Trojan Times Gustafson, only girl on varsity football team Sports Page 4 Okazaki’s NHD documentary earns spot in film festival News Page 2 Features Appreciating time and people before it’s too late Editorial Page 7 C/O 2011 organizes first Powder Puff event See page 4 New drum majors take the lead See page 5 Senior Jin Murakami’s art attracts international attention By Caitlin Kelly [email protected]Senior Jin Murakami has always en- joyed art and has had an inclination to- wards sculpting from a young age. Mu- rakami crafts detailed clay figures, and his work has recently been recognized in the Japanese magazine Floyd. Floyd is a magazine targeted towards students, and hopes to lessen discrimina- tion against special needs people by serv- ing as a “treasure box” for their art. “Peo- ple who live in Japan who have CONTINUED ON PAGE 3 Skip the coffee and caffeine, there’s so many other healthy choices to put some pep in your step. Burnt out? See page 6
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Gustafson, only girl on varsity football team
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Okazaki’s NHD documentary earns spot in film festival
Senior Jin Murakami has always en-joyed art and has had an inclination to-wards sculpting from a young age. Mu-rakami crafts detailed clay figures, and his work has recently been recognized in the Japanese magazine Floyd. Floyd is a magazine targeted towards students, and hopes to lessen discrimina-tion against special needs people by serv-ing as a “treasure box” for their art. “Peo-ple who live in Japan who have
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2Thursday, September 30, 2010News
Last year, the MHS fine arts department’s budget was cut several thousands of dollars, caus-ing setbacks for the Cen-tral Theatre Arts Acad-emy (CTAA). This year, the CTAA and every per-forming arts center across the state were granted ten thousand dollars each. “This money came from an anonymous do-nor,” said BOE member and check presenter Kim Coco Iwamoto. “It was given to the Hawaii Arts Alliance (HAA), specifi-cally to be given to the performing arts learning centers,” she stated. However, receiving the ten thousand required some work. “Every per-forming arts learning cen-ter in the state of Hawaii … were offered the same challenge,” explained Iwamoto. “The challenge was: if you were given five thousand dollars, could you raise matching contributions from the community?” If the center was able to raise five thousand dol-lars from the community, then they would receive a second five thousand, making it a total of fifteen thousand dollars raised. “Getting the commu-nity to get up and actu-ally contribute was really important,” stated Iwa-moto. “I think the arts have not been funded in the way they should be … as a whole, our society needs to support the arts, and that’s what this was
about,” she said. At first, this challenge worried Fine Arts Teacher and CTAA Head Jamie Stroud. “I thought ‘Oh no, this is one more thing I’m going to have to do’ and I was a little panicky about it,” she said. In the end, Stroud did not need to worry, for the money was raised quick-ly. “People just came out of the woodwork to give money; I was shocked,” she said. Along with cash donations, Stroud and the fine arts department fund-raised by selling donated snacks and by singing at the Wahiawa Pineapple Festival. After being granted the second five thousand dollars from the HAA, members of the CTAA were relieved. “I was happy, I mean, we need the money,” said Student Teacher Shelby Benson. The CTAA plans to save portions of the money as well as use the money for some new equipment. “We’re think-ing maybe some wireless headsets … More mics … a table saw and just some other equipment for building some big ticket items,” stated Stroud. “We’d use it for our basic supplies,” added Benson. “We’re not gonna have a financial problem this year,” stated Stroud. As for next year, the CTAA’s financial situation is still unknown, but the show, as always, will go on.
CTAA Adviser Jamie Stroud accepted a grant presented by Kim Coco Iwamoto. The grant will go towards equipment.
