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Adorable Tiger Scouts come to visit News-paper for a badge.

senior staffKim GermanJames KozanitisBerlyn Lee

staff reportersMadeline BastromJaymes FleuryLisa GrayBrianne KoppAshlyn MundoSydney Shuman

editor-in-chiefShayla McGinness

photographer cover photoSydney Shuman

business managerBrianne Kopp

adviserPatrick Swenson

The dreadful breakup. Months have turned into what seems like the perfect relationship. Somewhere along the line it gets rocky, and for one reason or another you break up. Hard? Perhaps. That’s the person that probably had a lot of trust invested in them—the one that heard all the personal problems and secrets. For anyone (and yes, any-one) it’s hard.

Whether the one who did the breakup or the one who got broken-up with, the feel-ing of hurt and emptiness are still there.

How you handle it: 1.) Hating him/her. In

this instance you are strictly dealing with anger. Perhaps the breakup come out of no-where. Things to help: Throw out all gifts, delete his/her number, and move the focus from them. After taking those few minutes to just dump his things and click the delete button, and feel the relief. In that moment, take some time to do something awesome. Girls, buy some new undies with friends, and guys—do what you do best.

2.) We’ll get through this. The breakup was a hard hit. Plotting ways to fix it is tempting, along with playing the “what if” cards to see if the match was meant to be. Unfortunately, none of this is true; once it’s over it’s over. Engaging in talking and playing that “friend card” will only make it worse. Somewhere along the lines of friendship someone will slip up and touch in more than a friendly manner. Avoid this by taking time to talk to new and fun people. Best advice: work out and get a new, hot and sexy self. Feel great while becoming irresistible, and the denial stage will pass all in time: be patient.

3.) Nobody will ever be as good as them. Loneliness sets in. So get to the fun part, and start talking again. It seems nobody will ever compare to what used to be, but there is light at the end of the tunnel. There is always, always bet-ter. Get out, meet people and give others the chance. It will only take one night with someone else to begin getting over the once oh-so-perfect relationship. The more time spent talking to other people, the sooner the realization someone better is out there.

4.) Hating life. Here comes the lack of interest and feeling there is no point. Many go through this, so nobody is alone here. Advice? When the sadness is too much, take a

break. Get some sleep and rejuvenate the body. After, get out of bed, throw on a great outfit and at least fake a smile. Even if it’s just fake, it’ll deviate from the norm, releasing more than the normal “poor me” attitude.

5.) Right off the bat everything is perfectly fine: Very few master breakups like this. Someone on this boat isn’t bothered much by the breakup. Yes, the split is painful, but acceptable. There is no need to see what the ex is doing, or get bothered with the mention of their name. Run with it. If the breakup was not fazing at all, go ahead and maximize great attitude and peace of mind.

However the breakup gets handled, it’s tempting to hold on, and scary to let go. It is for anyone; but anyone can do better. Take the steps to move on—it’s always deserved. Mentally confirming being over the ex can be helpful. Remember bad feelings won’t last forever.

—Allow closure. Make sure it’s clear it’s over, with no chance of reconciling the once perfect relationship.

—Do NOT contact them. Avoid the temptation to talk to them. Whether it’s no big deal, or the curiosity is overwhelming, avoid it. The longer they are ignored, the faster and easier it’ll be to forget and move on.

—Get it all out on paper. Write out all the wishes about ways to fix the breakup, and feel-ings about the ex. Anything bottled up, say it. Getting it on paper will relieve the stress built up inside.

—Forget what was lost in the relationship and get rid of what’s left. Don’t try to get stuff back. It will only be a reminder of the ex. Get rid of whatever gifts/stuff of the ex’s that has accumulated. Even if tossing it seems to hard, get a box and throw it in there. Remember: out of sight, out of mind.

—The not so good stuff. Think about all the negatives: all the annoying things they did. Although more difficult, stick to all the reasons the breakup happened. Keep this in mind when sulking for that other person. Forget the good; it’s the past.

—Rely on friends. Nothing could make up for the bash talking that takes place with friends. Whether brutally honest or overly exaggerated, nothing compares how friends can make somebody feel better. Spend time with them, and have fun. They are the ones who are always there.

Break-ups can feel unbearable, and the hurt, empty feeling seems permanent. Just know everyone — everyone—goes through it, and in time anyone can get through it.

Brianne KoppSTAFF REPORTER

Breaking up is hard to do...

Burn, baby, burn... a trash can of an ex’s belongings set aflame.

PHOTO BY BRIANNE KOPP

With the remodeling of Auburn Memorial Stadium, student excitement arose as our once distant home had the potential of becoming a familiar and prideful adoration of the colors teal, blue, and silver. Well, maybe not quite that extreme, as all three Auburn high schools use this field as their home field, but at least not such a dominance of green and gold anymore. The home we visit on Friday nights, where our players dodge out of the tunnel, the crowd screams, and the cheerleaders cheer. However, even with the remodel, the district says it will remain a mass of green and gold.

As the levy was passed last year, our athletics were promised one thing—a new stadium. Both thrilled and ex-cited, all three rival schools were in agreement upon one thing: a much needed new stadium. Conversations began and colors were discussed. It was no question that the current field really only represented one school: Auburn High.

I will admit that most fields are green, but a green scoreboard and gold sidelines? Another much discussed topic was the color of the goalposts. This was even dis-cussed at an ASB meeting, where our student government felt so strongly about it. They wrote a letter to the district in support of using a more neutral color, rather than gold, wherever possible on the field, including the goalposts. At a recent school board meeting we formally presented the idea. However, this promised nothing. When Riverside was built, they automatically installed white goalposts. When they built Mountainview, they automatically put in white goalposts. Making the goal posts white seems obvious, yet the decision became final in favor of gold.

There was no significant support from any of the schools’ groups to make them gold, whereas there was a tremendous amount of support in favor of them being white.

The justification for them being gold was visibility. I see no difference between the current goalposts and ours. The goal posts are still visible enough to make a goal, and the color adds little beyond pride—pride for ONE school. Quick drivers-ed question: when you are driving at night and it is really foggy outside and you can’t see very well, where do you look? At the WHITE fog lines on the outside of the street.

Another argument made for them being gold was that the color wouldn’t match any of the three schools’ colors. If this is true, why is the official color of the paint “NFL bright gold?” Please explain how that doesn’t match the Trojans team colors of green and gold?

The entire proposal had been disregarded. The field will now be a new and improved representation of Auburn Senior High’s colors; the scoreboard will remain its former green and the goal posts gold. Is the pride our team has to swallow in getting on a bus to go to their own “home field” not enough? A nice rivalry only adds fun, but an outright disregard for respect is another story.

A rivalry is the act of competing or emulating by defini-tion, and in “all’s fair in love and war,” the meaning suf-fices. It seems that the district would have pride in making a shared facility great for all schools, not just the one that is across the street.

Rivalry too far? Brianne Kopp

STAFF REPORTER

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friends or boyfriends. So while you’re tex-ting your girlfriend you could also be texting your ex who you’re “just friends” with, right? Most of the time that ends up not being the case. And about 90% of those times the guys are confi dent that they will get away with it because their girl-friends are too stupid or something. WRONG! Girls know exactly how other girls can be and what they will do to get what they want. Maniuplative, dramat-ic, determined to get what they want even if it already taken, and just plain rude.

