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From a college-bound graduate: a few words of adviceBy: Braquel BuckleyFOR THE sophomores, this is your first year in a new school and a chance for a fresh start. You juniors probably have the hang of high school by now, so this is your year to master your Lancer lifestyle. And seniors? It’s the be-ginning of the end. No matter what grade you’re in, you probably want to have a good year right? I mean, I’m pretty sure that no one actually comes to high school wanting a horrible high school experience.

So my advice to everyone: go out and create that amazing high school experience that so many students miss out on. Make your high school years the best, and don’t allow yourself to be that forty-something who shows up at the reunions totally bitter. You only have three years here at Granger, so why not make the most of it? The best thing about Granger is the countless number of opportunities it offers all the students. Other schools limit par-ticipation in clubs, while Granger

reaches out to every type of per-son. There is almost no limit to how many clubs or activities you can participate in, so there is no excuse for not getting involved in some way. And I promise that you’ll be glad you took advantage of the opportunity. Some of my favorite memories from my three years at Granger come from the gym. No I wasn’t on the basketball or volleyball team, but I didn’t let that stop me from cheering on those who were. There is nothing more fun than a

Alum broadcaster celebrates ground-breakingBy: Kalub CoatsON FRIDAY September 16, 2010, at about 5:30 a.m., news reporter Brian Carlson came to Granger High School to do a re-port on our school. The football team, drill team, lancer action team, and band all got together for a celebration of our soon to be built Granger High School. The new school has a plan for a little more organization , mean-ing there won’t be classrooms from one side of the campus to the other. Hearing of this new school, I decided to interview an administrator, assistant Principal Rod Horton, he was one of the administrators at the celebration for Granger’s new school. Another question I had in mind

during my interview with Mr. Horton was, “what about all of the material and supplies from the old school? What will happen to those when they tear it down?” Mr. Horton said “If anything is usable and in good quality, such as the computers, shop equipment, the clay kiln for ceramics, should be salvaged and sold to the dis-trict for school money, or brought and used at the new school. At Granger, we have some amaz-ing things that cannot be moved, such as the amazing paintings on

eht neve ro ,612 moor ni llaw ehtLancer at the front of the school. I asked the administrator what he thought about this, and he says that, “A lot of what has preserved our history in the past will con-

Friday night of cheering on your Lancer athletes with a bunch of fellow lancer fans. If the athletic scene isn’t for you don’t worry, there are plenty of non-athletic activities that you can be a part of. Granger produc-es some of the most educated and

.ereht tuo elpoep lufsseccus tsomDon’t be afraid to join an aca-demics-based club or to sign up for a few AP classes. You won’t regret it! So the choice is up to you: Ei-ther get involved and make your

high school years memorable for the good, or sit out and be miser-able. I guarantee that your years at Granger will be much more beneficial and much less drain-ing if you take advantage of what this great school has to offer and find out what it means to be a true Lancer.

SENIOR Janessa Bullock rubs a finishing touch into her chalky farewell to Granger’s tennis courts. Granger will play home games at Granite High while the corner of 3500 South and 3600 West slowly transforms into a modern Granger High campus. “I started with community lessons here when I was twelve,” said Bullock. “And my dad is Granger’s ten-nis coach, so I’m sad to see them go.”

Top 10 sopho-more mistakes

By: Yvonne HuynhGetting lost: Navigate your way to each class with a school map.Falling down: Whether it’s a spill on the floor or a left-open door, running is never a good ideaGetting Pushed: If you spend 2 minutes standing and chatting, plan on spend-ing the next 3 picking up your books.Texting in Class: Teach-ers have eyes at the back of their head…Being late to class: Use your 5 minutes wisely or pay a $5 truancy ticket.Ditching class: Use the re-strooms for what they’re made for..

:redluohS dloC eht gnitteGBe loyal and show school spirit. Keeping to Yourself: Get to know Granger’s diversity.Regretting Your School Year: Get involved- don’t miss out on all of the fun opportunities here!Getting Off Track: Don’t be lazy- work hard towards graduation.

tinue to, such as the alumni asso-ciation in the new school. There will be a separate room for this schools history. My teacher also has informed me that there will be a new mo-saic, an art structure created from shattered tile and rock to be put into an art creation. It should be in the new school. With the creation of our new school and with the way things are going now such as attendance going up alongside GPAs. The new school’s most recent his-tory will be the seniors of the old school, so if this school can work together and make as good as a reputation as we can before we go out, maybe our new school bring everyone even more success.

