The Phoenix

Volume 17Issue 3November 2015

Doral Academy Preparatory11100 NW 27th StreetDoral, Florida 33172

Inside The Phoenix......

NewsSpecial report on terror... p. 2-5 Snapchat changes policy.....p. 7 Transgender lawsuit............p. 8Trackers................................p. 9Black Friday.........................p. 10Doral Talks..........................p. 11

FeaturesCollege bound seniors.....p. 12Weird news.......................p. 13Macy’s parade...................p. 14Left handedness...............p. 15

SportsFirebird sports ..............p. 16 NFL.................................p. 17NHL................................p. 18 Nondiscrimination policies...........................................p. 19

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The international war on terrorismBy Andres Taquechel Sports Editor Mateo Haydar Political Analyst Emmanuel Flaquer Staff Writer Anuar Aly Editor

Islamic Ex-tremist groups have claimed responsibi l i ty for various trag-ic events around the world over the course of two months. ISIS claimed respon-sibility for an incident involv-ing a Russian plane crash over Egypt’s Sinai, attacks in Paris, bombings in Bei-rut and various threats around the world. Other attacks by Islamic group al-Qaeda were made in Mali and are suspected to continue in other areas.

European security sourc-es said that the Islamic State, which controls areas of Iraq and Syr-ia and is engaging the Egyptian armed force in the Sinai Peninsula, stated that they brought

down the plane, adding that it would soon tell the world how it pulled off the attack. Two ar-rests by the Egyptian police have been made in regards to the crash. The Airbus A321M was

destroyed Saturday Oc-tober 31st over the Sinai Peninsula not long after departing from the resort of Sharm el-Sheik on its way to the Russian City of St. Petersburg, killing all of the 224 individ-

uals on board. The de-vice used is the supposed “equivalent of a one ki-logram of TNT,” said Alexander Bortnikov, head of the Russian FSB. U.S. and European se-curity sources announced

that they had not come to a verdict about the acci-dent. England referred to the conceivable plau-sibility of an explosive unit as the reason for the calamity, however made no notice of any group

that may have been responsi-ble. “We have concluded that there is a signif-icant possibility that the crash was caused by an explosive de-vice on board the aircraft,” said Britain’s For-eign Relations Secretary, Phil-ip Hammond,

after a meeting of the government’s crisis re-sponse advisory group led by Prime Minister David Cameron. Egypt, a close associate of the United States and the most populated Arab na

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Images posted my ISIS in hopes of recruiting more members.

The wreckage of the Russian plane crash. The Russian plane took off from St. Petersburg and went down in Sharm el-Sheikh.

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tion, rejected a claim of re-sponsibility regarding the accident by Islamic State. “It is beyond me how people could be this evil. What is the purpose of bombing an airplane, or any terrorist attack for that matter? It doesn’t solve any problems; on the contrary, it just caus-es more issues for the rest of the country, including their own people, and the rest of the world,” said junior Brian Pino-Moore. With Russia being the latest new military pow-er to join the war on ter-ror against ISIS, tension has risen and Russia has continued to bomb and attack the militant group. The move has been criti-cized and has led many to question the true motives of President Vladimir Putin. Many have point-ed to the fact that most of the bombs are not hitting Isis targets, but moder-ate operatives. In fact, it has been reported that more than 85 percent of the targets are hitting moderate opposition. This type of effort has been considered un-productive, as it has led to the deaths of many civilians along with confusion in an already unstable area. Efforts conducted in the area are considered by many to be a smokescreen to

cover events that are taking place in Ukraine. With the situation developing, many seem to believe that the in-ternational community

is failing to react to the situation, agreeing that President Putin is too vol-atile to trust. Frank Gal-

legos said, “Regardless of what is happening, someone needs to answer for the dead civilians. These are human beings we are talking about.”

