Vol.50, Issue 4 Rialto, CA 923761321 N. Lilac Ave.

C h o i r S w e e p s F i r s t

By Veronica VargasStaff Writer

The Ike choirs Madrigals, Ikettes and Ikeapella, have participated in many competitions throughout the 2008-2009 school years. Winning numerous first and second places, although the biggest competitions worked extra hard for were competitions. Such as Los Alamitos Hart and Fullerton, where Madrigals took home first place and Ikettes and Ikeapella took second.

Mrs. Chamberlain, the choir teacher has seen that there has been a progress within the year, noticing that choir has been acknowledged more due to their accomplishments. “We’re getting known more around the community, we were even asked to perform at the Citrus Grove opening.” She commented on one of the recognitions given to Ike’s choir.

Valeria Velasco, senior and president of choir remarked that choir has met many of the goals that they set for themselves. Not only choir in general, but the standards individual students have put into consideration. “I wanted to get a lot of solos and a standing ovation, and that’s exactly what happened at the spring

concert, it was awesome.” The choirs have brought

Eisenhower many rewards from the trophies to students who are now looking forward to a music career. Not to mention, those past students who already are working on it. Dwayne Stuart a former choir member is now a composer in the rap industry.

It seems that choir has had a big impact on many. Sarah Cervantes, a freshman and has been an Ikette member for a year compared the effort put in to choir to the same effort put into sports. Showing the dedication choir members have put into their work.” We work as hard as those in sports or dance, in choir were dedicated and passionate towards what we do.”

Mrs. Chamberlain explained that the supreme accomplishment for choir has been the relationships that have been built throughout the year, and possibly the future ones waiting to be made. Choir may be an elective but it’s also another way to “express yourselves and get out of the

shyness…it builds self esteem.”

The Rescue of Joseph Kony’s Child Soldiers

By Andrea AnguianoOpinion Editor

For the past 23 years there has been a war going on in Uganda, Africa between the government and a rebel group known as the Lords Resistance Army (LRA). The leader of this group, Joseph Kony, refuses to sign peace agreements, which has made this war the longest in African history. The LRA has murdered over 10,000 people and abducted more than 20,000 children to fight in their army.

Since 2006, The Invisible Children, an organization started by three young filmmakers who took a trip to Africa and discovered the unknown crises, has held various demonstrations to reveal the problems going on in Africa. Their third demonstration, “The Rescue of Joseph Kony’s Child Soldiers,” was held on April 25th, 2009. People in 100 cities gathered and spent the day outside waiting to be “rescued” by the media, celebrities, or senators.

One student from Eisenhower attended this rally. Junior Yvette Velarde described her day at this event, “It was a long day but once we got to the LRA camp, it went by fast. We wrote letters to the government and met new people. When we finally got rescued it was an unforgettable feeling.”

Santa Monica was the first city to be

rescued. They were rescued the same day at about 8 p.m. by Kristen Bell, Tom Arnold, Tom Shadyac, and Peter Eichstaedt. Oprah Winfrey rescued the final city, Chicago, Illinois, 6 days after “The Rescue” started.

After a city was rescued, people had the option of joining the Rescue Riders. Everyone would board a bus and drive to the nearest city that had not been rescued, and they would wait with that city. The people who weren’t able to do this were asked to support the Rescue Riders by calling influential people to encourage them to go rescue the remaining cities.

If you would like to support the Invisible Children, they will be holding another demonstration on June 22nd, 2009 at the U.S. capitol. Volunteers will be hand delivering all the letters written by the people who attended “The Rescue.”

Yvette Velarde: 11Andrea Anguiano: 10Accomplishment: Founded Today’s World Assistance club on campus and raised 9,000 books for students in Uganda.Anguiano: Since the start of the club, I feel that we have achieved an accom-plishment in letting stu-dents know about what is going on in the world. We have set an example for other students.

Peter Garcia: 12Accomplishment:Second in charge of drum line.Garcia: “I feel drum line has improved a very great deal. The people that are in it are more dedicated and they cooperate.”

Leo Davis: 12Accomplishment:Leader of Eisenhower drum line.Responsible for improving drum for future Eagles.Davis: “When I first started coming here the drum line wasn’t in good shape. When I joined I taught a lot of people how to read mu-sic, rhythm and warm-ups. I even wrote my own song for the football team.”

Veronica Vargas: 9Accomplishment:AVID Run-off Freshman site winnerNancy Antuna: 11Accomplishment:AVID Run-off Junior site winnerVargas: “It was a great feeling to win. I am so much more motivated to stay actice and involved in AVID.”

Run! Jump! Throw! This season’s girls’ track and field team was more driven and obstinate than ever to prove them-selves to everyone.

There has been many bronze, silver, and gold medals won for different events at various invitation-als, including the San Gorgonio Invitational, Mt. Sac, and Arcadia. Overall , the girls finished the sea-son undefeated and

as CBL Champions. Although season is

over, many of the team continued on to CBL and then to CIF. These girls include but are not limited to Brittany Howard and Clinay Cameron in the shot and discus, the girls varsity 4x1 and 4x4, and Ashleigh Kilken-ny and Jennifer Jones in the triple jump.

