VOLUME 10, ISSUE 1
December 2016
The Rebellion
Artist Spotlight: ADAM CHEN
By: Panni Orban
I love learning about and deriving in-
a small fraction of their virtuosity.
spiration from art history, particular- The traditional medium of historily that of the Baroque Era, a 17th cen- cal painters, oils, is my method of
Hi Adam! Tell me a little bit about yourself as an aspiring artist. Do you have
any favorite medians, or artworks?
tury movement which emphasized
choice; it dries slowly, allowing me
drama, strong lighting, and composi-
to create visual effects impossible
tional movement. My favorite artists
with other types of paint.
are Rubens, Caravaggio, Rembrandt,
Can you tell me a little bit about the
and Sargent, all of which have helped
mural you've been working on? What
me form an artistic style. Their paint- is the story behind it?
ings, including The Night Watch, The
As it is the social studies hallway, I
Consequences of War, and The Calling
aimed to create a unifying historical
of St. Matthew, all drive me to creperiod. All the figures lived in the
ate works which can only hope to have
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Trick or Treating Throughout History
By Tatum Kawabata
Whether you are dressing up for Halloween, or watching scary movies
while the doorbell periodically rings
for candy, chances are you will be involved somehow in trick-or-treating
this year. The custom of going door
to door asking for sweets seems out
of place for a spooky holiday, but has
been ingrained into American society
for decades. The tradition is accepted
across the nation, and comes from an
interesting origin.
Trick-or-treating is believed to
have started centuries ago in a Celtic
festival celebrating the beginning of
winter on October 31st, where young
men would dress up as “evil spirits.”
Once All Saints’ Day was created in
the 9th century, people started to impersonate the “spirits” and “souls of
the dead,” where they received food
or money on the spirit’s behalf. This
evolved into “souling,” where people
would go around to houses taking
“soul cakes” on behalf of the dead, or
in exchange for blessing the giver’s
soul.
“Souling” eventually evolved into
“guising,” where young children
would dress up in costumes and go
around asking for fruit or money. The
tradition was popular in many European countries, and eventually carried
over to the United States in the 20th
century.
Despite European immigrants flooding to North America, trick-ortreating did not become popular in the
United States until the 1930s. During
World War II, trick or treating was put
on pause due to sugar rations in
America, as most supplies went to the
war effort and industries focused on
war materials. By 1947, trick-or-
treating picked up interest, spreading to all states, increasing in popularity ever since.
While many see trick-or-treating as
yet another example of America’s
consumer culture, the tradition
holds a rich history spanning hundreds of years, originating in Europe. Not only is it a fun activity
for kids, but it has developed into a
valuable holiday custom with the
creation of Trick-or-Treat for
UNICEF, where people go around
collecting donations on Halloween
for children in need. So while the
constant stream of costumed visitors this Halloween may seem like
an irritation, keep in mind trick-ortreating has become a popular ritu-
al across the world and benefits
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A Portable School
By Asya Shneerson
In 2021, a brand-new Juanita High
School building is finally set to reopen. With the help of an estimated
$145,477,000, students (beginning with
the class of 2022) and faculty will have
finally access to long-awaited new
classrooms and halls, as well as a new
library, theater, and cafeteria. Although
none of Juanita’s current students will
still be enrolled when the new building
is set to open, two of the current classes
– the freshman and sophomore classes
– will likely be attending Juanita’s temporary housing.
Currently, it’s a little unclear how exactly this transitional phase will take
place. According to Juanita’s Remodel
vs Rebuild Study, constructing a replacement facility on-site could create
safety issues for both construction site
access and students in nearby outdoor
areas. However, it seems that the most
probable course of action is a “portable
school” where most of class time would
occur within temporary on-site portable
buildings.
But how do students think a possible
portable school would impact their
learning experience?
Isaac Chwojko-Frank, a current junior
and avid member of the drama department, says that because the auditorium
is coming down once the class of 2018
graduates, the drama department may be
leaving along with the current juniors.
