This Side Up - Issue 2, 2000

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Issue 2, 2000

dn aIS.H The Plications Cass of the 999- schooea

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Table Of Cntents

Discaimer fom you gacios Ths Sde Up seo edtors. ....

From A Pessimst Fo Pessists ..............................................4

Heahy tps fo appyng to olege. ...........................................4

Dr. Mihae Ricads ..................................................................5

Human Rights in Guatemala 5

Is choo Really that Bad fo Us? 6

Changing Places ................................................................... 7

C, ................................................................................ 7

"he Compeat Wks ofWllm Shkspr: as see by Hgh Scoo

ulcatons 9

"he CompleatWrks ofW11m Sksp: a vy technicl play

Kiometers fo Chaiy ....................................................

A Goden Ange .......................................................................... 11

A Hellish Ride Home 2

Contempoay Music Review ................................................. 2

Elective Crtique .................................................................... 4

Ei .......................................................................... 4RE................................. 6

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Disclaimer from your gracious Sd senior editors

By Kur "special K upprecht Magnus "the soundmaster

Franklin and Jamie "mgu de platano uderIn ths issue ofT S we have impoved signcantly, thaks to more expeiece wth te pogam we use, as welas moe ecient use of time. Howeve, we would still suppot ou position that nothing witten in ths pa, except th

aicles witte by te edtos themselves, epesent the views o opinons of the editors. We endose the eedom of sechand theefoe we ae eluctant to edt aticles unless thei content is dectly oensive Fo you amusement, howeve, weinclude Dan Rosenbaum's "Rules fo Witees. As you ead each article, you can check with this lst to see how accomplshed each autho s Of couse, aticles wtten by us edtos need ot be scrunzed O couse thee still vaouacles that are ot vey good, but athe than just sayng that you think tey suck, wite to us We love getgfeedback, and themoe we would aso lke to invite anyoe who has a piece to submit, please do s Ae all we couldalways use moe good pieces to eplace the vaious bong ones tat wee foced to put in Thank you again, fo supporting (e ... hum putting up with) ou amateu pubcation

Vebs HAS to agee with the subjects.2 Pepositions ae not wods to end setences with3. And dont sat a sentence wit a conjunctio. It is wong to eve split a intive5. Avoi clichs like the plague. (Theye old hat

6 Also, always avoid annoying aliteation.7. Be moe o less specic.8 Paenthetical emaks (howeve elevant ae (usually unnecessy9. Also t, neve eve use repetitive edundancies.0 No sentece fagmets. Contractions aent necessay ad shouldnt be used2 Foegn wods and phases are not apopos13. Do not be edundat; do ot use moe wods than necessay it's highly supelous Oe Should VER genealze Compaisos ae as bad as clchs.6 Dont use o double egatves.17 Eschew ampesands & abbevatos, etc8 One-wod sentences? Elmnate.9 Analoges n writing ae ike feathes o a sake20 he passve voice is to be igoed2 Eliminate commas, that ae, ot necessay Paenthetcal wods howeve should be enclosed i commas.22 Neve use a big wod when substtuting a dmnutve one would suce23 Kill all exclamation poins!! !2 Use wods coectly, iegadless of how othes use them2 Uestatemet s aways the absoute best way to put foh eah-shakg deas26 Use the apostophe n t's pope place and omit it whe ts not eeded27 Elimnate quotions. As Ralph Waldo Emeson sad, "I hate quotations. Tell me what you know28 youve head it once, youve head it a thousand times: Resist hyole; not oe in a million c use i

coectly.29 Puns ae fo clden, not goa eades.

30 Go aound the ba at noo to avoid colloquialisms3 Even IF a mixed metapho sngs, it shoud be deailed32 Who needs hetoical questos? Exaggeaton is a bllon times wose than udestatement34 Avod "buzz-wods; such integated tansitional scenaios complcate smplistic mattes

And nally

35 Poofead caelly to see if you any wods out

Note Wod 200 gamma check oly maked numbes , 6,2 ad 26 as beng icoecthank you M. King fo this cotibuto

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From Pessimist For Pessimists

By Hugo Miller

I think that you the pessimists wi neverstop being negative You peope are so dumb because you shoud actuay think hgher of otherpeope and dierent situations instead of awaysputting them down Instead of thinking that a cupis haf empty drink that haf that s e and make itcompetey empty ont et other peope convinceyou to be happy and optimistic even though youshoud be I know that you shoud reay stop puttng peope down just because you think that youare right hen you give your opinon on something dont repeat yoursef because you sound

unsure of what you are trying to say yeah so remember not to repeat yoursef because you soundunsure of what you are trying to say.