Okazaki’s documentary earns spot in film festival
For some, National His-tory Day (NHD) is just an-other school project. But for others, like Senior Marissa Okazaki, it’s a real commit-ment. Okazaki placed 5th in the nation at the NHD com-petition in Washington DC. She is the first student from MHS to rank in the top ten in the documentary catego-ry and will have it displayed at the Hawaii International Film Festival. Okazaki was one of thousands who competed in the competition. The theme was Innovation in History: Impact and Change. She chose the topic of So-cial Darwinism as her proj-ect. “She had a very interest-ing and provocative topic,” says Social Studies Teacher Amy Perruso. “She was rais-ing questions and looking at a issue that is difficult for many people to deal with,” she said. The topic of Social Dar-winism won Okazaki many
awards while in Hawaii. Okazaki had won at the dis-trict level, the state level and took 5th at the national lev-el. “I saw her project at the school level, and we knew that it was special,” said Boehning. “She had great research that I have never even seen before. You can tell she did so much work,” she said. Okazaki’s project was also selected to be part of the Hawaii International Film Festival. When asked about it, Okazaki said, “I’m hon-estly very shocked that it got selected. It was nowhere
near as sophisticated as the professional films and very simple. But I’m glad that I have this opportunity to teach people about my project.” Boehning said, “It re-ally stands out on its own; I think that was why it was selected for the Hawaii Film Festival because its not just a regular project, its really turning into something that teaches.” Okazaki also won the Outstanding State Award for Hawaii. Okazaki said, “(I was) surprised, but I’m glad it is being well re-ceived because that means all my hard work has paid off.” Okazaki and her teach-ers are very proud of what she has accomplished. Her documentary will be on display at the Hawaii Inter-national Film Festival from October 14-24. Okazaki hopes people will learn about her project’s impor-tance in history.
Graduates return to dedicate time to theater
While most students are eager to steer away from high school once they have graduated, Alumnae Gene-va Pablico and Shelby Ben-son are proud examples of our school’s ongoing Trojan pride. Pablico, who graduat-ed in 2007 and Benson, who graduated in 2010, still dedi-cate much of their time and effort to the Central Theatre Arts Academy (CTAA). Pablico and Benson agree that working with the students three times a week apart from attending college and working can be stress-ful. “Well, I go to college; I’m taking a break now, but I also have a job, but it’s pretty much learning, working and teaching,” Pablico said. They have also watched numerous amounts of peo-ple progress overtime par-taking in this program. “I just like looking around and seeing kids who come in, know nothing about any-thing. And then like a week later I’ll be like, ‘get me a two
by four,’ and they’ll know exactly what I’m talking about,” Benson explained. The technical side of play production would not be where it is now without the help of Pablico and Benson. “I wouldn’t be able to do it cause, to put on a produc-tion it takes a lot of people. We always have brand new members every year. I can’t teach them all that and then take the time to rehearse,” said Director Jamie Stroud. Both Pablico and Ben-son have devotion towards working on the technical side of theater, designing the props and backgrounds with the students, while teaching them some basics before they start designing themselves. “(The set) is ac-
tually students who come up with the set design, so all sets you see on stage are student ideas,” Pablico stated. “Then we take it from there and build it up and it’s the students who run the show,” Benson added. With their teaching it is easy for many students like Junior Anna Sikkink, who was in CTAA last year, to comprehend. “I remember when I first came to work, it was pretty simple cause their criticism was really positive and made me want to be part of it even more.” she said. With help from Pablico and Benson, this year will be a new experience for those in CTAA.
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Fall Pops is a tradi-tional concert that intro-duces young musicians to performance. It’s the first concert of the year and is all about pop music and entertainment. “I’m excited to hear how all the classes sound and it’s going to be fun,” said Sophomore Bradley Yoshida, an alto sax play-er in the ensemble. The band, orchestra, and choir will be perform-ing. “Fireflies” by Owl City will be played as well as other songs from artists such as Fantasia and songs from the musi-cal Rent. The concert will bring students and parents to-gether showcasing the students’ dedication to music. “It’s good I get to show my parents what
I’ve done so far,” said Sophomore Sabrina Fall, a clarinet player. The concert will be conducted by Music Di-rector Keane Ishii as well as three other directors. “I think we look forward to having a good time because music is beauti-ful and it’s recognizable,” Ishii said. He expects all stu-dents to do their best. “We have class time and also before and after school. They actually practice on their own at home or re-cess and such,” Ishii said. These students are ex-cited for the event. “The ending is supposed to be playful. The last song is from the movie ‘Up’ so it’s upbeat,” said Sopho-more Gabby Gregorio, a cello player. The performance will be held at the gymnasium tonight at 7 p.m.
Fall Pops, bringing students closer through live musicBy Jonalyn [email protected]
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From L-R, the magazine Floyd Murakamis figurines were featured in, Senior Jin Murakami, and a few pieces of his art work.
