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Letter
from the Editor
By Steven Giordano
The United States of America; its freedoms are the most coveted,
its people have the most opportunity, and it strives to better
countries all over the world. Immigrants leave their homeland
and families while others look across the border with desire for
a better life. Yet, the American people seem to underestimate
the true magnitude of this country’s greatness. Many cannot fully
understand until they experience or at least hear about what the
rest of the world is dealing with and trying to overcome. One
obvious realization is through other countries’ oppressive governments
and wars. Dictators like Saddam Hussein and fascist leaders as
Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini are clear marks of cruelty opposite
to the American way of life. Communism that flooded the thoughts
of the free world for about half of the 20th century was finally
waited out, but not entirely. The People’s Republic of China is
the remaining communal force and Google, the world’s fastest growing
internet search engine, has just expanded there. Censorship is
running wild as searches as “Taiwan Independence,” “Tibetan Independence,”
and “Tiananmen Square” are just a few of the phrases the Chinese
government do not want its citizens to even think about. (See
page 6 for full coverage.) How great does America have it? We
have open elections, government favored opportunity, and all conceivable
human rights with possibly best of all as the right to free speech.
Americans, however, can and have abused these great attributes
of the USA. Flag burning and outlandish protests are believed
as positive because it is what America is all about. But no one
should ever forget how precious and fragile these things can be,
and carelessness toward them is perilous. Do not waste what we
have for “With great power comes great responsibility.” This cheesy
use of a comic book line is not to be taken as juvenile because
it is true. So enjoy these United States, and actually act united.
On a lighter side, the month of love is upon us. Oolahlah, hearts,
and flowers are the basis for every store one can possibly walk
in to. So eat all the chocolate that you can. Enjoy.
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Headlines
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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Homicide at Skyway
Campus
When Anatomy and Physiology students entered their classroom on
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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Father-Daughter Dance
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
for Themselves
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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