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PRESS BRUINBloomington High School, 10750 Laurel Avenue, Bloomington, CA. 92316 Principal: Sandy Torres Volume: 55 Issue: 3 Electronic Version February 28, 2018 National competition Virtual Enterprise’s Highrise Gardens moves on to competition in New York City

Lizzandra Perez ing of knowing that anything is possible kept “During competition, I was nervous Staff Writer me going despite what the results were,” said but I tired to hold back from making my team- Giselle Hernandez.” mates feel nervous because it’s like a domino n Jan. 17-18, the two business Even though Novel Pursuit did not effect,” said Alejandro Contreras. plan teams from Virtual Enter- place in top six their CEO Giselle Hernandez Highrise Gardens business plan team prise competed in two rounds said, “I am proud of my company for being able will be competing in New York, Alejandro at the regional competition to face their fears of presenting and placing in could not believe he will be going along with with hopes of making it to the most of their presentations, they proved that state competition. The regional they were paying attention to class discussions his team; Abraham Padilla, Enrique Moreno, competition consisted of 106 teams throughout and were dedicated. Although we didn’t make Roxanna Canales, and Daniela Lopez. Othe state. Forty-two teams advanced which it as far as I wanted to, as CEO I am more than “It has been such an incredible expe- consisted of both BHS teams. Highrise Gardens proud of what my business plan team accom- rience to go to national level and it is all thanks and Novel Pursuit placed in the top 16 out of plished, top 16 out of over 100 teams is a huge to the team of Highrise Gardens and Mrs. 106 schools. accomplishment that we should be proud of.” Buckles for making this possible,” continued On Jan. 17, both teams competed The other company, Highrise Gar- Alejandro. in the 3rd round and advanced again. The 4th dens, it’s an agricultural engineering corpora- round consisted of 16 teams. After this round, tion specializing in aeroponic technology. Aero- the groups had to wait anxiously for a phone ponics is a plant cultivation technique in which Back row: Ezra Zaroff-Hernandez. Third row: Alexis call to see if either of the teams moved onto the the roots hang suspended in the air while nutri- Rodriguez-Gomez, Maritza Barajas, Gabriel Huerta, Malachi Gonzalez, Gyselle Mendoza, Lizzandra top 8. ent solution is delivered to them in the form of a Perez, Angela Tello, Angela Aguilar, Nereida Chavez. Virtual Enterprise students start from fine mist. Second row: Jocelyn Villalobos, Christian Garcia, scratch and start their virtual businesses on the Enrique Moreno, chief operating of- Vernice Gutierrez, Natali Carmona, Andrea Gonzalez, first day of school. Novel Pursuit was developed ficer (COO) was on Youtube one night and he Ariana Gamez, Briana Perez-Pulido, Sabrina Escalan- last year while the pathway was doing their final came upon a video on Buzzfeed that talked about te, Victoria Martinez. Bottom row: Abraham Padilla, presentations. Natalia Peralta was presenting in Enrique Moreno, Alejandro Contreras, Roxanna this company that was building rooftop gardens. Canales, Daniela Lopez. a marketing plan and she decided to create an Enrique Moreno then interactive board game based on a book. brought the idea to the Mrs.(Robin)Buckles thought it was class which was unani- a great idea and everyone in Virtual Enterprise mously selected as the loved it. Novel Pursuit competed in four rounds idea for the company. at the Bakersfield competition, Novel Pursuit Abraham Padilla, chief placing top 16 out over 100 teams is huge. information officer “Competition season for me has al- (CIO) then added on to ways been exciting for me. I’ve been in Virtual the idea, which devel- Enterprise since I was a sophomore and the first oped the idea of aero- time I stepped foot on the trade show floor I fell ponics and that is how in love with the atmosphere. The opportunity they made the switch. to meet new people and network, and the feel- Page 2 FEATURES Saying goodbye Several teachers leaving at the end of the year

n November, the Colton Joint Uni- passionate about teaching. He wanted to er and that makes it a really nice place to fied School District offered what is get his PhD in economics and teach col- work. We have parties once a year, Christ- called a “Golden Handshake” to all lege. mas time we have a big luncheon, and we faculty and administration in the “I was a young lonely lieutenant in have even started doing the white elephant district. “The golden handshake is the Navy and the admiral asked me to work gift exchange. It’s been a really fun time.” another name for what they call a with Upward Bound kids and take them on SERP; it’s a service or a school employer tours in the afternoon. It was the first time I Mr. Michael Branch Iretirement program and it’s an incentive