Cub Reporter Issue 2

Cub Reporter Lawrence Central High School, Indianapolis, Indiana

cubonline.org • Vol.65 • Issue 2 • October 25, 2013

Increasingly popular,

but is it OK?

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With the announced retirement of Concetta Raimondi, a search is under way for Lawrence Township’s next superintendent.

Follow the search on Page 3.

According to the Center for Disease Control, teen pregnancies are at an all-time low. Could sex ed be why? Join the discussion on Page 9.

The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer, this year’s fall play, will be Nov. 7-9 in the auditorium.

Catch a sneak peak of the play on Page 16.

Fall sports are winding down and professional fantasy sports have just begun. Create your own fantasy sports draft on Page 23.

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October 25, 2013 • Cub Reporter

NEWS

News

Clear, concise reporting on the good, the bad and the ugly. Someone’s got to do it.

What’s Online Ten students selected to assist district in superintendent search

Ten juniors from LC, along with 10 from LN, have been selected to assist in the superintendent search process.

The juniors chosen from LC are Ralphie Almarez, Myla Barker, Darian Benson, Jalik Bruce, Keegan Burrell, Manny Cantu, Brionna Johnson, Julia Klinestiver, Talynn Payne and Michael Rice.

Student-run restaurant open at MCIT

Student-run restaurant Bernie’s Place is now open at McKenzie Center for Innovation and Technology (MCIT). Formerly known as The Lair and located at Lawrence North, Bernie’s Place is open to the public three days a week. The menu is created by the students, and all of the food is made from scratch.

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On the Cover With hookah increasing in popularity, teens are taking the opportunity to try it out. Junior Nick Slater does tricks with vapor from a hookah pen.

Cub photo/ Molli Loftus

Lawrence Township students involved in Civil Air Patrol practice marching at MCIT. The program was recently introduced and is open to youth age 12 to 21. Cub photo/Molli Loftus

Civil Air Patrol program introduced CarolineVarie

Allen has been in CAP for more than two years and has enlisted in the U.S. carolinevariecub@gmail.com Air Force. She has signed a contract for As a senior in high school, Dawnyale an intelligence job and will leave for baAllen has worked with Red Cross in the sic training after graduation.

“The Cadet Program mission works aftermath of Hurricane Sandy and the to develop self-confidence, leadership, tornado in Henryville. She has been on citizenship, teamwork and a sense of bethe scene of a plane crash where there longing among youth age 12 to 21, while were no survivors. off ering fl ight and other signifi cant exAnd now Allen is the Cadet Comperiences that are rarely off ered through mander of the Lawrence Township Civil other youth proAir Patrol (CAP) grams,” said Frank squadron.

CAP “It teaches discipline, strucMerrill, mentor is the official citure and gives kids a chance of the Lawrence vilian voluntary Township CAP auxiliary of the to be a part of something program.

United States Air bigger than themselves, and The three misForce, and a CAP sions of CAP are training program become a leader.” aerospace educaDawnyale Allen was recently intion, cadet prosenior troduced at the grams and emerMackenzie Center gency services. Students who attend the for Innovation and Technology (MCIT).

“It teaches discipline, structure and after-school meetings and become ingives kids a chance to be a part of some- volved in CAP have the opportunity to thing bigger than themselves, and be- engage in activities involving physical come a leader,” Allen said. “I am account- fitness, participate in real-life disaster responses, earn promotions and awards, able for every single one of my cadets.”

learn about aerospace technologies or learn to fly planes.

“Each CAP cadet under age 18 is authorized five orientation flights in CAP Cessna airplanes where they learn basic airplane operation, control and procedures,” Merrill said. “Such flights usually carry three cadets and a CAP pilot and last about three hours with each cadet spending about an hour at the controls.”

According to Merrill, senior members fly around 2,000 hours a year to support various agencies including the Indiana State Police and the Indiana Department of Homeland Security. In honor of Veterans’ Day on Nov. 11, CAP members will march in a parade and decorate veterans’ gravesites.

The CAP cadet program is open to young men and women age 12 to 21, and the senior member program has no upper age limit. CAP meets after school at MCIT from 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. on Wednesdays.

“I love this program,” Allen said.

“I’ve literally made hundreds of friends and networking connections through it.”

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Superintendent Search Board gathers input Searching for our district’s next leader CarolineVarie carolinevariecub@gmail.com

The Lawrence Township School Board has begun the search process for a new superintendent, after four-year superintendent Concetta Raimondi announced her retirement.

B.W.P. and Associates was hired to work with the school board to develop a Leadership Profile, advertise the position, confidentially accept applications and assist the board in screening applications and in interviewing candidates.

“Lawrence Township is a $150 million entity with over 2,000 employees and 14,000 students. Hiring a superintendent is a serious and time-consuming undertaking that the school board approaches in a deliberative manner,” chairperson of the Superintendent Search Board Kathy Varie said. “The board has hired B.W.P. and Associates,

an experienced expert in the superinten- “The board wanted to hear from a varident search field, to find and recruit the ety of constituents to develop the profile most highly qualified superintendent for our next superintendent.” candidates to lead our school district Ten juniors from LC and LN inforward.” volved in a variety of academic courses In the first stage of the process, the and extra-curricular activities were seschool board gathered input from em- lected to represent the student body in ployees, students, parents, elected of- determining the qualities of a new suficials and community members. Two perintendent. weeks were spent gath“I think ering this input through “Hiring a superintendent is a our school community forums, surb o a r d veys and over 25 hours serious and time-consuming should be of targeted focus groups. undertaking that the school commendThese focus groups were for takboard approaches in a delib- ed used as discussion sesing student sions between B.W.P. and erative manner.” perspecKathy Varie tive Associates and specific into search board chairperson a c c o u n t , ” groups to discuss the development of the Leaderprincipal ship Profile.

Rocky Valadez said. “…That, after all, “The board values hearing multiple is one of the goals for our educational perspectives on matters that impact our system: creating students who take an community. Teachers, administrators, active role in their education and their bus drivers, cafeteria staff, students, community.” parents, business leaders and elected ofThe Leadership Profile includes ficials will prioritize a variety of desired the key characteristics of a superintentraits and characteristics,” Varie said. dent based on input gathered. A few of

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these qualities, developed See related based on the input gathstory on ered, include a student- Page 8. centered instructional leader, a person effective in communicating with the board and a strong, experienced leader. While the profile was being developed, the position was advertised by B.W.P. and Associates in local, regional and national publications.

“Applicants will be screened by using the Leadership Profile developed by our entire community,” Varie said.

The application and interview processes will be confidential to ensure “the broadest and deepest spectrum of high quality candidates,” Varie said.

The board will conduct the final selection and appointment of a candidate, who, according to the board’s application procedure, “is expected to assume the role of superintendent on January 1, 2014 or later.”

A link to the most up-to-date information on the Superintendent Search can be found on the district website on any school’s homepage.

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October 25, 2013 • Cub Reporter

News to Use Mark Your Calendar Oct. 25: Band competition, LC Oct. 30: PSAT for sophomores, juniors Oct. 30: Senior class meeting; cap/ gown orders due Oct. 31: Halloween Nov. 3: Daylight Savings Time ends; turn clocks back one hour Nov. 7-9: Fall play, 7 p.m. auditorium Nov. 22: Thanksgiving break begins at 3:40 p.m. Classes resume Dec. 2

News Briefs Craft boutique here Nov. 16

More than 100 vendors will feature holiday crafts at the annual holiday boutique 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Nov. 16. The popular event will offer a wide variety of craft s throughout the entire building. Admission: $3.

Additional information is at www.LCPAA.org.

Yearbook increase delayed

The planned increase in yearbook prices has been delayed until after the second (Thanksgiving) break. On Dec. 2, the price of the 2014 yearbook will go up from $60 to $70. Orders are being taken in the bookstore.

For Parents

Open House Nov. 14

LC will host its annual open house 6-8:30 p.m. Nov. 14 in the fieldhouse. Families with children who are about to enter high school are encouraged to attend to learn what LC has to offer their children.

Students and teachers representing academic departments as well as coand extra-curriculars and athletics will be present.

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News

Hoosier Star — again ISTEP+ pass rates reach record highs Cub Reporter earns top journalism honors LoganYoung

loganyoungcub@gmail.com

The Cub Reporter has been named a 2013 Hoosier Star by the Indiana High School Press Association (IHSPA). The award was presented at the state IHSPA convention at Franklin College Friday.

The Cub was also a Hoosier Star last year. Adviser Elizabeth Granger said the Cub has been a Hoosier Star or a runnerup for at least 10 years.

“What an encore! Another Hoosier Star, shared with Carmel and Crown Point, just like last year,” Granger said.

“And with Samantha Strong as editor, just like last year. It definitely puts the pressure on this year’s staff, which I like.

They’ve got the talent to do it, so I expect them to follow through.”

The award is presented to the “best of Indiana high school journalism,” according to the IHSPA. Editions of the Cub Reporter from the 2012-2013 school year were judged for this award.

Samantha Strong, now a freshman at Indiana University, was editor-in-chief.

She was also editor-in-chief the previous year, when the 2012 Cub Reporter also

won a Hoosier Harvey awards Star.

Editorial writing: “I was Carley Lanich Communication thrilled! It wasn’t graphics: really on my raLeah Arenz dar so when I Column writing: found out from Caroline Varie Carley (Lanich) Sports writing: it was just an afAlex Kryah Page design: firmation of a Samantha Strong job well done,” Photojournalism Strong said. portfolio: Eight Cub Coleman LaBarr staff members Maestro package: won individual Darian Benson Ali Duff Harvey awards in Carley Lanich various areas.

Samantha Strong Senior Carley Caroline Varie Lanich was elected to the IHSPA student board; Granger was re-elected to the adviser board.

The Cub is also a Pacemaker finalist with the National Scholastic Press Association. Winners of the award, often called the Pulitzer of scholastic journalism, will be announced at the national Journalism Education Association convention in November.

The Cub Reporter is also a Quill and Scroll Gallup award winner, which is the highest rating presented by Quill and Scroll.

