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Fountain Valley High School

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Issue No. 3 | Volume XXXI

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February 2015

FVHS boys
basketball team
constructs a
book club
Varsity players hit the books and learn that
aside from the court, the small details in life
matter.
GRACE CHIEN
STAFF WRITER

Members of the boys and girls track team share the track during practice.

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Athletic bias taken


into question

Baron Banner looks into distribution of facilities and equipment for


male and female sports following the start of an investigation of Edison
High School by the U.S. Department of Education.
KAREN TRINH
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
KATRYA LY
NEWS EDITOR


After an investigation
started late last year by the U.S.
Department of Education of Edison High School regarding equal
access to equipment, coaching
and medical facilities for female
athletes, Baron Banner decided
to look at access to Fountain Valley High School equipment and
facilities for both boys and girls
sports.

We spoke to male and
female athletes from basketball, soccer and track as well as
coaches and Athletic Directors
and asked them questions regarding equal access.


The athletic department stated in an email that they
believe in a fair and equitable
educational environment for all
students. Both female and male
athletes confirmed this notion.

Track member Carolyn
Koo (16) noted gender does
not play a factor in her coaches
expectations.

Our coaches believe
that girls arent dolls...females are
athletes too and should be trained
regardless of gender, Koo said.

She explained that
coaches maintain an intense level
of training, in weight lifting for
example, for female athletes.

We get trained the same
way as the boys do, said Koo.

Male members of tracks
distance teams agreed.


I feel that our school,
both men and women, have
equal access to both coaching
and equipment, as such there
appears to be no apparent gender
discrimination, said Kenneth
Barrios (15).

Soccer players have
similar access and mentioned that
coaches from different sports and
levels work hard to avoid scheduling and facility conflicts.

We share the equipment equally, said Karley Duda
(17). Both varsity boys and girls,
know each other well and split
the equipment, and our coaches
respect each others space.

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page 2


This year, the boys
varsity basketball team took
training to new heights
through the creation of a book
club. which has inspired the
players to exemplify leadership,
good morals, and attention to
detail on and off the court.

Coach and English
teacher, Steve Schultz, created
the book club for the varsity
boys basketball team in order
to promote leadership among
his team. Each week, players meet in Schultzs room
during lunch to discuss the
book, Coach Woodens Greatest
Secret...How Little Things Make
Big Things Happen, by Pat Williams.

We come in at lunch
and then there is one person on
the team who leads the book
club. Its usually on one chapter.
Then, [Schultz] just talks about
[the book] and we joke around
and laugh. It taught us about
how the little things matter,
said Nathan Hong (16).


The book club first
originated at Los Alamitos,
where Schultz used to be the
coach of the varsity team. Its
legacy continued as Schultz
took over the book club of
previous FV football coach Ray
Fenton. Each year, the book
club focuses on a different
theme. This year, it is Details
Make the Difference.

I thought that the
main thing lacking from this
basketball program before I got
here was attention and detail,
said Schultz. I think most
people would cut corners and
look for a short cuts...you have
to be someones whos motivated by all the details.

Through this book
club, not only has Schultz
combined both his passions
for teaching through mentoring players on the court and
students in class, but he has
also inspired leadership among
players.

[he book club meetings] make me a better person
outside of school, not just for
myself, said Jake Garrett (17).

PHOTO PROVIDED BY
STEVE SHULTZ

STUDENTS OF FV

Kevin Takeda (16) If my friend was at an all


time low, probably tell him, kinda cliche but
like , keep pushing through you know the good
times are ahead. Theres always good and bad
times in life For me it would be last year, lets
see I was in AP Chem and I got into League of
Legends and my grades started dropping and it
felt really bad because, I felt I couldnt get out of
that, the low grades. I started studying harder
and quit league and brought my grades up and
it felt really good.

Jenny Son (15) I would tell them


to just be themselves and not try
to improve themselves to impress
others. I just feel that if you spend
less time thinking about impressing
others and all that, you will have
more time to focus on other things
and truly be happy. When youre
not worrying about how to better
yourself for others youll have time
to appreciate other things and like
basically enjoy your time.

Kali Green (15) Just know that youre


never alone in hard thing that you go
through. Theres always good to have
someone there for you and someone that
really cares about you and [its good] to
know that youre loved Its always good
for someone mentally and psychologically
to have people that really care about them.
And its good for you to just have people
to go to whenever you need to talk to

someone, even though youre not in a


trial persay.

