Volume 96 Issue No. 7 Seniors head to mountains March 6, 2014 on five-day AP biology trip By Alina Hernandez Once It all started at 4:30 on we got to Sunday morning, Feb. 9, Balmor- when we were getting ready hea, we to head out. We were a little went to the off-schedule, something that Balmorhea would become a normal State Park. occurrence later on, so we There didn’t actually leave until most of the almost five in the morning. students Tiger’s Tale I felt like I hadn’t slept a swam in wink the entire night, but the San Roselia Jaimes leads Kaprice Block, Brooke Ham- strangely, I was energized Solomon ilton, Riley Arnold, Kristin Krueger and Noah Mc- Guire on theWindow Trail. (Photo by Darrin Duzan) and ready to go. The week Springs. of Feb. 9-13, 14 AP biology The pool at plants and we climbed on seniors, including myself, the springs stays about 70 only large rocks. I went for and two teachers piled into degrees year-round. I chose a short distance, since I felt T a bus and Ford Expedition to just dip my feet in the that I didn’t have proper Opinion .... 2-4 to travel to a whole different pool, because the little fish shoes on, and then waited world: Big Bend, Tx. The were a little scary. The San on the others. We were only group included Kaprice Solomon Springs are home there for a short time until T Block, Roselia Jaimes, to the Comanche Springs we continued toward the Noah McGuire, Brooke Pupfish. They are not found observatory. When we got to Hamilton, Kristin Krueger, anywhere else in the world. the McDonald Observatory, Riley Arnold, Aaron Webb, After swimming, we ate we got a seminar from a very R.J. Silva, Jeremy Garza, lunch at the picnic tables enthusiastic employee about News ........ 5-7 Rebecca Murillo, Felicity and headed to the McDonald the sun. It goes without New Faculty, DECA Alarcon, Hillorie Earnest Observatory. saying that we were very The road to the tired after a long day, so Results, Winning Art and Tessa Holladay. Science teacher Shauna observatory was crazy. There paying attention was hard. Students, Cheerleader Pinkerton and industrial arts were so many twists and After his seminar, we went Try-outs, Band teacher Darrin Duzan were turns, and the elevation kept to see the two enormous chaperones. getting higher and higher. telescopes that were there. First things first, we The scenery was beautiful He showed us how the Features ...8-11 established the bus would be on the way there. Before telescopes moved and how Big Bend called the “Werm Wagon” getting to the observatory they were able to see through we went bouldering, them. Outside, where the Upcoming UIL Contests and the Expedition would be home to the “Storm which resulted in one of telescopes were housed, we Troopers.” I shared a seat my favorite pictures of the with Felicity on the Wagon, trip. There were hardly any see BIG BEND on page 8 and we were very limited on space. We were the only Sports ... 12-15 two to share a seat to and Softball, Baseball, from Big Bend. We ate our Tennis, Track, 6:30 breakfast at IHOP in Midland and after that is Powerlifiting, Golf when the trip really started. On the way to Bal- morhea, we saw four of the original 35 cotton gins Gallery ........16 that are in Pecos. We also Coronation stopped to see the long water trough that had been used for the cotton, and Brooke Hamilton, Roselia Jaimes and Riley Arnold throw rocks into we were also introduced to the Santa Elena Canyon while Kaprice Block, Kristin Kruger, Jer- emy Garza and Aaron Webb explore. (Photo by Darrin Duzan) some plants. editorial March 6, 2014 2 Modern culture is ruining childhood We’ve heard it all of our lives from our parents that that were once looked at as the most vulgar are no longer parenting. Although our generation isn’t that great, there has been some sort of fault in our generation, taken as seriously as an offense, which is believed to be we’ve had parents who didn’t look to technology in and that the world isn’t the same as it was when they based around the large usage of them in our society order to babysit us. During church children are now were a kid. Large portions of situations that have culture. Most popular music now lacks the morals that being given iPads. They don’t learn how to act in a place occurred within the younger generations have been it used to, provoking children into the wrong. like that, and they’re going directly to technological wrapped around ideas that have been brought about Which it may seem like a far shot, but with all the devices instead of learning how to communicate to via pop culture, or modern culture in general. advances in the medical field, people are finding ways people face to face. In such a fast-paced world, parents Modern culture is ruining childhood. Culture is to “cure” what they call problems in our children. may not have the same time, or ability to be a large such a large spectrum in today’s society, and so many Medicine is being given to children who may or may not part of a child’s life, but whether we want to face it or things fall under it. Music, clothes, movies, television, need it, and labeling them as that disorder instead of not, children aren’t being given a sturdy structure for radio, etc. all have been consumed by things that allowing them to be a kid. success, which can be directly linked to the culture we haven’t been advantageous to childhoods. The words We feel the problem is birthed in home life, and are presenting to them. Do you believe modern culture is ruining childhood? Roar of the Crowd Abby Cambell, 9th Hunter Hammit, 10th “Well, in some ways modern culture is ruining childhood, “Yes. Children are so obsessed with technology, such as but in other ways it’s helping. Modern culture is making iPhones, Kindle Fires, Macs and all these other things. It is children lazy, etc, but in other ways it can help with their dangerous to the child’s developing mind when they need social life.” this time the most to learn.” Kelby Greene, 11th Flo Marquez, 11th “To some extent, yes. I believe it is how a kid is raised, and “I do believe it is ruining childhood. Children catch so many who they are allowed to be around that mainly affects a things, such as profanity from TV and music. We can avoid child. However, music, social media and peer pressure can this by monitoring what children listen to and watch.” majorly affect someone’s childhood, but in the end it truly goes back to how the parents raised the child.” Deborah Doak, spanish teacher “Yes. Children and teens are exposed to sights, situations Teah Dollins, 12th and language that is more appropriate for adults to handle than children. Television and technology brings images of “Yes, it’s ruining our children’s minds. Children now know violence, horror and explicit sex to eyes and minds that words I didn’t even know at their age. It is so sad how should be protected from witnessing these things instead innocent children’s minds aren’t so innocent. ” of exposed to them. 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