Auburn Riverside Student VoiceJune 9, 2015 • VOLUME 20 • ISSUE #7

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InFlight June 9, 2015Opinion2

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InFlight policies Greetings from NewspaperInFlight

seniors:Mackenzie BrownJesse Eisenbacher Cameron FairchildJude Hanno Karlee JohnsonDylan JohnstonKinsey Miller

staff reporters:Aaron BakerAlyssa FerryDe’Ja HeardSara KoenigSasha TerryJessica Perez

editor-in-chiefJessica Perez

business managerAlyssa Ferry

photographerSara Koenig

cover illustrationAlyssa Ferry

adviserPatrick Swenson A tribute to senior Dylan Johnston, a valuable

staff reporter obsessed with shoes. All of our seniors will be missed, but not forgotten.

Your phone goes off, the front screen flashes and a prominent “DO NOT RESPOND” rolls across with a notification for a text message below it. It’s your ex, and they’re looking for advice. The real kicker is that your ex is asking you for relationship advice, when you haven’t looked their way in months.

It’s a wretched feeling, and nothing good can ever come from an ex-boyfriend or ex-girlfriend texting you. Nothing on Earth is worse than them asking you to help them with a relationship they’re building while you’ve been sitting at home watching Law and Order: SVU for 15 hours.

They may say that they would have avoided texting you if they could, or say they know that they shouldn’t have, but regardless of the circumstances, they’re being polite and sincere; you can’t

Alyssa Ferry Staff Reporter

Former relationships create angst through messaging

It seems as though everyone has a few numbers that they can’t seem to move themselves to block, but still want to avoid.

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help but want to fix their problems. Which may just be the worst part about all of it.

Whatever drove them to believe that

texting you was a good idea is beyond anything you can understand. The nerve they had to have to scroll down to your name, create a message, and write out a story they thought would have enough of a sob aspect, and a plead-ing undertone that would make you help them is beyond me. Somehow, it works.

With a deep sigh you go into a spiel you would give any old friend, be-cause you know that even though you really want to block their number and press the play button on season eight, you still care for them on some level. Deep, deep, deep...very

deep down. Maybe.After the conversation is over though,

the worst part isn’t knowing that they’re go-ing off to apply your master advice to their

new significant other, it’s thinking, hey, if somebody had given them this great advice when we were together, maybe we might still be on the phone for five hours before bed. You’re like a relationship hero.

Yet this is generally the moment when the doubt sets in, the asking around and reas-surance that you’re still better than their new girl/boyfriend, and afterward asking your friends if you responded appropriately to the situation. They’ll agree, however their anger will be much more severe than your own.

At least Netflix can convince you that heroes always get the happy ending.

I feel like there should be some sort of acceptable way to tell someone that you hate their guts and never want to see their name on your phone again.

Maybe one day we’ll concoct some-thing that will convey the message.

Although maybe a new ideal could be set up that makes texting an ex you’re not on good terms with a horrible decision.

In the meantime, I should probably start ending on better terms with people I simply can’t avoid every day for the rest of my life.

Religious extremism shown through protests, ideals

Religious extremism is taboo to many people. Religious radicalism is not just in one religion; in fact, in almost every reli-gion there is at least one group of extrem-ists. Radicals are people who will go to any lengths to enforce what they believe. They do this by holding riots, marches, or even killing people to show that they are power-ful and strong.

Many believe that terrorism and radical-ism are tied together, but that is not always the case. Many people don’t understand this, and think the reason for terrorist attacks is always religion. The main reason terrorist

attacks happen today is because one country may not agree with another country’s politics.

Baptists are one group of ex-tremists, who have a very strong dislike of LGBT and Jews. They have protested against Jews, Catholics, and gays. The reason why Baptists don’t like Jews is because the Jews killed Jesus.

Religions need to under-stand that just because others might have a different belief than them, it doesn’t mean they can’t respect the other person’s views.

Another topic that comes into play is gays. Many religious radicals go out and protest against gays and write hate-ful things on their signs, such as, “Gays are going to hell,” and horrible things similar to that. Protesting against the gay community ,

and telling them that they are going to hell, doesn’t make you a better person, and that’s not helping you get to heaven.

In many religions, the belief that is

De’Ja Heard Staff Reporter

taught is that you should love others. Religious radicals often forget that principle and just ex-press their hate towards homosexuals.

Generally, religious extremists are sick peo-ple who twist the words of the Bible to benefit themselves and to sup-port what they person-ally believe. Extremists want others to believe that what Jesus really meant back then, and what they personally be-

lieve. In my opinion, the people who encour-

age religious extremism are weak and pow-erless people.

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It’s not uncommon to see people picketing and holding up signs to express their opin-ions on current events, but extremists often express hate and encourage radicalism.

3Auburn Riverside High School OpinionTeenage jobs prove good for values, responsibility

It’s that time of year when high school students start looking for summer jobs, and

to make major cash. Working during the summer is great for high school students. In the summer we have time to work and hang out with friends, meaning we have bank to spend. Summer jobs are great for

De’Ja Heard Staff Reporter

Racism still prominent in different formsRacism has been a problem for several

generations, and it is still a huge problem in society today. Hundreds of people, not just dark-skinned, experience racism every day.