On November 13th, ISIS group members at-tacked various areas of Paris. The ISIS members

attacked the Stade de France, Bataclan Concert Hall and various cafés or restaurants around the city. Three explosions took place outside of the Stade de France soccer stadium as a soccer game went on between France and Germany. According to reports, one of the sui-cide bombers attempted to get into the stadium but was not allowed in-side. Another bombing took place by a café in the city center, where 15 were killed and 10 were injured. Additionally, attacks were made near Casa Nostra when two men began shooting their guns, killing five people and injuring eight. ISIS members attacked the Bataclan Concert Hall, and held various people hostage, killing more and more as time went on. When police were finally able to overtake the hall, attackers blew themselves up leaving a total of 89 dead and over 200 injured. A total of 130 were killed due to nine ISIS members re-sponsible for the attacks. In Beirut, Lebanon, ISIS members attacked the streets where 43 were killed and at least 200 were wounded. Two sui-cide bombings occurred by the Bourj el-Barajneh area in Southern Beirut.

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Russian President Vladimir Putin.

French paramedics rush victims to an ambulance.

The Eiffel Tower lit up in the colors of the French flag in honor of the victims of the attacks.

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by the Bourj el-Barajneh area in Southern Beirut. A total of four suicide bombers were identi-fied, and one survived the explosion. Several ISIS accounts are claim-ing responsibility for the attack. One of the main reasons for the attack could’ve been the Sun-

ni-Shiite conflict, according to CNN.com A Malian hotel was attacked in the city of Bamako, killing more than 19 civilians and in-juring 7 on November 20th. The attackers held many hostages inside the hotel during the at-tack. Witnesses report-ed the attackers shouted

“Allahu Akbar” as the attacks commenced. Af-ter the attack, Al-Moura-bitoun claimed respon-sibility for the attacks. Al-Mourabitoun is an Af-rican Jihadist group affil-iated with Al-Qaeda. The military had to come in, in order to stop the raid. Many of these at-tacks have also led to

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threats around the world. ISIS released a video threatening various ar-eas in the United States. ISIS is reported to have 73 members inside the United States in various states like New York, Maryland and Califor-nia, as well as others. Reports reveal that Times Square is a des-ignated target for ISIS. ISIS accounts have also published the image of the bomb that was used in the Russian Plane Crash. Due to these at-tacks many countries are putting more security in stadiums, museums and other areas of interest. Another result of these catastrophes is the shift of focus in the 2016 US Presidential Election from the economy to for-eign policy and national security as candidates in both parties seek to distin-guish themselves as most qualified for the presi-dency and to highlight their differences between one another. Addressing national security has be-come a prevalent way of doing so as the United States and the world look to finding solutions to ad-dress the threat of ISIS. A Democratic debate hosted by CBS was orig-inally intended to be fo-cused on economic poli-cy but shifted to foreign

Military intervention during Malian terror attack.

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candidates have made it their task to highlight the differences between themselves and Repub-licans. The issue over es-tablishing a no-fly zone in Syria is one of most pressing topics among Democratic voters. For many, supporting a no-fly zone in Syria is a foreign policy gamble they ar-en’t willing to take, while opposing it seems to be a given for Democrats seeking to impress the progressive wing of the party. Concerned about alienating moderates in a general election, Hillary Clinton has established her support of the no-fly zone in Syria and has not ruled out resorting to mil-itary intervention, if nec-essary, in the Middle East. Despite their differenc-es, the three Democratic candidates agree that the differences among each other are much smaller than those with their Re-publican counterparts who argue President Obama’s foreign policy has failed in the Middle East. “It’s important that all the can-didates make clear what it is they want to do with for-

eign policy, especially how their agenda is different from President Obama’s, in order to have a strong nominee on both sides,” said junior Ramon Mesa. Despite these differenc-es, the three Democratic candidates have all made claims to continue, in one way or another, the policies established by the Obama Administration. Howev-er, the Republican candi-dates in recent days have strengthened their position against President Obama’s

foreign policy and have made national security a central theme of the cam-paign. Along with the no-fly zone, a policy sup-ported by all Republican candidates with the excep-tion of Senator Rand Paul, President Obama’s recent decision to support the en-trance of a number of Syr-ian refugees has sparked even further debate on both sides. Republican presidential candidates have almost unanimously come out against the Pres-