This is why so many girls have trust issues, because they don’t know where to start. It does not mean they have inse-curity issues, they just don’t want to get hurt. Most don’t know what guy deserves their trust and what one does not. Espe-cially when there’s almost a rule among most stereotypical guys that if they are talking to a girl over text they could be fl irting up the ying yang, it’s not considered cheating because it is not done in person.

Ultimately, people need to re-learn how to talk in person and stop being so dependent on their cell phones because in the next 20 years Americans are going to forget how to talk without their phones.

It’s Tuesday morning. You are sitting in class and see the person you stayed up all night talking to staring at you. As you look back thinking that you’re going to get a smile or continue the conversation, you get a blank stare followed by the “I wasn’t just staring at you” head turn.

This happens all too often to most of us. Just like the time we are given a cute person’s number, and later fi nd out he goes to the same school. We start a casual conversation over text starting with a “Hey,” not knowing where it will lead to. Then, next thing we know, this person is hearing more of our life story than the person we talk to every day in science.

We begin to feel that we are getting to know him better and better after every text, until we’re forced to talk to him in person and the unlimited time to think of a response disappears and it becomes an awkward silence. Then, with a sigh of relief, we remember we can just text them later.

We are all so comfortable just using our cell phones to communicate; we forget how to verbalize. Granted, it is sometimes easier to say things without having to be face-to-face, but we have begun to abuse that privilege. We’re so comfortable in our cell phones that we seem to forget others have access to them. How do we know that the thing we texted them last night is going to only be read by their eyes?

It’s like telling a secret; they show one person and say “don’t tell anyone” and then that person tells one person and says “don’t say anything because I’m not supposed to tell anyone” and then they say “okay I

won’t, don’t worry.” By that time the entire school could know, so students might as well just post whatever they said on their Facebook for confi rmation.

Cell phones give us a wall to hide be-hind. An example would be the couple meeting over text, outing out over text, and breaking up over text. Classic right? I personally don’t think it counts, but others might disagree. Isn’t the point of being in a relationship to ul-timately make you feel good? To have someone to be yourself around and be able to brag about? Honestly, none of those things can be fufi lled over a text.

Many things can be done with your boyfriend or girlfriend. Hang out, watch a movie, have dinner together, or just have fun being around each other. But if the basic communication between the two is still an issue, they are going to have problems having a healthy relationship.

Texting should be used as a way of communication when talking is not, such as when in class, waiting rooms, or libraries. It should not be an all the time, only option thing. I’m sure we’ve all had someone tell us that we shouldn’t say I love you directly over text because it doesn’t have the same meaning as in person. That is because it

does not, especially when the fi rst time it is not even spelled out. “ILY<3” is not the right way to put those three words the fi rst time. After it has been said in person a few times, that’s a different story, but they do not know how to talk remember? So how are they supposed to communicate face-to-face?

Not that girls don’t appreciate their that boyfriends have the balls to say it it, it is just more meaningful in person. Although over text it can be reread over and over again, it can also forward to that secret girl you think your girlfriend doesn’t know about. Oops.

Bringing me to my next point. This new feeling of comfort and saftey gives people more opportunities to cheat on their girl-

Duck and cover behind phones!Car y Plewka

STAFF REPORTER

Benefi ts of not being in relationships consideredMaddy Bastrom

STAFF REPORTER

Relationships. They are a pretty popu-lar topic for anybody to discuss, from little circles of gossipers to uncomfortable discus-sions in health class. To have a reason to discuss a relationship is intriguing. To get into a relationship and put time into figuring it out appears to be the high honor in every-body’s mind. Well, the tables shall be turned. Truthfully, a high school student doesn’t need to be in a relationship to be happy. In fact, there are a few ben-efi ts to sticking to the single life for a while.

More time: Some-thing high school stu-dents don’t have a lot of is time. And coinciden-

tally, relationships take a ton of it. Without the demands of being paired up with some-body, a student can devote more time to the more important parts of high school. These

important parts could include homework, sports, friends, or any number of other ac-tivities. Another confl ict in schedule for the remaining minutes of the day is annoying.

No drama: No stress. Rela-tionships are about give and take, and if people don’t know what to give and what to take then it makes for a rough time. In high school there’s more reading of actions and guessing than much else, and that usually doesn’t end well. If high school students were slightly more mature they could fi nd a slightly more mature solution to a problem, but as of now that’s not entirely realistic.

No weird problems that come up in health books: Back to discus-sions about relationships in health class, there are reasons relation-ships come up. They aren’t always good reasons, either. When not in a relationship, one can disregard any worries about unspeakable teenage issues. This can get somebody to the top. Making good

choices in high school sets students up for relationship options later, which makes pass-ing on the weird problems worth the wait.

There are more fi sh in the sea: For anybody who thinks the confines of the walls of Riverside are the real world and shall remain so forever, think about it. Some day in the future, somewhere, stu-dents will have some more breathing room. There will be people on the outside world, waiting. And they won’t be as crazy. Take a chill pill. Rest assured, there will be no shortage of ladies and gents in the future.

To play devil’s advocate, a lot of good can come from a relationship. On the other hand, it might be easier to appreciate the benefi ts after getting through a time of brutal homework assignments and sports practice. Plus, in the future you can actu-ally take someone on a date in your own car. Congratulations. So take a step back. Nobody needs to be in a relationship in order to be happy. There’s more to high school than that.

Go hang with friends. The world will go on, and no one will be the wiser. For-get the hype, and let confidence reign.

It’s great to be single, and it’s cool to wait.

PHOTO BY SYDNEY SHUMAN

A “single lady” watches a movie without the distraction a boyfriend presents.

Another male teen uses his phone instead of real words.

PHOTO BY SYDNEY SHUMAN

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Considering “adding Abilify?” Wondering if “Cymbalta can help?” Before making any hasty decisions, ponder this. Doctors are finding the medication of medications: laugh-ter. In high doses, it can cripple your abs and leave your pants wet, but that is the extent of its side effects. And the best part is—you can obtain it without a prescription.

When those rough days come around, and they always do, getting in at least 250 milligrams of giggles is necessary for main-taining some sense of mental stability. This is why children rarely face the woes of depres-sion. They laugh over 300 times a day, and adults, a disappointing 15 times. However, children aren’t the only ones seeing the ben-efits. For many victims of disease and poor health, laughter has done wonders.

According to O Magazine, a woman named Sarrane tested its potency. When Saranne was diagnosed with a serious level 2 carcinoma, she knew she had to counter-act. Living the rest of her life, which was expected to be short, with a serious illness hanging over her head wasn’t going to fly. So, she decided humor would heal her. She rented movies, and made a list of snigger-triggers with her best friend to carry out each day.

“I’m not promising laughter is going to cure you, although I’m sure it helped me,” Saranne said. “Even if you’re not actually physically better, joy and laughter make you feel better. Life is hard, and society is hard, and if you don’t consciously prepare yourself each day to practice wonder and joy, you get really good at practicing stress and pain and anger and anxiety and fear.”

Within the next couple years, through chemo, through a divorce, and through a snowballing level 4 carcinoma, Sarrane cre-ated a nonprofit organization called Comedy Cures. The specialty? Laugh-A-Thons, where comedians, motivational speakers and those in need of a pick me up, gather together just for hoots. It became a quick success.