To a you pessimists out there I dont epect much om you but try to think better of others You shoud fee good about yourseves (notthat there is much to fee good about). Try not tohope for bad things to happen to others just donthope for good things to happen to peope Youshoud avoid giving a negative outook even whenit seems ike yo know more the whoever is ask

ing you for your opinionIf you are pessimistic we then dot act so

cuse thee are ot moe pessimists theyou thik Pessimsts dont mean to be negativewe are just naturay ike that so you shoud cometo epect it To a you peope out there dot et apessist te you that you wi never make it anywhere i ife just because the word is such a hardpace ad it seems neary impossibe to nd anything tht you are reay good at Try and ook tothe ture even though you wi probaby be stuckin the present for far onger then you think. et mejust mention that if you have made it this far intothe artice then you must be haf bored (or for youoptimists haf interested)

ealthy tips for

applying to college

by Magnus Franklin

Appy for eary decision at your rst choiceschoo If you get in you save yoursef aot of troube And if you dont you dontose aything (and you get a second chanceat the schoo you apped to in the reguardecisionFi in your appications eary (be done inthe beginning of November) Everybodyoves you you do that The coege counseor teachers who have to write recom-mendations the coege (if you send them

eary as we and it just fees much betterrite a good essay Ts piece of writingis what makes you dierent om the bunchTake time in writing it write an inniteamount of dras and keep revsing it untiyou get comments that contradict eachother ike "It shoud be onger and "Itshoud be shorer or something ike thatOnce you have that youre o the righttrackOnce you send your appication dontworry too much about it. ont send them10000 emais asking "id you get this?id you get that They dont have timeto repy anyway.Before you send your appication check itone ast time to see if everything is correct.Photocopy your appication before yousend it.Be nice and poite when you ask teachers

for recommendationsBe honest Iyou lie they discover it sooeror ateront isten to peope who say "ont ap-py there you never get in. If you reaywant to go there you just might get uckyont appy to more than 6 coeges 2 fa-vorites 2 that you coud ive with and 1 or2 that you know you get in to. If you


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apply to more colleges than that you justwaste money, 'cause youll only be goingto one of tem anyway.

Some of the thingsI said may not apply

to you Some of thethings I said mayoend you But nomatter what the college counselor tellsyou you will getinto college

D Michael ichards

By Lucia LopezIn November of1999 Dr Michael Richards

took te time om is surely busy life to come toColegio Maya and talk to our student body sspeech followed up on Mrs. Cotis talk wo VIS-ited us only a couple of weeks before him He explained seres of evnts that went on in Guaemaduring te 34-year civil war Dr Ricards ved nGuatemala while ths change to civil unrest wenton and was able to give us a unique perspective on

everything e ke and saw uring te civil war inthe 1980sDr Ricard began s presentation with an

introduction to his lfe and what is tat he does fora living Dr Richards was previously an anthropolost; he tued t ph


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man rgs mea eedm f epressn speechand mang nes wn decss s clear m heevdence se as gahered ha he gveen hasrbbed ave Guaemalans f her esseal rgh her eedm f lfe s sad hnk f e faea ese peple were desed and n s case

deah was he ms cmn Ts was e ucme f many nave Gaemalans drng e cvlwar Frunaely he suan as mprved day and e ec grps f Guaemala have reganed sme f e dgy and e naural rgsa had been dened hem fr s lngSra Oa Lu de C as been appned "Mnser f Culures by he newly eleced Prll gvermen

Is School Reall that Bad fo UsB Jeem Beke

Sure rg nw we all ae Wakng preal early n e mng geng u f e swerand n e cld ar eag a rushed breafas andeadng u scl These are he 12 ms redundan ye ms very crucal years f ur lvesBu e day well all wake p ne mng andhnk back ur gd ld schl days e besyears f ur lves when we were careless and yng

wu any respnsbles Ms f us wll prbably realze w frunae we were aend ascl as d as Cle Maya

Ms f e sudens a cme scler Maya d realze hw gd f a schl s r w fruae ey are cme here In facms f e sudens a any scl all arunde wrd dn apprecae hw gd eyve g Of curse Maya as s ups and dwns bu nhng s perfec

nlke sme er scls arund e wrldheres a gd deal f ehusasm wards greaness ere Maya In many schls ms sudensmay csder "dng gd r geng srag sn a repr card "uncl r "erdy ll esudens n he nr rll r n e Nanal HnScey wuld aumacally be "nerds

