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At of the beginning of this year, Akins administrators began enforcing Texas Education code 25.092, which we as students of Akins know a little more informally as “the new atten-dance policy.”

For the students, the policy feels a bit new and sudden, but in reality this part of the Texas Education pol-icy has been in effect for about two years, and it’s directive and purpose is fairly straightforward: decrease the general amount of student absences. Unfortunately, the issue doesn’t lie in the goal — lawmakers’ hearts were in the right place. Rather, the way they FKRVH� WR� ¿[� WKH� SUREOHP� LVQ¶W� D� UH-alistic solution, but instead a broken policy that is only going to exasperate the problem.

The policy basically states that any student who misses more than 10 percent of the school semester must go through an appeal process, in-volving an appeal committee aimed at preventing further absences from happening. After 25 percent of the semester is missed, the student au-tomatically fails the course and must recover the credit.

As an Editorial Board we unani-mously believe this is not a fair policy.

We believe this policy is not well thought out or reasonably enforce-DEOH���,W¶V�VLPSO\�D�VXSHU¿FLDO�VROXWLRQ�to the problem. Historically speaking, when government has made policies to intervene with the natural econom-ic, political, and social situations, the situations have only turned for the worst. An analogy would be how com-panies cut hours so employees are not considered full-time and don’t have to FRYHU�KHDOWK�EHQH¿WV�IRU�WKHLU�ZRUNHUV���Comparatively speaking, state’s inter-vention in the school system isn’t go-ing to cause students to stay in school. :KLOH�WKHUH�ZLOO�GH¿QLWHO\�EH�D�VWDWLVWL-cal difference in the attendance rate of students, it is likely that the amount of students dropping out will increase do

to excess stress or knowing they won’t receive credit as it is.

The school district has made a huge effort to keep the school environment healthy, which intuitively means the sick don’t come to school until they’re healthy again. When you’ve got a poli-cy in place that is designed to keep stu-dents in school and sick people aren’t exempt, suddenly the state just set up a way to for sickness to spread.

While Principal Brandi Hosack has said that illness and medical con-ditions would be considered by the appeal committee as a legitimate ex-cuse to be absent, some might come to school sick just so they can avoid the paperwork and bureaucracy of the new appeal process.

Not only are healthy students in danger of getting sick, it risks those

who are sick getting worse. A student coming to school with a fever of 102, IRU�H[DPSOH�� LV�GH¿QLWHO\�QRW�KHDOWK\��Our bodies’ best defense against sick-ness is rest, and coming to school is causing further attack on our body.

The Editorial Board acknowledges that parent notes can be sketchy, be-cause some students have a history of plagiarizing notes and their par-HQW¶V�VLJQDWXUHV��PDNLQJ�LW�GLI¿FXOW�WR�see when they’re legitimate or false. This is where we agree the committee ZRXOG�EH� D� EHQH¿W� UDWKHU� WKDQ� D� QXL-sance.+RZHYHU��ZKHQ�LW�FRPHV�WR�RI¿FLDO�

doctor’s notes, the absence should be excused automatically instead of be-ing subject to review by the appeal committee.

So while we applaud lawmakers

for wanting to do something to im-prove attendance rates at schools, we disagree that mandating an increased attendance rate is the most effective means to make this happen.

Instead of issuing edicts, the state should encourage schools to offer courses and programs that keep stu-dents attending their classes. Some students come to school primarily for certain classes, teachers and extra-curricular programs. The recent High School Nation tour stop at Akins is a good example of an event that encour-ages students to attend school.

We believe that lawmakers should rescind the law they passed in 2013 in IDYRU�RI�DOORZLQJ�FDPSXVHV�PRUH�ÀH[-ibility that encourage students to want to attend schools instead of using fear and intimidation.

AMANDA LIVINGSTONEditor-in-Chief

“You’re such a cry baby,” “Let it go,” “You’re too soft.”

I hear those words more often than not, and I’m not whining when I say, it’s understandable, but com-pletely uncalled for.

As human beings we all have a very powerful emotional drive. Whether that emotional drive is con-stantly on the high or low side of life’s roller coaster, it’s there. However, some people get more worked up over that roller coaster than others.

Life is crazy when you’re a teenager filled with school work, extracurriculars, family, and sometimes even a job. It can get so hectic that people tend to dis-count the importance of emotions and make it seem minimal.

Even though this can be a nice way for some to cope with the stress, not everyone has the ability to flick that switch and turn it off

Some people are born with a deeper sensitivity to

their emotions — myself being one of them.

I always knew this was true, but it became especial-ly known to me when I took

the Myers Briggs Personality Type test. It’s the most psychologically accurate personality test out there, created by Katharine Cook Briggs and her daughter Isabel Briggs My-ers.

The test features four sections called preferences, with two sides to each. To-tal, there are 16 different personality type combinations. I personally received the type ISFJ. Generally, this appeals to people who are introverted, pay attention to facts, act on their feelings, and appear to be task oriented.

