BY VANNY CAHOTech Pep Reporter

Who can believe that the new school year of09-10 has already started its circle? And what woulda new school year be without homecoming atBenson High School?

This year it was held on October 16. Startingwith spirit week, we had Monday as Multiplicityday, Tuesday students came to school looking likea hot mess, Wednesday where neon was every-where, Thursday was Micheal Jackson Tribute day,and of course Friday students represented their classby wearing their class colors!

Friday was also the official homecoming date;including all of its generative school spirit events.Most Benson students agreed that his year’s peprally was a great kick off to the year.

“It was crackin!” Victor Trinh, Junior, exclaims.“AWESOME!” Ben Linsey sums up when he

remembers the rally.Let’s not forget to congratulate the homecom-

ing princes, princess, and our queen and king, FanaHabtemariam and Justin Johnson.

The fun continued throughout the day at schooland onto the field at Cleveland High school.

Tension stirred in the halls of Benson HighSchool before the game, and some students weredoubtful of their own Benson football team, butthen the final score turned out to be 46 to 0! Gabe

Jenks senior captain of the football team, wasvery proud when he expressed, “we havebeen exhausted to where we needto be.”

Senior Micheal Meza, number 75 on thefootball team likewise felt spirited and said,“We won and it was a good warm up game fornext week. The offensive line did a great joband Freddy rushed for like 250 yards!”

Most students were not surprised but theydefinitely found them impressive.

“The football game was good — WESMASHED!” Thanhna Chao, freshman atBenson, said with two thumbs up.

And to wrap up the evening of the beginningof a new year, some students “chilled in the coatcheck area for most of the time,” like Tomas Patlan,senior.

Other students enjoyed most of what they couldof at the dance. Laura Ramirez, junior, admits, “itwas hard to top the pep rally.”

One thing Sarina Ton, senior, can positivelysay is “the crowd was a good turn out.”

With a great start to the new year, Benson’sschool spirit is definitely defined. Having exhila-rated his school spirit and energy for the rest ofthis year, Viet Phan, junior, says this homecom-ingwas “Fan-freaking-tastic!”

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Spirit week ‘awesome’TECH GOES CRAZY—Benson students show their spirit during Homecoming week and at the Oct. 16 assembly.

What the Heck is S.E.I.?BY OLIVIA TIDWELLTech Pep ReporterTheir open door sits across the hallway from the Vice Principal’soffice and commotion flurries as students enter and exit the room,an all-day affair. Yet, if asked, the majority of our fellow Techstersand Techmen would tell you they have little clue as to what S.E.I.really is or even what it stands for.

It became a part of the asylum that is Benson high about twoyears ago. S.E.I. (Self Enhancement Incorporation), was foundedin 1981 by Tony Hopson and has thus shone a positive light onPortland’s youth ever since. The headquarters of the associationcan be found at 2930 N. Kerby Ave, although they have a relevantpresence in 46 schools throughout the Multnomah County areawith coordinators at hand in each school.

One of our coordinators, Mr. McCarthy, had this to say whenasked what he wanted Benson to know about S.E.I.

“We are here to support students and staff. Our main priorityis to see the student become successful in the class rooms andbeing Benson graduates ourselves, we are very passionate aboutour work here.”

The year-round program follows students through their schooland post-school life starting at the child’s 2nd grade year. S.E.I. hasa 90% success rate, and along with providing moral guidanceand principals making it possible for children to overcome nega-tive barriers (such as poverty, family substance abuse, gang in-volvement, absent parents, low academic achievement, etc.) andenabling them to realize their full potential, they also provide aselect few college bound students with scholarships thus settingthem on the right track to becoming optimistic, contributing citi-zens.

They commend and reward academic excellence and providehands on experience according to each students future career as-pirations and goals. For more information about what S.E.I. doesfor the community and for Benson, see JD, Shanese or Mr.McCarthy in the S.E.I. room. Remember, the door is always open.

Great Success For The Fall Blood DriveRACHEL BENJAMINTech Pep Reporter

We’ve all seen the posters hung up on the walls around school,reminding us to donate blood. Thanks to all those who remem-bered and participated, we had a great turn out at this falls blooddrive. This is a great accomplishment for Benson’s students and staff.

While in the blood drive, I asked a potential donator why theywere giving blood;

“Because I want to be able to know that I saved a life.” I also askeda person who had already donated how they felt afterwards, theysaid “it didn’t hurt all that bad, the iron check hurt more than theactual blood drawing.”

Knowing that you were able to save a life is a good feeling to have,and because of the great success, many of our fellow students andstaff will be able to enjoy that feeling. Because of all the blooddonated,ninety-one units of blood was collected which means upto two-hundred seventy-three lives will be saved in the Pacific North-west Hospitals. What a success!

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PHILIP MELSONTech Pep Reporter

Students this year will behappy to know that transporta-tion to school will not be a prob-lem for most.

Thanks to TriMet’s generosity,every student’s ID card includesa TriMet logo which is redeem-able for free bus rides. The passis valid on TriMet buses, MAX,and WES from September 1,2009 through June 30, 2010.

When riding TriMet vehicles,student must follow 5 simplerules. They must remember tomove for seniors and peoplewith disabilities in the priorityseating area, and be courteous tothe operator and other riders.

They must converse in normaltones so as not to disturb others,keep aisles and doors clear, andkeep food and drinks in closedcontainers. Failure to follow rulesmy result in the loss of TriMetriding privileges. Have fun onTriMet!

