Samantha Trout – Co-Editor-in-Chief (12)

Aside from being an avid Chipotle burrito enthusiast, part-time guitar player, and amateur journalist for The Roaring Times, Samantha Trout had one great fear: that one day, she’d have to write a clever biography about herself and have nothing to say. The time has come.
For this serious lack of individuality, Sam–an eclectic seventeen-year-old who spends her days longboarding, surfing Facebook, and editing this marvelous website–apologizes.

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Leanna Jasek-Rysdahl – Co Editor-in-chief (12)

Leanna Jasek-Rysdahl lived in a story book until the age of 13 when she accidentally landed at Pitman High School. Even though she would much rather go back to living in that story book, she manages to deal with attending Pitman as she swims constantly, plays cello, and was appointed managing editor of the Roaring Times. Although she cannot jump back into her book, she aspires to leave Turlock and attend a prestigious college out of California. Her storybook life will forever evade her, but she is content to live in a life with SNL, Harry Potter, her friends, and the hope of leaving town soon.

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Rubani Virk – Co-Managing Editor (10)

Life is full of beautiful colors, made of hope and defined by the people; however, in this big world Sophomore Rubani Virk resides in the small town of Turlock, California where she attends Pitman High School and for her second year, she is continuing to write for the absolutely sensational student newspaper The Roaring Times. Last year, she left Journalism with the realization that she has a passion for writing which pulled her back into this class. When she’s got time on her hands, she listens to music and chooses to be corrupted by the deadly-addicting, social networking site, Facebook.

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Brianna Wheeler – Co-Managing Editor (10)

Bree Wheeler is a sophomore at John H. Pitman High School. She loves to be a part of school clubs, ASB, and sports but ask her if she’s finished with her homework and her answer is most likely to be a no. She loves to travel with her family and spend time at her home-away-from-home in Morro Bay California. She will be sixteen on February 5th and for her sweet sixteen she wants to go skydiving. If you wanted to buy her Starbucks, a strawberries and cream frappachino is your best bet.

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Angel Garcia – General Editor (11)

The date: July 5th 1995. A day after the majestic beauty of fireworks had diminished from the skies of our nation’s day of independence, a phenomenon of epic proportions had occurred inside the walls of Emanuel Hospital in Turlock, California. The prophecy had finally been fulfilled; ancient word of an infant by the name of Jose Angel Garcia would be destined to accomplish great things for the world and humans alike. Yet, instead of entering Harvard Law at the age of 6 and becoming the youngest child to perform open-heart surgery in 2004; Jose chose to reinvent himself. He is now often referred to as Angel Garcia of Keyes, California: a hardworking eleventh grade student at John H. Pitman High School with interests in indie music, tennis, sleeping, and authentic Mexican cuisine. But do not be fooled, these seemingly moderate qualities are just a mere scratch off the complex surface that is Angel Garcia.

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Viviana Fuentes – Front Page Editor (11)

Before the world knew me, my mom had already decided that my name was going to be Viviana Fuentes. I was named after her great-great grandmother, Viviana Montejano, who was from a small town in Mexico. I love my name because it is unique and different, just like me. My name means, “full of life” and I must say it lives up to who I am. Since I was little, I have been outgoing and always have a smile on my face. Also, I have been attracted to the world of art. As a little girl, I won many drawing contests and enjoyed dressing up mixing fashion trends. Getting compliments from others for my sense of style is an encouragement to continue exploring my creative side. I am not afraid to take risks and explore my abilities to my fullest potential. My life revolves around art, creativity, and happy things. Listening to music and playing the cello for seven years has been my hobby since fifth grade. I have enjoyed listening to and playing music, but I have also learned to express myself through dancing. You would conclude by what I have shared that my goal in life is to become a great fashion designer or an accomplished artist, but my aspirations are actually in the world of science. My hope and dream is to become a veterinarian, so I can help families who cannot afford medical health for their animals. I will continue living life to the fullest and can’t wait to put a “touch of class” to my chosen profession!

