Cub Reporter April 29, 2011

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Volume 62, Issue 8

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The Wiz So you want to see

NataAmores nataamorescub@gmail.com

The musical opens tonight, as expecting audiences witness a diverse spin-off on the classic Wizard of Oz. Junior Charli McGuirk has landed the lead role of Dorothy.

“I’m really excited about my first lead role, but a little Cub photo/Greg Price stressed about how much I have to learn in a short amount of time. I think it’ll be a great experience,” McGuirk said.

She said she loves the vibes of The Wiz musical in comparison to the traditional Wizard of Oz. “The Wiz is different from The Wizard of Oz,” McGuirk said.

“You can feel the funk in the music, and the lines can be a lot more risqué than the traditional Wizard of Oz.” The Wiz has a ‘70s feel.

“It’s crunch time right now; we have the shortest turnaround right now and everything’s coming together,” McGuirk said.

Dorothy has her fellow companions on set — the Lion, the Tin Man and the Scarecrow. Senior Roger Jones plays the Lion, senior Jeffrey Hunnicutt the Tin Man and junior Ike Wellhausen the Scarecrow.

“This show’s going to be awesome; the cast is so great and Senior Roger Jones plays the lion in LC’s musical, The Wiz. It hard-working, and our directors are fantastic,” Hunnicutt said. “I

begins a three-day run at 7 tonight. Cub photo/Sam Meuller

news

The robotics team is competing in St. Louis this week. Turn to page 4 to see more on their success.

features

High school athletes break more than records.

Check out pages 14-15 for details.

– See THE WIZ on page 4

a&e

LC Players are preparing for their annual One Acts performance. See page 20 for details.

April 29, 2011

Six-day week for seniors ZachGriffin zachgriffincub@gmail.com

Due to the four consecutive snow days that Lawrence Township experienced in February, school officials have decided to hold a school make-up day on a Saturday.

The date is May 7, and it’s for seniors only.

There were originally two make-up days scheduled, on both May 7 and 14.

The decision was made to exclude the later date and instead include the May 28 senior graduation ceremony in LC’s state seat count. Seat count is the number of days that students are in school.

These make-up days will be academically active, according to assistant principal Angela Britain-Smith, and the staff will consist of the administration and some volunteer teachers. A full staff will not attend the make-up day.

Seniors who have prior educational obligations can qualify for a prearranged absence. Some activities that would excuse a senior from attending the Saturday session include taking the SAT, attending a performing arts function that is school related, any vocational education activity, and college visits as long as the student provides evidence – See SATURDAY on page 6

sports

Turn to page 26 to see how the boys and girls track and field seasons are shaping up.

2news important dates April 29,30: Musical, 7 p.m., auditorium April 30: BAC Reverse Raffle, 7 p.m., Sports of All Sorts May 1: Musical, 2:30 p.m., auditorium May 4: Jazz Night in the Commons, 7 p.m.

May 7: SAT, 8 a.m., LC’s Student Life Center May 7: Senior Saturday, 9 a.m.-3 p.m.

May 9: One Acts, 7 p.m., Studio Theatre May 11: Blood drive, 8 a.m., Studio Theatre May 12: Spring Thing, 7 p.m., auditorium May 13: Senior Service Day May 18: Honors Night, 7 p.m., auditorium May 19: Performing Arts awards night, 7 p.m., auditorium May 20-25: Senior finals May 22: Baccalaureate, 2 p.m., Castleton United Methodist Church May 26-June 1: Underclassman finals May 27: Graduation practice, 9 a.m., Pepsi Coliseum, Indiana State Fairgrounds May 28: Graduation, 11 a.m., Pepsi Coliseum, Indiana State Fairgrounds

parent info Food survey online

The Child Nutrition Team is asking parents to fill out an online survey about school meals. Responses may be made through May 13 at https://ltschools.wufoo.com/ forms/meal-survey-parent/

Reverse raffle Saturday

The 23rd annual LC Bears Athletic Club (BAC) Reverse Raffle, an adult-only event, is 7 p.m.-midnight April 30 at Sports of All Sorts, 6002 Sunnyside Road. Additional information is available at 964-7440.

Cub of the Issue After each issue has gone to press, the editors honor a staff member who had gone far above and beyond expectations in putting together that particular edition.

This issue’s Cub of the Issue is Brad Oppenheim.

Cub Reporter April 29, 2011

Students enter ‘final’ stretch ZachGriffin

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The schedule has been created for this semester’s finals, and it differs quite a bit from last year’s as well as last semester’s final schedule.

The final schedule is determined in collaboration with LN and Mackenzie Center for Innovation and Technology. This makes the schedule much less concrete so that it changes from year to year and even from semester to semester.

The administration has worked out a solution they believe is best for all.

“No matter what you put out there, somebody won’t like it,” associate principal Kristie Corn said.

The finals schedule was also affected by the extra make-up days required because of the snow days in February.

A pretty significant change to the schedule for the 20102011 spring semester finals is that any finals on a given day

will be taken in the morning and in consecutive classes.

“Kids are traditionally more productive in the mornings,” Corn said.

Corn cautioned that this morning productivity could decrease if students are staying up too late after finals.

Another reason for the morning testing is that many students leave the building in the afternoon for educational commitments outside of school such as internships or medical appointments.

The last day of school does not follow the pattern of testing that the last full week of school does. The testing blocks are the first and last blocks of the day. This is to keep students in school for the entire day and discourage students from simply showing up, testing for two blocks, and then leaving.

“The ideal final schedule to me is students show up, take the final, go home,” Corn said.

According to state law, however, this would not be al-

lowed due to the required number of days and hours needed for students to be in school.

Corn said that the schedule is trying to cater to teachers by keeping classes that have already taken their finals to a minimum as far as class time.

The schedule does try and keep everyone happy; however, with three different buildings being combined into one schedule, every school has to give a little.

As for students looking to skip a final, underclassmen may skip one final in a class where they have a 92 percent or better. Whether or not a 91.5 percent would round up to a 92 percent is open to teacher interpretation. Perfect attendance will also be available for skip a final instead of skipping a final in a class in which a student has a 92 percent.

Seniors will be able to skip all finals in classes with a 92 percent, or skip all finals in classes with a “C” or better if they have perfect attendance.

Si pasa la ley los empleados van a poder usar la información y registros del Bureau of Motor Vehicle (donde recibes tus licencias y placas). Todavía no se sabe que información exacta pueden obtener pero puede ser tu nombre, dirección, número de licencia, tu código postal, numero de teléfono, y registros médicos.

Con esto los empleados de las gasolineras podrán mandar una cuenta de lo que debes y una multa de $50.

Si la persona que recibe la multa no responde en 30 días el crimen será archivado. La ley ha pasado en la casa del gobierno en Indiana y ahora será dirigido al Senado. Los

precios del gas en Indiana varen entre $3.80 hasta $4.17.

Había una vez que la gasolina era $1.70 y todos estaban felices. Ahora nada es igual. Me empieza a doler el estomago cada vez que tengo que poner gasolina en mi carro aunque, tengo que admitir, que mis padres pagan para el; pero todo modos me duele por ellos. Cuando voy a la escuela paso dos gasolinera y parece que en la mañana esta a un precio y cuando salgo de la escuela esta de otro precio.

Estoy segura que quieren que ya no usemos nuestros carros y solamente autobuses. Que va hacer el gobierno cuando todos empiezan a usar los autobuses?

Van a tener que disponer más

¿Hasta done llegara?

DeyaHernandez

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Gente piensa que con cambios puede mejorar las cosas pero aveces cambios no mejoran las cosas, si no las empeoran y cuando esto pasa afecta mucha gente. Estamos viendo esto en los precios de la gasolina. Sigue subiendo y ahora esta a cuatro dólares.

Recientemente ha habido muchos casos en que gente llenan sus carros y se van sin pagar. Con esto Indiana esta tratando de pasar una ley que permite usar el número de tu placa para saber si pagaste o no.

Si haces esto te pueden darte una multa de $50. Algunos están de acuerdo con esto pero otros están preocupados de lo que puede pasar si esa información llega a las manos equivocadas.

Senior

Final Exam Schedule G1 Final Friday G2 Class May 20 G3 Final G4 Class

Monday May 23

M5 Final M6 Class

Tuesday May 24

G1 Class G2 Final G3 Class G4 Final

Wednesday May 25

M7 Final M8 Class

M5 Class M6 Final M8 Class M7 Final

Underclassmen

Final Exam Schedule G1 Final Thursday May 26

G2 Final G3 Review G4 Review

Friday May 27

G3 Final G4 Final M5 Review M6 Review

Tuesday May 31

M5 Final M6 Final

Wednesday June 1

M7 Final M5 Class M6 Class M8 Final

M7 Review M8 Review

autobuses para todos. Con esto vamos a gastar dinero en algo que no necesitamos. Se que el gas es algo que no podemos controlar tan fácil pero tenemos que hacer algo pronto antes que algo mal pase. Me asusta manejar ahora. Si yo pudiera ser algo o crear mi mundo propio lo haría. En mi mundo perfecto los precios regresarían a estar a $1 o hasta unos cuantos centavos. Pero se que esto no puede suceder, ¿ puedo soñar, no? Aunque son malas noticias si tengo algo bueno. Hay una pagina de web que enseña los lugares donde la gasolina no esta tan cara. Les sugiero que usen esta pagina para que no tenga que pagar mucho.

En fin, si sigue así la gasolina voy a tener que comprarme un caballo, e enseñarme como a volar o lo peor, usar el autobús otra vez.

news 3 Kil-a-Bytes qualify for championship Cub Reporter April 29, 2011

ReedDillon

reeddilloncub@gmail.com The Kil-A-Bytes are in St. Louis.

It’s the championship event for the robotics team. They’re in the Missouri city competing against teams from not only the United States but also from around the world.

Beginning Jan. 8, the McKenzie Center for Innovation and Technology robotics team, the Kil-A-Bytes, worked to create a robot to compete in contests across the country.

A recent meet was the Smoky Mountain Regional in Knoxville, Tenn. At this regional they placed sixth out of 50 teams.

The competition started on March 31 and didn’t end until late in the afternoon on April 2.

To get sixth place the Kil-A-Bytes had to make it all the way to the semifinal match. But in the semi-finals, their robot lost by fewer than 10 points.

“I thought we were certainly good

The robotics team consists of both enough to win the regional,” coach JefLC and LN students, but there are also frey Smith said. “We were basically one some students from the McKenzie Cenmatch away from the finals.” ter for Innovation & Technology (MCIT) But thanks to their sixth place finish, program. the Kil-A-Bytes did qualify for the chamLC senior Tim pionship event in Rohrbach said he St. Louis. has learned a lot Leadership skills and paBefore the from being on the Smoky Mountain tience are a big part of it. team.

He has parregional, the robotticipated in robotics team had com- Robotics helps manage my peted in their first time and helps me work well ics since his freshman year and said regional at Purdue with everyone. he enjoys it beUniversity March Tim Rohrbach cause you can’t do 17-19.

