Cub Reporter Issue 9

Cub Reporter Lawrence Central High School, Indianapolis, Indiana

cubonline.org • Vol.65 • Issue 9 • May 23, 2014

Celebrate

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Seniors Jarred Clemons and Kelsey Powers recently won the Ford AAA Student Autoskills Competition. Read about their achievement on Page 2.

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Anger can be common among teens, but what happens when these attitudes affect school, and how should administration respond?

Join the debate on Page 9.

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The Children’s Museum’s Take Me There: China exhibit opened May 10. Check out Page 18 for an inside look of the new exhibit.

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Golf is advancing through its season in hopes of being LC’s first state champion golf team. Read about the Marion County champs on Page 21.

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On the Cover The Class of 2014 graduates June 1 at the Indiana Convention Center.

Take a look through the past four years in recent LC history on Page 11. Cub photo/Carley Lanich

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Query named teacher of the year BrittannieTravis

composed anonymous commentaries regarding Query’s instruction in the brittannietraviscub@gmail.com classroom, student relationships, school Special education administrator and support and innovation. teacher Jennifer Query is LC’s Teacher of The electricity that Query generates in a the Year. The Lonzo Buggs Award Win- classroom is infectious. ner and classified staff member of the She is organized, clever, fun, inventive year is the Performing Arts administra- and knowledgeable. tive assistant Kimberly Corman.

Query can, and does, talk to students like “I’m a little embarrassed,” Query said. no other teacher in the building.

“I’ve been at LC for a gazillion years Regardless of the content or teaching and I’ve taught with amazing people, assignment, a student’s race, gender, ability so there are many other teachers I feel level or zip code, a student’s socioeconomic who are far more status, native landeserving than I guage, disability or am.” quirky personality, “I’m 48 years old and I still Query is a and regardless of teacher, mentor get up in the morning and any label, preconand coach to many love coming to do what I do, ceived notion or students and adobstacle we place ministrators at and not a lot of people can on a student, one LC. She is also an say that at this age.” fundamental truth active member of Jennifer Query prevails. Query will multiple Profesteacher of the year find an instructionsional Learning al match and deliver Community projthe educational opects including the School Improvement portunity and achievement that every stuCommittee; Building Discussion Team; dent in our school deserves. the Data, Curriculum and Instructional She is one of the first to arrive and the Technology Committee and the Disci- last to leave, and she never seeks attention pline Committee. or accolades.

“I’m very lucky. I’m 48 years old and I Query makes me want to be a better teachstill get up in the morning and love com- er. ing to do what I do, and not a lot of peo“I just am very lucky because I reple can say that at this age,” Query said. ally enjoy this (teaching),” Query said. “I LC’s teachers and administrators hope if anything it (teacher of the year)

Special education administrator and teacher Jennifer Query was named LC’s Teacher of the Year. Cub photo/Amanda Boyce

will always make me better because the day I don’t want to do better is the day they need to kick me out the door anyway.”

Students win state auto competition CarolineVarie

carolinevariecub@gmail.com Seniors Jarred Clemons and Kelsey Powers did not expect to win the Ford AAA Student Auto Skills Competition. Their teacher, Don Sheets, was “stunned.” This was the first time McKenzie Center for Innovation and Technology (MCIT) students had won in the 22 years Sheets has taught at MCIT. “I was very glad to have won,” Clemons said. “Like my teacher, I was also stunned.”

The 10 competing teams were selected based on their scores on a 100-question automotive test. Clemons and Powers had the top scores in the Auto Service Technology

program at MCIT and in the state, which largely contributed to their first place finish.

Tom Wood Ford loaned MCIT a new 2014 Ford Fiesta to practice on before school prior to the competition. On the day of the Hands-On Competition, each of 10 2014 Ford Fiestas, also loaned by Tom Wood Ford, were bugged with the same problems.

Teams had 90 minutes to repair their car back to factory standards, get in the car with the judges and drive it across the finish line for final judging. Only four of the 10 teams’ cars made it across the finish line, with Clemons’ and Powers’ crossing third.

They received only five demerits for the final judging, which, combined with

their top-notch test scores, allowed them to earn first place and move on to the national competition. Clemons and Powers will compete against 49 other state finalists in Dearborn, Mich. at the Ford Motor Company Headquarters June 8-11.

The students also walked away with new toolboxes and tools, $3,000 in scholarship money from Ford and the opportunity to take advantage of a $10,000 signing bonus with either Bill Estes Ford or Pearson Ford.

Both Clemons and Powers already have an internship at Tom Wood Volkswagen, but if they take advantage of this bonus, their associate degree would be paid for at the Ford Asset program at Parkland College in Champaign, Ill.

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40-credit general diploma now available DarianBenson

darianbensoncub@gmail.com The township’s graduation requirements have been lowered from 44 credits to 40 credits this year.

Previously, the lowest diploma the township offered was the Core 40 diploma, the diploma required to be admitted to a four-year college in Indiana. This diploma required a student to have 44 credits in order to graduate. However, the Indiana Department of Education (IDOE) offers a general high school diploma that was not previously offered in the Lawrence Township.

The general diploma that the IDOE offers has a graduation requirement of

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40 credits. The four credit difference into Lawrence, this can be a problem. between the general diploma and the Students who were on track to graduate Core 40 diploma is in elective credits a with the general diploma were forced to student must have in order to graduate. try to earn more credits or not graduate In the general diploma, the four addi- at all. tional elective credThe district has its are not needed. “We believe that some of our studied the last Lawrence Townfew graduating ship was one of two students who have struggled classes and found districts in Marion could benefit from this that many of the students that had County that did not diploma.” failed to earn a dioffer the diploma.

Rocky Valadez ploma had some“We believe principal where between 39 that some of our and 43 credits. Bestudents who have struggled could benefit from this diplo- cause these students failed to graduate, ma,” principal Rocky Valadez said. they are considered dropouts. The numFor students who have transferred ber of dropouts a school or district has

“I don’t think students will work as hard in school if they only need 40 credits. ”

affects the grade See related story on the IDOE gives a Page 8. school.

Steven Goeglein, the township’s director of secondary education, said the reason the general diploma is being implemented is to allow more students the opportunity to graduate.

“If the 40-credit diploma had been available, then they (students that failed to earn 44 credits) could have earned a diploma which would have made it easier for them to get a job, enroll in trade school and it would reflect positively on the school’s letter grade,” Goeglein said.

The general high school diploma is available to Lawrence Township’s Class of 2014.

“I think that less “I believe that it will people would drop out allow more students to of school and more graduate. ” people will graduate.”

Daniel Cueva senior

Brenda Aguilar junior

Amauri Givens sophomore

“The graduation rate will probably rise with the new diploma being offered.”

Alex Ocelotl freshman

Biotech team develops cancer detecting device DaraMetcalfe

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It’s a small device that can detect lung cancer. And it was invented by a team of McKenzie students.

The McKenzie Center for Innovation and Technology (MCIT) students biology technology (biotech) team grabbed first place at Indiana High School Biotechnology Consortium’s Student Research Contest through the device.

The device impressed a team of judges so much that it captured first place and $500 at the Indiana Health Industry Forum’s (IHIF) contest for student research.

The device, about the size of a compact, detects lung cancer from a Breathalyzer by measuring alkanes in a person’s breath.

Senior Mikayla Burrell, one of five on the team, said they began their work in January at the suggestion of teacher Paul Legge, who has several family members who have lung cancer.

“We (the biotech team) knew we

wanted to deal with cancer and Mr. Legge brought lung cancer to our attention.,” Burrell said. “Then we went from there.”

In addition to Burrell, the biotech team consisted of seniors Kate Harris, and Jesus Bazan and juniors James Chi and Ahsan Sohail. The teachers who advised the team were Kelly Bozoian and Paul Legge.

“I was really honored that our device won first place,” Burrell said.

The biotech team went downtown to present their project called NonSmall Cell Lung Cancer Early Detection Biosensor and a prototype device at the IHIF. As of right now, the team needs to obtain funding to actually test out their device.

The juniors on the team will continue the project next year. Chi and Sohail will continue the project by getting into a lab and actually creating the device.

Students who are interested on becoming a member of the team should talk to one of the advisers. There are no requirements needed to join.

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English ECA pass rate up by 5 percent

News to Use Mark Your Calendar May 23-28: Senior finals May 27-30: Underclass finals May 26: Memorial Day, no school May 28: Jazzy Boyz concert, 7 p.m., Commons, $5 May 29: Senior Service Day, meet at 8:30 a.m., Hall of Fame May 30: Graduation practice, 8:50 a.m., Fieldhouse June 1: Graduation ceremonies, 5:30 p.m., Indiana Convention Center Aug 1: Marching Band preview performance 6 p.m., LN Aug. 6: School begins for the 20142015 school year

News Briefs Academic SuperBowl team competes at state The Academic SuperBowl team made it to the state competition for the first time in many years. Seniors Mikayla Burrell and juniors Elaina Roach, Sarah Rodenbeck and Summer Samuels competed at state.

Medical info from nurses Students are asked to pick up medications that are in the clinic before May 30. Medications remaining after this date will be destroyed.

Students entering grade 12 in the fall must have a second dose of the meningococcal booster vaccine by the first day of school.

Next year the clinic will not provide over-the-counter medications.

Parents are asked to complete a 2014-2015 Community Health Consent to Treat form at the beginning of the school year.

For Parents Summer servings offer lunch

The school district’s food and nutrition department will serve lunch Monday-Friday, June 9-July 25, with the exception of July 4. Free lunches will be provided to youth 18 and younger. No registration or documentation is required. Meals must be consumed at the serving sites: - Harrison Hill Elementary, 7510 E. 53rd St., noon-12:30 p.m.

- Sunnyside Elementary, 6345 Sunnyside Road, noon-12:30 p.m.