I immediately connected with this result be-cause when diving into deeper detail about each section, it clicked like a key in a lock.

I deeply care for people — those close to me and even strangers to a certain extent. I also tend to re-act more emotionally to major events like bad news.

I’m constantly being criticized for this deep, emo-tional connection and I’ve had enough.

I’ll admit that it can be a hassle dealing with some-one who can’t always keep their emotions in check.

Those emotions can transfer from one person to an-other, and nobody needs more emotional stress in their life.

However, what I don’t agree with is the nega-tivity put on people like myself who live with this

heightened sensitivity. Many people with the same personality

as me don’t want to feel this way. We don’t want to feel like our heart is being ripped out when something bad happens.

It’s not easy living with common con-cerns like body image and sharing your deepest feelings with friends when your worries are further heightened by emotion-al sensitivity. Sometimes we resort to bot-

tling up these feelings to avoid getting hurt even if the pain is inflicted unintentionally.

We often find ourselves, at least I do, searching for that switch. But like searching blindly in a dark room, we can’t find it.

Wouldn’t you say life would be so much more enjoyable without sadness or fear? So would we.

Instead of pointing a finger at us and telling us that we’re being over dramatic, try putting yourself in our shoes and telling us we’re not crazy for feeling the way we do.

TRUTH BE old

Stop Pointing Fingers And Start Feeling Things

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the Texas Education attendance policy?

“It sucks. I think that we should have more days to be excused.” –Estrella Velazco Junior

“I feel sorry for seniors... But I think it forces us to get smarter.”

–Janet Larkin English Teacher

“I hate it. It feels pointless and it doesn’t make sense.”

–Sergio Ramirez Senior

“I feel good, but I wish you got more days to miss.” –Edgar Granados Freshman

“Feels pretty dumb, you should be excused if you have a note.”

–Marisa Bosquez Sophomore

Jesse Farquhar-GRETHStaff Writer

As Peter Cook once said in The Princess Bride, “Mawage. Mawage is wot bwings us togeder tooday.”

This quote reigns true for American citizens who are standing together rejoicing the 5-4 U.S. Supreme Court ruling on June 26 that legalized gay marriage in all 50 states.

The majority of the nation has spent the past few months celebrating a new sense of unity between the LBGT community in America and its government. The rainbow flag of pride has bathed everything from Doritos to Facebook profile images since the ruling.

Although there is an abounding amount of support for same sex marriage today, it is not a concept validated by all Americans. A poll taken in July indicated that 54 percent of Americans favor allowing gays and lesbians to

marry legally, with 39 percent opposed. The 39 percent today resent it for they feel this ruling is an afront to their religious beliefs. This group includes mainly older gen-erations and conservatives — those of whom happen to be more religious, predominantly Catholic or Protestant — and tend to feel strongly that their values have been disrespected. Although it is common for these American’s prejudices to be seen as respected morals, in reality, it’s simply intolerance.

There is no true social justification for the 39 percents outlook on gay marriage. It is bigotry, plain and simple. It’s hatred perpetuating violence upon the LBGT commu-nity. What’s truly terrifying about this prejudice is that there are people who are in high positions of power in our government that have been making marriage for same sex couples extremely difficult, and if they can, impossible, to achieve.

This includes Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and a county clerk from Kentucky, Kim Davis. These officials are doing whatever they can to stop gay marriage licenses from being issued. When our political figures can deny the rule of law determined by the Supreme Court, how can we feel truly feel represented by our government?

Evidenced by the continued discrimination by Paxton

and Davis, we must remain vigilant against those who still continue to deny the right to marry to same sex couples. We are a country full of differences: different cultures, ideas, and beliefs. We should celebrate our differences rather than insulting and denouncing them.

Social injustice continues to surround same sex marriage

Larry DurdenStaff Writer

With a class of 30 students seated in a giant circle filling the classroom, it’s my chance to share something to my class that’s been on my mind — puberty.

After taking the “talking piece,” which indicates to the others in the circle that it’s my chance to speak, I said puberty is one of the biggest challenges I have faced in my life. I feel short for my age compared to my peers and I don’t like it.

Puberty is not an easy topic for me to talk about, but I felt safe sharing my feel-ings because of the rules established by the Restorative Justice Circles that have been created in classrooms across campus this school year. I have experienced the

circles in my AVID class and freshmen students are participating in circles in their Social Emotional Learning classes, as well.

The circles provide a chance for stu-dents to speak their mind or talk about things that are going on in their lives. The topics can range from something as sim-ple as, “how is your day” to something more serious like, “what’s the hardest thing about being a teenager?” Students

don’t joke around about anything said. According to AVID teacher Thomas

Frierson, they decided to start the Restor-ative Circles this year. Frierson and a few other teachers thought the Restorative Circles would be good for kids who are shy, have trouble expressing themselves or just need a safe place to vent.

