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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 14, 2016thePINNACLESUMMIT HIGH SCHOOL VOLUME 16, ISSUE 1 Bend officials weigh in on advantages of Uber

Uber is growing in presence enforce required taxi background Uber may add Bend to its worldwide reach around the entire nation and it checks, which leaves Bend’s city Fiona Dolan is more common that passengers officials at a stuck point. Editor-in-Chief March, 2009, Uber has become 30,000 passengers every month. hopping off a flight in Redmond However, in cities such extremely successful, now “More choices in a market- will pull out their phones to as Portland, Ore., Uber has With a population of 81,236, valued at more than $51 billion driven environment seems to be contact an easy ride only to find progressed and the law changed. a growing economy and almost and operating in around 311 a good thing,” Redmond City that there are no Uber services The law was demolished that 20,000 tourists visiting on any cities in 58 countries, with top Manager Keith Witcosky told within the area. every driver must have to pass given summer day, Bend’s destinations ranging from Los The Bend Bulletin. “As more and more people the FBI background-check culture, nightlife and reputation Angeles to Florianopolis, Brazil, The Redmond City Council have become active riders, it’s requirements to be hired. are changing. according to Inc.com. team is working to change city become their way of traveling, In Bend, it is a different story. It’s no surprise that Uber While Bend’s plan is in the code laws by late October in order getting around when they The city does not feel comfortable is considering the city as their works, Redmond is also another to get app-based transportation visit a city,” Jon Isaac, an Uber not having every driver take a third Oregon location. key factor in the business sector services up and running as soon spokesman, told The Bulletin. certified background test. Launched in San Francisco in due to the airport that transports as possible. Uber initially refused to uber / A3 Deschutes 350 advocates for climate change Bend City Council agrees to reduce carbon and greenhouse gas emissions

Hannah williford Staff Writer

Bend City Council passed a resolution proposed by the Environmental Center to make Bend an environmentally friendly community by 2030. By passing the resolution, Bend agreed to reduce carbon and greenhouse gas emissions, starting with city services. Although Bend approved the resolution, it is not clear what changes will be made. However, there is a plethora of ideas. “I expect fully to support a large portion of the actual measures that come before us if they save money and help keep the environment cleaner,” said Casey Roats, a council member who voted against the resolution. Long term projects could include updates in public transportation and changes in Bend’s water systems. Photo by Emily Rice Senior Skylar Grayson, who was an active part in passing the resolution, would like to see changes in the building regulations passed by the City. “We have long processes The hype returns to continue the era for finances and other building regulations, but there is Eliana alexander no process for environmental effects,” said Grayson. News Editor on football or volleyball or soccer, Another way Bend could be run more efficiently we are trying to expand towards is hydroelectric power. “There is a tremendous Last year marked the “New Era” showcasing a lot of the club and opportunity to install a hydroelectric station on the city’s for the Storm, after taking home 15 extracurricular activities that don’t water system at the Outback facility… We are currently state titles and winning numerous necessarily get the same amount of burning energy in the form of hydraulic pressure from other awards. The 2015-2016 school attention and support that sports the pipe rather than capturing that energy” said Casey year set a precedent for years to come. do,” said Tien. Roats. Its plausible that this change could be put on the With a significant surge in Student council aims to spread out city plan, yet currently this movement is being blocked school spirit, students aim to bring the support by encouraging students by a lawsuit from a local environmental organization, enthusiasm to all aspects of school. to attend a variety of different events LandWatch and WaterWatch. However, this year plans are “We are just trying and share the fame. Smaller and quicker changes for Bend City Services being put in place to challenge the Arts Liaison Ily Logeais, proposed will likely include changing to LED light bulbs and successes of last year by including to bring more that the arts have received more reducing power usage in city buildings. the entire student body in the ‘hype’. attention to a lot attention than ever before. A concern with passing this resolution is the financial Signs emblazoned with the phrase “I want to emphasize art because toll it will take on the City. By agreeing to the resolution, “Return of the Hype” have appeared more successes we are generally very sports oriented the councilors also agreed to employ a panel in charge around campus, serving as the motto that we have at our and the arts tend to be overlooked. of implementing the changes. Roats believes resources for this school year. school, without Last year a handful of students won should initially go towards repairing infrastructure, Student council is striving to scholastic awards, gold keys, silver funding police and firefighters as well as taking care of establish an all around feeling of necessarily being keys, honorable mentions, and sewage issues. support, going beyond the limitation sports related.” thousands of dollars in scholarship “It won’t be easy trying to meet the needs with our of sports. money and it was never even limited resources,” Roats said. Spirit Commissioner Morgan Tien Morgan Tien mentioned,” said Logeais. Yet Grayson takes a different view on the issue, looks towards the future with a new With the introduction of a more “There needs to be a balance of immediate concerns perspective on the ‘hype’. inclusive environment, it is likely that and long term thinking.” Though there will be struggles “This year one of the things that there will be shifts in the attitudes of originally funding the project, there is opportunity for the entire student council really students towards participating in reimbursement. Reduced use of heating and cooling in wanted to improve on from last year, school related events. city buildings and more energy efficient city cars would is bringing a lot of enthusiasm to a Student Body President Atticus bring down operation costs. variety of events,” said Tien. Balyeat, believes that this year holds Grayson is a big believer in involving teens in the In the past, certain sports and a heightened amount of potential, fight for a cleaner environment. “I don’t get to decide activities have gained a great deal of partly due to the elevated standards who sits up there [as a councilor], but it’s my future,” attention, while others have not. after last year’s winning streak. said Grayson. “We are not just trying to focus return of the hype / A2 deschutes 350 / A4

Riverhouse holds debate regarding public policy Jake hoskins News Editor the Bend Bulletin and KTVZ. Brown and Pierce were given 90 seconds of opening statements, and were then Democratic Gov. and Republican given the remaining time for four rounds of questions. candidate Dr. William “Bud” Pierce debated at the The debate covered issues ranging from urban Riverhouse on the Deschutes over issues facing rural expansion and Measure 97 to public land use. Oregonians at the first debate of the Oregon 2016 Held at the Riverhouse on the Deschutes, every seat in gubernatorial election. the meeting room was filled. Brown is the current gov. of Oregon, taking over after The crowd was evenly divided between the two Kate Brown, Dr. William Pierce debate over public policy and the resignation of John Kitzhaber. Brown has raised the candidates, simply gauging by the audience’s reactions. urban expansion at the Riverhouse Sept. 24. Photos by Jake Hoskins minimum wage and implemented mandatory paid sick On urban expansion, Pierce called Bend’s plan to leave to workers in Oregon. expand the city by 2,400 acres “laughable” and that part of her answer to the housing problem. Pierce is a practicing oncologist in Salem and he has it would not solve the issues of affordable housing; Another key issue at the debate was ballot Measure no background in politics. Pierce is a former marine, and he proposed that counties should be able to choose 97, which would increase taxes on businesses. has capitalized on it by gaining the support of veterans. whether to grow or not. Brown claims that the measure is necessary to fund The debate, hosted by the Oregon Society of Brown also says that there should be local control Oregon’s healthcare, education and other services. Professional Journalists Sept. 24, was focused on over expansion. Conversely, Pierce opposes the bill, saying that it issues faced by rural Oregonians. The candidates were “I will also fight to see that no one gets evicted from would increase the cost of living for Oregonians. questioned by journalists from the Jefferson Public Radio, their apartment for absolutely no cause,” she said, as riverhouse debate/ A2 A2 NEWS FRIDAY, OCTOBER 14, 2016 Return of the hype Measure 97 supporters push for funding Continued from Page A1 n.d. “There were doubts that we weren’t 19.2% going to have the same turnout as Funds raised last year and many thought we were by each side going to be a one hit wonder due to the Voter polls D.C. immense amount of achievements last year,” said Balyeat. wash. 12% The presence generated by the school calif. 9.9% as a whole has caused Student Council 34% 39% Ore. 8.4% $8.5 to reflect upon how they can improve pro con 6.6% the community in a way that benefits all students with a variety of interests. million “We wanted to let the student body know that we are just as enthusiastic as we 27% were last year, and we are going to bring undecided Business tax rates by state $1.5 con the same amount of effort and support to a wider variety of events,” said Logeais. million In hopes of increasing the already Anderson Economic Group Data great number of participants, students are pro graphic by Jake Hoskins encouraged to get involved with school data from anderson economic group activities in more ways than one. “As a student council, we knew there Will Anderson graduation rate in the country, and we for many items is consistent. According was still a large amount of talent within Staff Writer rank 38th in how we fund our schools,” to the opposition, another concern is that our student body, so we’ve been doing said Travis Overley, the school’s building the ballot measure will cause a loss of our best to make sure the hype extends Unions and corporations have poured representative for the Bend Education jobs. With the increased taxes, there is a further than last year, and it’s very evident millions into Measure 97, making it one Association (BEA). “Right here in Bend looming possibility that fewer companies through the first month of school that we of the priciest measures in the history of La-Pine, we spend $2,100 below the will be based in Oregon, or that existing have achieved that,” said Balyeat. Oregon in hope that by raising corporate national average per student. This is corporations and their businesses will With these new perspectives, school taxes, schools, social services and seniors embarrassing. As a state, we can do so move elsewhere. leaders hope to highlight the many will receive much needed funding. much better.” The fact that the ballot measure does successes that may have been neglected in Measure 97, an Initiative Petition, “The opposition also takes issue with not spell out exactly where the money the past. gathered more than 166,000 signatures using a ballot measure as a mechanism will go has caused many to question the from Oregonians to be placed on the for tax policy. According to the Oregon motivation. “Will legislators actually November ballot. A “yes” vote increases state constitution, ballot measures are dedicate significant new revenue to Riverhouse debate corporate minimum tax when sales inherently limited in terms of how schools?” said Peggy Kinkade, Bend Continued from Page A1 exceed $25 million; removes tax limits; revenue will be distributed. Ballot LaPine School Board President. Many who Pierce plans to put the federal land exempts “benefit companies” and measures can only earmark funds, which support Defeat97.com would like to see back into the hands of the people. “I increases revenue funds education, according to the text of Measure 97 and a more carefully constructed plan before could imagine, that you carve out land healthcare and senior services. how it will appear on Oregonian’s ballots, they are pushed to vote. that’s necessary for national parks, “If passed, the bill will impose a clearly states, “increased revenue funds “There’s absolutely no accountability, national defense and then maybe move 2.5 percent tax on type C corporations education, healthcare, senior services.” it just goes into the general fund,” says toward a transfer of five percent a year (companies taxed separately from “One of the greatest concerns with Emily Powell, owner of Powell’s Books. of federal lands to the states, probably owners) bringing in over $25 million in this measure is that it will cause a trickle- Powell says the proposed Gross to the counties, over a 20-year period of sales. It would raise more than 3 billion down effect; causing prices in Oregon to Receipts Sales tax, which would affect time, so that we get some value out of dollars a year, taxing less than 0.25 grow. ‘It’s a tax on sales – not profits – and Oregon companies with more than $25 it,” said Pierce. percent of businesses in Ore. it would be passed on to consumers and million in annual sales, would apply Brown calls this plan “unrealistic,” and “It’s time for corporations to pay small businesses through higher prices on to Powell’s Books and would hurt the mentioned a “good neighbor” policy that their fair share,” said Gov. Kate Brown. everything from food, gas and electricity to company significantly. she thinks would be mutually beneficial Oregon’s tax on corporations is the insurance, medicine and healthcare,” said “We’re challenged every year already to the locals and federal government. lowest of all 50 states. The current rate of the opposition’s website, Defeat97.com. to figure out how we’re going to be viable Critics of Brown and Pierce expressed tax is approximately 7 percent and with Economists use the term “trickle-down for the next year, and this is about a fifty that both candidates gave “non-answers” a 2.5 percent increase, Ore. would still effect” to describe how, in some cases, times increase on our current tax bill. We and dodged questions. have a comparatively low tax according companies will raise the price of goods don’t know how we are going to be able to The “non-answers” were addressed to Anderson Economic Group. to match the extra expenses imposed on pay it. We’re relatively low above the $25 in the debate; after Brown responded A combined 10 billion dollars have them by local government. million mark.” to a question Pierce’s initial reaction been raised vying for the votes of If this is the case with Measure 97, the However, Overley is not worried. “Some was “well that was a non-answer,” and Oregonians. More than 80 percent of the bill could cause the cost of living to rise. say that we can’t trust ‘Salem politicians’ proceeded to provide his response, total funds raised have been supplied by Not everyone believes this statement. to use the money as it is intended, but which Brown called “also a non-answer.” those opposed to the bill. “Realistically, I would not imagine it currently, both chambers in the state “They weren’t really direct, they To those in opposition, the money having a very big effect on the lower and legislature are dominated by progressives seemed to dodge questions and respond raised represents businesses’ concerns middle classes,” said Debate Team Co- who are in favor of better school funding,” with their own questions,” said freshman about the effects of the bill. The support Captain, Miles Flynn. said Overley. Ethan Koester, who attended the event sees it as proof of how companies The Oregon Consumer League agrees Gov. Kate Brown and House Speaker with the debate team. continue to extort Oregon’s economy. with Flynn. In a study of the average Tina Kotek have both publicly endorsed Other debates around Oregon have The Teacher’s Union of Oregon is one price for consumer goods across the Measure 97, claiming it would give the been in Portland, Eugene and Medford. of Measure 97’s greatest supporters. United States, they found that there was state more financial stability, as well Brown and Pierce are to debate one more “Oregon now has the third highest no disparity based due to corporate tax. as address the “basic unfairness” in time before the election on Nov. 7, on class sizes in the nation, the fourth lowest Whether in Ark., Ore. or N.D., the price Oregon’s tax system. Oct. 20 in Portland.

