The PhoenixVolume 16Issue 2November 2013

Doral Academy Preparatory11100 NW 27th StreetDoral, Florida 33172

By Jack A. MarquezEditor-in-Chief On late September 29 government agencies were directed to execute plans for an orderly shutdown since Congress failed to pass a funding bill that would prevent the disrup-tion of government ser-vices. Tasked with admin-istering the shutdown, the Office of Man-agement and Budget urged Congress to restore the operation of critical public ser-vices and programs. Even though many essential government services will basical-ly continue business as usual, the lack of funding will cause stress and serious con-cerns to many Ameri-cans. "The shutdown will have a very real im-pact on real people right away," President Barak Obama said. The details of the shut down were left to the executive branch of the government and the Office of Management and budget. The Hubble Space Telescope is owned by

the United States govern-ment and operated coop-eratively by NASA and an institute under contract. Once the government shut down, the institute could still use existing resourc-es to continue Hubble operations for as long as possible. The staff tried to ensure the shutdown

would not affect telescope operations for this shut down, but if Hubble en-countered a problem sci-ence operations will be suspended and the space-craft would be locked into safe mode until govern-ment employees could is-sue spacecraft commands to restore operations. Safe

mode means orienting the instruments away from the sun while keeping the solar panels lighted up, to make sure no instru-ment loses power and is ruined. In safe mode, the instruments wouldn’t re-cord any of the light com-ing into telescope. Senior Miguel Ramirez said, “If

I were in Congress’s place I would have given the funding to NASA in such a time to ensure future de-volvement of science in the United States. The cost of one hour of Hubble observing is between $8,000 and $25,000, depending on whether one adds the

costs of operating and re-furbishing. This means a two-week government shutdown could cost three million, five million, even eight million of taxpayer investment. Senior Patrick Downs said, “I find it ex-traordinary that Congress took so long to make a decision that would affect

the country is such a way that would ruin many scientific operations.” Each year thou-sands of distin-guished astrono-mers from around the world compete to decide where Hubble Space Tele-scope will point toward. A special group of science panels spend weeks setting priorities for

the most important pro-posed science investiga-tions. For every 10 hours of observing time astron-omers want to use, only one hour is eventually ap-proved. This means each week the government was shut down cost up to hun-dreds of critical astronom-ical observations.

Government shuts down, reopens

President Obama addressed the nation tuesday morning on the shutdown.courtesy of talkingpointsmemo.com

Communities band togetherBy Andres Taquechel and Anuar Aly Staff Editors As Breast Can-cer Awareness month comes to an end, here is a recap of all the events that took place. According to the National Library of Medicine, “Cancer is the uncontrolled growth of abnormal cells in the body. Cancerous cells are also called malig-nant cells.” With the presence of breast cancer, malignant cells become pres-ent in the breast area and tends to be fatal if it spreads. Ap-proximately 229,060 men and women were diagnosed with breast cancer in 2012, it be-

came fatal for 39,920 (Cancer.org).There is no official cure, but treatments can be giv-en to the breast cancer patient. Treatments in-clude but are not lim-

ited to chemotherapy, surgery, radiation and hormonal (anti-estro-gen) therapy. There are many side effects that

can oc-cur with the treat-m e n t s , r a n g i n g f r o m stroke to Ly m p h -e d e m a ( B r e a s t C a n c e r.

org). Charities and ga-las are held every year to raise money to find a cure. Millions were raised in 2012, and hopefully even more

will be raised this year. Numerous events for breast cancer take place nationwide to provide enough mon-ey for scientific ad-vancements. A famous event that took place recently in South Flori-da was the Su-san G. Komen Race for the Cure, a five ki-lometer walk around South

Florida in which over 20,000 participated and 10,000 spectated this year (CBS Mi-ami). The Avon Walk for Breast Cancer is another foundation

that raises money for the cure in lo-cations like New York, Charlotte and San Francisco. Organizations and sports teams wore pink to en-dorse the cause. The NFL has sever-al products that are in pink, like cleats, towels, socks, or wristbands. All these products do-nate some of the revenue to chari-

ty for breast cancer. College football also allows teams to wear pink apparel for the games. The MLB has hats and bats used to continued on next page....

