The buzzer screams at a boys basketball game against Westview on Wednesday, Feb. 3. It’s halftime, and the score is close. As always when playing against MC’s cross-town rival, the atmosphere is filled with tension. Both schools have turned out with vibrant displays of school pride, school colors, faces painted, and voices screaming. Senior Chris Santiago bursts onto the court, shirtless, an MC flag trailing behind him, and does a lap. The fans on both sides made their cheers and boos heard. The next morning, Santiago was called in by Assistant Principal Katie Salo. Santiago is now barred from all basketball games for the rest of the season. Salo says that Santiago had been taunting the opposing fans by running on the Westview side.
After a last-second loss to crosstown rival Westview in last Wednesday’s boys basketball game, tensions between both schools’ fans hit a boiling point. By the end of the night, fighting between students from both schools broke out, sparking a shocking controversy to add to the history of this storied rivalry.
Museums are often reliant on volunteers to function. They also allow you to pursue your interests very specifically. If you breezed through AP Physics and love children (or have never really grown up yourself), the Reuben H. Fleet Science Center will keep you entertained with their Education Program. If you are one of Alison Talle’s favorite students and a Picasso/Rembrandt buff, SDMA has got you covered.
I’m rather glad I didn’t see “New Moon” from the Twilight Saga on the first few opening days. When I fought my way in the theatre for the previous movie “Twilight,” which scored $35.7 million on its opening day, it was full of screaming, obsessive, and over-eager fangirls.
The recently released movie “Leap Year” has all the necessary components of a perfect romantic comedy: a superficial conflict, two good-looking protagonists, and a great location.
The trimesters are a good and productive system.
Total Voters: 19
On Monday, Feb. 22, 2010, the Poway Unified School District held a seminar at Morning Creek Elementary School to discuss and present the budget to teachers, parents, and other attendees. After laying out the budget, the board allowed speakers to present their opinions on various measures. Speakers ranged from parents and teachers to administrators and CSCA presidents. Between many periods of long applause and several standing ovations, the speakers made clear their message that the current situation is unsatisfactory.

To raise money for different causes, the Sea Shepherds Club is having a fundraiser where people are encouraged to recycle ink cartridges and old cell phones.

After starting his English teaching career at MC in 1977, earning the San Diego County Teacher of the Year Award in 1999, and writing a book in 2009 (“Meetings at the Metaphor Café”), English teacher Bob Pacilio is retiring. “I love his teaching style,” junior Austin Sher said. “The way he uses music is incredible. He’s definitely going to be missed around campus.”

On Friday, ASB hosted an assembly promoting Winter Formal. Walking into the gym, one could hear the sounds of the band playing their traditional tune. The ceremony began with an introduction and video of the winter sports, with teams allowed to walk out onto the stage.
Only a few games into their league season, the girls in JV basketball are already burning up their competition.

Now at the midpoint the wrestling season, the JV wrestling team believes they have made drastic improvements on their techniques, condition, and their overall team camaraderie. These advancements have translated to positive results in every tournament.

Losing key players is always going to be a difficult situation for any team. For the JV boys soccer team, this proved to be just a small obstacle in a memorable year.

For every sports team, there is another team whose name sends a shiver through their bones, makes their blood boil, and sends an adrenaline rush just thinking about them: the rival.
His heart is beating, but he is not considered a person. His blue eyes will never have the chance to see the light of day and he will never be given a name or recognized by society. He is about to be killed legally. This legal murder is better known as abortion which should be made illegal.
For most teams, the season is coming to an end. But for the girls varsity water polo team, CIF games are coming closer and closer.
Being undefeated in leagues is not as big as a deal to the girls as you might think.
Much like a Victorian era James Bond, Robert Downey Jr.’s Sherlock Holmes is like a detective on steroids, something along the lines of what you would get if you mixed Mike Tyson with Einstein. Both visually and mentally engaging, the film offers enough action to satisfy manly men, enough romance to satisfy girls, enough suspense and twists to thrill mystery buffs and a good enough story to please critics.
Simply put, being a writer is difficult. With one language and limited vocabulary, writers have to churn out something unique and comprehensible every week. Through regimentation of forcing oneself to write every week or every day, the muse of words may visit form time to time.