to had ever worked with high school students Traveling is get teachers or public school staff to retire and I fell in love with it and so I got out also on Mr. Branch’s sooner. Teachers who have been teaching of the Navy and went to college to get my agenda once he re- for a while make more money than new- teaching credential for high school.” tires. He has been er teachers, by replacing older teachers the However, he’s not completely re- teaching for a to- district frees up money. The golden hand- tire. “I loved every minute of teaching and tal of 14 years, 11 shake gave the teachers 75% of their sal- continue to love every minute of and that on this campus. He ary above what they would normally get why I am going to continue keeping my teaches consumers for their retired benefits for the next five fingers in it as a substitute teacher.” math and Algebra 1. years,” said Principal Sandy Torres. Prior to teaching, Several teachers have decided to Mrs. Laurel Jolliff he worked as a computer technician for a take the district’s offer and will be retiring Year after year, hundreds of kids company that closed. “Honestly and truly in June. There is one more surprise teacher graduate from Bloomington High School. I became a teacher because I needed a job that will be retiring, we will feature her in They stay the time that’s required then and besides everyone kept telling me that our next issue. leave and live their I would make a good teacher, that I knew lives. For Mrs. Jol- how to teach,” said Mr. Branch Mr. Michael Finn liff, a biology and After 14 years Mr. Branch has fi- Picture this. Joining the Navy be- zoology teacher, her nally decided it’s time to retire and pursue cause it had been your situation is no dif- what he has always wanted to do, travel. dream for all your life ferent. After teach- “It’s about time, I put in my only to realize that your ing for 24 years, she dues. After retiring, I will move into Or- true calling is teaching. believes her time ange County just to be a little closer to my Mr. Finn, who has been to retire has come. friends and I’d like to travel if the money teaching for 21 years, Traveling and family affords,” said Mr. Branch. was in this exact situa- is what comes after retirement. Mr. Branch is no stranger to trav- tion. He chose to leave “For now I’ll just travel to vis- eling. He has visited very popular countries the military to pursue his it friends and family here in the states, I like Scotland and Rome but exotic loca- second career. don’t know about international travel. Just tions like Antarctic as well.. “I’m looking forward to retiring, I spending time with friends and family, “I will travel almost anywhere, think it’s time I’ve paid my dues.” things I don’t have time to do now.” but I’d like to try New Zealand for a month. Most people know who Mr. Finn Despite her excitement for the fu- I’ve been to several places in Europe and is, but what they don’t know is how Mr. ture, Mrs. Jolliff will always remember the I probably would go back. But the main Finn ended up teaching high school math. good times she has spent with her fellow place I would like to go to would be Nova After being in the military for 13 colleagues in the science department. Scotia... way on the edge facing all the years, he started to train kids just entering “We’ve had a really good group of storms in the Atlantic. Adventures, overall the service and by doing this he became science teachers, everyone helps each oth- I like adventures,” said Mr. Branch. Page 3 FEATURES

Fourhe last homewinter game “I had sportshigh hopes for this needed it.go to playoffswe’re ready. It’s a whole new team, on Feb.7 the boys season and we actually did pretty “We were ready for this we’ve lost a lot of seniors and now soccer team had to well. We had to fight until the very game to happen, I knew whatever there’s a bunch of freshman so we fight, fight, fight. last game to win Sunkist League happened I was going to be proud started off fresh,” said Jocelyn. Several teachers leaving at the end of the year Fight for the Sunkist title,” said captain Issac Zuniga. of my team,” said Divian Falcon. The first playoff game TLeague title. Fight against Kaiser. The boys had to win in Unfortunately, the hap- was Feb. 15 against Montclair. Un- Fight for a playoff berth. That fi- order to be Sunkist League cham- py feeling was shorted lived for fortunately, another CIF game was nal game determined if the Bruins pions back to back and at least tie the Sunkist League Champs. Their not in the cards. They lost in penal- would win Sunkist League back to go to playoffs. For Kaiser, they first playoff game was against La ty kicks 2-3. to back. The varsity players were wanted to play the spoiler. The Quinta on Feb. 16. The boys lost feeling the pressure and it was all stands were packed. 