Senior Clinay Cam-eron said, ‘This year has been a journey. Everyone had to do

their part. Some peo-ple fail to realize that our varsity girls took CBL with only about 18 girls, not to men-tion some of us didn’t even get points in certain meets. “

On May 17 at CIF Finals, Samia Salinu’u quali-fied in the mile with a time of 5:14 and Sakia Salinu’u made it in the 800 with a time of 2:14 and also in the 400.

The girls 4x1 also qualified with a time of 48.92 seconds and the 4x4 had a time of 3:58, setting new school records.

“We’re aiming for state,” said Allesse Houston, junior and leg of the 4x1 and 4x4, “we leave every-thing on the track and

people can see that through all of these re-cords that we break.” that we’re breaking.

SPORTSService and Truth to Eisenhower High School

2ATHLETES OF THE SEMESTER

JENN IFER

JONES

DARRON USHER

Record Breakers Get No Breaks

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By Michela RichardsonSports Editor-in-chief

By Michela RichardsonSports Editorin-chief

Jennifer “J.J.J.” Jones was nominated as this semester’s Best Female Athlete. Earlier in the year, Jones was also given the title “Most Athletic”by her fellow senior class colleagues.

Jones has made many accompishments throughout the year, including being one of the captains of the var-sity girls’ basketball team. “Being a captain requires much respon-sibilty and patience and is a lot of hard work,” said Jennifer, “I had to be a lead-er for my team. We went to second round playoffs and captains from the last few years cannot say they did. In my eyes, you ei-ther do something or don’t. There is no try.”

Although in basket-ball she felt accom-plished, Jones athletic “thirst” had not been quenched. Therefore, Jones joined the track & field team. “Even though I quit freshman year and didn’t run my sophomore and junior year, I couldn’t let this

year slip away,” ex-pressed Jones. “I real-ized that I had a natural talent for the sport and that I was letting my abilities go to waste.”

The road to becom-ing CBL Champs in track was a long one and many of the girls contributed. Jones was sure to do her part, hav-

ing a personal record of 17 ft. in the long jump, 34’11” in the triple jump, and being part of the medal-winning 4x4 and 4x1 relays.

Currently Jennifer has a 4.0 GPA and is part of the Sobobans. She also plans on majoring in business and cinematic arts.

By Michela RichardsonSports Editor-in-chief

He looks determinedly down the runway. He steps forward forcibly with his right foot, pushes up on the tips of his toes, and then steps back on his right foot. Forward, back. Heel, toe. Finally, he takes off, sprintingly furiously down the run-way. As he builds up

speed, the white mark-ing line on the board approaches. He gath-ers his energy and hops powerfully on his right foot , lands on his right foot, springs quickly to his left, then leaps tre-mendously until he lands safely in the sand pit.

This series of happenin-

gs describes Darron Ush-er the day he made his personal record of 43’11” in his favorite event, the triple jump. This event, however, is not the only one he excels at. Usher also holds a PR in the high jump at 6’2”, a time of 40.5 sec. in the 300 hurdles, and is part of the fastest 4x1 and 4x4 team in CBL. “I just love the feeling of being on the track,” said Darron ex-pressively, “it’s one of the best feelings there is.” Coach Cobb, the head boys’ track coach, stated that Darron Usher is one of the most dedicated and athletic students he-has ever coached. “Next year we are trying to get him into the decathalon (ten events) and get him a full ride to a Division I university,” said Cobb. Darron has outlasted season participation and qualified for CBL in all of his events, ex-cluding high jump. “I had to make a choice of what events I was going to do because we can only compete in four,” expressed Usher, “so I chose the triple jump, 300 urdles, and being a leg on the 4x1 and 4x4 relays.” Possible college choices for Usher are USC and Texas A&M University.

Stephanie Char, Katherine Hernandez, and a hurdler from A.B. Miller leaping swiftly over the hurdles.

SPORTSService and Truth to Eisenhower High School

3 qBock’s 3 Point

performanceBy Michela RichardsonSports Editor-in-chief

“Drive for show, putt for dough” is a motto that, for many individ-uals, is meaningless, but for junior Jacob Calloway and sopho-more Earvin Sanchez (thriving teammates on the golf team) it is absolute motivation on the golf course. The meaning to this phrase is simple: you hit hard to show off, but hit smart if you’re planning on mak-ing money out of it.

Hitting smart is what these two boys so apt-ly try to do. Captain, Jacob Calloway, who has been playing golf since he was 10 years old, proudly informed how he would like to follow up on the foot steps of many African American golfers. “I

want to be the next Ti-ger Woods,” he said. He explained how there aren’t that many students that join the golf team, so he felt it was up to him to represent Eisenhower.

Earvin Sanchez, who has been on the team since his freshmen year, enjoys the scen-eries sought through-out the many fields he has played in. “I like playing on new cours-es; they’re so perfect and clean,” stated Sanchez. He jokingly added that one of the reasons why he joined the team was be-cause he felt the team needed more Latinos.

Both players unques-tionably agreed that sophomore Steven Martinez was probably

the team’s best hitter; he was even given the nickname “Hole-In-One.” When told this, Martinez responded by stating, “I think it’s all thanks to con-fidence.” He claimed he was motivated by Adam Sandler’s Hap-py Gilmore (1996); a comedy based on a man (Adam San-dler) and his consid-eration in golfing.