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nce aga

Aner grea g abu r schl s as fcs n n leang as ppsed her lessmpran aspecs f lfe. Fr eample here aresme scls where ds ge up every day whe mve f dressng p n he ms epensveclhes ad drvng schl n he ms epensve car e hangng arnd wh he rchesfrends Wh desn enjy swng wa heyhave? Bu were lcky a n hs scl we sw wh ur grades ad n he gs a can bebugh wh ur pares mney Beynd he advanages f aend suc a gd scl wereall very frunae be gng sch nsead fwrng n elds r sweashps We dn realzea e pprunes a ms f s are creangfr urselves sme peple nly dream Scls als lke an nrduc e adul wrld Thecnsequences f ur msakes aren very severecmpared wha wed ave face f we fal

mee respnsbles n he adul wrld

The ne me ha yu nd yurself makg n f yur schl sp and hnk abu wayure sayng fr a secnd On secd hgg aead and enjy yr yuh many kds arenas prvleged as we are When we are u hughs ur jb make sre ha everyne ges anequal cance a geng an edcan


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Chging Place

By Daniela Matinez

Have you eve ad tat agging sesatioi you body ad ead we you ae faced wit atoug decisio tat teates you appiess? Youdot kow ow you feel about it o wat to do

Tese ae eveyday feeligs but tey caage om odia eveyday decisios to ustatig life iluecig coices Te latte is oeof te most pomiet causes of stess: gts betwee family membes Te esults beig te iitial sceamig to te evetual complete isolatioof a idividual

As a oug teeage I ave goe tougsome of tese decisios ad so as a maoity of

te studet body Te st expeiece was te oible ews tat I would come to Guatemala I adbee livig i my omelad te Domiica Republic fo almost 8 yeas ad was appy wit my lifetee Tat fatel day tat my dad aouced oumove a state of complete ad utte sock cameove me I seiously tougt tat e was okigHoweve te sicee look i is face told me otewise Ae I came to tis eluctat ealizatio Iust boke dow ad stated to cy Wee wouldwe live? Wat scool would I go to? Wat was

Guatemala like? Wat ae te people like? Al oftese tougts aced toug my ead as I cotemplated my tue situatio We I allycalmed dow it appeed I staed to tik aboutte good tings tat would come wit my meetiga totally ew cultue would make ew fiendsad I would eve foget my tue fieds iDomiicaa I would ave to live i a ouse tatwas ot my ow ad get used to a wole dieetclimate Te agai I would meet a new cultuead ave ew expeieces but I would ave tototally cage m life Fom te o to te day ofou move my feeligs about te emiet cagesied back ad fot I was woied tat I wouldmake ew fieds ad as a esult lose cotact witmy od fieds Yet te day came we I got otat aiplae ad said goodbye fo te last time tomy fome life Hee I ow avig expeienceddepessig tmes ad oyous times

message fo all of ou tat ave goneo ave to go toug a simila expeiece is totae it wit a ope mid Keep up ou ci stayclose to you famy ad eve lose touc wit youold ieds Dot let youself feel tat you life igoig to cage damatically Wile I caot pom

ise tat you life wil ot be sligtly alteed at leasyou willigess to cange ad adapt will elp youget used to tese cages You cannot let mixedfeeligs about you ew life ovecome you becausetey will ust make you life miseable Tu toiends and family fo suppot tey ae te bessolutio fo teatig suc poblems Sometimeste solution to te poblem is witi Dont leyou feeligs build up iside it is good evey nowand ten to let tem out Sometimes all you eedis someoe to listen

Y2Care?

By Magnu Fanklin

I elatio to te ew milleium I would like tobig up a poit Tees a discussio goig oabout wete te ew milleium stats o Ja 12000 o o Ja 1 2001 To answe ts questiowe ave to eview some istoy Ou yea cout isbased o te bit of Jesus Cist Tus o New

Yeas Eve yea 0 oe yea ad passed i te ewwa of measuig time Followig te same patte o New Yeas Eve 1999 2000 yeas adpassed sice te bit of Cist Teefoe te ewmlleium stated o Ja 1 2000 You coud ague tat otig stats wit "0 but tats a agumet tats immatue and vey biased If oubelog to te people tat tik te ew milleium stas ext yea o Jan 1 youe wog because by te 2001 yeas will ave passed wicis i a sese a yea like ay ote If you belogto tose people tat believe i te milleiumpopecies you sould ave bee disappoited tispast New Yeas Eve because tee wot be aote milleium fo aote 1000 eas


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"The Compea Wks of Wm

Shksp: as seen by High School

Pubicaions

y Jonahan Schwaz, Daniea

Mainez and Sven oikAs a nal pece for the rst semester of Pub

lcatons class the students wrote critiues of thehigh school play "he Compleat ks of llmShkspr (abrdged) e have written an abridgedcritue with comments om each students paper

