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Volume 3, Issue 8 November 11, 2005

Veteran’s Day

By Shanna Dehning

Weapons and hearts ablaze, blood and sweat dripping down soldiers’ faces, shouts of pain and military orders permeate the air. Welcome to World War I.

It is the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month of the year (November) of 1918. The Great War, so they call it, is finalized in a temporary cease fire (Armistice), between the Allies and Kaiser Wilhelm’s Germany.

Although this didn’t officially end the war, it did stop the fighting and dying. The formal completion to the war was after the Versailles Peace Conference in 1919.

President Wilson was the first to initiate the idea of a celebration for this Armistice. The President’s request for this day was to take time off from work, school, business and the like, for exactly two minutes of silence at 11 A.M, November 11.

The government later decided that we needed something more to help honor those who served us well in WWI. So in 1921 a Tomb of the Unknown Soldier was constructed in Arlington National Cemetery. Congress approved this institution, and as tradition, November 11 was to be the date of the ceremony.

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Congress also made November 11 a legal Federal Holiday to acknowledge and give our gratitude to those who served in WWI.

When the Second World War and the Korean War were over, it only added to the growing number of cherished war veterans in America. And on June 1, legislation was signed by President Eisenhower that amended the name of this very special holiday from “Armistice Day” to “Veteran’s Day”. This day is meant to honor those who served in our nation’s military and to remember that “Freedom isn’t Free”.

In conclusion, I would like to say this: If you have a loved one or someone who served in the military or fought in any war, make sure you take the time to tell them just how much you appreciate their effort to keep your country free and alive.

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English class poetry reading

By Leticia Heredia

On Friday November 4^th we had a blast in Mr. Hyvari’s class. We planned a poetry reading and a fun food day. At the beginning of the week we started planning what everyone would bring on Friday.

Mr. Hyvari said that we could bring food with one condition: We had to read poetry that we wrote in the class. Everyone had to share before we started eating. At first the idea didn’t sound so good because many of us were scared to read in front of the class. In order to bring our really tasty food we all agreed to do it.

On the day of the reading we had more food than the cafeteria. Some of the food available at the reading was KFC, chicken tamales, beef tamales, sticky rice, tater-tot hot-dish, HOT salsa, pop, ribs, papaya, and miscellaneous snacks.

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Shanna Dehning reads her poem to the Creative Writing class

Mr. Knapp takes part in the poetry reading

Almost everything was homemade and very authentic. By the way, Mr. Hyvari took the salsa that was leftover home because I would not give out my secret family recipe.

When it came time to start the poetry reading, our first volunteer was Shanna. Her poem was one of the best. All of the poems were really good though. Even Mr. Hyvari and Ms. Workman read some poetry. I was really nervous at the time of reading, and yes, I was one of the last ones to read.

After the last of the nervous readers shyly finished up, we were able to start eating. We all enjoyed the delicious foods and music the rest of the hour.

Mr. Hyvari takes his turn to read…

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My Super Sweet Sixteen

Not your ordinary birthday…

By Sing Phady

My Super Sweet 16 takes you on a wild ride. It’s a behind-the-scenes look as super-rich teens prepare for an important coming-of-age celebration. The wealthy parents of these girls grant every wish, sometimes paying more than $200,000 for a birthday party! Find out first hand what it's really like to turn sixteen these days! Yeah right.

These kids expect and will only accept the absolute best. Now it's up to them to make sure jealous brothers and sisters, stressed out parents, and jealous evil school rivals don’t get in the way of their perfect sweet sixteen.

All the girls and boys in this show are very wealthy. Most of their parents are entertainers, real-estate agents, or just rich. If the spoiled kids on the show don’t get what they wanted for their birthdays they whine and complain until they get it. Most of them are high-maintenance and they do whatever they want to. Some of the kids on this show aren’t really that bad, but still get every wish answered regardless of cost.

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Was your 16^th birthday anything like this?

Daughters of the famous celebrate over-the-top birthdays in MTV’s My Super Sweet 16

On one show we meet Ava. Ava has a taste for the finer things in life. Only the best of the best will do for her Arabian Nights Sweet Sixteen. After her party, Ava’s parents surprised her with a new white Range Rover. It was a good thing it was new because Ava didn’t want a used one and was prepared to tell her parents that.

I think the show My Super Sweet 16 is alright. I mean I DO watch it. The things that get on my nerves are that they get new cars for their birthdays, like BMW’s and Mercedes. When they get their new car they act all happy. They know they’re going to get it anyway, but have to act all surprised about it. They’re too rich for their own good, and that makes them act pretty stupid in my eyes. They make other kids feel like their sixteenth birthday party was dumb compared to the show.

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American soaps vs. Latin soaps…

By Javier Esqueda

There are many differences between Americans soap opera and Latin soap operas. Americans soap operas seem to last forever. The stories on these never-ending stories get stale and producers must go to extremes to come up with new, unbelievable story lines. Latin soap operas last about two to six months. This allows the producers to create a high quality production with good sets and great actors. This keeps the attention of the audience at a peak.

Spanish actors become known in the public eye. Spanish actors gain a lot of publicity doing soap opera because of the popularity of the soap operas. These soap operas go out all over the world making them famous in other nations. American soap operas don’t get as much publicity as Latin soap operas, because Americans are more into movies and music.

A Latin soap opera that talks about a real life issue is La Madrastra (Spanish for The Stepmother). It is about a woman who was framed for a crime she didn’t commit.

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The stepmother in La Madrastra

Characters from the Spanish

soap opera La Madrastra

She was placed in a London prison for 20 years and was taken away from her family for a long time. After 20 years she was proven innocent. She goes back to Mexico to gain the respect and love of her family, who didn’t believe in her innocence.

During the time she was in prison, her children didn’t know who their mother was. In order to regain her children’s love and acceptance she has to prove her innocence. To prove her innocence she must find the real murderer

During the process, she goes through a lot of obstacles and suffering. She eventually proves her innocence and regains her self respect. She remarries the love of her life and lives happily ever after.

Overall I enjoy the Latin soap operas better then American soap operas because they are more meaningful, exciting, and full of suspense. I think that if they promoted the actors and came up with fresh story lines, the American soap operas would be popular just like the soap operas of Mexico.

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(Almost) Famous ALC Students

By Ryan White

Last week, ALC students were mentioned in the Daily Globe newspaper. We made it on the front page which is cool because ALC students are rarely referred to as good kids. Most people think we are a bunch of druggies and all. But I’m getting off the subject so I’ll get back on track. In the Daily Globe there was an article about six extraordinary writers and their wonderful school newspaper.

The following students were mentioned in the article, Javier Esqueda, Sergio Chaparro, Desiree Briski (in the paper they spelled her last name wrong), Alie Paine, Shanna Dehning, Leticia Heredia and me, Ryan White. We won fame for a day. They came to talk to us was because we are seven talented writers.

Beth Rickers, the author of the story, particularly liked Shanna’s writing ability. She mentioned the article Shanna wrote about Halloween. Beth also mentioned what the rest of us wrote about: Desiree was doing stupid state laws; Sergio was doing a music review;

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I did the Invader Zim article; Lety did the Mexican Store Stick-up; I don’t remember what Alie wrote or Javier for that matter (sorry).

In any event, we were famous for a day and we caused the local newspaper to come to the ALC. They came not because we are troublemakers, but because we have a cool school newspaper and the other schools around here do not.

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