Cub Reporter Issue 5 by Elizabeth Granger

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REPORTER

November 18, 2011

Lawrence Central High School, Indianapolis, Indiana

Volume 63, Issue 5

Occupy: Big vs. little A reporter’s commentary

came the new style. Protests seemed to begin everywhere practically overnight. We have heard sallyﬁnkelcub@gmail.com about these protests in Egypt, Yemen and Libya. his is the year of protest, the year of We watched the protests on Channel One and on voice, the year of change. 2011 has the news. It seemed these protests were hardly transformed lives through empower- aﬀecting our lives. That is, until now. -Please see Occupy on page 8 ment. Starting in Tunisia, protests beSallyFinkel

While Occupy Wall Street has taken root in New York City, it has branched out into cities nationwide. Within Indiana’s borders, Occupy Indianapolis and Occupy Bloomington have sprouted. Above, protesters in NYC speak against large corporations. Cub photos/Sally Finkel

Cub Reporter again named ‘best in state’ KatieBillman

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The Cub Reporter has won a Hoosier Star from the Indiana High School Press Association (IHSPA), designating it among the best high school publications in the state. LC and Carmel share the title for Division III schools with 2,000 or more

students. Judging was based on issues from the 2010-2011 school year. Co-editors in chief were Greg Price, Ali King and Brad Oppenheim, all 2011 graduates. The award continues a tradition of Hoosier Star and Hoosier Star ﬁnalist honors for the paper that goes back to the 1990s.

In addition to the Hoosier Star, the Cub Reporter has earned two other awards, a gold medal from the Columbia Scholastic Press Association at Columbia University and the Gallup award from Quill and Scroll. Both are the highest critique honors in the organizations’ annual judging. “We try to present the news

that LC not only wants but needs,” Cub Reporter adviser Elizabeth Granger said. Granger is in her 23rd year teaching here and advising the Cub, continuing the school’s “tradition of good journalism.” She said the Cub tries to localize its pages by having a tie to LC in every story. “We strived to keep the

Cub Reporter in good standings, because it’s a good institution not only statewide but nationwide,” said Price, who is a freshman at Indiana University. Price said the staﬀ tried to incorporate more hard news stories than it had in previous years and to have a more varied collection of students in their stories.

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What’s inside

3 opinions 8 features 13 news

Clear, concise reporting on the good, the bad and the ugly. Someone’s got to do it. Students’ perspectives on problems affecting Lawrence Central’s halls and the world beyond 56th Street.

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

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Tell us.

Letters to the editor are welcome, but they are limited to 200 words. The author’s name will be printed with the letter. Letters should not contain obscene or libelous language. Letters may be submitted in Room 132, placed in the mailbox of Cub Reporter adviser Elizabeth Granger or e-mailed to her at elizabethgranger@msdlt.k12.in.us.

Purpose.

To provide news to the Lawrence Central community.

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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 vengeance.

Advertising.

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.

Staff. Editor-in-Chief

Samantha Strong

Online Editor

Coleman LaBarr

News Editors Caroline Varie Meredith Varie

Opinions Editors Carley Lanich Meredith Nordmann

Features Editors

Sports Editor Alex Kryah

Social Media Editor Lane Creech

Reporters

Avarie Bowman Candace Bullock Sally Finkel Esbeida Flores Jacob Helmus Torre Kennedy Glynnis King Molly Liss Kristen Swanson

Katie Billman Sara Heiny

Adviser

A+E Editor

Principal

Kevin Kryah

Elizabeth Granger Thomas Oestreich

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IN THE

CLASSROOM The advanced nutrition and wellness classes practiced cooking up a healthy meal last week. The recipe: taco soup. Left: Senior Marquis England slices and dices onions. “Slicing onions makes me feel like a chef but cry like a baby,” England said. Right: Senior Aaron Tichenor and junior DashawnTurman stir their soup in one of the final steps of the recipe. Below: Senior Jennifer Hymes, sophomore Trey Corley and junior Dericka Goms stir and prepare meat to add to the taco soup. Cub photos/Katie Billman

