MUSTANG EXPRESS10.13.11 THEThe student publication of Sunrise Mountain High School Volume 16 Issue 1 http://mustangexpress.org

Stairwell to modern technology

who relieS heavily on technology? do you?

Compiled by: Emily BridgewaterSection Editor

“i gueSS that technology doeSn’t affect me that much becauSe i make an effort to not rely on it too much.” -khylie gardner, 12

“i feel like i do rely on it too much. every-thing revolveS around it too much and with-out it, life would never be the Same.” -karey armenta, 12

Students use technology on a daily basis whether they are using their phones or computers. Every day in class, you look over and see your friend listening to their iPod or texting their friends or mom. It is surprising to go on Facebook book after school and see status updates that were updated during the school day. Texting and phones, anything with a screen has become a staple in the world we live in these days.

“ [i am] very reliant on technology. it’S my main form of communication with my friendS whether it be facebook, text meSSaging, twitter. i’m very dependent on it. it’S efficient and convenient.” -erik kauSin, 12

1876: Alexander Graham Bell invents the first telephone.

1973: The cellphone is invented by Dr. Martin Cooper. The cellphone was a Motorola.

1940 to 1945: The computer was a network of wires and cables. It wasn’t until the late 60’s and early 70’s that the computer was a small box.

2001: The Apple iPod is invented by Apple products. It was not the first mp3 player but it is the most known.

1970’s: The term was coined in the sixties, but the internet was used only for colleges, military use, and governemt officials. The worldwide web was publicized in 1991.

1997: The social network Six Degrees allows for making friends and profiles. Later years in 2004 MySpace arrived and Facebook came about in 2007.

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The world has seen techonology improve a lot in the past 50 years. It use to be simple phone calls, then to crazy boxes with internet to talk to other people, now to the world of streaming videos on your TV and listening to your favortite tunes with a little box and ear phones.

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Present-day: The iPad creates a new way of life. Providing internet everywhere and the ability to talk to people. Along with being able to read books in the palm of your hands.

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My Life week successful, offers students career help

The college and career fair came to Sunrise Mountain last week. It kicked off on Monday, Oct. 3, with media doing some mock interviews.

On Tuesday it was a dress up day where teachers dressed up to show off their college or careers.

On Wednesday clubs, electives and CTE classes put up booths to advertise what they were doing.

The actual career fair took place on Thursday where booths were set up in the cafeteria, gym and outside and speakers from different universities and industries talked to Sunrise Mountain students. Fri-day was filled with college trivia and vendors giving out prizes. Story by: Braden Taylor

Homecoming arrives on campusHomecoming week is here! On Tuesday many

people dressed in hippie gear for Woodstock Day. Wednesday means it’s time to dress in tropical clothes, for Tropical Day. Ancient Rome will be on Thursday where you can where your togas; but remember they must be school appropriate. Later Thursday the Powder Puff game will take place at 7 p.m., come see the Bloated Brussels Sprouts and the Hairy Hamburgers go head to head.

After the game there will be a bonfire. Friday is the big day where students dress in school col-ors, and a parade is held. At 7 p.m. varsity football will be playing against the Paradise Valley Tro-jans, and the ticket price is $3 per person. Satur-day is the dance from 7 to 11 p.m., and tickets are $15 for a single, and $25 for a couple. They will be sold during lunch. You must have your Student ID and dance contract. Show your spirit and celebrate Homecoming week! Story by Sierra Pritchard

The Dispatch 10.13­.1102

the Sportsmanship Award by the Arizona Football Officials Asso-ciation. This award was given due to their hard work with various community service projects and their respectful and courteous

need to do more with the com-munity and society,” Carter said. “Kids need to learn that it feels good when you give back. I al-ways tell them it’s better to give than to receive.”

Senior and center Scott Peter-son really enjoys participating in community service. He especially enjoys the buddy system with the kids in the Autism program.

“I think [being buddies with the kids in the Autism program is] one of the greatest feelings,” Peterson said. “It’s better than winning the football game.”

Senior and quarterback Max Shepherd thinks that doing com-munity service together helps the team stay unified. He especially enjoys sharing the team’s passion for football.

“All of us love playing football,” Shepherd said. “We love the sport and sharing it with others makes it ten times better.”

In 2010 the team was awarded

There’s more than one reason to be proud of the Sunrise Moun-tain football team and it’s not just how they play on the field on Fri-day night.

The varsity football players participate in many different community service activities, one of which includes the buddy system with the Autism program where the players eat lunch with the students every Thursday. They also take part in a reading program at Coyote Hills in which they read to kids from grades K-5. In addition they help with various projects and clinics with the City of Peoria and the City of Glendale. By participating in all these community service activi-ties, SMHS Head Football James Carter hopes that the boys will learn valuable lessons.

“I think in today’s world you

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MAKING A DIFFERENCE: Varsity Football players Dominic Noble, Hunter Wright and Ryan Hawkins read stories to second graders at Coyote Hills Elementary School. The Varsity Football team has been doing community service since last year. Photo by Reegan Heddings

behavior on the field. “Coach Carter show[ed] us how

to be young men and [how to] be respectful to others and that’s what we just do on the field,” said Shepherd.

Girls:1. Lauren Annis

2. Cassy Carmody

3. Miranda Hay

4. Brianna Shanley

5. Gabriela Barge

Boys:7. Ryan Hawkins

6. Zach Paulson

8. Zach Durfey

9. Cord Coronado

10. Max Shepherd

Homecoming Nominees Announced

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(guitar). The production team making the album consists of Anton Corbijn (album photography), Greg Fidelman (producer, mixing, and engineering), Metallica (producer), Lou Reed (producer) and Hal Willner (producer).

