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Celebrating 100 Years of Disney

On October 16th Disney celebrated its 100th anniversary. With this huge milestone let’s take a look at the creations and impacts of Disney and what’s to come in the future.

Disney has created hundreds of fictional characters for their stories with the most notable being Mickey Mouse, but when exactly did Mickey Mouse come to light?

Mickey first appeared in his iconic steamboat intro in 1928. While most believe that Disney created this infamous character that isn’t the truth. Ub Iwerks created Mickey who then sold the rights to Disney.

Mickey’s character design originated from the very first Disney character, Oswald the Lucky Rabbit.

The very first Disney Princess was Snow White in 1937. This was then followed by Disney’s version of Cinderella, and then Aurora more commonly known as Sleeping Beauty.

Through Disney’s empire, they have created 494 Movies, many show series, and twelve theme parks worldwide.

To help celebrate this milestone Disney has created a fun game where you have to collect 6 different character cards weekly, on the app TikTok. 

They also decided to release to the public a newly restored 4K version of the movie Snow White. Along with that was a short film titled, Once Upon a Studio, which featured all of the Disney characters coming together to take a picture.

Disney owns a variety of different content, like Pixar, National Geographic, Star Wars, and Marvel.

In 2024 Disney will release new movies like a new Planet of the Apes, and a live-action prequel to The Lion King, which shows Mufasas and Scars’ relationship prior to Mufasa being king. 

Disney is worth a whopping 153.24 billion US dollars which will probably only go up due to their services like Disney+ and all of the future content they will create. 

Disney cares so much about consumers’ experiences that they have created new colors for their theme parks to help people fully be entranced. “Go away Green” is put onto things like light poles and trash cans which makes them not stick out to the eye. 

From fairies, and dragons, all the way to aliens Disney has created characters that have become something special to people across the globe all starting back to the man himself, Walt Disney. 

Walt Disney’s creations have had an impact on families’ lives worldwide for the last 100 years, helping create memories and spark imagination, so one can only wonder what will happen in the next century.

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Metro League Championship

The McClatchy Lions have once again amazed us as they raced phenomenally on Wednesday at the Metro League Championships at North Laguna Creek Park in Elk Grove. 

The Lions have been taking wins after wins the whole season and even when they don’t they keep their heads held high! There were many incredible races run that day including many of the team’s injured players being able to come out and run an excellent race. 

The frosh/soph girls and boys teams took a big W, placing first. Along with the varsity boys placing first and the varsity girls placing second. A quick shoutout to Hugh Heyer who gave the crowd a thrilling show as he raced to pass another runner in front of him as he crossed the finish line. Joy McDaniel was recruited by the team’s coach, Coach Watkins, to run in the frosh/soph race due to the team not having enough frosh/soph girls to compete. She led the team to their first-place win! 

As said earlier many of the team’s injured runners came out to race. Jax Leon, a senior at McClatchy, has been running cross country since seventh grade. He has been suffering from shin splints and has been out of the running game for practically the entire season. Only starting back training two and a half weeks ago and racing his first race this season at Metro Champs, Jax ran an incredible race. 

“So you’ve been injured for basically the entire season, but you came back strong! How are you feeling?”

“I feel pretty good, I mean it’s lower than what I expected. I’ve only had two workouts and since I’ve been back I’ve only been running for about two and a half weeks now. Also, I think for it being my first real race of the season with minimal training I couldn’t ask for much more.”

“That’s wild that you’re already back to racing after such a short training period, amazing. I know you’re a senior and this is probably not how you wanted the season to go, but how do you feel going into subsections and possibly qualifying for sections?”

“Well I mean the team is looking really strong this year and we have a lot of good depth and a lot of fast guys in varsity. So I’m pretty confident we’re gonna make it to sections.”

“So am I! Thank Jax for your time and keep training.”

Chela Cobb, also a senior at McClatchy, has been running cross country for all four years. She is the treasurer of the student body board, which can be a really time-consuming job. 

“This is your last metro champs and you went out and crushed it. How do you think you did?”

“I think I did good under the circumstances. I’m sick and didn’t run all last week because i was busy with planning homecoming. So I think I killed it!”

“Yes, girl you did amazing! How did you feel after your race? Do you feel like you were kicking enough at the end?”

“I think my kick was average. I’ve certainly had a better kick, but right now my throat is hurting. Overall I think I’m feeling good about my race”

“As you should, you did really well!”

