November 5, 2015

Vol. 1 No. 1

47 E Pennington St Tucson, AZ 85701

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Tucsons Oasis: Las Milpitas BY OLIVER DEWEY

Living in a desert is hard. Water is scarce and the climate can be difficult for the production of edible plant-life. Unless, of course, the desert in question has an oasis.
For Tucson, that oasis is Las Milpitas de Cottonwood Farm. Before Las Milpitas, the area
was known by a different name: Farmacy Gardens. City High got the lease and began turning it into a garden for the school to use in 2006. In 2011 City began a partnership with
the Food Bank of Arizona which helped build a lot of the infrastructure that can be seen
now. In the following years, the farm has become a place for learning how to grow organic
food in a desert environment and learning how to work together as a community. It even
allows people to pick out plots for their own culinary needs.
Community is the most important part of the Las Milpitas mission. Over the years, Las Milpitas made many partnerships with local businesses, including City High. These community partnerships work to be mutually beneficial. Many of you go to volunteer at the farm,
and in return you gain practical knowledge about growing your own food. The whole idea
is about strengthening our community through food.

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Nov. 5: 2nd Annual Chili Cook -off prom fundraiser
hosted by the Student Voice Committee. Prizes and
celebrity judges, free childcare!
Nov. 8: Special Sunday program: All Souls gather
& prep for procession 3:30-6pm. Make up available.
Nov. 11: Veterans Day, no school.
Nov. 12: 12 Angry Jurors Act I preview performance
hosted by the Drama Production class, hosted by
drama director Tom Moore.

Nov. 19: College Night for Juniors hosted by Eve

Rifkin, Director of College & Career Readiness.

This idea of community growing is best shown through the way Las Milpitas organizes its
schedule; it is open 24 hours a day to the public and local residents can start their own
garden plots for them and their family. These plots dont cost them anything either, they
just have to be there working on them. Everybody pitches in.

Nov. 20: Winter Party at Skate Country hosted

by Student Voice Committee.

However, there is more going on at Las Milpitas than just food production. A big part of
Las Milpitas is education. It aims to teach people about the importance of organically
grown food, and the vast food insecurity that exists in Tucson. As City Highs very
own Leah Farbstein says:

Source: Tom Moore

Nov, 25-27: Thanksgiving Break, no school.

Artist: Donovan Moon

Essentially the main idea is to promote food security in Tucson, and there is also
an educational component, which is where our school and our plots come in; and
the big idea behind that is getting students involved with the work, but also giving
them crucial knowledge about the organic food process.
A partnership with City High allows Las Milpitas to make students in high school
aware of the food insecurity in Tucson. It opens their eyes to problems that exist
in Tucson and gets them motivated to help out. Exposure to these ideas at this
stage in our lives helps us, the students, become more aware of what were eating.
We go into the future with a better concept of the Tucson community and our
own health.
Las Milpitas teaches people a myriad of crafts that stretches beyond the tending
of crops. People who volunteer there can also learn about cooking, composting,
and gardening.
A lot of it boils down to self-sustainability. Las Milpitas teaches people the capabilities of living off the land with their own skills. It teaches them how to work independently, but also how to combine their skills with other people.

Dont wear jeans when you go to

Again, its all about strengthening the community through organically grown food.

Annies Running Club!

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47 E Pennington St Tucson, AZ 85701

Vol. 1 No. 1

Winter is Coming BY EMMA JENSEN Yearbook Pictures BY ASH SMITH

Now, here in Arizona, it doesnt get that cold. But winter fashion trends dont care about that! Here are
some handy tips and ideas to look great this winter
without getting heat stroke!
Trench coats? More like drench coats cause you'll be
dripping in sweat. When it comes to coats and jackets,
layers are the way to go. Sure, itll be 40 in the morning, but 75 by noon! Instead of sweating to death all
day in a trench coat, do some basic layering. A well
fitting hoodie paired with any jacket is so easy, and
will almost always look great! As it gets warmer you
can just take the jacket off and BAM! Not too cold, not
too hot. Military style jackets and denim jackets with
a flannel is another easy layering style! Works for all
genders, I swear.

