Aug. 16, 2011 by Elizabeth Granger

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REPORTER August 16, 2011

Lawrence Central High School, Indianapolis, Indiana

IDs gone* *At least wearing them on a lanyard no longer required TorreKennedy torrekennedycub@gmail.com Wearing IDs this school year is not mandatory. Thomas Oestreich, LC’s new principal, is not against the idea of wearing them, but he doesn’t want teachers to focus more on IDs than on education. “Teachers are spending way too much time on enforcing students to wear their IDs than on enforcing their education,” Oestreich said. “Without having to worry about students wearing their identiﬁcation cards, teachers should be more focused on instruction. Not saying that we do not want to be able to identify our students, but we just want things to

get better educationally.” He said the administration is trying to focus more on instruction time in the classroom. The new ruling is being met with favor. Many students have already said they are glad about the change. Junior Kiera Nunn said, “Not having to wear IDs this year is pretty awesome.” Junior Jailyn Bates added, “I am glad that we do not have to wear them any more because now I can wear all my pretty jewelry.” Teachers also said they were content with the new rule because they no longer have to worry about asking students to see their IDs. Students are encouraged to wear their IDs, and the administration said it would be nice if they would. “Wearing their IDs is for the safety of the school,

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and students should be able to show it when asked,” assistant dean Lonzo Buggs said. English teacher Trinda Foley said, “It is OK that students are not required to wear them as long as the school stays safe.” Students must have new IDs even though they don’t have to wear them. IDs are required to pick up books, to buy lunch, and to gain admittance to the Perk, MAC and media center, for example. Many students got their new IDs during last week’s registration days. An announcement regarding the place and time for others to get their IDs will be made soon.

Principal’s goal: additional instructional time SamanthaStrong samanthastrongcub@gmail.com Thomas Oestreich is Lawrence Central’s new principal. Oestreich, 34, came to LC after a year at North Central High School, where he was an assistant principal. “(At North Central) everyone was in class to learn, and that is my expectation,” Oestreich said. He said he plans to fulﬁll this goal with a new discipline measure called the tardy room, where students report whenever tardy. Prior to his time at North Central,

Oestreich was assistant principal at he earned a bachelor of science degree Eastwood Middle School in Washington in music education. He then attended Township for six years. He began his Indiana University, where he received a master of edujourney in education degree in cation as an or2004. Oestreich is chestra director at Eastwood Middle ... everyone was in class in the process of earning his doctorSchool, where he to learn, and that is my ate in education received the Outand educational standing First Year expectation.” leadership with a Teacher Award Thomas Oestreich minor in curricufor the 1999-2000 principal lum from Indiana school year. Oestreich grew up in Wisconsin University. His anticipated graduation and has been in Indiana for 16 years. date is 2012. He attended Butler University, where Oestreich said he plans to promote

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a “professional learning community that allows for teacher leadership and collaboration.” He also said he hopes to bring a focus on individual student leadership to LC and to promote open communication between teachers, parents and students. “Start with teachers taking time in the morning to be professional and collaborate…. We will work hard to ensure student success,” he said. While Oestreich said he has been working hard in the oﬃce for the new year, students will often see him in the halls, Commons and cafeteria as the year — See PRINCIPAL on page 4

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REPORTER

Lawrence Central High School 7300 E. 56th St. Indianapolis, IN 46226 (317) 964-7400

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Businesses may advertise in the Cub Reporter if their ad adheres to guidelines. The advertising policy is available in Room 132 or via email at elizabethgranger@msdlt.k12.in.us.

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What’s inside

2 features 8 opinions 12 news

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

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

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

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arts+entertainment

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

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

Features Editor Sara Heiny

Arts+Entertainment Editor Kevin Kryah

Sports Editor Alex Kryah

Reporters

Katie Billman Avarie Bowman Candace Bullock Lane Creech Sally Finkel Jacob Helmus Torre Kennedy Glynnis King Coleman LaBarr Carley Lanich Molly Liss Meredith Nordmann Kristen Swanson Caroline Varie Meredith Varie

Adviser

Elizabeth Granger

Principal

Thomas Oestreich

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Mark your calendars... Aug. 16: School year starts, 8:50 a.m. Aug. 22: Board of Education meeting, 7 p.m., LECC (Lawrence Education and Community Center, formerly Craig Middle School) Aug. 25: LC deadline for purchasing a $5 shopping pass for Macy’s annual Shop for a Cause (to beneﬁt LCPAA) - see www.lcpaa.org Sept 3: Miracle Mile Parade, 1 p.m., Madison Avenue between

E. Southern and Sumner avenues, Indianapolis (Central Sound and Sweet Sensation will participate) Sept. 5: Labor Day; no school Sept. 10: ACT, 8 a.m., Student Life Center Sept. 11: Miracle Mile Parade televised, 11 a.m., WTHR Channel 13 Sept 17: Spirit of Central marching band invitational Sept. 23: Homecoming