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Graduates,

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ChloeFeyock

chloefeyockcub@gmail.com LC’s Class of 2014 will graduate at 5:30 p.m. June 1 in the Indiana Convention Center in Halls A/B/C. Students should arrive by 4:20 p.m. in Halls D/E. Students are to return gowns in Halls D and E after the ceremony.

There are 540 candidates for graduation this year. Seniors will have a graduation practice at 8 a.m. May 30 in the Fieldhouse.

Before and during the ceremony, Prestige Portraits by Lifetouch will be taking pictures. They will also capture every graduate during the handshake and as they leave the stage, and will make pictures available for purchase with prices starting at $10. All images will be loaded to a custom website within a week of the ceremony. They may be viewed and purchased at http://events.

2014 Graduation Ceremony

When: 5:30 p.m. June 1 Seniors should arrive by 4:20 p.m.

Where: The ceremony will be in the Indiana Convention Center in Halls A/B/C. Seniors should arrive in Halls D/E. Seniors: Come to the ceremony wearing your cap and gown, and return them immediately after the ceremony. Take any photos with family or friends before the ceremony.

lifetouch.com.

Katie Billman will be the student speaker at the ceremony. A panel of English teachers chose her from five students who tried out.

“I’m nervous but excited to be this year’s speaker,” Billman said. “My speech focuses on the potential that our class has, and it encourages students to go do whatever makes them happy.”

Roach: semifinalist in Biology Olympiad LoganYoung

loganyoungcub@gmail.com Junior Elaina Roach made it to the second round of the International Biology Olympiad the week before spring break. Roach made it into the second round by scoring in the top 10 percent of the 7,766 students who competed. Roach was eliminated from the competition after taking the second round test of the competition.

The International Biology Olympiad is an international academic competition tiered by rounds of testing the knowl-

edge of the specified biology textbook.

As the rounds shrink in size, the tests become harder and more specific.

Out of the 7,766 students who competed in the first round, four, including Roach, were from LC. Summer Samuels, Sarah Rodenbeck, and Alan Jiang also competed. Roach was one of the 586 semifinalists.

“I think what really helped me was being in the bio-med program for the past few years. I tried really hard to study as much as I could for the second round, but it was really hard because of all my classes,” Roach said.

CarolineVarie

carolinevariecub@gmail.com The pass rate for the English 10 End of Course Assessment (ECA) increased by 5 percent since last spring; from 60 to 65 percent.

Associate principal Kristie Corn attributes the increase in passing rate to several factors, including: - Curriculum alignment within English 10 classes; - Proactive remediation for students with low to failing English grades provided through study halls; - Writing across the curriculum; - Reading emphasis allowing students to choose titles of interest to them.

“...we need to continue pushing all kinds of texts in front of our students: read, read, read!”

Cheryl Ruselink English teacher

“The hardest part of preparing students for the English 10 ECA is the varying student skill levels that encompass each of our core LC classrooms, and more importantly, the continued battle that we have with student attendance,” English 10 teacher Cheryl Ruselink said.

Each year, Ruselink said, her classes have an average student Lexile level of 800 during pre-assessments in the fall. However, the text utilized on the ECA is established based on a Lexile proficiency of 1100.

“This disparity is problematic for creating curriculum that is differentiated, meaningful and ultimately accessible for student growth,” Ruselink said. “...we need to continue pushing all kinds of text in front of our students: read, read, read!”

The pass rate for first-time testers of the Biology ECA remained the same as last spring at 53 percent, which is higher than the state average.

Algebra I ECA results have not been released yet.

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Last looks in the CLASSROOM

Anatomy and physiology teacher Kathy Madren decided to take an unusual approach to learning the body systems by having students dissect a cat. Seniors Adriana Brown and Logan Koehring (above) remove the skin of the cat to reveal the muscles to learn what they are and where they are in the body. Senior Simone Scott (right) removes the cat from the bag in which the cat was preserved. Cub photos/Anna Angrick

Next year’s new classes Eight new classes will be available at LC and McKenzie Center for Innovation and Technology (MCIT). Contact your counselor for more information about these new courses.

At LC:

-AP Human Geography -Fiber Arts -Citizenship/Civics

At MCIT:

-Infrastructure Systems -Criminal Justice I -Construction Technology II -Jobs for America’s Grads I and II -Biotechnical Engineering Information compiled by Caroline Harris

The Gospel Choir made an unexpected appearance in the Commons last week to sing “Oh, He shall Reign.” Last Saturday, they competed in a gospel choir competition at LN and earned first place. Cub photo/Logan Young

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Davie to head alternative school AnnaZanoni annazanonicub@gmail.com Editor’s note: On Monday the school board named Ron Davie administrator of the new alternative school at LECC. He will be leaving LC in June.

For the past four years assistant principal Ron Davie could be seen strolling LC’s halls, greeting students as they can be successful and a black male at the walk to class and chatting with them.

Davie became a member of the LC same time.”

Powell is a member of a club Davie administration in the fall of 2010 after more than 20 years at Belzer Middle sponsors called SAB, which stands for Student African American Brotherhood.

School.

“I’ve been mentored by some pretty Davie has spent a majority of his 39-year career dedicated to Lawrence good people, so I need to give back. It’s Township — 21 years at Belzer and four like paying it forward, so to speak,” Davie said. “The joy I get out of (my job) at LC. In high school, Davie was an athlete, is that I get to work with young people participating in track and cross-country. every day. And that’s what it’s about — His dedication to sports earned him a making sure they become successful, full-ride scholarship to Ball State. How- happy people, and eventually producever, before graduating high school, Da- tive citizens of society.”

Davie’s jourvie was blindsided ney as an eduby the enigma of “The joy I get out of (my cator has lent human mortality. him many titles: “ U n f o r t u - job) is that I get to work with teacher, coach, nately, at 16 I lost young people every day. athletic director, both of my pardean of students, ents, three months And that’s what it’s about.”

Ron Davie and principal. But apart,” Davie said. assistant principal many have grown “My mom’s to easily characterfuneral was on my ize him as a friend.

16th birthday so I “Lawrence Central will not be the remember (it all) very well. My support system after my parents died was my same without him,” Powell said.

Davie’s office is decorated with older sister and brother and my coach,” he said, remembering how crucial hav- memories of students. Adorned on eving a mentor was during that time in his ery feasible surface are mementos ranging from pictures to student-made crelife.

With their help, Davie became the ations. On a desk across from Davie’s first in his family to go to college. Da- desk hangs a framed caricature of a vie’s parents hadn’t been educated be- super-hero with the letters “SP” in a diamond across his chest. yond elementary school.

“That’s supposed to be me, ‘Super “We all have what we call ‘dark times’ but that’s just part of being a hu- Principal,’” Davie laughed. “A student man being. It’s important to find some- named Stevie drew that for me. He came one to help you get through those dif- back (after graduation) and it was good to see he was doing well. He’s one of ficult times,” Davie said.

Mentoring is a significant aspect of many success stories I can think about being an educator and Davie makes it a over my 39 years.”

The year on the caricature read 1999. priority.

“He’s always had my back,” senior Through his career, Davie has literally seen kids grow up.

Nick Powell said. “(Seeing students after they graduPowell met Davie at Belzer when he was in sixth grade. “I’d consider him a ate) really makes you sit back and think role model because he shows me you about the impact you’ve made. Because

“Lawrence Central will not be the same without him.”

Nick Powell senior

Dressed, as is usual, in shirt and tie, assistant principal Ron Davie shares his lawn-care expertise with senior Nick Powell, a member of SAB. The group spent time after school recently sprucing up the perimeter of the building. Cub photo/Molli Loftus

(the students) you don’t think you’ve made an impact on are the ones (that) come back and you see they’re doing OK. They’re contributing members of society and that makes you proud of (them).”

Davie said the new alternative school will have about 180 juniors and seniors from both LC and LN who are behind in credits and want to graduate.

It will run on a split schedule with classes 9 a.m.-noon and 1-4 p.m.

It is expected to increase the school district’s graduation rate.

“One of the things I’d decided is that the kids that are now seniors, I came with them (four years ago when I came to LC). I said I’d see them through high school, so now it’s the end of our journey,” Davie said.

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Marching Pride kicks off first season BrittannieTravis

brittannietraviscub@gmail.com The proposal to merge Lawrence Township’s two marching bands, LC’s Spirit of Central and LN’s Regime, to create one township-wide band was unanimously approved on April 28 by the school board.

The combine is a part of the secondary redesign process to begin next year.

“I’m really excited,” said Randy Greenwell, marching band director of LC. “I think it’s a great opportunity for our kids.”

The Marching Pride of Lawrence Township (MPLT) is the official name for the merged band and will have an estimated 260-280 band members. MPLT will give both schools an opportunity to

increase in performance and experience DeWitt.

Band directors, LC’s Matt James and activities that will benefit them long Greenwell and LN’s Glen Hauger and term.

The season kick-off show for MPLT Tom Wallis, announced different volunteer opportunities, was held May 12 the staff and counin LC’s audito“We have spent several cil leadership, rium. The kick-off and the Bands of gave band mem- months developing our ideas America compebers, parents and and putting together the mutition. They also the community the revealed the 2014 time to meet and sic to try to make the best marching band socialize. Students show we possibly can.” played games and Matt James show.

“We have got to know one band director spent several another. months develop“I thought it was helpful to get to know a new ing our ideas and putting together the member, so that they would feel more music to try to make the best show we comfortable coming on the first day of possibly can,” James said before he anmarching band,” said LN junior Jessica nounced next year’s theme.

The theme is the “Green Table,” a ballet by German choreographer Kurt Jooss with music by Fritz Cohen. The band directors are incorporating more modern music into the show, including Daft Punk. The marching band will try to create a visual conversation with the music and chorography while creating movement with the props.

“I think it’s pretty interesting, and a little bit funny,” said LC sophomore Paul Morrow. “I think it’s going to be difficult at first, but I’m sure we can handle it.”