Travelingacross townnow easierwith pass

Upcoming events around PortlandSANDRA VANTech Pep Editor

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of Fantasy7:30pmHawthorne TheatreNeedtobreathe, Serena Ryder,

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Makeover Live!1:00pmDisney on Ice Presents Worlds

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Regiment 26, All I Ask, BurningTwilight, City Asleep

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Students hit up summer hotspotsBRYCE HOWELLTech Pep Reporter

Many students had great ex-periences this summer and en-joyed their time away from thehallways, unless, of course, youwere stuck in summer school.In that case you were still un-fortunately here. Bummer.

Many of us stayed here inPortland for vacation, althoughif you were like seniorEsperanza Rendon, you werecatching rays and cooling off ata locally known swimming

hole known as “High Rocks.”“It was great place to go

when it was hot and I had a lotof fun there,” said Rendon.“There was this 20-foot cliff youcould jump off of. Even littlekids were doing it!”

While that was fun, others ofus were tired of the familiarscenes and had to get out of thestate.

“I visited my family in L.A.It was cool,” EJ Akins exclaimed“Things down there are way dif-ferent there than here.”

Akins didn’t just visit sunny

SAMUEL TSEHAINEHTech Pep Reporter

This is just one of many clubsthat you could join to have funafter school. There are a wide va-riety of clubs to join at Benson.Joining a club at Benson makesyou involved in your school.

Sandra Van, junior at Benson,thinks snowboarding is a reallyfun sport to try in Benson. Shewould recommend it to anyonewho is looking for a good timeor wants to try something new.In snowboarding club you go upto the mountains every Thursdayto snow board and have a funtime. You also go to competitionsagainst other schools.

The more people weget involved the stronger of aschool we can get. This will bethe official list of the clubs avail-able this year

African American AwarenessArt with GromkoBATS with LawsonChess with MeoGay Straight Alliance with

Maggie ParkerHispanic with RubioMath with MeoMESA with SmithOcean Bowl with Eames &

PellicoPeer mentor with MeyerScience bowl with Eames &

PellicoSkate with MyletSnowboarding TBARed Cross with CalliesNation Honors Society with

WhitmoreAsian American TBARobotics TBAArts & Crafts with Wong &

Slaughter There will be an official date

set out for all these clubs sometime soon. You can check thebulletin or the office for the datesif available.

plains of California.He alsowent to Arizona and Nevada.

“I saw the Grand Canyon. Itwas the deepest hole I have everseen in my life — it looked bot-tomless. I also went to Las Ve-gas and stayed on the the stripin the Jockey Club hotel. It wasnice.”

It’s pretty hard to top the funin California, but going to theother side of the globe is not sobad, either. Senior Nycole Grif-fin spent part of her summer inRome.

“Because I was one of the top

five fastest people in my agegroup in the nation,” she said,“I was invited to represent theU.S. in the Junior World Olym-pics. My team stayed at a five-star hotel and the whole eventwas set up as if it was really theOlympics, just on a lowerscale.”

It seems that our Benson stu-dents were having a blast thispast summer and hopefully thenext summer will be just asgood.

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Studentsshowamazinginterestin schoolinvolvment

BY PHILIP MELSONTech Pep Reporter

With the vast popularity of the Xbox 360, Sony, the creator ofthe Playstation 3 (PS3), has been forced to drop prices again.Sony received lackluster sales on the original release date of thePS3 in 2006. The PS3’s original price was $600, and consumerscontinued to migrate to cheaper alternatives like the “Xbox 360”or “Nintendo Wii.” Sony was forced to drop the price of theirPS3 to $400 and sales were only up for a brief amount of time. Arecent interview was done with Senior, Philip Melson, opinionson the price drops and each console:

ESPERANZA RENDONTech Pep Reporter

As summertime becomes a thing of the past,tans fade, vacations end, and school becomes apartof your every day routine. What can possibly befun about that? Back to school shopping, of course!Everyone wants to be fashion savvy and look niceon the first day of school. Students all over townfill the local malls and downtown stores to findthe best buys, the cutest clothes, and the freshestshoes.

As you shop, make sure to look out for thesekey items; knee high boots, leggings, and cardigans.With these three items, possibilities are endless, andyou are sure to turn heads. Leggings can make youlook fabulous in an instant, whether or not they’repaired with a loose v- neck T shirt for a cute, butcomfortable look, or under a loose, lacy tunic fora more put together sophisticated look, you arebound to look fashion forward. The safest way togo is black leggings, but for those fashion dare dev-ils, there are colored leggings too.

It’s fall time, which means that it is finally timeto put away the colored flip flops and bring outthe boots. Boots can be worn with skinny jeans,skirts or even those fabulous black leggings. As ofright now, boots are high up on the must have list,not only that, but they are high up the leg, stop-ping at the knee. These boots are not only highlycute, but they provide extra coverage for those chilly,windy fall days ahead.

Cardigans, cute, can go with anything…Theylook flirty with a cute dress, and sophisticated witha lace tank top and jeans. Cardigans come in manystyles, long, short, thin and thicker fabrics,colorscan vary too. Speaking of colors, look out for thesecolors during the fall; deep plum, teal, and femi-nine pink.

BY EJ AKINSTech Pep Reporter“Hell Naw ain’t no way.”“Whats Wrong?”“Man he den stepped on my Jay’s.””Stepped on my Jays! He den steppedon my Jay’s! I Cant Believe This S—t. He den stepped on my Jay’s!”

