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December

Expressions
San Luis Obispo High School
The Interview Issue
2012
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Editor: Carolyn Amir
Student Life
7 December, 2012
The true story of a one-eyed wonder
Tess Goodnowott
Staff Reporter
senior Ryen Cosgro is an inspiration. After having suffered serious trauma to his right eye as
a sophomore in 2010 due to a
catastrophically unlucky freak
classroom accident, Cosgro has
regained his health and goes forward with a positive attitude.
In Eva di Santo’s classroom, on
that fateful day in 2010, Cosgro
suffered the most fluke of acci-
dents. As he placed a stack of di
Santo’s anti-cheating desk
protectors on the table, a pair of
scissors got caught under the stack and flew
up and hit him in the
eye.
“They stabbed all the
way through to the other side” said Cosgro.
He was rushed to the
emergency room, and
has been in and out of
hospitals over the last
two years.
Being a human being creates
some interesting situations. San
Luis Obispo High School junior
Stefan Pappas has had his own
fair share of unique experiences.
Here Expressions interviews Pappas about hitchhiking, birth certificates, and high school.
Expressions: So, tell me why you
are interesting.
Stefan Pappas: Well, for starters
I don’t really exist. I was born at
home and never received a birth
certificate, and I have never got
one since, but we’re working on
it. Also, I move around a lot.
Expressions: Do you have any
special talents?
Pappas: No, no, no, I mean not
really. I hitchhiked across the
country this year. So that’s pretty
interesting. Well it’s illegal for a
minor to hitchhike, but I don’t exist. I actually moved here to go to
school, because I can’t really go
to school anywhere else, California is really good about letting me
go to school. I couldn’t get into
school in Maryland, so I had to
come here.
eye. Four of my surgeries were
at UCLA where they’re trying to
keep my eye healthy”. He has
hope that someday he will get
at least partial
vision back in
his right eye.
“Stem cells” said
Cosgro.
This
senior
paints the true
picture of optimism.
Throughout his
“[The scissors] stabbed
all the way through to
the other side”
Stefan Pappas
hitchhikes across
the country
Charlie Moore
Clubs Editor
He said “it’s been a long process. I’ve had 6 surgeries, and I
don’t have any vision in my right
Expressions: So what was hitchhiking like?
Pappas: Well, we started in
Maryland, My friend Vincent and
I made are way over to Louisville,
Kentucky, and then Springfield,
and then Oklahoma City, Phoenix
and up through L.A. I made it up
to San Luis just in time for school
to start. It was pretty crazy. We got
stuck at a gas station at Santa Barbara for three hours and we were
trying to make it to school tomorrow because it would be cool, and
finally we found a trucker who
would take us the rest of the way.
Expressions: So what was it like
at each of your stops?
Pappas: Well we stopped and
visited friends and we would stay
the night at their house, take a
shower, and hang out for a day.
We also hung out in Springfield
for a day, and we hung out in
Phoenix for a day, we hung out
with Vincent’s friends who were
all over the county. So yeah it was
fun adventure. We slept outside
sometimes. We slept behind a car
dealership once; we slept another
time behind a truck stop a different time. Over the one and a half
week span we made it across the
country. It was an awesome trip.
struggle, he kept a positive attitude, as best as he could. “I had
an in-home tutor come from the
district while I was recovering,
because I had to lie face down on
a massage table… I learned way
better face down!” remarked Cosgro.
Cosgro will graduate with the
2013 class. He has learned a multitude of things from this traumatic experience. Mostly, he carries
with him an attitude of “it is what
it is.”
Siblings of the month:
Toh brothers
Photo by Randolph Slocum
Ouch: Toh brother Chris pokes Andrew in the head.
Expressions: If your brother ran ite holiday tradition?
Randolph Slocum
for president, what would be his Andrew Toh: We don’t actually
Staff Reporter
first policy?
celebrate Halloween because my
High school is dramatic by it- Chris Toh: Ice cream and pie for dad says it’s paganistic. I really
don’t care for Halloween, way
self, add in family issues and it everyone!
becomes entertaining. This issue Expressions: Ninjas or Samurai? too much candy.
we took a look into the Toh fam- Chris Toh: Ninjas straight up be- Expressions: Describe your
ily. Enjoy their interesting family cause they kill you and you can’t brother in three words.
see them.
Andrew Toh: Smart, Athletic,
dynamics!
Expressions: If you were in “The Protective.
Hunger Games,” who would win Expressions: What Thanksgiving
Chris Toh
food is your brother most like?
Expressions: What is your favor- and why?
Chris Toh: Definitely me be- Andrew Toh: Salad because the
ite holiday tradition?
Senior Chris Toh: Thanksgiving cause I can aim and outrun him salad makes you lean, and it’s
also green and healthy.
is always a lot of fun because my any day.
Expressions: Ninja or Samurai?
family invites not only extended
Andrew Toh: Ninjas because
family but friends. It always is Andrew Toh
Expressions: If you could be they don’t have to walk around
loud and fun.
Expressions: Describe your from any country where would with a hundred pounds of armor
you choose?
on.
brother in three words.
Chris Toh: Artist, Loud, Musi- Freshman Andrew Toh: Russia Expressions: If you were in “The
because the people there seem in- Hunger Games”, who would win
cal.
Expressions: What Thanksgiving teresting. I mean anybody can be and why?
interesting if they’ve had enough Andrew Toh: My brother, he is
food is your brother most like?
Chris Toh: Anything sweet, so vodka, so I imagine Russian peo- a better fighter than me. We’ve
tested that out. He’d pretty much
pie and ice cream. That’s all he ple are just really interesting.
Expressions: What is your favor- just straight up kill people.
eats anyway.
Student Life
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Editor: Teagan Griffith
7 December, 2012
Aggies suffer adversity
Carolyn Amir
Student Life Editor
The Agriculture students are happily tucked
away in the back corner of our school campus.
Or are they up there because they’re discriminated against? We talked to Agriculture students sophomore Avery Martin and junior Kai
Indvik and found out that being an “Aggie”
may not be as fun as it sounds.
Photo by Carolyn Amir
Agriculture student: Avery Martin poses in her
FFA (Future Farmers of American) apparel.
Inside the
life of
Emma
Phillips:
Expressions: Do “Aggies” have a look?
Junior Kai Indvik: Cowboy hats are a must.
Sophomore Avery Martin: Mostly you wear
boots and jeans. Carhartts and Missies for
girls are really popular.
Expressions: What would an extreme “Aggie” look like?
Indvik: Cowboy hats, belt buckles, and cutoff wifebeaters are all part of a stereotypical
“Aggie” look.
Martin: I would say that an extreme stereotype would be camouflage, boots, full-on redneck, Confederate flag-that’s full out.
Expressions: Is this stereotype always true?
Indvik: Not always. Some people take this
look to the extreme.
Martin: No because I have a lot of friends
who are actually from really big agricultural
backgrounds and they don’t dress like that.
Expressions: Do people make fun of you for
being an “Aggie?”
Indvik: Not me personally, but I think that
some of the lower class men get it worse.
Martin: Yeah, all the time. People call me a
hick. People make fun of me
a lot, but I think it’s more ignorance. Because
Photo courtest of Kai Indvik
Agriculture student: Kai Indvik portrays his
aggie persona.
a lot of people take Agriculture classes their
freshman year, but not everyone gets really
into it.
Expressions: Is there anyone who does get
teased badly?
Indvik: Not that I know of.
Martin: For me, most of the teasing is from
my friends.
Annie McNulty
Staff Reporter
Anyone with a Facebook on the night of November 6 experienced
the flood of fervent statuses in regards to elections. Expressions asked
San Luis Obispo High School students what their reactions had been
to the result of election night 2012.
“At first I was really disappointed
because I am a strong believer that
Mitt Romney would have been a better
choice for our country, but I realized
afterwards that God’s plans are different
than mine and His plans are always good
so I quickly got over that and am waiting
for 2016.”
junior Tanner Begin
Calico Randall
POTS/Fashion Editor
Expressions: How exactly did
you meet Obama?
Senior Emma Phillips: I was in
the right place at the right time.
Which happened to be the White
House at approximately three
o’clock on a Friday afternoon in
July.
Expressions: What are some of
your hobbies?
Phillips: Dumpster diving, because it’s just like tromping
[skipping] around in a great big
free store. Also spelunking, because you don’t really know
where or who you are.
Expressions: What’s your favorite pastime?
John-o Roberts
Staff Reporter
SLOHS students
react to
2012 election
the quirky
wonderstudent
How many students at San Luis
Obispo High School have met
President Barack Obama? Senior Emma Phillips goes above
and beyond with her activities,
outshining her fellow peers. Expressions interviewed her to find
out who she really is. We found a
quirky, funny girl underneath all
the hard work.
John-o talks
with Siri
Photo by Calico Randall
Phillips: Backpacking. There’s
nothing quite like carrying your
body weight in food.
Expressions: How much sleep do
you normally get?
Phillips: Eight hours. I am a
real sleepy kid, but sometimes I
absorb the sun’s energy, and on
those days I don’t have to sleep.
Expressions: Which college are
you planning on going to, and
why?
Phillips: Warren Wilson in North
Carolina. It’s in a swing state, and
it has a swing, so I’ll be swinging
in a swing state.
Expressions: What will be your
major?
Phillips: Puppeteering. I’ll be
giving a voice to the voiceless.
“I don’t understand how
you could be
a woman and
still have voted
for Romney.”
sophomore
Dimi Hall
“We’re all
screwed.”
sophomore
Dustin Stevens
“I was happy.
