1. Bailando - Enrique Iglesias Feat. Descemer Bueno & Gente De Zona2. I’m not the only one - Sam Smith3. Title - Meghan Trainor4. Go away - Weezer5. You will always bring me flowers - Shannon And The Clams6. Bloom - The Paper Kites7. Fluorescent adolescent - Arctic Monkeys8. Not your fault - AWOLNATION9. Sweet emotion - Aerosmith10. Will you still love me tomorrow - Amy Winehouse

11. Primetime - Janelle Monae Ft. Miguel12. Ultraviolence - Lana Del Rey13. Riptide - Vance Joy14. Rather be - Clean Bandit ft. Jess Glynne15. Ay Vamos - J. Balvin16. Boy Oh Boy - Diplo & GTA17. No Woman, No Cry - Bob Marley18. Hey Jude - The Beatles19. Lifestyle - Rich Gang Feat.Young Thug, Rich Homie Quan20. Losing Sleep - John Newman

20 Songs You Need to DownloadBy Suzy Brenton

Where in the World?The night of celebration of di-verse cultures was on full blast during Mountain’s annual Cul-ture Fest. Parents, grandparents, friends, and more attended to share their excitement. To greet them was an array of diverse cui-sine ranging from green onion pancakes to food you’d rather eat than attempt to pronounce.To begin the main event, Ai-mee Tan sang her rendition of the Chinese love song “Moon Crescent”. Her performance was charming and elegant, her voice perfectly illuminating through-out. “The chinese culture itself is really multicultural. So that’s pretty amazing to me” she stat-ed when asked about her fa-vorite thing about the culture.To exhibit more of the Chinese culture were Alice Jiang and Em-ily Cao. Jiang sang “Time Boils the Rain”, a Chinese song about growing up and reminiscing about childhood. She performed this song flawlessly, showcasing her gorgeous voice. On the oth-er hand, Cao decided to play the traditional Chinese stringed-in-strument called a Pipa, display-ing immense skill. Though dat-ing back 2000 years, the Pipa

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has maintained its populari-ty in the Chinese culture; that night, Cao made it clear why.Nawaal Abdul-Khaliq sang the In-dian song “Tu He Haqeequt”. She could not have been any cuter yet graceful on stage. The song was so catchy, the audience began to-clap along, livening up the night. Shepard Shi and Zheming Hu

displayed their culture by per-forming an upbeat Japanese song named “Kami no mani mani”. Shi and Hu not only sang the song, but they started their act with energetic dance moves that deserved a special mention.When Emanuele Piras first stepped foot on stage, you could clearly hear girls’ pierc-ing screams. So you can imag-ine how wild the crowd got when he started his unique light

dance to the song “The Future is Now”. They cheered as the lights dimmed and the balls of light took over the stage, rhyth-mically twirling to the beat.To end the night, the Latino club trotted out their salsa skills, every single member looking dashing in black and red. “[We’re] glad we finally get to show off our hard work” notes club member Nata-sha Bonney. And show off, they did. Considering that more than half the students in this group were not dancers, I’d say their performance was ¡Muy Bien!The night’s hosts, Robyn Lee and Sean Jiang, deserve a spe-cial mention. They excelled in displaying their tireless energy to the audience. Their little gim-micks were definitely worthy of the limelight. They even got Elsa to make a quick appear-ance, with much thanks to Sean.Despite the commotion, the purpose of the event was still evident; to celebrate diverse cultures. Awareness of differ-ent cultures is influential and holds great importance. “It’s to expand your horizon, you open your view more and you get to know more people” quotes Culture Night performer Emily Cao. Insight into different cul-tures widens your perspective, broadens your knowledge, and opens the world. Culture Fest demonstrated that broaden-ing and opening your mind is a fun and entertaining process.

