet… but there are always
bigger and better things.”
It’s pretty difficult to imagine much
above winning State, but with Sabrina’s
attitude, the world better watch out. Her
reaction to the question of how she felt
after she won the honor was touching, to
say the least. “Oh man,” she said, a hesi-
tant smile showing that she still couldn’t
believe it, “no one even told me I won.
You don’t even realize you’ve won until
you’re on the bus ride home. Then you
realize, and it’s pretty exciting.”
Sabrina has brought fame to Ridgewood,
being 1st in State for perhaps the first
time in its recent history, or maybe even
its whole history. It really is difficult to
accept this fact, let alone imagine what
she is capable of accomplishing later on.
But it’s certain that this is not the end,
and it’s certain that Bonanno will be a
legend.
#WINNING
As captain, how do you keep the team motivated?
“As captain, I keep the team motivated by just encouraging ev-
eryone and keeping their spirits up. When a girl gets frustrated,
we got to keep it positive, pat her on the back and tell her you
got the next one, just shake it off.”
How do you feel about the season?
“A lot of us knew it was going to be a rough season because all
of our senior starters had graduated last year, but that just gave
other girls the opportunity to step up. We have been working
hard and have improved a ton since the first day of practice.
Many teams are looking past us, but each game we give it all
we got and prove that we can compete with anyone.”
What do you like about the port and how long have you
been playing?
“I’ve been playing the sport for 7 years and the intensity of it is
what draws me the most. I love the fact that teamwork really is
a major part of the game, that everyone has to push themselves
and contribute on the court in order to be successful.”
What’s the best part about being on this volleyball team?
“Family. We are more than just teammates, we are family.
Everyone has each others’ backs. This doesn’t only apply to
varsity, but to the program as a whole. The younger girls look
up to the older girls and the older girls are always encouraging
the younger girls.”
Bump, Set, SpikeAN INTERVIEW WITH SLADANA “SLUSHY” NIKEZIC
by Marissa Marchese● ● ●
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