Cub Reporter Issue 12

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REPORTER May 18, 2012

Lawrence Central High School, Indianapolis, Indiana

Volume 63, Issue 12

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What’s inside

3 opinions 8 features 13 news

Clear, concise reporting on the good, the bad and the ugly.

Someone’s got to do it.

Students’ perspectives on problems affecting Lawrence Central’s halls and the world beyond 56th Street.

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Trends are changing, the popcorn’s popping and yesterday’s in is tomorrow’s out. Don’t worry; we’ll help you keep up.

Scores, matches, games, meets and touchdowns. Lawrence Central Bears are back and with a vengeance.

Corrections.

The Cub Reporter corrects its mistakes.

If you believe the Cub Reporter made a mistake in a previous issue, please let us know by contacting a member of the staff or sending an email to elizabethgranger@msdlt.k12.in.us.

Staff.

Editor-in-Chief

Social Media Editor

Samantha Strong

Lane Creech

News Editors

Online Editors

Caroline Varie Meredith Varie

Leah Arenz Coleman LaBarr

Opinions Editors

Reporters

Carley Lanich Meredith Nordmann

Features Editors Katie Billman Sara Heiny

A+E Editor Kevin Kryah

Sports Editor Alex Kryah

Avarie Bowman Candace Bullock Sally Finkel Esbeida Flores Jacob Helmus Glynnis King Molly Liss

Adviser

Elizabeth Granger

Principal

Thomas Oestreich

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In the

library

“If I see something,

I can’t help but read it.”

Jessica Cherry, 10

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“It’s like

going somewhere else.”

Isaac Hernandez, 10

This year the media center reached a record in book circulation: 15,000.

LC’s top readers have contributed to this 3,000-book increase from last year.

“Different students have their ‘thing’ they do here at school,” media services director Nocha Flick said. “It is very rewarding to know that for some kids, reading is their thing.”

Readers in English 10 classes were also honored for their accomplishments. Among them were Jessica Cherry, Isaac Hernandez, Archer Jones, Mia Miller and Kaitlynn Nailon. Most of them have read 20 books or more.

“It (reading) helps me get through boring periods of time,” Jones said. “I’d go insane if I couldn’t read.”

Hernandez said he reads for fun, and “it’s like going somewhere else.”

The library currently conducts two reading celebrations every year. Teen Read Week and School Library Week are reading celebrations run by Friends of the LC Library, a student club. The top 10 readers in each grade level are awarded prizes. Past prizes included an iPod Nano, pizza coupons and ice cream parties.

Each semester, honored readers select books to donate to LC’s library in their name.

“I always enjoy celebrating their accomplishments because it is the readers among us who will be the informed leaders of tomorrow,” Flick said.

Library upgrades to come CarolineVarie

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Despite a new record in book circulation, the media center is continuing to make advances for next year. The library received a grant to purchase eBooks and digital reading devices, which are currently being piloted by the Friends of the LC Library club.

“I’m excited to grow that collection and the use of the eReaders — maybe even go district-wide,” Flick said.

Goals beyond the library include more collaboration on books that are be-

ing discussed in Readers’ and Writers’ workshops.

“We want to amp it up in order to get more people involved in the love of reading,” Flick said.

In addition to reading, the library provides other tools, including research and technology tools.

“The library is more than just an access point for books and technology.

We are a full service instructional resource…” Flick said.

Teachers also use the library as a collaboration space. “Whether it is to

discover how to use new electronic resources and databases or to learn how to create a movie with the teacher’s content—all of these and more are done right here in our LCHS library,” Flick said.

Libraries not only benefit students and the school, but also contribute to society, according to Flick.

“Student access to information and resources creates a free democratic society of informed and prepared adults who will participate in shaping the decisions of our country,” Flick said.

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Celebrating student successes

Scholarships among honors presented

Students were recognized at the annual Honors Night ceremony Wednesday, when it was announced that more than $5.1 million in scholarship money has been offered to the Class of 2012.

Academic scholarship winners include Lily Alexander, Miranda Anderson, Rosario Arroya, Jaspreet Bachra, Carly Barton, Aleya Beckwith, Kyle Becnel, Kelly Benz, Teresa Boone, Aleesha Broadus, Jessica Bun, Ashley Carr, Destiny Casson, Loren ChristleyKruer, Joshua DeAmicis, Allison Dunagin, Chelsea Emery, Esbeida Flores, Megan Fudge, Austin Galm, Michael Gaston, Afton Goins, Madeleine Griffin, Madison Haas.

Also, Victoria Herrmann, Jennifer Himes, Jeremy Hollowell, Olivia Horan, JaKayla Jackson, Daviona Johnson, Dominique Johnson, Lucas Kohnen, Alyandro Karnes, Keivonne Little, Yang Lu, Melissa MacNeur, Jasmin McCray, Calvin Mendel, Audrey Meyer, Michael Moffatt, Jackson Morrow, Leonard Patton, Reed Price, Eric Reynolds, De’Arra Roberts, Taylor Roberts, Wesley Rogers, Arielle Russell, Mackensey Saxton, Lawrence Schulmeyer, Adriana Seni, Magdalene Shanahan, Rayasia Simmons, Vivianne Smedley, Xavier Somerville, Samir Steinberg, Brooke Taylor, Francisco Tello, Meredith Varie, Ashley Watson, Krystal White, Karl Wida, Anastasia Williams, Nicholas Williams, Anthony Wise II, Kourtney Yamafuji, Sara Young.

Calvin Mendel was honored as a National Merit Scholarship semifinalist; Madeleine Griffin, Eric Kramer, Mackensey Saxton and Karl Simmons are Commended Scholars. Edson Ross Pereira is a National Hispanic Recognition Scholar, Arielle Russell a National Achievement Outstanding Participant and Ashley Marie King a Herbert Presidential Scholars Award winner.

Melissa MacNeur is the LEA Scholarship winner, Arielle Russell the Sandy Bartenbach Memorial Scholarship winner, Reed Price the Amy Dianne Beverland Scholarship winner.

Dwaine Bell Memorial scholarships went to Alexandra Frischmann and Edson Ross

Pereira; Jake Luther scholarships to Desarae Holmes and Thomas McGuire; the Marilyn HammerNiehaus and Carol Hammer Furry scholarship to Nicholas Baird; the Kristen Leah Wilson scholarship to Victoria Herrmann; the Ed Martin Legacy Fund scholarship to Samir Steinberg; the Deb Williams scholarship to Nicholas Baird; Duane Hodgin Character Achievement awards to Sean Gassen and Meredith Varie; the Edgar C. Seitz/Scott A. Seitz endowed scholarship to Brooke Taylor; the Richard H. Crosser memorial scholarship to Sean Gassen; the LTBBL Rich Burd memorial scholarship to Reed Price; the LTBBL Tom Ford scholarship to Nicholas Petr.

Art awards: to Zachary Barnett, Kaitlin Billman, Rachel Hedlund, Lindsey Redifer, Megan Hunt, Josselin Burgado, Lorin Jones, Alexandria Jacobs, Allison Specker, Jonathan Specker, Esmeraldo Murillo, Reed Price, Kyle Becnel, Abbey Braasch, Sarah Higgins, Alyssa Jackson. Reed Price was the Jim Doversberger award honoree.

Business a wa r d s : to Kelly Benz, Alexander Tonnis, Logan Treaster.

E n g lish as a Second Language awards: to Hery Patel and Pedro Alvarez Jr. English awards: to Shelby Claflin, Julia Klinestiver, Jessica Hodson, Bailey Garey, Kimberly Wylin, Sara Heiny, Kayla Becnel , Samantha Strong, JonZachary Forbes.

Cub Reporter awards: to Leah Arenz, Kaitlin Billman, David Dunn, Sara Heiny, Glynnis King, Alex Kryah, Kevin Kryah, Coleman LaBarr, Carley Lanich, Molly Liss, Samantha Mueller, Meredith Nordmann, Samantha Strong, Kristen Swanson, Caroline Varie. Yearbook awards: to Kelsey Hall and Alison Russo.

Speech awards: to Audrey Meyer, Samantha Strong.

Family and consumer science awards: to Melinda Boone, Elizabeth Cook, Kristin Wood.

Math awards: to Katelyn Richett, Connor Ward, Clark Harris, Samantha Strong, Olivia Horan, Mackensey Saxton, Katherine Powell, Kristen Swanson.

Performing Arts awards: to Meredith Varie, Kyra McGuirk, Lily Alexander, Cameron Clinton, Dexter Clardy, Sarah Desautels, Amber Duvall, Alexander Floyd, Dean Gardner, Clark Harris, Sara Heiny, Gabrielle Krauter, Mary Loftus, Jordan Meenan, Shannon Reid, Tyler Ruch, Elicia Schweitzer.

Also,

Rodenbeck, Arielle Russell, Glynnis King, Alexander Floyd, Samantha Strong, Cleo Wells, Steven Davis, Kelly Benz, Emily Byas.

Social studies awards: to Colin McCarthy, Connor Ward, Kate Harris, Benjamin Hilgendorf, Madalyn Roach, Kristen Swanson, Audrey Meyer.

World languages awards: to JanieLee Reed, Calvin Mendel, Kourtney Yamafuji, Meredith Varie, Rebecca Joel, Clark Harris, Kate Harris, Derek Muhl, Anastasia Williams, Amna Sohail, Jesus Bazan, Khadeisha Boone, Rebecca Duke, JonZachary Forbes, Samantha Strong.

AVID awards: to Rocio Torres, Iyana Wilson, Jawaan Wolfe, Teresa Boone.

A r m y awards: to Alexander Floyd, R y a n Hutchinson, Ashante Johnson, Keith Kirkpatrick, Karl K i s s i n g e r, Bradlee Steinius, Christopher Trice III, Daisey Ward.

Athletic department awards: to Brooke Mooney, Franklin Norris, Jeron Brown, Joseph Buhle, Graham Gardner, Mary Higgins, Desarae Holmes, Clayton LaBarr, Edson Ross Pereira, Stephen Rhodes, Magdalene Shanahan, Toni Sicely, Brooke Taylor, Ali Thomas, Krystal White, Jaspreet Bachra, Marciellion Gardner, Montayla Holder.

Four-year perfect attendance awards: to Cub artwork/Anna Zanoni Ana Cockerham, Briana CockerSamuel Short, Elexis Edmonds, ham, Reed Price, Kevin Schmitt.

Perri Smith, Nathaniel Wade, Superintendent’s academic Isaac Wellhausen. awards, for all A’s in high school: Physical education awards: to to seniors Calvin Mendel, Arielle Karis Johnson, Aaren Bandy, Max- Russell, Meredith Varie; juniors well Leko, Rachel Mosher, Britta- Erin Ellefsen, Alexander Floyd, ny Melzoni, Katreal Boone, Emily JonZachary Forbes, Griffin GardNeff. ner, Clark Harris, Katherine Pow Science awards: to Destiny ell, Samantha Strong, Kristen Casson, Joshua Martin, Sarah Swanson, Kimberly Wylin; sopho-

mores Kaitlin Billman, Mikayla Burrell, Leah Frischmann, Kate Harris, Jessica Hodson, Nicole Moffatt, Grant Tomlin, Ena Tully.

