On March 7, there was a fire in the boys bathroom in the 1300 building. The fire was caused by a toilet paper roll that had been set on fire inside one of the stalls. No one was hurt from the fire and the bathroom is expected to be up and running soon.

Readiness Program teacher Joe Olesky, whose classroom is next to the boys bathroom, extinguished the fire.

Olesky was informed of the fire by students who had been standing outside. Olesky said that while he was teaching in the readiness program, some students came in and said, “hey, sorry to bother you but there is a fire in the bathroom.”

“If no one saw that fire or reported it, somebody could have gotten seriously hurt,” Olesky said.

Olesky was not the only person that student bystanders notified.

“The students were awesome,” Olesky said. “They got the APs and the principal, and the fire department was contacted. Everybody responded very fast and very professionally.”

According to Principal Kyle Ruggles, the response to the fire was swift.

It was “about five minutes from the time the teacher next door went and got a fire extinguisher and squirted it out to when the fire men came and said it was all clear,” Dr. Ruggles said.

Figuring out the costs associated with the fire has only just begun.

“We need to do the clean up before we can determine what the damage is,” Assistant Principal Bjorn Paige said.

The damage to the bathroom is not the only thing that the high school may need to pay for.

“With ambulance calls, someone needs to pay for that, and we may be financially liable,” Assistant Principal Mark Van Over said.

This fire also resembles a fire that occurred last year in the same boys bathroom.

According to campus supervisor Lori Branson, the fire last year started in the sink and as the flames grew, they caught the paper towels in the dispensers above the sink on fire, melting the dispensers off of the wall. Olesky, who also put out that fire, worries about the potentially dangerous actions of some students.

“I am just disappointed that someone disrespects an amazing school like La Costa Canyon to cause destruction to this school and to put other lives in jeopardy,” Olesky said.

Because of the fires, some teachers in the 1300’s were concerned how class was going to proceed because of all of the smoke coming up from downstairs.

“I honestly didn’t even know if we were going to be starting out the period teaching because I thought we were going to have a fire drill,” English teacher Kathryn Kevorkian said. “I was literally waiting for a fire drill and I told the students as they were coming in not to get anything out because I thought that we would be leaving.”

On Wednesday, the students who were believed to be responsible for the fire were caught.

“We discovered the individuals who were responsible for the bathroom incident and they have received appropriate consequences,” Dr. Ruggles said.

Dr. Ruggles stated that he was unable to confirm what was happening to the students.

“I can’t [say what the consequences are] but I can tell you that they are severe,” Dr. Ruggles said. “They are not only receiving severe consequences from the school, they are receiving severe consequences from other resources that can help them with their decision making process.”

Dr. Ruggles wants students to know that if they see anything going on that violates campus rules, it is important that students report it, adding that all names will be kept confidential.

“If you are not telling them to stop, you are contributing to the problem,” Dr. Ruggles said.

In the aftermath of the fire, Dr. Ruggles has decided not to get “paranoid” over one event.

“I do want to definitely increase supervision in those areas, and I do want to make sure that those areas remain safe at all times,” Dr. Ruggles said.

Olesky also urges people to report the students who are doing things like this on campus.

“Go report it to an AP or some of the counselors and we will make sure that [the reporting] student is protected and then we will let the APs do what they do best, and that is discipline,” Olesky said.

Dr. Ruggles thinks that fires are caused by people not thinking about the consequences of their actions.

“I think a lot of the time those who play with fire don’t really understand the damage that can happen with just one little match,” Dr. Ruggles said.

February 29 comes around once every four years. For most, it is a day filled with fun traditions, games, and, for one student, a birthday. Sophomore Alec McBride turned four years old on Leap Day this year.

“I like having my birthday on leap day because it comes once every four years and it makes this day extra special,” McBride said.

Because his birthday only comes around once every four years, on the years in between he is faced with the dilemma of choosing when to celebrate.

“I usually celebrate it on the twenty-eighth,” McBride said. “Even though it technically doesn’t count as my birthday, I like to imagine that it is.”

Because McBride’s birthday comes around so rarely, his family makes an effort to go all out whenever it is February 29.

“My best birthday memory was when I turned three, when I was twelve,” McBride said. “I got to go to Disneyland for about four days. It was the best birthday I have had so far.”

This year on McBride’s “fourth” birthday, his family gave him a car to commemorate the rare event.

