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New Equestrian Team Gallops onto SA Campus

by Sydney WeilManaging Editor

Volume II, Issue I Sonoma Academy October 2013

There has almost always been a big horseback riding community on campus. Now, those riders have a way to gain experi-ence in a team setting and be a part of the school athletic program. This fall marks the beginning of the new Sonoma Academy Equestrian Team, the only team of its kind in the area. Under the direction of coach Maggie Clancy, eight freshmen and one sophomore practice at Strides Riding Academy twice a week. They will compete for Sonoma Academy at shows throughout the year. “I’m excited,” Maggie said. “We have a good team.” Each student is put in a level that they will compete in at shows, and they often switch horses for each practice so they can

get used to riding different horses. They use a combination of the 10 horses Maggie owns and the team members’ horses who board at the barn. At competitions, the team will be rid-ing horses provided by the host team, so they have to be prepared to ride a horse they have never seen before. “There’s a pretty good range (of lev-els), which is nice,” Maggie said. “There are people who are just barely learning to jump, up to super advanced riders.” Practices involve a combination of flatwork and jumping, as well as a bit of car-dio work for the riders. This allows Maggie to work with smaller groups; while the more advanced riders are working with her, the be-ginners will be doing exercises, and after a

little while they switch. While Maggie has coached a middle and high school team through Strides Riding Academy for the past three years, this is the only school team in the area, and one of only a few in the state. The team will ride under the jurisdic-tion of the Interscholastic Equestrian Associ-ation. Founded in 2002 with 200 riders, they now oversee 8,000 middle and high school student riders (grades 6-12) in 32 states. Maggie first approached Athletic Di-rector Chris Ziemer with the idea of starting a team about two and a half years ago. “At the time, we were just starting to add baseball, so it wasn’t the right time to add a new sport,” Chris said, “but we planted

The SA Equestrian Team had their first practice at Rancho Union on September 3rd

See Equestrian, page 2

Photo by Sydney Weil

Inside this issue

Sierra Maciorowski and Jojo Sanders review the lat-est in books and movies Page 7

ReviewsEver wondered why it's sometimes hard to make decisions? Emmy O'Brien tells us why! Page 3

Indecision Advice by StevenWho wouldn't want male fash-ion advice from Steven Stack? Check it out on Page 5

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the seed to stay in touch and learn more about how it might work.” There has always been a large group of students who use horseback riding for an Independent Study PE; even now, there are at least 10 students who ride outside of the school program. “I wasn’t aware of the organization that sanctions the high school competition,” Chris said. “Maggie had a couple of SA stu-dents that were riding with her, and she ap-proached us and explained the process to us.” By working with these students inde-pendently, Maggie came to learn more about the school and its philosophy. Because of what she was learning about SA and its prox-imity to the barn, she thought it would be a

The equestrian team practices at Rancho Union every Tuesday and Thursday

Equestrian: SA welcomes a new teamgood fit for a team. Once they started the process of creat-ing a team, though, there were a few obstacles that had to be overcome. Chris said, “We wanted to make sure we had enough interest. We tried to create a program that would be achievable financially and also make sense for someone like Maggie to offer the program.” Now that the team is starting to get used to the routines of practices and can start to prepare for shows, Maggie hopes to make sure that they can come together as a team. “This year, I really want the school to learn what the team’s about,” she said. “I want to create a group for the riders where they can have teammates and members that they have something in common with. As we go on and

learn the show circuit a little more, we’ll start to get more competitive, but this year it’s im-portant that everyone get to know each other and have some fun. That’s what it’s all about.” Over the next few years, she would love to gain some more school support so that the team can become a bigger part of the school community. Looking to the future, though, Maggie is mostly excited to become a part of the school. “I think that the faculty is awesome, and the kids are really great,” Maggie said. “Everyone’s got a great attitude and is upbeat and optimistic and I’d really like to be part of that.” Welcome to the pack, Equestrian Team, and good luck this year!