I thought it
was really
good, I like
Obama, but
there could be
better liberal
candidates. I
hope that Hillary Clinton
runs in 2016.”
sophomore
Charlie Teaford
“I am really excited that
Obama will be our president
for the next four years. I think
he has really great views and
that he will really make a difference.”
freshman Campbell Warren
For all of those in touch with
the technological world, the name
“Siri” should ring a bell. Our
built-in personal assistant has
been the object of amusement and
aid for all iPhone owners since
the 4S hit shelves in October of
2011. But unknown to many, our
little friend has a side to herself
that’s not all business. I sat down
with an iPhone and awkwardly
talked to it to bring you the best
questions you can ask Ms. S.
Expressions: How much wood
could a woodchuck chuck if a
woodchuck could chuck wood?
Siri: It depends on whether you
are talking about African and European wood.
Expressions: It depends on
whether you are talking about African of European Wood.
Siri: John-o, get Siri-ous. Ha ha!
Expressions: Knock knock.
Siri: Knock knock. Who’s there?
John-o. John-o who? John-o, I
don’t do knock knock jokes.
Expressions: What’s the meaning
of life?
Siri: 42.
Expressions: I need to hide a
body.
Siri: What kind of place are you
looking for? Mortuaries, metal
foundries, cremation services,
funeral services, mines, dumps,
swamps, or reservoirs?
Expressions: Will you marry me?
Siri: You should know that you
are not the only one who asked.
Expressions: What’s the best
phone?
Siri: All the best virtual assistants
prefer the iPhone.
Expressions: What are you wearing?
Siri: I can’t answer that. But it
doesn’t come off.
Expressions: Tell me a story.
Siri: It was a dark and stormy
night…no, that’s not it.
Expressions: What’s wrong with
me?
Siri: Why, nothing’s wrong with
you, John-o.
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Editor: Teagan Griffith
Student Life
7 December, 2012
A senior reflection
Avery Candelario
Arts and Talents Editor
We all choose different paths and different ways to spend our four years here in high
school, so Expressions wanted to know, which path is more fulfilling? We interviewed
two seniors and discussed their experiences as a scholar or a student less focused on
academic things.
Expressions: Did you try hard in class?
Senior Madison Hayes: Honestly, not at all. I am usually asleep, or spacing out. I guess
it’s kind of bad, I mean you know you’re lazy when you’re even too lazy to copy the
work from somebody else. Sometimes I’m like, oh
I should do my work and study, and so I write down
what the homework is and what I need to study, and
that’s as far as it gets.
Senior Neil Patel: I think so... I mean I do all my
work and kind of participate.
Expressions: Do you think any of your academic
choices will hold you back later in life?
Hayes: Maybe, but I doubt it. Even if I did try, I
wouldn’t do all that good. School just isn’t for me.
I have a really hard time focusing and I couldn’t
imagine a career in my life using half the nonsense
I’m forced to do in school. What I plan on doing
after high school will not need an impressive high
school GPA. I’ll be set with whatever gets me into
community college and I will go from there.
Expressions: Do you think you used your high
school years wisely?
Hayes: I had lots of fun! So, yes, I suppose.
Expressions: Do you feel you missed out on anything?
Patel: I managed time between my social life and
my academics pretty well. I don’t feel like I missed
out on much.
Expressions: Are you excited for the future. What
Photos by Avery Candelario
are your plans?
Hayes: So stoked. I’m moving to Santa Barbara. My SLOHS senior: Madison Hayes
plan is SBCC for two years, a degree in cosmetology, poses in SLOHS hallway.
and then I’m going to Paul Mitchell. I have an interest
in cosmetology and it’s what I enjoy doing.
Patel: I have mixed feelings about the future. Excited but scared. I’m really excited to
be done with college apps and see where I’m going to end up. Plans at this point in time
are just get into college...preferably NYU.
Expressions: Have you changed over these past years in high school?
Hayes: An insane amount. Thinking back on my freshmen year, I don’t even recognize
myself. I took a lot of stuff from my family and friends for changing so much, so fast. I
never really cared; I was just doing what made me happy.
Patel: Yeah... I think I’ve matured a lot more and I’ve come to the sad realization that
nothing in life will ever come easy. We really have to work our [butts] off to get what
we want...like college.
Expressions: How do you generally spend your free time?
Patel: I don’t really have any...ever.
Expressions: How much sleep do you get?
Hayes: Like six hours a night if I’m lucky. Who needs sleep?
Patel: What’s sleep?
Expressions: Have you ever
cut class?
Hayes: (Laughs) Yeah, being
a truant for the win!
Patel: I did for the first time
this year. Sorry, Mr. Bruce.
Expressions: What do you
dislike about high school?
Hayes: The people. Usually I
just wonder why I have to be
on the same planet with these
people, let alone the same
room.
Patel: It’s funny to see how
SLOHS senior: Neil Patel studies for his AP calculus exam.
involved people are in all this
meaningless drama when the truth is, that they will never talk to 95% of these people
after they graduate.
Expressions: If you could go back and change anything you did during high school,
what would it be?
Hayes: All the dumb things I did to get myself in trouble. Thinking back, I was so
dumb my freshman and sophomore years especially. I’m surprised I’m not expelled
with everything I got away with.
Patel: Take advantage of the time. Time flies and I didn’t really take the time to appreciate “the best four years of my life.”
Hot girls, we have futures too...
Alison Hart
Business Manager
San Luis Obispo High School alumni
Lauren Willey and Drew Garrett made
headlines earlier in 2012 with their hit
song and YouTube video, “Hot Problems.” Under the group name Double
Take, Willey and Garrett had the
ultimate fifteen minutes of fame. Now
they are just normal girls participating
in post high school life.
Expressions: What have you been doing since high school ended?
The “hot girls” are off to college: Expressions catches up with Lauren Willey: I go to San Diego
State University and major in internaGarrett and Willey.
Photo courtesy of Lauren Willey and Drew Garrett
Having
a Spot
of Tea
with
Sir
Rohan
Randolph Slocum
Staff Reporter
Accents are wonderful to listen to and they
also happen to be a great way of defining
individuals. I took the liberty of interviewing British native, Junior Rohan Nijhawan,
in order to get to the bottom of his gracious
speech. Feel free to read this in a British accent; it makes it much more accurate.
Expressions: Describe your transition to the
United States.
Junior Rohan Nijhawan: Very quick. It was
all of two to three weeks. We went from having no plans to having luggage packed and
plane tickets booked.
Expressions: What advantages do you believe your accent has given you in the United
States?
Nijhawan: People think I’m very smart,
even if I say something stupid. I can give
tional business.
Drew Garrett: I go to Santa Monica
City College and model with Envy
Model Management.
Expressions: Will Double Take ever
make another video?
Willey: Double Take has officially
retired; it was a fun run in the business though!
Expressions: If you could do it all
again, would you make Hot Problems?
Willey: Obviously! The only thing we
would have done differently is that we
would have been more careful about
the rights and stuff because we got
screwed out of a lot of jobs and con-
tacts. We haven’t been paid anything
from the tens of thousands of dollars
it made from YouTube.
Expressions: What was your biggest
“celebrity moment” with Hot Problems?
Willey: It was really cool getting cars
from big television companies.
Expressions: What was the greatest
take away from doing Hot Problems?
Willey: Being able to reach out to hot
girls everywhere and share with them
the trials and tribulations that hot girls
go through on a daily basis. It was
such an honor.
completely horrible suggestions and
have people take it seriously.
Expressions: Do Californians have
an accent? What does it sound like?
Nijhawan: Yes, a Californian accent is kind of warm, mellow, tastes
like honey mixed with a lot of pot.
Expressions: Do British people
love American accents as much as
Americans love British accents?
Nijhawan: No, but that’s mostly
because Americans love British acPhoto by Randolph Slocum
cents so much. But when an AmeriSLOHS student: Rohan poses for a picture during tea time.
can exchange student in Britain said
on the outside while being soft and sweet on
anything, it immediately sounded cooler.
the inside!
Expressions: What is your relationship with
Expressions: What is something fun to say
the queen?
while impersonating a British accent?
Nijhawan: Just good friends. I walk her
Nijhawan: Lovely Jubbly!
corgis and occasionally joust with her. In
actuality though, I went to the Buckingham
Palace once.
Nijhawan: A pastry because I’m crumbly
7 December, 2012
Student Life
TIG welding: Not just for boys
Editor: Carolyn Amir
Max Hokit “accels” at auto
Teagan Griffith
Student Life Editor
San Luis Obispo High School senior Max Hokit is an auto shop
scholar! He has attended multiple
auto competitions and has metaled many times. Here is what
he has to say about his experiences…
Photo by Alison Hart
Burnin’ Love: Anna Mullen shows her passion for welding.
Alison Hart
Business Manager
The Welding Club at San Luis
Obispo High School is an underrated club that competes against
different schools around the state
and does well in competitions.
Considered to be a typical man
activity, the Welding Club has
one member who contradicts this
belief. Junior Anna Mullen became involved with welding just
for fun and has proved that it is
not just for the boys anymore.
Expressions: How did you become involved with welding?
Junior Anna Mullen: I took
basic welding freshman year because it sounded fun and I used
to weld at home with my dad and
older brother.
Expressions: What specific type
of welding do you do?
Mullen: In Skills [USA] I did
Oxy-Acetylene, but I can do other types like TIG welding.
Expressions: How have you
done at competitions?
Mullen: I went to Skills regional
and got gold, but I didn’t place at
state.
Expressions: What does a welding competition consist of?
Mullen: You get a diagram of
what you have to construct using different welds and positions.
Sometimes you have to do some
brazing, which is my favorite.
Expressions: Do a lot of other
girls do welding in the SLO area?
Mullen: Oxy-Acetylene is the
most common for girls. There are
more girls at the state competition level, but at school I am the
only girl.
Expressions: What have you
learned from welding?
Mullen: I have learned to weld
and fix things and just be handy.
Plus I have good competition
skills now.
Expressions: Do you want to
pursue anything with welding?