Sierra Sepeda, the coordinator for the Restorative Justice programs at Akins, said the Life Anew organization she

works for was asked to help at Akins due to fights in the 2014-2015 school year be-tween students and administrators thought that the idea of the Restorative Circles would help the students find an alternative rather than fighting.

The ABLLE and Social Services acad-emy teachers have undergone training for Restorative Justice practices. Administra-tors at Akins decided to start campus-wide rollout of Restorative Justice with the cir-cles and the first two academies before trying to implement more complex prac-tices later.

If the Circles are any indication of the power of Restorative Justice, I am excited to see what it can do to help Akins im-prove the campus atmosphere and reduce conflict between students.

AVID student Arnold Caceres said he enjoys the Restorative Circles because it has helped him overcome his shyness. “I really like how everyone shares their feel-ings and understand where we come from when we do share,” he said.

Restorative Circles an opportunity to break social barriers

Gabe RoblesOpinions Editor

Constant controversy surrounds the candidacy of a certain TV celebrity run-ning for president.

After hearing a plethora of racist, sex-ist, and just generally unpresidential state-PHQWV�²�VSHFL¿FDOO\�FRQFHUQLQJ�KLV�WDNH�on immigration — the general consensus surrounding him tends to be pretty unani-mous: Donald Trump is not who America needs to lead it for the next four years.

What we could call Trump’s vision of an independent America is simply just that. Independent. America as America was. If that’s not enough to deter people from looking into him as a potential can-didate, there is also the fact that he wants to build a triple-layer wall at the border of

Mexico lined with Predator drones that he believes the Mexican government will pay for.

Where exactly is the logic in that? While 60 percent of the immigrants that come to the United States are citizens of Mexico, Mexico just happens to be the only southern border country of the United States and the other 40 percent of immi-grants are forced to cross Mexico to get here. Even if deporting every immigrant was plausible and morally OK, suing Mexico for its construction is in no way fair to them.

It would be nice to believe that America is still the sanctuary of a land that it used to be and could take in all the immigrants and give them that sanctuary they have sought. Trump would make it impossible to do so, and would even go as far as advocating for the repeal of the 14th Amendment, ending the almost 150 year concept of birth-right citizenship in the United States.

Furthermore, Trump’s core belief and reason for deporting illegal immigrants

that come to the United States is his as-sumption that all immigrants are bands of criminals and drug dealers. Not only are immigrants a key force of American econ-omy since its founding, it’s insulting and XQMXVWL¿HG�WR�DUJXH�WKDW�WKH\�VKRXOGQ¶W�EH�here by assuming they all immigrate to sell drugs and poach off welfare, especial-

ly when Americans can be more at fault for what Trump blames immigrants for.

Though I understand where Trump’s vision lies, it simply has no good foun-dational reasons to be the way that it is. Trump’s view on immigration is unjust, immoral, and simply targets the wrong group for the wrong set of reason.

Donald Trump’s view on immigration unjust and immoral

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ʆMusicians AriseSophomore, Ethan Riley, rocks out on a Sterling 5 provided by one of the various booths at High School Nation.

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The student body at Akins was given the op-portunity to become a part of a new tradition re-cently.

Focus On Your Future was a day for students to explore their options on what to do after their time in high school. It’s main focus was to en-courage and inform students on what it takes to make it to college and the people behind this event created designated areas around campus to IXO¿OO�WKLV�LGHD�

“I found all the colleges really interesting [and had the] chance to look around and see which colleges had the best medical major since that’s the career that I want to get into,” freshman Heidy Fuentes said.

College and Career Counselor Sarah Sim-mons wanted to reach beyond the juniors and se-niors she typically reaches so students will begin thinking about college sooner.

“I really wanted there to be a school-wide event so everyone on campus had just one day to think about life after high school,” Simmons said.

Throughout Focus On Your Future Day most of the campus was surrounded by college repre-sentatives of all sorts, including admissions and Akins alumni who are currently attending col-lege. Students had the opportunity to have a look LQWR�WKH�GLIIHUHQW�SURJUDPV�DQG�EHQH¿WV�WKDW�HDFK�individual college had to offer.

“It was a good experience for me. It made me start thinking about what college I want to go to,” sophomore Fernando Gonzalez said.

One of the greatest impediments for students to attend college is their fear of paying for col-lege. So every student attended a session in which Ivanna Crippa from Breakthrough Aus-tin, explained how to “make it rain” with scor-ing scholarships, grants and subsidized loans for college.

“I found focus on your future helpful because ,�GLGQ¶W�NQRZ�WKDW�ZH�KDG�WR�¿OO�RXW�D�)$)6$�LQ�order to get scholarships,” junior Stephanie Cal-leros said.

Crippa explained the basics of the Free Ap-plication for Federal Student Aid, which all stu-dents must complete to be eligible to receive “free money” to pay for college.