Presidential four-year academic awards, for a GPA of at least 3.5, to: Rosario Arroyo, Philip Austrom, Jaspreet Bachra, Nicholas Baird, Carly Barton, Erin Becker, Aleya Beckwith, Kelly Benz, Zachary Bowman, Rachel Brammer, Jalen Brummer, Jessica Bun, Kevin Carson, Destiny Casson, Sarah Charles, Joshua Christensen, Loren Christley-Kruer, Margaret Crawford.

Also, Joshua DeAmicis, Rebecca Dodge, Patrick Draga, David Dunn, Jonathan Ellefsen, Benjamin Elser, Chelsea Emery, Brandon Feldmeier, Esbeida Flores, Gretchen Foley, Alexandra Frischmann, Megan Fudge, Austin Galm, Graham Gardner, Sean Gassen, David Gilstrap, Afton Goins, Taylar Green, Madeleine Griffin.

And, Zachary Griffin, Madison Haas, Kelsey Hall, Lauren Hebel, Kelly Hebenstreit, Daniel Hennessy, Victoria Herrmann, Jennifer Himes, Kyle Hoffman, Anna Hooker, Olivia Horan, Kathryn Jackson, Cameron Jones, Glendon Jones, Eric Kramer, Danielle Kroetz, Kevin Kryah, Robert Laster, Karleigh Latinovich, Sarah Littell, Keivonne Little, Eric Loy, Yang Lu, Logan Lukens, Arielle Lupinacci, Melissa MacNeur, Lauren Madsen, JoelleMartin, Jasmin McCray.

And, Thomas McGuire, Calvin Mendel, Audrey Meyer, Michael Moffatt Jr., Jackson Morrow, Tiera Moseley, Sarah Mott, Josh Palacios, Edson Ross Pereira, Nicholas Petr, Ravel Powell, Reed Price, Janie-Lee Reed, Eric Reynolds, Alexis Rivers, Carlos Rodriguez Reyes, Emily Rogers, Wesley Rogers, Arielle Russell, Alison Russo, Mackensey Saxton, Kevin Schmitt, Adriana Seni, Rayasia Simmons, Vivianne Smedley, Matthew Smith, Xavier Somerville, Samir Steinberg, Brooke Taylor, Rachel Taylor, Ali Thomas, Logan Treaster, Valerie Tubbs, Katherine Ullrich, Sarah Ullrich, Meredith Varie, Raleigh Walker, Anastasia Williams, Stacia Williams, Kourtney Yamafuji, Sara Young.

Editor’s note: Because information was taken from a preliminary program several days before the ceremony in order to meet the Cub deadline, some names may be missing.

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Shafer named Teacher of the Year

MARK

YOUR

CALENDAR

May 18: Senior finals - M7, M8 May 21: Senior finals - G3, G4 May 22: All finals - M5, M6 May 23: All finals - G1, G2 May 23: College-bound student athlete reception, 11 a.m., Studio Theatre May 23: Performing arts awards ceremony, 6 p.m., auditorium May 24: Senior Service Day May 24: Underclass finals - M8, M7 May 25: Underclass finals - G4, G3 May 25: Graduation practice, 11 a.m., Pepsi Coliseum May 26: Graduation, 3 p.m., Pepsi Coliseum Aug. 13: Students report to school for the start of the 2012-2013 school year. Yes, it’s a Monday!

Lonzo Buggs named Employee of the Year

FOR

PARENTS

Fuldauer leaving board

Lawrence Township Board of Education vice president Susan Fuldauer has resigned effective June 11 in order to take another professional opportunity. The school board will select up to three finalists based on an application process, in which eligible residents of District 3 may participate. Public interviews will be held in mid-June for the selected finalists, and a replacement will be appointed by June 25.

Summer reading expected

Students are expected to do specific summer readings for their English classes; many classes have assignments based on the summer reading which are due at the beginning of the school year.

A listing of books and assignments for each grade level is on the school’s website under “Summer reading list for all high school students.”

Information compiled

by CR staff

MeredithVarie

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Vicki Shafer, art department chairman, was named Lawrence Central’s teacher of the year, and Lonzo Buggs, assistant to the dean, was named employee of the year.

Shafer said, “To be on a faculty like LC’s faculty, it’s humbling to be one of the teachers they would deem teacher of the year because there are so many

teachers I admire and respect.

And it’s been a 30-year career for me… It’s a passion and I know there are many other teachers who feel the same. It’s a great honor.”

Shafer will go on to compete for Lawrence Township’s teacher of the year. The competition will progress to the state level and then on to naming the national teacher of the year.

“This is the first year that LT has participated in the program, so there will be one teacher from every school which will be in the running for district

teacher of the year up to the state and national level,” Shafer said. “I can’t ignore the fact that I get to work with some of the most outstanding people in the world, too.”

Employee of the year, unlike teacher of the year, is a recognition started this year only LC. “It’s a good accomplishment,” Buggs said. “It’s good knowing the school recognizes my hard work with the kids and that they know… I don’t just hand out discipline. I try to talk to the kids, counsel them, find out what the problem is.”

Cub photo/Elizabeth Granger

Numero de votantes latinos reduce EsbeidaFlores esbeidaflorescub@gmail.com Un estudio encontró que el registro de votantes latinos se redujo en los años 2006 y 2010. “Vemos que por primera vez desde 1970 que el registro de votantes latinos no crecen en no consecutivos ciclos presidenciales”, dijo Antonio Gonzáles presidente del Instituto Velásquez. “Una disminución significativa en el

registro nacional de votantes la- traron para votar en su nuevo tinos en 2010 podría disminuir domicilio. Los líderes latinos diel tamaño de la participación de cen que su decepción por el fralos votantes latinos en noviem- caso de Obama de mantener las bre de 2012 por más de un promesas sobre la reforma de millón de voinmigración, aumento de tos”, agregó ...el voto latino deportacioGonzález. será el que decida Los aunes, y la dura tores del esretórica relas elecciones del tudio tienen publicana de 2012.” varias teorías inmigración también poacerca de la disminución. Una de ellas dría ser otra razón. También pues la recesión, al menos par- ede ser el nuevo procedimiento cialmente. Los hispanos que de registro y las leyes de identiperdieron sus empleos pueden ficación de votantes. haberse movido en busca de Esta alarmante dismiun nuevo trabajo y no se regis- nución de votantes hispanos

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registrados ha llevado a los líderes latinos a empezar un nuevo movimiento. La Federación Hispana, el Consejo Laboral para América Latina y la Liga de Ciudadanos Latinoamericanos Unidos, anunció en una conferencia de prensa un proyecto de coalición llamada Movimiento Hispano. Su objetivo era registrar 2 millones de nuevos votantes para las elecciones generales de noviembre, lo que llevara el número total de latinos registrados a 12 millones. Esta iniciativa también nació por el reportaje de TIME Magazine al predecir que el voto latino será el que decida

Number of Latino voters decreases This is the English translation of the column above.

A study found the number of registered Latino voters decreased in 2006 and 2010.

“We see for the first time since 1970 that the number of registered Latino voters did not grow between consecutive presidential elections,” Antonio Gonzáles, president of the Velásquez Institute, said. “A significant decrease in the national registration of Latino voters in 2010 could reduce the level of participation by Latino voters in November 2012 by

more than one million votes,” Obama’s failure to maintain his González added. promises about immigration, The authors of the study the number of deportations,and have various theories about the lasting Republican rhetoric the reduction. One such theo- about immigration could also ry is that the be another recession is reason for ...the Latino vote will the decreased to blame, at least partially. be the deciding fac- numbers. It The Hispanalso tor in the 2012 elec- could ics who lost be a result of tions.” their jobs may the new reghave moved istration proin search of new jobs and may cedures and laws involved in have therefore not registered to identifying voters.

This alarming decrease vote in their new state. Latino leaders say the disappointment in registered Hispanic votsurrounding President Barack ers has brought Latino leaders

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to start a new movement. The Hispanic Federation, the Latin American Labor Counsel and the League of Latin American Citizens United announced in a press conference a coalition project called Movement Hispanic. Its objective is to register 2 million new voters for the general elections in November, a move which would raise the total number of registered Latino voters to 12 million. This initiative was born also of the TIME Magazine article that predicted the Latino vote would be the deciding factor of the 2012 elections.

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BRIEFS

Free online summer classes

The Indiana Online Academy (IOA) is offering free online classes this summer.

Students who are interested in taking classes through IOA may register at www. indianaonlineacademy.org until May 31. The summer session runs June 4-July 26.

Students may take up to two semester-long classes. Only one physical education credit may be earned per summer session, however. Students are to see their guidance counselors for additional information.

Cubs win state honors

Five Cub Reporter staff members have won seven awards from the Woman’s Press Club of Indiana. They are: - Senior Kevin Kryah in reviews.

- Junior Alex Kryah in columns.

- Junior Samantha Strong in news story and in feature photography.

- Junior Sara Heiny in feature stories and in opinion.

- Junior Coleman LaBarr in sports photography.

Both Kryah brothers took first place at the national level, Kevin in reviews and Alex in columns. Their entries have gone on to national judging through the National Federation of Press Women.

Library fines due

Students are expected to return all materials to the media center and pay any fines before the end of the school year. With teachers’ permission, they may be excused from class using the overdue/fines form which many received early this week. All students are expected to be in good standing with the library before the school year ends.

Information compiled

by Cub Reporter staff

Oestreich resigns SamanthaStrong

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Principal Thomas Oestreich is stepping down from his position as principal.

He will become the executive director of human resources for Washington Township next school year. He starts the new position July 1.

“It was an opportunity that was presented, and one that I thought a lot about and was a very difficult decision,” Oestreich said. “But it was one that I couldn’t pass up at this time.”

Oestreich said the decision is not related to his experience here.

“It had nothing to do with my unhappiness here. … I am extremely happy here,” he said.

“That was the biggest thing;

the most difficult choice was all swer was clear. Oestreich has of you. It came down to being accomplished his goal.

“Lawrence Central is in a with you, the students or workmuch better place today than ing in the central office.”

Oestreich said the decision it was when I first got here was very difficult, one that he back in July. Whoever is going to replace me did not take is getting a lightly.

That was the biggest great position, “It was great opportuvery difficult, thing; the most difnity and some very. I went ficult choice was all great kids back and of you.” and teachers forth. I won’t Thomas Oestreich to work with. know until principal That’s for probably next sure.” year (if it was Oestreich will not help in a good decision).”

“One of my professors once the selection process for the new told me that where you spend principal. The school board and your time is how you show oth- superintendent Concetta Raiers what you care about. Where mondi will make the final decision. Raimondi said she will do have I spent a lot of my time?”

With the students. The an- whatever it takes to find a great

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person and plans on involving the staff in the selection process.

“It (losing Oestreich) is a tough blow,” Raimondi said.

“He re-energized us, revitalized us.”

With this announcement behind him, Oestreich said he will remain Lawrence Central’s leader until his time is truly up.

“I will be here tomorrow, I will be here every day until the end of the year,” he said. “I’m not going to take a sick day to avoid anything.”