When asked his feelings on only getting to have a true birthday once every four years, McBride said that he didn’t really mind. “I get to be the biggest preschooler in high school,” McBride said.

Five students sit behind a large desk plated with the title “La Costa Canyon.” They eagerly anticipate the questions of a host, then, ferociously hit their team buzzer in an attempt to be the first student to utter an answer. This is the typical setting of an academic team debate.

“It’s fun, if you like Jeopardy,” senior Nik Gorishek said.

The regulations of the academic league are basic. With 35 running minutes on the clock, the host asks toss-up questions from a wide variety of topics. Anything from typical subjects such as math, English, and science, to more obscure topics like current events, are all fair game.

“The questions are basically about everything,” Gorishek said. “Music and art questions are asked too, and those are things you don’t learn in school, so it’s challenging.”

Either team has the chance to answer a toss-up question for a point. If the team that buzzes in first gets the toss-up question right, they are then asked a bonus question worth three to five points. Bonus questions can be discussed as a team, but the captain must read the answer.

“Being the captain, you have a certain degree of responsibility,” senior Kevin Yei said. “The pressure is on you to get it right.”

The team practices once a week with varisty coach Paul Giuliano and junior varsity coach Doug Heflin–both of which are enthusiastic about the academic league (“A Team”) for more than just the opportunity to answer hard questions.

“Sports here at LCC are outstanding, and everyone knows that–it’s a great source of pride at our school,” Giuliano said. “The A Team can be just as exciting and just as adrenaline-filled during a close match.”

Giuliano also sees merit in being a part of such a unique extracurricular activity.

“It reflects what school is supposed to be about, high academic achievement, and combines that with the thrill of competition,” Giuliano said.

Like Giuliano, the players enjoy the challenge that comes along with the game, but seem to also enjoy the social aspect of being on a team.

“My favorite part is getting to hang out with my friends and compete at the same time,” Gorishek said.

The team’s most recent match against Pacific Ridge was televised by ITV at the San Diego County Office of Education. LCC started the match hot with senior Bryan Chiou quickly buzzing in to answer the first question about probability in olaying cards. They then continued to take a steady lead while Pacific Ridge failed to get many of their bonus questions right.

“[Pacific Ridge] hasn’t had a lot of experience,” Yei said. “They were relatively new, but I’m sure they will improve in years to come.”

The team was extremely relaxed on set. Players joked with one other, laughed often, and even came up with a comical answer when asked a question about the small intestine that stumped them. Rather than taking an educated guess, the team agreed on the reply that “it consists of the beginning, the middle, and the end,” sending the whole studio into a fit of laughter.

“I figured, if we had no idea of an answer and we are on TV, why not take a chance to enjoy it?” Yei said.

The match ended with a 94 to 32 score–a Maverick victory– giving the LCC academic team a record of two wins and no losses. Appearing on television didn’t cause A Team members to lose their cool.

“It was really interesting to be in a new setting with a studio, lights, and a camera,” Yei said. “But we played it like it was any other game, and did our best, like always.”

The match will be aired on Thursday, March 29, at 7:00 PM on channel 16 ITV.

Sample Qestions

 1.) Identify the country where you would find an ancient Easter tradition called “Smingus-Dyngus” — a custom of people pouring or splashing water on each other.

2.) Identify the title of the Shakespearean play that has the line “A horse! A horse ! My kingdom for a horse.”

3.) Name the planet has a diameter of 4,200 miles and orbits our sun every 687 days.

Answers: 1.) Poland.   2.) King Richard the Third.    3.) Mars

As a football and lacrosse player, I recognize that a typical stereotype of high school athletes is that we get special treatment and extra attention on campus. However, from experience, I know this perception is completely wrong. In reality, we are treated no differently than our peers.

Some of the special treatment that students think athletes get is with teachers. They think we get extra time to do assignments and that they take it easy on us if we have a game or practice, or even that we are graded easier because we have less time to do assigned work. All of these stereotypes are completely false and seem ridiculous to me.

First of all, the idea some have that we occasionally get extra time to do class assignments is completely false. The fact is, students who play sports get even less time to do their work.

For the students who don’t play sports, they go home and can start on their homework right away and continue working as long as necessary. Athletes, on the other hand, have to go to an after school workout often before they can go home.

Furthermore, there really is no special treatment received on days when we have a game after school or an event. Assignments are still due by the due date indicated for all students in the class. The thought that we are “cut some slack” when we have a game makes no sense to me at all. Not only do we have to do the same homework, but when we are excused early for a game, we also have to make up the classwork.

