The famous boy-wizard Harry Potter has his iconic lightning-bolt scar, inflicted by a Dark Wizard when he was a baby. However, it doesn’t take a spell to cause scars to form on your body. Scars are created when your skin gets torn, be it by a knife or a stray piece of sharp wood. However, unlike paper cuts and shallow skin injuries, the deeper layers of skin beneath the dead skin cells – the dermis – are damaged.
After the injury heals, the scar leaves behind a trace of what the wound was; how bad the trace is depends on how bad the injury was. Scars are generally flat and paler than the skin surrounding them. Why do scars look like this, and why do they form in the first place? When the dermis is torn, the body has to create new fibers of the protein collagen (the same stuff that forms your lips) to fix the damage. However, since the human body can’t repair the damage so it looks like it did beforehand, the scar appears as a result.
There are ways to remove scars partially (there is yet to be a way to remove them all the way), steroids, needling, and surgery being a few of them. However, these should not be done without consultation with a doctor.

Mitchell Haldane was honored with the Army and Seattle Seahawks Player of the Week award, last friday, September 11, after a stellar performance in the football game against Mariner. Haldane led the defensive unit with 11 tackles including 4 assisted tackles, a sack, and a forced fumble in a game that was ultimately determined by defensive strength. The Hawks came away with a thrilling 28-21 victory.

Later in an interview, Mitch said, “The only reason I was able to do what I did was because other people [on the team] were doing their jobs.”
However, by being honored as an athlete of the week, he is getting the recognition he deserves after an incredible performance.

Early in the third quarter, things were not looking good for Terrace. Down by a touchdown, Mariner’s running back broke loose for a huge gain that looked like a sure touchdown, but the hawks were able to trip him up inside the 5-yard line. Mitch called the next play the “turning point” in the game. When the situation seemed grim, Haldane and Sebastian Serphin forced a fumble at the 1-yard line that Jhalen Brown picked up and ran 99 yards for the Terrace score. Not only did that tie up the score, but it also got the Terrace crowd fired up and back into the game.

With momentum on their side, the Hawks were able to come away with the victory. Casey Ellersick scored the winning touchdown with less than a minute to go on a drive that was kept alive by two Mariner personal fouls on quarterback Brandyn Eckhart, and the defense crushing Mariner’s last hopes of coming back.

The Hawks’ winnings have not come without hard work. They have been training all summer in preparation for the season. “I worked out with the team as much as I could [during the summer] and we also went to camp [at Central Washington University] to get ready for the season,” said Mitch. Obviously the off-season training has paid off as the Hawks are off to their best start in years.

Terrace’s next game is on Friday against division rival Meadowdale at Edmonds Stadium and the team encourages everyone to come. “It pumps the team up hearing the crowds get loud.” said Mitch. It also happens to be Comcast’s game of the week. The game starts at 8:00pm. Be there.

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Satherwhaite’s car after being broken into Sept. 16 while at the school parking lot.

During the past week, four student automobiles, parked on campus, were subject to criminal activity.

On Thursday Sept. 10, senior Simon Miller’s ’96 Mitsubishi Eclipse was stolen from the front row parking spot it was occupying in the north side of the student parking lot.

“When I went outside and realized my car was stolen I went and talked to (Campus Resource Officer) Heidi (Froisland) and she didn’t believe me, so we went out and checked together. She said there was a tiny chance of getting it back,” Miller said.

School officials issued no announcement of the car theft, and it wasn’t until Sept. 16 when three student vehicles were reported broken in to, that any administrator commented on the situation.

“As kids were walking out of the building after school today, educational assistant Jerry Myers told them what happened,” Assistant Principal Scott Morrison said. “Tomorrow morning he (Myers) will be sitting in the parking lot, in the corner where most of this happened, telling students, ‘Hey this is where stuff got ripped off.’”

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“We’re putting in additional security measures tomorrow,” Officer Froisland said.

Sometime between the middle of advisory and first lunch, senior Todd Satterthwaite had roughly $850 worth of sound equipment taken from his ’89 Honda Civic, including an Alpine stereo, two 12” dual subwoofers, and an amplifier.

“I went to (Assistant Principal Scott) Morrison then (Officer) Heidi (Froisland) then they told me to fill out a theft report,” Satterthwaite said. “They said they couldn’t do anything about it. But luckily the battery (in his car) was dead so if (the thieves) did actually try to take the whole car it wouldn’t run.”