In terms of Oestreich’s future, he said he hopes to remain in contact with Lawrence Central.

“Lawrence Central plays North Central in football next year,” he quickly added. “At North Central.”

Which is where he will be.

Eight teachers retire this year AvarieBowman

avariebowmancub@gmail.com

Eight LC teachers have announced their retirements.

Five will leave at the end of the year. They are choir teacher Jena Adrianson, social studies teacher Judy Beckner, German teacher Nan Schabel, Spanish teacher Jamise Kafoure and English teacher Pamela Walters.

Science teacher Ollie Thibodeaux, English teacher Marilyn Hollander and special education teacher Charlotte Simpson retired at the end of first semester.

When the show choir season ended, a teary-eyed Adrianson told her students she’d be leaving. The news stirred up many feeling for the show choir students.

Adrianson has been teach-

ing for 37 years. She said she will enjoy her extra time with her family and working on her home. Adrianson will also be giving private voice lessons and judging on her free time.

Unlike Adrianson and a couple other teachers, some do not want others to know they are leaving. They just want to go quietly at the end of the year.

“I just don’t know how to tell my students,” Schabel said.

Some teachers like Schabel want to tell their students but don’t know how.

“I will miss all my students and friends here at LC,” Kafoure said.

She won’t have all the free time most retired people have because she is going to begin working as a bilingual couselor for Families First.

“I plan to give back to the community,” Kafoure said.

Wind Ensemble finishes fifth at state CarleyLanich

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The Wind Ensemble placed fifth in the Indiana State School Music Association (ISSMA) state finals on May 5.

Both the Wind Ensemble and Concert Orchestra performed at the state qualifiers on April 28. Wind Ensemble then moved on to compete in the state finals, hosted by LC. A total of 16 schools competed in

the event that LC has hosted for prepare for the event and fo15 years. cus on refining their pieces. The Wind Enthree pieces semble has performed They played exfinished withwere “Fiesta!,” in the top six tremely well. It was a “ C a n t e r b u r y schools every and good way to end the Chorale” year since 1996 “La Mezquita year.” and has won de Cordoba.”

Randy Greenwell the state title Sophoband director five times. more Elyse Wind EnDynlacht was semble practiced an extra hour excited going into the perforevery Monday after school to mance.

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“Our middle piece was probably one of the best we’ve had,” Dynlacht said. “I was really confident in our pieces and the way we were playing them, so I felt like we’d do really well.”

The ISSMA competition wraps up the performance season for Wind Ensemble.

“They played extremely well (at ISSMA),” director Randy Greenwell said. “It was a good way to end the year.”

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OPINIONS

Just a minute with...

What is your favorite ice cream flavor?

1) Cookie dough.

2) Cookie dough.

3) Vanilla.

4) Cookies n’ Creme.

5) Rocky Road.

6) Superman.

7) Cookies n’ Creme.

8) Raspberry.

Got a minute? Then we’ve got some questions. With 2,600 students, it’s tough to know everyone. We’re taking a minute to get to know our student body. Match each student’s number with the corresponding numbers on the answers. Watch out, you could be next.

Would you rather go to college close to home or far away?

1) Far away.

2) Far away.

3) Either one.

4) Close to home.

5) Close to home.

6) Far away.

7) Far away.

8) Far away.

Who is your favorite Superhero?

1) Thor.

2) Wonder Woman.

3) Kevin Hart.

4) Iron Man. 5) Night Crawler.

6) Green Lantern.

7) Superman.

8) I don’t have one.

What are your plans for summer break?

1) Sleep all the time.

2) Work and have fun.

3) Getting money and playing sports.

4) Kick it with my boys.

5) To chill.

6) To kill the game.

7) Working and going to basketball workouts.

8) I have cross-country practice and swimming.

1) Alexis O’Leary

2) Andrea O’Leary senior

3) Nigel Evans

junior

4) Matt Lindsay

junior

senior

6) Vencent Hill 5) Jon Wheeler 7) Kyre Wilburn freshman sophomore

sophomore

8) Bailey Prather

freshman

LC students on the road to fame AvarieBowman avariebowman@gmail.com Alec Jordan.

Akiya Bryant.

Kyndal Murray.

These three people have one thing in common other than attending the same high school. They have taken their dreams into their own hands.

Senior Jordan traveled to St. Louis last summer to audition for a spot on American Idol. Senior Bryant auditioned in Chicago for a spot on The Voice. Freshman Murray tried out for The X-Factor all the way down in Texas.

None of them made it past the second call backs. Even so, not one of them is letting this stop them from pursuing their musical dreams.

“I will keep trying until I get there,”

Bryant said.

The traveling didn’t stop these three singers from singing, and neither did the long wait. Jordan waited from 3 a.m. to 10 a.m. with around 10,000 other people to get into the stadium so he could sign in. From then, he waited until 2 p.m. to go back and audition in front of a few different judges. Jordan waited almost 12 hours to sing for about a minute with three other people.

This was about the same way the other singers’ auditions went.

Jordan sang “Wanted Dead or Alive” by Bon Jovi in his audition. The judges may not have thought he had what it takes to move on, but Jordan did. Jordan plans to try out for American Idol again in the next couple of years.

“Never let anyone tell you that you

can’t do something,” Bryant suggested to those who face obstacles while pursing their dream.

Nervous and shaky, Bryant was allowed to have her mother go back in the room with her, since she was under 18 at the time. She sang “Everything to Me” by Monica as well as “Perfect”

by Pink. Singing seemed to calm her nerves. Next time she auditions, however, she will have to do it without the support of her mother inside the room with her.

Bryant said she’s going to audition for The Voice one more time, and if she doesn’t make it, she would consider auditioning for The X-Factor. She said she wouldn’t audition for American Idol because the judges are too mean, and she wouldn’t want to be embarrassed in front of everyone.

Murray made it to the second call backs out of three. She said she didn’t make it past there because she was a little young for what they were looking for. She said the judges said she had real potential and suggested that she try out again. Murray said she is going to follow the advice she was given and audition again.

Murray said she’s never really nervous when performing in front of a crowd. She was just really excited to be able to audition.

“I just go somewhere else when I perform,” Murray said.

Jordan suggests that other singers should audition to be on American Idol.

“If you feel like you’ve got it in you, then just do it,” Jordan said.

Murray’s music is available at lovekyndal.com

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Oestreich hangs up the cape It’s that time of year, again.

That clichéd time of year.

The time of year when tears of happiness, sorrow, regret, but mainly happiness, stream down roughly 600 students’ faces. Seniors threw in their towels six months ago and now must search frantically for them in order to mop up the salt-water covered floors.

However, it is not only the seniors who have a reason to celebrate.

Teachers, underclassmen and administrators have survived another year. And this year, looking back, was different. The atmosphere at Lawrence Central was different from its previous years. A year where the petty things, such as wearing IDs, were finally ignored and valid issues that focus on the quality of a student’s education, such as attendance and tardies, were emphasized. A year filled with new faces and policies that, surprisingly, the student body didn’t mind.

Principal Thomas Oestreich was the catalyst for this change. Oestreich provided Lawrence Central with the tools and the mindset needed to dig our alma mater out of her rut. The obvious changes,

including the new, innovative policies and the dismissed ineffective policies, did provide the first push we needed to begin this year as not only a new year, but as the beginning of a new era.

However, the true strength and momentum that brought Lawrence Central up and out of this rut were not the large and flashy policy changes, but the small and gentle nudges. Nudges that brought smiles to students’ faces, including eating pizza with the principal on any given Friday, following Oestreich on Twitter, and having a principal who can actually kick a football. These small details may seem insignificant in the large scheme of things but are the true catalyst behind the great movement within Lawrence Central. The smiling face of Oestreich proved to be contagious. Students and teachers released their expectations and placed trust within the new administrative team. And it has paid off.

Oestreich’s enthusiasm spread throughout the student body and flourished within the classroom. Oestreich’s enthusiasm was not the only thing pushing Lawrence

Central forward; however, it was the patience, cooperation and returned enthusiasm provided by students, teachers and staff members.

As the seniors bid their farewells and shed their tears,

others will remain and ponder what great changes are on the horizon for next year. One thing is for sure, the influences and changes provided by Oestreich may be lost, but they will not be forgotten.

30-second editorials •The introduction of electronic books at LC, and potentially throughout the district, is an important step in maintaining readership. Society is continuing to evolve in the direction of electronic books. However, paper books should be kept in circulation. There is a sense of comfort and satisfaction that comes from physically turning each page of a paper book.

•It’s always inspiring to see so many people listed on Honors Night. It just goes to show that there are plenty of opportunities for people to succeed. Hopefully the honors attained by those diligent students will be a stepping stone on their way to continued achievement.

•We wish all of the retiring teachers and employees the best of luck in the next stages of their lives. We have been fortunate to have so many wonderful teachers over the years. Though we will miss those who are leaving, we are looking forward to another great year of learning!

•Congratulations to all the graduating seniors! Good luck to all seniors with their future plans!

•Although many students attend in-state colleges, it is important to get away from home at some point.

College is a good time to live in a place where home isn’t an hour away.

• Marriage is an important life

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decision that shouldn’t be taken lightly. When in high school, people have their whole lives ahead of them. Marriage isn’t something easy to flake out of, so people should give serious thought before jumping all-in.

•Conner Prairie has revamped its historical experiences. The programs are more interesting for a much wider range of visitors. The technology and 3D effects have changed the way guests can immerse themselves into history. Conner Prairie has new impressive exhibits, and there’s something for everyone.

AND

Hugs

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Growls

Hugs to having nice sunny weather, growls to having really bad allergies.

Hugs to nearing the end of the school year, growls to saying goodbye to retiring teachers.

Hugs to having only one week of school left for the year, growls to spending it taking finals.

Hugs to having only two classes a day, growls to having to sit in them for three hours.

Hugs to having a great sports season at LC, growls to saying goodbye to all of the graduating seniors.

Hugs to having Mr. Oestreich as a great principal this year, growls to having to get a new principal for the third year in a row.

Hugs to the weather being warm and nice, growls to having to be inside most of the day.

Hugs to seniors completing their four years of high schools, but growls to underclassmen who still have years left to complete.

Hugs to having Qdoba cater your open house, but growls to all of the preparation that goes into an open house.

Letters to the editor The Cub Reporter accepts and encourages public input through letters to the editor. The letters are to voice opinions or concerns to the Cub Reporter’s audience. Letters including libelous or obscene materials will not be printed. Like all materials in the publication, letters reflecting criticism should criticize issues, not individuals.

No letter will be printed without positive ID. The Cub reserves the right to edit comments for grammatical errors and for length as long as it does not alter the meaning of the comments.

Letters must be signed and will be printed with the author’s name.

Requests for anonymity of the letters’ authors will be denied.

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Teen Marriage

1) If a serious boyfriend/ girlfriend asked you to get married, would you say yes?

2) Do you think teen marriages can work out?

Broderick Petrucciani

Jasmin Kennedy freshman

3) What do you think is the hardest part of teen marriage?

freshman

4) When is the best time to get married?

1) Depends on what’s going on.

2) Yes. 3) Living together.

4) Summer.

1) Nope.

2) No. 3) Going through college.

