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4 WORLD/ SCHOOL NEWS The Egyptian protest cries were answered Feb. 11 with the stepping down of their presi- dent, ending an almost three week revolution that took lives and disrupted daily life. The Vice President of Egypt made an announcement that President Hosni Mubarak had stepped down, and left the military in charge. Since that Sunday, the military has dissolved parlia- ment, suspended the constitution, and promised elections. The protests in Egypt brought down the government in 18 days bringing with it a new and uncertain future for Egypt. The protests began on Jan. 25 when anti-government groups called for President Mubarak, who has been in power 30 years, to step down. The violence escalated as pro-government groups joined in the protest. Mubarak had once said that he would step down, but only after the last six months of his term. Even with the President’s promise of stepping down at the end of his term and new reforms to the constitution, the protests continued. An estimated 300 people died in the protests as the anti-govern- ment and pro-Mubarak group’s protested in the streets of Egypt. The government has tried to make peace with its citizens. “I think he should step down. The violence will stop when he does,” freshmen Zac Mroz said. On Jan. 24 a bomb went off at Domod- edovo Airport in Moscow, killing at least 36 people and injuring nearly 200. The blast went off at the airports inter- national arrivals hall, which was crowded with passengers and workers at the time of the blast. Authorities stated that the bomb was set off by a suicide bomber, who had filled the bombs with screws and ball bearings to cause as many casualties as possible. At the time authorities didn’t know who was behind the act. Now a known rebel group called Chechen has claimed respon- sibility for causing the blast. “I think better security is obviously needed,” senior Ashley Bitz said. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords is recovering at a Houston hospital after being shot in the head during an assassination attempt at a Tucson grocery store last month that killed six and wounded 14 others. The shooter, Jared Lee Loughner, is said to have planned the entire shooting and police found letters from Giffords’ office at his home. Loughner has had run- ins with the law, according to police, and has had a troubled past. President Barack Obama went to a memorial in January to pay his respects to the victim’s families, and mentioned the tragedy in his State of the Union address, including paying tribute to a 9-year-old girl who was among those killed. “It is sad how more shootings are becoming trends,” sophomore Zoe Schmidt said. WORLD news Photo courtesy of: fox news Photo courtesy of:media.bonnint.net Photo courtesy of: perthnow.com VICTORIA MUNDO
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MUNDO VICTORIA Photo courtesy of: perthnow.com Photo courtesy of: fox news Photo courtesy of: media.bonnint.net FCCLA on its way to state Fins or Feet Dive Right In Write it Right Swimmers advance to regionals Students receive writing awards Diver competes at regionals Sophomores can now buy a parking spaces during the spring semester. However, seniors and juniors will get first priority. Four students win at regionals PINAL JAZMIN Photo by: Kaitlyn Cornell
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The Egyptian protest cries were answered Feb. 11 with the stepping down of their presi-dent, ending an almost three week revolution that took lives and disrupted daily life.
The Vice President of Egypt made an announcement that President Hosni Mubarak had stepped down, and left the military in charge. Since that Sunday, the military has dissolved parlia-ment, suspended the constitution, and promised elections. The protests in Egypt brought down the government in 18 days bringing with it a new and uncertain future for Egypt.
The protests began on Jan. 25 when anti-government groups called for President Mubarak, who has been in power 30 years, to step down. The violence escalated as pro-government groups joined in the protest. Mubarak had once said that he would step down, but only after the last six months of his term. Even with the President’s promise of stepping down at the end of his term and new reforms to the constitution, the protests continued. An estimated 300 people died in the protests as the anti-govern-ment and pro-Mubarak group’s protested in the streets of Egypt. The government has tried to make peace with its citizens.
“I think he should step down. The violence will stop when he does,” freshmen Zac Mroz said.
On Jan. 24 a bomb went off at Domod-edovo Airport in Moscow, killing at least 36 people and injuring nearly 200.