In addition, to make it even more of a challenge, we don’t receive all of the explanation on the classwork or homework, and we miss some of the instruction that all other students receive in class.

Finally, I have overheard students say that we are graded easier because the teachers think that we have to stay up late to get the work done or we have less time to do the work. However, teachers don’t know when their students do the work, or how long it takes them to do it. Some teachers are not even aware of which students are athletes in their classes.

The reality is many teachers don’t care; in fact, some hold athletes to a higher standard. Most maintain the same expectations for all students regardless of whether they play a sport or not. While some students think that athletes get it easy, I know and believe that we are treated the same as anybody else.

It’s homecoming: everyone is dancing; lights are blinding; everyone is shouting and whooping and hollering. I want to run. It is all just overwhelming. There are people literally everywhere. Reaching for me, talking at me. People I don’t know and probably never will, are much too close to me for my comfort zone.

I look up and see a gigantic blow-up slide. Something I would have killed to get to the top of when I was little, but that was before there were people crawling all around it. I seek the solace of some quiet place, someplace where no one could breathe on me.

I retreat to the stairs, dim and busy as they are. It is one place that I know no one will care about me. From these feelings, it would be easy to characterize me as an introvert.

I don’t see anything wrong or different about being an introvert. In fact, I rather like them. They are easier for me to be around and easier to relate to. I love people who are fine with just sitting and reading a book with a little bit of company; talking is not strictly needed to have a nice time together.

If you’re curious about what an introvert is, according to Oxford American Desk Dictionary, an introvert is “a shy, quiet person who is focused on their own thoughts and feelings.”

I feel it is important for people to know what an introvert is because it is so easy for us to be written off as moody, or shy, but that is not the case. It is possible for people to be content with simply sitting on their own.

I think that it is important that people realize that just because someone is sitting in the library reading a book does not mean that they are sad or lonely and you do not need to bother them. You do not need to take it upon yourself to attempt to “cheer them up.” They most likely are just fine on their own. It is not important for the label “introvert” to affect how you look at someone. Introverts can be good and bad people, just like any other large group of people. And considering that introverts make up about 25% of the American population (according to Jonathan Rauch of The Atlantic), it is quite likely that everyone will encounter a good-hearted introvert and a bad-hearted one.

Introverts are people who, when given the option of a group study session or studying at home in their room with flashcards, favor being alone. Introverts aer the people who feel like they do their best work on their own and would rather talk with their friends one-on-one than have a group conversation.

And And just because someone is an introvert and does not feel the need to stand on a soap box and shout his ideals, it does not mean that he will be forever overlooked in favor of their extroverted counterparts. Some well known introverts include Mother Teresa, Bill Gates, and President Barack Obama.

A common misconception about introverts is that they are reluctant to meet new people. In most cases, we (introverts) are considered to be shy simply because we, as CBS journalist Jeff Glor states, “prefer a smart, quiet conversation.” As opposed, for example, to thumping in a club and or socializing at a cocktail party where you can’t move.

The school experience of an introvert is quite a bit different than that of an extrovert. For instance, when my math teacher says the phrase “group quiz,” I cringe. I do not want to have any of my work be dependent on someone else. I would rather do poorly on a quiz and have it be my own fault than have other people be responsible for my grade.

That feeling of just wanting to work on my own is just one sign of an introvert. Another sign of being an introvert is that after going out into society, even if having a good time, I want nothing more than to plop into my bed and go to sleep.

Introverts are not really known for going to after-after-parties. In fact, one party could be good enough for us, if we go to any at all.

“Introverted people aren’t bothered by social situations,” Louis Schmidt, director of the Child Emotion Laboratory at McMaster University said in a recent Time article. “They just prefer not to engage.”

Introverts are not as easy to identify as people may think. We are not all sitting in the corner in a little black hooded jacket refusing to talk to other people.

According to Rauch, you know someone is an introvert if he or she is a person “who loves quiet conversations about feelings or ideas, and can give a dynamite presentation to a big audience, but seems awkward in groups and maladroit at small talk.”

Also, you may regard introverts as being “aloof” or hard to reach no matter how much you reach out to them.

And contrary to common belief, being an introvert is not something that you just “knock-off” or “grow out of.” It is a part of who you are as a person, like being a brunette. And you can try to hide it or change it by dying your hair red. But being and introvert is who you are. And I, for one, wouldn’t change it for the world.