Most of the Publications class agreed thatthe play was a successFirst of all the acting wasvery good he actors were focused delivered theirlnes accurately and pulled out a smooth transition

om one character to another Our crtcs pointedout that overacting was what made the play a greatsuccess Ricardo Cortez J Callaway Vanessa

iater Eric Pearson and Santiago Cortez reallystood out as beng nto their parts hey were ableto proect ther own voces wthout the help of asound system and acted with condence. Also theydid a eat ob covering up mistakes and unexpecteddculties hen Erk Pearsons sword fell aparthe made t look as f t were meant to happen. Manypeople enoyed the unexpected audence partcpaton because t provded a warm and famlar environment t was ny to see a teacher running onstage while the rst three rows were wavng therhands and exclamng "Maybe Maybe not! heoverall actng was very good although not all actors wee loud enouh to be head n the back

he background remaned the same for eachscene and although it didnt aect the actng manystudents feelt that it could have been better Somecritcs sad the audience was rather crowded on one

nght and the play would have been a lttle morecomfortable in the gym although the sound wouldnot have been as good Still ths didnt aect performance he actors wore black clothes duringeach scene but also wore specal costumes for different parts of the play ulet Erik Pearson worea dress and a wg which was hlarious he playhad some practical props such as swords t wasnny that actors would simply say "Houselights

Bob and the lights would come on However lttle more lght ws needed and some critcs saythat switching om a very ark environment to very bright one ws a lttle annoying. he ctordid well wthout any sound system and we want toemphasize the great obs of Magnus "he

Soundmaster Frakin Esteban Fanul and arioChicashe play ws so good that t le the aud

ence thinkng about specic scenes and lines t uite impressve to thn that the cast managed toportray every single one of Shakespeares playsMs Dunn selected a nny scrpt and dd a greaob preparng the actors By watchng the play sompeople became acuanted with all of Shakespeareplays in ust 2 hours Aso due to its comedic content the pay was able to li the spirits of thoe in

a grumpy mood hat most surprsed some peoplews that most of the actors were eshmen (andeshwomen Now we kow the eshpeople clashas some talented stars Overall were sure it waan unforgettable night for both cast and audencemembers

ords of advice om the critics:1 Frst of all unless you enoy being on stage

stay away om the rst row he same goes

for those who dont like to be vomted onby Egyptian ueens2 f you are hestant to partcpate during

some of the nteractive segments en theshow you wll not be exempted om humiliation.

3 Bsh up you Shakespeae because f youdo youll nd yourself laughing constantlythroughout the show

4 And if you didnt see the show you wilstll have one more chance the cast mem

bers are performng he Compleat ksofllm Shkspr at E Sito in ntga onJanuary 28 and 29 at 800 P.M


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Te Compleat Wks o Wi1lm

Sksp: a vy tecnicl pay

By Magnus Fankin

o pa is compeat without a great techica as

pect. ood acting heps but is not necessar. Taketanic as an exampe t was one of the most success movies ever et it had actors that hardldeseve such fame (no oense DiCrappio) fwe rher anaze this movie we nd that whatreall made it hit the top was the technical stu the eects the sets lighting and music That's theformua toda to make a successl movie. Moviesand pas are ve similar in this sense: al ou needto make a good pla is good backstage and technica work. er seeing it 5 nights (incuding 2 dress

rehearsas) came to the concusion that "TheCompleat Wrks of Wim Shkspr was no exception. The excelent work performed b "Bob although subte transformed the pla om a mediocre one to an absolute ghettofabulous performance ow al of ou actors out there Ths doesn'tmean that ou dd a bad job just that um eah just don't take it personal! o rea Tstarted the pla with an exceent version of thoseevangeica gus on the religious channes Then I

was thorough impressed b Juiet ood actingdenitel seems to be something genetic Eric thatroe t ou like a glove ust don't make it a wa ofife or oull hae problems). Ricardo: to be honest didn't want ou to pla Hamet either so ouhad m suppor there. Emiene liked ou asthe bacon but ou did an even better job backstage We're a going to miss ou. a: have neverheard that oice ou used when ou said 'm poisoned where did that come from? n shot a theacting was good no probem there However must

reinforce the point 'm tring to make. The ightsthe intermission music the set it was a good. Butthe intermission music beieve is the most important par of an pla t must be seected with greatcare t competel aects the mood and thoughtsof the audience. Some sound "Bobs simp sa"Oh eah 'll just bring some CD's to pla duringintermission no probem! What these oung amateurs don't realize however is that the choice of

is crucial. Again referring to movies, Imag-

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ine if ou were to pla hard core death meta inCi of Angels, or rant in Te Mod Squad.t just rins the whole mood. t's the same withthe intermission music The ights could have beenbetter but the were good enough n sho thepoint want to get across is that intermission mu-

sic does it all l ai Magnus "The soundmasterFrankin!

