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El Rancho High School Friday, November 22, 2019 Volume 68.3 El Rodeo An inside look at drama’s performance of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream! Page 6 Here are this month’s trendsetters! Page 8 Read all about band as they prepare for their final parade Page 7 Opinion - 2 Features - 3 Center - 4 Center - 5 Index @elrodeonews Campus - 6 Sports - 7 Entertainment - 8 www.elrodeonews.com EL RODEO, PG 2 El Rancho High School NOV. 22, 2019 OPINION Not so restful rest rooms of urinals, the students get to BY ROCIA ESTRADA go in a grossly stained tub. EL RODEO STAFF WRITER Stolen mirrors, enor- mous anthills, and toilets with When you are going to people’s names carved into the restroom, the last thing them. Such is the truth for El you would expect to see is Rancho’s bathrooms. There are ants crawling everywhere, some highlights about the bath- but that might just happen in rooms though. For example, the bathrooms at El Rancho. the bathrooms are environmen- For the girls, the A, tally friendly; they hardly ever H, and B building bath- have toilet paper! Although, rooms are the cleanest bath- this may not be a choice at rooms, however they also least they contribute to the have some drawbacks. fight against global warming. The A building bath- G building rest room not available for use. Photo by Carlos Rojo Regardless of the bath- rooms have a distinctive smell bathrooms on campus. They The boys also have their is reportedly just a toilet, caus- room conditions, the school and the faucets splash water ev- rarely have toilet paper and the own grievances concerning ing a long wait for students janitors have definitely tried erywhere. The H building bath- sanitary napkin disposals are the bathrooms. The A build- who need to go. If the stu- their best. It is up to the stu- rooms don’t have toilet paper often overflowing. The fau- ing bathrooms are considered dents go to the cafeteria boys dents to remember that it’s most of the time and often leak cets barely work, and if they the best, despite the “smoky” bathroom, they will find food not the janitor’s - or anyone’s water. The B building bath- do, soap isn’t available. The ambience and the smashed clogging the urinals. If they - job to clean up after them. rooms no longer exist due to N building bathrooms have paper dispenser. While go- wish for some privacy, they We are young adults who the building being demolished. ants crawling everywhere and ing to the bathroom, students will have to sit in an awkward should be capable of cleaning The other bathrooms scratched up mirrors. The Q may find themselves in the position to stop the hole in the after themselves and practic- share the same qualities, with building bathrooms have mos- company of an occasional spi- toilet stall door that allows ing basic hygiene. Hopefully some being in worse condi- quitoes that follow everyone der hanging off of the paper everyone to peer in. Perhaps El Rancho can move forward tion than others. The N and around while people are just towels stuck on the ceiling. worst of all would be the track and have clean, ventilated, Q bathrooms are the worst trying to do their business. The N building bathroom bathrooms, where in place pest free bathrooms soon. Soccer shouldn’t be kicked out of El Rancho’s future proposed construction plan for students to do home- ing the potential success of poses a question for the fu- work after practice, and if the sports teams on campus. ture of El Rancho Soccer: the school wants the students Cramming four teams How will the practices for to meet grade requirements into one field makes the risk all four teams be organized at the end of the semester, of injury a lot more com- in the coming school years? the lack of time would only mon including loose balls If the only soccer field make struggling students that can hit a player’s head on campus is the one out- perform at a lower level. if a kick is miscalculated, or lined on the football field, Although extracur- a clash between players be- BY DIEGO GONZALEZ decision was based on the lack the practices will have to ricular activities are option- cause of the lack of space. EL RODEO STAFF WRITER of funds in the school’s bud- be held under a time con- al, and grades are the main If these soccer fields re- get, certain costs could be cut straint so that every team priority of the students of main out of the new plan for The current plan for the from the stadium’s construc- has an equal practice time. El Rancho, sports and after construction, the sports teams renovation of El Rancho High tion in order to construct at On average, sports school activities are part of