GLENDALE HIGH SCHOOL EXPLOSION VOL. 98, NO. 5 1440 E. BROADWAY, GLENDALE, CA 91205 FRIDAY, APRIL 18, 2014 Seniors celebrate sweep at 105th Oratorical Photo courtesy of Stylus Senior Oratorical participants erupt with joy at the announcement that they had won the Spirit portion of the competition. Last year, the seniors won the com- The theme focused on the frst generation High had the honor of having a famous ac- BY LALA NIKOLA petitions for tableau, discipline, and spirit of children after their families immigrated tor as a judge. Henry Thomas, who played News Editor but the juniors ended up taking away their to America. William’s speech showed how the role of Elliot in E.T., was one of the This year, tensions grew on Feb. 28th hopes of a sweep by winning frst place for this generation should take in account for tableau judges. as Glendale High hoped the rain clouds their speech. This year’s seniors came back all the sacrifces that their parents made to To complete this year’s sweep, the would clear for the 105th annual Oratori- confdent they would take frst place in all help their children create a better future. senior class showed outstanding results in cal. categories and that is exactly what they The other class speakers: junior Sally their tableau, discipline and spirit. The entire week, every class had been did. Paik, sophomore Max King, and freshman Over the last four years, the class of chanting, disciplining, and preparing them- Michael Williams, senior speaker, per- Meri Yedigaryan, also did a great job with 2014 have awaited their day to leave their selves for what would seem like the longest fectly refected this year’s theme with his their speeches. It was a tight contest, but mark on Glendale High as one of the few hour in the school year. speech titled, “The Roots of Gratitude.” the seniors prevailed. This year, Glendale classes to sweep Oratorical. Drama shows Blithe Spirit his dead wives, Charles seeks help from BY ANDREA PATIÑO Madam Arcati. Madam Arcati realizes that Sports Editor the powers in play to materialize Charles’ dead wives was actually the work of, un- The GHS Harlequins presented Blithe knowingly, the maid Edith, played by Janin Spirit, a comedic English play by Noël Ser Stepanian. They fnally dematerialize Coward. The play was performed in Ye Charles’ dead wives. Madam Arcati then Little Theatre, and ran from Wednesday, advises Charles to leave the house. April. 2 to Saturday, April 5. Narineh Alexani said, “The play is ac- The play revolves around a socialite tually really funny, you just have to listen novelist named Charles, played by Mat- to the language. My role was pretty fun. thew Rayco, and his second wife Ruth, I was the town psychic so I got the crazy played by Clarissa Sie. Charles wants to costumes. It’s defnitely worth the time. write a novel about paranormal activity. To Rehearsal is where you make most of the gather information about it, he and his wife memories from the play. After the play call upon the help of the highly eccentric is fnished... that’s when it hits you that medium Madam Arcati, played by Narineh you’re done...” Alexani, to conduct a séance for them. On playing his role as Charles, Rayco They invite their friends Dr. and Mrs. said, “The experience was great. You could Photo Courtesy of Stylus Bradman, played by Dominic Scharrer and be part of a whole different world and be- The Pat Navolanic Memorial Award fnalists were chosen on April 2. Nareh Nazarians. At frst, it seems like the come a whole different person. Although They are: Michael Williams, Brenna Cancilla, Vard Sargsyan, and séance is a fop. But soon enough, Charles it’s over now, the show never really ends.” Yasmeen Syed. The winner will be announced on May 2. sees the ghost of his dead frst wife, Elvira, Drama teacher Mack Dugger said played by Arielle Davalos. She haunts him “I’m so proud of the kids. I think we did a for a while, trying to cause problems be- beautiful, and phenomenal job, it’s a shame Finalists picked for 49th PNMA tween Charles and Ruth, as well as mur- no one came to see it.” Society chose six semi-fnalists who der Charles, so that he may join her on the He also mentioned that the entire set BY JOSHUA BOTE exemplifed Navolanic’s excellence in other side. was designed and created by the cast and Entertainment Editor academics, athletics, leadership, and Elvira’s plan backfres when she ac- crew. “It was a tremendous amount of The most celebrated Glendale High community service. These semi-fnalists cidently kills Ruth instead. Ruth’s ghost work, the kids were here after school and tradition, the Pat Navolanic Memorial were then interviewed by a panel of club haunts Elvira. In an