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Features
Take a hike, literally
April 5, 2012
 This Spring break, relax, get
out of the house and head
down to these trails to soak
up some sun and enjoy the
beauty of nature
by Naomi Menezes and Kira Tran
Sports Editor & Staff Writer
El Moro Canyon: 8681 North Coast Highway, Laguna Beach
Situated directly across from Crystal
Cove State Park, El Moro’s trails offer a variety of options for both beginning and seasoned veterans. Although going in the opposite direction of the beach, the views are
still amazing. The trail offers campgrounds
for those who want to stay in this beautiful
pocket of nature. You have to share the trail
with mountain bikers, but the trails are wide
enough to accommodate everyone.
Quail Hill: 34 Shady Canyon Drive, Irvine
This brisk two mile hike winds through
the Quail Hill neighborhood while giving
you a glimpse of Irvine’s natural beauty.
The trail will lead you to Bommer Canyon
near Shady Canyon Drive in Turtle Rock.
For amateur hikers looking for a place to
begin, this is the perfect trail to start with. It
is conveniently located less than ten minutes
away from school and is a great way to unwind after a stressful day at school.
Woodbridge High School
Trabuco Canyon: 5 Freeway exit off the El
Toro ramp, El Toro
For those who like a little challenge, Trabuco Canyon offers a picturesque ten mile
hike in the Cleveland National Forest in El
Toro. Bring cash to pay for a day pass; you
don’t want to miss out on the Holy Jim Falls
and Falls Canyon. The trail to Holy Jim Falls
does have poison oak; so only vigilant hikers should brave this trail. The hike to Falls
Canyon, better known as Black Star Canyon, is less treacherous, but be courteous
to the residents of the area, for they have a
reputation for hassling hikers. Also remember that when dealing with waterfalls, watch
out for slippery or unstable rocks, as they are
a popular source of injury. The views, however, are ones to remember.
Peters Canyon: 8548 E Canyon View Ave,
North Tustin
Located just outside of Irvine, this trail
offers a brisk adventure around the manmade Lake Irvine and local marshlands. Although not as natural and wild as the trails
listed above, Peters Canyon Trail is a great
place for a weekend outing with family or
friends. The trail, popular for bird-watching
and trail running, branches off into smaller
trails, giving you options on the length of
your hike. A full trek through the longest
trail is about 5 ½ miles roundtrip, a popular
choice for many. There is a small $3 parking fee, but it is well worth it if you plan to
spend a day enjoying nature.
Photos courtesy of Kira Tran, Kaylee Baum and Katie Bibas
JUNIORS KAYLEE BAUM (BOTTOM LEFT) AND KATIE BIBAS (BOTTOM RIGHT) hike at Suicide Hill and Laguna Canyon,
respectively, just two more great options to hike at in addition to trails in Laguna Beach with comical rocks (top).
#Twinning: it's a twin-win situation
 Just two of the several twins
on campus, the Bellingham's and
Taniguchi's give an inside look on
what having a twin is really like
by Ashley Beall
Opinion Editor
H
aving an identical twin has its perks
and seniors Amy and Allison Bellingham and Chris and Nick Taniguchi have
been enjoying these benefits since birth.
“You get used to it really soon, it’s like
having a really close friend with you all the
time,” Chris Taniguchi said.
While some may think that having someone constantly with you can be a bad thing,
to others continual companionship is quite
enjoyable. “I always have someone there
with me and I’m never alone, I always have
someone to hang out with and it’s nice,”
Amy Bellingham said.
Twinning can, however, be awkward for
the people that pass a twin in the hallway
because they may not be sure which one he
or she is.
“I don’t get offended
when people confuse me
with Allison because I
know it’s really hard for
people that want to say ‘hi’
but are afraid to get me
confused with my twin, but
I really don’t mind,” Amy
Bellingham said. “Sometimes I will correct them
and sometimes I won’t.”
Even twins have a hard
time telling each other
apart.
(FROM LEFT TO RIGHT) SENIORS NICK TANIGUCHI, ALLISON BELLINGHAM, AMY BELLINGHAM AND CHRIS TANIGUCHI have a stare
“When I look at my
down with their doubles and some can't take the heat.