IMPORTANT INFO TO KEEP IN MIND: Only 179 more school days ‘til summer vacation

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Comeand Principal Thomas Oestreich was assistant principal at North Central High School; replaces Kevin Brown, now director of human resources, Washington Township Schools Math teacher Todd Degler was at Eastbrook High School in Marion English teacher Cheryl Rusenick - replaces Pam Fischer, who is teaching at Park Tudor Science teacher Richard Carrico - retired

progresses. Oestreich said his main goal is to cut wasted instruction time in the classroom by bringing common student issues, such as tardies and lack of discipline regarding IDs, out of the teachers’ hands and have it “dealt with right away” by other means, such as through the new tardy room. Oestreich was also very involved when he was in high school. “I was class president freshmen

Ryan Banas Academic Dean

Another Bear has come and gone, and LC is welcoming our third principal in the last three years. With new leadership come new faces along with more familiar ones. Make sure you know who that stranger is that just reminded you to take off your hat. We don’t want trouble now, do we? Vicki Thompson Academic Dean

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Health teacher David Crumley - retired Weight training teacher Michael Holman - retired, continuing as track and ﬁeld and cross-country coach at LC Art teacher Wendy Golden - transferred from FCVMS; replaces Paul Sinclair, who retired Math teacher Joseph Conway - transferred from LN; replaces Rachel Ludington, who is now teaching at Cathedral Guidance receptionist Jordan Corn - was a pharmacy tech

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Thomas Oestreich Kristie Corn Ron Davie Principal Associate Principal Assistant Principal

through senior year,” Oestreich said, “I was also vice president of the student council.” Oestreich said he was also a member of the marching band and orchestra. He was athletic as well. Oestreich said he was captain of the varsity baseball team for two years and he played basketball and ran cross country. “My favorite memory of high school was being so invovled and all of the friendships I made,” Oestreich said. “It (high school) ended too soon.”

at CVS and student at IUPUI; replaces Laura Schroeder, who is now teaching at Park Tudor Academic dean Vicki Thompson - replaces Angela Britain-Smith, who accepted a dean’s position at North Central High School Social studies teacher Nick Derado - transferred to Diploma Plus; is being replaced by Jayson West Physical education teacher Wiley Craft - replaces Diana Fuson as department chair for

physical education Special education teacher Chris McClatchy - replaces Shelly Whited, who transferred to elementary schools German teacher Mary Fochtmann - no longer at LC; full time at Belzer English teacher Lynda Morehead - retired Linda Bingham – now full time at MCIT Math teacher Terri Witzerman retired

Freshmen Friday does not exist. P.S. Friday is three days away.

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You haven’t changed

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Who could believe that LC’s adults were once these little darlings? Yes, truth is often stranger than ﬁction. But here you see, in glorious black and white, photos from the past — the very distant past. Their current counterparts are lined up across the bottom; your assignment is to match the adults with their young looks. And when frustration has you biting your nails to your elbows, check the answers at the bottom.

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Lonnie Chamberlain Judy Beckner Social Studies Math

Amanda Cole Science

Joy Conners Music

Elizabeth Granger English, Journalism

Deidre Gray Attendance

Carol Heckman German

Shari Jacobs English

Karen Kunkler English

Vicki Shafer Art

Bill Tucker Social Studies

Martha Weber Math

Sandra Weichert English

Tammy Wertman Math

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7.

Tucker Schwanekamp Kunkler Weichert Oestreich Beckner Milligan

8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14.

Cole Conners Granger Jacobs Weber Heckman Shafer

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Chamberlain Gray Wertman Nickels courtesy photos

Anne Marie Milligan Science

Mike Nickels English

Thomas Oesterich Principal

Diane Schwanekamp Family, Consumer Sciences

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Administration hones in on tardies AlexKryah alexkryahcub@gmail.com

Starting this year, teachers will send their students who show up late to class to the tardy room. The tardy room, run by two attendance deans, will keep track of each student’s tardies instead of the teachers doing the job. When a student is late to class, that teacher will send the student to the tardy room where an attendance dean will complete the necessary disciplinary actions, depending on the number of tardies that student has accumulated. There are two attendance deans, Deidre Gray and Lelois Lewis. The new tardy room has been implemented because of the number of referrals handed out to late students last year. According to principal Thomas Oestreich, 63 percent of referrals were written for tardies. “This was the first thing I wanted

tardy punishment will ensue. The first to do when I got here. Teachers were and second tardies will only be docutaking too much time to write referrals mented. After the third tardy, however, and taking time out of class,” Oestreich said. “Writing referrals was taking away the student will be documented and there will be a phone call home. The from teaching and learning, which is fourth tardy results in another phone the most important thing.” call home and that student will remain The tardy room is meant to deal in the tardy room with tardies much for the period. A quicker than they fifth tardy will be have been in the Writing referrals was an after- school past. It has been detaking away from suspension. A signed to cut down sixth tardy will not only on tardies teaching and learning.” be a suspension, but also on class Thomas Oestreich and the punishcuts. Principal ment for a seventh “Essentially, every period is a hall sweep,” Oestreich tardy will be at the attendance dean’s discretion. said. “We will have administrators out “I know there are going to be in the hallways and if we see you in the bumps and bruises. It’ll take some time hall without a pass, you’re going to the for student to assimilate into my expectardy room. No one will be in the hall tations,” Oestreich said. “But by the end during class without a pass.” of September, there will be no student Each student will have seven tarin the hall way without a pass.” dies per semester, and after the second

Seven strikes, you’re out The new tardy policy allows for seven tardies a semester; there will be a hall sweep every period. Better watch out, you could be next.