Fighting Breast Cancer...........

endorse the cause, as well as wristbands. Doral Academy also promoted Breast Cancer awareness, by decorating doors to promote the cause. National Honor Society, Key Club and the Community Ser-vice class all partici-pated in the Susan G.

Komen Race for the Cure. Sports teams in Doral Academy were allowed to wear pink in order to promote the cause. In addition, many of the products gave a percentage of the payment to breast cancer research. The school also held a jean day that with an ad-

ditional payment al-lowed the students to wear a pink shirt. People all around the world have rela-tives with breast can-cer, and the result can be lethal. However, the survivors and the inspiring stories of the recoveries always bring hope to families.

Participation and mor-al support in commu-nities have spread the word about breast can-cer nationwide. The increasein support and funds have improved and have made major advances to the cure or treatments of breast cancer, and have saved the lives of many.

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By Priscilla Larrea Staff Writer Besides celebrating Halloween there is anoth-er October event. Doral Academy hosted its an-nual Fall Film Festival. Held on Thursday, Oc-tober 24th from 7pm to 9pm, it was open to high school and middle school students with the purchase of admission. Due to the new D Building becom-ing a part of the campus,

the festival would no lon-ger be held in the middle school dance room, it was in the new gym. The Fall Film Festi-val is a fundraising event where proceeds go to the TV Production program. Admission was $7. Doral Academy has hosted the Fall Film Festival since 2012, which has pro-gressed more and more each year. The festival has a wide variety to offer to

its audience, they showed everything from short films to music videos and documentaries. The theme for this year’s Fall Film Festival was zombie apocalypse themed. AMC’s hit series The Walking Dead influ-enced this year’s theme. Senior Joshiah Ferrer said, “We did well, we’ve always done particular-ly well with our festivals and since the theme was

The Walking Dead this year We brought in a large crowd.” The new gym was also be decorated to give the audience the full effect. TV Production teach-er Willie Viruet was in charge of the Fall Film Festival. For more in-formation about the film festival, check the school website.

Fall Film Festival heavily attended

Joshiah Ferrer with his cast and crew.

The cast and crew in action during filming.

Joshiash Ferrer fighting off zombies for his film.

Joshiah Ferrer fighting off zombies for his film.

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By Scarlet Chinchilla Staff Writer

Lady Firebirds soccer is back in season with

a well-trained team and an amazing coach. With many accomplishments throughout her college years as one of the star

Lady Firebirds soccer is back on track

kickers of NIU (Northern Illinois University), Anna

Roman-Pletschko joined the Doral Athletics family

the school year with high expectations and prom-ising goals that will take the ladies to big leagues. Tryouts were held Sep-

tember 24th and 25th. They involved many phys-ical challenges, chances to show determination and skill and opportunities to express the ladies’ love for the game. The roster list was posted during the af-ternoon keeping 20 girls in. Practice will be held three days a week, includ-ing conditioning and work on proficiency. According to Coach Roman, for now there will only be a varsi-ty soccer team because of the absence of an assistant and coach for the junior varsity soccer. The sched-ule consists of 22 games and begins on October 30 and it ends on January 11. Coach Anna Roman said, “We seem to have a very talented and hardworking team.” Many of the girls de-scribed their tryouts as “an invigorating experience.” Defender Camila Zuluaga said, “I’m very excited for this year’s season. Coach Roman is a very talented soccer player who shows commitment for the team.” This school season will be indeed a wonderful experience full of hard work, big dreams and a long road ahead. “If we stick together as the fami-ly we are, we will succeed because hard work pays off,” said freshman Kait-lyn Santacruz, midfielder.