Photos by Ashley Beall
childhood photos I sometimes can’t tell Nick and I apart,” Chris ent and I hear we have moles and scars in
But not every twin has this special power.
Taniguchi said.
different places,” Chris Taniguchi said.
“I think the twin telepathy gene skipped over
What’s the key to figuring out which is
Some twins give credence to rumors sur- me and Amy,” Allison Bellingham said.
which? For the Bellingham’s pay close at- rounding twin telepathy, where twins can
Overall, these twins can’t imagine life
tention to their styles and height. “I’m taller read each other’s minds and feel each other’s without one another.
than Allison and I have a necklace that has pain.
“Amy is my best friend, I don’t think I
my name on it and I wear it all the time,”
“Twin telepathy is very real,” Chris Tani- could handle not having her in my life,” AlAmy Bellingham said.
guchi said. “I can tell exactly where Nick is, lison Bellingham said.
For the Taniguchi’s it’s all about their what he’s thinking and how many hairs are
“I can totally imagine life without Chris,
features. “Usually our hair length is differ- on his head.”
it would be boring,” Nick Taniguchi said.
Features
Clubs that aim to make a difference
April 5 , 2012
Golden Arrow
 These clubs on campus make
a difference in our community
and help those hard of hearing
and with autistic needs
Spreading the Word Club
by Hannah Hartstein, Features Editor
H
oping to shed light on special needs
children and spread awareness of autism, the Spreading the Word club plans to
continue their efforts of educating the student body as well as gain the support from
the community.
This topic is close to home for junior and
club president Savannah Esquibel as well
as sophomore and vice president Natalie
Potasiak. Esquibel’s 35-year-old brother
and 12-year-old nephew are autistic and
both Potasiak’s 19-year-old brother and
13-year-old sister were diagnosed with the
condition soon after their birth.
“It is a struggle living with their special
needs that bring about many implications,
but they have taught us patience, compassion and most of all, love,” Esquibel said.
The goal of the club is to not only inform
others of their cause, but also to help communicate the ideas and talents of autistic
children.
“We need to be their voice and their mediators,” Esquibel said.
In addition, the club hopes to open the
eyes of the student body and make them
more knowledgeable of its efforts.
“My ultimate goal would just be for people who have never met anyone with special
needs to understand that they're people too
and deserve the same sort of respect that
one would give to another without special
needs,” senior and club treasurer Hope Dorman said.
The club is currently vying for the financial support of local businesses to help
continue their cause and raise money for research.
“I hope with this club we can fundraise
support, money for research, and mainly
bring encouragement to [the special needs
kids],” Esquibel said.
The club also plans on getting more involved in organizations and programs dealing with autism.
“We hope to participate in a walk that
supports autism research towards the end of
April,” Potasiak said.
Do it yourself: hair dye
 Change up your look this
Spring with this guide on how
to dye the ends of your hair
by Courtney Nguyen
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Staff Writer
f you’re thinking about dying your hair,
don’t spend $50 to get it done by a professional. Dying your own hair will only
cost you about $16 and isn’t complicated if
you buy the right products and follow these
simple steps:
What you need:
• Hair bleach (this is only if you have
darker colored hair; the bleach will make
your colored dye show up more vibrantly
• Hair Developer (This activates the color
in the bleach (recommended brand: Redken)
• Plastic gloves
• Hair dye brush
• Aluminum foil (3x6 inches) Colored
Hair Dye (recommended brands Manic Panic or Punky Color)
• 2 Plastic bowls
Step 1: Start by putting on your gloves and
mask to keep you from staining your skin
and smelling the chemicals. Make sure you
are somewhere that is well ventilated and
lay newspapers around you too. For further
protection, wear a towel around your shoulders so it doesn’t get on you.
Step 2: If you have darker hair, start by mixing the bleach and developer in the plastic
bowl until it gets to an icing-like consistency.
Step 3: Section off your hair into a first
and second layer. Split the bottom layer,
grab one inch sections and lay them onto a
strip of aluminum foil.
Step 4: Apply the bleach with the brush
onto the ends of your hair, stopping at
your desired length. Make sure you fully
coat the hair. Then, fold the foil (with your
hair inside) into a small rectangle to seal
the bleach. Continue bleaching the rest of
your hair.