According to senior it everywhere, and it’s unique.

Smith, the team “Robotics takes didn’t do very well up a lot of your time,” he said. at Purdue, but they did do well enough The team gets 46 days to prepare to qualify for the Smoky Mountain comtheir robot for competition. petition.

Preparing the robot consists of creat“We had many issues, but we did ing the design, manufacturing the parts, have some good matches,” Smith said. putt ing the robot together and then test“We made the tournament, but I didn’t ing the robot once everything’s put tofeel we were competitive enough to gether. win.”

Last ‘thing’ for seniors May 12 TorreKennedy

torrekennedycub@gmail.com The “Spring Thing,” LC choirs’ final concert, is 7 p.m. May 12.

The choirs will perform “Don’t stop believing” and will be featuring some senior soloists. Central Sound and Sweet Sensation will perform “I had the time of my life.”

This performance will be the last for the Class of 2011.

Junior Jazay Barbour, member of the Sophisticates choir, was asked about her experience.

Q: How long have you been in choir?

A: I have been in choir since the beginning of this school year.

Q: What choir are you currently in?

A: I am currently in Sophisticates and I love it.

Q: What do you think about the atmosphere of being in choir?

A: My particular choir class is just a bunch of drama that no one wants. If

Spring Thing

7 p.m. May 12 LC Auditorium General Admission - $5 some one messes up we all suffer the consequences.

Q: Will this be your first performance?

A: No, this will not be my first performance but by far it will be the most fun.

Q: Do you enjoy working with others?

A: Sure, I enjoy working with others. It’s all about teamwork, and it’s all about having fun and getting experience.

Q: Are you going to be in choir next year?

A: Yes, I made it into Sweets and I am so excited.

Q: How do you feel about this being your last performance of the year?

A: I haven’t really thought about it. I am very excited for it being the last performance of the year. I just hope we have fun.

“The designing part of robotics is the most difficult part,” Rohrbach said.

“Leadership skills and patience are a big part it,” he added. “Robotics helps manage my time and helps me work well with everyone.”

There are three different divisions at the championship event. Individual team members learn from seeing what other teams have accomplished.

“At the Championship it is very fun to watch,” Rohrbach said.

The Kil-A-Bytes’ division consists of 85 teams, and to make it to the final match a team has to make it through each one.

“The champion changes every year, because last year was like soccer,” Rohrbach said.

Smith said he has high hopes for the robotics team, saying, “It will be very difficult to do. ... We will have to make modifications and hope they work and have a little luck. We do have a very good chance of being in the middle of the action.”

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The Wiz: Beyond the magic

April 29, 2011

Top: The musical won’t put you to sleep, but senior Amy Kleimen and junior Megan Fudge (poppies) are trying to make senior Roger Jones (Cowardly Lion) fall asleep. Right: After traveling down the Yellow Brick Road, the four main characters — the Tin Man, the Scarecrow, Dorothy and the Lion — finally encounter the Wiz at his palace. Cub photos/ Sam Mueller

LC presents the Wiz When: 7 p.m. April 29, 30 Times: 2:30 p.m. May 1 Tickets: $10 and $12 ($2 discount on tickets purchased during school hours) Reserved seating

Top: Junior Zach Bowman works on the sound and light board with his father during one of the rehearsals. Bowman has to adjust the sound throughout the show to make sure the microphones are working properly, both onstage and individual ones. Right: Putting his right foot forward, senior Ben Sebring dons his costume for one of his two parts in the musical. He plays both Uncle Henry and a townsperson. The townspeople have to wear platform shoes. Cub photo/ Greg Price

think it’ll all come together and be a great show.”

Wellhausen said he shares his enthusiasm for the production and how it will change the viewer’s perception.

“This show will be spectacular and have an overall change in people, making them better people and helping them appreciate directors,” he said.

Perhaps most important to Jones is the atmosphere of the musical and its varying themes.

“What I like most about the show is that it’s very diverse and can feed all types of audiences,” Jones said.

“It’s just very entertaining in general.”

Cub Reporter April 29, 2011

Accredited, but...

BradOppenheim

bradoppenheimcub@gmail.com

After an Advanced Ed team visit April 14-15, LC received an accredited rating — with reservations.

The team rated LC on seven different standards; they were Vision and Purpose, Governance and Leadership, Teaching and Learning, Data, Resources and Support Systems, Stakeholder Communication and Relationships and , finally, Continuous Improvement.

One LC team leader was selected for each standard and teacher volunteers were asked to be on each team.

The administration also received input from a variety of stakeholders after purchasing an Advanced Ed survey to give to parents, community members, teachers and anybody who wanted to state their opinion on how LC is performing.

The survey included questions concerning curriculum, safety, communication, etc.

There are five different levels of accreditation a school can

receive which are accredited, accredited on advisement, accredited warned, accredited probation and no accreditation.

A school can receive no accreditation if they do not have the adequate requirements needed to fulfill standards.

LC was ranked at level four, which is accreditation on advisement. This means there are improvements that need to be made in order for a school to receive full accreditation.

Those improvements need to be made on Standard Four and Standard Seven, which are collecting data and continuous improvement.

The level, named emerging, means improvements need to be made.

LC has two years to improve on these emerging standards and provide documentation to Advanced Ed. The recommendation to become accredited will then go before an Advanced Ed board, which is to make a final determination.

Improvements have already been implemented. A data team

from LC will try to meet every two weeks in order to collect different data on students’ performance.

A formula is being developed by business teacher John Albers using Microsoft Excel spreadsheets for collecting data needed for Standard Four. The data includes different kinds of subgroups taking into account race, gender as well as free and reduced lunch.

Principal Kevin Brown is also working on making the school vision more specific by creating smart goals which include taking the school improvement goal and breaking it down, measuring its effectiveness more thoroughly.

According to associate principal Kristie Corn, the Advanced Ed visit was successful and very beneficial in helping LC come up with ways to make strides in improving the standards that were deemed emerging.

“The Advanced Ed process was really a great opportunity for us to look at ourselves to analyze where we are and where

we need to go and to help us focus on strategies to help students be successful,” she said.

Even though LC has two years to address the emerging standards, the administration’s goal is to improve by the middle of next semester.

better study students should “break it out by day and review your notes.”

She said that getting a good night’s sleep and eating a good breakfast are also things that can help on test day.

And she had a warning.

“The College Board is cracking down on cell phones, so just don’t bring it into the room.”

Corn also said students should try to “really do your best.”

“Write your essays thoroughly. Assume the writer doesn’t know anything, so you include as much detail as possible,” she said. Students will know their scores this summer.

AP Exams

AP Exams

Emerging Standards Standard Four (Data)

The institution or educational system enacts a comprehensive assessment system that monitors and documents performance and uses these results to improve student performance and school effectiveness.

Standard Seven (Continuous Improvement) The institution or educational system establishes, implements and monitors a continuous process of improvement that focuses on student performance. info courtesy of advanc-ed.org

AP testing begins Monday

KevinBrown kevinbrowncub@gmail.com

AP (advanced placement) exams will be administered May 2-13. Associate principal Kristie Corn, who oversees the AP testing, offers recommendations in how to best prepare for the tests.

Corn recommends that students engage in study sessions that their teachers provide and that they use other resources they can find. She also recommends they be attentive in class as the teachers review.

She added her thoughts about reviewing notes to prepare for the test, saying that to

Week 1 Schedule Chemistry Monday Environ. Science May 2 Psychology

Week 2 Schedule Biology Monday Music Theory May 9 Physics B, C

Tuesday May 3

Comp. Science A Spanish Art History

Tuesday May 10

US gov./politics Comparative gov.

French

Wednesday May 4

Calculus AB Calculus BC Chinese Language

Wednesday May 11

English Lang/Comp

Thursday May 5

English Lit/Comp Japanese Latin

Wednesday May 12

Macroeconomics World History Microeconomics

Friday

German U.S. history European History Studio Art

Friday

Human Geography

May 6

Morning tests are bold, afternoon tests are not.

May 13

Statistics

news 5 briefs Leaders apps due May 4

Applications for LC Leaders can be picked up outside of Room 203; they must be returned by May 4. Additional information is available from sponsor Jonathan Kowalczyk.

Bands earn gold ratings

LC’s Symphonic and Concert bands earned Gold Ratings in the recent ISSMA district contest. Each group received one perfect score, and Symphonic Band earned a rating of “With Distinction.”

Schaeffer, Mooney elected Juniors Isaac Schaeffer and Brooke Mooney were elected prom king and queen.

Members of their court were juniors Eric Kramer, Aaron Laster, Jeron Brown, Seth Urban, Sarah Mott, Gretchen Foley, Danielle Kroetz and Kourtney Yamafuji.

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Students’ Latin American endeavors end

More students seal the donation

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SaraYoung

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sarayoungcub@gmail.com

LC has participated in the Academic Super Bowl for 10 years. The competition was established by the Indiana Association of School Principals. LC went to district April 19, and teams started practicing and training for district from the start of the year.

The Topic 2011: Latin America from about the 1700s to now.

The Set-Up: It’s a competition where the planners select a topic, and there are six categories: History, English, Science, Math, the Arts, and Interdisciplinary, which is a combination of everything.

Participating schools are broken down into classes and each class goes to district. The top six teams in the state then go to the state level of competition.

How it Works: Each team gets an outline for the competition with suggested resources for each topic. Then the coaches bring the team together and look at all of the suggested resources and start practicing to get ready for district.

Teams: There is one team for each category, and each team has at the most six members. Three team members compete at once, and the other three can be subbed in during the competition.

The Sponsors This Year: Vicki Shafer-The Arts, Linus Peck-English, Robert Hasty-History, Janeen Godfrey-Math and Amanda Cole-Science Finding People to Compete: Sponsors ask students if they’re interested, or people who are interested find out who’s coaching the teams. Anyone can join and compete in the Academic Super Bowl.

How’d We Do: LC didn’t move on to State, but the sponsors don’t feel like the kids did poorly.

“The topic was Latin America, which is not something we tend to even focus on curriculum-wise, so it was tough for the sponsors and kids who participated in it,” Peck said.

The Topic 2012: For people who are interested in participating in the Academic Super Bowl next year, the topic will be the American Revolution.

Saturday

continued from page 1 of the visit prior to May 7. Any club or recreation sport not affiliated with LC will not count as a credible prior obligation, nor will a job or community service project. Any other absence will require a parent to call in. These absences will not count against perfect attendance and therefore will not affect a student’s ability to skip a final based on a perfect attendance record throughout the year.

“We felt that students who have previous commitments should not have these absences count toward their perfect attendance due to the oddity of the May 7 date,” Britain Smith said.

Freshmen Dara Metcalfe, Kasia Charleston, Markyia Clemons and Makayla Edwards, above, stuff envelopes for St. Jude’s Children’s Hospital. Freshman Sally Finkle, left, addresses envelopes to send to possible donors.

Cub photo/Sam Mueller

For the past three years LC’s Key Club has partnered with St. Jude’s Children’s Hospital to raise money by sending donation letters. The first year only five students signed up; the second year, there were around 40. This year, Key Club had 85 student participants.

