Cub Reporter Issue 3

CUB Reporter November 14, 2014 | CubOnline.org

Lawrence Central High School | Indianapolis, IN

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News Briefs

Brain team advances

The Brain Game team beat Triton Central in competition last week.

It will be broadcasted on WTHR-13.

Altemeyer on PBS show Guidance counselor Dana Altemeyer was featured on a nationally syndicated PBS program as part of “American Graduate Day,” highlighting dropout prevention programs in Indianapolis.

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LC receives ‘C’ — township ‘A’

by CHAD SHARP chadsharpcub@gmail.com

courses), and the graduation rate.

This complicated process has caused frustration among teachers.

Last week the Indiana Department “I think its great that the township of Education released school letter has an ‘A’ but I don’t understand how grades for the 2013-2014 school year. they arrived at that,” Spanish teacher LC received a “C.” MSD of Lawrence Anthony LaGrotto said.

Township received an “A” overall.

This frustration is not limited to “Those letter the process by which grades are a reflection the grades are deterI believe we’ll be of the hard wotk of mined, however. “It’s a students and teachers moving up on the let- joke,” Spanish teacher (in this township),” Dale Darlage said. “I ter grade scale soon. think grading schools superintendent, Dr. ROCKY VALADEZ is a joke. It doesn’t Shawn Smith said. principal demonstrate anything The score is derived using a complex in particular.” formula of weighted averages. It takes Despite this, principal Rocky Valainto account the percentage of students dez said he hopes to improve LC’s grade who pass the Algebra I and English 10 in the future.

End of Course Assessments, the number “I’m very proud of the growth we’ve of students receiving College and Career shown in the building, and I believe Readiness points (which can be earned we’ll be moving up on the letter grade through AP, IB, McKenzie or dual credit scale soon,” he said.

Cub graphic/Brittannie Travis

In this Issue

For Parents Holiday boutique Saturday

The annual holiday craft boutique, sponsored by the Performing Arts Department, is 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday throughout the building. Admission is $3 (free for children 10 and under).

Families reminded about plans for bad weather Families will be notified if school is cancelled, delayed at the start of the day, or dismissed early because of bad weather. Information will be posted on the district’s website, www.ltschools. org, as well as on Facebook, Twitter and local TV and radio stations.

According to state law, missed days must be made up. If schoolCub is open and a student stays file photo home, even with parent permission, that student is recorded as absent.

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On the Cover The Marching Pride of Lawrence Township surround junior soloist Sandra McKinstry during the performance of The Green Table at state finals.

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LC Players second at MIC

by LEXI OLSON alexisolsoncub@gmail.com

Trumpet players pose around a pink color guard junior Kaylin Hill during the show’s ballad. Courtesy photo/Greg Roach

Band to compete in Grand Nats

by NICK ATKINSON nickatkinsoncub@gmail.com Today, the Marching Pride of Lawrence Township (MPLT) will be watching bands perform in preliminary competition for the Bands of America Grand Nationals at Lucas Oil Stadium.

This evening, it will be practicing at the Indiana Convention Center. After that rehearsal, the band will find out if it made it to Semi-Finals to perform on Saturday morning.

“I’m very nervous about the band going to Grand Nationals,” junior Zac Felli said. “I’m scared we won’t make it (to finals), but if the entire band focuses and tries their best, I know we will do well.”

MPLT placed sixth in the Indiana State Music Association (ISSMA) Marching Band state finals on Nov. 8. It was announced as from LN because of ISSMA restrictions.

The home school will switch between LC and LN for the announcement each season.

The band started its bid for a nior flute player Jami Pfau said.

BOA title when it competed in the “We could have done better. Not BOA Grand National Preliminary just with placement but with how Competition. we felt about our performance.”

On Oct. 25, MPLT placed ninth Senior Deven Smith said he bein the BOA Indianapolis Super Re- lieves the new band has improved gional after competing with area over the former Spirit of Central bands from Indiana, Illinois, Ohio, (LC) and the Regime (LN).

Arkansas and Tennessee.

“We’ve improved our perfor“They permance and formed really sound because I just want them to well. It was a of the bigger strong show,” band,” Smith perform well. If they band direcsaid. “We have can do their best, tor Matt James more people they’ll have a great said. “They had and more tala few minor isent.” outcome. sues with things J a m e s Jami Pfau they know they added, “Every sophomore performance have to do betthey’ve had has ter, but for the most part it was a very fine perfor- been significantly better than the mance. I just want them to perform one they had prior.”

For the inaugural season, well. If they can do their best, they’ll MPLT’s competitive show is called have a great outcome.”

The feeling was more mixed The Green Table and features four large curved tables that move among the performers.

“I feel like we didn’t put forth around the football field during the our absolute best, as a whole,” ju- nearly nine-minute show.

The first MIC conference Theater Fest was held Oct. 25 at Warren Central.

Schools in the Metropolitan Interscholastic Conference competed against each other by performing on site with cuttings from plays or musicals. Warren Central placed first, Lawrence Central second and Carmel third. They were the only three schools to compete in the competition.

“I am proud of the girls in the piece,” theater arts director Kathleen Horrigan said. “We have been working since late August due to all that we have to do during the first nine weeks along with fall break right before the contest.”

There were several additional awards also awarded for on site competitions. The entire performance scene won first place in best tech. Senior Julia Klinestiver won Outstanding Supporting Actress for her performance alongside Courtney Swanson and Megan Barton and junior Brandon Lazaropolis won It was really cool to first place in see the other schools cable coiling for perform, but it would the tech competition.

The have been cooler if performances of more schools had Klinestiver, Barton and Swangone. son won best coCOURTNEY SWANSON medic ensemble. senior “It was really cool to see the other schools perform,” senior Courtney Swanson said. “(But) it would have been cooler if more schools had gone.”

Typically, theater contestants are not allowed to watch other performances before they compete, but at MIC they were.

Lazaropolis had originally planned to participate in the acting portion of the competition, but LC didn’t have enough people to compete in tech since they don’t have a tech class, so he decided to give it a try.

“We had three branches of the competition.

There was the rope coil, theater was the rope tie, and the light session,” Lazaropolis said. “What I won in was the rope coil. ” He is looking to continue working in tech in the future.

Theater students who attended MIC also had the opportunity to attend workshops with college professors between competitions.

“It was a workshop with everyone who wanted to do it, so it was people who weren’t even in their show, or people who weren’t in our shows actually did the workshop, too, and I thought that was really interesting,” Swanson said.

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Contract ratified

by DREW KANYA drewkanyacub@gmail.com

Lawrence Township’s teacher contract for the 2014-2015 school year has been approved and is now in effect. It was passed through the Lawrence Education Association and by the school board last month.

One change allows teachers to spend a little more time at home.

Every contract since the 2011-12 school year has mandated that teachers at the high school level be at school by 7:45 a.m. Monday-Thursday to allow for Professional Learning Community training, professional development, or faculty or department meetings.

The new contract allows teachers to start their Mondays at 8:20 a.m.

The early-morning training gave teachers an opportunity to plan lessons and other activities to raise the student achievement. Since the scores in Lawrence Township have surpassed those of previous years, the teachers asked if they could have the extra Monday time back.

The contract also provides pay raises with the bulk of the raises going to teachers who were hurt more in recent years when raises were frozen.

“The Indiana legislature changed the way teacher evaluation and salary schedules were interpreted.

That is where some of the imbalances came from,” said guidance counselor Kim Payne-Shearer, who is vice-president of LEA. Part of teachers’ pay is also tied to their work evaluations. Teachers with highly effective or effective ratings will receive a stipend. The evaluations were just recently completed because a part of the final placement on the evaluation scale is tied to a school’s letter grade from the state. Those grades were released just last week.

Twenty students remain excluded

by CHAD SHARP chadsharpcub@gmail.com Twenty students are still barred from entering the building because they have not recieved their mandatory vaccinations. Beginning this year, seniors are required to have the MCV4 vaccine. The vaccine prevents meningococcal disease, a bacterial infection spread through bodily fluids.

More seniors than ever before were excluded this year and the number of excluded students has not changed since Nov. 6. Some of the excluded students take only online courses and may not know that they are excluded.

Government teacher Drew Horvath coaches seniors Morgan Leonhard and Hannah Perkins for their upcomming competition. The two students were members of Team Washington. Cub photo/Leah Arenz

‘We the People’ ends

by BRITTANNIE TRAVIS brittannietraviscub@gmail.com

questions directly afterward.

Unit 6 from team Washington tied with Cathedral High School at On Nov. 10, LC’s teams Wash- the competition. ington and Hamilton competed in According to Waters, Cathedral the district level “We the People” was the team to beat, and he felt the academic competition at Indiana LC teams were prepared to conquer University-Purdue University In- them. dianapolis (IUOverall, team PUI).

Washington Cathedral placed third while Getting third was nice captured the team Hamilton but we were all hoping district title. didn’t place. for at least second.

“I felt the These results JACKSON WATERS ended both of competition sophomore their competition went well,” junior Jackson seasons for the Waters said. year.

“We all felt “Getting third pretty confident going in.” was nice, but we were all hoping for Teams Washington and Ham- at least second,” Waters said. “You ilton were split by class with three could tell when they announced us to four people per group having to as third we were happy, but a bit study a different unit of the Consti- disappointed at first. But ultimately, tution. Each group was to present I think we were all happy with the one of three prepared speeches. The third and enjoyed the experience.” speeches were distributed evenly The honors level governmentamong the students with follow-up law course requires students to be-

come members of the “We the People” academic team.

“The purpose of the course and the academic contest is to teach students how to live in a free society,” government-law teacher/”We the People” adviser Drew Horvath said.

“This course is about teaching students how to be active citizens in the protection of their rights, while they collectively determine what public policies should be.”

The academic contest is to give students the opportunity to demonstrate their understanding of the principles taught in the course, as well as to allow students to solve real life public policy issues.