I remember the first day my younger brother went to a new school. He told me that many of the darker skinned students made fun of the white kids, simply because of their race. These are elementary school kids, and already at that age they were dis-criminating.

Racism is not a trait passed down through generations; it is a behavior people learn and teach to their family. This is why racism is still a problem today.

Over the years, there have been many equal rights movements for people of differ-ent races. You would’ve thought that today having equal rights for all races would set people straight and cause them to realize that all people are the same.

According to dosomething.org’s slam racism campaign, in 2012, 51 percent of Americans expressed anti-black sentiments in a poll—a 3 percent increase from 2008. Instead of racism fading away and becoming less of a problem over the years, the problem has actually increased.

I think our generation needs to be the one to look past skin color and actually try

to change the way people treat each other. I mean we are all human, and we all deserve to be treated like humans.

Police brutality towards other races has also increased and has caused protests to break out all over the United States. “You do still hear stories on the news about po-licemen harassing African Americans,” se-nior Anel Reyes said. “It is still a big deal in society, and I think it’s something that will never really go away.”

No one has the right to make anoth-er human being feel like trash, because of something they have no control over. That’s as ridiculous as not liking a person because they don’t own an iPad. When someone is racist towards a person it can affect that per-son’s self-esteem and character. Also, if they experience racism from the same race vari-ous times, it could cause them to be racist to-wards that race. It is a cycle that never ends.

A poll revealed that 63 percent of stu-dents have experienced racism, either at school or elsewhere. School should be a safe place where students can come to learn without feeling discriminated against. Mak-ing someone feel inferior due to their race at school can lead them to believe they are not good enough to graduate or to have a good career.

Discrimination towards others is just like bullying; in fact, I think I can go far enough to say it is bullying, if it is experi-

Jessica Perez Editor-in-Chief

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During a protest, this man chose to protest against racist be-liefs.

students looking to gain responsibility and independence, but in some cases it doesn’t work out.

Many teenagers make bad decisions on what to spend their money on. For example, I worked all summer and made 2,000 dol-lars and now all I have is 100 dollars and a lot of clothes. The biggest mistake most teens with jobs make, is not putting money into their savings account. Summer jobs don’t last forever, so students should always save some money for a rainy day.

If you want to go out with your friends, limit how much you can spend, and make sure you have extra money to spend.

Many students ask, “What do I have to do to get a job?” The first thing that you should do is make a cover letter, and a re-sume. These two documents show why you are qualified to get the job you are applying for. If it is your first time applying for a job, I advise you to add computer skills and math skills to your resume. Adding these skills to your resume shows that you are educated or working towards getting your diploma.

One key feature you must add to your resume are your references. Your references must include: a personal reference, profes-sional one, and a teacher or coach. Having these three references will help you because it shows how outgoing you are, and they can

verify that you have the skills you claimed to have on your resume.

Summer jobs aren’t just for making money, you also make friends that you never thought you would make. There might be kids from your school that you don’t talk to, but by working closely with them they might become a good friend of yours.

One thing I hate about summer jobs is that they don’t last long. They usually start in June and go until August. In that time frame you only get about three checks. That is barely anything, and it sucks. However the positive side to having a summer job is that you have time to work overtime and make some extra money.

I believe that summer jobs help keep teens out of trouble, and they give teens something to do over summer break. It also helps build relationships with many new people, and shows students the real value of money.

Summer jobs have a good side to them and a bad side, in the end, the money you make is always worth it.

Having a job is a big responsibility, so if you are planning on getting one, make sure that you have time to work and that you’re doing something you don’t mind putting ef-fort into.

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enced regularly. It can have the same out-comes in the end and we all know they are never good outcomes.

Racism can be seen in many different forms. Although racism has existed since the late 1600s, the forms it’s seen in have

definitely been molded. There’s a concept called “white privilege,” which is just one form of racism.

“White privilege” is a term for societal privileges that ben-efit white people beyond what is commonly experienced by the non-white people under the same social, political, or economic cir-cumstances. That is the biggest form in which racism is seen in today’s society.

Many dark-skinned people find themselves complaining about this all the time, while white people claim it’s not a real concept. In fact it is a real con-cept, and it often used by other whites to shame dark-skinned people and make them feel un-successful.

Racism is an ugly thing to have in one’s heart, and it doesn’t help anything or anyone. The best we can all do is be mindful about the way we treat others. At the end of the day, we’re all the same no matter what race, because we are all made up of the same flesh and bones.

4 News InFlight June 9, 2015

Ravens have yet again brought school pride in winning several awards in the art show and in the film festival. The 2015 film festival winners are Rachael Skaggs, Jesse Keges, and Spencer Stromberg in third place for their film called, Colors. Jonah Zu-cati, and Kelly Mossman won second place for their entry What Would Your Hands Say about You? The first place winners of the film festival are Kyle Porter and Trey Marez for their film, Synechdoche.

In the art show, many awards were won. “A Simple Day” by Christopher Fenton won third place. James Lear won second place for his entry, “A Land Far Away.” The first place winner in photography was Jonathan Casey for his entry, “Holiness in the Lord.”