Each person was in charge of getting the address of at least 25 possible donors. On April 15 around 50 students were excused from their G4 classes to help address donation letters to these people.

Senior Brook Ayres and junior Kelsey Thornton were the main student organizers. It included food and drink as well as free raffle items provided by St. Jude’s to help increase attendance.

“The turnout was excellent, despite our advertisement being so late,” Thornton said.

All of the money raised through the letters is given straight to St. Jude’s.

“This Team-Up program has been going on since 2005,” St. Jude’s representative Susie Tatum said. “LC was the highest earning school in the state last year, raising over $5,000.”

So far Coins Wars has raised only $55, but Key Club hopes their letters will bring in enough money to help keep their new record.

Lunch is still not decided. There will back after their commencement ceremoeither be open campus lunch or a regular ny was not going to be the best option lunch will be served. The decision was for our students,” Albano said. made by the EducaOther schools are tion Services Center planning Saturday When trying to squeeze schools as well. across the street.

NoAccording to as- in the required days... we blesville is considersistant superinten- were left with Saturdays. ing having their studant for research and dents come back on Bob Albano May 14 and 21. development Bob Albano, there weren’t assistant superintendent “We didn’t have many options left to many options. When try and squeeze all of trying to squeeze in the state required school days in before the required days before commencesenior graduation day. ment, we were left with Saturdays,” Al“We felt that bringing our seniors bano said.

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Cub Reporter April 29, 2011

Contract process halted

MeredithVarie meredithvariecub@gmail.com

Geography class, Moyogi style Freshmen Kaitlyn Cherba, left, Emily Reifinger, top right, and Daniel Davilan, bottom right, master the art of shaping and pruning Japanese bonsai trees. Effie Keys’ honors geography and history of

the world classes participated in the ancient art of cultivating bonsai trees. Cub photos/Alli King

Academic top 31 students honored AlliKing allikingcub@gmail.com The Class of 2011 honored its Top 30 students on April 12 with a ceremony here at LC. Every year, the 30 seniors with the highest GPA out of the entire class are honored with a ceremony, commemorative photo and the recognition of a job well done.

This year there were unusual circumstances; two students tied for the final spot, resulting in having 31 students being honored.

“Being in the top 30 is like validation that all of my 12 years of hard schoolwork have paid off with a little recognition. It’s something to be proud of,” senior Brook Ayres said.

Ayres has worked hard for her spot

at the top, taking six AP classes throughout high school.

Every honored student chooses a teacher, from any year of their education, who has made the biggest impact on them. These teachers attend the ceremony.

Ayres and Allie Born both chose English teacher Sandy Weichert, who joined them at the ceremony.

“I had Mrs. Weichert as a teacher my freshman and junior years, and she really helped me establish myself as a writer. She was a huge motivating force for me, and she felt like more than just a teacher,” Ayres said.

“Both girls are wonderful students.

These kinds of students make me feel like I shouldn’t be getting a paycheck,” Weichert said. “They make teaching fun

Academic Top 31 Holstein, Amanda

Ayres, Brook Bianchini, Monica Biloon, Andrew Born, Alexandra Brandl, Sydney Brodnex, Derrick Carlson, Erica Claflin, Connor Copple, Stacie Daily, Nicholas Deaton, Abigail Dollinger, Sofia Ellefsen, Carly Freije, Thomas Harty, Alexander

Hunnicutt, Jeffrey MacLafferty, Brian Marquez, Laura Marvel, Ashley McGuire, Brian Muhl, Allison Offen, Kelsey Pardieck, Zachary Riley-Mercado, Patrick Rodgers, Cameron Rohrbach, Timothy Rust, Bryan Stone, Lindsay Thomas, Emily Turner, Jeffrey

and meaningful. It doesn’t feel like work.

They inspire me to do a better job.”

The Indiana State Legislature is now affecting collective bargaining between school districts and their corresponding teachers’ unions. MSD of Lawrence Township and the Lawrence Education Association (LEA) have stopped bargaining processes aimed at developing a new teacher contract.

“We were to have a bargaining session last week, and the teachers were contacted by the administration, and they let us know that they had decided we would not be meeting again until the legislation had run its course,” English teacher Pam Fischer, the representative for LC at township discussions, said.

Gov. Mitch Daniels signed the collective bargaining bill, Senate Bill 575 (SB 575), into law on April 20. Most laws take effect on July 1, but aspects of SB 575 are effective immediately. A contract cannot be negotiated without taking the law into account.

The measures effective immediately include that the contract may not exceed two years, and that collective bargaining may not concern teacher evaluation procedures or criteria. Negotiable topics will be limited to salary, wages and wage-related benefits on July 1.

“The process (for negotiating) includes the representatives of the board/administration, and the LEA coming together to discuss the existing contract. Sometimes the language is edited, deleted or added to,” said Brad Eshelman, assistant superintendent for human resources and operations.

The collective bargaining process in Lawrence Township began on March 9, but because SB 575 is effective immediately, the process is on hold.

“We have halted the bargaining process until we more fully understand the impact of SB 575,” Eshelman said.

The bargaining team will attend a seminar on May 9 that will explain the law.

The current contract began in 2008 and will expire July 31, 2011.

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Just a

minute with...

What are you most afraid of?

If you could have any wish, what would it be?

1.To have three more wishes 2. For the recession to be over 3. To get a new car 4. to move to New York 5. To be retro-kickin’ like Jeron Brown

What’s your faovirte spring break memory?

1. hanging out with friends 2. going to California and surfing 3. when I went to Jamaica 4. going to the capital of Honduras 5. going shopping

1. Steven Davis sophomore

2. Wesley King

senior

1. snakes 2. waking up and the world is ending 3. the future 4. change 5. God

What are your lucky numbers?

1. 23 2. 23 and 41 3. 4 4. 7 and 13 5. 9 and 45

3. Kelly Benz

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

junior

Who’s your favorite villain?

1. Green Goblin 2. Venom 3. The Joker 4. Al Capone 5. Jeron Brown

4. Adriana Gonzalez freshman

5. Aaron Laster

junior

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Lawrence Central High School 7300 E. 56th St. Indianapolis, IN 46226 (317) 964-7400 The Cub Reporter is published 10 times a year by the students on the newspaper staff. Letters to the editor are welcome, but limited to 200 words. The author’s name will be printed with the letter. Letters may not contain obscene language.

Cub art/ Morgan Black

The role of a student

It’s always been said that being in the right place is half the battle. That seems to be the simplest way to win half of a battle.

And yet, people are still not coming to school. If people would be in class, then they might pick up a thing or two by just being there.

The problem is that a lot of students don’t give their classes a shot, and then they wonder why they’re failing. The school is trying to make students go to class.

But isn’t a student’s job to go to class and learn?

Some people are probably responding with a sarcastic comment that students aren’t

hurt to be in class? The answer paid to go to school. But why is, quite simply, no one. should we have to be paid?

This message isn’t for the The administration is student who misses a class spending time and effort to here or there, but the habitual track down people to make offender who sure they go to is not in class class, and we wonder why Students should be in time and time again. they don’t class, that’s just the If you’re give us more missing class freedom. We way it is. so much don’t deserve that the freedom when administration some can’t has caught you, then you need even get to class without being to do something about it. It’s forced.

Another argument that not too late to turn things people use against being forced around and actually pass the to be in class is that they don’t class. need to be there. That might be If people missed as much true for some, but who does it work as they do school, then

many students here would be fired. Once again, the argument of receiving money for being in class comes up.

Students should not be paid to go to class; they should just go to class to learn, to graduate or for some self-driven reason.

The diploma that a student receives from high school automatically raises his base salary, so you can think of that as a means of income for the 12 years of school.

Students should be in class, that’s just the way it is, it was and the way it will always be.

Instead of making the administration track you down, just go to class, be on time and try to learn.

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peak YourDriving Mind: Bear

it all

“It’s the real deal.”

-Breanna Petrucciani, 10 “If you’re an underclassman, play lacrosse next year! It’s fun, I promise.”

-Tim Rohrbach, 12 “You can be just like Elmo!”

-Zach Yohn, 10 “Winning .”

Gabby Adkins

freshman

Mackenzie Spicer

sophomore

Jeron Brown

junior

Carly Ellefson

senior

What do you think gas prices will be like by the end of the summer?

It’s going to be really expensive. I already know it.

It’s definitely going to keep going up. If it keeps going up as much as it has it will probably be $6.

It’s probably going to get up to $5.

I think it will be way too much!

I already carpool as it is, but I plan on continuing.

-Tyler Ruch, 10

“Rude. Go Away.”

-Emily Neff , 9 “Just pour the sauce on to make the steam rise.”

-Ivan Flick, 10 “Nematodes are people too!”

Olivia Gangi, 11 “I love Darren Criss.”

-Laura Marquez, 12

Are you going to start carpooling more?

No, I’m not going to start carpooling because I ride the bus to school.

“Yo no fui.”

-Adriana Sehl, 11

I already carpool a lot right now.

I’m going to try because I can’t afford to pay for gas by myself if it keeps going up.

“There’s no cure for the common me.”

-Graham Gardner, 11 “If you ain’t first, you’re last.”

-Alex Floyd,10

Do you plan on finding other methods of transportation?

I might start walking places if they aren’t too far away.

The bus is a possibility, but I don’t think I could ride my bike to school.

Yeah, I am going to get my bike out of storage.

No, because our government doesn’t really provide any other methods of transportation.

“Eggs.”

-Audrey Meyer, 11

“I apoligize, I am unable to comprehend your grandiloquent exuberance of hyperbolic verbocity.”

-Alex Larsh, 10 “Pants? At a time like this? I don’t have any pants!”

-Angela Hetrick, 12

Is your car fuel efficient?

No. I don’t drive, but my parents drive a Dodge Charger and they always complain about gas prices.

Yeah, it gets 30 miles to the gallon.

No. It’s a Dodge Magnum so it sucks a lot of gas.

No. I drive a Honda Odyssey and it’s a gas guzzler.

“Heroes get remembered but legends never die.”

-Eric Reynolds, 11 “We is.”

-Derric Gowan, 10

“I don’t want to submit a bear-it-all.”

-Victoria Thomas

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BradOppenheim bradoppenheimcub@gmail.com Commencement: beginning, first, get-go, kickoff, offset. So why come back after commencement, after we get our diplomas? Why not sacrifice one measly Saturday so we don’t have to come back for an extra two days after we graduate? Seems kind of senseless, right? Well, if the Saturday school plan wouldn’t have been implemented, that would have been the scenario.

Now you have to look at this situation from a logical stand point.

It’s not that LC wanted to do this to us, but according to the Indiana State Department of Education, it is mandated that we go to school 180 days per year. So if you had the mindset that it was Lawrence Central’s fault that we have to go to school 180 days, it’s not.

It’s not going to kill you to come to school on one Saturday. It’s not like it’s a permanent thing. Some schools have to go to school on Saturdays on a weekly basis. Yeah, you might have to miss out on work or hanging out with your friends, but it’s only for six hours which

Saturday School is shorter then a normal school day anyway.