To see more of Murakami’s artwork, visit http://www.geocities.jp/artfromjin/
special needs have a lot of discriminate. And they try to make understand to the other people about special needs,” said Yasuyo Sato, Murakami’s mother and a Japanese native. Murakami makes small, intricate clay figures and has done so since the age of three. However, his interest in art shined through even before then. “First he was drawing and one day my friend give him Play Doh and he start to make Play Doh,” said Sato. Since then, Murakami has worked on his figures almost everyday. He gets much of his inspiration from his love for animals. “(I like to make) African animals,
yeah like giraffe, lion, tiger,” said Murakami. However, Murakami doesn’t limit himself to one sort of animal; he has made everything from insects to “Kung Fu Panda” charac-ters. “They’re totally amaz-ing. It has to be perfect so he’ll keep working at it for every little detail so it’s amazing,” said Murakami’s Skills Trainer Shawn Rome-ro. After his recognition in Floyd, Murakami hopes to gain even more acknowl-edgement for his art locally. He has already made hun-dreds of figures for a wed-ding, but also hopes to par-ticipate in events like craft
fairs. His ultimate goal is to sell his figurines in order to buy a plane ticket back to his hometown in Wisconsin. But until then, he will continue to make these clay figures for a simple reason: because he loves it. “It re-laxes me,” Murakami said. Romero agreed saying, “I think it relaxes him. I feel like he can just sit there and focus on something and not worry about what’s going on.” Murakami’s figures serve as an inspiration for all who know him. “I was amazed and encouraged by him, and I talked to him about how awesome that is,” said Romero.
Breaking barriers: Mililani’s first female kicker
Powder Puffs fundraise for 2011 prom and graduation
MHS football is always an important staple of the year, but a lot more goes on behind the scenes than is perceived. Behind the team, there are active managers helping to ensure the well-being of the players. The five ladies behind the team this year are Senior Raychele Aquino, Juniors Scarlett Blaser and Hi’ilani Adelstein and Sophomores Rebecca Gopie and Shayla Williams-Benson. The managers play an active role in game preparation. “Before the games, we ask coach if we’re going to give the JV and the (Varsity) boys their jerseys, then we all go to the jersey room (to) get ready,” stated Blaser. The managers also must be present at all practices to help fill water. “We have to go to all of them ...otherwise we can’t go to the games,”
said Gopie. During the game it is also very important that all managers be on the field to tend to the players. “If they call for water, then we have to go run up to the field and give it to them, and then if the bottles are empty, we’ll go back and fill them up and like keep checking on the water constantly during the game,” said Blaser. Being a football manager isn’t all work. “I started liking it cause you get to know the boys,” said Blaser. The managers are also required to keep up in school. “We have to get grade checks, (and) make sure (our) grades are good so it keeps me on top; keeps me active,” said Blaser. There is no doubt that the team managers are an important asset to the team. Their aid to the players has led to much success in MHS football.
In the past month, the class of 2011 organized and arranged MHS’ first Powder Puff game in order to fundraise senior prom and graduation at the Stan Sherriff Center. In the Powder Puff games, girls and guys left their stereotypical roles on the football field. The cheerleaders took the place of football players, and football players took the place of cheerleaders.
The teams were integrated by grade levels; freshmen Dragons challenging junior Ninjas, and sophomore Phoenixes challenging senior Panthers. The two winning classes battled it out for the championship title. Although the senior class hoped for victory, the sophomore Phoenixes won unexpectedly with a score of 28 to 0. Similarly, the Dragons, with 8 points to 0, beat the Ninjas. And in the final showdown of sophomores versus freshmen, the sophomore team won, 22 to 0.
Although the senior team did not carry home the title of Powder Puff champions, the games still proved itself to be worthwhile in the basis
of teamwork. “It’s brought spirit and unity,” said Senior Treasurer Britnee Rivera.
“We were trying to use (the Powder Puff games) for some kind of school spirit type of thing,” said Senior Class Adviser Jamie Ludwig. And based on the bleachers, tightly crammed with bright
game with practices twice a week and sometimes more. The current MHS football players coached them. “We’ve been practicing a lot,” said Senior Garee-lynn Wailehua, a participant in the game, adding, “It’s tiring, but it’s fun.”
The guys practiced enthusiasm and liveliness. Senior cheerleader, Chelsey Silva, took part in teaching the guys how to cheer. “They (were) kind of hard to work with, they don’t really listen, but they brought it together,” Silva said. And with their rhymes and dancing ready, the male cheerleaders energized the audience and rooted for the players.
