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Page 1: The Octagon Issue 7 2014

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Junior Lauren Larrabee returns to full-time swimming after a rowing respite.

PAGE 5:Juniors Alex Bushberg and Skovran Cunningham and freshman Aidan Cunningham marvel at a quesarito from Chipotle’s secret menu.

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School pushes for new MS tech building

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—Austin Talamantes

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The bell is really just a guidelineStudents, teachers and administrators all differ on what being late means

“On the sign-in sheet, under excuse, I wrote ‘I am not late’“

—Melissa Vazquez, junior

Juniors Ryan Hoddick, Claire Pinson, Erin Reddy, Melissa Vazquez, Ethan Ham, Grant Miner, Maxwell Shukuya and Emma Williams arrive at Patricia Fels’s English class from 1:56-2 p.m. on April 24. Although class technically begins at 1:55, none were marked tardy. (Photos by Cissy Shi)

By Aishwarya NadgaudaPage Editor

¸0M� �[OL� Z[\KLU[Z�� HYL� SPRL� Ä]L�minutes late to class, I am not going to mark them tardy. It’s when they come in halfway through the class that it becomes a problem. ”

—Jane Batarseh, Latin teacher

Sophomores Jenny Kerb and Emma Brown walk to English class after elective, three minutes after the class has technically be-gun. (Photo by Cissy Shi)

Late dismissal from previous class

38Finishing work/ studying before class1928Late because

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105 students polled

Tardiness by Number of Students

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Math teacher to become dean of student life

Which of these is your least favorite part of the SAT?A) Obscure vocabulary wordsB) Penalties for wrong answersC) Mandatory essayD) Weirdly-worded questions E) All of the above

Patricia Jacobsen

“With the SAT, I felt like I was being tricked the whole time.”

–Maddy Mahla, senior

By Emma WilliamsPage Editor

By Zoe BowlusPage Editor

Tom Wroten, director of technology, poses as Ferris Bueller. (Photo by Michael Cvetich)

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Practice Test1. Have you taken the SAT?A) Yes: 40%B) No: 60%

2. What do you think of the changes being made to the SAT?A) I like them: 35%B) I don’t like them: 8%C) I don’t know/don’t care: 57%Results based on a recent Octagon poll of 83 students.

“I feel cheated.”–Melissa Vazquez, junior

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Sports Boosters’ Athletes of the Month

Baseball, girls’ soccer struggle as seasons close

In the April 22 game against Western Sierra, freshman David Boley takes a pitch while coach Chris Millsback and junior Ethan Ham look on from third base (above). Sophomore Emma Belliveau battles a Western Sierra defender, April 22 (left). Sophomore Brad Petchauer and freshman Zane Jakobs take practice shots at Hag-gin Oaks Golf Complex (right). (Photos by Jacob Sands, Elena Lipman and Cissy Shi)

Junior Dominic Stephen rests his arm after cutting it during a dive into second base (Photo by Jacob Sands)

“When I swung, it MLS[� YPNO[� HUK� [OL� IHSS�SH\UJOLK�¹—Patrick Talamantes, senior

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Athletes of the Month are chosen by the athletic department on behalf of the Sports Boosters

Caroline Mehta Johann Dias

4Sports The Octagon April 29, 2014

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Junior Lauren Larrabee remembers the exact time and place she redisĥcovered her passion for swimming. It was early on a warm day, Sept. 6,

2013 to be exact, and Larrabee, who had spent her whole life around pools, found herĥself at Taylor Pool while visiting Occidental College.

She was watching the end of the Occidenĥtal swim team’s practice when she realized something: she needed to swim.

7KHUH�ZDV�MXVW�RQH�SUREOHPħ/DUUDEHH�ZDV�no longer a swimmer.

Well, she was no longer a competitive swimĥmer, having hung up her goggles a year earlier and dedicated herself to the Capital Crew Rowing program as a coxswain.

It was on that day that Larrabee decided to get back in the water.

Four months later, after returning to trainĥing in the pool,

Larrabee was posting the best times of her life.

It was a surprise to everyone, but given Lar rabee ’s background, perhaps it s h o u l d n ’ t have been. After all, Larĥrabee was all but born to swim.