“Whatever happens to drama, it won’t
have the same strength that it does right
now. Mac says she might just stop drama.” A tech crew wouldn’t be able to
operate without an auditorium, and the
shows just wouldn’t be able to reach the
same level of production.
Earth Corps
By Leona Kazi
Hey Juanita!
It’s the Earth Corp Club aka your local
green team! As October comes to an end,
we are on the brink of Halloween! So the
Juanita Earth Corp is presenting you with
seven horrifying Enviro-Stats!
1) Only 1% of China’s 560 million city
residents breathe air that is considered safe
by the European Union.
2) Each Day, the US produces enough
trash to equal the weight of the Empire
state building.
3) 20 to 50 million metric tons of electric
waste are generated worldwide.
4) One of four mammals are at risk of extinction.
5) At least 50 acres of rainforest are lost
every year.
6) Average temperatures will increase by
as much as 12 degrees Fahrenheit by the
end of the 21st century if greenhouse gas
emission continue to rise at the current
place.
7) If the entire world lived like the average
American, we’d need five planets to provide enough resources.
It’s hard to imagine that our
environment is slowly wilting
away due to causes such as
greenhouse gases, deforestation and littering. But don’t
fret because we can make a
difference! Every day during
lunch, JHS Earth Corp has the
compost, trash and recycling
bins so we can reduce our
waste. And at home, we can
cut our electricity expenditure
by turning off lights when we aren’t
using them. It’s the little acts that
reduce our waste and trash which
help us improve our environment!
If you are interested in getting involved in Earth Corps, stop by Mr.
Clarks room to get more information! This year we have many
exciting activities and projects
coming up such as implementing a
plastic water bottle reduction strategy, going on club hikes, and volunteering at your local parks, so we’d
love it if you joined!
Alyssa Kureshi, a member of the 2019
Cambridge sophomore class, laments
having to spend her senior year learning in portables. “I have health class in
a portable right now,” she says. “It
gets really cold during the winter, and
I wouldn’t want to be in there during
the summer either.” For many students, a year spent in the portables
could be an uncomfortable, though
tolerable, experience.
Clearly, a portable school wouldn’t be
the ideal learning environment for
such a large student body. However,
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Artist Spotlight: ADAM
CHEN
I began work on the mural in March of this year, and con-
By Panni Orban
January.
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4. Do you plan on pursuing your artistic talents as a future
and mothers, and the third imperial Europe. Those
profession?
shown are (left to right) the Kangxi Emperor of China
(1654-1722), President George Washington (1732-1799),
Martha Washington (1731-1802), President Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826), Alexander Hamilton (1757-1804),
Abagail Adams (1744-1818), King Louis XIV of France
(1638-1715), and Empress Maria Theresa of the Holy Roman Empire (1717-1780). The medium is acrylic.
tinued on it into summer break. Though I can't be sure exactly when I'll complete it, I'm aiming to be done around
In terms of future career plans, I'm still undecided. The
field of art history has two branches: museum work and
education. Just recently, I've been accepted into a program at the Seattle Art Museum, where I have already
found myself extremely interested in the pursuit of curation: those in charge of maintaining, researching, and obtaining new works of art for a particular department. Re-
3. How long have you been working on it and when do you
gardless of my eventual profession, I still plan to keep
plan on finishing it?
painting, learning art history, and visiting art museums.
Trump America
at 6.20. In some respects, a relatively low number –
considering that utopias don’t exist– but there’s always
room for improvement.
By Jared Johnson
With the 2016 US presidential election decided, there
is no doubt that tension is in the air following the results.
With president-elect Donald Trump not even in office yet,
protests are being formed across the country against our nation’s future political leader. Regardless of where you stand
on Trump’s policies, or if you even care, here’s a brief list
of what this election means for the world and the country,
and why it matters.
Foreign affairs are at critical junctions.