Today, Sarrane still sports her conta-gious smile. She’s not living; she’s thriving. She is the perfect testament to how laugh-ter can serve as a particularly effective medication.

“I think the whole universe is conspiring to give me an incredible journey,” she said. “Comedy Cures can’t expand fast enough to meet the need. Time is the greatest gift—to have enough time to serve as many people as I’m supposed to serve.”

Humor can stifle sadness and sickness. It can brighten the bluest of souls. It can lessen stress. It’s even recommended by doctors. Pick some up at your local Rite Aid.

Colors. If we didn’t have them our world would be a dull existence void of any creativ-ity. Think about it: say goodbye to Skittles and tasting the rainbow, painting your nails, and wearing neon garb (which I wouldn’t cry over). Colors aren’t just pretty wavelengths of light though; they actually have benefits such as influencing mood, memory retention, the taste of food, and also color therapy.

As festive as Riverside may seem with school colors, there is much improvement to be made. Take a look at the walls, lockers, bathrooms, and classrooms of our school. There’s a reason most teachers here try and cover every inch of space they can with something visually pleasing.

Then again, who doesn’t love the institutional beige and gray shades that circulate everything from carpet, walls, linoleum floors, hallways and lockers? These awful shades are reminiscent of a hospital, antiseptic-like and full of death. Let’s face it here people: colors are the spice of life, and unfortunately, a few colorful posters and pillars simply will not do.

In many ways colors are useful tools. One relevant example is the influence col-ors can have on moods and our bodies. For

example, the colors red/orange/yellow are supposed to make us hungry and eat more food while green/blue are supposed to make you eat slower. The colors most fast food restaurants are painted doesn’t seem so

coincidental now. “We know that color

is one of the key elements in a stimulus–rich learn-ing environment,” says Randy Fielding, chairman of Fielding Nair Inter-national, a Minneapolis planning and design firm specializing in education environments.

According to Field-ing, founder of Design-Share.com, a resource for designers of learning environments, research shows that students learn best in color-filled set-tings. (Andrea Grazzini Walstrom) If there is so much evidence proving that colors help stimulate students in a learning en-vironment then why is our school lacking in the color department?

Even the slightest improvements could be made, such as painting the bathrooms. At Mountlake Terrace High School, the bath-rooms were painted fun colors and designs. In one particular girls’ bathroom, a two foot

Sydney ShumanSTAFF REPORTER

Can we add some color, please?

Laughter: the best medicine

Shayla McGinnessEDITOR-IN-CHIEF wide stripe was painted on the walls. It was

bright magenta with black cursive letters and hand prints. That would be really cool if we did that at Riverside; we could even do our school colors not just random fun ones.

Another example of a positive change in color is the Newspaper room, which is really small. When our staff was discussing what colors to paint it, obviously our school colors were in mind, but concerns for the intensity and distraction of the shades were a bit of an issue. We finally came to the decision a dark navy blue for the back wall and a silver gray for the column that divides the wall. For the wall closet to the hallway door we choose teal and for the two side walls we went with a light blue. Although the light blue isn’t one of Riverside’s colors, white defeated the point of making the room colorful, and the light blue also complemented the other blue tones, since they’re in the same spectrum.

For me, the color change was a great relief. The blue shades calm me and help me focus. The beige made me want to lay on the ground and fall asleep.

Overwhelming the school with colors isn’t necessary either, but minor adjustments in color would absolutely be an improve-ment. It would keep students engaged and alert. Spicing up the school with more colors should definitely be considered.

PHOTO BY BRIANNE KOPP

Our school’s colors need to be represented throughout the building. Oth-er complimentary colors would help bring life to the school.

Sugar, trans fat, saturated fat, sodium, protein, fiber, cholesterol. The nutrition facts on the back of food and drink contain-ers aren’t just there to take up space. Think about all of the unhealthy foods ingested every day, and the nutritional content that people who consume those foods ignore. It might not come as a surprise, but a lot of ev-eryday foods are not actually that healthy.

An example are the ever popular energy drinks. These delicious libations are espe-cially tasteful when they cause the “crash” that comes along with energy drinks (besides 5 Hour Energy, supposedly). However, even though these popular drinks might have a yummy taste, beware of the effects they have on the body. Energy drinks destroy the mucous lining of the stomach wall, which can cause acid erosion and ulcers. They have also been linked to serious drug addiction; scien-tists now describe these drinks as the new “gateway” drug. Whether they taste good or not, take a second to consider your body. What about other foods and drinks Ameri-cans are overloaded with every day? Let’s take coffee, for example. Caffeine is a great way to stay alert and focused. Caffeine should only be used in moderation just like anything else. According to www.mayoclinic.com, heavy caffeine use can cause insomnia, nervousness, restlessness, irritability, nau-sea, irregular heartbeat, muscle tremors,

headaches and anxiety. Those aren’t the only worry that comes with over use of caf-feine though. Eventually, the adrenal glands become exhausted and dependent on the next fix.

One food that is dubbed to be really healthy is soy. Despite all the health claims, soy actually has quite a few health concerns. For instance, phytic acid is an organic acid present in soy in high levels. According to www.healingdaily.com, phytic acid blocks the body’s uptake of necessary minerals like calcium, iron, and zinc. Also, soy contains hemagglutinin which is a clot-promoting substance. This substance causes red blood cells to bunch together. The bunched up cells cannot absorb oxygen and are unable to help in mainting good heart health. Soy has potentially harmful substances, but not enough research has been done to confirm the harms it could possibly cause.

The soy problems don’t really compare to factory farmed products though. The USDA even stated that 99 percent of all factory farm produced chicken is contami-nated with E. Coli. They also said that your kitchen should be treated like a biohazard-ous zone.

That is just disgusting. I’m not saying you should lick the floor or anything, but don’t ignore the food nutritional labels, and be cautious of what you’re ingesting.

Food people are actually eatingShayla McGinness

STAFF REPORTER

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The building was nearly empty. Two men were the only signs of life inside. The first had just finished opening the last of his mail. He slipped a few papers in the shred-der and yawned. The city buzzed and flick-ered outside his large window. It was 11pm. So, he slid on his suit coat, picked up his briefcase and switched off the lights on his way out the office door.

A few feet away, a bearded man swirled a mop on the tile floors. His back was arched and his hands callused from gripping its handle. He had been there all day, but was not leaving anytime soon. The tall, lean man with the briefcase passed by him. The janitor smiled, but his acquaintance failed to return the favor; he was too preoccupied with the feeling of superiority beaming through the fibers of his cashmere suit. Af-ter all, he was better: better dressed, bet-ter financed and better educated.

Unfortunately, many white collar work-ers draw this conclusion. They base their level of success upon their rank in the ca-reer field and feed their pride by belittling lower income jobs. It’s a bit reminiscent of

second grade, only, these bullies wear Armani.

Besides a blown out im-pression of pride, the econ-omy is a culprit in establish-ing this common mindset. Due mainly to a fear of fi-nancial instability, we tend to glorify higher education. Students attending school in the United States are more than encouraged to attend a university. To the leaders of the world, knowledge is power.

Then again, discour-aging younger generations away from lower income jobs has produced some unwanted side effects. Careers not requiring col-lege level schooling have been given an unjust stereotype and a bad name.