The blast went off at the airports inter-national arrivals hall, which was crowded
with passengers and workers at the time of the blast. Authorities stated that the bomb was set off by a suicide bomber, who had filled the bombs with screws and ball bearings to cause as many casualties as possible. At the time authorities didn’t know who was behind the act. Now a known rebel group called Chechen has claimed respon-sibility for causing the blast.
“I think better security is obviously needed,” senior Ashley Bitz said.
Rep. Gabrielle Giffords is recovering at a Houston hospital after being shot in the head during an assassination attempt at a Tucson grocery store last month that killed six and wounded 14 others.
The shooter, Jared Lee Loughner, is said to have planned the entire shooting and police found letters from Giffords’ office at his home. Loughner has had run- ins with the law, according to police, and has had a troubled past.
President Barack Obama went to a memorial in January to pay his respects to the victim’s families, and mentioned the tragedy in his State of the Union address, including paying tribute to a 9-year-old girl who was among those killed.
“It is sad how more shootings are becoming trends,” sophomore Zoe Schmidt said.
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HnewsFins or FeetSwimmers advance to regionals
The Cypress Ranch High School swim teams took 11th and 7th at the Region V Swimming and Diving Meet on Feb. 4-5 at the University of Houston. The boy’s team took 11th place in the meet with a total of 85.5 points. In the girls meet, the Cypress Ranch girls team took 7th with 181 points.
Dive Right In Diver competes at regionals
Varsity diver Lauren Cummings, fresh-man, took fifth place at Regions on Feb. 7. Cummings competed at the University of Houston natatorium. She competed in 1 meter diving.
“I feel proud that I was the highest scoring freshman at the meet. I hope that next year I can go back and do better,” Cummings said.
Cummings was the only diver from Cy-press Ranch High School who qualified for Regions.
Write it RightStudents receive writing awards
Three Cypress Ranch sophomores, Brett Allison, Mikaela Kufrovich, and Tariq Zahroof, won Scholastic Gold Key writing awards on Feb. 11. They competed against entries from 15 Harris County school districts and 12 charter and private schools and are some of the few who won Gold Key awards allowing them to advance to the national com-petition in New York City.
FCCLA on its way to stateFour students win at regionals
At the Family Career and Community Leaders of America (FCCLA) regional com-petition in Galveston on Feb. 18-19, four Cypress Ranch High School students qualified for the statewide competition.
Seniors Chelsea Wallace, Kelsey Dalton, and Jess Stacavich won first place in the Focus On Children event by creating a giant workable jack-in-the-box.
Junior Jordan Storr won second place in the Life Event Planning competition. She made a display and two portfolios about senior prom.
MARCH 2011
Sophomores given chance to park Sophomores will be given the opportunity to purchase parking
stickers this year, leaving them with the freedom to no longer have to ask for rides to and from school.
“I like it personally, because they are giving us the freedom and re-sponsibility to each and everyone of us,” sophomore Viridiana LaFleur said.
All the students have to do is make sure to fill out a form.They will need to follow every step, like getting the form filled out and signed by parents. Students will also be required to get a copy of their insurance, Haroldson said.
“I love the freedom that we have, as everyone else around us,” sophomore Kelly Grief said.
While most 16-year-olds would jump at the opportunity to drive to school, some feel that sophomores are too young to handle the privilege.
“I think it’s fair, but at the same
time I think it’s dangerous be-cause most sophomores aren’t ma-ture enough to drive,” sophomore Roseletty Feliciano said.
Next year, if spaces are available in the spring, they may be opened up to sophomores.
“It is very convenient we don’t have to depend on anybody to take us to school; specially our moms,” sophomore Taylor Altom said.
To purchase a parking sticker for the whole year, it costs $50. How-ever, if students wait until second semester it will be $40 to get their parking spot.
If somebody accidentally parks in the wrong spot, the assistant princi-pals tell students to go park on the 00 (double zeros) or 000 (triple zeros) parking spot and tell the APs office.
“[Being able to park is] amazingly cool. We actually have a chance to drive to school even though we only sophomores,” Alcorn said.
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Sophomores can now buy a parking spaces during the spring semester. However, seniors and juniors will get first priority.