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Cindy Teixeira – Front Page Editor (11)

What word would you use to describe her, you may ask? She would simply say, passionate. There are a multiple of things she has a passion for. The top of this imaginary list in her mind contains animals. There is nothing else in the entire world that could interest her more than animals can. She has two lovely handsome cats whom she loves to spend her life with, inspiring her to one day become a veterinarian living on a ranch filled with animals, especially horses. In addition, to her passion for animals, she loves to dance. Dancing since she was four, she dances tap, jazz, and in her later years ballet. Though some may not consider it to be the best sport, dance, in her opinion is. Loving the nice sunny days of summer, she would prefer to spend her time outdoors enjoying every bit of it. Her favorite trip of all time happens to be the most recent summer. From listening to the calm waves of the beach in Rhode Island to the roaring honks in New York, it was the definition of the perfect trip. Along with watching her now all time favorite Broadway show, Wicked, she also watched Lion King and Phantom of the Opera. These are just a few things she is passionate about in life. Oh yeah, I almost forgot to mention, the name of this girl is Cindy Teixeira.

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Raymond Evanoff – Sports Editor (11)

Raymond Evanoff was born fifteen years ago on September 3, 1995. Some of his hobbies include spending time with his friends, reading good books, and playing sports such as basketball and football. He wants to have a career in biomedical engineering because it pays very well and it pertains to his interests. He hopes to have a family one day with three children, all boys. He is a very outgoing person and all his friends will tell you the same thing. Right now he is a junior in high school and is just enjoying life. This is just a little slice of Ray’s life.

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Cami Larsen – Sports Editor (11)

Cami Larsen is an avid student, who loves to excel in sports as well as her school work. She participates on both the varsity softball and volleyball teams for the school, as well as on travel teams for each during the off seasons. She not only loves to challenge herself physically, but mentally as well by reading. Cami enjoys using her free time, although there is little of it, to meet new people and try new things. Although she is only a junior, she is eager to move to the east coast and attend a college there. The only thing she is hesitant about is the fact that she is extremely shy when meeting people, but when you get to know her she is full-mouthed. She is captivated by sports, and is ecstatic to use this interest to contribute to the Pitman Roaring Times.

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Shawn Uppal – Sports Editor (11)

His name is Shawn Uppal. He enjoys spending time with his family and friends and also likes going on vacations with his family. He likes to play basketball and also likes to go snowboarding in the winter. He wants to be well educated and have a good job with good pay. He likes to watch TV and use the computer in his spare time.

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Monica Ocegueda – Tech (12)

  I come from a traditional Mexican family where the women in the household wear the pants! I have a mixture of many talents including drawing/ painting fine arts, watching almost all the movies that come out, and playing a left forward in the soccer field! In about five years, I’ll be interviewing A-list celebrities, become the fifth judge on Fashion Police, and have my own fashion line. My current status applies to being a jobless senior, watching Spanish soap operas on my parents living room couch, and being the only human on earth named Monica Cristal Ocegueda.

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Guranjan Virk – Tech (12)

Life is too short so we should make the most of it whenever we get the chance. Guranjan lives life to the fullest; she believes that it’s the small things in life that make life wonderful. Take her out for ice cream, make her laugh, or give her a smile and Guranjan will be happy. She loves to watch cartoons and play all sorts of games, but most of all she enjoys getting her hands dirty with paint for colorful paintings, sand for creative sandcastles, and clay for exciting sculptures. Someday Guranjan will become very famous because she is full of ideas that will improve the world. Guranjan has high hopes for the future and she has already started that journey to success. As of right now, however, Guranjan just wants to get her hands on a motorcycle that she can ride on all through her favorite little town, Turlock.

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Charity Bearden – Publicity Chair (9)

 Charity Bearden participates not in profound activities, but in activities profoundly. She enjoys playing softball and snowboarding, but most of all cheerleading. She has cheered for what will soon be seven years, and is now on thePitmanHigh Schoolcheer squad. With her free time she likes to listen to music and take trips to theCanalofWisconsin. Her number one addiction is double-stuffed Oreos and she eats them all the time. Because she loves to be outside, her favorite season is summer; going camping and visiting the beach are things she does almost every year. This past summer, she went on an endless amount of bike rides with her closet friends and did crazy things with them. For example, door-bell ditching or toilet papering and having to hide at one in the morning atDonnellyPark, because someone called the cops. She loves her life more than anything and wouldn’t change it for the world!

 

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Jessie Castellano – Senior Staff Writer (12)

Jessie Castellano is not a complex person. It does not take much to convince this girl to smile. Her most favorite activities to participate in include: watching cheap horror movies made prior to the year 1960, reading Japanese manga, and listening to any type of music that comes her way. On the off occasion when Jessie feels slightly depressed she improves her mood by watching either a new stand-up comedy show or re-watching the funniest movies known to man: The Rush Hour series. Her nervous traits include chipping her nails, messing up her hair, and biting her bottom lip. As one can tell, by simply learning these few easily remembered mannerisms, one will completely understand the predictable girl, Jessie Castellano.