The planning and coordinating of the event ended up rewarding the class of 2011. The Powder Puff game portrayed the uniqueness of the senior class, in both fundraising and creating a one of a kind way to start off senior year.
posters and body painted fans, spirit was especially vibrant in the audience. “Hopefully this will become something they can carry on every year,” she said.
Since most of the female players had little to no experience in the game, learning how to play football became their first priority. In their efforts, the players strived to get ready for the
“It’s brought spirit and unity.”
- Senior Treasurer Britnee Rivera
“I was nervous about every-thing. How the boys would react and how I would do.” But through spring training and practicing throughout the year, Gustafson’s hard work allowed her to play on the team as its kicker for three games including pre-season. Being the only girl on the team, Gustafson felt her own pressures and chal-lenges, “In the beginning of the year when it first started, it was kind of difficult, and I felt out of place because I was with boys. I felt like I had something to prove.” “She does all the work-outs that the running backs do, and outside of practices,
if I call my group in, she also participates,” said Coach Jeff Cadiz, Gustafson’s personal coach. “I just went and worked as hard as I could, and I do everything with them. I do all the running with them, I do all the lifting with them,” said Gustafson, who made 14 out of the 18 extra points attempted thus far. Through all the ups and downs, Gustafson gives credit to her mother, Becky Gustafson. “My mom told me to sign up just to show the team that I could do it and prove them wrong.” But her fellow team-mates and coaches have been nothing but positive
and continually support her, “I’m so thankful for the boys and the coaches on the team-for always working hard and always pushing each other and myself to the best we can be,” said Gustafson. Wanting to go back into soccer, Gustafson isn’t sure whether or not she will participate in next year’s football season as a senior, “Playing football... took up a lot of my time so I had to quit soccer, but a lot of my soccer teammates want me to join (soccer) again.” The future still holds a mystery for Gustafson, “But it’s a really big possibility that I will join again.”
Nicole Nishiki and Malia Moscatelo stay on their toes while challenging the juniors. “We didn’t know what to ex-pect,” says Nishiki. “Everyone was doubting us because we’re freshman.”Freshman team won 8-0.
Ju Young Song | Na Mana o Poina ole
4 Thursday, September 30, 2010Sports
When attending a foot-ball game of any league, you expect to see husky and tall male athletes playing on the field. Junior Elizabeth Gustafson has broken that stereotypical tradition and this year has made it on the Varsi- ty Football Team. Wanting to stay
in shape so she could try out for the
upcoming soccer sea-son, a friend told Gustafson to join the football team for its spring conditioning. “I had no idea what it (spring conditioning) was, but I said ‘okay’ and signed up that day,” Gustafson said. During spring training, Gustafson had her own fears,
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5Thursday, September 30, 2010 Chosen Trojans
Double drum majors: Introducing the 2010 MHS marching band drum majors ASMHS
President
I’m surprised to say there are only a few more days left of school till the end of first quar-ter. Did you all keep your grades up? Jokes aside, this has been a very busy quarter. Club fair was on August 25. Extracur-ricular activities are a great way to hone or learn skills, make new friends and have fun. Be it a physical, so-cial or academic activ-ity, they are all exciting ways to spend your time outside of the classroom. Homecoming end-ed not too long ago. I hope you all enjoyed it. Looking at the lipsync performances, banner displays and all of the other works made by your friends, everyone did great. Long hours have been used by the various committees to make sure that this homecoming was the best. For those who weren’t in commit-tees or dressed up for spirit week, hopefully this homecoming has inspired you to sup-port your class in other school activities. Finally, there was a senate meeting on Sep-tember 28. Make sure your advisory’s senate representatives are at-tending the meetings. Upcoming events in-clude the PSAT on Oc-tober 16, Make a Differ-ence Day on October 23 and the Halloween Dress Up on October 28. Have a fun break, and I’ll see you next quarter.