The 2014 MPLT schedule was also released at the kick-off. The first year marcher orientation will be 5-9 p.m. today.

The first scheduled performance to be made by MPLT will be at the Lawrence July 4 parade.

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A change in school district rules will allow additional high school students to gain an invaluable life advantage; a diploma.

Beginning with this year’s graduating class — 2014 — a general high school diploma will require 40 credits. The new general diploma was recently approved by the school board in an effort to expand graduation to students just shy of earning the 44 credits required of the CORE 40 diploma.

With Lawrence Township being one of the last school districts in Marion County to offer the general diploma, some students who transferred here were at a disadvantage. Having come from a school offering a 40-credit diploma, some transfer students were not on track to graduate from LC, where 44 credits were needed.

The school board’s decision to offer the general diploma beginning with this year’s graduating class may be hasty — but it’s necessary. It is important to give the opportunity to graduate to as many students as possible, and with the close advisement of LC guidance counselors, students should be directed to pursue a diploma that best fits their needs.

In today’s society, a high school diploma is a critical qualification that extends greater opportunities to be hired and promoted within a company or business, to be paid a better salary, and to pursue higher education if desired.

Besides the obvious workforce and career advantages, graduating with a high school diploma sends a

Cub photo/Michael Rice

message to potential employers that a person is dedicated to pursing and meeting a goal on the first try, as opposed to waiting later in life to obtain a General See related story on Page 3 Education Development (GED) diploma.

It is important that the school board continues to make steps to expand the opportunities of all Lawrence Township students, and the 40 credit general diploma is an excellent move in the right direction.

30-second editorials • The Terra Cotta Warriors were just added to the greatness that is the Children’s Museum. Indianapolis already has one of the top five museums in the country and this exhibit will likely boost that ranking.

This is a great opportunity for people of all ages; kids will be amazed by how they look, and adults will be amazed with the history and the fact that our Indianapolis Children’s Museum was able to get them here from China.

• The ride-along that an LC student got to participate in was a great opportunity. To be able to see a police officer on the job is something not everyone gets to experience, especially when you’re buckled in the front seat of a police car. An experience like that is definitely a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

• Erasing a word from a lexicon is a task that is

made immensely difficult in the information age.

The N-word will always be around, given its place in the darker parts of our country’s history. For us to effectively render it benign, we must not give it the power that it currently See related stories on holds. Slavery has long Pages 18,17,15, 10 been an antiquated act in our country. Let the word behind it follow suit.

• It is wonderful to see that Greg Dusing, a man who did not graduate because he instead served his country in the Vietnam era, is finally getting the high school diploma he deserves. This story should remind students to cherish their high school education.

Though it is a bit late, Dusing can now count himself among those to graduate Lawrence Central.

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CarolineHarris

CaitlinHelmus

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How should the school deal with anger management issues?

The school should definitely continue to have a tight hold on kids who lash out in anger. This is a major disruption in class and can lead to dangerous situations for other students.

caitlinharriscub@gmail.com

The school should give them other outlets to express their anger. Calling security may work once or twice but the student is still going to lash out. Instead the school should make use of a therapist.

What distinguishes misbehaving from anger management issues?

Students who misbehave often blame anger management issues as an excuse for acting up in class. Anger management issues are often developmental disorders. Misbehaving is simply lack of responsibility, character and respect.

Anger management can be helped with exercise, humor and relaxation. They are usually something you can’t control. By contrast, misbehaving can be controlled. It’s a conscious choice that’s usually made when a student wants to look cool in front of his friends.

Would group therapy be an effective treatment for anger management?

I definitely believe an anger management group will decrease the amount of anger related issues in school.

Students would get a sense of comfort knowing they have adults and peers to talk to about their problems.

No, a group of students with anger management will not decrease insubordination. LC is thinking about putting students that get in fights or don’t follow teacher directions into an anger management group.

Speak Your Mind: How should students with anger management be dealt with in school?

They should have certain classes with people just talking to one another and asking them for the best advice.

Lacey Robinson, 9

They should take classes outside of school.

Davil Pecina, 9

They should be treated with respect because they are very much aware of their actions.

Natasha Hamilton, 10 They should be able to go somewhere to calm down.

Jalen Cochran, 10

If they get too angry and disrupt class they should be sent out of the room to be further dealt with.

Sarah Crawford, 11

They should be separated from others.

Cameron Justice, 11

They should be dealt with patience because they already struggle with their own anger. They deserve a patient mind to help them.

Tavia Easton-Seard, 12 They should be put in certain classes. Boys should also play a sport to take their anger out on the other opponent.

Antwon Bostic, 12

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annazanonicub@gmail.com Greg Dusing never expected three Army recruiters to be flanking both sides of his mother when he got home that day. It was 1972 and he was an LC sophomore. It was a time of war, social change and political squabble. Dusing was about to make a major decision about his future.

“The recruiters were explaining to me what it was like to be stationed (on the West Coast) and I remember them saying to me, ‘Greg?... Do you like deep sea fishing?’ to which I replied ‘Yeah.’

‘You could do some deep sea fishing out there. Would you like that?’ and I said ‘Yeah, I guess so.’ To which they basically said, ‘OK! Sign him up!”

Dusing was 17 years old when he was pulled out of high school and reeled into the Army. Back then, the

Graduate receives an actual diploma

“I did a correspondence course Army did not require enlistees to have to get my high school diploma while a high school diploma. in the military (and) went to a junior “Sometimes we make choices and college in Washington, (earning a) sometimes others make choices for two-year arts degree,” Dusing said. “I you,” Dusing said. He said his mother didn’t have a high school diploma from also pushed him to enlist.

Lawrence per se but I still moved on “It wasn’t until I got to my station with my educain Fort Louis, tion.”

Wash., that I However, bestarted thinking “Sometimes we make choices, cause of Dusing’s more about my and sometimes others make enlistment at such education… like a young age, he taking a correchoices for you.” spondence course missed out on Greg Dusing events such as or getting a high LC graduate prom, graduation school diploma,” with his classDusing said. mates and receivAfter basic training, Dusing was stationed in Hurst, ing an actual high school diploma. After researching how veterans can obtain Germany, from 1974 to ‘75, avoiding the war in Vietnam. Throughout his ser- high school diplomas if their education had been disrupted by service, Dusing vice, Dusing never saw combat action, contacted the Lawrence Township and he advanced his education.

school board. He received an actual high school diploma 42 years after his class graduated, a cornerstone of any high school experience.

“Last November, I was invited to a (Lawrence Township) board meeting,” Dusing said. “I was recognized, and I got a copy of my high school diploma.”

“It was a personal thing to me; my kids don’t know anything about it,” he said. “I didn’t want to make a big fuss about it.”

“I would say it’s worth getting your diploma,” Dusing said. “Over the years, job applications always inquire about high school education.”

Now 59 years old, Dusing looks back on his Army experience and all that he has gone through.

“I got to do a lot of things in the Army… I never ended up doing any deep-sea fishing (though),” Dusing joked.

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Pelaez joining AmeriCorps community service program JordanWilliams jordanwilliamscub@gmail.com

ington state because I have never been there and it has a lot of beautiful sights.”

She will be working with younger kids and doing community outreach.

“I am a handson worker so it definitely fits me,” Pelaez said.

“I’m also a people person and willing to help others.”

After AmeriCorps, Pelaez hopes to attend college and become an art therapist.

“I guess it goes back to being a very helpful person,” said Pelaez. “I’m a social butterfly and I couldn’t think about doing a job where I’m not around other people. I could use my creative abilities and help people.”

College may still be the right way for some people but for others it simply remains an option. For those who want to explore the world before they go to college, a gap year could work well.

“It is a lot of pressure because you see all of your friends going and knowing what they are doing while you are still wondering what you want to do and you are trying to find your path,” Pelaez said.

“I wanted to do something worthwhile this

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“I don’t want to go to college right away,” Isabella Pelaez said. “I thought about it and personally, I don’t think I’m ready to take another four years of school this fast.”

So Pelaez is going to AmeriCorps for a year.

After high school, students have many choices on where they want to go next. They could follow the traditional route and go straight to college, join the armed forces or take a gap year. Gap years are used by students who do not want to go straight to college right after high school. Some students choose to work and others like Pelaez are going elsewhere to find new adventures.

AmeriCorps is a program that involves young adults helping communities in cities across America. It does more than just help communities. AmeriCorps can help open pathways to jobs for younger citizens. If you are 17 and older and are an American citizen, you can join.

It is similar to the Peace Corps except that all AmeriCorps volunteers remain in the country.

AmeriCorps also gives out grants for colleges if a person completes a year of service.

“I want to travel,” Pelaez said. “It’s one of my biggest dreams. I really hope I will be able to go to Wash-

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The Life Obscura I didn’t feel ready for another four years, no matter how different those would be from high school. In the United States, gap years are not particularly common, but I believe it is important to keep your options open and to explore and learn even more before beginning a college Varie continues education down career. This exploration could be a number of things, alternate path, choosing to learn including travel, work, volunteering or trade school. No matter what it is, it will take planning, research, time through travel and experience and in some cases, money. At first, the idea of spending money on a gap year seemed unreasonable, but I realCarolineVarie ized that I will soon be paying for my education, and carolinevariecub@gmail.com that this is simply a different type of education. If money is a problem, consider working for a semester, or even It’s safe to say I was completely lost. the entire school year to pay for what you can.

With applications submitted to 15 colleges around At this point, I have only the first 80 days of my gap and out of the country, I hadn’t the slightest idea where year planned out. While my parents are relieved that I I would end up after graduation. My friends already have made a decision, I know they are still wondering had roommates, and I was still waiting to walk onto a about the other 100 days. And so am I. I’ve found that campus that “felt right.” I was still waiting to find the although the internet is an endless fountain of ideas, “perfect fit” that the admission counselors preached people are the most valuable resource for researching about. When I finally found a school that I could get the possibilities of a gap year. It takes a little digging, but excited about, I couldn’t bring myself to commit. I you may find that someone you see every day has a conwanted to go to school—but not after 12 years of sitting nection to an organization in classrooms. Not now. that you never knew about.