Another competition was black and white drawing. There was a tie for third place between Hannah Juth’s piece, “In Bloom,” and Hanah Lee’s piece, “Chopin’s Dream in C Sharp Minor.” Omar Tafolla won second place for his piece “Jordana Brewster.” The first place winner was Ga-briella Gonzalez-Yoxtheimer for her piece “Green Thumb.”

In the color drawing category Fran-cisco Marquez won third place for his piece,

“Edith.” Allison Bantigue won second place for her piece, “Illuminated Forest.” The first place winner for color drawing was Omar Tafolla for his piece, “Nissan GTR.”

In painting, Gabriella Gonzalez-Yoxtheimer won third place for her paint-ing, “Beso de la Luna.” Kasaiya Alaalatoa won second place for his painting, “Sunday Morning.” Hanah Lee was the first place winner in painting for her entry “Water + Ink.”

In computer art, “Water Spirit” by Al-lison Bantigue won third place. In second place was Andriezl Juangco’s entry “Evergreen.” The first place winner was Jalen Forward for his entry, “Chimerical.”

In mixed media, the entry, “Poussey Washington” by Mikayla Freeborn won third place. In sec-ond place, Josephine Dalrymple for her untitled entry. The first place winner was Natasha Lassak for her entry, “Pansymonium.”

In sculpture and 3D art, the third place winner was Cameron Gentry for his piece, “Medusa.” In second place, “Sleepy Dragon” by Maria Lukes. In first place, An-gela Phommavong’s and Conner Wate’s entries tied.

Art and film winners recognized for achievementsJessica Perez Editor-in-Chief

For the jewelry cate-gory, “Jag-Flight,” made by Cholwe Munge won third place. Kirsten Johnson won second place for her piece, “Feather.” Cameron Gentry won first place for his piece, “Fornax.”

Many students men-tioned previously, and a few others, won people’s choice awards.

ASB wraps up year through fundraisers, celebrationsSasha Terry Staff Reporter

The ASB officers this year are wrapping up their work and the seniors are preparing to graduate. Next year’s ASB officers are going to put in a lot of work and dedicate their time to promote spirit and lend a helping hand to others.

This year’s ASB officers held many fundraisers, such as TOLO, the food drive, winter wishes, and the pancake breakfast. The school developed a safe atmosphere, and ASB tried to make everyone feel included, make a difference, and help one another.

ASB officer junior Aso Atafua has many hopes and ideas for next year that will shape the Raven community. Atafua’s hopes for next year include reaching out towards the community and encouraging students to fundraise for the school.

“I want to see more spirit and see something new from

our school,” Atafua said. ASB put on the pancake breakfast last month, which

raised over 800 dollars. This fundraiser was for Invest Edu-cation, which pays for our school’s supplies and lunches. Many students paid three dollars for pancakes to contribute to this fundraiser.

Junior Isabelle Creighton is excited to help improve the school next year.

“I want to create an environment where everyone feels welcome and academically successful,” Creighton said.

Senior June Uiki is graduating this week and she hopes next year’s ASB officers will be able to improve the school by using fundraisers and creating exciting assemblies for the student body.

Uiki believes ASB will accomplish, “every single proj-ect that we talked about but didn’t do.” She believes that this year started off rocky but progressed after meetings and fundraisers. Uiki also hopes that ASB will be able to “spice their ideas and projects up” next year.

The ASB exec board is putting together the senior as-sembly. This event will be held on Friday June 12. It will feature a slideshow of the seniors and the memories they’ve made at ARHS. The slideshow will be something the senior class will be able to cherish together.

The senior Raven Walk will follow after the senior fare-well assembly. The seniors will be able to cherish their last moments together at school as they walk down the halls, as a student, for the last time.

As we say farewell to the ASB seniors this year we look to our fall ASB officers to lead the school next year. They will try to accomplish goals and get ideas from students about what they’d like to see and what could be changed in the community.

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Bottom Left from left to right: Jalen Forward, Kyle Porter, and Han-nah Lee.

Top from left to right: Conner Gentry, Omar Tafolla, Angela Phom-mavongs, Trey Marez.

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Top: ASB says good-bye to current members of office.

Bottom Right: June Uiki works hard during zero period for ASB.

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5Auburn Riverside High School NewsWashington Warped Tour to hit Auburn

Warped Tour 2015 is coming to the White River Ampitheater in Au-burn on August 8. Doors will open at 11 a.m. This year the featured band for Warped Tour is Matchbook Ro-mance, an American rock band from Poughkeepsie. This year’s line up in-cludes bands or artists such as Ask-ing Alexandria, Never Shout Never, Bless the Fall, Escape the Fate, Beau-tiful Bodies, Family Force 5, Have Mercy, While She Sleeps, and much more. Also this year, Pierce the Veil has agreed to play at every Warped Tour location.

General admission, including fees, is 50 dollars. Ticketmaster has tickets available at over 3,200 Wal-mart locations, as well as select Si-mon malls, Kroger’s, and Giant Ea-gle’s. Those tickets usually take three to six weeks to come in the mail, and it is recommended they be bought ahead of time.

If have a parent is accompanying a minor, Warped Tour has complimentary parent admissions passes avaliable.

