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Half Moon Bay High School hmbpawprint.com Vol II, No. 6 April 1, 2014 By Stephanie Perez Say goodbye to dusty, yellow pages and unrelatable stories and hello to zombies and teenage angst. The English department recently received an anonymous donation that will be used to replace all texts written before the year 2000 with new, bestselling titles. The book room has just been stocked with copies of the most popular books of the 21st century including The Divergent series, The Fault In Our Stars, Fifty Shades Of Grey, Thirteen Reasons Why and other books teenagers might actually want to read. “This year when I passed out copies of a novel to my freshman, one of them saw his grandmother’s name writ- ten in the book,” said English teacher Alyssa Neilson. “That’s when I realized we really needed some new books.” The anonymous donor left a note saying the money should explicitly be used for high interest books written in this century. “I am so excited we finally get to read good books in English,” said junior Fiona Handler. “Maybe I will actually start reading what my teacher assigns.” The use of Sparknotes and other websites has made it increasingly easy for students to skip the reading of arduous titles such as The Scarlet Letter and As I Lay Dying. The English Department hopes that with more students actually reading the books, standardized test scores and literacy rates may improve. "Its about time we stopped teaching about philoso- phers and started teaching more useful skills, such as preparing for a zombie apocalypse, " said English teacher Andrew Boysen. "I just put in my order for four hundred copies of Pride and Prejudice and Zombies." While the books them- selves will undoubtedly have more explosions and technol- ogy weaved into the plotlines, the life lessons and themes will still be the same. The world has changed since books like To Kill A Mockingbird were written, and these characters will be more relatable to teens today. To Kill a Mocking- bird...more like a To Kill a Mocking-bored,” said junior Kevin Perez. “I will for sure be getting a better grade in English now.” The many years of reading books with difficult metaphors and old English are finally over. For those who have never enjoyed reading, get ready! You’re in for a treat. English department restocks book room with titles teens want to read By Grace Thompson School wide budget cuts went into effect on March 15th, leaving many teachers and administrators in search of part time jobs to make ends meet. Most recently Assistant Principal Jarrett Dooley has made the deci- sion to return to his first career as a DJ, with plans to begin touring with the popular EDM artist Bro Safari. The first stop on Dooley’s long awaited tour will be in our neighboring city of San Francisco. He will be the open- ing act for the long awaited tour, which many HMBHS students plan on attending in order to show their support. "DJ Dooley is back,” said Dooley. “It’s about time I returned to my first passion - the passion of dropping the bass." DJ Dooley first made appearances back in his college day’s, but retired once he became a P.E. teacher, his job prior to becoming Assistant Principal. This will be his first debut after a long break. Despite his position at HMBHS, Dooley has never been shy about his preference toward electronic music. "I could tell by the way he bumps Tiesto in his office that he was made for the stage," said senior Emily Whit- latch. Major EDM superstar Skrillex has credited DJ Dooley as being the driving force behind his music and passion for dub- step. Dooley is excited about this new chapter in his life and hopes that students and staff will support him in his endeavors. Assistant Principal returns to first passion as ‘DJ Dooley’ By Porter Warrick Hess After recent demonstra- tions of animosity between Terra Nova and Half Moon Bay High School students, the administra- tions of both schools have agreed to try to foster positivity and cooperation. In order to create a unified bond, HMBHS principal Allison Silvestri and TNHS prin- cipal Dorene Basuino have both agreed change their school colors to yellow and orange, an agreed combination of both Terra Nova and Half Moon Bay’s colors. “It has come to a point where we need to focus on cooperation rather than rivalry," said Principal Silvestri. “Yellow and orange will now be a symbol of newfound respect and equal- ity between us and our Pacifica neighbors." Implementation of this new color scheme is planned to go into effect soon. Walls featur- ing the previous schools colors will be painted over, while plans for new artwork and school ban- ners are already being designed. Terra Nova has pledged to paint the trimmings of all school build- ings gold (a tasteful combination of yellow and orange), however they have yet to confirm if they are willing to completely paint the buildings. "I don't think that changing the school colors will have an effect,” said senior Annika Merrilees. “Instead of using all that money to repaint the school, we should use it on things that the school really needs- like lounge chairs.” The new colors will not only be expressed through the painting of buildings, but also through new uniforms. P.E. and various sports uniforms will be altered, with a yellow silk t-shirt with a Cougar emblem and or- ange cotton shorts. Terra Nova's uniform, in order to differentiate from our own, will include an orange wool t-shirt and polyester yellow capris. Administration is hoping that the different styles will be enough to set the uni- forms apart. "This plan is dumb, just plain dumb,” declared junior Julie Sorfleet. “I would rather wear a tie-dyed toga than these new uniforms.” Although Silvestri is hopeful that this color change will foster equanimity among Terra Nova and Half Moon Bay, students seem skeptical, stating that the rivalry runs deep and that creating unified school colors will do nothing to abolish the hostility. Regardless, the changes are scheduled to take place next school year. Only time will tell if the new school colors will enable profound cooperation and help to rewrite the warring history of these two rival schools. School colors change in effort to unite rivals The new HMBHS logo will contain both orange and yellow to represent the unity between HMBHS and Terra Nova. The English book room will soon be restocked with only the fresh- est titles.