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Let the Games Begin

By Lara Alverez

School spirit was definitely not out of style in this year’s Mountain Madness. From students to teachers, those who came out to show their support were no less than crazy… I mean, spirited. The two-day event opened with the grade eight students showing off their fresh-off-middle-school eager-ness. The bleachers were filled from top to bottom with brightly dressed students, cheering their lungs out. Cheer battles spontaneously broke out between Green and Red, their voices were heard all the way from the English hall. Needless to say, they were quite the enthusiastic bunchGrades nine and ten came next. These groups definitely were not messing around. Right as that buzzer sounded, one could clearly see blazing determi-nation in their eyes. Little trips and tum-bles were not enough to stop them.Leave it to the seniors to kick up the intensity. Every second of every game showed off their impressive athletic ability and skill. But it is easy to tell that in the midst of the sparta-like battles, they were having a blast. But wait!Did somebody call the fire depart-ment? Because the Spirit Squad was on fire! Ba dum tss. From the power rangers to a mustard bottle and ev-eryone inbetween, the Squad went all out and flaunted their inner cra-zy. Their over-the-top energy was unfailing. They were encouraging and supportive of their team, dis-playing exceptional sportsmanship. From the first minute with the grade

eights to the final seconds of their own games, they stayed hyped with spirit. A huge kudos to each and ev-ery member of the Spirit Squad!As the games came to an end, there was no clear winner: ev-ery team was neck and neck.“Red is pretty stacked with strong and athletic players this year. They’re probably [going to] win,” predicted a grade 12 student.However, contrary to this popular opinion, it was Green who proudly (and deservingly) took the trophy.The madness started with the grade eights’ energy and enthusiasm, ex-hibited the grade nines’ and tens’ diligence and competitiveness, and concluded with a display of the se-niors’ strength and athleticism. This year was definitely one to remember!

ClubChatBy Yasmin Rajwani

“An institution for educating chil-dren”, that is the definition of the word “school”. But a school has much more to offer. A school is filled with our choices, our interest, and our pas-sions. That is where all of our wonder-ful BMSS Clubs fit into the picture. If you didn’t get a chance to visit all the exciting booths on Clubs Day, don’t worry. It’s our pleasure to fill you in on the latest clubs. Find out where you can get involved with our new column exclusively about our school’s clubs.

“Dance with your heart, not your mind”, this is the motto for this year’s BMSS Shake n’ Bake Team. With 16 dancers, including members from a variety of grades, the Shake n’ Bake Team is a close-knit group that shares the same love for dance. Established in 2007, Shake n’ Bake is a team that values loy-alty, commitment and passion. “We are proud to call each other family”, team member June Lee comments. This year, all members will be competing as a se-nior team, with hope to form a junior team in the coming years. The common goal for all the members is to proudly represent our school at dance competi-tions throughout the Lower Mainland. During the year, Shake n’ Bake will be competing in Notorious, Adrenaline and

many more. “Wish us luck as we hope to bring it all home!” exclaims June Lee.

This month, PRINTS had the oppor-tunity to learn more about the BMSS Debate Society. If you didn’t know, the BMSS Debate Society is a club that offers the unique opportunity to do

what teenagers do best: argue! With a number of tournaments throughout the year, this club allows you to travel, strengthen your public speaking skills, and make a lot of new friends. For six years, the Debate Club has been pro-ducing excellent debaters that have gone on to place highly at interna-tional competitions. According to the BMSS Debate Society President, Nori-na Sun, club members have attended a few tournaments so far, including the annual UBC tournament, and are cur-rently preparing for upcoming com-petitions. All skill levels are welcome on the team and you may turn out to be a great debater! Club meetings take place every Thursday and Friday after school in Room 314, so join in!

These are just two of the interesting clubs that are ongoing at BMSS, so be on the look out for a club that you want to join. If you wish to have your own club featured in an article, please text 604-540-0027 to set up an inter-view. That’s it for this ClubChat!

Advice to the Grade 8s

By Miranda Sferra & Cari Ma

Welcome grade eights to Burnaby Moun-tain! Since this is your first year of high school the people at Prints would like to offer you a few tips and tricks to assist you in surviving. Here are some common struggles grade eights have and how we have responded. “This year I am really struggling in my math class more than ever before, what should I do?”Well, grade eight math is all about foun-dations and memorizing formulas, what we’ve done was writing the formulas on flashcards. The moment I would receive my test paper I suggest writing the formu-la while it was still fresh in my head, then I could refer to it during the test. Practice does make perfect, doing the unassigned questions as extra practice will help you be more comfortable with the questions. “I know it’s late in the year, but I am still having problems opening my lock-er in between blocks! What do I do?”Unfortunately there are only two solu-tions to this problem, you will just have to master it or take your lock home and practice. Remember to reset your lock by turning the dial past zero 2-3 times before entering your combination! “I am struggling to keep up with all of my assignments. I use my planner but I always feel like I am overloaded. Please help!”The weekend before, write down your classes in order for each day. This way when you look to see your homework you know exactly what you have to do in the order that you were assigned it. Also, if you can do all your homework the day you are as-signed it, managing the workload will be easier. Start your projects the day you were give the criteria, it’s much better to have it done in advance than pulling an allnighter.