The lyrics from the 2008 smash hit single “Stepped on My Jay”by Nelly, featuring Ciara and Jermaine Dupri, expresses the feel-ing of many sneaker heads and anyone else who can relate. Toomany people, shoes are much more than a bunch of fabric andmaterial molded together. Shoe are becoming more than just asections in a store, to some its the entrance into a sneaker heavenworld.

I’ve witnessed some incidences the worst tempers are exhib-ited. For example a not so pleasant incident with a sneaker-headmight start like this,

“What the f—k, you just scuffed my jays”, “My bad““What do you mean my bad? , these are 300 limited edition

shoes you gonna pay for them”, “To it wasn’t on purpose. They’re just shoes, who cares?”. In many situation it ends just with tension, in others it might

not be a big deal the person might be sympathetic , but in somecases, rare cases a fight might break out, yes a fight over shoes. !’vepersonally witnessed a fight over shoes. But why? They’re just shoesright? Wrong.

Raised as a breathing Nike mannequin, from my strong fam-ily connection with Nike, I’ve single handedly witnessed thesneaker-head generation evolve , or so I thought. What is a sneaker-head you ask? Sneaker head is described fromurbandictionary.com as “A person who collects limited, rare, OG,or flat-out exclusive kicks.”

There are many sources of information dedicated and devotedto informing people on the release date, status and backgroundinformation on each and every rare shoe.

Many people don’t understand why someone would spendthe night outside of a store just to spend $300 on a shoe theymight not ever wear. I’ve spoken with a few sneaker-heads, theirassociates and some elders to try and fully understand and diag-nose what makes these shoes so special.

To understand the origin of the “sneaker-head,” we has a fewof our students.

“Sneaker-heads have been around since I can remember andprobably before I was born,” senior Adam Waritu said.

Senior Bryce Howell explains, “Since the 40’s and 50’s peoplehave been collecting and competing since shoes have beenaround.”

Both of these statements are true: Sneaker-heads have beenaround for a long time from the alligator dress shoe to today’sJordan’s.

But why are people so intrigued by shoes? And what makesthese shoes so rare? Is it as simple as the label on the box, or is itmore?

“It’s more the shoes are rare because not a lot of people havethem and people want them, so they bid for them making theshoe value go up.” Says Bryce Howell, Senior At Benson.

Does the brand of the shoe matter?“Yeah, the brand does matter. Everyone wants the J’s and Forces.

Those are the tightest shoes.”Why shoes, what do shoes do for the outfit , what do shoes do

for the person?“Because if you don’t have the shoes to match the outfit the

outfit wont be complete. Basically the shoe complements the outfit, it’s the icing one the cake!”

Howell understands why sneaker-heads are they way they arebut other students at Benson don’t understand or don’t agree.

Sophomore Diadira Pedro Xuncax thinks people shouldn’tspend over 50 dollars on shoes . I asked her why does she thinkshoes aren’t worth more than 50 dollars?

“Because you can spend more money on things that matterlike helping others by donating to charity.” She said shoes docomplement the outfit but those are people who care what theythink about themselves and what others think about them.

I guess the best way to answer the question of why sneaker-heads are the way they are will always depends on the individualperson. Some are basically born into the way of a sneaker-head,others develop there love of the shoe from first sight. There aremany opinions of a sneaker-head. One fact I’ve uncovered while writing this story is to not ever, stepon a sneaker heads shoe!

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What to wearas the leaves fall

So whether or not you are walking down therunway(otherwise known as the hallway), or go-ing to a movie with friends, make sure you havethese fall must haves, I promise your closet willthank you.

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Which do you want more: Xbox 360 or PS3?I barely played Playstation 3 - I really don’t likethe controller. I like Xbox more.

Why the Xbox more?

Well it just feels right when I play it, I feel like aman when I’m playing it, and I don’t feel likean immature, little kid; even though I act like areally immature, little kid when I mess withpeople on Xbox Live - I make them cry.

You told me your Xbox 360 broke, would youconsider buying another, or would you go forthe PS3 this time around?

At this point I would want to try and get myXbox repaired, but I would still buy an Xbox360.

Why don’t you like Playstation?

There comes a time in every man’s life when herealizes he has to choose a side, and I choseXbox, and now I will hate on PS3 no matterhow nice it is, which it isn’t.

Are you satisfied with the service you pay forwith “Xbox live?”

As a matter of fact I am satisfied, for I think thata service that is free would not be as eloquent asa service you pay for. It’s just like paying taxes; ifyou don’t pay them, you get terrible roads. WithPlaystation, since you don’t pay for anything, itsucks.

Have you ever tried the Playstation 3 and if youhave, how was your experience?

Yes I have tried Playstation 3 on one occasion, Iplayed ‘Resident Evil: 5,’ the controls on it werepretty nice.

Regardless of Philip’s opinion, both systemsare now $300, the decision is now to the con-sumer on which to buy. Sony has seen majorsale increases since the price drop, actually out-selling the Xbox 360 the first week both com-panies (Microsoft and Sony) dropped theirprices to $300.

Inside the worldof Sneaker Heads

VANNY CHAOTech Pep Reporter

The world in construction atBenson Polytechnic High Schoolallows students to learn buildingskills through books and ofcourse, hands on skills. This classteaches you what you need toknow on different levels. In theworkshop, they mainly work oncarpentry skills and the Bensonstudents are currently workingon a project called the JointProject. So is it dangerous or fun?Risky or easy? For the delicate orthe well-built? Diana Chan, se-nior and Construction major atBenson tells her story.