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ident’s decision on Syri-an refugees but in recent days it has been frontrun-ner Donald Trump who has sparked controversy by suggesting that the government should cre-ate a Muslim registry in response to the attacks. “Donald Trump’s sugges-tion that there should be a Muslim registry is offen-sive and simply wrong. ISIS doesn’t represent Islam and we shouldn’t be attacking people for their religion,” said ju-nior Amanda Barrios. Despite a largely neg-ative reaction to Trump’s comments, the business mogul continues to lead in most polls. Discus-sion has also been ignited

among state governors who will have to deal with the entrance of Syrian refugees into their respective states. As the world looks back on the tragic attacks on Paris and the ongoing cri-sis in Syria, America looks towards its politicians for solutions in a presidential year where national se-curity issues and foreign policy have already proven will be prevalent themes.

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By Sabrina Wood Staff Writer

Snapchat was re-leased in 2011, since then it has become very popu-lar with teens and young adults. Snapchat’s plat-form was designed to delete posts after they’re viewed or expired after 24 hours. After the new update made in the be-ginning of November to the privacy policy, that platform is no longer ap-plied. That caused a huge outburst on the internet. The new privacy poli-cy states that Snapchat will now store all your

photos and can distrib-ute them as they please. “That is so terrifying,” said Doral Academy stu-dent Melissa Rizo of the understanding people had of the Snapchat pri-vacy policy update. The policy states, “You grant Snapchat a worldwide, perpetual, royalty-free, sublicensable, and trans-ferable license to host, store, use, display, repro-duce, modify, adapt, edit, publish, create derivative works from, publicly per-form, broadcast, distrib-ute, syndicate, promote, exhibit and publicly dis-play that content in any

form and in any and all media or distribution methods…” “I cannot believe that Snapchat would take ad-vantage of their users like that,” said Doral Acade-my student Lauren Hen-ao. Words and phras-es like ”perpetual” and “right and license to use your name” were particu-larly alarming, and peo-ple created a scandal and due to all the chaos the company released a state-ment on their blog hoping to clarify its new system. It reads, “Snapchat is not and never has been stock-

piling your private snaps or chats.” They promise that they’re still deleting posts, photos and vid-eos as soon as they been viewed or expired after 24 hours. “I hope they can keep that promise,” said stu-dent Brian Pino-Moore. Nothing is sacred or private on social media or on the internet, but this should not come as new for anyone and even though Snapchat is keeping its promises everyone should always be mindful of what they send over the internet or any social media.

Snapchat changes privacy policy

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Some call this terrifying...

By Jose Diaz Staff Writer Transgender orienta-tion has been a subject that has polarized opin-ions, whether they are de-rived from cultural mo-tives or religious beliefs. In a Chicago-area school district, a trans-gender student was dis-criminated against, not being given access to the girls’ locker room. “If I would think of a word for this issue, I would

think of ‘blasphemy,’” said Melissa Rizo. The girl was given a pri-vate area to take baths and change outfits away from the locker room. This was recently re-vealed by the U.S. De-partment of Education sometime during the be-gining of November. The DOE began an inves-tigation on the Illinois schools, as well as a 2013 complaint by the Ameri-can Civil Liberties Union

of Illinois. “I think that this is really unfair to that girl. The depart-ment was right to take action,” said Mateus Fer-nandez. The district has been given thirty days to reach a settlement. The student who was victim of the discrimina-tion spoke out, saying, “This decision makes me extremely happy – be-cause of what it means for me, personally and for countless others. The

district’s policy stigma-tized me, often mak-ing me feel like I was not a ‘normal person.’” Due to the act of dis-criminating on a trans-gender student, the Il-linois School District could be losing its Title IX funding. “It seems un-fair to the student to have to change somewhere else when she clear-ly belongs in the lock-er room with the other girls,” said Daniel Ferrer.

Courtesy of www.washingtonpost.comLila Perry had many thoughts through her mind during the or-deal, as she claims she “was concerned about [her] own safety.”

Courtesy of www.people.com A bystander that makes his stand on Perry’s rights and the rights of transgender girls in general.