Metro League Championships was not the only big event the team was celebrating. The team celebrated their fellow senior lions as it was their senior night. The seniors were Jaime Garcia, Jillian Palmer, Claire Mills, Jax Leon, Chela Cobb, and new French exchange student Maëlys Garros. 

The seniors ran their last metro champs beautifully and the whole team came together to honor them! We look forward to seeing how the team will do this Saturday at Subsections, but from how the champs went, they got this in the bag. Go Lions!

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Vapa’s Fall Concert: Wonder

The VAPA student orchestra is showcasing their latest composition in their fall concert, Wonder, “an evening of music dedicated to the dreamers, romantics, and optimists.” The event included three poems by Annette Wynne which set the tone for the following songs that were played throughout the show. The concert was hosted on October 26, in the CKM auditorium. If you missed it, be sure to catch their winter show to take place later in the school year!

The concert was very diverse in the music that was showcased, including not only the VAPA orchestra but multiple songs with the jazz band, as well as a few songs with a full choir. The latter was the most surprising, but all parts of the showcase were equally impressive. 

The first half of the concert began with the poem, “I Like to Wander off Alone”, by Annette Wynne, which describes curiosity for nature and the world. The songs that followed the poem continued this theme, beginning with “The Bird” by F.J. Haydn and Matthew Moreno and finishing with “Sonata for Flute & Piano” by Francois Poulenc. The sonata seemed to be a highlight of this half of the show, since a few people almost started to clap in the middle of the song, despite it never pausing for applause. Whether this was enthusiastic or accidental, it showed the audience’s appreciation of the show. 

After a short intermission, the second half of the show began with the orchestral song, “Afterburn” by Randal Standridge, only to be followed by a performance from the jazz band; It was quite the switch, but the jazz band was so well organized that it flowed smoothly. Songs played during the jazz section of the show were also accompanied by vocals from Cara Taylor, which complimented pieces like “S’Wonderful” by George and Ira Gershwin very well and gave more excitement to an already lively performance. 

The second part of the last half of the show was marked by a final poem, “You Can Measure a Steeple” by Annette Wynne, which was followed by songs like “Moonlit Skies” by Sean O’Loughlin. This song in particular was accompanied by a screen that rolled down during the song to display pictures of the moon. This song was the only one to have a visual aid, but it complimented the piece well, making the whole performance feel very calming. 

To finish the concert, the entire orchestra played a rendition of Katy Perry’s “Firework”, a familiar song to those who go to football games as that’s the only other place it had been performed before. With the lyrics performed by brass instruments, the show ended on a very playful note, as opposed to the incremental style of previous songs. 

At the end of the show, it was announced that the orchestra would be auditioning for some bigger performances later this year, mentioning that it is important to get some quality videos for their performances for that reason. Hopefully, this concert will allow the VAPA music team to get many more opportunities in the future. Keep up with their newest concerts via their Instagram, @ckmvapa, or future announcements like this!

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Capital Park/Museum/Things to Do

Sacramento’s capitol is a beautiful place to visit and hangout. With its great green landscape and calm atmosphere, It’s definitely somewhere you should think about visiting.

According to “assembly.ca”, Sacramento capitol has a museum where you can visit and experience California’s rich history and witness the process of modern law making. 

Besides this, there are lots of trees around and great spots to find shade and lounge. It’s about 40 acres of land, around the area there are different species of trees. Capital park is an amazing place decorated with beautiful and colorful flowers.

The Capitol park is a nice place to be because you can be with your family while getting shade and maybe having a snack. With that being said, right next to Capitol Park is the California State Capitol Museum where you can learn about the history of Sacramento and see artifacts you’ve probably never seen before. It’s definitely a place I would take my family, they even have amazing restaurants in the area you can enjoy afterwards.

Capitol Park is a great place to be with lots of shade and many surrounding businesses. At the California State Capitol Museum, you can learn about Sacramento’s history with modern law. It’s also great if you have kids and want them to understand the background of the historic city they’re growing up in.They probably don’t know how Sacramento went and got through modern laws but they will learn it there, also that Sacramento is the sixth state capital.

Capital park is supposed to remind us of the history and natural beauty. They have statues of firefighters and peace officers. It’s considered one of the most beautiful parks in the nation. They even pay respect to the Civil War that took place from 1861-1865.