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Idania Alcazar – Senior Staff Writer (11)

Idania Alcazar is a junior at Pitman High School, and a staff writer on the Roaring Times. Idania was born on September 13, 1995 in Mexico and moved to Arizona at six. She lived in Phoenix for six years then moved to California and has been here since. Idania has been in Journalism since Sophomore year and is involved in a variety of clubs. Idania’s goal in life is to finish school, go to college, and get a career as a lawyer. She is hardworking and honest. Her friends describe her as fun and kind.

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Jessica Calderon – Staff Writer (10)

Jessica Calderon is a sophomore at Pitman High School. The young lady is a focused person, knows what she wants and can most of the time figure out how to get it; she loves fashion, is obsessed with technology but still has trouble sending an e-mail… but her biggest pet-peeve is having to write about herself for random people every year. “Am I really supposed to describe myself for you?,” she would say, “how shallow… decide for yourself who you think I am.”

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Pauline Cepeda – Staff Writer (10)

Besides being an enthusiastic Chinese food lover, avid k-popper, and voracious reader, Pauline Cepeda would one day like to go to Neverland. Fueled by hopes of meeting Peter Pan and never growing up, she trudges on with her daily life writing for The Roaring Times and having to deal with three, quite mundane, brothers. Still, never losing sight of that not-so-realistic dream, Pauline would one day love to go on to college and pursue international relations. When done with school, (yay!) her goal is to travel around the world. Maybe, if she looks hard enough, she’ll find find her own Neverland……

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Jagjit Johal – Staff Writer (10)

Jagjit Johal enjoys many activities. He spends his free time playing many outdoor activities with his friends. The sports Jagjit and his friends engage against each other are football, soccer and basketball. Although he plays many sports and enjoys most of them, his overall favorite sport has to be basketball. After they are all done with the sport they’re playing, Jagjit and his friends just kick back and relax at the neighborhood park. Jagjit has many goals for an intellectual career. He wants to make it college, but has no idea where he wants to go. He plans on graduating high school and start his next four years to prepare for college. He spends his weekends playing fierce video games such as Call of Duty and Grand Theft Auto. There’s not much to know about him, as you can see he is really boring.

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Haley Jones – Staff Writer (10)

Haley Jones is a fifteen year old sophomore who loves life although, she doesn’t have much spare time. She lives at school and then gymnastics twenty hours a week. She has an obsession with nail polish and couldn’t live without ice cream! She enjoys shopping and anything to do with her friends! She is shy, but likes meeting new people and having many friends. Laughing, for her, is the best! Reading is not a favorite, nor is homework. Haley likes to eat anything from sushi to Mexican Food to In-N-Out. So basically, she loves to have fun!

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Claire Littlefield – Staff Writer (10)

Claire Littlefield is not your typical fifteen year old sophomore. She has a special little quirk about her. She was adopted from China! Besides this interesting little fact, she is the same as every other student at John H. Pitman High School in Turlock, California. She is an active member of the Pitman High School Marching Band. Claire knows how to play the piano and uses that skill to be part of the PHS Drum line as the mallet player! Claire also runs track for the Pitman High School Track Team! Claire was a competitive gymnast for eight years. She loved it, but the schedule got too time-consuming. Running track fulfills her athletic nature. She is part of Key Club, Journalism Club, FBLA, and Asian Club! Claire loves utilizing all that Pitman has to offer! When Claire grows up she wants to be a pediatrician specializing in neo-natal care, or maybe an oncologist. Claire would love to attend a UC campus when she goes to college. During her free time, Claire loves riding her orange beach cruiser with her friends! Claire is an only child so she loves hanging out with her friends. Claire loves to read! She especially loves Where the Red Fern Grows, Harry Potter, and the Chronicles of Narnia! Claire wishes to backpack Europe one day, just like her sixth grade teacher did. She would also love to go skydiving and swimming with dolphins! Claire likes school, but her favorite part of the day is her fourth period Journalism class!

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Jordan Aguiniga – Staff Writer (9)

Hi, my name is Jordan Aguiniga, and I am currently a freshman attending PitmanHigh School. I was born on August 20^th, 1997. I have two siblings in my family. I have one older sister named Alissa, who is 21. My younger sister is Morgan. Morgan is in the 6^th grade. I enjoy playing football and baseball. I am currently playing on the Pitman football team. I also plan on joining the Pitman baseball team. Besides playing sports I enjoy listening to music, watching sports on TV, and going swimming. My favorite hip-hop rapper is E-40. During the summer I took a trip toHawaii, it was one of the best trips of my life.