Transgender student sues Chicago School Board, wins

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By Fiorella Aldunate Staff Writer

TrackR is a small, coin-sized device that easily attaches to your valuable items. With the TrackR app, locate any lost or misplaced item in seconds by ringing your missing keys, using TrackR’s Distance Indi-cator or via Crowd GPS. This device is linked up to your iPhone or iPad via Bluetooth and lets you see how close you are to the missing item all within a 50 to 150-foot range and if the item is out of its range other

smartphones with the app can detect it, and an alert is automatically sent to the owner. If they have it in their range, it allows users to share their ac-cess to Tiles with friends, and to log into their Tile app from anyone else’s phone, to locate the Tile from there. This new de-vice makes it easier to find things and improves lifestyle by saving peo-ple time. “It’s like the world technological lost and found, this device is definitely revolution-ary,” said senior Felipe Zwanzger. The TrackR also al-

lows users to program it with a beeping tone of their preference and the app also remembers where it last saw the Tileso that users can eas-ily find where they left the item. The app was launched in 2013 and is still being used. It’s been a success and has ben-efited many to save up the time they used look-ing for their lost objects. Candela Cimino said, “Technology is really advancing and I feel like this is a great contribu-tion to our society.” TrackR comes with many different features.

Distance Indicator dis-plays the distance be-tween the person and their items, the Item Ringer rings the mis-placed items mak-ing them easier to find through sound, Phone Finder allows people to press the TrackR de-vice’s button to ring their phone, even if it’s on si-lent, Separation Alerts releases a ringing sound alerting the user when the phone or object are farther from each other. “With this many gadgets it’ll be impossible to not find your things,” said ju-nior Zaelen Henriquez.

Courtesy of www.ohgizmo.comPromotional advertisement for the TrackR.

Courtesy of www.blessthisstuff.comTrackR mobile app along with the tracking device.

TrackR revolutionizes the way we will find misplaced items

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By Sofia Sanchez Staff Writer

Black Friday is tra-ditionally the day after Thanksgiving, and crowds of shoppers line up for special offers by retailers. This year Black Friday is on November 27. Usually shoppers like to line up nights before and set up camp to try and be first in line for the best deals. “Camping outside for deals the night of Thanks-giving is so insane! But its cool to see how many people take part in Black Friday,” said sophomo-reChristian Catellanos. The most popular stores for Black Friday sales are ToysRus, Best Buy and Target. The businesses re-lease catalogs to hype up the shoppers and prepare

them for the deals. This year’s Black Fri-day has some key items shoppers should keep their eyes out for. Televi-sions, vacuums, kitchen appliances and hardware tools will all have great deals. But there ares-till some items shoppers should avoid purchasing this year’s black Friday like linens, furniture and refrigerators. Legos is a huge con-tribution to these deals. Kids are attracted to these building blocks. These Danish toymakers just an-nounced that they might not manufacture enough bricks by Black Friday. A company spokesman said, “It is really extraordinary and it has exceeded both ours and our customers’ forecast.”

Americans prepare for this year’s Black Friday deals

Courtesy of yeswecoupon.comWalmart shoppers fill up register lines to get the best deals of the holiday season.

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Macy’s was packed with holiday shoppers trying to find all the best deals.

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By Muriel Almeida Staff Writer

Doral Academy’s at-tempts to set up an event where students and teach-ers speak on what they’re passionate about has al-ways succeeded over the years. Doral Talks, crest-ed by the iKnow club late last school year, had their first event on Mon-day November 9th fea-turing plenty of students

and performers who spoke from their hearts in order to get their point across to their audience. It began at 6:30 as Tanvi Hathiramani and Chantel Bravo introduced a short video leading to a discus-sion on consumerism vs. fulfillment. “Even though I spoke at the first Doral Talks event ever, I still enjoyed watching other students express them-selves according to what

they stand by. It was real-ly cool,” said senior Fran-cisco Gallegos. A myriad of students, parents and teachers attended this event making it one of the most memorable mo-ments this event has had. The event had no in-termissions, giving the speakers no time to think twice or the audience time to grow uneasy. As the event was coming to a close, speakers and

performers gathered to-gether to say their good-byes and speak more in depth about their topics. “Being part of this event made me realize the importance of pub-lic speaking about top-ics one believes in. It’s all about how comfortable you are with the subject and how much you want people to listen to you and make a difference,” said senior Andres Hernandez.