1-3. he boys basketball team has up to them to defend their title and “The crowd cheering on been like no other. Coming they did. both sides of the stadium helped us owerhouse. Dynasty. Em- Tout in third place in league; maintain our momentum. pire. It seems that the girls going into playoffs with a record FoHi guys even showed up. Psoccer team doesn’t know of 6-4. If we lost, they are league how to lose. For the second year “Marvelous. Simply champs,” said Isaac “Hash” in a row and the fifth time in sev- Marvelous. Our players have put Davila. en years, the girls have taken first a lot of blood, sweat and tears into The boys fought and won place in league and qualified for this season. These young men have the game 1-0. Everyone was playoffs. been committed to winning since hyped, you could feel the “An important thing I’ve last June and it shows in our record energy from the stands and learned while being a part of this and how we play on the floor. We the team members on the team is that the only reason we’re have a lot of work to do to accom- bench. Every single player gonna get beat, is not because we plish our goals but I know we can in the field giving it their got beat by another team, but be- get there with this group of young all, they didn’t want it, they cause we’re gonna beat ourselves,” scholar athletes. Phenomenal sea- Varsity player Sarai Montoya, said Xochitl Montoya. son, thus far,” said Coach Eric center back, lets go on a free “I’m excited for CIF, Aubry varsity head coach. Coach kick against Montclair. we’ve worked so hard and I know Continued on page 6 Taking the time It’sKarime Ramos about time Anthony Castillo, Alequis Chivara Staff Writer Staff Writer ome of you may have went to change your schedule “ he cafeteria is scheduled to be done by Feb. 20 but after break but realized your counselor Mrs. Heath- we also have to wait for Nutrition Services to get er Butterworth was replaced by a friendly man. His settled in. Other than that it should be open by name is Alan O’Neal. late February and early March,” said Mr. Torres. Mr. O’Neal is not new to the school. He started T The construction of the cafeteria began back in May, working here in 1980 as a math teacher and counselor offi- 2017. The ribbon cutting for the new cafeteria is set to be on Scially retiring in 2010. Mrs. Heather Butterworth has taken Wed. March 14 at 8:15AM. The band and ROTC will be per- a leave of absence for medical reasons and Mr.O’Neal is the forming. The cafeteria is scheduled to start serving food on only substitute teacher in the district that can take over. April 2, right after spring break. Mr.O’Neal is 80 years old. Before teaching he has “We plan to have parent meetings, community proudly served in the Air Force. He said his first priority is to meetings, and school banquets take place in the cafeteria,” make sure seniors graduate and are never late to class. “I’m said Mr. Torres. here for the students not the paycheck,’’ said Mr.O’Neal. Also there will be a Ribbon Cutting Ceremony for Monica Gonzalez said, “Mr. O’Neal is a very ener- the George Eddings baseball field renovations on Wed., April getic man who genuinely cares about the students. He also 11 at 3:00PM. will run around campus and make calls to see we have the classes we need.” Page 4 FEATURES

20172017 was a year A for Yearhighs and lows in for USreview and the world

The Women’s March took place Salman Abedi. The bombing was ruled as all his money and possessions to. on Jan. 21, 2017 at 7 AM. The purpose a suicide attack. Abedi’s sister believes the was to advocate legislation and policies reason he did this is because he wanted In July, North Korea had a missile regarding human rights, women’s rights, revenge for the deaths of Muslim children called Hwasong-14 with a potential range immigration reform, healthcare reform, re- in the Middle East. of 6,200 miles, not quite able to reach North productive rights, and more. It is estimated America. Then, in November, North Korea that over 500,000 participated in the march On May 23, Roger Moore died launched a intercontinental ballistic missile in Washington, D.C. The first march was at age 89. He was the suave star of sev- capable of reaching US mainland. In addi- held to send a message to the president on en James Bond films from 1973-1985. tion, an ICBM launched from North Korea his first day in office to show that women’s Moore’s version of Bond was known for his could take half an hour to reach the U.S. rights are human rights. sense of humour and witty one liners. mainland. With the increased tension be- Mary Tyler Moore, age 80 died on Infamous dictator Manuel Noriega tween the US and North Korea, nuclear fear Jan. 25. The star of TV’s beloved The Mary died on May 29 at age 83. A former Pana- seems reasonable. The Doomsday Clock Tyler Moore Show whose comic realism manian dictator and onetime U.S. ally who was at two minutes and thirty seconds helped revolutionize the depiction of wom- was ousted as Panama’s dictator by an to midnight; the closest it has been since en on the small screen. American invasion in 1989. 1984.