One thing is clear; all three players agreed that Coach Stenzhorn, who keeps them nourished and keeps them pushing beyond their limits, is one of the main rea-sons for persistently staying on the team. “He never loses faith; he always believes in us,” Sanchez said.

PUTT FOR DOUGHdrive for show

By Juan VelasquezSports Editor

Just as people thought that the Eisemhower basketball hysteria had finally come to an end, another honor was brought to Ike. Creighton-bound se-nior Andrew Bock was invited to play in the All-American Aca-demic All-Star Clas-sic on May 9 at the Citizen’s Bank Arena in Ontario. All the players who qualified for this game have all committed to play at a four-year college or university in the fall. The participants were divided into four divi-

sions: North, South, East and West. The West included but was not limited to Bock, Brendan Lane (Rock-lin), Jordan Finn (Eti-

wanda) and Tyler Hon-eycutt (Sylmar). The East included Darius Morris and Malcolm Washington (Wind-ward). The North in-

cluded Andy Brown (Mater Dei) and Justin Cobbs (Bish-op Montgomery). Andrew excelled in the 3-point shoot-ing contest, mak-ing 19 out of 25 . “It was a great ex-perience,” said Bock, “I was hon-ored that they chose me to partic-ipate in the game.”

One of the leading rea-sons why many students do not join the swim team is because they are self-conscious about their phys-ical ap-pearance. Senior cap-tain Sunnet Bravo of the swim team said, “ M a n y s t u d e n t s do not join the swim team be-cause they feel un-comfortable with the way their body looks.”

Junior captain Melvin Bonilla, added, “Its re-

ally tough. Guys are scared to wear a speedo and they are sometimes more concerned about it than girls!” One of the

reasons he loves swim-ming is because it’s re-freshing and sweat-free.

Sunnet feels confident

that she can persevere in this sport with the help of her teammates. “Even though it’s a personal sport, you always have

a team behind you, cheering you on. They help you get bet-ter.” She likes the fact that her self-conscious-ness stays out-side of the water.

Both captains think the sport requires you to use both your body, and your mind. Bravo

stated, “The strokes are hard, and you just can’t stop in the mid-dle or you’ll drown.”

DEFEATING DOUBT

Worth The StrokeBy Samanda AlcarazSports Editor

so proud of all of them!” In every event, runners, jumpers, and throwers left impressive stats. Marvon Brooks, a freshmen on var-sity, made a PR of 40’3” in the triple jump. Michael McFadden was the league leader in the 110 hurdles with a time of 15.07 sec-onds. Devon Garder was Ike’s fastest runner, hav-ing a PR of 11.25 sec. in

the 100 and 23.3 sec. in the 200. Francisco Ortega had a time of 4:55 in the mile with Jean Torres barely trail-ing a time of 4:57. Terrell Washington and Jorge Co-rona also qualified for CBL. Alex Jefferies had the fastest 400 time, 51.3 sec-onds, and was a vital part of the boys’ 4x1 and 4x1 relay teams. These re-lay teams also included

AJ, Tai Juan Martin, Dar-ron Usher, Jerrelle Mor-rison, and Devin Garner, “At first, I only joined track because Cobb made me,” said Garner, “but I learned a lot and it was real fun. I would encourage people to join because it is also a good workout and it keeps you out of trouble.”

Many Ike track fans and other individuals feared

that this year’s varsity boys’ track team would not be

successsful due to the loss of key seniors from last year such as Mark Pilcher, Josh Lewis, and Josh Cuevas.However, the boys beat the odds and came out of the season as Co-CBL Champi-ons with a record of 5-1-1.

“I’ve really enjoyed working with the boys, especially the seniors,” stated Coach Cobb, “I never worked with a bet-ter bunch of kids. I am

By Michela RichardsonSports Editor-in-chief

Steven Martinez, Earvin Sanchez, and Jacob Calloway doing the “Andrew” pose.

Garret Crane powerfully dives into the pool.

Tai’Juan Martin hands off to his teammate in the varsity 4x100.

Andrew Bock penetrates strongly through the lane.

Features4Service and Truth to Eisenhower High School

Choir SiblingsAndrea Anguiano Opinion EditorAlong with 2006 came two of choir’s

well known members, Valeria and Victor Velazco. Valeria, now a senior and Victor, a junior have become one of Eisenhower’s Choir’s most valued members.

“I joined choir because I love singing,” said Valeria, “it gives me a chance to express myself in a healthy way.” Now president of all three of Ike’s choirs (Ikeapella, Ikettes, and Medrigals), Valeria has been striving to make each individual as successful as possible for the benefit of the choir as well as the members themselves. Anesia Mercado, first year choir member approved this by saying, “She [Valeria] is the fist that comes down when you’re not on task, she keeps us in line. But we all know she does it because she cares about the choir so much.”

Victor Valazco too joined in 2006 when he was a freshman. “I really didn’t think I could sing but I wanted a class with my sister [Valeria] and also I thought it’d be fun. So I went to audition and I got in. Choir has made such an impact on my life since then.”