Both of her parents swam for Sacramento State University, and her older brother Tyler, ’09, swam varsity at Coloĥrado College.

Larrabee startĥed swimming when she was just 4 years old, proĥgressing enough at age 8 that she outgrew her local Gold River swim club and moved up to the “big leagues,” so to speak: Spare Time Aquatics Sacramento Ī67$6ī�

At STAS Larrabee began swimming two hours every day, attending morning practices

three times a week and even attending Saturĥday conditioning. And the competitive swim circuit is notorious for grueling meets that span Friday, Saturĥday and Sunday several times a month.

Her times imĥproved as she got older, but her enthusiasm waned. Swimming became a task to acĥcomplish, like homework.

Moving to the competitive team had been the right decision because she was faster than the kids on her rec team, but she felt like she was losing interest.

“It was kind of a given that I was going to swim,” Larrabee said.

“I never really said, ‘I’m going to swim for myself, because I like

this.’ Every day I dreaded going to practice.”So after her freshman year of high school,

Larrabee started thinking of other options.She had a cousin who rowed crew for Harĥ

vard, and her best friend was a rower.³,� ¿JXUHG� ,�ZRXOGQ¶W� EH� DEOH� WR� GR�PDQ\�

other sports because of my size, and crew looked fun,” Larrabee said.

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tant on the idea of Lauren dropping swimĥming.

“To be honest, it was really hard on me,” Pam said.

“She’s a very talented swimmer and she’d devoted so many years to perfecting her strokes and her race strategy and I felt really sad that she was going to possibly be giving all that up.”

Larrabee wrote a letter to her parents exĥplaining the reasons why she wanted to switch sports, which helped sway both parents.

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Head coach Brooke Wells said that the growing number of losses is because the team doesn’t play in an organized league, which means that they mainly play against schools willing to KRVW�WKHP�DW�WKHLU�RZQ�¿HOGV�

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However, this is only one of the problems the team faces.Since they do not compete in a structured league, they play

the varsity teams from schools with populations of up to 5,000 students, Wells said.

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Russians during World War II,” Wells said.“There was line after line after line of very strong players.”Sophomore Brad Petchauer and junior Alex Bushberg had an

additional explanation for the tough season.3HWFKDXHU��D�WZRĥ\HDU�YHWHUDQ�DQG�OHIWĥVLGH�GHIHQVHPDQ��VDLG�

that when star player Donald Hutchinson, ‘13, graduated, it changed the team dynamic.

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Although the team has struggled to gain a win, Wells said that many aspects of the game have improved since the beĥginning of the season.

During the game against Saint Mary’s, the boys stayed in the game because of a change in defensive tactics during the second half, he said.

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The change was due to only eight players being on the ¿HOG�GXULQJ�WKH�JDPH�

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This was not the only improvement during the season.Individual defensive skills and team passing have imĥ

proved the most, Wells said.³7KH� OHVVĥH[SHULHQFHG�SOD\HUV�QHHG� WR�FRQWLQXH� WR�ZRUN�

on getting groundballs, catching and shooting, but they are improving,” Wells said.

Bushberg agreed.“A couple of our new or inexperienced players have really

stepped it up this year, which you can see when we are at the games,” Bushberg said.

“They have developed better stick skills, and they are now able to beat their opponents when they are racing to get a ball.”

The team’s last chance to pull out a victory was on Monĥday, April 28, against Lincoln High School. Results were unĥknown at press time.

Boys’ lacrosse stays stuck in discouraging no-win slump

Lauren Larra-bee commands her boat at the May S o u t h w e s t Junior Re-gional Cham-pionships at Lake Natoma (above). Lar-rabee swims at the Sum-mer Sanders Invitational, spring 2012 (right). (Pho-tos courtesy of Larrabee)

Junior Skovran Cunningham catches the ball in his stick while playing against the Casa Roble Rams, April 21. Freshman Aidan Cunningham runs to sup-port him. Country Day lost the game, 11-10. (Photo by Kamira Patel)

By Madison Judd Reporter

By Micaela Bennett-SmithPage Editor

Junior returns to swimming after year-long hiatus spent rowing

See Swimming, page 11

“I never really said, ‘I’m going to swim for my-self, because I like this.’ Every day I dreaded go-ing to practice.”