Teacher contract ratified ChloeFeyock

chloefeyockcub@gmail.com Lawrence Township’s teacher contract for the 2013-2014 school year has been approved and is now in effect.

It was passed through the Lawrence Education Association (LEA) in late September and by the school board in early October.

The contract was created on the mutual agreement to terms by both the LEA, who represent the teachers, and the administration.

It has been two years since the last contract was introduced. Since that time the state legislature made several changes in state law that affected the bargaining process. As an example, there is no longer professional compensation as in the past, so teachers get paid a base salary.

“The future raises are based off of how effective the teacher is in the classroom,” said LC counselor and LEA vicepresident Kim Payne-Shearer.

To keep in line with the laws,

both sides had to compromise. “Laws changed so certain things cannot be bargained,” said Payne-Shearer.

“I cannot speak for teachers,” executive director of human resources Sharon Smith said. But she said she believes that since teachers were instrumental with Indiana state superintendent of schools Glenda Ritz’s election, they would be satisfied with the new laws.

However, some teachers are not satisfied with the contract’s conditions.

“I can’t speak for administration, but I believe there is a feeling of disappointment. Maybe feeling like there is a lack of respect for what we do?” said Payne-Shearer.

“I don’t believe the changes in salary and sick days fairly reflect the time we put in and out of school,” English teacher Shari Jacobs said.

Besides professional compensation, the granted medical leave days have decreased from 14 to 12 days a year.

Also, teachers can no longer bargain for a certain class size or the length of the school day.

At least 70 percent of students pass language arts and mathematics DarianBenson darianbensencub@gmail.com

For the first time since the township has been tracking testing results, the Metropolitan School District of Lawrence Township (MSDLT) had at least 70 percent of students pass ISTEP+ in both language arts and mathematics.

All students in grades three to eight in the township took the ISTEP+ test, a standardized exam in Indiana that tests language arts and mathematics. ISTEP+ testing took place in March and May of this year.

The percentage of students passing the mathematics portion of the exam increased in all six grades. In four of the grades, 80 percent passed.

MSDLT had also increased the percentage of students passing the language arts section in four of the six grades that took the test, with one grade decreasing and another staying the same.

“Overall, there were significant increases in the percent passing ISTEP+,” associate superintendent Jan Combs said.

“The See related story ISTEP+ scores on Page 9. for the district are the highest they have been since we began tracking them in 1998.” The scores are the highest both overall and in racial subcategories.

This spring, there was a glitch in the computer program designed for the ISTEP+ test. Many people complained that the results of the tests would not be valid due to the disruption in testing.

The state removed the scores of any students they felt were impacted by the disruption in testing. For MSDLT, that was 174 students that were tested. These students’ scores were excluded and did not count in any way for the district. This includes both passing and non-passing scores.

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In the

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CLASSROOM CHARACTERISTICS Antennae: Butterflies’ club shaped anntenae are used for

smelling and balancing. Johnston’s organ, located in the second segment of the antennae, is a sensory organ which, among other uses, can detect the wing beat frequency of a mate.

Eyesight:

Although butterflies are nearsighted, they have the ability to detect UV ray patterns, such as those on flowers, which are invisible to humans.

Wings:

Butterflies are characterized by the microscopic overlapping scales that make up their forewings and hindwings. The varied patterns and coloration of these scales are a form of camoflauge, a warning to predators, a deceptive mask to make a butterfly appear like a different animal and a way to increase heat absorption. Source/butterfliesandmoths.org

Source/MCT Campus

LIFE CYCLE OF A BUTTERFLY Butterflies begin their lives in the form of an egg, usually laid on leaves that will later be eaten by the caterpillar. The butterfly spends the next stage of its life as a caterpillar, and spends much of its time eating. Capable of growing 100 times the size of their egg during this time, caterpillars shed their skin several times.

After shedding its skin for the last time, the caterpillar is encased in a hard outer shell and remains motionless for weeks while it undergoes its final metamorphosis into an adult butterfly.

In the half hour after emerging from the chrysalis, a butterfly’s wings are pumped with fluid to expand them to their full size, and within four hours will begin looking for a mate. The adult butterfly lives on an all fluid diet, using its straw-like proboscis to ingest nectar. Source/www.ansp.org

Caterpillar/larva

Zoology class uses live butterflies AmandaBoyce amandaboycecub@gmail.com Marie Damron’s zoology class is studying growth and development, and looking at different phyla in the Animal Kingdom through butterflies. The class observes the butterflies by seeing how they develop over time. Students watched caterpillars create cocoons, emerge as adult butterflies and lay eggs.

“It’s a nice visual for the students to see an example go through its life cycle,” Damron said.

“It inspired another student in my class to take

the project further. They See related story on are going to bring in an Page 7. incubator so we can look at the growth and development of a chicken,” Damron said.

Senior Griffin Offenhauser came up with the idea for the chicken incubator and is interested in animals and loves all type of animals, “long or small, ugly or cute,” and would like to open an animal rescue in the future.

Right: Science teacher Marie Damron holds the class’ single remaining butterfly. After around three weeks, the adult butterflies died and were buried by the students.

Cub photo/Michael Rice

Pupa/chrysalis

Adult

Photos/MCT Campus

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October 25, 2013 • Cub Reporter

News

Students preserve history

Band heads for semi-state with new uniforms

Four LC students selected to visit Indiana’s Underground Railroads

MolliLoftus

molliloftuscub@gmail.com The Spirit of Central is deep into their season with their biggest competitions approaching.

The band earned second place at the Avon Invitational on Sept. 28 and fourth place at the Bands of America regionals on Oct. 5.

On Oct. 19 the Spirit of Central came in fourth at Center Grove High School for the Indiana State School Music Association (ISSMA) regional, qualifying for semi-state.

The band has struggled the last few years to keep up with the bigger marching bands. LC has 155 band members while some schools, such as Avon, have more than 250. However, the directors and staff members of the marching band here have continued to push the band forward.

“We have been getting more credit visually but have been suffering musically,” said band director Randy Greenwell. “It is a constant battle between positive and negative.”

“I’m sure the leaders of the band will begin to push hard at all times and that effort will soon spread to all the members of the group,” junior Colin McCarthy said.

Saturday, Spirit of Central will compete in semi-state at Ben Davis High School. This is the second stage of the road to state finals.

There are 20 schools in this competition, 10 from southern Indiana and

KatieBillman katiebillmancub@gmail.com

Junior flute player Blayre May sports the new marching band uniform. The full uniform includes a skirt and cape, and director Randy Greenwell describes them as ‘futuristic.’ Cub photo/Amanda Boyce

10 from northern Indiana. Ten of the 20 schools will advance to State.

This competition season is different than last year because LC is using the entire space of the football field even with a small band.

Another new aspect is new uniforms. The theme of the uniforms is different this year by focusing on a futuris-

tic look.

“The trench coat looking skirt and cape adds a futuristic quality to the theme,” Greenwell said “I like them; they are a lot more modern and they fit us a lot better,” senior Katie Orfait said.

Sophomore Nichole Gossman adds ed that“they look more professional.”

of the student, Lawrence Township’s District Crisis Team responded. They established several counseling areas in the Bears’ Den, the LGI Room and the Distance Learning Center.

Counselors were also available at LC on Oct. 12 and 14 during fall break, where several students and parents received personalized counseling.

As students, teachers and faculty returned from fall break this week, the LC guidance department made information on grief counseling available. Counselor

Suzanne Oakes, a member of the District Crisis Team, spoke to classes of the former student on Tuesday.

The LC guidance department will be available throughout the year to assist in the grieving process.

“It’s going to take a long time,” Oakes said. “(Grieving) will not be done in a month, or six months, or a year. This Class of 2017 is never going to forget this.”

Counselors help students cope with death CarleyLanich carleylanichcub@gmail.com

Counselors are available as needed following the death of a freshman student on Oct. 11.

School officials reported that the female student was transported to a local hospital in the morning after a suicide attempt at school. She died shortly thereafter.

Immediately following the passing

Editor’s note: Cub Reporter policy is to omit names of students who have committed suicide.

Juniors Rebecca Johnson and Alana Roach and seniors Chloe Feyock and Dawnyale Allen were chosen to take part in the Indiana Preservation’s Youth Summit about the Underground Railroad Oct. 4-6.

Hundreds of students across Indiana in 7th through 12th grade applied for the experience and a full scholarship for transportation, meals, lodging and materials.

The application process included listing the student’s community activities, interests and involvement in historic preservation and the benefits they would receive by participating in the Youth Summit. Four LC students were among the 84 students chosen for the two-night excursion through Jeffersonville, New Albany and Madison in southern Indiana.

All three of the trip’s locations are located along the Ohio River, each of which contributed to Indiana’s history of the Underground Railroad trails. In addition to visiting Railroad sites, students met with history experts, community leaders and tourism and museum staff.

In Jeffersonville’s City Hall, students heard from speakers that dealt with segregation after that time period and why it’s important to preserve history. Other historic landmarks the students and supervisors visited included Division Street School, Eleutherian College and Saint Michael Archangel Church.

“I’ve been in a private school just about all of my life. I was the only African American female in my graduating class from my sophomore to junior year,” Allen said. “Needless to say, my previous schools weren’t very diverse and it wasn’t until I took AP (advanced placement) U.S. history that I even really learned about the institution of slavery.”

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AVID provides a variety of opportunities AnnaZanoni

to serve more than 200 students.

“Everybody who’s in AVID annazanonicub@gmail.com would have graduated whether Pennants displaying the they had the program or not. college each teacher attended Our focus is how successful a adorned classroom doors all high school experience they’ll have and how that’ll affect what over LC. “We wanted to make them choices they have once they look as fun as possible,” junior graduate,” Harmon said.

“When you’re in AVID you Samantha Buhle said, who do a lot of events that make you helped create more than 100 understand AVID isn’t just your college pennants along with her class — it’s bigger than that,” peers. “We tried to get to all the senior Cameron Garrett said. teachers around the school to Garrett has been in AVID share what exactly AVID is.” since the end of his eighth grade AVID is an acronym for year.