Read about how Taylor would fight Zombie hoardes -- turn to page 4.

By: Joanna MirelesHOMECOMING King, David Thongphann (12) was eating his lunch when they announced that he was one of the top five candi-dates for Homecoming royalty. He said that he almost threw up, he didn’t think that he was actu-ally was going to make to the top five. At the assembly, Thongphann was feeling really nervous throughout the assembly. The more time went on the more ner-vous he got. Thongphann said that he felt butterflies in his stomach. When it came time announce royalty, David closed his eyes and when they had announced that he had won Homecoming King, he was stuck and didn’t know what to do. He was in shock and couldn’t believe that he had won. Everyone was cheering him on! The next day, David went to the Homecoming football game, Granger vs. Murray, and although we lost the game, he still had a good time and was happy seeing the alumni also having a good time. He arrived late to the Homecom-ing dance. Thongphann was in a hurry and had forgotten his sash

and crown in his car. He went out to his car and as he was returning, Mrs. Woodward did not let him in. She did not believe that he was Homecoming royalty. Thongphann then decided to

No one else believed it, either

By: Tule NauEVERYONE has a life changing experience, for the good or for the bad. You can find some of the most heart wrenching, happy, or not so happy life changing experi-ences right here in the halls and classrooms of Granger High School. “It’s crazy, getting shot at 11,” says sophomore Joc-elyn Ortiz. When Jocelyn was young-er, she and her brother were shot because of gang activi-ty. When their mother found

out, they were at a loss as to what to do and decided to move to Utah with their aunt. “After that, my mom moved us to Utah. I didn’t know anyone. I was ner-vous to leave Chicago. I’d say I changed for the better. If I would have stayed in Chicago, I wouldn’t be here now.” Since transferring schools, Jessica Griego (10) saw im-provements in her academ-ics and attendance. “Changing middle schools

improved my grades dra-matically. I saw more of an improvement in myself. I was a wreck at my old school,” replies Jessica. Her grades began to drop as she missed school repeat-edly. In the middle of her 8th grade year, Jessica was kicked out of her middle school because she failed to attend school regularly. “Since my movement in schools, I’m more advanced and I guess you can say, smarter now. Not only with my grades but within my-

self, you know.” And when I asked her if she feels more confident and happier with these changes she replies, “With my grades, yes I am.” Jessica adds on. Life most definitely has a way of making you realize that it is time for a change within yourself. These two young women had to learn the hard way, but at least it was the right way to end things. So what is YOUR life changing story Granger High School?

My life changed when...

leave because he said that there was no point in paying for anoth-er $20 ticket. He left and felt bad for our Homecoming Queen, Liana Tan (12), whom he would like to

Clubs to join at school

By: Yanira BayardoTHERE are many fun clubs to join in the begging of school at Granger. You can join a club to get involved or to meet new peo-ple or just to have fun. The clubs that you can join at the beginning of school are, DECA, FBLA, Key Club, and MESA. FBLA stands for Future Busi-ness Leaders of America. It is a very fun club to join and if you want to have a future in busi-ness, this is the club to join. You learn about business obviously, but you also share in an experi-ence that looks good on resumes. You travel to fun events and you compete with other students from other schools. MESA stands for Math Engi-neering and Science Achieve-ment. This club is very fun and you learn a lot. If you like math and science, this is the club to join. You get to build things us-ing your knowledge and test them out. If you stay in the club all year, you get to go to Lagoon for a club trip. DECA stands for Distributive Education Clubs of America. You also have to go to competi-tions like FBLA. DECA is a little similar to FBLA. It focuses more around Marketing, such as prices, products. DECA also runs the school store. Key Club is another wonderful club at Granger. Key club focuses more on service, helping others and helps you gain leadership skills. Activities include tutoring elementary students in reading. Join a club, meet new people. You gain so many fun memories. It is a very fun experience in high school. And don’t forget, they also look good on resumes for college or for jobs if you have never worked.