We hope this helps :DPlease text 604-540-0027 if you have any more questions!

A Midsummers Nights Dream

By Aeden Taylor

It was without a doubt that the BMSS theatre department was bound to have a production full of Incantations, fog machines, ridiculous characters and sparkles. This year happened to include all of the above in A Midsummer Nights Dream by William Shakespeare! The play was in full motion from the very start of the school year with Saturday rehearsals, practices till dark and early morning line runs. Through all the sweat and tears blossomed a production that every participant would call a success. “I think the hardest thing about piecing this play together was having the time to commit to a character without missing any rehearsals” Said Emilia Mich (Peter Quince). In a production in-cluding 4 lovers, 7 Clowns, a handful of royal figures and about a million fairies the crew was bound to run into some rough patches. “I be-lieve the most difficult part about this produc-tion was the time lost at the beginning of the school year… it was difficult to memorize lines in such a short amount of time” said Brian Ly (Oberon). Memorizing Shakespeare isn’t a walk in the park, but luckily the whole group pulled through with only a few improvised lines like “thy ninny” and “though shalt not pass…”. But lets not forget about the highlights of the per-formance “ This play is timeless. We can make our own twist on the original version so it fits our cast’s and group’s personality” says Brain Ly. After months of hard work the production ran from November 24th -28th and wow what a week! After 5 shows in a row I promise you the cast was ready to have a good night’s sleep, but nothing could take away from the pride and memories that were created throughout the production. Special thank you to Ms Ru-dolph, for buying all the sparkles in the world and most of all for being the glue of the pro-duction. “Magical, glorious and… Tiring!” three words by Emilia Mich that best describe not only A Midsummer Nights Dream, but also the thoughts of every single person who put in the time and effort to create the performance.

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Meet the VPWHO IS THIS CLASSY LADY IN HEELS?The sight of a tall, slim lady, the sound of her busy heels, and the jin-gle of keys in her hand leaves you wondering who she is. (If you hav-en’t seen her before, you may have noticed her dressed up as Wilma for Halloween.) This year at Burnaby Mountain Secondary, we welcome Ms Aadland, our new Vice Principal!Some people say first impres-sions are the most important, so let’s see what the students at Burnaby Mountain think…“…I was at the office the other day and I heard the staff speaking high-ly of her. She is extremely willing to help out with the students and she is always smiling.” -Grade 12“Like Mr Chin and Mr Morton who are so much more active than any other admin at most schools, Ms Aadland being new at our school is just as active.” -Grade 12“She seemed very friend-ly and welcoming when I went to the school during the sum-mer to talk about course chang-es. I like her heels too.” -Grade 12“She seems like a powerful business woman.” -Grade 12We have all seen her walk busily around the school at some point. If you didn’t have the chance to meet her, now is the time! Here are some questions I asked Ms Aadland:1. How do you feel about the school environment?It has been a great experience. Mountain has been very welcom-

ing, students and staff. When I walk into the building, people are very friendly and I am always greeted.2. Has your experience with stu-dents been a positive or negative one?It has definitely been positive as students are constantly approach-ing me, and they ask “Who are you?” [she laughs]. It’s very nice that the students want to get to know me.3. What is the most difficult part of your day?Trying to do everything [laugh-ing]. I want to get to know the stu-dents, spend time with people in the school but I find that it’s dif-ficult to find time for everything.4. How is your experience at Moun-tain different from Burnaby North?I haven’t been around at this school for long so it’s hard to say. I was at Burnaby North for seven years, as a counsellor and then a vice prin-cipal. For Burnaby Mountain, I love the feel of this school, the commu-nity seems closer because the area is smaller and the central area in the school [the Commons] gathers a lot of students during events. I have nev-er seen so many students dressed up for Halloween out of any of the