Photo by Sydney Weil

A Day in the Life:

by Amy PinoCo-Editor

“I fell off my first lesson… the fact that I got on and kept going showed how dedi-cated I would wind up being to it,” said Ty Nowell (‘14). Ty has been riding since she was five, and is a member of SA’s new eques-trian team. She is dedicated and hard-work-ing, competing in shows often. “I started showing when I was seven down in Pebble Beach...now I show probably 22 weekends a year, so I miss 22 Thursday afternoons and Fridays...I’ve shown all over California, and I’ve shown back east a little bit,” said Ty. Luckily, teachers tend to be under-standing of the time commitment. “I do everything everybody else does. I just have to do it on my own time and figure it out by myself, so it’s really harder than you’d think. But I think as long as I keep doing my part and encouraging

Ty Nowell tells us about her experience with riding and her thoughts on SA's new equestrian team

the teachers to want to help me, they do,” Ty said. SA’s new equestrian team practices are now underway, and Ty explained how the competitions work. “They place you in divisions...based on your experience, what you can do, that kind of thing. And then you go and you compete and you basically draw a horse out of a hat. You pick the name and you ride that horse in the competition. You don’t know who it is beforehand…”. Ty expects to continue riding throughout her life, with hopes of riding in college and competing internationally, maybe even for the US National Team. ”College is kind of the whole reason I wanted to do the [SA] team this year, be-cause it gives you the experience of being on a team before you go into college,” said Ty.

Why We Can't Decide

by Emmy O'BrienStaff Writer

If asked at age eight what they want to be when they grow up, children will give you a “definite” answer. If asked again two days later, the answer will quite possibly be entirely dif-ferent. Try asking the same question 10 years later and a student will probably have even less of an idea. “Sometimes students have a hard time seeing the whole picture and how some of the decisions they make now will affect them in the long run,” said Dean of Students Stacy Cohen. This is not just due to fickleness. Ac-cording to science teacher Sam Horton, our brains are hard-wired to act this way due to the fact the prefrontal cortex (the part of the brain that makes decisions) doesn’t fully develop un-til around age 25. Yet at age 18, millions of high school

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graduates are expected to make some of the most important decisions of their lives: whether or not to attend college, getting a job, and quite possibly moving away. “A lot of the time people don’t have much of an idea of what they’ll want 10 years from the pres-ent so it’s a good idea to choose a path that has a lot of options, like a college that provides many different courses,” said Stacy. To try to cope with indecisiveness, many col-leges and professors recommend taking a gap year or studying abroad for a semester to find some time to critically think about one’s important decisions and try to map something of a plan out. “Even if they mess up, kids just have to re-member that life will go on,” Stacy said.

Indecision: Why we change our minds

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SA Sports Updateby Jack GreenbergContributing Writer

Sonoma Academy’s fall sport teams are off to a running start this year. The boys and girls soc-cer teams have been slicing through the competi-tion after big wins over Tomales and Clearlake this week. On Friday, September 20th, the girls soc-cer team had their Back the Pack game in a great match against St. Vincent’s. Freshman Aris Saxena said, “This season has been a great way for me to meet upperclassman and also improve on my soccer game. I am excited to contribute more to my team as I get older and more experienced.” The SA volleyball team has also been com-petitive this year, going 5-5 at time of print. Sonoma Academy Cross Country also is in full stride, having competed in four races at the time of print. They had their Back the Pack race on Tues-day, September 24th. The most recently added sport at SA is the Equestrian Team. Coached by Maggie Clancy, they have been practicing twice a week since the begin-ning of the year to compete for their first show in late September. I believe I can speak for the whole school in saying I’m excited to see how all these teams do. Go Coyotes!

