Friday, Feb. 24, 2012 CHANNEL ISLANDS HE HIGH SCHOOL T Volume XVI, Issue IV First Person Nothing like that first crush By Anjelique Soto Staff writer ’ve been in school for 13 years, and through the years Icrushes have come and gone. Of course there are celebrity crushes like Channing Tatum, Taylor Lautner, Zac Efron, Chad Michael Murray, and more Class of 2010 throughout the years as they get older and cuter or as they come out with new movies. But nothing beats a real-life crush. That feeling of butter- flies in your stomach when you see them, goosebumps running up your arm, and sudden- ly you have become Seniors Theresa Henry and Frank Soto have dated since hitting it off in Ms. Linecker’s English class. Photos by Matt Tumamait blinded and speechless by their in- tense looks Romance at the Islands of cuteness. My crush wasn’t the best of the bunch, but to me he was the Many couples got their starts on school grounds world. He looked so handsome with his tall, overpowering looks, By Matt Tumamait his deep voice that would take Staff writer you away and his take on life Frank Soto and Theresa Henry met last where he cared about nothing year in Ms.Melody Linecker’s English 3 but to live. His art was amazing, class. even though he cared little for “I liked his haircut when I first met him,” his school work. When he began said Henry. drawing nobody would be able to One day in the library, Henry had the stop him. He showed intelligence courage to ask for Soto’s number, and they when it was necessary and lived started to talk from there. They have been up to his image of being fearless. together for one year, since Feb. 15, 2011. I first laid eyes on my tall, Soto admires Henry’s personality and dark and handsome in sixth likes that she is funny, athletic and smart. grade on the first day of school “She puts me in a good mood,” Soto said. at Blackstock Junior High. When “Her beauty brightens up my day.” I first saw him, I cared nothing Henry likes the way Soto carries himself. for him because at the time I had She is impressed by him because he gives 100 another crush, but time passed percent in anything he does. His quietness and I grew fonder of him. On attracts her, also. occasion I talked to him, but “He is full-on handsome,” said Henry. we were part of two different Isaiah Cisneros and Jordynn Cervantes Alee Arroyo and Bryan Almontes have Jordynn Cervantes and Isaiah Cisneros met worlds; he was gangster and I met by the baseball field and Raider Room. history back to junior high. by the baseball fields. was innocent with a tomboy im- Cisneros, a baseball player, asked Cer- since June 10, 2011. “I love that she’s straight-up and blunt,” age. I was always looking at him vantes if he could use her “lucky bat” and Cervantes loves that Cisneros plays said Cisneros. from across the classroom, which she let him. Minutes went by and Cervantes baseball and is half-black and half-Mexican. Alee Arroyo had Bryan Almontes for was awkward only because he needed her bat back. Cisneros refused in She believes he is funny and has a cute nose. P.E. in 7th grade and had a crush on him. caught me staring a few times, a cute way, but Cervantes snatched it and “I love him,” said Cervantes. Arroyo started talking to Bryan first and they but I played it off like I wasn’t. left. Later, Cervantes found Cisneros on Cisneros admires Cervantes’s sense of were friends until high school, and grew to He thought I was a cool person Facebook, and they started to talk from there. humor and believes she’s very pretty. to talk to due to the fact that I They’ve been together for 8 months, See COUPLES on Page 5 was different than other girls, but he still thought I was a little weird. Seventh and eighth grade Cafeteria adds nine new items to the menu passed. My feelings for him lasted, however, but with less By Marisol Marron The new menu items will con- a lot of taste,” she said. Cajun fish po’boy, as well as a of a passion toward the end. I Staff writer sist of bringing back the chicken Wednesdays will now feature Charlie tuna salad with pita bread. found out he had a girlfriend As long as Raiders can re- nuggets on Mondays. A new offer spaghetti and meatballs, as well as For the breakfast menu, there which made me lose interest. In member, the lunch menu has been — a Memphis BBQ turkey sub – a margherita pizza. will be a new honeybun. due time, I found someone else the same. But now it’s time for will be served on Tuesdays. Luis Motta, a sophomore, A heads up on distribution to admire, someone that I could some change. Alfred de la Cerda, a junior, tried the margherita pizza. “It of the new food: the soft taco look at every day too because he This week the cafeteria started tried the Memphis BBQ and said, tastes good,” he said. will be distributed in the salsa was my neighbor. offering students samples of the “It tastes good. It’s meaty.” On Thursday, the cafeteria is window; margherita pizza in the Now that I’m in high school, new food items. Starting next Michelle Santos, a junior, bringing back the peanut butter pizza window; peanut butter and my sixth-grade crush and I are week, the new menu items will also gave the Memphis BBQ sub and jelly sandwich instead of the jelly sandwich in the deli items for close friends. He thinks I’m still make their debut on the carts for a positive review. “The meat is BLT wrap. breakfast; the pasta and Cajun fish weird and I still admire every- purchase. tender, it has a nice texture and has On Fridays there will be a See CAFETERIA on Page 5 thing about him, which I don’t think I’ll ever stop doing. Page 2 The Isle File Test your presidential IQ Sadie Hawkins’ origins By Ivy Nuñez According to the story, little one of them with confetti and a By Beth Vega Staff writer Miss Sadie Hawkins was “the note that read “Sadies?” Staff writer The Sadie Hawkins Dance is homeliest gal in all them hills.” When her boyfriend, Carlo In honor of President’s Day, we decided to put your the dance where girls get the op- Schools across the U.S. drew Yepez, received the balloons her knowledge to the test with this presidential trivia quiz! portunity to ask their favorite guy inspiration from the quirky holiday sister came up behind him and to the dance in a cute and creative and began throwing dances on popped the balloon. When he read 1. How old was Ronald Reagan when he was elected way, instead of the traditional guys Sadie Hawkins Day. the note the expression on his face president? ask girls. Many girls crack their head was priceless. A. 59 B. 69 C. 79 D. 89 Believe it or not, this dance figuring out the perfect way to “He said it was really cute!” originated from a comic strip that ask their guy, because they want Zapien said. 2. Which president was born William Jefferson Blythe ran in November 1937. to make it something memorable This year’s Sadie Hawkins IV? In the famous cartoon strip by for their special someone. theme is called “Treasure Island.” A. Thomas Jefferson B. William McKinley Lil’ Abner, there was a designated Senior Sonya Zapien asked it will be held tonight from 7-10 C. William Howard Taft D. Bill Clinton day in November when unmarried her boyfriend on Valentine’s Day p.m in the gym. The prices for women could chase bachelors in an adorable way. She bought tickets run from $12-$15. 3. Who was the first president to be seen on televi- around the town in hopes of catch- him a couple of balloons and filled sion? ing them for marriage. A. Theodore Roosevelt B. Franklin D. 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