Think about it: The commencement ceremony on May 28 counts as a day of school and I’d say that’s a pretty good deal. Sorry for all of you underclassmen who have to come back those extra couple days without us. I know you’ll sorely miss us.

JoeMount

joemountcub@gmail.com Ladies and gentleman, please keep in mind that I’m playing the devil’s advocate here. Nothing more, nothing less. I’m personally a big fan of the idea.

All of the seniors have heard of the dreaded “Saturday school” by now. On May 7 from 9 a.m. to 3

p.m. the school administration expects us to come in and … what?

The teachers won’t get paid for coming in, so they’re resorting to bringing in other staff members. But what are they actually going to be doing? Here we have a handful of adults who barely interact with the student body who are expected to entertain a group of seniors (assuming any actually show up) who don’t want to be there in the first place.

Now we have a dilemma. The state requires school to be open for 180 days in order for the year to be counted, and due to the ever-so-delightful snowpocalypse we had, we’re short of that 180 day mark.

Do I approve of this colossal waste of time?

Of course not.

It’s a waste of the adults’ time, the students’ time and the money this township is supposed to be saving. If the state board of education had any sense, they would revoke their rule that seniors have to attend the entire year. But there’s a fat chance of that ever happening. As usual, we have to stick with our inefficient and altogether pointless system.

THE BURNING QUESTION: What do you think?

“I have other commitments that day.”

“I don’t feel like it’s that bad. I’d much rather come on a Saturday than come back after graduation.”

“Saturday school is better than coming back in June. I’m just ready to graduate.”

“It’s a better alternative than having to come to school after graduation.”

Cameron Sabotin, 12

Charles Johns, 12

Sydney Sturdevant, 12

Eva Flick, 12

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satisfies seniors

I have something to get off my chest: When I heard about Saturday school, I had planned on writing my column about how awful an idea it was. I had actually brainstormed some arguments against this heinous act. Even with me entering this with a closed mind, I was eventually swayed by the final details that the administration provided in the senior meeting on April 19.

The biggest issue I had with Saturday school was going to be that it was going to ruin my chances of skipping all my finals via perfect attendance. I was relieved when I heard that excused absences would not count against the skip-a-final policy. Believe it or not, I am giving props to the administration.

I know it’s a student’s “job” to disagree with the administration, but in this instance, I think they took an issue that could have potentially gone extremely haywire and came out with something that works for everyone.

The reason I was upset about this was because I knew I wasn’t going to be able to come that Saturday, but I didn’t think it was right because people are busy on Saturdays. Apparently the administration knew this, too.

With no transportation, I could have foreseen a lot of fallout from Saturday school. But the administration saw this, too, and did something about it. I understand that seniors without perfect attendance didn’t care because they weren’t planning on coming, but the seniors with perfect attendance were sweating this decision out.

In the end though, everyone wins.

The state sees that LC offered 180 days of school, and the seniors are no longer going to be penalized for going to a wedding or having other plans on May 7. Speaking of May 7, I’m feeling a ghastly cold coming on that will keep me from being here for school…

Shucks.

AlliKing

allikingcub@gmail.com

KatieMcDowell katiemcdowellcub@gmail.com Seniors: The clock is ticking. Our time is nearly over here at good ol’ LC. For most of us, we’re ready to walk off the stage at graduation and never look back. While the last few weeks of senior year are easily the most exciting, they also seem to go by the slowest.

So we’ve decided to share our wealth of wisdom with the rest of our fellow seniors on how to make the most of the last of our time here as well as make it fly by as painlessly as possible.

Spice up the mundane weeknights. Instead of lying on your

your calendars accordingly. While open couch, watching TV and blowing off house season is often hectic, it’s a fun homework, get together a group of way to show your friends how much friends and blow off your homework you care. Plus, they are notorious for together! Try out new or exciting restaurants that are usually too busy delicious free food, countless games of on the weekends, go see a matinee corn hole, and endless embarrassing movie, and enjoy the weather as it starts photos from the childhood days to to turn warmer. reminisce upon.

Livening up your And be sure Think up your own ways to weeknights is a to spend time great way to break pass the time; we know how planning your up the boring own party for creative some of you can be. your friends and school week and have something to family to enjoy. look forward to.

It’s a fun way to celebrate and look back Take advantage of the final on the past 12 years of schooling. Just opportunities to support your school. as well as a guilt-free excuse as a way to Make some time to check out a baseball spend your time while your backpack game, or go see the school musical. sits in your car and remains un-opened It’s fun, it’s a distraction to schoolwork after school. and it’s your last chance to show some These are just a few suggestions on school spirit and enjoy these classic how to survive the final weeks of school until the much-anticipated Graduation. high school traditions.

Think up your own ways to pass the Plan to attend graduation open time — we know how creative some of houses. We know that your Facebook you can be. And just remember, May event queue is quickly filling up with 28 is right around the corner, seniors… vast numbers of invitations to your we’ve waited four years; we can wait classmates’ open houses, so click four more weeks.

‘Attending’ on all of them and mark

Is it 2011 or 1984?

On

SamanthaStrong

the run

samanthastrongcub@gmail.com My math teacher has never told me two plus two equaled five, and I have never been introduced to a Room 101. However, the dystopian society under Big Brother seems to be more and more omnipresent. As we prepared for accreditation during the past few weeks, it seems LC has done more than replace a few curtains and add teacher bios to classroom doorways; LC has brought on this sense of ambiguity within its administration.

LC has cast aside some of the characteristics that made it so unique

propaganda doesn’t plague school and replaced them with a complacent halls, seeing the same message in nearly atmosphere. LC has lost its glass every hallway and having it read to me paperweight of individuality amid this search for approval, and I fear this piece three times daily is extreme.

The administration at LC of glass may have shattered.

Three times daily for the past is certainly not a Ministry of month LC’s student body has been Truth; however, the concept of subjected to the announcement of our “doublethinking” has settled itself school goal. The within our halls. goal has been placed My growth is being limited Seeing custodial staff along the walls of and teachers suddenly to a list of vocabulary decorating our halls the building as a with elaborate bulletin reminder. Signs words and a school boards, and new reminding our improvement goal. curtains veiled over student body of what were once large where we’re headed pieces of construction paper, appear as dominate the walls; however, signs a method of hiding the truth, a scheme recognizing our achievements now to alter our treasured history. remain a mystery.

While school is a place to learn and In the classroom, teachers’ explore our knowledge, my growth emergency situation signs have been is being limited to a list of vocabulary replaced by a monotonous, puzzling map describing where to go in case of a words and a school improvement goal. fire. In one classroom it reads, “Go out While the year 1984 was 27 years ago, the door, toward the west exit.” With the concept holds true today. LC will this information, I sure hope there’s an find its glass paperweight, possibly in Eagle Scout sitting next to me. While shards across the dark floor.

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Junior Kelsey Thorton watched gravely as the flickering digits of the gas pump ascended in value with the utmost haste. She had just filled her tank five days earlier and already the needle was dipping below the “E” mark. The pump uttered a startling thud and the numbers came to a halt, telling Thorton to pay $64 for merely 16 gallons of gas.

Three years ago gas prices reached an all-time high of $4.16 per gallon.

This peak was promptly followed by an astronomical plummet that was a by-product of the notorious Wall Street scandal. The price of gas fell nearly $3, finally landing at an economic price of $1.38 per gallon. As pleasant as that sounds, few would say that it was worth the recession from which it was spawned.

“My family owns a chain of restaurants so when the recession hit, business was terrible because people were being so conservative with their money,” junior Yang Lu said.

Early this week, gas prices broke the record by a single cent to reach $4.17.

“I think it could end up being around $5 by the end of the year at the rate it’s going,” junior Kyle Becnel said.

For a number of drivers, the higher cost for gas is pushing them to develop more conservative ways of getting from one place to another. Many have discovered the art of carpooling, others have developed payment methods that are softer on their wallets.

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“I don’t wait till the tank is empty “The price of gas varies a lot but for to fill up; it’s usually around the me it’s usually around $50,” she said. halfway mark and even then I only Allegedly, the price of gas is deget $10 worth,” junior Jared Dinkins termined by the said. Compared to factor of supply what the majority of I think it could end up beand demand. In people are paying, ing around $5 by the end other words, gas $10 is a fairly good prices will rise if price to pay even if of the year.

Kyle Becnel more people are it means going to the gas station more junior buying it, and the prices will drop if frequently. the gas companies are in possession of Junior Rachel Brammer is just one a significant amount of gas, and vice of the many paying several times this

versa. Essentially, if people stop buying as much gas, the prices would lessen a great deal, a reality that is increasingly imminent as the cost of gas continues to soar through limitless skies. Be that as it may, some are beginning to question the validity of the supply and demand notion and how much that actually has to do with the current prices of gas.

“I don’t understand why the gas prices keep rising if more and more people are buying fuel efficient cars,” Thorton said. “If anything, the prices should be getting smaller.”

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Psychological dangers have been found to be greater than the physcial affects

natomy of an injury Students discover injuries damage both mind and body

end of the season on the calendar,” Arnold said.

Easton found it difficult to focus on recovery and instead focused on what SamanthaStrong she was missing. samanthastrongcub@gmail.com “Basketball is my passion,” she said. he heat was on. Junior Jordan “I had such a hard time seeing my team Easton was making her way play without me.” down the court zoning in on the Easton said the recovery process was loosely draped net; her heart physically and mentally taxing, but she pounded as the crowd’s cheers has found the silver lining. She said she turned to a whirl. Hearing only the has learned you can help motivate and thump of the basketball and her defendreassure your teammates and be a part er’s gripping breath, she made her way to of the team on the sidelines, even though the basket, zigzagyou may not be able ging through the sea help your team Basketball is my passion. I to of defenders. score.

Then, it started had such a hard time seeing “I do think it (the with a loud grunt, injury) will make me followed by a crash my team play without me. stronger; I’ll always onto the hard, glishave a place on the tening wooden floor.

Jordan Easton team,” she said.

Easton watched the Easton has confitragedy unfold as if dence she’ll be back in slow motion as on the court helpher opponent fell to the ground and she ing her team, although in the meantime came down upon the opponent. A sudshe is using her teammates as a coping den pain shot up her right leg, but Easton mechanism.“They help motivate me to fought on. She fought on in practice the get recovered and back on the court,” she remainder of the week, only to find out said. that this fight was not one worth fighting.

Sports psychologist Dr. Chris Carr When Easton crashed down on the said the best way for a student athlete to defender, she tore a muscle in her right cope with an injury is social support. leg, leaving her on the sidelines for more “Not allowing oneself to become isothan four weeks. lated is key,” he said.

“Me not being able to be out on the court – it doesn’t feel right,” she said.

Dr. Todd Arnold, sports performance physician for St. Vincent Sports Performance, said there is a fine line between playing too soon and having waited long enough before returning to a sport fully healed, and student athletes are most notorious for crossing it.