The album will be re-leased October 31st world-wide, and November 1st in North America.

The Scene10.13.11 03

The Reckoning release Sept. 20, 2011The newly popular band NEEDTO-

BREATHE released their newest album The Reckoning on Sept. 20, 2011.

NEEDTOBREATHE released their first album in 2006 called “Daylight”. The band’s popularity has risen after opening for Taylor Swift in her 2011 tour. NEEDTOBREATHE’s album “The Reck-oning” was given five stars on iTunes by over 1,500 people.

After listening to the “The Reckon-ing” album a few times, the songs make me excited to listen to more. When you press stop, it makes you want to press play again so badly.

NEEDTOBREATHE’s style is defi-nitely unique. Sure it says rock for the genre, but as you listen to it, you can tell that these songs are more than just rock, they have a modern folk style go-ing on. Their music could be compared to Mumford and Sons.

The first song on the CD is “Ooh’s and

The little known, but soon to be very popular indie pop band Foster the People released their debut album Torches on May 23. Only recently has their first single “Pumped Up Kicks” been heard all over today’s ra-dio. I assure this is just the beginning.

The band’s founder Mark Foster met his oth-er two band mates in Los Angeles in 2009. This trio is not only very tal-ented, but they also bring a unique sound to today’s alternative music.

This album is abso-lutely infectious. The first half of the album is

A new book has been set in the high school li-brary; a beautiful book with a long title, but amazing writing and pho-tography.

It starts with a little boy and his grandpa gazing at a bunch of old photos. They were fantastic pho-tos of strange children do-ing very peculiar things; a doll like girl who floats, a boy hoisting a bolder above his head, and a girl holding flames in the palm of her hands.

The old man warns his grandson that there are dangerous things out there that no one but the two of them would ever understand.

They’re back. The mas-ters of metal are back and they’re joined by Lou Reed for another album.

Metallica and Lou Reed are coming together to create an album titled Lulu. The album will consist of 10 tracks and 90 minutes of music. Ac-cording to Wikipedia and Digital Spy, the album is based off a play written by Frank Wedekind titled Lulu.

Both artists involved in the album are huge successes as musicians. Metallica has won a to-tal of 24 music awards, including nine Gram-mies and two American

Foster the People album debut success Two masters of music team up for Lulu

Peculiar book made for mystery loversLater in life, Jacob’s

grandfather is placed into a home and Jacob starts to think those old stories were just a part of grand-pa’s crazy fantasy from his time served in WWII. Then Jacob also starts seeing these strange crea-tures. Perhaps he inher-ited his grandfather’s in-sanity?

The plot is full of twists and turns that made me

NEEDTOBREATHE releases new album

Upcoming releases meet all your entertainment needs this fall

never want to put the book down. But when night came, I almost had to, for all the creepy pho-tographs that line the book’s pages.

The photos and writ-ing work together to give the story a much more in-depth feel. You literally get to see all the strange images and everything he happens upon as he jour-neys through this peculiar story.

I recommend this book to almost everyone. It’s got a relatable character with real world problems concerning his social life and family, a unique story line that has a dose of mystery too it, plus, a touch of romance.

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on Oct. 28, Sublime with Rome on Nov. 3, and Big Time Rush on Nov. 5.

Movies:

Oct. 14: The Thing a horror/mystery/sci-fi flick about at an Antarctic research site the discovery of an alien craft leads to a dispute between graduate student and scientist.

Oct. 14: Footloose a comedy/drama/musical about a city kid, Ren McCormack, moves to a small town where rock ‘n’ roll and dancing has been banned and his rebellious spirit shakes things up.

Oct. 21: Paranormal Activity 3 a horror/mystery movie follows a couple as an evil spirit pursues them. In an attempt to unveil the mystery they install cameras throughout their house to capture the strange paranormal activity.

Music:

Oct. 24: Coldplay’s album, Mylo Xyloto

Oct. 25: Kelly Clarkson’s album, Stronger

Nov. 8: Mac Miller’s album, Blue Slide Park

Nov. 16: Rascal Flatts album, Nothing Like This

Oct. 16: Foo Fighters will be at the US Airways Center. Cage the Elephant & Mariachi el Bronx will be the bands openers.

Oct. 17: Colbie Caillat will be at the Tempe Marquee Theatre.

Oct. 23: 3 Doors Down will be at AVA Amphitheatre in Casino Del Sol. Theory Of A Deadman and Pop Evil will be the bands openers.

The Arizona State Fair Concert Series is back at the Veterans Memorial Coliseum. The lineup includes: Trace Adkins on Oct. 15, Billy Idol on Oct. 16, The Band Perry on Oct. 19, Snoop Dogg on Oct. 20, Judas Priest on Oct. 21, Gavin DeGraw and David Cook on Oct. 23, 3 Doors Down on Oct.26, Darius Rucker on Oct. 27, Bret Michaels

Oct. 28: Anonymous, a drama/thriller about the theory that it was in fact Edward De Vere who penned Shakespeare’s plays.

Oct. 28: Like Crazy, a romantic/drama follows the story of a British college student who falls for an American, only to be separated after overstaying her visa in the US.

Books:

Nov. 8: Inheritance, by Christopher Paolini following its prequel Eragon. Even after long months of training and battle the real battle still lies ahead: they must confront Galbatorix.

Dec. 6: Clockwork Prince, by Cassandra Clare, is about the magical underworld of Victorian London. With the help of the handsome, self-destructive Will and the fiercely devoted Jem, Tessa discovers that the Magister’s war on the Shadowhunters is overly personal.