On Feb. 25, Bill Paxton, 61, died On June 4, helicopters circling On Aug. 8, Glen Campbell died due to complications of heart surgery. the venue, tons of security checks, police at age 81. He was known as an affable su- A prolific and charismatic actor who had dogs on their leashes, lines of fans, One perstar singer of Rhinestone Cowboy and memorable roles in such blockbusters as Love Manchester hit the Old Trafford Crick- Wichita Lineman whose appeal spanned Apollo 13, Titanic, Tombstone, Twister et Ground in Old Trafford, Manchester. Two country, pop television and movies. Com- and HBO’s series Big Love among many weeks after a bomb killed 22 Arianators; plications due to Alzheimer’s disease. other famous movies. The Circle was re- Ariana Grande held a concert to raise mon- leased after his death. ey to help those in need. The sold out ben- On Aug. 17, Hurricane Harvey hit efit concert raised more than $13 million. Texas and was the costliest tropical cy- Judge Joseph Wapner, died Feb. “I want to thank you so much for coming clone on record, inflicting approximately 25 at age 97. The retired Los Angeles judge together and being strong,” Ariana Grande $125 billion in damage, primarily from wide- who presided over The People’s Court told the crowd. spread flooding in the Houston metropoli- with steady force during the heyday of the tan area. reality courtroom show. Actor Adam West best known as his straight-faced portrayal of Batman in Rat packer Jerry Lewis died Aug. Rock ‘n’ roller Chuck Berry died campy 1960s TV series and lifted the tight- 20 at age 91. The manic, rubber-faced March 18 at age 90. He was rock ‘n’ roll’s clad Caped Crusader into the national con- showman who rose to fame in a lucrative founding guitar hero and storyteller who sciousness, died on June 9 at age 88. partnership with Dear Martin, settled down defined the music’s joy and rebellion in to have an even greater following as the such classics as Johnny B. Goode, Sweet Early morning on July 20, band host of the annual Muscular Dystrophy tele- Little Sixteen and Roll Over Beethoven. members of Linkin Park (1999-2017) gather thons who raised billions of dollars for the to retrieve Chester Bennington (lead singer) cause. On April 20, China successfully whom they found lifeless. There to pick him launched the Tianzhou-1 into space. The up for a pre-tour photo shoot, they were The nation was divided over foot- Tianzhou-1 is the first unmanned cargo surprised to find his body hanging from the ball players taking a knee during the Na- spacecraft that China has launched. China ceiling. At the age of 41, Bennington took tional Anthem to protest police brutality hopes to build their own space station by his own life at his home in Palos Verdes and racism in America. Colin Kaepernick 2022 that will go into orbit for at least ten Estates. Some speculation to his death in- started the movement in the end of 2016, years. The Tianzhou-1’s purpose is to fuel cludes the fact that he committed suicide and many other NFL players also began the current space station with six astro- on the birthday of a former band member, kneeling this season. High school and col- nauts on board. Chris Cornell (also committed suicide). lege athletes have also began following Though his life ended incredibly soon in the suit. Those against this form of protesting On May 22, there was a bombing eyes of his die-hard fans, he accomplished boycotted the NFL, saying it was allowing at an Ariana Grande concert in Manches- several great things such as a successful the players to ‘disrespect’ the flag. ter, London. The bomber was 22-year old marriage with six kids both of whom he left Page 5 FEATURES