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Page 1: Paw Print April Fool's Edition 2014

Half Moon Bay High School hmbpawprint.com Vol II, No. 6 April 1, 2014

By Stephanie Perez

Say goodbye to dusty, yellow pages and unrelatable stories and hello to zombies and teenage angst. The English department recently received an anonymous donation that will be used to replace all texts written before the year 2000 with new, bestselling titles. The book room has just been stocked with copies of the most popular books of the 21st century including The Divergent series, The Fault In Our Stars, Fifty Shades Of Grey, Thirteen Reasons Why and other books teenagers might actually want to read. “This year when I passed out copies of a novel to my freshman, one of them saw his grandmother’s name writ-ten in the book,” said English teacher Alyssa Neilson. “That’s when I realized we really needed some new books.” The anonymous donor left a note saying the money should explicitly be used for high interest books written in this century. “I am so excited we finally get to read good books in English,” said junior Fiona Handler. “Maybe I will actually start reading what my teacher assigns.” The use of Sparknotes and other websites has made it increasingly easy for students to skip the reading of arduous titles such as The Scarlet Letter and As I Lay Dying. The English Department hopes that with more students actually reading the books, standardized test scores and literacy rates may improve. "Its about time we stopped teaching about philoso-

phers and started teaching more useful skills, such as preparing for a zombie apocalypse, " said English teacher Andrew Boysen. "I just put in my order for four hundred copies of Pride and Prejudice and Zombies." While the books them-selves will undoubtedly have more explosions and technol-ogy weaved into the plotlines, the life lessons and themes will still be the same. The world has changed since books like To Kill A Mockingbird were written, and these characters will be more relatable to teens today. “To Kill a Mocking-bird...more like a To Kill a Mocking-bored,” said junior Kevin Perez. “I will for sure be getting a better grade in English now.” The many years of reading books with difficult metaphors and old English are finally over. For those who have never enjoyed reading, get ready! You’re in for a treat.

English department restocks book room with titles teens want to read

By Grace Thompson

School wide budget cuts went into effect on March 15th, leaving many teachers and administrators in search of part time jobs to make ends meet. Most recently Assistant Principal Jarrett Dooley has made the deci-sion to return to his first career as a DJ, with plans to begin touring with the popular EDM artist Bro Safari. The first stop on Dooley’s long awaited tour will be in our neighboring city of San Francisco. He will be the open-

ing act for the long awaited tour, which many HMBHS students plan on attending in order to show their support. "DJ Dooley is back,” said Dooley. “It’s about time I returned to my first passion - the passion of dropping the bass." DJ Dooley first made appearances back in his college day’s, but retired once he became a P.E. teacher, his job prior to becoming Assistant Principal. This will be his first debut after a long break. Despite his position at HMBHS, Dooley has never been

shy about his preference toward electronic music. "I could tell by the way he bumps Tiesto in his office that he was made for the stage," said senior Emily Whit-latch. Major EDM superstar Skrillex has credited DJ Dooley as being the driving force behind his music and passion for dub-step. Dooley is excited about this new chapter in his life and hopes that students and staff will support him in his endeavors.