I realized that no “I thought about it and personally, I One of the most impormatter what school I comdon’t think I’m ready to take another tant things I have learned mitted to, no matter what from this experience is to classes I took, I would not four years of school this fast.” keep your options open. have the motivation to Isabella Pelaez Never cross something off take full advantage of my senior the list because it seems too college years if I continfar out of reach or unworued school without stopthy of your time. Educaping for a moment. For tion cannot be forced on anyone; it is the individual me, deciding to take a gap year came from this realizathat chooses to educate himself. Whether that education tion—that it was not a break from education I wanted, occurs through a classroom, or as it will for me, through but a different type of education. I wanted a classroom 80 days of living outside is a decision that every student without walls or grades or lectures. must make. I encourage those that struggle to find their The idea of a gap year can seem daunting simply “perfect fit” to create an experience that will lead them because you feel left behind, or you feel that you’ll to better understand what their perfect fit may be. Is it never have the true freshman experience. Planning college? Is it something that will prepare you more for a year of your life is not an easy task, nor is answercollege? Is it something that you’ve always wanted to ing the constant question, “Where are you going next do? Whatever it may be, you have the freedom and the year?” There were many times throughout the decision ability to make it happen. I hope that during my gap process where it seemed much simpler to submit an year I will learn things that could never be taught within enrollment deposit and sign up for an orientation. the four walls of a classroom.

I applaud all of the students who continue straight I hope I will find my perfect fit. into college after their senior year. Like Isabella Pelaez, year,” she continued,“while earning money and learning on my own time and at my own pace.”

by Ali Duff

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Organized Chaos

by Katie Billman

Seniors take a bow

For this last Obscura column of my high school career, I want to end with some quirky quotes of life advice not just for other seniors, but for everyone.

“Minds are like parachutes; they only function when open,” Scottish whiskey distiller Thomas Dewar said.

Don’t have a closed parachute or a closed mind. The first will fail you in skydiving, and once that ordeal is over, you probably won’t have a life in which a closed mind can fail you.

“The only place where success comes before work is in the dictionary,” British hairdresser Vidal Sassoon said.

This is true in the dictionary, but it is certainly not true in life. In life you have to work to be successful, and if you work

hard, chances are you will be successful. It also helps to give your heart to everything you do. The odds of success can be in your favor only if you are willing to put in the work to make them so.

“It doesn’t matter that your dream came true if you spent your whole life sleeping,” film director Jerry Zucker said.

Even if you’ve already achieved your wildest dreams, continue to set your alarm clock. It may be a pain to drag yourself out of bed, but it’s better to be awake and living than sleeping your life away.

It’s been an absolute pleasure sharing my freaky facts and strange stories with you all throughout this year.

Stay quirky, my friends.

Four years. 144 weeks.

720 days. Nearly 5,000 hours spent in LC and as seniors, our time here is almost over. And here I am sitting at my desk, writing my last Cub column, and it still hasn’t hit me.

As I prepare to start my college career majoring in broadcast journalism and telecommunications, I’m wrapping up my last Cub pieces, my last interviews and my last LCNN broadcasts. It’s becoming real that this chapter of all of our lives is now ending, and we’re about to start new ones.

“Out with the old, in with the new,” they say, but I think we’ll all find that some of the “old” will stick with us, too.

Whether you realize it or not, we’ve learned a lot while walking these halls, most importantly

how to handle diversity and understand why it’s a good thing. In just one building, we have so many races, ages, talents and strengths that combine to create a strong student body. We’re diverse, but in diversity there is strength.

We’ve learned to treat people like we would want to be treated, give everyone an equal opportunity and do our best in playing an important role in others’ life stories.

Although this chapter of our lives is ending, it’s time to throw our hats in the air, band together and enter a new one in unity.

Our chapters may be different, but each one holds its own unique story.

Congratulations to my fellow seniors in LC’s class of 2014. Go into the world and do something worth writing about. We did it.

Seniors say goodbye and give advice

Over the last four years seniors have come and gone. Here is the Class of 2014’s advice to underclassmen:

Get out of your comfort zone and get involved in as many things as you can to make friends.

“Stay true to yourself.”

“Just make sure you get where you need to be in the end.”

semester, so second semester is a walk in the park.”

-Joseph Cole

-Meredith Nordmann “Stay on top of your game first

-Isabella Pelaez

-Taylor Johnson

“Nothing’s impossible, so go for it.”

-Christian Jones

“Do your homework and come to class.”

-Bailey Garey

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Pelaez joining AmeriCorps community service program JordanWilliams jordanwilliamscub@gmail.com

ington state because I have never been there and it has a lot of beautiful sights.”

She will be working with younger kids and doing community outreach.

“I am a handson worker so it definitely fits me,” Pelaez said.

“I’m also a people person and willing to help others.”

After AmeriCorps, Pelaez hopes to attend college and become an art therapist.

“I guess it goes back to being a very helpful person,” said Pelaez. “I’m a social butterfly and I couldn’t think about doing a job where I’m not around other people. I could use my creative abilities and help people.”

College may still be the right way for some people but for others it simply remains an option. For those who want to explore the world before they go to college, a gap year could work well.

“It is a lot of pressure because you see all of your friends going and knowing what they are doing while you are still wondering what you want to do and you are trying to find your path,” Pelaez said.

“I wanted to do something worthwhile this

Gap year

e g e l l o C y r a t i l i M

“I don’t want to go to college right away,” Isabella Pelaez said. “I thought about it and personally, I don’t think I’m ready to take another four years of school this fast.”

So Pelaez is going to AmeriCorps for a year.

After high school, students have many choices on where they want to go next. They could follow the traditional route and go straight to college, join the armed forces or take a gap year. Gap years are used by students who do not want to go straight to college right after high school. Some students choose to work and others like Pelaez are going elsewhere to find new adventures.

AmeriCorps is a program that involves young adults helping communities in cities across America. It does more than just help communities. AmeriCorps can help open pathways to jobs for younger citizens. If you are 17 and older and are an American citizen, you can join.

It is similar to the Peace Corps except that all AmeriCorps volunteers remain in the country.

AmeriCorps also gives out grants for colleges if a person completes a year of service.

“I want to travel,” Pelaez said. “It’s one of my biggest dreams. I really hope I will be able to go to Wash-

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The Life Obscura I didn’t feel ready for another four years, no matter how different those would be from high school. In the United States, gap years are not particularly common, but I believe it is important to keep your options open and to explore and learn even more before beginning a college Varie continues education down career. This exploration could be a number of things, alternate path, choosing to learn including travel, work, volunteering or trade school. No matter what it is, it will take planning, research, time through travel and experience and in some cases, money. At first, the idea of spending money on a gap year seemed unreasonable, but I realCarolineVarie ized that I will soon be paying for my education, and carolinevariecub@gmail.com that this is simply a different type of education. If money is a problem, consider working for a semester, or even It’s safe to say I was completely lost. the entire school year to pay for what you can.

With applications submitted to 15 colleges around At this point, I have only the first 80 days of my gap and out of the country, I hadn’t the slightest idea where year planned out. While my parents are relieved that I I would end up after graduation. My friends already have made a decision, I know they are still wondering had roommates, and I was still waiting to walk onto a about the other 100 days. And so am I. I’ve found that campus that “felt right.” I was still waiting to find the although the internet is an endless fountain of ideas, “perfect fit” that the admission counselors preached people are the most valuable resource for researching about. When I finally found a school that I could get the possibilities of a gap year. It takes a little digging, but excited about, I couldn’t bring myself to commit. I you may find that someone you see every day has a conwanted to go to school—but not after 12 years of sitting nection to an organization in classrooms. Not now. that you never knew about.

I realized that no “I thought about it and personally, I One of the most impormatter what school I comdon’t think I’m ready to take another tant things I have learned mitted to, no matter what from this experience is to classes I took, I would not four years of school this fast.” keep your options open. have the motivation to Isabella Pelaez Never cross something off take full advantage of my senior the list because it seems too college years if I continfar out of reach or unworued school without stopthy of your time. Educaping for a moment. For tion cannot be forced on anyone; it is the individual me, deciding to take a gap year came from this realizathat chooses to educate himself. Whether that education tion—that it was not a break from education I wanted, occurs through a classroom, or as it will for me, through but a different type of education. I wanted a classroom 80 days of living outside is a decision that every student without walls or grades or lectures. must make. I encourage those that struggle to find their The idea of a gap year can seem daunting simply “perfect fit” to create an experience that will lead them because you feel left behind, or you feel that you’ll to better understand what their perfect fit may be. Is it never have the true freshman experience. Planning college? Is it something that will prepare you more for a year of your life is not an easy task, nor is answercollege? Is it something that you’ve always wanted to ing the constant question, “Where are you going next do? Whatever it may be, you have the freedom and the year?” There were many times throughout the decision ability to make it happen. I hope that during my gap process where it seemed much simpler to submit an year I will learn things that could never be taught within enrollment deposit and sign up for an orientation. the four walls of a classroom.

I applaud all of the students who continue straight I hope I will find my perfect fit. into college after their senior year. Like Isabella Pelaez, year,” she continued,“while earning money and learning on my own time and at my own pace.”

by Ali Duff

13

Organized Chaos

by Katie Billman

Seniors take a bow

For this last Obscura column of my high school career, I want to end with some quirky quotes of life advice not just for other seniors, but for everyone.

“Minds are like parachutes; they only function when open,” Scottish whiskey distiller Thomas Dewar said.

Don’t have a closed parachute or a closed mind. The first will fail you in skydiving, and once that ordeal is over, you probably won’t have a life in which a closed mind can fail you.

“The only place where success comes before work is in the dictionary,” British hairdresser Vidal Sassoon said.

