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18 Ideas I seriously believe I over analyze everything and everyone. Perhaps I just have too much spare time. During this analyzing I think. A lot. And sometimes I meet some person that makes me think even more. Just the other day I was on the bus with a classmate, and she really got me in a deep, pensive state of mind. We were talking about "our generation." Most of the things she said were exactly what I was thinking! (Maybe she's psychic?) In short we talked about how our generation doesn't seem to have an identity. We are just a mixture of the old ideals of former generations. We can't seem to create our own identity so we take bits and pieces from other generations. Fifty years from now how are people going to remember us? It's as if we are so involved in the superficial we can't even see what's going on in the world. We are living in the nuclear age. You can’t flip past a news channel without hearing the words "war," "Middle East," and "terrorists" flooding through our speakers and in one ear and out the other. We are fighting a war and yet you can probably read more about Brangelina and Britney Spears' shaved head in any magazine or newspaper. I mean, there are a lot of articles on the war and other issues but who takes the time to pick those up if the latest For this amazing and exciting year of 2007 there have been a lot of good movies showing in theaters. A few of them have been horror films. We are huge horror fans so we decided to review two flicks: The Hills Have Eyes II and Dead Silence. Be sure to take an adult for ticket purchase if you are under 17 because both these movies are rated R. The Hills Have Eyes II Rating: R for strong language and gruesome violence Starring: Jessica Stroup, Reshad Strik, Michael McMillian, Daniella Alonso and Lee Thompson Young. Directed by Martin Weiss The Hills Have Eyes II is what you would expect it to be. Just like the first one, it has a lot of blood and news on Anna Nicole Smith's death saga is on the front cover? Not all people are like this, but it seems a vast majority are. I wish more people would speak up about their beliefs and get their butts off MySpace and take a look at the world. Is this how you want the world to remember your era? As self indulgent people who watch more E! Entertainment than CNN? Raise your voice. Take a stand. Have an opinion on anything and make it heard. You think global warming is a problem? Then sign up for a newsletter with information, recycle, inform other violence. The Hills Have Eyes II is about a group of National Guard trainees who stop at a New Mexico outpost and find an abandoned research camp deserted. They then ALONSO find themselves struggling to fight for their lives against some strange mutated cannibals. The family of cannibals stalks their prey and slowly picks them off one by one. They plan on keeping the women National Guard trainees so their mutant family can keep on going for generations. The whole movie is basically the soldiers and the mutants battling for sur- people. You hate the president? Register to vote, get informed about the candidates. You cannot complain unless you act. I'm really fortunate to be in a school with so many artistic and intelligent kids. Most kids here are very expressive and it is awesome. The kids pictured here have decided to take their stand as anti-war protesters. Okay, so they’re not marching the streets with picket vival.This is a very violent movie but it is very exciting and will keep you jumping out of your seats’. It’s up to you to see the movie to find out who wins the battle. ---- Dead Silence Rating: R for violence and language Starring: Jamie Ashen, Amber Valletta, Donnie Walhberg, and Bob Gunton. Directed by James Wan. Dead Silence is about Mary Shaw, a ventriloquist who went crazy. She was accused of murdering a boy and therefore was hunted down by the townspeople who cut her tongue out and killed her. They then buried her with her vaudeville dolls, which were often referred to as her children. The Magnet Tribune May 11, 2007 Our generation must work to form an identity MT photo by Alyssa Garza Freshmen Christina Morales and Valerie Gonzalez. Horror movies feature lots of violence and gore MT photo by Alyssa Garza Freshman Connor Bernal. VMT Scene by Alyssa Garza MT photo by Alyssa Garza Freshman Ivan Fuentes and Junior Cristina Yancy. signs but hey, it’s a start. Okay enough of me trying to make a point. I’ll end this with one of my favorite quotes. “The hope of a secure and livable world lies with disciplined nonconformists who are dedicated to justice, peace and brotherhood.” Martin Luther King Jr. Peace — uh-liss-err Coming Attractions by Erika Hernandez and Jacklyn Martinez Since that time, the collection of dolls went missing. Families were murdered and found with their tongues torn out. One man, Jamie is determined to find out who murdered his wife and why. He slowly starts unraveling the legend of Mary Shaw and the truth behind a song he used to know in his childhood. This song was sung when Mary Shaw would attack. “Beware the stare of Mary Shaw. She had no children, only dolls. And if you see her do not scream, or she’ll rip your tongue out at the seam.” If you’re interested to find out what Jamie is going to unravel in the mysterious case of his murdered wife then be sure to watch the movie. photo: www.mctcampus.com