Video Games:

Nov. 8: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3

Nov. 15: Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary

Nov. 15: Need for Speed: The Run

Ahh’s”; it is definitely catchy and has a deeper meaning than your average radio song, as do all of their songs. The album got its name from the track “The Reck-oning”, whose lyrics can be interpreted in many different ways, depending on the listener.

All the songs in “The Reckoning” have amazing lyrics, along with a good tune and beat; it is definitely worth lis-tening to. It has a different style and is fun to listen to.

Music Awards. Lou Reed has even been inducted into the Rock n’ Roll Hall of Fame. A band that has won over 20 awards teamed up with a Rock n’ Roll Hall of Famer. When you put them together the result is Lulu.

Lulu is, as described by Rolling Stone, “a mix of Reed’s album Berlin and Metallica’s Master of Puppets.” The number of people involved is a bit larger than a normal band. The four members of Metallica: Kirk Ham-mett (guitar), James Hetfield (guitar), Robert Trujillo (bass), and Lars Ulrich (drums) are in it along with Lou Reed

especially up-tempo and catchy. With “Helena Beat” and “Call It What You Want”, it is impos-sible to be in a bad mood. If you’re looking for an easy going sound then “Don’t Stop (Color on the Walls)” and “Waste”, are the tracks for you. The last half of the album is just as good as the first half although it is consid-erably less upbeat. “Life on the Nickel” is a per-sonal favorite in the last half because it stays true to the unique sound of Foster the People. Never does the album stop for a second to displease.

The best part about Foster the People is that

each song has a differ-ent sound. This band has a bright future ahead of them and is already expe-riencing success as their fall tour is nearly sold out. After giving them a chance, I guarantee that Foster the People will be-come a must have part of every music lover’s collec-tion. This album deserves 4 out of 5 stars.

The Spotlight 10.13.1104

Fiedler goes to AfricaChemistry teacher

Cheryl Fiedler traveled to Kenya this past July in pursuit of earning her Master’s Degree in Zool-ogy.

Through Miami Uni-versity, Fiedler expects to receive her Master’s De-gree in Dec. 2012. As part of her research, Fiedler was given the opportunity to travel to Africa.

“Never had I ever thought I’d go to Africa,” Fiedler said.

Fiedler and her group, which included other people working towards their Master’s Degree in Zoology, spent their days studying animals and plants throughout the sa-vanna. Although Fiedler had the opportunity to observe many animals, she had a favorite animal to observe.

“I really liked seeing the lions,” Fiedler said. “We were really close to them so if they wanted to attack us they could have, but they were just look-ing at us… trying to figure [us] out.”

During her research, Fiedler learned the most when she and her group interacted with the Maasai tribe there.

“It’s so eye opening to see the difference of what we have here and what they have there,” Fiedler said. “They live in houses they build themselves out of sticks and mud; [they have] no electricity, no running water, no bath-rooms... Even though to me it’s like, ‘Wow! You don’t have so much!’ they’re [still] so happy.”

Most of the peoples’ na-tive language is English, but Fiedler still learned

some Swahili when she interacted with tribes in the savanna.

“They did tell us that ‘hakuna matata’ doesn’t mean what they say in [The Lion King] movie,” Fiedler said. “It means have a nice day.”

She was told that “sim-ba” does mean lion and also learned words like “caribu” which means welcome.

A typical day for Fiedler included waking up at sunrise and beginning her day with inquiry projects. These included studying animals. For example, one day they studied ba-boons. After research, they’d report back to the group and discuss what they learned.

“We were pretty busy from sunrise until 8-9 o’clock each night,” Fiedler said.

Anissa Saenz-OchoaSection Editor

After her two week stay, Fiedler was sad to leave Kenya.

“We all wanted to stay longer,” Fiedler said. “It’s weird because there’s

things you go without like running water and elec-tricity or even a toilet that you think you can’t get used to but then you do. And then you come back

here and it’s just weird because now I have a cell phone, I have electricity, I have water and it’s just so different when you’re there. You get used to it.”

Beckman spends summer vacation in China

Senior Dianna Beck-man went on quite the adventure this summer. She took a two week trip to China.

She and her family

visited two of the biggest cities.

“[We visited] Shang-hai and Hong Kong,” Beckman said. “I stayed at, like, three different hotels between the two cities.”

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China isn’t as multicul-tural as the US is, so to see a blonde tourist like Beck-man walking down the street can certainly turn some heads.

“My overall favor-ite part was the people

there. They were really different. They loved talk-ing to you,” Beckman said.

There are many differ-ent foods found in a for-eign country. One of the most unique Beckman ate

was jellyfish.“It was crunchy,”

Beckman said.Vacations out of state

can be somewhat over-whelming sometimes. One can imagine that a vacation on the other side

of the world would be even more so.

“I wish I could have stayed at least another week,” Beckman said. “[As for living there]; China’s cool to visit but I’d rather live here.”

The Spotlight10.13.11 05Upcoming Italy trip interests Sunrise Mountain students

Last spring a select few Sunrise Mountain stu-dents and teachers took a trip to Paris. Junior Heather Turner and AZ/US History and World History teacher Beth Joice were among them.

“The first trip was so successful,” Joice said. “We went to Paris, and we saw everything that you ever wished to see in Paris It was a fabulous trip… The places [the tour guides] took us were just amazing.”

Turner also thought the trip to Paris was worth-while.

“It was super fun… you got to see a lot of stuff that you would never see here,” Turner said. “[There was] a lot more architecture, it was very beautiful; every-where you went there was something special.”

