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Issue 1 | Volume 1 | First Edition | September 2016

A superstar gone too soonMarlins pitcher, Jose Fernandez, passed away Sunday, September 25 as a result of a tragic boating accident.

9/11 MemorialHonoring and reflecting upon the tragic events of September 11 2001.

Olympic Games RecapA look into the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio, Brazil.

Political UpdateAn update on both local and national politics, including elections.

Movies in TheatresA series of reviews of movies currently in theatres. Watch out for spoilers!

National Football LeagueAn overview of this year’s preseason and the first games of the regular season.

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CONTENTS3. A superstar gone too soon

4. Remembering 9/11

6. Local elections conclude successfully

8. Trump, Clinton seek to close gap

10.Trending Topics

12. Six Ways

14. September Video Game Releases

15. Back to school reflections

16. NFL kickoff

18. The 2016 soccer season begins

20. Eventful NBA offseason

22. Rio Olympics come to a close

24. Philosophy club

26. Your guide to new Disney movies

28. Fox News settles lawsuit

29. Weird news

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ADVISORCatherine Kononoff

PUBLISHERCarlos Feralls

Our staff at The Phoenix would like to acknowl-edge and express our gratitude for the invalu-able support of Principal Carlos Ferrals and the rest of the Firebird staff and administration.

Finally, we want to thank our readers for their dedication and faithfulness to our student-run news magazine. You rock!

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The Miami Marlin’s 24-year-old ace pitcher Jose Fernandez and his two friends, 27- year old Emilio Macia 25-year-old and Eduardo Rivero, died during the early morning on Sunday, September 25, in a boating accident in Miami Beach. Fernandez was the future of the Miami Marlins program, having earned two All-Star nominations for the National League in 2013 and 2016. Fernandez was nominated as the National League Rookie of the year in 2013. He had a stellar 2.58 earned run average and 589 strikeouts in his career despite missing a good amount of the 2015 and 2016 season due to Tommy-John surgery. He was known for his four-seam pitch and his sinker pitch. Fernandez attempted to flee Cuba three times before he arrived successfully with his family. During his last trip, he dove off the boat and into the water to save his mother who had fallen off the boat; at the time, he did not know that the woman he was saving was his mother. This was just one of his many acts proving his selflessness and good heartedness. He later became a star at Braulio Alonso High School in Tampa, FL, and was drafted by the Marlins in 2011. He was called up by the Marlins after playing two years in the Minor Leagues and made his debut for the 2013 season.

The mourning spread na-tionwide after his death. Players like Yoenis Cespedes, Dee Gordon and Yasiel Puig honored Fernandez with faithful messages and tributes. Ces-pedes and Puig hung a Fernandez Jersey in the dugout during a game. Other athletes, fans and celebri-ties took to social media to honor the fallen star. Teams throughout all sports included moments of silence in their games and honored Fernandez in different ways. The Marlins canceled the game against the Braves on September 25th out

of respect for his death. The whole Miami Marlins team wore his jersey in commemoration against the New York Mets on September 26th, which they won 7-3. Dee Gordon wore Fernandez’s helmet and bat-ted on the right side, atypical for a lefty. This was done to honor Fer-nandez, and he struck a home run during his second at-bat, this being his first home run of the season. The whole stadium was filled with tears and honor during the home run. The Marlins have decided to retire his jersey.

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A public funeral procession departed from Marlins’ Stadium, traveled throughout Miami, and into Saint Brendan Catholic Church on Wednesday, September 28, where fans were allowed inside to honor and respect the fallen su-perstar. A private ceremony for his teammates, close friends and family was held Thursday, September 29. An investigation is underway to determine the possible cause of the accident. Meanwhile, friends, fans, teammates and family are mourning the loss of a great baseball player, role model and an amazing person.

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I t ’s been 15 years s ince the t rag ic inc ident that shook New York Ci ty and the ent i re country on September 11, 2001. 19 terror ists associated with the group al -Qaeda hi jacked four planes and targeted other histor ic f igures in the United States. Two of the planes hi jacked were f lown into the towers of the Wor ld Trade Center, the thi rd plane hi t the Pentagon which is located just outs ide Washington, D.C. , and the fourth plane crashed in a f ie ld in Pennsylvania. “ I was in pre-k indergarten when the attacks happened, my parents took me out of c lass,” sa id Hope S i lvera. This at tack resul ted in many trag ic deaths and destruct ion, t r igger ing major chaos in the U.S . Over 3 ,000 people were k i l led dur ing the attacks in New York Ci ty and Washington, D.C. , 400 of them being off icers and f i ref ighters . “The f i ref ighters and pol ice enforcement are the t rue heroes of the day,” sa id Enzo S inc la i r. Many of these f i ref ighters and pol icemen who surv ived are

