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News
December 6, 2012
YAT will throw a city-wide White Out dance
UPCOMING EVENTS
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Winter sports Pep
Rally
12/8
ACT
12/10
Late start; Winter
Formal Court Nominations
12/11-12/12
PSAT, Mock PSAT
and PLAN Score
pickup at lunch in
the Quad
12/13-12/14
Vocal Music Concerts
12/15
Online Webinar for
PSAT scores
 Students all over
Irvine will attend YAT’s
first city-wide high
school dance of school
the year
Out theme that rings in the holiday spirit.
“Everyone is going to be wearing white
so it looks like one big snow storm!” senior and Woodbridge YAT representative
Amanda Walters said.
“There aren’t many dances where
students from different high schools can
come together, so this is a great opportunity,” senior and Woodbridge YAT represen-
tative Christopher Ponce de Leon said.
Along with dancing to music offered
by iDJ Productions, there will be a photo
booth to capture fun pictures with friends
and many ping pong, pool and foosball
tables.
“We don’t have very many dances here
at Woodbridge, so I’m excited,” senior
Jenna Beuck said.
by Caitlyn Nguyen
Back Page Editor
O
n Dec. 14, the High School Youth
Action Team will host the Winter
White Out city-wide dance from 7 p.m. to
10 p.m. at the Heritage Park Community
Center.
YAT, a student-led volunteer organization, typically provides many community
service opportunities for students around
campus, but with the debut of their citywide dance, it provide teens with a fun and
social event to attend.
Students from University, Northwood,
Irvine, Creekside and Beckman High will
come together for a night of dancing, food
and fun. Admission is at the door for the
low price of $7, or $6 with two canned
foods, so the event doubles as a dance
and a can drive. The dress attire is to wear
white to go with the festive Winter White
Photos courtesy of Caitlyn Nguyen
THE “WINTER WHITE-OUT DANCE” that Irvine’s Youth Sponsor team will sponsor has an allwhite dress code to go with the theme.
Warrior TV prepares for the Orange County Film Festival
 Participants are looking
forward to the Orange
County Film Festival next
month, where they will
be submitting films to
compete against other
schools
by Samiha Ali
Contributing Writer
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Photos courtesy of Sara Clausen
WARRIOR TV’S FILMS “SAVING FACE” (ABOVE) AND “PROM ROCK 2012” (BELOW) are
submissions to the 10th Annual Orange County Film Festival. Students have been workng
on short films such as “Saving Face” (about a zombie apocalypse) all year.
arrior TV film crew is preparing to
compete in the 10th Annual Orange
County Film Festival on Jan. 3 at Northwood
High, where the crew will compete against
14 other schools across Orange County in
different film categories.
“We’ll be submitting several videos for
the festival this year,” Film Director and senior Sara Clausen said. “We are definitely
planning on submitting our 2012 Prom Promo video. Our tradition is doing the prom
promo mash-up videos, where we take the
lyrics of popular songs and change them to
announce the venue and rules. Last year we
got a nomination for Best Show Open.”
Along with the prom promo, submissions
for this year include teacher spot feature videos, the Jersey Jam promo, a music video
and several independent films. As a group,
students will compete in the broadcast and
spot feature categories. Several independent
films will compete at the festival as well, two
of which feature storylines about a zombie
apocalypse and the life of a doormat.
“I’m submitting a film called ‘The Diary
of a Doormat’ which is about the life of a
French doormat,” senior Adam Velazquez
said. “It’s a parody of an artsy film, so it’s
just poking fun at the life of a doormat. Artsy-type films tend to win nominations at the
film festival.”
The festival is run by FilmEd Academy of
the Arts. The local film festival in Northwood
is designed to showcase student work from
across the county from the start of 2011 to
the end of this year. Students and film crews
compete in categories such as short film,
broadcast, music video, spot feature and independent. Judges will hand out awards for
Cinematography, Graphics, Story, Director,
Editor, Producer, Filmmaker of the Year and
more.
“Students have been working hard on
their submissions.” Visual Arts Director David Baker said. “They are looking forward
to the film festival.”
“The class is really creative this year.”
Clausen said.
News
December 6, 2012
ASB gets ready for a winter pep rally surprise
 ASB has been working
hard putting together
the final details for
the Winter Pep Rally
tomorrow
by Achint Singh
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Photos courtesy of Rebecca Berman
JUNIORS HANNAH O’CONNOR (LEFT) AND GABI SAGORIN (RIGHT) are the choreographers
for the pep rally on Friday. The juniors are getting the ASB cabinet ready for a holiday dance.