Joice believed that the last trip was so success-ful that she should book a trip for this year.

“I realized that this was a legit tour group, and it was a lot of fun…. so we decided to book another trip, to Rome and Italy,” Joice said. “I’ve always wanted to go. Everyone I’ve talked to, they’ve al-ways wanted to go see

Italy, so we thought that this would be a good place to go.”

Senior Adrienne Sebade, a student who has already signed up for the trip, thinks that going to Italy is a great idea.

“Ever since I can re-

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member, I’ve always loved Italy and Rome in itself,” Sebade said. “I think it’s such a wonderful city, I’ve been saving up forever for something, like to go on a trip and then this trip came along, so I’m put-ting all my money into

this trip.” Turner also considered

going on the Italy trip, but couldn’t because of the expenses. This year expenses are estimated to be around three thousand dollars.

“Last year my parents spent a lot of time getting that money to go on the trip, and they don’t want to do it again because this one costs a little bit more,” Turner said. “But if you have the money, it’s totally worth it.”

Sebade also believed the cost is worth it.

“It was like three thou-sand in all, that included air fare, hotel, and two square meals a day and to get into all the muse-ums, like the Vatican, the Coliseum any other places that you need to pay to get into, it’s all covered,” Sebade said.

Joice explained that this year’s trip schedule will be full of famous sce-nic spots.

“We’re going to spend about three and a half to four days in Rome, so we’re gonna see all those things that you learn about in history and were built during the Renais-sance,” Joice said. “And then we’re going to travel through Tuscany and go to Florence. We’re also go-ing to Pompeii, and seeing what’s left of Pompeii and we’re also going out to the Isle of Capri. So, those things are all included in the trip.”

Joice feels that the trip needs more people.

“So far [we have] four [students],” Joice said. “We need to get a bigger group here, be-cause, with this company, if you have more people, you have more say in how much time you spend ev-erywhere. You need to get registered so the cost stays down.”

For more informa-tion on the trip, go to www.eftours.com

Counselor Julie Sel-bach is hosting a trip to Europe for the sixth time, which will travel to Dub-lin, London and lastly Paris, for a total of 13 days touring, exploring the buildings, and see-ing things that pertain to those well-known sites in Europe.

The trip will begin in late May and go into ear-ly June and the price is ranged at about $3,356 for a child and $4,111 for an adult. It will be hosted through EF Tours and will be added with an exten-sion of three more days.

“The price tends to go up every few months, and they [students or parents]

can pay for the trip over time and not just all at once,” Selbach said. “Two weeks is pretty good, and we get to go to Norman-dy.”

This is Selbach’s sixth time traveling with EF tours and visiting Paris and London, but it will be her first time visiting Dublin, Ireland.

“I absolutely love trav-el, and I have a passion for Europe,” Selbach said. “London is just really fun. One year we got to see Lion King and Buck-ingham Palace. Paris, the Eiffel Tower, the Louvre; there are so many things to see.”

Tours will be held nearly every day where students will be able to

roam the city and learn new facts.

“There will be a guided tour, and then students will have lunch on their own, and they have a cou-ple of hours to explore a certain area in the city,” Selbach said. “Students will get a broader view of the world. How the world works, and how people aren’t that different from us, but to learn to accept those differences.”

Students of all ages can attend, and some students have already graduated.

“[We are] looking for responsible students. [That have] passion and love for learning about history and culture,” Sel-bach said.

Past traveler, senior

Khylie Gardner, talks about how she enjoyed the trip, and the knowl-edge she gained.

“It was really fun,” Gardner said, “Now I want to travel more, I want to study abroad.”

Future traveler, senior Brooke Alden, is looking

forward to the trip and hopes to have a memo-rable experience.

“[I think that the best thing is] being able to see the world,” Alden said. “I’m a teen, going to three countries in Europe. And I get to see how people live differently.”

Sierra PritchardStaff Reporter

Information came from all of her friends and family, which is what per-suaded her to join.

“Mrs. Selbach was pret-ty informative, and she’s done it before, I trusted her,” Alden said. “I talked to my friends, and mom about it [as well].”

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Lucy Schreiber isn’t a typical girl; she is a girl who has an opportunity, an opportunity that most teenagers dream of hav-ing.

Any teenager would be excited to study in a dif-ferent place oppose from their own. Junior Lucy Schreiber is an exchange student from Hildesheim, Germany, who is through the exchange program American Field Service (AFS).

German foreign exchange student enjoying ArizonaEmily BridgewaterSection Editor

“It’s a town near Ha-nover and it is in the northern part [of Germa-ny],” said Schreiber.

This is Schreiber’s first trip to America and so far she likes it.

“It’s awesome. It’s so different and they all talk in English. It is big. It’s definitely big. Arizona is bigger than Germany,” Schreiber said.

In Germany, every-thing is compact; such as the cars and roads. It isn’t just Germany that is like that in all of Europe.

Schreiber has enjoyed

her time out here so far. She has been to Flagstaff and Snow Bowl.

“I have been in Flag-staff because my host sister studies there,” Sch-reiber said. “I went to the sky ride up there. It drives on a thing up and nor-mally in winter you can ski there [Snow Bowl], because of the snow.”

Although she didn’t get to pick where she was placed, she still like Arizona a lot.

“I had no interest in my placement. So if a family in Ohio picked me I would

come to Ohio. But when I heard I come to Arizona, it is cool because it is so warm,” Schreiber said

S c h -reiber said that one of her favor-ite things about Ari-zona is the heat and the cactus.

“I love the cactus, so cool,” S c h r e i b e r said.