“It was my favorite subject,” senior Drew Howser said. “It taught me the responsibilities of being a citizen in a free society.”

“It (“We the People”) has been a fun experience learning all this new information,” senior Morgan Leonhard said. “It made me open my eyes more to the real world, and what’s going on.”

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Cub wins Hoosier Star once more

by NICK ATKINSON nickatkinsoncub@gmail.com

Unite and Ignite begins as students and adults join together to encourage and promote a healthy lifestyle. Cub photos/Anna Angrick

Uniting for a healthier lifestyle

by CAROLINE HARRIS carolineharriscub@gmail.com The Lawrence Township School Foundation’s second annual Unite and Ignite 5k run was Saturday at Lawrence Park.

The focus of the run was to bring students and families from all over the community together in support of Lawrence Township schools, while promoting a healthy lifestyle through exercise.

With a turnout of 736 students, parents and staff from all over Lawrence Township, the run was classified a success. ¨The experience of running and walking with the students and watching them grow emotionally and socially brings us joy as mentors,¨ said Cindy Verbarg, an Up and Running club mentor at Amy Beverland Elementary.

Seventh percent of the total registered runners were under the age of 18. Many were elementary students involved in the Up and Running clubs at their schools.

There were about 25 high school cross country team members from both LC and LN participating as well.

The more experienced runners helped pace and encourage the younger runners to accomplish their goal of finishing the race.

For many, it was their first 5k run.

Words of encouragement came from parents throughout the race. The LC cheerleaders, LN football team, student volunteers from Key Club and adult volunteers were there to cheer on the community and promote an active lifestyle.

Elementary school students stretch with LC’s Bubba the Bear. Anna Angerick

Elementary schools throughout the township supported their students and warmed up before the 5k.

The Cub Reporter is a 2014 Hoosier Star. The Bears’ Den yearbook is a 2014 Hoosier Star runnerup. And seven LC journalists won 13 individual 2014 awards. All fromthe Indiana High School Press Association.

The Hoosier Star is presented to the top student publications in the state. The Cub Reporter shares top honors with newspapers from Lawrence North, Carmel and Crown Point for large-population high schools.

“It’s like a state championship,” said adviser Elizabeth Granger.

Carley Lanich, editor in chief of the 2013-2014 Cub Reporter and now a freshman at Indiana University, said, “To receive this award has helped to validate to me and our staff what They care about their a great newspublications, and they paper program care about continuing we have at Lawrence Centhe tradition of solid tral.” journalism here.

Lanich was ELIZABETH GRANGER on the Cub newspaper and yearbook adviser staff for three years. She is now on the elist list of award-winning editors who have steered the Cub to Hoosier Star status. More than 10 are on the list.

“It’s one thing to win an award once or twice but because our newspaper has won it over 10 times, it put pressure on me as an editor to lead our staff in that right direction,” Lanich said. “To see that we’ve won that award so many times shows we have consistent leadership that Mrs. Granger also provides.”

The Cub’s Hoosier Star was based on three consecutive issues from the 2013-2014 school year. The yearbook award was based on the 2013 publication.

And the individual awards, in both newspaper and yearbook, came from 2013-2014 work.

LC’s journalists won more individual awards than in any earlier year.

Senior Molli Loftus received two first-place awards for video and photojournalism.

“It felt great to be recognized for all the hard work I put into the Cub throughout the year. I didn’t know I was in the running for these awards, so it was a nice surprise,” Loftus said.

Granger said, “LC’s kids were excited to get awards for both newspaper and yearbook. They care about their publications, and they care about continuing the tradition of solid journalism here. It’s fun for me to see the pride in them. It motivates them to continue doing a good job.”

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Debate season beginning

by JORDAN BARNES jordanrbarnescub@gmail.com

Debate season is in full swing with the team already having had its first two debates. This year has brought some exciting changes to the team. ¨Actually, all of the members that competed at the first competition were freshman,¨ senior Sarah Rodenbeck said.

The debate team has 13 new members, including many freshmen this season. ¨This is unusual as many high school debate teams only allow students to join once they become sophomores, ¨ Rodenbeck said.

Debate has new members other than just freshmen senior Grace Bielefeld said her first year is going well. ¨I think the new members, especially the underclassmen, will be a good addition and develop the program in the future,” Bielefeld said.

The members who competed in the team’s first debate had never competed before, and they won two debates.

“Considering there were a lot of competitive teams and this was all new to them, I think they did well,” Rodenbeck said. ¨The underclassmen learned a great deal and are progressing. The goal is for them is to improve every week and we see that at each competition,” social studies teacher and debate team adviser Drew Horvath said.

Even as a senior, Rodenbeck is still working to improve her debate skills.

“I think one of the most important things is building up skills and argumentation techniques,” Rodenbeck said.

The team is looking to make great strides this season and go for the win.

“The goal for the season is for the kids to do the best they can and have a positive experience,” Horvath said.

The team members also have high hopes. ¨If we, as a team, have a solid foundation in debate then, hopefully, wins at competitions will follow,” Rodenbeck said.

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Seeking school improvement The Indiana Department of Education has rated the schools of Lawrence Township as an “A” district.

An “A.” The grade we all wish to receive in our academic courses. The best of the best.

What did LC receive?

A mere grade of “C.” Average. Mediocre. Room for improvement.

But our grade of “C” should not discourage us.

Rather, it should encourage us to improve. We have an entire year to devote to improving our school to earn that top grade.

The Indiana Department of Education looks at a school’s graduation rate, academic growth and college readiness to determine a school’s grade. Academic growth is based on End of Course Assesment (ECA) scores, tests that teachers prepare students for all year long.

ECA scores are an area that we need to improve

upon in order to improve our grade.

See page 2 What hurt our grade this year was the decrease in passing ECA scores.

Higher scores would mean a higher grade.

While a “C” may seem mediocre to some, it should serve as a push for both staff and students to work harder. If people are unhappy after receiving what could look like a low score, they ought to have motivation to make it better.

We are better than a “C.” Our teachers, students and programs are all quality aspects that contribute to our school. Our grade doesn’t define us. It does, however, show us that we have to work harder to get what we want.

We have reached a rough patch. Now it is time to get out of it. Just as we strive to earn “A’s” in school, we need to stive to earn “A’s” for our school.

30-second editorials • The combining of Lawrence’s two high schools’ marching bands has created a bigger, better presence in the music world. Logistics alone could have derailed this effort. We applaud all those involved in taking on this monumental task, especially the pit parents who stayed late many a night to get both instruments and props where they needed to be.

• The effects of hypoglycemia are extremely frightening. Not many people know exactly what the condition is, but the fact that insufficient glucose to the brain can cause seizures and comas is terrifying.

See pages 3, 14, 18, 21 • Thanksgiving: the time to be thankful for ... pie. Connoisseur Sam Kupiainen taste-tests a half-dozen holiday hopefuls.

Get the scoop on the good, the bad, and even the ugly — and where to get them.

• Albert Gooden assumes the recently vacant position of head basketball coach. He hopes to improve the basketball team by getting back to basics: defense and rebounding. He stresses that although junior Kyle Guy is a phenomenal talent, basketball is a team sport.

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Flashback Friday

World of Weird

Opinions

by JUSTICE SPRINGER justicemspringercub@gmail.com

Stop clowning around

Montpellier, France, has recently banned anyone over 12 years of age from dressing as clowns.

What started off as a prank in the U.S. has led to a trend, leaving people to fear for their lives. People in clown outfits have been seen standing in parks and outside schools while holding weapons and, on some occasions, attacking people.

France wasn’t the first place who experienced eerie clown sightings. It all started with the Wasco Clown in California. A man was questioned after being spotted multiple times while dressed as a clown, and explained that it was part of a year-long photography project with his wife. The man told the police station that he didn’t intend to start a trend and no harm was meant by the project.

New states have been added to the list of clown sightings including Florida, Indiana and New Mexico. In Albuquerque a man and a woman were going around town while donning blood-stained clown attire. However, they caused no harm.

In Florida, security cameras have caught footage of a clown stepping onto a porch and smashing a pumpkin before staring into the camera and walking away.

The fear of clowns is a common fear, so having an experience straight out of It isn’t really something that is desired by most.

Clowns have countless infamous figures assoHaving an ciated with them, experience straight from fictional movie killers such out of It isn’t as Pennywise from desired by most.

It to killers in real life.

For example, notorious serial killer John Wayne Gacy used his “Pogo the Clown” persona as a way to frighten his victims.

Gacy worked to make his alter ego even more frightening by altering his makeup. Typical clowns round the corners of the paint on their mouths so they appear less threatening. Gacy purposely drew his mouth with sharp points to increase his menacing appearance.

Most clowns appearing in the U.S. have been left alone by the authorities, but after several sightings in Fishers recently, police asked residents to call in if they spotted the clown wandering through neighborhoods and along the streets.

This issue the Cub Reporter’s #CubFlashback is to students in the advanced nutrition and wellness classes, which LC does not offer any longer, learning to make taco soup in mid-November 2011. Then-senior Marquis England sliced and diced onions. “Slicing onions makes me feel like a chef but cry like a baby,” England said.

Tweet us your memorable flashback picture to @CubOnline or post it to Instagram using the #CubFlashback. Your picture could be in the next issue of the Cub.

Get off my cloud, get your own “The cloud” is perhaps one of the most used buzz words in today’s internet-centric culture, but when it comes right down to it, what does “the cloud” really mean?

Essentially, something is said to be in the cloud when it is stored on the third-party servers (specialized computers designed to store and “serve” data to other computers) rather than your own local computer or server. Dropbox is a textbook example of a cloud service. Rather than storing my 100GB of cat videos on my phone or on my computer, I can have Dropbox store them for me.

The idea of cloud services is, I think, particularly attractive to our generation. It’s seemingly free (up to 15GB of storage in the case of Google Drive), easy to use and available on every device.

But really, nothing is free.