“When you work at night in a building after everyone else has gone for the day, you begin to feel alienated from society,” a former janitor and internet blogger on thoughtworm.com said. “It’s like you’re

not even good enough to be allowed to work during daylight hours (not to mention you’re cleaning up after people who are privileged enough to work 9-5). I felt like a giant insect most of the time, shunned by mankind and forced to root through their garbage in the dark after they had left… No matter how crappy your job is, there’s

White collar workers discriminate Sydney Shuman

STAFF REPORTER always someone coming in at night to clean up after you.”

No one should ever feel this way, especially when the rest of us rely on them so much. Who wants to live in filth, anyway? The world will always need janitors, as it does people in every workforce.

We couldn’t all be lawyers and doctors. We’d miss out on too much. There’d be no more grocery shopping. No hot lunch. No sanitary restrooms. No slurpees. No teachers. No cable. No glass of ice cold milk to accompany those chocolate chip cookies. No quick stops to McDonald’s before practice. No Goodwill hunting. No shuttle buses. No one to greet you on your way into Wal-mart. And no freshly dry cleaned suits—perhaps the most horrific crime of them all, eh, business men?

Denigration only highlights personal ignorance. We should make sure that ev-ery smile is reciprocated and every person, appreciated. When it comes down to it, we need every type of work—jobs big and small, because, at the end of the day, we need each other.

Summer jobs, sun & funLisa Gray

STAFF REPORTER

Don’t believe modelsMaddy Bastrom

STAFF REPORTER

Camp CounselorA camp counselor would be a great

summer job for you if you have some free summer time on your hands. Being a camp counselor in the summer would also look good on any application or resume. If you have attended at Camp Auburn as a coun-selor or a rover, then you have already had practice canoeing on the lake and hiking up trails with little kids. If interested in being a camp counselor, you could talk to your church and see if they’re doing a Bible camp, or go to Game Farm Park and see what they have to offer.

LifeguardA lifeguard would be a great summer

job for any teenager who can swim. Life-guarding can cool you off, and you can save lives, which will make you feel better. A downside to being a lifeguard is you have to go to classes to learn how to swim prop-erly when saving a life and how to do CPR. You could figure out possible life guarding positions at any local pool.

Concession Stand Worker at the MoviesIf you are the type of person who likes

it rainy and not hot, there are plenty of jobs like that too, such as working at the concession stand at a movie theater. The A/C is on and when you get off you can

go get a ticket and go watch the latest movie. If you choose to work in a movie theatre, you might even get tips from picky eaters. Tons of movie theatres are nearby and it would be easy to stop by and drop off your resume.

Work on a Horse RanchIf you are an animal lover then why

don’t you work with them in the sum-mer time? If you’ve worked on a horse ranch, you would have a messy job, but you would be doing what you love. A horse ranch would be a good summer job because taking care of horses would give you responsibility that you could always use in the future. Many farms are in our area if you just look around.

BabysitEven though you have been babysit-

ting since you were in seventh grade, it is still a good way to make money. Parents have to work during the summer but they don’t want to pay a lot each week for strangers to watch their children at a summer program. So as summer comes closer and the parents become desperate, you can come in and ask to babysit the children for an appropiate hourly wage. Babysitting would be a good summer job because you can get some excercise when you take them to the park and you can also cool off while you play board games in the house.

They are found everywhere. They are the beautiful, stylish models who set the bar for women all around the world. From fash-ion magazines to every clothing commercial ever run, their figures and faces glow with confidence and happiness. Because they are perfect. And they should represent the real female population of the world. Right?

Nope.There’s something many ladies around

the world don’t know about the women in the pictures. It’s a little known fact, and it can take a while to notice.

The fact is, the women in the pictures don’t exist. Furthermore, they don’t need to.

Any advertising company’s goal is to create a woman who makes girls around the world look and think “I’ll do anything to look like her.” That is what sells. The woman walking down the street, smiling to herself, her awesomeness outshining any other hu-man presence. Strangely, that appears to be the dream. The need to achieve the standards of the woman in the picture can be more tempting than anything, if girls let it.

Girls feel that if they don’t look like the models, they have nothing.

But they do. And they rock it.What girls need to know is that they

have something the models don’t. No one else can tell them what it is, they can figure

it out. There is something in their lives more amazing than the looks, money or fame any model ever had. There are also people in their lives who are more valuable than any agent, manager or photographer any Barbie doll ever had, too. Something is out there that can only be realized by the heart, mak-ing girls focus on something besides looks. The something can be a talent, an opportu-nity, or a great friend. It’s there.

Before zoning into the dreamy set on the TV, remember that there are a million things you have that make for a better character than any supermodel.

If real women were supposed to look like the women in the pictures, every lady would have a crowd of people following her around with a container of makeup and a fan to blow her hair. Notice they do just fine without it. Every single day girls accomplish something the women in the pictures didn’t.

So models make their mark on photo paper. Real women make their mark on the world. They share more with their com-munity than just looks, and that is what makes them beautiful. The women around you every day are the models of the world. You are a model of the world. It’s a shame if you don’t know it.

What girls need to know is that it actu-ally takes a lot of strength to disbelieve the perfect faces and windswept hair. But they also need to know it can be done. After that, life gets a little easier.

Besides, real women have more fun.

PHOTO BY SYDNEY SHUMAN

Another business man disrespects a blue collar worker as he tracks dirt across the floor.

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Teachers Mike Spangler, Beverly Spald-ing and Laurie Dooley are all enjoying their last year of teaching. We’ve known these teachers for years, most since our school opened.

The biggest reason they’re enjoying their final year here at Riverside is the amount of time they’ve been teaching. Or Spangler’s excuse, “Mostly old age.”

Both Spalding and Spangler have taught 35 years. They both taught at Cascade Middle School back when it was considered a junior high school. But their favorite classes to teach have been here at Riverside.

Spangler had no least favorite class, but his favorite one to teach was Global Issues. Spangler has also been the adviser of our school’s Magic/Gamers club.

Spangler’s original dream was to become a male model before he discovered the world of teaching. He’s also coached baseball, track and field, basketball, wrestling, girls volley-

V.P. Halford chosen as school’s new principal

Many changes are happening next year. With the re-tirement of Princi-pal Bruce Phillips, current vice prin-cipal Dave Halford was recently an-nounced as River-side’s principal dur-

ing a faculty meeting the end of May. Halford is extremely ecstatic about

being the next principal, but he under-stands that the job is going to a tough one. He understands he has to put forth all of his effort to have all 1,750 of us doing our jobs.

Halford has worked here at Riverside since the beginning. “I’ve been able to see the school really grow over the years,” said Halford.

He hasn’t made any big plans for next year this early yet, but he predicts that they’ll be small and subtle. Right now he’s working on the school’s master schedule the whole school will be following next year.

To get to a principal position took a lot of work from Halford. Though his diligent teaching, coaching and admin-istering made him an obvious choice, he was the only candidate from our building. Six other candidates interviewed for the

position; all of them had to go through a board of judges that evaluated them. Ten to 12 judges at a time sat in on interviews. Six judges were from the Riverside staff, including Geri Rohlf, Tom Adams, Mark Davis, Mary Shabel, Kelly Jensen and Dan Polley. All of the candidates went through two rounds of evaluations and tests.

He started out as the Traffic Safety instructor, as well as coaching swimming, diving and water polo. By 2001, Halford made it to the vice principal position, where he has been for the past nine years. He also coached and taught at Cascade Middle School, Rainier Middle School, and Auburn High School.

