Getting a Running Start
March 17, 2010 by Adriana Janovich
Filed under Columns
Waking up at 6:30 a.m., I’m at my first class by 7:20.
I sit in American Sign Language, desperately trying to understand what my teacher is trying to communicate to me using only her hands and facial expressions.
At 8:20, I walk to the HUB, where I relax at one of the tables, my feet up on [...]
Making Susan B. Anthony Proud
March 17, 2010 by Adriana Janovich
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The year of 2010 has always seemed like a landmark year for me.
Being a senior, it’s my graduation year. Davis pep rallies echo with chants of “Oh Ten!” as I cheer along with my fellow classmates.
The big two and one — accompanied by a couple of zeros — have always meant college, boxes and choices. [...]
Irish Mr. English
March 17, 2010 by Adriana Janovich
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By JENNA DAVISON
EISENHOWER HIGH SCHOOL
He’s Irish. His name is English. And he teaches science.
But most people at Eisenhower High School know him as an avid runner and track coach with an interesting accent and serious sense of humor.
Phil English, Ike’s head track coach, has been coaching cross country and track and field in Yakima for [...]
Fresh Faces: Austin Door
March 14, 2010 by Adriana Janovich
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Austin Door
Grandview, freshman, 15.
Favorite activities: Being with Amanda, playing shooting games.
Favorite food: Chinese.
Favorite music: Rap.
Favorite films: “Forest Gump,” all of the Adam Sandler movies.
Favorite books: “Looking for Alaska.”
Three words to describe yourself: Flippen sexy beast.
Greatest achievement: Joining boxing and making it to state.
If you could leave tonight on an all-expenses-paid trip, where would you go? [...]
Fresh Faces: Orlando Santos
March 14, 2010 by Adriana Janovich
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Orlando Santos
Grandview, freshman, 15.
Favorite activities: Playing soccer, hanging out with friends.
Favorite food: Tamales, for sure.
Favorite music: Hip-hop, rap, underground rap.
Favorite films: Adventure, action.
Favorite books: “Rose that Grew from Concrete.”
Three words to describe yourself: Down to Earth.
Greatest achievement: Winning my first street race.
If you could leave tonight on an all-expenses-paid trip, where would you go? Baja [...]
Fresh Faces: Josue Medina
March 13, 2010 by Adriana Janovich
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Josue Medina
Davis, sophomore, 15.
Favorite activities: Playing football and baseball, hanging out with my friends.
Favorite food: Tamales and enchiladas.
Favorite music: I’m all rock — Three Days Grace, baby!!!!!!!!!
Favorite films: All types of comedy movies.
Favorite books: I’m more of a mystery type. I’m always trying to guess what’s going to happen next.
Three words to describe yourself: Fun, [...]
Fresh Faces: Casey Guilland
March 13, 2010 by Adriana Janovich
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Casey Guilland
Eisenhower, junior, 17.
Favorite activities: Playing sports (track and field), traveling, hanging out with friends.
Favorite Food: Steak.
Favorite Music: Black Eyed Peas, Beatles, Coldplay, Jack Johnson.
Favorite Movies: “Pride and Prejudice,” “Ocean’s Eleven,” “Ocean’s Twelve,” “Ocean’s Thirteen,” “The Bourne Ultimatum.”
Three words to describe yourself: Witty, athletic, silly.
Greatest achievement: Lettering in soccer and track my freshman year.
If you [...]
Fresh Faces: Corbin Perrault
March 13, 2010 by Adriana Janovich
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Corbin Perrault
East Valley, senior, 17.
Favorite activities: Motocross, hunting.
Favorite food: Burritos.
Favorite music: Country or rock.
Favorite films: “The Hangover.”
Favorite books: “Transworld Motocross.”
Three words to describe yourself: Fun, goofy, weird.
Greatest achievement: Clearing the 110-foot table top at Buena.
If you could leave tonight on an all-expenses-paid trip, where would you go? Cancun.
What would you do with $1 million? Buy [...]
Fresh Faces: Ashley Burns
March 12, 2010 by Adriana Janovich
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Ashley Burns
Selah, senior, 18.
Favorite activities: I absolutely love to hang out with my friends, design dresses for prom, play tennis and decorate.
Favorite food: Chinese food is the best, but Caesar salad comes in right after that!
Favorite music: I like all kinds of music — rap, country, hip-hop and Christian — but really anything that can [...]
‘Alice in Wonderland’
March 10, 2010 by Adriana Janovich
Filed under Reviews
“How is a raven like a writing desk?”
This was the question the Mad Hatter (Johnny Depp) asked throughout Tim Burton’s “Alice in Wonderland.”
Shown in digital 3-D, the movie offers a new adventure in the already famous Wonderland. Rather than twisting the original story, this plot takes place years later with a new Alice (Mia Wasikowska).
Wonderland [...]
