2017 Woodcraft Camp Vedette: Isuue 1

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What People Like About Culver

Issue 1 July 6, 2017

First Trimester Vedette Staff Editor Gabrielle Pecsi Photographers Gabrielle Pecsi, Trent Miles, Hannah Farmer, Camilo Morales Columnists Carola Roman, Faisal Alajaji, Gianni Hoffmann, Villarreal Mrimieves, Abby Cameron, Erika Garcia Carrillo, Addison Dollahan, Alexa Labella, Jack Duffy, Nicolas Fuentes, Teddy Foster and Weil Richmond, Kim Bandyopadhyay

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What People Like About Culver By: Carola Romรกn

I am writing about what woodcrafters like about Culver because there are a lot of different things that people like about Culver so I wanted to find out and write about it. I found that many people at Culver like many different things.

Q: What is your favorite class at Culver?

A: Ines Quijano (B2) and other butterflies said they liked: 1. Water Ski 2. Arts and Crafts 3. Equitation 4. Indian Crafts 5. Indian Dance 6. Ice Skating Other Cardinals chose classes that were more athletic than the butterflies.

They said they liked: 1. Tennis 2. Lacrosse 3. Volleyball 4. Soccer 5. Dance

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Q: What is the most serious class in Woodcraft?

A girl from B2 said Military Leadership was the most serious and important class in Woodcraft.

Then I asked about athletics. I asked if girls like cabin games or wing games better and if people liked track meets or swim meets?

Q: Do you like wing games or cabin games better?

A: Most people I asked said they liked cabin games better because they get to be with their cabins.

Q: Do you like swim meets or track meets better?

A: Many Butterflies said they liked swim meets better than track meets.

Finally, I asked about what they liked about Culver.

Q: What is your favorite part about Culver?

A: Estelle and Alley said they liked all the different activities and seeing their

Favorite Classes and Why By: Faisal Alajaji and Gianni Hoffmann

he could meet new people through classes. Nicolas from D7 his favorite classes were first, fitness, second soccer and third Indian Dance. He likes classes because he has fun in them. Bernardo in D6 likes equitation ,air rifle and skating. He enjoys class because he can learn new things in them. Javier in D7 likes Arts and craft because he enjoys drawing, Archery and geology. Aristotle in D7 likes sailing, Top Notch sailing and Many people wonder what the fawater skiing. Faisal in D5 likes top vorite classes at Woodcraft, so here notch rocketry, top notch scouting are some liked classes from a few and last but not least Vedette. Gianni campers. We asked campers what are D&B likes ice Hockey, basic aviation their top three classes and why did and last Vedette. And we like them they like classes. Egor from D&B said because we enjoy them and we have a his favorite classes were; first softball, lot of fun. second English, and third tennis. He answered he liked classes because The Vedette // Culver Summer Schools & Camps

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Culver Military Discipline by: Kim Bandyopadhyay In Culver’s summer camp all woodcraft campers are required to participate in military drills and marching.

Culver’s woodcraft camp is heavily based off the military. Every week campers have the chance of earning different banners such as the marching banner, the military achievement banner, and etc. But, in order to achieve this, the campers have to follow the honor card. Honesty, leadership, self-discipline, consideration, and cooperation are five of the principles on the honor card that everyone should apply to their daily lives in order to reach such goals.

What do you think of Culver’s Military Discipline(C.M.D.)? How do you think it is beneficial?

“I think C.M.D. is very tough”, says China Marzette from C1. “It is a good learning process. You get respect and toughness”, she says.

I agree with China, Culver military drills and discipline is hard. Woodcraft campers have to work hard to do a good job here at Culver. They have to persevere and stay determined.

Culver military has benefits, it teaches campers life lessons and discipline.

How has C.M.D. affected you? Do you think Culver is doing the right thing making Culver memorize the Honor Card?

“Culver makes you a better person; it helps throughout your life”, says Renata Balderama-Carillo from B1.

“I think they are right, because even when you’re not in camp you need to be cooperative, fair, and nice to everyone”, she continues.

Renata shows how even though Culver is strict with military discipline, it teaches campers important lessons.

So far, the honor card has helped me in many ways. For example, my cooperation skills have improved since my first year of Culver.

How has C.M.D. helped campers?

“Culver military drills make campers more disciplined and structured.

They take the Honor Card really serious to the point the Honor Card’s principles become a part of the campers. The strict discipline helps campers become more confident and more knowledgeable”, said Major Dewald.

“Culver teaches campers to look after each other and to feel empathy to others,” she adds.

The process of Bronze C’s(learners) turning into Silver C’s(listeners) and them turning into Gold C’s(leaders) teaches campers many positive things. Such as, Bronze C’s have a goal to achieve or something to work up to. Silver C’s have two jobs, to listen and to sometimes lead. Gold C’s have the responsibility to lead and to help out the Silver C’s and the Bronze C’s.

What are your thoughts on C.M.D.?

Are there any downsides to this? On a scale of 1-10, how stressful/over whelming is it?

By: Villarreal Mrimieves Everyone thinks that Upper school is better than Woodcraft because of the better food and more free time, but is it really better? We wanted to find out.