schools I have been to. It’s great to see such school spirit. In com-parison, Burnaby North is very big and spread out so it’s very hard to gather the student body for events.5. What do you do in your office?I make parent phone calls, meet with students, work on timeta-bles, organize parent evenings, report cards, and other jobs that need to be done in the school that go through administration.6. How tall are you?I’m 5’7”, but I’m always wearing heels [she laughs]. I love walking around in heels; I won’t ever be without them!7. What is your favourite food and why?Steak and pasta, they’re good comfort foods and tasty.8. What do you do in your spare time?I spend time with my family and kids, we go to movies, and exercise every now and then [laughs]. Work takes up a lot of time, so spare time is al-ways spent with family and friends.9. What do most people say is their impression of you?Hmm… I don’t really know! I think I’m approachable, and students expect Vice Principals to be mean but I’m quite the opposite! Our job is not to be mean but to help the students get what they need.10. What are your goals this year?My main goal is to get to know the school and the people and find out what’s important to them. I want to see how I can fit in and help ev-eryone get better. I visualize find-ing my place at Burnaby Mountain and the contributions I can make.It was a great privilege to be able to interview Ms Aadland as she is so busy! She was approachable and friendly as I got to know her. If you ever have the chance to talk to her, you’ll have some good laughs.

Being citizens of Canada, we are privy to the amazing advantages of being a Canadian. These include the free-dom of speech, free healthcare, and one advantage I find most rewarding, multiculturalism and acceptance of all cultures from all around the world. It allows for the impressive exchange program here at Burnaby Mountain. It permits students from across the globe to come to our school and ex-perience the beauty that is Canada. But do we really know these students who wish we understood their cul-ture, and do they understand ours?

Austria is home to the world’s larg-est emerald and the Central Cemetery which holds over 2.5 million tombs (including the corpses of composers Beethoven, Schoenberg and Strauss). It is also home to Franziska Geismann. Franziska is currently attending BMSS and joined an exchange program or-ganization in order to travel and expe-rience the wonders of the world. She was originally interested in traveling to England, but was deterred by their weather patterns and general lack of friendliness. Lucky for us, she decid-ed on her second choice, Canada. Her hobbies include snowboarding, long-boarding, shopping, and traveling. Franziska enjoys BMSS so far, and has made many new friends in the first month of the school year. She likes all of the extracurricular programs and electives that this school has to offer, and her favorite classes include Culinary Arts Studies and Spanish. Franziska finds all members of the school to be very friendly, and will sorely miss us when the year is over.

The International Students at BMSS

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In the HeadlinesBy Daphne Patterson

Burnaby is embroiled in a municipal elec-tion; the Parliament Hill shooter had ties to a local mosque; the country is at war with an acronym; Israel and Palestine are at each other’s throats over the Temple Mount – oh wait, this is supposed to be a newspaper. If you are simply trawling for something to mention as a “current event” in your socials class next block, forget it. I’m just as ignorant as you. If you are scoffing at the vagueness and/or possible inaccura-cy of my so-called reporting, congrat-ulations: you are an informed citizen. If you are faking the aforesaid scoffing, well done: you’ve mastered an important life skill. I’m not being facetious. A thoughtful frown and some serious nod-ding will take you far. If you want to go a step further, a vague negative or interroga-tive (eg. “But what about…?”) can help keep your well-informed counterpart talking. This strategy will not work indefinitely, but it can buy you a little time. Hopefully, this will be enough time to frantically research what the heck ISIS stands for anyway, and what’s up with that building at UBC? See, you thought I was knowledgeable about something

But in the long run, you either care enough to open a local newspa-per and turn on the news, or you don’t. Since you’ve suffered through more than two hundred words of my pontifi-cating, I guess you deserve something: The Islamic State in Iraq and the Le-vant (eastern Mediterranean), still referred to as ISIS (originally the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria), is an al-Qaeda splinter group. It is in no way related to the Isis Research Cen-tre (named for the ancient Egyptian god-dess) at UBC’s Sauder School of Business. Michael Zehaf-Bibeau, who fa-tally shot Nathan Cirillo in Ottawa on Oc-tober 22, was asked to leave the Burnaby mosque (at the intersection of Canada Way and Rayside) after he had started sleeping there about a year ago. He was also openly critical of the mosque’s inclusive policies. On November 15, incumbent may-or Dereck Corrigan and the Burnaby Citi-zens Association faced down the more con-servative Burnaby First Coalition and a host of independent candidates for mayor, city councillors, and school trustees. Platforms ranged from rants against “bureaucratic tyr-anny” in the British Columbia school system to a proposal to ban handholding in public. And report cards will be issued on Wednesday. So, what do you choose to care about?