Girls Soccer Varsity Roster:

Chelsea Quesada. 10thTatiana Hoyos, 11thMelanie Villalobos, 12thStephanie PinoMoore, 10thManuela Lopez, 9thGabriella Frias, 10thDaniella Carosio, 10thMichelle Martinez, 11thAlissa Bello, 11th Oriana Urdaneta, 11thJackie Mallea, 12th Elizell Tovar, 10thJazmine Schaeffler, 11thIsabella Arbelaes, 11thCamila Zuluaga, 9thScarlet Chinchilla, 9thStephanie Sanchez, 10thKaitlyn Santacruz, 9thNidia Rodriguez, 12th

Team Managers: Lau-ra Hoyos & Andrea Zuria

Courtesy of www.doralacademyprep.org

Courtesy of Chelsea Quesada

Lady Firebird shows her skills on the field in the games.

The Lady Firebirds soccer team gets pumped before a game.

By Pamela Osorio Staff Writer

Doral Academy athletics has many talented sports teams. One of the most tal-ented is the swim-ming team. The team has gone to states multiple times in re-cent years. Swimmers have worked hard every year to bring home the trophy. “Our team is good overall and complete-ly advanced,” said se-nior Nelson Baraho-na. Swimming is con-sidered a rigorous sport. It takes up a lot of upper and low-er body strength to compete. Although

many people imag-ine swimming to be a group sport it is in-dividual. In competi-tion every swimmer has their own cate-gory butterfly, breast-stroke, freestyle and backstroke. Every time the individu-al swimmer ranks in first, second, or third place in their own category they earn

point that goes to the whole school. Their place determines how many point they will earn. At the end the judges tally all the points to see which school gets which place. This year the swimmers have two captains, Barahona and junior Andrea Perez-Hickman. This

is Barahona’s sec-ond year as the boys team captain but this is Perez-Hickman’s first year. She said, “It’s good we’re do-ing well, we are real-ly united as a fami-ly giving each other support even if we don’t win.” Sadly the pool permit was de-nied by the City of Doral with the new remodeling of the school. This affected the team in that now they practice every-day at Tamiami and sometimes members don’t have transpor-tation. Even with the challenges swimmers have to go through they find a way to bring home the win.

Doral Swimming

The Swimming Team showing that hard work comes with big accomplishment

Courtsey of Anais BarahonaCaptain Nelson Barahona dives in the free style.

Courtsey of Anais BarahonaJunior Jonathan Corimanya, also known has BooBoo practices his backstroke.

Courtsey of Anais BarahonaCaptain Andrea Perez-Hickman puts in work.

By Nicholas Warring Staff Writer

Halloween is the only day where you can dress up as any-thing you want and get a boat load of your favorite candy. On October 31st children and the young at heart from all over the Unit-ed States trick-or-treat around their neighbor hoods in the scariest and sometimes cut-est costumes, going door to door asking for candy. The homes are decorated in ghost-ly props, trying to

scare the little ones approaching the door, of course one must al-ways be aware of the mischievous hooligans packing toilet paper and eggs to prank the innocent. Sophomore Hussein Alawie said, “I love going door to door getting a lot of candy, especially the Extreme Airheads.” New costumes this year include the stars of Duck Dynasty, Silas and Willie Robertson. As well as the beloved Monster’s Inc charac-ters and star-spangled hero Captain America.

You may also see clas-sics such as the bed sheet ghost, Disney princesses and every-one’s favorite vampire, Dracula, throughout the night. Sophomore Gabriel Borroto said, “Halloween is a time to have a great time with your friends and a great way to express yourself by dressing up however you want. You don’t have to go spend money on a cos-tume, when you can be creative and make your own costume.” House of Horrors at International Mall is a

great place to go with family and friends for a thrilling and fun night. House of Hor-rors Haunted House is over two acres with 30 bone-thrilling ter-ror rooms. This year’s House of Horrors will bring the undead back to life. Walking around the park you will never be sure what is around the corner waiting to scare you. There will also be carnival rides and games for children and adults. Be pre-pared to have the scare of a life time.