“Every year I have students that they’re like ‘Oh, the FAFSA is for poor kids,’ or ‘I don’t need to do that, my parents make too much money,’ or ‘I don’t want to do the FAFSA, they are only going to offer me a loan.’ What they don’t know LV�LI�\RX�GRQ¶W�¿OO�WKLV�RXW��\HDK�\RX�ZRQ¶W�EH�RI-fered a loan, but you’re also going to miss out on scholarship, grants, and work study,” Simmons said.

Former Akins students Malcolm Canada and Yolanzo Moore came back as motivation-al speakers after playing college basketball and graduating with their college degrees this year. Canada shared his personal story about the trou-bles that he went through as a kid and how he overcame a rough life and took too long to focus on his grades.

“It wasn’t until my senior year that I realized it was too late, it was done. By the time you try to get your grades up senior year it’s too late,” Canada said.

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ʆCollege ChatJuniors Samantha Galvan and Buddima Wanniarachchi talk to a representative from Howard Payne University. Both students said they are interested in medical programs.

Ricardo Villegas

ʆTaking RisksMotivational speaker EJ Carrion teaches students about taking risks by sharing his personal experiences.

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Students take summer trip to Yellowstone National ParkSocial studies teacher promotes the outdoors with camping and hiking adventures

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LIFE & STYLEpage 6Wednesday – October 7, 2015

The Eagle’s Eye

Luis Correa

ʆSmart timepiecesBand director Tate Fincher shows off his Apple Watch and a student’s Moto 360 for comparison. The Moto 360 runs on Android.

Photo Courtsey of Maribel Ramos

ʆCapturing the beautiful scenarySocial Studies teacher Maribel Ramos took this picture of the Yellowstone Lake during a student trip. It is the second highest elevated lake in the world.

Ricardo Villegas

ʆLend helping handEnglish teacher Brian Lancaster helps Brandon King by adjusting his pos-ture as he plays the trumpet.

GADGETSTECHNOLOGY

OUTDOORSTRAVEL

EXPERIENCEMARCHING BAND

Jose SalazarEntertainment Editor

After years of Akins actors only know-

ing one primary leader of the Akins Jour-

ney Theatre department, a new theatre

teacher is making her debut this year: Bur-

gandy Trimmer.

Since the opening of the school in

2000, Maureen Siegel has taught hundreds

of students and directed scores of plays.

However, this year she will turn her atten-

tion to Costume Design, Humanities and

Visual Media classes as Trimmer takes

over the program she founded.

Siegel, who is nearing retirement, said

that she has been thinking about stepping

down as the head theatre teacher for some

time, but it hadn’t made sense for her to

leave the leadership role and the theatre

department until this summer.

“I felt like I had ceased being effec-

tive as the theatre teacher, and as much as

I loved my kids, I felt like there needed

to be a fresh and new perspective and the

(school) administration agreed.” Siegel

said.

Siegel now teaches both a costume de-

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� ³,� ORYH� WHDFKLQJ� ¿OP� DQG� FRVWXPH�design. It’s really fun and I feel like I’ve

gained knowledge from theatre preparing

to teach both of these classes.” Siegel said.

Although she enjoys having a less de-

manding work schedule this year, working

with Akins students keeps her motivated

to teach, Siegel said.

“If I feel like I have run out of fresh

and new ideas to share with the students,

then I will retire,” Siegel said. “That’s

why I left the theatre department, so that

it could go in a new direction.”

Siegal’s expectations for Trimmer, the

new theatre teacher, is that she will have

a vision for the theatre department that is

fresh, new, and exciting and to bring all

that to the theatre department.

“I don’t know Trimmer really well. I

know that she is very well trained and I

expect she will do extremely well at what-

ever she will do to make a new Akins

Journey Theatre because is a new Akins

Journey Theatre,” Siegel said.

The new theatre teacher, Trimmer, is

from Virginia and has taught high school

theatre for 16 years and has been involved

in the local community theatre there.

“I see big things, for the Akins Jour-

ney Theatre department, a lot of different

main-stage productions, us winning UIL,

and maybe growing so large we have to

hire different teachers to become a part of

our department,” Trimmer said. “There’s a

lot of talent, passion, and energy here and

I hope to channel all of that energy into

successful productions.”

Theatre students have said that they are

excited to work with a new teacher and to

be a part of her theatre classes.

Senior Joshua Solis said that he can’t

wait to see what Trimmer has in store for

both the theatre department and the theatre

classes.

“Trimmer’s really nice, and I can tell

that she is very passionate about theatre

so this year should be a great year,” Solis

said.

However, Solis and many other theatre

students have said that they will miss hav-

ing Siegel be there theatre teacher.

“I was sad when I found out that Siegel

was leaving the theatre department,” Solis

said. “She was my director for three years,

but I’m really glad that she’s still working

at Akins so I could visit her whenever I

want to.”