Advancement Continuvia Individual “Helping AVID stuous events Determinasuch as coltion. dents has been one lege vis“The sysof the most rewarding its, Socratic tem of AVID seminars and strives to help things I’ve ever done banquets students pre- in my life.” pare for the Pam Web add to the rigors of colAVID tutor communityfeel of AVID. lege, extend In class and themselves throughout the week, students academically, develop a more focus on the fi ve cornerstones of attractive college application AVID: writing, inquiry, collaboprofile and acquire choices regarding their college futures,” ration, organization, and readAVID director Chris Harmon ing. Tutorial groups are used to said. “Generally, the students develop some of these skills.

“Two days a week we have we target are typically in the tutorials.

Basically, we work middle — in other words, in groups of two or three, put you’re not going to find people in a question we don’t underin AVID at risk for not graduatstand, and then tutors go over it ing high school.” with us,” junior Briana Wright Harmon continued to exsaid. plain that most AVID students Pam Web, who assists stuare typically “under-served” in dents during tutorials, has been large schools such as LC. The an AVID tutor for 12 years.

AVID program here has grown

Senior Aleia Thompson creates a college pennant for an LC teacher. AVID students made more than 100 of these pennants and hung them on teachers’ doors around the building. One of the goals of AVID, according to AVID director Chris Harmon, is for students to “acquire choices regarding their college futures.’”Cub photo/Anna Zanoni

“For one thing, (students) learn how to collaborate and help each other by asking questions. Tutorials also help students work through questions so they can understand what they’re doing, not just ‘do it to do it.’” Web said. “Students can put their point of confusion up and then we list step-by-step instruction for them. So when they have another point of confusion they can look back on their notes.”

balance: success: learn: “AVID has helped me find a balance in my schoolwork and keep up with my studies.”

“AVID has provided me valuable information that I can use to be more successful in the future. I am privileged to be a part of AVID.”

“AVID is a place where I can make mistakes and learn from them. I am given so much college in-formation and feel it has helped me be a better person.”

Bailee Hawkins sophomore

Iyana Wilson senior

Latrice Sanford junior

“Helping AVID students has been one of the most rewarding things I’ve ever done in my life,” Web said. “Last year, 25 LC students from AVID got over $1 million worth of scholarship offers.”

The process of becoming an AVID student typically begins in sixth grade, when potential AVID students are identified by teachers and go through an application process. Harmon said some teachers at LC “under-

stand what See related story an AVID stu- on Page 8. dent looks like” and can suggest a student to a guidance counselor or an AVID director.

“We try to stay away from only parents who want their kid in AVID or students who only want to be in AVID because their friends are in it,” Harmon said. “(AVID) has to be something the student chooses.”

future:

family:

“To me, AVID means everything... AVID means opportunity I probably wouldn’t have reached by myself — it means a future.”

support:

“AVID, to me, is a family. A family where everyone has each other’s back.”

“The atmosphere in class is like a family.

We are all friends, which makes supporting one another easy.”

Danae Liggins senior

Carlton Stovall junior

Samantha Buhle junior

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Opinions

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The AVID (Advancement Via Individual Determination) program provides incredible opportunities for students at LC. By giving them opportunities to learn better note-taking skills, visit local colleges and prepare for post-secondary education, AVID targets a selective group of students earning average grades but who also demonstrate an above-average desire for success. AVID’s mission is to close the achievement gap by preparing these students for college readiness and success in a global society.

While LC’s AVID program has grown exponentially to include more than 200 students, this program needs to be expanded. It is in the best interest of not only students but also the school to provide greater opportunities for college preparedness. Not only will test scores improve dramatically, but so will graduation rates and the number of scholarships received.

The AVID program, which can begin for some students as early as middle school, holds academics to a higher standard. Students set goals each year and work with tutors to develop a clear understanding of learning material. These facets can be beneficial to all students.

Students struggling in a subject may be too afraid to ask for help or may not learn best through a specific learning style. The AVID program provides opportunities to learn through different experiences.

The real beauty of AVID is that it stresses the importance of why students should excel in their classes.

It provides every class with a greater meaning and stresses the fact that each class makes a difference in a student’s future. This is a mentality that could easily be adopted by every LC student, if given the experi-

An AVID student participates in a group activity called tutorials, which is designed to promote team building and mastery of a subject. Cub photo/Anna Zanoni

ence and environment AVID See related story provides. on Page 4.

For upperclassmen, AVID serves as a guide through the college decision process.

The program not only takes students on college visits but also provides application and scholarship advice along the way. This can be extremely useful for students in a time that can be excessively confusing and overwhelming.

Giving students an extra source for help is encouraging, but in reality, AVID serves fewer than 10 percent of the LC student body. All students can benefit from the extensive assets offered in the AVID program. Providing AVID the resources for further reach can only advance academics within the school.

It is time to expand the scope of AVID to become more inclusive of varied types of learners.

30-second editorials

• The Superintendent Search plan has shown how dedicated members of our district are to finding a qualified individual to fill the superintendent position. Not only is the input of students and parents being taken into account, but also the opinions of bus drivers, custodial staff, elected officials and community members. The search seems to be bringing the Lawrence Township community together.

• Halloween is a favorite holiday of many. Sure, the costumes are often stuffy and some would argue that teenagers are too old to trick-or-treat, but there is something about it that makes it worth it. Hanging out with friends and laughing at the ridiculous costumes are just a few of the alluring aspects of Halloween. There is a certain magic in the air that only comes around during this time of year.

• It is great that the ISTEP+ See related stories scores increased in the elemenon Pages 3, 5, 6, tary and middle schools with 10, 15 at least 70 percent passing.

These scores reflect the academic improvement in the younger grades.

• A wonderful opportunity for LC’s seniors is interning at businesses they possibly want to work at in the future. By shadowing adults who already work at the careers they’re thinking about, students can better decide about their future.

• Science teacher Marie Damron incorporates live animals into her class, bringing a new deminsion of learning to her students. Interacting with real organisms instead of merely using a textbook or even a computer is a helpful tool.

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October 25, 2013 • Cub Reporter

The Life Obscura

by Ali Duff

Breaking Bad has never been so good Halloween is next week, and while we all know the day is perfect for flaunting creepy attire, some may not know the origins of the holiday.

The idea of Halloween is said to have come to fruition during the 18th century in Scotland, where it was believed that the day marked the beginning of the “dark half” of the year and a time when fairies and departed souls were particularly active in the living world. This day was celebrated by what was called souling, a Celtic principle of putting on costumes to disguise oneself from the spirits and other paranormal entities.

Now, if you’re looking for an offbeat TV show to absorb yourself in during the days leading up to Halloween, check out AMC’s recently ended hit show Breaking Bad. Breaking Bad was created by Vince Gilligan, a writer whom I already knew from his tenure scripting episodes of the ‘90s TV series The X Files. With Breaking Bad, Gilligan introduces us to the story of Walter White, a high school chemistry teacher in Albuquerque. White is already struggling to support his badly insured family when he receives the diagnosis of inoperable lung cancer. Worried for the future of his family, Walt tries “I promise you won’t to figure out how regret watching it.” to not leave them penniless. His solution is to partner up with meth dealer and former student Jesse Pinkman, with whom Walt first cooks what will become his signature brand: a 99.1 percent pure crystal meth called Blue Sky. This ultra-desirable product sets in motion the chain of events that will turn shy, nerdy chemistry teacher Walter White into the ruthless, powerful drug lord known as Heisenberg. To use Gilligan’s words, it’s a transformation “from Mr. Chips to Scarface.”

The writing in Breaking Bad is nothing short of exemplary. The scripts contain the perfect balance between seriousness and humor, goodness and evil, plain truths and hidden symbolism.

My advice: Check out Breaking Bad on DVD or Netflix. It’s creepy enough to hold anyone’s attention until Halloween, and its intriguing plotline is guaranteed to hold your attention even after the holiday has passed. So if you want a TV series that’s just as funny as Young Frankenstein and just as scary as The Exorcist, try Breaking Bad. I promise you won’t regret watching it.

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Procrastination: student’s worst habit Eating. Watching TV. Texting.

Eating again because you still have more time to waste and when you finally crack open that English book, you realize that you could’ve had it done two hours ago.

Procrastination. It’s something that almost everybody deals with, whether you’re a straight-A student or someone who waits until they can’t see their carpet to clean their room. Waiting until the last minute to do something has come to be human nature, especially in high school.

That being said, why do we do it? Why do we wait until the last possible moment to do the things that we know have to be done in time anyway? We seem to put off the inevitable. I could have two months to write this Cub column and in all honestly, I’d probably still wait until the night before deadline to do so (much to Mrs. Granger’s dismay). So at 11:33 the night before it was due, there I was, typing away at how it was my own fault I was there.

We make so much extra work

things, my finished product is usually better and there isn’t the added stress of a fast-approaching deadline.

The solution? Do it earlier.

Force yourself to have a routine where you can’t play Xbox until you’ve finished your homework.

Put your phone in another room until you’ve finished that worksheet. Reward yourself for getting things done on time; the quicker you cross things off your to-do list, the better the quality of the product will be and the better your

by Katie Billman conscience will feel.

Even though procrastinatfor ourselves by putting things ing is something that most of us off and even if you’re someone have become who works more to, efficiently under “We make so much extra accustomed we should all pressure (don’t work for ourselves by make an effort worry, I’m in to get things the same boat as putting things off.” done as soon as you), sometimes they should be. the quality lacks Who knows? You might even end because of it. Although I procrasup liking the feel of it. tinate 95 percent of the time, I feel As Mr. Phillipy would say, “I so much more productive when I think, therefore I am. I procrastidon’t procrastinate for the other nate, therefore I cram.”

5. I have more time to do other

Organized Chaos

My name is Bubba, not Boo-Boo Bear Just in case you don’t know me yet, I am Bubba the Bear. I have been representing the school at football games for a few years, and I have enjoyed it with all my heart.

Recently people have been calling me by names that aren’t mine, like “Boo-Boo Bear” or just simply “Bear.” It gets a little confusing sometimes and I don’t end up coming over and giving you a highfive or a bear hug because I don’t realize that you’re referring to me.

I want to have my picture taken with anyone that wants a picture with me, so you may have to start calling me Bubba.