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February 2015

NEWS

New guidance
specialist joins
FVHS family
Since the end of the first semester, Lindsey
Garrett has taken on the role as a new FVHS
guidance specialist.
AHMED FAYAD
STAFF WRITER
& KATRYA LY
NEWS EDITOR


From the moment
she began as the new guidance
specialist, Lindsey Garrett defied
all odds to take on the role all
while keeping a smile on her face.

Garrett went to El Toro
High School before attending
Cal State Monterey Bay where
she played volleyball. There, she

worked as a business consultant


before realizing she wanted to do
something more meaningful with
her life. She soon began helping
ROP courses and coaching high
school volleyball, which motivated her to become a counselor
for high school students.

I actually didnt start in
guidance or education at all, said
Garrett. I started in the business
sector and I worked a lot of hours
and I worked really hard.

Garrett comes to Fountain Valley High School from

Lindsey Garrett looks forward to her future as a guidance specialist at Fountain Valley High School.

Huntington Beach High School.



There, she was the ROP
advisor and career specialist.
Now as the guidance specialist
for students with the last name F
through L, she hopes to make her

UCLA research helps students manage stress


UCLA psychology study
aims to improve
student mindfulness
and interpersonal
relationships.

them 24/7, said Garrett. I encourage them to come talk to me


anytime they need help in school.
I am here to make your day much
better and easier.

Gender equality
in sports
cont. from page 1

KAREN TRINH
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
KATRYA LY
NEWS EDITOR


For two years, UCLA
has been working with FVHS
students to conduct a psychology
study called Adolescents Coping
With Everyday Stress, regarding
student stress.

According to Hannah
Nguyen, a postdoctoral scholar
from UCLA, the goal is to
understand the daily experience
of teenagers and how cultural
aspects can affect their stress and
their coping techniques.

At the beginning of
the study, earlier this year, the
entire sophomore class was given
a survey in their social studies
classes. Then from the results of
the survey, students were selected
to undergo a screening process
before a select group were chosen
to be a part of the two wellness
programs designed to prevent
depression.

The first program, called
Learning to Breath, focused
on mindfulness. Students were
encouraged to take notice of their
everyday actions, such as walking, eating and breathing. They
were taught to focus on their
current situation rather than
allowing negative emotions to
overwhelm them.

Oftentimes you hear
students share that they sometimes pay so much attention to
their worries and it really leads

office an open place for students.



I am always open to
help students with their scheduling, help them as well make
good decisions for what classes
they should take and Im here for

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to feelings of anxiety. it really


takes the focus away from them,
said Nguyen.

The second program,
was an interpersonal therapy
program (IPT), geared towards
improving students relationships
with their family and friends.
From the study, common stressors are interpersonal relationships, such as with parents and
friends, as well as academics.

The idea is that if those
relationships are doing well, if
those relationships are healthy
and if were communicating well
with people, letting them know
what we need and theyre letting
us know what they need, that also
tends to decrease stress, depression and some of those indicators
that were worried about, said
school psychologist, Cynthia
Olaya.

After the two 12-week
wellness programs, exit interviews were conducted by the
UCLA researchers. Nguyen
stated that the teenagers who
were involved spoke positively
about the program.

One thing we got away
from [the exit interviews] is that
students learned that they are not
aloneother people also share

their experiences, said Nguyen.



Recently, the study was
introduced to a new group of
students for the second semester. Instead of sophomores,
juniors will be the focus this time
around. Due to limited funding,
the study is directed only towards
sophomores and juniors because
according to Nguyen, 10th and
11th grade are two critical years
in regards to college acclimation,
so they are more intense for high
school students than freshmen
and senior years. In addition, the
study is focused on VietnameseAmerican and European-American students, also due to limited
funding from the National Institutes of Health.

Nguyen stated that if
the program continues to go
well during the second semester,
she and those who are involved
would like to continue the program at FVHS, hopefully with a
grant from UCLA.

Our hope is really
to support the teens and have
them develop healthy strategies,
healthy ways to manage the different hassles they have to deal
with in their daily lives, said
Nguyen.


According to varsity
girls coach Scott Goldman,
collaboration between
coaches helps maintain a
cooperative atmosphere.

It is a very fair arrangement, Goldman stated.
We also work together to
ensure that we arrange our
training and game schedules
to have as little conflict with
each others programs as possible.