—Lauren Larrabee, junior

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pro we were working with kept telling me I was going to be the ‘dark horse.’ He came back and watched me later and told me he had been right.”

On the other hand, Kaighn feels that he hasn’t played as well as he expected.

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Tung said that one of the weakest asĥpects of the team is the many other acĥtivities many members are involved in.

“We’re all kind of spread a bit thin,” he said.

Sophomore Brad Petchauer and Kaiĥghn said the team needs to work on conĥsistency.

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Personally, Tung says he could work most on consistency when chipping. “When I do it well, it’s really, really good,” he said. “But when I don’t do it ZHOO��LW�VXFNVħWKH�EDOO�ZLOO�JR�LQ�D�FRPĥpletely wrong direction.”

At press time, the team was preparĥLQJ�WR�SOD\�DQ���ĥKROH� OHDJXHĥZLGH�WRXUĥnament on April 28 that would decide whether they would go to sectionals. The top two teams and the top six indiĥviduals who are not on those teams play in sectionals.

Coach Kaighn said he felt optimistic about the team’s chances of making it to sectionals.

Hilton feels similarly.“We have good endurance over 18

holes,” he said. “As long as nobody blows up and plays a really high round, we should make it into sectionals.”

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left without telling me what to do.

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I took a few seconds to laugh to myself in the exam room, before going back to the front desk.

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doctor’s signature.%XW�,�KDG�QR�LQWHQWLRQ�RI�XVLQJ�WKH�OLFHQVH��DQG�ZDQWHG�WR�YHULI\�WKDW�QR�IXWXUH�ERVV�ĪRU�

FROOHJHī�FRXOG�XVH�D�WULS�WR�D�PHGLFDO�PDULMXDQD�GRFWRU�DJDLQVW�PH�“So after this appointment,” I said, “I’m unsure I actually want to use pot. I feel too

inexperienced. Say I wanted to just forget this whole appointment…? This isn’t trackable, ULJKWħOLNH�LI�,�DSSO\�IRU�D�MRE"´

She assured me that it wasn’t, adding that if I wanted to terminate my license, I could do so in person whenever I felt like it, which I did the following week.

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But in a hushed tone, she told me about a good shop that is “hella close” to the evaluaĥtion center.

On my way out, she noted that if I drive with marijuana, I should put it in the trunk because if a cop smelled it, I could be arrested for a DUI.

She also mentioned that I shouldn’t smoke in my car.³2U�MXVW�FDUU\�)HEUH]H�´�VKH�DGGHG��³DQG�\RX�VKRXOG�EH�¿QH�´

By Connor Martin

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pot

weedbrown budda

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Doc, I’d really like some...

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It took me only 90 seconds to convince a doctor to recommend me for a medical marijuana prescription—something that I neither wanted, nor needed—for symptoms I didn’t have and couldn’t prove.

“I had suspected this would all be easy—to get the license. But I didn’t think the nursing staff would be rooting for me.”

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“But after a long pause she said, ‘I’m just gonna pretend I didn’t ask you that question. If (the doctor) asks, just say “Oh, yeah, my parents told me to get this.” Or if you feel like it, just—you know— don’t tell him the truth.’”

“‘I wouldn’t do edibles if you’re new to pot,’ she said. ‘I mean edibles (mess) me up. Like one brownie and I’m out.’”

The number of states that have legalized the use of marijuana

as medical treatment

20

79The number of cannabis clinics in the Sacramento area listed

on Yelp!

61The number of medical

marijuana dispensaries near Sacramento

Graphics by Kamira Patel

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But I don’t know if I was really convincing anybody. The doctor had probably made up his mind before I even walked in the door.

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sacramento” into Google Search.,�ZDV�KRSLQJ�WR�¿QG�D�<DKRR�$QVZHUV�SDJH�

with recommendations for physicians who are “libĥeral” with their medical cannabis recommendations.,QVWHDG�,�IRXQG�PHGLFDO�PDULMXDQD�FOLQLFVħSK\VLFLDQV�

who specialize in handing out these licenses.$IWHU�D�TXLFN�<HOS�VHDUFK��,�GHFLGHG�RQ�D�PHGLFDO�PDULMXDQD�

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settled on a condition I once had, so that I would have medical records to prove it.