There are plenty of restaurants if you get hungry or even wanna go for a nice dinner. Next to the beautiful capital park. They even have an art museum right next to everything. If you really wanted to you can schedule tours to visit the California state capitol during weekdays.

There are a limited number of people so it is first come first serve so try and be the first to book, so as to not miss out. You do not have to pay either, it is free. It’s usually an hour and a half long according to “capitalparktour.com”.

They have amazing activities nearby as well for the children or even adults to have lots of fun after learning about the great history. Activities such as laser quest, escape rooms, paintball, and even movie theater.

Sacramento is known for being California’s state capital, but also for the swimming and boating, Sacramento has great lakes to take a boat to and cruise around. Sacramento has a banquet of activities.

Sacramento also is in a spot where many people pass and stop by, the nightlife of Sacramento can be casual but highly energetic or somewhere in between according to nightlife “sacramento.CA”.

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Lowrider Law Lifted

Lowrider cars aren’t just cars, they are much more than that. They have meaning behind all the cars and to the owners.

In 1982 lowriding became illegal because many people would use lowrider cars for gang violence, especially in the Hispanic community. People would fear that if they saw a car pass by they would be hurt. 

My opinion about this law being lifted is good for me and others because people can now cruise without being pulled over for driving a lowrider. People would get pulled over because they assumed it was a gang affiliation. This caused a stigma amongst the lowrider community because people associated lowrider owners with bad people. 

Lowriders are beautiful cars to be shown for their beauty and for Mexican culture. Car shows are to show culture to Mexican power and brown pride. 

In the late 90s, it was thought that people drove cars like this to be aggressive or just to cause trouble, but it’s never been for that reason. There were people who were in gangs and then there were people who showed respect while driving these beautiful cars. But people in gangs would use lowriders to do drive-bys and cause gang violence.

This law being lifted is a good thing because people can now enjoy their time out in their lowrider without any trouble or getting pulled over by police. But it’s a good thing for Mexicans because now we can have more car shows to continue our culture surrounding cars and to bring in new people into the community. Our Raza is to be respected as well.

I took this picture a while back because it shows that cruising isn’t a crime but to show respect to our nation of brown power.

I feel like it is great to finally have this law lifted because a lot more cars can be shown out and about and ready to shine. 

The pics I took were at a downtown car show for people to lift the law to cruise without getting arrested or pulled over. A lot of people even came around to support the culture and to lift the law.

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Celebrate Fall with Planet Zine!

Are you craving Halloween art, recipes, poetry, and more? Be sure to check out Planet Zine’s newest issue and keep up with their latest zines, released every other month. Their most recent Halloween issue was just released, now selling for $5 each. To purchase their bi-monthly zines, find a member or follow them on Instagram, @916planetzine!

If you enjoy the Prospector’s cartoons and poetry, you will love the (independent) zine club, Planet Zine! Together, they make collaborative, themed magazines every other month. This most current issue is their 7th so far, though there will surely be many more to come. Their zines compile artwork and writing from students at McClatchy; If you want to support student artists outside of school events, definitely keep up with their projects throughout the year!

Halloween is one of, if not the most, artistically expressive major holidays, and Planet Zine’s staff has taken advantage of it. This month’s zine is Halloween-themed, and it will surely be one to remember, as students went above and beyond to celebrate their favorite spooky festivities. Articles in this month’s edition include Halloween makeup, art, and even a delicious recipe for pumpkin bread. In addition to their regular poetry, cartoons, and more. Planet Zine’s artists are given total creative freedom when it comes to their work, every piece is handmade, from the heart. If you are looking to embrace the creativity of All Hallows Eve, Planet Zine welcomes you to celebrate with them!

If you aren’t in a particularly creepy mood, Planet Zine changes its monthly theme with every new issue. Some other themes the club has done include pride, botanical, love, and even under the sea. If any of the latter strikes your fancy, many are still for sale within the club. Always be sure to keep up with future themes and Planet Zine’s newest articles. Rumor has it that the next issue may be without color… stay tuned to find out! 

All of the members of Planet Zine are either students or young Sacramento artists, they compile, print, and distribute completely independently, which is why your support is so important. While many of Planet Zine’s artists go to McClatchy, Planet Zine is not affiliated with CKM whatsoever. All their fundraising is done through selling zines, whether that be via Instagram or at one of their booths. If you do decide to purchase from Planet Zine, know that your support will go toward helping the club stay independent and unrestrained. 