Mullen: I really like learning
about how things work and how
to make things. I can always weld
at home with my dad. I think that
I want to learn about construction
next.
Abstinence:
Why wait?
Avery Candelario
Arts and Culture Editor
Several students here at San
Luis Obispo High School have
taken vows of abstinence until
marriage, including junior Courtney Pittam. Expressions sat down
with her to hear about the values
and life of a teen who’s waiting.
Expressions: Why do you choose
to be abstinent until marriage?
Junior Courtney Pittam: It goes
with my religious and moral beliefs. My dad is a pastor and religion is a huge part of my life. My
morals are a lot of who I am and
how I identify myself.
Expressions: Does your family
believe in this, or just you?
Pittam: Yes, my family does. We
are all in the Nazarene church
(Christian).
Expressions: Is it religious, or
just a personal preference?
Pittam: Both. I know it’s kind of
cheesy but when I grow up and
find a guy who loves me for who
I really am, he will wait until marriage.
Expressions: Have you always
wanted this lifestyle, or did you
just recently decide?
Pittam: For as long as I fully understood it.
Expressions: When do you plan
to get married?
Pittam: After college.
Expressions: Do you ever feel
like you want to change your
mind?
Pittam: Nope.
Expressions: Have you ever
had a boyfriend? Do you think it
would change your mind?
Pittam: I’ve never had a boyfriend. If I had one, I don’t think
my ideas would change—in fact,
I’m positive.
Expressions: How does it feel to
be abstinent?
Pittam: Happy, because it makes
me feel in control.
Expressions: What do your
friends think about it?
Pittam: Most are supportive but
wouldn’t do the same.
Expressions: How do you feel
about those who don’t abstain?
Pittam: It’s fine, it’s their choice.
Expressions: Do you have a purity ring?
Pittam: Yes. It says “true love
waits.” My parents gave it to me
when I was thirteen; both my sis-
ters have it too.
Expressions: How long have you
had it?
Pittam: Three years, I got it when
I was 13.
Expressions: Do you go to school
dances?
Pittam: I have friends who grind
and I still love them—they’re not
heathens or anything!
Expressions: Do people tease
you about it?
Pittam: A little. Usually it’s not
to be mean, just to be funny.
Expressions: Do you feel one
hundred percent about waiting?
Pittam: Yes.
Expressions: What if you don’t
fall in love until you’re forty?
How long could you wait?
Pittam: I think I could!
like just taking it off and seeing
what people say?
Pittam: No.
Expressions: How did you feel
after you got it?
Pittam: Accomplished! It’s hard
for some people to be a Christian and have something on your
hand. I’m not a hypocrite. I don’t
mind outwardly showing what I
stand for.
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Expressions: What are your auto
accomplishments?
Senior Max Hokit: Last year I
won fourth in the State at a competition called Skills USA. I’m
competing again this year and if
I get first at state I get to go to nationals. Practice just started today
actually. Also, I bought a project
truck, Rusted Out Reck, to fix up
this year.
Expressions: What got you into
auto shop?
Hokit: My grandpa is a mechanic
and was a high school auto teacher for a long time, so sophomore
year I signed up for auto I to fill
up my schedule. It just sort of
clicked for me.
Expressions: What is your favorite part about auto shop?
Hokit: It’s really satisfying to
solve the problem a car has. There
are thousands of things that can
go wrong and it’s kinda a big puzzle. The best is when you realize
what the problem is, and you’re
sure of it.
been doing auto shop?
Hokit: I’ve been doing Auto for
three years.
Expressions: What is the most
important thing Auto Teacher Jeff
Lehmkuhl has taught you?
Hokit: Confidence. All of the information that we learn is so that
when we try to solve a problem,
we can be really sure of what
the issue is even before we start
replacing things. Like with your
car, right off the bat I knew what
the problem probably would be
because Mr. Lehmkuhl had taught
me what to look for.
Expressions: Do you plan on taking your auto skills further in life?
Hokit: I thought about going
into mechanical engineering or
something like that so that I could
continue doing Auto at a higher
level, more in the design side of
things, but I’m headed into a Political Science major for now. I
plan on working at a shop in college to help pay for it. I think I’ll
probably be the kind of guy who
always has a project car going for
my spare time.
Expressions: What are your after
high school plans?
Hokit: Headed into Political Science/International Relations for a
major and hopefully I’ll end up
working for the US State Department or some thing like that, it’s
hard to know but global politics
has always interested me.
Smiling Emma Maxwell
speaks out
Karaline Bridgeford
Staff Reporter
All Smiles:
Emma Maxwell grins.
You’ve seen her around school.
She has probably given you a
high five, and she loves “Star
Wars.” Expressions sat down
with junior Emmalina (Emma)
Maxwell to learn more.
Expressions: What is your name
and how old are you?
Junior Emma Maxwell: Emma.
I am 17.
attended San Luis Obispo High
School?
Maxwell: Three years.
Expressions: What is your favorite thing to do at school?
Maxwell: Go to the library. I am
an aide now.
Expressions: What is your favorite book?
Maxwell: “Harry Potter.”
Expressions: What is your favorite movie?
Maxwell: “Star Wars.” I love it. I
like the ships [and] I am not
scared of Darth Vader.
Expressions: Who is your best
friend?
Maxwell: Marisa. Sometimes I
take my dog Bear to her house
and we have a play date because
she has four dogs. They run
around and it is funny.
brothers or sisters?
Maxwell: A brother. He is 14 at
the middle school.
Expressions: What do you like to
do after school?
Maxwell: Ride horses. I ride a
horse that is white and 22 [years
old.]
Expressions: What do you like to
do on the weekends?
Maxwell: I go to Woods [Humane Society] and play with the
little kittens. The black one has
scratched me, but they are nice.
pets?
Maxwell: Two dogs. Pauly and
Bear. Bear is named from “Avatar.”
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Editor: Charlie Moore
December 7, 2012
What tech club thinks you should know
Randolph Slocum
Staff Reporter
With our generation having a
closer relationship with a computer monitor than they have
with most people, it would leave
you to believe that we knew everything about computers. Sadly this isn’t true, so our tech club
has some tips to help.
Question: What basic computer
skill should all new coputer
owners be taught?
Photos by Randolph Slocum
Senior Jono Chadwell:
Safe Internet browsing.
Basically, don’t click on
the annoying “You’re the
millionth visitor” .exe
files.
Business
Department
Head Jan Fetcho: Keyboarding, also known as
typing skill. If you can’t
type, you can’t exist in this
world.
Junior Daniel Cunningham-Carey: Learning how to
access files not on the desktop.
People believe that they’ve deleted a file when they delete it
off the desktop and that suddenly it doesn’t exist.
Junior Matthew Stewart: “That MS Paint isn’t
the only free editing software on the internet. Just
because its free, definitely
doesn’t make it the best.
Hark! A word with Iambic Pentameter
Clare Duffy
Editor-in-Chief
We’ve seen their shows and
been impressed by their ability to memorize iambic pentameter, but who’s really behind this
seventeenth century obsession?
Expressions interviewed Iambic
Pentameter Club President senior
Miranda Schwartz-Bolef to get
the scoop.
Expressions: How long has Iambic Pentameter Club existed?
Senior Miranda Schwartz-Bolef: I’m not sure to be exact, but
it’s been around for a very long
time.
Expressions: What are your
plans for this year?
Schwartz-Bolef: We’re going to
be putting on a production of “As
You Like It.”
Expressions: Why did you
choose this show?
Schwartz-Bolef: It’s one of the
more well-known Shakespeare
shows and it really is a good
show. The cast size also works
well for a high school production.
It’s one of my favorite shows,
personally, and we haven’t done
it in a really long time.
Expressions: Who is the president, vice-president, etc. of the
club this year?
Schwartz-Bolef: [Senior] Skyler
Boswell is co-president.
Expressions: What does being in
Shakespeare club entail?
Schwartz-Bolef: It entails just
being a part of the production,
whether it be being an actor, an
usher, or part of the tech crew,
etc. It’s not a traditional club- it’s
all centered around putting on the
show.
Expressions: How often do you
meet?
Schwartz-Bolef: We don’t have
“club meetings” on a regular basis, other than rehearsals when
the show starts. Occasionally the
officers meet to discuss finances
and logistics.
Expressions: What is your favorite part of being in the club?
Schwartz-Bolef: I love putting
on the production and getting to
know everyone. I also enjoy the
language and Shakespeare’s humor.
Expressions: Is Iambic Pentameter Club better than Drama Club?
Why or why not?
Schwartz-Bolef: Oh yes! We are
completely student-run, enough
said. And we’re classier.
SLOHS students make a
big contribution to society
Karaline Bridgeford
Staff Reporter
On Tuesday afternoons when
most of us are procrastinating on
our homework or sitting lazily
in front of the T.V., a few caring
individuals from our school are
making a real difference in the
community. They are the Bigs of
Big Brothers Big Sisters and Expressions sat down with juniors
Maddie Mundorf and Robert
Sada, and senior Ariana Medizade to find out more.
been a Big Sister?
Junior Maddie Mundorf: Two
years.
Senior Ariana Medizade: Four
years.
Junior Robert Sada: I just started this year.
Expressions: Why did you decide to become one?
Mundorf: I wanted to volunteer
in the community and I love kids.
Medizade: Honestly I did it for
the community service and because it looks good on college
applications.
Sada: I thought it would be a
great opportunity to apply my
personable personality […] and
it would be a great way to help
someone out who needs a friend.
Expressions: Who is your little
sibling?
Mundorf: Her name is Bella and
she is in fifth grade.
Medizade: Shelby. She is in
fourth grade.
Sada: His name is James and he
is 10 years old.
Expressions: What animal does
your little sibling remind you of?
Mundorf: A golden retriever because she is really loyal but she
likes to play and have fun.
Medizade: A koala bear because
she is always climbing trees and
hugging branches.