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Members stand for a final speech at the end of the Doral Talks event (shown from left to right): junior Santiago Arias, junior Alyssa Quin-tero, junior Jocelyn Triana, junior Chantel Bravo, junior Ruth Willis, senior Andres Hernandez, junior Anuar Aly, freshman Pedro Contipelli, and junior David Espinal.

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Chantel Bravo speaks about consumerism vs. fulfillment at the Doral talks event.

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College bound seniors talk about their goalsBy Maria Victoria Galarraga Staff Writer

Doral seniors Maria-jose Guerra, Diego Kroeff and Arianna Baquerizo shared their experiences in applying to some of the states’ and country’s most competitive universities: University of Florida, Georgetown University and Stanford University, respectively. Mariajose Guerra has been a dancer since the age of four and hopes to pursue a double major in dance and biology. She re-cently applied to the Uni-versity of Florida. Apart from filling out the normal application, her process of applying to college in-

cluded a weekend trip to Gainesville to audition for the dance program. “My top choice university is UF because it’s not far from home, but its still the best university in the state and one of the few schools where I can study den-tistry,” Guerra said. Last summer, she shadowed

a dentist and this reassured her passion for dentistry and her hopes to go to den-tal school and become an or-thodontist. Diego Kro-eff applied early action to Georgetown University, in Washington DC. He hopes to be able to live in “a city of profound history” that

offers him “a myriad of different cultures, wheth-er it be the Ethiopian taxi driver or a mob of Chinese tourists.” He had a smooth experience meeting the November 1st early action deadline, mostly because he dedicated plenty of time to it and did not leave it for the last minute. He will major in international law as he speaks four lan-guages and has a passion for traveling and hopes to study abroad in both France and Brazil. Kro-eff also expects to “make plenty of friends and party non stop” to have a com-plete college experience. Arianna Baquerizo hopes to go out of state for college. She applied to one of the most selective universities in the coun-try, Stanford University. She recalls being “in love with the idea of attending Stanford since [she] was a little girl” as her dad, who

lived in California for some years, often told her about it. She knew Stan-ford was her dream school when she attended one of their football games and “just knew [she] wanted to be a part of the Stanford family and feel that conta-gious cardinal spirit.” She felt that the Stanford sup-plemental questions truly challenged the applicant, and enjoyed writing an essay asking her to write a letter to her future room-mate. Baquerizo will ma-jor in communication and media studies, a passion of hers she discovered through joining Doral’s TV production program. These three students exemplify the ambition and talent found within the halls of Doral Acad-emy. As they embark on the next chapter of their lives, they continue to work hard to accomplish their goals and end up in their dream institutions.

Courtesy of Mariajose GuerraGuerra poses for a ballet photoshoot.

Courtesy of Diego Kroeff Kroeff visits Brazil, where he hopes to study a semester.

Courtesy of Arianna BaquerizoBaquerizo at NSPA Convention.

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By Luciana Wessolossky Staff Writer

Cat terrorizes neighbor-hood A cat in Rockland County, New York is ter-rorizing people in a neigh-borhood. It's been running around scratching people and attacking dogs. Police have been obligated to do reverse 911 class, letting people know to steer clear of it. There have been many victims of this cat’s wrath. One family became so scared they only felt safe hiding in their above the ground pool, surrounded by water. Another family saw no other choice but to stay with a relative in an-other city after the cat sat on their welcome mat, just waiting to attack. There is no way of knowing if it is rabid or not considering it hasn’t been caught or test-

ed. To this day the cat is still out in the neighborhood terrorizing its inhabitants.