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questions the doctor might ask.The evaluation center website told me to bring any relevant medical records

to the appointment. So shortly before the appointment, I picked up a copy of my records pertaining to the burning sensation.

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I took a few deep breaths to muster my courage. “I’m not a criminal; I’m just acting,” I reminded myself, heading for the door.

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for marijuana stronger.I also put down that I have asthma, which I do. I wasn’t sure how this would

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$�\RXQJ�QXUVHħSUREDEO\�LQ�KHU�WZHQWLHVħFDPH�LQ�DQG�VDZ�WKDW�,�ZDV�¿OOLQJ�out the paperwork.

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out paperwork, it became clear that almost no one made appointments.0DQ\�RI�WKH�SDWLHQWV�ZKR�DUULYHG�ZKLOH�,�ZDLWHG�VHHPHG�WR�NQRZ�WKH�QXUVHV��,�

guess they were return customers, as marijuana licenses must be renewed annually with a reexamination.

“Eyyy! Whatchoo, doin’?” The nurse said enthusiastically to a young woman who just DUULYHG��³1RWKLQ¶"�&KLOOLQ¶"´

The old lady hobbled into the exam room when it was her turn.After signing a sheet acknowledging possible dangers of marijuana, I handed the paperĥ

work to the nurse.“Are you in high school?” she asked.³<HV�´“Oh, no. Seriously?” The way she asked me this quesĥ

tion sounded as if she was planning on asking me on a date if I wasn’t.

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schoolers,” she said.Great. There went my story.But after a long pause she said, “I’m just gonna pretend I didn’t ask you that question.

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I laughed out of shock. Was my nurse advising me to lie to the doctor so I could get pot?<HDK�And she seemed to really care, as if she felt bad for wasting my time. It was her goal, it

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patients.I had no idea what she was talking about and assumed either dementia or drugs were

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nurse was apologetic for my wait, nonetheless.“Sorry it took so long,” she said. “Do not get mad at me, okay?”She took me into a separate room to ask me some preliminary questions.%XW�¿UVW�VKH�DWWDFKHG�D�9HOFUR�ZULVWEDQG�ZLWK�D�VFUHHQ�WR�P\�ZULVW��,W�EHJDQ�WR�EHHS�ZLWK�

my heartbeat.Oh, crap. Was this some sort of primitive lie detector? 0\�KHDUW�UDFHG�7DNLQJ�Rɱ�WKH�EDQG��VKH�VDLG��³/HW�PH�ZULWH�GRZQ�

your blood pressure.”3KHZ��$V�VKH�MRWWHG�GRZQ�P\�EORRG�SUHVVXUH��

which had to be high based on my heart rate, she DVNHG�³8PPP«�KDYH�\RX��OLNH��GUXQN�D�ORW�RI�FRɱHH�RU�energy drinks today?”

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She went through a list of questions to verify my medical history. When she got to “Are you in high school?”, we both laughed and she reiterated her instructions to avoid this topic, or lie my way through it.

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this time.“Oh… okay. So are you going to smoke it?” she asked.“I don’t think so,” I said, gesturing towards my lungs with a concerned expression. “I was

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one brownie and I’m out.”That cracked me up, and she stared at me as if I was an idiot.³<RX�VKRXOG�XVH�D�YDSRU�SHQ�´�VKH�FRQWLQXHG��³9DSH�SHQV�GRQ¶W�KDYH�VPRNH�DQG�LW¶V�VXSHU�

VPRRWK��/LNH�QR�EXUQLQJ�DW�DOO�´³2K��,�JXHVV�´�,�VDLG��³<HDK��VXUH�´What she told me next shocked me more than anything.