Google Drive does not offer 15GB of free storage for no reason. They do this to collect information on you so that they can show you more targeted ads. Most of our genera-

Tech yourself before you wreck yourself

CHAD SHARP chadsharpcub@gmail.com tion has just become accustomed to this. We as a whole do not value our information very highly. We accept it as an inevitable fact of life that our information will be collected and that in return, we get some shiny toys to play with. This is the wrong way to look at things.

People say that money is power.

I’d argue that true power lies in information. Everyone has secrets, but why are we all so willing to entrust those secrets to third-party corporations?

It is hard to pull away from the inherent convenience of the cloud.

This is why I am particularly ex-

cited about the ownCloud project. ownCloud is a piece of free and open-source software that essentially allows you to run a Dropboxlike service from your house, complete with an attractive web interface. “(Relying on cloud storage) leads to a future where all the files in the world are stored on the servers of three or four big corporations,” founder of the ownCloud project Frank Karlitschek said. ownCloud is, in every sense of the phrase, your own cloud. It even has a basic, yet actively developed, collaborative editing tool comparable to Google Docs. While this does require a little bit more work to set up (many setup guides aimed at beginners exist on the internet), it allows you to be in control of your own data while experiencing most of the benefits of cloud services.

“If these are your files, you should be in control of where the files are stored, who has access to them and what is done with them,” Karlitschek has said.

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Speak Your Mind

How do you feel about APUSH curriculum changes?

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I think that it’s better to let the teachers teach freely.

Imani Reese, 9

It will make learning more fun because adding a twist to history would be interesting.

Joshua Green, 10

The open-endedness might be difficult since some teachers might not meet requirements.

Rayonia Madison, 11

The students will learn more since the course will be more interactive.

Ellen Webb, 12

The more fun the teacher makes learning, the easier it will be for students to learn.

Ania King, 9

Making the curriculum not strictly based on the memorization of dates will make the class easier to comprehend.

Spencer Youngcourt, 10

Being involved in more open-ended discussions will show more sides of history than just dates.

Austin Krueger, 11

If the state-wide curriculum isn’t being met due to the open-ended way of teaching, there could be some fault there.

Garrett Carr, 12

Think twice. Is that the ‘real’ you?

Instagram, Twitter and Vine are all ways to express and display what we want others to perceive of us behind a screen. Yet, with potential job opportunities and colleges on the lookout, they are possibly asking, am I seeing the “real” you?

Think twice.Do you want your future employer to see your provocative selfie that was meant only for your followers to see?

Think twice.

Do you want colleges to watch a video of you using inappropriate language when you’re applying to an Ivy League school?

Think twice.

Is this the “real” me pressing the post button on my phone?

According to Philly.com, 35 percent of admissions officers that took a survey said they discovered something online about a candidate that adversely impacted his or her application.

Students probably don’t believe it, but colleges and job managers actually do look at their social media profiles. Having an inappropriate username, photo, video or caption can truly hurt their ability of getting accepted.

Ever wondered why that job you

sion of yourself that is being shown?

We are the only ones to display the best form of ourselves to the public.

Yeah, it’s really messed up to know that your profile picture, username and bio can be what’s keeping you from getting employed or accepted.

That’s why we think twice.

by BRITTANNIE TRAVIS Instead of covering your “real” brittannietraviscub@gmail.com personality behind a screen, you should wear it on your face. Everyapplied for never called you back? one wants to see who you are.

One mistake can ruin some part So next time you take a selfie of your future. you should No, it may pause, stop and not be representAccording to Philly.com, rethink. ing the “real” If this is you, 35 percent of you, but it does then click that represent the button. admissions officers ... version of yourBut if it’s said they discovered self that others that version of something online about yourself that you are seeing. This is where impresknow isn’t right, a candidate that sions are made. adversely impacted his make sure you All of this press delete. or her application. rounds up into If we edit the knowing yoursimple aspects of self. ourselves, we can Do colleges really want to see be leaders of the future. multiple personalities of you? From So next time . . . pause . . . rethe friendly to wild to careless verthink, and ask, is this the real me?

Edit your Etiquette

Thoughts?

LC’s letter grade from the See page 2 Indiana Department of Education is a “C.” What do you think about that?

“I think it can and should be improved upon.”

Laura Patterson, 9 “I think that it makes sense because we aren’t trying at all. Students don’t even bring pencils to class anymore.”

Janelle Woodall, 10 “I think that LC would be a ‘C’ because people skip a lot. If you don’t go to class, you can’t graduate.”

Alexus Rhodes, 10 “The opportunities that we have deserve an ‘A’ at this school.”

James Cherry, 11 “I don’t think it deserved a ‘C’ because we have an amazing art department and our sports are top notch.”

Cydney Burd, 12 “Well, at least we’re average. I mean we‘re not failing. But academically we can do better as a whole.”

Braxton Hiser, 12

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Living life on the Senior Jessica Kahms was diagnosed with hypoglycemia, a condition where one has low levels of glucose in the blood, but she doesn’t let the ‘low’ keep her down

by SAMANTHA KUPIAINEN

Kahms is heavily involved in show choir.

“Whenever I exercise I have to Senior Jessica Kahms was sitting be extra careful to remain hydrated,” in class and the teacher became blurry Kahms said. from her perspective. Kahms brushed Glucose may be the fuel of our bodthe matter off; maybe she was just dizzy ies, but water is our lifeline. because she had gotten only six hours of Diabetes is often mistaken for hyposleep the night before. glycemia, and vice versa. The symptoms Yet later, she began to get a raging between the two conditions are similar. headache, her heart started beating In actuality, the two are polar opposites. faster than before, fatigue consumed Hypoglycemia is characterized as havher, and there was a hunger that deing too low of blood sugar, and diabetes manded to be satisfied. In most people’s is when one has too high of levels of mental checklist, they’d assume these sugar within the blood. were all symptoms of diabetes, but that A few of the common symptoms of isn’t the case. These all accumulate to diabetes include excessive urination, the symptoms of the medical condition unquenchable thirst, insatiable hun“hypoglycemia.” ger pangs, weight loss, tiredness and Hypoglycemia is characterized by blurred vision. having low blood sugar. This sugar, “Hypoglycemia is more dangerous glucose, has the role because of its efof providing enfects,” said Kathryn ergy throughout the Madren, Science DeIt can put you into a body. Glucose is the partment chairman. coma, and put your vital “It can put you into a body’s fuel; without it the body can’t coma, and put your organs at risk. function accordKATHRYN MADREN vital organs at risk. ingly. science teacher Literally, your body Kahms is one can shut down.” of the millions of Diabetes hits Americans living with this condition, close to home for Madren. but she isn’t letting it get in her way.

“I have a grandmother who had “When I was struck with sudden type 2 diabetes. Her condition was spouts of low blood sugar, I just knew,” very brittle,” Madren said.

Kahms said on the realization of her Type 2 diabetes differs condition. from type 1 in that patients Already knowing her older brother can produce some of their had a mild form of the condition, her own insulin, and is mother, also a nurse, was able to put the typically developed pieces together. later in life. With “I can just tell when my blood type 1, the body sugar is dropping. I get a slight hand attacks the tremor and can start to feel light-headcells in the ed or dizzy,” Kahms said. pancreas Living with hypoglycemia can be that kept under control with proper nutrition. Kahms brings her lunch to ensure she has enough healthy snacks on hand for when low blood sugar strikes.

“If I don’t ensure that my blood sugar is high enough, I get really shaky and tired and can’t really function well,” Kahms said. samanthakupiainencub@gmail.com

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produce insulin.

Madren has memories of her grandmother getting low levels, and in return watching her personality take a 360 degree turn for the worst.

“She began to act out of her usual character,” Madren said about her grandmother’s condition. “We (herself and siblings) would rush to the kitchen to get our grandmother a cup of orange juice, and maybe lace it with sugar. We would watch as she would snap out of her pseudo-drunk state and wonder why we all were surrounding her.”

Living a life with diabetes isn’t tough only on the people suffering; it affects loved ones and everyone involved just the same way as the sufferers.

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A‘PUSH’ for change

by DREW KAYNA drewkanyacub@gmail.com

Overall, the learning objectives for the new course’s structure are for students to be able to learn and This school year the Advanced understand statements for the AP Placement United States history final exam.

(APUSH) students are walking into “(This) supposedly makes the a new curriculum. This new curricu- class easier,” Gretencord said. lum will change the way students are The new exam is configured learning history. with one of the major parts being a The APUSH course has been change in the exam’s multiple choice remodeled with a completely new section. The exam has had 25 mulcurriculum and exam. tiple choice questions dropped as “I think that this (the changes) well as four short answer questions would be an easier way to learn being added.

APUSH than the current one (curAccording to collegeboard.com, riculum),” sophomore Cameron the multiple choice questions will Howard said. “It would be faster and ask students to apply their context easier to learn the info.” knowledge to understanding and The interpretchanges in the ing historical curriculum evidence. With I think they do want and the exam this, two free to focus on the major will take effect responses and mid-semester. one long essay events in American Overall, both question were history, making sure parts have been added to the changed, yet exam. we have a good certain parts of “The class understanding of the the exam like will be more inbig topics. the multiple depth, so the STEVE GRETENCORD choice portion tests might be teacher are still being a little harder,” determined. junior Andrew Instead of George said. students having to study 28 time peInstead of having all the shorter riod units throughout the course of periods and some major events the academic school year, the course students would have to remember, has dropped to nine broader perithe course structure has students ods in time. The change will bring a remember a diminutive number of more conceptual focus to the course. smaller events with a more in-depth “I think they do want to focus focus on larger events in U.S. hison the major events in American tory. history, making sure we have a good “I think the class is way more understanding of the big topics,” organized,” sophomore Cole Suiter Steve Gretencord, APUSH teacher, said. “It (the changes) have lifted a said. weight off my shoulder.”