A Honda Prelude SI, parked in the front row of the student parking lot near the trees, belonging to senior Ben Winters was also broken into on Sept. 16 and approximately $500 worth of stereo equipment was stolen.

“My girlfriend found out my car was broken into before me, so she went in the school and filled out a police report,” Winters said.

“I don’t have theft insurance,” Winters said.

Junior, Jackie Quirante was also victim to automobile theft on Sep. 16 between second period and first lunch, when her ’92 Acura Integra was broken into and about $200 worth of stereo equipment was stolen. Her car was parked in the same area as Miller’s, Satterthwaite’s, and Winters’.

“I don’t know if my car insurance will cover this… my parents don’t know either,” Quirante said.

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“It just sucks because a lot of other people’s cars are being broken into and they’re (school officials) not taking any steps toward preventing that,” Quirante said. “I was talking to Morrison, kind of joking, about how we should get cameras and stuff, and he was like ‘yeah, budget cuts this year really limit that.’ The whole thing is kind of ridiculous.”

Last night at 7pm was the first varsity volleyball game of the season. For game one, the starting players were #2 Christine (CJ) Jensen, #3 Christine Lotz, #6 Raechel Pendergraft, #7 Liana Samuelson, #9 Kailtlyn Hatch, #13 Sarah Drew, and #11 Stephanie McGee.

The always massive team, Jackson Timberwolves, came en force and took down the last three of the four games played, in the non-conference match. These were dissapointing losses for the MTHS Girls in Spandex, who played hard and kept the scores neck-in-neck (25-23, 20-25,  23-25,  24-26).

Each girl posses a specific talent on the court yet they play so well together in almost perfect synch. Unfortunately, the littlest of misscomunication caused a laps in judgment, causing the three loses.

Raechel P. was a crowd favorite. When up to serve, Hawks fans went stir crazy cheering her on. Her and Stephanie McGee (both captains), really know how to lead their team, talking it up and keeping spirits high, though the opposing team towered over them by a good 2 feet. #5 player on Jackson even made the crowd shiver in intimidation.

Good eye to Christine Lotz who consistently saw the out, though others would most likely have gone for it.

Newbie #10 Shawna Pung, sophomore, surprised many, coming onto the court and serving Jackson with the slightest of taps to the volleyball over the net, scoring many a point. (more on Pung in the Oct. 8 print issue)

As the food radar continues to expand, people have broken away from the typical diet and created new ones. From the simple healthier diet to one that would help people lose weight. Among these are the South Beach diet, the Atkins diet, as well as veganism  and – a most unique one – the “raw foods” diet.

The Raw Foods Diet is almost self-explanatory – it contains unprocessed and uncooked plant foods, such as fresh fruits and vegetables, nuts, sprouts, grains, seeds, beans, dried fruit, and seaweed; everything in a raw or natural state. People consuming a raw foods diet eat all of the above, as well as drink freshly squeezed juices, purified water, and young coconut milk. The fruits and vegetables are preferably organic. Consumers of the raw food diet ultimately have to give up meat and dairy. Food cannot be cooked or processed at a temperature higher than 116 degrees Fahrenheit, as it is believed that cooking foods kills important nutrients as well as enzymes that help in digestion and absorption of foods. While this proves true in most cases, there are certain foods, such as tomatoes and carrots, which have a higher nutritional content when cooked.

There are benefits to the raw food diet. Studies show that with a diet in all raw foods, people had lower cholesterol and a higher vitamin A level, which helps protect against chronic diseases. This diet was also low in Trans fat, saturated fat, sodium and sugar, and high in fiber, potassium, and health-promoting nutrients found in raw fruits and vegetables called phytochemicals. Eating raw fruits and vegetables has also shown to reduce the risks of certain types of cancer, heart disease, and diabetes.

Cooking foods kills off harmful bacteria. With nothing being cooked at temperatures higher than 116 degrees, some harmful bacteria may not be killed. The raw food diet also lacks vitamin B12, iron, calcium, and omega-3 fatty acids. It is recommended that anyone on the raw food diet should eat foods that are fortified with these nutrients. Supplements are also highly recommended to get the needed amounts of vitamins and minerals.

So even thought there are benefits to the raw food diet it is not for everyone.

By Suzanne Cho

Hawkeye staff

Most students at MTHS have heard that human beings do not use the full potential of their brains, but this is in fact a myth.