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Dr. Todd Arnold, sports performance physician for St. Vincent Sports Performance, has found that a past injury makes athletes 19 times more likely to injure themselves in the future. Arnold said there are two types of injuries — those related to contact, such as a football player with a broken arm from a tackle, and those related to overuse, such as a distance runner with a pulled hamstring.

Arnold said there isn’t much he can do about contact injuries; however, the second type is controllable.

“The second is often created by imbalances in the athlete between strength and flexibility, right to left asymmetries, or unresolved compensations from a previous injury,” he said.

Freshman Sydney Norris is a junior athletic trainer here, and she said she has learned a lot about how to treat athletes both mentally and physically. “They seem upset that they’re out, but they also seem motivated to do their exercises and get healthy,” she said. “I think a lot of people who are injured work the hardest.”

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and denial, 1 Shock emotional disorganization and anxiety during 2 Fear treatment desicision self-doubt, 3 Anxiety, frustration, helplessness 4 Fear of future during process of recovery/rehab 5 Fear of re-injury and lost skill when returning to play

Brian Schuetter, a physical therapist for St. Vincent Sports Performance, has seen an increase in the number of high school athletes seeking treatment.

Schuetter said a common cause is simply being an adolescent with a growing body.

“Children and adolescents are not just small adults,” he said. “Their systems are growing and changing in many ways, and when injured require a bit of extra attention to make sure things get back in line properly.”

“One (fear) is of re-injury and the other fear is that they won’t be the same athlete...”

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ing with his sprained hamstring during his freshman cross-country season. He said his lowest point was the denial he received from his teammates. Ball had trouble with Carr’s No. 1 piece of advice ophomore Grant Sterchi’s defor dealing with athletic injuries – isolasire for excellence left him on tion. the bench for most of his bas“My lowest point was probably when ketball season. people didn’t believe I had an injury,” “I played through it for a Ball said. week for the sake of making the team, Carr said he believes the speed of the which made it worse,” he said. game, increased training demands, and Sterchi twisted his ACL and endured an increased desire for excellence have all a bone contusion, or bone bruise, on both been leading causes for student-athlete sides of his knee during the first day of injuries. He has found that more studenttryouts for the basketball team. athletes are seeking psychological assis“If I had played one more day on it, tance while coping with injury.

I probably would “Those that have torn it,” Sterseek sports chi said. “It defipsychology asMental training and sports nitely tore me up sistance in their psychology consultation can mentally.” recovery tend to Sterchi strug- best help an athlete navigate be very detergled through the mined, focused their recovery. second phase of Chris Carr and optimistic,” coping with inhe said. “Menjuries. Beginning tal training and with shock and sports psycholdenial at the time ogy consultation can best help an athlete of injury, an athlete begins to feel emonavigate their recovery.” tional disorganization, such as Sterchi’s Carr recommends journaling about mind set at the time of injury. the recovery process along with relax“It’s hard just sitting there, not being ation techniques and visualization of reable to play,” Sterchi said. hab, recovery and performance.

The next phase includes fear “Goal setting, positive self-talk stratand anxiety during a treatment decision, egies and optimistic thinking… all are such as surgery, followed by self-doubt, key,” he said. anger, frustration and fear of what the After missing the bulk of his season, future holds regarding the recovery Ball has learned to put his best foot forprocess. ward, while also proceeding with cauSterchi said he lost confidence tion. Sterchi also learned to not take your while recovering; however, he is abilities for granted. doing better now and ready to get “Always keep trying; don’t quit even back on the court. when you think you’re done,” he said.

“You just have to sit on the Junior Jordan Easton brought her fobench and not play and be cus to her team, using her teammates as a patient for your injury to reway to fill the hole in her heart. cover,” he said.

“Focus on getting better and staying The final phase of rewith your teammates; it will make the covery is when the athlete process much faster, mentally and physireturns to play. While this cally. Keep your head up,” she said. “It’s phase is often filled with never as bad as you think it is.” relief and excitement, it also contains fear.

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Psychological dangers have been found to be greater than the physcial affects

natomy of an injury Students discover injuries damage both mind and body

end of the season on the calendar,” Arnold said.

Easton found it difficult to focus on recovery and instead focused on what SamanthaStrong she was missing. samanthastrongcub@gmail.com “Basketball is my passion,” she said. he heat was on. Junior Jordan “I had such a hard time seeing my team Easton was making her way play without me.” down the court zoning in on the Easton said the recovery process was loosely draped net; her heart physically and mentally taxing, but she pounded as the crowd’s cheers has found the silver lining. She said she turned to a whirl. Hearing only the has learned you can help motivate and thump of the basketball and her defendreassure your teammates and be a part er’s gripping breath, she made her way to of the team on the sidelines, even though the basket, zigzagyou may not be able ging through the sea help your team Basketball is my passion. I to of defenders. score.

Then, it started had such a hard time seeing “I do think it (the with a loud grunt, injury) will make me followed by a crash my team play without me. stronger; I’ll always onto the hard, glishave a place on the tening wooden floor.

Jordan Easton team,” she said.

Easton watched the Easton has confitragedy unfold as if dence she’ll be back in slow motion as on the court helpher opponent fell to the ground and she ing her team, although in the meantime came down upon the opponent. A sudshe is using her teammates as a coping den pain shot up her right leg, but Easton mechanism.“They help motivate me to fought on. She fought on in practice the get recovered and back on the court,” she remainder of the week, only to find out said. that this fight was not one worth fighting.

Sports psychologist Dr. Chris Carr When Easton crashed down on the said the best way for a student athlete to defender, she tore a muscle in her right cope with an injury is social support. leg, leaving her on the sidelines for more “Not allowing oneself to become isothan four weeks. lated is key,” he said.

“Me not being able to be out on the court – it doesn’t feel right,” she said.

Dr. Todd Arnold, sports performance physician for St. Vincent Sports Performance, said there is a fine line between playing too soon and having waited long enough before returning to a sport fully healed, and student athletes are most notorious for crossing it.

“This is indeed a bigger problem for the student athlete because they see the

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Junior

Adolescent growth has been determined to be the primary cause of athletic injuries

s

tudent athletes account for more than 2 million injuries every year.

Dr. Todd Arnold, sports performance physician for St. Vincent Sports Performance, has found that a past injury makes athletes 19 times more likely to injure themselves in the future. Arnold said there are two types of injuries — those related to contact, such as a football player with a broken arm from a tackle, and those related to overuse, such as a distance runner with a pulled hamstring.

Arnold said there isn’t much he can do about contact injuries; however, the second type is controllable.

“The second is often created by imbalances in the athlete between strength and flexibility, right to left asymmetries, or unresolved compensations from a previous injury,” he said.

Freshman Sydney Norris is a junior athletic trainer here, and she said she has learned a lot about how to treat athletes both mentally and physically. “They seem upset that they’re out, but they also seem motivated to do their exercises and get healthy,” she said. “I think a lot of people who are injured work the hardest.”

of 5phases recovery

and denial, 1 Shock emotional disorganization and anxiety during 2 Fear treatment desicision self-doubt, 3 Anxiety, frustration, helplessness 4 Fear of future during process of recovery/rehab 5 Fear of re-injury and lost skill when returning to play

Brian Schuetter, a physical therapist for St. Vincent Sports Performance, has seen an increase in the number of high school athletes seeking treatment.

Schuetter said a common cause is simply being an adolescent with a growing body.

“Children and adolescents are not just small adults,” he said. “Their systems are growing and changing in many ways, and when injured require a bit of extra attention to make sure things get back in line properly.”

“One (fear) is of re-injury and the other fear is that they won’t be the same athlete...”

Dr. Chris Carr, St. Vincent Sports Performance

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ing with his sprained hamstring during his freshman cross-country season. He said his lowest point was the denial he received from his teammates. Ball had trouble with Carr’s No. 1 piece of advice ophomore Grant Sterchi’s defor dealing with athletic injuries – isolasire for excellence left him on tion. the bench for most of his bas“My lowest point was probably when ketball season. people didn’t believe I had an injury,” “I played through it for a Ball said. week for the sake of making the team, Carr said he believes the speed of the which made it worse,” he said. game, increased training demands, and Sterchi twisted his ACL and endured an increased desire for excellence have all a bone contusion, or bone bruise, on both been leading causes for student-athlete sides of his knee during the first day of injuries. He has found that more studenttryouts for the basketball team. athletes are seeking psychological assis“If I had played one more day on it, tance while coping with injury.

I probably would “Those that have torn it,” Sterseek sports chi said. “It defipsychology asMental training and sports nitely tore me up sistance in their psychology consultation can mentally.” recovery tend to Sterchi strug- best help an athlete navigate be very detergled through the mined, focused their recovery. second phase of Chris Carr and optimistic,” coping with inhe said. “Menjuries. Beginning tal training and with shock and sports psycholdenial at the time ogy consultation can best help an athlete of injury, an athlete begins to feel emonavigate their recovery.” tional disorganization, such as Sterchi’s Carr recommends journaling about mind set at the time of injury. the recovery process along with relax“It’s hard just sitting there, not being ation techniques and visualization of reable to play,” Sterchi said. hab, recovery and performance.

The next phase includes fear “Goal setting, positive self-talk stratand anxiety during a treatment decision, egies and optimistic thinking… all are such as surgery, followed by self-doubt, key,” he said. anger, frustration and fear of what the After missing the bulk of his season, future holds regarding the recovery Ball has learned to put his best foot forprocess. ward, while also proceeding with cauSterchi said he lost confidence tion. Sterchi also learned to not take your while recovering; however, he is abilities for granted. doing better now and ready to get “Always keep trying; don’t quit even back on the court. when you think you’re done,” he said.

“You just have to sit on the Junior Jordan Easton brought her fobench and not play and be cus to her team, using her teammates as a patient for your injury to reway to fill the hole in her heart. cover,” he said.

“Focus on getting better and staying The final phase of rewith your teammates; it will make the covery is when the athlete process much faster, mentally and physireturns to play. While this cally. Keep your head up,” she said. “It’s phase is often filled with never as bad as you think it is.” relief and excitement, it also contains fear.

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Food for thought Follow these eating tips to help you concentrate and ace your final exams.

Stock up on sweet potatoes

Make time for tuna

Sweet potatoes contain lots of good carbohydrates without the heavy dose of sugar. This gives you high levels of energy, enabling ample study and concentration time.

Fish containing Omega-3 fatty acids help your brain stay focused. They even will help you in the long run because they can protect against brain diseases like Alzheimer’s.

Eat those eggs

Hydrate with H2O

When you sweat because you’re nervous during a test, your body is losing water. In order to prevent your body from becoming dehydrated and tired, replenish it several times throughout the day with water.

Information gathered by Katie McDowell Cub art/ Carly Ellefsen Source/ thementalfitnesscenter.com Source/ divavillage.com

Fill up on a healthy breakfast that can provide energy for you throughout the day. Eggs contain nutrients in the yolk that studies have shown to help everyday brain function as well as help prevent other cognitive diseases of the brain.