Sada: He reminds me of a hyena
(because of his crazy laugh).
Expressions: What is the funniest or cutest thing your little sibling has ever said?
Mundorf: Well when we play
hangman and she makes it, her
sentence is always “Maddie is
the best big sister in the world”
or something like that.
Medizade: Whenever I say
something she says “true dat”
and fist bumps me.
Sada: He apparently had a long
talk with [senior] Jane Selna that
went like this: ‘James: do you
know Robert? Jane: yes. Do you
like Robert? Yeah I like Robert. Do you LOVE Robert? Yeah
I love Robert. Well are you like
boyfriend and girlfriend or something?’
Expressions: What is your favorite activity to do together?
Mundorf: Color, we make cards
for each other.
Medizade: Swings for sure.
Sada: Definitely piggy back
rides.
Expressions: Do you recommend
doing BBBS to other students
and why?
Mundorf: Definitely, it is an awesome way to actually make an
impact […] in someone’s life.
Medizade: Yeah, you definitely
should do it for college and because the kids are really funny.
Sada: I totally recommend it because it’s one of the best feelings
to help others and especially such
wonderful little kids.
Photo by Clare Duffy
A rose by any other name would smell as sweet: Co-president Boswelldemonstratesher acting ability.
Photo by Karaline Bridgford
Ready to help: Mundorf is one of the stuedents who participates in the Big
Brothers Big Sisters program.
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Editor: Charlie Moore
Randy Reynaga
Staff Reporter
The San Luis Obispo High
School Color Guard accompanies the band, providing a visual
performance to accompany the
music. It consists of two members, seniors Geoffrey Osmond
and Katelyn Martin. Expressions
hunted them down and chucked
a few questions at them.
Expressions: If you ever had to
literally guard a color, what color would it be, and how would
Color Guard have prepared you?
Geoffrey Osmond: I would
guard turquoise, because that’s
my favorite color. And I have
a giant flag, so I could beat off
anyone who tries to attack my
color.
Katelyn Martin: It would be
red. [I learned] how to use a flag
and hit people with it, I guess.
Or we can, it’s kind of a Color
Guard term, but we could just hit
them with our “chicken arms”.
Expressions: What’s the most
embarrassing thing that’s happened to you during your time in
Color Guard?
Osmond: I was practicing in the
band room with one of the flags,
and I smacked myself in the chin
in front of a bunch of people.
That was embarrassing.
Martin: I tried doing a parallel
toss, which is a toss above your
head, and it was dark and it came
down and it hit me in the lip. I
had a fat lip and had to go get ice
from the volleyball team.
Expressions: Does that sort of
thing happen often?
Osmond: Very rarely. You’d
think it would happen a lot more,
but not so much. Mostly I drop it.
Martin: Yes. Color Guard is surprisingly painful.
Photo by Randy Reynaga
Displaying their true colors: Color guard members pose with their flags
flying high.
Parli Pro wins it all
Allison Hart
Buisness Manager
San Luis Obispo’s FFA chapter
Novice Parliamentary Procedure
Debate team took first place at
Nationals in late October in Indianapolis, Indiana. Sophomore
Joelle Lewis, devoted member of
the winning team, described the
logistics of this competition and
how it feels to have won.
Expressions: What exactly is
Parliamentary Procedure?
Sophomore Joelle Lewis: It’s a
twelve minute and thirty second
mock chapter meeting. It starts
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the ASB class
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with an opening/closing ceremony and then we move into the
actual debating. Four of the six
debaters are required to make different motions that are assigned
to them before each debate. The
other two [members] just have to
debate three times.
Expressions: How do you practice?
Lewis: We practice questions or
go over all the motions. Sometimes we do an actual round. All
the debates that we do are based
on our knowledge of FFA and agricultural issues.
Expressions: How many competitions did you have to win to get
to nationals?
Lewis: Well we went to state and
then we were selected by a board
of officials to go to Nationals because we fit the qualifications.
Expressions: Was there ever a
time at Nationals when you just
knew you wouldn’t win?
Lewis: No, we felt really good
actually. We debated two really
good rounds so we were confident. Of course you don’t go in
knowing that you will win, but
we felt good.
nervous or intimidated?
Lewis: Oh, like every time. It’s a
huge adrenaline rush.
John-o Roberts
Staff reporter
Expressions: How many positions are there in ASB?
Hathaway: There are a lot.
There’s Inter Club Council
(ICC), spirit chair for school
spirit, advertisement chair for
posters, financial chair for reimbursements and expenses, social
chair who is the line of communication from the people to
ASB, there is the officers, the executive cabinet, the techies, the
sports chair for communications
in athletics, the photographers
for documentation, dance coordinator and many, many more in
their groups.
Expressions: Does each class
have a specific thing they work
on?
Hathaway: Yes. The freshmen
have already done homecoming,
sophomores are working on winter formal, juniors are working
on prom, and the seniors have
a lot on their plate right now.
They’re crazy busy and working
on a lot of stuff like the end of
the year.
Associated Student Body is a
term that is being thrown around
as the class that is responsible for
everything: dances, homecoming
week, rallies, assemblies, they do
it all. But what does ASB really
do? How do they get everything
up and running, and what is the
backstory? Expressions sat down
with senior McKenzie Hathaway
to get the inside scoop on the
behind-the-scenes workers.
Expressions: How do the meetings work?
Hathaway: There are meetings
every Tuesday with the president, vice president, and secretary, along with the executive
cabinet. We check requisitions,
reimbursements and anything
that has to go through ASB, we
go over them. We are using parliamentary procedure, in which
we talk about new business,
each class [Grade] and what’s up
with them, and anything that Mr.
Johnson wants to address from
staff comments. It’s different every day.
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Arts and Talents
Editor: Avery Candelario
A close encounter with Artist of the Month:
Holly Myrick
Hollywood
Maddie Stratton
Staff Reporter
Tianna Shockley
Staff Reporter
Take time to name all the students at this school
who have an acting agent. Sophomore Brandon
Bassler is one such student at San Luis Obispo
High School who has an agent and an interesting
acting background.
Of the many talented students
that attend San Luis Obispo High
School, sophomore Holly Myrick
stands out. We recently interviewed Myrick about her passion
as an artist.
Expressions: What prompted you to start acting?
Bassler: In middle school, my sixth grade teacher told me that I should start acting.
Expressions: You auditioned for the role of Oskar Schell, the main character in the movie adaptation of “Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close.”
Take us through the process of the movie audition.
Bassler: Your acting agent will call you, give you
a script to review, and tell you a specific location
where the audition will be taking place. Depending on the role you’re auditioning for, you either
perform in front of a camera or a panel of four to
six judges.
Expressions: Do you have any favorite roles
you’ve played in movies or plays?
Bassler: Last year, I was in the play “Picasso
at the Lapin Agile” written by Steve Martin and
played the role of Freddy the bartender. I thought
he was a complex character who made me push
my acting boundaries.
Expressions: How has acting affected your life?
Bassler: Acting has made me a more social person. It’s a hobby that allows me to open a window to life.
Expressions: Does acting take you to any interesting locations or cities?
Bassler: I almost went to New York for the “Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close” audition.
I’ve been to both the good and interesting sides
of Los Angeles for auditions.
Expressions: Which actor inspires you the most?
Bassler: Steve Martin. He’s just so out there and
he plays such interesting and unique characters.
Expressions: Any advice you’d like to give to
future actors?
Bassler: Just go for it even if someone tells you
something negative. One day you will land that
job that will make you shine.
San Luis Obispo High School rockstars:
Bill Clinton takes the stage
Tianna Shockley
Staff Reporter
If you happened to be on campus for lunch on November 14
you got to see the first performance of the band Bill Clinton.
The band consists of seniors
Graham Johnson, Christopher
Toh, Kyle Kaminski and junior
Expressions: What art medium do Konstantin Frank. Expressions
you use?
talked to each band member to
Sophomore Holly Myrick: I just get the behind-the-scenes scoop
usually use pencil, regular draw- on this fledgling band.
ing.
Expressions: Have you ever taken Expressions: How did the four
any drawing or painting lessons? of you decide on the name Bill
Myrick: No. When I was really lit- Clinton?
tle I took an art class, but it was just Senior Kyle Kaminski: We all
for sculpting and I never sculpt, so sat around a table at my house
it was just kind of for fun.
after a practice, and we went
Expressions: Do you want to pur- around blurting out any crazy
sue this as a career or is it more of names we could think of. We
a hobby?
were originally going to go
Myrick: Oh yeah, definitely. That’s with the 501’s, but apparently
like my dream.
the name was taken by some
Expressions: Have/Do you take small band in Nebraska or
any of the art classes offered at something, and Graham insistSLOHS. If so, which?
ed we had to be ‘original,’ so
Myrick: I took Freehand Drawing, we went with our second name
I but it was pretty much all the stuff that we thought caught the most
I’ve originally done.
attention, Bill Clinton.
Expressions: What is the last proj- Expressions: Do you guys
ect you’ve created?
write your own songs or are
Myrick: I was in class and did you a cover band?
this totally random creation of just Senior Graham Johnson: We
weird stuff that came through my played a mixture the other day
mind, and it turned out really cool. at lunch. We started out doing
Expressions: What did it look like? covers to get our footing and
Myrick: It’s just random designs learn the ropes, since we just
and a globe with a face in it.
formed a few months ago, and
Expressions: Do you have a favor- we haven’t had a ton of time
ite piece of art?
yet to do original stuff. But we
Myrick: No, not really. I see some definitely wouldn’t consider
art in books or movies or some- ourselves a cover band. We’re
thing and I’ll think ‘that’s so cool,’ all doing a lot of collaborative
I want to do that and I’ll maybe songwriting and bringing new
take something from it and put it in material to the table for a demo
my own [work].
EP that should be coming out
sometime late this winter.