Considering herself, as she isAsian, Diana was originally inthe Health Occupations major.After realizing the medical fieldwas not for her, she explains;

“You have to break outthrough your barrier and trysomething new, or you will neverdiscover anything.” Dianawanted to do something sheknew she was not good at.

Getting out of her comfortzone and into Construction, shegrew to like the class. Thoughgetting “hurt so many times” andproclaiming, “this class is justlike hell for me,” Diana admits,“I like the respect of being awomen in construction.”

And than the crisis occurred.It happened to her last year, as ajunior. Never really using thetable saw with a direct guidance,Chad Deem was over looking herwhen the incident took place.Having forgotten to lock thefence, no pressure kept the fencefrom sliding and the big piece ofwood flung back at her ribs andshe hit the ground. Waking upcrying two to three minutes afterher black out, Diana was helpedto the nurse and than taken

home. The next day, she went to the

doctors and was informed thatshe did not break any bones, butdid damage soft tissue. Comingback from her recovery, Dianafaced the machine once again, “Iknow what I’m doing.”

Today, Diana Chan continuesto work in the shop with her belton straight and her head heldhigh. Her persistence and posi-tive and motivated spirit sup-ports her in becoming who sheis today. Without those qualities,would Diana have been chosenby an Assistant Director to betreated “just like a real worker.’

Over the summer, Diana wasable to work with the AndersonConstruction Company remod-

eling Adventist Hospital for eightweeks.

“[With] so many bosses, youhad to decide who to suck up toand who you don’t.” She admitsthat there are more codes, higherstandards, and “Everything’s justmore complicated,” but shelearned many more skills and itwas a good experience. “I got tosee what the real stuff is.”

Though expressing that she isnot built enough and that herbody will not be able to take somuch hard work for the rest ofher life, Diana Chan enjoys con-struction. With her actions shecontinues to prove a point. “Ifyou want respect, you have tofight for it.”

For future construction stu-

What’sthe dealwith TechTime?RACHEL BENJAMINTech Pep Reporter

From observingTechtime, many of thefreshman see tech time as acomplete waste of time.Little do they know,Techtime was created fortheir benefit. Techtime is forthose kids who don’t liketaking home books, or theones who are easily dis-tracted when it comes todoing homework at home,or those who need a littlemore help than otherswhen doing work.

In tech time, Freshmancan get the necessary helpon homework that theyneed to succeed, they arealso in a great working en-vironment where the men-tors are more than happy toanswer any questions theymay have. By the time techtime is over their work isdone and there are no heavybooks to take home.

Tech time is not onlywork, work, work; Techtimecan also be fun. Once everyweek, the mentors andmen-tees play games, whenthe men-tees participatethey are rewarded candyand this really gets them toappreciate tech time.

So, what’s the deal withtech time? The deal withtech time is to give the fresh-man a running start intohigh school, and make surethey have what they need toget through the first year.

French fries withTuna, Ketchup?!?

CONSTRUCTIONDiana Chan and Julie Diep working on a frame in Construction.

dents, Diana has a few words forthe wise. “You gotta learn leader-ship.” Both in the workshop andin the field, leadership skills arevital “or you’re not going to getanywhere,” Diana says. It is alsoimportant to know team work,but also how to be independent.She encourages not to be intimi-dated, knowing that everybodymakes mistakes. Another bit ofadvice, Diana pushes future stu-dents to “pay attention to thebook! It’s not just about makingit look nice.” It’s not about per-fection, showing off yourmuscles, or getting an easy A,Diana says “It’s about overcom-ing your fear, just keep trying.”

BY MARGARET TALEVMcClatchy NewspapersWASHINGTON (MCT) — President BarackObama on Wednesday signed the first majorpiece of federal gay rights legislation, a mile-stone that activists compared to the passage of1960s civil rights legislation empowering blacks.

The new law adds acts of violence against gay,lesbian, bisexual and transgender people to thelist of federal hate crimes. Gay rights activistsvoiced hope that the Obama administrationwould advance more issues, including legisla-tion to bar workplace discrimination, allowmilitary service and recognize same-sex mar-riages.

Congress passed the hate crimes protectionsas an unlikely amendment to this year's DefenseAuthorization Act. In a signing ceremony in theWhite House East Room, Obama said that thegay rights protections represented a "long-awaited change" that would protect people whoare victimized because of "who they love ... orwho they are."

Legislation barring firms from firing employ-ees on the basis of their sexual orientation couldwin passage in the House of Representatives byyear's end, gay rights advocates said. More thanhalf of U.S. states currently allow employers suchfreedom.

Obama has promised to push Congress to

repeal the military's "don't ask, don't tell" policythat prohibits being openly gay while serving.A Senate panel is expected to hold a hearing onthat issue next month, and legislation could bedebated next year.

Gay rights activists also hope for repeal nextyear of the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act, whichwould give federal legitimacy to gay marriagesrecorded in states that allow them.

The amendment signed into law Wednesdaywas named partly for Matthew Shepard, a 21-year-old student at the University of Wyomingwho died after a 1998 beating targeting himbecause he was gay, and whose parents wereinstrumental in leading the fight for such legis-lation. The law also was named for James ByrdJr., a black Texas man dragged to his death in aracially motivated killing the same year.

The measure also extends protections tothose attacked because of their gender or dis-ability.

Federal hate crimes law already covers race,religion and national origin. The new lawstrengthened it substantially, however, by re-moving a requirement that a victim must havebeen participating at the time of the assault insome federally protected activity, such as vot-ing, for it to apply.

Matthew Shepard's parents joined Obamafor the ceremony, as did the family of the lateSen. Edward Kennedy of Massachusetts, whountil his death in August was deeply involvedin pushing the legislation.