Solis believes that the Akins Journey

Theatre department will grow bigger and

better with Trimmer in charge because of

the energy that she is bringing to the de-

partment.

Trimmer said that she is thrilled to be at

Akins and appreciates the warm welcome

she has received from the students and the

staff.

“I’m really looking forward to making

the Akins Journey Theatre department and

Akins High School my new home, and

I hope to become part of that by attend-

ing sports, events and dances whenever I

can,” Trimmer said.

Black Lives Matter movement puts spotlight on brutalityMovements seek to end widespread prejudice, in addition to old violence struggle

Cassie ObiSports Editor

Black Lives Matter.

It’s an obvious statement and the name

of a movement spurred into being by re-

FHQW�YLROHQW� FRQÀLFWV�EHWZHHQ�SROLFH� DQG�black people across the country. It began

as a response to incidents of violence and

even murder at the hands of police that has

happened for years, but rose to a boiling

point in the last year.

With the recent, and continuing, violent

oppression against members in the black

community grabbing the media’s atten-

tion, the movement seeks to use that media

attention to reform the way this mistreat-

ment is handled by the authorities.

Some criticize the concept of proclaim-

ing that “Black Lives Matter,” believing

the notion creates divisions between other

races or downplaying others’ struggles.

“Of course, all lives matter,” Principal

Brandi Hosack said. “But by saying ‘black

lives matter’ isn’t saying that nobody

else’s doesn’t.”

Of course, with any group, it doesn’t

FRPH�ZLWKRXW�LWV�ÀDZV��2OGHU�PHPEHUV�RI�the Black Lives Matter movement see it as

a way to create a sense of unity within the

black community to tackle racial oppres-

sion throughout the United States. How-

ever, many others disagree; thinking that

the main focus is on police brutality and to

DOZD\V�¿JKW� “Though we need to look at police

brutality, we need to look at it across the

board,” English teacher Ebone Bagnal

said. “It should also start helping the black

community by strengthening within it-

self.”

However, some do worry about how

those advocating for cultural and societal

change are perceived. The protests sur-

rounding incidents such as the killings

of Trayvon Martin, Michael Brown and

Freddy Gray have caused some to perform

acts of destruction and violence to get at-

tention.

The passion people have for combating

injustice can be a double-edged sword.

“A lot of times, when people react to

things, they aren’t keeping everything

in perspective,” English teacher Aleisha

Forde said. “If people decide to go more

militant, we’re proving a point that we are

a violent people, and we’re not.”

As a response to this movement, the

Police Live Matter movement has recent-

ly gained attention to create more aware-

ness of the good men and women working

on the police force, trying to do the right

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cers,” said law enforcement teacher Robyn

Katz. “Because of all the backlash against

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back up. It really takes a toll out on the

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Some think Police Lives Matter is a

movement meant to oppose the Black

Lives Matter and vise versa, but that is not

necessarily the case.

“I understand the creation of the move-

ment,” Bagnal said “but I feel like it’s

moving away from the actual problem of

educating the black youth and building the

community from the inside out.”

On Sept. 19, both movements con-

verged at the Texas Capitol when they

held competing rallies on the same day.

There were no major altercations between

the two groups, but the rallies illustrated

the divisions that exist surrounding the is-

sues of police shootings of black people.

Both movements marched in down-

town Austin on September 19 but a group

of individuals caused it to be interrrupted.

Austin Police Department intervened due

to the Black Lives Matter movement shut-

ting down I-35.

Black Lives Matter targets the youth in

a particular way as well. Senior TJ Nalls,

sees a positive light in this movement and

believes it should receive more press and

media attention.

“I think that it’s less exaggerated than

it needs to be,” Nalls said. “People need to

start making it a big deal because it does

matter, a lot. This movement affects me a

lot because, what if I’m the next one shot

and killed?”

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Amanda LivingstonEditor-In-Chief

On September 22, High

School Nation arrived at Akins

as one of their 24 planned stops

across the United States.

Comprised of different mu-

sical acts, High School Nation

travels across the United States

with the sole purpose of promot-

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Drake Bell, an actor turned

performing artist, headlined the

concert. Known for his former

role as Drake Parker on the Nick-

elodeon show Drake and Josh,

Bell was the highlight perfor-

mance for many students.

Originally, there was a plan

to hold a mini competition for stu-

dent guitarists to perform solos,

with the winner receiving a prize.

However, one student, freshman

Angel Morales was honored with

the gift of a lifetime.

“I asked him if we were

gonna perform solos and he said

‘no,’” Morales said. “Then he

took me backstage and gave me

his guitar.”

Few people got to meet Bell,

but for those who did it was an

opportunity of a lifetime.

“Everyday after elementary

school I would watch his show

Drake and Josh, on Nickelodeon”

Morales said. “He was my child-

hood hero.”