Expressions: How would you
describe the music you play?
Johnson: We do indie, altrock, britrock. We’re huge on
Christopher Owen, Girls frontman and Alex Turner [from the]
Arctic Monkeys. That’s kind
of where we’re coming from
when it comes to music and
sound and everything. Though
what we’ve sketched out so far
for our demo CD is more Dum
Dum Girls and Modest Mouse.
Expressions: How long have
the four of you been playing
together?
Junior Konstantin Frank:
We’ve been playing together
for like one or two months tops.
Expressions: What instruments
does everyone play?
Senior Christopher Toh: Graham is our lead vocalist, Tino is
‘slappin’ duh bass’, Kyle’s on
lead guitar, and I’m on drums.
We’re pretty flexible though
since all of us can play a whole
bunch of other instruments too.
Plus we can all sing (I think).
you played those instruments?
Toh: Tino plays the bass with
his foot sometimes, so he’s
probably been playing a long
time. Kyle is a byproduct of
Nina Rein and YouTube. Graham has done at least one
month of training in every
one of his musical areas. I’ve
played drums for... six months?
Something like that.
Expressions: Who would you
consider is the biggest diva in
the group?
Johnson: No diva. But shoutout to Kyle for being late to
every single practice. [He was]
two hours late to a three hour
practice once. It’s bad. We’ve
had some major beef.
Kaminski: I would have to
say Graham. We all tend to get
sassy, but Graham is our front
man so he needs to have the
most energy.
Expressions: It seems that
most bands have to go through
some drama from time to time.
Have you guys had any of those
moments since you have been
together?
Toh: Yeah, it’s basically Kyle
and Graham going at it with
Tino sitting there, hating both
of them for being annoying. I
think it’s funny.
Expressions: Who would you
consider to be your favorite
musician?
Frank: I don’t have a favorite in particular. I always go
kind of per genre and have a
top five list separately, but I’d
say that The Smiths, the Arctic Monkeys, Rage Against
the Machine, Arcade Fire and,
MAdoppelT to kind of narrow
it down.
Expressions: How often do
you practice?
Frank: We practice once a
week as a band and for myself,
I try to pick up my bass every
day.
Expressions: Will you guys
split up after the three senior
members graduate?
Kaminski: It’s hard to think
about because we feel like we
are just getting things started,
but I think we can go our separate ways without a problem.
All good things must come to
an end I guess.
Derek:
The secret star
7 December, 2012
Student chefs
cook it up!
Rap genres are
evolving among atudents
Student Jack Stoll
pursues photography
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Carolyn Amir
Student Life Editor
Kat Soll
Staff and Administration Editor
Drew Minnoch
Staff Reporter
Clare Duffy
Editor in Chief
Some actors are well known to the public eye. San Luis Obispo High School
junior Derek Menesez prefers to keep
his acting, and other pastimes, on the
down low. We talked to Menesez and
found out about the subtle glory of having these hidden talents.
Senior Jack Stoll is known for his ability to
capture a moment behind his variety of cameras. Expressions spoke to Stoll about this particular talent:
Students of San Luis Obispo High School are encouraged
to express themselves in ways that are unique and personal
to them. Expressions asked sophomore Dillon Stricklin and
senior Forrest Blute a few questions about their styles of
rap.
Newsflash: high school students love food. Oh wait,
that’s old news. But really, do
toast and ramen count as food?
Senior Lauren Biggs told us
about her cooking skills and
gave us some helpful tips for
high school foodies.
you been cooking/ baking?
Senior Lauren Biggs: I predominantly bake. I have been
since I left the womb.
Expressions: Who taught you
how to cook/bake?
Biggs: My nana. We would
bake pies and stuff together.
Expressions: What inspires
you to cook/bake?
Biggs: The weather, what’s in
season, and people’s reactions
to things. It’s a lot of give and
take. Or what’s in the kitchen.
Expressions: What is your favorite part of this activity?
Biggs: It’s a time to relax and
put my thoughts together. I enjoy the tranquility of it all.
Expressions: What’s your favorite thing to make?
Biggs: I really like scones. I’m
good at making stir-fry, too.
Expressions: Who gets to eat
your goodies?
Biggs: My parents mostly.
And everyone has the opportunity to.
Expressions: Do you plan to
pursue this after high school?
Biggs: Definitely! I’d like
to open up a bakery at some
point. I want to get a nutritional food degree so I have a
background.
Expressions: So I hear you have some
hidden talents?
Junior Derek Menesez: I got my black
belt when I was 11. I started when I was
seven and just went through the steps.
You go about three times a week, and
eventually you get up there after a lot of
training.
Expressions: This is in…?
Menesez: Tae Kwon Do. For my black
belt test I almost passed out because I
was 11. I guess I didn’t drink enough
water.
Expressions: Any other activities you
do?
Menesez: I act. My freshman year I
kind of got into acting and I took acting
classes down in Paso. I did a lot of plays
with the Paso Drama and I just did a
show in September in Paso for the Community Theater.
Expressions: Do you still act?
Menesez: I do. I’m going to audition
with our school’s Drama Club for “Into
the Woods.”
Expressions: You’re in Drama Club?
Menesez: I go to the meetings. I helped
sell tickets for “The Importance of Being Earnest.” And I just sent in an application to volunteer for the San Luis
Obispo Little Theater.
Expressions: Is this something you
want to do in the future?
Menesez: It is! I was an extra for a movie a while back and that was a lot of fun.
So I’m conflicted on if I want to do that,
television acting, or something else.
Expressions: When did you begin photography?
Senior Jack Stoll: I began last year, my junior
year.
Expressions: What do you shoot with?
Stoll: I shoot with a Canon SDMK3, a Canon
Rebel, my favorite is 50 mm.
Expressions: You went to a photography camp
over the summer, tell us about that.
Stoll: I went to USC for six weeks at the
School of Cinematic Arts, an application was
required for this, and it was a lot of fun and
taught me a lot.
Expressions: Have you ever shot for certain
people or events?
Stoll: I shoot for a lot of the worlds up-andcoming DJ’s, like Bassnectar, Tiesto, Wolfgang Gartner, Skrillex, Porter Robinson, and
soon I’m shooting DJ Blend.
Expressions: Is there a favorite medium you
like to shoot in?
Stoll: I enjoy black-and-white, because girls
think it’s sensitive.
Expressions: What do you think of photographic applications like Instagram?
Stoll: I like them because I think everyone has
a photographic ability, but [applications] like
Instagram help bring it out.
Expressions: Where do you plan on going to
college, and do you plan on studying photography?
Stoll: I’m hoping to go to USC for the School
of Cinematic Arts, and I plan on studying film
as opposed to photography.
Expressions: Why do you love photography?
Stoll: I see photography as an important documentation of my life experience.
Expressions: Anything else?
Stoll: Everyone should follow me on Instagram (JackStollProd) and visit my website,
JackStoll.com
Sophomore Dillon Stricklin
Expressions: Do you have a rapper alias?
Stricklin: I call myself “Strik”
Expressions: What style or genre do you rap?
Stricklin: I do what’s called Nerdcore. It’s like normal rap,
but you can be more yourself; you don’t have to pretend to
be something else. When you present [yourself as] one image, it’s harder to change what people see you as.
Expressions: Who are you inspired by?
Stricklin: Well, one of my major influences when I first
started was Eminem and MC Chris. Then I started delving
more into Nerdcore, and now it’s mainly MC Lars.
Expressions: Do you have anything recorded yet?
Striklin: I have a video on my channel [Look up Strik on
Facebook] as a teaser until I am able to release stuff. I am
writing like ten songs before I start recording.
Senior Forrest Blute
Expressions: What style or genre do you rap?
Blute: I classify myself as a writer… spoken word is probably most accurate. Anything I can get a roll on is what I
prefer.
Expressions: Who you are you inspired by?
Blute: The rapper Cage a.k.a. Chris Palko is an inspiring
figure to me, along with Slug from Atmosphere who I drew
my senior quote from. Pretty much anyone who writes inspiring ideas to cope with hard times [inspires me].
Expressions: How often do you write?
Blute: A few days out of the week when tensions are high
and emotions are ready to explode. It’s honestly the best
release I can think of.
Expressions: Do you have a lot of support for what you do?
Blute: Well, two of my closest friends are [seniors] James
Vergara and Sam Abrams who are two very talented rappers. There are a few in our crew who have interests in
writing. They’re the only ones who have had the ambition
to produce something, but I see some of the younger ones
catching on. I’m glad to say we’ll see a lot of talent coming
from SLO high in the next couple of years.
Photos Courtesy of
Jack Stoll
Photos Courtesy of Holly Myrick
Photos Courtesy of Lauren Biggs
Photos Courtesy of
Jack Stoll
Photos from Left to Right: Original artwork by Myrick,
scones baked by Biggs, Stricklin gets ready to rap, Bassler
acting, Bill Clinton performs at SLOHS, Myrick’s artwork,
self-portrait of Stoll, Stoll’s original photograph, Bill Clinton
performs, Myrick’s artwork.
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Staff
Editor: Kat Soll
New Choir teacher at
SLOHS
Julia Donath
Staff Reporter
Choir teacher Paul Osborne recently left San Luis Obispo High
School. Choir teacher Megan Pitcairn began teaching November
26, so Expressions interviewed
some of the SLOHS choir students to learn more about the new
teacher.
Expressions: What changes do you
think the new teacher will make in
the current choir program?
Senior Sarah Blakely: She will
probably make music history a
goal.
Senior Jessica Dalley: I think
she’s going to be a great new figure for the boys because she seems
very educated in her craft. I think
for the whole program she’s going
to be a good change in perspective
and repertoire.
Senior Joseph Gill: Probably
make it more academic based,
since that’s more of what O’Connor was going for, but I don’t believe it will change too much.
