March Clarion (2008)

Chatsworth High School The Clarion March 2008 Students Courageous Freshman Faces The Fire Make Their By Caleb Sperling Four stations responded to Staff Writer the fire ,but by the time the fire- fighters were able to put the fire SLC Choices On Jan. 3, at 10:30 a.m, out, the first floor was com- By Kishi Smith CHS freshman Tammy Tran pletely gone and most of their Staff Writer went downstairs to her kitchen upstairs was burned beyond to make some food when she repair. There was an estimated What do you want to be heard a small crackling sound $350,000 in property damage when you grow up? CHS stu- and smelled something burning. and $150,000 damage to the dents recently were given the She looked outside her kitchen home’s contents, according to choice of an SLC group that window that overlooked the the Los Angeles City Fire De- will help them decide. patio and she saw a fire. partment. The cause of the fire Starting next year, Chats- Quickly, she ran to the was given as “unintentional or worth will be divided into phone to call the fire depart- accidental,” according to a fire Small Learning Communities or ment, but the line was busy. department spokeswoman. Photo by Caleb Sperling SLC’s. Students will be able to She darted upstairs to her When recalling the day, Freshman Tammy Tran choose from five career-themed brother Timothy’s room and Tammy said, “I wish I could academies. These academies told him that there was a fire have thought clearly and would will be arts and media, interna- and that they needed to get out, “Tammy thought quick on Tran, who was at Pierce Col- have saved some family treas- tional business and government practically pushing her younger her feet and saved my little lege. When called, at first he ures, like the picture of my careers, engineering and design, brother down the stairs because brother,” said her older brother, thought it was a wrong number. grandfather.” humanitas academy of educa- he did not believe her. When Paul Tran. Then once he realized the seri- Plans and blueprints for tion and human services, and they went back down the stairs, When they exited the ousness of the situation, he rebuilding the house are already medical careers. Next year’s the fire had gone through the house, there was a growing couldn’t stop repeating to made. The entire Tran family freshmen will have their own kitchen window and into the crowd of neighbors and Tammy, “What did you do?” hopes to be going back to their academies. house. The fire covered the passersby who were watching Many depressing thoughts home as soon as it’s built, but On Feb. 20, students at- front door forcing them to leave the fire in disbelief. Tammy’s ran through Tammy and Timo- for now they are living close by tended a choice assembly in through the window in the front neighbor brought both of them thy’s minds as they sat and in a rental paid for by their in- which they heard about the spe- of the house. into her home and called Paul watched their house burn down. surance. cial programs and electives that are offered in the academies, as well as the college majors and Why Can’t We Get To Myspace On School Space? career possibilities. Junior Jose Mata attended By Andrew Park One reason these sites are break the firewall on the school downloading. “The Internet you the assembly and felt, “It was Staff Writer blocked is that the LAUSD computer and not only let use at home is probably ten interesting and helped me better does not allow its students to school information get out, but times faster than the Internet decide where I want to go.” As a student at Chatsworth view sites with adult content also bring unwanted informa- here at school,” he says. Mata picked the engineering High School, you can receive such as drugs, violence, and tion in. Jarvis thinks it’s unfair for and design academy as he one projects from classes that re- sex. Mr. Jarvis, the assistant Getting through the fire- one student, trying to do re- day hopes to become an archi- quire you to use your school principal in charge of the net- wall on proxy sites, Jarvis says, search, to be limited in network tect. “I’m excited to do hands- internet account. Let’s say it’s a work, says some blogging sites is considered an attempt “to speed while another is on activities that I hope to learn science project and you need to can have some “vindictive com- hack the school system.” downloading irrelevant pictures a lot from,” stated Mata, who find a picture of a functional ments and pictures.” Some students just want to or videos. also added that the academies ecosystem. You go to www. Yet why is the whole web- download pictures or videos The network that the dis- are “cool.” google.com and type in site blocked when only a frac- through the network. Jarvis and trict uses to restrict the inappro- Jorden Smith, a freshman, “functional ecosystem.” You tion of it contains such inappro- Mr. Greitzer, the network ad- priate sites is called Websense. thought that the assembly was then click the small “Images” priate material? ministrator, both agree that the Websense works by filtering all well thought out and actually a link and press “Search,” only to According to Jarvis, about district restricts such download- the sites a school computer tries lot of fun. He also chose to go find a red siren telling you that two or three summers ago a vi- ing because the downloaded to get to. After going through into the engineering and design you can’t view this certain site. rus, or “worm” infected the material can take up too much the system, the district decides academy because ever since he Why is this site blocked for CHS network, and the whole of the school’s limited band- whether the site is appropriate was little he wanted to make and create his own video viewing when you need it for network was shut down. Vi- width (how much data can be for viewing. This way, the dis- games. an educational purpose? ruses like this can get to the transmitted at one time), there- trict or the school can monitor Sophomore Lauren Weaver CHS and the district restrict school network through sites fore slowing down not only the anything being accessed Continued on page 4 access to sites such as Google called proxy sites that are downloading computer, but all through a school computer. Images, Myspace, Facebook, blocked by the school or dis- the other computers connected and Youtube, as well as popular trict. These proxy sites act as to the school network. sites where students would re- open doors to blocked sites like Greitzer said that the New Elevator Will Suit trieve their email, on the school Myspace. The downside to the school internet connection is network. proxy sites is their ability to slow and can only take so much Building To a ‘T’ By Andrew Park where T faces M building. Baldwin Goes East To West Point Staff Writer Ms. Summerlin, an English teacher in T building, said, By Desiree Ramirez physical condition. Prospective The construction of an ele- “What a great thing for students Staff Writer students must also secure a vator attached to T building is who need to get where they nomination from a member of scheduled to begin this spring. want to go.” West Point is a prestigious Congress before being admit- Yet the elevator will not be military college accepting only ted. available to all students. Ac- Guy expressed concern stu- about one in ten students. Next West Point is one of the cording to CHS principal Mr. dents might attempt to misuse year’s class of plebes, or first- oldest colleges in the United Guy, it will only be available to the elevator. “We will be as year cadets, will include CHS States and, unlike regular students with ambulatory prob- cautious as we can,” he said. senior Rahul Baldwin. schools, it provides a very dif- lems, meaning students who Summerlin said, “I’m hop- Baldwin has excelled in ferent college experience. At have trouble walking or getting ing that all students will respect sports such as cross-country West Point one is required to around. the new elevator out of kind- and track, as well as academi- take courses such as survival cally, achieving over a 4.0 G.P. swimming and combative box- The elevator will also be ness towards those who need to A. ing. First year cadets are rarely used on special occasions when use it.” Baldwin is among the few allowed to leave the campus, heavy equipment needs to be School staff will discuss from Chatsworth High to be even on weekends. placed on the second story. restrictions and rules regarding accepted into West Point. The West Point is very selec- West Point is fully funded The elevator will cost about the elevator on one of the pro- last was 2004 graduate Jona- tive, not only through grades by the government, so every $750,000 and it will be placed fessional development days, thon Lawes, who graduates and extracurricular activities Continued on page 4 on the south side of T building Guy said. from West Point in May. but also based upon one’s News The Clarion March 2008 Page 2 Candidates Take Stands On The War Former Music Teacher With the presidential elec- successfully clear areas of in- immediately after she takes of- tion approaching, the next sev- surgents (those who rebel fice to bring our troops home.

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