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Starting from the top, Uber in the city,is if the population will the iPhone 7 boasts a 12 megapixel outward facing camera and fulfill the financial needs of the company seven megapixel front-facing camera. This is accompanied by in order to be successful. a faster focusing time, which makes taking high quality photos “Many business models require even easier. certain population and demographic The regular iPhone with a 4.7 inch screen display will cost 649 thresholds before they consider a dollars and the iPhone Plus with the larger 5.5 inch display will community appropriate for their cost 769 dollars. business model,” said Brian Rankin, “I have heard the new camera produces much higher quality Planning Manager for the city of Bend’s images. It’s always nice when a new iPhone comes out because Growth Management Department. it means I can take better photos more easily,” said freshman The company allows anyone over 21 Hank Tobias. Optical Image Stabilization prevents blurry images; to register themselves as a driver, while paired with brand new sensors within the camera give the iPhone being able to manage their time and 7 exposure that is three times longer than with previous models. choose their own hours. Four LED lights boost the flash brightness by 50 percent. In Uber is different than typical terms of darker image capture, the new six-element lens elevates companies, though. The flexibility of low-light mobile photography to a new level of clarity and detail. employees is high, and because of this, The dual camera lenses also create wide-angle photos with being a driver is simply just a way to earn precision digital zoom. a little more income. With a brand new wide color gamut, the Retina HD display Sophomore Tatum Elshire’s grandparents produces a picture never before seen on an iPhone; Apple now are both part-time Uber drivers in Kansas claims the rights to the best color management in smartphone City, Mo. “My grandmother does it for fun on history, which is conveyed through the 25 percent brighter screen. the side, but my grandfather does it as more Another feature that the iPhone 7 integrates is 3D touch. “I have heard of a hobby. They really enjoy it because they the iPhone 7 will come with a redesigned home button. I am excited know the city really well and they always for this new technology because Apple has been very brief about what meet fun, interesting people,” said Elshire. features the 3D touch brings. I am confident that it will be an improvement Uber is considered to be safer than because Apple always finds a way to bring new innovations with Photo by Appplesoder/Fairuse.com other taxi services. Uber is more effective each generation of iPhone,” said sophomore Colin Ambrose. because you can easily get a driver within Apple has assured customers that this new feature will make The Apple AirPods will cost approximately 159 dollars. 10 minutes. for a more interactive experience than previous Apple products. Apple made the executive decision to remove the headphone Additionally, you can review the drives An intelligent iPhone demands an even more intelligent fusion jack, which ultimately rendered negative feedback regarding and the rides you take, which can be a lot chip. The A10 Fusion Chip is the most efficient chip to ever be sound output. safer than a regular taxi service because placed in an Apple product. No smartphone has ever been graced “I’m not concerned that the iPhone will come without a you can see who you are getting in the with the level of productivity the iPhone 7 experiences. headphone jack. Listening to music is something I spend most car with,” said senior Ashley Timmers. The processor pushes the 7’s speed to double that of the iPhone of my time doing on my phone and I think that I will benefit “It would be beneficial for students who 6. The user’s efficiency will increase just as rapidly as the phone’s from Apple’s alteration. As long as I can still listen to what I can’t drive yet who want an easy and battery life. want, when I want, I don’t have any problems with the new secure ride home.” Enjoy up to two more hours of battery life with a core using design,” said sophomore Nick Herzig when asked his opinion However, Timmers has the same one-fifth of the amount of battery when compared to most other on the new headphones. concern as the city officials: “I can’t see the high-efficiency cores. All of this productivity is virtually limitless, With iOS 10, the most advanced operating system to business doing very well here since our as a result of the 256 GB storage capacity. ever be placed in a smartphone, a brand new color option, town is relatively small,” said Timmers. The iPhone 7 now has two speakers, one located near the top increased camera optics and the best iPhone processor yet– It is still up in the air whether or not of the phone and one located at the bottom of the phone. Full the iPhone 7 has generated widespread buzz in the media. Uber will make their mark in Bend. Bend stereo-quality speakers complete the already impressive iPhone’s While some question the authenticity of the iPhone 7, one City officials must weigh the pros and composition. These speakers play audio two times louder than thing is certain, the new phone will bring plenty of life back to cons, and Uber must decide if their income the previous model. the brand, all while maintaining a simple yet elegant design. will outweigh their expenses. Apple is also releasing wireless headphones, allowing users a The phone was released mid September, but unfortunately, However, it is likely that Bend and more intimate listening experience. The AirPods will bring similar certain models of the new product will be back ordered until Redmond will update their ordinances to sound quality when compared to the headphones previously late October. Apple has assured full product availability by make Uber and other services the newest offered, but they connect to the phone via bluetooth. the holiday season. business in the growing market.

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Taylor Slye Staff Writer 1,157 enrolled students, including 1016 The creation of a higher education institution in undergraduate and graduate Central Oregon has been a long and arduous fight, but students, and 141 attending classes at has finally reached success. COCC OSU-Cascades’ campus opened Sept. 13, the first opening of an Oregon university in over 50 years. “Until 1 in 5 now, Central Oregon was the State’s largest population practicums and study abroad area without a four year university. Through OSU- programs with businesses, Cascades we are closing that gap, and we are closing it organizations and agencies in Central for good,” said Oregon Gov. Kate Brown. Oregon and around the world Among the people in attendance of the opening 16 celebration were Oregon Gov. Kate Brown, state Rep. students on average per class , OSU-Cascades Vice President Becky 73% Johnson and Oregon poet laureate Elizabeth Woody. OSU-Cascades began in the 1990s when COCC made of students are first in their family to agreements with OSU, Linfield College and other schools attend college in the state to offer courses in areas such as business, 35% social work and nursing. In 1997, a bill was introduced to allow four year degrees of students are from Central Oregon, at COCC, but was rejected. However, the chancellor of 21% are from other Oregon communi- higher education investigated other avenues for higher ties, 6% are from out of state education in Central Oregon. 16 In 2001, Oregon Gov. John Kitzhaber allotted 7.2 undergraduate majors offered million dollars for the funding of an OSU branch at COCC, which opened the same year. With 360 students Tykeson Hall at 1500 SW Chandler Avenue enrolled in 2001, it grew steadily to 640 in 2006 and 935 in Bend. OSUCASCADES/fairuse.com in 2011. Becoming a staple in local education, a large proportion of high school graduates continued their of transferring from COCC. 80 percent of all students are opportunities for students. The University’s solution is education through OSU-Cascades at COCC. enrolled full time. Of the 18 total undergraduate and to encourage students to walk when possible and require Due to the growing number of students enrolled graduate degrees offered, counseling is the most popular. non-commuting freshman to live on campus. through the COCC program, OSU began looking to create President Ed Ray also Even with a few potential problems, OSU-Cascades is an individual campus. In 2012, a four year campus for expected the local Gross Domestic Product (GDP) to still expected to be a great success for all of Oregon. OSU-Cascades was approved by the Oregon University increase from 33 million to 118 million by 2025 and in 10 A more easily accessed secondary education for high System. Construction officially began in June, 2015. Its years exceed 750 million in Oregon. school students will provide more opportunities for local first building was officially completed in September Prior to the construction of the OSU-Cascades students as a whole. 2016. Both the residence hall and dining hall are set to be campus, controversy arose surrounding its location. It The dynamic within Bend will change as well, shifting complete in the following months to be ready when the was initially conceived to be in a rural area on the east it in a more youthful and culturally diverse direction. winter term starts in January. side of Bend, but was eventually moved to Century Drive The increased incentive for migration into Bend will also OSU-Cascades will begin its first year with a total due to its more central location with local businesses. increase its role in Oregon’s economy. These changes enrollment of 1,157 undergraduates and graduates, with Potential issues include a major increase in traffic in will surely alter Bend and its future, differing greatly 60 of those being freshmen and another 141 in the process an already congested area and a lack of rental housing from its traditionally small-town past.