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An overseas opportunity

Four foreign language students honored with the opportunity to study abroad this summer NickPetr nickpetrcub@gmail.com

A large number of students would consider a trip to Florida or Chicago to be a big trip for summer vacation. Almost no students would even consider going to a vacation spot where the national language is anything but English.

But this summer, four LC juniors will be going abroad to France, Germany, Spain and Mexico.

All will be spending a significant amount of time speaking French, German or Spanish.

Of these four students, three will be going to foreign countries via the IU honors program that LC is connected with every year. Of those three, two — Meredith Varie and Taylar Green — will be going to Spanish-speaking Spain and Mexico and will be speaking Spanish. Another, Takelion Thompson, will be heading to France to become immersed in French.

In order to participate in the program, students have to take the national exam for their language of choice. If the students score high enough on the test, they then have the opportunity to send in an application expressing why they would be good for

the program. Finally, students may be interviewed in in German to make sure he was well-versed in the their language before finally being accepted. language.

“There’s a lot of work the students have to do “I’m really excited to go to Berlin and learn more in order to get into the about the culture,” program, but it’s a great Mendel said.

I’m not entirely sure what to expect, opportunity,” Spanish Much like the but I’m excited to have the chance to IU honors program, teacher Tony Lagrotto said.

Once accepted into the Mendel’s program will go to another country. program, students will go Takelion Thompson have him spending his to the country for six weeks time with a family while junior immersing himself in the during the summer. Once there, the goal for students culture. While not sure is to speak the foreign on the exact location, language all day every day while also immersing he will be somewhere in Bavaria, which is a state in themselves into the culture of the country. The Germany. students will stay with a host family during their This past Saturday, Mendel received an award trip and will attend classes while there to gain even at the campus of IUPUI for his score on the German further knowledge about the country and language.

National test and the opportunity he will have in “It’s definitely a great opportunity. I’m not entirely Germany. sure what to expect, but I’m excited to have the chance “Calvin is an outstanding German student. I am to go to another country,” Thompson said. so pleased that he was chosen for this prestigious The fourth student to travel abroad is junior award and I know he will have a fantastic time in Calvin Mendel, who will be spending about a month Germany,” German teacher Carol Heckman said. in Germany through the American Association of So while staying around Indiana may be suitable Teachers of German. for most of the student body, four students will be In order to go on this trip, students first had to throwing themselves into countries they may have score in the 90th percentile or higher on the German seen only in their textbooks. And while that may be national exam; Mendel scored a 98 percent. somewhat daunting at first, it’s almost always an After that, Mendel had to do a phone interview experience of a lifetime.

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A collection of paper cranes strung together is donated by the people of Japan to the Hiroshima Memorial in honor of the deceased Senior Shannon Miller, top, makes a crane to donate to and in hopes for world peace. the relief efforts. A close-up shows details of the cranes.

800,000 paper cranes

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sarayoungcub@gmail.com Many know that Japan suffered a devastating 9.0 earthquake on March 11, causing a 75-foot tsunami. The death toll stands at more than 6,000 people, and it is expected to rise to at least 10,000. More than 130,000 people have relocated to homeless shelters, and many others have been forced to leave their homes due to the crisis caused by the destruction of nuclear plants.

Faced with this crisis, many organizations worldwide are making efforts to try to help.

One such organization is the Students Rebuild program called Cranes for Japan. Students Rebuild received a grant from the Bezo Family Foundation and decided to send $2 to the relief ef-

forts for every crane they received. The their goal and received almost 800,000 deadline was April 15, and in the two cranes. The Bezo Family Foundation weeks prior, students in Japanese class- raised their grant from $200,000 to es here, with the help from the Spanish $400,000, and Students Rebuild is trying National Honor Society, made 3,261 to find other donors or benefactors to cranes — a total donation of $6,522. match the money donation to the num “I feel that ber of cranes they our contribution received. to Japan by makThe drive to help the suffer- They chose ing cranes and the cranes because ing Japanese enlightened money we raised cranes are sacred will help bring animals in Japanese me and inspired me.

Japan’s economy culture and, acAntony Espinoza cording to legend, back to its superior standings,” senior freshman anyone who folded Rasheed Cannon 1,000 paper cranes said. would be granted a Students Rebuild’s goal was to wish. Students Rebuild wanted 100,000 collect 100,000 cranes, for a total of to represent 100 wishes of support and $200,000, to send to relief efforts in healing for Japan. The group will also Japan. Students Rebuild surpassed be making an art piece out of the cranes

to give to Japan.

Japanese teacher Chris Meguschar found the Students Rebuild program through his membership in the Association of Indiana Teachers of Japanese.

The classes had thought of things to do before they started making cranes, like a bake sale or selling origami, but it was taking longer than expected to get approved.

“We weren’t going anywhere with it,” Meguschar said.

Students really liked the crane idea and threw themselves into a crane-making frenzy for the two weeks leading to the deadline. They effectively became crane addicts.

Freshman Antony Espinoza said, “The drive to help the suffering Japanese enlightened me and inspired me to make as many cranes as I could.”

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Whole New World April 29, 2011

LC’s top orchesta showcases talent in ISSMA competition pre-quals KaylaTaylor kaylataylorcub@gmail.com

On May 7 LC’s top orchestra will compete in the Indiana State School Music Association (ISSMA) state pre-qualifications at Pike High School.

“We’re looking forward to doing better this year than we did last year,” sophomore violinist Molly Liss said.

Last year the group placed eighth at state performing March Militaire, Ases Tod, and Symphony No. 5.

In 2009 they placed fourth.

LC’s newest conductor, Jennifer Fowler, will lead Serenata into the pre-qualification round this year with an energetic and intense selection of pieces, Beethoven’s Fifth, The Masquerade Suite and Danzon.

“We feel very well prepared for ISSMA,” sophomore violist Taylor Smith said.

“This year we’ve worked really hard to try to prepare ourselves,” senior violinist Morgan Black added.

Much of the orchestra is excited for their upcoming performance. They’ve prepared well and have had inspiring critiques on their performance techniques from world class musicians.

This year the orchestra will have an additional honor. Violinist Rachel Barton Pine will be visiting the orchestra students on May 5 to share her life’s story and experience as a musician as well as work with them in a masterclass setting.

The Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra has also received a grant to film this event as part of Barton’s life documentary.

of music

Music not just a definition but ‘a way of life’ SallyFinkel sallyfinkelcub@gmail.com According to the American Heritage College Dictionary, the definition of music is “the art of arranging sounds in time so as to produce a continuous, unified, and evocative composition, as through melody, rhythm, and timbre.”

According to junior Lily Alexander, music is more than just a definition; it’s a way of life.

Alexander plays the violin. No, that is an understatement. Really, when Alexander strokes her bow over the strings, she isn’t just playing. She is absorbing herself into every single note and phrase that flies out from her violin.

“I have been playing for 12 years, doing onto 13,” she said. “I practice for at least an hour every day.

An influential part of Alexander’s musical uniAlexander began playing at age 4. “I saw a concert verse is the Lawrence Central Serenata Orchestra. “It of a violinist and just fell in love with it,” she said. has taught me leadership,” she said.

Music is more than a hobby. Alexander spends “The LC orchestra has given her sacred Saturdays helping me the opportunity to bring out younger kids learn to play. She (Music) takes me to another my leadership skills. I take the also goes to three-hour rehearsleadership that I have learned als every Sunday for the New world where there are no orchestra and apply it to my World Youth Orchestra. She has worries. I can be who I want in other classes. I will have that taken her “hobby” to a whole to be. throughout the rest of my life.” new level.

Lily Alexander As for the orchestra here, “It takes me to another world junior she added, “I think we’ve turned where there are no worries. I can around a lot from last year. We be who I want to be, and it helps have a fuller sound and we all me think. It has helped me in a are into the music.” way that it made me meet other people and explore Music, Alexander’s passion, fills her heart as it different cultures and broadened my way of thinkstreams through her life. ing,” she said.

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Clockwise from top right: Senior Joe Mount is trapped in a labyrinth of increasingly bizarre dreams; senior Amy Kleiman and junior Kevin Kryah face off in an intense staring contest; senior Callie Reuland greets Mount as he begins to emerge from a dream; Kryah and Kleiman argue over who will be paying for dinner. Cub photos/ Sam Mueller

Stage is set for final performance LC Players’ One Acts are troupe’s final show of the year SaraHeiny saraheinycub@gmail.com The end is drawing near and the expectations are rising.

In the depths of LC, players are emerging from behind the curtain to take the spotlight one final time. It is a show like no other, a show deserving of its name, a show to end the LC Players’ high school careers; it is One Acts.

One Acts has been an LC Players tradition since the time they began. It is completely student-run and each of the seven acts are directed by at least one senior, but the excite-

and the Grapes,” “Jiley Nance ment for the performance is and Lednerg,” “Eye to Eye” shared among all of them. and “The Country Maid.” They Senior Amy Kleiman has are more fun-loving, often with been a member of the LC Playmorals attached. ers for two years and is the diThe second act consists of rector of one of the seven acts.

“The Tarantino Variation,” “Go “I think we’ll have some Look” and very funny “Wake-up scenes this Call,” which year,” she This is our last are more said. chance to show off philosophiJunior what we’ve learned... cal in conMaxie Saxtext but just ton is also excited.

Amy Kleiman as good.

“We “The rest of senior have reour shows ally differhaven’t been very good, but I absolutely love ent and creative shows this my character,” she said. year; several are based a little There are seven acts to the on movies, so if you’re a movie show and each one is very difbuff it’ll be like an inside joke. ferent. Act One consists of “Fox There are also a couple of fairy

tale themes,” teacher Kathleen Horrigan said.

The seven directors this year are Amy Kleiman, Sam Copenhaver, Macy Thombleson, Ciara Miller, Troy Giles, Callie Reuland and Bekah Shields.

“This is a way to showcase all of the students’ talents,” Horrigan said. “It’s an opportunity for them to show their leadership and kind of … create a final piece.”

For the seniors involved, this will be their last performance at LC. “This is our last chance to show off what we’ve learned,” Kleiman said. “I hope that everyone starts crying at the end because they realize it’s our last show.”

One Acts When:

May 9 & 10, 7 p.m.

Where:

Studio Theatre

Tickets:

$5 in advance, $7 at the door

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Artist: The Kills Album: Blood Pressures Genre: Alternative

Alison Mosshart and Jamie Hince take a much needed reinvention into Indie rock. With their fourth album, they take a daring turn. After their last album, Midnight Boom, the duo has decided to go in a darker sound with grinding guitar riffs and punk themes.

Not to say the record is strictly headbanger; it maintains pop friendliness.

Mosshart’s vocals are ominous,

Similar Artists: The Dead Weather, The Virgins, The Blood Red Shoes creeping in as both soulful wails and raw exposure to their Indie regime.

Hince’s guitar skills are incendiary and set the tracks ablaze with rich textures.

Hince’s guitar makes the album, never losing energy and coupled with varying themes of funk blues.