This guardian must be at least 28 years of age to get the parent admission. If the parent accompaning the minor doesn’t enjoy the types of music being played, there will be

Jessica Perez Editor-in-Chief

a reverse daycare tent for parents to relax and get away from the heat. There will be cool beverages for parents to drink while they wait, but this tent closes at 6 p.m.

If attendees are planning to arrive early and want a backstage pass, Music Saves Lives is offering a backstage wristband for the first 100 ticket holders to donate blood.

The rules require the doner to be at least 16 to donate blood.

Warped Tour also has a way to keep guests from waiting in the general ad-mission line. To not wait in general admission line, donate three canned goods, give a 5 dollar donation, or a used cell phone to Feed Our Children NOW! A Skip the Line wristband will be given to those who donate. The tent will be located near the Skip the Line flag at the main gates.

A smart thing to do, and something Warped Tour recommends, is to ar-rive at the venue prepared.

Their official website says to take things such as a waterbottle and a snack, a

sharpie for autographs, sunscreen and comfortable shoes. The schedule for the bands playing will not be set until

the day of the show. Warped Tour recommends guests ar-rive to the venue early to see the schedule posted by the big inflatable at the main VANS tent.

The Warped Tour is a big musical festival that occurs every year, and comes to Washington each year. Auburn’s White River Ampitheater has been a popular locale for the tour for many years.

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Teen Tix: the pocket-sized Seattle art scene Teen Tix is a company that has recently grown in pop-

ularity. Through Teen Tix, one can view Broadway musicals, famous ballets, and almost any kind of art performance or gallery for only 5 dollars a ticket. The Teen Tix program was created with many Seattle arts program partners.

Anyone between the ages of 13 and 19 can get a free pass that will let the guest into all kinds of art exhibitions throughout any of the numerous Teen Tix partners. Some of the places included in this program are the Seattle Art Museum, Pacific Science Center, Fifth Avenue Theatre, A Contemporary Theatre, Pacific Northwest Ballet, and well

Sara Koenig Staff Reporter

over a dozen more. The full list is on their website at www.teentix.org.

The rules are, you pay the day you attend the perfor-mance or gallery, and it’s first come, first serve, so if one wishes to obtain good seats then it’s recommened one ar-rives early. One must also bring a form of identification that includes a birthday, along with a Teen Tix pass, and the 5 dollar fee. This is required because the ticket office asks to check birthdays so that they may verify that the guest is in fact a teen. One can access the Teen Tix pass online and print it out. This pass is not a part of the 5 dollar fee, and it is

free. This means that anyone between the ages of 13 and 19 can easily access numerous art performances and exhibits.

A few exhibits that will be offered throughout the sum-mer are ‘Can’t Look Away: the Lure of Horror Film,’ ‘Fan-tasy Worlds of Myth and Magic,’ ‘We Are 12,’ and ‘Infinite Worlds of Science Fiction,’ through the Experience Music Project. Also offered will be the exhibit ‘What’s Up Doc? The Animation of Chuck Jones.’

If seeing the inside of museums isn’t your goal, there are plenty of other things to see: musicals and plays, operas and ballets, even small improvisation groups.

Some plays that will be open during the summer in-clude The Boyfriend, a roman-tic spoof set in the 1920s, open June 12 through 27. For those of you with an interest in antiwar postmodern literature adapta-tions, Slaughterhouse Five, opens June 12 and goes until July 3. If you’re into classic theatre then Grease, opens July 8 and will be open until August 9. September 25 through October 24 a new-spin on the classic Dracula will be showing.

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InFlight June 9, 2015Feature6

Who’s behind locker #...

6080 8078 81538012Maile Vale

Junior

InFlight: Are you looking forward to ju-nior year?

CN: Yes and no.InFlight: What’s your

favorite animal?CN: A griffin. InFlight: How often

do you go to the gym?CN: Every other day.InFlight: Who is your

favorite music artist?CN: I don’t have one. InFlight: If you could

move to any city, where would you go?

CN: Somewhere in Australia.

InFlight: Do you drive?

CN: Yes.InFlight: What is

your dream job?CN: I have no clue. InFlight: What do

you do with your free time?

CN: Fish, hang out with my friends, mud in my truck.

InFlight: What is your dream car?

CN: A monster truck.

InFlight: Are you looking forward to se-nior year?

MV: Yes. InFlight: If you could

visit anywhere, where would you go?

MV: Italy.InFlight: Do you pre-

fer to use Apple or Mi-crosoft products?

MV: Apple.InFlight: What are

some of your hobbies?MV: Arts and Swim and

Dive.InFlight: Do you have

any sibilings?MV: Yes, one older

brother.InFlight: Are you in-

volved in any extracur-ricular activities?

MV: Yes, waterpolo.InFlight: If you could

tell the world anything about yourself, what would it be?

MV: I’m friendly and open to ideas.

InFlight: What are you planning to do af-ter high school?

KJ: I’m going to Green River.

InFlight: What will you miss about high school?

KJ: The dances and some people.

InFlight: Who’s your favorite muppet?

KJ: Miss Piggy for sure.InFlight: What is

your dream job?KJ: Pediatrician.InFlight: Where’s

your favorite place to be?