Dog saves kids from vi-cious bear A dachshund dog raced into action, saving Stas Nagoronovt and Nikita Nikonov who were be-ing attacked by a massive black bear in Russia. The attack occurred shortly af-ter the kids left their village shop. "He caught up with Stas first. The bear threw him to the ground, began to trample him, bite him," said Nikonov. "He grabbed his head, then shoulder and back. I watched - and

ran at the bear. I didn't think about myself or what would happen. I just wanted to save my friend." After hitting the bear with a rock on his head, the bear turned to Nikon-ov and started gnawing and clawing at him. It was then when the small dachshund named Tosya started furiously barking at the bear, making it run into the forest, leaving the children alone. To-sya managed to get the bear away from the entire village and return to his home safely. Both children were sent to the hospital in bloody clothes. The dog,

in the end, was celebrated and rewarded with cake.

Dead woman found after ten years in internet café A Chinese woman was found in an internet café after being presumed dead 10 years ago. She has been said to be living and play-ing games in this café for the last decade. The 24 year old woman, Xiao Yun, left her home in the eastern Chinese province of Zheji-ang 10 years ago after an argument with her parents. When found, she was tak-en to a local police station for questioning. She was a fan of game CrossFire. She spent her days playing the game and slept most-ly in cafes and bath hous-es. She would live off of handouts and occasional cashier gigs. In the end, she was reunited with her parents who agreed nev-er to argue with her again.

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family hiding in pool from cat.

The internet cafe that Xiao Yun was found at the bear, dog, and kids involved in the attack

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By Nicholas Warring Emily Andrade Staff Writera Every Thanksgiving morning, 3.5 million peo-ple line the streets of Man-hattan to watch balloons, floats and celebrities in the most spectacular hol-iday parade, The Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Pa-rade. For those 50 million people who can’t make it to see the parade, they can tune in to NBC at 9:00 A.M.

This will be the 89th an-nual Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade and it is said to be one of the greatest parades of the 89 years. This year’s balloons with feature SpongeBob, Diary of the Wimpy Kid, Pills-bury Doughboy, Pikachu, Snoopy and Woodstock and many more. There will be four new balloons including Angry Birds, Sinclair Oil dinosaur, Scrat from Ice Age and an updated version of Ronald McDonald. The parade stretches over 2.5 miles

for three fun filled spec-tacular hours. Freshman Fabricio Almeida said, “I am excited to watch The Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, it is a tradition that I never want to stop doing.” This year’s parade will feature a diverse grouping of celebrities. Perform-ing will be Jordin Sparks, Trey Songz, Train, Shawn Mendes, Prince Royce, Mariah Carey, Jake Owen, Plain Whites T’s, Daughtry and other per-formance groups. There

will be more than 8,000 participants from balloon holders to marching bands to the Rockettes. In addi-tion to the floats and per-formers, the spectators will get a sneak preview performance from NBC’s “The Wiz Live!” There will be an encore presen-tation to air the same day from 2-5 p.m. in all time zones. Senior Julian Hi-dalgo said, “I love watch-ing the parade because it has been a tradition in my family for many years.”

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Santa Claus waving to all his glorious fans in the crowd as he rides in his slay

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Ronald McDonald flying high in the annual Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade.

Macy’s Paradeproves entertaining

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Macy’s Paradeproves entertaining

By Thalia Gonzalez and Diego Moreno Staff Writers Left handedness has always been a subject of curiosity. Research-ers now recognize the importance of which-hand humans use. The dominance of one hand over the other is a way to discover how brains are wired. Left handedness is associated with health. It may help learn about disorders like ADHD, Dyslexia, and schizo-phrenia which are more common in left handed people. “I have an aunt who is left handed and she has Dyslexia, I com-pletely agree with this theory,” said junior Jac-quelyn Triana. A pathway be-tween stress during preg-nancy and brain wiring could be cortisol, the body's main stress hor-mone, large study followed 1,700 Swedish mothers and children until the kids were five years old. It found that mothers with depressive symp-toms or who underwent stressful life events while pregnant were more likely to have left or mixed-handed children. which can interfere with brain development. Ten-percent of the population

is left handed. “I can’t believe there are not that many left handed peo-ple, I feel really special,” said junior Alexis Perez. There are many miscon-ceptions on left handed-ness. First of all it doesn't mean you're artsy, it doesn't make you more creative, and it doesn't af-fect your general health. Left handedness does offer some advantag-es. In sports lefties have the advantage when it comes to one-on-one sports like tennis, box-ing, and pitching a base-ball. Angelina Jolie, Tim Allen, Matthew Broderick, Sarah Jessica Parker, Tom Cruise and-Robert DeNiro were all left handed and grew up to be very successful actors in our society. President Barack Obama, leader of the free world, is just

Courteys of parade.comPresident Barack Obama shows his uniqueness by writing with his left.