In the last issue of the Cub Reporter, I talked to you all about my tail. After I asked for you to please stop pulling it, I have noticed that even more people have started pulling it. I know that it may not seem serious as you are humans and most humans don’t have tails, but think of it as my hair. You don’t want someone that you don’t know pulling on your hair when you’re not looking, so I will have to

probably not pull my head off.

While getting ready for a game not too long ago, I realized that my favorite jersey was gone. Now, having things stolen from me is nothing new, but the jersey that I used to wear was my absolute favorite jersey. My mother made it for me with her bear hands last year, and I really miss it. If you are reading this and you have my jersey, could you please give it back?

I’m not entirely comfortable with

by Bubba the Bear going to games naked.

The more games I go to, the more I love the crowd that LC ask you again to please stop it. brings. I give more hugs at one At games, most people are as LC Bears game than most people hyped as they can possibly be. do in a couple Now, with this weeks. It’s being a good “I don’t think there are amazing, and thing, sometimes many experiences like I don’t think it can be a little there are many bit less of a good representing a large experiences like thing. Sometimes representing a people push oth- school.” large school. I ers around or try to pull my head off. I would prefer wouldn’t trade what I do for the world, and even though the pros to have a head, so you can concome with the cons, I bear it all. tinue to get hyped, but you should

Can’t bear it any longer

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Opinions

Sex education and teen parenting

AnnaZanoni annazanonicub@gmail.com

Should sex ed be abstinence-based?

It shouldn’t be the sole emphasis. Being sexually active depends on personal preference, so preaching abstinence won’t be effective to people who don’t agree with that ideology. Sex ex courses would benefit by using psychology in its curriculum, because if teens understood what made them tick, it may help them curb impulsive behavior.

LoganYoung loganyoungcub@gmail.com

No. Trying to hammer abstinence into teenagers’ brains is a waste of time.

When it comes to something so controversial, educators must be logical. Teenagers are more willing to learn things they can relate to. They can relate to having sex, and that’s why sex ed needs to be teaching them about protection.

Should parental consent be required for abortions?

No. When a teen is inquiring about an abortion, they are weighing the option of becoming parents themselves. As possible future parents, they need to be able to make decisions independently.

No. They’re the ones who chose to have sex at such a young age, so it should also be their decision. I have always believed in pro-choice. It’s the most logical and fair option.

Does society judge teen parents too harshly?

Public ridicule runs rampant on the issue of teen pregnancy. The sad reality is society chooses to tear down teen parents instead of supporting them. Rarely is empathy expressed when the general consensus among the public is ‘they got themselves into this, why pity them?’

Sometimes. Statistics show that 78 percent of females and 85 percent of males do use protection during sex.

When she conceives, it shows. According to the statistics, the teenagers are trying to be safe. I just think they reap what they sow.

Speak Your Mind: Should sex education be abstinence-based?

No. Sex ed should be more about prevention than abstinence.

Kelby Gaw, 12

No. If they’re going to teach us, they should at least prepare us for the future.

Remy Stevens, 12

I believe in abstinence, but they should teach as if everyone is going to have sex anyway.

Courtney Swanson, 11 Yes. I’d prefer abstinence because I am too young to become a father.

Tyler Andriese, 11

They should teach it both ways. People are less likely to listen if you just give one-sided answers.

Mary Barr, 10 Yes. It’s best to wait until marriage, so you can be more prepared.

Drew Lukens, 10

No. It’s going to happen anyway, so why prevent it?

Bree Lavette, 9

They should try to tell you not to have sex, but teach you about birth control anyway.

Justin Powless, 9

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In-depth coverage of students, global issues, rising trends and the not-so-average Bear

Senior Drew Nixon interns at ESPN Radio 1070 The Fan. In the studio where the show happens, there is a sound board, three microphones and six computers that are used throughout the show.

Cub photo/Drew Nixon

Internship ‘one of the best classes in the school’ RebeccaJohnson rebeccajohnsoncub@gmail.com

This year, 38 seniors are “testing the waters” with future job opportunities by being a part of LC’s senior internship class. Andrew Renie has been in charge of this class for the past eight years in an effort to help seniors get a start on their futures.

This class has been at LC for 20 years, but many students are unaware that the class is offered and don’t sign up for it. The class is opened to seniors who haven’t had referrals in the past 12 months.

“The downside to the program is that more people can’t be involved,” Renie said. “They get denied because of their class cuts and referrals.”

The class was created for those who know what possible careers they want as well as for those who are not sure. Students can shadow and work

on a future career for one block every that you get to do a lot of independent other day or for two blocks on one day. and hands-on things.”

Although many students have their Inspired by his father, Niemiec minds set on what they want to study hopes to be a band director and help in college and the profession they want kids develop their musical interests and to go into, students often change their potential. Being independent, making minds over and decisions on your over again. own, and know“The intern“A pro about the internship ing how to initiship program is so ate choices for a program is that you get to effective,” senior possible career is Sally Finkel said. “I do a lot of independent and what the internfeel so much more ship program is all hands-on things.” confident in my about.

Andrew Niemiec “My old neighfuture.”

Finkel is a senior bor went to school with John Michael hopeful future Vincent (JMV). She veterinarian who is knew how much I want to be a sports an intern at Allisonville Animal Hospijournalist and broadcaster,” senior tal. The purpose of the intern class is to Drew Nixon said. “She called him for help and engage seniors in deciding on me and helped me get the internship.” future majors and careers.

JMV is a radio show host at ESPN Senior Andrew Niemiec said, “A Radio 1070 The Fan, where Nixon pro about the internship program is

enjoys his internship. Currently, he types up previews for local sports teams along with editing recordings of coaches and players. He hopes this leads him to a possible career after he graduates.

“Eventually, I’ll be able to talk on the show,” Nixon said.

There are many opportunities in internships at places like hospitals, photography studios and even with the FBI open and waiting for seniors to grab hold of.

“I would definitely recommend this to future students instead of sitting in study hall,” Finkel said. “It is much more worthwhile to have an internship.”

“This program is a good program to help students get an idea of what they want to do instead of going to college and changing majors multiple times,” Renie said. “It’s one of the best classes in the school.”

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October 25, 2013 • Cub Reporter

kah

Rise the on

MolliLoftus

In the area of Lawrence Township, the use of hookah is molliloftuscub@gmail.com rising because of the availability They gather around the and capability to get the suptall tower. They laugh and talk plies needed. as every part is set up piece Local physician Dr. Desiree by piece and then fight over Samples said, “They are doing who gets the first hit. Smoke it more because it’s a new thing. rings float above their heads as The access is more open. Parents people compete to do the coolest work a lot or don’t pay as much tricks with the attention to smoke. They their kids. indulge in the Money is also “I like doing hookah fruity vapors more available because it helps me that fill the to some.” small room.

She said relax and clear my Smoking the younger head when I get hookah has the user, the stressed.” been around less likely they Aaron Massengill are to unfor a long time but now is a senior derstand the growing trend. health side of “I like dosmoking hooing hookah because it helps me kah. There are a lot of rumors relax and clear my head when I that it’s not as bad as smoking get stressed,” senior Aaron Mas- cigarettes. sengill said.

But according to CDC, a Everyday people feel stress typical one-hour-long hookah from all areas of their lives. smoking session involves 200 Many turn to smoking, whether puffs, while an averit is cigarettes, weed or hookah, age cigarette is 20 as a stress reliever. It’s not just a puffs. The volume stress reliever, though. of smoke inhaled “People smoke hookah during a typical because their friends do and the hookah session is more they do it, the more they about 90,000 millike it and keep doing it,” Masliliters, compared sengill said. with 500–600 milAccording to the Centers of liliters inhaled when Disease Control (CDC), there smoking a cigarette. has been an increase in hookah “You are actually use around the world, most noinhaling more smoke tably among youth and among and it still causes canuniversity students. Its Monitor- cers,” Samples said. ing the Future survey for 12th In most hookahs, charcoal grade students found that in is used to heat the tobacco. This 2010, 17 percent of high school increases the levels of carbon seniors in the United States had monoxide, metals, and cancerused hookahs in the past year. causing chemicals.

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Infectious diseases may be transmitted by sharing a hookah Second hand smoke from hookahs poses a serious risk for nonsmokers primarily because it contains smoke not only from the tobacco but also from the heat source used in the hookah Irritation from exposure to tobacco juices increases the risk of developing oral cancer Hookah is known by a number of different names, including narghile, hubble bubble, and goza

In recent years new forms of smoking hookah have become available. Steam stones and hookah pens are the most popular. They are also the least researched and there is little information on the health risks of these.

The age requirement for smoking hookah is the same as smoking any other legal drug, 18, although many users start to illegally smoke hookah under the legal age.

“I smoke it because it’s simply a good way to burn time with other people; it’s chill and really a stress free thing. It tastes so pure and even though it’s illegal, it’s not like doing other drugs,” said a local 17-year-old who wished not to give his name.

LC graduate Mary Loftus is smoking hookah. Junior Nick Slater exhales vapor in the form of an O. Experts say second-hand smoke from hookahs poses a serious risk for nonsmokers because it contains smoke not only from the tobacco but also from the heat source used. Cub photos/Molli Loftus

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kah

Rise the on

MolliLoftus

In the area of Lawrence Township, the use of hookah is molliloftuscub@gmail.com rising because of the availability They gather around the and capability to get the suptall tower. They laugh and talk plies needed. as every part is set up piece Local physician Dr. Desiree by piece and then fight over Samples said, “They are doing who gets the first hit. Smoke it more because it’s a new thing. rings float above their heads as The access is more open. Parents people compete to do the coolest work a lot or don’t pay as much tricks with the attention to smoke. They their kids. indulge in the Money is also “I like doing hookah fruity vapors more available because it helps me that fill the to some.” small room.

She said relax and clear my Smoking the younger head when I get hookah has the user, the stressed.” been around less likely they Aaron Massengill are to unfor a long time but now is a senior derstand the growing trend. health side of “I like dosmoking hooing hookah because it helps me kah. There are a lot of rumors relax and clear my head when I that it’s not as bad as smoking get stressed,” senior Aaron Mas- cigarettes. sengill said.