Assistant Principal returns to first passion as ‘DJ Dooley’

By Porter Warrick Hess

After recent demonstra-tions of animosity between Terra Nova and Half Moon Bay High School students, the administra-tions of both schools have agreed to try to foster positivity and cooperation. In order to create a unified bond, HMBHS principal Allison Silvestri and TNHS prin-cipal Dorene Basuino have both agreed change their school colors to yellow and orange, an agreed combination of both Terra Nova and Half Moon Bay’s colors. “It has come to a point where we need to focus on cooperation rather than rivalry," said Principal Silvestri. “Yellow and orange will now be a symbol of newfound respect and equal-ity between us and our Pacifica neighbors." Implementation of this new color scheme is planned to go into effect soon. Walls featur-ing the previous schools colors

will be painted over, while plans for new artwork and school ban-ners are already being designed. Terra Nova has pledged to paint the trimmings of all school build-ings gold (a tasteful combination of yellow and orange), however they have yet to confirm if they are willing to completely paint the buildings. "I don't think that changing the school colors will have an effect,” said senior Annika Merrilees. “Instead of using all that money to repaint the school, we should use it on things that the school really needs- like lounge chairs.” The new colors will not only be expressed through the painting of buildings, but also through new uniforms. P.E. and various sports uniforms will be altered, with a yellow silk t-shirt with a Cougar emblem and or-ange cotton shorts. Terra Nova's uniform, in order to differentiate from our own, will include an

orange wool t-shirt and polyester yellow capris. Administration is hoping that the different styles will be enough to set the uni-forms apart. "This plan is dumb, just plain dumb,” declared junior Julie Sorfleet. “I would rather wear a tie-dyed toga than these new uniforms.” Although Silvestri is hopeful that this color change will foster equanimity among Terra Nova and Half Moon Bay, students seem skeptical, stating that the rivalry runs deep and that creating unified school colors will do nothing to abolish the hostility. Regardless, the changes are scheduled to take place next school year. Only time will tell if the new school colors will enable profound cooperation and help to rewrite the warring history of these two rival schools.

School colors change in effort to unite rivals

The new HMBHS logo will contain both orange and yellow to represent the unity between HMBHS and Terra Nova.The English book room will soon

be restocked with only the fresh-est titles.

Page 2: Paw Print April Fool's Edition 2014

By Connor Whitt

Members of the sports boosters, along with P.E. teach-ers and coaches, have voted to replace many current Half Moon Bay High School athletics with a fresh new set of interest-ing and exotic sports. Curling, polo, cricket, bocce ball, street bobsled, boy’s field hockey, croquet, synchronized swim-ming, backgammon, and jai alai are scheduled to replace current sports, including football, soccer, and baseball, in the 2014-2015 school year. This new wave of HMBHS sports came about after Athletic Director Justin Fer-dinand returned from a recent trip to Europe. “I just felt like HMBHS needed some new variety,” said Ferdinand. “The sports boosters and I decided that we should adopt more classy European sports.” Ferdinand isn’t the only teacher who advocated the change in athletics. English teacher Bryce Hadley, the soon to be the school cricket coach, also pushed for the athletic pro-gram to change its ways.