“So we use a method called Telemedicine.”She then explained that Telemedicine is basically a normal doctor’s appointment, except

the doctor isn’t on site, so the patient talks with the doctor over Skype or FaceTime.<HV��WKLV�GRFWRU�GRHV�KLV�HYDOXDWLRQV�RYHU�YLGHR�FKDW��6XGGHQO\�WKH�ROG�ODG\¶V�FRPPHQW�

made a lot of sense.After sending my information to the doctor, wherever he was, the nurse led me into the

exam room. A computer on a desk was set up facing a chair.I sat down, and the nurse

left without telling me what to do.

)RU�¿YH�PLQXWHV�,�VWDUHG�at the computer screen. I started to wonder if I needed to do anything, because nothĥing was happening.

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computer the message, “ready 1.”I was in Exam Room 1.I guessed that this was an invitation to call him.1R�0\�FDOO�ZDV�TXLFNO\�GHFOLQHG��DQG�D�PHVVDJH�IURP�WKH�GRFWRU�DSSHDUHG�YLD�LQVWDQW�PHVĥ

VDJH��³127�<285�7851�´A second nurse rushed in. She must have been monitoring the Skype sessions. I was so

embarrassed.“I’m sorry!” I said. “I thought he wanted me to call.”“Oh that’s okay,” the nurse responded understandingly, but frantically.She typed in an instant message, “sorry that was pt.”I don’t know what “pt” stood for. I thought it might be “patient,” but I’m pretty sure it

was the nurse’s initials, as if she was covering for my mistake.7KH�GRFWRU�UHVSRQGHG��³,�¿JXUHG�´The nurse left the room after minimizing Skype and telling me not to touch anything.So I sat on my hands and waited for several minutes more.Suddenly an older man with thin gray hair showed up on the computer. He looked as

WKRXJK�KH�ZDV�LQ�DQ�RɷFH�I greeted him as politely as possible to make up for the premature call.He seemed eager to cut to the chase, but also bored with his routine.“How is medical cannabis going to help your condition?”I started my rehearsed response.³<HV��,¶YH�KDG�WKLV�DZIXO�EXUQLQJ�VHQVDWLRQ�RQ�P\�EDFN�IRU�DOPRVW�D�\HDU�QRZ��DQG�LW�MXVW�

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reason to use it.³2ND\��ZHOO��KHUH¶V�KRZ�\RX�GR�LW�´�KH�VDLG��³<RX�VWDUW�ZLWK�RQH�SXɱ��,I�WKH�SDLQ�JRHV�DZD\��

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“And you have medical documents to show that you have the burning sensation,” he asked.

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I took a few seconds to laugh to myself in the exam room, before going back to the front desk.

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doctor’s signature.%XW�,�KDG�QR�LQWHQWLRQ�RI�XVLQJ�WKH�OLFHQVH��DQG�ZDQWHG�WR�YHULI\�WKDW�QR�IXWXUH�ERVV�ĪRU�

FROOHJHī�FRXOG�XVH�D�WULS�WR�D�PHGLFDO�PDULMXDQD�GRFWRU�DJDLQVW�PH�“So after this appointment,” I said, “I’m unsure I actually want to use pot. I feel too

inexperienced. Say I wanted to just forget this whole appointment…? This isn’t trackable, ULJKWħOLNH�LI�,�DSSO\�IRU�D�MRE"´

She assured me that it wasn’t, adding that if I wanted to terminate my license, I could do so in person whenever I felt like it, which I did the following week.

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But in a hushed tone, she told me about a good shop that is “hella close” to the evaluaĥtion center.

On my way out, she noted that if I drive with marijuana, I should put it in the trunk because if a cop smelled it, I could be arrested for a DUI.

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By Connor Martin

HEMP

DOOBAGEDITCHWEED

boojumba lachi

the old ali baba

reefer SPLIM

splamCANADIAN BAM BAM

mary janeBUD

pot

weedbrown budda

CHEEBA

Doc, I’d really like some...

LULA

It took me only 90 seconds to convince a doctor to recommend me for a medical marijuana prescription—something that I neither wanted, nor needed—for symptoms I didn’t have and couldn’t prove.

“I had suspected this would all be easy—to get the license. But I didn’t think the nursing staff would be rooting for me.”