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First tardy - Documentation by attendance deans Second tardy - Documentation by attendance deans Third tardy - Documentation by attendance deans, phone call home Fourth tardy - Documentation by attendance deans, phone call home, student remains in tardy room for remainder of period Fifth tardy - Documentation by attendance deans, after-school suspension Sixth tardy - Documentation by attendance deans, suspension Seventh tardy - Punishment at attendance dean’s discretion

Waking up to new start times sleep patterns. High school adolescents tend to be more alert during the late morning and early afternoon than in the early morning. This year school starts at 8:50 a.m. “Hopefully students will get an exand ends at 3:40 p.m. tra hour of sleep and be energized and This school day is 25 minutes short- rejuvenated,” Oestreich said. er than last year’s. There are 90-minute “I think it’s good,” senior Krystal class blocks, instead of last year’s 92 White said, “because you can get more minutes. Also, this year’s lunch blocks sleep, but some are 120 minutes kids would abuse with 30 minutes for it and go to bed an lunch. hour later.” Hopefully students will “We’re still goSome students ing to have sevenare concerned get an extra hour of minute passing peabout how the sleep and be energized riods, so students later release will have time to get to and rejuvenated.” affect after-school Thomas Oestreich class,” principal activities. Practices Principal Thomas Oestreich will now be held said. 4-6 p.m. The new start times were approved “I personally don’t think it will work in the March 21 school board meeting. because I have practice after school and The change was made to provide time it would give kids incentive to stay up for teachers’ meetings that won’t inter- an hour later,” sophomore Grant Tomlin rupt classes. Those meetings, which in- said. clude PLC (professional learning comOther students are concerned about munities) meetings, will now be held be- the impact the new school day will have fore school instead of during the school on their families’ after-school routines. day. “Families will have to restructure Administrators have said they hope after-school plans,” Oestreich said. the later start time will benefit students’ Oestreich also said it would be a

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good idea for students who drive to leave earlier to adjust for later-morning traffic and to prevent being tardy.

2011-2012 Schedules Block Schedule Block 1/5 - 8:50 - 10:21 Block 2/6 - 10:28 - 11:54 Block 3/7 - 12:01 - 2:07 Block 4/8 - 2:14 - 3:40

Lunch Schedule A Lunch - 12:01 - 12:31 B Lunch - 12:33 - 1:03 C Lunch - 1:05 - 1:35 D Lunch - 1:37 - 2:07

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Program helps new students navigate LC KristenSwanson kristenswansoncub@gmail.com

Students ‘express’ themselves Yearbooks are in, and if you missed your opportunity to pick yours up last Friday, they are available in the bookstore. The theme for the 2011 book is “expressions.” The publication features students, clubs, athletics, performing arts and other extracurricular activities. It also reveals the many different expressions within Lawrence Central. Cub photos/Samantha Strong

Graduates participate in national speech tournament in Texas try, often relating to politics, and has 30 minutes to compose a five-to-eight minute speech about said question. Zack Pardieck and Lindsay Stone , Pardieck was cut after competing both 2011 LC graduates, participated in in six rounds; each round is comprised the 85th annual National Forensic League of roughly 220-250 competitors. After (NFL) National Speech and Debate Pardieck was cut, only 60 contestants tournament, the remained in each largest academic round. competition in the “I am so proud nation. of Zack Pardieck The tournafor his excellent Nationals - a long ment was held performance at June 13-17 in DalNationals,” Alexweek of competition... las, Texas; this ander said. “I truly laughter, excitment, year, 4,800 sweatybelieve that the tears... and feeling topalmed teenagers experience causes tally blessed to be part took part in the growth in maturiweek of debates, ty, communication of such a magnificent speeches and parself worth.” event and... prestitgious andStone ties. did not honor society.” “In addition participate in the to competing, stuJulie Alexander competition; howdents and coaches Speech Team Coach ever, she was an are treated to sevintegral part of eral parties during the tournament — the week,” speech team coach Julie Al- with a prestigious level of participation. exander said. “The opening night party Stone participated in a national inwas held at the West End… streets were ternship for the executive director. She blocked off … and only NFL people was asked by the executive director to were allowed to be there.” fulfill this internship because of her perPardieck was among the top 2 performance throughout the speech season. cent in his event, international extempo- She was given VIP status for her hard raneous. work and has been invited to serve as an In this event a competitor is pre- intern again next year. sented a question about a foreign coun“I think I’ll try managing tasks more