While Victor serves as Madrigal’s (Ike show choir) as a tenor, Valeria stands in as a soprano for both Madrigals and Ikettes. Each is known for their individual stage presence and singing abilities. “They both

are really great singers, when I go to a show or see them at school; I am always excited to watch them both.” Brianna Livings (junior) said of the Velazco’s.

Mrs. Chamberline also pointed the pair out as an important part of the foundation that holds the choirs together. “Both of them are very dedicated to choir. Our other members look to them as examples because of it [commitment and performance]. Choir wouldn’t be the same without either of them.”

Both Valeria and Victor have plans to be apart of a Broadway production together and use their gained skills to help give back to their community. “We both would love to do Broadway one day and prove to everyone that great things do come from those that try hard. After that I want to come back to Ike, maybe teach,” says Valeria of her future plans in choir. “I just want to show people that there are good benefits that come from being choir,” says Victor.

Until then, both siblings hope to expand choir before the time comes to leave Eisenhower. Valeria summed up her final hopes by saying: “Choir should be just as recognized as any sport of other activity here on campus. We work hard to keep Eisenhower motivated and well represented. I want people to see that.”

Ike Students Hit The FLAGSAndrea Anguiano Opinion Editor

On Thursday, April 23, 2009, while the majority of Eisenhower students were in their first period class the other half were getting ready to board a bus on their way to Six Flags amusement park.

The students were rewarded for their achievements throughout the school year. Ike students who excelled in their grades during the first three quarters of the school year, obtained perfect attendance, scored proficient or advanced on their CAHSEE and/or CST’s, were top twenty students or displayed an excellent disciplinary record were all invited on the trip.

Once there, students were allowed to roam free around the park with their friends, enjoying the adventure of going on various rides the way the chose to. “I had a really great time at Six Flags. It was even better because I don’t really get the chance to hang out with my friends for a long time during school and the Six Flags trip gave me that opportunity,” remarked Kristella Hernandez

Although the trip was a get away from school it should not be forgotten that going to Six Flags mainly served as a thank-you to the students who daily show a strong work ethic and set an example for those around them. “I really appreciated the fact the school acknowledged everyone

who had been working hard in school. I think it motivated a lot of us to do the same next year,” states Cid Camerena, a sophomore at Eisenhower.

To those students who made the list, congratulations and keep up the hard work as it will always pay off. For those who did not, remember that it is never too late to try.

Abortion: the Lazy Way OutHillary Clinton once said:

“I have met thousands and thousands of pro-choice men and women. I have never met any one who is pro-abortion.” - That is perhaps the most common misconception about pro-choice supporters. There is a difference, a difference

so significant that if not acknowledged can become the reason for a person to become pro-life for no other reason but a lack of knowledge.

The difference is that pro-choice s u p p o r t e r s believe that a woman should have the right to

choose whether or not she is ready to bare children. They believe that each woman should have the right to a safe procedure should she choose to abort. Also, they believe that a woman should have the right to control her own body and not be ostracized for her decision.

However, with the title “pro-choice” comes the idea that this person is “pro-abortion” which is hardly the case, on the contrary, “pro-choice” represents exactly what it sounds like:

Every woman has the right to choose whether or not she will have an abortion.

Abortions rates are the same if not equal to where abortion is legal than in countries where it is not legal. This meaning that regardless of whether abortion is legal or illegal, if a women decides she needs an abortion it’s highly likely she’ll find a way to get one. Furthermore, this often results in back alley unsafe abortions that make up 25% of all maternal deaths.

Whether a woman opts to get an abortion because she can’t afford a baby, or she isn’t ready, for health issues or as a cause of rape or incest, is beside the point. When a woman is forced to follow through with an unwanted pregnancy, in many countries it is a way to control and demean the women. It is astounding that in today’s world it is not among the top issues when it should be looked at as a form of slavery.

To a pro-choicer, these are very reasons for their beliefs. “I don’t think that when you support the right to choose you’re saying you think everyone should get an abortion, but when I say I’m pro-choice I say it because I believe that if a women is going to get

an abortions she should be able to have a safe abortion, and be able to move on.” Stated Bryan Lozano while commenting on being pro-choice.

The pro-choice/pro-life debate should not be focusing so much as to whether women should be able to choose considering that in the end, the women is going to have to come to a decision anyway and will follow through despite either consequence. The focus should be on whether or not the “government is going to deprive ‘her’ of safe choices and force her to risk her life if she wants to terminate and unwanted pregnancy,” an abortion clinic representative once said. The results are simple: we can allow women to have a “safe and legal” abortion or an “unsafe and illegal” abortion. The decision as it stands is ours.

Pro-choice or not, no one’s decision should be base solely on religious beliefs (or lack of), or off what has been heard. The only way to come to a respectable decision is to educate yourself through the facts; these are just some reasons to be pro-choice, choose wisely and always remember that it is never to late tow decide, only too early.