She also

likes the large amount of fast food restaurants. She thinks fast food is awesome and good.

Schreiber came to Ari-zona on August 9 and so far does not miss her fam-ily back in Germany.

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Playing Field 10.13.1108Hawkins speaks about football now and beyond

Senior Ryan Hawkins has been playing the game of football since his sopho-more year and is currently ranked as one of the top kickers in the state.

According to AZcen-tral’s list of Arizona’s Top Ten Kickers, Hawkins is ranked first.

Hawkins realized he was better than average his junior year.

“I got better coaching,” Hawkins said.

In addition to his tal-ent, Hawkins’ favorite part about football is game day.

“[My favorite part is] playing under the lights on Friday and having all your fans in the stands,” Hawkins said.

Playing football in high school isn’t the end for Hawkins, he hopes. Hawkins would further like to play football at a collegiate level.

“I’d like to go some-where there [California],” Hawkins said.

In addition to antici-pating playing college football, Hawkins would like to play even at a higher level. Hawkins also wishes to play in the National Football League. If he could choose, his dream team would be the Philadelphia Eagles.

But for now, he looks forward to the season, having high expectations for himself.

“I just want to be per-fect,” Hawkins said.

Anissa Saenz-OchoaSection Editor

1. VICTORY WITH HONOR: Varsity players triumph in their victory against Greenway. Mustangs played Greenway Aug. 26 and won 46-19. Photo by Natasha Hossain2. TAKE IT AND RUN: Sophomore Joveal Bungay runs with the ball. The JV team won against Peoria. Photo by Anissa Saenz-Ochoa3. WORK HARD, PLAY HARD: Freshmen Mustangs run out ready to battle Liberty. The game ended with a tie. Photo by Braden Taylor

Mustang Football 2011-2012 RecoRd

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All scores are current as of Oct. 7

SPIKE!: Varsity Mustangs play against the Liberty Lions. Unfortunate-ly, the girls lost their game. Photo by Ryan Sampey

KICK THE KITTIES: Junior Kemrie Nash bumps the ball over the net in a game against Liberty. Girls Var-sity Volleyball has a record of 5-10 as of the end of September. Photo by Ryan Sampey

Freshman Taylor Glidewell joins varsity volleyball teamSierra PritchardStaff Reporter

BUMP, SET, SPIKE: Freshman Hannah Jarrell spikes the ball over the net. The girls freshman team lost against Liberty. Photo by Alex Adams

F r e s h -man Taylor G l i d e w e l l makes the varsity team, hopes that she can con-tinue with volleyball in the future, and help her team reach success.

“[Varsity volleyball] is great experi-ence, it’s fun,” Glidewell said.

Glidewell has great potential. Accord-ing to Coach Tony Gale, she could move on to great things.

“She has great potential and mentally

seems prepared for the challenge of var-sity,” Gale emailed. “Yes she does [have a bright future ahead of her] if she works hard to improve.”

Glidewell is very proud of her team, and is ready to help the team reach vic-tory.

“We work hard,” Glidewell said. “I think we are pretty good, but there is al-ways room for improvement.”

Varsity is the highest team that you can be on. It is a privelege that Glide-well, a freshman, made the team. This accomplishment takes a lot of practice to earn.

“I worked over the summer, and [vol-leyball] clubs helped a lot,” Glidewell said.

Glidewell has been playing volleyball since she was young, wishes to continue with volleyball throughout high school,

and soon go on to a professional career in volleyball.

“I wouldn’t mind. That would be pret-ty cool,” Glidewell said. “[I have been playing volleyball] since I was eight.”

Gale knows that the varsity team can pick it up and win even more games.

“We’ve struggled but the young la-dies have worked hard at improving and we have been very competitive,” Gale emailed.

Glidewell hopes to continue playing volleyball and wishes to help lead Sun-rise Mountain and Coach Gale to future victories.

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Sunrise boys’ golf swinging to victory; Edwards looks forward to future seasonChristian ParravanoAdvertising Manager

Sunrise Mountain’s boys’ golf team started the year by placing second in the district, behind Iron-wood. For a little back-ground on golf, it’s all about qualifying.

“The par is usually 36,” varsity golfer Brady Ed-wards said. “To qualify, you have to score a 37 or better on a match. So any-thing below 37 is a single qualification.”

Golfers have to qualify in five matches to be qual-ified for state. You can qualify as a team, which you would have five play-ers qualify and all five players go. However, golf-ers can also qualify alone. To qualify individually you have to qualify the

five times by yourself.“I’ve had some good

rounds and bad ones,” Edwards said. “I really just want to get better by senior year [to get schol-arships] for college. “

So far, varsity golfer Tommy Marino is the only player to qualify for state.

According to Edwards, the team is close and ev-eryone on the team is good friends. They sup-port each other through losses and cheer for the victories.

At this point, boys’ golf is eight wins two losses in matches. The team has finished second in two tournaments and third in another. The team it-self has posted three of the five needed qualifying scores for the team state tournament.

SWING, SWING, SWING (From left to right): Senior Thomas Torrez practices his swing before hitting the ball. Junior Brady Edwards watches the outcome of his swing. So far, boys’ golf has posted three of the five needed qualifying scores for the team state tournament. Photos by Natasha Hossain

Shores believes team has improvedEmma MillerPage Designer

Swim and Dive start new seasonLaura JohnsonPage Designer

1,2,3 SWING: Sophomore Maria Maurer is in midswing on the green. Junior Cheyenne Adamonis makes her way to the next hole. Girls’ golf has had eight wins and eight losses. Photos by Anissa Saenz-Ochoa

Jacob Hogan: going the distance in cross countryBraden TaylorPage Designer

If you are racing junior Jacob Hogan and the race is 3.1 miles, good luck beating him.