LGBT+ community challenges potential presidential candidates Deschutes 350 Continued from Page A1 Jenna Schultz that we have won would be defended,” This act omits government intervention Staff Writer says junior Maddie Reitz, Gay Straight with discrimination by religious persons In addition to speaking in front of Alliance (GSA) President. who hold views that marriage is an City Council and to local councilors The ever-nearing election has sparked Trump, not having prior political act only between a man and a women. individually, Grayson served as a many to question the legitimacy of the experience, shows a history of conflicting “Trump...has threatened to take steps reminder of who would deal with the presidential candidates and what they arguments. Huffington Post reports that in to overturn many of the basic human aftermath of climate change. Her work stand for, especially those in the Lesbian, April 2016, Trump supported transgender protections that LGBTQ+ people have paid off, the vote passing 5 to 2. Gay, Bisexual, Transsexual and Queer citizens, believing the North Carolina only recently come to enjoy,” said Reitz. The City has three years to make a plan (LGBTQ+) community. Both candidates law enacted to force transgenders to use Trump has also stated that he would for the community; however, Mike Riley, have a similar history in the opposition of the restrooms correlating to the gender “strongly consider” overturning the executive director of the environmental laws supporting the LGBTQ+ community, on their birth certificate was a mistake. same-sex marriage decision that was center, reminds citizens there does not but contrast in that Hillary Clinton has “Transgender individuals should use the created in June of 2015. When asked have to be an obligation for people to shifted her views in recent years. bathroom that they feel is appropriate for about his views on same-sex marriage in make change. Prior to 2003, Clinton was opposed themselves,” said Trump. a 2011 interview with Fox News, Trump He hopes to see incentive programs to marriage equality, but had never In July, Trump reversed this view, refused to support it because he “didn’t for citizens and small businesses to be voted to deny people their rights. “I instead agreeing on the states having feel good about it,” according to the HRC. environmentally friendly and encourages think that would be a terrible step power in such a decision, according to In contrast, Clinton has vowed to uphold installing solar panels in homes and backwards...it would be the first time The News & Observer Newspaper. and protect the decision. working towards electric cars. we’ve ever amended the Constitution to Trump has stated that he would Clinton also plans to fully abolish the In two years, the city must be ready deny rights to people.” Clinton instead appoint Justices to the Supreme Court “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” military policy, to move towards being carbon neutral told CBS News that she supported that who oppose marriage equality, in an allowing those in the military to be open and reducing fossil fuel use by 40 percent marriage rights be decided individually attempt to overturn the 2015 decision. with their sexuality and be free from within city services by 2030, according to by state governments. “Same-sex marriage is an issue that discrimination. Doing this will also stop the Bend City Council Issue Summary. Since 2007, Clinton has supported should have been decided by the states,” military hopefuls from being turned away The passing of the climate resolution that same-sex couples should be given said Trump. due to their sexual orientation. correlates with President Barack Obama the same rights as married couples, Clinton is making it her priority to The presidential candidates’ positions signing the Paris Climate Accord on Sep. although she did not fully advocate for pass the Equality Act, which would on LGBTQ+ rights differ significantly. 3, 2016. gay marriage. amend the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Both Trump and Clinton strongly support The act aims to control climate change Clinton completely changed her according to HRC. their beliefs on the subject, expressing to 1.5 degrees celsius starting in 2020 mindset in 2013, proving her support She has also shown that she will an intention to carry them through their according to the European Commission. for those in the LGBTQ+ community devote herself to the Global Equality potential terms as president. By passing the resolution, Bend looking to marry, according to NBC Fund, an organization that gives those in Clinton and her ideals show that she becomes a pioneer for climate change. News. “I support it personally and as a the LGBTQ+ community, rights to “live will fight for the LGBTQ+ community and As Bend moves forward with forming matter of policy and law embedded in a freely and exercise their rights without their rights, whereas Trump seems more a panel, it seems Grayson has made a broader effort to advance equality and fear of discrimination or abuse” as written apt to deny and counteract established lasting impact. opportunity for LGBTQ+ Americans and on the U.S. Department of State website. rights. This comparison is another According to the Bend City Council for all Americans.” This revision would add gender example of the dichotomy of the 2016 agenda, the panel will include a minor to As Secretary of State, Clinton identity and sexual orientation to the Presidential election. assist in making decisions for the city. expanded the State Department’s Equal list of protected classes. Doing so would Despite believing that he would be Thanks to councilors Doug Knight, Employment Opportunity Statement give those in the LGBTQ+ community “better for the gay community than Sally Russell, Barb Campbell, Nathan to include sexual orientation, meaning legal protection against all forms of Clinton,” Trump and his running mate Boddie and Jim Clinton, the motion was those in the LGBTQ+ community discrimination. While Donald Trump Mike Pence have similar ideas when passed Sept. 7, 2016. cannot be withheld from a job due to refuses to support the Equality Act as a it comes to whom he would grant and their sexuality, according to the Human whole, he does support the revising of deny rights to. Rights Campaign (HRC). the Civil Rights Act of 1964 in order to Clinton seems more apt to work to Yearbooks $65 “Although she hasn’t had a perfect include sexual orientation. achieve equality and nationwide rights, track record, I firmly believe that if Clinton An opposing act he does support is the whether in the LGBTQ+ community or Senior Memory Books $20 were elected, the rights and protections First Amendment Defense Act (FADA). in the nation as a whole. Buy it online KENT NATALIE VANDENBORN, BROKER VANDERKAMP CASCADE SOTHEBY’S EAGLE EQUITY INTERNATIONAL REALTY SERVICES 19403 CHARLESWOOD LANE BEND, OR 97702 888-216-9661 THE PINNACLE • SUMMIT HIGH SCHOOL NEWS A5 Canine respiratory infections concern Bend’s dog lovers NHS implements Samantha Short Editor-in-Chief “My dog, Kiwi, was diagnosed with to lead to upper respiratory infection in early admissions kennel cough in late July,” said junior dogs on its own. It was difficult to find a The rise of upper respiratory infections Annabel Hueske, “The doggy day care specific treatment for my dog because of Samantha Short in Central Oregon canines this past in which she stays is a highly infectious this, so we had to allow my dog, Reggie, Editor- in-Chief summer left both dog owners and environment, and my family and I to try to allow his body to cure the veterinarians in a heap of confusion, believe that her staying there on a regular infection on its own.” National Honors Society Board inspiring speculation. basis definitely provoked her illness. According to the Bend Bulletin and members, along with AP Psychology Local veterinarians estimate the It was difficult for our vet to determine Bend Veterinary Clinic, in order for teacher and club adviser Emily Tompkins, outbreak, according to a recent Bulletin what was wrong, but she was ultimately canine parainfluenza to contribute to a have made the executive decision to alter article, has been going on for about a diagnosed with kennel cough.” canine infection, it must be paired with a the honors society admissions process. month; the summer influx of out-of-town While the coined term for canine separate pathogen. “Beginning in Sept., we decided to canines in an already dog-dominated upper respiratory disease is “kennel The most common pathogen pairings change the regular admission date from town likely worsened the problem. cough,” many veterinarians tried to avoid that led to the infections included mid January to late May. Rather than “[The outbreak] is highly contagious diagnosing dogs with such a broad viral parainfluenza along with either accepting applications in the middle airborne,” Dr. Chad Moles, owner of Blue infection; kennel cough is commonly mycoplasma, bordetella or strep. of the year, we thought it would make Sky Veterinary Clinic in Bend said in an associated with a pathogen known as Dr. Rex Urich, according to the Bend more sense to accept applications from interview with Bend Bulletin reporter, bordetella, which was recognized as Bulletin, claimed that many of the dogs in students at the end of the year in order Kailey Fiscaro. a contributor to the upper respiratory which mycoplasma was found oftentimes to allow them to participate in the club The infection was originally thought to illnesses. However, bordetella was not displayed milder symptoms of the upper for the full duration of the next year,” be kennel cough, which is characterized the only component in Bend’s epidemic. respiratory disease than those diagnosed said National Honors Society volunteer by a harsh, hacking cough and sometimes The pathogen bordetella is not a with bordetella pathogens. coordinator Nicole Hinz. gagging. Moles said it can sound like singular cause of infection, and recently Identifying pathogen types is difficult Along with the change in admissions something is stuck in the dog’s throat. discovered pathogens have piqued the and expensive, leaving many dog owners dates, the club is also making alterations Sneezing is an additional symptom. interest of Central Oregon veterinarians. to favor an approximate diagnosis in as to which students are eligible to apply. Dogs diagnosed with kennel cough According to the Bend Bulletin, many order to avoid testing. Previously, in order to be accepted, must be quarantined in order to prevent veterinarians believe that the combination “My family did not put my dog one could only apply during either spreading the disease. of pathogens such as mycoplasma and through testing, as we knew that she sophomore or junior year. Dr. Byron Maas at Bend Veterinary canine parainfluenza may have resulted was showing symptoms of a common The board recently instituted a rule Clinic, who has been been a local in the outbreak. upper respiratory disease and whether allowing seniors to apply to the honors veterinarian in Central Oregon since While canine parainfluenza used to we identified her with a specific pathogen society for their last year of high school, 1991, said he has never known a canine require a vaccination, veterinary clinics issue or not, she would end up getting and given the new admissions timing, epidemic in Bend to be this severe. dropped the vaccine as many dogs were fairly similar treatment either way. By underclassmen can now apply in May of The sudden surge of illness within not carrying the infection. doing this, we saved both money and freshman year. Bend’s canine community ultimately Despite this, cases of parainfluenza time. Kiwi is doing much better now and “We wanted to allow seniors an equal began to decline in Sept., and according in Central Oregon dogs increased I am glad my family made this decision,” shot at being in the club,” said NHS to the Bend Bulletin, veterinarians are throughout the summer months. said Hueske. secretary Brigette Agnew, ”We know that now beginning to seek an answer to this “My dog was diagnosed with an upper Owners are now beginning to take being in NHS can help strengthen one’s seemingly elusive sickness. respiratory infection this past summer, advantage of bordetella vaccinations, resume and we are completely willing to Dogs in close contact can easily spread and our family veterinarian insisted that and local veterinary clinics, such as the alter admissions dates in order to help.” the disease by coughing or sneezing on canine parainfluenza was most definitely Bend Veterinary Clinic, are focusing NHS has implemented these each other at dog parks, kennels, dog a contributing factor,” said senior Evan on giving canines all-encompassing, changes for the 2016-2017 school year shows, veterinary clinics, behavior classes Baughman, “The vet was conflicted, intranasal vaccines that fight a multitude and will continue to be enforcing them — or anywhere else they socialize. though, because parainfluenza isn’t able of pathogens. in coming years. Yosemite adds 400 acres to park boundaries Muse Conference Mary Daubenscmidt The surrounding county is not as keen on the March 3-5, 2017 Staff Writer land becoming private, as the meadow had been used for logging and cattle grazing, both of which Muse with Us Over 3 Days in Downtown Bend Yosemite National Park recently announced will become off limits, according to the Yosemite that an additional 400 acres will be added to their Conservancy, in hopes of creating a safe place for preserve, bringing the total acreage to an all time the great grey owl and southern willow flycatcher. high--nearly 750,000. “I think it’s really important for measures to be Original plans in 1890 for Yosemite National taken to protect endangered species in their natural Park had five main goals: reclaim natural priceless habitats,” said senior Hannah Mavis. beauty, reduce traffic congestion, allow natural Cattlemen have lost more than 360,000 processes to prevail, reduce crowding and promote of profitable acres due to development and visitor understanding and enjoyment. environmental restrictions over the last three Those plans had included Ackerson Meadow decades, causing them to depend more on the in the Sierra mountains, making this the final availability of federal grazing permits, much to contribution to complete the plans. their disliking. The first negotiations for the plans began in This loss in private land has caused several 1991 by Markley Ackerson Meadow and is home protests from ranchers, similar to the Malheur to several endangered species, including the Wildlife Refuge takeover, in demand for cheaper great grey owl: the largest owl in North America. grazing permits. Bordered by pine and fir trees, the property is “Not every property that could be grazed located on the western side of the park, and should be grazed,” said Will Rogers, President includes more than 100 species of plants. and chief executive officer of the Trust for Public The Trust for Public Land is a non-profit Land, when asked about the transaction and the conservation group that bought the meadow for ranchers’ opinions. $2.3 million, then donated the unique land to the The new addition sits well with frequent park. 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veryone knows that political polarization is at an all time high in the 2016 presidential good ol’ USA, but if there is one thing that we can all agree on it is that this election is the worst we have seen in a long time—possibly ever. EUsually that statement would need some explaining; afterall, what makes an election Election pushes “bad”? But in 2016, everyone knows. We have one candidate who won his debates by calling his opponents names, as an elementary schooler would (his speeches fail to surpass a middle school reading level, by the way). The other is under investigation by the FBI, which, regardless of the investigation’s political polarization to legitimacy, is a major red flag. A written list of both candidates’ problems would be longer than Trump’s Wall. One of the results of this universal aversion to the two options is constant remarks along the lines of “are these really the two best people in America we could find?”, and my personal unparalleled extremes favorite, “how did we even get here?” The reason I like the latter so much is that if we can answer that question, we can probably find some solutions to the political mess we are This mentality is problem number one, and has in, something I hope everyone wants. negative effects on Americans everywhere. I can only hope everyone wants solutions The Republicans come under the most fire for because of lines like “the single most important valuing party over people, and probably rightfully thing we want to achieve is for President so, but the Democrats are not exactly innocent. Obama to be a one-term president” (Sen. They griped as loudly as they could during the Mitch McConnell, 2010), or “we’re going to do storm of Republican filibusters when they had the everything — and I mean everything we can Senate majority, even going so far as to change do — to kill it, stop it, slow it down, whatever policy regarding filibusters. we can” (Sen. John Boehner on Obama’s general Yet when the Republicans took over agenda, 2010). Congress after the 2014 elections, the Democrats These people, two of the most powerful apparently remembered how useful the filibuster members of the Republican party at the times of could be, and it became the Republicans’ these quotes, do not sound like they are anywhere turn to moan about who is blocking policy. close to being willing to compromise, or find Both parties are hypocritical. solutions to our nation’s array of problems. This partisan war has even transcended political Liberal pundits vs. conservative patriots