Fright of 2013

A traditional Halloween pumpkin carving. House of Horrors a scare of a lifetime.Courtesy of History of Jack O’ Lanterns-Mibba

Courtesy of House of Horror Amuesment

By Andrea SalgadoStaff Writer

Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare remains one of the most popular pieces of literature known through generations. Shakespeare’s piece has been adapted into many films with two of them being the most famous, but film director Car-lo Carlei decided to take it upon himself to make yet another British adaptation of

the novel. The 21st Century version of this epic novel hit theatres on October 11th. Set in Renaissance Vero-na as it traditionally was, it was expected to be different from the previous adapta-tions. This version had both a traditional and modern twist by following the original plot but with modern dialogue. The new movie features stars Hailee Steinfield as Julia

Capulet and Doug-las Booth as Romeo Montague. With two young actors playing the lead roles, many people were skepti-cal of how they will capture the iconic Romeo and Juliet. Ju-nior Cristina Trelles has been anticipating the release of the new film adaptation and said, “I am very excit-ed to go watch it even though no one will compare to Leonardo Dicaprio as Romeo. I love the 1996 ver-

sion of the film and I couldn’t wait to com-pare it to this one.” Some devoted Romeo and Juliet fans are upset with the changes. Junior Camila Galeano said, “I saw the movie and I wasn’t a big fan. I prefer the original movie over this one.” As the tragic tale of Romeo and Juliet unfolds once more, the timeless novel will continue to at-tract fans all over the world.

Epic drama makes comeback

Coourtesy of Matt Goldberg and http://collider.com/Promo for Romeo & Juliet 2013.

Courtesy of http://mylusciouslife.com/Photo of Douglas Booth as Romeo Montague.

By Rodrigo Arauz Staff Writer Trying to put the expe-rience of a Metallica con-cert on the big screen is no small feat, but their new film Metallica: Through the Never is surprising-ly effective at combining the song performances with edgy cinematic im-agery. Even though there’s a progression of scenes with a character sent on an errand for the titular band, the audience is not supposed to go away with

a satisfying story but dark and violent vignettes that accompany Metallica’s songs which are expertly realized by director Nim-ród Antal. Particularly memorable was hearing Cyanide while the pro-tagonist called Trip (por-trayed by Dane DeHaan) is caught in a brutal riot. One can look at Through the Never as a music video for a concert with enormous produc-tion values. Long-time fans should expect to hear

classics in the set list such as Master of Puppets, One, Enter Sandman, Orion and more. Despite criticism the band receives for the commercial nature of this film production, Metalli-ca plays nothing less than their best and delivers the epic guitar and brutal drums that brought them fame in earnest. Overall, most of the film is concert footage, so seeing the movie in IMAX is recommended for the absolutely visceral sound

quality that is backed up by the energy the band members display while performing. Even though the film scenes can get bothersome at the begin-ning when it interrupts the concert, their placement improves further along. When the film and con-cert footage complement each other it succeeds in making a dark and mem-orable experience.

Getting Through the Never

Courtesy of http://www.comingsoon.net/Official Theatrical Movie Poster.

Courtesy of http://www.geektyrant-la.com/Trip (Dane DeHann) trapped in a riot.

Courtesy of http://www.deathandtaxesmag.com/Metallica concert Pyrotechnics.