Ever since I moved to San Diego, I’ve recognized LCC as the high school I wanted to say I was going to. The mascot, the school spirit, and definitely the football games, were just some of the things I was looking forward to as an incoming freshman.  But even though I really wanted to go to LCC, I was told by multiple people to keep my options open and consider SDA as well.

Academically, SDA’s block schedule makes college applications superior as you can earn 80 credits per semester versus LCC’s 60. Instead of each class taking a full year to complete, its duration is only a semester. However, I feel that you wouldn’t be able to understand the class fully as there wouldn’t be enough time to digest and cover concepts completely. So although at SDA you get more credits per semester, that doesn’t guarantee higher grades.

Teachers at LCC, on the other hand, have more time to fully explain the concepts so you can build on them in later courses because having a better base (the concepts), will ensure a higher, stronger building (the later courses or subjects). Based on that criteria, I thought that LCC was the better option.

Since college applications are somewhat based on high school grades, it’s the student’s job to get the best grades and the most credits they possibly can. So although more credits are offered at SDA, I felt like I could really balance out my high school experience at LCC while earning 60 credits per semester.

Then there’s the fact that at SDA, in my opinion, one does not get the full high school experience. For example, when it’s football season, you can always find an abundance of SDA students at the LCC home games. As they have no football team and can’t go to any games on their Friday nights, the SDA students who seek football come to LCC.

I feel football games are really beneficial to high school students because they provide students with a time and place to “get lessons” on how to be social. No classroom, and no teacher, could teach you that and that’s why the experience of a football game can really help the social aspect of a high school student’s life.

Football games are also good for people who physically need to hang out with their friends on a Friday night. I am definitely one of those people who can’t stand to be alone on the weekend, so Football games are a definite must which I would never give up.

Another factor I had to take into consideration was location. SDA would be a solid 30 minute drive to and from school and the daily commute would definitely prove to be a challenge. But LCC, on the other hand, is a three minute drive and a 10 minute walk, making it accessible. I knew there would always be an occasion where I would need to drive home and get something or have one of my parents drop it off for me.

LCC also has multiple programs that are exclusive in the district, such as the tutoring program, which is a valuable resource to all students who need help on homework or to study for an upcoming test. No other high school in the San Dieguito Union High School District has a tutoring program and for that, LCC has one more reason it’s so special!

The Mavericks also host many activities that are super fun and encourage campus participation such as Senior Tag Out, Dodgeball tournaments, Mav Fest, Movies in the Meadow, multiple Pep Rallies, and the carnival before Homecoming.

Making the transfer from middle school to LCC was somewhat of a challenge, but I am 100% positive I made the right choice. La Costa Canyon is a positive campus environment where I am learning new things on a daily basis. Between the sports programs, the curriculum, and the location, LCC was the perfect high school choice for me!

Challenge Day is a world wide program where students participate in breaking down social  barriers at their schools. The last time the program was held here was during the 2008-2009 school year. This year, the program lasted a total of three days; students, staff, and even a few parents took part in this event. Principal Kyle Ruggles didn’t want just students to participate.

“The Challenge Day mission is to provide youth and their communities with experiential programs that demonstrate the possibility of love and connection through the celebration of diversity, truth, and full expression,” Dr. Ruggles said.

At the beginning of the day, music and fun games are played in order to help everyone become more comfortable interacting and trusting their fellow participants.

“The music definitely started it off; it made us know each other and talk,” junior Sierra Fredricks said.

While many activities are fun, others are more emotionally charged for the participants. One of the more intimate activities included the “cross the line” exercise. In this activity, a facilitator reads off certain situations or circumstances to the group and if the situation applies to someone, he or she would cross the line. These games helped people open up to their classmates and realize that they were not alone.

“The activities made you open your eyes and see how people are doing in their life,” sophomore Maddy Hamala said. “It made you focus on everyone else instead of yourself.”

Another exercise involves joining a “Family Group.” During these groups, students are placed randomly into groups of five to seven people they wouldn’t regularly associate with. Each group includes one adult: a teacher, parent or other staff member.

Starting with the phrase “If you really knew me, you would know that…,” each group member is given exactly two minutes to share any life detail he or she wants. This was designed to help the other members of the group look past how that person acts in the every day world.