The brain is one of the most important organs in the human body. It controls the central nervous system. It also helps with the coordination of walking, talking, breathing and thinking. The brain is also incredibly complex. However, research has gotten humans closer to understanding how the brain works, such as how much of the brain is used, as well as what parts of the brain are being used.

The brain uses its whole capacity to perform a human’s daily activities of eating, studying, thinking, playing, and even sleeping.

Brain imaging studies show that not one area of the brain is inactive. No matter what a person is doing, their brain is always active.  Here is an example:  If a person is sitting at a table and eating a sandwich, then the person is not actively using their feet. Instead, the person is concentrating on bringing the sandwich to their mouth, taking bites of it and chewing on it. However, that doesn’t mean that their feet aren’t working there’s still activity in them, such as blood flow, even when the person is not actually moving them. This situation is exactly related to how the brain works. While a person uses a certain part of their brain to do a task, the rest is still active.

Even when a person isn’t using their whole brain at one time, multiple tasks are done.

If a person wasn’t able to use a part of their brain, it would be useless and then there would no point of the brain being there.

Many people don’t realize that they are actively using the full capacity of their brains, even doing the simple things of resting and sleeping, but recent research has proven that this is correct.

Hi Campers,

Welcome back to a new school year. It is nice to see all your shiny faces! Sometimes summers turn out way different that you plan.

Here’s what I learned or did during my summer vacation:

•Discovered Urban Decay makeup.

• Attending or participated in a personal record number of weddings (Don’t get excited, not one of  them was mine!).

• Took care of a stroke victim.

• Learned how to edit photos on my new computer.

• I attempted to run over a rattlesnake.

• Went to the Nickelback concert.

• Left Dr. Cogburn and her dog on the side of the freeway.

• Stole a brain model.

• I got out of doing jury duty (it was canceled).

• Took field trip to a tortilla factory.

• Four wheeled through a field of poop.

• Watched season 4 of  “Lost.”

• Read lots of books and saw lots of movies.

As you can see, I didn’t do anything illegal, immoral, or down right nasty. But I did have fun and relaxed. Find me in room 135, even if I don’t know you, and entertain me with your summer stories. Where did you travel? Tell me about your family road trip. What great book or movie did you come across? And while you are thinking about telling me stories please forward the Hawkeye or me any questions related to health, relationships, or social events.

Humans will always have questions about their bodies. Whether it’s why we have an appendix or why some people have green eyes while others have brown. The Hawkeye has uncovered the answers to a few of these mysteries.

Why do we get brain freezes?
Brain freeze is the common name of a sphenopalatine ganglioneuralgia, which is just a brief cranial pain usually following the quick consumption of a cold food or beverage. A “brain freeze” happens because something with a cold temperature has touched the palate on the inside of your mouth. This usually starts about 10 seconds after the consumption of something cold and lasts about 20 seconds.

Why does hair curl?
Hair type affects everyone, it’s based on a persons genetics. Curly unmanageable hair is not ideal but it is said that people who have tightly coiled hair (most commonly found among African Americans) are descendents from high temperature places such as Africa where curly hair protects people from the sun’s harmful ultraviolet rays. This is supported by what Govindaraja V. Iyengar author of Element analysis of biological samples found in 1998 which was that, the straight hair found among many Caucasian people allowed UV light to pass through into the skin, but the curls commonly found among black people protect the scalp. Can women with breast implants breast-feed?

Many people believe that women with implants won’t be able to breast feed but the truth is it depends. Depends on what? When a breast implant is inserted the doctor is not intending to cause any damage but that does not change the fact that this event is common.

A few not so unusual complications that occur among implant patients are scarring and nerve damage. If the natural milk ducts in a woman’s breast are damaged this can cause it to be extremely difficult and depending on the situation impossible for the woman to breast feed.

Does eating human make you crazy?
Most students have made a Hannibal the Cannibal reference. But is Hannibal’s insanity caused by the fact that he was a cannibal? Do you really go insane from eating human meat? It’s debatable on whether or not wanting to eat human is already a classified case of insanity but insanity, caused by cannibalism has not been proven.

