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Reporter tries Non-Profit LIFESTYLES 12 ENTERTAINMENT 15 Miley Cyrus SPORTS 20 Tennis makes Organization out the viral CCS and U.S. Postage returns to her PAID “Naruto Run” roots in new aims high for Saratoga, CA Permit No. 41 trend. album. NorCal. THEsaratogafalcon Saratoga High School Saratoga, CA Friday November 3, 2017 An Independent School Publication saratogafalcon.org Vol. 57, No. 4 RIVALRY Five reasons to attend tonight’s football game vs. LG an energetic team and new head coach Tim should come support your Falcons against game, down just one touchdown to tie and Lugo at the helm, they believed that they Los Gatos tonight at home. win most of the games. could win. Although the Falcons have had trouble BIG And they did. Led by star quarterback 1. e Falcons have a chance at pulling o an starting their games strong, as well as clos- Kevin Smith and a stellar defensive ef- unbelievable upset. ing out games when holding leads, you bet- GAMERS fort, the Falcons pulled o a 21-17 victory e Falcons come into this game at 0-8, ter believe they will bring their A-game, against the Wildcats, a er which students recently su ering loses to the Wilcox Char- knowing that rivalry bragging rights are on Alex Wang and Siva Sambasivam and parents erupted in joy and stormed gers 61-10 and the Palo Alto Vikings 42-21. the line. Benny Pierce Field to congratulate their Fal- With the Wildcats having a 3-5 record, the e Falcons also are healthier than at In 2010, the Falcons welcomed Los Ga- con players. Falcons’ chances seem rather bleak; how- some points earlier in the season. Two-way tos into their territory for their annual rival In the six games since then against Los ever, the numbers are a little deceiving. lineman Allie Liddle will be playing his third showdown with the Wildcats. It had been Gatos, the Falcons have not fared well, but e Falcons have lost three games in game of the season, and looks to be the same upwards of 20 years since the Falcons had like the student body seven years ago, we blowouts, but they have remained competi- beaten their district counterparts, but with can’t lose hope. Here are ve reasons you tive until the last few minutes in every other GAME on pg. 21 NEW ALL-MALE Breaking TEAM EXTENDS BOYS’ DANCE BARRIERS CULTURE BY FrancescaChu to showcase their dancing prowess & EmilieZhou other than the Bombay in the Bay event in February. e crowd cheered during the So when assistant principal seniors’ Homecoming all-boys Brian ompson and dance team dance, impressed by their quick coach Kaitlyn Landeza approached and synchronized moves. e senior Nicholas Di and his friends dance featured not only some of during a Homecoming practice, today’s most popular dance trends, they immediately jumped at the but also advanced and original idea of an all-male dance team. choreography. “At this school, dance culture Homecoming Quad Day dances for guys is really only around dur- have allowed many boys to experi- ing Homecoming, so we want to Seniors Connor Reyes (upper left), Nathan Kang ment with new styles. However, extend that throughout the school (lower left), and Nicholas Di (above) execute moves in a er Homecoming, there have tryouts for the new all boys’ dance team on Oct. 27. been few opportunities for boys DANCE on pg. 5 FALCON // MUTHU PALANIAPPAN ue new music from Oh ANNOUNCEMENTS NEW PROJECTS Wondwhat’sinside ELECTIVES New PA system presents Campus beauti cation Class options unexpected challenges Why SHS lacks electives remains top priority compared to some BY JessicaWang building, which led to an update to BY KarenChow pletely intentional. e four tall neighboring schools. pg. 5 & MichaelZhang the existing technology in the of- & KaitlynWang 60-year-old redwood trees in ce as well. Instead of using a land- the quad do not get rainfall for On the rst day of school, re- line phone for announcements, the Students walking near the li- ve or six months, Moran said. turning students were surprised to new system now communicates POLITICS brary and girls’ locker room may An occasional deep watering en- hear screechy and mu ed voices using IP addresses over the Inter- hear the sound of running water sures that the redwood trees do Divisions during morning announcements. net. and spot a hose lying at the bases not die. Technology sta , including dis- is has resulted in a variety of of the redwood trees across the “With the unusually warm Long-lasting tension trict IT administrator Tony Palma, bene ts for both the announce- ermond