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Volume 2 Issue 2 Senior Kasey Chapan Signs to Sacramento State December Written By: Jordan Ligons 2010 On the blog: • rchsjournalism.wordpress.com CSUS A small group of people gather around at the Career Center on Novem- ber 10th, 2010 at approximately 1:30 p.m.,to see a River City Raider sign a letter of intent accepting a baseball scholarship to a Division 1 University. addition, the plan is to still live at home nis continues their winning streak and A Sacramento State T-shirt and hat were as he goes to college at Sac State. Dave Brooks won coach of the year last Meeting ou[rc]ity staff sitting near-by as Kasey Chapan, RCHS year, girls basketball went to playoffs in & Editorial Policy senior baseball player, was accompanied Kasey surely deserves this of- the 2009-2010 season for the first time by his dad and baseball coach, Kevin fer. He has been an All-League player in in decades, and more recently football Page 2 Chapan, along with his mom, Janet the Capitol Valley Conference all three going the furthest in playoffs in the his- Chapan, as they sit at a table overlook- years he has been a varsity player. This tory of RCHS with Coach Bustamante ing the group of people with cameras in year, he was selected to the River Cats nominated for Sac Bee Fan’s Choice Ou[rc]ity Features: their hands. All-Baseball Team and was also named Coach of the Year. Honorable Mention to the Sacramento • Silly Bandz Make People Silly! Coach Jeff Cox, the varsity Bee’s All-Metro team. Coach Cox expresses his view Written By: McKenna Colvin baseball coach who has coached Kasey on this, “I have always said that our since his freshman year, expressed how During the summer while most players fly under the radar. We have • Fashion Blogger “honored” and proud he was to coach students are kicking back and being many talented athletes at River City. Written By: Jordan Ligons Kasey. “This is one of the most exciting couch potatoes, Kasey is still working We as coaches and an athletic depart- times for a coach. To watch one of your on his baseball skills. He has spent the ment just need to continue to work on • Motivation Of a Teen players receive an opportunity to play at past three summers playing for West getting our athletes noticed,” he contin- Written By: Ivette Lua the next level is huge,” he says. “I am so Sacramento Senior American Legion. ues, “Winning sure helps. Our baseball proud of Kasey and what he has accom- During the fall of this year, he played on team has been in the playoffs for the plished so far.” an invitational only Rockies’ Scout team past three years and we are starting to in Sacramento and was named to play in get recognized. Kasey is an example of Ou[rc]ity sports: After the big signing moment, the All-Star game at the conclusion of this.” I asked Kasey what he was feeling. He the fall season. stated, “doesn’t feel different; I just After all the pictures and talk know where my future is going.” Kasey Not only does this look great about his distant future, I wanted to is planning on majoring in communica- for Kasey, but it also looks great for know what Kasey’s goal was for the up- tions and minor in art. He will be play- our school. River City High School has coming RCHS baseball season. “To win ing the catcher and utility positions for come a long way in sports over the last it all,” he stated humbly with a smile. the Hornets for his freshman season. In couple of years. To just name a few, ten- • The Pacers Cease the Raiders Written By: Serenity Groce Written By: Drake Aguilar • Giants Give a Reason to Cheer “YouCyber can’t see the Bullying emotional reaction & go along thinking it’s no big deal.” Written By: Sam Urrea Now that technology and so- According to i-safe.org, • Are You Fit? cial networking have taken over, cyber 42% of kids have been bullied while Written By: Jose Chacon bullying has become a huge problem. online. Also, 35% of kids have been Bullying is not just the strong kids threatened online. physically picking on the weaker kids; it’s a lot more complicated now. Out of all the kids that have Ou[rc]ity editorials: been bullied over the internet, a little You may not think that cyber over half have told their parents or an • Introducing ... Top Fashion bullying is as serious as face to face adult that this is happening. Blogger Zoe Badley bullying. However, cyber bullying can Cyber bullying is an easier It’s very important to let Written By: Jordan Ligons result to long-term psychological harm way for teens to bully because the someone know that someone is bully- to victims. people who are scared to say some- ing you online so that adult can put a thing