This is true in the dictionary, but it is certainly not true in life. In life you have to work to be successful, and if you work

hard, chances are you will be successful. It also helps to give your heart to everything you do. The odds of success can be in your favor only if you are willing to put in the work to make them so.

“It doesn’t matter that your dream came true if you spent your whole life sleeping,” film director Jerry Zucker said.

Even if you’ve already achieved your wildest dreams, continue to set your alarm clock. It may be a pain to drag yourself out of bed, but it’s better to be awake and living than sleeping your life away.

It’s been an absolute pleasure sharing my freaky facts and strange stories with you all throughout this year.

Stay quirky, my friends.

Four years. 144 weeks.

720 days. Nearly 5,000 hours spent in LC and as seniors, our time here is almost over. And here I am sitting at my desk, writing my last Cub column, and it still hasn’t hit me.

As I prepare to start my college career majoring in broadcast journalism and telecommunications, I’m wrapping up my last Cub pieces, my last interviews and my last LCNN broadcasts. It’s becoming real that this chapter of all of our lives is now ending, and we’re about to start new ones.

“Out with the old, in with the new,” they say, but I think we’ll all find that some of the “old” will stick with us, too.

Whether you realize it or not, we’ve learned a lot while walking these halls, most importantly

how to handle diversity and understand why it’s a good thing. In just one building, we have so many races, ages, talents and strengths that combine to create a strong student body. We’re diverse, but in diversity there is strength.

We’ve learned to treat people like we would want to be treated, give everyone an equal opportunity and do our best in playing an important role in others’ life stories.

Although this chapter of our lives is ending, it’s time to throw our hats in the air, band together and enter a new one in unity.

Our chapters may be different, but each one holds its own unique story.

Congratulations to my fellow seniors in LC’s class of 2014. Go into the world and do something worth writing about. We did it.

Seniors say goodbye and give advice

Over the last four years seniors have come and gone. Here is the Class of 2014’s advice to underclassmen:

Get out of your comfort zone and get involved in as many things as you can to make friends.

“Stay true to yourself.”

“Just make sure you get where you need to be in the end.”

semester, so second semester is a walk in the park.”

-Joseph Cole

-Meredith Nordmann “Stay on top of your game first

-Isabella Pelaez

-Taylor Johnson

“Nothing’s impossible, so go for it.”

-Christian Jones

“Do your homework and come to class.”

-Bailey Garey

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Cub Athletes of 2014 Devin Heath-Granger

Varsity Basketball/Baseball

Signed: Goshen College

Stats

Position: point guard 5’11” 150lbs.

9.2 points per game 3.8 assists per game

Cub photo/Michael Rice

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Devin was a great example for the players to follow.

He had good vocal leadership.”

J.R. Shelt Head Coach

Veronica Clark

Varsity Tennis Signed: Marian University

51 percent shot from the field

Stats Position: Number one singles Second team all-state in 2013 All-conference in 2013 All-conference in 2012

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All-county in 2013

It was an honor representing my school as the number one singles player. I’m looking forward to my career at Marian the next four years.”

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A derogatory term becomes JordanWilliams jordanwilliamscub@gmail.com The “N-Word.”

To some, it’s a greeting for a friend. To others, it’s a sinister word that should be abolished. It is one of the most controversial words in the English dictionary, one that is constantly being put in a debate about if it’s acceptable to use.

“In the technical sense, it means someone that is ignorant,” assistant principal Ron Davie said. “We’re degrading a race. Kids now use it so loosely that they don’t really

everyday language know the meaning of the word.”

We were learning about black history Coming from the root word “Nein class, and it made me think of the gro,” the N-word was used to describe situation in a different way.” slaves in the 18th and 19th centuries.

The word, unlike other derogaOftentimes pronounced with a hard tory terms, has managed to survive the “R” at the end of the word, it was a Civil Rights Movement when people term to put down or disgrace a race. marched for equal rights. Back then, Even so, it’s a the word was term often used frequently used at LC. “It’s like a bad habit. And it’s to degrade a race “Yes, I use the along with Jim hard to break a bad habit.” word,” sophoCrow laws. more Kolin Dors“It has now Kolin Dorsey ey said. “Most of turned into sophomore the time I use it something more when greeting a acceptable,” Infriend.” diana State Youth and College adviser Some students, however, choose Maureen Duncan said. not to use the word.

Another taxing reason why it is “It’s rude and offensive,” freshso hard to get a grasp on the word is man Dallas Giles said. “I never use the deciding who can say it and who can’t. word.”

You can sometimes hear various Junior Armonte Dunlap has anraces say the word. other reason why he doesn’t use it.

“I get offended when people say “I think it’s disrespectful to those the N-word and they are not black,” who fought for our rights just to get Dorsey said. “Just because I say it to rid of the word and now we use you doesn’t mean you can say it to it regularly,” Dunlap said. “I me.” just stopped using it Junior Daniel Johnson doesn’t get regularly. offended when he hears the word.

“I don’t

get offended because it really doesn’t matter,” Johnson said. “You know who you are and you choose to be offended.”

Finding a solution to the conflict the word brings is simple to some and difficult to others. Many people and organizations have tried to get rid of the word. Even the NFL has thrown around an idea about penalizing a team if they hear it on the football field.

Multiple civil rights leaders have also tried to get rid of the word.

“I think it is the older generation’s right to try to get rid of the word,” Dorsey said. “They actually experience the word in its true negative way.”

“I think maybe having a meeting discussing the word would help,” said Duncan. “If the youth become educated about the history of the word, it would definitely help.”

Davie said, “Just stop using the word. It’s hard because of the media and rappers who use it in their songs, and it makes it that much harder to stop. The kids think that it makes it OK to use, but it’s not. Expand your vocabulary.”

“It’s like a bad habit,” Dorsey said.

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students to guide at-risk stuissues, such as an inability to dents to a better path. When control anger. Rumors can Carrico retired from LC, the spread through social media, program discontinued. sometimes resulting in physi“I think there was some cal aggression from students. merit to Conflict Resolution Peers can also pressure one with peers talking to other another to fight instead of to peers,” psychology teacher Tim walk away.

Barthel said.

“If people learn how to Two similar conflict resopolice themselves and their emotions, there would be fewer lution or aggression programs are currently in place at LN. fights at schools,” Foley said.

“We have Character Crew LC mentor Kenny Randall and Talk Zone Team,” Lawthinks anger and physical aggression can spur from a stu- rence Township school psychologist Beth Bastien said. dents’ home life, such as being “Talk Zone is where LN drama triggered by something menteacher Stacy tally or physiEmbry works cally tragic that happened “If people learn how to with students by doing to the student, police themselves and improvisation a loss in the workshop family or the their emotions, there the stuway in which would be fewer fights with dents and the the student is at schools.” improvisation raised. troupe.”

Senior Terri Foley Principal Kaitlynn psychology teacher Rocky ValaNailon said, dez is work“I don’t think ing to create people who programs to resolve conflict get in fights need anger managgression at LC. He will be agement because people need to know what makes them mad gathering student leaders from leadership programs such as before they can find a better Key Club, Junior Advisory solution to fighting.”

Counsel and LC Leaders to Recently the administradiscuss possible solutions for tion has taken additional steps physical aggression and other to decrease fighting in school problems at the school. through counseling and creat“They are like my house ing support groups. representatives, because we Guidance counselor Suzanne Oakes once worked with operate a small city every day former LC teacher Rick Carrico at school,” Valadez said.

According to Valadez, the on a teen violence prevention goal is to connect with the program called Conflict Resostudents and to help them find lution. Conflict Resolution, solutions to their problems established in 1999 following before the problems get out of the Columbine shooting, was hand. comprised of hand-selected

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A day in the life of a

Police Officer ChloeFeyock

IMPD officer Candi Perry talks to the community during a task force meeting. Cub photos/Chloe Feyock

Perry gives food to a family in need, one of the charitable things that Perry does.

Perry shows off a “water bottle” that is actually a place to hide your valuables, an invention she thought of to help reduce theft and crime.

substation.

We then stopped to deliver food to chloefeyockcub@gmail.com a family in need, something that Perry *Editor’s note: When City-County Councilman does often. We later attended a celebraSteve Talley came to visit the Cub Reporter class last tion at the ReadUP program at Francis month, he brought with him East District Indianapolis Scott Key Elementary. The party was for Metropolitan Police Department (IMPD) Officer Candi Perry. They came to discuss the proposed bill to lower all of the volunteers who helped mentor the curfew age for minors that the Cub had reported. students who struggle with reading.

During their visit, Perry extended the offer of having The volunteers were given treats and one of the Cub’s staff members ride along with her for we all played Bingo with them. The a day. One of the reporters would see what it’s like to be a police officer, and then come back to the Cub children got to see a police officer who Reporter and write a story about it. cares about their well-being, not just someone who is trying to lock them up.

My idea of police work was comIf they are exposed to a positive aspect pletely altered after riding along with of the police early on, they won’t be as Officer Candi Perry. I jumped at the afraid to approach them in the future. chance; I was really interested to see We ended the day by attending a what it’s like to be a police officer in Indianapolis. Perry is the Latino liaison task force meeting. Concerned members of the neighborhood attended to listen for the Indianapolis Metropolitan to what the police Police Department. are doing in their Before her, there district. They adwas no emergency “This is what community dressed the probline for Spanish relations are about: your lems the citizens speakers to call; are facing. Many no Spanish speak- relationship with your of the same people ers could talk to community.” come to the monthanyone when they Candi Perry ly meetings, so the were in need of East District IMPD officer police are able to help. She noticed develop relationthe influx of ships with them.