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New Faculty: Ten Questions with Liz Padilla

by Connor DuncanContributing Writer

1. What did you do before you came to SA?I was in the Navy for about 12 years. I went to school and I got my Bachelor's Degree in math and worked part time as an HR representative, after which I worked in the high tech arena as an HR Manager. And THEN I became a teacher. I started teaching six and half years ago. I was a teacher at Windsor High for six years.2. Why did you choose to come to SA?I wanted to be part of a community environment. I had my eye on this school for a while. I prefer this over the public school education.3. Are you enjoying SA?Oh my God I love it! It’s like a teacher’s dream job.4. Can you tell me about an unforgettable experience that you have had?Dealing with my son’s battle with cancer. Now he is 6 years cancer free!5. What is your spirit animal?A dragon.6. What do you do at SA?I’m a mathematics teacher. I’m teaching AP stats, Applied Math, Algebra 2, and Geometry this year.7. What is your favorite song?I’ll get back to you on that.8. What is your next big project as a math teacher?I don’t have a really big project, I’m still developing a knowledge of SA itself. I will be teaching the history and use of the abacus.9. Where were you born?Chicago, IL.10. What are you looking forward to at SA?I’m looking forward to being able to teach outside my subject with the explor-atories.

Ten Questions with Nancy Hoffman 1. What did you do before you came to SA?I taught history for 15 years at Marin Academy. 2. Why did you come to SA over Marin Academy?Fifteen years is a long time to be in one place. I trust my intuition. I’d heard really good things about SA and I wanted to try something new.3. Are you enjoying SA?Abso-blooming-lutely.4. Can you tell me about an unforgettable experience that you have had?Every few summers I take a riding trip to Spain. Most unforgettable would be riding to a stable adjacent to the Salvador Dali studio and museum.5. What is your spirit animal?A possum.6. What do you do at SA?I teach two sections of Humanities III, advise the World Spark Club and the junior class. 7. What (in your opinion) is the best song ever made EVER?Dvorak’s New World Symphony.8. What is your next big project in your position?Close read of the correspondence between John and Abigail Adams.9. Where were you bornBorn in Coronado, CA (near San Diego).10. What are you looking forward to at SA?Being a fan of both boys and girls basketball teams and the spring production

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Tucker Crull is on the AGOGOby Allison AshleyCo-Editor

This summer, junior Tucker Crull worked at an internship in San Francisco where he helped create and design the ap-plication AGOGO. The app, which was designed for easy access while driving, has podcasts, music, live radio shows, live traffic, horoscopes and articles, which it can read out loud. The app’s slo-gan is “channeling your world,” which others might agree with considering the first week it was released it was listed in the Top 20 New Apps and has received over one hundred 5-star reviews. Tucker’s family friend is the owner of the company that created the app, and Tucker lived all summer in San Francisco with former Sonoma Academy student Jimmy Sweeney (’12). Tucker’s specific job was to find the sports content, and he even got to fly out to Bristol, CT to meet with ESPN at their headquarters to discuss the app and how ESPN could be a part of it. Tucker thought that his intern-ship was a “great experience and it was really fun.” He looks forward to going back to work there next summer. He credits his success to Darren Duarte’s Java Programming class, which he took last semester. The class got him

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interested in computer science and he plans to pursue that interest in college. Only 15 people worked at the company throughout this summer: a team full of engineers, designers and computer scientists. Tucker said, “Even though I was only a high school kid, I felt very valued.” He it felt strange com-ing back to live at home when his in-ternship ended because he wasn’t used

to “being treated like a kid” after living and working on his own. Tucker believes that the crisp, clean and user-friendly design is the best feature of the app, and the fact that you can share anything you read or watch through social media sites. He even uses the app daily because it is a really nice way to stay on top of the morning news. To top it all off: it’s free!

Connections to Syria by Sierra MaciorowskiStaff Writer

1,429 people have died from the use of chemical weapons in Syria - or, at least, that’s what US Secretary of State John Kerry says - and the conflict’s death total is more than 83,000. Yet those deaths, while impor-tant, are not the sole factor to consider for the United States on the topic of interven-tion. Sonoma Academy has more connec-tions to the country than might be expected- and opinions, which come from all sides of the debate. One student, who prefers to re-main anonymous, believes that Syria will only be injured by US intervention, saying that “. . . the last thing Syria needs is more explosions and violence over there. The ab-solute last thing.”