 

I would describe myself as a hard worker, athletic, and outgoing. I have brown eyes, and brown hair.

 

My favorite athletes are Buster Posey, and Orlando Cabera. My favorite sports teams are the San Fransisco Giants and the San Fransico 49ers. I have been to many Giants games, but no 49ers games. I collect many baseballs from many Giants pitchers. In my collection I have over ten balls. Let’s go Giants!

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Giselle Francis – Staff Writer (9)

My name is Giselle Francis and I’m a freshman atPitmanHigh School. Things you should know about me and my life are that I’m fun sized, funny, I have straight brown hair, brown eyes, I like to try new things, and I hate my last name! I have two sisters, a little brother, and my parents are still together. I love to text, swim, be on face book, watch jersey shore, and I also love t.i. I plan to go to college someday and make something of myself. There really isn’t much interesting that’s happened in my life or anything crazy or wild that I’ve done. All I do is text, watch TV, go to the gym, and be with my friends and family. That’s basically me not a very exciting person or life. Your welcome I helped you waste about two minutes of you life.

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Alexis Galindo – Staff Writer (9)

Alexis Galindo is living her teenage life to the fullest. Her mom brought her into this world on January 22^nd, 1997. She was born and raised here inTurlock,California. She loves running, dancing, playing softball, boys, and most of all her family. She has a passion for music. She couldn’t live without it. Her favorite artists are Drake, Trey Songz, and Justin Bieber. She’s not exactly what you call your normal girl, she loves being different. She is currently attendingPitmanHigh School as a freshman. As for her plans after high school, she hopes to go to The University of Southern California and major in pediatric oncology. She loves helping children. Her dream is to travel toItaly and to live inNew York. As you can see Alexis sets high expectations for herself and she plans to live up to them.

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Christy Giang – Staff Writer (9)

Christy Giang is a freshman at Pitman High this year. Some of her lifetime goals are to attend college at UCLA and become a pediatrician. Her favorite things to do in her free time are hanging out with friends, swimming, and sometimes reading. When she actually wants to read, her favorite things to read are magazines, non-fiction books, and news articles. Christy doesn’t play a particular sport, but the sports she thinks are fun are softball, volleyball, soccer, and swimming. Besides hanging out with friends and reading magazines, she also likes to listen to different types of music like R&B and Pop. Currently, her favorite artists are Nicki Minaj, Bruno Mars, Taylor Swift, Maroon 5, and Rihanna. She was born in Oakland on October 20th, 1997. She also has two sisters, Tracy and Jennifer Giang. Christy, along with her sisters, have done a lot of things in the past years, but one major thing is when they volunteered their time at a retirement home to make a big Thanksgiving dinner for the old folks. She wanted to become part of the Roaring Times staff because she always likes to be updated on everything like sports, events, clubs, and what’s new. She also likes reading news articles about different things. Not only does she want to be a pediatrician when she gets older, she also hopes to achieve all of her lifetime goals and become successful in life.

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Quentin Hernandez – Staff Writer (9)

My name is Quentin Juan Hernandez and I was born on November 6th,1996 at Doctors Hospital. My family and I lived in Modesto, California until I was five years old. In 2002 my family moved to Ceres, and this is where I live currently. When I was three years old I started taking karate lessons, and ended up with a red belt by the time I was seven. During my first year at kindergarten, I became very ill with meningitis. I was hospitalized for two weeks, but luckily got well. After moving to Ceres, I became very active in all sports including football, baseball, basketball, and soccer. I’ve been to four different schools since kindergarten, Brown, Whitmore Charter, TJHS, and now Pitman. I have two sisters ages three and twelve. Their names are Savannah and Presley, and like all little sisters, they can be annoying but I love them a lot. My parents are wonderful; they support me through everything, and encourage me to follow my dreams. I am now a freshman at Pitman High School and currently playing football. Now that I am in high school, I will be playing football, baseball, and wrestling. My ultimate goal is to receive a full ride scholarship for athletics, and academics. I would love to attend Ohio State, USC, or Michigan.