Spanish-speaking Concerned citizens like those who immigrants in her district and petiattend task force meetings are crucial tioned for the new emergency line. to the police because they see and hear When the day came for me to ride things the police don’t. Perry works to with Perry, we started off by visiting build relationships with the average one of the several places where she citizen to get information that wouldn’t volunteers. Heavenly Angels Academy be readily available to the police. is an Indianapolis daycare where Perry In my opinion, police should work enjoys a breakfast with the children to create a peaceful society, and Perry before most of them head off to school. does just that. She has won numerous Perry’s main goal is to be a good awards for her outreach programs in influence on the children and to help her district. brighten their mornings.

Perry proved that police work is After breakfast, we stopped by a about preventing crime through buildsubstation in the Spanish Oaks Coming positive relationships with the munity, an apartment complex that community. Police work is involved in accommodates the police in their community relations much more than clubhouse. Police officers can stop one would believe. I gained a better there during the day to catch up on understanding of how important police paperwork or to eat or take a break. officers like Officer Perry are to our The biggest benefit of the substation is community. to show police presence in the com“This is what community relations munity. The people of Spanish Oaks are about,” Perry said. “Your relationhave found a decrease in crime in their ship with your community.” neighborhood since the creation of the

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Trends are changing, the popcorn’s popping and yesterday’s ‘in’ is tomorrow’s ‘out.’

Don’t worry, we’ll help you keep up.

Face to Face with history China’s Terra Cotta Warriors in exhibit at Children’s Museum

and Chen Lin, a calligrapher.

The two came to teach different things in the exhibit but shared the same reason for wanting to come to the Children’s MuAliDuff seum. aliduffcub@gmail.com “I heard this museum was for children and I wanted to Take Me There: China experience it,” Lan said.

Tea at your grandmother’s While she teaches Chinese house was never like this. as a second language at Sun Your grandmother never Yat-Sen, Lan’s musical specialarranged the tea cups as ties are Chinese dance, the painstakingly and precisely Bang Bang drum, and Chinese as this. Your grandmother songs, which she will be shownever spent 20 minutes makcasing for visitors coming to ing sure the porcelain saucers Take Me There: China. each rested perfectly against “I love kids. I feel happy their respective to be around tea cups. Your grandmother “We’re very excited to them. I haven’t been able to never won a be the first children’s do calligraphy silver medal in since I was a museum to host the a tea pouring so I enjoy contest.

Terra Cotta Warriors.” child, being able to But then Charity Counts teach it now to again, your Associate Vice President of Exhibits someone else,” grandmother Lin said. wasn’t Li Min Lin will be of Sichuan doing exactly that, teaching Province, China. curious young minds about the Min is an accomplished delicate Chinese art of calligartist in the Chinese tradition raphy. of long pot tea pouring, which Other than getting the valuhe began learning at a young age and has since mastered. To able teaching of performers like match his unique art, the lanky Min, Lan and Lin, there was a great deal of research that went Chinese man sports a vibrant into the preparation of the Take yellow outfit and black-haired Me There: China exhibit. mullet whose long-haired part reaches the middle of his back.

Years of research He was at the opening of The research began when the Take Me There: China exhibit three teams from the Chilat the Indianapolis Children’s dren’s Museum traveled to Museum May 10. AccompanyChina, taking pictures, making ing Min were Li Long, a mask notes, and spending time with changer also from Sichuan the family of Jackie Wang, a Province, and Master Veneryoung Chinese boy. The three able Shi Yanti, a Shaolin monk model Chinese homes in the who started learning kung exhibit were replicated from fu when he was 13 years old. the houses lived in by three There were also two teachers generations of Wang’s family, from Sun Yat-Sen University and each features scrapbooks in China: Ma Lan, a musician,

Courtesy photos/Children’s Museum of Indianapolis, Elizabeth Granger

that include pictures and stories about Wang’s lifestyle and family history.

Museum public relations manager Leslie Olsen said that having influence from Wang’s family was extremely important to the structure of the exhibit.

Take Me There: China also contains replicas of a Chinese medicine shop, panda research center, and opera house.

But how did the exhibit look in the eyes of actual Chinese people?

“It is almost exactly how everything looks in China. I can tell they put a lot of work

into the project,” Lin said.

“I think it is spectacular,” Lan said.

Terra Cotta Warriors

But perhaps even more spectacular than the Take Me There: China exhibit is its neighboring exhibit, China’s Terra Cotta Warriors: The Emperor’s Painted Army, which will be here only through Nov. 2. The Children’s Museum was in negotiations for eight years to receive the exhibit.

Associate vice president of exhibits Charity Counts said forming good relationships in China was essential to properly

Things To Know When: Terra Cotta Warriors: through Nov. 2 Where: Children’s Museum of Indianapolis Admission: $14.50 for ages 2-17 and $19.50 for adults FREE 4-8 p.m. on the first Thursday of each month Terra Cotta Warriors: additional $5 for youth and $10 for adults

building the exhibit.

“We’re very excited to be the first children’s museum to host the Terra Cotta Warriors,” Counts said. “Not a lot of people get to go to China, and not even some Chinese get to go to X’ian City.”

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Godzilla squashes critics at box office narrowly escapes with his life, he is forced to watch his wife Sandra (Juliette Binoche) die as the plant collapses.

Fifteen years later, Joe and Sandra’s son Ford, portrayed by Aaron Taylor-Johnson (The Illusionist) is an explosives disposal expert in the U.S. Navy who lives in California with his wife and son. When Joe is placed under arrest for trespassing in a quarantined area, he calls his son to assist him in exploring abandoned Janjira, where father and

By Ali Duff son find no evidence of radiation, only evidence of the cover-up that Actor Bryan Cranston (Breaking has taken place in the wake of the Bad) believes the new Godzilla mov- attack that took place years ago. ie is so good it will make viewers With Godzilla, director Gareth completely forget Edwards takes about the 1998 what Cranston Godzilla movie. calls an approach Availability: In theaters I completely like the one agree with him. taken by Steven Rating: R In the film, Spielberg when Running Time: 123 minutes which was he did Jaws: the released on May act of not imme16, Cranston pordiately showing trays nuclear physicist Joe Brody, the beast in question but powerwhose Janjira nuclear plant befully building up to its appearance comes the first victim of an attack while still keeping the essence of by a monstrous, newly hatched terror and suspense off-screen. creature. In the midst of the chaos This works very well in Edwards’ comes the first heart-wrenching favor, as does the casting of charscene of the movie, for even as Joe acters.

Indie Film Fix

Mind the App

by Chad Sharp

Source/http://businessinsider.com Nuclear scientist Joe Brody (Bryan Cranston) cries while being forced to watch his wife Sandra Brody (Juliette Binoche) die.

Aaron Taylor-Johnson gives a rich, fulfilling performance as Ford Brody, while his on-screen wife Elizabeth Olsen (Liberal Arts) convincingly portrays their close relationship despite minimal screen time with Johnson. Ken Watanabe and Sally Hawkins also give great efforts as Godzilla-tracking scientists Ishiro Serizawa and Vivienne Graham, respectively.

Bryan Cranston gives a passionate performance reminiscent of the same grit he gave to Breaking Bad with a heartrending, familial role as Joe Brody. Joe walks on a wire between a variety of worlds. He is a husband and father who longs to protect his family, yet he is also a scientist and government worker who desires to simply do his job.

Summer more fun when you’re at the beach BrittannieTravis

could be outside of Colby, Emaline begins to question her future, but she only has the summer to decide No. 1 New York Times bestsell- what she wants. ing author Sarah Dessen entices Dessen creates another hit novreaders with her eleventh young el by making you feel a part of it. adult novel, The Moon and More.

Readers will easily adore Emaline College-bound protagonist Em- and grow to love her flaws and the aline is spending mistakes she another summer The Moon and More makes throughin her hometown Author: Sarah Dessen out the novel.

Colby before she The Moon Cost: $11.29 per book on Amazon heads off to coland More will Length: 384 pages lege. give readers the Emaline perspective to Genre: Coming-of-Age, Romance, Young Adult has a lot on her think for themshoulders with selves and not her summer job at her family’s let others think for them. Emaline local business, her boyfriend Luke is a normal teenage girl facing deceiving her, the new guy Theo normal teenage problems. in town making her feel alive and Overall, The Moon and More is her mostly-absentee father coming a great summer novel. Devoted to visit. fans and other readers of Dessen’s With her father and Theo givbooks will not be disappointed ing her a glimpse of what her life with this coming-of-age story. This

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novel will tug at your heartstrings.

If you enjoy this novel, you should also check out some of Dessen’s other novels including Dreamland, This Lullaby, What Happened to Goodbye and more.

Staying safe, secure and sane with Lastpass Be honest, do you use the same or similar passwords for all of your accounts? You’re not alone.

A survey conducted by the British communication watchdog Ofcom, found that nearly 60 percent of internet users use the same passwords for most, if not all, websites. While this practice is understandable, it is inordinately irresponsible.

Unfortunately, trying to remember a unique password for every account is an arduous task.

That’s where LastPass comes in. LastPass stores all your usernames and passwords and will auto fill them when you navigate to that site. You unlock your LastPass vault with a master password. LastPass has apps for iPhone, Android, Blackberry, Windows Phone.. The apps require LastPass premium (LPP). At $1 per month, LPP is more than affordable.

The idea of all your passwords being concentrated in one place may sound scary, but LastPass takes pains to make sure your data is secure. All your passwords are encrypted on your device, and they can only be decrypted with your Cost: Free, $1/mo for premium email and master Rating: 28/30 password.

Platforms: iOS, Android and others This means that LastPass never receives a decrypted copy of your passwords.

Consequently this means that if you forget your master password, you lose access to your vault.

Appearance 8/10 The app itself is very functional and everything is clearly labeled. The grey and red theme is consistent.

Features 10/10 LastPass has everything you could ever want in a password manager. It will import all of your saved usernames and passwords from your browser into your vault. When you make a new account, it will offer to generate a random string of numbers, letters and symbols for the password and then will automatically save it in your vault.