st i l l scarred to th is day f rom the t raumat ic exper ience. The twin towers were considered the centerpiece of the Wor ld Trade Center, each bui ld ing reaching 110 stor ies . The bui ld ings had thei r own names, 1 WTC which was the north tower and 2 WTC being the South Tower. Both bui ld ings consisted of 10 mi l l ion square feet of off ice space that held about 35,000 people and 430 associat ions. The twin towers were the ta l lest bui ld ings in United States, and for a t ime were considered the ta l lest bui ld ings in the wor ld. They att racted about 70,000 tour ists and commuters per day. “ I wish I was old enough at the t ime to enjoy the beauty of the twin towers,” sa id Mel issa Rizo. This event resul ted in a Memoria l to remember those who were k i l led, honor ing the sacr i f ices of the f i rs t responders, and recaptur ing the spi r i t of serv ice and community that emerged in the af termath of 9/11. Dur ing the decade- long per iod of heal ing, people in towns across Amer ica have commemorated the fa l len heroes, the near ly 3000 v ict ims of the 9/11 terror at tacks. There are some 700 recorded memoria ls in the U.S . and more are underway

or p lanned, most of them in New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts and Connect icut , home to the major i ty of the v ict ims. Others are hundreds of mi les away, such as one North Dakota. “My fami ly held a moment of s i lence to remember the v ict ims,” sa id Alex is Perez. On Sunday September 11, a ceremony took place in New York honor ing the 15th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. Hi l lary C l inton was taken f rom the morning event . Her doctor, hours af ter she lef t the ceremony, sa id that she was being t reated for pneumonia and dehydrat ion. Dr. Bardack did not speci fy what sort of pneumonia C l inton had or i f she had a fever that day, or any issues that could reveal more prec ise ins ights about her condit ion. This inc ident ra ise further quest ions about the heal th and publ ic records of C l inton. “This could be something very ser ious,” sa id Lauren Henao. Donald Trump was a lso in at tendance at the memoria l ceremony and lef t the serv ice short ly before i t ended. Af ter the memoria l he was asked about C l inton’s inc ident and responded with, “ I don’t know anything about i t .” Dur ing an ABC interv iew a week before, Trump chal lenged Cl inton to

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The 9/11 memorial engraved with the names of those who lost their l ives .

make publ ic her medica l records. Both candidates have re leased doctors’ summary notes of thei r heal th records.


After months of ar-duous political campaign-ing, the polls opened and closed on Tuesday, August 30 across Florida as voters headed out to vote in state-wide and district primary races as well as a number of closely watched local elec-tions. As expected across the state, voter turnout was low in Miami-Dade Coun-ty, totaling 20.48% with 267,741 ballots cast.

Perhaps the most observed of the races were the statewide Senate Democratic and Republican

primaries. Democratic Con-gressman Patrick Murphy and Republican Senator Marco Rubio won com-fortable majorities in their respective parties, as was predicted throughout the race. After having included a total of eight candidates earlier this year, the Repub-lican primary was narrowed down to four when Rubio announced he would run for reelection, despite rejecting the idea after an unsuccess-ful bid for the presidency. On the Democratic side, the embattled primary between Murphy and Congressman Alan Grayson was closely watched as both candidates received a number of per-

sonal attacks throughout the campaign. However, after a challenging contest on both sides, Murphy and Rubio received wide sup-port in their respective races–the two will face one another in the November general election.

Though it was the race for the Senate that received ample media and punditry attention, a number of local races were settled at the polls across Miami-Dade County. At the top of the ballot, the race for County Hall featured Incumbent Mayor Carlos Gimenez, School Board member Raquel Regalado, Alfred Santamaria and Fred-

erick Bryant. Despite being expected to exceed the 50% threshold that would spare him a runoff contest, Mayor Gimenez was unable to meet expectations by a few thousand votes and will face second-place finisher Regalado in November. Regalado is the daughter of current City of Miami Mayor Tomas Regalado.

The ballot also in-cluded a number of state senate and house primary races, including the con-tested house districts 112 and 118. In District 112, Republican Rosy Palomino bested her opponent Mike Davey in a close contest and will face nonprofit executive Nick Duran, who defeated public adjuster Waldo Faura-Morales in the Democratic Primary. In District 118, the three-way contest between former Commissioner Lynda Bell, former Congressman

David Rivera, and business-man Anthony Rodriguez re-sulted in a narrow victory for Rivera who will face Demo-crat Robert Asencio. Rivera has been involved in a num-ber of controversies in the past, leading to his ultimate resignation from the United States Congress.

Other races included the notable Congressional primary races in Districts 23, 26, and 27. In District 23, for-mer Democratic Party Chair-woman Debbie Wasserman-Schultz saw her reelection challenged by Tim Canova, a candidate popular among progressives and endorsed by former presidential candidate Bernie Sanders. Wasserman-Schultz com-fortably defeated Canova in the primary and will face Republican Joe Kaufman in November. In District 26, former Congressman Joe Garcia and former candidate

LOCAL ELECTIONS CONCLUDE SUCCESSFULLY By Mateo Haydar Political Editor

for Lieutenant Governor Annette Taddeo struggled in one of the closest races on the ballot. Garcia bested Taddeo by two percentage points and will face Repub-lican Congressman Carlos Curbelo in the fall. Curbelo defeated Garcia in 2014 and is expected to do well in the upcoming race. Finally, Re-publicans in District 27 went to the polls to give longtime Congresswoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen a decisive primary victory over teacher Maria Peiro; Ros-Lehtinen will face Democrat Scott Fuhrman in November.

After a long campaign, voters in Miami-Dade Coun-ty made a clear decision on a number of local races. With November just weeks ahead, candidates prepare for what is expected to be a more closely contested general election with much higher voter turnout.

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RUBIO (LEFT) AND MURPHY (RIGHT) INTERVIEWED ON SENATE PRIMARY DAY, BOTH WILL GO ON TO THE GENERAL ELECTION.