Proposal for men’s volleyball team deniedBy Mateo Haydar Staff Writer “They slammed us down and cornered us until we had no other option than to give up,” said freshman Jorge Hernandez. Doral Academy men’s volley-ball team was shut down before tryouts could be held in early October. The idea for a men’s volleyball team, which grew no further than a proposition, was shut down by the administra-tion on Monday October 7, 2013 despite a large number of signatures from high school students in all four grade levels. In fact, it was those same signatures which became a problem for the school administration when they had to deny and shut down the proposition due to the Equal Access to Ex-tracurricular Activities Act (S.149), also referred to as the Tim Tebow Law. According to this fed-eral law, there must be an equal number of ex-tracurricular sports and clubs for girls as for boys in every school in order to create equal accessibility. Unfortunately for the boys at Doral Academy, this law applies to the creation of the men’s volleyball team as well. Furthermore, since there is already an equal number of clubs and teams for both males and females, creating a men’s

volleyball team would dis-rupt this balance. There already is a women’s vol-leyball and no men’s vol-leyball team but there is also a men’s football team and no women’s football team, creating a balance. What the team spon-sors had in mind in order to keep both the legal bal-ance and the men’s volley-ball team was to send out a proposition for the cre-ation of a women’s foot-ball team. This would al-low for the administration to keep the balance and for the boys to keep their team. As the boys demon-strated their passion, once again, the administration denied their claim due to costs, space and require-ments that would come into play in order to create

a girls football team and a boys volleyball team. “It’s outrageous and simply wrong for them to do this. We have a large demand for a men’s team,” said freshman Adrian Corzo who was hoping to try out himself. In reality, the

costs for this idea are high to grow past a list of sig-natures and unfortunate for the administration. Sponsors for the team are now trying to find an an-swer and another solution for the many aspirants who were ready to try out.

Courtesy of www.dailytrojan.com

The boys in Doral miss out on exciting matches like these since there will no longer be a volley-ball team for them

Courtesy of www.moorparkcollegeathletics.com

Most boys aspire to play college volleyball, but they aren’t get-ting the necessary preparation during high school.

By Nicole Soler Staff Editor

The start of the NHL is offi-cially here and has come with shocking trades and surprising victories and losses. While some may rise to the occasion, oth-ers may fall and make people wonder if this start could really pave the way through the rest of the season. “I’m really excit-ed to see what new things are to come and which team will battle it out for a spot in the playoffs,” said sophomore Kevin Arteaga. Many drafts have surprised

fans. The Florida Panthers have taken in former Boston Bruins goalie Tim Thomas, 39 a veteran to the sport who won a Stanley Cup championship with the Bru-ins has been added to the Panthers roster and is giving hope to fans in Florida to see if the team can clinch a spot in the playoffs after a disappointing 2012-2013 season. The New Jersey Devils took a second goalie, Cory Schneider, former goalie of the Vancou-ver Canucks instead of adding a possible forward or defenseman, shocking most New Jersey fan. They have Anthony Brodeur, son

of starting goalie Martin Brodeur as their third goalie. “It’s pretty interesting to see a father and son play on the same team. I won-der if the pressures of the game will stay on the ice, or if they will be transferred back home,” said eighth grader Kevin Soler. Preseason looked bright for teams such as the Buffalo Sabres who had a 3-0 shutout with the Columbus Blue Jackets and the Pittsburgh Penguins with a 5-1 victory against the Detroit Red Wings. “It was a shocking win,

NHL strides their way to 2013-2014 season

I didn’t expect the Penguins to come out on against to the Red Wings, considering that Detroit has such powerful players as Pavel Datsyuk and Nikolas Kro-nwall,” said freshman Antonio Iz-quierdo. The Vancouver Canucks had a disappointing start this sea-son without Lundqvist, the Ca-nucks goalie showing a poor av-erage throughout the preseason. As the events unravel, no one knows what will be of the NHL after October 7th comes along.

Courtesy of www.sportsinvasion.netLundqvist makes the save against the Sabres as he begins a new season on the New York Rangers.

Martin Brodeur enjoys his son’s draft into the New Jersey Courtesy of www.cbssports.com

Courtesy of bostino.streetwise.coTim Thomas signs a one-year contract with the Florida Pan-thers with high expectations of the overall team performance.