Lancers seem to accept new phone policyby Ezra TapusoaTHE NEW administration updated the phone policy. It also affects all electronic devices. Vice Principal Cracroft said, “Use of cell phones and electronic devices dur-ing instructional time is pro-hibited. This includes, but is not limited to, calling out, receiving calls, texting, tak-ing pictures, or listening to music.” Jasmin Calix (12) “I’m okay on giving my phone to my teacher but, I don’t like the idea of paying $10.00 to get my phone back from the ad-ministration.” Assistant Principal Mur-

dock outlined the conse-quences saying: 1st offense: Teacher takes the phone away and gives it back to the student at the end of class. 2nd offense: Teacher gives the students phone to the ad-ministration and the parents of the student is notified and needs to pick it up. 3rd offense: Administra-tor has the phone and that student needs to pay a small fee of $10.00 and the par-ents are also notified and needs to pick up the phone. Danny Lopez (12) and Stanislao Ruvalcaba (12) both agree, they’re okay with giving their phone to

the teacher and getting it back after class, but the only thing they don’t like about this phone policy is the fee. Danny says, “This is not fair why we pay a fee if it’s your own phone. You shouldn’t need to pay any-thing just to get it back.” I think that paying a fee to get your phone back from the administration could be a good and bad idea. First of all, if you pay that fee, you can help our school with the fee that is paid. But having your own prop-erty taken away and having to pay to get it back is what Granger kids believe is out-rageous.

apologize for not being there. He hopes everyone that went had a good time. Thongphann says that he deserved winning royalty and that he doesn’t take anything back.

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By: Aubrey HensleyTHE ISSUE of students at Grang-er not being able to wear ICP-re-lated clothes has been receiving mixed opinions. Officer Randall says, “There are good people that are Juggaloes, but for safety reasons at school, we lump them all together and put a label on them as a gang.” In his opinion, wearing the Hatchet Man is the equivalent of wearing a do-rag. Todd Cracroft, a new vice prin-cipal this year, had very little to say due to his lack of experience in dealing with this matter. He doesn’t approve of rap groups in general that are deroga-tory or crude. When students were asked their opinion on this, Natalie Pitchford (11), said, “ I’m a Juggalette and I think it’s unfair to lump all of the people who do criminal activities with those of us that do not. ICP

is a business; they manufacture clothing, music and various types of jewelry. Many people wear it as a symbol of religion, by ban-ning those people from wearing it; you may as well be banning the Cross. We are a FAMILY, not a gang!” Crystal Johnson (12), gave a slightly different opinion on the matter, “I claim Juggalette but I can see why they lump us togeth-er. In a gang only a few people actually perform criminal activi-ties. With juggaloes, it is the same concept; most of us are really good people that live our lives like everyone else.” There are just some of them that do bad things and get everyone else labeled as bad people. I don’t consider Juggaloes or Juggalettes to be a gang, for me it’s a fam-ily. They’re there for each other whenever needed. They know that if they ever need somebody

to be there just to support one an-other, they can call one of their “homies” and they’ll be there. Katelyn Paff (11), said, “ICP is a band, I’m not a Juggalette or a Juggalo but I really don’t see what the big deal is with wearing one of their shirts. Next, they’ll be telling us that we can’t wear A Day to Remember, or Avenged Sevenfold. If people want to wear a band shirt to for appreciation, let them. People shouldn’t make a big deal about something as ri-diculous as that.” Overall, this subject will just continue to receive controversy. People that approve of wearing ICP items will never be able to get through to a person that ab-solutely refuses to see them as a non-gang group. People, who do not approve of ICP, will never be able to under-stand why Juggaloes and Juggal-ettes view it as family.

Are we banning a band?

By: Brittnee ChaconEXPERIENCING different races and cultures in Grang-er High is fascinating. There are so many new and dif-ferent things to learn about students who are different from you. I learned Hawaiian and Tongan cultures are a lot alike. Kristy Fa’Asisila Lu-avai (12) was born in Ha-waii. Fina Finau (11) was born in Tonga, yet both families have a tradition of cutting their hair when their parents or grandparents pass away. Plus, they both have to cover up revealing skin, meaning no short skirts or

shorts, especially when boys are around. Relationships for Kristy can’t start until after the age of 16, but for Fina, they can’t be in a relationship until after high school. Finau’s family has huge parties for family members turning a certain age. Some of the ages are 16, 21, and 50. Fina told me that there are many more ages to have big parties for, but those are some of the main ones. Elizabeth Ruzhilo (11) was born in Ukraine, although she is Russian. Her family celebrates a lot of cultural activities and family tradi-tions that are interesting.