Uggs? More like ughs! Your feet will be on fire. Ew.

Moccasins are a great alternative. Often cheaper, and
let your feet breathe. Miss that fuzz inside of uggs?
Moccasins often have fuzzy linings.
Turtleneck? More like turtle breath. When you are
overheated and dehydrated your breathe becomes
disgusting. Skip the turtleneck and wear a lightweight
scarf. Its more versatile, you can pair it with just
about everything.

Requirements:

Lets face it: no one likes boring yearbook pictures. No one.

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Thats why this year the yearbook elective is working hard to
make it as good as possible. Unlike traditional school year- 2.
books, were striving to make sure that everyone gets a say in
their picture. Each student gets their own individual page that 3.
can have whatever you want.
However, there are certain requirements. For one, you have to
have at least one picture of yourself and your name. You can
have pictures of your friends, favourite animals, anything really. Well, so long as there arent any logos or pictures of celebrities. There cannot be any foul languages, gang signs, etc. That
should be obvious.

Your name
One picture of
yourself
No logos

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No celebrities

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No foul language

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No gang signs

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Black & White

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11 x 11 inches

You can submit your own yearbook page via email, or just send a picture you want in it.
Its really up to you. Unfortunately, a lot of students dont send in anything and their pages are regular mugshots. If thats fine with you, then dont worry about it. But its always
good to be able to look back on your creative, unique yearbook picture and be proud of it.
Lastly, the entire yearbook is black and white. The school doesnt have the money to print
it in colour, since thats a lot of pages. Each page is 11x11 inches, so if you make your own
send it in that format. Aside from all that, we need pictures. These are for the rest of the
pages. If you attend community day and take pictures of your friends, send them to us!
Pictures taken by students often turn out better than the ones taken by teachers, and the
students in the elective dont always have time to get a camera and take them themselves.
So send in a personal yearbook page, send in pictures, and look forward to having an
amazing yearbook!

Go broke and have heat stroke? How about no.

Jimmy Shultz on Being a Musician

BY BRANDON GREEN

Image Credits:
Jimmy Shultz

Hey guys, happy first publishing! For my first article, I decided Id go with a Blank on Blank, an interview with a little less direction and a little more
rambling. I wouldnt really consider myself a musician. I can play music and sing and all that stuff
apparently but Im not the best. I play guitar and I
could play bass if I wanted to." This is Jimmy
Shultz on being a musician. Jimmy is currently a
junior here at City High, and has been playing guitar for a little over a year.

Whats it like to work in a band? Well you definitely have to work

for it. Drama is bound to happen pretty much. Ive been kicked out
of a couple of bands for unforeseen reasons and drama. Drama is the
main killer of bands. As long as everyone does what theyre supposed to do and practices, its a lot of fun. If its something you like
to do, do it. Playing live is a lot different from playing by yourself or
at home because you have a bunch of people watching you and
theres all that energy. I get pretty shaky when Im playing live. Its a
lot easier to mess up. Ive started early a couple times, started late,
played the wrong chords. Ive done everything pretty much.
Do you think you have a future in music, or that youd like to Want to tell a story? Want to have your story told? Want to know more?
pursue it as a career? Well, Id like to. If by some chance I do get
Contact us!
janeb@cityhighschool.org & dillonm@cityhighschool.org
out there or something, Id like to be known someday. If not, I wanted to be a luthier, which is a guitar craftsman, and I was thinking
about applying either to the gibson or the fender factories. Thats Designers:
really farfetched though because getting in isnt easy. Jimmy has
Jane Bendickson Reporters:
already built a Les Paul himself, which he named Ebony, and
wants to continue making guitars.
What does music and playing music
meant to you? Music definitely gives
my life purpose. Before I played music, I
didnt really have anything going for me.
Music gave me a reason to be happy, be
sad, be whatever music tells me to be. Its
a great hobby.
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