Halford wants the very best for his students. He knows that the school is great along with its students, but it could be bet-ter. His goal is to make the school a better place to learn and have fun, especially by the time his two kids attend here.

Before Halford even graduated from Auburn High School he had some big dreams. His choice in career during high school was to be an astronaut. He got his second rank on his flyer’s license and at-tempted to join the Navy. But at that time the movie Top Gun hit the big screen, and everyone wanted to fly.

With no room for Halford and no money for Halford, he needed a job. As Halford started making money as a Traffic Safety teacher, he decided that he didn’t want to leave. In 1995, Halford became an official staff member of Riverside.

Jaymes Fleur ySTAFF REPORTER

Spangler, Spalding, Dooley retireJaymes Fleur y

STAFF REPORTERball and football. Spangler was in the military for two years and was sent to boot camp.

Beverly Spalding’s favorite classes to in-struct were Apex and Advanced PE. Spalding went to college at Washington State Univer-sity, University Washington and Central Wash-ington University after she graduated from Chelan High School. Spalding taught creative writing, language arts and poetry in her first five years of her career at Cascade.

Spalding became the athletic director when the school opened and held that posi-tion for 13 years. Wanting to get back to teaching full time, she went back into the classrooom.

Another staff member who will be leaving is counselor Laurie Dooley. Dooley is a hire/retire teacher who came back to Riverside to help out in the counseling department.

Dooley has been at Riverside since the very beginning. She actually helped in creat-ing the school’s counseling program. She was a teacher for about 16 years until she earned her MA degree.

Cancer Society’s “Relay For Life” celebrates life, birthdays

The morning of the Relay for Life, ev-erybody was a little tired and kind of chilly. However, spirits remained high as dollars climbed. The 91 teams that attended this year’s relay were still walking, and dressing their wonderful male representatives for the 2010 Mr. Relay competition. The air was filled with determination and optimism.

“There’s never any negativity, it’s very welcoming,” senior Brittany Combs said.

Combs is the senior team captain for National Honor Society.

The theme for this year’s Relay for Life was “the birthday you always wanted,” the American Cancer Society being the “proud sponsor of birthdays.” The American Cancer Society is hoping to see more after donat-ing to causes like helping people stay well, helping people get well, fighting back and finding a cure.

Each year the Relay has three traditions for all attendees. First, there is The Survivors Lap. Cancer survivors are invited to walk the track. The lap is an emotional celebration of survivors, and birthdays.

After dark comes the Luminary Ceremo-ny. Caregivers design paper bags in memory of cancer-fighting friends and family, and place candles inside to light the track. Care-givers often walk a lap of silence.

Lastly, in the morning, a speaker leads the crowd in the Fight Back Ceremony. The Fight Back Ceremony is another emotional part of the Relay where people make a com-

mitment to fight against cancer.“Everybody is there for the right rea-

sons,” Combs said. “Everybody has a kind heart that night.”

For fun, each ceremony has an appropri-ate play list. The song choices add to each moment. Great music goes all night, along with the walkers. This year, Auburn Memorial was flooded with the classics.

After a long night of walking, the Mr. Relay competition comes in the morning. A guy from any group at the Relay can register for the Mr. Relay contest, where guys dress up like ladies and make a funny name. All the guys collect money and participate in a beauty pageant. This tradition gets a lot of laughs, but it still contributes to the cause. This year the Mr. Relay winner, Bubbles, col-lected $198 on his own.

The event had a total of 32 sponsors, from “friends of the relay” to “platinum” sponsors. These sponsors helped dozens of teams reach their goals of bronze, silver, gold, platinum, sapphire, diamond, and ruby awards.

For the first time in Auburn Relay For Life history, a relay team was nationally recognized. This team was awarded the Ruby sign for collecting $15,052..

The morning May 15, the stadium slowly but surely gathered its belongings after another successful 18 hours. At the closing ceremonies, the Relay For Life had collected over $137, 899. Auburn reached its goal.

As cargivers and survivors went home together, the song “Oh What a Night” was playing.

Maddy BastromSTAFF REPORTER

Dooley is also involved in a program that helps orphaned children in South America and the Caribbean. Other than helping un-fortunate children in countries of penury, she helps her daughter’s class in reading and writing.

Ashlyn MundoSTAFF REPORTER

Design studentsimagine tomorrow

Congratulations to the Engineering team of Elise Jones, Megan McCabe and Emily Starkel, who competed in the WSU Imagine Tomorrow engineering design contest on May 22nd and placed 2nd in the design category. For their ef-forts, they received $3,000 to be split by the team and $3,000 which will be given to ARHS.

WSU Imagine Tomorrow is the an-nual competition that challenges stu-dents from all over Washington to pres-ent problem-solving ideas that address the world’s problems. Jones, McCabe, and Starkel designed a construction project named “I’ll Huff and Puff,” that would use the excess of straw to replaced traditional timber with straw in order to reduce CO2 emissions.

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What we loved about Riverside

Looking ahead, but remembering our past.

September 4, 2006 was a day full of wonder as we walked through the doors for our fi rst day of high school. Little did we know what the next four years would bring us.

We have taken it one year at a time, and now we are down to our fi nal days of high school. Four years we will never forget, even if we did some things that we regret.

As our senior class president, I hope that everyone had a good last year. I was very lucky to be a part of planning one of our fi nal events together, our senior prom. It was a lot of hard work, but I hope those who went had a good time and will remember it forever.

I would like to thank our ASB advisers Ms. Benedict, Ms. Moberg, Ms. Rigley, and Ms. Leonard for their time in helping our class ASB over the past four years. Also, this year I am grateful to have worked with our other senior class offi cers Clay Sin, Taylie Riddle, Chelsea Humphries, Cody Greene, and Natalie Connacher.

I hope you will leave with some good memories of your time here at Auburn Riverside as you move forward with your next step in life. Making it this far is something we should all be proud of.

I am sure we all remember those late night studying sessions, putting projects together at the last minute, and the dreaded papers that seemed to never end. However, we did it. I know each of us in our class of over 400 students will succeed in life to their highest potential.

I hope to see everyone at the grad night party for a fi nal chance to spend together.

To the class of twenty ten, can I get an amen?

Farewell, class of

2010!

Aly Pavelsenior class president

Clubs: There is something for everyone here ranging from Dungeons and Dragons to DECA. Something that has especially stood out in my experience is Raven Crew. This was introduced to our school in spring of 2008 when the current seniors were nearing the end of sophomore year and signifi cantly impacted the levels of school spirit. DECA has accomplished so much our entire high school careers. Yearbook has captured many memories for us to look back upon. Art and talent shows have displayed our talent. The possibilities were endless, and we’re so glad we could be involved in so much here.

The fantastic janitorial staff: They work their butts off day and night to make our school atmosphere better. Imagine if all the garbage students threw around was just left there, day after day. Friendliness is a common characteristic of the sanitation crew, which we all appreciated very much.

Student store and Raven Roast: These are defi nitely taken for granted the majority of the time. You wouldn’t believe the number of times I’ve purchased mochas from the Raven Roast. It’s inexpensive and tastes better than most coffee shops do, especially for the price. The student store was constantly coming up with new, delicious creations that will remain on our taste buds for years.