3 00 Kilometes o Caity

y Jonat Scwaz.t's three in the mong You're nice and warm inour seeping bag and tr to forget that ou're atschool. You fee someone kicking ou

"What do ou want? You ask sleepil.

"et up ou have to rn! our iend re-pies. You sowl get up put our pants and sweateron and wak outside to the eld where two ofour cassmates have been running for the last half-hour The tag ou and ou and our partner be-gin to slowl jog around the soccer eld er therst lap our parner asks ou to walk You slowdown and wak around the eld for half an hourthen tag the next two people who have come outto run. Tired and sore ou wak back to the room

where eveone is aseep. You la down inside oursleeping bag tring to ignore the aches that arecoming over our legs s ou dri o to seepou think about the next running shi three and ahaf hours later. "t's worth it ou think to our-sef and fa asleep

l the students in the 9 had to go throughthis eperience. t stared when the cass decidedthat the wanted to paticipate in some activit thatwould be chalenging but also teach them respon-sibiit and how to work together The class aso

decided that the wanted to raise mone for anorphanage in doing this activit and nall votedon a 24hour rnning rela Two people ran lapsfor half an hour and then tagged two other peoplewho ran for half an hour. Everone in the class rana halfhour sh with a parner leaving three and ahalf hours to rest between each run. The class spenta ot of time organizing the event getting permis-sion to do it and planning activities to do while


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thers were running. The students als receivedpledges m peple wh paid an amunt fr everykilmeter they ran Finally the day f the 4hurrunning relay came On vember 1 1999Jnathan Schwarz and Sebastian mez began therun at : Sn everyne was invlved.

Thrughut the day teachers and students cameby t supprt the runners. Thse wh weren't running played basketball r ftball at rst but aertheir rst tw r three shis were t tired t cntinue ding any ther activity The students ust satdwn and chatted with iends while they waitedfr their next shi

t night everybdy cmplained abut hwcld it was and waited fr his r her tu t rn inthe bitter cldness. The next day the students participated in the vekilmeter Fun Run but mst

f them walked the entire time t the end the students ran ver klmeters a distance equal trunning m uatemala City t Tikal. The studentsare very prud f their strng accmplishment frthe small rphanage that they will help.

Glden Ael

B Daniela ManezHe was glden likethe sun's rays and his radiantsmile shined like the stars He was gracel pw

erl and swi Hi curius eyes seemed t starebeynd the wrld timidly brwn His happy tailswiped everything in its path yet we didn't mind.t was a symbl tht he was happy even duinghard times Smehw his happiness was catchyvn in my mst dpressing mmnts H was myshadw and cmpanin in every way He barkedwhen laughed sighed when sighed and whinedwhen cried gt hme and he was already waiting fr me at the dr Dwn th stairs went thave lunch and dwn the stairs he trtted t keepme cmpany When it was sunny he lay dwn inhis spt in the garden where he warmed withthe sun

t night when we gathered in the familyrm and watched T he lay dwn n the carpetand chewd his bne His presence gave a feelingf cmfrt and safety fr he wuld bark at theslightest nise Then Dad came hme frm wrkand all f his attentin was drawn t "his Daddy.

He jumped all ver him and barked with y Thenhe settled dwn. Once my dad lay dwn n his sfahe wuld lay with him and fall int a tender peacel late nap. Once in a while he wagged his tailprbably dreaming f treats and bnes and clredballs Then at abut 83 p.m. it was his time t

g t his "cucha (kennel) n he went and ate nelast treat until the mrrw. the mng barks d whines annunced

that his sleep was ver and his stmach mblingHe ew ut f his "cucha and gratelly ickedmy hands. When wasn't the ne t pen his kennel he wuld trt t my rm and with three lving licks he wuld wake me up.

nd then there was that day He gt sickand culdn't pee right. We thught it was just temprary but we tk him t the vet t be safe. He

tld us what we least expected it was a tumr inthe bladder He didn't knw whether it was a remvable tumr r nt s an peratin was planned prayed and prayed that d wuld save my dg'slife because lved him s much He was mrethan just a dg. His mere presence made me feeczy and safe had grwn dependent t his faith lve and cmpany knew the hardship thawuld cme if he died yet had s much hpe hewuld nt Still . . dn't knw Maybe deep in

side me really knew that his time had cme. ndeed d had anther will.On that glmy September 1\ 1999 ur

lving Mrgan le with the rain and the chilly wind think cried mre than it rained. ust deed thefact that Mrgan had le us frever. had a verybittr empty feeling in my heart and thrat. hingsust wuldn't be the same withut him But .

believe there is a place fr animals believe he's staling d's slippers and running abuin heaven nd believe he is happy f d tk

him then believe He was ust mre than a dgHe was an angel sent t us frm d because hemade my whle family better peple He taught usrespnsibility patience and mst imprtant lve still cry inside mysel fr him every day. Yettime heals pain nd believe the will reach thepint where ne day will wake up and nly remember the gd times we had tgether. meanpain can't last frever right?