But according to CDC, a Everyday people feel stress typical one-hour-long hookah from all areas of their lives. smoking session involves 200 Many turn to smoking, whether puffs, while an averit is cigarettes, weed or hookah, age cigarette is 20 as a stress reliever. It’s not just a puffs. The volume stress reliever, though. of smoke inhaled “People smoke hookah during a typical because their friends do and the hookah session is more they do it, the more they about 90,000 millike it and keep doing it,” Masliliters, compared sengill said. with 500–600 milAccording to the Centers of liliters inhaled when Disease Control (CDC), there smoking a cigarette. has been an increase in hookah “You are actually use around the world, most noinhaling more smoke tably among youth and among and it still causes canuniversity students. Its Monitor- cers,” Samples said. ing the Future survey for 12th In most hookahs, charcoal grade students found that in is used to heat the tobacco. This 2010, 17 percent of high school increases the levels of carbon seniors in the United States had monoxide, metals, and cancerused hookahs in the past year. causing chemicals.

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Hookah: Fun Facts • •

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Infectious diseases may be transmitted by sharing a hookah Second hand smoke from hookahs poses a serious risk for nonsmokers primarily because it contains smoke not only from the tobacco but also from the heat source used in the hookah Irritation from exposure to tobacco juices increases the risk of developing oral cancer Hookah is known by a number of different names, including narghile, hubble bubble, and goza

In recent years new forms of smoking hookah have become available. Steam stones and hookah pens are the most popular. They are also the least researched and there is little information on the health risks of these.

The age requirement for smoking hookah is the same as smoking any other legal drug, 18, although many users start to illegally smoke hookah under the legal age.

“I smoke it because it’s simply a good way to burn time with other people; it’s chill and really a stress free thing. It tastes so pure and even though it’s illegal, it’s not like doing other drugs,” said a local 17-year-old who wished not to give his name.

LC graduate Mary Loftus is smoking hookah. Junior Nick Slater exhales vapor in the form of an O. Experts say second-hand smoke from hookahs poses a serious risk for nonsmokers because it contains smoke not only from the tobacco but also from the heat source used. Cub photos/Molli Loftus

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OB/GYN Marla Lenz, leader of LC’s parental support group, distributes blankets that match the pack and play sets that the new parents got from the Marion County Health Department. Cub photo/Amanda Boyce

Preparing teen parents for their futures HaleyHamilton haleyhamiltoncub@gmail.com

“I am most looking forward to meeting her, holding her and raising her. I have carried her for six months, already feeling her kicks, punches and rolls,” junior Shelby Pratt said. “I just can’t wait for her to be here, for it to all be real.”

Pratt, 17, is among the 750,000 teens that get pregnant each year. She is expecting her first daughter, Ella, in December. Unlike most teen mothers, however, Pratt receives a lot of support and guidance from her daughter’s father and fiancé senior Joel McGee in addition to her parents, guidance counselors and friends.

“All of my family and friends are excited and there for me. My mom is going to allow Joel, Ella and me to stay in her house until we can move into our own place,” Pratt said. “She had her first baby at a young age and sees it as I do: a blessing.”

At more than seven months pregnant, Pratt has already bought and received

most of the items she will need for the first year of raising her daughter. The average parent spends $10,158 on a baby in its first year alone, according to babycenter.com.

Pratt attends regular obstetrician gynecologist (OB/ GYN) appointments where she is weighed, measured and tested for any complications that may occur throughout her pregnancy.

Seeing as how she is a teen mother and her body is still growing, “...she sees complications blessing.” such as low birth weight and premature labor are much more common. Babies born to teen mothers are twosix times more likely to be born prematurely and have low birth weights.

“It has also given me extreme responsibilities that I must handle and prepare for every day,” Pratt said.

According to DoSomething.org, three out of every 10 girls will get pregnant at least once before they turn 20, and one-fourth of them will

get pregnant again within 24 months. Out of these girls, only 2 percent will graduate high school on time.

To help lower the numbers of girls not completing high school, guidance counselor Deena Fogle has started a support group for currently pregnant LC girls. The group meets once each week and is led by OB/GYN Marla Lenz from Purdue University.

“We teach the expecting parents things they it as I do: a would not have Shelby Pratt learned junior otherwise,” Lenz said. ”We also do a meeting about safe sleeping where a lady from the Marion County Health Department comes in and gives each person in the group a free pack and play.”

She teaches the expecting parents about having a healthy pregnancy and a healthy baby.

“We have the group to help the girls have healthy pregnancies and get prepared for the birthing process and life with a baby,” Fogle said.

The teens are able to talk with an expert as well as get advice from other expecting teen parents and current teen parents who have gone through the support group.

At a former meeting, a teen mom who had been in the group the year before came in and brought her new baby. She shared with the expecting parents what she had learned after her baby had actually been born.

“The adviser of the group (Lenz) is extremely understanding and sweet,” Pratt said. “She values all of our opinions and teaches us new things about pregnancy and babies every time the group meets.”

The support group also discusses the many difficulties that come with having a baby and how to overcome them.

“I think the hardest thing for teen parents is having to mature so much in such a short time,” parenting and child development teacher Lisa Buggs said.

More information for teenage expecting mothers is available in the guidance office and on babycenter.com.

Clothing $420 Misc. $520 Healthcare $540 Transportation $700 Food $1,430 Childcare and Education $1,460 Housing $2,880

Cub graphic/Leah Arenz

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Building career skills in the Perk Beginning this year, a bonus has been added for teachbrittannietraviscub@gmail.com ers and administrators: the opportunity to call down to the Opening up the Coffee and Perk and place an order from the menu. Teachers’ orders can Gift Shop to LC’s students for another school year in the Perk, be delivered to their classrooms by the Perk students.

Nancy Hormann’s students Hormann believes this opbegin the block selling to their portunity will be great not only customers. for the students but also for the An idea that began as an students with disabilities. unintentional search on the Hormann and Jenny Hoffinternet by Hormann and a former LC teacher has progressed man, another special education teacher, are in charge of the into an up-and-coming develprogram and plan to continue opment here. Hormann and adding on in the future. other special education teachHormann’s goal is to create ers aren’t stopping there. a partnership with the nonThe Perk’s Coffee and Gift disabled students in LC’s Best Shop, continuously staffed by Buddies Club. Both groups of LC’s disabled students, will students will work together remain in business. The opin opening the Coffee Shop in portunity is a technique being the morning to sell to students recycled annually to assist the who arrive and wait before students in learning skills for school, which would also be a post-high-school jobs. source of fundraising for Best “Basically, it’s a trainBuddies. In ing site for previous years, working on “...it’s a training site for the disabled their early students pre-readiness working on their early worked with skills for job pre-readiness skills for their teachers developjob development.” to open the ment,” Hormann said.

Nancy Hormann Coffee Shop.

“We would The Perk’s resource teacher sell a lot in Coffee and the morning Gift Shop will with our Pop-Tarts, coffee and help with pre-job skills includcappuccinos, which we would ing eye contact, communicasell to the students before they tion skills, memory, directions hustled down to the Comand money management. mons,” Hormann said.

A new factor was added The Perk first became a last year, a cash register. It huge accomplishment due to was used as a teaching tool the regular customers every to prepare disabled students morning, but the morning sales before they went out into the community with a volunteer or stopped because of the time change and busy schedules for paid position.

“It’s fun. I get to learn how the teachers. However, Hormann plans to bring it back. to make change and see new “I think that the Perk is people,” said Tiffany Hutton, a senior working in the Perk café. beneficial to everybody in the school,” sophomore Suzanne Students are taking advanBarillo said. tage of the PERK’s opening Hoffmann and Hormann during study halls and have want to offer the opportunity become customers. Junior for students to help in the Perk Cydney Burd said, “I find it and broaden the program to (the café) awesome because it other students willing to join in kind of makes the Perk a little the future. bit better . . .”

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Top: Junior Jashaun Loggins makes a slushi in the Perk’s Coffee and Gift Shop. Bottom: Senior Maria Garcia gets candy for a purchase that a student made at the Perk cafe. Cub photos/Michael Rice

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The Bona Thompson Memorial, on the former Butler campus in Irvington, is said to be haunted by the benevolent Thompson. Cub photo/Elizabeth Granger

History walks reveal eerie past witness something like that again,” Irvington Ghost Tour leader Alan Hunter jaydenkellycub@gmail.com said.

Perhaps the most evil of the stories At first glance, Irvington may seem is that of the notorious serial killer, to be just another quiet neighborhood H.H. Holmes. In the late 1800s, Holmes in Indianapolis. But for some, that’s started his killing spree by building a not the case. Irvington, named after hotel in Chicago for the murders’ locathe writer of “The Legend of Sleepy tion. At night, the hotel visitors were Hollow,” is considered to be the most gassed and thrown into acid so their haunted place in Indianapolis. Irvingskin would burn ton is home to away, leaving only more than 50 “Those who see it (Lincoln the bones. After he ghost stories, had their bones, some of which are Ghost Train) never want to he sold them to told during the witness something like that universities for Irvington Ghost again. ” anatomy studies Walk.

Alan Hunter for $75 each. Since In the town ghost tour guide Holmes donated square in Irso many bones, no vington lies the one knows how many murders he actuspot considered to be have of the most ally committed. However, it is said that famous ghost stories in America, the he killed more than 200 people. Holmes Lincoln Ghost Train. On April 29 every was eventually caught and hanged for year, a ghostly train with skeletal pashis crimes. sengers comes through Irvington on Not quite as well-known as tracks that are no longer there.

Holmes was D.C. Stephenson, the “Those who see it never want to JaydenKelly

“grand dragon” of Indiana’s Ku Klux Klan. Stephenson had a mansion in Irvington that he had redesigned to look like the Klan headquarters in Atlanta, Ga. Although he had claimed to be “the law” in Irvington, Stephenson was imprisoned for the kidnapping and killing of Madge Oberholtzer. Ever since the crimes, Stephenson’s mansion has been known as the “Boogie-Man” house of Irvington.

Though most Irvington ghost stories are creepy, not all of them are.