New course structures also inGretencord said that it is up clude lessons on key concepts, skills to regular and honors teachers to and learning objectives. Instead decide if they want to adopt the of 12 primary themes suggested to change. Both classes have a sepastudy, APUSH will now study seven rate curriculum from the Advanced large themes over the course of the Placement curriculum, and they get year. to decide if they would like to apply A new feature being implethese same kinds of changes to their mented is Historical Thinking Skills, curriculum. which is a method in which histoThe new course structure is suprians investigate and reason about posed to make this easier for both historical phenomenons. students and teachers to handle.

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New emphasis on ‘Themes’ Themes are only suggested and are not tested. Students were tested over: • American Diversity • American Identity • Culture • Demographic Changes • Economic Transformations • Environment • Globalization • Politics and Citizenship • Reform • Religion • Slavery and Its Legacies in North America • War and Diplomacy

Exam tests students’ understanding of themes — big ideas. Students are now tested over: • Identity • Peopling • Work, Exchange, and Technology • Politics and Power • Environment and Geography • America in the World • Ideas, Beliefs, and Culture

Periods and Key Concepts 28 Periods and Topics For example: 20% of the exam—Pre-Columbian, 1492-1690, 1690-1754, 1754-1789 35% of the exam—1920s; The Great Depression and the New Deal; The Second World War; The Home Front During the War; The United States and the Early Cold War

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Suicide:

breaking down the walls

by DARIAN BENSON darianbensoncub@gmail.com

On Oct. 29, 2012, Emma Engler snapped. After coming home from play rehearsal and a long day of stressful advanced classes, the now senior decided that she could no longer take it anymore. She sat down and began writing her suicide note when she received a text message from her best friend.

Engler now says that the message, lyrics to a popular One Direction song, saved her life.

“I thought that the world would be better without me,” Engler said. “I was stressed and depressed all the time. I just wanted it all to stop.”

Engler had suffered from chronic depression for several years, starting with the bullying she endured in elementary school. During her sophomore year, the stress from school added to her depression until she reached a breaking point.

Feeling as if there were nowhere else to turn, Engler decided to end her suffering by committing suicide. ¨It was like I was feeling nothing and everything at the same time,” Engler said. “The only thought in my head was taking my own life, which was really scary.”

Experts say stress and depression are common warning signs in people who are suicidal. Suicide is subject to all genders, races and ages and is not something that can be predicted. According to the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, the more the signs, the greater the risk.

Severe symptoms of depression, stress, physical and substance abuse are common causes of suicide. Signs that a person may be having suicidal thoughts

may be isolating themselves from others operations director of behavioral health more, have changes in behaviors or talk services for Community Health Netabout suicide or death more than usual. work, the first thing people need to do is School psychologist Beth Bastien to start the conversation. said the hopelessness a person feels may “We really have to empower our result in suicidal ideations. youth to have that difficult conversation “Not having the resilience of getabout their lives,” Rollins said. “Don’t ting back to where you need to be is one wait until it’s too late.” reason someone might turn to suicide,” Rollins also said that people need to Bastien said. “There are alternatives (to listen to others and pay attention to any suicide), there are ways that you can signs of suicide. cope and get help.” Bastein said that if “The main thing is to listen,” Rollins a student has reason to believe a peer is said. “Pay attention and know you can having trouble to notify a trusted adult. do something. Don’t be afraid to have Going to a professional, such as a that conversation. More than anything, psychologist, is one way that help can I think that’s what you have to do, have be provided to people feeling suicidal. that conversation with your loved one.”

Engler started going to therapy sessions Engler agrees with Rollins and said and said they rethat if a person ally helped her find feels suicidal, they It was like I was feeling alternative ways to need to reach out manage her deand get help. nothing and everything at pression. ¨When a perthe same time.

“Going to therson is suicidal, EMMA ENGLER they are not in apy really opened senior the right state of my eyes to other ways to deal with mind,” Engler my depression,” Engler said. “I now said. ¨Depression took over my mind have coping strategies to use when feellike cancer. The only reason I overcame ing stressed.” it was because I realized I needed help.

Engler said that talking to friends I understood that there was nothing whenever feeling depressed is also a wrong with depression and that it was good way to cope. not my fault.”

Suicide is the second leading cause After seeking the help from family of death in people ages 15 to 35. Unforand friends, Engler joined a program to tunately, it is a topic that is often kept help her with her depression. She enunder wraps. courages others to reach out to family, “I feel like a lot of misconceptions are friends or a trusted school staff member dealt with the fact that there is a lot of if they ever have suicidal thoughts. awareness about it,” Engler said.” It is “A lot of people who are in that place almost as if suicide and the whole subfeel that they can’t get help, but they ject is taboo. It’s sad because it (suicide) can,” Engler said. ¨Life is actually pretty is a big issue.” great. It’s a little messed up, but it’s According to Dr. Marlon Rollins, the beautiful in its own crazy way.”

Need help? Call

National Suicide Prevention Lifeline

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Suicide:

breaking down the walls

by DARIAN BENSON darianbensoncub@gmail.com

On Oct. 29, 2012, Emma Engler snapped. After coming home from play rehearsal and a long day of stressful advanced classes, the now senior decided that she could no longer take it anymore. She sat down and began writing her suicide note when she received a text message from her best friend.

Engler now says that the message, lyrics to a popular One Direction song, saved her life.

“I thought that the world would be better without me,” Engler said. “I was stressed and depressed all the time. I just wanted it all to stop.”

Engler had suffered from chronic depression for several years, starting with the bullying she endured in elementary school. During her sophomore year, the stress from school added to her depression until she reached a breaking point.

Feeling as if there were nowhere else to turn, Engler decided to end her suffering by committing suicide. ¨It was like I was feeling nothing and everything at the same time,” Engler said. “The only thought in my head was taking my own life, which was really scary.”

Experts say stress and depression are common warning signs in people who are suicidal. Suicide is subject to all genders, races and ages and is not something that can be predicted. According to the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, the more the signs, the greater the risk.

Severe symptoms of depression, stress, physical and substance abuse are common causes of suicide. Signs that a person may be having suicidal thoughts

may be isolating themselves from others operations director of behavioral health more, have changes in behaviors or talk services for Community Health Netabout suicide or death more than usual. work, the first thing people need to do is School psychologist Beth Bastien to start the conversation. said the hopelessness a person feels may “We really have to empower our result in suicidal ideations. youth to have that difficult conversation “Not having the resilience of getabout their lives,” Rollins said. “Don’t ting back to where you need to be is one wait until it’s too late.” reason someone might turn to suicide,” Rollins also said that people need to Bastien said. “There are alternatives (to listen to others and pay attention to any suicide), there are ways that you can signs of suicide. cope and get help.” Bastein said that if “The main thing is to listen,” Rollins a student has reason to believe a peer is said. “Pay attention and know you can having trouble to notify a trusted adult. do something. Don’t be afraid to have Going to a professional, such as a that conversation. More than anything, psychologist, is one way that help can I think that’s what you have to do, have be provided to people feeling suicidal. that conversation with your loved one.”

Engler started going to therapy sessions Engler agrees with Rollins and said and said they rethat if a person ally helped her find feels suicidal, they It was like I was feeling alternative ways to need to reach out manage her deand get help. nothing and everything at pression. ¨When a perthe same time.

“Going to therson is suicidal, EMMA ENGLER they are not in apy really opened senior the right state of my eyes to other ways to deal with mind,” Engler my depression,” Engler said. “I now said. ¨Depression took over my mind have coping strategies to use when feellike cancer. The only reason I overcame ing stressed.” it was because I realized I needed help.

Engler said that talking to friends I understood that there was nothing whenever feeling depressed is also a wrong with depression and that it was good way to cope. not my fault.”

Suicide is the second leading cause After seeking the help from family of death in people ages 15 to 35. Unforand friends, Engler joined a program to tunately, it is a topic that is often kept help her with her depression. She enunder wraps. courages others to reach out to family, “I feel like a lot of misconceptions are friends or a trusted school staff member dealt with the fact that there is a lot of if they ever have suicidal thoughts. awareness about it,” Engler said.” It is “A lot of people who are in that place almost as if suicide and the whole subfeel that they can’t get help, but they ject is taboo. It’s sad because it (suicide) can,” Engler said. ¨Life is actually pretty is a big issue.” great. It’s a little messed up, but it’s According to Dr. Marlon Rollins, the beautiful in its own crazy way.”

Need help? Call

National Suicide Prevention Lifeline

1-800-273-8255 Cub graphic/Yolanda Figueroa

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Seven-month-old Emily Crawford, in a green coat, and other babies wait for their adoptive parents to pick them up. Courtesy photo/Emily Crawford

Anna Heckman, John Heckman and Teresa Heckman pose for their first picture together. Courtesy photo/Carol Heckman

Carol Heckman holds John Heckman, who celebrates his first Christmas wrapped in a special blanket, a gift from his birth mom. Courtesy photo/Carol Heckman

Being Grateful for the Value of Family

by CAITLIN HELMUS caitlinhelmuscub@gmail.com Within eight months German teacher Carol Heckman’s family more than doubled in size.

Heckman and her husband had tried for 10 years to have children, which included five failed pregnancies, before they decided to choose adoption as an option.

“There’s no difference in the feelings I have towards my kids, biological or adopted,” Heckman said. “They and my husband are the loves of my life.”

The Heckmans applied for a child from St. Elizabeth Coleman in Indianapolis, and they applied for a child from China.

And she got pregnant for the sixth time.

Within eight months, months old. Heckman’s adHeckman and her husband opted son, John, had been with learned they would be able the Heckmans for six months to adopt John from St. Elizaby then, along with their biobeth’s, welcomed Teresa into logical daughter Teresa, who the world at Methodist Hospiwas an infant when Heckman tal, and adopted their daughter and her husband went to China Anna from China. Heckman to bring Anna home. said it was a blessing.