Trump’s proposed ‘wall’ policy in order to get a better grasp on illegal immigration has stirred up a lot of controversy during his campaign, but now that he is soon to be
in office, relations with Mexico are setting up to be rather
rocky, to say the least. But amidst Trump’s other relationships with nations around the world, he is set to have an
easy ride with Russia. There are many political cartoons circulating about Donald Trump and Russian president Vladimir Putin, comparing them to a newly-wed couple, which is
both comforting and disturbing. But a 4 year-long period of
peace with one of the world’s leading powerhouses in terms
of political clout should be seen as a positive.
The elected president doesn’t have much control in
state affairs.
With Washington being mostly a democratic state,
many Clinton supporters are definitely outraged by the
results of the election. But regardless of how they feel,
Trump’s presidency isn’t likely to have any real effect on
their daily lives. Most of that is decided by the state government, and concerned citizens who care about politics
should be focusing more on local and state level initiatives and referendums.
The City of Kirkland is unlikely to be effected.
As with state policies, Kirkland, a suburb of Seattle, is unlikely to be effected with regards to policies except those passed by state legislature.
JHS has expressed their opinions via protests.
On November 14th, more than 200 students
marched along the street during 6th period in protest of
President-elect Donald Trump.
I interviewed several students around the school with
differing views on the election.
The United States’ economy has a chance to improve.
Regardless of Trump’s lack of political experience,
his contains a host of business ventures that suggest top-tier
financial expertise that could help bring the US economy to
new heights. While the Obama administration has done a
decent job of stimulating the economy in their 8 years since
the 2008 stock market crash, the unemployment rate is still
Q1: What was your reaction following the results of
the election?
Q2: Were you sur pr ised by the results?
Trump Supporters
Jacob Brandon
A1: “I was really happy that Tr ump won.”
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A2: “Oh yeah, I was definitely sur pr ised.”
A2: “I was sur pr ised, I actually thought Hillar y was
going to win.”
Edrik Padilla
Kegan Wilks
A1: “I had the tiny ur ge to look up flight tickets to Sweden.”
A1: “Sor t of happiness and adrenaline r ush. I was
giddy, like a little kid.”
A2: “Not really.”
A2: “I was sur pr ised by a few states, but over all, I
knew Trump was going to win.”
Johnson Supporters
Park Lytle
Daniel Loveless
A1: “I was ver y neutr al. No strong feelings either way.”
A1: “Me, along with the rest of the countr y, really
surprised. I believe that the silent majority has spoken.”
A2: “Definitely took me off guar d. I was definitely not expecting those results.”
A2: “Yes. Per sonally, I thought it was going to be
very close.”
A1: “Ever ybody else over reacted.”
Dante Ludlow
Clinton Supporters
A2: “Not really. Believe it or not, Tr ump had 5 to 1 odds
in (Las) Vegas, so I bet $5 on him and won $25.”
Andre Ford
Independent
A1: “Either way it would’ve been a bad choice, but
I felt that was the worse of the two.”
Anonymous
A2: “No, I wasn’t.”
A2: “Oh yeah.”
Jayce Knerr
Anonymous
A1: “Kind of sur pr ised.”
A1: “I thought it was a joke.”
JHS Earth Corp takes another step toward a healthier planet:
Reusable Bottle Campaign
Here’s one mind-boggling statistic:
Americans throw away 2.5 MILLION plastic bottles every HOUR.
-Clean Air Council, cleanair.org
Using your own reusable bottle saves money, natural resources, reduces pollution, and keeps disposable bottles out of
our landfills and waterways.
The bottled water industry has convinced us that disposable water is cheaper, healthier, and more convenient. Check
out this website that will show you otherwise:
https://www.banthebottle.net/bottled-water-facts/
Earth Corp is especially concerned about the bottles that fill up our landfills (only a small percentage of the bottles get
recycled)
and in many cases end up in our oceans.
We ask you to pledge to using your reusable water bottles more. Check out this website for good reusable water bottle
choices:
http://www.thegreenguide.com/plastic-water-bottles
Watch for the opportunity to buy a JHS water bottle.
When you find yourself needing a disposable water bottle, please find a recycling bin to put the empty bottle in.
Thanks for supporting our campaign that reduces our impact on the Earth!
JHS Earth Corp