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Hellih Ride Home

By ut Ruppecht

iding the bus to and from schoo hardycarries the "loser stigma that it carried at my od

school in the States It is very important to consider however, that neary 9% of the igh schoolstudent body rely on the bus as their principle forof transporation Yet I canot justiaby compareour schoo here to my od school in the States. Imust say that the idea of iding the bus even thoughI'm a senior, reay doesn't bother me a that muchHowever, any sefrespecting teenager with a licensein the States woud rather die than ride the schoobus

When considering my personal siuation (Idon't have a car), the bus is denitey the best possibility Furherore the mentality that I expressedearier as to my acceptance of the situation woudbe true under normal circumstances However, myride hoe on the bus hardly falls into the bracket ofnormaWhie I woud rather not discose the identities ofthe other individuas who ride my bus for discipin-a reason, I wil say that it is a pretty wild ride Myentire ride home consists of the constant dodging

of arious ying projecties Everything from thebasic paper ba to "God only knows what, hasn b m head at ne pint anthe idinthe bus requires your constant concentration or else,BM haf a tangeine right in your face Butaviding being hit by something is ony part of thestoy he other pa the much onger pa invovesthe time that I ust spend on the bus

s we a know the buses epar om schoolat around 3 ow I understand that I won't necessariy be the rst one o, but the 2nd to last

However the fact that I am the 2nd to last one toget o isn't the fact that bothers me, but rather thefact that it takes one hour for a ride that should take2 minutes I can understand 35 minutes or even5 minutes, but an hour Give me a break

Being that this is my third year on the bus,you can understand my ustration at a bus ride thathas become increasingy lnger every year But Imust say that I have become adapt to my "Hellish

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Ride ome. I mean, it toke e a wie, but nowit just feels like second nature ile I know it isnot ikey, I stil feel that there exists a glimmer ofhope that my busroute might be changed Sothat for the rst time, I might get home in time tosee the ight of day

Contempoy Muic Revie

By Jeemy Beke

at makes a god music bu? The factthat the record had sod, say, a mlion albums, andit's paying on the radio eve ve minutes? If youare a slave to pop culture, and your recreatinaactivties consist soley of watcing T and at-tending Britney Spears concerts, then your answerto the latter question is probaby "Yes. Oh yes,it's true, unless you are a young teenybopper girlor mdly de pop music has as much usica vaueas a whoopee cushion So unless your Limp izkitCD is stuck in the player, try one of theseRage Against the MachineThe Batle of Los AngelesEpic Records

er four years of sience, Rage gainstthe Macine is back, with e Battle ofLos Ange-

les. Rage gainst the Machne, RM for short,has been around since 1991 when the band formedin Oane Cunt, Califoa. he band cnsistsof Zack de la Rocha on vocals, Y im K with thebass, Brad Wlk on the drums, and om Morellopays guitar The music is a sion of hardcorerock, hiphop, and white nk Their debut album,which is sef tited, sod platinum in at least onethird of a industriaized nations around the worldIt is very rock oriented, and most of the tracks are of energy RTM's second release, Evil Em-

pire didn't do as we worldwide, and didn't re-ceive as good reviews as their debut album. Ex-cept fr the tracks "People of the Sun, Bulls onParade, and "Revolver, Evil Empire lacked theenthusiasm or "Rage that the rst album pos-sessed.

e Battle of Los Angeles came as a ongawaited surprise to RM fans that hadn't heardany news of the band since their single "No Shel


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Elective Citique

by Won Joon Kim

Wht e electives? Bette wht comes toyou mind when you he the wod "eective?Some peope might think of the wod "choicewhile othes might think of the wod "option. Stdents in Colegio My think tht the electives clssis n obigtoy clss just becuse the students enot given enough choices to choose om Fo theninth gde thee e ve clsses tht we cn choosePubictions; Dm; Comptes; Choi; nd .Choi nd e wys ll then fo Dm yohve to udition so in the end thee e ony 2 clssesle which e Comptes nd Pblictions Some

peope e stuck in these two clsses becse theest of the electives e mkng these stdentsobliged to tke tht css I m not sying tht Pubictions d Computes e bd eectives but somepeople might not ike to wite nd othes might notike to type I pesony think those ve clsses fothe whoe high schoo is elly bd he studentswnt moe vieties of eectives menng tht theywnt new nd bette eective csses such s moenguges (Swhii) o moe teches fo the cssestht we edy hve Fo empe we cold hvenothe teche fo choi o nothe teche fo t(the csses e ust pcked)

he possibties e endess but ust hoetht we get moe eectives fo the ske of ou school