Many agree with this. “It’s more than just Syria,” chemistry teacher Wade Nasholds said. “The whole area is like a bunch of gas-oline vapors waiting to ignite.” With Syr-ia’s neighbors including unstable Israel and Egypt, a US intervention - political or mili-tant - could easily set off the flames in the Middle East. Other community members, includ-ing junior Squid Tamar-Mattis, believe that the key is avoiding a purely American inter-vention- but some external pressure is neces-sary. “I agree with Putin, who says that the UN should dismantle the chemical weapons program,” Squid said. “I’m more inclined to believe the UN than the US in general.” Opinions on Syria have continued

to develop as the situation progresses. “A chemical weapons grab will lessen the fight-ing quite a bit,” said debate captain Morgan Apostle. “That being said, I believe in hu-manitarian aid, but no military intervention.” With Syria already a hot topic early on in the season, debaters everywhere have been forced to develop strong opinions. And, unfortunately, the conflict does not seem anywhere near resolution. At the very least, diplomatic options have increased in the past few weeks. Junior Logan Noel, who faced the topic of Syria at the first debate tournament of the year, de-scribes his beliefs as constantly changing. “However, the recent US-Russia joint pro-posal for the removal of chemical weapons

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Women in the Draft by Allison AshleyCo-Editor

As high school seniors approach the highly anticipated age of 18, they receive new freedoms. Now considered adults by the state, they obtain the right to vote and are able to buy cough syrup and spray paint. Along with this new freedom comes with the responsibility of having to register for the Selective Service System...but only if you are a boy. Selective Service System is a data-base that the government has in case we have a national emergency and people are needed to fight for our country. All United States male citizens and male immigrants ages 18 through 25 who are currently living in the US are required by the government to register. The registry is just a precaution and does not mean that these men will be forced to go into the military. In the rare circum-stance that a draft is required, the men would be picked randomly by year of birth or a lot-tery system. If chosen, the men would need to be physically and mentally examined and have a necessary fitness test. From there, the government would decide if he should be in-ducted or exempted from the Armed Forces. This system is put in place to ensure that if a draft is necessary in the future, it will be a fair and organized process so the government and its people are prepared. During World War II about 350,000

women served either at home or on base in many different roles, including Army Nurse Corps, Women's Air Force Service Pilots, and replacing many other jobs that men previ-ously held before the war. In 1979, qualifications for enlisting in the military became the same for both gen-ders. Though women were now allowed to enlist, they were still prohibited from assign-ments that included direct combat roles. De-partment of Defense officially banned women from serving in combat in 1994. This past year, on January 24, 2013, Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta removed the military's ban and women are officially

now able to serve in combat. He justified this by saying, “If members of our military can meet the qualifications for a job, then they should have the right to serve, regardless of creed, color, gender or sexual orientation.” This opened up 237,000 positions to women in the military. Panetta stated, “This milestone reflects the courageous and patri-otic service of women through more than two centuries of American history and the indis-pensable role of women in today’s military.” Nearly every job in the military is open to women. America is a country striving to eliminate any type of gender discrimina-tion. The Selective Service was knowingly discriminatory, requiring men to do some-thing not required of women, but this was originally justified because until 2013 women were not allowed in combat. Now it is up to Congress to decide if this law is still constitutional. If women in America are given equal opportunities, then they should also be given equal responsibili-ties, requiring all men and women to register for the draft when they turn 18. President Barack Obama said, “If you're walking down the right path and you're willing to keep walking, eventually you'll make progress.” The United States contin-ues to take steps down the right path towards equality; the progress we make will be a re-flection of the gender integration in all pro-grams and services that this country offers.