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efficiently and coming up with a better system to keep track of my different ‘assignments,’” Stone said. Unlike a local tournament, in the national tournament the number of judges for each round increased with every cut of contestants, ending with 10 “diamond coaches or NFL VIPs” judging the final round. In local tournaments, there is one judge in the preliminary rounds, and two to three judges for the final round. The judges in local tournaments do not have any prerequisites, unlike the “diamond coaches or NFL VIPs” judging the national tournament. “Nationals was different from a local tournament because it was a combination of speech and debate; there were so many more people,” Stone said. “It is operated in a distinct way since it is a national tournament and not just a few local schools.” “In a nutshell,” Alexander said, “Nationals – a long week of competition combined with making new friends, connecting with old friends, laughter, hugs, excitement, disappointment, tears, late nights just talking, sightseeing in the host city… and feeling totally blessed to be part of such a magnificent event and a member of such a prestigious honor society.” The speech team opens their season in November, with their first meet Nov. 5 at Connersville High School.

Every corner looks the same. With each unsure step they take, there are unfamiliar faces whose eyes seem to be judging them. It’s their first day at LC. Coming from middle school to high school is a big transition. Whether it’s more freedom, Friday night football, or upperclassmen, high school is full of new experiences. Even switching to another school is tough because so many things are different. Sometimes this adjustment is difficult, like finding rooms and actually getting to know the school. That’s where business teacher Jon Kowalczyk comes in. For the past five years, Kowalczyk has organized a new student orientation to help freshmen and transfer students become acclimated to LC. On July 26, approximately 180 students, four being upperclassmen, spent the day in activities that would increase their chances of success at school. “This day helps students by giving them a chance to get comfortable with LC through tours, finding out their schedule and just having the chance to get general questions answered. They are better prepared for that week of school,” Kowalczyk said. Senior LC Leadership Coalition member Kevin Nguyen said that since his freshman year, the new student orientation has become much more interactive and now includes games and a student discussion panel. Many new students found the orientation helpful and informative. Freshman Bailey Prather said that while excited about band and cross country, she’s a little nervous about getting lost and finding her classes. “It’ll help a little since they showed us around the school,” Prather said. The orientation is designed to ensure that new students are comfortable the moment they step foot in school. “I want as many kids as possible to find success when they walk through our halls,” Kowalczyk said. The idea continues with eight meetings during the school year with freshman success sessions.

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1. Find the quickest routes to your classes . 2. Win by making it to class on time and staying out of the Tardy Room.

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yellow English department pink visual arts purple performing arts red social studies orange math blue science gray guidance, Perk, Student Life Center maroon business and world languages

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Rules: 1. Start in the Commons. 2. Move toward your G1 class EXIT first. From there, check the map’s color coding to find the quickest route to each of your next classes. EXIT 3. Keep a look out for crowded hallways and shortcuts, and don’t forget to go to lunch! 4. When you have gone through EXIT your entire schedule, find the nearest exit and don’t miss the bus!

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ocker owdown Make use of that top shelf (for those of you tall enough to reach it) with the heavier objects that aren’t used as much.

Don’t be late... Fight on for Lawrence Central, ﬁght on the battle’s raging... Not only is it LC’s ﬁght song, it’s your two-minute warning before class starts.

Personalize it! Your locker is your home away from home.

A mirror is a nice way to avoid a crowded bathroom in case you see that “special someone” next block. A hook prevents you from burning up in your winter coat all day long. Using magnets helps keep important things handy and visible.

Students are expected to be in each individual classroom, each period, before the tardy bell rings. The LCHS schedule provides for a seven-minute passing period between classes, which is adequate time to get from one class to another. If a student is late, he or she will be sent to the tardy room, where their tardies will be tracked throughout the semester. As you accumulate tardies, the punishment gets worse. “I’m going to cut down on tardies this year,” principal Thomas Oestreich said.

Cub Photo/Katie Billman

LC Lingo The Cub- Lawrence Central’s school newspaper, oﬃcially known as the Cub Reporter

A basket is a good way to keep class essentials easily accessible.

Bears’ Den- The yearbook APUSH- Advanced Placement United States History APLAC- Advanced Placement Language and Composition APES- Advanced Placement Environmental Science

A dry erase board is helpful for quick notes and reminders for tests that you don’t want (but have) to study for.

APLIT- Advanced Placement Literature and Composition Commons- Where cliques gather before the ﬁrst bell and after lunch to chill Perk- A place where sophomores, juniors and seniors can go during study hall to study, socialize, and visit the Perk’s Cafe Tardy room- Where teachers send students when those students are late to class Pizza Friday- Marco’s pizza sold every Friday in all lunches

A shelf doubles the space with two levels for books, notebooks and binders.

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LC Current- The morning announcements LGI- Large Group Instruction room MAC- My Achievement Center, a place you can go during study hall for tutoring and extra help Student Life Center- Where the Guidance Oﬃce and MAC are located

Join a club! Take a look at these clubs offered here.