KJ: Outside.InFlight: Who’s your

bestfriend?KJ: Stephanie Riley.InFlight:What is your

best feature?KJ: My smile.InFlight: What are

your plans for summer vacation?

KJ: A roadtrip to Oregon to see my favorite band in concert.

InFlight: Are you looking forward to sophomore year?

CH: Yes. InFlight: If you could

have a superpower, what would it be?

CH: Flying.InFlight: What is

your favorite household pet?

CH: Dog.InFlight: If you could

speak any language what would it be?

CH: Spanish.InFlight: What is

your least favorite color?

CH: Black.InFlight: What

is your favorite restaurant?

CH: Red Robin.InFlight: How often

do you read InFlight?CH: Not very often. InFlight: Are you

looking forward to any upcoming movies?

CH: Insurgent.

Conner NewhouseFreshman

Calley HeilbornSophomore Senior

Kaja Johnson

Auburn Riverside High School

“Growing up isn’t easy. If you have the chance to just be a kid, take the advantage. Don’t grow up faster than you have to.”-G.C.

“You can’t worry about what other people think. High school kids are cruel and you gotta do your own thing, walk to your own beat. Everyone has their own soundtrack playing to their lives and you just gotta go with it.” -E.R.

GerardoCisneros

Looking back and moving forward

Future Plans: Play-ing rugby in a men’s league and going to Green River in the fall.

“High school is such a journey, and it’s important to find the right people to share it with. Don’t forget to always be kind, because you never know what battles others are fighting.” -K.N.

KristiNguyenFuture Plans: Study-ing biochemisty at UW with hopes of getting into the school’s medi-cal program.

EricaRussaw

“It’s worth it to go big in high school. Try hard in your classes, go to events, try new things. I promise, you won’t regret it.”-C.S.

Future Plans: Going to Bellevue College in the

fall, then transferring to a 4 year university with

an associate’s degree.

Future Plans: Attending BYU in the fall with plans to study international business.

7SENIORS

CorbinSmith

About

What will you miss most...

ARHS?

“Lunch.”-Robin Hood -Scott Esparza

-Hanah Lee

-Erykah Johnson

“Nothing. I won’t miss anything.”

“The student section at sporting

events.”

“My friends who are going to different

colleges.”

“Hanging out with friends.”

-Thomas Griffin

-Cole Lindell

“Some of the teachers. Not all of

them.” “Not having responsibilities.”

-John Coon

What will you miss most...

the class of ’15?About

“The senior class’ willingness to get in-

volved with the school and the great

school climate and culture that stems

from them.”

“I will miss three things: 1. the Raven

Crew leaders 2. the ASB officers and

3. the seniors who mentored the under-

classmen.” -Dave Goethals

-Shawn Martinson

“Their sensitivity to others and their

enthusiasm for being a Raven.”

-Cheryl Moyd

“I will miss the kids. There is a great mix

of personalities. This class just had a

good mix.”-Geri Rohlff

“I’ll miss the fun and carefree

spirits.”-Damiah Saloy

“All of the senior athletes and talented

students. I will also miss not being able to

work with them on a daily basis.”

-Christian Miller

“The unique personalities and all of the

hard-working students who have been in

my classroom.”-Mark Davis

None18%

Five or less42%Five to Ten

28%

Ten or more12%

How many scholarships did you apply for?

InFlight June 9, 2015SENIORS10

Brianna McCall will be attending Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts in the fall. She received a full tuition scholarship for $48,000 a year, and simply has to pay for room and board. “They have a really good biology program,” McCall said. McCall chose Smith College, an all girl’s school, because she feels it’s inclusive. “It’s good for girls going into STEM,” McCall said.

Charles Gulotta accepted his entrance into West Point United States Military Academy. Four years at West Point costs him no money at all, as the academy is free so long as he serves 5 years in the military after gradu-ation. “It has a good engineering program... and it’s free! After graduation I’m guaranteed a job in whatever branch I choose,” Gulotta said. He turned down a full ROTC scholarship to Virginia Tech for this opportunity.

Class of 2015 raises 2.5 million dollars in scholarship winnings.

In mid-August, Carson Heilborn will be packing up and moving out to Albuquerque, New Mexico where she’ll be attending the University of New Mexico. Heilbord recieved a full ride scholarship, including room and board, for her achievements in volleyball. She will play for UNM’s volleyball team next year. “When I visited, I just loved the team and the coaches and the way they run their program,” Heilborn said.

Graduation

95%

The seniors are ready to graduate and get out in the real world. No one can stop them now.

Students share their opinion on current topics and pop culture

73%

The school year is ending, and summer is quickly approaching. Deep down inside we all want summer break to come a little bit faster.

Traveling

Bonfires

71%Bonfires are a summer favorite and the majority of the student popula-tion is looking forward to attending them.

97% The majority of the student population will be going to different vacation spots once school ends.

51%Warped tour

4th of July is on its way and students are looking forward to spending time with family and watching fireworks.

4th of July

76%

A lot of the student population doesn’t know what Warped Tour is, or is not looking forward to being pushed into mosh pits.

Summer break

Twins: unique, underrated, stuck together forever

Twins experiences together and apart identify who they are. Their differences from other siblings determine what traits they will have and how they react to situations.