of hard data from around the globe is debunked by some cold white stuff Inhofe just scraped off the capitol sidewalk is beyond ludicrous. Sadly, this type of politics where putting on a 2016 presidential show matters more than facts is becoming more and more prevalent, is problem number three. Midway through the Republican primary race there was a plethora of candidates, most maintaining an image of a smart, nice guy who genuinely loves America. Election pushes But nice guys finish last. Instead, the winner kicks babies out of his rallies, slings stereotypes instead of statistics, uses an arsenal of demeaning nicknames in place of logical discussion and is loved by millions of Americans. Americans do not care for logic any more. We do not read news with substance. We do political polarization to not watch informative television programs. We do only what comes naturally. Voting for the candidate that tells us that we are the best, or the candidate that promises us numerous free services is natural. Natural in the same way that venting our bloodlust by invading Iraq after 9/11 was natural. unparalleled extremes Natural in the same way that demanding we ban all Muslim immigration after a terrorist attack is natural. Natural in the sense that we are not thinking any more—only feeling and reacting, labels to infect the very way the two parties are made like animals. to think, creating problem number two, filters for what The ideal of what a president should be the people of both parties accept as facts. is in shambles because both sides believe The Republicans are much better known for making that the other is despicable to the point of claims that are objectively false, however. Rep. Allen requiring extermination, and in the process of West supported the notion that “there are about 78 to brainwashing ourselves into this myth we have 81 members of the Democratic Party that are members traded reason for spectacle. of the Communist Party,” with nothing but his own Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton are vying musings to back it up. for the position once held by George Washington, C-SPAN never made me laugh harder than, when, Thomas Jefferson, and Abraham Lincoln and we in response to hearing that 2014 was the hottest year are the ones who decide who goes there next. on record, Sen. James Inhofe brought a snowball to The best thing Americans can do this election the Senate floor to refute global warming, and then I is forget all of their presumptions. Forget party remembered that this man is in charge of my country. labels, the standard news sources and start from It is one thing to speculate about the private political scratch so that we can logically determine what views of other senators, but to say that a year’s worth is best for our country as a whole.