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Elianby Jie ude

Mimi is city of cltl divesity Div-ing though its mny neighbohoods one cn ndgoups of Cbns itins Dominicns Nic-gns Colombins Venezelns nd people omjst bot evey Ltin Ameicn county It hslso been the cente of ece politicl debte ovethe cstody of yong boy nmed Elin GonzezNeve befoe hve I seen sch n eggetedmont of medi covege ove fmiy dispteWho is Elin Gonzez nd why hs he becomeone of the most fmos people of the ye?

Ein Gonzlez t the ge of si le Cb

with his mothe nd he boyiend tying to nd bette life in the Unted Sttes he ickety tht this doomed fmily tveed on cme p inthe Atntic Ocen yet the mothe ws bveenough to ttch he son to n inne tube hopingtht someone wod pick hm p She ost he ifebut sved Elin's nd two dys e thei deptue into the stit tht septes the Foid Keysom Cub Ein ws picked p by goup of sh-emen Vioting intetionl lw the shemendecided not to contct the U. S. Cost Gud ndet them of the pesence of the ilegl immigntnd insted heded to pot with the chd e wsdeveed to his Mm etives hnksgiving Dyof st ye nd hs been in Mimi eve since.

When Ein ived in the United Stteshe instntly becme topic of discssion mongpeope with opinions bot immigtion he Mi-mi Cubn commnity (opponents of the Cstoegime) seized on the oppotnity nd sed Elins "poste child to epess thei dislike of

"communist Cb e ws lowed to ecove this unces home in "Litte vn Mimi ndws dmied by mny peope ond the wold.He ws even tken to Disneyod by the Myoof Olndo ( Cubn eile himsel nd ws givenhundeds of toys fo Chistms. As time woe on bttle fo cstody gew ensed he Cbn e-ie community would lte on stge potests tFge Steet the pot of Mimi nd t the


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Mam Ineanal Arpr Lke ms f e nn-Cubn cmmuny n Mam, saw e dsurbacesas a nusance, due e fac a was recverngm ear surgery As members f e exle cm-muny were annyg e res f Mam, Elan'sfaer, back n Cuba, began speak u n de

ance f s relaves and e Cuban cmuny nMam, and demanded e reu f s sn Hewas nervewed by IS cals and fund be acarng, lvng faer e bass f he cusdy s-sue was weer gve cusdy e uncle nMam, r reu Elan s faer n CubaMany peple ued s n a pcal quesn:Shuld Ean rean n Aerca were ere s free-dm and a cance fr a appy lfe, r reu e ppressve dcarsp f Fdel Casr?

he Igran auralzan Servce

(IS) aer carel revew f Elans case, came he cncusn a accrdng S law, Elanwuld ave g back Cuba B PresenBl Cnn and Aey General Jane Ren sup-prted he IS decsn and sll d day enasked abu e Elan dspue Jane Ren respnded,

"If we g n a suan were Amercanchdren ended up abrad and Aercanpares waned em reued, and a

fregn cunry ade he czens sa ey dd n reu, I dn' nkpeple n he Uned Saes wud be veyhappy abu

he IS se a deadlne fr s reu January 15In deance hs decsn, Elan's famly n Mamdedd appea a a curt n Frda (heIS s afedeal rganzan) fr cusdy f hehd he udge a e

er earng wuld be se fr Marc 6. Ean'Mam famly saw s as a vcry ad e Cubanexle cmmuny prased e decsn and decded sp press A cuple f days laer, e ISruled a a lcal cur culd n vertu an sdecsn Ye, Jane Ren prmsed delay he

deadlne fr s reu by a cuple f days Recenly, Elan's w grandmers were alwed cme he S and wll ee w m a a neu-ral se n Mam n Saurday e 28 e ElanGnzalez case s a vey delcae maer and as gneas far as spur debae beween plcal pares(manly Republcas and Demcras) SenarCnne Mack, a Republcan Flrda saed,

"s s a lle by wse lfe s gng be aeced by a decsn I wan e dec-sn be made n e bass f s bes

neres, se S mmgran law,and 's a smple fr me

s leads us were e asc s nw, a a sand-sl eer sde wl gve n and e S wnake acn because f fear f endng e publc

hearng a Puer Rcanwan whse a ha s yur pnn n he cusdy bae fr Elan Gnzalez?