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texas tea

420

assassin of youth

SKUNKWEED wake and bake

wacky tobacckybelyando spruce

DIRT GRASS

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cannabis

aunt mary

ACE

COLORADO COCKTAIL

LAUGHING GRASS

“But after a long pause she said, ‘I’m just gonna pretend I didn’t ask you that question. If (the doctor) asks, just say “Oh, yeah, my parents told me to get this.” Or if you feel like it, just—you know— don’t tell him the truth.’”

“‘I wouldn’t do edibles if you’re new to pot,’ she said. ‘I mean edibles (mess) me up. Like one brownie and I’m out.’”

The number of states that have legalized the use of marijuana

as medical treatment

20

79The number of cannabis clinics in the Sacramento area listed

on Yelp!

61The number of medical

marijuana dispensaries near Sacramento

Graphics by Kamira Patel

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dent Council for

making the talent show

e x t r a e x c i t i n g . T h e

Newlywed Game was

amusing, and the prizes

hidden under the chairs

were a fun addition.

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My Angle

By GrantMiner

When visiting colleges, you’ll notice that there are certain buzzwords that get thrown around a lot by ad-missions officers and tour guides.

“Inviting, welcoming, diverse, rigorous, student leadership.”

If you’re ever bored, write them down in rows and play bingo with your parents.

One term, however, makes me wince every time it’s said: “social justice.”

It’s an odd word to wince at, to be sure. It’s almost like finding freedom of speech and religious tolerance concepts that should be avoided in polite company.

Nevertheless, the discussion of “social justice” has worked its way into my list of taboos, along with reli-gion, politics and money.

This is because when a college admissions officer tells me that their students are dedicated to social jus-tice, I almost always know what they mean.

While two or three out of every 10 “social justice warriors” may dedicate their free time to noble caus-es such as volunteerism and other altruistic endeavors, most are fighting the good fight from behind their lap-tops.

They will usually have a Tumblr (a popular blog site) in which they will catalogue the various ways they are victimized by society.

In a very (very) small percentage of cases, the legit-imate problems that exist between genders, races and sexual preferences in our society will be addressed.

However, most of the rhetoric spewing from these new-age soapboxes is about how horrible it is that the new “Disney” princess is white and that her very exis-tence is the worst thing to happen to women’s rights in the past century.

The core tenet of these communities is the checking of “privilege.”

“Privilege” is the social status by which people are sorted by race, sexual preference, gender and other so-cial statistics to see who is allowed to have a voice in the current discourse.

The irony is, apparently, lost on them.As a white, heterosexual male, my privilege-o-meter

is off the charts. Thus, unfortunately (or fortunately, depending on how you look at it), my opinions on the matter will never be considered.

After all, how can they retain their reputations of being open-minded if they let just anyone speak his mind?

Just keep walking on those eggshells and be quiet, because if you say something, someone, somewhere will be offended.

But, hey, I’ve been told I’m 1/256 Native American, so at least I have that going for me.

The social justice league:

Orchids to. . . the

Easter bunny for

delivering eggs. And

thank you to those

g e n e r o u s t e a c h e r s

who contributed bonus

points for their classes

to hide in the eggs.

Onions to. . . the pesky wasps that

swarm around the lock-ers . We don ’t want wasp stings; we just want insect-free ac-cess to our books and backpacks.

There’s no denying it—we have a tardiness problem.In a recent Octagon poll, 77 percent of students ad-

TP[[LK�[V�ILPUN�SH[L�[V�[OLPY�ÄYZ[�JSHZZ�H[�SLHZ[�VUJL�H�week (see story, page 2).

Yet few of those infractions are recorded, meaning chronic tardiness often goes unpunished.

Now don’t get us wrong, we love not suffering lunch KL[LU[PVUZ��)\[�[OL�Z`Z[LT�PZ�JLY[HPUS`�ÅH^LK�

One complaint that many students have is that they don’t actually know when they’re marked tardy.

Different teachers have different policies: some in-discriminately mark students late after 8:20; some wait until they start teaching; and others are apathetic.

It’s great that teachers are free to have their own Y\SLZ�� I\[� P[�^V\SK� IL� ILULÄJPHS� MVY� Z[\KLU[Z� PM� [OLPY�rules were made clear—or, even better, if teachers simply told their students when they are marked tardy.