Psychology teacher Damiah Saloy believes that nature and nurture could affect twins in many ways.

“Nature has a strong influence on twins. Genetic pro-grams affect how people behave in different ways. Nurture can define their traits,” Saloy said. When twins are born and separated after birth, they may be affected mentally.

“The traits make them similar but they don’t have the same emotional connections.” Saloy said.

Sophomores Cameron and Cody Zipp are identical twins and they believe they are similar to each other but have different personalities.

“We were a cell that was broken in two which makes us similar,” Cody Zipp said. “We react to things differently. Our perspectives depend on what’s going on in a situation. When someone is having a conversation with us, sometimes we will say the exact words at the same time.”

The Zipps, as their friends call them, do almost ev-erything together. Whether it comes to sports or other ac-tivities, they are always working together. Cameron Zipp believes that he and his brother sometimes have the same mindset of a solution to a problem.

“We know when a story will end or begin. We both

have the same ideas,” Cameron Zipp said.Sophomores Kerry and Keegan Dolan are fraternal

twins. Both believe they have similarities and differences that make them unique.

Keegan Dolan has met many of his friends through sports, and he believes that he has twice as many friends since he and his sister share the same friends.

“It’s awesome being a twin because we can share the same experiences and interests,” Kee-gan Dolan said.

Kerry Dolan thinks Keegan is more determined, and that she is more social. She believes that her life would be different if she didn’t have a twin.

“I don’t know if I would be the person I am today without him,” Kerry Dolan said.

Whether it's laughing at each others jokes or participating in the same sports, twins always have one another. Twins are able to reflect their personalities by sharing some of the same inter-ests and sharing experiences.

Sasha Terry Staff Reporter

PHOTO BY ALYSSA FERRY

In the picture on the left, sophomore Kerry Dolan is on the top and sophmore Keegan Dolan is on the bottom. In the picture above, sopho-more Cody Zipp is on the left and sophmore Cameron Zipp is on the right.

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Anxiety is a common feeling many people encounter at some point in their lives. Living with an anxiety disorder is con-stantly having the achy stomach and sweaty hands for the majority of the day. Others don’t quite understand how normal situa-tions are a trigger, but in truth, it’s deeper than having to make a phone call or stand-ing up in front of the class to present. This disorder interferes with everyday life.

Dealing with anxiety every day is stress-ful. The looming of responsibilities overhead is the greatest stressor. Dealing with anxiety is something that must be practiced. A per-son with anxiety must be comfortable with the people around them at all times to avoid a breakdown.

When someone with anxiety asks for a favor, don’t reprimand them or roll eyes at the immaturity you may see; chances are, they feel guilty for asking already. Some tasks that become difficult with anxiety include but are not limited to, paying for items, making plans, asking for help, pre-senting, and confrontation.

When these events or triggers occur, the body's reaction is immediate. These re-actions can range anywhere from sweaty

hands to not feeling as though one can get a full breath.

Helping friends with anxiety disorders is key to their well being. By asking what they need in order to feel in control, giving reassurance, and doing what they need to accomplish, you are giving them a clearer mind. Their symptoms will start to dimin-ish, and they will be grateful for your assis-tance.

Determining whether or not someone has anxiety is not easy. Many people suf-fer from slight nervousness around simple tasks. With anxiety, however, all fears are irrational. There is a persistent, excessive anxiety about normal events, not just tests and interviews. Those suffering with anxiety always fear for the worst, with the mind set that all events will end disastrously.

Treatment isn’t a one-size-fits-all sweater. Some are able to deal with their anxiety through meditation, and breathing exercises. Others need safe activities, such as writing, reading, or just simple relief from their stressor.

Living with a mental disorder is never easy, and learning how to deal with it is even more difficult. If you suffer from an mental disorder, don’t be afraid to ask for help from others.

Anxiety proves difficult for sufferers to cope

One of the most relevant mental dis-orders present in high schools are eating disorders. According to The National Eat-ing Disorders Association (NEDA), societal pressures have led to many body image is-sues, and can end up ruining lives.

Bulimia nervosa is a relatively com-mon eating disorder that affects about two percent of women and less than one thou-sandth of a percent of men between the ages of 13 and 20.

Christie Seligman, an employee at a clinic that works directly with sufferers of eating disorders and a mother to two stu-dents, commented on common characteris-tics of bulimic patients.

“In [bulimia and binge eating disorder], rather than emotional overcontrol, teens of-ten exhibit emotional undercontrol,” she said. “For example, overeating in order to cope with intense feelings or distress and then purging or harming/punishing oneself in order to cope with intense guilt/shame from having overate.”

Bulimia nervosa generally manifests itself as binge eating, followed by the im-mediate purging and expulsion of all food consumed.

Anorexia nervosa, a disorder simi-lar to and often confused with bulimia

nervosa, is categorized as an intense fear of weight gain, often to the point of starving oneself to attain a body that one perceives as perfect.

“Teens with anorexia are exquisitely sensitive to emotions and seek to over-control feelings in an effort to not become overwhelmed by them,” Seligman said. “Controlling food and exercise, for example, can serve as a way to avoid or cope with emotional experiences that otherwise feel overwhelming.”