While Bell was the headlin-

ing act, other rising artists such

as Cady Groves, Heather Russell,

and musical group History in the

Making were also featured artists

on the tour.

Heather Russell kicked

things off during a ques-

tion-and-answer session in the

theatre, taking all sorts of ques-

tions from New Tech and Arts

and Humanities students. The

15-year-old singer from Toronto,

Canada, said she grew up listen-

ing to a wide range of musical

artists like David Bowie, Frank

Sinatra, Stevie Wonder and Ma-

riah Carey.

She explained to the audi-

ence that at the age of nine she

signed a recording contract with

Syco Records, the label run by

music producer and television

talent judge Simon Cowell.

Despite being only 15 years

old, Russell said joining the High

School Nation tour is one of the

best thing she’s done for herself.

“It’s my favorite (experi-

ence) because I stepped out of

my comfort zone,” Russell said.

Joining Russell at the Q&A

was the trio, History in the Mak-

ing comprised of 18-year old

Jawan and 17-year olds Dylan

and Pryce. The members were

originally three separate musi-

cal artists that were assembled

together into the group by pro-

ducers Mark Pitts and Rodney

Jerkins.

When giving advice to stu-

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in performing.

“Find someone who has the

same goals and dreams as you,”

Pryce said.

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expectations, imagine my

dismay after watching The

Visit.

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family portrayed in the

movie appears to be fun

loving, caring and — most

importantly — normal.

However, it doesn’t take

long to realize that things

are not right with everyone

in the family, which is not

surprising if you know the

style of director M. Night

Shyamalan.

Shyamalan, the direc-

tor of a few terror inducing

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Sense, has garnered a rep-

utation for including unex-

pected twists in his movies.

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ly September, is far from

meeting viewer’s expecta-

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ingly disappointed me con-

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career achievements.

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movie I noticed some

scenes were a bit cliché.

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al job with foreshadowing.

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uted to my expectation of

upcoming scenes.

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the movie to pay homage

to the terrors we experi-

enced while watching Shy-

amalan’s previous horror

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face. Subsequently, this

was not the case. Though,

we did receive the direc-

tor’s classic tempo change

in dramatic scenes. As it

continued deeper into the

storyline the details were

really just the odd things

the grandparents did. This

included such things as

locking the granddaughter

in the oven, chasing the

children with a bewildered

look, and refusing to be on

camera.

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try home of grandparents

“Nana” and “Pop Pop”

portrayed by Deanna Dun-

agan and Peter McRobbie.

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parent’s residency. Here I

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Becca and Tyler portrayed

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rating of a 4-day stay.

Courtesy of Universal Pictures

Entertainmentpage 8Wednesday – October 7, 2015

The Eagle’s Eye

D’Shalon Williams

ʆLive PerformaceHistory in the Making pumps up the crowd during High School Nation Tour. Students en-joyed the activities and the performances that came Sept. 22.

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ʆA proud performanceDiamond dazzler, Arlethe Herrera, performs with her fellow diamonds during the Homecom-ing halftime show to help pump up the crowd.

PHOTO ESSAYpage 10Wednesday – October 7, 2015

The Eagle’s Eye

Akins celebrates a victorious Homecoming win

Ricardo VillegasPhoto Editor

,W�ZDV�D�+RPHFRPLQJ�RI�¿UVWV��First Homecoming varsity foot-

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Spirit Week started on Monday, September 14 and ended on the Fri-GD\�RI�WKDW�ZHHN��(DFK�GD\�KDG�D�GLI-ferent theme chosen by the Student Council, including ‘Merica Monday, Tropical Tourist Tuesday, Class War Wednesday, Touchdown Thursday, DQG�)DPRXV�)ULGD\��6WXGHQWV�SDUWLF-ipated by wearing cool and creative RXW¿WV� WR�VKRZ�WKHLU�VSLULW�DQG�VKRZ�KRZ�PXFK�WKH\�ORYH�$NLQV�

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The Homecoming game was a great time for students to show their VFKRRO� VSLULW�� 7KLV� \HDU¶V� VWXGHQW�section had student from all grades and academies coming together and FKHHULQJ� RQ� WKH� $NLQV� (DJOHV�� 7KH�student section included the use of silly string, water guns, glitter, beach EDOOV�DQG�HYHQ�LQÀDWDEOH�DQLPDOV��DOO�being used to celebrate any success-IXO�SOD\�PDGH�E\�WKH�EHORYHG�(DJOHV�

7KLV� \HDU¶V� FURZQLQJ� FHUHPRQ\�was organized by student council VSRQVRU�&KULVWLQD�-HQVFKNH��&KULVWR-pher Tovar and Valerie Herrera were crowned king and queen, respective-O\�

We celebrated the game this year with a homecoming dance which took place the day after the game in the cafeteria, the event was organized by math teacher Kenyatta Williams and was open to students of every

