The Bluffer - Red Bluff, CA
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Page 2 May 8, 2015 Staff Editorial Our generation is becoming jaded... Editorial Policy: Opinions expressed are not necessarily those of the district, staff, or student body. We welcome signed letters to the editor. Names may be withheld upon request. We also reserve the right to edit submission based on length and/or clarity. THE BLU FFER STA FF Ryan Fisher Editor-in-Chief Ryan Fisher News Editors Jay Boone Brianna Tackmier Kaylie Capps Opinions Editor Ceighlee Fennel Features Editor Tymberlyn Bealer Lexi Prtichard Sports Editor Savannah Sutliff Topics Editor Rebecca Blanchard Editor-in-Chief Julia Liebert Advertising Director Alisa Pelanconi Adviser Cartoonist Karla Nowicki Savannah Sutliff Leslie Soto Staff Writers Josiah Vasey Hailie Willey Julissa Villalobos Brittany Lawley Kourtney Sanders Shania Prieto Nichole Valdez Tessa Jones Britney Miranda Illeana Hilsee Rebecca Frey Sophia Cumpton Opinions Rebecca Blanchard A & E Editor Slowly, our generation is becoming jaded. This sounds obscure and irrelevent in any decade following the 90s, but we are jaded in a far different way. No longer are we affected by the travesties we see on t.v. We live in a society that was once a collective group of revolutionary minds; now however, we are lackluster, worn-out and cynical. It isn't neccisarily that we no longer care, it's that we've seen the same things so often. According to CNN, the US averages one school shooting every five weeks. As of June nineteenth of 2014, there have been 74 school shootings within eighteen months. Last week, there was another. In 2015 alone, there have been 21 additional school shootings All of these shootings, which ranged from kindergarden schools, to colleges, have included a dicharged firearm. 36 of these had at least one person, not the shooter, be injured. 19 of the shooters have committed suicide. To our generation, these numbers and statistics are no longer alarming. They are sad, but they are no surprise. Tymberlyn Bealer Sports Editor Staff Writer Britney Miranda Rebecca Frey Staff Writer When we hear the news of another shooting in a safe place of education, we simply mutter statements such as, "Again?" It's frustrating, but over the past few years, shootings in schools have become an "average." Gun violence in many ways has become a strange normality. We have begun to be so jaded as to believe that nothing will change. Any rational debate between politicians no longer exists as the loudest voice drowns out any rational one. The youth wants change, but struggles to be surprised by the plethora of travesties which occur against human rights in society. We also struggle to whisper rational while politicians who have held office for decades continue their unwaving rants. The generation before us was known as generation X. We will be known as generation Y, as in: why does the loss of even one life no longer phase us, why does the injustice done against what will be the human rights for our future no longer phase us, why does nothing phase us? I n our own community, is it possible that our local survives treat high schools differently than they treat adults? It has been brought to my attention that there is a different level of respect and the way mishaps are dealt with between students in high schools and adults. Lugis is one of the main food places that students go to for lunch. I have always received great service at Lugis. However, just recently I witnessed an incident that changed the way I looked at it. Isabel Damonte shared with me her latest visit at Lugis, "I went to Lugis for lunch and when it was my turn to order I told the cashier that I would like a slice of pizza and a water cup. She told me the amount due which I noticed was slightly higher than usual, but I did not comment about it. Then I was handed a soda cup instead of a water cup, I told the cashier that I just wanted a water cup. She replied with a rude tone of voice explaining the she asked if I wanted a water cup or a to go cup and I said I wanted a to go cup." The rude manner right away with the workers from Lugis showed the lack of costumer service they have. "I walked over to the drink fountain and decided since I paid for a soda cup I might as well get lemonade. As I was filling up my cup the manager approached me and immediately started yelling at me that I need to pay an additional $1.90 because I'm getting soda. I replied to her that I paid for the soda cup and she just began yelling that I didn't pay for it and I'm stealing over and over again without letting me speak. I said okay I will pay it and went to sit at my table thinking I'd pay once I was leaving since I had food in my hands." Without ever approaching her to politely work out the mix up the manager just immediately began yelling at her. After a couple of minutes went by the original cashier came over to Damonte's table and slapped a receipt down. Damonte shared, "It stated I owed $1.90. I was still confused because I paid for the cup earlier so I asked her to please give me my receipt from my original order. She brought it back rudely explaining I paid $0.60 for the to go cup to just put soda in it. I said so its $2.50 for a soda here? I've never paid that