The Magnet Tribune May 11, 2007 Ideas 19 Earth faces stress from too much warming BY NANCY HERNANDEZ MT STAFF WRITER The earth’s environment is under circumstances which can be classified as catastrophic. We are not aware of the damage we are causing to our planet. We don’t realize that most of the damage is not being caused by the government or large companies but by individuals like us. Almost everything is being affected by environmental damage like air, oceans, forests, land, animals, water, and even human beings. Air pollution and water pollution are problems that take millions of lives every year. According to Time magazine, “3.4 million people die each year from water-related diseases.” The State of World Pollution 2001 reported that “air pollution kills an estimated 2.7 million to 3.0 million people every year.” Even though we have advanced in technology those advancements don’t seem to be resolving the problems of the environment. These inventions and progress have resulted in damage to our world’s environment. Human Development Report 2001 stated, “Every technological advance brings potential benefits and risks, some of which are not easy to predict.” Climate change or global warming is This time I’m going to be telling you about Kennia Lopez, a sophomore at Nixon High School. She is enrolled in metal arts here. She takes jewelry and sculpture with Armando Hinojosa in the afternoon. Kennia Lopez also has a unique nickname. Her friends call her “Kiwi.” I asked her how she got that nickname. “One time in seventh grade a substitute teacher randomly called me Kiwi. Afterwards my friend Rosa started calling me that and it just took off from there. I don’t even think some people know my real name.” another factor in this matter. Human activities have affected the atmosphere and therefore influence the earth’s climate. According to NOAA and NASA the earth’s average temperature has increased by about 1.2 to 1.4ºF since 1900. Climatologist Pieter Tans of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration says, “There is new and stronger evidence that most of the warming observed over the last 50 years is attributable to human activities.” More and more people are gaining consciousness of the problem in which our planet is. But what can each of us do? We can do simple things that can add up to a big difference. For example, replace a regular incandescent light bulb with a compact fluorescent light bulb. Clean or replace filters on furnaces and air conditioners. Use less hot water. Use a clothesline instead of a dryer whenever possible. Unplug electronics from the wall when not in use. Recycle at home. Plant a tree. Buy organic foods as much as possible. Reduce the number of miles we drive. Fly less. There is much more information about environmental damage and the degrees to which we have gone. But all that doesn’t matter unless we as human beings and inhabitants of this planet decide to make a difference and make our planet a better place to live. she said. Lopez originally started out in Art with Jorge Vasquez. But because of the curriculum here, she is required to take one year of metal arts. “I can’t wait to go back to art. I love to paint and draw, and use my imagination. I like using my hands to create things and I liked the different assignments I would get.” BY JOSEPH MENDIOLA MT STAFF WRITER Lopez has been drawing since she was a little girl. She said her favorite type of art is abstract. “I love abstract work. You just use your imagination to create things. Everyone has different opinions on the meaning of the art.” I asked her how being a sophomore is different from being a freshman. Pollution affects all of us. The only problem is that nobody cares. People say that they’re going to start recycling and throwing trash where it’s supposed to be thrown, but they don’t. Honestly, I don’t stop from throwing paper on the street. I just think to myself that one paper is not going to make a difference and the sad part is that everybody who throws trash on the street probably think the same thing. We don’t think that its going to affect us but pollution is catching up with us and the ozone is getting thinner everyday. One persons trash might not hurt anybody but millions of people trash will devastate the ecosystem along with our way of life. I seriously doubt that we will be able to survive with no animals on this earth. What will we eat!? Just kidding! There should be something each and everyone of us should do to take care of our ecosystem. Coming from a person who pretty much doesn’t care about the earth, I am getting worried about how Sophomore art student has unique nickname The System by Veronica Lara Bowl of Soup by Joseph Mendiola, Nancy Hernandez Everybody can help clean up pollution “There’s no difference! You’re just one grade ahead and one step closer to graduating. I think this year has been the best one yet though, because I know more people and I have more friends,” she said. Lopez said she used to be in soccer at Nixon, but got out because she started feeling “lazy.” She likes to spend time with friends and going out to the movies, parties, and shopping. Lopez’s main hobbies of course are painting and drawing. She loves VMT. “I think it’s the best school ever. I would love it if were an much more pollution can the earth take. Everybody can start small just by not throwing trash on the street will help a lot. Also recycling aluminum cans and get money off it. Recently it was, at one recycler, 36 cents per pound and its very easy just throw the cans in a big trash can and take them once a month to where they buy them from you. One location is on the corner of McPherson and Saunders. According to a documentary I saw about pollution with Al Gore as the host we have created more CO2 in the last 4 decades than in the last 400,000 years. The earth seems to be the most polluted it has ever been. Al Gore has spent much of his time presenting all of the information to the world. He appeared before both House of Representatives and Congress on March 21st to present his plan to stop global warming. Gore told the representatives find “the moral courage to rise above politics and redeem the promise of the American democracy.” After this bold statement the former vicepresident presented a series of clever initiatives constructed to reduce the U.S.’s output of CO2 by percent GORE by 2050. If these “initiatives” work then they would stop much of the earth’s pollution dead in its tracks. Yes the U.S. is not the entire earth but it is a huge start. Maybe if the U.S. would start the war on pollution the world together will cooperate and reduce pollution to nothing. Gore photo: www.mctcampus.com MT photo by Ricardo Soliz Jr. Kennia Lopez all day school.” After graduating Lopez plans to go to New York City to attend a designing school.
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