Drama Center. Wa- weather, they su er a little bit between China and Taiwan is jumped on the case immediately ment and bell systems. For in- ter gushes out of the hose, some- because they’re used to having dangerously close to reaching and discovered that the issue stance, it allows for speci c vol- times throughout lunchtime, a little more moisture in the fall the boiling point. pg. 8 stemmed from di erences between ume control for each classroom. It spilling out onto the tanbark than hot weather like this,” prin- a newly installed digital system and also allows for a broadcast to only that covers the trees’ roots. cipal Paul Robinson said. “We old analog one. a speci c set of classrooms in the Because the hose seems to love having our redwood trees CULTURE Over this summer, the school school. be le unmonitored and small around because they add so debated whether to put in an older e new technology has also pools of water begin to develop much to our campus, so what- Family dynamics ‘60s-style PA system in the new helped make the announcement due to the sheer quantity of ever we can do to try to get them music building like the rest of the system feel more modern. Student learns over time water, some students feel con- the water that they need so that school or invest in a newer, more “Last year we used a telephone cerned. they can survive is important.” to accept and celebrate her modern system, Palma said. e for announcements,” Palma said. father’s Asian accent. pg. 18 However, according to main- Robinson said that what may school elected to implement the tenance supervisor Brian Mo- newer technology for the music TECH on pg. 3 ran, the running water is com- MAINTENANCE on pg. 5 News 1-6 Opinion 7-10 Lifestyles 11-13 Entertainment 14-15 School Scope 16-17 In-Depth 18-19 Sports 20-23 Backpage 24 THE THE 2 NEWS November 3, 2017 saratogafalcon saratogafalcon November 3, 2017 NEWS 3 picturethis cording to Palma, the cost, about TECH $1,000 per room, is too high. Also, construction for installa- continued from pg. 1 news tion would be necessary in every “But now we have a specialized room, which further adds to the microphone, which allows us to expenses and makes replacement briefs control the volume level a little impractical anytime soon. better. It’s more tting with a PA “We’re working on a plan to type system — to make a call we make that change and implement Robotics boots up, begins building season just need to push a button.” these devices, but it can’t happen ASB President senior Nathon overnight,” Palma said. “ ere’s Chin, who frequently delivers the costs, there’s construction, and e First Tech Challenge (FTC) competition kicked o morning announcements, feels we have to have people out of the on Sept. 9 with the full release of the rulebook, which lays that he has adjusted to the new room to do it.” out the requirements of the contest. is year, the SHS teams microphone. As a result, Palma is working to are using 3-D printing technology to custom cra each com- “Both [systems] are good; the make the best of the current situ- ponent of their robots. new one just took some time get- ation. e theme of this year’s games is “Relic Recovery” and ting used to,” Chin said. So far, a complete re-wiring each robot will compete to sort and place items, o en in spe- Additionally, the school bells of the old system in addition to ci c con gurations, into sections of a game eld. e four can also be set to any custom meticulous volume and audio ad- teams of 15 students each have been busy working to build sound through a sound le. justments have already made the their robot. “ e bell can be any sound we sound quality much more toler- e team has six returning members as opposed to only want, and that’s the beauty of the able. two from last year, so more work is being done per day. system,” Palma said. e current goal is to rst gain “I am personally very excited because the parts on our FALCON // AVA HOOMAN Using the exibility of the new independent control of each class- robot are a lot cleaner,” junior Derek Chiou said. “ e build- BOO! Seniors Amelia Berardo, Mateusz Kranz, Ania Kranz and Solomon Bailey dressed up as technology, Palma also proposed room wing by installing separate ing is going much smoother than last year.” FALCON // MUTHU PALANIAPPAN ghosts of Queen Elizabeth I, Michael Jackson, Joseph Stalin and Abraham Lincoln for Halloween. creative ways for students to de- devices and ampli ers so every e use of 3-D printing also allows the team to create sign the bell sound.