4) In the fall.

sophomore

“Life is like a box of chocolates; you never know what you’re going to get.”

Armond Harper, 10 “I’m lucky I’m in love with my best friend.”

Marisela Abel, 11 “Does your face hurt? Because it’s killin’ me.”

Emily Reifinger, 10

Joseph Leyden

Liza Smith

sophomore

“Love.”

1) No. 2) Probably not.

3) You’d have too much responsibility.

4) Spring.

1) Heck no.

2) In some cases, yes.

3) That awkward stage from high school to college.

4) When it’s right.

Jordan Gates junior

1)Yes. 2) It depends.

3) Financial situations 4) Toward the end of college.

1) Yes. 2) No, Not really.

3)Being separated.

4) After college.

Dexter Clardy junior

Dominique Robinson senior

it All

“To fear failure is to cheat success. I’m a 13-foot pole vaulter; how scared do I look?”

Kimyanna Rudolph, 12

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1) Definitely not.

2) Most likely not.

3) Not being able to experience other relationships.

4) Summer.

1) No. 2) Nope.

3) Trying to pay for the wedding,.

4) Winter.

Bear

peak Your Mind:

Maya Lipscomb, 10

“JolieENT.” Nicole Duchan, 11 “Kathy Galm.”

Carter Marshall, 12

Quemell Brinker senior

“He steps you step.”

Logan Koehring, 10

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once. You’ll overload yourself.

Take breaks between different units and subjects and reward yourself for your hard work. Give yourself an incentive to keep studying.

At the end of the day, just remind yourself, it is just a test. Although finals are dreadfully important, just take a deep breath and do your best.

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all together and take some of the pressure off your upcoming exam. Studying in groups brings new perspectives and mindsets that can help you lear materials in a new, more memorable way.

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It’s the week we dread most in high school: finals week. It’s the week that tests an entire semester of new concepts, lessons and theories. Whether you stated studying two weeks ago or you plan on cramming the night before, it’s important not to take this week lightly.

It’s easy to brush finals week off as the last week of school, but this week makes all the difference. This week can make the difference between a

passing and failing grade.

So, no matter what your study technique is, it’s always best to make a plan. Ask your teacher for study guides and prep materials, and if you still don’t understand something, ask questions! It’s your teacher’s job to help you really understand the subject, and no teacher wants to see you fail.

Form a study group. Get together with other students in your class and dive in. A semester of materials is a lot to study, but with the help of your friends you can tackle it

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Thinking Aloud

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Summer has never tasted so good From the Inside SallyFinkel sallyfinkelcub@gmail.com The clock is slowly winding down the days left of school. 5, tick, 4, tock, 3, tick, 2, tock, 1... Summer.

I know, “Gee, Sally, you’re writing about summer vacation, you’re so original.”

Well, to that I say, challenge accepted. I’ve been writing about the marvelous Lawrence Central for the past nine months, but even I am ready

for a break.

Summer vacation is when the students are finally able to recover from the school year. Sleep finally becomes a daily activity We “make room” for new and exciting information as the lessons taught this year float away.

Summer vacation is the only time in the year when students are given the chance to explore the world and themselves.

As much fun as swimming in the pool and soaking up the harmless UV rays are, there is one part

may sound risky, but it has its of summer that simply benefits. For instance, this year dominates the season. on every final there will be a Graduation open houses. writing portion. Now, we will One might say, “Well, I don’t know any seniors, so be able to use the creativity we I won’t be going to open will have gained from these houses this writing portions and year.”

Don’t give apply them up! Thanks to to our safety Open house crashthe wonder stories. If ers are the new of Facebook, a fellow most open open house wedding crashers. house guest asks Just wait, one day, invitations you how are open to you know it’ll be a movie.” just about the host everyone. Just friend request or hostess, it’ll be necessary a bunch of seniors, and then that you can answer with a you will have your ticket in to legitimate reason. For example, practically every open house.

“Oh, yes, I met Johnny at a Open house crashers are football game.”

If you aren’t too quick on the new wedding crashers. your toes, just take a bite of Just wait, one day it’ll be a food. It is rude to talk with movie. your mouth full, you know.

Open house crashing

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You really can’t go wrong with open house hopping.

You wake up, go to an open house for breakfast, hit up another one for lunch, and a third for dinner. It’s free food all day long! You can’t get that anywhere except from maybe the Chinese ladies at the mall food court, but trust me, they don’t let you go back for seconds.

On a more serious note, I wish for the most spectacular summer vacation for every student.

We have made some incredible improvements over this past school year, and we can all agree that we deserve the next three months to celebrate our accomplishments.

Our summer break is just as valuable as our school year, so let’s have a great LC Bear Summer Vacation.

Would you like some butter for that toast?

The Low-down MollyLiss mollylisscub@gmail.com I have two words for you.

Patricia Krentcil. If you don’t recognize her by her name, I’d bet a billion dollars you’d recognize her by her face. Her tanned, toasted face. Now you know who I’m talking about, so pay up. I’m talking about the New Jersey mom who was recently accused of bringing her 6-year-old daughter tanning.

OK, so maybe I have more than two words for you. But honestly, what is wrong with the world? A 6-year-old! A naturally pale 6-year-old from

the looks of it, too. Does Mom type of “bronzy glow” from a not see that red hair? I would few weeks of tanning. not put it past her since she So why are tanning salons evidently cannot see her own just now banning her from reflection. Sorry, lady, but your entering their sites? Now that daughter is not the type who the public eye is trained on tans. She’s the type who burns. them they feel obligated to take If she really wanted her some sort of action to prevent daughter to this woman look like her, from becoming she could just the first human You can’t get that coat her in a I guess. type of “bronzy glow” raisin, layer of Nutella.

But shouldn’t from a few weeks of they have done When Patricia something tanning.”

Krentcil walks sooner, like outside, the temperature of her maybe when she was still surroundings rises by about 20 about the color of peanut degrees. It’s probably her fault butter? the glaciers are melting.

Don’t tell me they did Anyway, we are all in not know she tanned so agreement that she’s crazy, but excessively. Unless there is the problem is that she did not something in the water in just become crazy now. She’s Jersey that seriously messes been crazy. You can’t get that with your eyesight, people had

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to have noticed. It does not take a medical degree to see she’s overdone…it with the tanning.

In fact, I’m looking at a picture of her and her daughter right now and the difference between them is remarkable. Her daughter has a hand on Patricia’s cheek and I keep expecting her to leap back from her mother and scream, “Ouch! My hand is burnt!”

It should not take public ridicule for people to take responsibility. If you spot a problem, speak up before the media forces you to. Someone could have at least bought the girl some SPF 100 sunblock.

Someone could have bought Patricia a mirror. And for the love of everything, someone could have bought her some mega-strong lotion.

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FACE OFF Topic: Is growing up good or bad?

AlexKryah alexkryahcub@gmail.com OK, so being a little kid was pretty awesome. Our metabolisms were still solid, our energy was relentless, and Spongebob Squarepants was pretty sweet (correction: it still is sweet).

But back then we were so ignorant and naïve. Back then we thought every word that came out of our older siblings’ mouths was the cold hard truth. Rest assured, I have learned my lesson. Now that I’m grown up, I have learned so much and have accomplished so much. Most of us are the same way. When we gain years, we gain knowledge. This realization has led me to believe that as we continue to grow, our lives will be even richer with experiences and knowledge.

Whether or not you find school boring, you can’t deny that you have learned some pretty cool things along the way and met some interesting people. Now that some of us are looking for college, we also have to consider what we will be studying.

I know some people who are going to school to learn things they have a genuine interest in, like psychology or journalism or economics.

Our exposure to these things

throughout our schooling has primed our interest in these areas and are preparing us for a, hopefully, happy and successful life.

Little kids look up to people our age so much, too. They want to be just like us and do the things we do. It might just be me, but I enjoy being a role model to younger kids and showing them things that I’ve learned over the years to help them succeed.

We also have so many more privileges now. The biggest one is that we get to drive. For those of you that have your own car, you can’t deny how great that freedom is to be able to roam at your own leisure. You don’t have to wait for your parents to drive you somewhere and be embarrassed by them when you step out of the car.

Now, you can roll up anywhere in style.

Being little was fun. But that was so 10 years ago. It’s time to grow up and live.

“Growing up,” so to speak, has been placed on a pedestal that it wholly doesn’t deserve.

Think about what you’d be giving up by growing up. Think of all the fun and shenanigans you’d miss out on because you’re “mature.” Maturity is all well and good, but there’s a difference between having maturity and being a wet blanket. Being the latter is just shooting down fun, because you feel it’s beneath you; being the former is understanding when it’s right to have fun and when it isn’t.

Conversely, think about what you’d be receiving by shedding your childhood. If you truly desire to be a judgmental snob, then maybe growing up is for you. If that’s the case though, you’re beyond saving. One simply has to look at Steven Spielberg’s “Hook” to see the negative effects of growing up. To the uninitiated, “Hook” is about Peter Pan when he grows up. Spoiler alert, he turns into Robin Williams, who is a huge jerk.

Growing up is not essential to becoming successful in life, and, if you think about it, it shouldn’t even be encouraged. You can acquire wisdom, maturity and success without sacrificing the inner child. Rather, you just need to embrace it.

KevinKryah kevinkryahcub@gmail.com The imminent departure of the Class of 2012 is a perfect time to pose the question of “what do we do after high school?” The best answers are to either get a job or obtain an education of some sort. In other words, grow up.

Do getting a job and growing up have to be inseparable, though?

Rhetorical question: They don’t.

Sacrificing your inner child and giving into conformity is the textbook definition of how a soul dies. Why should everyone have to do it?

Cub graphic/Glynnis King

Facing the subject: Is growing up good or bad?

Good and bad, because I am getting older and closer to dying.

Hector Gallardo, 9

DaRene Edwards, 10

Good, because you get a lot more freedom.

It could be both ways.

It’s terrible!

Ashton Jones, 11

Deonté Brown, 12 Cub photos/Glynnis King

SENIORS

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Lawrence Central High School, Indianapolis, Indiana

MeredithVarie

meredithvariecub@gmail.com

On Saturday, May 26, at the Pepsi Coliseum, the members of the Class of 2012 will take part in the 71st annual commencement ceremony to mark their graduation from Lawrence Central.

The ceremony will begin with an introduction by the salutatorian, followed by the singing of the national anthem by senior members of the Central Sound. The performing members are Akiya Bryant, Michael Burleton, Everett Clayton, Olivia Gangi, Alec Jordan, Ryan Knuckles, Kyra McGuirk, Audrey Meyer, Tiera Moseley,

India Murry, Raven Powell, Jared Robinson, Ali Thomas, Valerie Tubbs and Seth Urban.

Following the anthem and introduction, principal Thomas Oestreich will address the class, currently consisting of 583 candidates for graduation.

The valedictorian and senior speaker will then each give a speech to the class.

The senior speaker, chosen by a panel of faculty and staff, was selected after delivering her speech and then being judged on content and quality of delivery. The senior speaker for the Class of 2012 is Audrey Meyer.

Superindent Concetta Raimondi will then present

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the class, and Board of Education president Carol Helmus will accept the Class of 2012.

