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Satisfaction: Obsolete, page 3
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High hopes for State, page 5
May 2, 2014 Vol. 87 No.5
Gates open for Davis, page 6
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Staff Members Editor in Chief..............................................Bree Derry Senior Editors...........................................Lauren Reitz .................................Alex Boatman Business Manager...................................Erika Mullikin Website Editor...............................McKenna Anderson Graphics Editor and Historian...................Angelyn Cox Reporters.....................................................Chloe Kirk ...............................Kinsey Richardson ......................................Tilsen Mulalley Adviser..................................................Charity Egland
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Friday, May 2 Staff Editorial
Amazing technology leads to obsolete satisfaction
The world today contains more technological wonders than ever before: phones that work virtually anywhere, electrically powered vehicles, and even probes that reach to the farthest corners of the solar system. Such amazing technology even two decades ago people only dreamed of. Yet this technology wastes away on today’s generation, a group of people who fail to appreciate the signifigance of these innovations. Imagine a cellphone, the most primitive, clunky cell phone in existence; now ask a teenager what he thinks of it. “It’s old,” he might say. “How could anyone
Don’t Rock The Boat alexboatman senioreditor
YES LHS. This topic has been one of the most widely debated issues in this community for the past 10 years. As a student of Lewiston Independent School District No. 1 for almost 13 years, and now as an active voting member of this community, I say it is finally time for the voters to vote “yes” for a new high school building. Our present school lacks the necessary tools to provide students with a 21st-century education due to the lack of updated technology, the location of current facilities and safety issues for students. There is a saying “older than sliced bread.” Lewiston Senior High School is actually older than sliced bread. The main building was built in 1927 and sliced bread was introduced a year later in 1928. By the time my grandmother graduated in 1949, the building was already 20 years old; she is now nearly 85 years old. With the current school getting older every year, people in this community are apprehensive to vote “yes” because of the expense of building a new school and the conundrum of what to do with the current facility. A new building will not only benefit the almost-5,000 students in the school district, but will also pay dividends to the other 27,000 people in the city. A well-educated group of young people will make for better adults as they leave the protection of high school. People argue that there is no evidence a new high school will better educate
use this?” Yet people use that cellphone. More to the point, they found it extraordinary, the idea that they possessed the ability call a friend from anywhere, anytime. “People were dazzled by it,” Martin Cooper, inventor of the mobile phone, recalled for CNN in a 2009 interview. This foot-long, 2-lb. machine represented a huge leap forward. Then the human race relapsed into its addiction for innovation. Phones quickly advanced from their clunky ancestors to the small, sleek mini-computers used today. According to the Pew Research Center of Harvard students. As a student, I completely disagree. A better and improved learning environment increases the morale of the students in attendance. With the facility in its current state, it is a distraction trying to learn at LHS. Students must contend with the sprawling campus and the lack of technology used in our current learning environment. The campus is spread out over four square blocks and consists of six permanent buildings and with four portable classroom trailers. With the current set-up, the school leaves the students’ safety vulnerable. When athletes from LHS travel up north to play league opponents, they are exposed to what newer high schools in Idaho are like. We always ask each other, “Why can’t we have that?” It is the first thing I hear a majority of the time when stepping off the bus to enter other schools. LHS currently looks as if it doesn’t belong in the upper-echelon of Idaho high schools. In order to protect its students, the Pullman School District is remodeling its current school building due to safety concerns. The safety issues that the Pullman School District stressed are the amount of entrances into the 1970s high school building (seven). With all the buildings at LHS, there are approximately 39 entrances into classrooms from the outside into the 10 buildings that make up the campus. With so many entrances into the LHS campus buildings, it becomes safety hazard to all who occupy the high school. The Lewiston Police Department does the best it can, keeping a police officer on campus at all times. However, it becomes a difficult task to watch over a small community of over 1,000 people. A new school is needed to ensure the best security possible for both students and faculty. Again, it is time to vote YES LHS. Though building a new high school will have no direct effect on me, as I graduate this month, I still want what is best for Lewiston. Lewiston Senior High school will always be my home.
University, 78 percent of teenagers store one in their pocket daily. Yet, listen in the halls to what average teens say about their phones and other gizmos? Remarks about how slow devices are abound. A few seconds for that picture to pop up or that app to load feel like hours to them. Hailing from a generation used to recieving what they want as soon as possible, they will never know satisfaction, no matter how lightning-fast their machines operate. Another common complaint about technology pertains to what devices can achieve. If a person’s device arrives with
even a slight disadvantage to another, they consider it garbage. Why? Because the screen does not measure up to a different device? One feels better in the hand then another? No matter how small or petty the differences seem, they blow up to large proportions in a young person’s eyes today. The days in which a person gloated over their mechanical wonder’s capabilities passed long ago. No person seems satisfied with what they have. The people now only ask: “Why can’t it do more?” Satisfaction no longer exists; satisfaction: Obsolete. -T.M.