Bulimia nervosa and anorexia nervosa differ primarily in the reaction one has to their fear of weight gain. A bulimic will

Alyssa Ferry Staff Reporter

Aaron Baker Staff Reporter

Low self worth paves road to eating disorders

engage in a cycle of binging and purging, whereas an anorexic will simply avoid food altogether.

According to NEDA, bulimics will often exhibit average or even above aver-age weight for one’s age and gender. On the other hand, anorexics often lack muscle definition and tone, as well as body fat.

A student at school, who has had their name withheld upon request, came to the news staff about their experience battling anorexia nervosa.

Their experience started at a young age, following feelings of insecurity and low self esteem.

“In seventh grade, two guys would make [degrading] comments about my body. [Symptoms I experienced included] weight loss, fear of gaining weight, refusing to eat food and feelings of insecurity.”

They always felt as if people noticed their weight before anything else. “I felt ugly. Whenever I would feel hungry, I would push past the pain because I wanted to be beautiful. It was an awful experience because I was not only causing damage physically, but mentally as well.”

Their experience encouraged them to support students going through a similar challenge.

“Your body does not define how beauti-ful you are,” they said. “The number you see on the scale is just a number and nothing more. Make a change in your life to be hap-py, because life is happening and you may be missing out.”

Likewise, Seligman encouraged teens suffering from these disorders to think posi-tively.

“I want teens to know that help is avail-able and that recovery is possible,” she said. “Recovery is about more than ‘just eating’, it is about discovering or rediscovering who you are, what makes life worth living, and how to have more joy in life while also being willing and able to experience all the differ-ent emotions. Recovery is hard, and you are worth it.”

Sufferers feel as though they’re chained down by their eating disorder, but can’t seem to find a key to get away from it.

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The stress from constantly worrying often becomes too much to handle, seeing as every day is a con-stant struggle for control and normality.

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13Auburn Riverside High School Arts & EntertainmentMad Max: Fury Road outpaces competition

George Miller’s Mad Max: Fury Road set a new bar for action films. It is, without a doubt, one of the best films of the action genre ever made.

In a dystopian world, Immortan Joe (Hugh Keays-Byrne), a crazed despot, rules over a group of water deprived peo-ple; taking up mates and brides whenever he sees fit. His power goes unchallenged, due to his ownership of presumably all the water left in the world.

Furiosa (Charlize Theron) is an un-likely hero who seeks to free the women involuntary carrying Joe’s children. She is soon joined by Max Rockatansky (Tom Hardy) and Nux (Nicholas Hoult) in a quest for freedom, glory, and valhalla.

While dialogue was sparse, the plot was instantly understood. With plot and character development relying primarily on human emotion and instincts, the film would be clear and coherent without au-dio.

The film managed to incorporate the exaggerated realism of Apocalypse Now, the deliberate pacing of Aliens, and the utter insanity of Hot Fuzz in a cinematic experi-ence that left my heart pounding. In short, it was really, really good.

The film was shot without the crutch

of CGI or greenscreen, making it all the more memorable. The special effects were nothing short of spectacular.

Despite few lines of dialogue, Theron managed to create a female hero that would give Ellen Ripley a run for her money. Ther-on proved to audiences that she didn’t need dialogue to create believable emotions.

Although the experience was mind numbing, it was enjoyably ludicrous none-theless. Naturally, this is completely accept-able, as it seems that Miller wanted to poke fun at the inherent ridiculosity of the genre.

The film’s pacing left me gasping for breath, every scene felt like one swift punch in the gut after another.

There wasn’t a single point in the film where safety was assured for any character, as the plot was structured in such a way that any character could die at any time with little or no consequence to the plot itself.

Miller’s cruelty to his characters was frequently demonstrated, each death more gory and brutal than the last.

Along with immaculate plot structure and pacing, the choreography was the best of any action film I’ve ever seen.

Fury Road will be a long beloved insti-tution for the action film genre, and all fu-ture films of the genre will be compared to it for a long time to come.

Aaron Baker Staff Reporter

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Tomorrowland: yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery

5 songs you should know:1. Ride2. Message Man3. Fall Away4. Goner5. The Judge

Artist of the Issue: Twenty One Pilots

The chemistry between Joseph and Dun is undeniable, and the energy the two have on stage is super intense.

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Alyssa Ferry Staff Reporter

Twenty One Pilots is a band that started out in Co-lumbus, Ohio. It was a slow but steady rise to fame for duo Tyler Joseph and Josh Dun.

They have recently released an album, Blurryface, which featured their single, “Fairly Local.” This album made its way to the Top 200 Billboard, and is still sitting quietly at number one.

Their songs have a mixture of electropop, indiepop, and alternative hip hop, blended together to make songs that are easy to relate to, while still giving the opportu-nity to sing along.

With a solid four singles and five EPs that have been released, the journey from beginning to now is seen through a change in lyrics.

One aspect that is respectable is that many of the songs don’t relate to relationships, which could be con-sidered a breath of fresh air, compared to many of the songs on the radio today.

This duo began in 2011, after several years of friend-ship and lengthy discussions of their goals and aspira-tions. However, a rotation of different bassists and drum-mers have come through and performed under the band name since 2009.