The members of the Board of Education (Helmus, Susan Fuldauer, Adam Goldstein, Jeff McKean and Kathy Varie) will then present the diplomas to the members of the class. The ceremony will end with the tassel ceremony, conducted by student body president Ayana Owens.

The LC Wind Ensemble, conducted by Randy Greenwell, will perform the processional and recessional as well as play a pre-ceremony concert.

The valedictorian and salutatorian will be announced Thursday evening based on

their eight semester grade point average.

The graduation ceremony will be held at 3 p.m., and graduation rehearsal will take place 11 a.m. Friday. The list of the members of the Class of 2012 will be determined Thursday, based on all eight semesters of high school.

“Before the world ends, I want to... ...jump 13’7” in pole vault, because that would make me the Indiana state champion and record holder as well as the national leader.”

...sing ‘Call Me, Maybe’ to a person I just met while handing them a piece of paper with my number on it telling them to call me... maybe.”

Kimyanna Rudolph

Thomas McGuire

...be a champion at everything in the world.”

...motivate as many people as I can to not be afraid to do the right thing when it’s most important.”

Carter Marshall

DeRon Jackson

...complete all 300 things on my bucket list.”

Nyreeja Cox

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Where are you headed?

Forward.

CUB REPORTER • MAY 18, 2012 PAGE 15

Brad Steinius

Calvin Mendel

Military Ft. Leonard Wood, Mo. Major: Military police

Northwestern University Evanston, Ill. Major: Chemistry

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I want to be a police officer and a military police officer is a step in the right direction.”

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Chicago is the best city ever and they have great German and chemistry departments.”

Carlos Rodriguez

Centro Universitario de Arte, Arquitectura y Diseno Guadalajara, Jalisca, Mexico Major: Visual Arts and Architecture

Adriana Seni

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University of the Sciences Philadelphia, Pa. Major: Pharmacy

I am going because it’s the school where many of my family went and I get to do what I love the most, which is art.”

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I got into the pharamacy with a full ride and I wanted to go far away and experience the East Coast.”

Chris Amerman

Groundsman for Modern Lumberjacks Indianapolis, Ind.

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Getting cash is better than an education.”

Eric Rice Jr.

Graham Gardner Clemson University Clemson, S.C. Major: Bioengineering

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The school has a great atmosphere and environment to it.”

Lackland Air Force Base San Antonio, Texas Occupation: financial cost analysis manager

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It’s easy to learn how to become an accountant.”

Vivianne Smedley

Arizona State University Phoenix, Ariz.

Majors: Communications and Global Studies

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Arizona State is reconstructed as something called a ‘New American University.’ Its beautiful campus, along with innovative use of technology, makes it appealing for me and my majors.”

Ashante Johnson Kyra McGuirk

Texas Christian University Ft. Worth, Texas Major: Music education, vocal performance

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Everything at the campus and program feels right.”

Military Ft. Jackson, S.C. Major: Nursing

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To learn how to nurse, because I want to work in a hospital.”

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Where are you headed?

Forward.

CUB REPORTER • MAY 18, 2012 PAGE 15

Brad Steinius

Calvin Mendel

Military Ft. Leonard Wood, Mo. Major: Military police

Northwestern University Evanston, Ill. Major: Chemistry

“

I want to be a police officer and a military police officer is a step in the right direction.”

“

Chicago is the best city ever and they have great German and chemistry departments.”

Carlos Rodriguez

Centro Universitario de Arte, Arquitectura y Diseno Guadalajara, Jalisca, Mexico Major: Visual Arts and Architecture

Adriana Seni

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University of the Sciences Philadelphia, Pa. Major: Pharmacy

I am going because it’s the school where many of my family went and I get to do what I love the most, which is art.”

“

I got into the pharamacy with a full ride and I wanted to go far away and experience the East Coast.”

Chris Amerman

Groundsman for Modern Lumberjacks Indianapolis, Ind.

“

Getting cash is better than an education.”

Eric Rice Jr.

Graham Gardner Clemson University Clemson, S.C. Major: Bioengineering

“

The school has a great atmosphere and environment to it.”

Lackland Air Force Base San Antonio, Texas Occupation: financial cost analysis manager

“

It’s easy to learn how to become an accountant.”

Vivianne Smedley

Arizona State University Phoenix, Ariz.

Majors: Communications and Global Studies

“

Arizona State is reconstructed as something called a ‘New American University.’ Its beautiful campus, along with innovative use of technology, makes it appealing for me and my majors.”

Ashante Johnson Kyra McGuirk

Texas Christian University Ft. Worth, Texas Major: Music education, vocal performance

“

Everything at the campus and program feels right.”

Military Ft. Jackson, S.C. Major: Nursing

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To learn how to nurse, because I want to work in a hospital.”

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Jeremy Hollowell

Basketball

Signed: Indiana University, Spring 2011 Major: Undecided

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Stats Position: small forward 6’7” 190lbs.

23.1 points per game 8.9 rebounds per game 42.13 percent shot from the field

He’s unique. There’s none like him. He’s quiet, he keeps to himself, but when he’s on the court, he’s an animal.”

Brandon Koffer Coach and Assisstant

Jeremy Hollowell is one of the best players I’ve seen, not only that we’ve recruited.”

Tom Crean to Dustin Dopirak of the Bloomington Herald-Times.

Indiana University basketball coach

Cub Athletes of 2012 Tory Herrmann Soccer

Signed: Purdue University, Fall 2010 Major: Nursing

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Stats Position: outside midfielder 5’4” 120lbs.

8 goals 3 assists 19 total points

Here’s a young lady whose reputation is built on hard work and dedication. She took nothing in soccer for granted, and the same can be said for academics.”

Christopher Harmon Coach

She grew so much in terms of her maturity... she knew that she would have to dedicate herself to the sport if she truly wanted to move on to play in college.”

Susie Herrmann Mother

Editor’s note: The stats provided on each athlete are compiled from his and her senior athletic seasons.

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Saving the

BELL

The bell was moved from the old Castleton High school, pictured here near I-465 and 82nd Street, to LC’s courtyard. Now the bell is located in the Commons. Courtesy photo/Richard Lung

Bell in Commons has long township history GlynnisKing glynniskingcub@gmail.com From left to right: Teacher Richard Lung helped put in a platform for the bell when it was moved to LC. Courtesy photo/Richard Lung

Former teacher Richard Lung poses with the bell in the Commons. Cub

photo/Glynnis King

a concrete platform for the bell, and it was placed in LC’s courtyard, an open air area surrounded by the building, where the Commons currently is. Lung said the bell itself, without the platform, weighs about 600 pounds.

The cast iron bell, dating back to 1911, hung in the bell tower of Castleton High School for years. During this time, Castleton High School consolidated with Oaklandon High School and Lawrence High School to become LC. At

the time of the consolidation, LC occupied the building that is presently Belzer Middle School.

When LC was remodeled in the early 1990s, there was talk of moving the bell to Lawrence North’s football field, which is named Bell Field.

Many teachers at LC protested, however, so the bell remained here.

Now, the bell is a symbol of the school’s history — a reminder that resides in the Commons. A framed photo of Castleton High School is to be placed next to the bell.

Editor’s note: Information for this article came from an interview with Richard Lung as well as an article in the May 4, 1967, Suburban and Lawrence Journal.

A BELL RING

The bell on the east edge of the Commons may be silent now, but for years it rang to start and end the school day, as well as to signal the time for recess.

That was when it was in Castleton High School, built in 1910. That building, on 82nd Street near I-465, has been gone for years.

If not for the foresight of a couple of teachers, the bell would be gone, too; industrial arts teachers Richard Lung and Dennis Swayze saved it when the Castelton High School building was about to be demolished in the 1960s.

“We salvaged it and thought it’d be important for the school,” Lung said.

Together the two men dismantled the bell and took it down multiple flights of stairs. Lung also helped build

The Bell was moved from Castleton School to LC. Former LC teacher Richard Lung was one of the teachers who helped move the bell.

Lung is a former LC photography and industrial arts teacher.

Before LC was remodeled in the early 1990s, the bell was located outside in a courtyard.

The bell itself weighs 600 pounds.

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A cap, gown and a wedding

dress KatieBillman katiebillmancub@gmail.com “He faced my back to the crowd and told me that he loved me, and then he asked me to marry him,” senior Hannah Blackie said. Blackie and her date, senior Karl Kissinger, went to prom on April 21 and came out with an engagement.

She said yes.

Blackie and Kissinger met when they were in first grade; he was her first kiss and first boyfriend, and he’s now her fiancé. Although he moved away in third grade, they became a couple again once he moved back to Lawrence last year.

“We have known each other for 12 years, and we’ve talked about how we’re both ready for it,” Kissinger said. They haven’t set a date for the wedding yet, but they’re thinking about April 16, 2013 or 2014.

“I’m extremely happy; my fairy tale is really coming true,” Blackie said.

Although there are pros to teenage marriage such as the financial benefits that accompany it, there are also cons.

25. The prefrontal cortex, the last part The higher rate of divorce, lack of of the brain to mature, is responsible for life experiences and continued brain values like judgment, emotions, probdevelopment are some of the negalem solving and planning for the future. tive aspects.

“Teens (and any couple looking “Being able to go into college or enter the workforce, be on your own, to get married) should consider an engagement of six months to a year at and experience things can mold and shape you into a completely different minimum and seek out in-depth premarital counseling during that time,” individual,” counselor Christy Fogg Fogg said. The said. Fogg earned counseling should her bachelor’s be aimed to form degree from I’m extremely happy; a solid foundation Indiana Wesfor newlyweds, leyan University my fairy tale is really along with develwith one of her coming true.” oping the ability to majors being in psychology; she Hannah Blackie work through the now counsels senior issues they might have not considat Indianapolis’ ered in the first place.

Imagine Hope Counseling Group on “Statistically speaking, the odds are 98th Street. She isn’t against the idea, not in the favor of teenage marriage. but rather advises anyone entering According to an article in the New York into a marriage to have all of the inTimes in 2008, couples that get married formation available in order to make as teenagers are two-three times more an informed decision.

It is widely thought that the brain likely to get divorced than a couple that waits to get married after the age of 25,” continues to develop until the age of

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Fogg said.

More information about marriage counseling from Fogg’s company is available at imaginehopecounseling. com.

On the other hand, Mark and Erin Arenz, parents of freshman Leah Arenz, are an example of young love that succeeded.

When they were 17 and 18, the two met in high school. They went on to get married at 22 and 23, and they have been married for 18 years.

“He left for college, and I started my senior year of high school. He was gone that whole year, except for breaks like Christmas. So we wrote letters to each other, back and forth, and just waited for the next letter to come and have that to read. I still have the whole package of letters all in a bag put away somewhere downstairs,” Erin said.

“The thing about your high school sweetheart essentially… is that there’s a certain shared experience that you don’t often have if you get out of college and you meet somebody in another city,”

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Not your 4th grade

Conner Prairie

Courtesy photo/Conner Prairie

Conner Prairie Interactive History Park has revamped its campus to become more technology-based as well as more interactive based on guests’ interests. One of their newer experiences, the 1863 Civil War Journey: Raid on Indiana, is one of the five main historic areas that take up 200 of their 800 acres.