Hogan has won the 5 k i l o m e t e r race in the first two cross country meets this season with the times of 16:30 and 17:20

W i n n i n g races does not just happen by going to the race and running it. What a cross country member does leading up to a meet is essential to the mem-ber’s success.

“Some weeks I put in up to 55 miles, I try to put in at least 45 [miles],” said Hogan.

Not only has Hogan’s

training helped him win two races, it has also caught the attention of his cross country coach Torin Lattie.

“Jake is one of the hardest working runners

I’ve ever had the privilege to coach,” Lattie said via email. “He is finally reaping the re-wards of that hard work. He pushes himself more than most people are ca-pable of.”

Hogan is not only fu-eled by his success, but by his team as well.

“I really enjoy the team [and] my coach makes it really fun,” said Hogan. “I don’t know if I would do cross country without the people I do have on the team.”

individual sport,” Shores said.

Shores thinks her game has improved from the previous years she has been on the team.

“My short game is get-ting better, so I’m putting a lot better,” Shores said.

Shores also thinks that the team has been im-proved as a whole.

“Our players have im-proved a lot from last year and the new players this year have a little bit more experience than in previ-ous years.”

Junior Kelsey Shores has been on the SMHS golf team since her fresh-man year.

“I chose it [golf] be-cause my friends were do-ing it and I just kept do-ing it every year,” Shores said.

Shores believes golf is an enjoyable sport be-cause while she is play-ing it allows her to relieve stress.

“It’s really relaxing and it’s kind of like a laid-back

Heart beating out of her chest, she lifts her hand out of the water one last time to touch the wall at the end of the pool.

Junior Nicole Podgur-ski is a member of the Sun-rise Mountain girls’ swim team who have started off their season with two wins and one loss.

Podgurski was inspired to start swimming from her family from an early age.

“I have been swimming since I was seven,” Pod-gurski said. “I started be-cause of my brothers, who always swam since they were little.”

Members on the swim team compete in different races and distances.

“I mainly swim distance which is typically the 200 and 500 freestyle,” Pod-gurski said.

Since entering high school, Podgurski has set record breaking times.

“My best time in my 500 is a 5:45 and my best time in my 200 is a 2:09,” Podgurski said. “I made the school record twice my freshman year and I still have the 500.”

Podgurski thinks that the best part about the swim team is the people on it.

“[What I like best about the swim team is] being with the team and meeting new people every year,” Podgurski said.

JUST KEEP SWIMMING (top to bottom): Sophomore Bailee Pear swims during a meet. Senior Collin Avant finishes his lap. Girls swim and dive has had three wins, two losses, boys has had four wins, one loss. Photos by Katelyn Rey

2 Cents 10.13.1110

Feather hair trend bound to fade soon

This photo from www.conditionculture.com.

“Hey!” Steven Tyler called; he wants his feath-er hair décor back.

Lately around school, stores and just about ev-erywhere I’ve seen the newest trend in action: girls flaunting a feather in their hair. This hot new trend is just plain ridicu-lous, I beg of you please don’t jump on the band-wagon.

Types of feathers like

the ones that girls and even some guys wear in their hair were first used by fisherman to make fish-ing lures. The fad started in Colorado, where fly fishing is popular; it soon spread to California where the celebrities ate it all up. Steven Tyler, Kesha and Miley Cyrus were the first to sport the tacky look. These feathers can cost around $15-50. There are fake feather extension clips or real feathers that can be installed in your hair by a professional.

The absurdness doesn’t stop there; there are feath-ers for your dog’s hair. They are called Puppy-

locks. I prefer not to be-lieve that any dog owner would purchase a Puppy-lock. I am afraid that your dog would prefer to chase after a bird, not wear it.

According to the PETA website, roosters are be-ing “bred and genetically altered to produce long, luxurious saddle feath-ers (the ones on their backsides, which can take years to grow) before they are killed and de-feath-ered for their precious plumage”.

In simpler words, live roosters are being slaugh-tered for their feathers just so you can be a part of the latest and hottest

trend. I’m not trying to be all PETA-esque but it’s sad that the purpose of a rooster’s life is to be a hair accessory. You are not a bird, feathers belong to a bird. Not a humans head.

Wearing these feathers either makes you look like a fisherman wearing his work or a metamorphos-ing bird. Take your pick. These feathers, you call fashion, will slowly fade away just like the childish Silly Bandz. Coco Cha-nel once said, “Fashion fades, only style remains the same”. Take her wise words because this timely fashion trend will soon vanish.

Arianna Saenz-OchoaPage Designer

Racy photos spark controversy

The line in art is a very fine line, whether it is in photos or writing. Recent photos by photographer Tyler Shields that sur-faced on the Internet and show Glee star Heather Morris in controversial poses have upset viewers.

There are several pho-tos that have Morris with big bruises on her eyes and some raunchy photos of Morris with an iron.

Many people were very upset when they looked at Shields’ website – Shields received more than 25,000 emails after the photos went viral -- and some even sent Shields death threats.

In an article on Slate, Shields explained that these photos aren’t meant to be offensive but just a show of female empow-

erment. Shields thought that it would not offend anyone because he be-lieved that this idea was really cool.

Shields took risqué photos of women empow-ered with strength.