GIMENEZ (LEFT) AND REGALADO (RIGHT) WILL CONTINUE TO DEBATE BEFORE THE RUNOFF IN NOVEMBER.


PEOPLE FIND IT HARD TO TRUST HERCOURTESY OF FORBES PEOPLE FIND IT HARD TO TRUST HER COURTESY OF FORBES

DONALD TRUMP AND HILLARY CL INTON OFFIC IALLY CL INCHED THEIR NOMINATIONS IN THEIR RESPECTIVE PARTIES.

Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton officially clinched

also promises not to change the Second Amendment. After mul-tiple tragedies, some politicians are suggesting more control of arms, something Trump is against, preferring to tighten up laws already in existence.

Clinton has worked in politics since she was the First Lady of Arkansas. With support, she be-came a senator and is now the official Democratic candidate. Some side with her because of her political experience. Her supporters believe that she knows how to mak hard deci-sions that presidents face. Many are with her because of her views on women’s rights and immigration policies.

Throughout the campaign both have faced controversy. Trump has been in the eye of the public because of his derog-atory comments about women and deporting illegal immi-grants and Muslims. On the other side, Clinton’s emails had been leaked, and after seeing all she has kept secret, in con-sequence people find it hard to trust her. In any case, they both have said and done things that have affected people, and they have apologized for their com-ments.

Freshman Cristina Pow-Sang said, “Trump acts like a five-year-old kid, he says whatever is on his mind without thinking of consequences.” Freshman Aqui-les Barreto said, “People are only focusing on the bad things he says, but Donald Trump actually seems like a person that knows how to handle the issues in our country.” New student Diannelle Lacambra said, “Hillary is not the best candidate, but is the only one we have against Trump.” An-other freshman, Roman Gil gave a different perspective on the debate, “I believe Clinton is try-ing to manipulate people and

Trump is trying to call people’s attention. There’s a big differ-ence.”

On August 8, Clinton agreed to participate in all general presidential debates. She chal-lenged Trump to participate on the three debates. The three debates were scheduled for September 26 at Hofstra Uni-versity in New York, October 9 at Washington University in St. Louis and October 19 at the University of Nevada in Las Vegas. As of now, Clinton is leading the polls with 44.9% of support with 0.9 points ahead of Trump, leaving him with 44.0% percent on Real Clear Politics. However, a recent poll made by Red Oak Strategic shows Trump leading the polls with a 34.8% of support, and Clinton with 32.8%.

their nominations in their respective parties. On July 19, Trump became the Republican candidate dur-ing roll call in the RNC (Republican National Conven-tion). Trump won against the other Republican pre-candidates with 19 delegates, Sen. Marco Rubio got 10 and Gov. John Kasich got nine delegates. On July 26, Clinton officially settled the Democratic nomina-tion, also during roll call. Clinton has become the first actual female presidential nominee.

Some voters believe that Trump should become the president of the U.S. He offers to make changes to immigration progresses, something his supporters are pleased about. Some of Trump’s voters said they believe that immigrants are taking American jobs. He

Trump, Clinton seek to close gap

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1. (Top Right) Trump dis-cusses issues on national security and job reform.2. ( Middle Right) Clinton has strong views on rights on women and immigra-tion policies.3. (Middle Left) Red Oak Strategic’s polls show Donald Trump leading.4. (Bottom Left) Real Clear Politics show Clin-ton leading the polls.POLLS ON THE 2016 U.S . ELECTION

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HILLARY CLINTON 32.8%DONALD TRUMP 34.8%GARY JOHNSON 8.1%OTHER/DON’T KNOW 24.4% MARGIN OF ERROR 3.5%

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It’s that time of year again. Teachers are dreading it and seniors can't wait. Students can’t help it, the disease is very contagious. Thousands of seniors throughout the world suffer from it. Some symptoms include lack of motivation, laziness and an abundance of absences. Below are some tips on how to avoid this infectious disease.

1. SAT/ACT: Take these tests soon as possible. Senior Emely Mayo advises, “I’ve taken both, ACT and SAT in my junior year and plan to take them one more time this year. I would advise upcom-ing seniors to take exams as soon as possible.” Do not worry if you do not do well the first time, there is something called a superscore, which combines your highest scores from each exam to make an overall new compos-ite score. However, some schools may not superscore your exam, so do not rely entirely on this. Besides, you will probably do

better the second time anyway. Upcoming dates: Oct 1st (SAT/SAT Subject), Oct 22nd (ACT), Nov 5th (SAT/SAT Subject), Dec 3rd (SAT/SAT Subject), Dec 10th (ACT), Jan 21st (SAT/SAT Subject), Feb 11 (ACT).

2.Volunteer Hours: Doral Acad-emy requires a minimum of 25 hours complete throughout your four years of high school. How-ever, scholarships such as bright futures require a minimum of 100 hours to qualify. It is recom-mended to surpass the minimum of 25 that our school requires, so more scholarships are avail-able. Make sure it is a non-profit organization or your hours will not count. It is beneficial to volunteer in areas of interest as it may help you decide on what you are passionate about. Senior Amanda Torres said, “I volun-teered at the Miami Children’s Hospital because I want to be-come a dermatologist. I wanted to get an insight into the job.”