pagn anager s hesame campgn managerfr e leader f he Cu-ban exle cmmuny(wa a cncdence),rued ha here was suf-cen evdence granepray cusdy he uncle and a an

I beeve a e shuld be alwed say n e So I beleve ha he shuld be reued Cuba

*Mark yur answer and sub slp Malx 46 Vcra llespeanks

he resuls f s pl wl be prned n e nex publcan

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STSS

B Niki Wilkinson

Stress What is stress? Stress is pressuretake om a ages ad put together to make ourife a livig ightmare So how do most peopecope with this thig caed stress? Wel the t tocalm dow ad aalze the situatio. That everworks Stress wi alwas be aroud ad there real is't athig we ca do to eimiate it

Its ot that people welcome stress wth opearms its part of our lives It's how we shape ourives Everoe i this word is stressed i oe waor aother For exampe aduts are stressed because of work ad tees are stressed because ofschool Eve lttle kids thi that the are stressed

b all those hard games the pla at school.So ust how are we supposed to rid our

seves of stress? Oe thig that ou ca do is competel shut ourself out om the outside worldhe best wa to do ths is to sta at home ad makefour ew freds (the was i our rooms) Whiethis method might elimiate stress our meta stabilit woud be i eopard I cocusio ou caever wi with stress We ust eed to keep ivigwith it

B Danie Wd

Pokemo

Pokemo is a evil that has gripped erica's agile outh for almost two ears ow Pokemo is ahorrib writte aimated Japaese cartoo that

is't eve popular i Japa Pokemo i a its tediousess is a perfect example of the power ofmerica advertisig

Star Wars

M parets bought m ite brothers "light sabersfor Chrstmas so the coud reeact Oead preted to be "Jed Masters M brothers

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slasd awa a ougt epic battes of good adevil Whle the rsted examed oe of theirlight sabrs. I oticd tat o the side there was awag labe"DO NOT STR PEOPLE OR OBJECTS

Furby

Furb is cosidere to be oe of the rst "iteractive tos t speaks listes loves ad reacts tostimulatio of sight soud ad touch. Furb realacts ad reacts to our cil. Ulike the GigapetFurb is a phsical obect (a terribl cute mgtadd) Furb also depes o the love of our childto sta happ ad health

The other da wile was watcig CNN saw a

clip were a couple o cl pschologists wereiterviewed The cocludd that Furbis are actuall ver harm tos for childre The said thatchildre ted to take the Fu for reall beg alivead that the childre fear that their Furb depedso them


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Stand By Me

I ask nothig om ou.I just want o have ou by m sideDon' ask ay questions,Mus ndersandI carry ears in m laughter,And my smiles are hollowMy nighs are endless sorrowSo please,Std by mend give e yor love

By Amarana Villr

Into Yor Self

Coe with me to ths joeyhere time will no passIts a dark and myserios placeThough owers bloom and angelsSing.There are no worries and noFears

o need nobod;Yo'll be ee, oll be happyThis place is not farJus look deep eoughInto your sel

By arnta Villar

Rainbow

If you see a rainbow,

You might be happy to see all those colors,So ll of life and joyBut it migh remind youOf how i was before darkness ook overAnd sole all he love and w feelingspeople had.Dkness will be ere for ever,A rainbow oes and disappes

By Amarana Villar

here is e ure?

Do ou kow weres he sop for he tre?How do o d he ike for he as?Will we le o or isakes, or will wemake he all over agai?Is he desiny writen i stone, or is fae osto make?Can one see wha's ahead or are we all blidto the fog of he pcomg?ou make e deision

Can o predit i?

by Daniel Ward

Forever Changed

Bleeding ead injurysorrol mos and prayerDeah cae rs, life came last

Barbituates relieve he painNarcotics sem he mindAcid enforcers eouragedIn deance o Godthe chld wakensforever canged

B Jamie dert

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Return of the Haiku

A lonesome st shiesAbove a word dark in pain

The light is shut out

Wind blowing though ees

Leaves rstle with happiness

Joy is in nature

A gentle snow falls

The land becomes very palel life is now e

Tall ass on a pain

Home to many aas

It stands tal and proud

The sun in the sky

Praising the earth with bright rays

But soon it is gone

Cam waves break on shoreThe bue water is gentle

The tie sarts on out

A forest with ife

Green trees and plants all aron

The heart of the earth

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The buildings stand ta

ities have taken over

What have humans done?

By Jonathan Schwarz

Publication classOh what a wondel class

You wish you were here

The beautil house

It is lled wih excitement

I wish I was tere

The ds re cpig

Look t hose eautil onesTe weaer is getg cold

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Sincerely K Rupprect, Editor.

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