The boys basketball
teams had positive comments regarding the equity
among the teams as well.

I think [the boys
and girls teams] are equal
because theres many cases
where the varsity girls team
had center court and varsity
boys had to move to the side
court girls have their own
time to be on the court and
guys have their own time. I
think its equal, said former
varsity basketball player
Chris Meyer (16).

The girls basketball
teams also stated the both
teams had fair access to practice time in the gym.

Varsity captain
Ashley Masuda (15) said,
For the most part, [the boys
and girls teams] have equal
access because they do give
us times. Maybe theyre not
necessarily the best times
that wed want all the time,
but thats just going to happen because of compromise.


Equal access to
facilities and treatment of
boys and girls teams may not
always be readily apparent.
At the conclusion of a recent
girls varsity basketball game,
a Baron Banner reporter
noticed that the team put
away the chairs, when at the
previous boys game the team
moved immediately to their
locker room.

In response to this
observation, Co-Athletic
Director Dawn Lawler said,
The players of all levels,
coaches and parents for all
gym sports help in the set up
and teardown of the games
each night.

Later, Meyer noted
that the first team to use the
courts had to set up, while
the last team to use the
courts held the responsibility
of cleaning up.

After looking at
sports that share courts and
fields, Baron Banner has
found that girls and boys
teams, coaches, and the athletic administrators work in
concert to maintain fair and
equal access to their respective arenas and equipment.

STAFF WRITERS DEMETRIA MA,


JAMES NGUYEN, & HEATHER CARR
CONTRIBUTED TO THIS STORY

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February 2015

NEWS

Girl Scout Cookie Season is back on with new changes


Rising prices in Girl Scout Cookies has
led to apprehensive attitudes about the
yearly cookie sale.
CELINE HOANG
& ZAINAB KHAN
STAFF WRITERS


With Girl Scout Cookies
back in season, many students
have mixed feelings about the
recent changes in the cookiess
price.

The Girl Scout Cookie
Program is the third-largest
cookie company in the world. It
is the largest girl-led business in
the world. For every box of Girl
Scout Cookies that is bought,
approximately two-thirds of
the purchase is used by the Girl
Scout Councils in the community.

Well to begin with I
already thought that four dollars
was pretty expensive because it
was just for a small box of cookies so when they raised the price
to five dollars I guess that kinda
sucked, said Sara Nguyen, (18)

This year, the price has
increased to $5 a box, instead of

$4, in response to the rising costs


by ABC Bakers, the Girl Scouts
cookie bakery.

Some students believe
the that the cookies were already
overpriced, and now theyre too
expensive.

I do think the increase
from $4 to $5 was a lot and definitely unnecessary. The price increase to $5 had discouraged a lot
of students from buying cookies,
but it does after all go towards a
great cause. said Tiffany Tieu 15
who participates in a Vietnamese
Ambassador Girl troop.

However, some believe
that because the Girl Scout organization is receiving more profit,
the price increase is worthy.

I think its fair mainly
because I believe that the extra
dollar goes to supporting their
organization, said Leo Vo, (16).

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Heaven Bui (16) sells Thin Mints to Noelle Hillman (15)


Each troop will receive
more profit for each box sold
from the price increase. When
prices were $4, the troops earned
about 71 to 72 cents per box
sold. Now that the price is $5,
the Girl Scouts will earn around
$1.05 per box, which goes towards the cookie credit to help
fund for both troop activities and

fees.

Though the prices may
seem to high for some, the Girl
Scouts on campus are selling
cookies to raise cookie credit,
which allows them to fund projects, badges, and camps. In the
end, the cookie credit allows
them to further their impact on
the community through their

Take a leap
into the art
of anatomy

service and leadership skills.



I dont think the
price range would really matter
because Girl Scout cookies [are]
addictive. Weve been having
withdrawals since last year and a
couple of bucks aint keeping me
away from my caramel delights,
said Preston Nguyen, (16).

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Art teacher Mike Eich


has been working overtime to help students
with their anatomy
drawings in hopes of
furthering their skills.

Art teacher Mike Eich has been
hosting anatomy classes after school to
improve art students work and advance
placement portfolio grades once a month
on Fridays for three hours.

When Eich began teaching art
at FVHS, he noticed that the AP art test
scores were not as high as he wanted
them to be. After investigating, he
learned that the College Board marked
down the students portfolios for lack of
human anatomy. Thus, Eich started the
anatomy class to help his AP students
improve their skills in anatomy so they
could increase their test scores.