Yes, the words under-neath a blond girl that says “Even Barbie bruises” are a bit on the scary side. But these photos aren’t being shown to little kids, or they shouldn’t be any-way. Photography is an art form and anyone who says otherwise either gets offended easily or just doesn’t know good art. It is one of those things, like all art, that is subjective. I believe that photography has to offend someone whether religious groups, politics, or cultures in or-der to get the point across to the viewers. Ray Brad-bury, sci-fi author, wrote Fahrenheit 451 to show that people who are of-fended by things should just be burned and dis-carded. In Fahrenheit

451, people burn books in order to keep from offending people. If peo-ple keep raising a fuss about certain art pieces than the whole world will be like Fahrenheit 451, where things will be burned because people don’t agree or people are offended it.

Personally, I believe that racy art photos aren’t a big deal. Although I be-lieve that these photos aren’t bad, I am open to viewing the other side and understanding how these photos could be of-fended. I am not offend-ed, but I can definitely see how they could be offensive to some. Abuse is never a light subject. But I believe art is art, and if the art is awkward or unacceptable in your house than you have the right not to look at it. In the end, it is all up to you. It’s your choice to look at photos, whether they are good or bad, right or wrong.

Emily BridgewaterSection Editor

Sloppy style outrageous

This picture is from http://www.pantsaggin.com/tees.

Alex AdamsStaff Reporter

Nowadays wearing your pants so low that you could see your underwear, wearing your hat with a flipped up brim, along with leaving the sticker on it and then wearing a shirt that is way too big, is the new style, or “swag.” This is a “style” that is extremely prominent in today’s culture.

The most important factor is it is not what you wear; rather it is how you wear it. It is not a specific brand that makes this sloppy style, it is the per-son that is under the im-pression that ruining the bill of your hat by bending it upwards and then just placing it on your head, then deciding to sag your pants because that is the “cool” thing to do. Hon-estly, it looks ridiculous.

Sure, there are music stars that sag and ruin their hats; but they are millionaires, and they still look absurd. They could dress however they want and us as teens would think it is cool. Think about it; showing off your

boxers and ruining a hat that could have been priced at forty dollars or more is “cool” when hon-estly it is unreasonable. Honestly it is not cool; it makes no sense at all why someone would want to do this. Logically, it does not make sense. Say you were running late to class and you were sagging, how are you supposed to make it to class on time? Plus if you have you hat flipped up and you need to hurry to class, most likely it will fly off your head. If you are wearing your hat the way you are supposed to and you have your pants around your waist, this will not happen.

There is no point in wearing a shirt that is so big, it makes you look like you are wearing a dress. This is one of the most ridiculous things; yet this is considered “swag”. No, this should be consid-ered outlandish. Wear-ing a shirt like this truly is pointless. Why would someone want to wear this? It does look like a dress, and then you add a stuck up hat and wear your pants around your ankles. Think about it this way; if you would not wear it to a job interview; do not wear the outfit out and about.

This outfit makes it easier for people, most likely the elderly and adults, to make assumptions about you such as being lazy or that you are a “gangster.” If you wore this to a job interview, chances are you would not get the job.

This “swag” needs to be put away with. It looks ri-diculous. This is a bizarre concept of style, but it is not style. We as Americans should not even consider this “style” or “swag” or anything. We should only consider this sloppy. No if’s, and’s, or but’s about it. This is a ludicrous con-cept; this is absurd. This is sloppy.

The Mustang Express Newspaper Staff

Advertising ManagerChristian Parravano

ReportersAlex CurtisAlex Adams

Ryan SampeyNatalie Krutz

Brooke MeyersSierra Pritchard

Page DesignersBraden TaylorLaura JohnsonEmma MillerKatelyn Ray

Haylie KonakisArianna Saenz-Ochoa

Editor-In-ChiefNatasha Hossain

Online EditorKellie Reynolds

Section EditorsAnissa Saenz-OchoaEmily Bridgewater

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2 Cents10.13.11 11Technology errors caused by change, alternatives, back-ups should exist

Friday early releases should be considered by district administration

Early release has been on a Thursday for as long as students can remem-ber in the Peoria Unified School District. Every stu-dent loves getting out of school early on a Thursday but cringes at the thought of going to school the fol-lowing day, Friday.

District administra-tion may think that kids won’t come to school if it is on a Friday. However, many kids already don’t come to school on the Thursday because of how short the day is. Students don’t want to have to go to school a full day after hav-ing a short day.

District administra-tion might be worried about the fact that many students won’t show up that it slips right by them because a student’s mind-set is not that they get out early but that they have to go to school a full day after being somewhat teased with a half day.

This is a problem that could easily be resolved with the cooperation of the Peoria Unified School

Alex Curtis Staff Reporter District administrators.

They shouldn’t worry so much about how kids are not going to school and just make it more con-venient for students. For example, if a student is planning to go out of town on the week of an early re-lease it would make more sense for that student to get out early on the Fri-day, not the Thursday.

Deer Valley School District has early release on Friday. District ad-ministrators should look at the Deer Valley School District’s attendance sta-tistics for early release attendance and compare it to ours and see if the re-sults are much different.

Sunrise should consid-er going to a Friday early release system instead of Thursdays. If they do, the problem and frustration could be solved.

Students love early re-lease days but it can be a big letdown and hassle at times.

District administra-tion should get opinions and viewpoints from the students when deciding on early release days. Stu-dents would be happier and administrators would see an increase of atten-dance on half days.

The Peoria Unified School District (PUSD) switched to a new com-puter information system on July 1 and are dealing as best they can with the issues that are occurring as a consequence.

According to Principal Jerry Nunez, the switch should benefit everyone. The new system, Pinnacle, has a longer shelf life than Silk, which is what PUSD used before. The new sys-tem, implemented in Fall 2011, was created just for us and suits the districts needs quite well.

