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The Best Rapper Alive by: Islea Tapia

Lil Wayne is said to be the best rapper alive and he has surely proven himself. On September 27, 1982 in New Orleans, Louisiana a star was born. Having started rapping young at the age of eight his success is much compensated today. He has worked very hard to get the title he much surely deserves and hold highly. Not only did he celebrate his birthday this month but he also celebrated the success of his ninth studio album which has sold nearly one million copies and is number one on Billboards 100. He is now 28, and has said multiple times that he doesn't plan to stop what he’s doing anytime soon. For Lil’ Wayne and all of his many fans all over the world, his music is legendary and he himself is a legend. Happy Birthday Lil’ Wayne, a great time to celebrate the wonderful life.

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NellY furtado Donating $ 1 million to a charity by: Allison Viteri

Canadian pop singer, Nelly Furtado will donate $ 1 million dollars that she earned to perform for the members of the former Libyan leader of the Moammar Gadhafi’s family to free the children charity. she said that in February she would donate the money from a 2007 concert she did in Italy and donate it to the charity to build girl schools in Kenya and supporting girls in the Middle east and North Africa. Many other famous performers will also join the charity like Beyonce, Mariah Carey, etc.This is important because just like we have girl schools here and rights, girls from Kenya should have that same right.

Magazine Club by: Aerial Chambers

Magazine Club started on September 28, 2011 in Room 306.This club gave the students a chance to express their feelings and a way for them to show how they do certain things, an opportunity to meet new people and get closer to the teachers (Ms Tubbutt and Ms. Norris). The club will consist of writers, editors, researchers, This club will meet every 3rd Wednesday of the month.

Fall Into Tepeyac By Lisa Gonzalez

It’s time to start Fall Into Tepeyac!

All of the Tepeyac students and faculty will be involved in this fun activity. There will be people doing cheers and dancing.

Each class is required to participate in a banner competition to show off how awesome their class is. There will also be a competition to see which class has on the most blue and white. There will also be a competition called “Oh No You Didn’t”, and possibly some relay races. There will be a competition where a class is assigned a time period and they would have to sing a song from said time period.

The event will take place in the gym next week. The date has been set to celebrate Fall Into Tepeyac on Friday September 30th. This event is to show each class’ team spirit and also to see who has the most of it.Fall Into Tepeyac is a fun activity for the whole school.

This event is also important because its one of the main events that bring the school together. It’s fun and it requires each class to show off their spirit to make an awesome day that we can see in the yearbook and cherish the memories we make in the future.

In Your Daughter’s Shoes Night by Sheirra Harris

On the 15 of September parents attended the In your daughter’s shoes night. Where each parent were given a copy of their student schedule and had to go to each of their child’s classes. It was very interesting because parents were very confuse and didn’t have no idea where to go. But their were many students who stuck around for the night to help parents around the school. Every class was about 7 minutes long which mean parents had to get to their next class before they were late. Many parents complain about the number of stairs they had to climb especially if they had to go to Ms. Mary art class on the fourth floor. On another note many parents enjoy this night it was like they were in High School all over again.

The Lion King Reviews by Mari Diaz

The Lion King in 3D a movie that everyone in the family can enjoy. The story that we all know and love of a lion cub convinced that he killed his father and runs away from home. All grown up he returns home to take his rightful place as king. The Lion King is coming out again but this time in 3D. The movie was release in 3D so that people would get a different experience of the movie. It was came out last week on Friday September 16, 2011. Many people were excited to see this classic Disney movie, that touched all our hearts. Going to see this movie is a good way to relive our childhood one more time.

Ne-yo's second baby By Allison Viteri

R&B singer Ne-yo is expecting a second baby with long time girlfriend Monyetta Shaw and is also expecting to get married. According to US magazine they have kept it a secret until now.The baby is to be expected next week in October. Back in November 2010 they welcomed their first child who is his daughter Madilyn Grace. Ne-yo tweeted at the time "Welcoming that Lil' girl to the world last night defined for me what 'willing to kill and die for' truly means. My world, my life, all hers." They both have not said exactly when they will get married. They are both very excited.