Other areas are the 1859 Balloon Voyage, 1836 Prairie-town, William Conner’s Homestead and Animal Encounters Barn and the Lenape Indian Camp.

To experience the new attractions that Conner Prairie has to offer, Meredith Nordmann and I took a trip to the park last week. Conner Prairie’s communications specialist Sarah Frey met us there to take us on a tour of the grounds.

We began by venturing into the Civil War Journey portion of the outdoor history museum, where we were immediately immersed in the Civil War attack on Dupont, Ind. The attraction had its grand opening last June as part of a push to personalize users’ experiences and show guests what life was like during that era.

“It gives you those opportunities to see exactly what it was like as a teenager, and the responsibilities you would have had at the time,” experience facili-

al interests. tator Kyle Lively said.

Essentially, guests will have the opAfter visiting the Mayfield and tion of selecting a town role or picking Nichols Dry Goods Store, we jourone at random. Guests will choose roles neyed into an indoor theater where we watched a production. Not only did the like being a cook, sophisticate or even a production contribute to an educational criminal.

Of course we chose to be criminals. day where we actually learned some Our assigned tasks included mesthings about life back then, but it was sages like “make plans with someone also an inspiration about what we, as to go fishing on Sunday,” “find a way Hoosiers, can accomplish if we stick to disturb the together. peace without The life-like vidhurting anyone” eos and 3D effects, and “only agree along with the firstIt gives you those opto work if you person interpretportunities to see excan get paid in ers that stayed in cash.” character, were two actly what it was like as We asked of the most impresa teenager...”

Prairietown’s sive qualities of the Kyle Lively doctor’s son if he experience. Conexperience facilitator would go fishing ner Prairie aims to with us, and he make the journey as turned us down, because fishing was realistic as possible, which is why they illegal. filmed all the video on actual Conner We then went to Whitaker’s Store Prairie grounds and included balanced and began to disrupt the peace by stealaspects of the war. ing a jar of chocolate… until Meredith When we finished learning about gave away our cover and exposed us as the Civil War, we backtracked 25 years criminals. and headed over to Prairietown, based After, we offered to make it up to in 1836. Sarah let us have a sneak peak the clerk by cleaning the store, which of a program that will debut June 9. earned us a small wage.

Instead of having characters memorize As our last journey of the day, we a monologue that they recite to every passed through the 1816 Lenape Indian guest, the new plan is to personalize each guest’s visit based on his individu- Camp. We went into a fur trading cabin,

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into history Take a step

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Where: 13400 Allisonville Road Fishers, IN 46038 When: 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday-

Sunday

Tickets: General admission: Adults - $14 Seniors (65+) - $13 Youth (Ages 2-12) - $9 Members, Youth under 2 - Free Access Pass Program: Families that participate in some state assistance programs may be able to visit Conner Prairie for just $1 per family member per visit. See website for details. www.connerprairie.org (317) 776-6006 (800) 966-1836

where we met a man who took us out to the fields to learn how to throw a tomahawk. Although I wouldn’t trust Meredith or myself with sharp objects, we both took a whack at it, and Meredith successfully stuck it in the wood.

Overall, our day was a success.

Immersing ourselves in history and experiencing different time periods was a fun way to learn about how life was different from current day Indiana.

Conner Prairie does have something for all ages, whether it be because of their new push to be technology-based, their move to cater to guests’ individual interests — or the opportunity of being a criminal for a day.

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The Rhythmic Revolution Artist: Jack White Album: Blunderbuss Genre: Folk-Rock

Being honored with a spot as one of Rolling Stone’s “100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time” has helped rocker Jack White vastly. His first solo album, Blunderbuss, hit shelves following the disbandment of The White Stripes last year.

Blunderbuss highlights White’s musical diversity that recollects the times he spent in Nashville (where his bluegrass and blues talents came from) and reflects the work he did with Bob Dylan and Alicia Keys.

The loudest track on the album, “Sixteen Saltines,” is ripped from the past. It could fit in any previous White Stripes album with White’s falsetto cascading throughout the guitar riffs and bitter lyrics.

The album’s biggest failure is “Hip (Eponymous) Poor Boy.” The song is reminiscent of elevator music with beats that emit yawns.

“Blunderbuss” brings listeners sounds of fiddles and Nashville influenced rhythm. It seems natural to White, as his voice blends into the tracks. “Blunderbuss” is not a random song, however; it blends well with the diverse album.

The highlight of the album, “Love Interruption,” exposes White’s tormented mind through his words.

Similar Artists: Brendan Benson, The Black Keys, Dax Riggs

One Direction is a five-boy British pop band that is taking over the charts and young girls not only in their home country but all around the world. Their first major outbreak and new album “Up All Night” has definitely gotten them noticed. The new popular album is a variety of pop, rock and upbeat lyrics. The band consists of all five members playing in every song. They are Zayn Malik, Niall Horan, Harry Styles, Louis Tomlinson and Liam Payne.

Along with Styles as the lead singer, the band has a fun, lighthearted spirit.

Artist: One Direction Album: Up All Night Genre: Pop

Their debut single “What Makes You Beautiful” was released last year and peaked at No. 1 in the UK and charted in the Top Ten in several international markets along with for Best British Single at the 2012 BRIT Awards. They released this song after being a finalist in Simon Cowell’s show “The X Factor.”

Similar to the boy band Big Time Rush from Nickelodeon and band Wanted, they have captured young preteen girls’ attention with their poppy lovey-dovey lyrics and One Direction dolls.

Overall, if you are looking for a fun, lighthearted album to listen to this summer, “One Directions” hits all of these expectations.

Similar Artists: Big Time Rush, Wanted, Hot Chelle Rae

Rating: 1-2-3-4-

Rating: 1-2-

Song Suggestion: Sixteen Saltines Coleman LaBarr

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Song Suggestion: What Makes You Beautiful Meredith Nordmann

Artist: Carrie Underwood Album: Blown Away Genre: Country

Artist: Norah Jones Album: Little Broken Hearts Genre: Pop/Jazz

When comparing her new album to old ones like “Some Hearts” and “Play On,” “Blown Away” shows a different side of Carrie Underwood. Her new album is more downbeat with an underlying dark tone.

The title track, “Blown Away,” was an immediate favorite due to its lyrics and intense instrumentals.

This album seems to be more focused on the damaging effects of love rather than her previous lightweight romantic style.

Granted, there are a few songs that are faster paced like “Leave Love Alone” and “Cupid’s Got

was inspired by Jones’ recent break-up, and the broken heart theme reoccurs throughout the album. The album consists of mostly slow songs and easylistening tracks that provide calm and peaceful music.

If you’re looking for soothing background music, this is the album for you. Jones’ vocals maintain a mysterious, breathy quality, matching the album’s main lyrical theme, such as in the song “Miriam.”

Though slow, the album grows on you with time. It is clear that this is not the same Norah Jones of a decade ago, but “Little Broken Hearts” is a welcome change.

a Shotgun,” which add variety to the record.

Even with her stylistic change, her voice still shows the same amount of talent. Her vocals have a pure sound to them that hit every note on the scale perfectly.

The first track on the CD, “Good Girl,” resembles the tempos of some of Underwood’s older tracks. Overall, “Blown Away” is another successful album by the 2005 American Idol.

Similar Artists: Miranda Lambert, Faith Hill, Kellie Pickler

Rating: 1-2-3-

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Song Suggestion: Blown Away Katie Billman

Pop-jazz artist Norah Jones released her fifth album, “Little Broken Hearts,” on April 27.

Jones, best known for hits “Don’t Know Why” and “Sunrise,” took a more alternative approach on her latest album. Jones ventured away from her typical jazz genre, experimenting with different musical styles and collaborating with producer Danger Mouse.

Much of “Little Broken Hearts”

Similar Artists: Ingrid Michaelson, Michael Buble, Regina Spektor

Rating: 1-2-

-4-5

Song Suggestion: Happy Pills Carley Lanich

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What’s H t in Indy Cub photo/Lane Creech

Thr3e Wise Men You don’t have to be wise to choose this pizza 1021 Broad Ripple Avenue Indianapolis, IN 46220 (317) 255-5151 www.thr3ewisemen.com LaneCreech lanecreechcub@gmail.com Thr3e Wise Men is a pizza restaurant located in the heart of Broad Ripple. Thr3e Wise Men offers a variety of pizzas, calzones and sandwiches, along with sides and appetizers like potato chips, dill chips and stuffed breadsticks.

This restaurant is set up a little differently than most restaurants. You enter through automatic doors into a very open space. Upon first walking in, the huge glass windows with what looked like a factory on the other side caught my attention.

Thr3e Wise Men is not only a restaurant but a brewing company as well. The factory-looking area on the other side is where their beer is actually made. You can set up tours to really see this area.

Another unique aspect of this restaurant is the seating arrangement.

Most of the tables are picnic tables, and the seating style is communal. Thr3e Wise Men also has a patio facing College Avenue right next to the Monon.

The food is as enjoyable as the atmosphere. When you’re first greeted, the server brings a pail of popcorn to the table. We ordered the stuffed breadsticks for an appetizer and got the marinara, cheese and garlic butter dipping sauces. I decided to go with spicy barbeque wings. The wings were really good, but I could hardly finish them after the popcorn and breadsticks.

If you are ever in the mood for pizza, but would like to go out and be waited on, Thr3e Wise Men should definitely be on your list of options.

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Men in Black III coming to theaters May 25 The movie Men in Black III will come out on May 25. Directed by Barry Sonnenfeld, it is the third movie in the series. The movie will star Will Smith as Agent J as well as actors Tommy Lee Jones and Jemaine Clement.

Agent J travels back in time to stop the assassination of Agent K and changes history. The movie is a Sci-Fi comedy and is rated PG-13. http://images5.fanpop.com

Stand-up comedian Kevin Hart June 6 Actor and comedian Kevin Hart will be having a stand-up comedy show on June 6 at the Embassy Theatre.

It will start at 7 p.m. Ticket prices will be $66.20.

Hart produced and starred in the show The Big House. He has also done stand-up comedy for the popular television channel Comedy Central. Hart was also a host of the award show BET Awards in 2011.

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Indianapolis 500 events at Motor Speedway The 96th running of the Indianapolis 500 mile race will be on Sunday, May 27. Gates will be open from 5:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. The event will include the Parade of Bands, the Vintage Car Lap and the Military Tribute Lap. Admission will start at $30. An autographing session will take place the day before from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. with an admission of $10. Also the same weekend, on May 25, the popular Miller Lite Carb Day Concert will be held. Featuring Lynyrd Skynyrd, it is $20 if just attending the concert and free to any card holders to the race.

Win two FREE tickets to June 1 Drake concert

The Cub Reporter is giving away two free lawn tickets to the June 1 Drake concert at Klipsch Music Center.

Retweet the @cubonline tweet with #cubdraketickets from now until 9 a.m.

Tuesday to enter. Along with Drake, J.Cole and Wocka Flocka Flame will perform at 7 p.m.