Pinnacle is web-based - that’s the major point in favor of the system. Par-ents will see the grades as the teachers update them, lag-free and live.

However, teachers might find this frustrat-ing. Parents will know what date an assignment was turned in and when it was graded by. Certainly, that pressure could en-sure that teachers update their grade books more often. Any teacher grad-ing 35 essays turned in on

a Monday will try to get them read and graded as soon as possible. Par-ents aren’t always under-standing about how long grading takes and might expect the grade sooner than what is probable.

The system was changed during the sum-mer when few people were around. A few office personnel were trained during that time, but no one seemed prepared for the bugs that have plagued the school once it began.

Schedules were messed up, and the grade book was down off and on for the first month of school. As a result, progress re-ports came late with very little warning as to what the students could expect.

The entire system crashed at one point, and the front office scrambled for an alternative. With no way to locate students on a computer, they had to get creative locating stu-dents without a directory when parents came.

E-mail continues to be unreliable for students and teachers. Recently, attempts to log on to stu-dent e-mail resulted in an

error messages for half a week.

The problem is not, however, with the new system being flawed. It is understandable that, as a pilot program, it will have some issues that will need resolving in the first couple months. The main issue is that the district has not provided a back-up plan or even back-up storage for when issues do occur. All the e-mails stu-dents had prior to the er-ror message were erased, resulting in a loss of in-formation that frustrated many, including Mustang Express reporters. There was no warning to scurry and save e-mails locally

Students work diligiently on homework and class activities in the library. Technology errors have made it difficult to complete projects. Photo by Laura Johnson

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ahead of time, and there-fore no chance to prepare for this catastrophe.

Most other e-mail sys-tems are unavailable due to internet blocks. There could have been and still should be back-ups in place in case of technol-ogy errors. These tech-nical difficulties are all too common to ignore. Schools need to prepare beforehand or at least of-fer an alternative for when disaster does strike. The use of backup systems to store files or the business practice of overlapping the older system and new system together for a cou-ple of weeks could have averted these IT setbacks.

Sunrise supports breast cancer awareness month

October is National Breast Cancer Aware-ness Month or NBCAM. NBCAM is organized by breast cancer charities ev-ery October with the goal to raise awareness and funds for research.

Breast cancer is the most common cancer among American women.

Sunrise Mountain High School is hosting a num-ber of events to help with breast cancer.

October 5 was the “Dig Pink” volleyball game against the Cactus Co-bras. This game was dif-ferent than usual volley-ball matches.

“Before the Varsity match we will introduce Breast Cancer survivors and all the ladies will be

Brooke Meyers Staff Reporter

wearing pink during their matches,” Coach Tony Gale said.

The freshman girls’ vol-leyball game was at 4 PM, Junior Varsity at 5 PM, and Varsity at 6 PM.

On October 6 the foot-ball team played Phoenix North. They were spirited for the game.

“The boys will be wear-ing pink sox and jerseys,” Coach James Carter said.

A silent auction took place on October 5 dur-ing all the matches. The silent auction helped raise money for the Side Out Foundation whose goal is to further breast cancer awareness, education and patient services.

Many things were sold at the silent auction such as gift cards, jew-elry, purses, clothing, and baked goods.

HIT IT: Senior Brianne Glidewell bumps the ball during their “Dig Pink” game. this game was in dedication to the support of breast cancer week. Photo by Sierra Pritchard

HUDDLE UP: Freshman football team gathers up before the game wearing pink socks in support of breast cancer week. The Mustangs won 54 - 0. Photo by Cesar Hernandez

The Round Up 10.13.1112

The NewesT MusTaNgs oN CaMpus

First Car: 1970 CamaroFunniest MeMory oF sChool: Putting my PrinCiPals VW on the sChool’s roof

Favorite Color: PurPleFavorite sport and teaM: football, iowa hawkeyes

Favorite Band FroM the past: foreigner Funniest MeMory oF sChool: missed Cue to enter during a Play and entered the wrong door as the Crowd laughed at her

Favorite Band FroM the past: JourneyFavorite Modern singer: Chris daughtry

First Car: red ford fiestaFunniest MeMory oF sChool: my boyfriend and his friends PiCked uP my Car and Put it in-between two trees

Favortie Modern singer: bruno marsFavorite sport and teaM: baseball, diamondbaCks

Birth plaCe: harbor City, CaliforniaFunniest MeMory oF sChool: an entire year of tyPing Class

Favorite Color: blueBirthplaCe: denver, ColoradoFavorite singer: ben harPer

Favorite Color: greenFunniest MeMory oF sChool: get-ting Caught with an “advanCed” CoPy of a Chemistry final

Get to know the fresh, new teachers at Sunrise Mountain. Some facts about them will make you laugh and others may surprise you. Here’s a teaser: I bet you didn’t know that Spanish teacher Linda Parrack sent a note, posing as the office, to a boy that spilled water on her. The note said that he was in trouble and his mother was coming to meet with the principal. But Mrs. Parrack never told the boy it was a joke. In the end, the boy’s mother showed up at the school and he actually got in trouble. Whoops! Take a look and learn about the new teachers favorite color, first car and more! Compiled by: Alex Curtis and Brooke Meyers

sCott hereder (auto) darrell Kidd (engineer) Chris Moore (sCienCe)

Cherraine anderson (english)

Jodi leonard (speCial ed.)

Julie shaFFer (speCial ed.)linda parraCK (spanish)

Maria shiling (photo) tiM lentz (CriMinal JustiCe)