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Editorials
October 2012
Central Valley High School Examiner
Get a room!
Brittanie Ontiveros
Kissing sure is great and it’s understandable
that couples want to express their love towards
one another; however, the students that walk our
school halls have no appreciation of that, whatsoever.
I don’t mind seeing two “love birds” interlocking
hands. Yeah, that’s cute. Big deal. But when I see
sucking face taking place in the corners, it wrecks
my whole entire day. Tongues aren’t exactly key
motivation for me to get to my next class.
I’m not indicating that PDA should be totally
and completely banned from schools, but it sure
would be nice if sometimes the rules against it
were enforced a little bit more. There are the right
times and places for certain things, and Central
Valley is a place for learning.
PDA can be viewed and displayed in so many
ways. It’s not that it’s necessarily wrong, but it can
tend to get to a point where it’s very disturbingand
if we’re being honest here, disgusting. Aside
from a little hand holding, there’s nothing else
that others need or want to see from you.
Nowadays, kids seem to take PDA to a whole
different level. There are other ways to show
affection toward your partner without having to
practically make babies in the hallways while others
are struggling to get to their next class.
The rule of no PDA isn’t to make students upset;
it has more to do with respect. Having enough
respect for your teachers, peers, and classmates
to take that elsewhere. School isn’t the only place
you can kiss or hug your significant other. No one
wants to punish you, suspend you, or expel you;
they just want to see kids acting appropriately, as
they should be. It’d be very much appreciated to
keep school a PDA-free-zone.
Cut seniors some slack
Lauren Allen
Many might disregard students’
complaints about Senior
Project as meaningless grumbles
from lazy teenagers, but
they actually have a legitimate
point: although well-intended,
Senior Project is unnecessarily
time-consuming and rarely
beneficial to a large percentage
of our students.
The state-enforced requirement
was implemented with
students’ interests in mind, and I
think it has some decent potential.
However, its current set- up
includes so many redundant
worksheets and useless work
that students are bogged down
with self-reflection papers instead
of exploring the project’s
intent: using their knowledge in
the real world.
One of the many requirements
is a multiple page research
paper. This paper seems
to be the bane of students taking
on culminating project.
I understand the importance
of being able to write a research
paper. However, many students,
such as those who have taken
pre-AP and AP courses, have
written a research paper nearly
every year thus far. Instead of
Cover up. Please.
Lauryn Peterson
Spokane’s weather has been so nice lately. With
the 70 and 80 degree weather, no one’s complaining.
But honestly every day I walk into this school,
and I see so many girls wearing short shorts
which are way too revealing.
I get it, it is still shorts weather and no one
wants to put away their Daisy Duke’s yet. Even
I don’t want to. But some of these young girls’
shorts are letting everything show.
Everyone has always had to live by that one
rule in school, “below your fingertip,” yet people
always seem to break it and never get caught. It
seems like the styles for shorts, dresses, and skirts
keep getting smaller and shorter. I recognize it’s
the style, but can we young teenagers keep it at a
reasonable length?
Another rule I see being broken from the dress
code is about shirts. Girls’ shirts are unbelievably
low-slung nowadays. It’s almost as if girls have a
mandating that they write yet
another essay in the midst of a
busy senior year, why not allow
them to showcase an earlier
paper, or even several papers, in
some sort of portfolio?
I think Senior Culminating
Project could be vastly improved
if we somehow tailored
it with options that would
better fit each student. I’d love
to brainstorm more ideas, but
I have to go reflect on my personal
goals and evaluate how
well I “fit the portfolio of a CV
graduate”. Ugh.
competition on who can show the most cleavage.
I have heard it before, “if you got it, flaunt it”,
but it’s not the best law to live by here at Central
Valley High School, or frankly anywhere to be
truthful. I don’t make the guidelines, so outside
of school dress how you want. But please, while
you’re here in school, cover up… for the sake of
us all.
I think that the clothing code violators should
be getting caught more often. We need to crack
down on all of the disobeyers because we should
be dressing like young ladies, not people that we
are influenced by on television or movies.
So before slipping on that mini skirt and wearing
that low tank top, consider if it’s reasonable
attire for your day at school. If not, put on one of
the CVHS spirit shirts and show your school spirit.