"If women in America are given equal op-portunities, then they should also be given equal responsibilities, requiring all men and women to register for the draft when they turn 18."

Steve's Cornerby Steven StackContributing Writer

Top 10 things a man needs in his wardrobe:1) Custom black/grey suit, perfect for those nights you want to go the extra mile. Remember, socks only differ one shade from the pants.2) Blue jacket out to dinner with jeans, or prep it up with khakis. Timeless, to say the least.3) Dressy jeans. Nothing worse than date number one and putting on a ratty piece of denim.4) V-neck sweater (argyle or plain). Personal preference. Impress on those blustery fall days.5) Dress and casual shoes. Dress shoes have to match the belt, then kick it with some vans or jump on deck with some boat shoes.6) Peacoat (or a nice coat). Going out on the town with your North Face fleece, are you kidding?7) Collared button-ups (short and long sleeve). Gotta have a white, get creative with the colors. Sport shirts are perfect for those balmy summer days.8) Solid colored T's. Dress 'em up, dress 'em down. V-neck or crew, or maybe a little bit of both.9) Khakis. Not too baggy, not too tight, get the right fit.10) Accessorize, i.e. scarves, watches, sunglasses, flip flops, your choice. (seasonal)

What's in:The boot cut. It's like selling a house with a pool, it adds a bit to your worth.Scarves. Don't let anyone tell you otherwise.Pocket squares. Literally the bee's knees. Mix and match 'em.Colored pants. Blue denim? Please. Tan khakis? Pffft. Green jeans, red khaki's. The world is your oyster. Stripes. Why do I even say it, when are they not?

What’s not:Skinny jeans…as if.Intense, colorful patterns. If I look at your shirt and I'm too dizzy to walk straight, Houston, we have a problem.Gym shoes. I get it, I know they're comfortable. I wear ’em too. Just no second date for you.Too much cologne.

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Letter from the Editors We have once again reached the beginning of a new school year. Looking back, it’s hard to believe how far we’ve taken our newspaper. Last year, we started using a new format and printing on actual newsprint, giving us that real newspaper feel. We have high hopes of continuing and expanding this professional look. We hope our writers will continue to win awards, both on the local and national level. Addi-tionally, we will continue to attend journal-ism conferences that will inspire us to grow. We hope this year will continue to bring many new members to our staff. Ev-ery quarter, we as editors,look forward to welcoming new faces. It brings us joy to see so many people interested in helping us make our paper even better. We hope to continue to expand our staff throughout this year. We also want to grow our general program. We plan to expand our content to include more feature stories, interviews, and much more. Because of our dedication to in-creasing our campus coverage, our newspa-per will only continue to grow and get even better. Hopefully, this will help attract an even larger group of readers to our paper. We cannot express how happy we are to see people milling about after school reading the hot-off-the-press Paw Print. Our reader-ship has already jumped way up from last

year, which is great, and to see it grow even more would be fantastic. This newspaper is dedicated to bringing you, the student body, fresh and interesting stories that keep you informed and up-to-date about what is go-ing on around campus. As the editors, we are very committed to seeing this paper further succeed. Unfor-tunately, we are seniors, so we won’t be here next year. This means that throughout this

year, we will be working to build a strong, reliable staff that is ready to take over after we graduate. Please be keeping this in mind as you sign up for exploratories this year. If you like to write, take pictures, or have any interest in pursuing journalism, try joining our staff, even if it’s just for a quarter! We wish you all the best of luck for this school year!Love,Amy Pino, Allison Ashley, and Sydney Weil

by Jojo SandersStaff Writer

Art Corner

The staff this quarter, L-R: Emmy O'Brien, Sierra Maciorowski, Allison Ashley, Sydney Weil, Amy Pino, Jojo Sanders

Photo by Marina Medan

Concerts Art Exhibitions MoviesPink @HP Pavilion, San Jose, 10/15

Gerri Allen, Terri Lyne Carrington, Espe-ranza Spalding @ SFJAZZ Center, Minor Auditorium, 10/24

Drake @ Oracle Arena, 11/19

Beyonce @ HP Pavilion, 12/2

The Art Of Bulgari @ de Young, 9/21-2/17

David Hockney @ de Young, 10/26-1/20

Impressionism of Water @ Legion of Honor, 6/1-10/13

Gravity, 10/4(A sci-fi w/ George Clooney. Need I say more?)