Courtesy of www.freelancersunion.orgThis is considered a popular question asked throughout America.

Dominant south paws not a detrimentone of many presidents who were left- handed.

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By Vanessa Rodriguez Staff Writer

This year’s fall sports have been nothing but a success. The volleyball team was able to win their first ever District Champi-onship. The girls trained all summer and season long to be able to achieve such a well-deserved vic-tory. The District game was held at their oppo-nent Sunset High School’s gym, and won with an extraordinary score of 3-0. “As a senior I am so grateful to finally get the opportunity to say that we are district champions, the other seniors and I have worked four long years to get to where we are as

individual players and es-pecially as a team,” said Marina Paula. The team continued to Regionals winning Quarter Final and moving on to Semi-Finals. Even though they lost the school and coach was ex-tremely proud of the girls as they made Doral Acad-emy volleyball history. The boys and girls swim team also had a success-ful season being awarded District Champions after getting Runner-ups last season. This team has nothing but heart and de-termination for the love of the sport and pushed past their limits to achieve an-other victory. “Districts is just the beginning, the best is yet to come,” said

Adrian Moya. With this teams positive attitude anything is possible. “I am so proud of my team; we have put in so much hard work for this and it finally happened this year,” said Angelica Arguello.

Both teams will contin-ue working hard to keep their winning titles for next season. Fall sports for this year have been the best Doral has had and next year there is better to come.

Photo by Adrian Moya The boys swim team poses with their banner and trophy for being district champions.

Photo by Angelica Arguello jThe girls swim team gets together to pose with their District champion trophy.

Photo By Vanessa RodriguezThe girls volleyball team celebrates after being announced District champi-ons.

Fall sports announced asDistrict champions

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By Kristyanne Cabrera Co-Editor in Chief

The football season has reached its halfway point and the road to Su-per Bowl L is still compet-itive with two undefeated teams. The National Football League has a two way tie between the New En-gland Patriots and North Carolina Panther with a record of (10-0) prior to the Week 12 games. Due to the Denver Broncos Week 9 loss against the Indianapolis Colts, there will no more undefeated matchups. Junior Lilliana Murado said, “This year the league is more competitive than

ever because all the teams want to have the honor to go to the 50th Super Bowl in San Francisco.” Week 12 features the Thanksgiving football games at three different times. Thursday, Novem-ber 26 the Philadelphia Eagles versus the Detroit Lions will air at 12:30 on FOX, North Caroli-na Panthers versus the Dallas Cowboys will air at 4:30 on CBS and the Chicago Bears versus the Green Bay Packers will air at 8:30 on NBC. Ju-nior Stephanie Acosta said, “The Thanksgiving games are great way for my whole family bond besides the traditional meal.”

Courtesy of dal.247sports.comDallas Cowboys starting quarterback, Tony Romo, returns Week 11 in the Cowboys at Dolphin game after an injury that resulted in the Cowboys losing seven games straight.

Courtesy of itiswhatitis.weei.comNew England Patriots starting quarterback, Tom Brady, continues to win game after game by finding the open recievers.