Step 5: After bleaching the ends of your
hair, finish by heating the ends with a blow
dryer to ensure they are fully saturated.
Step 6: Wait 10 minutes (or until you see
your hair turn blonde) and then remove
your foils over the sink and rinse out the
bleach.
Step 7: After rinsing, blow-dry your hair
completely and then pour the hair color
into another plastic cup. Apply the color
generously over your blonde ends. You do
not need foils at this point.
Step 8: Wrap the colored ends into a plastic bag and apply heat to seal the color. The
longer your hair is in the bag the brighter
your color will be.
Step 9: Wait at least 30 minutes and then
rinse your ends with conditioner.
Step 10: Look in the mirror and check out
your awesome new hair! Your color will
last up to 5-6 weeks until it begins to fade!
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(FROM LEFT TO RIGHT) JUNIOR SAVANNAH ESQUIBEL, SOPHOMORE NATALIE POTASIAK AND SENIOR HOPE
DORMAN lead their weekly club meetings every Wednesday. They are planning on participating in a Rock and Run
for Autism 5k event at the Great Park to help raise money and support autism research.
Every other Wednesday club members,
along with others who are interested, spend
their lunches with the special needs students
on campus.
“They do not often get all the recognition
and support from the students on our campus, so coming in to have lunch with them
makes them so unbelievably happy,” Esquibel said.
Photo by Jona Moghnieh
ty High School, also helps Karol teach sign
language outside of school.
“I tutor sign language and I also teach
deaf people proper grammar,” Karol said.
“It started out with my girlfriend because
she was teaching a couple of kids sign language and I just took off from that and right
now we have four students.”
However, Karol’s students don’t just in-
American Sign
Language Club
by Ashley Beall, Opinion
Editor
W
hile not everyone is able
to master sign language,
senior Sheridan Karol has not
only mastered it, but he teaches
it as well. His club, the American Sign Language Club, is all
about teaching sign language to
anyone willing to learn on Tuesdays in K104.
“Our goal is to have sign language be a class here, but that
doesn’t look realistic so our subgoal is to teach sign language
AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE CLUB vice president Nyrees Bchihalouk
to the student body because it
(left) and president Sheridan Karol (right) say 'I love you' in sign language.
hasn’t really been done here bePhoto by Ashley Beall
fore,” Karol said.
clude high school students.
Everyone’s inspiration behind starting a
“We are teaching a 22 year-old and an
club is different, but Karol’s stands out on a eighth grader proper English and we are also
more emotional level.
teaching a mom sign language because her
“My inspiration was mainly because of son is deaf,” Karol said.
my girlfriend because she is deaf so being
If students wish to master the art of
able to communicate with her is required sign language, just stop by a meeting on
and I also love teaching kids sign language,” any Tuesday and get acquire a new skill.
Karol said.
“There’s always more room in our club for
Karol’s girlfriend, who attends Universi- anyone who would like to learn," Karol said.
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April 5 , 2012
Features
ROP scholarship nominees
 On May 18, students from 30
different high schools will come
together to find out if they won
ROP scholarships
by Taylor Grimm
Staff Writer
R
ecently, seniors Anna Pishenko and
Miriam Velazquez, along with Rushdah Abdallah, Jasmine Sakr, Paolo Santos
and Sahar Shahidi, received Distinguished
Student Recognition (DSR) scholarship
nominations for their hard work in Regional
Occupational Program (ROP) courses.
Velazquez's is for her classes in computer
graphics, computerized accounting, along
with the medical terminology course she is
now taking.
High school can be an extremely stressful
time for students, especially when it comes
to choosing the correct classes to potentially
help students get into the college of their
dreams. Sometimes, though, a six period
day isn’t nearly enough time for students to
take all the classes they wish.
ROP courses are provided for students
both during the school day and in the evenings. The available classes vary from animal veterinarian work to dentistry and orthodontics. They offer hands-on activities
and real life internships with businesses
along with the original two to three hour
class.
“The hands-on work environment and
real life situations you are able to really apply to your learning experience are something to definitely take from these classes,”
Velazquez said.
Students who show a significant interest
and progress well are given the opportunity
to receive an ROP scholarship to help them
into the college of their choice with the major of their desired course.