There is a tree in Irvington called “The Kile Oak,” named after the Civil War veteran and retired minister Oliver Kile, whose farm the tree was a part of before the early 1900s. The Kile Oak is known to have an association with “earth fairies.” Earth fairies are known to be 8 to 12 inches tall. Many say they are “cheerful little imps with long, pointed ears who hop about in a small dance.”

The job of the earth fairies is to control the natural and supernatural energies of the Kile Oak. Another Irvington story involves

Ghost Tours What: Irvington Ghost Tours When: 7-9:30 p.m. tonight, Saturday Nov. 1, 2 Where: 9 S. Johnson Ave, Indianapolis, between the Bookmamma’s bookstore and the Irving Theatre off Washington Street. No reservations required.

Tickets: $10 www.indianaghosttours.org

the Bona Thompson building on Butler University’s former campus. Thompson died in her early 20s; her parents built the library in her honor. It is believed by some that she continues to protect the building.

Hunter, a former history teacher, has been conducting the Irvington ghost tours for more than a decade. He has written several books including “Irvington Haunts” and “More Irvington Haunts.” All ghost walk participants receive one of his books.

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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.

Lighthearted AliDuff

aliduffcub@gmail.com

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Comedic

The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer, opening here Nov. 7, is based on the 1947 movie starring Cary Grant, Myrna Loy and Shirley Temple. The movie was originally directed by Irving Reis and won Sidney Sheldon an Academy Award for Best Original Screenknows how to make everything translate to the back of the house play. That same year and featuring while keeping it realistic.” the same actors, The Bachelor and the work, and we are all disciplined.”

Ayala added that she thinks Like Ayala, he sees their Bobby Soxer was also adapted as a rehearsals as good preparation half hour radio performance broad- the play will be well received by for the actual play, saying also cast from the Screen Guild Theater. the audience, and that her character is easy to bring to life. that comedy should be expected.

Like the movie, the play con“There is nothing difficult in “Rehearsals are setting up the cerns a teenage girl, Susan Turner, portraying my framework at this point but we’ll who falls in love character because be filling in the details later on. The with an older “The audience can I don’t have audience can expect many comedic man, a sophisany lines,” she situations and funny characters,” ticated bachelor expect many comedic said. “I think the he said. named Richard situations and funny crowd is really The pre-show, directed by Nugent. Susan’s going to enjoy senior Jessica Cherry and psychiatrist characters.” junior Molli Loftus, is uncle persuades Scott Van Wye the comedy in this play and it called The Case of Nugent to play senior will make people Sarah White vs along with Susan laugh. Some The Bureau until her crush young girls might even fall in love of Fashionable ends, but soon Susan’s infatuation with one of the roles in this play.

Defense. The proves harder to shake off than I think the crowd is going to have one-act play is Nugent had previously expected. just as much fun as the actors and a comedy set in The role of Richard will be actresses.” a courtroom, with brought to life by senior Scott Van Van Wye said he believes that fashion police trying Wye, while sophomore Natalie he is similar to his character, Richto determine whether McFadden will act as Susan and or junior Julia Klinestiver will portray ard, in many ways. not the the character of Margaret, Susan’s “I feel I am titular older sister. very similar to characTheater teacher Kathleen HorDate: Nov. 7-9 Richard in my ter (Sarah rigan said that work on the play mannerisms White) is couldn’t be going better.

Time: 7 p.m. guilty of wear“Rehearsals are going great. We and behaviors. ing an ugly have Act 1 blocked already and the He’s kind of a Place: Auditorium sarcastic goof as jacket. entire show is memorized,” HorAdmission Cost: $6 in am I,” Van Wye The Case rigan said. advance and $8 at the door said. of Sarah White Senior Yadira Ayala agreed Despite the vs The Bureau with Horrigan. Ayala portrays a similarities, Van of Fashionable teenage student in the play.

Wye said there are still challenges Defense was written by sophomore “Everybody works together to portraying Richard.

Coleton Hast. It was chosen as the and everyone takes self-criticism “It’s hard to portray Dick’s pre-show to the fall play by Horproperly,” Ayala said. “Ms. Horririgan. gan is a very good director and she animated demeanor enough to

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Swedish duo’s new album is crazy good BrittannieTravis

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Releasing their debut album, This Is . . . Icona Pop, in September, the Swedish DJ duo is currently tearing up the charts with their hit singles, erratic music videos and nonstop tours.

The members, Caroline Hjelt and Aino Jawo, were recognized in 2012 when their knockout single “I Love It” became the theme song for the American reality television series Snooki & Jwoww. “I Love It” was to be found on multiple year-end lists, including Rolling Stones, the Billboard Hot 100 and the Swedish Singles Chart. Furthermore, “I Love It” was certified doubleplatinum by the Recording Industry Association of America.

Verses in the chorus of Tupac’s “Me and My Girlfriend” are recycled in Icona Pop’s ode to female friendship, “Girlfriend.” In addition, the album is finished on a high note with the catchy indie pop track “Then We Kiss.”

Icona Pop is influenced by electro house, punk and indie pop music. The blends of genres give their tracks a hyper-energy sound, especially with the additional shouted lyrics. An effect used, excessively, throughout the entire album.

Overall, I’d recommend This Is . . . Icona Pop for hard-partying dancing and signature music to a night out with friends. The upbeat tunes will have you jumping out of your seat.

This Is . . . Icona Pop

Artist: Icona Pop Album: This Is . . . Icona Pop Genre: Pop Song Suggestion: “In the Stars” Rating: 4 out of 5 Similar Artists: Charli XCX, Iggy Azalea, Ke$ha, Natalia Kills

Avoid the ‘sexy cat’ this Halloween Halloween is quickly approaching, and whether you’re going to a costume party or preparing for trick-or-treating, you’re probably thinking about your Halloween costume.

Whether you’re dressing up with a group of people or by yourself, most of the time it ends up… unoriginal. How many of us were ‘80s girls last year for Halloween?

It’s also very easy to notice that Halloween is the one night girls can dress almost like Playboy bunnies without thinking twice, hence the “Sexy Cat” epidemic.

Halloween is personally my favorite holiday, because you can dress up in anything you want and look as crazy as you want without anyone judging you. It’s sad to see the majority of girls our age take it as a way of just showing off what they have, and not putting any of

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their personality or love into their costume.

Seriously, you can be anything you want on Halloween. There is no limit to your imagination.

For example, you can dress up as someone from your favorite movie or TV show this summer or maybe even as musical artist you really like.

What’s H t in Indy

Indy Sceam Park

The scariest haunted house is See related story back in Indiana. on Page 11.

Attractions include the haunted houes, corn maze, and the spook walk. Indy Scream Parks Haunted House is located at 5211 S New Columbus Rd, Anderson, IN 46013 between the hours 7 p.m. to 12 p.m. throughout the week. For more information go to www. indyscreampark.com

Hanna Haunted Acres

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Own That Look

You can even look online for inspiration. I saw a group dress up like popular iPhone apps, and another group all dress up like Waldo from Where’s Waldo. The possibilities are endless.

You don’t have to go to those huge Halloween warehouse stores and buy a super expensive costume that you’re probably only going to wear once, either.

Goodwill is advertising its new Halloween section of the store for this time of year, and Goodwill and lots of other thrift stores are filled with clothes that could have costume potential. It’s easy to get your own costume and make it yours, without going over your budget.

So go out with your friends to a costume party, maybe score a pillowcase full of candy, but most of all, show off a costume you’re proud of.

Indianapolis’s Hanna Haunted See related story on Page 11.

Acres is back, but in a newly renovated state. Attractions are the Saw, Scarecrow’s Revenge, Carnevil, Hide & Seek, and much more terror-filled excursions. Hanna Haunted Acres will be open every Friday through Sunday until the end of November. Discounted prices are offered online; just go to www.hannaauntedacres.com for more information or call (317) 357-0881.

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America’s Got Talent (Live)

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Pacers at Bankers Life The Indiana Pacers will be up against the Orlando Magic at Bankers Life Field House. The game is at 7 p.m. on Tuesday. For more information go to www.ticketmaster.com

America’s Got Talent (Live), on NBC television network, will be in Indianapolis at the Murat Theatre at the Old National Centre. The live show will be at 5 p.m. Nov. 3. VIP packages will include Meet & Greet Passes and America’s Got Talent Swag. For information about tickets and the VIP Package go to www. ticketmaster.com

Raising the Hem: Historic Fashions of American Nobility

“Raising the Hem: Historic Fashions of American Nobility” is the new exhibit being featured at the Benjamin Harrison Home at 1230 N. Delaware St. in Indianapolis. The exhibit features culture, beautiful jewelry, and fashions and artifacts from various White House ladies.

Prices per person and group rates are based on age. Tours last approximately one hour and 15 minutes.

For more information, go to www. bhpsite.org.

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Looking through the Rear Window they have open due to the summer heat. From across the apartment complex courtyard, Jefferies can see several other tenants; a solitary woman whom he nicknames “Miss Lonelyheart,” a dancer he calls “Miss Torso,” a pianist, a few married couples, and a traveling jewelry seller, Lars Thorwald, who has an ill and bedridden wife.

One evening, Jefferies hears a woman scream and the sound of breaking across the courtBy Ali Duff glass yard. He spots Mr. Thorwald first cleaning a knife and handsaw, then While perhaps not as terrifying later that week hiring moving men to haul away a large packing crate as Psycho or The Birds, Rear Wintied shut with ropes. Based on dow is still generally considered what he has seen, one of Alfred Jefferies becomes Hitchcock’s convinced that signature directAvailability: Available for rental and viewing on Netflix Thorwald is ing efforts. The guilty of murderfilm, released Rating: R ing his wife. in 1954, follows Rear Window professional Running Time: 112 minutes is famous for photographer its approach to L.B. Jefferies, voyeurism, as the film is so well diwho is wheelchair bound after being injured while photographing a rected that the viewer almost feels like they are spying along with racing accident.

Jefferies and deserve also whatever Jefferies passes his time consequences might come to him. confined to his apartment by This is the core of the enduring watching his neighbors’ daily charm of Rear Window, the endactivities through the windows

Retro Reels

Rear Window

she had red shoe laces on.