to someone’s face can just go Cyber bullying is when an stop to it, because the effects of cyber • Friday Night Lights and do it online. Written By: Alan Tellez indivual or a group use technology bullying can end in suicide. like their cell phones or their comput- Kids report being mean to ers to harm someone else. They could each other online while in the 2nd do this by making comments about grade. It’s more likely that teenage Continued Article the person, spreading rumors, posting girls will engage in cyber bullying on Page 3 pictures, and threatening the person than guys. online. Page 2 | Ou[RC]ity | December 2010 Ou[RC]ity News Staff Editorial Policy OuRCity News is a student publication and public forum. In accordance with Letters to state education code, the editorial staff of OuRCity News shall be responsible for assigning and editing the news, the editor. editorial and feature content of this publication. Editorials reflect the opinion Questions of only the writer. If no byline appears, the editorial reflects the opinion of the Editorial Board. Comments Letters to the Editor will only be published if they are signed. or Concerns Senders may request their names be withheld, or OuRCity News editorial About staff may decide to withhold a name if it deems it appropriate. OuRCity News Editor-In-Chief: Jordan Ligons reserves the right to not publish any Layout Editor: Leticia Campaz Ou[RC]ity letter it receives. Letters will be edited Managing Editor: Samantha Colbert for length, clarity and grammar and all Newspaper ? letters are subject to laws governing Article Editors: obscenity, libel, privacy, and disruption Sam Urrea Email: of the educational process. All contents Serenity Groce Jordan_Ligons of the newspaper are subject to the Karina Bueno same standard. All letters become the Avneet Singh @yahoo.com property of OuRCity News. Lindsay Ramirez Views of the editors and staff, as well as letters to the editor do not necessarily reflect those of the administration and/or staff of River is libelous or obscene in the opinion of Board of Education. OuRCity News City High School. the editorial board. Advertising must makes no guarantees as to the quality offer merchandise or service and must of a particular service or product. Advertising refrain from attacking competitors or OuRCity staff has the right to disparaging their products, services or Photography Policy accept, reject, edit or cancel any methods of doing business. Advertising Published photographs will advertisement. The staff of OuRCity accepted by OuRCity News shall not not be altered except as necessary in News will not accept advertising that be construed as an endorsement by the professionally accepted darkroom and incites or encourages illegal activity or school staff, adviser administration or cropping procedures. Save Lids to Save Lives F.Y.I Written by: Samantha Colbert Being diagnosed with breast her body. She endured chemotherapy Twelve years ago Yoplait has to The Susan G. Komen Foundation. cancer can be a serious and stressful which caused her hair to fall out, vom- joined together with Susan G. Komen Let’s help make a difference in the time for an individual. A long road iting, and weakness. For 3 years she with a campaign called “Save Lids race to find the cure! ahead lies for a patient with breast fought breast cancer but sadly it took to Save Lives”. So far Yoplait has cancer, including; possible surgery, over her body. In Susan’s memory her donated $1.6 million to the founda- Mail lids to: radiation and chemotherapy or even sister Nancy created the Susan G. Ko- tion. For every pink lid on the top both. Brest cancer worldwide makes men Foundation in 1982. of a Yoplait Yogurt, 10 cents will be up about 10.4% of cancers in women donated to Susan G. Komen, for up to Save Lids to Save Lives (according to Wikipedia). Twenty eight years later the $500,000. For every virtual lid given foundation has raised over 1.5 billion to a Facebook friend Yoplait will also P.O. Box 420704 Susan G. Komen at 33 was di- dollars for research, awareness and give $1.00 per lid, up to $100,000. agnosed with breast cancer. Although health services. The foundation has El Paso, TX 88542 Save Lids many attempts were made to cure also become the biggest breast cancer So let’s go River City! We her of her cancer it spread to most of charity in the world. have till December 31st to donate lids to Save Lives #1Buy Yoplait #2 Collect Lids #3 Rinse Lids #4 Mail Lids In Page 3 | Ou[RC]ity | December 2010 Ou[RC]ity Features anger of frustration, however some do bully who doesn’t see themselves as a a group of friends who are bored and it for entertainment or out of boredom.