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Crisis In Construction

Obama signs first majorfederal gay rights law

VANNY CHAOTech Pep Reporter

Do you have a weirdfood combination?Many of us may admitwhat we all do. Butsome of us don’t. Someof us may call it nor-mal. Some of us maysay its totally whack!

Have you ever hadthe original french friesdipped in a milkshake?How about a peanutbutter and grilledcheese sandwich? Orchips on a chocolatedonuts?

Nicole Powell, ajunior a Benson HighSchool enjoys appleslices with peanut but-ter and maple syrup.

Or perhaps like Junior SandraVan, you snack on Doritos withcream cheese.

“I swear, I am the only personin my family that loves creamcheese so much.” She says, “Icould eat that stuff with any-thing!”

Junior Shawn Chan on theother hand, takes satisfaction inCheetos with his strawberry shortcake.

“Yum,” He says, “It makes itcrunchy, with a bit of a cheesytaste.”

This just goes to show, that weare all individuals and our ownopinions. Whether it be ordinary,sweet, healthy, or just plain gross,all of us have a weird foodcombo that makes us unique.And if you don’t, go throughyour kitchen and put somethingtogether! You never know whatmight be the new frosty fry.

Law named for university student whowas beaten to death because he was gay

Reviews With Tomas PatlanTOMAS PATLAN

“Paranormal Activity”scariest movie of year

TOMAS PATLANTech Pep Reporter

A nearly three-year old movie, written and directedby Oren Peli for his debut release, was restrained froma national release until now. When coming into amovie that had a budget of under $15,000, I wasn’texpecting the movie to be too frightening. Althoughthere has been other low-budget, “mockumentary” hor-ror movies that have been good (Blair Witch Project),although there hasnt been many.

Paranormal Activity starts out very slow, introduc-ing the main characters, Mica and Katie, who are dat-ing. The two seem very playful together, but from thebeginning of the movie, the couple already discuss“paranormal activity” in their house, and is why theyare recording their lives. After the audience is intro-duced to the characters and why they are recording,we see the first “night shot,” which later becomes anominous camera angle to the audience. Every night isdocumented with a date of the night, and with everynight shot, the occurrences of the paranormal activityprogressively becomes worse and worse, for the couple,and the audience.

I noticed when each night shot started, the audi-ence would let out an disgruntled sigh, knowing thatthey were in for another uneasy 5 minutes of terror offootage before the night was over. The use of the hand-held camera gives you the feeling that you’re not incontrol of what you’re about to see. It felt as if any-thing could happen at anytime, but not when it wasday time in the house. But then the paranormal activ-ity starts to occur in the day time as well.

The last 30 minutes of the movie never made mefeel so uncomfortable in a movie before. During thelast 10 minutes, I witnessed some of the audience mem-bers start to cry, and/or cover their eyes. The audiencemember can never see the demon physically, but al-ways knows it’s there, which makes it all the more ter-rifying. “Paranormal Activity” reminded me of aHitchcock horror film in the fact that it was always morefrightening imaging “the man with the axe” rather thanseeing “the man with the axe.” Although the endingwas still frightening, I felt that it was a little bit cliche,but altogether the scariest movie of the year. 9/10

What Reallyis Fashion?DIEDIRA PEDRO-XUNCAXTech Pep Reporter

The new “in” is most defi-nitely not to be yourself. Youhave to label yourself, like a soupcan.

“Emo” “Punk” “Hippie.”All of these labels, they’re ri-

diculous!But, apparently, this is the new

fashion. You either follow it, oryou’re not cool.

So, what is the definition ofthese labels?

Emo-subculture of angstyteens

Punk-a young ruffian; hood-lum.

Hippie-a long-haired, drug-using youth of the 1960s and1970s

How did these labels becomefashion? Being pressured. I my-self don’t believe in what they callpeer pressure. Simply becauseeach being has the choice to dowhat they want. But in this case,it’s different. You either followthe trend, or you’re not cool. Oryou have no fashion sense what-soever. The question is, to your-self, would you rather be “cool”and not be judged? Or wouldyou rather be yourself and bejudged?

How far istoo far?DIEDIRA PEDRO-XUNCAXTech Pep Reporter

Being concerned of yourhealth, it’s normal. but there is aline. between being obsessed andabout believing everything youhear on the television. Youshouldn’t be gullible to believeanything. I know, I know, thereis research and all that. but if youactually read some of those,swine flu (H1N1) mostly affectsthe elderly and newborns. Therewas a man who was in his fifty’swho unfortunately died fromSwine flu. BUT, he did have pre-vious health condition. So, couldthis have been the cause of hisdeath?

In my opinion, this wholeswine flu fiasco has gone too far.Some people have had the symp-toms of it, but there are doctors.Us beings act as if this is the newzombie-kill-rampage. No, swineflu will not turn you into a flesheating demon. If you really areconcerned about catching theswine flu, there are plenty of waysto prevent it. It’s common sense.Wash your hands, don’t sharedrinks with anyone you see, that’snot clean anyway, cover yourcoughs/sneeze, and if you RE-ALLY want to be safe, carry a handsanitizer. Don’t worry, swine fluvaccines will be available laterthis fall. How late? Well, be pa-tient and you’ll see.

It’s Not Soup YetMCCLATCHY-TRIBUNE NEWSSERVICE(MCT)

A sweeping overhaul of thenation’s health-care system can-not be considered much of a suc-cess if it still leaves millions ofAmericans without health insur-ance.