Art by Alex Heisler Design by Samantha Short A8 OPINIONS FRIDAY, OCTOBER 14, 2016 staff editorial Schools stifle speech Buzzfeed most reliable news with its political source: Newspapers hate it correctness Dressed in black with duct tape on their mouths, students at Ashwaubenon High School in Wisconsin started the 2016 basketball season in silence, protesting what they saw as an attack on their freedom of speech. This protest was in response to the latest example of political correctness that is overshadowing the core of public education. Public schools and even colleges are banning activities once thought of as a staple of the student experience. From playing musical chairs to spectating basketball games, school activities are becoming increasingly restricted by regulations attempting to shelter every student from every possible source of discomfort. The conflict at Ashwaubenon High School began when the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association, or WIAA, published new guidelines aimed at creating good sportsmanship, so that everyone could enjoy school basketball games without fear of offending anyone. Once in effect, the guidelines looked more like something out of a dystopian novel, including dozens of policies restricting the very purpose of going to such events. Chants like “Air ball!” And “You can’t do that!” were deemed taunting to the opposition and were therefore banned. To put these ridiculous rules into context, if WIAA guidelines were in effect in Oregon, our basketball games would never be the same. Our roller coaster halftime ritual would be banned, as it includes waiving of the arms and distracting noises. We often have 50/50 raffles benefiting organizations such as the Sparrow Club, however, these would be banned at tournaments. “It’s all part of a fun game...banning chants would go against freedom of speech,” said sophomore Kannon Herbert, “No one should take it seriously or be offended by something like this.” Editorial Cartoon by ALEX HEISLER The political correctness is affecting more than high school students. Jimmy Fleck both provide a constant flow of news they title their articles, designed to really Elementary schools are banning games Staff Writer and to save money that otherwise would grab the reader’s attention. Titles such like musical chairs and duck duck goose, have been spent on paying additional as “27 Money Tips for Students that are as these games target “the weakest link. It’s no secret that some news sources journalists. Discussion can be made at the Actually Useful,” “10 Protein-Packed The View co-host Raven Symoné agrees are more reliable than others, but there’s bottom of any article, and because anyone Vegetable Bowls You Need to Eat ASAP” with banning Musical Chairs, saying she really no contest for the position of the can make an article on their opinion, it’s and “Why I Just Can’t Quit Football” had bruises after playing the game and world’s most accurate and trusted news absolutely certain to spawn an intelligent, instantly pique the interest of readers that it doesn’t help team building. authority. That’s right, it has got to be well thought out debate in the comment with such effectiveness that they’ve been When you graduate, you may think Buzzfeed. Buzzfeed is not only a well section of each article. dubbed “clickbait.” these political correctness rules are out of founded and authentic site, it also “prides Another unique aspect of the Buzzfeed These clickbait titles entice readers by your life forever. Think again. Colleges itself on being a fun, open-minded way to news site is the variety of different quizzes promising valuable information, but not are following in the schools’ footsteps get your news fix.” and polls that are available to take, such actually revealing any of it until they make by adding even more to the political However, Buzzfeed isn’t the best news as “Who are the best characters from the decision to click and enter the article, correctness agenda, including the source just due to the fun nature of the ‘Orange is the New Black’,” “What ‘Game as opposed to sites like “The New York adoption of so called “safe spaces.” site, but also because of its entertainment of Thrones’ character are you,” “Pick an Times” and titles like “Clinton Struggles The University of Chicago sent a letter value. Due to the fact that many of the emoji to find out if your crush likes you in Florida, Despite Advantages,” which to the incoming freshman for the 2016- articles on Buzzfeed “have to do with back,” and “Can we guess your age from play their hand in the title, leaving the 2017 school year. They said that they trivial, pop-culture topics,” it provides your subway order?” (They were right on reader no reason to continue to open and will not go out of their way to create an the reader with information on topics the money). read the article. environment where political correctness that are not constrained to politics and The answers you provide feed into Buzzfeed’s ace in the hole is the fact that takes over. They will not have safe spaces current events, thus allowing the reader the site’s algorithm and return crucial their writers are so accredited and trusted or censor controversial speakers. They to gather all of the information they seek information that you may not have known throughout the journalism community understood that students needed to go to from a single site. What could be more about yourself beforehand. For example, that most of the time they don’t even need college to understand the real word and convenient than that? if one was matched with King Joffrey to cite their sources. Their own names explore their education. The real kicker is that Buzzfeed allows after taking the “Game of Thrones” quiz, are enough to convince readers that they We can no longer accept this political registered users to make their own it’s highly likely that that person would speak the truth, the whole truth and correctness culture that is poisoning our posts to the site, getting members of the become a fair and wise leader if they nothing but the truth. freedom to express our ideas. Students communities involved in the spread attained a position of power, something It’s this kind of reliability and should never be stricken with trepidation of news. With the news articles not they wouldn’t have known if they had credibility that all of the other news every time they want to speak. The restricted to professional, experienced gone to news sites like “CNN” or “The sources lack, and is the primary reason WIAA has no right controlling how high and accredited journalists, Buzzfeed is New York Times” instead. that Buzzfeed will surely continue to be school students spectate at basketball never short of content. Buzzfeed is also miles ahead of other the top dog when it comes to bringing the games. The Supreme Court ruled that as It’s a genius move on their part to sources of news with the manner in which news to the common people. long as the learning environment wasn’t disrupted, then the first amendment applies. No classes are in progress at 7:00 Journalism undergoes growing pains during online transition p.m. on a Friday night, therefore students have every right to scream “Air ball!” We Sophia Sahm need to have a level of respect for others, Staff Writer While journalism has transferred to a digital platform, the but while living our lives free of our own real threat that news organizations face is clickbait. These are society’s slavery. With the rising prominence of digital news and clickbait entertainment articles that attract attention and readers with articles, traditional journalism has taken a drastic turn for what provocative titles and flashy content. Clickbait articles have the PINNACLE some see as the industry’s end. one purpose: to generate advertisement revenue. This shift in Summit High School; 2855 Clearwater Dr.; Bend, OR 97703 Adviser Karen Boone The accessibility of online content has led many readers to priority jeopardizes the quality of the content that is produced terminate traditional newspaper subscriptions and opt for an in twenty-first century media. Editorial Board easier alternative. Despite the plummeting number of printed Even media’s political coverage focuses more on likability and Editorials represent the collective views newspapers and newsroom employees, journalism has yet to petty gossip than actual policy, because that is what receives the of the Pinnacle Editorial Board. die. The industry’s shift to be an online platform and reporters’ most clicks and views. However, if the entertainment content members dedication to providing quality content is preserving journalism weren’t available in the first place, it wouldn’t distract from as it breaks away from the long-established print news. important news that has a greater impact on the world. This idea Grace Boyle The rise of social media as a form of communication has is prominent in media journalism, and has sparked a movement Natalie Burdsall fueled the creation of blogging and citizen journalism, the to maintain the integrity of digital reporting. Fiona Dolan reporting of news by the general public. This allows news Some broadcasters have refused to cover entertainment Quin Fraley to be distributed instantly, and for the public’s opinion to be stories, and are taking a stand for real news. Co-host of Morning Reese Ringo implemented through it. Joe, Mika Brzezinski, attempted to set on fire, and then shredded Sam Short This shift to more interactive reporting has been deemed a story on Paris Hilton’s release from jail. She tried to begin Mohamed Elwefati a threat to “real” journalism. However, established news with a story relating to the war in Iraq, but was interrupted three Brandon Grimes organizations like CNN and have taken to times by her producer, Andy Jones, who was pushing the Hilton social media apps and begun sharing news via tweets, Snapchat story as the lead. letters policy stories and Instagram captions in the same way. “I don’t believe in covering that story, especially not as the We welcome your letters and coments. This allows them to distribute superior news on the same lead story in a newscast,” said Brzezinski. She received praise Please keep letters to 250 words or less of online format as the public. from many media colleagues on the stance she took, which school-appropriate content and include According to The New York Times, in 2015, the newspaper supports journalism on a digital platform, but protests clickbait, the writer’s signature, phone number and had “more subscribers than ever,” at 1 million online-only entertainment news over real-world issues. address for verification. We reserve the subscriptions. The (Salt Lake City) Deseret News reported Harry Esteve, former political reporter for , right to edit letters for brevity, grammar digital revenue growth at 40 percent a year since 2010, according remains “optimistic” that journalists will provide “hard-hitting and legal reasons. to Pew Research Center. news” on an electronic platform, and produce enough revenue Presenting information in this manner is a quicker and to publish what’s important. Submission guidelines easier way to share news. Through the online successes of Online media outlet campaigns for newsworthy stories organizations like The New York Times and The Deseret News, have helped preserve the public’s respect for newspapers and Please email your letter or comment it is safe to say that online reporting is just as attractive to many reporters, which, in turn, keeps them in demand. In his book, submission to [email protected]. newspaper subscribers. “Letters to a Young Journalist,” author Samuel G. Freedman or.us. Letters and comments may also be Editor in Chief, Samantha Short, shares her views on the new points out that “intellectual curiosity, vigorous research, acute hand delivered to the journalism room platform. “I think that [online journalsim] has given journalists analysis and elegant prose will never go out of style.” B-132 or mailed to the Pinnacle, Summit an immense amount of opportunity and it is definitely allowing Maintaining integrity while transitioning from print news to High School; 2855 NW Clearwater Dr.; our civil society to access news much more easily; it is literally digital journalism will be challenging, but corporations will not Bend, OR 97703. at their fingertips,” said Short. fail to continue to produce imperative news as we know it. THE PINNACLE • SUMMIT HIGH SCHOOL OPINIONS A9 Young plaintiffs suing Obama for climate change initiative Natalie Burdsall Opinions Editor it is a forecast of a world we have never seen before, and is nothing to be taken lightly. While it may seem like a few degrees warmer isn’t much, this alone will cause the ossil fuels are used to power cars, airplanes, electricity-producing power plants extinction of up to one-fourth of all plant and animals on Earth, extreme droughts and the heating or cooling of homes. They can be found in the medicine that jeopardizing our sustainable water sources, the drastic increase of wildfires in desert- keeps hearts beating, the rubber tires on our bikes and even the toothpaste we like environments and raise the chances of diseases, like malaria, that thrive in the hot, use to brush our teeth, according to nmoga.org. humid environment it would help create, all by year 2100. But despite the many items we find it in that help keep our days as efficient as You can say goodbye to summer days spent on the beach, since that perfect spot possible,F fossil fuels are not purely beneficial: they have been found to be the primary you’ve found with the just the right amount of shade to keep you cool, but not keep cause in the development and continuation of global warming. you from getting a tan, is going to be submerged in more than a couple of feet of water. By taking advantage of them through the burning of coal, oil and gas, carbon dioxide Make sure not to plan any trips to Disney World either; most of Florida is going to is released into the atmosphere at a rate photosynthesis cannot balance, ultimately disappear right along with America’s favorite beaches. Those skis you just waxed for allowing for the trapping of heat through the greenhouse effect. the next winter season? Might as well