I have to admit my bias toward Planet Zine as I am a member as well; However, you don’t have to join the club to find its value. Planet Zine is fairly accomplished as far as zines tend to go. Their February zine, love, was put on display at the Kondos Gallery at City College along with dozens of other artistic zines made by Sacramento artists alike. Sadly the exhibit has already ended, but if you missed it you should keep up with Planet Zine on Instagram so you never miss another beat! They post all their events as well as updates on their hard work. Stay in the loop with Planet Zine to see just how high they can fly!

If you do end up investing in Planet Zine’s zines they would like to thank you personally and they hope you enjoy and continue to support their work.

Cover credit: Charlotte Carmona

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2023 Homecoming Parade Overview

As C.K. McClatchy’s Homecoming Week comes to a close, the Homecoming Parade begins! This yearly parade is the perfect way to precede our Homecoming Game, and of course, our Homecoming dance. 

The yearly Homecoming Parade is a can’t-miss event for any McClatchy student. Floats for different sports teams, clubs, and even specialty programs were beautifully decorated with our school colors; red and white. Plus, it was a great opportunity to score some free candy from parade participants throwing it out to viewers.

This year’s parade opened up with our AFJROTC students in uniform, leading the way, marching through the streets while showing their school spirit. They were followed by CKM’s very own band. Members played beautiful live music on a variety of instruments.

And arguably the most important part of McClatchy, the teachers, were of course represented as well. Many teachers were on bikes, riding as a part of the parade. Plus, the HISP float had giant paper cutouts of HISP teachers’ heads.

Clubs weren’t left out either. Hispamix marched through the streets holding a variety of flags from all different Hispanic countries. Their float was also beautifully decorated to represent el Día de los Muertos. Many members were dressed up in traditional outfits and had their faces painted in calavera face paint and were followed by friends and family in a line of lowriders.  

Each grade also had its own float. The senior’s float was football-themed, with a whole mini football field. It also had a football flying through the goalpost. The sophomore’s float was covered in the sophomore’s signature green and palm trees to go along with it.

Many of CKM’s sports teams were also part of the parade. From women’s volleyball to our football teams. The women’s tennis float was embellished with little tennis balls. CKM’s own football team, ready for the homecoming game against Burbank, came to bring the ruckus as well. Following them were the cheerleaders. Dressed in their own uniforms, they were there to hype our Lions up.

This year’s Homecoming Parade was one to remember. With so many more students here at McClatchy this year, every homecoming activity is sure to be a blast. We hope that you all attended the CKM vs. Burbank football game as well as the Barbie Homecoming dance!

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Frantic Over Fentanyl

With Fentanyl overdoses on the rise, there are a few things people need to understand. 

What exactly fentanyl is, how it’s affecting people, how to know if someone is overdosing, and how to help that person. 

According to the Centers for Disease Control Fentanyl is an opioid that is 100 times more potent than morphine and produces a similar effect as heroin. Typically, it’s prescribed by an authorized official or doctor for illnesses such as cancer and post-surgery.

Although it is prescribed by doctors, that is only one kind of fentanyl. There are two types of fentanyl, pharmaceutical fentanyl and illegally made fentanyl, or (IMF) for short. 

IMF is added to other drugs to increase their potency of them resulting in a more intense high. Most of the United States’ illegal fentanyl is imported anonymously from China. 

There are multiple ways that people intake fentanyl. Examples of this are inhaling it, smoking it, swallowing the tablet, in patches, and mixing it with other drugs. 

The IMF is a rapidly growing concern here in the US. The CDC reports that there are over 150 synthetic opioid deaths each day. The government program Get Smart About Drugs (GSAD) reports that for Americans aged 18-45, fentanyl overdose is the leading cause of death. 

The US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) states that only 2 milligrams of fentanyl is lethal. That is approximately the size of Lincoln’s nose to chin on a penny. 

Each year there has been a gradual increase in the number of deaths related to fentanyl. According to statistics from UC San Francisco in 2021 around 6,000 people overdosed on fentanyl in California alone, some of which were children. 

With the more and more deaths caused by synthetic opioids, we must know what a drug overdose looks like and how we can help without putting up a risk for our own safety.

The DEA says to look out for these warning signs of overdose. Small shrunken pupils, falling asleep or losing consciousness, slowness, weakness, no breathing, choking, limp body, cold sweaty skin, and skin discoloration mainly in the lips or nail beds. 