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“I wanted to boost school spirit,” and “bring students together for a good reason,” “it exceeded my plans, student turnout and behavior was JUHDW��´�VDLG�0UV��.HQ\DWWD�:LOOLDPV��she even wants to consider it for up-coming years, “I love akins and love akins students, I think they liked it which is the most important thing to me,”

Student Council was a big part of the homecoming activities, when asked about them, student council IDFXOW\�VSRQVRU��-HQVFKNH¶V� WKRXJKWV�over it were that it went “pretty fan-tastic!, all the kids showed spirit and support for the school, in all my years at akins this has been the most spir-LWHG�DQG�FDQ¶W�ZDLW� WR�VHH�KRZ�LW� LQ-creased next year”

Taylor Escamilla

Lala Villegas

Ricardo Villegas

źFlowing with school SpiritFellow Eagles show their spirit for our school in preparation for the game on ‘merica Monday, wearing their red, white and blue while also ë�ÀÌ��}�>��Ƃ�iÀ�V>��y>}°

Ż�A night to rememberHomecoming King, Chris Velasquez and Queen, Valerie Herrera proudly walk down the wi�`�`ÕÀ��}��>�vÌ��i�>vÌiÀ�ÀiVi�Û��}�Ì�i�À�Ì�Ì�i�of Homecoming royalty.

źReady for the playAkins Eagles Football players get into position for their play at their much anticipated home-coming game at Burger stadium against the Lehman Lobos.

ʆDown on the dance floor-ÌÕ`i�ÌÃ�Ã��Ü�Ì�i�À�LiÃÌ�`>�Vi���ÛiÃ�>Ì�Ì��Ã�years Homecoming dance hosted in the school V>viÌiÀ�>]��>Û��}�>�}Ài>Ì�ÌÕÀ��ÕÌ�>�`�LÀ��}��}�Ì�i�À�ë�À�Ì�vÀ����ÕÀ����iV����}�Û�VÌ�ÀÞ°

ʆFun and gamesAkins student section celebrates a successful Ì�ÕV�`�Ü��«>ÃÃ��}����>����y>Ì>L�i�Ü�>�i�>�`�throwing streamers, and shooting silly string.

ʆA wonderful celebrationAkins Eagles cheer on the football team to ��Ì�Û>Ìi�Ì�i�����Ì�i�À���ÃÌ���«�ÀÌ>�Ì�}>�i�Ì��date, bringing spirit to the game.

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Varsity team begins their season with victories

Sadie AdamsStaff Writer

Although the Varsity Vol-leyball team is currently los-ing in district standings, 6-1, it’s not stopping the players from striving to do better and knock out some wins this season. The volleyball girls are working extremely hard to make their comeback this year and they won’t give up until the end.

“We are currently on a losing streak but our team is working very hard to come back,” Amanda Barerra said. “We really just do it for our-selves and for our coach be-cause we all want it so bad.”

Head Volleyball Coach Amanda Thomas, has coached many years and has brought in some new talent to help her manage the teams this year. Former softball coach, Amy Lam, helps with the JV A Team and DeCrea-sha Goodner is coaching the JV B Team.

Coach Thomas,wants her volleyball girls to always push to do their best every practice and every game whether they win or lose. She sees potential in all her

players and will continue to work with them to get on a winning streak .

Despite the lack of suc-cess the time has a high per-forming player,s one being Asena Tapaevalu.

Tapaevalu plays for the Akins volleyball team and for a select team outside of school. She has played vol-leyball for many years with passion.

“Asena always has a pos-itive attitude and is always so pumped for the games,” Barerra said.

Logan played for Akins her freshman year and tran-sitioned to another high school for her sophomore year. Logan is now back and all of her teammates have noticed the improvement she’s made while away in not only her technique but attitude. “I’m happy I got the opportunity to come back to Akins,” Beltran said

7KH�YROOH\EDOO�WHDPV�¿UVW�win against the Lehman Lo-bos has gotten the team back on track as well as in a posi-tive mindset.

Luis CanalesStaff Writer

This school year, Akins welcomed three new coaches after recently saying goodbye to a few last year.

Akins football, softball, wrestling, and baseball teams have gained new coaches this year and the athletes as well as fans alike are hoping to see the new leadership take Akins to the top of the brackets.

With all of our football teams off to a strong start this year, players are excited about the new staff. Freshman player Trevein Shyne said assistant Coach Lonnie Teal, who is also an as-sistant wrestling coach, wants the team to be “motivated and tactical.”

“To be successful the players need to be disciplined,” Teal said. “The best teams are the most disciplined.”

Both players and coaches agree that everyone is focused on exercising the hard work necessary to be successful.

While the Akins football program hasn’t been particularly proud of pre-vious performance statistics from years past, players and coaches have much more hope, believing that things are changing for the betterment of the WHDP�� &RDFKHV� DUH� FRQ¿GHQW� WKDW� WKH�players have been making a positive and proactive change with the help of the new coaching staff.