Every year, there are 42 million abortions performed worldwide. Out of that quantity, 1.37 million are done here in the United States. Women have abortions everyday, for different reasons. While a great amount of people stated that it’s okay to receive abortions under the condition that a woman was raped, it needs to be acknowledged that only 1% of all abortions are performed because of rape. According to www.abortionno.org the majority of women (93%) receive abortions because they do not want the child, or the time is inconvenient for them to have it. Although it is safer to have an abortion than give birth to a baby, there are negative outcomes that result from that procedure. Abortions can lead to medical complications; blocked fallopian tubes (tubes leading from the ovaries to the uterus), weakened cervix, uterine scarring, and damage to reproductive systems, which can make them unable to have children in the future. Apart from that, women face the increase in

hysterectomies (surgical removal of part or all of the uterus), miscarriages, stillbirths, and premature births. They are also more likely to obtain breast, uterine, and cervical cancer. Apart from h a v i n g p r o b l e m s medically, it can also affect you emotionally. “A friend of mine received an abortion when she was sixteen because she felt she was to young to take care of a baby. To this day she still wonders what it would have been like to have her baby, and if she made the right decision,” stated Cynthia Iniguez, sophomore. You will always have the memory of the child that could have been. If you have had an abortion, you have taken the life of an innocent victim who could have grown to be an amazing person. That baby could have been the one to invent a cure for cancer or discover an alternate universe. If you have become

pregnant, and don’t feel that you are going to be a good parent, abortion is not the only option. “There is couples who want to have kids, and just can’t. Yet there are people who

go around killing their babies. That’s messed up,” declared Jamie Medrano, sophomore. Instead of aborting, consider putting your baby up for adoption. There are couples in the world who are eager to become parents, and who would be able to raise and treat the child, as they deserve to be. Everybody deserves a chance at life, and nobody has the right to take the life of another.

Andrea AnguianoOpnion Editor

Got Choice?Yvette Vekarde Feature Editor

Kristella HernandezPicture taken by Daniel Ayala

The articles below reflect two possible arguments concerning the issue of abortion. These arguments in no way reflect the opinions of The Eagle’s Eye or Eisenhower High School.

May 21, 2009

Features5 May 21, 2009

Service and Truth to Eisenhower High School

Student Spotlights

Bye, Bye, America

Xuena Ma AKA MartinAndrea Anguiano Opinion Editor

Adolpho of Brazil

Zimmy = Poland Rep.Veronica Vargas Staff Writer

Recently, Eisenhower has had a new student arrive from a country more than 7,000 miles away. Xuena Ma, more commonly known as Martin Ma, is a foreign exchange student from China. He joined a program called Cultural Home stay International (CHI) so that he could come to the United States to “learn English and have a better education.” Martin is from a city in China that has more than 30 million residents called Chong Quing. He believes that China and California are different because here in California most people live in houses, in China the majority of the people live in very tall apartments; and in China hardly anybody has cars because everything is in walking distance. His favorite things about California are the people and the school system. “Here people are so nice and different. They will talk to you first. In China if you’re from another country, you have to talk to them first.” Martin described a normal school day in China; “You start school at 7:30 a.m. and you have five subjects. Then at 12:10 p.m. you eat lunch and rest. Then at 2:30 you have three more subjects. At 5 p.m. you eat dinner and from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. you have two more classes. Students are always so tired and we have to work

very hard.” Although Martin is from a different country, he has a lot in common with most teenagers here at Ike. He’s an only child and he enjoys playing soccer, badminton, and swimming. His favorite dessert is chocolate cake, and he likes to watch basketball. Martin wants to attend an American University, become a businessman and when he earns enough money he wants to go back to China. One thing Martin wants Ike to know is, “Chinese people are nice. I hope Eisenhower students will one day come to China.”

Martin’s Quick FactsBirthday-December 23rd, 1991Favorite Music-PopFavorite Color-Green

Favorite Movie-Rush Hour

Favorite Food-A Chinese dish that consists of duck and ginger

Most juniors would continue onto their senior year but Adolpho Azevedo is already a senior and junior at the same time. In his home country of San Paulo, Brasil, students only attend high school for three years before moving onto college. Adolpho came to California through the foreign exchange student program. His motives for being a part of the program was to learn English and to learn to be independent. “My first day of school was great. Everything was so new to me and everyone I met was so nice.” says Azevedo. By the second day of school Azevedo already had many new friends. “Everyone wanted to know about me and Brasil. They asked me many interesting questions about my country.” Two of the friends that really made an impact on Adolpho were students Rodrigo Corrales and William Gonzalez, both juniors. “I met Rodrigo on the first day I was in school, I was walking by myself, he invited me to hang out with his friends- he didn’t know me but he invited me to hang. I got to know William because I have 3 periods with him. He helps me in class

with group projects.” explains Azevedo. School at Eisenhower was different than at his own country, here he learned to be more self-motivated. He also started to study more when he became a student here at Eisenhower. His ability to speak English made great improvement with the help of teachers like Mr. Miller and Ms. Bailey. “Ms. Bailey and Mr. Miller have helped me with my difficulties in English.” says Adolpho. Besides being in school, Adolpho was able to do some traveling around the United States. He visited Universal Studios in L.A, Hawaii, and went camping

as well.

The hardest experience while being here in California for Adolpho was being so far away from his mother. Now that he is returning home he will be able to take with him what he has learned and begin the next chapter in his life. “I will remember my friends for all my life- maybe they will forget me, but I will remember the teachers, my friends. I want to say thank you for everyone who helped me at this school.”