Usability 10/10 LastPass takes a bit of getting used to, but once you have it down, it’s seamless. Adding a new website to the vault, accessing the vault and logging into sites is a snap, and with a price that amounts to buying one less Pop-Tart in the Perk per month for premium features, it is reasonably priced as well.

LastPass strikes the perfect balance between security and ease of use.

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American Football

Artist: American Football Album: American Football Genre: Emo, Jazz, Alternative Song Suggestion: “Never Meant” Rating: 4 out of 5 Similar Artists: Real Estate, King Krule, DIIV

American Football comes out from hiding LoganYoung

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Highly influential ’90s indie emo band American Football has decided to re-release their first and only self-titled album American Football, released by Polyvinyl records in 1999. Their re-released album will have new songs added to it.

American Football is made up of vocalist/bassist Mike Kinsella, guitar player Steve Holmes and drummer Steve Lamos. The band was formed in 1997.

Steady and broken guitar and drum rhythms are the legs of their songs. Their sound contains lyrics that expose heartache and so much guitar noodling, you’d think Steve Holmes invented it.

Their music has entertained a variety of genres like math rock or indie or emo or alternative. I like to think they live up to most of those labels all at different times and maybe not completely. Kinsella’s voice hums and sometimes moans.

The otherwise mistaken stereotype commonly associated with “emo” may be of eye-linered angsty pop punk bands popular on the internet, when in fact, “emo” is correctly associated with the alternative up-and-coming genre of the ’90s and early 2000s.

America Football recently announced two reunion shows this fall. Their first show will be in their hometown, a part of the Urbana, Ill., Pygmalion (music and arts) Festival. The second show will be in New York City. These reunion shows have stupefied all fans of the genre. This gloried slice of the past is back for new fans to experience and none of us knows how long they’re back or if they’re here to stay.

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Let’s love ourselves this summer Just one more week at LC and it will finally be summer. For many girls this means it’s time to tan and exercise to look better in their bikinis on Geist Reservoir, and high waisted shorts and crop tops at the St. Simon Festival. It’s time to try and look better than everyone else.

It’s a time of confusion, change, and jealously.

I am a firm believer that everyone should do what makes them happy, not what they feel like they should do because their peers are doing it. If tanning and trying to lose weight makes you happy, then go ahead! Just keep in mind, if you really want to lose weight, do it for yourself. Do it to make yourself happy, not to make someone else happy. Even if it’s your boyfriend or your best friend, they should love you for who you are, not what you look like. No one should feel

Own That Look

by Anna Angrick

like they need to change themselves to look great in their bikini or their outfit for the Geist 4th of July Blast on the Bridge. Love yourself for who you are this summer. Embrace all of your flaws, and be confident in yourself. Don’t worry what others think about you because once you embrace how beautiful you are and the confi-

dence inside, everyone around you will feel it too.

I know I’m not perfect, but I’ve learned to love all of my flaws, and it has made me a lot more confident in myself. My confidence lets me wear whatever I want without wondering what other people think of me. I wear what makes me happy, and I feel like everyone here, even guys, should have this outlook on life too.

Wherever you go this summer, you will most likely see a lot of the same outfits. Everyone almost looks like clones of each other, and it’s sad. I just want you, the reader, to take away from this column that you don’t need to dress like everyone else, and you don’t need to look like everyone else. You need to look like you, and feel like you. You need to love yourself this summer.

What’s H t in Indy

Maleficent opens in theaters May 30

Disney’s Maleficent will be starring in the self-titled film on May 30. Maleficent (Angeline Jolie) is a vindictive fairy who claims the title of “Mistress of All Evil” by going after the young, kind Princess Aurora (Elle Fanning). The dark fantasy will continue with Maleficient driven to curse Aurora until she realizes the girl may be the one to restore peace. Times and prices vary at location. For more information go to www.imdb.com.

Indy 500 Festival Parade One of Indy’s signature events, the Indy 500 Festival Parade, will be celebrating 57 years of tradition in downtown Indianapolis noon1:30 p.m. Saturday.

The parade will consist of 33 starting drivers of the Indy 500, and more. Tickets vary on seating options. Additional information is available at 317-2341580.

The Fault in our Stars opens June 6

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Zoo’s Orangutan exhibit opens Saturday

The new Simon Skjodt International Orangutan Center at the Indianapolis Zoo is set to open Saturday. The exhibit is designed to stimulate the physical, intellectual and social abilities of this critically endangered species.

For more information, see www. indianapoliszoo.com.

John Green’s novel The Fault in Our Stars will hit the big screen on June 6. Two teenagers, Hazel Grace Lancaster and Gus Waters, share much in common including their cancer support group which sparks the beginning of their love story. The movie features up-andcoming actors Shailene Woodley portraying Hazel and Ansel Elgort portraying Augustus. Times and prices vary on location. For more information go to www.imdb.com.

To Kill a Mockingbird at Belfry The timeless coming-of-age story about human rights and Pulitzer-Prize wining novel by author Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird, will become a stage adaptation on June 6. The play will be at the Belfry Theatre in Hamilton County at 8 p.m. Ticket prices vary. Call 765256-0276.

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SPORTS Golf claims Marion County title Scores, matches, games, meets and touchdowns. The Lawrence Central Bears are back and with a vengeance.

JacobHelmus

jacobhelmuscub@gmail.com The boys golf team has continued its torrid pace this season, still yet to lose a dual match.

The biggest dual match win of the season came when LC took down the fifth ranked Noblesville Millers by one stroke, 166-167.

It was very windy on the course at Winding Ridge and the conditions weren’t the best but LC was able to put that behind them in order to come out victorious. Senior Tony Rogers was the medalist for the match shooting a 2-over-par, 38.

“It gives us good recognition as a team,” Rogers said.

“Despite the conditions it was fun to get a win over another very good team.”

The Bears have also

stepped up in bigger matches this season, claiming second in the MIC tournament and a first place finish in the Marion County tournament.

In the MIC tournament, the boys finished behind only Center Grove. They defeated Carmel, who was ranked top 10 in the state, as well as North Central, who is top 20 in the state.

LC shot 320 as a team over 18 holes and was only five strokes behind the champions from Center Grove.

Junior Colin McCarthy and Rogers have been named to the all-conference team for their performance in the match. McCarthy shot a 75, which was tied for first individually, and Rogers shot a 77.

As for the rest of the team, senior Drew Nixon shot an 83, senior Andrew Goedde shot an 87 and junior Marcus Fletcher

shot an 85.

In the 16-team Marion County tournament, the Bears shot a score of 310 as a team to claim the title. Goedde led the Bears with a score of 76, which also was good enough for third place individually.

“We beat some really good teams to claim first place so I’m proud of the team,” Goedde said. “Individually I am also extremely happy to have the third best score in the county.

It is a great accomplishment for me.”

The Bears have only two more weeks until sectionals start, and they’re looking to do something no golf team at LC has ever done — make it to the state match.

“It has been our goal all season, and we definitely have the capability to get there,” Rogers said.

Senior Tony Rogers putts his ball on the 18th hole in the Bears match against Heritage Christian, which the Bears won, bringing their record to 9-0 in nine hole matches. Cub photo/Michael Rice

young adults with intellectual disabilities have been able to participate and enjoy the same sports and activities that other athletes can. And the Special Olympics recently partnered with ESPN so the Special Olympic Summer Games can be broadcast on ESPN networks.

My oldest uncle, Bradley Barnes, has Down syndrome and has been an active member of the Special Olympics in Wisconsin. He has and still does participate in Special Olympic events longer than I’ve been alive, such as swimming and bowling. He lives with my grandma, Bettye Barnes, who is a big-time supporter of all he does.

“He started when he was 9… he has participated in any event you can name, includ-

ing track, basketball, bowling, softball, and his best and favorite event, swimming,” my grandma said. “This has been his social life. This is where he made friends and it has helped him to become a leader as he has grown up. It’s been so special to him and this allows him to be active and be involved with sports, which he loves.”

Every time I visit them, I always go into my uncle’s room to look at all the medals he has accumulated over the course of his 40+ years of competing in Special Olympics, as he is now 53 years old.

“He still loves to do it after all these years... he’s going to state in a couple of weeks to compete in a swimming medley relay and will be doing backstroke. He is such a wonderful success story and the

Special Olympics ‘15 live on ESPN DrewNixon drewnixoncub@gmail.com If you watch the Olympics every four years, you may be used to swimmers who win eight gold medals in one Olympic Games or to basketball superstars throwing down crazy dunks. Imagine you are watching the Olympics but instead of seeing Michael Phelps or Missy Franklin dominate the pool, you’re watching a 30-year-old man or woman with Down syndrome swimming in the greatest moment of his or her life. Or instead of watching LeBron James throw down a monstrous dunk, you see a man with autism making the first 3-pointer of his life.

Yes, those individuals are considered intellectually disabled, but those same individu-

On the Spot

by Drew Nixon

als will be competing for a shot at the gold medals like those thousands of American athletes without disabilities do.

The Special Olympics, which was founded in 1968, will be hosted in the United States for the first time in the last 16 years. Los Angeles, the host city, has hosted two previous Summer Olympics -- 1932 and 1984. Since its foundation, thousands of children and

doctor once said he wouldn’t be able to do anything, but now look at him,” my grandma said.

While I may not mention him enough, my uncle Brad has been a huge inspiration to me. He has Down syndrome and is 1, still alive, and 2, participating against 20- and 30-year-olds in the Special Olympics. He is capable of being understood if you listen well and I talk to him about the Badgers and Packers all the time.

He has that fiery passion that every sports fan has: highs on the wins and lows on the losses. I know he’ll be watching with a booming smile, chanting and cheering as gifted individuals like him get to participate in the event of a lifetime.

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LC ranked for first time JacobHelmus

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Sophomore No. 2 singles player Peyton Carroll strikes a forehand in the team’s “Smash Cancer” match against Noblesville. Cub photo/Michael Rice

With the post-season tournament quickly approaching, the girls tennis team has been playing some of its best tennis of the season, and the rest of the state has recognized it.