We had the pleasure of interviewing Mr. Green, the Director of Upper Schools, and some upper campers to tell us some differences between Woodcraft and Upper School. In Woodcraft, there are more campers than in Upper School, which has about 600 campers. The boys in Upper Schools must choose between the School of Aviation, the Naval School and the School of Horsemanship for classes, where in Woodcraft boys can take whatever classes they want. In both Woodcraft and Upper School, girls can take any class they want.

“I think that they’re good and professional,” says Paris Marzette. “No, the marching helps keep track of everyone and at breakfast we are all orderly”, continues Paris. “On a scale of 1-10, I would give it a 1, because it’s good for you, it’s rewarding, and gives you good habits”, explains Paris.

Some campers struggle with Culver’s Military drills and some people are okay with it. But, it is good to stay positive like Paris.

Overall, Culver Military Discipline (C.M.D.) defines Culver and makes it unique. At first, campers have a hard time getting used to the strict rules of Culver. Gradually, campers become more confident at Culver and excel.

It is easy to get discouraged, stressed out, and overwhelmed at Culver, but campers have to use the Honor Card, be determined, and hard work hard to truly have a fun time at Culver.

Upper School In Upper School, every camper has only one roommate instead of 11 or 12. Some of the newer rooms even have air conditioning! In every dorm, there is a phone that can use to call outside Culver every day. Upper campers also have more time to hang out with their friends and go the bookstore. There is also more free time for Upper campers, but they are stricter about what time to be at classes, formation, etc.

Something that is not so good about Upper Schools, is that they have retreats twice a week, one on Tuesday and another on Thursday. They also have stricter uniform requirements.

There are more military restrictions in Upper Camp than here at Woodcraft.

In Woodcraft we are divided by Gold”C” , Silver”C” , and Bronze”C” and in Upper Schools, they divide by classes, depending on their number of years at camp: First Class, Second Class, and Third Class.

They go to the movies on Wednesday, and it’s optional. You can stay and take a nap, but they have more classes than us. They have six classes in one day, but they don’t have the fun classes like we do here at Woodcraft!

In our opinion, we think that no matter if you are in Woodcraft or in Upper Schools, here at Culver, you will make memories that you will never forget in your lifetime.

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The Truth Behind Being a Major By: Erika Garcia Carrillo

The Culver Stables by: Addison Dollahan and Alexa Labella

Have you ever wondered what happens inside the Culver stables, or what people like most about the stables? We interviewed Elizabeth Beto from B1 and she said she loves the horses and she also loves grooming them. Next, we interviewed a riding teacher named Mrs. Haugas and she said she enjoys teaching at the stables because she loves the horses and the students.

The Culver Black Horse Troop has participated in the Presidential Inauguration Parades for the past 104 years. In 2016, Culver took 80 horses with them out of the 94 horses that live in the stables. I bet that the horses used fly spray for all of the inaugurations that they have participated in. In order to be in the black horse troop you have to go to Culver Winter School which is a sleep away high school.

I’ve always wanted to know what it’s like to be a major, and I thought that this class would be the perfect opportunity to find out. I asked some majors from different wings and divisions some questions, and their responses differed.

A: “I woke up, and my golf cart wasn’t there, but it was in the gaga pit,” Major Arvelo (Girls Director) said.

“I almost went to my old cabin out of Q: What’s the best part about being habit,” Major Roesler (D&B) said. major?

“Someone saying that I am more atA: “Getting to know every one of the tractive than a C2 major from when they were a camper,” Major Reeves girls,” Major Maes (B2) said.

(C2) said.

“I get to live in Headquarters,” Major As you can see, many majors enjoy Roesler (D&B) said. their job here at Woodcraft. Every ma“You get to know so many different jor mentioned in this paper, laughed girls and about them,” Major Dewald when asked questions about their job, (C3) said. and all of them have had some pretty interesting and funny experiences “Getting to know 62 girls instead of 12 here at Culver. While it can somegirls,” Major Reeves (C2) said. times be difficult and tiring to be a major, it’s ultimately a rewarding job.

The award for the top 2 fastest horses goes to… the Quarter Horse and the Thoroughbred. The Quarter Horse receives the award because it is the fastest for short-distance, but the thoroughbred would be faster for long distance.

One opinion that we have and would really like to share is that the stables is our favorite place to be.

The stables are extremely relaxing and peaceful because the horses inhabit the stables.

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Q: What is the weirdest thing that has happened to you while being major?!

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Aviation By: Jack Duffy and Nicolas Fuentes The Aviation program for Beavers and Cardinals is a very interesting program so we thought we should take a look at what they do. It is in the Dicke Math Hall and the Roberts Science Hall and you have to take a bus to get there on time. In the Aviation program in Woodcraft, they give an introduction to Upper School. Nikola Filipovic is the flight instructor in Woodcraft and told us that they cover instruments on the airplane and they don’t usually try the big simulators. Surprisingly, there has only been one person get their license since Nikola was here.

