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Disney
to Buy Out Pixar
$7.4 Billion Deal Settled
By Allie Perry

After years of extraordinary
animation skills and loveable family classics, Pixar Animation
Studios, Inc. will soon be sold to longtime partner The Walt Disney
Co. Disney has co-financed and distributed Pixar’s films for the
past 12 years. After Cars, Pixar’s newest movie, hits theatres
in June, this deal will expire and Disney and Pixar will co-operate
together for $7.4 million in stock, hopefully ending Disney’s
rut in animation movies. This deal will also launch Steve Jobs,
CEO of Pixar Animation Studios, into a powerful role in the media
business. Jobs already owns half of Pixar’s shares and heads Apple
Computer Inc., and he will soon become Disney’s director and largest
shareholder.
The 12-year business deal was set to expire in June and not be
renewed due to friction between Jobs and former Disney CEO Michael
Eisner. But under the control of Robert A. Iger since October
2005, the talks of combining rekindled and will soon become a
reality. Pixar executive vice president John Lasseter, who began
his career as a Disney animator and is the creative force behind
Pixar’s films, will become the animation studios’ chief creative
officer and principal creative advisor for Walt Disney Imagineering,
which designs and builds the company’s theme parks. Pixar president
Ed Catmull will serve as president of the combined companies.
The animation studios will remain separate, with Pixar keeping
its brand name and headquarters in Emeryville and Disney remaining
in Burbank. Disney has said that the earnings will probably lower
over the next couple years, but should revive around 2008. “It’s
something Disney had to do,” said Harold Vogel, a media analyst
with Vogel Capital Management in New York. “It’s good for both
companies."
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National Signing Day
Brings VC Athletes to the Table
On Wednesday, February 1, four stars of Valley Christian’s four-time
CCS championship football team committed as a group to San Jose
State University. After weeks of deliberation, Danté
Perez, Mark Piethe, Dominique
Hunsucker, and Bryan North made the
decision to join the 2006 Spartan football team. All received
scholarship offers from several different schools; each evaluated
his options and concluded that SJSU had the most to offer in all
areas. The boys have become a part of the changing Spartan football
program and are excited to see what this experience holds for
them as they pursue their football careers.
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January 30, they were shocked to see a “dead” man on the floor.
The man was laying lifeless, surrounded by bottles, blood spatters,
and a knife. According to Mr. Doug Canepa, the
murder had taken place earlier that morning, and there were five
suspects, one of which was not able to be located.
After getting the basic information from Mr. Canepa, the students
got to work. Each had designated responsibilities to attend to.
The first job was to document the crime scene. Using skills learned
over the course of the unit, students collected valuable information,
took photographs, and collected evidence. “Collecting the evidence
was fun. It’s not really like the CSI shows on television, the
process is a lot slower, and we had to wear ugly hair nets and
gloves,” said senior Maricela Galaviz.
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Coming
Have you ever wished that you could go to the Academy Awards or
Grammy’s? Well now is your chance. Mr. Nardi’s 2005-2006 Leadership
class is diligently working to prepare one of the greatest Father
Daughter Dinner Dances. This high-end event will be held in Valley’s
very own large gym from 6:30 until 10 pm on March 11. The theme:
A Night On the Red Carpet will include an elegant arrival setup,
a full dinner arrangement, entire dance floor, and an awards ceremony.
The cost will be $40 per couple before the event, and $50 at the
door. Although this evening is a Valley Christian High School
event, the junior high is also being invited. Likewise, you, too,
are given the opportunity to invite some girls outside of school,
such as church friends. It is going to be a lot of fun, so do
not hesitate from bringing anyone you would like.
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Rugby Makes a Name
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The Valley Christian rugby club has competed in its
first two matches of the 2006 season. This under nineteen’s league
has the Warriors facing opponents well beyond the typical high
school athlete.
College Park was the first team to challenge the Warriors. As
opposed to the regular halves of thirty-five minutes each, this
was both teams’ first scrimmage at fifty minutes total. College
Park due to it under nineteen rule is made up of mainly the hated
Bellarmine Bells, respectfully hated of course. Down the skyway
hill, the teams met on February 4 at Rolling Rock Park, a neighborhood
park in community surrounding Valley Christian. The early afternoon
(kick off) started the thirty-man battle to jump on the first
‘try.’ Remember that ‘tries’ can be compared to a touchdown in
American football yet are worth five points. They are scored by
not just reaching the goal but by touching the ball down into
the try zone. Due to the location, the two point conversion kicks
could not be taken because there were no field goal uprights;
these would follow all tries.
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