“I just got so bored of coaching softball,” said Had-ley. “I thought to myself ‘Hey! Cricket is the 2nd most popular sport in the world! I should coach that instead!’” Several other current coaches will also be converting to new sports. Football coach Keith Holden will now be coach-ing polo. “I couldn’t stand the brutality of football any longer,” said Holden. “Polo is much more elegant and precise.” Along with the coaches, the 6th Man Crew will also be switching its ways. They will now be called the 2nd Man Crew, and will cheer for our high school’s backgammon players. The crew will switch out their basketball related chants for backgammon chants such as, “GO! MOVE THAT CIRCLE! GO! MOVE THAT CIRCLE! HOOOOOOOW IS THIS GAME PLAYED?” This new wave of sports is sure to be exciting, and there will be something for everyone. Contact your coach to find out what exciting new sport you could be eligible for next year.

Athletics Department replaces current sports with fancier ones

2 NEWS April 1, 2014

By Jenna Baxter and Leticia Jarquin-Sanchez

The chickens that live on campus reportedly broke out of the chicken coops and terror-ized students all over campus this past week. Despite being secured in their pen, multiple students reported having felt threatened both physically and emotionally by these suddenly mad chickens. Students who witnessed the at-tacks were immediately offered support by the counseling depart-ment. Junior Ashley Utz, FFA member and caretaker of the chickens, could not explain what prompted the chickens to act up. "Each day we check on the chickens; feed them, give them water, and check if they are healthy,” said Utz. Their behavior continues to stump FFA members.

Rumors of these attacks were kept quiet to avoid mass hysteria from leaking to the pub-lic, but some students and staff have voiced fear that the chick-ens will act up again. "We are doing every-thing in our power to ensure that no one else is victimized by these mad chickens," said Agriculture teacher Javier Gutierrez. “These chickens’ actions do not reflect the values of FFA or Half Moon Bay High School.” A profile of the victims revealed that there have been a higher number of attacks against people wearing the colors of our rival schools. 85% of attacked students were reported to have been wearing some combination of yellow and black. FFA has released a warning that students be careful about what colors they wear to school. Sophomore Jorge Aguilar was simply walking to class when he was chased. "They scared me,” Aguilar reported. “I just didn’t understand why. I’ve always been a friend to those chickens." Only one chicken, Corn Puff, was in a calm enough state to give an interview. "Bock, bock, bock, bock," said Corn Puff. "BOCK, BOCK, BOOOCK!!! Bock, bock.” The rest of the chickens declined to comment.

By Ellie Henretty

Cheers could be heard coming from biology teacher Barbara Lohman's third pe-riod last Wednesday as students

finally saw light come from her projector after a 48 minute battle between teacher and technology. The class watched in suspense as Lohman fought for most of the period, and rejoiced in her glory in the end. “I’ve never seen anything like it,” said fresh-man Genne Springer. “We may not have learned about biology today, but we certainly learned about the power of the human spirit.” Lohman had planned to do a PowerPoint lecture requir-ing the projector, but after the first 20 minutes of struggle, it was clear the projector was not going to fold under Lohman’s touch. A few students attempted to coax the projector on them-selves to see if their age and tech savviness was the missing link to success, but the projector would not be swayed. Finally with only a few minutes left of the class period, a very frustrated, yet persistent

class and teacher got the brilliant light to shine. “I just knew I couldn’t give up at that point,” said Lohman. “I had to do it for all those other teachers who technol-ogy has mocked them in front of a room full of students.” In the end, it was discovered that Lohman and her students had neglected to remove a protective lens cap in the pro-cess of turning the projector on. The machine had been working fine the entire time. "It took so long to turn on, but no time to take off the lens cap in the end," said senior Dante Zafra. “I think we all learned a valuable lesson today.” While some students took the opportunity to take a nap or send a text, others were quite pleased with the result of the class. “I learned more from that period than I have ever learned in bio before,” concluded Springer.

Mad chicken attacks continue on campus

Teacher takes 48 minutes to turn on projector

By Jasmine Shaff

Half Moon Bay High has been one of the last public high schools in the Bay Area to have an open campus lunch policy, but administrators are discussing closing the campus next school year so that students will no longer have the luxury of walking or driving to their favorite restaurants. “Right now it is still just a discussion,” said Assistant Principal Dooley about the po-tential for the policy change. “It is dangerous allowing students to leave campus during their lunch period.” Campus administrators also say that not allowing stu-dents to leave during lunch will increase attendance rates to fifth and sixth period.