Abundance of truly caring teachers: So many welcomed us with open arms when we needed extra help, guidance, skills or emotional assistance. Most schools probably have one or two standout teachers, but Riverside has many. It’s probably not in a certain teacher’s job description to let Kim hide out and cry (Cough, Rigley, Cough).

Friends and other relationships: Some are the friendly smiles in the halls, the mini chit-chats between classes, and some are even the ones you call late in the night because you know they will listen no matter what. As time goes on, these people evolve into the ones you wish you could spend your entire life with. Regardless of what happens, there will always be the memories made here.

“ Jillian Hawley, senior”

The ease of life in general and the organization that the school system (and my mom) creates for me.

“ Mariah Shinners, senior” The feeling of thank God it’s Friday.

“ Erik Vatne, senior” The flags of the lunchroom.

What we’ll miss about high school

(but still doesn’t make us less excited for the future)

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Name: Angela WelkerCollege: Western Washington UniversityWhere: Bellingham, Washington

InFlight: What are you most looking forward to?Welker: “Living on campus and getting my dorm all decorated.”

Name: Andy AndrewsCollege: Arizona State UniversityWhere: Phoenix, Arizona

InFlight: What are you least looking forward to?Andrews: “Not knowing anyone down there.”

Name: Jessica BartlettCollege: University of HawaiiWhere: Honolulu, Hawaii

InFlight: Why did you choose UH? Bartlett: “I want to obtain the career I’ve always wanted. Plus, Hawaii is sunny.”

Where will the Ravens fly next?

Name: Ryan GermanCollege: University of IllinoisWhere: Urbana-Champaign, Illinois

InFlight: Was UI hard to get into?German: “The engineering program was harder to get into than the school was. They have higher expectations.”

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Name: Andy AndrewsCollege: Arizona State UniversityWhere: Phoenix, Arizona

InFlight: What are you least looking forward to?Andrews: “Not knowing anyone down there.”

Name: Lindsey DeanCollege: Disney College ProgramWhere: Lake Buena Vista, Florida

InFlight: What are your plans for there?Dean: “Finish AA degree and apply to an intercity school.”

Name: Anthony TordillosCollege: Yale UniversityWhere: New Haven, Connecticut

InFlight: What are you nervous about?Tordillos: “Being so far away from home and not knowing anyone or their culture.”

Where will the Ravens fly next?

Name: Ryan GermanCollege: University of IllinoisWhere: Urbana-Champaign, Illinois

InFlight: Was UI hard to get into?German: “The engineering program was harder to get into than the school was. They have higher expectations.”

What are you nervous about?Tordillos: “Being so far away from home and not knowing anyone or their

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$50,000/yrStanford UniversityGPA: 4.0Type: Academic and Athletic

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Kenny Krotzer

$About 3,000/yrCalifornia PolytechGPA: 4.0Type: Academic and Athletic

$

Cameron Howard$About 14,200/yr

Washington State University GPA: 4.0Type: Academic and Athletic

Elise Jones

Stanford University

$Full RideUniversity of WashingtonGPA: 3.975Type: Athletic

Mercedes Wetmore

Ravens’ hard work pays o�

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ASB UPDATE

116/16/10 NEWS

Car y PlewkaSTAFF REPORTER

CSL Wednesdays now PLC Mondays

Freshmen, sophomores, and juniors next year at this time will already be tak-ing finals and counting down the days until sleeping in. The last day of school for the 2010-2011 school year will be on Monday June 21, 2011 with the exception of the senior class of 2011, which will be released a week earlier.

Most schools get out before Riverside because they do not have mid-winter break, they only have winter and spring. However, starting next year, Auburn schools will not have mid-winter break either.

“This end of year calendar issue has resulted in districts and unions eliminating or reducing the mid-winter break,” ASD su-perintendent Dr. Kip Herren said.

Principal Phillips believes the school year should be more spread out and it is not a good idea to have a three month break, because that means teachers have to reteach everything in September.

Currently, Auburn School District is one of the latest released districts for summer vacation. Kent Schools get out the 18th, Puy-allup gets out the 16th, and Tacoma Schools’ last day is the 15th.

School gets out earlier in 2011

Jaymes Fleur ySTAFF REPORTER

Next year CSL days are changing to Mondays after a decision by the Auburn school board on May 24. The Collaboration of Student Learners program has proven to be an effective one and will be kept next year, although it will return to its original name of Professional Learning Communities (PLCs).

PLC Mondays will be every week, not every other one, and the first one will happen on October 4. Just like this year, school will start at 9:30 on these days, and the tardy rules will still apply. Students and staff can expect 27 Monday late arrival days during the year.

Riverside won’t be the only school to have Monday morning changes for PLCs. Middle schools and elementary schools in the district are also participating for the first time.

Other districts have been using their own versions of the PLC program for several years, although some have had theirs on Fridays or even Wednesdays.

It’s almost time to finalize another chap-ter here at school. For some, the memories made here will be the conclusion of a high school career, and for others, the memories have just begun. For the senior, however, this will be the last time they will be walk-ing down these halls. It’s the last time their memories will involve Auburn Riverside. It’s the last time they will be seeing their teachers and favorite staff members, and for some, it’s the last time they will be seeing a good friend.

However their lives pan out, the senior class has made an astonishing and positive impact on our school. Without the help of the ASB executive Board, our school year wouldn’t have been as outstanding as it was.

I, and next year’s ASB staff, would like to give a special thanks and recognition to the students on ASB last year: Katie Weiss, Kellie Zulauf, Jane Han, Tessa Goodwin, Matt Hud-gins, Jacque Guyette, Lauren Mendez and Megan McCabe. Thank you for the time and dedication you have brought to this school. If any of you see any of these students walking the halls, give them a special thanks.

As we say goodbye to these leaders, we also say hello to the new ones. Here are the newly voted in ASB Exec. Board members for next year: Michael Wong (President),

Dylan Brown (Vice-President), Sarah Vatne (Secretary), Emily Morisawa (Treasurer), Tony Sanseri (Public Relations Officer), Lauren Mendez (Senior LASC), Alice Roup (Junior LASC), Brooke Benedict (RSVP) and Jeff Miles (Spirit Chair). We hope our plans for next year live up to the high standards last year’s ASB set.

The new ASB staff is working behind the scenes for next year, hoping for more empha-sis on student participation and involvement. A plan is also in the works that will be pre-sented to the school board regarding getting more dances back at our school.

As our time here diminishes, we remem-ber the things truly important to us. We hope seniors have had the time of their lives, and hope they’ve become the people they want to be. It’s their time to shine.

We also say goodbye to the man who made all of this happen, Principal Bruce Phillips. The ASB would like to say a final farewell and good luck to his future. We hope retirement treats him will. As for us, the ASB Exec. Board, we will see you all next year. We will try our best to work to the standards of last year’s ASB officers; they have done an amazing job and we can’t thank them enough. Farewell to this year’s seniors, and we will see the rest of you in September. Be ready for an amazing year!

PUBLIC RELATIONS OFFICERTony Sanseri

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After 15 years it is time to say goodbye.

Bruce Phillips has recently announced his retirement; af-ter 34 years total in education, he has decided to hang up the cape. Why?

“Because I can,” Bruce Phil-lips said. “I never really left school, so I am excited to try different things.”