sell them now, because at the rate it’s going there With temperatures rising and ice caps melting, desire for affirmative action has risen won’t be any snow left to ski on anyway. along with it, yet government responses have not been quite as prominent. Placing And if the consequences that we are going to have to face don’t seem daunting attention on the issue only within the last year, the United States’ leaders appear to be enough, imagine what it’s going to look like for the generations after ours, particularly the most reluctant to admit to the reality of the issue, something that has not slipped those of the kids you might imagine yourself having 10, 15 years from now. past 21 particular people from around the country. Without action, climate change is going to take over Popularly referred to as the “Future Generation,” the our daily lives. Natural disasters on the scale of Hurricane 21 are comprised of kids and teenagers, ages eight to 19, Global warming is taking over Katrina are going to become normal, our homes will located in several different states with lives completely have to be built with fire-resistant bunkers to combat the separate from one another, their only relating factor being our future, and if we don’t do wildfires we’re bound to see and fun trips to National their passion for preserving the environment. anything about, it there won’t be Parks will be postponed indefinitely, because their natural Through the experiences and observations each of the beauty is going to disappear along with half of the world kids has made, they have all united on a plan of action to a future at all. as we know it. prevent the destruction of our earth that has truly grabbed While it won’t be but a minor concern for Generation X, the attention of all bystanders and the government: they are suing President Obama. the very generation running our government, by the time we get the chance to make After filing a landmark constitutional climate change lawsuit against the federal any real change it’s going to be too late; we need to do something now, a hint the government in August of 2015, the kids proceeded to receive rulings in their favor, and “Future Generation” did not miss. against the federal government and fossil fuel industry, leading them closer to and “We need your help and support to make this change,” said Hatton. “It is our closer to a real trial. future the government is holding in their hands, and if we want it to be more than With Judge Thomas Coffin denying the government’s and fossil fuel groups’ constant fear of the next disaster climate change orchestrated, this movement has to be requests to dismiss the federal case on Friday, Sept. 16, they have become only one successful, and successful now.” review away from a real trial. But not everyone can put their life on hold to pursue legal action against global “Climate change is something that has been happening for a long time now,” said warming. Instead, many have chosen to change their lifestyle to decrease their own Tia Hatton, 19, one of the 21 kids suing the federal government. “We need to grab carbon footprint. the attention of the government and those around us if we want to make any serious “Since I live only a mile away, I’ve chosen to walk to and from school every day rather change, and this is the way we can do it.” than drive. It’s one of those little things I can do to help decrease the environmental A resident of Bend, Ore., Hatton has had to fight her way to be a part of the movement impact humans are creating,” said junior Clarissa Orton. against climate change, hampered by the sheltered community we live in. By simply choosing to walk instead of drive, no matter how small the distance, “Bend is a very conservative city. If I hadn’t picked up the little changes in our you could save over a ton in carbon dioxide output per year, and with the average own environment, like the snow levels, I wouldn’t have realized there are impacts American citizen annually emitting 27 tons of carbon dioxide, according to Carbon that are worldwide. Health, agriculture, water supplies and habitats are already being Fund, any change makes a difference. impacted, changing our future in a way none of us could have seen coming.” This, among hundreds of other small adjustments, is a step towards reducing Scientists at United States Environmental Protection Agency, or EPA, predict that the detrimental impact climate change leaves on our world, towards preserving our this future Hatton is referencing will be like nothing we have ever seen before. Due to future. It’s time we take initiative and follow in the footsteps of the 21 kids, the “Future cause an increase in temperature, ocean acidity, sea level and threats to human health, Generation,” for if we don’t, there isn’t going to be a future at all. What causes Is the earth really Is global warming global warming? getting Hotter? causing extreme Global warming occurs when carbon Yes. Over the past 50 years, the average dioxide (CO2) and other air pollutants global temperature has increased at the weather? Q: collect in the atmosphere and absorb Q: fastest rate in recorded history. With this Q: Scientists agree that the earth’s rising sunlight and solar radiation that have being said, experts are also noticing that temperatures are fueling longer and hotter bounced off the earth’s surface. Normally, the trend is accelerating: All but one of the heat waves, more frequent droughts, heavier this radiation would escape into space, 16 hottest years in NASA’s 134-year record rainfall, and more powerful hurricanes. In but these pollutants, which can last for have occurred since 2000. 2015, for example, scientists said that an years to centuries in the atmosphere, trap Climate change deniers have argued that ongoing drought in California—the state’s the heat, causing the planet to get hotter. there has been a “pause” or a “slowdown” worst water shortage in 1,200 years—had In the United States, the burning of in rising global temperatures, however, been intensified by 15 percent to 20 percent A:fossil fuels to make electricity is the A:several recent studies, including a 2015 A: by global warming. The odds of similar largest source of heat-trapping pollution, paper published in the journal Science, droughts happening in the future had producing two billion tons of CO2 every have disproved this claim. roughly doubled over the past century. In year, with coal-burning polluters among Scientists say that unless we curb global- 2016, the National Academies of Science, the biggest polluters. The country’s warming emissions, average United States Engineering, and Medicine announced that second-largest source of carbon pollution temperatures could increase by up to 10 it’s now possible to confidently attribute is the transportation sector, generating degrees Fahrenheit over the next century, certain weather events, like some heat 1.7 billion tons of CO2 emissions a year. which is an uncanny amount. waves, directly to climate change. Devastation of US airstrikes downplayed by Western media Quin Fraley Opinions Editor While the media is enthralled with American allies or civilians. drone bombardments. gruesome stories of ISIS attacks and Between the establishment of the US- Americans believe in the current The United States’ action in the war torn bothersome Russian interference in Syria, born multinational coalition against ISIS plan of attack, forgetting the lethal Syria and Iraq is far more deadly than one the effect of US action in Syria and other in 2014 and mid 2015, between 400 and repercussions on the noncombatant. A may think. Despite the lack of US soldiers regions of the Middle East does not get 1,000 civilians were killed by attacks 2014 CNN poll revealed that 73 percent of on the ground, Middle Eastern civilians’ the attention it should. meant for ISIS fighters. Americans support the use of airstrikes in lives are being accidentally taken from America’s news sources reflect a More than 54,000 bombs and missiles Syria and Iraq but did not want to station the air at the hands of American officials, skepticism of the impact of military have been dropped across Libya, Syria troops on the ground. according to Airwars, an organization offenses on civilians. NBC published and Iraq by outside forces since 2014, Does this show a disregard for Syrian focused on monitoring international an article following the recent incident according to Airwars. and Iraqi lives, or are Americans just involvement in the fight against ISIS. titled “U.S.-Led Airstrikes May Have Hit More than 70 Syrian villagers were unaware of the devastating effects of The United States Central Command Syrian Troops; Russia Says 62 Dead.” killed during a US aerial attack in mid aerial bombardment? apologetically claimed responsibility for The use of words like “may” and citing July this year. It had the highest non “I think America far removed itself the airstrike that took the lives of 62 Syrian from Russia-—with whom the US has hostile death toll since 2014, according to from the situation geographically,” said soldiers and injured an estimated 100 more questionable relations—demonstrates the the Guardian. junior Lulu Mastrangelo, “If they knew Sept. 17. Those killed were misidentified bias the media has towards our nation’s The New York Times also reported more about it, if they were more well as ISIS fighters, a devastating mistake by international endeavors. that an American was killed as a result informed, they would be more sensitive.” US officials. An article covering the same topic of a drone strike in Libya last year, and With the multitude of conflicting “There’s no such thing as a smart bomb. from the New York Times entitled “U.S. in Feb., US bombing killed two Serbian alliances and outside intervention, there is I’m sure the intent was not to purposely Admits Airstrike in Syria, Meant to Hit hostages while targeting a higher ranking no one solution to the Middle East. While bomb Syrian soldiers. Nonetheless, there ISIS, Killed Syrian Troops” has the same ISIS official. calculated treaties and agreements may are casualties and this is a problem in and connotations with the mention of the The incident resulted in unrest in be a long term solution, these casualteies of itself,” said AP World history teacher strike’s objective. The September incident Serbia and increasing skepticism of the require immediate action that will liberate Benjamin Pierce. was not the sole airstrike that took down intelligence sources that lead to increased instead of massacre. Foreign language study must begin during preschool years Alex Heisler Staff Writer elementary schools in the Bend Lapine School District, cookie cutter classroom stuff,” said senior AP Spanish Bear Creek, offer dual language immersion? student Erin Tyler. In order to graduate and attend college, students need On top of early foreign language deficits, students Reorganizing a system that allows more effective to have two to three foreign language credits. On their and teachers are further set back by the low level of learning of foreign language is difficult; it requires own, these credits are meaningless to students because engagement and enjoyment of lower level language collaboration across schools, deeper immersion, the Bend-Lapine School District, and American school classes. Many students are just trying to fulfill credit financial investment and additional hard work from systems in general, are not currently setup to truly requirements for graduation or college, and the classes the administrators to the teachers to the students. facilitate the learning of language. do not begin with immersion and cultural application However, the benefits of second language are widely Foreign language learning does not start early enough, which could captivate new students. known: development of an international understanding, and it lacks beginner level conversational and immersion “For the first three years I don’t think language discovery of the universality of human experience, practice. No wonder less than one percent of American classes are effective. Most of the students are just taking awareness of American heritage and foreign adults are proficient in a foreign language learned in an language for the credit and not because they really want contributions and honed communication skills. Not to American classroom, according to Amelia Friedman of to take the language, or maybe because it’s not engaging mention the increasingly global economy and the 200,000 The Atlantic. to them, they’re not being inspired to learn it as well. language based American jobs with a median annual In language learning, there is a critical period where Only after a certain point there are enough motivated salary of $80,000 that are reported by the Joint National the brain is most malleable, which is hypothesized to students that it does become useful,” said senior Rebecca Committee for Languages. end anywhere from age six to puberty. Either way, high Christensen, an accomplished student of language. She “[The most important reasons to learn a second school is far beyond this period. completed AP Spanish her junior year and is now cadet language are] to open up the world, open up our mind, “[When it comes to learning language] the younger teaching Spanish on top of taking Japanese. expose yourself to other cultures, to travel, to take the better. Start when you’re two years old, start when “All the worksheets and busy work and fill in the opportunities and risks, and just enjoy it,” said Japanese you’re six months old… it’s harder to pick up as you get blank… that should be improved upon. For example, teacher Ami Zepnewski. The only question that remains older so more exposure at a young age is the most ideal over the summer we had to listen to podcasts in Spanish is whether school districts are prepared to take the risk to situation,” said Nina Sarroub-Boyd, a French teacher. of native speakers and that helped me learn a lot, and invest in an effective system of foreign language classes But if younger is better, then why does only one of the 18 I enjoyed that more because it was more real and not and the opportunities they provide. A10 OPINIONS FRIDAY, OCTOBER 14, 2016 Political experience doesn’t matter to voters