“But who will bring me Starbuck’s during 5th period now?” asked English teacher John Carey. “I really need my Frappucino in order to finish out the day.” Until now, HMBHS has remained an open campus because not enough food is sup-plied to the campus for students to buy lunch every day. In an effort to solve this issue, there is discussion about having the legendary boba shop, T-Pumps, cater every Friday to the high school. “This way we can also ensure that all students are eating healthy food,” said Dooley. “I hear boba is a great source of calcium, which teens need in order to build strong bones.” In addition, there have been talks of serving free ice

cream sandwiches from Cream each Friday to build a sense of community during lunchtime. A new seating area will be con-structed in the multipurpose room where staff and students can enjoy their ice cream to-gether. “I definitely don’t prefer having a closed campus, but I can’t wait to sit and share an ice cream with Ms. Neilson,” said junior Marco DiTullio. While the pros and cons of such a policy are still being debated among staff, administra-tion says its likely the policy will go into effect. “I guess the thing I’ll miss most is tri-tip on Fridays,” said junior Case Dufrane. “But Cream is pretty good too.”

Closed campus lunch to possibly take effect next year

Turning on a projector is not always as easy as pressing the button, which Mrs. Lohman’s class learned the hard way.

There have officially been 12 re-ports of chicken-related violence this week.

Page 3: Paw Print April Fool's Edition 2014

April 1, 2014 STUDENT LIFE 3

By Kaelyn Sattie

The San Mateo County Art Club hosted their second an-nual Advanced Finger Painter’s Contest on March 24. This year’s first place prize went to sophomore Sophia Padua for her work titled “Mystery”. “Honestly I was so shocked,” said Padua. “I put my heart and soul into the painting, but I definitely didn’t think I was going to win.” Padua received a $100 scholarship to pursue finger painting classes and a frame for the winning work of art.

The competition was tough and filled with veteran finger painters such as last year’s winner Joseph White. White took second place, receiving a $50 scholarship for paint supplies and a ribbon. Contestants were allot-ted two hours to come up with the most artistic finger painting possible. Paintings were submit-ted to the judging panel, which had 45 minutes to agree on the best painting. Judges reported that Padua’s piece won first place for its dark and emotional tone. She

used different shades of blue to really portray the depth and dedi-cation she feels toward her often ignored craft. “It was the best piece of art I have ever seen,” said Art teacher Larkin Evans. “I didn’t know that you could show so much emotion in a finger paint-ing.” Padua says her new goal as winner is to spread awareness of finger painting as a serious art form. She hopes to pursue this passion in the future.

By Irma Acosta

From hoops to ballet shoes, there is much more to senior Jordan Cariaga than meets the eye. Aside from being a star basketball player, Cariaga also happens to be a star ballerino, a talent many do not know about him. Cariaga’s passion for ballet started in his early years back in the third grade. Being a male, Cariaga has always been a minority in the sport, which is typically female-dominated. However, his strength and complete elegance have kept him dedicated to the sport throughout the years. When asked why he started ballet, Cariaga responded, “I first joined ballet because my mother thought it'd be cool, you know?" But he admitted that it didn’t take long for the sport to grow on him too. “I think bal-let has made me much better at basketball,” added Cariaga. As a boy, Cariaga kept

his talent a secret because, as he puts it, “Many people are blinded by prejudice. They just aren’t used to manly men dancing in such a beautiful way.” Cariaga has now decid-ed to go public with his ballet so he can share his joy with others.