“There’s just no difference “Some in the love people would you have for It opens doors for your kids,” apply for two children who are in Heckman adoptions and then pick need of a better life. said. “My three kids are one or the other, but EMILY CRAWFORD so different, that seemed sophomore but I’d die for any one of impossible to me,” Heckman said. “I couldn’t them in an instant.”

Heckman’s oldest daughimagine choosing between ter, Anna, is 17 and a senior at them because by that point Cathedral High School.

I felt like they were already John, 16, is a junior at Lawmine.” rence North.

When Anna was adopted Teresa, 16 and the youngfrom China she was about 13

est of the siblings, is a junior at Cathedral. ¨Good things come to those who wait,” Heckman said.

Sophomore Emily Crawford was adopted from Hengyang, China, when she was 7 months old. Crawford never knew her biological family. ¨I’m grateful for being adopted; it gave me the opportunity to have a better life,¨ she said.

Crawford’s adoptive parents also adopted another girl, Abby, when she was about 2 years old. Abby is now 10 years old.

Crawford and her sister have had the opportunity to grow up together in an environment that may not have been an option if they hadn’t been adopted. ¨Adoption is a good idea

for people looking to start a family,” Crawford said. “It opens doors for children who are in need of a better life.”

Crawford said she is grateful for the life she was given through adoption. And Heckman said she is grateful for the family given to her through adoption.

“We were selfish; we wanted a family,” Heckman said. “We don’t feel special for having adopted; we got the most awesome kids.”

Adoption is an extensive process that typically takes three to five years without revealing any assurance of what’s to come.

National Adoption Month, during November, is to raise awareness of children who are adopted and children waiting to be adopted.

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Black Friday’s friends, foes and dirty secrets

By LOGAN YOUNG loganyoungcub@gmail.com Hurry, you just stuffed your belly with turkey and green bean casserole.

Now pack the tent, sleeping bag, and prepare for the even earlier Black Friday sales this year.

Black Friday is the day after the Thanksgiving Thursday that jumpstarts all the holiday shopping sales.

Black Friday typically starts at midnight on Thanksgiving night but this year sales are supposed to start earlier. The major franchises such as Macy’s, WalMart and Best Buy have chosen to begin sales far earlier; they chose to have sales beginning at 6 p.m. on Thanksgiving evening this year.

Online shoppers wait until Cyber Monday to take advantage of holiday sales.

Junior exchange student Erika Aspolm is from Finland. “We don’t have big sales like Black Friday. I’m excited because it’s an American thing and I want to experience that,” she said.

Although Black Friday seems like

a shiny gold coin you’d like to chase were just a lot of people coming in at after because of all the glamorous sales, once,” Stanford said. many black Friday experiences turn out Aside from the impact of Black to not even be worth the trip.

Friday chaos on customers and workSenior Lynsey Friend’s Black Friday ers, economists have their own opinexperience was not what she expected. ions. There has been an ongoing debate “We were standing in line for three among them about whether Black Frihours outside of Wal-Mart,” she said. day really benefits the economy. Honors “When we ended up getting in there economics teacher Drew Horvath said we got a couple DVDs but they weren’t he thinks Black Friday sales add to the what we went gross domestic in there for. We product(GDP) We didn’t get home until 6 which makes tried looking for these hoodies for our economy o’clock in the morning. an hour and by larger. Economics the time we got in LYNSEY FRIEND teacher Nicholas line it was clear senior Derado, on the to the back of the other hand, said store. We didn’t he thinks Black get home until 6 o’clock in the morning, Friday sales only stimulate the economy and only left with a couple DVDs, socks, in a temporary way.

Although the franchises have been and picture frames.” spending significantly more on ad sales, But Black Friday is not just hard on studies show that consumers have actuthe customers. Think about all of the ally been budgeting their money and employees that work that night. Senior have been less quick to whip out their Latrice Stanford worked at Kohl’s last year during Black Friday. “ It was crazy, wallets. According to cmo.com, in 2013 super busy and time went by fast. There Black Friday sales dropped 2.9 percent

from the previous year to $57.4 billion.

Fox Business has estimated the 2014 sales will be at $59.1 billion.

The average consumer is said to have spent around $400 during the Thanksgiving, Black Friday and Cyber Monday weekend.

Ironically, there is also a day called Buy Nothing day which is held the Friday following Black Friday. It was founded in Vancouver, Canada, and advocates anti-consumerism.

Activities done on Buy Nothing day are zombie walks where people set out to wander around department stores with a blank face; obviously symbolic fun to represent their anti-materialistic buying beliefs. There are also credit card cutting parties held where protesters advertise help for people who want to end their suffering from debt.

So which of these events are your cup of tea? Do you prefer to pitch a tent outside Macy’s after Thanksgiving dinner, wait until Monday to score on the online deals, or participate in activities that draw attention to the rising problem of over-consumption?

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By LOGAN YOUNG loganyoungcub@gmail.com

lives a mundane desk job life as well as suffers from insomnia. After his doctor refuses to Fight Club is a psychogive him treatment, The Narlogical drama released in rator seeks out different ways 1999 that was based off the to sleep. novel released in 1996 by After meeting a guy Chuck Palahniuk. Director named Tyler Durden , The David Fincher Narrator evenFight Club anticipated it to tually moves be a “coming of into Durden’s Availability: Available for age” film. The abandoned rental on Amazon instant screenplay was house and so video and various video written by Jim begins the sestores Uhls, whose cret cult known Rating: R writing was as Fight Club. applauded by The No. 1 rule Running Time: Palahniuk. of Fight Club is 139 minutes Fight Club you do not talk is narrated about fight club. by the main The Narcharacter, played by Edward rator also encounters an Norton, whose name we never intriguing love interest names become aware of. He is paired Marla(played by Helena Bonwith an alter ego version of ham Carter).The composition himself: Tyler Durden, played of this film is silky smooth.

by Brad Pitt. The Narrator The clever characters go back

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and forth with cynical chatter about consumerism and how we live in a world where what we own, owns us. Durden seems to be the answer to The Narrator’s need for saving.

Durden’s thoughts, theories and lifestyle heavily influence The Narrator almost to the point where he began to speak just like Durden.

There is one scene that really stands out to me. The narrator and Durden hop on a subway and The Narrator sees a Gucci underwear ad for men. He turns to Durden and says, “Is that what a man looks like?” Durden responds with, “Self-improvement is masturbation.” I’m unsure of what he meant by this but I think it represents a possible sub theme. The Narrator sees fight club as a way to eradicate their fears and the reliance on material suggestions of their

self worth, allowing them to understand something better. The themes of this movie and the underlying reasons for everything that Durden and main character do are what builds the film into the critically acclaimed self-questioning movie that it is. Fight

Club the novel has received a review by Christos Tsiolkas that said it was “a book both poisonous and seductive.”

Although the movie nearly always tends to be different from the novel, I would completely agree that the movie lives up to those words as well.

What’s H t in Indy

The Indianapolis Colts will take on rival New England Patriots Sunday at Lucas Oil Stadium with kick-off scheduled for 8:30 p.m. The Colts also play at 1 p.m. Nov. 23 at Lucas against the Jacksonville Jaguars. Don’t miss your chance to support the Colts. Visit colts. com for tickets and more information.

International Festival

The 38th Annual Indy International Festival is Indiana’s oldest and largest pan-ethnic celebration will be held at the Indiana State Fairgrounds from Nov. 21 - 23. Go to nationalitiescouncil. org.

Fiddler on the Roof

Fiddler on the Roof is a musical that takes place in the Pale of Imperial Russia in 1905 and follows a family’s struggles to keep their religious traditions and avoid conformity. It is being put on at Beef and Boards Dinner Theatre until Nov. 23. Showtimes vary; check online at beefandboards. com for show times.

Hoodie Allen

The Narrator and Durden hop on the bus, see a Gucci ad for men and tear it apart. Souce/hitchcocks.blogspot.com

Hoodie Allen, Chiddy Bang and Max will perform downtown Indianapolis in the Egyptian Room at Old National Centre. The concert starts at 7:30 p.m. on Nov. 25. Tickets are on sale now.

Visit oldnationalcentre.com for more information.

dulge at Food Truck Friday. For more georgiastreetindy.com.

Jazz on the Avenue

Jazz on the Avenue features a musical performance by All That and an optional soul-food buffet. Admission for the show is $10 and the buffet is an additional $10. The performance begins at 6 p.m. Nov. 28 at Walker Theatre, located at 617 Indiana Ave. Visit nuvo.net.

Ringling Bros

Courtesy photo/International Festival

Food truck Friday

Food trucks will be lined up on the west end of Georgia Street near the Convention Center. The trucks will be out from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. today and Nov. 21, when the season ends. so don’t miss this year’s last opportunity to in-

The Ringling Bros, Barnum and Bailey circus will be performing at Bankers Life Fieldhouse Dec. 4-7. The show features performers from all over the world. Their performances will include acts of strength and dance. Show times vary; for times go to bankerslifefieldhouse.com.

Follow the North Star

Conner Prairie Interactive History Park’s acclaimed “Follow the North Star,” in Fishers, gives visitors a role in playing runaway slaves during the time

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of the Underground Railroad. It runs 6:30-8:30 p.m. on selected nights in November. The cost is $20. Visit connerprairie.org.

Jolly Days

The Indianapolis Children’s Museum opens their Jolly Days Winter Wonderland on Nov. 22. The event runs until Jan. 4. It includes a two-story yule slide, Jingles with the Jolly Bear, a visit with Santa, and ¨outdoor¨ ice-fishing.

Visit childrensmuseum.org for more information.

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All in the Rhapsody

by NICK ATKINSON nickatkinsoncub@gmail.com

Voices the world over

A quick flick through my music playlists and it’s easy to see I have a passion for German. I’m not German or bilingual, but listening to German music has definitely made it seem possible. Music can make learning a language easier, and interesting, when you see culture reflected in the musical stylings. It takes years to become fluent, so finding an attractive way to practice is essential. The only limit is what sounds good, not how much is understood.