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Regina Kwon – Staff Writer (9)

Regina Kwon is one of the most girliest tomboys you’ll ever meet. Born in the wrong time period, her favorite memories are of those when she was younger. She still prefers being alone rather than entering a crowded place. Despite her passion for sleeping, Regina enjoys being wide awake and learning new things each and every day. Many blessed people have touched her life, and she highly appreciates the ones who have stayed with her through thick and thin.
Rivalry is something she can never escape from; although it is hard for her to understand, she takes these situations and tries to discard them. Some of her treasured hobbies are sketching and painting objects or people that inspire her. After all, she was born an adventurer! It’s difficult to stay grounded, yet simple for her to stay driven. She believes life itself is all about your self attitude, trusting your inner strengths and struggles, and sewing up all of your weak patches. Regina knows imperfection is quite beautiful, so she likes emphasizing her flaws. She is the biggest nerd ever; who excludes letting people know that side of her, only for them to find out.
It’s safe to say she’ll go out of her way to make her peers feel comfortable and most importantly –loved. Even though she can be vulnerable, and may have a few spineless spots, keep in mind she can be very aggressive, self-loathing, and unpredictable. She takes her thoughts and personal instincts into consideration, and always chooses mind over heart. In the end, she prefers showing others what she wants to show them and the rest is history. This California raised sweetheart can show multiple sides to her. One of her favorite quotes is, “She used to be the sweetest girl.”

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Miranda Lopez – Staff Writer (9)

Miranda Lopez is a young freshman, though her fantastic and fascinating life can be tough with all she has to deal with. Besides being a middle child, worship-leader-in training, and a great friend, she enjoys chatting and associating with people she doesn’t even know. Swimming is a sport she very much enjoys. Her interests include rocking out to music and praising GOD; Miranda loves to meet new people, she finds it interesting how each person reveals themselves to her. She adores JUSTIN DREW BIEBER with all her heart!!!! Her favorite actor is Tyler Perry; she thinks he is hilarious. Dancing is one of her passions. Aside from that she plans to attend college or a university to become a family or criminal lawyer. To travel the world is one of her ultimate dreams since she never traveled further than Los Angles. Oh, yeah, on December 27, 1996 Miranda entered the world.

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Erin Tait – Staff Writer (9)

Who is Erin Tait? Well many would say an evil spell maker; others would say an angel sent from above. Which one is she? The answer is neither, she is just a teenage girl who loves to swim, play water polo, run, and hang out with her friends. Her life revolves around school, she always makes sure she has done her homework and has studied for her tests. She just wants her to do her best and succeed in school, which is why she pushes herself so hard. Her favorite subject is math because she loves solving problems in her head, and on paper. When you first meet Erin she will probably seem very shy, but once she is comfortable around you and has known you for a while her true colors will she seen through her shell. One day she hopes to go to the college of her dreams (which unfortunately has not been decided yet.) She plans on majoring in pre-med. She hopes to pursue her career in medicine in either Los Angeles, or San Francisco. During the time she makes her mark on the medical word she plans on starting a family of her own, she will adopt children from other countries to give them a loving home. Her passion is baking; she loves to make things that are usually simple very beautiful. After retirement she hopes to open a small bakery. She plans on living her life to the fullest, never looking back always looking forward.

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Natalie Tout – Staff Writer (9)

Natalie Tout, an avid Harry Potter fan and theatre enthusiast, is fourteen years old. She was born in St. Louis, Missouri and moved to Turlock when she was seven. She participated in her first theatre production at the age of eight and has done six productions since, the latest being Hairspray with YES Company in Modesto. She is very active with YES Company and is a YES Ambassador this year. Outside of theatre and school, Natalie loves watching and reading Harry Potter, listening to music, and painting. She is loving high school and is excited about the many opportunities it presents. She wishes to travel to Nicaragua, Paris, Russia, and Virginia state before she gets married. She doesn’t know where she wants to go to college but wants to volunteer with the Red Cross during her college years. She hopes to become an archeologist or star on Broadway someday, whichever opportunity presents itself.

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Josh Wren – Staff Writer (9)

Josh Wren is a very enthusiastic freshman atPitmanHigh School. He is exceedingly tall for a freshman, or so he is told, at 6’4”.  He is very athletic and loves to play basketball. He is hoping to make the Freshman team this year. He has five siblings and is right in the middle of all of them. He was born in Modesto, but has lived inTurlockhis whole life. He is very funny and very easy-going. He loves to have fun and spend time with his friends. Also, as a huge supporter of music, he always has it playing in his house. Josh cannot live without his phone, because he is addicted to texting. He loves to write and is more than excited for this year, being a part of the Roaring Times staff.

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