Leon records her experiences as she travels to a juvenile corThe 1992 autobiography Do or rectional center. There she meets a Die is a heart-pounding true story of life in the streets of Compton, in group of young men who explain the turmoil of living in Compton.

Los Angeles. The novel is written Members of the Crips by a former model, and Bloods, two of Leon Bing.

America’s most notoriDespite being one ous gangs, speak on of the most recogniztheir experiences. able and successful Leon meets a models, Leon was tired young man known as of being a so-called Lil’ Monster, a Crip “pretty face” and whose big brother has decided to branch out a mean reputation. and learn more about Lil’ Monster tells the the City of Angels. harsh truth about What she found out was more than Source/www.harpercollins.com being criticized and stereotyped because he is a gang what any brochure offered, and member and his brother is an what she learned was more than original Crip. any college could teach.

Leon also meets a young man This is the place where kids die because of red and blue. It’s where who got shot in the chest by a rival gang member and drove himself to a man shot a little girl just because jordanwilliamscub@gmail.com

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Source/www.thenoirzone.blogspot.com L.B. Jefferies (James Stewart) believes that he has witnessed a murder in Rear Window.

less fascination with the notion of “people watching” and the ever questionable ethics behind the act.

Another famous piece of the Hitchcock puzzle is the score of Rear Window, which is credited as being created by veteran Hollywood composer Franz Waxman.

However, in the final cut of the film, Waxman’s contributions were limited to the opening and ending titles. Hitchock chose to use more “natural” sounds (in this case, the apartment guests simply living their daily lives).

The film stars James Stewart as L.B. Jefferies, Grace Kelly as Lisa Fremont, Wendell Corey as Detective Thomas Doyle, and Thelma Ritter as Stella. Rear Window can be rented on DVD and Netflix.

Do or Die tells a valuable true story JordanWilliams

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Do or Die Author: Leon Bing Cost (on Amazon): $11.32 for paperback Length: 227 pages Genre: Autobiography

the hospital. It’s a world where if you run and live, you’re a coward, but if you stay and die you are a hero.

Leon also meets some older gentlemen and learns that the gang life is one vicious cycle that feeds on the young and innocent until they are cold and lifeless.

Written in the early ‘90s, Do or Die gives you firsthand the raw feeling of gang life. Bing’s inspirational story is guaranteed to change your perspective about the world we live in.

Google Drive, doing homework on the go Have you ever wanted to access your files on the go? Have you ever needed to finish a homework assignment from the convenience of your mobile device? Google Drive is the app for you. Google Drive is Google’s cloud storage service. Like services such as Dropbox, SugarSync, Box and Microsoft’s Skydrive, Google Drive allows users to store their files in the “cloud,” making them accessible from any device with internet access. Everyone with a Google account receives 15 GB of free storage space. Google Drive has one feature that sets it above other cloud storage providers. It has an office suite comparable to Microsoft Office built in. It allows the user to create documents, spreadsheets presentations and more.

Appearance 9/10 Like everything Google, the Google Drive app is sleek, clean and simple. After logging into your Google account you are greeted with the Google Drive logo and a simple monochrome menu. It is from this screen that you can access your stored files and create new ones. The user interface when editing a document is just fantastic. It balances features with limited screen space perfectly.

Features 7/10 The app supports creating and editing Cost: Free documents, spreadRating: 25/30 sheets and uploading pictures and videos. It Platforms: iOS, Android also supports viewing presentations, and graphics created from the web interface. The app also supports collaborative editing, which allows multiple people to edit a document at once and allows them to view these edits in real time.

What this app does, it does well. On more than one occasion, however, I have had the need to work on a presentation from my phone and have been disappointed. The app also lacks a spell check so I often need to open the document on the computer before I turn it in to make sure all the words are spelled correctly.

Usability 9/10 Ignoring the occasional crash, Google Drive is stable and very usable. Every button has a purpose and no space is wasted in the app. The user interface is both functional and beautiful.

With the ability to create and edit documents from any computer with a web browser and almost any smartphone, Google Drive is a service well worth using. Like it has helped many others, Google Drive has saved me from many zeroes on forgotten homework assignments and aided me in completing several

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Sports

SPORTS

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

Lady Bears end in sectionals JacobHelmus

jacobhelmuscub@gmail.com Although, the Lady Bears soccer team is still winless on the season, they do not show it with their hustle and heart on the field.

In their last three games, LC has scored a goal, after going goalless for seven straight games, and only lost by scores of 1-3, and 1-4 to Mount Vernon and Park Tudor, respectively.

The Lady Bears struggled for most of the season but they never once gave up, no matter the score.

First year head coach Dan Jackson has been extremely proud of the way his team competes when they step on to

the field, no matter who the opponent is.

LC showed its heart and determination when they traveled to play their arch rival Lawrence North.

The Lady Bears ended up with a 0-3 loss; however, they did not let up a goal until late in the second half.

This was a big momentum and confidence boost for the girls going into the last bit of their schedule.

“We have improved as a team since the start of the season to now. Leading up to sectionals, we will continue to work on our weaknesses and further develop our strengths,” Jackson said.

The Lady Bears play in the four-team Sectional 20, which

consists of LC, Lawrence North, North Central and Cathedral.

The Bears drew the host team North Central in the first round, with the potential to play the winner of Cathedral and Lawrence North in the sectional championship. The Lady Bears lost 0-13, to North Central, in their second game of the season.

“We have been working on our communication and ball skills this whole season; those two things will hopefully lead us to a win,” junior Carlie Tonnis said.

The Lady Bears were eliminated from the state tournament after losing to North Central for the second time this season 0-9.

The Lady Bears finished 0-13 on the season.

Senior defender Olivia Kirsh prepares to stop a shot against Park Tudor. LC lost 4-1, which ousted them from the Marion County tournament. Cub photo/Michael Rice

Professional sports or college sports?

DrewNixon drewnixoncub@gmail.com Hustle. Glory. Upsets. Rivalries. Hype. Heart. Passion.

Tradition.

College sports and professional sports have both of these attributes. However, college sports retain the higher level of vigor between the two.

Let’s face the facts: Professional athletes make money and college athletes don’t.

Sometimes, if a pro athlete isn’t satisfied with his contract, the player may not play at their potential. Professional athletes have passion, but money can guide how they play. College athletes play for glory and play with more heart and passion to get to the pros where that athlete can then make money.

The money also can cause athletes to hold out if they can’t get a deal they want. Corner-

a contract in the $300 million range. Alex Rodriguez was given a contract worth $275 million — the highest amount paid to an athlete in sports history.

Money can tend to direct how a professional athlete plays. The money isn’t a distraction for college athletes, but is a potential reward in the fuby Drew Nixon ture. This potential reward motivates the players to improve back Darrelle Revis of the New their game to professional poYork Jets and running back tential.

Chris Johnson of the Tennessee College athletes, while Titans are two playing in colathletes who lege, make have recently “Money can tend to their case to held out for a direct how a profesplay profesnew contract. sionally. ColT h e sional athlete plays.” lege athletes amount of put in all the money that work they can, athletes make is astounding. determined to get the glory and There are reports that Los An- be drafted and play in their geles Dodgers pitcher Clayton sport professionally. The games Kershaw was recently offered are more electrifying. The hype

On the Spot

is larger. The rivalries cause the athletes to focus and work as hard as they can to continue tradition at their schools and win the game.

Professional sports, excluding the NFL and sometimes the NBA, aren’t very exciting to watch until the playoffs. In the NBA, once the playoffs hit, you can tell the athletes step the defense up a notch and are playing for a ring. That’s when professional sports are awesome to watch, when it’s playoff time.

But not until then.

March Madness in college basketball is far better than any professional sports playoff system. Brackets envelope a fan’s time and energy to just predict games that will be wrong, just because of how much hype the tournament gets. In professional sports, there isn’t a Butler that will come out of nowhere and come a narrowly missed

half-court shot away from winning the championship.

One thing against college sports is that they are harder to follow because there are so many teams that compete for a championship. Not to mention a quarter of those teams have basically no chance of making a Bowl game, or making the tournament to even participate for a chance for a title. Professional sports have a good number of teams that can all be followed by every person. There aren’t 125 teams in the NFL, or 347 teams in the NBA. Pro sports are just easier to follow.

I love both college and professional sports equally. Both are exciting to watch and talk about. However, college sports focus on the upsets, rivalries, tradition and passion, which makes them more unique and fun to watch than professional sports.

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Girls golf ends in sectionals

Bears look for spark TajhanaeGillard

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The LC girls golf team’s season ended after the team finished in eighth place in their sectional tournament at South Grove Golf Course.

Sophomore Jasmine Shelt was the Bears’ top scorer with 95.

Shelt also barely missed out on going to play in the Regional tournament as an individual, as the player ahead of Shelt shot a 92.

The Bears scored a team total of 415. Junior Persephone Apodaca shot a 102, sophomore Alexa Austin shot a 105, and freshman Rachael Jacobs shot a 113.

“If the girls practice over the summer, I think we have a good chance to get out of sectionals next year.”

Andrew Renie head coach

The girls placed 13th in their Marion County tournament at Coffin Golf Course along with placing 10th in the MIC tournament at Oak Tree Golf Course.

Coach Andrew Renie said there was overall team improvement throughout the season by each player.

He added that all the girls will be returning to play next year.

“If the girls practice over the summer, I think we have a good chance to get out of sectionals next year,” Renie said.

The girls’ season is officially finished, but after a season of improvement, the expectation is that the girls will return next year looking to make it through their sectional and onto regionals.

Senior Libero Leah Frischmann hits a shot from her position in the back row.

Frischmann has been a key contributor for the Bears during her four seasons at LC. This season she leads the team in digs. Cub photo/Michael Rice

Although the girls’ volleyball team is nearing the end of their season, there is still time for improvement in their schedule. They will begin to have more fast-paced and physically challenging practices that will give them a feel for what the sectional tournament games will be like.

“We could definitely finish our matches and speed up our recovery time,” said sophomore Yasmene Leath.

The Bears often struggled with recovery situations but they’ve shown much improvement since their 0-3 loss against the Fishers Tigers at their season-opening game this August.