3. College Applications: MAKE SURE YOU MEET THE DEADLINES! Stay organized. Write down important dates and make sure you start ahead of time. Do not procrastinate. CAP Club, sponsored by Ms. Laura Brito, allows students to have guidance throughout the application process. Feel free to stop by her room if you have any questions about college. Sometimes universities come to a city near you to present information about their school, and it is recommended to attend in order to get a clearer view on specific schools.

4. AP Classes: “Don’t take too many AP classes dur-ing senior year,” advises former senior Nikolas Lam. By now, you’ve probably taken a lot of AP classes, so it might be helpful to unwind and de-stress this year. This doesn’t mean that you should take the easiest classes, just to avoid doing work. Once

colleges and universities ac-cept you, they like to check in every now and then to make sure you’re still doing well in school.

5. GPA: Usually, by senior year your GPA is set, and al-though it’s very hard to raise it, it’s easy for it to drop. So make sure you don’t slack off. Check your grades frequently, request unofficial transcripts and make sure you’re trying your hardest this year. Check with the colleges that you are inter-ested in and make sure that you meet their GPA require-ments.

6. Senior events:Hoco Week: Oct 10-14Homecoming Game: Oct 13Homecoming Dance: Oct 14Senior Breakfast : Nov 8thGrad Bash: April 21stProm: May 19thSenior Spirit Week: May 29thGraduation: June 3rd

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During the first weeks of school, what better way to start the year with introducing Sep-tember’s video games. “Some-times I enjoy playing video games to take my mind off school and to relax during week-ends,” said Joshua Vera. Starting off with the Dead Rising series, old ports of the games Dead Ris-ing and Dead Rising 2 will be making an upgrade to current-gen consoles, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. Both games have

been re-released on September 14 for the 10-year anniversary of the series. Having many beloved fans, Dead Rising is most known for its extreme nature and de-bauchery.

Getting into the sports genre of video games, NHL 17 is the next ice hockey game simula-tor that made a release in North America on September 13. The 26th installment of the NHL franchise, 17 will feature more advanced team management and responsive gameplay during matches. NBA 17 was released on the 20th, and like the most recent previous installments of the franchise, will make sure to show the most realistic depiction of the National Basketball Asso-ciation. “I love playing the NBA games with my dad, because we’re both huge fans of basket-ball,” said Armani Arello.

ReCore, an action-adven-ture shooter, made its release on September 13, exclusively for Xbox One. Played around a third-person view, the game is based around Joule Adams, who uses her personal robotic com-panions to move around in the world, solving puzzles and rigor-ous combat. “The game certainly seems interesting; I’ll definitely give it a try,” said Danny Gomez.

Back to School Reflections BY ALEXIS BROTONS, HEYDY CHAMIZO AND IVEL IZ DIAZ STAFF WRITERS

August 22nd marked the first day of the 2016-2017 school year. With summer vacation already in hindsight, the Doral Academy family waits in anticipation for what this fresh start will bring. Of course, students and teachers were not the only ones involved in the back to school process, there were other people who worked very hard in order to prepare. Since there were so many people involved with this long process, there were sure to be a wide variety of opinions in regards to it.

Going back to school brings many feelings to everyone. While summer vacation is sure to be missed, the beginning of the new school year is definitely a reason to cause excitement. From students being reunited with friends and peers to teachers meeting their pupils, the air at Doral Academy is filled with a different variety of emotions. Freshman Emily Usallan said, “I feel pretty nervous about entering ninth grade because everything I do from now is going to count towards my future.” Something that is very important to Doral students is a rigorous course schedule. This is emphasized as junior Alexandra Benitez pointed out, “Rigor is essential. The homework, the lectures and the exams not only expand your knowledge as a student, but help you grow as an individual as they expose you to new information and questions asked. The rigor isn’t (in any way, shape or form) your enemy-rather, your teacher.”

While the return to school brings a big change to students, it also affects teachers and administration. Even though some teachers have continued to teach the same subjects, several teachers have added new classes to teach. Foreign language teacher Patrizia Coco said, “...Teaching foreign language and culture is my passion and it is immensely rewarding, especially

when I see students who become fluent in the target language. Students who are multilingual have insight into another culture and once their eyes are opened to new perspectives, they can never go back.” Through-out the years, Doral teachers have lovingly welcomed their students and taken them under their wing and instruction.

Regardless of whether one is new or returning to Doral Academy, it is always a challenge going back to school. However, Principal Carlos Ferralls eases the anxiety with some very accommodating advice. His approach: enjoy your time. He also mentioned that “time does go fast.” While academics are extremely im-portant, it’s also crucial to not get overwhelmed. There is so much to do at this school, so getting involved adds to the overall feeling. Ferralls said, “The ultimate feeling is when you ask a kid how they feel about Doral Academy and they say how much they love the school and the experience.” Enjoying the entire school experi-ence is something seriously taken into account here. From the variety of sports and clubs offered, to the endless opportunities to provide service and volun-teer, there is always something to do in this school.

Returning to school is something that not all stu-dents were excited about, but Doral students looked forward to the prospect. The first week was definitely one of the most challenging, but the close-knit Doral Academy community powered through once again. With first thoughts from students and teachers as well as first hand advice from the principal, the school year is sure to be a great one! Go Firebirds!