Ne-yo's second baby By Allison Viteri

R&B singer Ne-yo is expecting a second baby with long time girlfriend Monyetta Shaw and is also expecting to get married. According to US magazine they have kept it a secret until now.The baby is to be expected next week in October. Back in November 2010 they welcomed their first child who is his daughter Madilyn Grace. Ne-yo tweeted at the time "Welcoming that Lil' girl to the world last night defined for me what 'willing to kill and die for' truly means. My world, my life, all hers." They both have not said exactly when they will get married. They are both very excited.

Ne-yo's second baby By Allison Viteri

R&B singer Ne-yo is expecting a second baby with long time girlfriend Monyetta Shaw and is also expecting to get married. According to US magazine they have kept it a secret until now.The baby is to be expected next week in October. Back in November 2010 they welcomed their first child who is his daughter Madilyn Grace. Ne-yo tweeted at the time "Welcoming that Lil' girl to the world last night defined for me what 'willing to kill and die for' truly means. My world, my life, all hers." They both have not said exactly when they will get married. They are both very excited.

Elections

Elections are one of the toughest things that many people go through whether its voting for the president of the USA or the president of the student body. Students who were running for student council were mostly seniors, which is a good thing because this is seniors last year at Tepeyac and they wanted to go out with a bang. So the students gave their speeches at church during Monday morning meeting. After that eveybody went back to school and waited in each class to go to advisory to vote. Students were really confused and didn’t know at all who they were going to vote for, but each student voted for who they believe who be great for each position. Eventually, students were told who won at the end of 6th period some were sad and some were happy. Now Tepeyac new president is Mariana Buzo, Vice President is Taylor Shufford, Treasure is Chante Jones, Secertary is Jazmine Jones.

Big sister and Little sister

Celebrating big sister/little sister, it is an exciting tradition. It’s a time for fun, a time where two classes come together and have a celebration by having a little sister/big sister. It’s a chance for many to get to learn about each other. During this celebration the big sisters(seniors) get to dress their little sisters(freshies) as babies, games are played, food is given, and afterwards seniors are able to take them out. Asking some of the freshies how they feel about the event, many say their excited and some what anxious to finally find out who their big sisters are. Asking the seniors feel about it, they also want to know who they have for a little sister, and many are excited to take their sisters out and getting to dress them up. Many of the seniors want their little sisters know that they can help them or be there for anything that they need. So on September 23rd the seniors will get to finally find out who their little sisters are. And on October 7th will be the actually celebration. Hope the seniors and freshmen enjoy the celebration.

Club Day

Club Day is to take off this Wednesday, and some students are excited and some, not so much. Club Day is every three weeks each Wednesday in which the students, instead of leaving at 12:50, stay until 3:00 p.m in each of the clubs. Club day is an opportunity to interact with some of the girls in another grade or just someone new to add to the “friends list”. There are 10 clubs, among some of them are cooking, forensics, intramural sports, & environmental. Aerial Chambers, a senior, says, “I feel that that Wednesdays should be our day to relax, and where we get to leave early. I think its dumb and unnecessary to be honest”. A lot of students have the same opinion as Aerial does but another senior, Melissa Sepulveda, says she enjoys club day, “Its a chance to hang out with my friends and just have a good time doing whatever activity is given”. Club day happens regardless, so might as well enjoy it and take full advantage of it and have fun!

Book Review: Venomous

This book is basically about a boy trying to deal with his anger that has developed a personality of his own who’s named itself “The Venom”. Since he was young he has had but one friend, other than that he was alone, Until now that is. He’s gotten a girlfriend of his dreams and a group of Friends that adore his all thanks to The Venom. But things ago awry as the Venom changes things up to his own will. Now Lock needs to find a way to figure out a way to clean his partner in crime’s mess. there are also comic strips of Lock and The Venom working side by side as a Gothic and dark super hero like Batman.