By Haley James Some may know her as "Jordan," but if you call her by this name during passing period, chances are she won't even know you're talking to her. Junior Jordan Regan has gone by the nickname "Chip" since her freshman year at Half Moon Bay High School, which leaves many

people wondering how she got this name. "It is all kind of a blur," Chip said. "Originally I went by Dezerae...Dezerae Chip. But over the years, Chip just happened to stick with me and become a part of who I really am." It is not surprising that Chip's memory of where her nickname came from is a blur. It was first bestowed upon her after chipping four different op-ponents’ teeth while battling in a co-ed kick boxing tournament in 2010 where she also received a concussion. Prior to that tourna-ment, Chip had already collec-tively knocked out and chipped 36 teeth from her previous op-ponents. Sources close to her claim she has been known for keeping the teeth as awards and making necklaces out of them, but later found out it was illegal and had to return all of the teeth to their rightful owners.

Chip was active in the arts of jiu jitsu and kickboxing from the third grade to her fresh-man year, and has won over a hundred awards for her skill and talent on the mats. Sadly, after success-fully chipping and/or knocking out 40 different teeth, she was kicked out of her kickboxing club because her coach had been sued too many times and saw her as too great of a liability. "I miss fighting; it was my passion," Chip said. "Since I've been off the mats, I've dedi-cated the past two years of my life to gardening in my back-yard." Through gardening, Chip has found peace with her inner self and let go of her old days in the octagon. However as long as she goes by the name Chip, she will always carry the memories of the battles she fought the same way she carried teeth around her neck.

By Alondra Sahagun

Many may know sculpture teacher Sean Riordan as a sculptor, story teller, and the teacher that occupies room K-14; however, when Riordan isn't at school he is spending countless hours on his bike training for the ride of his life, the Tour De France. The Tour De France is an annual multiple stage bicycle race that takes place in France and sometimes goes through nearby countries. Prizes include money, but many riders are after the Yellow Jersey, an award given to the lead racer of each stage during the race. Riordan’s quest for the Yellow Jersey began at a young age. "It is hard work,” said Riordan. “But when you have the dedication, it is like riding a bike for the first time - rough at first and smooth the rest of the way." Riordan will no longer be discussing the status of athletes in the Tour De France in his class periods; instead he will discuss his own. From biking in the streets of San Francisco to moving up the roadways of France, Riordan has come a long

way with his work. Tour de France bicy-clists must keep a strict workout and diet regimen to be ready for competition. Riordan reports he has been consuming almost 9,000 calories each day in order to prepare his body for the de-mands of the race. "For breakfast I have three bananas, a bowl of oatmeal, a pot of coffee, a peanut butter and jelly sandwhich, an apple, a bowl of chicken noodle soup, a handful of almonds, a protein

bar, a glass of milk, green salad, string beans, broccoli, brussel sprouts, asparagus, steak, and a sushi platter," said Riordan, later chuckling, "That's just break-fast." “This year I will not be watching the bikers on the side-line, but instead I will be pedal-ing next to them,” said Riordan. The Tour is close and only time will tell if Riordan truly has what it takes to win the Yellow Jersey.

Riordan bikes his way to France

By Sarah Applegate

Most people on campus know of the Leonardos twins. From Kallista’s involvement and success in sports to Toby's great sense of school spirit, its hard to miss these two siblings. But according to the twins, they were originally going to be triplets. "When our mom told us it actually wasn’t very shocking," said Kallista. "In the early stages of development, its possible for one child to take more nutrients from the other and for that child to be absorbed into the others body,” explained Kallista. “I guess thats what happened to Toby and I, and those extra nutrients are probably why we’re good at sports." When asked why the twins were not shocked when they found out this seemingly huge news, Toby plainly re-sponded, "Well, we sort of

already thought something was weird. Kallista has an extra toe on her left foot and I have two belly buttons because I had the extra umbilical cord." Both twins talked about these extra body parts very matter-of-factly. This came as shocking news for many people. Kallista’s good friend Katie Rupert said, "When I found out it all seemed pretty weird. The thought of a third Leonardos was overwhelm-ing, but I think they think it’s pretty cool. They both love to be different." It is no surprise that the Leonardos twins both think it’s just another unique trait about them to the add to their long list. "Am I sad that I didn’t get to have another brother or sister? Sure,” said Kallista. “But I get a warm, loving feeling everytime I look at that extra toe of mine."