“This activity made me think that you may think you know some one’s life story, but you have no idea,” senior Hunter May said. The entire program lasts around 6 ½ hours. During that time students discovered that they have more in common with their peers than they previously thought.

“After this, I look at people differently,” freshman Emily Darling said. “I know their stories and I have an idea of what they’re going through. It made me think twice before I judge someone.”

The goal of Challenge Day is to bring stereotyped people together to understand each other and to perhaps become close friends with people they’ve never met before. At the end of the day, many participants did feel differently about their peers and almost couldn’t get enough.

“If I could change one thing it would be to make it longer,” freshman Pierce Harrington said. “I wanted it to last.”

One general but very important rule established at the beginning of the day is that what is said there, stays there. This helps students feel secure when it comes to sharing their personal experiences.

“I was very thankful for students being comfortable enough for them to open up,” English teacher Erika Wanczuk said. “It reminded me of how hard it can be to be a teenager.”

According to Challengeday.org, the program was founded by Yvonne and Rich Dutra St. John in 1987. They both shared an equal passion that in the future, every child could someday live in a world where they felt safe and happy.

Dr. Ruggles hopes to be able to bring back Challenge Day as soon as possible. The school was able to receive the funding for challenge day this year through the school budget, however the program costs $3,200 per day including the traveling expenses; the total being over $10,000.

“I’m hoping we can find funding for Challenge Day to be put in for next fall, and if not, definitely next February of the 2013 school year, and so on,” Dr. Ruggles said.

The Be the Change club help put this program together. They worked with Dr. Ruggles and Ms. Woods to be able to have challenge day happen.

“We help put a list of people who we thought could benefit from this program. Junior Alex Viser said, “ We also helped ms. Wood choose the days and contact the Challenge Day company.”

With so much positive feedback, people wondered why we weren’t able to have Challenge Day last year. Dr. Ruggles made the decision not to have it last year for two reasons. One because he didn’t want students to be taped, and second he felt that the students and staff wouldn’t open up as much and have the greatest possible experience they could have.

Challenge Day is in place so that anyone can learn to view people as they are, regardless of the way they dress, talk, who they socialize with.

“One Challenge Day is only a little difference,” junior Noah Lizerbram said. “But multiple Challenge Days would be a big difference.”

In an attempt to keep up with the trending obsession in the social networking field, La Costa Canyon has implemented the use of its very own Facebook and Twitter pages. These are both faculty-run pages that will be used to spread information about school and community events across the web.

Principal Kyle Ruggles believes that these pages will be beneficial to students and parents looking for updates on sports, assemblies, performances, band competitions, dances, student life, and school-wide events.

“It will be extremely useful in emergencies, especially,” Dr. Ruggles said. “Once we get more students connected to the page, it will be a very efficient way to get word out in those types of situations.”

The Facebook page was started on November 21, 2011. So far, there are a little over 150 students who “like” the page. However, the staff believes that it will be very popular in the near future.

“Once word gets out, I think we will see a rapidly growing increase in students connected with our websites,” Dr. Ruggles said.

The pages require a lot of attention, and numerous updates.

“I am going to be in charge of our Facebook and Twitter pages,” administrative assistant Sarah Smith said. “However, at this present time, Mark Van Over is the person in charge.”

The Twitter page is connected to Facebook, so their “tweets” are sent directly to the news feed. Currently, there are under 50 followers.

“It has proven to be a difficult thing to run and keep up with,” Dr. Ruggles said. “We will all try to do our best to update it as often as possible to provide accuracy to our students.”

Traditionally, students and teachers don’t connect through online social networking sites. However, the Facebook page is set up as a “liking” page, and unless a personal profile is public, the adminstrators running the account will not be allowed to access student’s private pages.

Twitter, on the other hand, is mostly public. There are settings to make profiles private though, if there is any student concern over administrators “lurking” their pages.

“I’m not really concerned,” said junior Jameson Burke. “I really don’t think that they will be specifically checking individual students’ profiles.”

Also, the main reason for creating the pages has nothing to do with interest in individual students’ profiles.

“We just want to meet students where they meet, Dr. Ruggles said. “That is, what we believe, the quickest way to get information out to our LCC families.”

Those looking to see these new pages can like the “Official La Costa Canyon” page on Facebook, and follow “@LCCMavs” on Twitter.

There are many alternative Facebook pages, with almost 1,000 “friends” each. La Costa Canyon ASB also has their own page, which is entirely student run.