Win two FREE tickets to Warped Tour concert

The Cub Reporter is giving away two free lawn tickets to the July 10 Warped Tour concert at Klipsch Music Center. Retweet the @cubonline tweet with #cubwarpedtickets from now until 9 a.m. Tuesday to enter.

I Love You. You’re Perfect.

Now Change. at Spotlight Players The play I Love You. You’re Perfect. Now Change. will have two more performances on May 18-20.

Performances will be at 8 p.m. today and Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday afternoon. The play is rated PG-13. It is a romantic comedy about how the world of love has changed throughout the years. It has only four actors taking on the characters of 20 different people.

Vietnam Wall at Ft. Harrison

The Vietnam Veterans Memorial Moving Wall, a small replica of the original, will be on Lawton Loop at Fort Harrison through Monday. It is free and open 24 hours.

Indiana vs.

Kentucky High School All-Stars June 9 On June 9 the IBCA will present the Indiana vs. Kentucky High School All-Stars at 5 p.m. at Bankers Life Fieldhouse. Prices for tickets range from $5 to $10 depending on the seating preference.

Compiled by Meredith Nordmann and Jacob Helmus

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Behold the blockbusters Everyone’s

a Critic KevinKryah kevinkryahcub@gmail.com School is nearing conclusion, and summer vacation awaits us. With its arrival comes an exponential increase in free time for us, which means more time to exercise… Just kidding, it’s blockbuster season.

Hollywood studios know we’re out of school with money to burn, and these precious months is their hunting season. Every bigbudget extravaganza they have is their bait. The trick for audiences is to spot which ones are actually worth your time and money.

A good rule of thumb is to avoid all films originating from toys. This year, “Battleship” and

“G.I. Joe: Retaliation” will hit theaters like soldiers on distant shores. Generally, these films are as plastic and hollow as their source material.

Sequels and remakes are also risky. Whether or not you liked the first movie is immaterial; Holsource/fandango.com lywood sequels are almost Prometheus is Ridley Scott’s first scialways inferior. Go see ence fiction film since 1982’. these movies at your own discretion, but don’t be fortunate nosedive in quality from surprised if you wind up previous Pixar attempts, but that disappointed. studio’s output is still leagues betWhat ter than any other is there to animation studios. see this Finally, there’s Use your brain sumthe one movie this mer, this summer when it summer that is a then? What are bona-fide event: comes to movies.” must-see films?

“The Dark Knight “Prometheus,” Rises.” ChrisRidley Scott’s return to science fictopher Nolan already broke the tion, is certainly worth looking at, “bad sequel” rule with “The Dark since Scott’s forays into SF have Knight” four years ago, and he yielded classics before (“Alien”). looks poised to do it again. With a Pixar’s “Brave” also merits atbat-hovercraft. A bat-hovercraft. tention, even if only for the Pixar Overall, just do this: Use your name. True, “Cars 2” was an unbrain when it comes to movies.

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The music industry... exposed Musing on the Music ColemanLaBarr

colemanlabarrcub@gmail.com As all my readers by now should know, I have given up on the music industry…completely, or at least all of the mainstream content. I know we’re all tired of the Justin Biebers and the Lady Gagas but it seems irreversible now.

It also now seems as though the new ‘Dubstep’ era has started to fizz down, which is a huge relief on my end. If solely using a computer to generate music is now enjoyable… then I have lost all faith in mankind’s view on music.

The musicians who are the most talented always seem to be the ones who are also crushed by fate, with the exceptions of Eric

Music is dead

Clapton and Stevie Wonder, among others of course.

Take Jimi Hendrix, for example. He created a sound that no other musician had ever created and not only did he do that, he did it in a time when African AmeriThe music industry has killed mainstream music. Cub graphic/Coleman LaBarr cans weren’t accepted for their musical talents Gaga is even talking about. unless they were jazz My big point is… what is the artists. Hendrix died at point? The music has no meaning, the no voice and age of 27 no reason. due to Who cares Mainstream music suffoabout who has turned into a joke, has more cation of his money? and it’s the worst joke own When will told in decades.” vomit. Janis people use Joplin, Robert music to fight for a cause like they Johnson and Jim Morrison all died did for three days straight in 1969 at the age of 27 as well. at Woodstock? When will music We have 40-year-old rappers have more than just fluff and actutalking about Gucci and all the ally get some talented individuals? money he has, Justin Bieber talking Mainstream music has turned about how much he loves someinto a joke, and it’s the worst joke one, and who knows what Lady told in decades.

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CINEMANIAC

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The Avengers assemble KevinKryah kevinkryahcub@gmail.com

Regardless of your stance on Hollywood or superhero movies, one is taken aback by how much dedication and planning has been put into “The Avengers.” Nearly every Marvel movie for the past five years has been tweaked as to accommodate hints of this inevitable project, and not always smoothly; Scarlett Johansson was just another unneeded character in “Iron Man 2.” The S.H.I.E.L.D. arc has been slowing down the pace since the first “Iron Man.” It all could’ve ended in ruins. Joss Whedon, although commercially untested, proved with his glorious TV-show “Firefly” that he could handle disparate plotlines and a large ensemble, and Marvel trusted him to turn all of their careful planning into a coherent movie.

His success depends on your personal dedication to Marvel’s franchise. Personally, I didn’t see “Captain America” or “Thor,” so certain plot points were lost on me, but the plot itself isn’t really difficult to follow; Asgardian exile Loki has made a deal with the Chitauri aliens to take over the world using the Tesseract (a glowing plot device). The superheroes Hulk, Iron Man, Captain America, Black Widow, Hawkeye and Thor are assembled by Samuel L. Jackson to try and get it back. There’s a little more to it than that, but it all ends with explosions, so who cares?

The action scenes are fine, but nothing special.

It’s all a shakycam mess of CG, which anyone who’s seen an action movie in the past 10 years has seen before. Where the movie really comes alive is when the characters exchange barbed conversation with each other. While Robert Downey Jr. and Mark Ruffalo effortlessly steal all the scenes they’re in, each character is at least partly fleshed out, and each one has clear motivations and personalities that you can empathize with even if you haven’t seen previous movies. The standout scene of the film is an argument between the principal characters. No special effects, just dialogue and emotion.

If you’re a Marvel fan, this is a must-see film. For the non-initiated, this is still a fun, if not-outstanding, Hollywood romp. As it stands, Marvel’s planning has paid off. Sequels are already on the way, as smugly indicated by the after credits footage of Thanos...

Genre: Action Director: Joss Whedon Rating: PG-13 Length: 143 minutes

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By the Numbers

11

Percent of people in the world that are left-handed

Percent of the bones in the body are in the feet

25

Nanograms the average smell weighs

760

18

Number of shapes in the animal cracker zoo

Miles per hour a turkey can run

20

Number of muscles a caterpillar has

2,000

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Cub comic/Audrey Meyer

What’s LC’s...

TV SHOW:

SONG/RINGTONE:

Grey’s Anatomy Destiny Jackson, 11

Supafreak by: Young Jeezy Lauren Hibbler, 10 Easy Duz It by: Easy E Julian Arboleda, 12

Touch Teen Wolf

Emma Hetrick, 10 Megan Everett, 9

Law & Order: SVU Tracy Lockert, 10

Call Me Maybe by: Carly Rae Jepson Liza Smith, 10

TOP 10 FAVORITE FAST FOOD JOINTS 1. Taco Bell

6. Chick-fil-A

2. Steak N’ Shake

7. Rally’s

3. McDonald’s

8. Wendy’s

4. Penn Station

9. Culver’s

5. Subway

10. KFC Top 10 list researched and compiled by Glynnis King

@CubOnline: What are your plans for summer vacation? @mmoffatt10 Michael Moffatt, 12

@kelseyhall1 Kelsey Hall, 12

@karlatino Karleigh Latinovich, 12 I’m going to Europe with friends and nannying a lot.

@ajlupinacci Arielle Lupinacci, 12

@allyyyb Allison Beiswanger, 12 I’m training to leave for bootcamp in July.

@danieldnelson Daniel Nelson, 11 I plan on chillen out by the pool with my friends.

I am going to work a lot and hang out with friends.

I’m going to Bonnaroo music festival and I’m going to Europe for 2 weeks.

Then nannying!

@ashmeares Ashton Meares, 11

@mcgwithsmiles Charli McGuirk, 12

This summer I’m going to Europe and prepping for the start of college #hoosiers

This summer I am attending workshops at IU and I’m nannying in Myrtle Beach.

I’m going to Japan for 20 days!

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Top left: Senior CJ Smith launches over the high jump bar at practice.

Bottom left: Junior Richard Smith clears the high jump bar at practice.

Right: Senior Cameron Jones vaults over the bar at practice. Cub photos/ Coleman LaBarr

Track claims County and Conference titles JacobHelmus

jacobhelmuscub@gmail.com The girls and boys track teams have continued to show why they are the best teams in state by demolishing the competition in the Conference Indiana meet on April 27. They followed that with an impressive outing in the Marion County meet on May 8 and May 9 as well.

In the Conference Indiana meet, the Lady Bears were led by senior MonTayla Holder, who won two events and easily coasted to the championship with a team score of 150 points.

Columbus North finished second and third-ranked Pike finished third to round out the top three teams.

Holder also broke a meet record in the 300-meter hurdles

with a time of 44.75 seconds, ington South finished second .07 seconds faster than Ariana with 107 points, and Pike placed Ware, also from LC who set the third with 88 points. Standouts record in 2010. for the meet were junior DeonThe Lady Bears didn’t stop tre Gray and senior Marciellion there, though. In the four-by- Gardner, who placed first and four 100 relays, Holder teamed second in the 100-meter dash, up with junior Naiomi Delaney, respectively. senior Jasmin “It was McCray and a fun night It was a fun night junior Brandi winning both Thomas to the boys and winning both boys win the race girls conferand girls conference ence titles. in a time of 3 minutes and Our teams titles.”

Tim Richey performed ex58 seconds head coach tremely well, which was also a meet competed record. Their time eclipsed the hard,” coach Tim Richey said. old meet mark of 4 minutes, The girls took to the track also set by LC last season. on May 8 to compete in the The boys team did not dis- Marion County track meet and, appoint, either, as they domi- for the third year in a row, came nated the field of teams with a out on top as champions. They team score of 156 points. Bloom- went up against not only the

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county’s best schools, but even some of the state’s best such as North Central, Pike, Ben Davis and Franklin Central.

The Lady Bears took first place over the Pike Red Devils by a slim margin of 9 points, 123-114. No other teams came close to the Lady Bears or Pike, as North Central finished third but with only 67 points.

Standouts for the meet included Holder, who won the 100 hurdles with a time of 14.7 seconds, and senior Kimyana Rudolph, who won the pole vault and claimed a county title with a height of 12 feet and 10 inches.

The boys followed suit the following night by also winning the meet.

The Bears scored 132 points and finished 11 points ahead of the second place Ben Davis

Giants. Standout performances were turned in by Daquan Brown, who won the 300-meter hurdles and 110-meter hurdles, junior Chandler Ball, who placed second in the 1600-meter run only behind North Central’s top runner Futsum Zienasellassie. Zienasellassie broke the meet record with a time of 4 minutes and 10 seconds.

Other good runs included senior Tyrenzee Burgess, who won the 200-meter dash.