Student takes home prize for finger painting masterpiece

Jordan Cariaga: From baller to ballerino

How Chip became ChipLeonardos twins meant to be triplets

Sophomore Sophia Padua won the Advanced Finger Painter’s Con-test with this piece titled “Mystery.”

Junior Jordan “Chip” Regan shows off her skills against fresh-man Ashley O’Keefe.

Cariaga shows off his talent on the spot.

Mr. Riordan struggles to keep the wait on despite his 9,000 calorie diet as he trains for the Tour De France.

Page 4: Paw Print April Fool's Edition 2014

By Dayna Serxner

Harry Potter, the name, book, and movie series that is highly renowned in countries all around the world, will be revived soon enough. The magical and highly acclaimed series of books, written by British author J.K. Rowling, were made into movies starting in 2001 featuring mostly British actors. But, in late 2013, American fans filed a petition for an American remake of the films to be made, and the American re-vival of Harry Potter has finally been approved. Daniel Radcliffe, the British actor who used to be the face of the famous Harry Potter, will be replaced with none other than the infamous YouTube’er Jimmy Tatro. Ronald Weasley, the best friend and sidekick of Harry Potter will be played by none other than Tatro’s best friend Christian. Emma Watson, the actress who formerly portrayed the witty and intelligent Hermi-one Granger, will no longer be

the face people associate with the young witch in Rowling’s books. Instead, Selena Gomez will take on this huge role. Gomez, having already played a part as a young girl with magical powers in her former show ‘Wizards of Waver-ly Place’ is ecstatic to be taking part in such a groundbreaking set of films.

Other actors who are joining in this once in a lifetime ordeal are Miley Cyrus in the role of Draco Malfoy and Jonah Hill taking on the part of Voldemort. Cyrus has gone on record with numerous news sta-tions saying that she is excited

to be exploring a different area of expression. “Playing a role as a boy is just another way I can show my true colors as someone who really does not care about the roles society puts on people,” said Cyrus. “Just because I am a girl does not mean I cannot also act like a guy.” Some speculate this new role is responsible for her recent hair change. Actor Jonah Hill is set to reprise the role of Voldemort. “I have always played comedic roles,” said Hill. “I am always the fat, funny guy who people can relate to. I wanted to change things up which is why I tried out for the darkest character I know: Lord Voldemort.” When asked if he was a believer of magic, Hill answered, “Is that even a question? Of course I am. And anyone who isn’t is a muggle and I don’t want anything to do with them.” Hill and castmates are looking forward to making this remake even better than the original British versions. “Lets face it,” concluded Hill, “Ameri-ca just does it better.”

4 NEWS April 1, 2014

By Madeleine Croke

As the snow melts and the flowers bloom, models resume their place strutting down the catwalk to show off design-er’s fabulous new spring trends. This season, designers have been going for a “retro chic” glam that throws together a mix of mod-ern and ‘90s trends. It includes fringe, MC Hammer pants, and five finger shoes. Luckily, designers like Vera Wang and Chanel are hosting a pre-strut display of their très fabuleux spring lines. Here are a few that left a long lasting impression on my heart. According to my mom’s mom, fringe was very “in” back in the day. Twirling around as the strings flapped against their legs

left quite an impression on girls. Sadly, the trend faded away until today. Michael Kors recently introduced a fabulous pair of denim, high waisted shorts that are clean cut. Dangling off the edges of the shorts are long lengths of pale fringe that go about knee length. The model rocked these shorts with a plain white tee, which would make for a perfect spring outfit. I never thought a pair of pants could speak to me the way MC Hammer’s famous slouchy pant style did and nevertheless, they are back. Instead of cotton, Vera Wang has changed the face of MC Hammer pants to denim. The deep blue denim makes them wearable to almost every occasion and look cute with almost all accesories.