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NFL KICKOFF: WATCH OUT FOR THESE PLAYERS BY KEVIN SOLER MICHAELL MARE STAFF WRITERS

THESE PLAYERS JUST COULD BE TH EX FACTORS FOR THEIR TEAMS, HOW BIG WILL THEIR IMPACT BE?

The NFL regular season has just begun, as fans all over the country sit down in front of their televisions waiting with excitement for Sundays filled with hard knocks and electrify-ing moments on the gridiron. While fans may be rooting for their home team with all their heart, here’s an in-depth look at which players to look out for, as they might just be that x-factor that can propel their team to the

players are looking to make a name for themselves this season. Miami Dolphins quarterback Ryan Tannehill needs to make his mark after the franchise has spent 77 million dollars on his contract with 45 million dollars guaranteed with an 11.5 mil-lion dollar signing bonus. Tan-nehill threw for 4,208 yards with 24 touchdowns last season, but threw 12 interceptions and was sacked 45 times, numbers that the Dolphins want to see Tan-nehill improve upon. He threw 16 completions on 29 attempts gaining 186 yards through the air for the Dolphins’ only touch-down of the game against the Seattle Seahawks. Former Ohio State quarterback and now Cleveland Browns wide receiver Terrell Pryor is looking to make a tremendous impact on the Browns offense with his versa-tility and athleticism, and pos-sibly becoming a key option on the passing attack. Pryor caught three passes for 68 yards in his first game of the season against the Philadelphia Eagles, and could do much more for the Browns offense.

With so much talent emerg-ing this season in the NFL, this season looks to be a memorable one for fans and players, with lots of history to be written over the year.

playoffs, maybe even the Super Bowl.

According to NFL.com, Jared Goff seems to be a top talent who can really give the Los An-geles Rams the success they have been looking for. After finishing 29th in passing yards last season, Goff gives the Rams a glimmer of hope. A slow start against the Dallas Cowboys did not deter Goff from demonstrat-ing his true talent in the next game. In his preseason game against the Kansas City Chiefs, Goff threw eight completions with 12 attempts for 82 yards, one touchdown, and increased his quarterback rating from a subpar 17.1, to 113.9. Despite not starting in week one against the San Francisco 49ers, Goff is still developing and shows lots of potential to be the franchise quarterback for the Rams.

Dallas Cowboys running back Ezekiel Elliott looks like he will help the Cowboys offense flour-ish in his rookie season. Elliott has been regarded as a com-plete running back. He may not be the fastest player the NFL has seen, he has enough speed to make plays, along with ex-

cellent blocking and receiving skills. Elliott averaged an impres-sive 6.9 yards per carry in a pre-season game against the Seattle Seahawks which is one of the best run defenses in the entire league. Elliott carried on the suc-cess rushing for 51 yards on 20 carries and a touchdown in his first regular season game against the New York Giants. Quarter-back Dak Prescott is also going to play a big time roll 7.9with 25 completions on 45 attempts in his first showing for the Cow-boys, leaving the Cowboys with an optimistic outlook for these two talented rookies.

Aside from the rookies, veteran

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The new soccer season has begun and this year is set to be an exciting one. With all the new transfers and new coaches, the level of competition in each of the top leagues will be higher than ever. Manchester United went from a mediocre squad to a favorite to win the league with new signings, Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Paul Pogba. Meanwhile in Spain, it’s likely the competition will continue to be a three horse race between Barcelona, Atletico Madrid and Real Madrid. When asked who

would win the league, Junior, Miguel Castillo said, “Real Madrid will be Champions this year because they have the best player, Cristiano Ronaldo.” In Italy the favorites continue to be Juventus. Even with the sale of Paul Pogba for $120,000,000 dollars, their squad continues to be at top level. Additionally, the reigning champion of France is likely to repeat as champions, even with the departure of Zlatan Ibrahimovic. Lastly in Germany, just as in the previous five years, the

only team likely to have a chance to take the throne from Bayern Munich is Borussia Dortmund. Although Dortmund’s best defender, Mats Hummels, chose to leave Dortmund for Munich, Dortmund have brought in top level talents like Andre Schurrle and Mario Gotze. Ultimately, the world’s most popular club competition, the Champions League doesn’t have one favorite to win it all, it has several. The Champions League final often attracts up to 300 million viewers worldwide.

The Champions league is a competition where the top-division European clubs participate so one team can emerge as the champion of champions. Last year the competition was won by Spanish side, Real Madrid. It’ll be very difficult for them to repeat because they will likely have to compete with top class sides like Barcelona, Bayern Munich and Paris Saint Germain. Junior Mateo Calvo believes Barcelona will be crowned champions this year, “They have the best attacking force in the world, and the

best player in the world, Messi, so this year, we’ll be champions again.”

THE 2016 SOCCER SEASON BEGINSBY GIANLUCCA ROSSI STAFF WRITER

This season will be one to remember.

German midfielder Mario Gotze returns to his former club, Borussia Dortmund.

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Paul Pogba returns to his former club, Manchester Untied.

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The Barcelona Trio, Messi, Suarez and Neymar celebrate a goal.

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German Champions, Bayern Munich, celebrates the league title.