So while the approval of a re-form measure by the key SenateFinance Committee was a turn-ing point, the work of congres-sional lawmakers and the WhiteHouse is far from finished.

As President Obama said af-ter the vote Tuesday, this is “notthe time to pat ourselves on theback.”

Without question, the plancrafted by the committee chair-

man, Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont.,represents a major step.

The Baucus bill would imposeneeded reforms to prevent insur-ers from refusing or droppingcoverage. It would require mostpeople to obtain health insur-ance, or pay a penalty. And itwould provide billions in subsi-dies so that low-income citizensand legal residents can purchasecoverage.

But the Senate’s middle-of-the-road approach would fallshort by leaving 25 millionpeople without insurance. Thekey reason: While respectingObama’s reasonable plea for adeficit-neutral plan, Baucus sim-ply doesn’t do enough to drivedown the cost of care.

Watchdogs at the Congres-

sional Budget Office cannot saywhether the measure would“bend the cost curve,” most likelybecause it won’t do so.

In part, the Baucus bill faltersbecause it tracks other congres-sional proposals that indulge thehealth-care industry and laborlobbyists who have beaten a well-funded path from their K Streetoffices to Capitol Hill.

These interest groups havesucceeded in minimizing the dis-comfort to various stakeholders_ hospitals, drug makers, em-ployers, and unionized employ-ees with generous workplace cov-erage. Proposals to squeeze sav-ings or require that employersprovide coverage have been wa-tered down, leaving less moneyto devote to covering the unin-

sured.At the same time, the mandate

that all Americans purchasehealth insurance has been weak-ened. With a yearly penalty ofonly $750 a year, the Baucusmeasure would enable millionsof young, healthy adults to de-lay buying insurance with confi-dence that they could get it if theygot sick. That means the insur-ance pool would be smaller, andmore expensive, for everyoneelse.

Against that backdrop, it’sglaringly obvious that the Baucusbill’s chief shortcoming is that itdoesn’t provide for a Medicare-style government health plan tocompete with private insurers.

No other single initiativewould tamp down costs as

much, while also assuring that allthe uninsured obtain coverage.

In the same way that govern-ment health programs have suc-ceeded in insuring 23 millionchildren, and that seniors nolonger fear health insecurity inretirement, Congress must faceup to the need for a health-caresafety net for working-age Ameri-cans.

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I recently had the pleasure to play through the entire game of“Batman: Arkham Asylum.” I wasn’t expecting much when I firstheard of the game; every other super hero game I have played wascompletely awful and was pumped out by a major production com-pany to make a quick buck. Arkham Asylum was not made to fol-low any movie, and not to follow Christopher Nolan’s “The DarkKnight.” Arkham Asylum feels more like it takes from the comicsand original television series - with the voices from the televisionseries being used in the actual game (Mark Hamill as the Joker andKevin Conroy as Batman).

The game starts out with an amazing cinematic of you, theBatman, transporting the Joker to Arkham Asylum, home ofGotham’s most crazed criminals. You escort the Joker while he isstrapped to a cart being wheeled away to his cell. At a certain pointyou have to wait in another room while the Joker is taken myArkham Asylum employee’s to his cell, this is where the Joker makeshis escape. Joker’s lover and accomplice, Harley Quinn (who isundercover), helps Joker escape and now Joker proclaims that he“is control of the asylum.”

The combat system is very intuitive and easy to pick up, but itnever gets boring; the combat is very stylish and exciting. I don’twant to give to give out too many spoilers of the story, for the plotis really unique. You fight against some of the most original vil-lains in Batman’s history, and even if you don’t face them, there arehundreds of Easter-eggs in the story that you could spend hoursalone looking for them.

By the end of the game I was disappointed that it was alreadyover. The game probably altogether took 7 hours, which I playedover 2 weeks. There are over 10 challenge mode which the playercan try, from wave after wave of enemies, to stealth challenges.

Altogether Batman: Arkham Asylum was the best superherogame I’ve ever played, and the best game of the year thus far. Iexpect this game to place at least in the top 5 for games of the year.

Batman

Arkham Asylumdisappointing

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PHUONG TRAN AND SAM TSEHAINEHTech Pep Reporters

Soccer is not a well known sports at Benson,nor America for that matter. But its popularityaround the world is astonishing. Cries all overthe world can be heard, cheering for their fa-vorite soccer team. For our Benson students,to get a deeper understanding of why this sportis so popular, we decided to interview the coachof Men’s Soccer, Ken Weinberg.

We asked the coach a couple of questionsabout this years soccer team. He said that sincethe team is relatively younger than it was lastyear, they have to start from the basics. He alsosaid that the biggest challenge for them rightnow is the lack of positive team attitude andnot showing up for practice. Though the scoresreflect against the team, it’s not the actually re-flection against individual players.

“Our players are so much better than ourscores.” Says Coach Weinberg.

For more information we asked a varsity soc-cer player, Orlando Ibarra, some questions. Hetold us that the best game for them this yearwas against Jeff which was 4 to 3. He also saidthat for the team to get better the chemistryneeds to improve and for the flow to be bet-ter.

“The score shows that we have good play-ers, but no chemistry.” Ibarra explains.

Soccer startsup again

BY MARK SAXONThe Orange County Register (MCT)

ANAHEIM, Calif. _ Slumps tend to take on an ominoustint in October and nobody appears to be in a deeper col-lective funk this postseason than the umpires.

Tim McClelland's crew blew three calls on the bases inthe fourth and fifth innings of the Angels' 10-1 loss to theNew York Yankees in Game 4 of the American League Cham-pionship Series on Monday.