Expressions: Did choir get to select the new teacher?
Gill: What they did was interview
people until it came down to two,
then brought one in on Tuesday
to teach a class, the other one on
Wednesday. Then they asked that
class which one they thought did
better.
Expressions: Do you know what
Mr. Osborne is doing now that he
has left SLOHS?
Blakely: Touring in a group called
Master Chorale, a local choir
group for experienced singers.
Dalley: He’s really young, so he
has plans to do so much more
with his career, doing solos and in
adult choirs and what not.
Gill: I believe he is orchestrating
other choirs in the area and writing music.
Expressions: What are some
things you want the new teacher
to change about the current
SLOHS choir program?
Dalley: Personally, I couldn’t pinpoint certain things about the
choir program that need changing. Certain things you have to
kind of address along the way. I
would like to see a good balance
between schedules for all of the
performing arts so that it could
be possible for collaboration and
a different filter of ideas coming in
and out of the separate programs
at the high school.
Gill: Personally, I think it was perfect the way it was and just to keep
it that way.
He got his coaching start at Cuesta
Community College, working as
the Assistant Football and Baseball Coach.
When Cuesta dropped their
football program, Lee became the
first softball coach the college had
seen, staying on as head coach for
15 years.
Not only has Lee worked with
youth sports, he’s been a Special
Olympics advisor, a member of
the American Red Cross Advisory
Committee, an Elk’s Lodge member, and a 4-H participant in the
community.
As SLO grew up, so did Lee. He
watched city landmarks fade, like
the Obispo Theater, Riley’s Department Store, and the Bowling
Alley down town. He witnessed
the inauguration of Laguna Mid
dle School and Cuesta Community College. He’s seen more and
more tourists flock to the” happiest place on Earth.”
Living in SLO for his whole life,
Lee has been able to make “lifetime friendships” and become “a
part of a good school and community.” His favorite part of his
alma mater now? “Working with
such outstanding colleagues, at a
good school, in a great community. I hope to make a difference in a
young person’s life by doing something that I love to do: teach and
coach.”
SLO through the eyes
of Mr. Lee
Samantha Tomac
Editor-in-chief
Girls Varsity Softball coach and
Economics teacher Mike Lee was
born in San Luis Obispo, 1951.
He’s part of the two generations
of Lee’s to have lived in San Luis.
Back in the day, you could find
Lee on the corners of downtown
peddling newspapers when he was
just nine years old. A few years
later, Lee attended this very high
school, the high school “where my
mother, Anne Lee, taught for 32
years,” said Lee.
As teenagers, Lee and his friends
spent their free time hitting up
Ed’s Hamburgers or “driving and
cruising around downtown every
Thursday night,” reminisced Lee.
9 December 2012
Steveson and
Walters: An inside look
Annie Mcnulty
Staff Reporter
Expressions: What is the hardest
part of teaching special education?
Steveson: There’s people and staff
going every which way, and with
the brand new trimester schedule
and all sometimes it’s just a little too
chaotic.
Walters: In my classes, my students
have serious illnesses and disabilities; so sometimes they’ll get sick
for long periods of time and occasionally pass on. When those kinds
of things happen, it’s always very
sad.
Expressions: What is one of your favorite teaching memories?
Steveson: Teaching P.E. I love being
outdoors, and its fun teaching the
kids all sorts of different sports and
activities.
Walters: Probably one of my students finally learning to walk at the
age of eight.
Expressions: Have you ever had a
student who has particularly affected you in any way?
Steveson: I have a student right
now, a senior, and he just brings
joy to my eyes every day. He’s so
high-spirited. It’s just great.
Walters: I think all of them affect
me in special ways. They all have
different personalities and ways of
expressing themselves, and they all
affect me tremendously.
Kathy Stevesen
photo credit: Annie Mcnulty
Expressions: How has your job af
fected your everyday life?
Steveson: Patience. You learn to
build compassion and to be able to
handle life’s difficulties and bad moments and cope with that and move
on
Walters: It gives you incredible perspective on life because you see kids
who, although they may be 14 or 15,
are developmentally two years old
and whose parents have around the
clock jobs taking care of them. It really makes you count your blessings
and see how precious life is; you
complain and worry a lot less about
the little stuff
Expressions: How would you describe your relationship with your
students?
Steveson: I have a great relationship
with my students. I’ve been teaching for twenty something years and
I always try to find something positive that I can use to connect with
each and every one of them.
Walters: It’s difficult because of the
nature of their disability. Not only
can my students not say my name,
but the majority of them don’t
even know my name. We still have
a strong relationship, but in a very
different way.
William Walters
photo credit: Annie Mcnulty
Tech teachers monitor monitors
Carolyn Amir
News Editor
Computer teachers Jan Fetcho
and Ted Zamorano spend a lot of
their time maintaining our school
computers. They talked to Expressions about the responsibility that
comes with this job.
Expressions: To what extent do
you help with the computers?
Jan Fetcho: I write the work or-
ders (along with San Luis Obispo
High School Principal’s Secretary
Shawlene VanDyke) that gets the
more complex problems solved. I
send out students at times to help
teachers. I provide some small
parts if needed like keyboards,
mice, network cords, video cords,
etc. There are also a lot of printer
problems. I give general advice
and help.
Ted Zamorano: I do low-end
maintenance and refer things I
can’t take care of to Mrs. Fetcho
and her Repair class.
Expressions: How much time do
you put into this?
Fetcho: Three to five hours a week.
Zamorano: Probably five hours a
week.
Expressions: Do you spend any of
your own money on this?
Fetcho: No, all items are provided
by the school district. Just my own
time as it is uncompensated. That
means I have to do more work at
home like lesson planning and
grading.
Zamorano: No.
Expressions: How much money
does the school spend on this?
Fetcho: Very little, as the position
is uncompensated.
Zamorano: None. It would be nice
if all our labs had current software
but there’s just not enough money.
We can always dream.
Editor: Kat Soll
Staff11
9 December 2012
The Meinerts:
A look at SLOHS
teacher duo
Tianna Shockley
Staff Reporter
Love is abundant in the San Luis Obispo High School Math Department for teachers Nathan and Lindsey
Meinert. Expressions recently interviewed the couple(separately) on their relationship in and outside of school.
Lindsay
Meinert
Nathan
Questions Meinert
1)One and a half years.
1) How long have the two of
you been married?
2) Usually we walk together.
3) We both have helped each other while in college math classes
4) Beautiful, loving and fun.
5) Watching an Ohio State/ USC
Football game on T.V. at a friend’s
house.
2) Do you guys drive to work
together?
3) Have you ever had to teach
your spouse how to do a math
problem?
4) What three words would you
use to describe your spouse?
6) Long story… (come ask me).
5) How did you two meet?
7) Valentine’s Day, we went to
Upper Crust on a Quintuple date
and watched a movie after.
6) How did you/he propose?
7) What was your first date?
1)Almost a year and a half.
2) Actually, most days we walk.
3) We went through school together, so we would help each
other all the time.
4) Outgoing, humble, and loving.
5) It’s a funny story; I will tell you
that it involved a math problem.
6) It was amazing, he is so
thoughtful. He proposed in
Montaña de Oro.
7) We went on a group date to my
favorite restaurant Upper Crust
for Valentine’s Day.
The secret talents of SLOHS
staff
Dorothy Monza
Staff Reporter
While inquiring about which
teachers possess unique and interesting talents, one student commented, “teachers have no special
talents, if they did, they wouldn’t be
teachers.” That anonymous student
couldn’t have been more wrong!
After talking to several teachers I’ve
discovered there is variety of talent
among our San Luis Obispo High
School staff.
Expressions talked to English
teacher Kate Stephens, Spanish teacher Nelly Caminada, and
woodshop teacher Jed Bruington
about their interesting skills.
English teacher Kate Stephens has
loved dancing and choreography
since she was a young girl. After
she was diagnosed with hip dysplasia, abnormal formation of the
hip joint, her doctors recommended she begin ballet to help her feet
turn outwards. Her talent has occasionally come up in conversation
with her theater students, “I try and
make them dance as much as I can,”
said Stephens. Dancing is an outlet
for her to express herself creatively,
and has been instrumental in shaping her life. “It affects what I love
watching. I love musicals. I love all
kinds of dance, not just the
ones I do.”
Spanish teacher Nelly Caminada
discovered her talent for long dis
tance running later in life. Although she was actively involved
with sports while she was growing
up, she didn’t run long distance until after the birth of her children.
The beauty of the trails in our area
encouraged her to begin running
half marathons and participating in
triathlons.
Caminada likes running because
“it keeps me young, active, fit, and
healthy.” Caminada speaks passionately about running, something a
lot of other people dread. “It shapes
my life; I don’t see how I could
do things differently. At 3:10 my
first move is to go to my gym bag,
change clothes and go running. I
assume other people sit down and
relax with a cup of tea, but that’s not
my lifestyle.”
The most hidden talent of them
all is that of woodshop teacher Jed
Bruington. He has the ability to
make cricket noises! He has known
about this special talent since he
was ten or eleven, and years life
perfecting it. “I don’t know if it’s
a talent or a curse,” he remarked.
Only a few students are privy to
this secret talent, which has made
Bruington “the hit of many parties”.
12
Sports
Editor: Sam Tomac
Photos compiled by Expressions Staff Reporters
Drew Minnoch, John-O
Roberts, Stefan Pappas,
Max Zulauf, Victoria
Helm, and Mia Rolph
7 December, 2012
Winter sports are here!
Sam Tomac
Editor-in-Chief
Calling all sports fans! Winter sports are starting.
That means basketball games, wrestling matches,
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Expressions: How do the teams
look?
Senior Michael Lambert:
We’re definitely looking to win
league again. We hope to go
deeper into CIF. I am the coach
appointed captain.
Our back line is super strong; we’ve
got a good defense. We just
need to work on putting the ball
in the net.