Eventually the class branched
out to the animation classes who also
needed knowledge of the human body so
they could create their animations. Now
the class is open to all students interested

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in learning anatomy. The class has had


as many as 45 students and as little as
10 students during his 15 to 17 years of
teaching it.

Anatomy is the ability to draw
the human body using live models. Eichs
class shares many similarities with a regular college class, but the only difference
is that the models have to be clothed
with a bathing suit or leotard. Students
who choose to model for the class must
be able to stand in a certain stance for at
most three hours and have small breaks
in between.

Eich charges each student $5 to
take the class. The money is used to pay
the student models for their time and the
rest goes towards pizza for the class. 30
minutes before the class ends, the pizza
arrives, students clean up and take their

best pieces of art, best jester drawings


and best long pose drawing to critique
them.

The students talk about their
art; right and wrongs, good or bad all of
that, said Eich. I dont keep any of the
money; that goes all back to the kids,
either to food or back to pay the model.

Eich believes students do not
need to be an artist to take the class; just
fate in themselves.

Well you have to have the believe in yourself and ability to draw and
willingness to listen and whats going on.
said Eich.

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February 2015

SPORTS

WINTER SPORTS SE

Blake Vasques (15) turns against his opponent during the Five Counties Tournament
on Friday, Jan. 16.
Boys Basketball - 4201: Adam Trounce (17) takes the ball
downcourt with a Charger close behind in the boys
basketballs game against Edison on Wednesday, Feb. 4.

Abby OToole clears the ball away from a Viking during girls
soccers game against Marina on Thursday, Jan. 29.

Sara Tran (16) looks for he


pass during girls water polo
on Wednesday, Feb. 4.

Hannah Baldridge (16) rears back to shoot over a Sailor during girls water polos
game against Newport Harbor on Wednesday, Feb. 4.

FVHS tennis coach awarded Southern California Coach of the Year


Tennis coach, Harshul
Patel reflects on his
achievement as the U.S
PTA Coach of the
Year.
ALLY LENGUYEN
STAFF WRITER


Fountain Valley High
School Coach, Harshul Patel, was
chosen by the U.S PTA for the
Coach of the Year award for his
work and contributions to not
only tennis, but to the team and
students here at FVHS.

The U.S PTA, California
division, covers a majority of the
schools on the west coast, ranging from schools in San Diego
to schools in San Luis Obispocovering a total of around 3,000
schools and 4,000 coaches in the

west coast area.



Every division of tennis
is considered; this includes head
coaches from single girls teams,
to head coaches of boys and girls
teams. Files and applications
are then sent in by the schools
Athletic Departments.

Officials and boards
decide on the recipient of the
award by looking over the files
and histories of accomplishments
done by the coaches over the year
of 2014, and then a supporting
track from the accomplishments
of the year before.

I feel great, said Patel.
Its one of the best awards. Youre
talking about close to 4,000 plus
coaches, head coaches, and youre
one of the best ones.

During the process, a
committee of eight members
vote between themselves for the
recipient, but for Patel, the vote
was unanimously in his favor for

the award, as he later discovered.



Its amazing, said Patel.

Patel also claims that
he could not have won this
award without the team, and
all the members of tennis here
at FVHS. Considering the idea
that the team helps makes the
coach, the success of the teams
drive and hard work is what has
reflected so well on his skills as
a coach. Patel has also begun to
offer additional programs for
tennis, and recreational lessons
on Fridays for locals interested in
participating.

Without them I
wouldnt be here. said Patel.
Without their help and support,
I wouldnt have been where I am,
and Im very thankful for that.

Boys and girls


tennis Coach
Harshul Patel is
chosen by the
United States
Professional Tennis
Association as the
2014 Southern
California High
School Coach of
the Year.

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February 2015

NEWS

EASON HIGHLIGHTS

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Co-captain Ryan Fusco (15) signals for his teammate in the boys basketballs game
against Los Alamitos on Friday, Feb. 6.
Stephanie Tsai (17) goes up to score during girls basketballs game against Marina on Thursday, Jan. 29.

Michelle Wu (15) dribbles past a Sailor during girls basketballs game against Newport Harbor on Tuesday, Jan. 27.

er teammate in order to make a


os game against Newport Harbor

Co-captain Larry Jared Turner fought in the air for the ball against a Charger
during the first half of boys soccers game against Edison on Wednesday, Feb. 4.