Jederick “Zimmy” Lewandauski has been residing in Rialto since August 23rd 2008, and thus Eisenhower has become his school. Zimmy is an exchange student from Poland, a central European country. Although Poland and California are two entirely different countries he has noticed that there really aren’t major differences. “The schools [are] easier here… [also] in

Poland everything’s close by,

and here [California] you need a car to get around.”

Filling his free time with “enjoyable” activities that keep him occupied, Zimmy has been involved in wrestling, and is currently in volleyball

here at Eisenhower. American History is one of the subjects that Zimmys studied that will help him in the future. Although he’s positive the main “improvement” has been becoming more independent. “Coming here by myself and living here by myself has made me more independent, it’s improved and changed me in that way.” Zimmy’s time here has added a facet to one of his goals, traveling. Although his date of departure is near, he decided on a possible future vacation. Knowledge from American History to independence has been an advantage for Zimmy. In addition, he had the opportunity to observe new sites, try new meals, and meet new people here in California.

A.V.I.D. Run-OffVeronica Vargas Staff Writer

On Thursday, March 19th, students and families filled the campus of the University of Redlands for the AVID write-off ceremony. Each year a writing contest is held in all middle schools and high schools in the Southern region of California. A topic is chosen by the district and that topic has to be analyzed and given an opinion on by the pupils. The best essays out of each grade are chosen, and the author of the essay is titled site winner. While the essays that had a very good chance were referred to as honorable mentions. The winners were invited to the University of Redlands where a ceremony was held in honor of their hard work. A presentation was given by Todd Anton, the author of “Went Baseball Went to War”, whom all the winners had a chance to meet. “Now you have dreams and you have excuses, which will it be?” He spoke to the congregation explaining how the teens in that room were the future of America.

Todd explained how everyone has the chance to accomplish what they want, unless they let obstacles slow them down. “These middle schoolers, these high schoolers ladies and gentlemen are the future of our society; these children are already on the path to that success that waiting for them.” He stated. Not only was it a great recognition, but there was two site winners from our very own school. Nancy Antuna, junior, and Veronica Vargas, freshman were the winners and representatives of Eisenhower School. The girls stated that they were “nervous and excited” but they were still “glad to be there”. It was a great night with lots of recognition for the achievements of all the AVID scholars. Leaving them with a ringing “Success is waiting for you”, in their ears and a token of appreciation for completing their task in their hands.

Stephanie VargasStaff Writer

May 21, 2009

May 21, 2009

MoviePreviewsBy Entertainment Writer Michael Vega

If you like explosions, accelerator suits, ninjas, and terror-ist groups that want to rule the universe, then this blast from the past movie GI Joe: Rise of Cobra is the perfect movie for you. This movie can be appre- ciated by the new fans as well as the older ones who had the toys since they came out in the 80s. Check this mov- ie out August 7

Free At 2:21By Entertainment Writer Ruben Guix

Once the bell rings, the sup-pressed teen monsters of IKE (a.k.a students) are released to do anything their hearts desire. So how do students enjoy their few hours of freedom af-ter school? “Go to the movies and hang out at B a k e r ’s , ” said Ste-ven Hauser whilst laughing. This may indeed be an entertain-ing way to relax after a day of pounding seem-ingly useless facts into one’s

brain although many disagree that it is some-thing they could do everyday. “I just go home and play video games,” said Ro-berto Murillo, “I don’t have

the money to waste every day at the movies.” After near-ly eight hours of school, ev-eryone is enti-tled to some rest

and some after school entertain-ment. “I like to go home, watch TV and eat,” said junior Jesus San-chez. Although it is a good way to “chill” after a day at school, some

students can’t find the time to spend freely. “I have no time to m y s e l f

because I have to work most of the week,” said senior Ga-briel Rodriguez.

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In this new section, we, the writers, answer questions from your fellow classmates. These questions help with every-thing from life to death…literally. Need advice or support? Ask us and we will answer you. Good luck!!

Life AdviceBy Entertainment Writer Ruben Guix

Ok I see your dilem-ma. To start off, you need to know that you can’t MAKE a girl like you. So don’t try to force her, ok? Ok, now that we have that little fact down, I can help you. Maybe this girl does actually notice

you and likes you very much. Here’s the catch. Most girls will say they like you but just “not like that”. These words can turn out to be extremely painful so you have to know that life WILL move on.

She isn’t the only girl out there. For all we know, there is some other girl out there that you’re not noticing that is ask-ing herself this same question but about you. Anyhow that’s beside the point. Be nice to her. Be your-

self. Don’t try to be someone you’re not because that always backfires. Don’t try to make your-self “amazing” and then let her down because she’ll leave you faster than you win her over. Walk up and talk to her.

Show her how brave you are and crack a lame joke. Girls think that’s cute sometimes. Notice the SOMETIMES. Anyway, good luck with this girl and KEEP IN TOUCH WITH HER OVER S U M M E R ! ! ! !

Don’t let her forget someone out there can’t stop thinking of her. Once again good luck!!!

I like a girl but she doesn’t seem to notice me. How can I tell her and how can I make her notice me?? –Anonymous

Autobots and Decepticons are at it again! The war raging between these two ri-val races of Transformers is back and hotter than ever! This time Megatron is back looking for revenge and Opti-mus Prime will fight to the end alongside Sam and Bumblebee. The battle hits the-atres on June 24..What side are you on?