“We’ll keep working hard in practice every day,” head coach Kyla Montgomery said.

The girls have had time to bond with their coach over the summer and during the season.

“They have adjusted well,

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after getting a new coach they learned expectations fast,” Montgomery said.

For some of the girls, their last match as a Bear is quickly approaching.

“We’re going to miss the seniors; they’ve done a good job being leaders,” Montgomery said. “The junior and sophomore classes will step up and fill in for the seniors next year, but they’ll have to work hard.”

The girls are riled up for the tournament, and the remainder of their season they’ll be working with an open schedule.

Having shown that they could defeat teams like the North Central Panthers and the Pike Red Devils, they have a strong position in the tournament. The Bears have time to prepare, and they plan to use it wisely.

“I think if we keep working hard, we will do well in sectionals,” Leath said. LC will play the winner of Lawrence North or Cathedral in sectionals.

Boys prepare for future JacobHelmus

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The boys soccer team saw its season come to an end last Monday in a 6-1 loss to the Cathedral Irish in the first round of sectionals. The Bears finished with a record of 0-14-2, with the two ties coming early in the season against Decatur Central and conference rival Warren Central.

In the sectional game, the Bears were overmatched from the very beginning. Cathedral scored early and often en route to a 3-0 lead at halftime, which was then too much for the Bears to overcome, as the Irish tacked on three more goals in the second half. This season was one to forget for the Bears. Going winless was not what the team expected at all.

“Going into this season,

I did not think we would not win a game, so that was a major disappointment,” senior co-captain Gonzalo Ruiz said.

“Overall, though, I had a great experience playing soccer for LC.” However, with the conference change, the Bears had to play a lot of new teams that weren’t on the previous schedule, and had to do so with a very young starting lineup.

Out of the starting 11, only four were seniors, with the other seven being a rotation of freshman and sophomores.

This young core of players had a rude awakening to what high school soccer is like in the Metropolitan Interscholastic Conference (MIC), but that means next year they will have experience under their belts and know what it takes to win and compete in the conference.

Senior co-captain Gonzalo Ruiz looks for someone to pass the ball to from his midfield position in a game against Carmel. Carmel won that game 11-0. LC wasn’t able to come up with any victories this season in the MIC. Cub photo/Michael Rice

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Sports

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Peyton Manning of the Denver Broncos, Marvin Jones of the Cincinnati Bengals and Marshawn Lynch of the Seattle Seahawks are helping fantasy football players everywhere.

Living in a fantasy world DrewNixon

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Fantasy sports are, among other things, a pastime that has existed for a long time, ever since the idea was suggested by the late Wilfred “Bill” Winkenbach in 1962. Stats are the key to winning these games, not wins.

That makes the game exciting.

The game gives a sports fan a chance to own their own team, draft players, add players to their roster and drop players from their roster over the course of the sports’ regular season.

“It’s the best thing ever invented,” sophomore Zach Dunagin said. Dunagin is an active participant in fantasy sports.

He said that when he drafts a player, he looks for “a player

Then there is the snake who can put up big stats and is draft, a draft that most leagues consistent.”

There are numerous types have. You don’t have a budget and you can pick any player of drafts to participate in. you want durT h e r e ing any round. are auto-pick The scordrafts, where “Sometimes you get ing system you set up smacked and it’s not for a fantasy your rankings league depends of players be- fun. But when you on the person fore the sched- smack someone, it’s who sets up uled draft and the league. The those players awesome” Tyler Fudge website sets are picked junior randomly up a standard scoring system, based on the but the person rankings you who develops their league can made.

There are auction drafts, change the scoring system to where you have a certain bud- whichever way they please.

Each week of the sports get that you have to spend on regular season, your team will players in the draft.

play another team owner in that league. Whoever has the most points from their players at the end of the week wins the game. For fantasy football, the last two weeks of the NFL regular season are the playoff weeks for fantasy football leagues.

Depending on the league you enter, you can win prizes or money.

“Sometimes you get smacked and it’s not fun. But when you smack someone, it’s awesome,” junior Tyler Fudge said.

Fantasy sports can envelop a person’s time and interest to take the chance and own a team in which they pick the players and can control who plays, what players they want to add

or drop or trade.

“It’s addicting. It’s a fun thing to do,” junior Darin Lawrence said. Lawrence’s top picks are Jaamal Charles and Marshawn Lynch.

So far this year, there is a total of 33,559,990 people that have played or are currently playing fantasy sports in the United States. In Canada, there is an estimated total of 3.1 million people.

Fantasy sports have captured the attention of sports fans and even athletes that participate in professional sports.

They are “addicting” and provide an opportunity for a fan to own their own team and to have bragging rights until the next season.

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Bears limp into postseason DrewNixon

Warren Central tonight, after losing to Warren Central two weeks ago.

The football team is looking “I think you’re going to see to get back on the track of win- a lot of energy and emotion. We ning. are considering the postseason The Bears have struggled to as our second season,” Richput up points in their losses this man said. year and the defense has been “We need to find what moon the field a large proportion tivates us. We need to find that of the game. hunger to get The Bears “I think you’re going better,” senior have lost six Cameron Gargames in a to see a lot of energy rett said. row, resulting and emotion. We Garrett in the Bears also said that are considering the being 3-6, the intensity and 2-5 in the postseason as our in practice has MIC. been turned second season.”

The Bears up a notch and Jed Richman have dropped that there are head coach to 11th in the competitions state in the in practice. He USA Today High School Foot- said the defense needs to play ball rankings. Coach Jed Rich- for each other. man said the Bears have had the The Bears will look to adtoughest schedule in the state vance in the playoffs tonight this season. against Warren Central. KickRichman said he expects off will be at 7 p.m. at Warren the Bears will play with “a ton Central. The winner will play of intensity and effort” against for the sectional championship.

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Senior running back Mark Wilson tries to gain extra yardage while carrying a Pike Red Devil defender with him. Pike won the game 34-3 to push the Bears’ record to 3-6 and 2-5 in the MIC. Cub photo/Michael Rice

Tennis focuses on development TajhanaeGillard

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Junior Sam Wilson prepares to hit a forehand back across the net at his opponent.

Wilson spent most of the season playing one doubles alongside senior Jacob Helmus. Cub photo/Michael Rice

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The boys tennis team put an end to their season with an overall record of five wins and 13 losses.

The record for team wins may not look good, but individual stats speak for themselves.

The tennis team struggled to pull in team wins all season, but a few of the athletes could fight until the end of the match.

The boys were led this year by sophomore Brett Schwomeyer who finished with a win percentage of .667 in two singles.

Schwomeyer is also on coach Tim Taylor’s list of most developed players as well as Noah Millard and Jacob Newkirk. Millard and Newkirk are both freshmen and plan on returning next season.

“It’s really about what they want for themselves. If they

want to play at the next level, we can prepare them. They have to try and figure out who they want to be and what they want to do,” Taylor said.

Taylor said it is “mostly mentality, and once you have the mentality, the physical tennis skills will come with it.”

Since tennis falls into the fall sports category the team has ample time to condition for the season.

“They have to play all 12 months of the year,” Taylor said.

The Bears will not dwell so much on the losses or the wins they suffered or gained during the season; rather, they will focus on the development of many of their younger players.

“Winning is great, but the most important thing to me is developing my players into the best tennis players they can be,” Taylor said.

The regular season meets for the LC cross country team have ended and the postseason has started.

“I feel like it was our best season yet,” varsity junior Callie Tonnis said.

On Oct. 15, twelve boys and twelve girls ran in sectionals and from those times, seven boys and seven girls went on to regionals Oct. 19 at Brebeuf Jesuit Preparatory School.

“It was a different feel because I ran with different people,” varsity sophomore Taylor Bohlman said.

The weather for the race was a setback for many of the runners.

“The course was really wet.

It was really kind of a slow day for that course,” cross country coach Jonathan Kowalczyk said.

“I know some of the kids may have walked away from the meet feeling like it wasn’t their best race ever, but ultimately all the kids went out there and gave it their best effort,” he said. “Every single one of those kids gave a great effort on Saturday.”

In order to move on to the next step toward the State meet, a cross country team has to be one of the top five teams. If the team doesn’t make it, they then take the next 10 fastest individuals. Junior Darin Lawrence, and sophomores Kaley Hodson and Taylor Bohlman qualified for semi-state.

“I am confident we are going to see some great efforts.

We have to see what everyone else brings to the table, but we definitely have a good shot at advancing one or two of the runners all the way to the state meet next Saturday,” Kowalczyk The semi-state race will be Saturday at Northview Christian Church in Carmel.

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October 25, 2013 • Cub Reporter

Characters?

We got ‘em!

Student Profile

Pick a Card, Any Card JaydenKelly

dad, Ward’s major influences are the magicians Penn and jaydenkellycub@gmail.com Teller.

Now, four years later, Sophomore Thomas Ward is willing to give up $20 if he cannot Ward is spending time inventing his own tricks for at least amaze or otherwise astound you.

Ward is a magician specializing two hours a day, every day.

Unlike most amateur main mentalism, sleight of hand, and gicians, Ward is a certified illusions. He says he can read your magician. He went to Florida mind and make you see things that to take a test aren’t actually prove his there.

“If I had to judge myself and magical skill.

For Ward, it all started at age on talent or knowledge, As a certified magician, he 11, when his dad I would have to say I’m knows more started making about an 8 out of 10.” than 1,500 coins disappear Thomas Ward tricks ranging and reappear. sophomore from showIntrigued, he ing you your bought books, card out of a deck of 52 cards looked at videos, ordered kits, to reading your mind, and and even invented his own even vanishing. magic tricks. Other “If I had to judge myself than his on my talent or knowledge, I would have to say I’m about an 8 out of 10,” Ward said, but many who observe him consider him to be better.

While Ward may entertain students during school hours, on Saturdays and sometimes Fridays he heads to the Outback Steakhouse to do his performance in front of a full audience.

During his performances, Ward makes himself, objects and audience members disappear and reappear. Ward even goes to the lengths of setting 100 objects on stage and telling a volunteer which object they secretly chose.

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