German: It is hard to pick only a few artists because I like them all, but OK KID is an all- around crowd pleaser. Lead vocalist and lyricist Jonas Schubert raps to indie pop or electronic tracks.

While it is still rap, it’s not at all like American rap. The lyrics are more figurative and to a slower beat. Almost the same for rapper Marteria, but his music is much closer to American source/blogspot.com rap. Sehr wunderschön.

Spanish: Shakira. She is a modern pop star, but she was also more of a pop-rock star right around the time she released Dόnde Estàn los Ladrones?

She’s worn many different hats in music from pop to rock and even eighties soft rock.

Japanese: There are two great artists for Japanese. Shugo Tokumaru is indie pop and honesty.

His songs harness a feeling of imagination and set it to a strumming guitar with Asian influences. Tokumaru’s video for Katachi showcases his style and simplistic feel-good fervor. AKB48 is also pop, but a high tempo sickeningly sweet kind of pop Americans might stereotype as Japanese music.

French: French has the closest artist I can think of whose tracks stack up well to American electronic dance music. His name is Stromae and he’s Belgian. Stromae’s music has a heavy bass and dramatic vocal highs, already having topped the chart in France with Racine Carrée (square root).

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Swift’s 1989 is so 2014

by AMANDA BRADTMILLER amandabradtmillercub@gmail.com

Taylor Swift recently came out with her fifth studio album, 1989.

It is her first to be identified as a pop album versus her former country and country pop genre albums.

1989 was released on Oct. 27 and has already sold more than 1 million copies. Her first single from the album, “Shake It Off,” released Aug. 18, debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard charts.

The album, titled 1989 after the year Swift was born, features songs inspired by catchy ‘80s synth-pop music. Synth-pop features a synthesizer, an instrument that generates electric signals first brought

into popularity by the disco genre.

Her previous album, Red, was known as her transition album from country to pop. With songs on Red like “I Knew You Were Trouble” and “We Are Never Getting Back Together,” the album hints toward a future in auto-tune and repetitive choruses for Swift.

But was the transition a smart one?

It could be.

Although almost all of the songs consist of source/mydailynews.com maybe a five-word repeat, then five more words, then repeat process, they’re still really catchy. Every song has a techno-like beat.

It’s a surprise that most of the

songs on the album are under four minutes, seeing that Swift is an artist who would typically sing about a white horse for an hour. It seems the longer her hairstyle, the longer her songs.

This album has fewer lyrics and catchier electro tunes. Every chorus is repetitive, which we all should’ve expected after hearing “We Are Never Getting Back Together.”

1989 was released as a pop album, but it’s almost alternative. I especially like that in some songs, you can distinctly hear her old acoustic (tear drops on my) guitar.

“I could have made Red twice,” Swift said. “But instead I decided to go in a completely different direction, and I’m truly happy I did.”

Artist: Taylor Swift Album: 1989 Genre: Pop, Synth-pop Song Suggestion: Blank Space Rating: 4 out of 5

The Maze Runner traps readers

by LEXI OLSON alexisolsoncub@gmail.com

that Thomas is never secrets of the maze allowed to enter the and how to escape. maze, but instead of One of the things Everyone knows the saying fearing it, he becomes I appreciated about “You can’t judge a book by its attracted to it. this book is that cover.” However, it’s hard not to be The more Thomas Dashner does not put drawn in by the art on the front of finds out, the more he a lot of focus on rothe first book in James Dashner’s realizes how involved mance. He touches on trilogy The Maze Runner. The in The Glade he actuthe subject and allows maze gives an ominous impression, ally is. Flashbacks insight of Thomas’ which is reflected in the novel. taunt him, and when attraction to the girl, The protagonist, Thomas, the first girl is sent in but the attraction is wakes up in a metal box. When the box and recogfueled by recognition the box opens, he’s thrust into a nizes him, tension source/devourerofbooks.com rather than sexualcommunity of boys known as The and suspicion toward ity. Dashner allows Glade. The only memory Thomas him rise. the characters to develop before has left is his Instead of provid- hinting at romantic interest in each name. ing any back story or other.

The Maze Runner Thomas has development, DashThere are so many things going Author: James Dashner general knowlner only allows readon in The Maze Runner that keepedge, such as how ers to know as much ing up can be a challenge. Dashner Cost: $9.09 (Barnes and to read, write and as the main character doesn’t always give a clear picture Noble) speak, but he candoes. of the world that he creates, espeLength: 378 pages not recall his life Dashner offers cially in the beginning. before waking up The entire book action packed Genre: Young adult fiction clues throughout the in the box. He soon novel and speculates as action packed as it is emotional. learns that the through characters Dashner introduces readers to same thing happened to every boy about why The Glade exists, but several characters who all have sent to The Glade before him. doesn’t give an official explanation such diverse personalities that it’s The Glade is an enclosure until the end. easy to empathize with them. It surrounded by a maze, which Instead of being annoyed by provides strong potential for the contains creatures that Gladers the lack of information, readers rest of the series and does not fail call “Grievers.” They make it clear are too busy trying to unravel the to entertain readers.

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SAMANTHA KUPIAINEN samanthakupiainencub@gmail.com Thanksgiving: turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes and pie. But which pie? And made where?

Wal-Mart Bakery Pumpkin

We all know the reputation WalMart carries — just look at PeopleOfWalmart.com. But Wal-Mart does have something going for them — their pumpkin pies. At first glance the WalMart pie looks like any other pie out there, creamy and delicious. But when you actually take the first bite, you know it’s creamy and delicious. The taste itself is very “festive,” but with a twist that you don’t see coming. These pies have an underlying coffee taste, but for all of you coffee haters out there, don’t worry — it’s minimal and the pumpkin spices dilute it. This pie definitely was from the right store, and for the right price.

Wal-Mart Bakery Pumpkin

Taylor’s Bakery Pumpkin

Mama J’s Cheesecake Pumpkin

Taylor’s Bakery Pumpkin

Looks can be deceiving. This looks like baby food poured into a pie crust.

But getting past the looks, the taste makes up for the less-than-welcoming sight. The pumpkin filling is creamy and doesn’t have a gelatinous texture as some pies do. The pie is sweet, but not too sweet. It doesn’t have an underlying coffee flavor like the Wal-Mart pie does, but that’s what makes this pie unique.

As for the price, it’s $15, just like the other Taylor’s Bakery pies. Purchasing this pie could be a hit or miss. The price is pretty high for a high schooler’s minimum wage wallet, but the flavor is a classic staple to every Thanksgiving dinner. Tell Mom to go for it.

Mama J’s Cheesecake Pumpkin

Traditionally, pumpkin pies are characterized by their purely orange color and perfectly round edges. This pie is set apart from all the other pies by its vibrant orange color, and of course the whipped cream decal. When you first bite into this pie, it melts in your mouth. It’s savory and has the most perfect ratio of sweetness and pumpkin flavoring. It doesn’t taste processed like some store pies tend to; it’s almost as if you can taste the hard work that was put into making this masterpiece.

Cub photos/Samantha Kupiainen and Logan Young

Wal-Mart Bakery Pecan

Taylor’s Bakery Pecan

Grandma Kupiainen’s kitchen

The lack of a ring of crust may be a deal breaker to some. However, the lack of crust allows you to enjoy the delicious flavor of this pie even more.

the sweetness factor that is needed to even be worth the calories.

just isn’t worth the journey and money.

Taylor’s Bakery Pecan

Every Thanksgiving that I can remember we have had my grandma’s pecan pie. Everyone looks forward to Thanksgiving dinner, but people are dying for the pecan pie for dessert. The pie has a homemade crust rolled out and fitted to the pie tin. The top layer consists of whole pecans placed to cover the surface entirely. The middle filling is super sweet, so diabetics be warned. The corn syrup oozes around the plate, which to some, you could say, is an unappealing sight. Nonetheless, a grandmother’s homemade pie is one that no store can compete with. You simply can’t buy a grandmother’s touch in a tube from the grocery store.

Wal-Mart Bakery Pecan

The old saying goes to never judge a book by its cover. As true as this may be, it doesn’t hold up on the looks of this pie. This pecan pie doesn’t look appealing. In fact, I was pretty hesitant to even try it. The pie crust is a distorted burnt brown color and it has a smoky underlying flavor. There is nothing to be thankful about for this pie crust. As for the pecans, they look like packed cockroaches. The overall taste of the pie is OK; it isn’t amazingly tasteful, but it isn’t bland. The pecan pie filling gives the pie its overall flavor. It gives the pie

I’ve only ever had homemade pumpkin pies before trying this pecan pie for the first time, and now I know the reason why. When I first saw this pie it looked unappealing, and it lived up to that appearance. The pie is coated with a thick layer of thinly cut pecans, and it has a thin layer of pecan pie filling at the bottom. Imagine eating a bowl of sugar-free maple and brown sugar — that’s what it tastes like. It doesn’t taste sweet enough or have a sweetness factor that satisfies those taste buds. Bakery pies don’t run cheap; they can go as high as $15. And when you factor in gas, money and time, it

Grandma Kupiainen’s Pecan Pie

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Senior Max Leko lays out as Clockwork competes in the State Tournament. Courtesy photo/ Jennie Born

Whisked away by Ultimate Frisbee

LC has a rich tradition of great sports teams. The football team is annually competitive and the track team is always in the running. LC also fields teams from most of the major sports: soccer, basketball and swimming, to name a few. However, not all sports are represented at school.

Baseball players are often seen toting bulky bags down the halls, but where are the ultimate frisbee or rugby stars? Golfers are almost always distinguishable by severe glove tan lines, but where are the hockey or lacrosse players? Non-existent? Not at all.