Obviously, it’s not necessary to point it out if a stu-dent is half an hour late, but the border between “on time” and “tardy” can be blurred even 10 minutes into the class period.0[� PZU»[� ]LY`� KPMÄJ\S[� MVY� H� [LHJOLY� [V� ZH`� ¸;HYK`�¹�

when a student strolls in after class has begun, but an email or comment after class could work as well and not disrupt the lesson.

It would also be helpful if students were emailed

when they are close to getting detentions—that way they wouldn’t be surprised and might be more inclined to improve their behavior.

During classes in the middle of the day, teachers tend to be even less strict about marking students tardy.

This makes sense, since there is no passing period and students are often let out of classes late, but it can be remedied.

Teachers should not continue lecturing past the bell or begin a new topic at 2:39 when the next class be-gins at 2:40. This habit just causes the next class to run late as well.

And on top of that, maybe teachers should be more strict during periods immediately after breaks. That ^V\SK�WYL]LU[�[OL�[YLUK�VM�Z[HY[PUN�HUK�ÄUPZOPUN�JSHZZ-LZ�Ä]L�TPU\[LZ�HM[LY�[OL�ILSS�

Perhaps it would be better to have a brief passing period between classes, so it would be entirely the student’s responsibility to be on time and the teachers would not have to be subjective in their policies./V^L]LY�� HU�VMÄJPHS�� SLUN[O`�WHZZPUN�WLYPVK�JV\SK�

just be counterproductive because it would further en-courage students to dawdle between classes.

And, of course, the ultimate solution to the tardiness issue is for students to just show up to class on time—but that may be a losing battle.

Onions

Orchids

8Editorial The Octagon April 29, 2014

&

EDITORIAL: Teachers, why not try these easy ways to reduce tardiness?

Onions to. . . the weather gods for

sending rain on Grand-parents’ Day. Because of you, the picnic had to be cancelled. Way to put a damper on the day!

“Tardiness” by Jacob Sands

Words of peace and love from atop the high horse

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I walked in and asked the man for a screaming orgasm. After paying and leaving, I realized that ,�ZDV�QRW�VDWLV¿HG�

Mom, don’t worry; it’s not what you think. The “Screaming Orgasm” is actually an item on the “secret” menu at Jamba Juice.

If the thought of more smoothie goodness than you ever imagined is getting the better of you right now, you aren’t alone. I, too, was amazed when I heard about the list.

To see how good these secret recipes really are, I went to the Jamba Juice in Loehmann’s Plaĥza and asked for these three secret smoothies: Fruity Pebbles, Screaming Orgasm and Chocoĥlate Covered Strawberries.

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ing Orgasm, but, yet again, I was disappointed. It tasted like a Strawberry Surf Rider, a smoothĥie on the regular menu, and there was nothing unique about it.

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If you’re in the mood for chai, but want a little kick, you can order a “Dirty Chai,” which is a chai latte with a shot of espresso. Theoretically, you can order more shots, but make sure it’s still chai with espresso instead of the other way around.

Though Peet’s doesn’t have all of the tools to compete with Starbucks’s “breakfast milk shakes,” some creativity can still be managed. If you’re not very fond of sleeping, that is.

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“I had even higher expecta-tions for the Screaming Or-gasm, but, yet again, I was disappointed.”

“The drink is four shots of espresso over ice with four pumps of white chocolate syrup mixed in.”

Sometimes, the normal menu doesn’t cut it. That’s why we’ve sought out the secret menu items

at popular places near school. These dishes don’t appear on the menus. Instead, they are passed on by word of mouth or over the Internet.

secret

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“We would be delighted to have him return,” he said.Assistant librarian Mollie Hawkins will advise the Meĥ

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Hawkins said she is “nervously excited” about taking on this new position.

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—Mollie Hawkins, assistant librarian

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Swimming: junior girl says she’s never been happier

“It’s progressing, it is getting bet-ter—it’s just sometimes I feel like I’m the last guy in line. And that’s just the way it is.”

—Bob Ratcliff, band director

“What would I want? I’d want the Mondavi Center.”

—Bob Ratcliff

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