A faint whiff of chlorine fills the lungs of fans eagerly staring into the pool, as water splashes and fourteen girls fight for a waterproof ball. What they don’t see, however, is the kicking, scratching, punching, and pushing that the water polo girls deal with in every game.

In order to excel despite the difficulty of the sport along with the unsportsmanlike conduct that takes place, the team dedicates hours to practice each evening.

“I practice every night with the team for a few hours and sometimes cross-train in the mornings,” junior Kelly Lawson said.

Senior captain Kara Bonilla also spends a majority of her free time in the water.

“I have put in so much time and effort, never missing practice and games,” Bonilla said. “It takes up most of my time, but it is worth it.”

With all the time spent, the girls have learned a lot about how to play to win. Players use different techniques in the water to remain afloat. One example is called the “egg beater,” in which players move their legs in circular motions to keep themselves treading water and to propel themselves out of the water to make a play on the ball.

Sophomore Emma Abrahamson tries finds that breathing is the key to maintaining her stamina through the intense game.

“I just make sure to keep taking deep breaths, so that way I don’t get as tired,” Abrahamson said.

As the girls fight to stay above the pool’s surface, the referees are constantly spotting for fouls. They don’t catch everything, but they are looking out for the integrity of the sport and the fairness of the game. However, when a referee misses something, it can give a team a huge advantage for a win.

“Sometimes girls can be really aggressive and they like to kick or push off of the other girls to score,” Abrahamson said.

Each member of the girls water polo team recalls experiencing foul play in the pool frequently.

“There’s a lot of kicking, scratching, and elbowing,” Bonilla said.

Coach Anthony Vail commented on how the aggression of the sport is a key factor in playing the game.

“Aggression is a huge part of water polo,” Vail said. “The more aggressive a player is, the less timid she is. However, being overly aggressive results in an automatic 30 second kick-out, man down situation.”

During practice, one of his main goals is to help the team curb their competitive nature to avoid penalties.

“Controlled aggression is the key,” Vail said. “The refs are standing above players on the pool deck so they can see almost everything, so obvious cheap shots and/or retaliations are forbidden. It’s all about showing no frustration, channeling your aggression, knowing when to release it at the right time.”

As for the season as a whole, the team is striving to be the school’s first girls water polo team to make it to CIF.

Get your sunscreen and tents ready and come experience one of the biggest music festivals of the year. Coachella 2012 is fast approaching and if you haven’t bought your ticket already, chances are, you are out of luck.

In an effort to accommodate the growing numbers of ardent music fans, “Goldenviolence,” the official festival promoter, has prepared two consecutive (and hopefully identical) weekends of the annual desert festival.

Held in the wasteland of Indio, California, Coachella is where a diverse group of people, young and old, have the opportunity to come together and venture into sensory overload of three days of nonstop musical performances.

Having experienced a massive musical festival myself, I see music festivals as a chance to put your differences aside and take a moment to do some hard core head banging or dance in a mosh pit.

After going to my first three-day long music festival in San Francisco, I harvested my love for music and the overall culture of such a musical extravaganza. The excitement, the curiosity, and the incessant noise enveloped me and I casted myself into ultimate bliss.

The idea of a Coachella-like music festival began with a performance by Pearl Jam on November 5, 1993 before thousands of fans on the hot, dried out lawns of the historic Empire Polo Fields. Proving its suitability t0 harbor large-scale rock events, the Empire Polo Fields became the official venue for the Coachella Music and Arts Festival.

Then, finally, six years later, on the weekend of October 9th, 1999, the first official Coachella festival was held. And since then, the event has expanded to three days for two weekends and has become an evolving craze among music fans.

Some notable bands that have performed at this desert music festival are the groups Arcade Fire, Morissey, The Killers, and Rage Against the Machine. No one can forget performances by Kanye West, Mumford and Sons, and Kings of Leon last year in 2011, either.

Now, after months of anticipation and mock lineups, the Coachella Music Festival officially announced their lineup and will be headlining The Black Keys, Radiohead, and rap artists Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg.

The festival will be held April 13-15 and April 20-22. So you can openly embrace that drenched stranger who has acquired a multitude of lovely odors during the festival. At the end of the day, you may pass out in your tent from a long day of heat, and sunburns — and the long lines for water.

For those of you who were lucky to snatch up on a festival pass, I congratulate you. Regardless of how you decide to spend your three days at Coachella, it is ultimately certain that you will have the experience of a lifetime.