much." The cashier rolled her eyes and said, 'Oh please honey, a soda is $3.50 at Sharis.' At this moment I couldn't handle the cashier talking to a classmate of mine so rudely and rolling her eyes at her. I intervened and said, "Excuse me why are you talking to her so rudely?" She replied she is not being rude, that all of us are being rude. After her rude reply to me I said, "I think it's time to leave." To the people I was eating lunch with. Then the cashier yet again spoke in a rude tone saying to me, 'Good for you.' At that moment I was appalled by the lack of respect I had just encountered. While walking out of Lugis a worker commented, "High schoolers," in a rude voice. Yes, Damonte is in high school, most of the clients that come into Lugis for lunch are in high school. Why would they make such a scene and disrespect the high school students that eat at their restaurant every day? Have teenagers given ourselves a bad name? Or do adult just immediately come to the decision that all teenagers are bad? They huge development projects student the very tend exaggerated. senior's than a have used to the out will you Just it's Luigi's treats high school students seniority Bruce Jenner should be met with acceptance, not disgust B ruce Jenner has been transitioning from a male to a female for about thirty years, but when he stepped forward and told the public about it only a couple of months ago, everyone was baff led that the "greatest athlete in the world", the reality star dad, was transgender. Jenner has expressed that he had been confused his whole life, since he was young, about his gender identity, and had accepted to transition in the eighties. However, after about five years, he stopped because he thought of his young kids; he didn't want to hurt them. But he came out as transgender a couple of months ago because he didn't want to be telling a "lie" any longer about his gender identity. I relatively liked how he explained it in an interview he had with ABC because of the confused reporter, Diane Sawyer. "That is me. That is her," Jenner said when shown an older picture of himself in the Olympics. I was really happy of Jenner's response when Sawyer started talking about his sexuality paired with his gender identity. "It's apples and oranges," Jenner said about the relation to his sexuality and gender identity. Personally, I am quite proud that he made this decision and had the courage to do it (especially in the world we live in today), and I'm even happier of how he's showing the world about it. In the interview with ABC, he said that he hoped that his coming out would help other transgender people. Transgender people, especially young adults, have been discriminated against and bullied by people in their community or family, or online. Many times it has lead to suicide or murder. There's an estimation of about seven hundred thousand transgender lives among us, and there might be more, and everyday could be a struggle to accept who they truly are, or even survive if the people around them are cruel to them. I understand that you might have religious beliefs that could be against this, and I'm not asking you to accept this with wide-open arms. But, please, before you shun someone or even become violent to them verbally, emotionally, or physically because of who they are, think about this: is it alright that hate isn't good, as long as you are hating the right people? (A sidenote: I have been using male pronouns in this writing as Jenner hasn't explicitly asked people to refer to him as female pronouns.) differently based on age, not merit T here's new news on the famously handsome Mark Wahlberg! While the world waits to see Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao duke it out to decide who will be crowned the welterweight champion of the world, celebrities like Mark Wahlberg, Charles Barkley, Tom Brady, P.Diddy, and Jamie Foxx have been featured in an HBO video earlier this week making their picks for the winner. Wahlberg and Diddy decided to take it one step further by placing a friendly wager on the nights outcome. They decide to throw out $250,000, Wahlberg going for Pacquiao, and Diddy going for Mayweather. Diddy, being a proud member of Team Mayweather, suggested making a $100,000 bet. As if that wasn't outrageous enough, Wahlberg scoffed at his offer and raised it nearly twofold. Diddy tweeted saying," I'm rolling with The Money Team! @Mark_Wahlberg said he got Pacquiao! Who you got!?" So who is it? Are you team Mayweather or team Pacquiao? Many are saying that this is the fight of the year, this is literally the biggest fight of all time! Mayweather who is an artist with his fighting and is a known champion, but Pacquiao who is an extremely aggressive person and has punches coming from every angle! The fight premiered on Saturday, May 2nd, 9pm ET/6pm PT. And again Wahlberg always seems to surprise all his villains, but put a bigger smile on all his fans. After Wahlberg had lunch with his wife, Rhea Durham at E.Baldi on Thursday, April 23rd, he was making his way to his ride when he handed a $100 bill to a guy in a wheelchair without missing a beat or making a big deal about it. It's a solid move and an act of kindness as we've ever seen a celeb make. Mark Wahlberg bets on Pacquiao