Mid-season brings NFL viewers excitement

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By Nicole Soler Staff Writer

The NHL has skated into an intense season with breakthrough teams and players making their mark. The 2015-2016 season shows promising futures for teams, leaving people on edge to see what will happen. The puck has dropped and we’re off to an incredible season. Many newbies have arrived with talent that can teach the vets lessons. First round pick Connor McDavid was traded to the Edmonton Oilers, a team that hasn’t reached the playoffs in years, and McDavid seems to be the only hope for the team

to be reborn champions. McDavid has had varous goals and assists with his first goal happening on his first game in the NHL. His competition, second round pick Jack Eichel, has been scoring many goals for the Buffalo Sabers. Both of them will fight for the rookie of the year award. As for the teams, the Montreal Canadiens are topping the league with 11 wins and two losses with an overtime win and are leading the league and the Atlantic Division and Easter Conference. Mean-while the Dallas Stars are second in the league leading the Central Divi-sion and Western Confer-ence. Theird in the league

are the St. Louis Blues. With such a great start the teams are bound to go to the playoffs. The comeback team from last year is off to a slower pace, but they are not giving up. The Florida Panthers had great success

towards the end of last year’s season and only missed the playoffs by a few points. Although the Panthers have had some close losses, the talent on the team will surely lead them to further heights in the standings.

NHL skates into a new season

Courtesy of www,nhl.comEdmonton Oilers captain Andrew Ferrence and Connor Mc-David celebrate a goal.

Courtesy of www.hockeysfuture.comRookie Radek Faksa skates his way around defenseman Bri-an Campbell.

Courtesy of www.blueseatblogs.comHenrik Lundqvist makes a save.

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The School Board of Miami-Dade County, Florida adheres to a policy of nondiscrimination in employment andeducational programs/activities and strives affirmatively to provide equal opportunity for all as required by:Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 - prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, ornational origin.Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 as amended - prohibits discrimination in employment on the basis ofrace, color, religion, gender, or national origin.Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 - prohibits discrimination on the basis of gender.Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 (ADEA) as amended - prohibits discrimination on the basis ofage with respect to individuals who are at least 40.The Equal Pay Act of 1963 as amended - prohibits gender discrimination in payment of wages to women andmen performing substantially equal work in the same establishment.Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 - prohibits discrimination against the disabled.Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA) - prohibits discrimination against individuals with disabilitiesin employment, public service, public accommodations and telecommunications.The Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (FMLA) - requires covered employers to provide up to 12 weeks ofunpaid, job-protected leave to "eligible" employees for certain family and medical reasons.The Pregnancy Discrimination Act of 1978 - prohibits discrimination in employment on the basis ofpregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions.Florida Educational Equity Act (FEEA) - prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, gender, national origin,marital status, or handicap against a student or employee.Florida Civil Rights Act of 1992 - secures for all individuals within the state freedom from discrimination

because of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, handicap, or marital status.Title II of the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008 (GINA) - prohibits discrimination againstemployees or applicants because of genetic information.

Boy Scouts of America Equal Access Act of 2002 – no public school shall deny equal access to, or a fairopportunity for groups to meet on school premises or in school facilities before or after school hours, ordiscriminate against any group officially affiliated with Boy Scouts of America or any other youth orcommunity group listed in Title 36 (as a patriotic society).Veterans are provided re-employment rights in accordance with P.L. 93-508 (Federal Law) and Section 295.07(Florida Statutes), which stipulate categorical preferences for employment.

In Addition:School Board Policies 1362, 3362, 4362, and 5517 - Prohibit harassment and/or discrimination againststudents, employees, or applicants on the basis of sex, race, color, ethnic or national origin, religion, maritalstatus, disability, genetic information, age, political beliefs, sexual orientation, gender, gender identification,social and family background, linguistic preference, preg-nancy, and any other legally prohibited basis.Retaliation for engaging in a protected activity is also pro-hibited.

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Editors in Chief

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Kristyanne CabreraNicole SolerCatherine Kononoff

Carlos Ferralls The Phoenix is published by the Doral Academy Preparatory Journalism Department. The opinions ex-pressed are those of individuals credited and are not to represent the entire student body or staff. The Phoenix welcomes letters to editors. Letters must be signed and submitted, and may be edited for space and content.

Staff WritersMuriel Almeida, Fiorella Aldunate, Anuar Aly, Emily Andrade, Jose Diaz, Emmanuel Flaquer, Maria Victo-ria Galarraga, Thalia Gonzalez, Mateo Haydar, Diego Moreno, Vanessa Rodriguez, Sofia Sanchez, Andres Taquechel, Nicholas Warring, Lucy Wessolossky.

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