After a thrilling sea-son last year, Senior Kyle Peacott-Ricardos returns to direct the MHS Marching Band’s 2010 season as Drum Major; but unlike last year, he will be accompanied by Senior Keenan Robles. Peacott-Ricardos was especially relieved that he has a partner this season re-calling how the band could sometimes get “out of con-trol.” “I feel like there’s less pressure now,” he said. Last year’s solo perfor-mance was an oddity to be-gin with. “We try to go with two (Drum Majors),” said Marching Band Director Derek Ka apana, continuing, “This year it’s back to two, because (the selection staff and I) felt that they would pair well together.” Interestingly enough, Robles never expected to become a Drum Major, and originally wanted to try out for a Leadership Core (LC)
position. “I thought that if I could do good at the Drum Major auditions I could also do good at the LC auditions,” he explained. Nonetheless, he and Peacott-Ricardos en-thusiastically accepted. As Drum Majors, the pair has the challenging task of directing, motivating and critiquing over 170 student musicians during practices and performances. “Ideally, the drum majors make sure
everything is kept under control. Any instructions that we have, that the direc-tor have is carried out, and they act as the ‘go to’ peo-ple,” added Ka apana. One of their biggest jobs is having the band emote and perform their show through their marching and music. “We are trying to ‘sell’ our show, our theme, to the audience,” said Rob-les, “(Peacott-Ricardos and I
want the band) to stop play-ing the music from up here, in the mind, and play it more down here in the heart,” he continued. To do this the drum majors must employ a vari-ety of directing techniques. “(For example, Robles and I) portray the theme through our conducting and such,” Peacott-Ricardos stated. Overall, there is much excitement surrounding this season, and both Drum Ma-jors expressed the common goal to top last season. Ka apana is just as en-thused. “I feel confident about the choices we made. We think that they’ll do well during performance time and with everyone; they have potential for growth.” With that said, Peacott-Ricardos and Robles have a long and challenging road ahead of them, but regard-less of the difficulties they face, they will have each other to depend on, hope-fully leading to an outstand-ing season.
Seniors Bianca Sewake and Kristen Sawada arrived at their positions as editors-in-chief in different ways, but the ambitious plans of both are bringing a new look to the MHS Trojan Times and Na Mana o Poina ole Year-book programs this year. Sewake is the editor-in-chief of the Trojan Times. This is her second year as a staff member, and her first year as an editor. “There are many challenges,” she ex-plained, adding, “but I don’t mind it because I like to do what I do.” This drive might have assisted her in becom-ing editor-in-chief, but that job wasn’t always a posi-tion that she was targeting. A contest determined who would hold that position. “There’s a process, pret-ty much towards the end of the year last year, we did this thing called a mock issue,” she said. This was a compe-tition between her and one other staff member in which they had to each create their own newspaper. This was
a daunting task, but it gave Sewake the job she currently holds. Sawada, the editor-in-chief for Na Mana o Poina ole, reached her position on a different path. “One day, (Journalism Adviser Chris-topher) Sato just sat me down … and he pretty much told me that he wants me to be editor-in-chief,” she ex-plained. “And eventually I said ‘yes it’s fine with me.’” Although Sawada as-sumed the job of editor-in-chief in a way simpler than Sewake, her job did not be-come any simpler. “This is my third year, so I kind of knew what to expect but now that I’m in the shoes of editor-in-chief it’s totally different. It’s really hard, a lot of hours,” she stated. The similarity between these two editors-in-chief is their desire to bring change to their work. “Since last year’s yearbook was pretty much the same, the exact same as the year before, I did want to change a lot,” Sawa-da explained. “I wanted to change the layouts; I wanted to change how we always
covered the same stuff.” Sewake has similar goals, only they are more geared towards a newspaper. “What we are trying to do is change the layout, how the paper looks,” she explained. “We’re trying to experiment with layout and design for the paper and how the front page looks.” This is only one part of their responsibilities, though. Both explained that other tasks were important. “When you’re an editor, you pretty much have to manage the whole staff,” Sewake ex-plained. “The hardest part would have to be keeping track of everyone and every-thing.” They also agree on one more point - being the edi-
tor-in chief is not easy. “It’s a lot harder than I thought it would be,” Sawada re-marked. “We wanted more, more school events (in the yearbook).” And more events mean more work, and more time. But Sawada and Sewake show an interest in what they are doing. They ar-rived at the jobs they hold through their own choices, and overall, they both show a drive to produce a quality product. For these two edi-tors, the futures of the Trojan Times and Na Mana o Poina ole are looking up.