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Key Club Best Buddies Spirit Club Super Club Green Team French Club ASL (American Sign Language)

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Roots and Shoots Adventure Club SAC Scuba Club Club L.I.G.H.T. Speech Team

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Fellowship of Christian Athletes Varsity Club Fantasy Sports LC2 German Club Anime Club Twilight Club

*Editors note: All student clubs may not be listed.

Hall of Fame- The hallway where famous alumni are recognized and where you can get a temporary ID Central Extreme- LC’s hip hop dance group Sweets/Central Sound- LC’s show choirs; Sweets is all female and Central Sound is coed Chik-ﬁl-a Thursday- Chicken sandwiches are sold every Thursday for all lunches Spirit of Central- LC’s marching band ECA - End of course assessments (new graduation qualifying exams that replaced ISTEP) Compiled by Jacob Helmus, Katie Billman, Meredith Nordmann and Carley Lanich

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What not to wear Cut out the clothes to make the paperdoll school appropriate.

NO • hats/hoods • exposed midriffs • short shorts/skirts • cleavage • pants worn below the waist

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Be careful what you wish for Dark and gloomy mornings are a yes, the day ends later than it has in thing in the past for us LC students. the past. We need to remember that With school starting at 8:50 a.m., we are many of us were the ones who wanted rejoicing at the additional hours in bed. the later start time. While we have For years we have been in a whirl of been granted an additional hour and complaints, each 20 minutes of including “tired, freedom in the exhausted” and morning, we have With more than one exthe occasional also lost 55 such tra hour in the morning, yawn. However, minutes from now we students tardies will not be accept- each afternoon. can come to school With the able.” bright-eyed and change in start bushy-tailed every day. times, classes are now shorter with 90 But with the later start time, we minutes rather than the original 92. have an obligation to be in school on While the change in start times will time. With more than one extra hour take some getting used to, especially for in the morning, tardies will not be those who already stay after school for acceptable. extracurricular activities, we need to be No matter the excuse. flexible and remember that many of us Yes, we still have four blocks, and, asked for it.

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Cub Reporter staff policy 2011-12

The mission of the staff of the Lawrence Central High School student newspaper, the Cub Reporter, includes the following: informing readers in an unbiased fashion of the happenings and issues in the school community; providing an opportunity for each student to have a voice; educating readers using responsibility, accuracy, sincerity and integrity; and encouraging positive change. The Cub Reporter serves as a public forum through which its readers can express concern and gain insight into local, national and international issues as they relate to the Lawrence Central community. It provides coverage of Lawrence Central and its community, including events, situations and school policies. The Cub Reporter is governed by the same basic rights and responsibilities as the professional press. High school journalists have the right guaranteed in the First Amendment to free expression as interpreted by rulings such as Hazelwood and Tinker. The Cub Reporter staff realizes this freedom comes with responsibility. Published items must not contain libel or obscenity, invade the privacy of individuals, ignore good taste or violate laws pertaining to its publication. With the right to freedom of expression comes an obligation to the

highest standards of the journalistic profession. These include responsibility, accuracy, sincerity, integrity, impartiality, fair play, balance, decency and tact. Good taste should be exercised in all content. The publication shall be free of profanity, vulgarity and words which have acquired undesirable meanings, as judged by generally accepted standards of the community; shall contain no statements derisive to any race, religion or national origin; shall show no disrespect for law enforcement or the generally accepted ethics of the community; shall not advocate illegal acts of any kind. To maintain integrity, it shall not become involved in, or take sides with, rivalries or jealousies within the school community. It shall provide equal opportunity for both sides of an issue to present its case. No person or organization is to be permitted to use the publication to his own ends, be that an editor, staff member, adviser, teacher, administrator or someone outside the school. It is understood that the Cub Reporter is designed primarily to serve as a training ground for students interested in learning the techniques of sound journalism. It is a class for which students earn credit. While staff members are expected to strive for professional quality, we

recognize that they are engaged in an educational venture and as such, room for trial and error must be allowed. The three venues of the Cub Reporter — print, online and broadcast — are managed by individual editors under the editor in chief. They make decisions about the content, after taking into consideration other staff members’ suggestions. All issues will be discussed with the adviser. The Cub Reporter accepts and encourages public input through letters to the editor. The letters are to voice opinions or concerns to the Cub Reporter’s audience. Letters including libelous or obscene materials will not be printed. Like all materials printed in the publication, letters reflecting criticism should criticize issues, not individuals. No letter will be printed without positive identification. The editor in chief reserves the right to edit the comments for grammatical errors and for length if they exceed the allotted 200-word space as long as it does not alter the meaning of the comments. Letters must be signed and will be printed with the author’s name. All requests for anonymity will be denied. The Cub Reporter may consider guest columns or articles, but it reserves the right to deny printing any material. The Cub Reporter receives a portion