Students from many cultures attend Granger

By: Ashly Andrews“SLEEP deprivation is among us”, says Bethany Martinez (12). Are Granger students really get-ting enough sleep? Unfortunately the answer is no. After talking to many of our stu-dents, I have discovered hardly anybody is getting the amount of sleep they should be getting. This may be the reason students are using class time to nap. Martinez only gets 4-7 hours of sleep each night. “I just have too much homework to sleep some-times”. It takes Martinez a half hour to two hours on average to fall asleep each night. Jason Overby (12), another sleep deprived student only gets 5-6 hours of sleep. “It is because I

work a lot”, says Overby. Whitney Buckner (12) blames her little sleep on homework and work as well. “I sleep about 7 hours each night, and no, it is not enough”, Xaela Walden (12) “I’m just not tired enough at nighttime to sleep, but I don’t have time to during the day”. It takes Walden an hour to three hours to fall asleep every night. We should all be getting at least 8 hours of sleep every night. Al-though this seems impossible to some students, organizing a good personal schedule may help. Also, a good nutritious break-fast each morning can help with energy throughout the day.

Students need more sleep

On New Year’s Eve, Eliz-abeth’s whole family, no matter the age, writes a wish on a piece of paper. After that they light the wish on fire and drop the ashes into a glass of champagne, and they drink it. Elizabeth is only allowed to speak Russian at home. Her parents always tell her to remember her language. Rita Soto (11) was born in Texas but she is Native American. A big tradition they have is that they can-not cut their hair. Soto being Navajo has huge ceremonies for spe-cial occasions and holidays. There are certain items

that are given down to the younger siblings from the older family members. The dreams of Native Americans are very impor-tant to them. An eagle is good luck, and an owl is a very bad sign to the Native

American culture. As you can see there are many different types of cul-tures that come along with traditions, and celebrations. Are you like these students, or are you apart of a culture all your own?

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Ashly AndrewsAlan ArchulettaMaria CamarilloBrittnee ChaconVanessa ChaconAnjelica Chavez

Kalub CoatsEmily CowlesKaren Garcia

Aubrey HenselyJulie Hor

Melinda Huavi

Tri-Color Times Staff

Granger High 3690 South 3600 West West Valley, UT 84119 385 646-5320

The Tri-Color Times serves as a student forum for student opinion and student expression. The views expressed here in reflect neither the opin-ions of Advisor John Carlisle and Granger High School, nor those of Granite School District. The Tri-Color Times invites and publishes letters to its editorial board; all letters will be edited for taste, length and legality.

EditorsBrittany Edwards Yaritza Madrigal

AdvisorJohn Carlisle

Erika LopezMario Lopez-Gutierrez

Melissa LortonPaola Mascorro

Jeannette MikkelsonJoanna Mireles-Ramos

Joseph NaiTule Nau

Kyrstin RogersTatiana Romero

Ezra TapusoaDavid Thongphanh

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By: Alan CastanedaOVER THE summer many stu-dents forget all about school and had fun, but what happens when you come back to school and you’ve forgotten most of the stuff you learned in your classes? If you don’t continue to use some-thing or review something then you are going to forget it. It’s that simple. I mean you aren’t going to TO-TALLY forget it; it should at least sound familiar if you see it again, but it just takes a simple review and the material should start com-ing back to you quickly. For example if you look at fi-nals. Yes, they are scary. Howev-er, if you have been keeping up all semester and been studying hard, then the review should be pretty easy and you’ll find that the little stuff you forgot will come back very quickly.

Remember to remember Really the only strategy to re-member something is to keep re-viewing it. If you leave it alone for an amount of time, eventually you will forget it. But there are many ways to learn something so you’ll remember it much easier. Using your senses while learning helps you retain much more in-formation. Maybe while studying for a test read out loud the things you need to remember while smelling your favorite scent. So then when test day comes bring your favorite scent with you and you never know – it might trigger

By: Daysha HunsakerHELLO 2010-2011 Grang-er Students! As you juniors and seniors may know, last year Granger held an advi-sory period during second semester. Wondering why there is no more advisory? Well your new principal Mr. Haslam hopes to change Granger in several ways. Advisory took 33 minutes away from your school day, including core classes such as English, science, so-cial studies, and math. Mr. Haslam believes teachers and students need to bond better and build connec-tions. Rather than work with one advisory teacher, a student can now go to any one of his or her teachers to discuss

grades, make-up work, at-tendance, and anything else he or she might be worried about. And Granger needs to be a safe place. Students and teachers both need to feel as comfortable as they do at home when at school. With that being said, expect to see two or three more security officers working with Det. Randall this year. Also you are going to have maybe ten new teachers and two new councilors to help with academics this year. For the most part advi-sory was eliminated to help Granger become a better school. An advisory-free strategy worked for Tay-lorsville, let’s hope it works for Granger as well.