Where are they now: Growing up breederry editorinchief
It all begins with a glance – just a second of eye contact. A moment that holds you so still, you’re lost forever in that one second. The air charges with electricity, and then just as it began, it ends. You both continue walking, only to never to see each other again. Connections. Relationships. Everywhere you step, you form a connection with another person in some way. Whether it’s a friendship, a romantic partnership or a mutual disliking of one another, these intrapersonal ties wrap themselves around your arms, your legs and climb their way into your heart. A spider web of complication, connections can either poison those involved or help them grow. As children, innocence lives in everything we do. A young girl walks up to a perfect stranger and asks if they can be friends. This same little girl eventually finds herself best friends with most every child and adult she surrounds herself with. Batting eyelashes and a trusting smile can seem to be enough to wrap someone around her little finger without even trying. This simplicity found in childhood gradually degrades as we grow. Past experiences, thoughts and actions shape our futures, regardless of how we deny their effects on our lives. Friends with whom you find yourself so closely knit eventually drift as you change into the adult you’re meant to be. That same little girl may grow into a kind teacher, radiating warmth, or she may grow into a cold, surly authoritarian with little remorse. Somewhere along this little girl’s
path to adulthood someone will leave such an impact on her that she won’t be able to deny. Like an asteroid colliding with something in space, her path will be ultimately altered by the connections she forms. As social creatures, this has been the way we function for centuries now and it’s unlikely to change anytime soon. Similar to the ebb and flow of the tide, people in our lives will enter and exit so slowly that we hardly notice. But you already know that, don’t you? Throughout our journeys we continuously drift on an ocean of uncertainty. Through the storms, our loved ones comfort and ground us. But during the calm, we need to relax our hold on the lifeline they offer. A desperate need to cling to the familiar not only alienates the new connections you’ve formed, but may even push away those you care most about. While allowing your people to drift from you, the ability to embrace new experiences multiplies. So, I beg of you, don’t cling to the familiar. As Mark Twain once said, “Sail away from the safe harbor…” In order to fully relish the journey we undergo, we sometimes must let go of those who hold us back. Life is but an adventure. Don’t be too afraid to embrace the possibilities that present themselves in the most unusual ways.
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Friday, May 2 Lady Bengal runners dominate Boise Swinging their tournament, prepare for Districts way to state chloekirk reporter
Competing against 450 other student athletes, Lewiston track and field athletes swept the biggest meet of the season at the Pulse Invitational in Boise April 11. In Boise, 28 of Lewiston’s track athletes placed, with girls placing 15 times. Shevaun Ames, senior, and Katie Havens, sophomore, topped other Lewiston girls with four placements. Coach Keith Stuffle remarked, “We were top five on the girls’ team and boys’ team out of 20 teams. … We just did amazing things.” Ames finished second in 1,600-meter dash with a time of 5:21.10 minutes. In the 800 she finished second with a time of 2:21.58 min. and won the high jump with a height of 5-00.00. She also placed eighth in the 4x400-meter relay on a team with sophomores Hayley Weeks, Katie Schlangen and Havens. Havens finished the 400, placing thirteenth with a time of 1:05.67 min. For long jump she placed ninth with 14-11.00 ft. In the triple jump Havens placed eleventh with 32-02.50 ft. and the 4x400 relay. Megan Ralstin, senior, and Cecilia Wat-
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Junior Emilee Schlader competed in the high jump at the District II Meet of Champions, Thurs. May 1, at Sweeney Track in Lewiston.
kins, junior, placed high with their key events. Ralstin placed in the top three at two of her three events. She also finished second in the triple jump with 35-06.00 ft. and placed third in the long jump with 16-06.50 ft. Watkins won the pole vault with 10-06.00 ft. The boy aletes ended the tournament with 13 placements overall. Mason Schumaker flew past the competition and earned first in long jump with 20-02.75 ft. He also closed with fourth in triple jump with 43-05.75 ft. Continuing the winning streak, Zion Stuffle placed first in 110-meter hurdles with a time of 14.83 seconds and 300-hurdles with a
time of 38.35 sec., setting a school record. The boys’ 4x400 relay team finished sixth with the team of Drew Melton, senior Lance Dvorak, junior, Kempton Sharp, sophomore, and Stuffle with a time of 3:33.11 min. LHS track members prepare to wrap up the season with districts May 9 and 10, and the state competition May 16 and 17 in Boise. “It basically depends on times, how much you want it, how hard you practice and if you show you’re devoted. That’s what will get you in the meet,” Ames said.