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Entertainment6Service and Truth to Eisenhower High School

May 21, 2009

OpinionService and Truth to Eisenhower High School

The Marriage FutureVeronica VargasStaff Writer

Marriage has been falling apart over the last few decades. Not only has the concept changed in various forms, but even the roles in the relationship have gone vice versa.

Old TV shows like “The Adventures of Ozzy and Harriet” and “The Brady Bunch” have displayed what a lot of people imagine marriage should be like. The male in the relationship has always played the dominant role of the household while women did not concern themselves unless it had to do with household expenses. Research now shows that the days when women left all decision making touching on financial matters to men are gone. Recent studies acquired from the Canoe Network show that 60 percent of women in California pay the bills and handle the check books in marriage.

Divorce rates have gone up in America. The media tells us that 50 percent of American marriages will end in divorce, and affirmation by a number of research studies shows that this hypothesis is correct. This means that out of every 100 couples, 50 of them will end up divorced due to these marital issues.

According to marketingcharts.com out of 1,260 couples surveyed; it was estimated that 43 percent of those couples’ decisions are made by the female. This means that for every 1260 couples, 541 of them will get

divorced due to this situation. It seems that men don’t seem very comfortable with having their spouse playing the dominant role with handling financial matters.

“Despite the fact that in our society we have had this notion of males as heads of households, we have seen the pattern that women tend to really be the managers.” Stated Melinda Forthofer, director of the Institute for Families in society at the

University of South Carolina-Columbia.

Spanish NationYvette VelardeFeatures Editor

Today it is hardly necessary to learn English if you are Hispanic. In most cases, in school the student has hundreds of teacher and other students who can accommodate them with instruction and it is doubly easy to make friends. At just about every corner there is someone out there who can help the Spanish speaker along.

Whether this helps the student to learn quicker or slows the process depends. But the real issue is this: What if you didn’t know English, you weren’t Hispanic and was from a country thousands of miles away and was now forced to learn English in order to succeed in school and to help your parents along as well? – For Tho Nguyen, this was exactly what life was life was she came to America in 1998.

“Me and my family came to America from Vietnam when I was around seven. I wasn’t scared at all about leaving my old home, but I was for the longest time afraid of having to go to school.” Say Tho about her first years in America.

Tho was placed in the first grade already under a tremendous amount of pressure from home to succeed and to learn English. She was placed in a class with two other Vietnamese speaking children and a Vietnamese teacher as well. However, she was not allowed to speak Vietnamese to her teacher since she was supposed to learn English. “I remember always being confused. When I didn’t know something, I’d have to hold it in because I didn’t know how to ask in English.”

To make things worse, when Tho was finished with her first year, her family moved her to another school where she now had to start all over again. “It

was a struggle when I got there but I finally felt that by the end of that year I could speak well enough to get by.”

Now, Tho is a straight A student (since freshmen year), and is involved in numerous activities throughout Eisenhower’s campus. Her mother still has not learned English and Tho is expected to help her with many of the important paper work since she learned English so many years go.

“It’s kind of unfair to people like me who don’t have anyone to help us learn English, but it’s just something we have to cope with.” Said Tho, commenting on the difference in having to learn English for an Hispanic to that of an Asian etc. “I feel like in the end it all worked out to my advantage. I feel like I’m more independent now and I know that power of hard work and persistence.”

Tho NguyenPicture taken by Daniel Ayala

Uniforms:Hey! You’re wearing my clothes!

Andrea AnguianoOpinion Editor

“Uniforms limit individuality,” states Eldrisha Williams, junior. This is the most common argument heard when the topic of school uniforms is discussed. School boards all over the United States have begun to require students in public schools to wear school uniforms. Even here in Rialto, a vast amount of elementary schools are now wearing uniforms. But what are the possible outcomes of this? What reasons are there to make thousands of kids wear the same clothes?

School discipline often takes away learning time. Kids who have dress code violations or who fight cause some of these problems. With uniforms, there would be no more dress code violations, because we would all have the same type of clothes. None would be revealing or have gang affiliation. This also helps reduce the number of fights by decreasing the number of arguments over fashionable clothes, while simultaneously easing gang tensions. Without the distractions of inappropriate clothing, students would be able to pay more attention.

Students are often teased because they can’t afford trendy clothing, therefore they cannot wear it. School uniforms help us see that you don’t need the latest fad to be “cool”. People would overall be more comfortable with their style, if everyone around them wore the same thing.

At this moment, we are facing a recession that is said to become worse than the Great Depression of the 1930’s. Money is becoming scarce, and families are trying

to save as much of it as possible. “Brand name clothes are way too expensive. There are shoes that cost less than $5 to make, and we’re spending $50 on them. People put to much on just a name,” declared Coraima Anguiano, freshman. Uniforms are cheaper and even last longer than many other clothes. We should consider the hard times we are going to endure in this recession rather than who is going to compliment our expensive outfits.

Although there seem to be a vast amount of positive reasons for uniforms, there are a few negative ones. There is the major argument about school uniforms violating

our freedom of expression. Being told what to wear will make some rebel and cause them to ruin their uniforms to make them relate to their personality.