Now that we know what to look out for we need to know how we can help which can be tricky sometimes especially since most overdoses are unexpected. 

A useful tool for situations like these is naloxone, more commonly known as Narcan. When someone is overdosing on fentanyl you don’t want to give them mouth to mouth as that opens up an opportunity for you to overdose. Instead, inject the Narcan into their nose and wait 2 minutes. If they don’t respond to the first one, Administer a Second Dose. Another important step to never forget is to call emergency services for help. 

Now that we know what fentanyl is and what to do in the situation that someone is overdosing we are educated on what to do in times of crisis which unfortunately is the reality we live in today. 

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McClatchy Vs. River City

Last Friday The McClatchy football team played River City at Hughes Stadium.

McClatchy’s latest game against River City was a close match ending with an unfortunate loss for the Lions. The Lions started the game off strong with #11, Kiko Brambila running the first touchdown to set McClatchy up 6-0 on River City. During this half, I had the opportunity to speak with Coach Fisher and ask him a question.

“How do you think McClatchy will do against River City in this game?”

“River City is a beatable team. Every year in the metro league River City is a tough team, But a beatable one at that.”

In quarter 2, the Lions played hard and fought harder to keep the lead in their favor. Unfortunately, near the end of the quarter River City made a play and got a touchdown in. RC also scored the field goal which led to the Lions being down 6-7 going into the second half.

At halftime, I could interview Coach Davis about how he felt the team would fare going into the second half.

“How do you think the team will do going into the second half?”

“Good, good. We need to stay focused and motivated going into the second half to win this one.”

McClatchy kicked off to River City in the 2nd half. There were lots of trading yards back and forth between the teams until River City scored yet another touchdown and field goal leading the Lions by 8 points. After more back and forth between the teams, the 3rd quarter ends.

In the 4th quarter, River City scored 2 more touchdowns, one at the start of the quarter and one at the end. These touchdowns locked out the game leading to an unfortunate loss for McClatchy. The final score was 6-27 with River City winning.

Post game I was able to interview student athlete, #24 Malachi Goethe about the loss.

“How do you feel about the loss against River City today?”

“The loss tonight was a strong loss, it hit home for sure. We started off strong in the start but as the game went on we kind of just let it go. We let them get the upper hand and we let them keep it”

In the end McClatchy lost but still the team is excited, motivated, and hopeful for their next games.

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Sac State @ Stanford

Sac State secured the win against Stanford. But only by a thread. The star of the game was Kaiden Bennett. The great quarterback threw the winning touchdown while dodging a sack, with 1:32 seconds left. Putting them at the top with a score of 30-23.

This was an important win for Sac State. For one, it ruined the debut of Stanford’s coach, Troy Taylor. It also might have been the greatest win in Sac States history since 1970. 

It was a great game besides the ending score. Both teams played great offense and defense. It was a head-to-head game. Even though Stanford was up by half by 3 it didn’t stop Sac State. They kept their heads up and came back to score a field goal and of course the winning touchdown. 

Sac State’s 2 big players to look at after the game were, K. Bennett and D. Gandy. But for Stanford, they had 3. J. Lamson, E.J. Smith, and E. Ayomanor. K. Bennett with an amazing passing yard number of 279, while Stanfords J. Lamson only had 138. 

For the fans, the stands looked packed. Everybody in the West, East, North, and South parts of the stadium. The capacity of Stanford Stadium is 50,424. But the number that was attended was 23,848, almost 30,000 people. Yes, only 47% of the stadium was attended even though it looks like it’s packed. 

Back to the teams though. Both teams greatly had over 300 total yards. 2 turnovers, and one team with 23 1st downs and the other with 18. Even though both teams had stats over the other, it didn’t stop it from being a head-to-head game. 

Now for the amazing coach. Troy Taylor is Sac State’s former coach. He coached for 4 seasons and led to them beating Colorado 30-28 in 2012. He also led them to a 30-8 record and their first win in the FCS playoffs. Before he got replaced by Andy Thompson, who was the defensive coordinator for Sac State. 

Unfortunately, Lamson got injured, but not before getting 121 yards for his college debut. Also ran for 36 yards and 16 carries. 

Sac State and Stanford also have a good rivalry. But this time Sac State got the upper hand and beat Stanford by a very thin thread.