Senior Bianca Sewake Senior Kristen Sawada
New Editors-in-Chief bring fresh perspective to MHS Newspaper andYearbook
First year Drum Major Keenan Robles appreciates the guidance his partner Kyle Peacott-Ricardos provides. “Being with someone experi-enced really helped,” he said.
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Realization sets in after valuable time wasted High school is pass-ing by more quickly than I imagined. The end of the first quarter took me by sur-prise, and before I know it, graduation day will soon ar-rive. As I’m thinking back to my years here, I sometimes feel as if I took high school for granted and regret doing so. There were many times where I’d become so caught up in my workload with homework, deadlines, col-lege and SAT’s, that I’d for-get to just enjoy my time. As an underclassman, I remember wishing for time to just hurry up so I could be done with high school. And I know I’m not the only one who felt this way at one point or another. But now that I’m a senior, I regret those moments and
wish for some time back. Like most things, high school will soon pass. We won’t be here forever. I sometimes forgot that, and I think others do, too. Only now is my time left here sinking in since I’m constantly reminded of this being my final year. It made me realize that the people we meet, the experiences we have and all these moments will eventually become memories. These days that we get to spend with the ones that matter to us are precious. Value the people who are in your life because who knows how often you’ll get to see some of them once high school is over. I wish I had figured this out before. Maybe then I wouldn’t have wasted some of my time wishing for this to end. But now I intend to remind myself that even
though there will be times I get stressed, this will be over in a while and I will miss it. So I just have to make the best of what I have left. You should too. Realize this before it’s too late.
Throughout your time here, remember to stop and take a look around you sometimes. Appreciate what you have and the people who are by your side.
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Horoscopes
Aries(March 21 - April 19)
After sixth period, walk outside and yell out the first vegetable that comes to mind. Just do it. It might bring good things your way.
_Taurus (April 20 - May 20)Tonight, try to get some ex-tra sleep. The new energy you’ll get might bring some-thing interesting to your at-tention. If you don’t, watch out for Libras.
` Gemini (May 21 - June 21)Pay attention to the windto-day. What you’ve been look-ing for just might be floating by. Or it might just be trash. In that case, pick it up.
a Cancer (June 22 - July 22)Did you know your horo-scope symbol is a crab? Try to find that crab spirit with-in you this week. I’ll let you figure that part out.
b Leo (July 23 - Aug. 22)This week looks like a good week for cheese. Unless you’re lactose intolerant. Then it’s a horrible week for cheese.
cVirgo (Aug. 23- Sep. 22)Look for something unique this week. If you can’t find it, it’s there, but it’s invisible. Look harder.
dLibra (Sept. 23 – Oct. 22)Look for tired people and chastise them for not getting enough sleep, especially Taurus friends. Make them understand how serious these horoscopes are.
eScorpio (Oct. 23 – Nov. 21)Watch the skies for a helicop-ter going overhead. As soon as you see one, look directly to your left.
fSagittarius (Nov. 22 – Dec. 21) Throw some variety into your life today. Something really out there. Like going to your classes a new way, or brushing your teeth with the other hand.
gCapricorn (Dec. 22 – Jan. 19) Do you have to know your horoscope? Yours is kind of long this week. I’ll let you figure it out for yourself.
hAquarius (Jan. 20 – Feb. 18)If you find yourself bored this week, spell your name backwards and learn how to pronounce it. That kind of thing may come in handy.
iPisces (Feb. 19 – March 20)Something strange is head-ed your way. It’s somewhere between finding two choco-late chips stuck together and getting abducted by an alien in significance.
Across3. Fall ____ Concert4. A fifteen thousand dollar grant was given to the ______6. Trojan Times editor-in-chief7. Winners of the Powder Puff tournament10. Na Mana o Poina ole editor-in-chief
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1. Female kicker for the MHS varsity football team2. There are _____ student managers for the football team5. Amount of drum majors in the MHS Marching Band this year 8. Student whose NHD documentary will be shown at the Hawaii International Film Festival 9. Murakami makes small ____ figures
People and Places
Answers to Crossword Puzzle
8 Thursday, September 30, 2010Interactive
Is it just me or are a lot of our fire drills false alarms?
I know what you mean, but I think
they’re good practice for a real fire.
Yeah right! Why should we wasteclass time just because some hooligan sets off the alarm
This is serious Mark! What happens when there
really is a burning building ?!?
I guess your right ...
Besides our English testgot put off till tomorrow!