After graduating from West-ern Washington University, Phillips went back to school at the University of Washington to become a teacher. He then taught as a math teacher at Shelton High School, and af-ter years of teaching he moved into education ad-ministration, where he became a vice principal at Lindbergh High School in Renton. He then moved on to become the principal at Cascade Junior High (now Cascade Middle School). After a few years at Cascade he began contributing to the planning of Auburn Riverside High School a year before it opened in September of 1995. When the school opened, he was hired as the principal and has been ever since.

Assistant principal Nola Wilson described Phillips’ retirement as, “complete sadness for everyone at River-side.”

Wilson complimented Phillips on his great leadership characteristics, highlighting his belief in teachers, love for student leadership, and his ability to help people an-swer their own questions, his qualities that will be greatly missed at Riverside.

“Bruce respects the staff as professionals, and lets us do our jobs,” assistant principal Frank Ramirez said. “Also,

he is not a micromanager, and the staff here are used to it.”

Ramirez also mentioned how this will be the fi rst “new” principal that Riverside has ever had. Most principlals last only three years. Phillips, on the other hand, has been here for 15 years, and this will be a huge change for all of the administration, teachers, and students.

“I am going to miss his tremendous sense of humor,” Wilson said.

Not to mention the long list of “Brucisms,” a whole bunch of phrases that are commonly heard around the main offi ce, such as:

“We make our own luck,” and “High schools are like Christmas trees. What makes them special are the orna-ments.”

Next years new principal Dave Halford said there were too many to count. He actually has a whole list of “Bru-cisms” written down on the back of his planner.

“Did I mention a sense of humor?” Wilson added. Relationships will be one of the biggest losses to River-

side with Phillips retirement. After 15 years, he has built many relationships with the staff and administrators.

Of course, Phillips will be missed. There simply has not been an Auburn Riverside without Phillips. He is, however, excited for what his future holds in store.

After 34 years in edu-cation, Phillips will not have to adjust to the re-tirement life until August. Every year before, just like every kid, he came back to school.

“I’ll just have to rein-

Ashlyn MundoSTAFF REPORTER vent my day and life, and I look forward to this,” Phillips

said.With his newfound time, Phillips plans on pursuing new

hobbies. “Recently everyone talks about the “bucket list,” Phil-

lips said. “I have a lot on mine.”Along with the possibility of a part time job, Phillips

plans to travel, golf, and watch sports with his season tick-ets to Husky football and the Seattle Mariners. Other side hobbies include learning guitar and handyman work, “like learning to fi x things around the house.”

Most of all, Phillips is looking forward to “the days where I want to do nothing.”

This is something Halford will certainly not have as he steps into the principal’s shoes Phillips has fi lled for 15 years.

All the things that have ever happened at Riverside, such as hiring teachers to forming new clubs, Phillips has had a say in.

He has created a quality school that can give quality education to the next generation, and he will be greatly missed this coming fall.

Goodbye, Principal Phillips

PHOTOS COURTESY NOLA WILSON

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Chain messages sometimes offer good advice

Anyone who has a cell phone is prob-ably familiar with these ridiculous, yet sometimes clever chain messages. Some tell us that if we send to ten friends in the next ten minutes, our true love will realize they love you. Others say that if we do not forward it to others, Carmen Winstead will kill us when we are in the shower the next morning. However, some have facts we might not have already known.

Car y PlewkaSTAFF REPORTER

You may have heard these guys in the hallway, performing at the ARHS Art Show, playing by the tennis court or when they closed the spring talent show with their original song “Colorblind.” But putting on a good show is not all these five guys can do. Andrew Aguilar (singer), Kevin Villarreal (drummer), Rory Creigh (lead guitarist), Taylor Rawson (bassist) and Michael Lant (rhythm guitarist) came together about four months ago to form SterioCast, and already have expectations for the near future.

They are performing original songs, putting on shows at tons of different places, and they are looking for more gigs. They consider their genre of music to be alterna-tive rock and each member of the band is emotionally attached to every song in one way or another.

When starting a band, the members must become friends to keep the connec-tions strong.

“Being in this band is like having four brothers,” sophomore Andrew Aguilar said. “You’ve got to look out for one another, or you’re going to fight.”

Another thing that every band needs to make it to the “Big Time” is a name that will grab someone’s attention.

“We were thinking of a thousand band names through-out the weeks,” sophomore Taylor Rawson said.

“Then, one day we thought it could be cool if we could have a band name that didn’t make sense unless we explained it. So we came up with SterioCast. It has to do with those times when you feel down or depressed but you don’t want to feel down. So in those depressing moments, you listen to music to make you feel better. Like a cast, our upbeat music can heal your downy day.”

For these five guys, the idea of becoming major rock stars did not just appear when they created SterioCast. They’ve been dreaming about this since they were able to talk.

“I’ve been writing songs since forever,” Aguilar said. “I used to hate talking about it, but now looking back they weren’t very good to brag about anyway.”

Sophomore Rory Criegh has only been playing the guitar for two years, but “I can play the trumpet and the piano also,” he said.

SterioCast has recently been working with the recording studio THC, or The High-rock Connection. They are going to record professionally in Tacoma where the studio is officially located. Also, they’re going to play with the band SubRocket and The Vallor who have been playing at Late Night and many

Bananas are good for cramps

Yes, this is true, ladies; bananas do help cramps. When we get cramps our body releases a lactic acid causing pain in order to stop it. Our body needs potassium found in bananas. So the next time you are out of Midol, just grab a banana.

Crying makes you feel better

Although there is no real reason why this is true, it is said to be a therapeutic tech-

nique. Little did we know that when we are crying we are not just creating raccoon eyes or being a baby, we release toxins and endorphins—a chemical that makes us happy. According to lifestyle.iloveindia.com “It even helps to get through depression and heals the body and mind of emotional pain and hurt.” So next time you are over stressed and just need to let it all out, cry and you will be sure to feel better afterwards.

No guy is worth your tears

Although there is no scientific evidence stat-ing whether this statement is true or not, it can be said that a guy that is worth your time will not make you cry. However, that is up to you to decide.

Kissing makes you feel better

True. Not only does the physical contact make you feel more connected to a person, it also gets endorphins going that ultimately make us feel happier. Kissing actually burns calories; it burns 2-3 calories per minute and can double our metabolic rate. According to bestkisses.com, “Kissing reduces anxiety and stops the ‘noise’ in your mind. It in-creases the levels of oxytocin, an extremely calming hormone that produces a feeling of peace.” Also, the endorphins produced while kissing are 200 times more powerful than morphine.

Lying is unhealthyAND STRESSFUL

Granted, your pants will most likely not catch on fire if you’re caught telling a lie, but it has been said that it can lead to emotional stress. However, it is like fire. It started off small and then can grow and grow and grow until we have absolutely no control over it any longer.

Chicken soup makes you feel better

This is true for most people. But what makes it different from any other soup? Some say that it might possibly be because that is what their mom used to make them when they were sick or had a cold when they were little and the memory of someone who cared for you preparing this when you were sick and the hot and salty taste has a helping cure to any cold or stomach ache.

Chocolate will make you feel better

Chocolate. When it comes to mind you think of the rich taste that melts, but do you think of doestryptophan? It is an amino acid known for helping with depression and pain. It is also essential for the body to make serotonin, which regulates your mood and feelings. When the body has the right amount of serotonin, it is more likely that you will feel more contentment and happiness.

other gigs. Three of Sterio-Cast’s songs can be listened to at www.myspace.com/steriocast.