Henry Rogers Staff Writer

Political experience has never been so undervalued in a presidential election prior to 2016. Republican candidates without a background in politics rose into the limelight in mid-2015 as they began to announce their campaigns with premature confidence. Campaigns advertised the promise of bringing an end to political correctness and using business tactics to jump-start the government from its current stalled state. In addition, they boasted absolutely no political experience and instead had an excess of business experience. These seemingly sudden developments beg the question to be asked: Why does political experience no longer seem to matter? In mid-2016, the Republican National Convention served as a battleground for the final three Republican candidates. Political website Inside Gov reports Donald Trump, John Kasich and Ted Cruz, supposedly the three best options for the Republican party, average a mere 10 years of political experience. In sharp contrast, the average political experience of the final Democratic candidates averaged 34.5 years. These statistics show the rising importance of business knowledge within the Donald Trump is a prime example of the weakening emphasis on political experience in the 2016 presidential election. The successful businessman Republican party and a decline in need for became the Republican Party’s nominee despite his complete lack of a political background. Photo by gage Skidmore political knowledge. US history teacher Benjamin Pierce, a former employee of America as a whole from progressing. from that norm not only brings up fear of The growing proportion of millennial the Department of Justice, thinks this Another method used for approaching the unknown but also fear of the known. voters not only brings a threat to the current shift is “Ridiculous…[and] absolutely not the partisan polarization is the Poole- The known is the messy application of a Republican ideology of a business-run what we want.” Rosenthal scale. Created by Keith Poole business model on governmental matters. government, but also brings new social “Inside Gov” also reported a decline of the University of Georgia and Howard Milton Friedman, a renowned economist, reforms in its wake. Following the Great in political experience with Republican Rosenthal of NYU, the scale works explains that “The political principle Recession, Millennials faced sluggish candidates in the past two elections. to determine the average ideological that underlies the market mechanism growth in wages and increased costs for In the 2012 presidential election, the positions of each political party with is unanimity… The political principle secondary education. In fact, a study from average political experience with the a range from 1 (most conservative) that underlies the political mechanism is San Francisco Federal Reserve discovered major Republican contenders was 13.5 to -1 (most liberal). Vital Statistics on conformity.” Neither go hand-in-hand that the wages of fresh college graduates years and in the election before that, Congress’s use of this scale for years 1947 and neither fit well together on something are growing 60 percent slower than of the average was 28 years. Not since to 2013 showed a drastic change with both as large as a country. the rest of the American population. Dwight D. Eisenhower has a Republican political parties polarizing by at least 0.25. While certain branches of government Increasing costs for secondary education candidate come into office without any Poole offered his look on the situation could succeed by applying the core combined with slow-growing wages have political experience. But in his case, he in a 2012 issue of UGA Research, it being business practice of turning a profit, most created a fed up population of educated had military experience to make up for that “bipartisan agreements to fix the could not. The United States’ budget young adults seeking change, specifically his lack of political expertise. budgetary problems of the country are centerpiece, the military, could not with liberal ideals. High school student Skill in politics hasn’t been required for now almost impossible to reach...it is exist if its intention was to be profitable Jack Malace believes “younger people success in oval office in the past, but that unlikely that this deadlock will be broken due to its basic practice of providing are flocking towards more liberal might not hold true in the current political anytime soon.” equal protection to all citizens, despite views because of increased coverage of climate. The 2012 Value Survey from Pew This minefield not only requires social divisions. Public schools, welfare previously uncovered daily injustices.” Research Center reports that there has political experience to be dodged through, programs, the police department, and As a result, Republicans are taking a more been significant partisan polarization but a finesse to be worked with. Such skill public parks would not be able to exist solid and right-winged approach to retain within the two major political parties isn’t found with the current Republican either with the goal of turning a profit their place in the current party system. since the presidential election of 2000, presidential candidate. without changing their core practices and This not only worsens the situation of with further research showing similar While Arthur Schlesinger’s 1997 focuses. With the majority of the budget polarization, but sets the party system up trends dating back to the mid-40s. The ranking of the presidents in Political consisting of unprofitable interests, an for failure with the generation to come. survey shows that a greater percentage of Science Quarterly tells us that political application of a business model that seeks With candidates coming into a Republicans identified as conservative in knowledge is not necessarily correlated a profit on the United States would not polarized arena with no political the 2012 election (68 percent) than the 2000 with effectiveness, it does tell us that there only be unrealistic but impossible. To do experience, little can be done to bring election (59 percent). Similarly, a peaking has never been a presidential candidate so, unanimous agreement and a complete change. Political experience shouldn’t portion of Democrats in 2012 identified as this close to office without any prior rewiring of the government would be just be a recommendation for someone liberal (39 percent), a significant increase governmental experience. needed. No single topic seems to strike up running for office, but a necessity. Until from the election in 2000 (27 percent). This Every president of the United States up agreement in all Americans and rewiring the country can get to a point where its increasing polarization fuels a crippling until this point had boasted some form of is not something that is under any single parties realize they’re seeking the same division between the parties, preventing experience within the government prior to candidate’s capabilities, especially one goal of representing the American people, new legislature from being passed and their election. The current election’s shift without political expertise. political experience is needed to get there. THUMBS UP THUMBS DOWN • Elon Musk’s mission to Mars • North Korea tests nuclear weapons • ISIS second-in-command killed • Russian elections rigged • Gawker forced to close • First Zika death in U.S. • U.S. private prisons use to be reduced • Jose Fernandez killed in boating accident • U.S. wins most Olympic medals, 121 • First Presidential debate • Stolen Van Gogh paintings recovered • Numerous clown sighting across nation Respect for teachers from parents, students in decline Will Eby from 79 percent to 31 percent. This same question was opposed to immediately placing blame on the teacher Staff Writer asked about parents’ respect for teachers, and the results for something that, in reality, was never their fault in the were just as dramatic: they dropped from 91 percent to first place. Over the past decade, there has been a trend in the 49 percent in only a few decades. The trend of disrespect is also reflected in their perception of teachers nationwide: the amount of respect The results of this study did not surprise Arnold Fege, underwhelming salaries and overall treatment. teachers receive, as well as the desirability to teach in the President of Public Advocacy for Kids. In his experience, Nationwide, teachers’ wages average just over $45,000, American public school system has decreased, according he has noticed, “a lack of respect for public education according to PayScale. Despite the fact that their wages to USA Today. over the years.” are based on federal funds, their role in society is worth Throughout many schools in our country, one can However, this trend is not reflected globally. In much more than a drywall installer, whose average wage walk into an active classroom and expect to see at least China, teachers are revered and respected just as much is just $50 less than teachers, according to the Bureau of a few students ignoring the teacher, on their phone and as doctors. Teachers’ importance in the UK compares to Labor Statistics. zoned out from the class. that of nurses and social workers. Parents in South Korea Even more dismaying, the average class size Students nationwide hold severe disrespect toward actually encourage their children to become teachers nationwide has increased 15 percent from 2007 to 2012, their teachers. They do not seem to fully appreciate because it is such a well respected job there, according according to the National Center for Education Statistics. just how much of an effect their teachers have on the to We Are Teachers. So why is this amount of respect This jump puts even more pressure on the teacher, outcome of their school experience and creates a less involved, less and performance, when, in truth, effective way of teaching. Research teachers hold more of an influence Teachers are under-appreciated by both students and their parents, and even from the Center for Public on the student than anyone else. Education shows that there is a They impact students’ lives on a in the workforce as a whole. This is a trend that needs to end sooner rather correlation between class size and daily basis, and many students than later if we, as a nation, want our next generation to succeed. student performance: generally, take this for granted. the fewer students in the class, the This is the unfortunate reality better each student performs. that must see change, as teachers affect the future of this and acknowledgement absent in ‘the greatest country on Emily Tompkins, a psychology teacher, said, “With nation and cannot continue to be treated in the appalling earth?’ And more importantly, how can we, as a nation, large class sizes, the problem is not poor behavior, but I way that they currently are. reverse this trend? cannot give individualized attention to every student. If “Those students who fail to appreciate teachers tend The answer, ironically, lies within education. The a student comes to me with a problem I can only spend to see them as inconvenient hurdles, somehow slowing lack of respect among parents is caused primarily by so much time going over it before I need to move on, them down from future success. These same students ignorance and disregard, both of which can be cured by because the other 39 kids already have a handle on it; this unfortunately fail to extract the meaningful learning an increased understanding of what teachers actually do. problem would not arise in smaller classes. I teach 227 tools available to them in those classes,” said Patrick Parents often overlook the importance a teacher has in students, and unfortunately I cannot learn each of their Kilty, social studies teacher. the future of their children. They blame the teacher for strengths and weaknesses.” However, this has not always been the case in the U.S. their child’s weaknesses and deficiency in school when Teachers need to be respected more, plain and simple. In a 2013 poll conducted by Harris Interactive, 2,250 adults the child is truly at fault. They are under-appreciated by both students and their were asked to recall the amount of respect students held This comes from a lack of knowledge about what goes parents, and even in the American workforce as a whole. for their teachers when they were in school and compare on in the classroom. If the parent learns and understands It has become a dangerous trend that needs to be put to it to today. The amount of participants in agreement what the teacher is doing in the class, they will effectively an end sooner rather than later if we, as a nation, want with the statement, “students respect teachers” dropped be able to understand how to treat teachers properly, as our next generation to succeed. THE PINNACLE • SUMMIT HIGH SCHOOL OPINIONS A11 New block schedule meets positive response Cooper Palubeski Staff Writer as to what someone could do However, since first period I come to prefer this schedule students only had time to collect outside of school. classes aren’t every day, a cause because there are fewer classes data in one class period and On the first day of the 2016- With the new schedule, of confusion on the first day was and longer periods each day had to complete the analysis at 2017 school year, students armed students have the chance to whether students had class or which means less homework, home, whereas this year I can with paper, pencils, backpacks better manage the work they not or whether it was a green, leading to more time to focus have the labs set up, my students and fully charged iPads were have, as well as an opportunity black or silver day. on extracurriculars,” said junior can collect information and then ready for anything that the new to sleep in once or twice a week. To avoid any more similar Alec Sandsness. analyze it as a class all in just one school year would throw at Though school still starts at incidents of confusion, the New students also feel that class period.” them. Almost anything. the same 7:45 a.m. time, second school added a direct-link on this schedule helps make the Despite the success of the The new block schedule can period doesn’t start until 9:07 a.m. the home screen of every school overwhelming transition to high schedule, a small number of be complicated because there (or 8:56 a.m. on Wednesdays). iPad, which sends the person to a school slower. students remain confused in are drastic differences from the This gives students who aren’t website that tells what color that “We don’t have the seven terms of which classes occur on previous schedule that so many enrolled in a first period class to school day is and shows what classes I was expecting, so which days. students have been familiar with sleep in, as second period begins periods students would have there’s less homework than In order to help with any since the sixth grade. after 9 a.m. that day. I originally thought,” said confusion, the front office hangs For several years, students On top of an extended sleep Quick Response (QR) codes freshman Devin Peterson. a sign on the front window have been used to the seven for students with an open first, linking to the same website Most teachers also prefer displaying which type of day it period system. with this new “green, black, are also posted on the walls in the 72 minute classes. Classes is (“green, black, silver”). Our They would wake up early, go silver” day system, no matter every hallway. that run activities with many online website displays this to class and zone out throughout what first period a student has, Despite some of the initial materials, such as science or art information as well. the numerous periods of the day. he will have at least one day out complications regarding the classes, find them very helpful. The new schedule has proven But even when school does of the school week where he can block schedule, most students “What I like about this new to be beneficial to both staff and get out, the day is not over. come in late because first period from all grade levels feel that schedule is that it allows me to students in terms of both time, Mountains of homework need classes are only scheduled two they prefer this schedule now set up activities and labs, have effort and conveniency. to be completed for each class. out of the three days. that they have finished the first students collect data and then With almost everyone happy Add the multitude of possible The majority of students month of school. analyze it,” Matthew Killoran, with this change, it is a safe bet extracurricular activities to the haven’t slept in that long on a “The more I think about it AP Physics I and II and physical to say that this schedule is here mix, and time is severely limited weekday in years. and as more of the days go by, science teacher, said. “Before, to stay.