The track “Future Starts Now” nails the ballad with slow pounding beats and a rhythmic guitar. Among the track’s most praised songs are “DNA” and “Satellite” as they’re both more upbeat additions to the album’s sultry titles.

All in all, The Kills do well after their long hiatus. It seems that Mosshart’s experience has provided her with inspiration to collaborate with Hince and provide a rumbling sound in a world of cookie cutter bubble gum pop productions splattered with meaningless lyrics.

Rating: 1--2--3--4--♫ Song suggestion: Satellite

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Artist: Go Radio Album: Lucky Street Genre: Rock

If you’re a Mayday Parade fan, then I’m sure you’ll like Go Radio — considering the fact that the band was formed by Jason Lancaster, ex- vocal/ guitarist of Mayday Parade. After releasing two EPs, they finally released a full length album titled Lucky Street.

Similar Artists: Phoenix, Friendly Fires, Futureheads With Jason Lancaster on lead vocals and guitar, Alex Reed also on guitar and vocal, Matt Poulos on bass and Steven Kopacz, this group is bursting at the seams with talent.

The first track, “Lucky Street,” starts with the perfect sound to catch the audience, a siren. It later transitions into a more catchy song, “Any Other Heart,” that was released as an EP Jan. 31. They’re making a change that can be seen in the powerful “Fight, Fight (Reach for the Sky)” found later on in the album. “Forever My Father” was rerecorded for the album and will tug on your heartstrings.

The life experiences of the band members have given them more inspiration to write and it’s almost hard to not find some connection with them.

Add in Lancaster’s one-of-a-kind vocals and the rest of the talent and it should come as no surprise that this band is here to take over and create one of the best rock records of 2011.

Rating: 1--2--3--4--♫

Song Suggestion: Forever My Father

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Artist: The Decembrists Album: The King is DeadGenre: Folk

A relatively new band on the scene, The Decembrists with their new album, “The King is Dead” have combined a strong folk background with relatable lyrics to produce a sound that resonates with a large number of people at a personal level.

The band has said that a large influence on them has been R.E.M, and that

Similar Artists: R.E.M..

Mumford & Sons, Avett Brothers

Artist: Rise Against Album: Endgame Genre: Punk Rock

With their sixth album, Rise Against seems to finally establish its evolution from its OK-ish, somewhat sloppy, punk rock sound in “The Unraveling” to a completely different sound in “Endgame.” “Endgame” establishes a solid backbone right out of the gate

Similar Artists: Three Days Grace, Green day, 30 Seconds to Mars

aspect is easy to find in their music with a largely up-tempo style that includes a large amount of guitar. They even went as far as to put Peter Buck, R.E.M’s lead guitarist, on three of their tracks in the new album.

But what gives The Decembrists a unique and new feel is where they separate from R.E.M. Unlike R.E.M, the Decembrists are a fully acoustic band that includes a large amount of standup base, acoustic guitar, and harmonica which is what gives the band its folksy feel.

If you have never given folk music a try, the Decemberists would be a good band to start with. Their music is pretty straightforward with a solid folk background and isn’t overly unoriginal.

The only knock on the band would be that after a while the songs seem to start sounding the same.

with “Architect” and keeps the style throughout, unlike previous albums.

Tim McIlrath, once again, sings about various current topics, ranging from Hurricane Katrina in “Help is on the Way” to teen suicide in “Make It Stop (September’s Child).” Though sounding somewhat negative in his outlook, McIlrath reiterates that he is only trying to challenge society with a “what if we did this differently” standpoint.

One definite improvement in this album compared to their previous ones is that Zach Blair, lead guitarist, has become a more demanding guitarist, compared to before when he played only three chords and a solo for an entire album. Even though this album is very well made, it does have a problem… there isn’t a lot of variation from start to finish, which is rather disappointing. Overall, though, this is definitely a great album and is worth listening to, no matter what you like.

Song Suggestion: Don’t Carry it All

Song Suggestion: Wait For Me

Rating: 1--2--3--♫--5

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GIRL VS. FOOD KatieMcDowell

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Three Sisters’ Cafe 6360 Guilford Ave. Indianapolis, IN 46220 (317) 257-5556

For us meat lovers out there, we can grub on a juicy steak or a meaty cheeseburger at hundreds of restaurants in Indianapolis.

Unfortunately for vegetarians, the number of herbivore-friendly dining locations was limited … until Three Sisters Café came along.

Located in Broad Ripple is the vegetarian restaurant Three Sisters Café, which was recently featured on the Food Network’s Diners, Drive-ins and Dives. My girlfriends and I were eager for something different so we decided to stop in.

We walked into the restaurant and were seated shortly. As we glanced through the menu we were pleased to find an array of dishes like scrambled tofu, a veggie club sandwich and vanilla cream French toast. I had a big appetite so I selected the Portobello Mushroom Burger with potato salad.

Natalie chose the multi-grain pancakes, Alli picked the Cuban sandwich and

Kaitlin went with the D’nai sandwich. To start us off we picked a healthy appetizer – pita bread served with hummus, goat cheese and fresh cut veggies.

All I have to say is — the hummus was yummus. The portion was generous with plenty to go around for the four of us.

Soon after the appetizer the main dishes arrived. My mushroom burger was better than I expected. The patty was very meaty and juicy and it’s actually a great substitute to beef for any vegetarian. The potato salad was fresh, tangy and paired great with my sandwich. After we all devoured our meals, I decided I had to get a dessert. I opted for the Blueberry Gouda Cheese and Basil Pie, a creation I witnessed Guy Fieri taste on national television.

Although the ingredients to this pie sound unusual, it is by far the best restaurant pie I’ve had. The basil adds a sweet herby flavor and the plump blueberries taste delicious with the flaky crust. Overall, Three Sisters Café creates fresh vegetarian dishes as well as a great selection of breakfast food. Next time you’re in the mood for something out of the ordinary, stop in Three Sisters.

Cinemaniac

A young assassin is a big ‘hit’ with crowds

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The tale is a wonderful mix of thriller and fairy-tale genres, with kevinkryahcub@gmail.com Wright performing a masterful balancing act. The saturated, Brothers Grimm Director Joe Wright previously directed the films Pride and Prejudice, atmosphere gives the film an arty look, Atonement, and The Soloist. What these but the sophisticated look doesn’t come at the expense of action; when the fight things have in common are style and and chase scenes ensue, the action is terrific acting, but also a great deal of pretentiousness and that renders them crisp and brutal and the soundtrack, an exhilarating electronic masterwork, is very snobbish movies. Luckily for us, pumped up to 11.

Wright has maintained his skills with The acting is, as you would expect, the former and dispensed with the latexcellent, with the young Ronan and ter for this fairy tale influenced thriller. the always-brilliant Blanchett standing Saorise Ronan plays Hanna, a out. teenage assassin trained by her ex-CIA Overall, this is a confident and father Erik (Eric Bana). The two remain stylized thriller that succeeds in both isolated in the Arctic wilderness until mounting tense action and crafting Hanna reactivates Erik’s transponder, great characters, which is so rare in resulting in her abduction by governmainstream action movies. Hopefully, ment forces led by the sinister Marissa Joe Wright will venture further into Wiegler (Cate Blanchett). The rest of the mainstream territory – on this evidence, movie chronicles Hanna’s escape and he’s better at this than most other action cross-Europe journey to reunite with directors. her father, now in Berlin.

Source/Fandango.com Genre: Action Rating: PG-13 Director: Joe Wright Length: 111 minutes Fun Fact: Writer Seth Lochhead wrote the script while attending the Vancouver Film School.

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‘I don’t have anything to wear!’

Puttin’ on the Ritz TroyGiles troygilescub@gmail.com

It’s a dilemma every girl goes through almost any time a special event is coming.

Whether it’s prom, a party, spring break or a wedding, you open your closet doors, stare at your clothes for roughly 10 seconds, and say, “I don’t have anything to wear.”

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Hollywood and the decline of Sci-Fi

Everyone’s a Critic KevinKryah kevinkryahcub@gmail.com

I take umbrage with the term “Sci-Fi.” It’s not that I don’t like science fiction as a genre (quite the contrary), but rather with the connotations behind the term. Sci-fi just sounds so B-Movie oriented and narrow in focus, like a Michael Bay movie – it really demeans the noble tradition of science fiction (SF). This genre used to have dignity; it used to be a genre focused on commenting on and exploring the human condition, more interested in big questions than on big explosions. Now, it’s more concerned with aliens

and robots blowing each other amount of money it made and up and good actors spouting influence it had. Star Wars’ sucincomprehensible dialogue. cess, coupled with the general What went wrong? The unprofitability of intelligent divide between proper SF and SF (Brazil, anyone?), paved the exploitative sci-fi was really way for a revival of B-grade forged in the ‘50s, but it was sci-fi on a massive scale. If you generally acknowledged that want to see a sampling of postthe goofy “Aliens Invade” type Star Wars sci-fi slop, just get on of garbage Netflix and that popuperuse the ...Transformers 2 was sci-fi page. lated B-reels was not to None of a rude, crude exambe taken this garbage ple of all things Holseriously. would bother Cynics me that much lywood does wrong. blame the if it didn’t a) relative give legitidecline of mately good thought-provoking SF in favor science fiction a bad name, of crowd-pleasing sci-fi on a and b) take the audience (ergo, mainstream scale to Star Wars. profit) away from said SF. Take Personally, I see George Lucas’s for example, two very different epic hero’s journey as more of a movies: Moon and TransformGreek myth set in space rather ers: Revenge of the Fallen; both than sci-fi, but the argument occupy (in name) the same is valid given the gargantuan genre and both were releases

in the June of 2009, but that is where the similarities end.

Where Moon was a thoughtful meditation on identity and isolation, Transformers 2 was a rude, crude example of all things Hollywood does wrong.

Transformers 2 made over $800 million. Moon squeaked by with 9 million. Clearly, intelligence doesn’t sell.

Of course, this isn’t anything new; thoughts and originality are rarely profitable in their own time, and even the few truly SF ideas that sneak through to broad appeal share aesthetic qualities with mainstream sci-fi or action movies (Inception is an example of this). Instead of wasting your time on ludicrous garbage, you should challenge your mind and watch some SF, not sci-fi.

Think more along the lines of Alien as opposed to Alien vs.

Predator.

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Concerts May 1- Justin Beiber Clowe’s Memorial Hall May 7- Bob Seger - Conseco Fieldhouse May 19- Primus - Murat Theater May 18 - Warren Haynes Murat Theater May 19 - Primus - Murat Theater

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Bears still looking for big bats NickPetr

throughout the night. Peters also contributed to Cathedral’s nickpetrcub@gmail.com scoring attack, adding a two The rain held off this past run double to his repertoire. PeSaturday just long enough for ters will be attending the Unithe Bears baseball team to get versity of Texas next year on a in a game with the No. 1 team full-ride baseball scholarship. in the state — Cathedral. And “I thought we had some while the Bears weren’t able to good at-bats,” said head coach pull through with a victory, los- Dan Roman. “(Peters) is a preing 3-7, the opportunity to play mier pitcher, there’s no doubt under the lights at Victory Field about that. We got seven hits, was an experience the players the same as they did. But they got the bigger will not soon hits. forget.