None of the calls impacted the game's lopsided outcome,but poor officiating is becoming an increasing embarrass-ment this month to Major League Baseball.

McClelland said he and the other umpires routinelymonitor television replays. What he saw Monday indicatedthat he made two mistakes while working third base.McClelland, who routinely is among the highest-ratedumpires, is the crew chief for this ALCS.

"Obviously or not obviously, there were two missedcalls," McClelland said. "And I'm just out there trying to domy job and do it the best I can. Unfortunately, by instantreplay, there were two missed calls."

It started when the Angels picked off Nick Swisher atsecond base after a low throw from Scott Kazmir and a quicktag by Erick Aybar.

Dale Scott signaled him safe, however. Later, the Angelsappealed after Swisher scored on Johnny Damon's sacrificefly and McClelland called Swisher out.

Fox replays, which the network said were synchronized,seemed to show that Swisher left the bag after Torii Huntermade the catch. Swisher didn't want to wade into the con-troversy.

"That's for y'all, man," Swisher said. "I'm not touchingthat."

‘Umps missed calls,according to MLB replay

McClelland said he felt "in his heart," that Swisher lefttoo soon.

The most egregious flub, however, came on Swisher'schopper back to pitcher Darren Oliver.

The pitcher threw home and the Angels caught JorgePosada in a rundown. Posada retreated to third, which wasoccupied at the time by Robinson Cano, who inexplicablystood several feet from the bag.

Catcher Mike Napoli alertly tagged both Cano andPosada. McClelland called out Posada, but let Cano stay atthird. McClelland said he thought Cano was on the bag.

Angels manager Mike Scioscia didn't sound upset aboutMcClelland's call, but that might have been different if thescore had been closer or if Cano had wound up scoring.

"The way Timmy described what he saw, you know, hemade the call as he saw it," Scioscia said.

McClelland, in his 27th season in the major leagues,gained fame in 1983 for calling out George Brett after ahome run because Brett had applied pine tar incorrectly tohis bat. He also was behind the plate the day Sammy Sosagot caught with a corked bat.

The umpiring has come under scrutiny a bit more thanusual this October after a series of high-profile mistakes.

In both American League Division Series, the umpiresblew obvious calls. In the Angels' series with the BostonRed Sox, C.B. Bucknor missed two calls at first base. In theYankees' series with Minnesota, Phil Cuzzi made a bad calldown the left-field line.

Strike zones have also taken some heat, but that's noth-ing new. Kazmir appeared miffed at Jerry Layne's strike zoneearly in Tuesday's game. Fox had a microphone on Laynethat caught him telling Scioscia that Napoli was obstruct-ing his view of low strikes.

The addition of replay in baseball stirred a lot of conteversy amongst baseball umpires, but it has been proven efective

BY KEVIN G. HALLMcClatchy Newspapers (MCT)

WASHINGTON _ For the longest time, a joke about Brazil madethe rounds in the halls of international financial organizations: LatinAmerica's largest and most populous nation had a great future _ andalways would.

No one's laughing anymore, as Brazil joined the ranks of the big-boy countries after Rio de Janeiro, a city known for sun and sin, wasnamed the host of the 2016 Olympic Games on Friday.

The win, on top of an earlier award to host soccer's 2014 WorldCup, recognizes Brazil as one of the pillars of the global economy.It's an amazing transformation, considering that just eight years agoit elected Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, a fiery former union leader whocritics warned would lead his nation into socialism, or, worse, com-munism.

It didn't happen. Instead, Lula has become a global figure, aidedby Brazil's booming economy and recent discoveries of vast offshoreoil deposits.

"It's sort of a recognition that Brazil has arrived. That it is a globalplayer, that it is a regional power, and it reflects a very impressiveperformance and progress in the country," said Michael Shifter, thevice president of policy for the Inter-American Dialogue, a researchcenter that specializes in hemispheric politics. "This is just a mea-sure of its increasing stature and protagonism on the world stage."

Indeed, Brazil was front and center earlier in the decade whendeveloping nations stormed out of global trade talks in Cancun,drawing a line in the sand for emerging markets, which demandedthat rich nations take their concerns seriously.

That effort culminated last month at a meeting of the Group of20, composed of the world's most developed economies. Leadersmeeting in Pittsburgh agreed to do away with the old Group ofEight structure dominated by the United States, Japan and Europe,and instead create a new, larger mechanism that brings in big de-veloping economies.

"No country has done so much, with so much, in such a shortperiod of time," said Jerry Haar, associate dean of the Florida Inter-national University College of Business in Miami. "Brazil has re-ally matured. It now has crossed the line and is a middle-class coun-try."

All the more remarkable given Brazil's troubled recent past,which included a long and tortured rule by successive generals.

"This is one of the great stories in the world, of a country thathad 21 years of military dictatorship, economic disorder, and to-day for all of its problems seems to be pursuing a productive course,"Shifter said.

Hosting the Olympic Games also will put Brazil and Rio undergreater scrutiny, both for their long-standing crime problems inthe mountainside slums, called favelas, and for their stewardship

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BY FANAHABTEMARIAM& BRYCE HOWELLTech Pep Reporters

Over the pastmonth or so we haveseen the footballteam experianceplenty of highs aswell as some lows.But overall the foot-ball team is 2-3 withbig score wins overthe RooseveltRoughriders and theCleveland Warriors.In comparison tolast years teamCoach AnthonyDavis (commonlyreferred to as “AD”by his players) says,

“We’ve grown alot since last year. Wechanged up something and got a lotfaster and the playersshow better poten-tial. But we still havea lot of things towork on.”