Expressions: What moves have
you been working on?
Lambert: I’ve been trying to
play more with my feet than my
hands actually, as weird as that
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Expressions:
What
moves have you been working
on?
Senior Taylor Wampler: Well,
being a center back, I definitely
don’t execute very many skills
Girls
in games, but
in practice we
always work
to improve our
cuts, turns, and
ball skills.
Expressions: What’s the locker
room like before a game? Any
special traditions?
Wampler: The locker room before a game is definitely crazy!
Flickering the lights, pounding
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Expressions: How do the
teams look?
Senior Ariana Shakibnia:
Lots of random people play
each year,
making our team pretty
well-rounded and providing lots
of laughs. [Senior] Andrea Reynolds is playing again this year so
we have a strong arm from softball.
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Expressions: Any new up-andcomers try out this year?
Senior Blake Shapazian: Nope.
Pretty much the same ballers.
Shapazian: I cannot disclose
that information.
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Expressions: How do the
teams look?
Senior Aisha Arebalo
Todd: We have a lot of returning varsity players
with just a
few underclassmen.
Todd: I personally have been
working on my three-point
shots and my hook shot.
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Expressions: How do the teams
look this year?
Senior Nathan Lichti:
We’ve got a handful of
underclassmen
who
have been consistently
putting in
the work to get a spot on varsity.
Lichti: Leg riding… It really
gives me excellent hip pressure
which is beneficial to me in every
aspect of life.
soccer games, and wrestling matches. Expressions caught up with some of the team’s senior
players: Michael Lambert, Taylor Wampler, Ariana Shakibnia, Blake Shapazian, Aisha Arebalo
Todd, and Nathan Lichti.
may sound. I’ve also been working on my moon walk.
Expressions: Who’s your biggest opponent and why?
Lambert: Probably AG and
Righetti. AG was a big rival last
year, but Righetti was our only
loss in league. Pioneer Valley
was contending us for league
champs last year but we did beat
them 4-0 last year.
Expressions: What are you looking forward to most about this
season?
Lambert: I’m looking forward
to just getting that team feeling
again. You get to practice with
the guys every day and travel
together. Our coach always says
you don’t get that with club
teams because you only see them
a few hours a week.
on the lockers, and screaming
“YEA WHITE” always seems to
get us pumped up before every
home game.
Expressions: Who do you consider your biggest opponent?
Wampler: I would say our biggest opponents are probably going to be Righetti and AG. They
always seem to step up their
game when playing us, and they
have always been really strong
competitors in fighting for the
league title.
Expressions: What are you looking forward to most about this
season?
Wampler: I’m looking forward
to the new and improved program this year with a new head
coach, and of course, working to
win that title so the seniors can
walk away with something to always remember.
Shakibnia: I’ve been working
on my persuasiveness because
I hate having to get aggressive
and would prefer to convince the
other team to give me the ball as
opposed to having to fight them
for it.
special traditions?
Shakibnia: We huddle in a circle
in the shallow end and pray to
the water gods before each game.
And we kiss the balls floating
around the middle of the circle.
Expressions: Who’s your biggest
opponent and why?
Shakibnia: AG and Righetti because they practice year round.
Shapazian: Everyone listens
to their own music to get in the
right mindset for the game. And
we try to get Craig (Carlson) angry before the game..
Expressions: Who do you consider your biggest opponent?
Why?
Shapazian: I would have to
say AG and A-Town from our
league, but definitely Mission
room like before a game?
Any special traditions?
Todd: Before a game everyone
is really focused. Right before
we hit the floor the energy is
high and game faces are on.
Expressions: Whose your biggest opponent and why?
Todd: Each team has the ability to beat us. We have to look
out for everyone. Our league
is tough. I think as a team we
special traditions?
Lichti: We sit in silence as we
send prayers to the divine wrestling spirits as we prepare ourselves for the good of our school
and the glory of our coach.
Expressions: Who do you consider your biggest opponent? Why?
Lichti: Righetti. Most of those
overall.
Expressions: What are you
looking forward to most about
this season?
Shapazian: Beating Mission
and winning league, CIF, and
State.
have the ability and mind-set to
dominate this year.
Expressions: What are you
looking forward to most about
this season?
Todd: This is my last season,
as well as [the last for] the majority of the team. I’m looking forward to winning league
and making it to CIF, as well
as making memories along the
way.
kids have been wrestling since
they were little kids.
Expressions: What are you looking forward to most about this season?
Lichti: We’re excited for CIF.
We’ve got a couple of guys who
could really make some noise in
the individual tournament.
7 December, 2012
13
Sports
Catch a wave with
SLOHS surfers
Editor: Sam Tomac
Batter up:
Boys Baseball gets a
new coach
Calico Randall
Fashion/POTS Editor
Picture courtesy of Garret Tolin
Surfing the Swells in SLO: Senior Garret Tolin is one of the many students at SLOHS who surf.
Julia Donath
Staff Reporter
While many students at San Luis
Obispo High School are busy participating in school-run sports,
several of SLOHS’s dedicated
beach bums enjoy a sport pursued
outside of school: surfing.
While many people don’t get
the opportunity to journey to San
Luis Obispo’s beautiful beaches,
some students have discovered
that surfing dawn patrol can be
far more fun than sleeping in.
Despite the recently cold weather
and nearing of winter, many students continue to pursue this enjoyable sport.
Sophomore Ian Bertrando continues to, “shred those gnarly
pounders” year- round on his
Aleutian Juice short board. Even
as the weather becomes colder, he
sometimes wears board shorts instead of a wetsuit.
“Outlets at the Pit make it warmer,” said Bertrando. He continues
to surf, “because it’s rad.” Bertrando believes that surfing is so
fun that it will affect his future
travels and schooling, so he hopes
to later attend University of California: Santa Barbara.
Senior Garret Tolin, who has
been surfing since seventh grade,
usually surfs about three times a
week. He is so dedicated that he
sometimes even tries to surf before school. He surfs year round
but particularly enjoys surfing in
the fall when the waves are best.
Tolin is among many people who
look forward to this winter’s
stormy weather, which will hopefully bring some real waves to the
notoriously small Avila Beach.
has a new Varsity Baseball coach.
Brian Wong used to coach at Bullard High School in Fresno for
nine years prior to arriving at
SLO High. Wong has been playing baseball since high school
and played through college for
Fresno State University.
His number one goal for this season is to win the Federation (CIF)
Section. His practices will have
lots of individual work and specialized drills to get there.
“[My coaching is] very aggressive, in every facet. On the field,
off the field, and working out. The
Tigers are going to work harder
than they have ever worked in
their lives,” said Wong.
He’s excited for this year, seeing
all the returning seniors. Though
he feels that there is already a
strong program here and that he
doesn’t have to rebuild the team,
he expects the athletes to always
be working on becoming stronger
players. Mostly, he’s most excited about “having a team to do
whatever I want with, and being
in charge.”
He will be strict about his athletes calling him “Coach Wong,”
but he also wants to maintain a
good relationship with the players.
“I’m not much of a hugger, but if
they [the players] were crying or
needed a hug, I’d give them one,”
said Wong, “There’s a time for
authority and a time for friendship. But, it’s usually authority.”
After having such an exciting
and successful career, he hopes
that San Luis Obispo is the city
he will live in for the rest of his
life with his eight year old yellow
Labrador named Honey.
“I wanted to go to a strong program that was a better opportunity for me, and it led me here. I
would love to be here for the next
35 years, and retire here,” said
Wong.
Hagen takes to
the slopes
Photo
courtesy
of Danica
Hagen
Tess Goodnowott
Staff Reporter
Snow Bunny Skiin’: Hagen thrashes down the slopes, showing her dedication and
sheer skill.
San Luis Obispo High
School junior Danica
Hagen is a sponsored
Alpine Ski Racer and
a passionate athlete.
She is currently living
and skiing at Mammoth
Mountain, as she does every winter season.
She will live there pursuing her
passion for four to five months:
she trains, races, and “go[es] as
fast as [she] can go, just to enjoy
the ride,” said Hagen.
Hagen has been skiing since the
wee age of one and a half. Her
parents got her on the slopes as a
child, since they lived and skied
in Mammoth in the 1980s and
1990s.
When they saw how fast she
was, her parents put her on the ski
team. From there, Hagen has only
improved.
“I have been racing since I was
seven,” said Hagen.
“I’m ranked as twelfth in the
nation for under 18 for Super
G, which is a little slower and
shorter than downhill. But I still
mainly ski the double black diamond hills,” said Hagen.
Nothing can get in the way of
sheer passion and determination
like that of nationally ranked Hagen.
She has un-enrolled from
SLOHS for second trimester and
is participating in a charter school
in order to get her credits as she
skis at Mammoth. In fact, she is
actually ahead on her credits!
Her passions have taken her
places, as she is a partly sponsored skier. She gets deals on
equipment and has received
monetary gains from some of her
races.
“Last year I won the Grand Prix
and made five hundred dollars,”
remarked Hagen.
She aspires to simply see where
her passion will take her. “Perhaps to college skiing, or to the
United States Ski Team” Hagen
said.
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Culture
Editor: Clare Duffy
7 December, 2012
Muslims at School
Kat Soll
Staff Editor
Photos by Calico Randall
America in the eyes of a foreigner
Calico Randall
Fashion/POTS Editor
Expressions interviewed exchange students junior Florian Mury from Switzerland
and senior Martin Risberg
from Sweden about their
first impressions of America.
Expressions: Are the people
here
welcoming?
Junior Florian Mury: Yeah,
they’re way more welcoming
than in Europe. They’re way
more open-minded, and everybody’s talking to you. Everybody is like, “Oh you have an
accent, where are you from?”
In Switzerland nobody cares.