There is always that kid that thinks the coolest thing in the world is to be a part of a band, make a record, and tour.

“When I was little I would jump on my bed while playing the air guitar and sing to ‘Three Days Grace,’” sophomore Mi-chael Lant said.

Everybody knows that if you want to become good at anything you need to practice. That is exactly what SterioCast is doing, practicing every Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday for about four hours.

“The practices are super exciting. There’s

always a lot of energy,” junior Kevin Villar-real said. “I am always looking forward to our next practice.”

Their idea of coming together as a band is getting closer, along with their hopes of making it to the “Big Time.”

SterioCast looking for “Big Time”Lisa Gray

STAFF REPORTER

SterioCast members include Andrew Aguilar, Kevin Villarreal, Rory Creigh, Taylor Rawson and Michael Lant.

PHOTO BY LISA GRAY

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Spring SportsMaddy Bastrom

STAFF REPORTER

In the classroom he’s hardworking, quiet, and intelli-gent. When out with friends he’s goofy, kind, and funny. On the track, however, junior Jeff Miles has no match. Words to describe Miles? Tenacious and dedicated.

First becoming familiar with track in sixth grade, Miles picked up a talent for it. In the last three years, Miles has qualifi ed for sub-districts, and this year managed districts. Throughout his whole track career, Miles has participated in North Tapps track, Riverside’s track, and Federal Way Track Club (FIW club).

Aside from that, Miles admits to making the “best choice ever” by switching to track. In fact, before his years of running, Miles’ born place was the soccer fi eld. It wasn’t until he grew really fast and became uncoordinated that he stuck to running.

Miles’ favorite event is the 3200 and stays committed for his team. Miles loves hanging with his distance team—especially the 10 p.m. Sunday night runs with Megan McCabe and Nic Lawerence.

Staying in shape throughout the year isn’t a problem for Miles, as he participates in athletics year round. Miles does swim and cross country in the fall and in the summer participates in waterskiing tournaments. Also, to maintain his stamina, Miles makes a point to run every day. As for the conditioning, Miles’ favorite is the 1000s and hates the 400s.

While feeling privileged just to be able to be athletic, running through Miles’ mind is only gratefulness.

“I think about how lucky I am to run and thank God

FastpitchThe season ended before playoffs, but the group is a great bunch of people who enjoyed the game. Fastpitch is los-ing three seniors this year, much to the disappointment of the team.

Boys SoccerMen’s soccer fi nished second in League. A successful year took them all the way to West Central Districts. Some play-ers were selected for the All-A team, and this year’s seniors provided great leadership.

Girls Tennis Girls tennis had a great season. Teammates were happy and confi dent with each other, and were given the Academic State Champions Award.

Girls Water PoloWater Polo accomplished a fantastic 10 - 0 record for the regular season, then took third at the state tournament. This year’s fi nish at State was Riverside’s highest ever.

Baseball The men’s baseball team fi nished sixth in State overall. Not all of the team’s expectations were met, and the team had to deal with losing a senior player to injury.

Boys TrackTrack had a 2 - 3 record for dual meets, ranked fourth in their league, and fourth in the West Central District. Four boy athletes went to State.

Girls TrackThe girls was 4 - 1 at dual meets, Co-Champs in League, and ranked third in the West Central District. Six girl athletes from track and fi eld went to State.

Wrap-upMiles to go before he sleeps

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Miles said. Besides just dedication in his athletics, Miles re-ceives tremendous family support. Al-ways there cheering him on, Miles’ family never misses a post season meet.

Taking the time to be good at a sport takes effort and time; Miles manages this to perfection as he still maintains a 3.99 G.P.A in tough classes.

“I usually end up staying up pretty late to do home-work,” Miles said, “then have fun and sleep on the weekends (when not at Invites).” Weekend fun includes shenanigans and tomfooleries. Miles also enjoys being a young life leader as well as a part of the Messiah Lutheran Church, where he attends a Wednesday youth group.

For future runners, Miles votes “Go distance!” As next year’s cross country captain, Miles encourages everyone to join.

“Stick with it and it will pay off,” Miles said. Random odds and ends of Jeff Miles? He defi nitely has

a knack for being uncoordinated and awkward, he enjoys peanut butter, and loves Runnerspace LIVE. Interesting kid? Many argue yes, but “talented and hardworking” comes to mind fi rst when asked to describe junior Jeff Miles.

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Despite a sudden end to the season, the boys soccer team had a successful year, with a lot of individual victories and exceeded goals. Having an outstanding 9-2 record and fi nishing in 2nd place in the SPSL North division, the boys competed as a top team all season. “No one expected our performance this year,” head coach Robyn Saarenas said. “We exceeded our goals.” According to Saarenas, the best game all season was the Todd Beamer game in the SPSL 4A tournament. Riverside played the 2nd place team in the SPSL South for 3rd and 4th place overall going into the WCD. “Todd Beamer out-skilled us in the fi rst quarter, but we responded in the later half making it a very close game,” Saare-nas said. The Ravens simply had some “bad luck” when three shots hit the post, and two goals were called back. Saarenas said it was a confi dence builder for the team.

“We might as well have won 5-2. That’s what it felt like,” said Saarenas. The next team the Ravens faced was Bel-larmine Prep, which resulted in a 0-4 loss, ending their season and stopping them just shy of State. Despite the two rough losses at the end of the year, the team had a very success-ful season. After having nine wins and two losses, which were lost by only one goal, Saarenas describes the season as “fantas-tic.” Everyone on the team contributed to an outstanding season. “No one is better than the next,” Saare-nas said. But, when it came to outstanding, lead-ing the team as captain, Cameron Howard, lived up to his duties and did a great job, said Saarenas. Also, Saarenas mentioned Adam Zeman, who was a great leader that led by exam-ple. Zeman had not played last year, but he came to this team “making a statement.” Brice Erickson was the tone setter of the team, described by Saarenas as “the type of personality every successful team needs.”

Easily picked out as the voice of the team, Erickson positively led the team vocally while defender Kevin Wien put up an outstanding defense. Also, Tanner Fairweather came into the season as the third string goalkeeper, but ended up starting. “His performance went from average to the best in the league,” Saarenas said. “For the most part, Fair-weather kept us in all of the close games.” Adding to the outstanding season, four of the players were selected for the All League team and three were honorable men-tions. Kevin Wien was chosen for defensive 1st Team All League. Chosen for 2nd Team All League was Tanner Fairweather as well as goal keeper Cameron Howard as mid-fi elder, and Adam Zeman as mid-fi elder. Honorable Mentions for All League selections were given

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PHOTO COURTESY ROBYN SAARENAS

Ravens in WCD played their fi nal game of the season against Bellarmine Prep.

Despite a sudden end to the season,

“We might as well have won 5-2. That’s what it felt like,” said Saarenas. The next team the Ravens faced was Bel-larmine Prep, which resulted in a 0-4 loss,

Easily picked out as the voice of the team, Erickson positively led the team vocally while

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S ccer has successful season

to Brice Erickson, Sean Norgard, and Tommy Shipman. Despite losing eleven seniors, Saarenas is excited about the outlook for next year. There is a lot of talent in the upcoming underclass-men, and she is excited for all of the team’s potential.