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Under the Sea of HomecomingBy: Arielle Tripp
“Prior to the dance I was
doing my hair and makeup and taking
pictures for my family. I think my dad
almost cried. Though the highlight of the
dance was being able to cut loose and
dance” (senior Kimberly Correa).
The Homecoming dance took
place October 13 inside of the big gym. In
correlation to the themes of the
homecoming game floats, the dance was
themed “Under the Sea.” The gym was
decked with sea shells, paper fish, bubbles
and two projections of the movie Nemo.
In addition, black clothes and
blue lights decorated the entrance, which
according to senior Taylor Scherer, made
her at first feel as though she had “entered a haunted house
and something surprising was behind the curtains.”
As tradition, the Homecoming king and queen
were crowned during the dance. Literally breaking up the
dance floor, they were applauded and presented with their
crowns again. CONTINUE READING ON PAGE 02
PHOTO/ Titans are dancing it up at Homecoming Dance.
Health students missclass for health seminarBy: Sarah Appleby
Have you ever thought about what
happens to your body and life if you do
drugs? On October 17th Dr. Bill Beachum
came and spoke to all health classes about
the effects of drugs.
In an easy to follow fashion,
Beachum discussed how smoking marijuana
creates a film around the receptors in your
brain, clogging your higher level thinking. An
interesting fact that I did not know was the
half-life of marijuana is 5-7 days but it takes
months for it to completely clear from your
system. CONTINUE READING ON PAGE 04
Obama and His Winin Town Hall
By: Sarah Snyder
PHOTO/ Romney and Obama at the town hall debate.President Obama was eager to
make up for his lacking performance with
Governor Romney Tuesday night at the
Hofstra University debate in Hempstead, N.Y.
Instead of the lifeless politician, as in the first
debate, he acted as the president he is and
took control.
The President strove not to repeat
his horrible night of the first debate, which
even he called as an off-night. Tuesday night,
though, the president was in command. He
reinvigorated his own campaign by delivering
the best debate performance of his political
career.
Governor Romney was good, don’t get me
wrong, but he just couldn’t compete with the
President, and most of the time, looked quite
rattled. CONTINUE READING ON PAGE 04
Titan Varsity football trail24-7 behind HeritageBy: Trever Biddle
Heritage, ranked ninth in the
Inland area, stays on course and beats
Temescal Canyon as predicted. What was
remarkable about the game was the number
of turnovers due to interceptions.
The game started with neither
team scoring during the first quarter of the
game. Heritage remedied this quickly in the
second quarter, scoring with 10::38 left. But
the #5 Dawson Linderman returned the
favor with a touchdown with 7::38 left on the
clock.
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Titan GSA does Ally WeekBy: Jonathan Gurrola
How does one come to thank
people who support the equality of LGBT
(Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender) students
at Temescal? Temescal’s very own GSA (Gay
Straight Alliance) Club held what is known
around the nation as Ally Week.
According to the Gay Straight
Education Network, it’s a week “for students
to identify, support and celebrate allies
against anti-LGBT language, bullying or
harassment in America’s schools.” The
national event is usually ran by students
during October 15th to the 19th.
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WEEK"I am drug free"
Gangnam Style isAmerican’s StyleBy: Alyssa Casey
The song and music
video, “Gangnam Style” made by the
comedic Korean singer known as
Psy has hit America with amazing
intensity as it shoots up to number 11
on Bil lboard’s Hot 1 00 and earns a
place in the Guinness Book of World
Records as the most l iked video in
YouTube history.
Released on July 1 5, this
hit has captured the attention of
mil l ions in America, Europe and
around the world.
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Las Vegas, Spotlight’s On YouBy: Mackenzie Vaughn
PHOTO/ The Lied Library has the capacity to store 1.8 millionvolumes and occupies 300,000 square feet in five stories, ithas 2,500 study spaces.
University of Nevada: Las Vegas is
ranked 12th most popular college in the country.
Aside from being in one of
the nation's biggest party cities,
it is a great college to attend.
If you aren’t quite sure what you want to major
in, don’t worry. UNLV has a great selection of
different subjects you can major in. They range
from nursing, to marriage and family therapy, to
geoscience, and many more. The most popular
majors
are business and marketing.
The university also offers a bunch of different
sports teams. From water polo to table tennis,
rugby to diving, you are sure to find one of your
favorite sports. And if you’re into rodeo, they have
their own rodeo team!
UNLV offers certificate, doctoral, bachelor’s, and
master’s degrees. The average age of students
attending the school is 22 to 23, with 56% of the
students being women, and 44% men. The student
to faculty ratio is 22:1. While the majority of
students attending live in state, 14% live out of
state. The University of Nevada: Las Vegas is not
only a great
school, but a great school to attend.