Venomous is a really good book that has a lot of teenage hardships that many other teenagers can relate to. I've read this book voluntarily and was amazed by the story and how they add little comics of Lock Vinetti (Main Character) and his anger working side by side as a super hero and how it can be related to his life now.

Venomous is available in almost every library. I got the book from the Chicago Public Library: Toman Branch and it's also available in Amazon for $13.25. This book was published in 2008. It's recent which means that its more easier to relate to the characters and make comparisons from the book to your own life.

So far I do not know anybody who actually read this book, but that's only because I don't know that many people who like to read as much as I do.This book is a great way to see your life from another perspective, most of you can actually relate to Locke and his anger issues because of the fact that we all get angry and they way that the author of this book characterizes Locke's anger into "The Venom" is original and relate-able.

Happy Reading,

New Girl

Melissa Sepulveda

The new show on FOX is called “The New Girl” which is staring Zooey Deschanel. It appears every Tuesday at eight o’clock, it’s only a thirty minute show. The show is about a girl named Jess (Zooey Deschanel) who juts recently broke up with her boyfriend, because she caught him with another woman. So she decides its time to leave and find a new apartment. The apartment she finds is with three single males who think it’s a great idea to have for her to move in because she has model friends. As they are living with Jess they realize it wasn't such a great idea because all she does is cry and watch Dirty Dancing. But as the time goes they get more attached to her and soon become friends. So make sure you watch the show every Tuesday at eight and see how Zooey Deschanel reacts to the situations in her show.

Monday's volleyball Game

The volley ball team had a game on Monday of last week and they WON!! They played against Ralph Ellison, which is located on the south-side of Chicago. The score was 25-23, it was a close game but we still pulled through and won. There was also a game on Friday; the game was a loss. If they keep up the hard work and stay committed then we will make it to the championship. Ciera Williams, a varsity player on the team, stated “I will continue to motivate my team and continue to work hard”.As a player on the team, Ciera is sure that the upcoming games that they will play in will be a win.

Waka Flocka Flame shooting Investigation By: Allison Viteri

Rapper 24-year-old Waka Flocka Flame who’s birth name is “Juaquin Malphurs” has escaped unhurt from a shooting last wednesday at Charlotte, North Carolina while being by his tour bus hanging out with fans.

In MTV news, TMZ reported thatThis event happen around four in the afternoon while Waka was talking to his fans and taking pictures while his stereo on his tour bus was getting upgraded. Then two undenified cars came next to the parking lot of the stereo warehouse and opened fire at Waka’s tour bus four times. His security team then came up and fired back at them.

When Waka’s security team fired back they shot at least one of them and one person was shot in the arm and their name has not been undenified yet. Waka was detained by police and three other man was questioned. No body was charged in the incident.

Top 3 Box office movies

Going to the movie theater is a fun way to distract yourself, but deciding what movie to see can not always be easy. Students enjoy going to the movies, here are the top three movies that are worth watching Contagion, The Help, and Warrior. The movie Contagion is about a deadly epidemic that is spreading very quickly and the medical community is trying to find a cure.

A review of the movie by Tony Macklin: “Contagion is a clear-eyed vision of a potential, modern horror that shows science in battle. The direction by Steven Soderbergh is deft and sharp. The screenplay by Scott Z. Burns is intelligent and not exploitative.”

The Help is about a women writing a book about the life of house wives but in the helps point of view. A review for The Help by Rebbecca Berry Hill “It's a feel-good, revenge-seeking satire, the kind that makes you want to shout 'go girl!' from the cinema aisle.” Warrior a movie about two brother whom relationship is not close, both are MMA fighters, and will have to settle their differences in the ring. A review for Warrior by Jeff Bayer “'Warrior' makes you cheer, sweat, laugh and in a completely shocking twist, cry just a little bit.” Everyone has their own opinion and taste in movies, and might not find these interesting. There are other movies to also enjoy. So, take a trip to the movie theaters and have a good time.