of its funding through the student activity fee, which each student pays at the beginning of each semester. Other funds are generated through the sale of ads. The Cub Reporter may accept ads from any source, except those which promote an idea contrary to Lawrence Central’s discipline code or community standards. Ads which may provoke controversy will be discussed by the editor in chief, adviser and business manager. If a student’s name or picture is used as an endorsement in an advertisement, a release form must be signed by both the student and his legal guardian before publication of the endorsement. Paid political advertisements will be accepted with the name of the payee clearly indicated in the advertisements. Additional funds are generated by staff fundraisers, which follow administration guidelines. An error in any edition will elicit a statement of correction or clarification in the following edition if deemed appropriate or feasible according to space limitations and other factors. The Cub Reporter is a member of the Indiana High School Press Association (IHSPA), the National Scholastic Press Association (NSPA), the Columbia Scholastic Press Association (CSPA) and Quill & Scroll.

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Harry ends on a high note KevinKryah kevinkryahcub@gmail.com There isn’t much point in trying to attack this, the final installment in the epic saga of Harry Potter; everyone in the civilized world has already seen it, and all of the die-hard HP fans won’t accept even the slightest criticism of the movies, save for the degree to which they differ from the books. However, at the time of this writing, HP-fever has died down and I can now give this movie a fair examination, free from the scornful “avada kedavra-ing” of fanboys and fangirls. The good news: The film is actually good. David Yates made a smart choice by splitting Rowling’s massive tome in two, and characterizations are no longer rushed or awkward, and the actors, particularly the traditionally background characters (Seamus! Molly Weasley!), are finally given room to breathe. Standout scenes include Harry’s (Daniel Radcliffe, in case you didn’t know) conversation with his dead parents and Sirius (a paycheck-grubbing Gary Oldman), as well as the revelation revealing Snape’s (Alan Rickman, the best actor in any of the HP movies) mo-

tives and back story. And now for the bad news: David Yates can’t direct an action sequence to save his life. The Battle of Hogwarts flirts between incomprehensible garbage and ripping-off of “Lord of the Rings.” Also, Radcliffe still has the “bad British actor disease,” the symptoms of which are stiff emoting, quivering lips and melodramatic looks of despair. He’s better than he was in the horrible adaptations of “Order of the Phoenix” and “Half-Blood Prince,” but while the books gave us insight into Harry’s mind, allowing us to sympathize with him, Radcliffe simply can’t engage the audience on that level and thus lets the movie down. Despite these gripes, the movie is undeniably stylish and well-

crafted, and even though Radcliffe can barely carry the movie, his supporting cast does more than make up for it. It’s a blockbuster, yes, but few big-

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budget extravaganzas will slow down the pace for emotional reunions and touching conversations. For this boldness as well as providing a worthy swansong for the Harry Potter franchise, David Yates has earned 50 points for Gryffindor.

Wrapping up the summer KevinKryah kevinkryahcub@gmail.com

tion scenes, or even a performance (Peter Sarsgaard was the only good reason to watch “The Green Lantern”). The onslaught is finally over: The While most of these movies had a summer blockbuster season is coming to few good elements, few of them actually a close. For several months we’ve been managed to pull them together and rise bombarded with movie after movie, above the bar set by the likes of blockeach one trying to buster legends out-do the action like “Raiders of of the movies from the Lost Ark” or the previous week. “Jaws.” That may Yeah, these movies were Now that the be expecting too big, but were they actually smoke has cleared, much from most though, it’s time to movies, but so any good? examine the key many of them this question: Yeah, year just seemed these movies were content to do the big, but were they minimum amount actually any good? For the most part, of work needed to make money (I’m the answer is “kinda, but…” looking at you, Marvel). They were With the amount of money and watchable, yes, but memorable? No. time being poured into the movies, it And years from now I doubt anybody was pretty much guaranteed that there will be putting “Captain America” or would be something good about each one “Transformers: Dark of the Moon” in the whether in the form of special effects, ac- same league as “Jurassic Park” or “Star

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Wars”— those were crowdpleasers that actually pleased. Another major issue this summer was, more than usual, a lack of originality. I had to strain just to think of more than a dozen movies that weren’t based off of a comic book or a pre-existing movie. “Midnight in Paris” and “Tree of Life” were the only ones I could think of, and I doubt that too many people saw those. “Super 8” wasn’t based off of anything, but it was heavily influenced by Spielberg’s late 70s/early 80s works (meaning it blatantly stole from them). Still, the summer wasn’t without its pleasures: “Tree of Life” and “Midnight in Paris” were excellent, while on the mainstream side, comedies like “Horrible Bosses” and “Bad Teacher” were entertaining. But if you really need your action fix, you could do worse than the last 40 minutes of “Transformers 3” or “Captain America.” Or you could wait a couple months for horror season to kick in…