The only thing left for these teams is to win the state title, which is a likely possibility with the way they have been performing. The Regional meet will be held on May 24 at North Central High School.

“We are gearing up for the tourney and are feeling good and feeding off each other’s success,” Richey said.

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Softball approaches Sectionals will be playing their best softball come Sectional time. We are doing a lot of good meredithnordmanncub@gmail.com things, but it is not showing up on the scoreboard. The Sectional is wide open, The Lady Bears softball team is so we are excited to start our Sectional wrapping up the season as they con- title run,” head coach Tom Corbett said.

Even with the losses, the coach and tinue through their last week of County play. Due to spring weather, there were players are keeping a positive attitude for the remainder two games lost to of the season. rain and then, after “We just need the lack of games, to work even hardthey lost the following day to CarWe’re really happy with er than we already do by using more mel with a score where we’re at right teamwork, then of 3-19. However, eventually we will after this game, now.” they followed it Thomas Corbett reach our ultimate by winning their head coach goal as the season comes to an end,” first County game junior pitcher Niagainst Pike, 11-2.

In their rematch with township rival cole Jones said.

Recent victories include Chatard at Lawrence North, the girls lost their second County game 1-2, despite beating Lawrence Central 11-2 and Bloomington LN earlier in the season. They then fol- North where they beat them 17-5.

Sectionals begin this weekend for lowed this with a loss to Franklin Central 0-8. the Lady Bears as they finish up the end “The team is working hard so they of the season.

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Junior Nicole Jones winds up and deals the pitch as first baseman Angelica Twigg creeps in, preparing for a ground ball to come her way. Cub photo/Coleman LaBarr

2012 A Baseball Odyssey AlexKryah

alexkryahcub@gmail.com

Touch ‘Em All

OK , so this season has not gone nearly the way I expected.

Yes, I know the Red Sox love to get off to dreadful starts. But really, how can they be this bad?

If not for that six-game winning streak two weeks ago, they would be a little more than six games back of the Orioles. Oh, yeah, the Orioles are in first place. Read it again, let that sink in, and then flip out. I don’t expect that to last long simply because they are too young to continue this success, but look for them to still be in contention at the All-Star break because of their stellar pitching. That’s right; Baltimore has stellar pitching.

Let that sink in for a little bit.

That is unreal for a team that has been a bottom dweller for

such a long time. good pitchers if you count Ivan How about those Angels, Nova and Jeremy Hellickson as eh? They sure look good. Albert bona fide starters. The Angels Pujols is definitely slugging the are an offensive train wreck. ball like he used to, and that But let’s jump to the other pitching staff is stellar. side of Los Angeles, though, I’ll stop there. That’s too where the Dodgers are on a much sarcasm, even for me. tear early on. I don’t know what Albert Pujols has hit only one Magic Johnson did with that home run this year and has a club, or if he did anything at all, slugging perbut they look centage of like a true .295. To put “Please, just stop be- c o n t e n d e r that in perearly on. Matt fore I lose my sanity.” Kemp is hitspective, his career slugting .425 now ging percentand has 11 age is .612. Go ahead and stare home runs. Kemp has been in is in disbelief at these numbers. self-proclaimed “beast mode” While you question this dread- this season and shows no signs ful decline, watch one of his of slowing down. Watching games. It is clear he feels pres- Kemp dominate this year is sure to do well after that mon- like sitting next to the kid in ster contract he signed in the your math class who, no matter off-season. You can’t blame his what, always gets an “A” on the struggles on good pitching, ei- tests. You just sit there in adther. They have faced maybe six miration and say, “Please, just

stop before I lose my sanity.”

And don’t get me started about Josh Hamilton. I have one word to describe his start: unfair. He has 18 home runs in 34 games.

Enough said.

And who saw Bryce Harper in his debut? His first two at-bats were mediocre, but his third at-bat was an absolute laser to dead center. Baseball fans everywhere rejoiced at the crack of his bat on that gorgeous swing, aware of the fact that the new generation of talent in baseball is near. No teenager has been as hyped as Harper since Ken Griffey Jr. If “Junior” wasn’t slowed by injuries, he would have gone down as arguably the greatest player of all time. That’s right, Kanye; the best player of all time.

It’s early in the season, though, and many things will change. But it’s baseball season now. Let that sink in.

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Tennis searching for answers JacobHelmus jacobhelmuscub@gmail.com

After starting out the season on a hot streak, the girls tennis team has hit a rough patch in the middle of the season. Due to the inconsistent spring weather, the Lady Bears were not able to play Guerin Catholic and conference opponent Franklin Central.

The week-long absence of games was a big contributor to the Bears’ loss to the Bloomington North Cougars 1-4.

However, they could not dwell on the loss for too long as they hosted their own LC invite two days later. The Bears turned in an impressive performance finishing only second behind 56th Street rival Cathedral.

The biggest event of the year was the Marion County tournament; the Lady Bears easily handled their first opponent Beech Grove by sweeping them, 5-0. The win set up the second match against township rival Lawrence North. Unlike the first game, the Wildcats

defeated the Lady Bears in an intense match 2-3, which eliminated the Lady Bears from the tournament.

The Roncalli Rebels went on to win the tournament by defeating Lawrence North.

“We did well all around on Day 1 against Beech Grove but on Day 2 against LN they were too much for our new line-up and we had problems with consistency,” head coach Tim Taylor said.

The Lady Bears need to find their stride similar to the one they had early in the season in order to win their Sectional, where they are likely to see Lawrence North for a third time.

“To get back on track we need to play with much more confidence and resiliency. And be determined to be the best on the court. We will see LN again as the top two teams in our Section. So we need to look at this County performance and make some adjustments mentally,” Taylor said.

Sectionals are Saturday at Lawrence North.

Junior Mackenzie Spicer, the No. 2 singles player, backhands a ball to the opposing player to keep the volley going against Bloomington North. Cub photo/Nyreeja Cox

just expanding on it throughout the state.”

Walter noted that this job was the only one she would have left her athletic director position for.

She said she feels that the job is “a really good fit” for her.

She has worked with the people that she will be working with next year for the last 10-plus years, and she is looking forward to the office climate.

“It’s going to be weird having a work day that ends at 5 o’clock every day. I have never known what that has felt like,” Walter said with a laugh.

“At the end of my work day, I’ll be able to go out to see

sporting events throughout said. “Watching the games was the whole state, because I’ll be great and the presentation of the able to set my own schedule rings at the first home football next year, which will be nice. game is fabulous. The pride you I can even get to see my nieces see in the kids’ faces is what we and nephews live for. play.”

“I think Looking part of that The pride...is what success came back at her tenure here, from the fact we live for.”

Walter said that we have Sandra Walter there are two a fantastic athletic director things she restaff that all members well: support each construction and the state other.

“I don’t know of any other championships.

“Construction was a glori- place that have their head coachous time, but those state cham- es support each other like they pionships, which we have had do here. They all see the common many of, are amazing,” she good for our kids, and they’re all

A.D. Walter moves to state level AlexKryah

alexkryahcub@gmail.com After 10 years as LC’s athletic director, Sandra Walter has accepted a job with the IHSAA as an associate commissioner.

There, she will be overlooking boys and girls soccer, gymnastics and girls basketball statewide.

“I will administer the state tournaments for those sports, looking over transfers and acting as a rules consultant for the officials as well,” Walter said. “I will also have a lot of officials’ responsibilities, like certification. To me, this feels like what I’m doing right now, but I’m

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able to co-exist. We share our facilities well. And we’ve had some pretty good athletes over the years. That helps.”

Walter does not know who will be replacing her, and she said she is not in on the decision at all. She just hopes the person who replaces her loves the job as much as she does.

“This takes a lot of time, so you have to be willing to spend a lot of time here. And hopefully it is someone technologically savvy, because the district has given us great tools to succeed.

It would be nice to have someone to be able to utilize those tools well to make the athletic department run smoothly.”

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SPORTS

Bears riding hot streak

into Sectionals

Junior starting pitcher Knox Batie delivers a fastball for a strike in a game in which he went six strong innings and picked up his third win on the year. Cub photo/Coleman LaBarr

“We’ve really come together as a team and we’re playing really well. This is the best we’ve played all year, and I see it continuing this way.”

Michael Moffatt senior

After a tough loss to Bloomington South, the Bears bounced right back to defeat Mount Vernon which started an eight-game winning streak.

However, LC took a huge loss, not in a game but in injuries. Senior Jay Quarles broke the tips of a couple of his fingers and was unable to hit for the whole Marion County tour-

nament. Seniors Derrian Smith and Glenn Jones both have suffered from shoulder injuries as well. Jones’ injury has not caused him to miss time, but Smith’s injury has left him unable to hit for the remainder of the season.

The team won’t let that get in their way, though.

“We’ve really come together as a team and we’re playing really well. This is the best we’ve played all year, and I see

it continuing this way,” senior Michael Moffatt said.

On May 7, the boys faced Decautur Central to kick off the Marion County tournament.

The Bears took a victory for the first round of the tournament.

Next round, the team took on the Southport Cardinals.

It ended with a victory for the Bears, which had a final score of 8-2.

To continue with their winning ways and to move on to

Victory Field, they took a 5-3 win to the Ben Davis Giants.

While the Bears were getting ready for the County championship, they won three more games. They defeated Southport again, 8-2., Franklin Central, 5-2, and Homestead, 10-6. The boys have been clicking on all cylinders, with solid starting pitching from Moffatt and many juniors, along with hot bats led by Quarles, Jones and senior John Jones.

Invitational, with second and third place finishes respectively.

Senior Kyle Crites has been turning it on lately, medaling in their last three head to head matches against Chatard, North Central and Covenant Christian with a 38, 38 and 36, respectively. Crites also shot a 2-under par 70 at County, where the boys shot lower than all but one team.

“Kyle hits the ball long and straight,” head coach Norm Starkey said. “He’s an above average putter and a strong competitor. He’s been playing well for us.”

Crites shot a 79 at the Chatard Invite, while sophomore Tony Rogers shot a 77 and has also been a strong performer.

The boys beat Chatard in a head to head match on April

25 by a single stroke, 167-168.

Crites finished with a 38, while senior Ryan Knuckles, freshman Colin McCarthy and Rogers shot 42, 43 and 44 respectively. Clearly, the golfers are still succeeding through the balance that they have. The boys are hopeful that this balance remains throughout the course of the season.

“All five players have to be

consistent. We have to get better each day and stay even,” Starkey said.

The boys were certainly consistent in the Conference Indiana match as they came out on top to win the Conference. If they remain balanced and continue to work in the short game, the golfers will be able to boast both a Conference title and a Sectional title.

ColemanLaBarr colemanlabarrcub@gmail.com

Bears’ consistency key for Sectionals AlexKryah alexkryahcub@gmail.com With the season in full swing, the golfers now boast a record of 7-1 with recent wins against Bishop Chatard, North Central and Covenant Christian. The boys also scored well in the Marion County Tournament and the Bishop Chatard

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STUDENT INTEREST

Spotlight With only one week of school left, and 10 weeks of freedom on the horizon, the time has come to ask the question we are all asking...

What to do this summer?

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