We all love and miss crocs. Their lightweight and easy-to-slip-on aspects made them to die for. This spring our mourning for them is over because Chanel introduced the cutest pair of five finger shoes out there. They have slip grip protection on the bottom and a special home for each of your toes. Just slip them on and velcro the top and its like you are walk-ing the streets barefoot. This spring you will not only experience the beauty of nature, but also that of these fabulous fashion trends. Start shopping for your own fringe, hammer pants, and velcro shoes - you won’t want to be the only one without them.

Spring fashion trends

America remakes Harry Potter films

By Lydia Tell

Half Moon Bay High School will have the privilege of hosting guest speakers Justin Bieber and Lindsay Lohan this coming June to talk with students about the importance of staying clean and sober. The two celebri-ties both recently had court hearings and were able to make a deal with the judge to perform a fifty city tour across the state of California talking to young students about the dangers of substance abuse, drinking while under the influence, and general tips and tricks to avoid ruining your life such as they did. Bieber’s publicist reports, “Even though my client has NEVER used alcohol or drugs, he will be telling firsthand accounts about his ‘friend’ who has battled with these things.” Both stars started out as clean role models to young kids, but gained more notoriety in recent years as they were spotted partying and acting erratically. They are expected to relate their stories to similar situations of those of the students in Half Moon Bay and describe how something small, such as party-ing, can grow into a much larger

addiction. “I realize that drinking and illegal drugs are bad,” re-ported Lohan. “I wish I could go back to the days before “Mean Girls” when I had never tried them.” While there is of course the Above the Influence Club and countless peers and faculty to talk to about these things with, the school is now recognizing the importance of hearing about it from speakers who are extremely well known amongst high school students. “I can’t wait to hear from the Biebs,” said junior Abbie Drobnick. “He is such an inspiration to me.” On the day of the event, classes will be held on an as-sembly schedule so that every student can attend the speech. It will be held in the multi-purpose room, and parents will be invited to attend as well. “I don’t like Lindsay Lohan,” reported junior Chase Lawson. “But I am excited to get out of class.” Although these celebri-ties have criminal records, rebel-lious attitudes, and questionable ethics, they will surely make great teachers for the day.

The Biebs and Lohan scheduled to give substance abuse talk

By Mia Cline and Emily Whit-latch Freshman Sam Garcia suffered a tragic injury when he stabbed his own hand with a wood chisel while doing is his Sculpture 1 project last week. Garcia was in Mr. Rior-dan’s classroom late after school trying to finish his sculpture be-fore the due date. Garcia reported that after zoning out for only a few seconds, he noticed the sharp wood chisel had speared through his hand in between his pointer finger and thumb. Not only had it pierced through his hand, but also stabbed through the desk, trapping his hand and leaving Garcia unable to move it. “I had looked out the window for only a second to see if my mom was outside yet to pick me up,” reported Gar-

cia, “and before I knew it, the chisel was inside my hand and the whole thing was stuck to the desk.” Garcia reportedly yelled for Mr. Riordan, who immedi-ately called 911. The ambulance

arrived a few minutes later and campus supervisor Karen Nelson escorted the paramedics to the scene of the accident. “It was definitely one of the craziest incidents that I’ve seen at this school in the many years that I’ve been working here,” said Nelson. “And I’ve seen some crazy stuff.” Garcia is reportedly do-ing much better and will return to school next week with his hand in a cast. “My cast holds my hand in the shape of a thumbs up,” said Garcia. “The doctors said it would heal better that way.” The student body is cer-tainly giving a sigh of relief and a thumbs up to Garcia’s speedy recovery. He should be back to chiseling very shortly.

Freshman chisels own hand

This is the chisel that was in-serted into Garcia’s hand. The tool has reportedly been sani-tized since the incident.

Miley Cyrus has agreed to play the part of Draco Malfoy.

(Above): Fringe shorts are mak-ing a wild comeback.

(Below): Walk through spring with your own pair of five toe shoes.

Denim “hammer” pants are a must have this Spring.

Meets every Wednesday at lunch

in Mr. Stagg’s room!