On Sept 10 with 134 mph wind “Weinstein effect.” speeds, Hurricane Irma slammed into Following Weinstein, Academy southern Florida with 185 mph wind speed award winner Kevin Spacey was accused The Bruin Press making it the strongest Atlantic storm re- of sexual misconduct by Anthony Rapp on 2017-2018 corded. It flooded major cities, including Oct. 30. He claims that Spacey was mak- Jacksonville. There was a total of 134 fatal- ing sexual advances towards Rapp when Editor-in-Chief ities. he was only 14. Since then, 15 people have Karime Ramos come forward and have accused him of Photography Editor Hurricane Maria hit Puerto Rico sexual misconduct. Spacey apologized for Luis Correa and the Dominican Republic on Sept. 16 his actions but was forced out of his pop- Section Editors with 175 mph wind speed. It was the sec- ular role in Netflix’s House of Cards and Vlad Barrera ond category 5 storm this year. It left a total dropped from other movies. Silvia Serrano of 112 fatalities and $91 billion in damage Yesenia Ramirez and Puerto Rico was left with no electricity Singer and actor David Cassidy for several months. died at 67 on Nov. 21. The teen and pre- Business Manager teen idol who starred in the 1970s sitcom Advisor On Sept. 27, Hugh M. Hefner died The Partridge Family and sold millions of Leticia Desrochers at age 91. The Playboy magazine found- records as the musical group’s lead singer. er revved up the sexual revolution in the Staff Members 1950’s and built a multimedia empire of On Nov. 27, Prince Henry of Wales Jago Legaspi, Marianna Morales, Vanessa clubs, mansions, movies, and television. confirmed that he was engaged to Meghan Trigueros, Darlene Castillo, Vlad Barrera, Cynthia Markle. It was on May 6 that Meghan an- Ramirez, Madison Barrera, Camila Diaz, Melissa Hernandez, Janessa Robles, Sheila Ponce, Oct. 1 was the night a mass shoot- nounced herself as the royal girlfriend of Darwin Manansala. Lizbeth Ruiz, Lesley Tapia, ing took place in Las Vegas at county mu- Prince Harry. The two lovers are said to be Evelyn Harbor. Edward Rengifo, Eli Sebastian, sic festival Route 91. The shooter was iden- wed on Sat., May 19, 2018. Luis Correa, Ricky Romero, Antonio Castillo, tified as Stephen Paddock. He was staying Cecilia Cardenas, Carmen Montanez, Briana at the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino In Dec., the Santa Ana winds ar- Batschoun, Miyori Bennett. Oralia Rodriguez, Dayana Pulido, Jessica Cisneros, Amaya which overlooked the gathering of 22,000 rived causing six of the most destructive Ontiveros, Melanie Rodriguez, Dayana Ochoa, people. During the time of the shooting, fires across Los Angeles, San Bernardino, Margarita Esparza. Alequsis Chavira, Destiny singer Jason Aldean was performing. Pad- Ventura, San Diego, Riverside, and San- Cruz, Haleakala March, Juliet Pacheco, Michelle dock opened fire, shooting out of his 32nd ta Barbara counties. The largest of the Alcala. 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Continued from page 3 FourAubry pushes them winter to their limits. sports10 rebounds 5 assists go with 3 blocksto and playoffs steals. you surprise people because they would have Their first playoff game was against Tarpley added 20 points and 10 assists. This was never seen it coming. I go to Nationals at the Apple Valley Christian. The boys cut through a hard fought team win. Final score: 88-87. end of March. them from the beginning of the game, final They met up with Fairmont Prep on For the boys side, 182 lb weight class score 79-32. Feb. 20 in the third round and won again, 39-36. Joel Avila went to Masters on Feb. 24. “It’s They continued the march against The Bruins pulled out a tough one, hard. Tiring. Coming to practice everyday with Orange Vista. The game was intense especially winning by three points against the ranked 4th injuries. Just taking shots everyday, your knees being on the road and playing in front of 200 team in division 5AAA. Fairmont had an ad- hurt, you get all bruised up, it just hurts. The people. Jacob Barajas who scored 30 points last vantage having a 6’10 center and a 6’8 shooting hardest thing would be just the conditioning, game got injured early in the 