Consumers of marijuana continue to fight societal stigma, suggesting drug regulation agencies and revenue 700,000+ increases help communities arrests for marijuana Grace Boyle In reality, the debate is revolved Editor-in-Chief around the lesser of two evils. Both have related charges health risks, but it seems alcohol is worse 84% per year The controversy regarding marijuana for health causing death more frequently. has been exceedingly germane to “Marijuana affects the cardiovascular of Americans society’s interest as more states begin to system, increasing heart rate and blood want medical accept its legalization. As of July 1, 2015, pressure, but a person can’t fatally 2100 Oregon joined the outliers in the country overdose on pot like they can with jobs created marijuana by legalizing marijuana. Pot is now alcohol,” Baler said. (CBS) allowed in private settings with several The fact that pot was and still is in by legalization restrictions and will in result better many states illegal really doesn’t make society in numerous ways. sense when the health risks are not The dispute around this drug has been slightly comparable to that of alcohol, a blown out of proportion when viewed legal substance in every state. 4 states under a narrow lens. From a broader On top of the profit from taxing with full sense, there are many positive outcomes marijuana, according to an exclusive 23 legalization to legalizing marijuana in the state, the interview with the Atlantic, President states with first being financial advantages. Barack Obama is “kind of okay with [the of Marijuana According to Oregon Live, the state legalization of marijuana].” Medical placed a 25 percent sales tax on pot which “As has been well documented, I in return has brought $25.5 million dollars smoked pot as a kid, and I view it as a marijuana to the state as of Aug. 2016. More than bad habit and a vice, not very different $102 million in total has been collected from the cigarettes that I smoked as a from recreational pot since January. young person up through a big chunk of It is predicted that by the end of 2016, my adult life,” the President said. “I don’t Oregon will collect approximately $44 think it is more dangerous than alcohol.” million in tax. This money is headed It is a bit ironic that marijuana is seen directly to the Oregon Common School as repulsive, an act of low class and a Fund, mental health, alcoholism and “gateway drug,” when alcohol, which $25.5 million drug services, the state police, other law is far more dangerous to health, is legal, from marijuana taxes enforcement and drug abuse prevention casually offered at family gatherings and through the Health Authority. in fact a tradition for most cultures. in oregon as of August People are legally allowed to buy and The horrific stigma behind marijuana 2016 grow marijuana on their own and this is the primary reason to this apprehension sales tax goes directly towards school to legalization. For example, daughter of funding and public uses. This favorable President Obama, Malia Obama was seen measure will not only help education at Lollapalooza smoking pot. Given, she is advance, but it is not as dangerous as a public figure meaning that every eye is people make it out to be. on her, but the stigma around marijuana The legislature created laws to help is so strong, that the media could not with the way the state currently handles turn their heads at the sighting while marijuana-affiliated crime. According lambasting her for all to witness online. to the Huffington Post, the length of Not only has this stigma contributed infographic by Jake Hoskins sentences has decreased and lawmakers to delaying the legalization of marijuana, decided people previously convicted but the land use for growing is regulated the larger picture, there are several points a completely new industry from scratch receive a new look at their case to see how to special treatment, which makes they need to understand. cannot be over stated. we would treat it today. absolutely no sense. The state requires First, the money from the sales tax In Bend, the marijuana dispensary So the crime rates will drop and people the growing to be in private and therefore going to the state will help fund the industry is continuing to take off. Gary previously convicted will be released or shielded from the public eye, unlike any state in a multitude of beneficial ways. Bracelin, a partner at Tokyo Starfish, gave re-evaluated. Compared to alcohol abuse, other legal substance in the United States. Secondly, the stigma of pot is ridiculous insight on the topic in an interview with according to Livescience, the effects of Sen. Lee Beyer, D-Springfield was when compared to far more dangerous the Bulletin. “I think this is the birth of a marijuana are less extreme than alcohol. outraged by this security rule, according substances such as alcohol, which causes whole new industry that I think will rival “You can die binge-drinking five to an interview with OregonLive. far more deaths annually. Finally, the the craft beer industry within five years,” minutes after you’ve been exposed to “We don’t do that for any other crop,” amount of jobs created from this business said Bracelin. “Part of what we’re trying alcohol. That isn’t going to happen with Beyer said. “I don’t know why we do it will help society immensely. Not only to do is take the stigma away.” marijuana,” said Ruben Baler, a health for this.” can people work in the recreational Taking away this unfair stigma is scientist at the National Institute on Drug The regulations of the marijuana marijuana stores, but there will be a large exactly the goal of the legalization, along Abuse told Livescience. “The impact of industry have reached a dizzying level of number of jobs for the actual farming and with rewarding the state with tax money marijuana use is much subtler.” complexity. If people could only look at processing of pot. The benefits of creating to use on education for society’s benefit. Three strike rule impacts many unfairly, creates disparity in sentencing

L. Brody-Heine, S. Adair According to studies done by Yale, 71 percent of rapes up for extensive time periods, like Mizanskey. These are Staff Writers were planned. just two examples of defective court sentencing. Even so, most rape arrests do not result in convictions. Another dilemma the “Three Strikes Law” inflicts on The flawed American justice system locks the wrong That is an outrage. the country is an overwhelming amount of nonviolent people behind bars. Rape victims suffer from different forms of PTSD, and individuals being locked away. “This is a reflection of cultural values in America and it has a huge impact on the rest of their lives. According to an article by the Legislative Analyst’s further evidence of how bias infiltrates our institutions,” “I don’t want my body anymore. I was terrified of it,” Office, the prison population grew significantly since said social studies teacher Monica Freeman. These values said the victim in the Brock Turner case in a letter she 1994. More than 26 percent of inmates serving time are must change. wrote to her attacker. “Three Strike” offenders, while 56 percent of the total After sexually assaulting a 23-year-old woman, People that cause that kind of damage to another convictions by the “Three Strikes Law” were for non- Stanford swimmer Brock Turner served only three person should be locked behind bars for a prolonged serious or nonviolent felonies. months in a county jail. amount of time, but in reality they walk free while others According to CBS, the U.S. spends roughly $80 billion “A prison sentence would have a severe impact on serve extended sentences. on prisons each year. California, alone, will spend $10 him,” Judge Aaron Persky said. Persky received severe Under Missouri’s “Three Strike Law,” Air Force billion dollars, including the $4.5 billion wasted on felons criticism for the verdict of the case and resigned from his mechanic Jeff Mizanskey, charged previously with sentenced under the “Three Strikes Law.” In California, judgeship. He now deals solely with civil cases. two non-violent marijuana convictions, faced life those inmates exhaust 45 percent of state funds going After eyewitnesses found Turner raping the imprisonment after purchasing seven pounds of towards the penitentiary system. unconscious woman behind a dumpster in Palo Alto, marijuana. The third nonviolent marijuana charge sent The 56 percent of the nonviolent inmates convicted Calif., in Jan. 2015, he faced three charges. him to life in prison. The “Three Strikes Law” lands third by the “Three Strikes Law” are consuming valuable Turner was released on Sept. 2 despite being convicted strike offenders in jail, even if all three were non violent resources that could be used to lock away violent threats on all accounts. He spent three months in jail, said CNN. crimes. A “strike” is defined differently in each state, to society, like Turner. Our priorities lie with individuals Much of the psychology behind rape is similar to that leaving grey area for wrongful convictions. who pose no threat to others, while we have criminals of first degree murder. A key component of defining first Without proper sentences, rapists like Turner roam the walking free who possess not only the proven capability, from second degree murder is that it was premeditated. streets freely while other nonviolent criminals are locked but the intent to inflict harm on innocent lives. A12 NEWS FRIDAY, OCTOBER 14, 2016 Building Bridges The Making of an Interconnected Community

Lila Reinecke girls soccer team. The day started off by A dance battle scene gave the soccer Features Editor playing partner tag, a game the soccer girls a chance to battle their fellow team plays throughout the season to teammates in something much different The fall musical, “Bring It On,” is warm up. from soccer. an action-packed show filled with Mixing in cast members and soccer Soccer players were allowed to decide cheerleading stunts and hard-core hip players the groups ran around and whether they wanted to be a Truman hop dance routines. shared some laughs while warming up. cheerleader or part of the Jackson Dance The eager cast, led by director Lara A classic soccer warm up followed next Crew, the musical’s rival squads. Okamoto, decided to branch outside of with some plyometrics, stretching and The competitive nature of the soccer the Drama Department and combine sprints, finalized by a tough relay race team came out and both sides tried their with several fall sports teams to increase led by Jamie Brock; Brock is renowned hardest and put their moves to the test in their stamina for the challenging dance for her tough conditioning. the dance battle scene. choreography and multi-layered song Senior Alana Ackerman who plays “Our team is literally always dancing; numbers requiring lung strength. Nautica in the show agreed with Brock during warm ups, in the locker room, “It is a very athletic show, so I “It was super enjoyable for both groups and basically whenever we can get music thought we needed to do some training to come together and see what each on, so seeing how we actually do in a to get ready. We decided to join with other strive at,” said Ackerman. real choreographed routine was super the fall sports teams, show some exciting and funny,” said junior camaraderie and make that effort soccer player Parker Campbell. to cross the bridge,” said Okamoto. “It let not only theater kids see Getting stuck in social circles Beginning with the cross and everyday activities limits country team, the cast members what the athletes can do, but it students to all the experiences put on their freshest running shoes let the athletes see what theater they could be having. and joined star runners for some It’s easy to fall into routines school bonding and a good run. kids can do.” with separate groups, but With varsity runners Olivia broadening horizons is what’s Brooks, Scott Kinkade and Hannah Alana Ackerman important to instill a unified Tobiason running next to the lead student body who flows and characters and singers and Kade Linville, “I thought it was a really cool idea to supports each other. hard work could seen all around. have us collaborate and it let not only “Our entire team is going to the “I got super pumped to condition theater kids see what the athletes can musical and we’re all super excited to see with the other teams because I love to do, but it let the athletes see what theater some of the dance moves we learned be workout and it was awesome to do it kids can do,” said Ackerman. performed in the show,” said sophomore with the cast,” said “Bring It On” cast Creating a comfortable and soccer player Gabby Brocker. member Christian Ramirez. entertaining atmosphere the teams Having a versatile student body that The two star programs came together pushed themselves in new ways. can mix into different clubs, activities and had a great day of new experiences Even though the workout was hard and social circles creates a comfortable with new friends. Branching out from both teams cheered for each other and and unified community. social circles and normal activities is made it an enjoyable experience. The support form the drama a frightening challenge but can lead to Good competition and a workout department to the sports teams has new friendships, hobbies and interests. preceded the cast members showing and created a chain reaction for everyone to Another endeavor made by the drama teaching the soccer team some dance go out of their comfort zone and go to a department to condition was with the and cheer moves from the musical. new activity or event.

“Bring It On, The Musical” cast members Christian Ramirez, Claudia Bennett, Alana Ackerman and Brigette Agnew cheer on varsity cross country runners Hannah Tobiason and Emma Stevenson at The Oxford Classic held in Drake Park in downtown Bend. Photos and design by Fiona Dolan.

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