of El Rancho face problems School has changed drasti- least one seperate soccer field. teams practice for an hour a well-rounded high school that could be avoided if the cally from the original plan There are four soccer and a half to two hours in or- experience and staggered fields were kept in the plan. presented in the 2018-19 teams on campus, and the orig- der to cover many skills that scheduling would only make The lack of attention by school year, cutting two soc- inal plan for the implementa- need refining. If the teams that more difficult to obtain. the planning committee to this cer fields that were included tion of two soccer fields out- were to practice one after the On the contrary, prac- issue is apparent, and sends a in the initial construction plan. side of the stadium would have other on the stadium’s field, ticing at the same time in a message to the soccer teams Not including these accommodated the four teams the practices would carry small space presents its own of El Rancho that their best fields is a poor decision that is for practice as well as games. out late into the afternoon. difficulties. Practicing in interest was not kept in mind unjust to future generations of The exclusion of the The elongated sched- small spaces makes the prac- during the construction plans. El Rancho soccer. Even if the soccer fields in the newly ule would reduce the time tice lose its efficiency, affect- El Rodeo is published monthly except during vacations by the El Rancho High School journalism class. The El Rodeo of- Advisor.....Paul Zeko fices are located at 6501 S. Passons Blvd., Pico Rivera, CA 90660 Editor-in-Chief.....Grecia Haro- in room X-1. The paper is printed by The Gardena Valley News. Flores Reporter.....Diego Gonzalez El Rodeo, the student newspaper of El Rancho High School is Copy Editor.....Sophia Lugo an open, public forum for student expression and an opportunity to Reporter.....Araceli Correa discuss its audience’s issues of concern. Opinions expressed are those Copy Editor.....Julia Diaz Reporter.....Alexis Gallegos of the writer and do not necessarily reflect the position of the school Reporter.....Grecia Haro-Flores board, administration, sponsors, parents, student body or advertisers. Section Editors The Editorial Board, which consists of the editor-in-chief, section Reporter.....Rocio Estrada editors, and assistant editors, will determine the content of El Rodeo. News....Grecia Haro-Flores Reporter.....Alejandro Melchor Student journalists on the El Rodeo staff will make every effort to Opinion....Sophia Lugo Reporter.....Julia Diaz publish following the legal definitions of libel, obscenity and invasion Features..... Julia Diaz of privacy. Consistent with California Education Code section 48907, Reporter.....Sophia Lugo the staff will refrain from printing material that may incite students, be Center Spread....Alexis Gallegos Photo Editor.....Carlos Rojo a violation of school regulations or disrupt school operations. At the Campus....Alejandro Melchor beginning of each semester, journalism students will be reminded of Sports.....Rocio Estrada the legal, financial and ethical implications of each article they write. Entertainment.....Grecia Haro- Ed Code 48907 affirms the right of high school news- papers to publish whatever they choose, so long as the con- Flores tent is not explicitly obscene, libelous, or slanderous. Also, there shall be no prior restraint of material prepared for offi- cial school publications except insofar as it violates this section. NOV. 22, 2019 El Rancho High School EL RODEO, PG 3 FEATURES OPINIONOPINION Miguel Ornelas is Simply Irresistible! BY SOPHIA LUGO but they’re so good.” His favor- EL RODEO STAFF WRITER ite place to get them is Arry’s. He has two older brothers This school-spirited that he looks up to tremendously. junior is one you have surely One, in particular, is his true in- seen at school events, or running spiration, that being Julio Ornelas. around campus keeping it in or- He is an El Rancho alumni that is der. Miguel Ornelas, also known currently attending UC Berkeley. as “Gigi,” is simply irresistible! If that isn’t impressive enough, On-campus, Ornelas par- he was also a Coca Cola Scholar ticipates in ASB as his main extra- for 2018. “He’s really smart and I curricular activity. With difficult want to be like him,” says Ornelas. long hours, it’s a big commit- He has a bright future ment not many are willing to take. ahead of him! After high school, Ornelas has been in- he plans on attending community volved in ASB since fresh- college then transfer to a univer- man year, initially being intro- sity to obtain his bachelor’s de- duced to it by his older brother.