By Andres Arias Staff Writer

The NBA offseason went into full swing back at the be-ginning of July, following the Cleveland Cavaliers’ historic NBA Finals victory and the ex-citing NBA Draft. Memorable transactions during this pe-riod came in the form of three blockbuster deals. Firstly, Miami Heat shooting guard Dwyane Wade departed the sunny shores of South Beach to join the Chicago Bulls, sign-ing a two-year, $47 million deal. Wade spent thirteen seasons in Miami and has three championship rings. “I have never forgotten where I came from and I am thank-ful to have an opportunity to play for the team that first fueled my love of the game,” the veteran shooting guard detailed in a statement to the Associated Press.

A short time before Wade inked his deal, Oklahoma City Thunder superstar small for-ward Kevin Durant joined the Golden State Warriors, sign-ing a two-year, $54.3 million contract. Durant, a seven-time All-Star and the 2014 MVP, also spent the entirety of his career to this point with

the Thunder. “...I am also at a point in my life where it is of equal importance to find an opportunity that encourages my evolution as a man: mov-ing out of my comfort zone to a new city and community which offers the greatest po-tential for my contribution and personal growth,” Durant outlined in a post to The Play-ers’ Tribune.

The third landmark deal that made headlines (and which came earlier than Durant and Wade’s commitments) was that of center Dwight How-ard, who signed a three-year, $70.5 million deal with the At-lanta Hawks. In signing with the Hawks, Howard, an eight-time All-Star, returns to his hometown. “I am humbled and honored to be an At-lanta Hawk and to represent our city. This opportunity is a dream come true and a blessing for me and my fam-ily,” Howard said in an official statement. “I look forward to pouring my heart out every night for this city, my team-mates and the fans.”

There were also a number of noteworthy under-the-radar transactions during the offseason, such as Arron Af-flalo’s two-year, $25 million

deal with the Sacramento Kings, Matthew Dellavedova’s four-year, $38 million deal with the Milwaukee Bucks and Jared Dudley’s three-year $30 million deal that has him returning to the Phoenix Suns after spending five seasons there at one point.

Then, of course, there are several must-see games on the calendar this season, including a Christmas Day NBA Finals rematch between Cleveland and Golden State, Dwyane Wade’s return to Mi-ami with Chicago, and the promising Timberwolves’ matchup with the Pelicans in November. The retirements of San Antonio Spurs power

forward/center Tim Duncan and Los Angeles Lakers shoot-ing guard Kobe Bryant also left their marks on the league, as the Spurs, Lakers and sev-eral other organizations made moves to compensate for their absence. In general, the futures of the Spurs and Lakers are bright, however, with both teams only look-ing up from this point. San Antonio will now, more than ever, build around top talent Kawhi Leonard and LaMarcus Aldridge, and Los Angeles has profited from Bryant’s retire-ment while remaining an en-ticing bet for free agents.

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SIMONE BILES SOARS AS SHE BECOMES AN INTERNATIONAL PHENOM WITH HER FIVE MEDALS IN HER FIRST OLYMPIC GAMES AT RIO .

said, “The United States came out very successful and I was impressed with every athlete’s performance.” Despite all the success that came for the United States, much controversy arose for Brazil. Between crimes and green pools, the Olympics were not the same. Athletes were not safe and put at risk. The Olympic swimming pool used for the diving and synchronized swimming events turned green. Officials claimed that they had run out of chemicals and were unable to clean the pools. Shortly before the Synchronized Swimming event began, the pools were cleaned because it was necessary for the athletes to see each other underwater while performing. Other issues included was some of the Olympic swimmers claiming to be held at gunpoint, only to soon find out that the stories were false accusations. Senior Carolina Camarda said, “It is a shame to see that an event like the Olympics had so many issues. Overall, XXXI Olympiad brought the world together to celebrate. It closed by passing the Olympics torch to Japan which will host the XXXII Olympiad in 2020 at Tokyo.

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August 5 marked the XXXI Olympiad in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Over 200 teams participated and many came out victorious. As a whole, the United States was the most successful in the games coming out with 121 medals, 46 of those being gold. Following the United States are Great Britain with 27 gold and China with 26 gold. Of the 46 golds, four of those were brought home by the Women’s Gymnastics team. Simone Biles was the first woman to win four gold medals at a single Olympics and even went on to win a bronze medal. For his final Olympics, Michael Phelps came home with six medals, five gold and one silver. Senior Stephanie Acosta

By Kristyanne Cabrera and Andres Taquechel Co-Editors in Chief

nbcolympics.comOpening Ceremony at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

accesshollywood.com 5-time Olympian Michael Phelps in what could be his last Olympic games

usatoday.nigeriannation.comUsain Bolt of Jamaica won his third consecutive 100m Gold.

silverfmgh.comUSA Men's Basketball team who went on to win Gold.

eonline.comBeach Volleyball Bronze Medalist Kerri Walsh-Jennings.