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After the interview, we asked if we could use their mini simulators and they said yes. The aviation program is amazing for all the ages but Beavers and Cardinals are the only ones allowed. We thought we should ask the head of aviation to see what she does in the aviation program. Major Welch told us that she loved planes as a little kid so she got her private piloting license. All you have to do to get into the aviation program is to sign up. If you are an outstanding student in aviation and have a lot of respect then you may be able to do the flyover during the Garrison

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Parade. After learning about what they do we wanted to know the history of the program so Major Welch said that the program started in the 1920’s and came back in 1972. The Culver airport got closed because of a person crashing in the lake and dying. Major Welch has been here as the aviation director since 2014. Each of their five planes gets used five to six times a day. Most days there can be about 30 flights a day. All in all, the staff on the Vedette recommends to you to join Culver aviation so you can get your license and fly planes.

Beason Park By: Teddy Foster and Weil Richmond Every year here at Culver each Divi- Q: What is your favorite part about sion/Wing gets the opportunity to go Beason and why? and spend the night at a place called A: “The fact of it being a vacation Beason. from camp, you get to grill amazing Beason is a small park about 30 food and you get as much food as you minutes outside of Culver that all want,” Major Maes (D7) said. the units get to go to once in their 6 weeks here at camp. Bronze and Q: What is a typical trip to Beason?

Silver Cs take the bus, while Gold Cs get to canoe to Beason. There are A: “You take the bus out to Beason, many activities you can do at Beaunless you are a Gold C, and have son like play sports, play dodgeball, free time once you get there. You get a cookout and sometimes a movie. to play sports and have a drill down.

While we were writing this article, we You also get to grill out and have good food, you also get to watch a movie heard that D7 was going to Beason and we decided to ask Major Maes a and have s’mores and sleep in the couple of questions related to Beason. Bunk House,” Major Maes (D7) said.

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Beason Park Continued Q: Why do kids like Beason so much?

A: “It’s a vacation away from camp and you get to have fun with your counselors. But their favorite part about Beason is that you can have your shirt untucked and you won’t get in trouble for it,” Major Maes (D7) said.

We also interviewed Cpt. Johnson, a counselor in D7, with the same questions and got totally different answers.

Q: What is your favorite part about

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Beason and why?

you get to sleep with everyone in your division/wing inside the bunkhouse,” Cpt. Johnson (D7) said.

A: “Being able to get away from camp for a night even though Culver is wide open, you sometimes feel Q: Why do kids like Beason so trapped here and it feels good to get much? out of routine for a night,” Cpt. Johnson (D7) said.

A: “Because it’s away from camp and it’s not strict at Beason and it feels Q: What is a typical trip to Beason? like you are in a new place and you can have fun,” Cpt. Johnson (D7) A: “You leave Woodcraft on a bus said. and once you get there you get to play sports like football and Kan Jam. All of the Woodcraft campers will get Also, the counselors cook hamburg- to go to Beason this summer and will ers and hot dogs for dinner. Then, enjoy most of these activities. you get to watch a movie and then

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Woodcraft Summer Movie Reviews By: Abby Cameron

Madagascar

This movie is about four animals living in the comfort of their home, a zoo in New York City.

One day, they escape, wanting more from life than being caged, and accidentally get shipped off to the island of Madagascar.

This adventurous story of freedom and friendship will have you leaving the auditorium laughing and satisfied. I like this movie because it is both funny and adventurous.

The Secret Life of Pets

The Secret Life of Pets is about a dog living comfortably alone, when suddenly a new “brother” comes along. The dog is forced to give up his attention from his owner.

They soon get captured by animal control and they have to set aside their differences and work together to get out of that “ruff ” situation.

This movie will make you learn about friendship, teamwork, and kindness. I like this movie because it is funny. In my opinion, though, the story plot is a bit all over the place.

Dolphin Tale

Inspired by a true story, a young dolphin named Winter hurts her tail in a crab trap while swimming in the ocean. She’s taken to a marine hospital, where doctors have to remove her tail and say she will never swim again.

However, with the help of a dedicated young boy and a skilled doctor, Winter can be saved and learn to swim again.

This great movie of caring will help you learn about friendship. I love how it’s inspired by a true story, and it shows the strength of friendship between people and animals.

Crooked Arrows

A mixed-blood Native American, Joe Rogan, returns to his family on the reservation after being away for many years. Joe wants to modernize the reservation, but he first must prove his loyalty to his tribe by rediscovering his ancestry. He becomes the head coach of the reservation’s high school lacrosse team, and faces some challenges as he prepares them to compete in the state championships against other elite lacrosse teams.

The Lego Batman Movie This movie will show you great sportsmanship and dedication.

This movie is about the famous suEven though I have not seen perhero Batman, getting a sidekick, Robin. Batman doesn’t want to adopt the movie, from the trailer I can him at first, but he also doesn’t want to expect great things from this movie. The movie sounds very live without a family anymore.

The entire movie is done with Lego fast-paced and interesting. animation, which isn’t common in many movies.

This hilarious story of acceptance and family will knock your socks off. The amazing stop-animation to the greatness to the story are great factors in this movie.

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