Improvements

Crime pattern emerges at Grangerhaving this year will end up hav-ing consequences. The influence of these conse-quences will depend on the effec-tiveness of these new policies. Most parents are happy, because the new system is keeping their kids at school, on time, and out of trouble. Other parents might be mad that their kids are coming home with truancy tickets, repeatedly. Assuring parents and students that the new policies aren’t here to harass them, but rather make the school a better environment where students can, and will, want to learn.

than deal with this.” Brandon Linenberg (12) has been caught before for posses-sion, but got off with 40 hours of community service with a $300 fine. Administrators do believe how-ever that they will catch anyone doing anything wrong. Detective Randall believes these policies will be effective. “Oh yeah, I don’t doubt it,” he said. Hall monitors patrol every hallway while they check up on wandering students using their power to stop anyone, especially students who are known to sluff often. Within the first few weeks of school, students know that misbe-

By: Alan ArchulettaALTHOUGH the Granger Lanc-ers have a new set of policies this year, rules are still being broken. You can call it a rocky start, coming on in the first few weeks already having students with drug charges, along with a few fights. After talking to some of the rule-breakers, they tell us that they have been mistreated while being charged. Some comments heard in the halls are “The Cops need to chill out” or “There are enough Admin-istrators now, we don’t even need the cops anymore” and some go as far as saying “When I got caught the cops were being unnecessar-ily rude, I’d rather change schools

Zombie apocalypse not a mythBy: Melissa LortonYOUR BREATH hitches as your feet pound out a beat on the sidewalk below you. Moans and sickly sounding groans from behind you tell you the ultimate truth. They’re gaining on you. You suddenly spin into a

gap between two buildings, desperate to escape their un-dead cry. But, you skid to a stop, a cliché doom in the form of a brick wall sepa-rates you from safety. You’re finished. Or, are you? Strangely enough, many

people here in Granger High School believe that the ZA, or zombie apoca-lypse will actually occur. Of course, not so strangely, most people don’t agree. In a fit of curios-ity, I decided to do a little digging on what the people be-lieve, here in Grang-er High. This is what I found.

Hayley Hansen (11), be-lieves that yes, a zombie apocalypse could occur, with an explanation of, “people are already freez-ing dead bodies and trying to bring them back to life. Think of what else could happen!” Still not con-vinced, I also asked her how she would survive, if it actu-ally happened. After a quick thought, she replied with an interesting answer. “I would pretend to be one of them, and hope they don’t find out!” it seemed like a reasonable plan. Taylor Dansie (11) howev-er, even though he still be-lieves in the allegedly com-ing doom, believes that the best way for survival, lies in

a good weapon and a strong will power. He comments that, “a bo staff and a 22 pis-tol would be enough to me out of a zombie horde.” (For those who don’t consider zombies a way the world will end,-though people who play left for dead would know- a zombie horde is a group of zombies, ranging from 50 and going into the hundreds.) But as Taylor expressed his belief of a dangerous self spreading plague being the most likely spread of zombification, Josh Bluck expressed his disagreement. Josh explained that, “To be real zombies, they have to be dead.” and when I asked him if he even believed in the ZA, he answered with a

resounding, “No. We don’t have the technology to re-generate and reanimate hu-man tissue.” But will we have that technology in the future? So, Josh believes that zombies could never hap-pen. Taylor believes strong-ly that that is how the world will end, and Hayley be-lieves that joining them will keep you alive for longer. What do you think? Are they real? Will it hap-pen? Will we ever know the truth? Probably not. But we can always believe, or disbe-lieve, what will happen. But whether dead or alive, real or not, zombies will always be one of humanities great-est nightmares.

something. When a teacher gives you some-thing to remember, listen to what they say as your brain takes it in. If you write what they say after hearing it, then your brain pro-cesses what was said a second time in a different way. If you re-read your notes, you’ve allowed your brain to take in the informa-tion a third time. There are so many things you can do at your house that can keep you caught up with your classes, it doesn’t take very much effort.

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