Lewiston High School’s tennis team remained undefeated as they prepared for the Capital Classic tournament April 24 through 25 in Boise. The tournament, a 36-team showdown, consisted of teams from Washingthon, Idaho, Ore.gon, Utah and Montana. “The girls have a good chance to medal at State, and the Capital Classic was a good measuring stick,” said Assistant Coach Pat Teichmer. Brella Santana, freshman, placed highest of the whole team, finishing the tournement in third place for no. 2 singles, but lost in the semifinals. ZJ Mayton, senior, and Josey Jagelski, junior, no. 2 doubles, reached the quarter finals in no. 1 doubles. Undefeated in league, Vince Hewett, senior, blew past the competition in consolation brackets earning first place. “It just comes down to consistency and making the right moves… Maintaining momentum is key,” said Hewett.
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Scholastic gates open for Davis Multiple teachers seek new atmosphere haileysorenson
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“From the beginning, she’s been a hard worker,” Jackie Davis said describing her twin sister, Rachel Davis. Rachel Davis’ hard-working attitude certainly paid off when she received the Gates Millennium Scholarship, a full-ride scholarship to any college or university of her choice, Friday April 18. Only 1,000 eligible college-bound students with at least a 3.3 GPA who are of African American, American Indian/Alaska Native, Asian Pacific Islander American or Hispanic American ethnicity may receive this annual scholarship. The award allows Davis’ to attend a college virtually paid for. “I couldn’t believe it!” Davis said. An article in the Lewiston Morning Tribune sparked Davis’ interest when a student in Lapwai received it the previous year. Later, Davis’ counselor, Neil Williams, recommended this scholarship
for her. “I can become what I want,” Davis said. “I can go to graduate school and I don’t have to worry about money.” In order to apply, Davis wrote eight essays of varying topics, and submitted her transcripts, volunteer hours and extracurricular activities. “You get to see firsthand that good things happen to people that truly invest themselves and do a good job,” said Will Jones, LHS construction teacher who works with Davis as Skills USA adviser. Even with a full ride to any school of her choice, Davis still plans to attend University of Idaho to major in biochemistry. At first, she planned to work through college, but reconsidered when she received the scholarship. Davis said that instead of this scholarship just opening doors for it, it actually solidified her choice to attend U of I. “It’s given me a chance to participate in activities I might not have been able to before because of cost,” Davis said.
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With the close of the 2013-2014 school year, Pamela Moore, Kathy Forge, Sundee Phillips, Rochelle Dietz and Chelsey Caldwell planned to part with their careers LHS and seek various outside endeavors. Moore ends her relationship with the district after teaching 33 years of English 10, English 11, and science fiction at the high school as well as freshman English at Sacajawea Junior High. “My best memories from LHS are the opportunities I have had to work with some amazing students as well as a great group of colleagues - I will miss both,” recalled Forge, who taught at LHS for 11 years. Math teachers Phillips and Hendrickson both planned to leave after the present school year, but for different reasons. Phillips expressed her pending excitement to move to Reno, Nev.,
after 14 years of teaching. She felt most excited to experience the “activities and culture” of her upcoming home. Hendrickson, however, requested a yearlong leave of absence after 21 years of teaching. She stated that she felt excited to take her leave of absence and return for the 2015-2016 school year. “I’m looking forward to setting my own schedule and having time to improve my golf game,” Hendrickson said. First-year teachers Dietz and Caldwell both planned to resign for the same reason. Caldwell, band teacher, said she plans to move to Indiana to marry her boyfriend. “I didn’t want to leave this soon but I’ve lived here my entire life so I’m excited for a new adventure,” she said. Dietz, math teacher, planned to wed her fiancé, a transition which relocates her to Spokane, Wash., after her wedding during the month of July.
Students prepare to embark on tour of Europe mckennaanderson websiteeditor
Ten students met with Cynthia Yarno, French teacher, to discuss the itinerary for their summer trip to Europe, set to begin in July 2014. Students planned for the 13-day trip through fundraising, hoping to raise a little over $4,000 each. Initially, the students sold donuts and other baked goods during lunch and in Yarno’s classes earlier in the school year. But, this only produced “pocket change” in comparison to the estimated cost of traveling, Yarno noted. Attractions like Paris’ Eiffel Tower, London’s Big Ben and Rome’s Coliseum all line the road of entertainment and sightseeing for the students. “I’m really excited about [the trip].” said Lynsey Fenter, junior. “It’ll be really cool!” This trip proves to be her first time ever stepping on European soil. “I’m glad to be going on [the trip] for all
of the opportunities and experiences.” Explained Laine Lookabill, junior. Along with Fenter, he also happens to be a first-time international traveler. As her eleventh trip to Europe, Yarno already considered taking this trip again next year. “Almost always it opens their eyes to what is out there” Yarno said,. “When traveling they’re just going to see [Europe] and everything it has to offer.” Yarno’s every-other day French classes included a curriculum that mentally prepares students for the culture shock of arriving in a new country. This allowed preparation for the students planning to embark on the foreign adventure. The French language course she teaches every year not only offers the teaching of the language but also the culture and ways that France differs from the United States. The trip to Europe offers a cultural experience as a possibility for every student at LHS. The 10 travelers express their excitement for the trip and all the opportunities included.