We got seven hits, the Despite the Each year, loss on Satteams from same as they did. But urday, the all around the they got the bigger hits.

Bears are still city are able to play one game Dan Roman at a record of downtown at head coach 6-2, with the other loss to the Victory Perry Meridian.

The six wins Field classic. While the field have come in dominating fashmay be a Minor League stadiion over Roncalli, Richmond, um, the outstanding upkeep of the stadium along with the sky- Greenfield Central, Floyd Cenline of Indianapolis in the back- tral and Jennings County. The ground for the batter gives the Bears have been led by good experience a very Major League pitching performances from appeal. Not to mention that LC Ruxer and seniors Christian was able to get a fairly large Montgomery and Reese Dick. group of people downtown to The Bears’ offense has been impressive as well. In their six watch the game.

“It was cool to play at Vic- wins, they haven’t scored less tory Field under the lights. You than seven runs. If the offense don’t get to do that a lot so we keeps improving and the pitchdefinitely made sure to have ing stays stellar, the boys will fun while we were there,” ju- have a great shot to take revenge on Cathedral in Sectionnior Jalen Quarles said.

As for the game itself, if als. it weren’t for a few big hits in The constant rain this the early innings, it could have month has had an effect on been a very different game. Se- the boys as well. Many games nior Jared Ruxer was the start- have been rained out, which ing pitcher for the Bears, and means their schedule will have while it took him six runs in the to change much throughout the first two innings to get going, month of May. They may have after that he was able to virtu- to throw in games in midweek, ally shut down the Cathedral which could force them to play offense, allowing only one run three or four games in a row.

The boys will be hoping after that.

Meanwhile, on the other for good weather now so they side, Cathedral’s senior Dillon can get the bad taste of a loss Peters was able to shut down out of their mouths. Their next the Bears’ offense, stranding game is scheduled for Tuesday runners in scoring position against Broad Ripple.

Senior Brandon Wind (top) connects with a ball against Richmond en route to the Bears’ second win of the season. In the same game, senior Chrisitian Montgomery (bottom) receives the pickoff throw from senior Jared Ruxer. These players are making huge contributions this year. Courtesy photo/ Frank Bowles

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Girls putting in the work ReedDillon reeddilloncub@gmail.com After losing to Conference Indiana opponent Columbus North last Thursday, the girls softball team sits at 3-3.

Last week the Bears were supposed to play at Pike as well as Columbus North, but due to bad weather the game was delayed to May 3.

The three wins for the Bears came against Chatard, Perry Meridian and Lawrence North.

LC beat arch-rival Lawrence North during the LC Invitational on April 16. The score was 7-1.

“Anytime you beat LN is awesome,” coach Tom Corbett said. “We started the game off slow, but we battled through each inning until we pulled away.”

The weather during the Invitational was cold and rainy, but thanks to solid hitting performances by seniors Caroline Fairfax and Shannon Swingle and sophomores Brittany Melzoni and Katherine Powell, the Bears were able to beat LN and make it to the championship game.

In the championship game the Bears lost a tight one by a final score of 3-2. Their opponent

was Logan Elm high school out of Ohio.

“This was a real competitive game and we made some crucial errors that allowed them to get their three runs,” Corbett said. “In a championship game, you cannot afford to give runs away. We fought back and had a few chances to tie the ball game, but just fell short.”

Before this tournament the girls had three games against Chatard, Perry Meridian and Fishers.

In the game against Perry Meridian on April 14, LC won by one run. The final score was 3-2.

Going into the Perry Meridian game the Bears had a lot of momentum after beating Chatard by a huge margin of 10-2.

Swingle was big on the mound this game, delivering 12 strikeouts In their first game against Fishers, the softball team lost 5-0.

“We’re definitely better than last year even though our record is only at .500,” Fairfax said. “We have young girls that are willing to put in the hard work, therefore making our team better.”

The team’s next game is Saturday against Brebeuf.

In her windup, senior Shannon Swingle gets ready to deliver the pitch while sophomore Katherine Powell gets ready for the ball to be hit her way. Cub photo/ Brad Oppenheim

Teams are ‘on the right track’ DeyaHernandez

deyahernandezcub@gmail.com

The boys and girls track and field teams have been working hard to get many goals accomplished. With the girls being state champions and the boys state runner-up, everyone has been working to improve and end the season with a victory.

“We have more depth on the team this year for sure,” se-

nior Erica Carlson said.

“The season is going very The boys competed against well. We’re on the right track,” Pike High School senior Connor on April 6 and Claflin said. came out with a The season is going The boys JV team comwin. They were very well. We’re on peted against able to capture the right track.

Warren Cenfirst place in 12 of Connor Claflin tral on April 12 the 16 events. senior and lost to the The girls Warriors. The competed against Ben Davis and North Central boys were able to get six first April 7 and won with 71 points. places, two second and third

places.

The boys took a group to Brown County to compete in the Talon Relays. They were able to take second place out of 11 teams.

The girls competed on April 23 at Edgewood Invitational against seven other teams. They were able to take nine firstplace wins.

“The team this year is younger, but very talented and

strong. The girls are committed and extremely hardworking,” Carlson said.

The freshman boys and girls went to Carmel to compete. Tonight both varsity teams will be competing against Bloomington North for their Conference meet.

“We still have room for improvement and ways to go to accomplish our goal of winning the state meet,” Claflin said.

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Girls tennis looking forward MelissaMacneur melissamacneurcub@gmail.com

Senior Sam Copenhaver keeps the volley alive in the match against Columbus North. There have been solid performances displayed by the girls, despite the record. Cub photo/ Brad Oppenheim

The girls tennis team is coming off a loss to Columbus North on April 21, 5-0. The girls’ record right now is 3-3.

Before the loss, the ladies beat International 5-0 from across the courts. Junior and doubles player Krystal White said she feels International has been their best match yet.

“It’s definitely been one of our better matches so far,” White said. “Altogether, LC tennis did really well as a whole. Every court ended up winning, including JV.” This season the team has focused a lot of their attention on winning sectionals again.

“Tim (Taylor) always try out a bunch of different lineups with us in hopes of finding something that will take us into sectionals and maybe even further,” Copenhaver said. “All in all we have to learn to become comfortable no matter where we are on the court in order to win more matches.”

The team defeated Warren Central 3-2 on April 8. Wins

from sophomores Mackenzie the potential to become a SecSpicer and Kristen Swanson tional contender if we continue and junior Brooke Taylor all working hard.” helped contribute toward the Tennis is one of the few Lady Bears win that night. sports that are very different “Kristen really helped get when it comes to scoring. Cothe momentum going for her- penhaver feels at times it can self and the team,” coach Tim be a disadvantage for the team Taylor said. “She didn’t real- especially in losses like the Coize that at one lumbus North moment in the match. game she was ...I think we have the po- “ I n the deciding tential to become a Sec- most sports factor.” you can see tional contender if we The Lady how far anBears kicked continue working hard. other team off their seabrought the son with a win Sam Copenhaver other up until senior the win, but against Speedway on April not in tennis,” 7, winning Copenhaver 5-0 overall. With wins against said. “We each played so well Speedway, International and against Columbus North. In Warren the team hopes to con- games like that I wish our tinue on with an even stronger scores could reflect how well and more consistent season we played in each game instead than previous years. of just the final score of a win or Senior leader Sam Copen- lose.” haver is very confident about Aside from the loss, the the way the season is looking. team continues to keep a posi “As a captain, I am really tive outlook on the rest of the proud of the team,” Copenhav- season as they head to their next er said. “We have played really match against Guerin Catholic well so far, and I know we have high school at home on May 5.

Experienced team starting off strong AlexKryah alexkryahcub@gmail.com

With five returning starters, the gold team came into the season with high expectations.

Well, so far, those expectations have been with a 3-1 start with wins over Southport, Secina and Roncalli. The boys’ lone loss came to Perry Meridian April 20.

“Depth is our strongest point,” head coach Norm Starkey said. “We only lost one guy from last year, even though he was pretty good. We have the poetential to be good.”

The boys took on Southport

for the first match of the season on April 12. The Bears were led by junior Kyle Crites, who was a medalist, with an even par 36 as they cruised to a 162-203 victory. Seniors Austin Martinson and Cameron Sabotin contributed to the boys win with a 42 and 40 respectively.

The Bears then took on sixth ranked Roncalli on April 13. The match was a close one, but the boys managed to come out with the 159-164 with good rounds turned in by Crites and freshman Tony Rodgers, who both shot 38.

Martinson believes that the boys’ early season success is due

to high confidence throughout next outing, which was a threeway between the team. “We Secina and have some Perry Meridstrong play- We have some ian. The boys ers and have strong players and took care of four returnSecina as the ing starters, four returning startBears shot including my- ers...There’s a good 165, whereas self, Saobtin, shot Crites and chance we could be at Secina 220. After the (junior Ryan]) state this year. five playKnuckles,” Austin Martinson first ers played for he said. “And senior Perry MeridTony has been stepping up ian and the as a freshman.

Bears, they There’s a good chance we could were deadlocked at 165. That be at state this year.” meant that the sixth man for The lone loss came in their each team had to play. Unfor-

tunately for the Bears, the Perry Meridian sixth shot a 37 as they handed the boys their first loss of the season.

“That was a tough loss,” Martinson, who shot 40, said.

“We had a lot of confidence after beating Roncalli. The fact that we were tied with a top ranked team through our first five guys shows a lot about what we can do.”

The season has just begun for the experienced Bears, and they expect to keep on winning.

“Most teams only have one or two good players, whereas we have four or five good guys every time we go out.”

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Years on Varsity: Three

Position:

Pitcher

Best Part about LC The competition baseball: and my teammates.

Favorite moment with Last year, when LC baseball: we beat LN.

Cub photo/Greg Price

SCOREBOARD Baseball 4/7- LC: 7, Ronaclli: 1 4/8- LC: , Ben Davis: 4/9- LC vs Rockford MI 4/9- LC vs Edgewood 4/12- LC: 10, Greenfield Central: 0

Boys Golf

Softball

Track and Field

Girls Tennis

4/12- LC: 203, Southport: 162 4/13- LC: 159, Roncalli: 164 4/20- LC: 165, Secina: 220, Perry: 165

4/8- LC: 0, Fishers: 5 4/11- LC: 10, Chatard: 2 4/14- LC: 3, Perry Meridian: 2 4/16- LC: 7, LN: 1 4/16- LC: 3, Logan Elm: 2

Boys: 3/23- LC: 80, North Central:48 4/6- LC: 89, Pike: 43 Girls: 4/7- LC: 71, Ben Davis: 51, North Central: 48

4/7- LC: 5, Speedway: 0 4/8- LC: 3, Warren Central: 2 4/13- LC: 1, LN: 4 4/18- LC: 5, International: 0 4/21- LC: 0,Columbus North:5