SAT dates coming up soon,
are you ready?By: Sarah El-Mahmoud
On October 20, many Juniors gave up
their valuable Saturday morning and came to
school at 7:45 a.m. to take the Preliminary
Scholastic Aptitude Test (PSAT). Now that they
have taken the first step, it’s time to get ready for
the SAT.
The SAT, if you don’t know, is a standardized
test used for college admissions in the United
States. It is intended to show how ready students
are ready for college. The test takes three hours
and 45 minutes to complete and costs $50. If you
are college bound, taking the SAT or ACT is
required for all college freshman.
You might wonder what kind of score you
should be aiming for when taking the SAT. The
highest possible score you can get on the test is a
2400. However, getting anything above a 1100 is
an acceptable score. The national average of SAT
scores is a 1500. Each college has a different score
range that they will take depending on its
standards.
There are various ways to get ready for
the SAT besides the PSAT. I would suggest going
on to sat.collegeboard.org for practice questions.
Also, iPhone users should look for the SAT
Question of the Day app which is a good way to
practice for the SAT every single day.
If you just can’t wait to the SAT and
get it over with, there is an upcoming test date on
November
PHOTO/ Students usually buy a SAT study guide, like the oneabove, to help them prepare for the test.
3. Since it’s so close, the fee is $77, and the
deadline to register is as late as October 22. Other
test dates coming up are on December 1 and
January 26.
The SAT is important for your future and I
hope you decide to take it. If you are a Junior you
have an early start, you can start preparing today
so you can get the best score possible, and so you
have more choices when applying for colleges. If
you are a senior, there is still time, don’t forget to
register soon!
ACADEMICS
STUDENT LIFE
Under the Seaof HomecomingBy: Arielle Tripp
Continued from
front page | This year’s king
and queen are Devante
Kirkpatrick and Letishia Zuniga.
Both of which are highly
enthusiastic, energetic and
active within the student body
through a variety of activities
ranging from basketball to
drama. The approximate 198
students who attended the
dance were accommodated with
a DJ, indoor game activities and
an outdoor eating area. The
music was enjoyable and easy to
dance to. And despite the dance
floor getting rather warm as the
night progressed, it was an
excellent dance, great theme,
appropriate behavior, and a good
time.
Titan GSA does Ally WeekBy: Jonathan Gurrola
PHOTO/ Representatives of the Gay Straight EducationNetwork standing in an Ally Week campaign image. The imagewas used around the nation to publicize the event.
Continued from front page | The
GSA Club held a week long pledging table during
lunch. Where the club had made a poster with “I
Pledge To Be An ALLY.” Students quickly huddled
around the table with interest, and chose
whether to sign the pledge.
I was able to ask GSA Vice-President
Sofia Johnston why she thought it was important
for GSA to have celebrated Ally Week?
“As a GSA we need to show the school
that we are making a change towards equality for
everyone and that it’s okay to support gay rights;
that supporting doesn't make you gay.”
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Titans trail 24-7 behind HeritageBy: Sarah Appplyby
PHOTO/ Heritage and Temescal preparing for the play.Continued from front page | That was when the first of four
interceptions occurred, with Marcus Kirkpartrick getting an interception for
Temescal. Soon after Heritage received the first of their interceptions, scoring
a touchdown on the same offensive drive with 3:57 left in the quarter.
54 seconds after the start of the third quarter Heritage made what
would be their final touchdown of the game, but not the last of their scoring.
Heritage proceeded to get a field goal, ending the point gain for the rest of
the game.
The third quarter finished with Heritage getting a second
interception, though the offensive drive failed. The fourth quarter was
relatively uneventful, with no points being scored, but Heritage managed to
get a third interception, an unusually high amount.
Golf Titans won SBLBy: Marianna Fontana
Last week the Temescal Canyon’s Girl Varsity Golf
Team played at Summerly. The match was crucial to decide
the top four girls that would go to CIF and the TC sophomore
Baylee Barckley made it, coming in first position.
Monday 15th
October was the first
day of SBL preliminary.
At Summerly Temescal
Canyon, Lakeside,
Heritage, and Elsinore
High School brought 25
girls. Temescal brought
six athletes and they
played 18 holes course. The first 13th of them passed on the
second day. Four were from Temescal: Sarah Appleby and
Caylie Taylor, junior Taylor Connor and sophomore Baylee
Barckley.