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Friday, May 2 Russo brothers resurrect patriot... again mckennaanderson
websiteeditor
Just when it started to evaporate, the epic superhero movement continued on with Captain America: The Winter Soldier. The movie, directed by Anthony and Joe Russo and released April 14, earned over $95 million on opening weekend. After hurling himself into the icy waters of the Atlantic in 1945 in the first movie, S.H.I.E.L.D corporations recruits Captain America, played by Chris Evans, for help with special operations missions. In the film, a mysterious figure known as the Winter Soldier, surfaces as an expert assassin with uncanny strength. Captain America, aka Steve Rogers, and his unlikely sidekick, The Black Widow, continue to question the Winter Soldier’s true identity. The special effects played a large role
and helped the film appear realistic. Giant flying ships, mechanical arms and intelligent cars become believable with the incredible CGI graphics. The Black Widow, played by Scarlett Johansson, created a role that shone the most throughout the film. Johansson portrayed a character with a troubled past and the personality to show it. As Natasha Romanov, a former Russian spy, she travels to America and morphs into a master assassin, which S.H.I.E.L.D. quickly utilizes her skills and enlists her into their program. On the other hand, the relationships between characters often mislead and confused the audience. These relationships left viewers wondering if Captain Rogers and Natasha Romanov shared a romantic relationship but in the end viewers found it to be a sham. The movie left viewers confused and angry due to the complication of connections between characters. The most disappointing part of the film arises in the last 20 minutes. The Marvel film ended just like every other stereotypical superhero movie. The end grew dull as the audience watched the supposed “surprise,” which proved to be extremely predictable. All in all Captain America: The Winter Soldier offered more pros than cons. The film deserves 4 out of 5 stars for the special effects and characterization.
Purrcussion:
Throwback to Television’s Marquee Moon tilsenmulalley reporter
A gem of the 1970s post-punk generation, Television’s debut album Marquee Moon epitomizes a masterpiece of musical craftsmanship. Rarely talked about and easily overlooked, Marquee Moon deserves more recognition. Despite selling poorly in the United States upon the original release in 1977, the album now holds high regard as one of the most important releases in rock music history. Marquee Moon compiles impressive call and response guitar play, meaningful lyrics, and strong bass lines that creates a swirl of sounds too soft for punk, too hard for rhythm and blues, and just right for fans of rock music everywhere. A unique feature of Marquee Moon that sets it apart from other albums pertains to the use of two guitars instead of one. This feature outlines the album’s genius. One guitar plays a set of chords and the other replies with a different set in a call and response technique. This practice, used in every song on the album, becomes especially noticeable in the title
track. The first two minutes of the intro consisted entirely of this technique. The result creates a rock medley like nothing else in music today. The album contained a few quirks, however. To appreciate the track list, songs require careful listening to understand how they assemble. Hearing this in the background, instead of paying close attention to it, caused many of the songs to sound like cluttered messes of instrumentation. The complicated structures held together by advanced guitar rhythms become lost to the inattentive ear. Lead singer, Tom Verlaine’s voice also contains a unique lilt that sets it apart from the candy-coated ideal of what a voice sounds like in music. Because of this, a good chunk of the mainstream crowd tends to pass Television over. Despite these flaws, Marquee Moon remains a highly influential record in rock music that with multiple listenings reveals itself to be a quintessential piece for any rock enthusiast. For complicated, interlocking guitar, originality and meaningful lyrics, Marquee Moon receives four out of five stars.
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A little something for you incoming Freshmen: • • • • • • • • •
Make as many friends as possible at Bengal Connections Show your school spirit for football games by showing up in purple and gold Chew gum during tests, essays and quizzes (if allowed) Prepare for Homecoming, Prom, etc. a month ahead of time Join clubs, sports, and class events that show your talents Try to make a friend in each of your classes Don’t let the upper classmen get to you STUDY, STUDY, STUDY! Do not put homework off at the last minute! Challenge yourself, be organized, and most importantly...HAVE FUN!
High school isn’t about fitting in, it’s about finding yourself and standing out. Take pride in who you are and what you stand for.
Hip Skip Captain America: Thor : The Winter Soldier The Dark World Skyrim: The Seige
Thor: III: Diablo Reaper of Souls
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