According to the Indiana High School Coaches Association rankings, LC slipped in at 26, which is the first time the team has been ranked since head coach Tim Taylor has been at the helm.

“This is the first official ranking that any of them have experienced. I hope it provides a sense of pride, accomplishment and hunger for more success. We knew we belonged due to some good performances against ranked teams,” Taylor said.

One of those good performances came in the Metropolitan Interscholastic Conference (MIC) Tournament where the Lady Bears placed fifth out of 10 teams.

The MIC is loaded with talent in teams like Carmel and

North Central, who are both ranked in the top five of the state. The Lady Bears also performed well against Columbus North, but lost 3-2.

The regular season has concluded and they now are competing in sectionals, which they have won the past two seasons.

The sectional consists of Warren Central, Lawrence North and Heritage Christian.

All three teams were victims to LC during the regular season and shouldn’t prevent the team from their third straight sectional title as long as the Lady Bears can prevent unforced errors.

“We hurt ourselves more than the opponent does. With the exception of a few matches, it wasn’t so much what the opponent did, but what we didn’t do. We must maintain focus, poise, confidence and effectiveness,” Taylor said.

“We have to get used to the fact that our opponent wants to win as badly as we do and will compete to their fullest potential. We must be ready for that kind of resistance.”

Bears look to sharpen things up

DrewNixon drewnixoncub@gmail.com Heading into Tuesday evening, the baseball team had a record of 15-8 and was 9-3 in MIC Conference play. Ending the season on a strong note could be crucial in the Bears gaining momentum when they begin state tournament play against township rival Lawrence North. The Bears were 1-1 against LN this year.

“Our sectional is one of the toughest in the state as our sectional champ has played for the state championship the last four years. Cathedral, Roncalli and LN are all very good. Warren Central does a good job of swinging the bat and are capable of beating anyone,” coach Matt Buczkowski said.

The Bears have also committed a fairly high number of

errors which have been a key factor in some of their losses.

“We need to do a better job of limiting our opponents’ atbats. This includes walks, hitby-pitches, drop third strikes and errors,” Buczkowski said.

Pitching from the Bears is still a high point, but their hitting has gradually improved over the last couple of games.

“From a pitcher’s standpoint, it’s always reassuring to know you don’t have to try to strike everyone out and can still be successful,” senior Logan Koehring said. “Our infielders are working very hard… We have full confidence in them to make the plays.”

The season is winding down, which is when the Bears will look to begin peaking in their performances, on both the defensive and offensive sides of the field.

Junior pitcher Matt Burleton fires a pitch to home plate in the first round of the Marion County Tournament. The Bears lost in the first round to last year’s champion, Franklin Central, 3-1. Cub photo/Michael Rice

Sports

Shelt resigns as coach DrewNixon drewnixoncub@gmail.com Basketball coach J.R. Shelt has resigned his coaching responsibilities and has become an assistant principal at LC. Shelt said that as of April 28, his Dean’s position was moved to an assistant principal position, which brings along more responsibilities.

Thus, his resignation as coach.

As far as basketball is concerned, Shelt said he’ll still be involved and go to games.

Shelt spoke with the team and said they were “kind of shocked, but they understood.”

“I’ve always treated the kids off the court like they’re students,” Shelt said. “I pushed them to become better basketball players as well as students.”

Now the coaching search begins, and athletic director Jeff Irwin has already begun taking phone calls.

“The job officially opened May 13 and will be open until May 30,” Irwin said. “We have gotten several phone calls from potential coaches interested in taking the job. The week of June 2 we will begin interviews and hope to name the new head basketball coach

by June 9.”

“I think all the guys can agree that he was a great trait to have as a coach. We’re going to miss him, but our goals remain the same,” sophomore guard Kyle Guy said. “He’s a good coach on and off the court.”

Guy compared the fact of getting a new coach to an SRI test taken on the computer, saying, “You don’t know what’s going to be on it but you end up doing good because you are prepared. It’s a pretty highly sought after job, so whoever the next coach is, he will be just as prepared as us and will represent LC the way Coach Shelt did.”

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Softball looking for big play JacobHelmus

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Junior Ayriel Sprague throws a pitch in a game earlier this season for the Lady Bears. Sprague is 1-0 with an ERA of 1.17, according to maxpreps.com. Cub photo/Michael Rice

The softball team has had an up and down season thus far, currently sporting a record of 8-7 and 3-2 in the Metropolitan Interscholastic Conference.

The Lady Bears have had great play from its three sophomores, Amanda Melzoni, Deja Shelton and Abby Mosier. Shelton is hitting a blistering .560 while Melzoni is hitting .469 and also accumulating most of the innings on the mound for the team.

Melzoni has faced 335 batters this season and has given up only 15 earned runs. Mosier is the defensive anchor from the catcher position and also is hitting .341.

Head coach Thomas Corbett has been pleased with the team’s play up to this point.

“The team is playing well.

We have been very competitive in every game we have played.

We have one week left to get ready for sectionals,” Corbett said.

The Achilles heel for the Lady Bears has been coming up with the clutch hit or the key play in the field in the later portions of the game. With a loaded sectional field that includes powerhouses Roncalli and Cathedral, LC will certainly need the big play or big hit in order to come out victorious.

“We need to believe and execute in the big moments.

Whether it be having a big hit with runners in scoring position, or making a great play in a crucial time in the game. Each girl needs to start playing for all of her teammates and trust each other. We have the ability to bring home to LC its first ever sectional championship,” Corbett said.

LC starts sectional play against Warren Central on Monday.

Girls win county, guys gaining momentum DrewNixon

Senior sprinter Marcus Jessup placed second in the drewnixoncub@gmail.com 100-meter dash for the boys.

The track teams recently Also standing out for LC was competed in their MIC Con- senior Cameron Law, who ference meet. The girls placed placed third in the high jump.

Entering this week, both the second, beating Carmel but falling behind Warren Central. The teams have begun preparing for their sectional boys finished meets, with seventh.

“The girls team hopes of conT h e r e tinuing their were strong won (the Marion journey to the p e r f o r m a n c - County meet) for the state meet on es from the fifth year in a row, June 6 for the girls.

Junior girls and June Kayla Smith which is tougher 7 for the boys. won the high than the conference The girls jump event have continand senior meet.”

Tim Richey ued their reand Univerhead coach cent success, sity of Dayton as they won commit Leah Frischmann took the pole vault. the Marion County meet.

“The girls team won (the Other standouts for the girls included seniors Demara Marion County meet) for the Compton and Adriana Brown. fifth year in a row, which is Compton won the shot put tougher than the conference event and Brown won the dis- meet, where we had some incus event, both by large mar- jury issues,” coach Tim Richey said. “There have been many gins.

progressions with all groups of the team. I am especially pleased with Demara Compton’s progress in throws.”

Richey added that the girls, who are entering this week ranked second in the state, could be bumped up to first on Tuesday.

The boys placed fifth in the Marion County meet. Richey said the boys are “rapidly putting things in place and will have a shot at winning a sixth straight sectional.”

He also said there are still many athletes on the boys side who could contribute and that they should be back by sectionals.

As the end of the year approaches, all the athletes will be clawing away, pushing to reach their peak at the right time, which Richey says should be between regional and state, depending on the athlete.

State will be held at the Robert C. Haugh Track & Field Complex at Indiana University.

Junior Darin Lawrence runs his part of the 4 by 3200 meter relay. Lawrence is one of the top distance runners in the state. Cub photo/Michael Rice

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24 May 23, 2014 • Cub Reporter

ChadSharp

Student Profile

uch ado about something

“Tempest” after being given only 10 minutes of preparation. chadsharpcub@gmail.com Van Wye surprised himself yet again.

After winning $300 and “When I was announced emerging victorious from the winner, I was in complete state competition, senior Scott disbelief,” he said. “When they Van Wye felt prepared as he announced ‘From the Indiastrode into the Vivian Beaunapolis branch,’ knowing that I mont Theater to compete in was the only one from the Indithe English-Speaking Union anapolis branch, I still thought, National Shakespeare Com‘There must be another.’” petition on May 5. Though he English teacher Richard didn’t know it then, Van Wye Phillipy advised Van Wye was about to taste victory yet throughout his journey. again.

“I held it together pretty Students from around the well,” Phillipy said. “I was nation had traveled to New York City to compete. The chal- pretty verklempt about the whole thing.” lenge? Perform a monologue Winning a prestigious from one of Shakespeare’s competiplays and tion does not recite a sonnet “When I was declared come without by the same winner, I was in comexhaustive author. plete disbelief.” preparation.

Of the Scott Van Wye “I read 58 competisenior the play to get tors, the 10 the context of best would the character and to get who then perform their prepared Benedick was. I worked on material again for a new set of the sonnet reading to get the judges in addition to giving an breath worked out and to make extemporaneous performance it have meaning and give it life of a monologue chosen by the instead of making it a recitajudges. tion,” Van Wye said. “I just had The prize? An opportunity my lines really down.” to study at the Royal Academy Van Wye said he is thankof Dramatic Arts in London for ful to Phillipy for his support, two weeks. critique and respect.

To his surprise, Van Wye “(Phillipy) had me do it a made it to finals. few times in class and he gave “There were a lot of comhis tips. He helped a lot more petitors,” he said. “So many of than he’ll let on,” Van Wye them could have made finals. said. “He really let me do my When I made finals I felt very own thing.” fortunate, very humbled to This summer, Van Wye will see some of the talent that did travel to London to take classes make finals.” on Shakespearean and conAfter a short break, Van temporary literature.

Wye was back on stage. He “I’ll try to brush up on my performed his monologue, Shakespeare,” he said. “I’ve Benedick’s from “Much Ado never done any Academy About Nothing,” his sonnet, courses before. I don’t know Number 58, as well as one of what to expect.”

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