By Brian Levy Staff Writer

The Doral Acad-emy Philosophy Club has just re-turned for its sec-ond year as the school’s leading source of critical and provocative thought. Since its nascent days, when the club was nothing more than a roughly pieced together group of fledgling thinkers, it has burgeoned into a community of amateur intel-lectuals thriving in an environment where they lead the discussion by asking the ques-tions they want to be asked—the questions that need to be asked. From

ethics to logic, the club explores the

expanse of knowl-edge through criti-cal thought and discussion. All of these lofty words and descriptions may just appear to be finicky but one must only spend half an hour in room 214A to understand. Every Wednesday the members gather to hash out the latest and most burning ideas. Mr. Michael

Muniz, club spon-sor, is a published author and recipi-ent of a Master in Philosophy de-gree. He previously taught critical thinking classes before beginning his professional philosophical ca-reer. The subject

is more than just a hobby for him, he has a passion for thinking and knowledge that is desperately sought-after in to-day’s rapidly shift-ing world. Muniz is filled

with joy to see the philosophical com-munity growing at Doral. It had al-ways been a dream to bring students closer to the won-ders of thought and discourse. “The Philosophy Club here at Doral is a worthwhile expe-rience that brings

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with it a great degree of intro-spection at the personal level and sharpens discus-sion skills,” said An-dres Arias. This is a sentiment shared by many of the ini-tiated. The sharing

of profound ideas is itself a personal and intimate ex-perience. Students express the way they view the world and how they choose to live in it. Constantly ex-posed to an envi-ronment of reflec-tion and critique the club members find themselves re-juvenated instead of ridiculed. Students are

judged by the merit of their rea-soning not by their unsupported opinions. Club

President Santiago Arias, begins each meeting with an intro into the topic of the day and then breaks the club up into a the discus-sion format and the rhetoric begins. Every student from across cultural and ideological lines is free to share and defend their ideas. It is not just

some haughty and arrogant talk about ideas that do not matter. It is not a group of kids shouting about petty opinions of no consequence. Nor will you find a single meeting that merely falls to the side because it could not prove its worth. This is where one can be at ease with life’s most daring ques-tions.

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SANTIAGO ARIAS TAKES THE HELM THIS YEAR AND LEADS STUDENTS THROUGH THE DIS-CUSSIONS

STUDENTS ARE DRAWN TO THE CLUB’S CONSTANT FLOW OF IDEAS AND THE FREEDOM IT PROVIDES TO EXPRESS WORLD VIEWS


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Rouge One’s leading role played by Felicity Jones.

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Frozen 2’s rumored movie poster.

Rogue OneThe new Star Wars story had a trailer released giving a sneak peak of the famous Darth Vader making an appear-ance, and it’s all fans can talk about.There have been many critiques caus-ing controversy on Disney taking over Star Wars, but after the success of Star Wars: The Force Awakens fans have been counting down the days to watch it. The release date is December 16. “As a Star Wars fan I am so excited for the new movie, I’ve watched all the trailers and

YOUR GUIDETO NEW DISNEY MOVIES

Moana Moana is a new film from Disney about a teenage girl go-ing on an adventure looking for an island in the vast Pacific. This move is creat-ing a debate on social media since it’s a mainstream animated Disney film yet about people of color. Disney used these actors to represent the culture of the film and people are arguing that is not traditional Dis-ney style. “I like the controversy of such a positive thing, people need to give attention to the people of color in the movie business,” said junior Carlos Bustamante. Disney has taken over the industry with all the films that they will be releasing.

UPCOMING PREMIERES FOR LATE 2016 AND EARLY 2017.BY F IORELLA ALDUNATE

Beauty and the Beast Disney’s beauty and the beast is making a comeback in real life. The film is a live action remake of the ani-mated beauty and the beast in 1991 a true Disney classic. Beauty and the beast is a romantic fantasy be-tween a town girl Belle and a Beast who lives in the darkest part of town in his castle, Belle is taken prisoner by the beast after she wanders off into his home and befriends the castle’s staff and is able to look beyond the beast and fall in love. Its release date is March 17,2017 star-ring Emma Watson, Dan Stevens, Luke Evans, Kevin Kline and Josh Gad. Fans are dy-

Frozen 2 Frozen 2’s release date has been rumored to be postponed so many times.

It has been rumored that the film will not be a sequel to famous original movie, but it will introduce new characters.

“I am disappointed the franchise is not bringing back Olaf or Elsa,” said junior Mateo Calvo. Reports show the film will still be about a prince trying to find his princess.

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Beauty and the beast movie poster.

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ing to watch the real life remake because it’s a blast from the past.

screenshots of the film,” said junior Aus-tin Ford.

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Carlson filed the lawsuit in New Jersey Superior Court, and one of the things she clamied is that Ailes “unlawfully retali-ated against Carlson and sabotaged her career because she refused his sexual advances and complained about severe and pervasive sexual harassment.” By Jade Geske Sol Pena Staff Writers

Fox News settled a lawsuit that could affect their reputation. For-mer broadcaster Gretchen Carlson filed a sexual harassment lawsuit against Roger Ailes, former Fox News CEO. This is not the only ac-cusation toward Ailes. More than two dozen women have come forward to accuse Ailes of sexual harassment in the past. Carlson, a 50- year old former Miss America was the classic Fox anchor: blonde, right-winged, highly intellectual. It started when Ailes made re-marks to her about her body, and

proceeded to suggest she wear tight- fitting outfits after she joined the network in 2005. Carlson is an Oxford and Stanford- educated feminist, and these suggestions of-fended her. She continues to ignore him, but eventually he pushed her too far. Carlson complained to her boss about Steve Doocy, and Ailes responded, saying that she was a “man hater” who “needs to get along with boys.”