Hopefully, Twenty One Pilots will continue to make music and have strong energy while doing so.

A criminal, a former boy-genius inventor, and the land of Tomorrow. All accompanied by secret-service like men hunting for technology. This is the story written and designed by the one-and-only Walt Disney. This story has fi-nally made its debut on the big screen.

See the phenomenal Britt Robertson as Casey Newton, honestly one of my favorite ac-tresses, and George Clooney as Frank Walker, who is also a fantastic (and totally hot) actor.

This movie shows a glimpse of what the world could be if everyone wanted to improve the world and no one worked purely for money or power. It shows ingenuity with its fast-paced and dramatic action and adventurous scenes.

You spend an hour and a half watching two of the most interesting characters I’ve ever seen, bicker constantly as they run from robots who are tasked with killing them.

The reasoning behind their task is simple, to avoid al-lowing them to go back to Tomorrowland. They do all this while travelling with another robot, one who is on their side, in search of people to bring to Tomorrowland.

Athena (Raffey Cassidy) is the female robotic com-panion mentioned. Cassidy, is an up-and-coming child star. Cassidy portrays Athena as an official and seemingly emo-tionless character.

Newton is tasked to go out in search of another pin when hers no longer shows her the same fantastical world of Tomorrowland.

This leads her to stumble upon major trouble. With this, Newton, Walker, and Athena begin a quest to get to Tomorrowland and save the terrible and oncoming future of the regular world that they live in.

If you’re thinking about seeing this movie, then I would definitely recommend it! It’s an absolute thrill.

Be prepared for action, suspense, and a whole new world full of imagination and cre-ativity. The futuristic aspect is well thought out and highly developed. Along with the romance portion and the struggle for emotions.

The CGI in this film was phenomenal, cre-ating an innovative new world crafted from fu-turistic ideas.

The ‘enemy’ in this film is characterized by the cynical Governor Nix, played by Hugh Laurie. Nix is constantly going through the ef-fort of trying to keep his world of Tomorrow-land separate from the real world, not wanting his world to be brought down in the impending doom that the citizens of Earth have created for themselves.

Tomorrowland is an overall well created movie, and I highly suggest sitting down to watch it.

Sara Koenig Staff Reporter

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SPRING SPORTS Our spring sports did fantastic throughout

their season. Many of our spring sports made it to State this year and placed very well. Girls water polo earned eighth in State and senior Paige Mosko re-ceived an honorable mention for her all-state team. Boys soccer went to State earning themselves fourth place. For girls golf, freshman Jennifer Kim took tenth place at the 3A girls golf tournament. For track and field, Lexi Chinn took ninth place in the 100 meter dash, Brittni Williams took second place in the long-jump and triple jump, and the 4 x 100 relay team took fourth place. In girls tennis, doubles team Carson Hielborn and Lindsey Sanborn qualified for State, meaning they were one of the top 16 3A teams in the state. (Colby Tong qualified for State earlier in the year during the boys tennis season, but didn’t place this spring.) The school’s newest sport is girls and boys lacrosse. Girls lacrosse made it to the State playoffs. Their season ended with a record of 7-4-1. The boys lacrosse team had a more difficult time in their first year, with a 4-10 record.

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BOYS BASKET-BALL

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Lacrosse proves to be a sport of great teamwork and sportsmanship. With en-couraging teammates who push each other to work hard every game, each player learns new skills, and the team constantly improves and becomes stronger.

Senior Madison Lancaster works hard to accomplish her goals by practicing before games. Lancaster plays the center-mid posi-tion with jersey number 13 on our varsity team. She has been playing lacrosse for nine years on some select teams. Lancaster was inspired by some of her family members to play lacrosse.

“My brother and my dad influenced me to try out for lacrosse and I played for the Lake Tapps lacrosse team,” Lancaster said.

Lancaster puts all her effort into con-tributing to the team's score and wishes for her teammates to work together. She loves the sport and wants all her teammates to get along.

“I work really hard, and hope that peo-ple will follow my example.” Lancaster said.

This is the first year girls’ lacrosse is an

Sasha Terry Staff Reporter

Lancaster crosses her way into post seasonofficial Auburn Riverside team. Before the school had its own team, the lacrosse players played for the North Tapps team.

The girls made it to the first round of playoffs this season.

“Many girls who haven’t played lacrosse before stepped up to play. It’s nice for the school to make the sport grow and allow more girls to participate in lacrosse,” girls lacrosse head coach Shelly Nogueira said.

Nogueira liked how the school provided buses and supplies to allow the sport to continue to develop. The coach is also hoping that next year, she will be able to recruit more players to try out for the sport.

Nogueira believes that Lancaster is “enthusiastic and has a huge heart. She wishes for everyone to get along and to work together as a team,” Nogueira said.

Lancaster plans on at-tending Ohio Wesleyan

University in Delaware to study education in the subject of history and she plans on playing lacrosse for that school. As she con-tinues to thrive in the sport, she gives all of her effort to accomplish her goals.

Madison is often seen smiling on and off the field. She hopes to con-tinue her future endeav-ors as a lacrosse player for Ohio Wesleyan Uni-versity in Delaware.

PHOTO COURTESY MADDIE LANCASTER

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