Even without the distractions of inappropriate

clothing, there will still always be the students who consider it their job to disrupt their class. Taxpayer dollars will start going to the school programs that help families pay for uniforms. You will now be paying for not only your child’s clothes, but for the clothing of all the children in that school.

Uniforms may seem like the right choice at first, but we must always weigh the pros and cons. What may at first seem like a good idea can end up a horrible one.

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True or False: Humans cause Global Warming

Andrea AnguianoOpinion Editor

In the 1960’s temperatures were dropping and scientists predicted that our world was going through “global cooling”. Scientists stated that because of this, there was a possibility that we would have an ice age and the world would come to an end. Now a new trend has broken out; Global warming is the new threat to today’s society, and humans are the cause of it all.

Earth’s temperature has increased by about 1*F over the past 100 years. Scientists place the blame on: carbon dioxide omitted from factories, cars, airplanes and buildings, methane from rice paddies and fossil fuel production, nitrous oxide from the burning of organic matter, and fertelizer used in agriculture. “Humans are to blame for global warming. We’re the ones who cause pollution.” stated Stephanie Luna.

People have now come to fear global warming. “What worries me the most about global warming is the polar ice caps melting. I don’t want all of humanity to drown,” stated Jamie Medrano. That has actually become the greatest fear about global warming. In a poll, 60% of students here at Eisenhower chose the polar ice caps melting as the thing that fears them the most about global warming.

80% also believe that we are to blame. Although it seems as if global warming

is our fault, there are still people who believe that the temperature increase is one of Earth’s natural processes. More than 31,000 scientists across the world have signed the Global Warming Petition Project, a declaration that states man’s impact on climate change can’t be reasonably proven.

There are certain things in nature that cause the temperature to rise and add gases to the envioronment. Sun spots exploding, large eruptions of the major volcanoes on earth, the change of the orbit the Earth takes and even the wetlands. These are natural processes that we can’t control. William Gray, a meteorologist said “The human impact on the atmosphere is simply too small to have a major effect on global temperatures.”

Because global warming is widely known and shown frequently on the media, we will continue to believe that we are to blame. Dr. Timothy Ball stated “We are wasting time, energy and trillions of dollars while creating unnecessary fear and consternation over an issue with no scientific justification.” Keep this is mind the next time you watch AL Gore’s “An Inconvenient Truth.”

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Dear White Gold, My parents didn’t grow up in this country and have no idea what high school is like here. How can I help them under-stand how hard it is for me?

Kaya Haig Point Reyes Prep Point Reyes, CA

Kaya, It’s an age-old question. How do you get your parents to apprecialize what you’re going through until they walk a mile in your shoes? And how can you expect them both to fit into your shoes unless you’re like a size 14 Mens? And if you really had feet that large wouldn’t you be an Olympic swimmer or something, and have to be homeschooled (meaning you’d avoid this whole drama in the first place)?

But I digress. Let’s look at this calmly, fairly, chillaciously. Let’s maybe have a glass of milk – it’ll help us get a good night’s sleep so we can think through this dilemma rationally. Your parents may not be familiar with growing up American in the 21st century, but that’s no reason to be impatient with them. If they don’t automatically “get” what you’re laying down, try to find some common ground. Ask them what their school experiences were like and see if you can relate their stories to your own. I’m guessing they’ve felt feelings and pressures similar to the ones you’re experiencing.

Namasté, WG

Dear White Gold, I’ll be applying to colleges this fall. What should I write my application essays about?

Jose Luis Martinez MLK Jr. High School of the Simi Valley

JL,

What colleges really want to know is what sets you apart from the pack. If you’re the cream and your school’s the bottle, what is it that’s made you rise to the top? For instance: Are you a dedicated musician? Is yours a story of transformation from meager minor leaguer to teethtacular rock legend? Do you rip on a guitar filled with luscious leche? If so… well, you’d be just like me. And chances are they already know our story. By which I mean my story.

As you scribbulate, think of moments where you took unusual initiative or realized a positive qual-ity within yourself. For instance, if your main man Gold were writing, I’d pick the time the Twins and I rocked The Cedar Rapids Folk Art Freedom Fest when all the strings on my One Gallon Axe suddenly broke. Did I crack under the presh? No, bro. I just restrung the axe with my own hair and kept the rock alive. This story demonstrates three qualities: 1) I’ll do anything for my fans, 2) I have amazing hair, which proves that I take care of my-self and drink plenty of milk, and 3) Guatemalan quilts rock, but White Gold rocks harder.

Choose something you’re proud to talk about. A moment where you learned something unexpected and great about you, and consider yourself sold, accepted, graduated Magna Cum Loud-y.

Loving you, White Gold

Dear White Gold, Last week I had an interview for a summer internship. We talked a lot about my resume and career goals. I had a few good icebreakers and had practiced my answers with my guidance counselor. Everything seemed to be going well. My interviewer even laughed at some of my jokes. Then as we were wrapping up and he was walking me to the door he said, “you seem like a nice young lady.” Ummm.

Andrew Bancroft Roosevelt High School Calabasas, CA

'Drewbies,

Double your weight training and post-workout chocolate milk-drinking routines in order to maxi-mize your muscley. Oh, and uh, increase the font size of your name on that old resumé-can-you-see. That should help.

Kisses, White Gold

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