“I love the intensity, the finesse and the strategies,” LC senior Ellis Martin Club Sports Coverage said. “My favorite thing about ultimate is the sick layouts. When you see a disc floating 5 yards in front of you and go

by ERNIE HARSHMAN parallel to get it, it’s a wicked feeling.” ernieharshmancub@gmail.com Martin is joined on the team by fellow LC seniors Max Leko, Kory YamaUltimate frisbee is a club sport, fuji, Michael Rice and Ahsan Sohail. meaning that it is not recognized by Clockwork also features six players that the Indiana High School Athletic Asso- represent the state of Indiana at regionciation (IHSAA) as being a varsity high al tournaments and the U19 national school sport. The team combines players championships. from Lawrence North and LC, practicing “Ultimate isn’t just a sport about and playing at LN. throwing a frisbee,” said Rice. “It inThe sport is played outside on a volves skill, mental and physical, (and) grass or turf surface. Each team has the ability to communicate with others.” seven players on Clockwork the field at a time. is coached by Ultimate isn’t just a sport Points are scored Cameron Brock, by passing the about throwing a frisbee, It a player for the disc (frisbee) to Indianapolis Alinvolves skill, mental and teammates in the leycats and the end zone. Howphysical, (and) the ability to all-time scoring ever, the disc is leader in the procommunicate with others. moved only by fessional league.

Michael Rice passing, and the Brock is assisted senior person with the

by Ben Hannan, disc cannot take who plays on the any steps. If the defending team inter- IUPUI Ultimate Frisbee team. cepts a pass or causes the pass to be inThe team has enjoyed success so far complete, it results in a turnover. There this season and has placed well in the are four 10 minute quarters during reg- tournaments in which it has competed. ulation, and a five-minute overtime if The team hosted a high school tournathe score is tied at the end of these four ment called “The Clockwork Open” and quarters. ended up taking home the championThe Lawrence team is named Clock- ship, as they defeated Penn in their fiwork and is highly competitive in state- nal match. Clockwork has also played wide tournaments. Last year the team in tournaments above their age group, was third in the state and is in a great participating in a tournament at Purdue position to take home the title this year. against collegiate teams.

Senior Kory Yamafuji prepares to make a pass during one of Clockwork’s practices. Cub photo/Danica Minor

Lawrence North senior Tucker Born competes in a game alongside his LC teammates.

Courtesy photo/Jennie Born

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Pluta, Wilson lead team

by KOBY CLEMOW kobyclemowcub@gmail.com

Freshman Macoy Riley prepares to smash a serve. Cub photo/ Kayleigh Rozzi

The Bears varsity tennis team finished up a rough season on Oct. 1 with a loss to Lawrence North. The team had a tough time dealing with the youth of the squad; half of the starters were underclassmen. The Bears finished with a record of 1-8, a result partially explained by a brutal conference schedule.

“Even though we had a low winning record, I think the team improved their skills throughout the season,” sophomore Jacob Newkirk said.

Late in the season, the Bears participated in the MIC Boys Tennis Tournament. Although they didn’t make it far, there were solid performances from many players, including seniors Jacob Pluta and Sam Wilson.

Pluta led the team with an individual record of 6-6. He started strong with three consecutive wins, two coming in the LC Invite. His play declined as he fin-

ished the season 3-6. Pluta kept a son 5-7, and each match was well majority of his matches close un- contested. The team will look to til the end, before suffering some both Newkirk and junior Brett crushing blows late in sets that he Schwomeyer to lead the team could not recover from. His best next season. victory came against Pike, as he The lone freshman on the finished off his opponent in two team, Macoy Riley, performed sets, 6-0 in each. well in his first year with the Senior Sam Wilson also team. Although going 2-9, Riley helped lead the showed promBears in his fiise as he renal year here. corded two Even with a low The highlight wins in doubles winning record I think play. The first of Wilson’s seathe team improved win came early son came midway when he their skills throughout in the season rattled off three during the LC the season. consecutive Invite.

The JACOB NEWKIRK victory was sewins, two of sophomore cured which came in after the LC Invite; only two sets, Wilson, with the help of his dou- 6-4 and 6-1, with the help of sebles partner Newkirk, knocked nior and doubles partner Alijah off two of North Montgomery’s Guyse. top players twice, 7-5 in the first The Bears were recently set and 6-1 in the second set in named an Academic All-State both matches. team. This award, handed out by Newkirk was a bright spot IHSAA, helps recognize students throughout the tough season. that excel not only on the court He finished his sophomore sea- but in the classroom as well.

Lady Bears soccer shows great improvement

by LEXI OLSON alexisolsoncub@gmail.com

learn to work together with a new coach and all the new players, but we were able to do it,” Terwilliger said.

With six players brand new to the She also said they could work in the team and a new coach, the Lady Bears future on their footwork and technique, soccer team struggled with a record of specifically foot skills, but have put sig2-13-2 during their regular season and nificant effort into working hard to be a 0-6-1 in MIC conference. Although they better team. won only two games, they showed im“We struggle to get players to be fit, provement from last year. to work to be better students, athletes, The team had soccer players, a total of 12 goals and to take initiascored in MIC contive and responsiThis shows we came ference matches, bility on their own together as a team, having scored only to do this,” coach two in MIC matchMike Wells said. worked hard and es in the previous, “Our greatcompeted very hard.

2013-2014, season. est achievement,” MIKE WELLS “I think LC lagirls soccer coach Wells said, “is dies soccer is turnthat those who ing around and will are great students achieve many things as the seasons go came to weights, 7 a.m. summer workon,” senior Kylie Terwilliger said. outs, summer leagues and overcame the Terwilliger led the team with 12 goals struggles of others to stay the course, and was ranked No. 4 in MIC for number work hard and see success on and off the of goals scored in conference games. She field.” is committed to play Division I soccer Wells said his team needs to continnext year at St. Bonaventure University. ue to work hard to be better students — “The biggest struggles were how to in the classroom, in the community and

on the field.

Next season they will be replacing four seniors and will have a young team, but Wells said he expects that off-season training will help their inexperience.

Beside the losses, the Lady Bears had a 7-0 blowout win against Southport. They also let in 50 fewer goals than in the 2013 season and showed positivity and unity as a team.

They had more assists and goals throughout the regular season compared to last year.

“This shows we came together as a team, worked hard, and competed very hard,” Wells said.

Next year the team aims to achieve a higher winning percentage and make it past the first round in Sectionals.

“I expect better off season training now that I am here year round and a better outlook and spirit heading into the 2015 season,” Wells said.

Senior Megan Everett dribbles around Franklin Central’s defense to score a goal. Cub photo/Danica Minor

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Harsh Critic

by ERNIE HARSHMAN ernieharshmancub@gmail.com

Got Money?

The Bears stare down the St. Ignatius (Cleveland) defensive line as they prepare to run their offense. Cub photo/Kiaris French

Warren stops Bears’ season

by ERNIE HARSHMAN ernieharshmancub@gmail.com

The Bears concluded an up-anddown season with a snowy 16-0 loss to No. 3 Warren Central (9-2, 6-1 MIC).

The Bears struggled to be consistent on both sides of the ball, leading to a 4-7 overall record, and a 3-4 record in one of the nation’s toughest conferences.

“I feel that we worked hard to accomplish a common goal,” junior Nash Griffin said, “but the cards just didn’t always pan out.”

The offense was hurt by stagnant passing, as they averaged only 159 passing yards per game. However, they ran the ball very efficiently, averaging 158.6 yards per game, which often led them to victory, or at least kept them in the game.

On the other side of the ball, the defense was usually hit or miss.

Playing well against an outstanding Pike offense, and then giving up 350 yards on the ground to Warren Central in their first game against the Warriors.

The sometimes struggling defense was reinvigorated with the return of senior Darrin Kirkland, who missed part of the season with an injured leg. The senior played just sev-

en games but led the team in tackles He also played in every game this with 105 total tackles. season. Kirkland and senior Jarrett Senior Brian Haas finished the Montgomery both had three interseason throwing for 1750 yards on ceptions this year, with Kirkland re277 attempts completing 53 per- turning two of these for touchdowns. cent of his pass attempts. Coach Jed Defensively, Penn added a Richman’s two-headed running at- blocked punt and field goal, returntack worked well for the Bears this ing the blocked punt for a touchseason, as junior Gerrid Doaks ran down. As a return man, he had one for 1,242 yards on 215 attempts for kickoff returned for a touchdown.

15 touchdowns. Senior Montrell WilNext year the Bears will miss seson complemented Doaks with 421 nior leadership from players such as yards on 10 attempts for six touch- Kirkland. However, the strong play downs. from underThe receivclassman, espeing core was led defensiveThey weren’t just team- cially by senior Gennly, should give mates; they were aro Penn who fans something ended the season to look forward family. with 29 catches Jarett Montgomery to. for 599 yards Look for senior and nine touchplayers like downs.

Carter and MurThe defense, led by Coach Ste- ray to step up next year and assume phen Tutsie, saw promising play bigger roles on the team. With Doaks from underclassmen such as sopho- returning as a senior and the Bears more Ronald Carter and freshman graduating eight senior receivers, Kevonta Murray. look for a run-first style of offense Carter was second on the team next season. in tackles with 52 and tied for first As his final season comes to an on team in sacks with Murray and end, senior Jarett Montgomery said senior Carlton Stovall with 3.0. Mur- he will miss playing with his fellow ray finished the season with 40 tack- Bears. les, six of them behind the line of “They weren’t just teammates; scrimmage, and a fumble recovery. they were family,” he said.

Shirt giveaways and fan buses. A Jugs machine and new freshman baseball field. Whether it is student-based or for our athletes, there is no denying the great changes the athletic department has implemented throughout the year.

Uniforms, equipment, facility and technology are the parameters of athletic director Jeff Irwin’s plan to set up both LC athletes and students for success.

A large percentage of this finance was made possible through a generous five-year, $500,000 donation by Ray Skillman, a local owner of used car dealerships who was looking to give back to the community. If not directly funded by “Skillman dollars,” projects are made possible because the department can now spend money that was once used only to fund the necessities.