Hall plans benefit concert JacobHelmus jacobhelmuscub@gmail.com Senior Kelsey Hall has organized a benefit concert for St. Mary’s Child Center. The concert is Saturday and tickets are $20. It will be played at The Earth House Collective. All proceeds go to the St. Mary’s Child Center. “My idea to organize the event was very spur of the moment, but it came from my passion of community service and music,” Hall said. “I was also curious about how the music side of business worked.” The bands are The Lighthouse and The Whaler and Cities of Noise. They may be unfamiliar to students here, but Hall said “they are really good.” The Lighthouse and The Whaler are from the city of rock n’ roll — Cleveland, Ohio. The band released their first song, “The Field Song,” in December 2008. The members of the band include Michael LoPresti (lead vocals), Aaron Smith (violin, guitar, and piano), Matthew LoPresti (percussion), Mark Poro (vocals, guitar, and mandolin) and Steven Diaz (vocals, guitar, keyboard, percussion). Cities of Noise is from Indianapolis. The members are Robbie Jackson (guitar), Christian Summit (guitar), Ben Archer (drums) and Joe Grelle (bass). Their style of music includes pop rock, alternative and instrumentals.

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Fresh starts for fall sports cub photo/Coleman LaBarr

Football team looks to repeat success Coleman LaBarr colemanlabarrcub@gmail.com

The summer was hot. The football team began practicing two-a-days on Aug. 1 during Indianapolis’ recordbreaking streak of above-90-degree days with practices in both mornings and afternoons. The season kicks off against township rival Lawrence North Friday. The season’s plan? To make it as far, if not further, than last year. The ultimate goal is to win the state championship. “You’ve got to aim for your goal or else you’ll never hit it,” said head coach Jayson West. Indiana Mr. Football of 2010, quarterback Tre Roberson, had an amazing season, and senior Dre Townshend is expected to do the same. “Their styles are too different to compare,” said West. Roberson had more of a running style, like Tim Tebow. Townshend is more of a passing quarterback, like Peyton Manning. This year’s team has a young defense, but the offense is full of seniors. After a summer of practicing, the players expect their work to pay off. They

said they didn’t have a problem with the heat and seemed to work as hard as they would have otherwise. Friday’s game is at 7 p.m. at LN. The Bears won last year, 19-6.

If Sliva does come back and the boys take care of these two opponents, they may very well be able to turn that 3-13-2 record into a 13-3-2 record and possibly a Sectional championship

Returning starters huge for boys

Girls to be led by senior class

AlexKryah alexkryahcub@gmail.com After a bitter loss to rival Cathedral in last year’s Sectional final, the boys soccer team is looking to avenge their 2010 record of 3-13-2. It took the boys three matches last year to get their first victory, but this year they want to start out on a good note. The core of the team has the ability to accomplish the goal. Seniors Dan Hennessy and Patrick Draga, along with juniors Petr Sliva and Griffin Gardner, are experienced varsity starters who can carry the team a long way this season. Like most teams here, the boys look to two big games on their schedule: Lawrence North on Thursday and Cathedral on Aug. 23. Sliva, who has a stress fracture in his foot, wants to play against Cathedral. “I don’t know if I can make it, but I really hope I can get healthy in time,” he said.

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With a record of 6-13 in 2010, the girls soccer team has returned for another season that began with a game against Chatard on Monday. The Cub’s early deadline kept the game from being covered here. The team’s next game is against township rival Lawrence North at 5 p.m. Thursday at LN. “We really want to come out of this season with a winning season. In the past this hasn’t happened. The whole team must work hard to accomplish our goals and not give up,” senior Emily Rogers said. With nine seniors, the team will depend on the leadership shown by upperclassmen. Senior Brook Taylor said she hopes to improve from last season by learning from mistakes and losses in addition to getting more in shape. She

expects this season will involve getting to know new players and learning how each other plays.

Daily improvement goal for golf team Jacob Helmus jacobhelmuscub@gmail.com

Last season the Bears were eliminated from the IHSAA girls golf sectional when they finished sixth out of nine teams. This year could be a different story, however, since the team returns everybody from last year’s squad. Recently the girls hosted the LC Invitational at Winding Ridge and finished ninth out of 12 teams. Bishop Chatard went home with the trophy with a team score of 310. LC recorded a team score of 428 and junior Brianna Petrucciani led the Bears with a score of 95. Although the Bears didn’t get the start they were looking for, Petrucciani said, “We still want to make it to Regionals and most importantly improve at every game and practice.” Upcoming matches are against Lapel, Knightstown and Ritter Wednesday, and in the Franklin Central Invitational Aug 20. — See FALL SPORTS on page 15

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All-Americans from boys and girls track CarolineVarie carolinevariecub@gmail.com Connor Claflin, DeQuinnton Wallace, Jeron Brown and Tyrenzzie Burgess are national champions. They beat out the competition in the sprint medley relay with a time of 3 minutes, 24.56 seconds at the New Balance Outdoor Nationals in June. After breaking the state record for the 3200-meter relay, Claflin, Michael Steele and juniors Matt Dorsey and

