Volume II Issue V: November 4, 2016 |
NEWS |
Next online issue: November 18, 2016 |
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Speech and DehalloweenBy CAROLINA SANCHEZ
Saturday October 28th the Redlands East Valley and Citrus Valley debate teams faced off with the rest of the Citrus Belt Speech Region in the annual Halloween tournament. This tournament is unlike any other of the year because there is not a sea of suits and blazers, but of witches, superheroes, and cartoon characters. Unlike other tournaments where the teams debate real life topics such as military drone use or the needs for revolutions, during the Halloween tournament the topics match a spooky themes. Topics this year included trick or treating and the movement of Halloween to always fall on a Saturday. These topics allow the debaters to flex their skills with unusual topics and to have fun. Costumes are one of the main attractions of the tournament. Students can choose to dress up and those that do put a lot of effort into their costumes. Some make their costumes for example Jonas Poggi from REV went as Ash from “Pokemon” and the Los Osos team went as a deck of black and white cards from the popular game Cards against Humanities. Some debaters just grab clothes from their closets to create costumes like the Yucaipa team who went as the internet meme Ken Bone, and Jackson Shields from REV who went as Morty from “Rick and Morty.” Teachers also dress up for the occasion such as Mr. Verdon who is the REV adviser came in as Henry the eighth... |
A Look at These Two Weeks in HistoryBy LIAM McABEE
Oct. 22, 1879: Thomas edison perfects his light bulb Oct. 23, 1812: Coup d’etat against napoleon fails Oct. 24, 1911: Orville wright remains in the air for 9 minutes setting a world record that lasted for 10 years Oct. 25, 1780: John hancock becomes first the first governor of massachusetts Oct. 26, 1682: William penn receives land to start the pennsylvania colony Oct. 27, 1682: William penn officially founded pennsylvania Oct. 28, 1726: Gulliver's travels is published Oct. 29, 539 BC: King cyrus attacks babylon releasing jewish people from 70 year exile making it the first declaration of human rights Oct. 30, 1866: Jesse james robes bank in lexington for $2000 Oct. 31, 1517: Martin luther posts the 95 theses on the church door Nov. 1, 1512: Michelangelo's sistine chapel painting finished... ESRI “Web-inar” Captivates StudentsBy DYLAN MIARS
ESRI, the Environmental Systems Research Institute, held an online seminar that high school students across the Redlands Unified School District were able to attend in their AP Human Geography classes. Students at school sites: Redlands East Valley High School, Citrus Valley High School, and Redlands High School attended a lecture via telepresence on the latest software developed by ESRI to best help the environment by mapping green infrastructure for the U.S. Land Trust Conservation Community. This event occurred from 11-12 on Oct. 20 and had a turnout of 40+ students across all sites that tuned in. Nathan Smith, an AP Human Geography teacher at RHS, when asked about what he thought of the lecture said, “This was a good opportunity for students to explore possible career paths and engage with the community. I thought that the part about where they choose to develop cities and where to preserve was good for students to hear. Those with a background in GIS (Geographic Information Systems) got a lot more out of it.” Students learned about a term used by ESRI “cores”, meaning places of origin for many species that are essential for life existing within a boundary of 1000 meters by 1000 meters. In this event, students saw how abundant “cores” were and how they are slowly fading away. They were taught the alternative ways to build social infrastructure to preserve “cores” so that the impact the environment faces is minimized. |