What happens when you get a bruise?
To a medical doctor this purple spot is called a contusion, which is an injury to the tissue usually without laceration. A common urban legend about bruises is that if you stab the bruise with a needle it will go away because the small hole made by the needle will allow the blood which has seeped into the surrounding tissue to be released. Unfortunately, there is no information to support this remedy. An effective way of reducing the pain and the unsightly colors that come with a contusion is to immediately apply ice to the area where a bruise might be forming. This method is recommended by doctors.

By Navarre Kerr

Bikini baristas seem to have become the latest coffee shop craze in the Mountlake Terrace community. On the evening of August 14 however the eye-catching attraction came not from swim wear but from two guitarists who both possess the uncanny ability to entertain virtually anyone. 2009 graduate Justin Correa and senior Gabe Much pioneered what will almost certainly become a local tradition in the recently opened Urban City Coffee. Justin asked the manager if she would like entertainment and she openly stated that she would like something every Friday if possible. Justin shortly thereafter recruited Gabe and the two began practicing only 3 days before the performance. Both Correa and Much are highly renowned for their charismatic charm and musical expertise so I came with high expectations. They delivered everything one could ask for and then some.

Within the first minute I was entranced in their melodies and found myself singing along to familiar tunes. The duo intertwined their renditions of well known hits as well as original songs. In the few days of practice Correa composed guitar parts for Much’s originals. Midway through the evening they introduced a form of musical entertainment unparallel to anything anyone had ever experienced. One person would play guitar while the other would tell a comedic improvisational story in what Correa so aptly titled “Story Time.” They had scheduled for a three hour time slot from 6:30-9:30pm but ended up running out of rehearsed songs with about an hour still remaining. Needless to say they didn’t let that diminish the warm ambiance they had woven.

Correa then whipped out a Beatles song book and the two began jamming once more with their unmatchable spirit. They motioned for the audience to join in and immediately everyone who knew even a snippet of the songs began to harmonize right along with them. After retiring the song book they commenced with songs both of them knew from memory which ranged from “The Red Hot Chili Peppers” to “Sublime.” They finalized the night with the song “No Rain” by “Blind Melon.” Throughout the evening around 35 people showed up. Some came shortly to just to get coffee while others came to stay and relax but all were enchanted by Correa and Much’s performance. Staying true to their reputations of continuous excellence they plan to continue weekly performances in early September. Whether you love coffee, hate coffee, or are completely indifferent to all things java, you will undoubtedly be satisfied with Correa and Much. If you don’t leave with a quenched thirst you will certainly leave with a full heart.

Ipod WAKE-UP LIGHT $ 199

Some teens need nothing short of a bullhorn blasting in their faces in order to wake up in the morning. However, some students appreciate a more subtle approach. The Philips’ Wake-Up Light looks like a soothing pillow with an iPod dock attached so the user can set its internal lamp to gradually illuminate in the morning just like a sunrise, even if the user is getting up before the crack of dawn to finish a paper.
The wake-up light can set the clock radio or iPod tunes to come on as the lamp begins to glow, or the user can even choose from a selection of wake-up sounds, ranging from “morning birds in the forest” to “sounds of the African jungle.”

SONY PSP GO $249

Available Oct. 1, the new Sony PSP Go is perfect way to blow off steam with an enhanced 3.8-in. display, slide-out controls, 16 GB of flash memory, Wi-Fi and a growing arsenal of downloadable games from the online PlayStation Web site.

DESIGNER USB FLASH DRIVES $16-25

With a mission to bring style and soul to consumer electronics, Mimobot flash drives offer a myriad of USB drives from 1GB to 8GB. Each USB drive has a specific theme or design. Like Star Wars? Or Halo? Mimobot offers a wide selection of clever USB drives based on the characters of Halo and Star Wars. Not into video games and sci-fi? Mimobot also carries various hello kitty USB drives, the ever popular Domo brand, as well. Each custom USB drive is 2.5” tall by 1” wide, and comes with a one-year limited warranty. For more information please check out the Web site www.mimoco.com.

LIVESCRIBE SMARTPEN $199

Taking notes during class just got a whole lot easier. At about the size of a Sharpie, this pen packs a voice recorder with up to 2 GB of storage; it remembers everything it has written in digital form so the handwritten notes can be synced with a PC or Mac. The smart pen also keeps track of whatever was being said while the notes were being taken — just tap a word to hear all of what Professor Motormouth was saying at that particular moment. How does it work? The Smartpen has infrared sensors that use the tiny dots on the custom (and required) Livescribe notebook paper.