That’s when you’ll show respect for the school.
For better, or for worse?
Robbi Quinn
Divorce. It has many definitions
along with multiple
different problems. Definition
number one: to part or cease or
break association with. Divorce
parts two families. Families that
have built lives together for
years. It ceases the hard work
and pain you went through to
find “the one.” It breaks hearts
and trust.
Definition number two: to
formally terminate a marriage.
Divorce terminates relationships.
It brings hate to what was
supposed to be love.
For kids, a divorce can mean
more presents at Christmas or a
lifetime of drama. In my opinion,
it’s the never ending fighting
and nonstop communication.
When will it end? It doesn’t.
Divorce not only separates
families, it brings others together.
Not in a good way. Blended
families add ten times more
weight to the shoulders of the
children stuck in the middle.
It creates more unresolved
feelings towards the single parent.
Will it get better? It won’t.
It seems that the children
have to pick sides at some point
in time. The kids have to listen
to each parent bad mouth the
other. What are the kids supposed
to do? We can’t solve your
frustrations.
Life could be so much easier if
families stuck together like they
were supposed to in the first
place.
Will it ever get easier? NO.
Divorce is not only a separation;
it’s a punishment and we
kids have to suffer the consequences
forever.
Lunches aren’t so
scrumptious
Hayden Brooks
Breakfast is considered the
most important meal of the day.
But what about those people
who don’t like to eat breakfast?
That must make lunch the most
important part of the day, yet
you only get to eat what you
actually want on Saturdays and
Sundays. Our school district has
enforced a new policy on school
lunch: less “fattening” foods
and better nutritious meals
with more vegetables and less
scrumptious foods.
Last year we used to get Pizza
Pipeline every Wednesday.
Wednesday used to be the day
everyone looked forward to
with a couple of hot slices from
the Pipeline and some delicious
snacks to munch upon. We used
to be able to get chips, cookies,
and a ton of other scrumptious
snacks. This year you can only
get one slice of pizza, and all
the good desserts are no longer
present. First of all, how is one
piece of pizza supposed to fill
you up?! You also have to get
more vegetables this year and
there’s no more good fruit! It’s
been the talk at the lunch tables
and I think everyone is getting
irritated with our new lunch
system.
Having third lunch is also a
controversy. It’s pretty much
the worst lunch to have if you
think about it, for most of the
students who have third lunch
are usually from physical education
classes and are the most
hungry because they just got
done breaking a sweat. Lunch
is supposed to be a re-fueling
station, but it’s pretty hard
to fill up when third lunches
supplies are very scarce. If you
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want pizza before it’s gone you
have to change as fast as you
can and sprint to the DECA
store just to get a semi-warm
pizza before they’re all gone.
Third lunch gets the scraps of
all the freshness; first lunch gets
everything nice and fresh while
third lunch gets to devour the
cold pizza (if there’s even any
left) and pick from a variety
that’s close to nothing because
all the previous lunches ate the
food already. I think third lunch
needs to be revised; we deserve
to have an equal lunch just like
everyone else.
Another topic that seems to
bother upper-classmen about
lunch is the off campus rules.
Seniors and juniors believe
that they’re mature enough to
leave the campus and to go get
something of their choice, yet
the school doesn’t see it like
that. I think that if someone has
their own money and they want
to eat whatever they want then
they should be able to. I think
it’s unfair how other schools in
the GSL get to go off campus,
but we can’t and there are restaurants
literally right down the
road from our campus!
Lunch should be a time of
joy and happiness. It seems like
it’s turning out to be more of a
love-hate relationship, and students
are getting sick of eating
school lunch. I believe that we
have the rights to eat wherever
we want and whatever we want.
School lunch almost seems like
it’s just another period in the
school day and it’s not getting
much better. I think someone
needs to give us a lunch makeover!
Examiner
Staff Writers
Hayden Brooks
Zack Caglietta
Cobi Guerrinha
Katelyn Jesse
Zach Findley
Zack Kendall
Karissa Olson
Brittanie Ontiveros
Lauryn Peterson
Robbi Quinn
Josh Smith
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