Ailes was persistent with his inap-propriate comments to women in private meetings and asked them to twirl around so that he could examine their figures, as well as sexual favors. He was extremely

paranoid about this coming out, so he had vast security and workers who were extremely loyal to him. He monitored his employee phone calls and emails. No one dared to come forward, but Carlson was determined, and recorded Ailes’ ac-tions. She sued him on July 6, and brought forth at least twenty other women who said that Ailes had harassed them during their time at Fox News. Although Carlson didn’t name Fox or 21st Century Fox as her defendants, 21st Century Fox will bear the entire cost of the $20 million settlement. Although he still denies all allegations of sexual harassment, he resigned from Fox News in July.

Gretchel Carlson , former Miss America, filed a lawsuit against Ailes.

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Dog reelected mayor in

Minnesota Cormorant, a small

town in Minnesota, was proud to announce that their top choice, Duke the Great Pyrenees, won yet another term as mayor. The nine-year-old canine was first elected in 2014 when he ran against local store owner Richard Sherbrook, and won. People outside this quirky town were baffled when finding out that the human contenders failed to get even half as many votes as Duke. “I don’t know who would run against him because he’s done such great things for the community,” Cormo-rant resident Karen Nelson told the tabloids. Although Duke’s win is making a lot of noise, he is not the first ani-mal to be elected into office. A similar case was taken up when a cat in Alaska ran for mayor in 1997, won, and managed to win every elec-tion held to this day.

Search underway for biter An altercation in a local

bar led to a man biting the bartender’s finger off. The in-cident occurred in San Fran-cisco at night, after the bar had closed. The suspect was said to be heavily intoxicated when he left the bar. Shortly after it closed, he attempted to get back inside. This is when the bartender tried to stop him. After a short con-flict, the suspect proceeded

to a small window and tried to once again make his way into the bar. For a second time the bartender confront-ed him and that is when the suspect began to get ag-gressive. Once taken to the hospital, the bartender was treated for an amputated finger, swollen eyes and bruises located in his head. Police in the San Francisco area are still searching for the suspect and have yet to find him.

No one shows up to woman’s funeral, so strang-ers attend

At the age of 83, Fran-cine Stein died of unknown causes. Days later her fu-neral was held but it wasn’t your average funeral. The service consisted of 30 people, or better said, 30 strangers. Rabbi Elchanan Weinbach, who was in charge of the graveside service said, “The funeral director told me, ‘This is the easiest funeral you’re ever going to do,’ The idea of a woman dying alone, as I thought about it, went from being the easiest funeral to a very difficult one. It just seemed so sad.” After be-ing told about the circum-stances, Weinbach told his daughter, who went on to post about it on Facebook. The post was shared several times and in the end only 30 people showed up. One of the women who worked at one of Stein’s previous resi-dencies, Gwendolyn Curry, said in tears, “I would have gone. A whole lot of people

here would have gone. Ev-eryone loved her. She had a beautiful personality. She was a beautiful person in and out.”

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Carlson with co-host Steve Doocy.

By Luciana Wesslossky Staff Writer


Yearbooks are now on sale, but planning and designing of the 2016-2017 yearbook has been in the works for about two years now.

A four year member of newspaper, Kristyanne Cabrera along with Andres Taquechel, co-editor in chief, has been in journalism since she was in middle school and has worked hard for this moment. She said, “Being a part of yearbook for the past two years has been a great experience. The staff has grown so much since I started. It is a great honor to be considered and chosen as one of the co-editors for my senior yearbook and I hope everyone loves the yearbook as much as I did making it.” Cabrera developed the theme and concept.

Carolina Aurrecoechea is section editor for the Sports aspect of the yearbook. “I have had the great honor

of being a part of the yearbook and seen all of us grow into who we are today. Most of us have been with Ms. Kononoff since middle school and have created an unbreakable bond and have dealt with each other in the good and the bad days,” she said.

Anuar Aly, the technologic master-mind behind a new interactive idea, has also been with Kononoff since middle school, on newspaper, and just recently joined the yearbook staff. His passion for journalism and creativity does not stop there, he is also a part of the television production program. It is amazing to see all of his imagination and creativity come to life. Aura-sma, the cool newest feature to the yearbook, is a free app you can now download for iOS and Android mo-bile devices. This application’s image recognition may recognize real world

Yearbook uses new technologyimages and relay them back to 3D models, as well as web pages depend-ing on the content of the picture. In the yearbook, it is likely that image may have a footnote identifying it as “aurasmafied,” meaning the image is compatible with this photo.

Last year, the yearbook staff sold over 750 books and this year has set a new goal. The staff would like to reach a total of 1000 book sales this year. They are anticipating this year’s book will be out by May and you can pre-order yours now for a reduced cost of $75.Get it while you can before the price goes up or they are sold out. Also, do not forget dedication pages and ad pages are on sale too and can all be purchased in Kononoff’s class-room in the middle school “MEDA” room.

The School Board of Miami-Dade County, Florida adheres to a policy of nondiscrimina-tion 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 em-ployment 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 dis-crimination on the basis ofage with respect to individuals who are at least 40.The Equal Pay Act of 1963 as amended - pro-hibits 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 accom-modations 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 discriminationbecause of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, handicap, or marital status.Title II of the Genetic Information Nondis-crimination 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 ac-cess 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 affili-ated 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 discrimi-nation 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, pregnancy, and any other legally prohibited basis.Retaliation for engaging in a protected activ-ity is also prohibited.

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