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Senior Girls Volleyball 1st in the Triple A League 1st in the Cake Tour-nament

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This year, BMSS is proud to welcome 18 new staff members to our school. We wish them the best in their posi-tions and hope they enjoy their time at Burnaby Mountain. Our dedicated staff members are the reason for our school’s success. Make sure to give them a smile next time you see them in the halls!Ms. E Aadland Vice PrincipalMs. T. Aaron CounsellorMr. W. Chow Business EducationMs. N. Corewyn

Aboriginal Success Teacher and Learning SupportMr. F. Culbert EnglishMr. P. Dudley Visual and Performing Arts In-structional LeaderP. Dutton Safe School SpecialistMs. N. Dyer Visual and Performing ArtsMs. O. Elesina Math (In for Ms. Hundal’s Ma-ternity Leave)Ms. D. Kawas ScienceC. Lau Aboriginal Youth and Family WorkerMs. D. Lewis PE Instructional Leader (Back from Maternity Leave)Ms. J. Mckay ScienceMs. G. Mehta Visual and Performing ArtsMs. L. Mindlin Learning SupportMr. T. Spruyt Technology EducationMs. N. Vangelista Social Studies (Back from Ma-ternity Leave)Mr. E. Walden French/MathWelcoming

the New Staff

By Yasmin Rajwani

The Laughing Lion What did the angry electron say when

it was repelled?

LET ME ATOM!

AQUARIUSFirst things first: you’re a realist. Be true to yourself and to every-one else around you. Speak your mind and let your feelings out.

ARIESYour anaconda wants to get good grades so study hard and it will pay off! Your future tests will yield excel-lent results as long as you try hard and ask questions in class. You can do this!

PISCESFootball hasn’t been known, his-torically, for bringing people to-gether. Today may prove to be the exception to that rule as you’ll fall in love with someone whose head looks very similar to a football.

TAURUSYou have good friends. Sometimes it may feel like you are all too busy for each other but in the end, you are the ones who will stand by one an-other and give support in times of need. Hug and thank a friend today.

GEMINI The start of this week will turn out almost exactly as you imagined. However, later this week something startling will destroy your founda-tional assumption that you will for-ever be alone. Because it turns out you won’t, you see? Yay for you!

CANCERToday is not your lucky day, but to-morrow will be instead. Don’t feel bad if things don’t go your way to-day because it will all be better to-

morrow. The stars are aligning just for you so do something great: be-lieve in yourself and you will succeed!

LEO Are you stressed out about school? You shouldn’t be! If you take a step away from your heaving course load, your numerous volunteer activities and constant extra-curricular com-mitments, you will see that the love of your life has been waiting for you.

LIBRAYou should not hesitate to tell your special someone how you feel. The probablility of such feelings being mutual are high this month! Don’t waste this precious opportunity, seize the moment, seize your love!

SCORPIOYou feel anxious about your first-term grades because you believe that you could have done better. Well, stop wor-rying! It will all turn around because the grades on your report card will be better than you expected! So calm down, relax, and enjoy the moment.

SAGITTARIUSYou feel constantly stressed by the amount of work you have to do ev-ery night. There has not been a night this term where you slept before 11 pm. However, tonight is your lucky night! Try your best to sleep before 10 pm and tomorrow you will feel rejuvenated and have enough ener-gy to complete all your homework!

CAPRICORNSpread your wings and get out of your comfort zone. Do some-thing unexpected and fun and make some memories. Thirty years from now, you’ll be glad you did.

VIRGOBe good to everyone around you and they will do the same in re-turn. Smile at five people you do not know and you will have an amazing day (and they will too)!

HOROSCOPES NOVEMBER 2014

Chocolate CakeIngredients

1 package devil’s food cake mix (reg-ular size) 1 package (1.4 ounces) sugar-free in-stant chocolate pudding mix 1 cup (8 ounces) fat-free sour cream1/2 cup unsweetened applesauce1/2 cup water2 eggs1/2 cup egg substitute

1/2 cup semisweet chocolate chips1-1/2 teaspoons confectioners’ sugar

Directions

Preheat the oven to 350°F.In a large mixing bowl, combine the first seven ingredients and mix it thor-oughly. Stir in half a cup of chocolate chips. Coat a 10-inch fluted tube pan with cooking spray and dust with flour; pour the batter into the pan. Bake for 45-50 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean.Let it cool for 10 minutes Transfer the cake from its pan to a wire rack to cool completely. Dust with confectioners’ sugar. Yield: 12 servings.

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