Soccer captain Larry Turner


makes top 10 in Orange County
Scorers
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STAFF WRITER

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Varsity Co-Captain Larry
Turner (15) earned the achievement as one of the top ten scorers in
Orange County for soccer.
I do my best for the team and thank
God for the opportunity to be up
there, said Turner.

During the preseason
games, Turners record was 10 goals
and one assist. He is currently ranked
third with a total of 11 goals and two

assists, including preseason and up to


the second game of Sunset League.

Larry Turner is a hard
worker, said varsity soccer player
Kyle McNeil (15). He will never give
up on the team and is a true leader.

Turner began playing soccer
around fifth grade, making this year
his eighth year of playing soccer.

My longterm goal with soccer is to get to college and play, said
Turner. And my dream would be to
play for a Division One team.


Turner has high hopes for
his team in his senior year of Sunset
League. They all prioritize the same
goal: to take the Sunset League
Championship title.

Tuner is well aware of the
challenges ahead of him, and he is
willing to put everything he has to
make sure he and his team are up
to the challenges they have ahead of
them.

League is going to be hard,
but fun, said Turner. Every game
and every practice we are going to try
our hardest, get better and leave it all
out on the field.

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November 2014

NEWS

Teachers take new skills to the classroom


Teachers attend the
UCI writing conference to further
improve learning
skills within the
classroom.
CHRIS WELLS
STAFF WRITER


English teachers set off
to UCI once a month to further
improve their skills in the classroom during what is known as
the UCI Writing Project.

The UCI conference
collects speakers to give presentations on various topics relating to
a theme that year. Teachers go to
speakers and listen to topics that
they are interested in learning
more about and can incorporate
it into the classroom.

The UCI Writing conference [is] where teachers go to
learn how to continually integrate
writing into teaching, whether its
teaching English or other things,
said English teacher Elizabeth
Taireh.


Teachers
can go to
a speaker
and learn
new
skills to
pull out
of the
conference and
into the
classroom.

I attended a
speaker
whom
I have
listened too on the same topic
maybe five
years ago and he was discussing
ways to incorporate authentic
writing activities, said English
teacher Lauren Bielefeld. So getting students to write commentaries and his session basically involved him having us participate
and write the commentary for a
poem he had us read as a class.

With teachers informed
with new strategies, it helps the
teachers build communication
with the students. It pulls the

both taught
innovative new
techniques
at the UCI
conference.
Blau spoke of
incorporate authentic writing
activities and
how to apply
them to high
school and elementary school
level. Jago was
a well respected
presenter who
talked about the
importance of
reading literary
text. She had
ILLUSTRATION BY EMILY DUONG
a lot of suggestions on how to
teacher out of their comfort
incorporate different types of text
zone and keeps students out of a
into the classrooms. Jago also
repetitive state to help them focus
demonstrated
in the classroom and understand
how teachers could bring all
in new different ways.
these ideas that dont seem to be

I think this benefits the in any way connected together
student because we all come away and connect them. She brought
with something new and inin paintings, poems and stories
novative practice to either bring
and connected things that dont
back. As a reminder like hey,
seem to have any similarities.
you should be doing this, said

We were looking of a
English teacher Amy Futagaki.
picture of ebola and the places

Guest speaker Sheridan
to treat ebola and it was amazing
Blau and key speaker Carol Jago
because she broke down the psy-

chology of it and thats what we


do in literature too, said Taireh.
So she translate what we do in
reading to other activities and
gives us ideas on how to bring
that into other activates we do
to teach in the classroom. said
Taireh

The UCI conference
is a part of a bigger project
where teachers can participate
in an intense four week summer
program after the writing project
once a month during the course
of the school year. Teachers can
go meet and focus on one area
of interest to study and give presentations on it. The conferences
help teachers become skilled
inside the classroom and helps
improve how students learn.

I have been doing it for
a long time and its my fifth or
sixth year going to the conference and every time I go there
is always something new, said
Taireh. Its fun to get together
and see people there with other
teachers and it gets you excited
just like how students love to
work with each other, we love
that. Its a nice time to just get out
of your comfort zone and meet
with new people and hear new
ideas.

Lily Mooney opens


up about the world of
pageantry

Mooney delves into her personal experience


with, and the realities of, pageants.