Even though wehave big wins we’vealso had 3 big lossesat St. Helens, an over-time loss to Parkrose,and most recently toLincoln. But even with the losses,

“The scores don’t necessarily reflect our po-tential. We just can’t continue to make mis-takes.” He says that there are times when ouramazing team doesn’t do so.

“Such as the win over Cleveland,” Ad ex-claims, “That, to me, was our best team win. Wehad major contributions especially comingfrom running back Freddy Jackson. He ran theball exceptionally well. He might be the mostelectric kid in Oregon. Also quarterback ZacFuentes made better decisions in his passing.We just played a great game of football.”

It’s going to be players like those who garnerattention not just from schoolmates and par-ents, but also from those who vote for who’sgoing to be all-PIL or possibly all-State.

“Gabe Jenks, Freddy Jackson, Paul Johnson,and Austin Booker defensively could make All-PIL and they’re able to shake things up. WesleyGray could but he’s currently injured but onceat full health he’s someone to watch out for. AlsoDerray Davis had 60-70 yards in the cleveland

game so he’s showing signs of being All-PIL aswell.” A.D. exclaims.

We have a huge challenge off the field that’stroubling us as well.

“There’s a lack of support from the surround-ing community and it’s hard to gain commu-nity support when you’re in such a location aswe are; not being a neighborhood school. ButI’m sure that as we improve this year so will oursupport from surrounding businesses and resi-dents.”

So as we near the most crucial point of ourseason where every game counts towards usmaking playoffs for the first time since only Godknows when. The Head coach that has beenleading our team to victories says,

“We’ve gotten sharper mentally and fasterphysically since last year. We’re executing a lotbetter and becoming more of a group.”

Hopefully this if group performs to theirmaximum potential then victories will come tous. GO TECH!

RACHEL BENJAMIN & EJ AKINSTech Pep Reporters

Benson’s underexposedWomen’s Cross Country team asyou may not know has been do-ing exceptionally well this yearaccording to score keeper andcoach, Coach Isaiah Clark.

“Last year we were small innumbers and very inexperienced,this year we have more kids andwhile we have done better thisyears we will run better in thecoming meets and at Districts.”he says.

There has been much excite-ment and success on the team,“We have had several highlightssuch as our runners running PR’s.

almost every meet and an out-standing performance from ourtop girl at a highly regarded crosscountry meet.” says Coach Isaiahproudly.

Even though theyare doing

very well this year, Coach Isaiahstays humble about his team.

“The scores do not reflect ourrunners, you can’t judge compet-ing at your best.” He says, “Thereis really no challenge runningagainst us, we are small in num-ber and are over powered bysheer numbers.”

Coach Isaiah has faith in histeam though. When I asked ifthere were any standout playersthis year, he said, “We have twomaybe three that really have ashot.” Coach Clark said thisabout the team in comparison tolast year, “ The team now is morepositive, and they are learninghow to compete at the highestlevel.” So, there you have it.Benson Polytechnic HighSchool’s Women’s Cross Coun-try team is something to look outfor this year.

LAURA M. RAMIREZTech Pep Reporter

Here at Benson we have a Var-sity and JV girls soccer team,coached by AntoinetteOlivas(VAR) and Christopher(JV). The coaches feel this yearsseason is going better then theyhad expected considering this isthe first year she’s coached var-sity and Christopher’s first yearcoaching in general.

“We lost some veteran playersearly in the season due to per-sonal conflicts, but we havepicked up some reallyhardworking and talented newplayers.” Antoinette confessed.

After this confession she followsexplaining game scores and howthey reflect on our Techsters

”I wish I could say that ourscores have reflected our play onthe field, but I don’t think theyhave. We have a tendency to goout and play to the level of ouropponent and sometimes noteven that. We have had somegreat games where we have lostand have had some bad gameswhere we have won. It is the na-ture of the sport.”

It is clear that she is proud ofher team, Antoinette’s highlightof the season was a game playedagainst Franklin where Varsity

and JV were both combined de-feating Franklin 2-1. Its been awhile since we have wonFranklin and she admits Franklinwas pretty upset to have lost tothem which only made our play-ers more proud of there win.Benson players have some greatskill and strive to be the best butAntoinette points out one of herstar players in particular

“We have great players onboth teams who try their hard-est and give their all every game.If I had to name a standout playerit would be Monica Murgia, she’sa Senior and plays sweeper onthe Varsity team. Monica is our

savior in the back. Watching herplay is pleasure, I wish I couldtake credit for her skill and un-derstanding of the game, but eversince she was a freshman she hasplayed varsity.”

I could not agree more.Monica is a jaw drop when yousee her play.

As most know soccer is a na-tionwide sport. Although atBenson we seems to be lackingof interest in soccer, mostly be-cause girls have never played andto intimidated to try out.Antoinette wants every girl whowants to come out and play, re-gardless of experience. The

growth that she has seen on boththe Varsity and JV teams is oneof maturity and skill. WhenAntoinette and Christopher hadstarted they had a large group ofgirls that didn’t really know eachother that well and they have be-come friends and teammates.The two teams have learned towork together both in practiceand on the field, where they havebecome accountable to them-selves and to each other. It’s re-ally been a wonderful thing towitness. Antoinette andChristopher’s main goal is tomake soccer fun and only hopethat they are accomplishing that.

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Tech football teamhits great marks

Girls soccer strives, works hard

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