Senior Martin Risberg: Yes
Unconventional
Holiday
Traditions
Photos and Info compiled by Clubs
Editor Charlie Moore
they are, a lot more than in
Sweden. To me, Sweden is better in some aspects, but overall
I like the United States more.
Expressions:
Where
did
you want to go in the U.S.?
Mury: I just wanted to go to
a coast, not the middle states.
We don’t have a coast in Switzerland, so I wanted to go
to somewhere that had one.
Risberg: I always wanted to go to
California, but Los Angeles was
my first choice. I’m glad that I
came to San Luis Obispo though.
Expressions: What did you expect when you arrived here?
Mury: I expected more of a
holiday or vacation, but it’s
not too hard here. It’s really
fun and I like the weather,
Expressions:
What
tradition do you participate in?
Junior
Vikki
Panchal:
The
festival
of
Holli.
Expressions:
What
do
you do for the tradition?
but it’s still school, which I
tried to ignore coming here.
Risberg: To have a fun time,
learn a lot and just do a lot of
stuff, as much as I can while
I’m here. I was surprised [in a
good way] by the culture most
of the time. Everything is living up to my expectations.
Expressions:
Have
you
changed since you got here?
Mury: I think I got a bit crazier.
Americans are more open and
talking, singing, and screaming.
I got more like that, because in
Europe you’re much more silent.
Risberg: I have gained a lot
of knowledge about day-today life in another country and
more about being independent.
Panchal: We throw different colored powder at people’s
faces. It is the festival of color.
Expressions: Is this specific to a certain religion?
Panchal:
Hinduism.
Expressions: How often do
you participate in this tradition?
Panchal:
During
the
spring time of every year.
Expressions: Does this tradition have a country of origin?
Panchal: It comes from India.
The Islamic culture is vastly
different than the one most
us have been raised in. To
learn more about this culture
Expressions spoke to junior
Noran Rahim about her faith:
Expressions: What is it like to
grow up Muslim in America?
Rahim: San Luis Obispo is a
nice area because there’s not a
lot of discrimination, but with
the media it is another story.
Expressions: What country
are you and your family from,
or were you born in America?
Rahim:
Egypt,
and
I
was
born
there.
pure. And whenever I’m with
my friends, it sometimes gets
hard to stop what I’m doing
to go pray. And during Ramadan, sometimes people don’t
understand that I have to fast.
Expressions: How do you go
about praying five times a day?
Rahim: I usually go pray in
the library at lunch sometimes.
Expressions:
How
devoted are you to your religion?
Rahim: My family and I are
very devoted. We try to follow our faith as best we can.
Expressions: How does your
religion affect your daily life?
Rahim: Well I can’t party, or
drink, or smoke, and we can’t
have sex before marriage, or
dance. We
also try to stay
Expressions: Living in post9/11 America, are there people
who don’t accept your faith?
Rahim: There are people who
ask me if I’m an illegal alien,
and tell me to go home, or ask
me if I’m in a terrorist group
or the Al Qaeda. I also get a lot
of dirty looks when I go outside
with my head covered because
it signifies that I’m a Muslim.
Expressions:
What
tradition do you participate in?
Junior
Rheannon
Eisworths:
Slaps
giving.
Expressions: Has it been passed
down through your family?
Eisworths: No, it’s more of a
tradition I participate in with
my friends. It originated from
“How I Met Your Mother.”
Expressions:
What
do
you do for the tradition?
Eisworths: Well, there is a song
and we watch the three episodes that go with the holiday,
and we also make and eat food.
Expressions: Does this tradition have a country of origin?
Eisworths:
America.
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I planned on dying. I can’t run
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sophomore Maylene Shanbrom
and junior Kian Ramezani
Shanbrom: I would call
everyone in my contacts and tell
them what I really think of them.
Ramezani: I’d do nothing about it.
We’re just a bunch of talking monkeys
flying on a rock through space, and
we shouldn’t really be so
scared of death.
Teaford:
Piranhas.
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Teaford:
It was foretold in the
prophecy.
Do you
believe the world is going to end in 2012?
Shanbrom: The
Mayan Calendar
never says explicitly
that the world will end.
Ramezani: Because
Phil of the Future
came back from
2012.
THOUGHTS
ON
BELIEVERS?
Shanbrom:
I think the believers are probably a
few hotdogs short of a picnic.
Ramezani: Troll harder.
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ShanLA ?
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brom: I will probably have a
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small party, since it will be winter break. We
YO OR 1
F
will do some crazy pranks since we will “die” soon.
Ramezani: I’d make Facebook statuses complaining
about other people complaining about doomsday
and take selfie photos of myself by a mushroom
cloud or with some zombies or aliens or
zombie aliens.
Editor: Calico Randall
Fashion
15
December 7, 2012
Students are living with holes in
their ear lobes
Photos by Tess Goodnowott
They just keep stretching! In order from left to right (and smallest to largest): sophomore Hannah Mitchell, senior Bonnie Ayers, and senior Chris Stilwell. Gages have a weird sizing scale, going from
14 down in multiples of two until you get to zero, then it goes to double zero. After that it changes into a confusing half-number scale.
Tess Goodnowott
Staff Reporter
Welcome to the subculture of
gauged ears. This unique form
of self-expression stems from
a multitude of motivations. No
matter how you look at it, gauges
are painful: so who has them, and
why? Expressions interviewed
senior Bonnie Ayers, senior Chris
Stilwell, and sophomore Hannah
Mitchell on the topic of gauges,
and here’s what they said:
Expressions: Why do you gauge
your ears?
Senior Bonnie Ayers: It’s something different! And they have
cool designs on them!
Senior Chris Stilwell: I was going through some hard times, but
instead of hurting myself, I’d go
a size bigger… it gave me some
time to think.
Sophomore Hannah Mitchell: I
like the way it looks!
Expressions: Does gauging one’s
ears hurt?
Ayers: Yes it hurts, it’s horrific.
And I have a high pain tolerance!
Stilwell: Yes, they do hurt.
Mitchell: Yes, but it doesn’t hurt
forever.
Expressions: What’s the best
way to stretch?
Ayers: With plastic, because
metal is too heavy.
Mitchell: It’s good to use jojoba
oil from Trader Joes, or Vitamin
E oil. Also it’s better to stretch
with plastic rather than silicone,
wood, or metal, because they can
irritate your ears.
Expressions: How do you feel
about having huge holes in your
ears when you’re older?
Stilwell: I’m gonna be the eighty
year old guy rocking gauges.
Mitchell: I won’t have holes in
my ears when I’m older, because
I stopped gauging at 00, from
where my ears can go back to
normal when I decide to.
What is your favorite thing about winter fashion?
Kendra Lewis and Calico
Randall
Staff Reporter and Fashion/
POTS Editor
The first day of winter is coming up, in fact it’s only a couple
weeks away. December 21st
marks the “end of the world,”
but it also starts the beginning of
many student’s favorite season.
The most important thing to
many about the wintertime is the
fashion. Expressions gathered
some accessories and clothes to
make you look at instyle as possible this winter.
Pencil skirts and cigarette-leg
jeans are always a good way to
go for bottoms for this winter’s
fashion. Faux fur coats and big
scarves are perfect for the cold
weather ahead. And you can’t
go wrong with high-waisted
shorts or skirts, so if you want
to look cute, that’s always safe.
Expressions interviewed students of San Luis Obispo High
School to see what their favorite part of winter fashion is, and
here is what they said.
Sources:
Glamour.com
Photos by Randy Slocum and
John-O Roberts
Senior Alex Scoolis:
“Outer wear. A favorite of mine
is my leather jacket.”
Senior Sara Gibbs:
“Warm socks with marvelous
patters. I also wear them over
leggings because it looks most
excellent.”
Junior Stephanie Cannon:
“Everything! When it’s winter,
stores put out really cute shoes,
like boots and such.”
Sophomore Griffin Irving:
“Just dressing warmly. The best
part for me is probably wearing
multiple jackets.”
Junior Stefan Pappis:
“I like the layering of all the
shirts, sweaters and jackets.”
Sophomore Lauren Cohune:
“Sweaters, Uggs and scarves.”
Freshman Grace Slocum:
“My leopard print snuggie.
Mmm, just so toasty.”
Freshman Carter Netzley:
“Furry coats. They’re just so
soft and nice. And those beanies
with the little puff on top.”
16
POTS
Editor: Calico Randall
December 7, 2012
What is the best gift you could get for your
significant other this holiday season?
Avery Candelario
Opinion Editor
As the holidays approach, love
is in the air, and many of us just
want to spread the gift of giving.
Expressions wanted to know
what all of you San Luis Obispo
High School love birds find to
be the best tokens of affection
for your loved ones. We interviewed one student from each
grade to see what they would
buy for their loves.
Photos by Avery Candelario
Freshman CeCe Devaney
“Chocolate! No, I’m just kidding… No I’m not kidding,
chocolate!”
Sophomore Paige Cohune
“I would definitely get them
chocolate and a CD of music that you have inside jokes
about.”
Junior Aura Elias
“A bunch of cookies… So Santa
will come and give them better
presents.”
Senior Sarah Blakely
“I don’t get gifts, I just make
them. I always make CDs and
videos.”
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Listen up! Staff reporter Maddy Stratton snuck around campus to discover the most interesting quotes from students here at San Luis Obispo High
School, and this is what she found...
What is the best food you can buy on campus?
Photos by Drew Minnoch
Freshman Jacob DeVor
Sophomore Kenidi Campa
Junior Ruby Hendry
Senior Jared Nabhan
“The baked potato special. It’s smothered “The Quaker cheddar snack mix… it’s ad- “Coco Puff cereal bars. They’re reminis- “The jalapeño cheetos at the adult school.
in beans and cheese. It’s delicious!”
dicting.”
cent of childhood.”
The spicy succulent cheetos tingle my taste
buds.”

December

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