DEMETRIA MA
STAFF WRITER


With her calm and conservative demeanor, senior Lily Mooney isnt
one youd expect to have been runner-up
for Miss Fountain Valley. As she settles
into her seat, her nervous smile makes it
evident that she generally doesnt like attracting too much attention to herself. Her
modesty gives way to a sparkle in her eyes
as she starts off by recalling her favorite
moment during preparation for the Miss
Fountain Valley pageant.

[The other contestants and I]
had the chance to eat donuts and watch a
little live performance after a long practice
the singing and dancing and, well, the
eating. It brought us all together; we were
just having fun, said Mooney.

Mooney entered in her first
pageant and came out as second runnerup for Miss Fountain Valley 2015 on Nov.
1. She then went on to compete in an
open, state-wide pageant for Miss Orange
County 2015 on Jan. 10.

I learned so many different life
skills from being part of these two pageants that I can hardly believe I never con-

sidered competing before, shared


Mooney.

Each pageant is put on by
one of many different organizations
and each offers different titles and
rewards.
Mooney is awarded as runner-up for Miss Fountain Valley.

Local, structured pageants
such as Miss Fountain Valley, are a

That is scary in that youre
good choice for first-time pageanteers,
parading yourself basically across the stage
since there are many more practices to
in barely any clothing, but it also shows
allow contestants more preparation. Open
confidence in yourself.
pageants, such as Miss Orange County,
From her experiences in the
which are open to the entire state, are typi-
world of pageantry, Mooney has realized
cally for more experienced girls and have
that for her and other girls to succeed, it
fewer practices.
is not about being an ideal young woman.

On the morning of the pageant,
Rather, it is about learning to have coneach contestant has a private interview.
fidence in oneself to be able to hold your
The rest of the competition, including onstage questions, fitness, talent, and evening own onstage.
If you asked me a year ago if
gown, is open to the public later in the day.
I ever would be in a pageant, I probably

The interview has to be the
would have laughed in your face. I dont
scariest part because its private and youre
fit the pageant girl mold, Mooney rewith several judges and...its still very inmarked.
timidating. You cant ask anyone for help,

She added that although there are
said Mooney. Its also about all the political events and current events today, so you certain elements of truth in what people
have to be up-to-date. So I read CNN, like, see of pageants on TV, her own experience
was far from typical. Aside from a few of
every night to prepare.
the more seasoned girls who appeared

Both pageants that Mooney
slightly intimidating, many of the other
participated in also included a swimsuit
pageanteers at the statewide competition
portion.

PHOTO PROVIDED BY LILY MOONEY

were very amiable.



I personally believe outer beauty
should have nothing to do with the judging process. Its not about the clothes, or
the makeup, or your luck with genetics,
but how you present yourself. Each contestant is a possible lifelong friend, not just
your competition, she said.

Mooney believes that each and
every girl up on stage during Miss Fountain Valley was there because they had the
confidence to put themselves out there for
the world to see.

In the end, it goes back to the
four points of the crown: style, success,
service, and scholarship. Everything that a
young woman needs on her path towards
her dream.

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NEWS

Baron Banner Staff


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November 2014

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

Winter Fashion

Depends on the weather, fashion


and comfort go hand in hand, but it
really comes down to whether youre
willing to give up one option for the
other. Me, personally, I try to find
something in between.

- Kobe Khuu (15).

Staying warm and cozy is really important to me. But I think


you can actually find some way
to be comfy and fashionable.
Even though I hope what I wear is
decent, I think staying comfortable
should be on everyones top list.

- Brianna Bui (17).

Well, it depends, if its a test day


the next day, then I wear comfortable clothing, and I try to stay
warm.But if its not a test day,
then Ill wear something stylish to
look good for my girlfriend.

- Andrew Nguyen (16)

ARTISTS AT FVHS
Water Drop
Artist - Kaitlyn
McCowin

Unnamed

Medium Digital Art

Artist - Elizabeth
Huang
Medium - Cardboard

Survivor
Finding Yourself

Artist - Kim Tran

Artists - Elizabeth Huang

Medium - Acrylic

Medium - College Pamphlets, Cardboard, Rice

Unnamed
Artist - Tina Hong

unnamed

Medium - Ceramic
Clay and Acrylic
Paint

Artist - Steven Lang


Medium - Prismacolor

I prefer to dress more comfortable because its really cold, and


all you want to do is go to school
and just wear sweats or something cute. But its really cool
to find something simple, like a
happy medium where you can
be cute while youre warm.

- Khoa Phan (17).

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