“It’s a good class to see what you want to
take in college,” Pishenko said.
The ROP courses help you become more
involved in something you show interest
in, rather than just be told about what you
would like to do as a living.
“It helps to focus on one specific chosen
career and it always helps that it is free as
well,” Pishenko said.
ROP courses can also be taken during the
normal school day hours. Computer graphics is one example of the many available for
Disneyland Secrets
 The next time you go to the
happiest place on Earth, be
on the look out for these little
known secrets and hidden
treasures
by Jana Obeid
Staff Writer
M
ost people are unaware of the secrets
that fill Disney parks; but for the people who do, their experience is all the better!
“I think it’s crazy how 13 million guests
come every year. I would have probably just
guessed about two million,” junior Max
Mariahazy said.
The man and woman who have done the
voices for Minnie and Mickey mouse for
the past 20 years are actually married in real
life.
“I love seeing all the characters around
the park! I had no idea that they have censors in every suit to make sure that there
isn’t two of the same character,” freshman
Maya Kashlan said.
The Matterhorn has two different tracks
available; The track on the right is slower
and lasts 30 seconds longer while the one
on the left is faster and has tighter turns and
an unexpected drop. At the top of the ride
there is a half court where employees can
play basketball.
“I like the way that when you enter the
park, no matter how bad your day has
been you are instantly happy,” junior Jacie
Cobbs said.
Disney artists have added ‘hidden
Mickeys’ (the iconic, tri-circular mouse
head shape) throughout the rides for guests
to find. One such ‘hidden Mickey’ can be
found in the three conjoined coins in the
treasure chest in the room filled with treasure.
“I always try and find hidden mickeys
every time I go to Disneyland. It makes
going on the rides even more fun,” junior
Emily Huang said.
*Facts obtained from Disneyland: Little
Known Facts about Well Known Places by David Hoffman
WALT DISNEY AND MICKEY MOUSE proudly stand in
front of Sleeping Beauty's castle.
Photo by Jana Obeid
Golden Arrow
SENIORS MIRIAM VELAZQUEZ (LEFT) AND ANNA PISHENKO (RIGHT) are both nominees of ROP scholarship awards
that may help them pursue their interests in college next fall.
any student who is interested.
“We get a grant and the recognition that
we are one of the few outstanding students
in the ROP program,” Velazquez said of her
scholarship.
Despite the extra hours required, the
Photos by Taylor Grimm
courses offer more life experience than a
regular elective would.
“ROP scholarships are the best kept secrets in this school,” ROP director Vicki
Dimitruk said.
Passover the pizza, please
 Here is a delicious and cheesy
dish for those eight days of
yest-less meals during the
upcoming Jewish holiday, that
everyone wants to pass over
2 ½ cups of boiling water
3 cups of matzah farfel
5 eggs
Salt and pepper
Steps
1. Put the matzah farfel into a bowl
2. Pour the boiling water into the bowl
3. Drain and beat the eggs
by Ellie Young
4. Pour the eggs into the bowl
Staff Writer
5. Mix the farfel, water and eggs
pril; for many people it means warm
6. Put the mixture into a pizza pan
weather, sun, those glorious days off
7. Bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes
from school and Easter. But it also means
Now you make the topping.
it’s time for Passover. For this holiday Jews Materials
are not allowed to
One can of toeat anything conmato sauce with
taining yeast or
mushrooms
anything that rises
Eight slices of
when cooked. This
American cheese
is why you might
Garlic powder
see some people
and onion powwalking
around
der
eating Matzah. But
Steps
for Jewish people
1. Spread the
who get tired of
sauce over the
Matzah after the
pizza and cut the
second day of Passcheese into strips
over (so, everyone) THIS MATZAH PIZZA is not only delicious, but also convientent for and put it over the
Photo by Ellie Young sauce
or for non-Jews the eight days sans yeast bearing food
who want to try
2. Sprinkle the
something new, here is an exciting Matzah garlic and onion powder onto the pizza
pizza recipe for Passover.
4. Bake at 350 degrees until the cheese
First you have to make the crust.
melts (about eight to ten minutes)
Materials
Happy Passover everyone!
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