An example of this is the student-based funding that the department has implemented to include school spirit videos, free T-shirts and fan buses made available to students who purchase tickets to away games. While not directly funded by the Skillman donation, the spirit activities would not have been possible if the athletic department were forced to use the money dedicated to the student-based projects on necessities such as uniforms and new equipment.

“Most of our teams’ uniform and equipment needs have been met largely because of the Skillman gift,” Irwin said. “We’ve been able to meet the (teams’) needs immediately now versus ‘Well, you may have to wait two years.’”

Irwin said the department plans to put in a new fence for the varsity and junior varsity softball fields, and he has already used “Skillman dollars” to renovate the freshman baseball field.

“The athletic department provided us with valuable equipment that really helped our team improve,” senior quarterback Brian Haas said.

“An example of this was the Jugs machine, made possible to us through money donated by Ray Skillman, that really improved our receiver’s hand-eye coordination.”

Also, the department has administered academic tutoring funded through the Bears Athletic Club designed to improve and maintain the grades of student-athletes, preparing them for their lives after high school.

Through funding by the athletic department, students are set up to be successful not only in record, but in life after high school, an invaluable resource that deserves to be recognized.

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Experience to lead wrestlers

by KOBY CLEMOW kobyclemowcub@gmail.com Maroon and gray singlets are donned, mouth guards are put in and head gear is strapped up. Two gladiators step into the circle and the whistle sounds.

The 2014-15 wrestling season kicks off Nov. 22 with the first meet at Hamilton Heights. LC looks to improve on last season as they return with a strong team ready to work.

“We are excited to see some big improvements from last year,” coach Thomas Corbett said. “We had a good group really put in some good work all during the summer and off-season.

Our sophomore group is buying into the program and will help us out.”

The team will use November as a sort of training camp, as they have only one meet, which will be held at Hamilton Heights. The rest of the time will be spent practicing and preparing for a much more taxing December.

The team has seven matches in this four-week period, culminating at the tournament at Mishawaka.

“Our tough matches are the Mishawaka Invitation,” Corbett said. “It is a 32-team tournament that is one of the toughest in the state.”

Corbett said he believes talent as well as experience will lead his team to success. Corbett, along with the rest of the coaching staff, has high hopes for seniors Justin Stone, Logan Huddleston and Mason Jones. As returning wrestlers, they all bring both the skill and expertise required to be competitive throughout the season.

Other returning members, such as juniors Steven Trammell and Ethan Bunce and sophomores Datrion Vaughn and Joey Manns, should all help boost the team’s performance as well.

Corbett also addressed the loss of wrestlers to graduation.

“I don’t think we will lose too much,” he said, “because our new seniors are great leaders and will step in for the team.”

These senior leaders will be the backbone of what coach Corbett hopes to be a great team this season.

Sophomore Cole Suiter emerges from the water to gasp for air while swimming breaststroke during a practice. Cub Photo/Danica Minor

Ready to dive into competition

by COLIN McCARTHY colinmccarthycub@gmail.com The swimming and diving season will start on Nov. 18 when the girls face Franklin Central. Dec. 2 will be the first boys and girls, or combined, meet, as the Bears square off against Pike and Guerin Catholic at home.

The boys team looks to have a solid season, led by numerous strong swimmers, including seniors Alec Tuthill and James Chi, junior Spencer Ball and sophomores Seth Johnson and Cole Suiter.

“I think we’ll do well,” said Tuthill, “but our team will have to work very hard.” Tuthill also hopes that he and three other teammates will break a relay record during the season.

The girls team will face more ob-

stacles this year, as they have a smaller head coach with assistance from Chris group than usual. New swimmers and Etherington and Emily Higgins. The divers who will make an immediate im- diving coach is Alistair Frost. Though pact for the team include senior Grace the coaches have faced few struggles Bielefeld, senior diver Becca Green and while assembling the 2014-2015 team, junior Deja Shelton. Some key returning they are still looking for a few divers to fill both the boys swimmers include and girls teams. seniors Brittny Renie has also Woolever, Jessica I think we’ll do well, but begun ensuring Kahms, Rebecca Johnson and Tiour team will have to work future success for the swimming anna Moore. very hard. and diving pro“Our team has Alec Tuthill gram by starting good potential senior a middle school and motivation,” team.

Though said Moore. “We only in its first will need to work on our skill throughout the season, spe- year, the team has drawn interest from cifically by focusing on our fundamen- more than 100 middle school students.

“This will impact our teams for years tals and technique.”

Andy Renie will return as swimming to come,” Renie said.

Basketball: New coach, new culture

by KOBY CLEMOW kobyclemowcub@gmail.com

Four seconds left on the clock. The Bears are down a basket with the season on the line. Who do they look to? Obviously the coach, but who is the coach?

After R.J. Shelt resigned his coaching position last year to become an assistant principal, the position was left vacant.

His replacement: Albert Gooden.

“I heard that the coaching job here at LC was open,” Gooden said. “I put in my application and applied for the job.”

He added, “I spent a little time with the team this summer, and we’ve been having open gyms for about four weeks.

By the start of the season, I hope to have a hard-working team that will come to play every night.”

Gooden said he will look to stress to his players the importance of solid, fundamental basketball. “Defense and re-

bounding will be a big part of our team philosophy,” he said.

Gooden’s resume includes 25 years at three different high schools, and a collegiate career playing at Ball State.

Having already committed to the University of Virginia, junior Kyle Guy will bring a lot of attention to the team.

“Yes, Kyle is a great talent, but basketball is a team sport,” Gooden said.

“You need more than one person to make a good team.”

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Spotlight Athletes

Cub photo/Kiaris French

Courtesy photo/C.M. Tomlin

by COLIN McCARTHY colinmccarthycub@gmail.com

Kayley Hodson

Junior Kayley Hodson runs for the cross country team. She had a strong season, leading the team and advancing to the Semi State meet.

Hodson struggled through an ankle injury in later meets, so her fastest times were mostly early-season. However, she fought through the pain and was proud of her perseverance.

“I think some of my best races this year weren’t about the times but more about the effort it took to compete,” said Hodson. “My best race was probably Re-

gionals because I had to put in my best effort if I wanted to squeeze into Semi State.”

Hodson said that her success this season extends beyond her times.

“This hasn’t been the best year timewise, but I think it was important for me to learn that success doesn’t always come hand-in-hand with a personal-record time,” Hodson said.

Though she was unable to qualify for State and the team was unable to advance to Semi State, Hodson is proud of their season.

“I think our work paid off,” Hodson said. “I can’t wait to see what else we have in store.”

Nash Griffin

Junior Nash Griffin is both the punter and the kicker for the varsity football team.

Griffin works hard on his game, doing yoga and Pilates weekly to improve his flexibility and core strength. He also attends camps in the off-season to continue to advance his kicking abilities.

“I am always looking to improve my game any way possible,” Griffin said.

Griffin’s hard work paid off this season; he was perfect in PAT’s and made all field goals but one, which was blocked.

Griffin had a particularly strong game against Carmel, in which he pinned the opposing offense inside the 20-yard

line three times, one of which was on the 1-yard line.

Griffin’s football aspirations extend far beyond LC. “I hope to pursue a career at a big college football program, hopefully with a scholarship,” Griffin said.

Though the team suffered a tough elimination loss in the Sectional championship game against Warren, Griffin is still proud of the team.

“It was exciting to get a win over LN (Lawrence North) in Sectionals,” Griffin said. “The game against Warren didn’t play to our favor. The ice, rain and snow made it hard to throw the ball. We would love to have another shot at them.”

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Sophomore Brent Creech hides behind a tree to prepare for the upcoming hunting season. Creech has been hunting with his family in Southern Indiana and Kentucky since the age of seven. Cub photo/ Anna Angrick

Preparing for open season

by JORDAN BARNES jordanrbarnescub@gmail.com

Sophomore Brent Creech began hunting at the same time most kids learn to read.

“My dad got me started out with hunting at the age of seven,” Creech said.

“He wanted to see if I would enjoy it as much as he does, and I did. I ended up getting my first hunting license when I was 11 years old after my apprentice license was up.”

For Creech, hunting runs in the family.

“I go hunting with my grandfather, my father and some of his friends in Bloomington and Spencer, Ind., and occasionally Kentucky,” Creech said.

The Creech family takes pride in

each kill, whether it’s keeping it to cook of gun you buy — I use a .44 Remington and eat later, or if it’s a good-sized ani- rifle — and other materials like range mal, mounting it in the house. ­They finders, deer calls, boots and clothing gear,” Creech said. currently have two Hunting gear is turkeys and one deer It is always a great the third most popumounted in their reward to spot and kill lar sport equipment house. a buck at the end of sold in sporting “It’s always a good stores around great reward to spot a long day of waiting, the country. The avand kill a buck at the which is probably what end of a long day of erage hunter spends waiting, which is around $1,638 each keeps me going. probably what keeps season.

BRENT CREECH me going,” Creech “I generally sophomore said. wear anything camThere are also ouflage; it shifts demany expenses that come along with pending on location and what the weathparticipating in the sport. er is like,” Creech said. “In Kentucky I ¨The cost of hunting varies on if wear lighter clothing, like white, so the you’re renting out a property, what kind deer can’t spot me in the snow.”

Along with camouflage, hunters also wear certain colors. “I have to wear a bright orange hat so that other hunters do not mistake me for a deer. It’s required by law,” Creech said.

According to current hunting laws, hunters must also wear a solid colored jacket or shirt covering most of his torso.

He must be wearing a minimum of 50 percent orange to stand out in the woods in the day or night.

Creech said he plans on continuing to hunt and is excited for this year’s open season, or legal hunting season.

“My favorite thing about hunting is probably just the thrill of the kill,” he said. “It really gets your heart pumping and your blood racing.”

“I am very excited to improve my skills this season,” Creech said.