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Newspaper Sept 2011.Indd The Rampage Montwood High School 12000 Montwood EP, TX 79936 www.hsj.org Volume 6, Issue 1 September 2011 Menchaca’s Montwood Welcomes New Additions Message Alyssa Ortega & Stephanie Ryan been made this year, we should take some time As the principal at Mont- Staff Writers to properly introduce our new Administration. wood High School, I Coming from El Dorado, is our new would like to welcome It is no secret that each new school year Assistant Principal Ms. Howard. Although you back for another year brings a wave of change. Some big, some small, Ms. Howard is new to Montwood, she already filled with both academic changes students do not even notice, while oth- knows what makes Montwood different from and athletic success. It’s ers we definitely do. One thing that did not go all the other schools in El Paso. “There is a hard to believe we are unnoticed by the student family atmosphere and already in September and body was the change in this campus is rooted pretty soon we will be Administration. Every- deep into tradition… heading into our fall inter- one was comfortable Once you are a Mont- session. This year brings with Mrs. Matthews, she wood Ram, you are al- Mrs. Menchaca the new challenge of the was a key player in its ways a Montwood Ram.” STAAR test, so teachers traditions, and it was sad Her most fond memory of have been collaborating to ensure our students for Montwood to see her high school is when she are prepared to face End of Course exams head retire. Of course, rumors was named an All-Amer- on. Our freshman teachers participated in our began to fly about who ican Dancer and got the Freshman Family Night which was a huge suc- our new principal would privilege of dancing at a cess! Our football, volleyball, tennis and cross be and what he or she Dallas Maverick’s game. country teams are in full swing and are reaching would do. Everybody Howard has high expecta- for the gold! MHS had a great showing in this had their pre-determined MHS Administration, left to right: Ms. Ben- tions for Montwood. year’s Blood Drive beating last year’s record of opinions on the situation nett, Mr. Boatright, Ms. Howard, Mr. Brown, “My vision for pints donated. Our counseling staff is gearing and most were based on Mrs. Menchaca, Mr. Durkes, Ms. Abdo Montwood is for it to up for our Education Go Get It week, and our false information. Now become the best compre- Light Up the Night was so amazing! We are that we have been at school long enough to hensive high school in SISD and the city of El just getting started! I invite you to join me on adjust and almost everyone has their informa- Paso.” this incredible journey…. Go Rams! tion straight on the official changes that have continued on page 2 Bomb Blast in Norway Rocks Calm Nation Devin Lozano was an 11 year old boy who told Brevik he Staff Writer just lost his father in the shooting. The other was a 22 year old man who pleaded for his At least 77 people were killed in life. Two boys Movsar Dzhamayev, 17, and a bombing and shooting spree on July 22, Rustam Daudov, 16, from Chechnya, were re- 2011. Anders Breivik, a radical right-wing minded of the war that went on in their home activist was held and charged with the mas- country. They tried to attack and stop Breivik sacre. The bomb that when off in Oslo, but witnessed him shoot one of their friends. Capital of Norway, destroyed surrounding They ran to safety and helped children into buildings and left 8 dead and many more their hiding spot. injured. The shooting at a Labor Party youth The aftermath of these tragic events left camp in Utoya had a death toll of 69 people. the country devastated. At the funeral service The number of deaths was being raised days Photo Courtesy of Google Images for the victims of the bombing and shooting after the attack due to surviving victims re- but eight were killed and eleven were seri- the mother of Bano Rashid, who was killed porting that they saw many more dead. ously wounded. There were not many people in the shooting, said, “The answer must not be Anders Breivik is a “cultural Chris- in the building and surrounding area because hatred, but even more love.” tian”, freemason, islamophobe and an anti- most government officials were off on holiday. Anders Breivik was indicted on terror- Semitic man. The motive behind his attacks The subway and bus system remained open ism charges. The police had Brevik go through is not known to be related to these views. He but one bus was made to transport the walking a walkthrough of his killings. He will be wrote a manifesto entitled 2083: A European wounded. This incident was reminiscent of the charged for each one individually. Declaration of Independence where he outlines Oklahoma Bombing in 1995. Breivik even used his views. He emailed this document to 1,003 similar chemicals to make his bomb. addresses 90 minutes before the attack. Anders Breivik arrived on the island dressed as Breivik attributed his “weapons training” to a police officer and told people to gather around the popular video game Call of Duty: Modern him. When people started to surround him he INDEX Warfare 2. pulled out his weapons and started to fire into NEWS The bombing in Oslo was at the H block the crowd. He shot people on the island and parking lot near the Office of the Prime Minis- then started to fire at people trying to flee in SPORTS ter of Norway. After the detonation the Police the water. Some who were shot pretended to be LIGHT UP THE NIGHT urged the citizens to evacuate central Norway. dead but Breivik returned to them and fired. On The Prime Minister was unhurt by the blast two occasions he let people live. One survivor ENTERTAINMENT FEATURES news page 2 Violent Riots Shake Great Britain Emily Baquera and Valerie Mendez because of racism, but it happened because of Staff Writers the different points of view of the people. Many of the people who were involved in the riots are The London riots began August 6, 2011 said to be angry at the police but yet seemed and ended August 10, 2011 occurring in Lon- greedy. People were smashing windows and don, Manchester, Mersey Side, Midland, and vandalizing cars. They even went into Mc- many other cities and towns. In total there were Donalds and started cooking their own food. five deaths and sixteen civilians and one hun- There were burning of police cars and build- dred eighty six police men injured. London’s ings. There were more than one hundred arrests. Prime Minister David Cameron, was out on Young kids watched as firefighters tried to put Photo Courtesy of Google Images vacation when these tragic events occurred. He out fires and control all of the people. ended his vacation and went back to London to the riot. Duggan could have been shooting at More than five hundred people protested try and settle things down immediately. the police, the police could have been shooting over the Mark Duggan shooting. The London The riots were caused when a police at Duggan, or Duggan was in the wrong place at civilians that were involved in the riot seem officer shot a twenty nine year old black man, the wrong time. According to statements, the to be young people in their twenties and high Mark Duggan, a father of four. People are shooting was not intentional. school drop outs. unsure about exactly what happened the day of The riots did not happen because the people did not think the police killed the man Five Minutes Makes a Huge Difference BriAnn Beltran & Sam Carillo to lunch is just too many at once. Last year the and be there on time for your last period class.” Staff Writers schedule worked so that after ATP, (Ram Ses- Senior, Andrea Pimentel says, “It’s re- sion), students would go straight to lunch, but ally annoying because everyone tries to race Five minutes doesn’t sound like a lot of now that Ram Session was moved to between out of the parking lot and I feel like I’m go- time but for students at Montwood High School first and second period, an extra five minutes ing to crash sometimes. It’s really annoying it makes a huge difference. These five minutes were needed to move from Ram Session to and frustrating when the officer stops you at a are about the time that it takes to get to the second period. The new administration felt the green light to let the kids who are walking to restaurant of your choice. Students are stressing need take away five minutes from lunch time, lunch cross the street. We only have five to ten this new school year to get to class on time and which has made things harder on everybody. So minutes to stuff our food down our face.” The to rush to lunch. Last year was already hectic not only does Montwood’s B lunch start late at Administration nor the students are happy about enough and this year is just twice as bad. Now 1 35, but we also have a shorter time to eat. Ev- the new school schedule. But everybody has to with the time change the parking lot is just a erybody meets in their own spots with all their deal with it and adjust to new times, especially complete chaos: cars starting, students running friends and then everybody rushes to their cars since the school is going to be more strict on to their cars, horns honking, students cutting to get out of the parking lot.
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