The second day, Tuesday 16th they played the all-
league. Until the end there was a tie for the first place, but
Baylee broke it with a 20 feet pat and won the match. Besides
Baylee three girls from Elsinore are going to CIF.
The athletes of the team described the course as
long and difficult because of the hills on the sides, but
straightforward and well-known to them, because they
played there several times. They are also proud of their
ended season, in which they collected 12 victories out of 14
matches.
PHOTO/ Taylor Connor
SPORTS
EDITORIALS
MOVIE REVIEW//That’s not Hermione“The Perks of Being aWallflower”By: Sofia Johnston
PHOTO/ Emma Wtson, Logan Lerman, and EzraMiller in movie poster, feature in the UK.
Let’s face it, high school is
no fun, especially if you’re going into
freshman year with no friends and
your best friend has recently commit
suicide, add the guilt of a family
member’s death and you have “The
Perks of Being a Wallflower.”
Stephen Chbosky’s vibrant
characters come to life in this brilliant
film, with actors like Logan Lerman
(“Percy Jackson and the Olympians”),
Ezra Miller (“We Need to Talk about
Kevin”), and Emma Watson (“Harry
Potter”). Logan Lerman portrays the
awkward and shy freshman, Charlie,
and Ezra Miller captures the hearts of
the audience with his stunning
performance as Sam’s gay step brother,
Patrick.
The most astonishing performance was
Emma Watson as Sam, Charlie’s love
interest and Patrick’s step sister. Sam is
no Hermione Granger, but Watson,
donning a flawless American accent,
nails the role; proving that franchises
do not ruin actors.
Overall, this movie is a definitely a
must see, especially if you read the
book.
Gangnam Style isAmerican’s StyleBy: Alyssa Casey
Continued from front page|
The genre of “Gangnam
Style” is K-Pop which means Korean
pop music coming specifically from
South Korea.
As of September 27, this K-
Pop spectacular has been viewed, on
YouTube, over 295 million times also
making it the most watched K-Pop
video in YouTube history.
What about the song and
video has captured the attention of so
many people worldwide?
The dancing may be a
leading cause for the stardom of the
music video. The dance moves are
easily replicable and are quite enjoyable
to enact.
As Psy told Ellen DeGeneres
and Brittany Spears, “the mindset of
this dance is ‘Dress classy and dance
cheesy’” which seems to be the
winning combo in American
entertainment.
The song proves that we
don’t have to understand the lyrics to
fall in love with the song. With the
catchy, upbeat, let-me-dance mood,
people all over are moving to the beat
and even trying to sing along.
“Gangnam Style” has even
blown the minds of people who don’t
like pop at all with its uniqueness and
comedic qualities.
Whether we laugh at the
absurdity or at Psy himself is
unbeknownst but what is sure is that
it is definitely the trending video for
the month and possible the rest of the
year.
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Obama and His Winin Town Hall
By: Sarah Snyder
Continued from front page | Of
course, I have no doubt that President
Obama won this round by a landslide.
The two candidates scraped over many
different topics from education to tax
cuts to energy costs. One of the most
interesting topics though, was exchange
over the terrorist attacks in Libya.
Governor Romney challenged the
President's assertion when he stated that
it was an “act of terror” the day after the
incident occurred.
Obama was effective in answering Mr.
Romney’s criticism, and stated, “was
offensive. We don’t do that.” Romney was
effectively proven wrong by moderator
Candy Crowley when she agreed with
Obama and supported him by stating that
his claim was correct.
The truth is, Romney was out of his
league in this debate. The fact that he
secured his own knock out in the end
from the President by mentioning the
47% issue shows that he just wasn’t in
the right state of mind.
If you are still somehow an undecided
voter looking for the next chance to
determine who you want to vote for, and I
strongly suggest Obama, then you should
tune in on the third and last Presidential
debate that is going to be held on Monday,
October 22 at Lynn University in Boca
Raton, Florida, focusing on foreign policy.
EDITORIALS
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Health students missclass for healthseminarBy: Trever Biddle
Continued from front page |
Brianne Harrison, a senior at Temescal
Canyon, shared that the most shocking
part of the presentation was the story
that Nathan told. Nathan was a 16 year
old who started doing drugs at 14 and
now thanks to The Phoenix House has
been clean for two months. In his story
he said that his abusive father witnessed
Nathan being run over by a car and only
walked away.
The other speaker was a 17
year old girl named Jackie. She spoke out
of her experiences with alcohol and
drugs. She too was sent to the Phoenix
House and has now been clean for a
year.
It is no coincidence that this
seminar coincides with Red Ribbon week
at all the elementary schools.
TCHS