Contributing Writer
he winter pep rally will feature many
performances, such as a male hip hop
crew and ASB, along with a special surprise.
“There is a surprise,” Pep Rally Commissioner and senior Amanda Walters
said. “It’s going to be really cool and
we’re spending a lot of time on this one.
Hopefully, it’s going to be one to remember.”
The spirit days that led up to tomorrow’s pep rally were: Tacky Tourist Day
on Monday, Twin Day on Tuesday, Holiday on Wednesday and Throw Back
Thursday today. Tomorrow, for the pep
rally, it will be Snow Day or White Out,
where everyone will dress in white.
Ukulele Club will hold a Christmas concert
 The Ukulele Club
on campus is getting
ready to spread
holiday cheer with a
Christmas concert in
the quad on Dec. 20
Mobarga said.
Club meetings generally consist of
members practicing a song or fine-tuning
their skills. Oftentimes, other students just
walk in to sit and listen to the harmonious
sounds of the ukulele.
“My favorite part is that it is pretty
freelance, in the sense that you can do
anything you want, as long as you’re being productive and creative,” vice pres-
ident and junior Kavya Rangarajan said.
Each year the club has grown more
popular, with about 25 members this year.
They say they are looking forward to performing in front of a bigger audience as
a result.
“My hopes for the concert are a good
turnout and good reception,” Newland
said. “So I hope people enjoy it, stay and
have fun.”
by Hannah Hartstein
Features Editor
I
n just two weeks, the Ukulele Club will
host their first holiday concert of the
year in the quad during lunch.
Club members will play holiday songs
on the ukulele and sing along as well.
Some of the songs they will perform include “You and I” by Ingrid Michelson,
“Baby It’s Cold Outside” and “Rockin’
Around the Christmas Tree.”
“I try to get the whole club to sing, no
matter what their skill level is,” president
and senior Hanni Newland said.
The club extends membership to anyone interested in playing the ukulele.
They teach new members how to play the
ukulele and allow the more advanced musicians to practice on their own.
“I was afraid I wouldn’t be able to
learn fast enough, but everyone was so
nice and helped out and I learned it really
quickly,” club member and junior Sarah
Photo courtesy of Alex Ngac
JUNIOR JOSHUA VU AND SENIOR HANNI NEWLAND promote Ukulele Club at the Club
Drive in October. The Ukulele Club has had three concerts in the quad last school year.
The dance team, male hip hop crew,
cheer, alma mater and ASB will perform
during the pep rally. The dance team is
performing to a mix of upbeat songs with
a pom routine for the pep rally and competition.
“It’s the first time our dance team has
done a pom routine so we’re pretty excited,” sophomore Judy Moon said. “We
have a choreographer coming in on our
Thursday practices working with us, and
she has choreographed for Mater Dei and
other great schools.”
“This will be our debut (all male hip
hop team) and we are collaborating with
the girls (dance team),” junior Christian
Blandin said. “Our next performance
will be more centered around the all-male
team during the last pep rally.”
The videos featured during the pep
rally will be a winter sports video and fall
sports video congratulating all the sports
on their seasons. There will also be a promotion for a city-wide dance that is coming up.
“We are basically working on all the
decorations for the pep rally and figuring
out what songs to play,” sophomore class
council Vice President Alexis Deane said.
Decathlon aims high for
the upcoming season
by Rachel Eichelberger
Managing Editor
O
n Saturday Dec. 1 the academic
decathlon team got third place in
an Orange County scrimmage at Woodbridge after preparing for their upcoming league competition.
At the practice scrimmage on Nov.
25, the team’s goal was an average of
70 to 75 percent on all subjects. The A
team reached the goal and the B team
received around 60 percent, while the C
team fell short with 50 percent.
“We are now focusing on raising all
our scores to reach our goal,” senior
Judy Shon said.
The team is practicing for its first official scrimmage on Dec. 1, and has been
working since summer for this year’s
competition. The team has been training
four times a week with coaches Mike
Nakaue and Shan Wu.
“We get very creative with how we
study to keep the boredom at bay,” senior Manal Fatima said.
The decathlon team won the division
three competition last year and is now
hoping to compete in a harder division.
“Our big goal this year is to make it
to state and move up to division one,”
Fatima said.
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