Adam Turner competed in nationals to stand on the podium,” Turner said and crossed the finish line at 7:34:45 in Anthony Shelman, Burgess, Marcelthird place. They lian Gardner and had the 10th fastjunior Deontre est time in history, Gray pulled out These guys are talented, less than 6 seconds a 12th-place finish behind the nationwell-coached and motivated. in the 1600-meter relay with a time al record of 7:28. Mike Holman of 3.14.73. Claflin, Senior Chrisjaan head coach Steele, Wallace, Smith jumped 6-6 Shelman, Gardner and placed ninth and Burgess graduated in May. in the nation. The girls also competed at the na“It was the best feeling in the world

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tional level. Junior Naiomi Dulaney, senior Jasmin McCray, junior Nakilah McClendon and senior Montayla Holder raced in the 1600-meter relay at nationals and captured sixth place with a time of 4:0.8. “This team ran phenomenally. They worked hard from September to June,” assistant girls coach Jessica Holman said. Boys head coach Mike Holman said, “These guys are talented, well-coached and motivated.”

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Girls ‘excited to come together as a team’ MeredithNordmann meredithnordmanncub@gmail.com The girls 2010 volleyball team had a 7-23 record, including a close game against township rival Lawrence North. So the team is voicing confidence that as an improvement from last year, they will be taking a victory in the much-anticipated LN game at home Wednesday. “Most of the girls have improved during our pre-season practices alone so I am very excited to see how we will come together as a team,” said senior Jaspreet Bachra. Along with the players’ improvement, varsity head coach Krystal Stallings has filled three new coaching positions that include new assistant varsity coach Elaina Norman and junior varsity coach Lauren Rank. “Even though we lost a lot of seniors this year, there are many talented incoming freshmen, so I am confident we will have a pretty solid team,” sophomore Lauren Hibbler said.

Young talent replacing graduates KristenSwanson kristenswansoncub@gmail.com After having lost six seniors on varsity, the boys tennis team is looking to its younger players this season. Only three members of the team have previous varsity experience – seniors Andrew and Jackson Morrow and junior Alex Larsh. “I think we still have plenty of tal-

ent to do well,” Larsh said. “There will probably be a lot of experiences for players to step up and get varsity time.” Their first match is today against Cathedral. Coach Tim Taylor said that due to the huge loss of last season’s seniors, this year is about fine-tuning the players’ skills. New talent, like freshman Jacob Pluta, will be expected to play on varsity. “Most of the anticipation in the offseason is that it’s going to be a rebuilding year. In addition to Jacob, there have been some signs of improvement in some of the skills, so we may not have to rebuild as much as anticipated,” Taylor said. After finishing sixth in the conference in 2010, Taylor’s goal for this season is to win Sectionals and get as far in the tournament as possible.

Coach looks for continued success CandaceBullock candacebullockcub@gmail.com The boys and girls cross country teams intend to start the season off strong with their first meet Saturday at the Indiana State course. Coach Mike Holman said this course is significant because it sets the team up on the right track to go as far as possible and to win as much as possible. Holman’s hope for this year is to continue the elite program and build upon the capabilities of the team. “We lost Erica Carlson, who was a good runner, but we have more people to make up for it,” said junior Kimi Wylin. Both teams have gained new runners, and last season’s injured runners are back on the course.

After the gun sounds, the runners chug a glass milk. After each lap, the runners must drink a glass of milk untill they finish the mile — or until they quit. Cub photo/ Samantha Strong

LC hosts ‘Milk Mile’ CarolineVarie carolinevariecub@gmail.com Run, chug, run, chug, vomit? This is the routine runners followed while competing in LC’s first Milk Mile July 23. This race is not as much a test of speed as it is the runners’ capability to keep glasses of milk from resurfacing. After they hear the gun, contenders do not take off running but chug a glass of milk as fast as possible. Once they have downed the full glass, they begin the race. Between each lap runners must drink another glass of milk — that’s a total of four chug sessions — and if they’re lucky, only one vomit session. “I didn’t really feel that bad until I stopped and then all I wanted to do was

throw up,” junior Kimi Wylin said. And she wasn’t the only one. Several runners threw up throughout the race. “I could feel the milk bouncing around in my stomach the entire time!” junior Macey Roach said. Heat, milk and running are not an easy combination to handle; however, Wabash College student Jake Waterman wasn’t fazed by the heat and milk. He took first place, while LC senior Ross Pereira, and juniors Cole Hester and Matt Dorsey finished in the top five. There are plans to make this an annual event at LC, and it is safe to say that Hester, among others, will be there. “When people say they think I’m crazy, I say it’s better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolutely boring,” Hester said.

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Football field protocol

The wise fan’s guide to navigating the home ﬁeld

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Without the fan support last season, I am certain we would have never made it to the state championship game. Hopefully the fan support will continue to grow and we will continue to give them a reason to be excited about LC football.”

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Jayson West football coach

We are excited about this season. It has been a very productive summer. Our players and coaches cannot wait to start adding ‘Ws’ to our 2011 record. We’ll start at LN Friday. Come support your Bears!” Sandra Walter athletic director

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