attempt to exorcise during weekends.” Award, is in its 49th year of commemo- presidents, class presidents, and sports ration. captains. These school leaders decided, The award, which celebrates the based on their applications and their in- INSIDE life and spirit of exemplary GHS alum- terviews, who the fnalists and possible nus Pat Navolanic, is considered by stu- winner of the PNMA would be. Glendale’s track & feld teams Battle dents and staff to be the highest honor “The Pat Navolanic Memorial for the Bowl against Hoover on available to students of Glendale High. Award is so special because it is con- Wednesday, April 23, at Hoover. The winner of this prestigious award nected to an extraordinary student,” said will receive a $2,500 scholarship and NHS advisor Holly Ciotti. “Navolanic See SPORTS Page 8 all fnalists will receive $500. had nothing less than A’s, had three var- The fnalists for this year’s Pat sity letters, was a student leader, and NEWS Pages 1-2 Navolanic Memorial Award are Mi- was a nice guy.” OPINION Page 3 chael Williams, Brenna Cancilla, Vard The assembly which will feature ENTERTAINMENT Pages 4-5 Sargsyan, and Yasmeen Syed. After honorary guests from the community, prospective PNMA applicants submit- will take place on Friday, May 2, at the PROM AD Page 6 ted an application, the National Honor John Wayne Performing Arts Center. SPORTS Pages 7-8 Friday, April 18, 2014 Glendale High School Explosion 2 NEWS Dance Drill has historic day at Nationals The last chance to see the amazing, award-winning drill team in action is tonight at 7. season with a total of six national titles: BY CLAIRE CORPUZ Staff Reporter frst place Large Dance Drill, frst place Coed Dance, frst place Championship The last opportunity to see the award- Small Military, frst place Champion- winning GHS Dance Drill team perform is ship Large Military, frst place Open tonight at the closing night of the annual Small Military, and frst place Large Drill Team Revue. The show starts at 7 All-Male. All-Male was a particularly p.m. in the John Wayne Performing Arts big win for the team because of their Center and costs $10. seven year losing streak since 2007, The competition squads have recently which has now been broken. returned from their most successful com- Along with the dancing aspect of petition season ever. Every year, the United the competition, there is also a segment Spirit Association hosts its national compe- of the day called Drill Down, where tition for both dance and cheer. For the past competitors are given specifc com- 16 years, the GHS drill team has entered mands to execute. Hundreds of contes- in this competition and has been fortunate tants enter the competition. If they make enough to earn at least one national title ev- a mistake, they salute on their honor and ery year since 1999. drop out of the competition. This con- This year, however, was the frst year tinues until only three athletes remain, in all of the United Spirit Association’s and then only one. history that a school has taken home fve The top three are named frst, sec- varsity national titles. At the national level, ond, and third national Drill Down schools are only allowed to enter fve of champions. This year, all three fnalists their many routines. This year, the GHS were from Glendale High. In third place drill team entered their Coed Dance, Large was freshman Alex Jurado, in second Dance-Drill, Medium All-Male Hip Hop, place was junior Monika Beuzet, and Championship Division Large Military, the 2014 national Drill Down champion and Championship Division Small Military. was junior Jason Te. They also entered both JV routines: Open This year was full of success and Photo Courtesy of Stylus Division Small Military and Small Dance- new records for the drill team. They The GHS Dance Drill Team collected six National championships at Drill. After two extremely long days of hope to defend all of their existing titles the USA Nationals on March 28-29 at the Anaheim Convention Center. practice, preliminaries, and performances, and maybe even compete for new ones Faith Garcia and Jeremiah Bernardino grab the hardware. the Glendale High Drill Team fnished their the upcoming season. Vocal music performs successful Unconcert zen’s “Let It Go,” Rebecca Chung, Abigail BY ANDREA PATINO Pajulas, and Hailey Cruz’s performance Sports Editor of Florence and the Machine’s “Shake It Out,” and Natalie Baroutgian’s take on This year’s Unconcert was held on Feist’s “1234” accompanied by Roanne Thursday, Feb. 13 and Friday, Feb. 14 at Molon on guitar. Around 200 tickets were 7 p.m., under the direction of Grace Shel- sold, and the amount of members in the au- don-Williams.