Some new additions to the staff, like Eugene Salazar and Anthony Degelia,

have also taken up the positions as as-sistant football coaches this year.

In addition to football, Salazar is the new head baseball coach at Akins. He brings years of experience to the pro-gram after coaching for six years at high schools and 11 years at the college level. Recently, he was the head base-ball at Lockhart High School, where he had his best personal coaching re-cord of 75-55. Before that he coached at Texas State University, St. Edward’s University, Texas A&M Corpus Christi and University of Texas Pan American.

“They are more focused and committed than other teams he has coached”, Salazar said.

Degelia also wears another hat as the new head softball coach. He previ-ously coached at every level of softball, including Stony Point High School and also the hitting coach for the Texas Bombers. When he coached at Stony Point, the team made the playoffs every year, he said.

During his two years coaching at college level, Degelia made the play-offs every time doesn’t expect to change his coaching methods at Akins.

“I like to motivate and push kids to succeed by teaching them to focus on their strengths,” Degelia said.

The softball team is currently at 2-1 in the fall. “They are all working very hard and doing exactly what we ask of them,” he said.

Katrina StewartStaff Writer

The Akins Varsity Foot-ball team is currently riding on a wave of wins with a 4-1 overall season record, and a 2-1 district record.

They continue to work hard to continue to win, our ¿UVW�ORVV�RI�WKH�VHDVRQ�ZDV�to the Del Valle Cardinals 22-25.

Jacob Diaz said it was a disappointing loss, but the team did not let it get them

down.“We took a tough loss in

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Despite the loss to the Del Valle Cardinals and a slate of games against district heavyweights like Lake Travis and Westlake, players said they feel opti-mistic about their chances.

The team made a quick recovery after the Del Valle loss, beating Lehman and ZLQQLQJ� WKH� VFKRRO¶V� ¿UVW�

ever Homecoming game in Akins history.

“I feel like we made his-tory, it’s a great feeling to win a game no other Akins team has, it was a great ex-perience and a even better win,” junior Kenan Lock-hart said.

During the summer the players decided they need-ed to be closer in order to work better together and to win more games. As a team, they hung out to-gether, got to know each

other better and worked on football together by attend-ing practices and football camps.

“Now we have this bond with one another that can not be broken,” senior Trey Akers said. “I feel like it really helped our team for the better.”

Many of the football players see great things for this team in the future.

“I see big things for this team if we just continue to work hard and not slack

off, and do things the right way,” Lockhart said.

This team continues to strive for bigger this year, in order to do that they have to keep the strong bond with one another, and to work for what they plan to achieve.

“We just plan to really build the team’s chemis-try,” Diaz said. “We have the potential to be one of the best teams in our dis-trict. We all have each oth-ers back, no matter what

and some people may have doubts about us but we’re out to make a name for our-selves.”

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“Winning is starting to become a habit for this team and we plan on keep-ing that going for a long time here at Akins,” Diaz said.

Still high hopes for Volleyball New coaches, new season

Players make best opening to season in years with 2-1 district record

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Ricardo Villegas

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Sports page 5Wednesday – October 7, 2015

The Eagle’s Eye

Akins Criminal Justice interns (Cor-

rections, Law, 9-1-1 Operators) and Law

Enforcement teacher Carmen Garcia as-

sisted with a community outreach event

called “Run with the Heroes” at Southpark

Meadows.

The event features both competition

and fun for all skill levels.

Proceeds went to the Special Olympics

Texas and the race honors all fallen heroes

and their families from the Fire, EMS,

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every day. This year’s race honored fallen

hero Travis County Senior Deputy Sheriff

Jessica Hollis.

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and spectators at the event.

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motorcycle detail, bomb squad, K-9, and

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protect Austin communities every day.

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This page is advertising paid for and designed by the Akins Administration.

Blue and GolD night

Come enjoy the celebration of all things Akins!Enjoy food, game booths, and various Akins performers, including the

Diamond Dazzlers, the Akins band and orchestra.

Oct. 28 (Wednesday) ◆ 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.

The Student Support Services (SSS)

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Support services offers help to Akins students

Support Groups Available

1. Emotions Management Group

• Focusing primarily on cop-ing with feelings of depres-sion and/or anxiety

2. Anger Management Group3. Grief and Loss Group4. Pregnancy and Parenting

Groups5. Healthy Relationships

Group6. LGBTQ Support Group7. Girls Empowerment Group

• Girls-only group8. Sober Living Support Group

Outside agencies will also provide groups in the fol-lowing areas:1. Con Mi Madre 2. Expect Respect

• separate groups for boys and girls (Safe Place)

Photo Courtsey Robyn Katz

ʆMeeting the chiefLaw enforcement students at Akins meet Austin Police Chief Art Acevado at the annual 5k Heroes Run at Southpark Meadows in September.

Akins honors fallen heroes

Coffee with principal dates

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