The Graduates/Los Graduados, 10/8(Bilingual documentary about the education of Latinos in the US.)

Insidious 2, 10/13 (Friday the 13th of course)(For only the bravest souls. AKA way too scary for me. But have fun with your night-mares. First date perhaps?)

Spark: A Burning Man Story, 10/13(Ever wondered what Burning Man is like but never been? Me too. Here’s your chance to peek into the cultural phenomenon that is BURNING MAN.)

Ender's Game, 11/1(Sci-fi dystopia story about a strategically minded boy genius who could maybe save the human race. Lots of zero gravity scenes, lots of fun.)

Beyonce backstage at the 55th Annual Grammy Awards at Staples Center in Los Angeles, California, on Sunday, February 10, 2013.

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Elsewhere: A Dreadful Beauty A Book Review

by Sierra MaciorowskiStaff Writer

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A childhood spent in Gloversville, the small town which would become the basis for Russo’s future writing endeavours; a young adulthood spent around the na-tion as his mother’s support and compan-ion; and an adulthood keeping together both his mother’s life and his own... these are the components of Elsewhere, by Rich-ard Russo. Dealing with parents is rarely sim-ple. Dealing with a mother who suffers from so-called nerves, an almost nonexis-tent sense of her own fears, and a dispro-portionate amount of confusion surround-ing her hometown of Gloversville is simply impossible. Because of this, Russo’s delightful memoir delves into his own recollections of his childhood - all centered around his mother’s dependency upon him - with an air of blunt sorrow. Does Jean Russo understand how much of a burden she is for him? Can he balance his work, family, and mother while trying to pay the bills? Although Russo

questions his choices constantly, he never ceases to provide for his mother until the day she dies- and finds himself wondering about her opinions even after her death. When his daughter is diagnosed with OCD, storyteller Russo looks back into his own past, recognizing the tell-tale signs of the disorder in his mother’s impulsive decisions and fear of contamination. The tale that follows is charming, terrifying, and typical of Russo’s simple, direct approach to writing. Russo, known for his Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, Empire Falls, tells the com-bined life-stories of himself and his mother with grace and delicacy, even as he bitterly questions his own choices and those of his family. Elsewhere is a tale of desperation, and in some ways an autobiography, but Russo’s poise at the paper gives his mem-oir a beautiful, dreadful appeal. Be fore-warned: the moments of joy are fleeting and rare; in the footsteps of Empire Falls comes a story difficult to hear.

This is the End: Movie Review by Jojo Sanders Staff Writer

Spoiler alert: in this comedic and sardonic take on the overplayed apocalypse genre, a few people die. On second thought, the entire human population dies, except for some ac-tors-turned-cannibals-slash-sex-slaves, and James Franco. And a few others. To tell the truth, I was a little distracted by those guys. “Those guys” and every other major celebrity you would die to meet (pun intended) kick off the movie at-tending Franco’s housewarming party. Drugs, booze and a coked-up Michael Cera are all present. At first everyone is oblivious to giant holes opening in the ground outside, but then people start getting pulled closer and closer by their own morbid curiosity and fall to their deaths in endless pits of lava and shame. Pretty soon, it seems the only ones left are some guileless comedians taking shelter in Franco’s house, “built like a fortress” apparently. Not that that would ever be useful, right? The rest of the movie has a lot of fun with stereotypes. Do celebrities think different than the rest of us? How do they act at home? Surprisingly nor-mal, actually. Comfortingly similar. In fact, this movie would be fun to watch just for the very reason of the viewers