Crosby celebrates after scoring on the Chicago Blackhawks goalie Corey Crawford.

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By Andre Padilla Staff Writer

October is not just about dressing up and going trick-or-treat-ing. For baseball fans, October is all about the MLB playoffs. This year’s playoffs prove to be an entertaining one, with teams spread all cross the country. Sophomore Julian Hi-dalgo said,” I love how the teams in this year’s playoffs are spread all

across the country, I really hope Detroit gets far.” Teams from the east to the west are participating in this year’s postseason. This year’s MLB playoffs will feature the Tampa Bay Rays, Cleveland Indians, Boston Red Sox, Oak-land Athletics, and Detroit Tigers in the American League Di-vision. The National League teams include the Cincinnati Reds,

Pittsburgh Pirates, At-lanta Braves, St. Louis Cardinals and the Los Angeles Dodgers. People have differ-ent predictions as to which team will win it all. Hidalgo said, “I re-ally hope the Dodgers and Tigers play in the World Series, I think that the T.V. ratings will be really high if that matchup occurs.” Freshman Anto-nio Izquierdo said, “I think that the Dodgers and Red Sox will be the two teams in the

World Series because the Red Sox have the best hitting in the A.L. and the Dodgers are the best team in the N.L. overall.” Hi-dalgo added, “So far, the playoffs have been very exciting, almost everyone I know has been watching it.”

2013 MLB Playoffs

Hanley Ramirez, short stop for the lA Dodgers, celebrates after winning the National League Divi-sion Series and advancing to the National League Campionship Series.

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Omar Infante, second baseman for the Detroit Tigers, bats in the American League Campionship Series.

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By Kristyanne Cabrera Staff Writer

National Basketball Association (NBA) began Tuesday, October 29th. The season opening game was the 2013 Champions the Miami Heat versus the Chicago Bulls with the re-turn of Derrick Rose and the Los Angeles Lakers versus the Los Angeles Clippers. Last season concluded with a game seven win in the Finals with a second back-to-back champion-ship win for the Miami Heat versus the San Anto-nio Spurs. LeBron James of the Miami Heat wonhis fourth Most Valuable Play-er title and the Miami Heat win their third champion-ship title (2006, 2012, and 2013). Ninth grader Lil-liana Murado said, “Even

t h o u g h the sea-son has just be-gun, I be l ieve the Mi-ami Heat will win t h e i r f o u r t h champi-o n s h i p title and third in a row.” The upcoming season will introduce a reinvented sports team. The former New Orleans Hornets will now be recognized in the NBA as the New Orleans Pelicans. In addition, the Boston Celtics have trad-ed part of their Big Three that consisted of Kevin Garnett, Paul Pierce and

Rojon Rondo. Kevin Gar-nett and Paul Pierce have been traded to the Brook-lyn Nets and Rojon Rondo has stayed with the Celt-ics. Ninth grader Carolina Castillo says, “The Bos-ton Celtics may not have the same win rate as last season and seasons before because they decided to trade their greatest ath-

letes.” The upcoming NBA season will be a new sea-son with multiple new features to come. The 30 basketball teams play on the court until the playoffs to obtain the best record in the NBA.

Heat vs Bulls opens NBA season

Courtesy of nba.comThe team logo of the New Orleans Pelicans. Pelicans were the former New

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The Miami Heat Big Three will be defending the championship title for the third year in a row.

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Editor and Chief - Jack A. MarquezEditor and Chief - Priscilla CorreaFeatures Editor- Nicole SolerManaging Editor-Anuare Aly Sports Editor- Andres TaquechelWriters- Priscilla Larrea Nicholas Warring Andre Padilla Pamela Osorio Andrea Salgado Scarlet Chinchilla Mateo Haydar Rodrigo Arauz Kristyanne Cabrera Chris Amador

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