1st quarter and the guard but the boys didn’t give up. matches are fun but conditioning is horrible. For team had to adjust. McKinley Tarpley picked up The Bruins were up 30-32 going into league, I thought it would be harder, some of the two quick fouls in the 1st. They were in trouble. the fourth quarter in the last 50 seconds they guys are pretty easy over there. But I got a hard The boys took an early lead and maintained it were tied 36-36 it came down to a three pointer match in the end. Even though on my hardest until the 4th quarter. From then on it was back by Nickolas Perez to put them up three points match, both of us were tired, I just kept trying to and forth down the court. Down by 5 in a dou- with 10 seconds to go. shoot and I think that’s how I won.” ble overtime thriller with less than a minute re- On Feb. 23 the boys went to the Mohamed Shalabi is the other Bru- maining, we managed to come out on top. Tyler semi-finals against Santa Clarita Christian. This in who qualified for Masters. At 120 lb., Mo- Hullett finished with an astonishing 40 points was the first time in Bruin history that the boys hamed plans on wrestling in college. “This time basketball team made it to the semi-finals. I got placed top 6 at Masters. After wrestling Unfortunately, the Bruins were out of at Downey, I felt pretty accomplished then on magic as their incredible season ended at home Sunday I was just like, ‘Wow I’m done.’ Our 54-77. league isn’t that hard so just going to CIF is like another tournament, but state level wise, it’s go- s for wrestling, the team took first place ing to be a big difference.” in the Sunkist League, they have been Aleague champs since 2010. Amy Gathings (137 lbs) continues on to Nationals after taking 1st place in Masters. “I feel frustrated because I’m not where I want to be. I just feel like I’ve been putting in a lot of work, a lot more work than people see. I’m dis- appointed but it’s going to help me work harder. Basically, in all or most of my matches, people aren’t able to score on me. But I’m having a lot of fun. I’ve been learning a lot of new moves and have been experimenting. It’s really cool, Nice shot: Junior Nickolas Perez sets up for a free Winning ways: Mohamed Shalabi, Coach Edwin throw in the game against Fairmont Prep. Nick shot Schaefer, and Joel Avila show-off their medals at the game winning 3-pointer in the game on Feb. 20. Northern Division playoffs.They both qualified for Masters.

Continued from page 5 the2017 age of 82 on Dec. 21. AA Hall of FameYear another school shooting. in Nikolas Cruzreview has Born on Nov. 7, 1918 in Charlotte, broadcaster known as much for his excited been accused of killing 17 people and in- North Carolina, Billy Graham was the first calls of “Oh, my!” as the big events he cov- juring 14 others. A student who previous- televangelist and often called the “Presi- ered during a 60-year career. ly attended Marjory Stoneman Douglas dent’s Pastor” for his spiritual guidance to High School, Cruz gunned down students every president since Harry Truman. Gra- The first heavy rains of the year and staff with an AR-17 semi-automatic ham was credited with preaching to more brought what everyone feared after the rifle that he bought legally. The shooting individuals than anyone else in the world great Thomas Fire, mudslides. On Jan. 9, brought to the forefront discussions of gun over his 40 year career. On Feb. 21, 2018 2018 a torrent of mud came crashing down control, mental heath treatment. teachers Graham died at the age of 99 of natural in Montecito in Santa Barbara county with with guns, and the failure of the FBI and causes. So beloved, his body was allowed 21 dead and 2 still missing. local police to stop the rampage after they to lie in the Capitol Rotunda, an honor only had been notified of Cruz’s Facebook page given to 35 others, mostly presidents. Wed., Feb. 14, 2018 there was threatening to shoot up the school.