getting an insight on how the big-gest names in Hollywood comedy act in a crisis (One snickers bar. Six guys. Now there is something worth wor-rying about.) But this is no “crisis.” The apocalypse is happening right outside the house, Emma Watson goes from clean-cut, sophisticated British girl to straight-up crazy, and something dis-tinctly non-human is sending heads

rolling. Yes, there is a plot, and the end is of course satisfyingly correct, but what’s the fun in that? It’s the journey rather than the destination that makes this movie so much fun. If you decide to see this movie you are along for the ride, the whole ride: meandering, wacky, edge-of-my-seat-thrilling, with a little self-discovery along the way.

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Horoscopes by Jojo Sanders and Emmy O'BrienStaff Writers

Aries (Mar. 21- Apr. 20) Now is the time to embrace life. Close the computer, turn off the cellular thingy and get back to basics.

Taurus (Apr. 21- May 21)Is it hard to keep up your social life lately? Are AP classes, knitting socks, and/or bullfighting coming before friends? Become a hermit.

Gemini (May 22- June 21)Gemini, gemiFLY. This month, take to the air in any way possible. Hardcore-Parkour, bun-gee jumping, or double-dutch jump rope will do the trick.

Cancer (June 22 - July 23)You are going to have an unexpected encounter with a sly, secretive salamander. Watch out for that guy. He’ll catch you by surprise. Be alert.

Leo (July 24- Aug. 23)It’s urgent that in 16 days you smooch a man’s hat. Let what happens, happen.

Virgo (Aug. 24 - Sept. 23)Ladies, stay away from trouble for a few weeks. Your disguise might be unbeatable, but the Cancers of the world will be paranoid and alert, ready with a butterfly net (meant for a certain salamander but you could end up in it if you don’t watch out).

Libra (Sept. 24- Oct. 23)“Hello, ladies, look at your man, now back to me, now back at your man, now back to me. Sadly, he isn’t me, but if he stopped using la-dies’ scented body wash and switched to Old Spice, he could smell like he’s me. Look down, back up, where are you? You’re on a boat with the man your man could smell like. What’s in your hand, back at me. I have it, it’s an oyster with two tickets to that thing you love. Look again, the tickets are now diamonds. Anything is possible when your man smells like Old Spice and not a lady. I’m on a horse.”

Scorpio (Oct. 24 - Nov. 22)This is a good month to take risks. You will step out of your comfort zone and try some-thing new, yet you will most likely end up flailing all over the place and due to your embarrassment revert back to the socially awkward snail you used to be.

Sagittarius (Nov. 23- Dec. 22)Be optimistic. The sun is shining and the birds are chirping, but they are chirping too much. I mean seriously...shut up, birds.

Capricorn (Dec. 23 - Jan. 20)It’s time for a throwback! Watch some Drake and Josh or Zoey 101, then pine over how you wish these shows were still on the air.

Aquarius (Jan. 21 - Feb. 19)It’s time to get off your feet and start mov-ing! Turn off the TV and enjoy the out-doors. Oh, but the couch is so comfy. Never mind, just stay where you are.

Pisces (Feb. 20 - Mar. 20)You will embark on a magical adventure filled with fairies and other mythical things. An elf will stop you halfway on your jour-ney asking for money to pay his rent. Be-ing the stingy individual you are, you will promptly shove him out of the way to con-tinue on your way to Camelot.

by Karishma Bottari

Guess Who? New Teacher Fun Factsby Sarah MaliarikContributing Writer

1. Liz Padilla

2. Amber Greer

3. Nancy Hoffman

A. This faculty member played two years of basketball in college.

B. This faculty member grew up with pet rats, met her husband when she was 12, and had her fingers ice-skated over by her mom when she was in elementary school.

C. This faculty member originally planned on being a commercial artist, owned and operated a full service Florist/Custom Gift Basket business for 4 years, and moved so many times that she attended 5 different 2nd grade classes in two different states.

Answers on page 3