Lawsuit filed against district in swim case MeredithVarie

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The MSD of Lawrence Township (MSDLT) faces a civil lawsuit filed last week by the family of a victim of sexual abuse. According to the complaint, “Jane Doe” seeks “damages for sexual abuse by her coach and those…who enabled it to happen.” In addition to MSDLT, the complaint names as defendants United States Swimming, Inc., Indiana Swimming, former Lawrence Township swim coach Christopher Wheat, and two indi-

viduals who allegedly had knowledge of Wheat’s inappropriate behavior but failed to report the incidences. Jane Doe’s attorney, Jonathon Little, filed the lawsuit last week. “We chose to hold a press conference because this is happening everywhere…we are trying to draw as much attention to this issue as we can,” Little said Monday. The complaint alleges that the persons in charge of the Lawrence Swim Team (LST) in 2000 and 2001 had knowledge of Wheat’s behavior and could have prevented the 2009 incidents from

happening to Jane Doe. Wheat, arrested in 2010, pleaded guilty to two counts of sexual misconduct and one count of child solicitation and is serving a prison sentence with the Indiana Department of Corrections. At the time, Wheat was the head coach and executive director of the LST and the assistant coach for Lawrence North. The complaint alleges that two assistant coaches in 2001 had knowledge of the incidents and that they in turn reported them to one of the defendants. The defendant allegedly failed to report

the incidences. Wheat resigned as the swim coach in 2002 but was rehired in 2003-2004 as head coach of LST. Little argues that Jane Doe “should never have even come in contact with Chris Wheat if the adults who had the chance to remove him from Lawrence Schools in 2000 did their job. The bottom line here is the Lawrence Schools screwed up by letting Chris Wheat back into the schools.” Neither the legal representative for MSDLT nor the superintendent could be reached for comment.

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Nov. 19: Performing Arts craft boutique, 9 a.m.-3 p.m.. enter LC through Hall of Fame entrance Nov. 24-25: Thanksgiving break; no school Dec. 3: Mandatory 21st Century Scholars meeting, 9:30 a.m., Room 450, IUPUI Campus Center Dec . 3: Free SAT practice testing, Sylvan Learning Center, Fishers — registra- tion due to LC’s counseling center by Nov. 28 Dec. 8: ECA English 10 retesting, 8:50 a.m. Dec. 8: Holiday Extravaganza (concert), 7 p.m., auditorium Dec. 10: ACT, 8 a.m., enter LC through Door 5C Dec. 10: Regional Thespian conference, 8 a.m., Brown County Dec. 12: ECA math retesting, 8:50 a.m. Dec. 19: Final exams - M5, M6 Dec. 20: Final exams - G1, G2 Dec. 21: Final exams - M8, M7 Dec. 22: Final exams - G4, G3 Dec. 23-Jan. 8: Winter break; no school Jan. 9: Spring semester classes begin

PARENTS

Snow day guidelines

When school is to be closed or delayed because of bad weather, an announcement will be made on local TV and radion stations. In addition, information will be available at www.twitter. com. And automated phone calls will be made to district families. Families may also request an email notification by going to www.ltschools.org and selecting Listserves from the light blue menu bar, then selecting the Weather Related School Closing Notification section on the list. Because students are to be in school 180 days, snow days must be made up.

Above: Senior Brittany Cain studies her notes before giving her say at the We the People competition. Left: Seniors Austin Galm, Lauren Madsen, Tony Williams, Kevin Schmitt and Jeron Brown look over their material prior to judging. Cub photos/Kevin Kryah

Gov/law classes second, third AvarieBowman

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LC’s government/law classes placed second and third in Monday’s district We the People competition. Cathedral captured first place. Both of LC’s government/ law classes, taught by Drew Horvath, broke off into six teams of three to five people each. Each team was assigned

a different Constitutional issue to research, study and write an essay about. At the competition, each team presented a four-minute essay in front of judges. After the essays were read aloud, the judges asked follow-up questions, or units, pertaining to the team’s particular issue. Students were judged in their responses to Constitutional issues including understand-

ing, application, reasoning, evidence and responsiveness. LC’s G4 gov/law class came in second, the M7 class third. “It’s (getting second place) very satisfying,” said senior Victoria Thomas. “My unit as a whole put in a lot of teamwork, a lot of effort and a lot of practice.” The judges awarded one team per Constitutional issue as well as an overall award. LC

won awards for three units. Horvath’s M7 class won Units 3 and 4. His G4 class won Unit 6. Cathedral won all of the other units. “The kids worked hard and studied. They were able to demonstrate critically thinking about issues of the day and the principles based upon our Constitution,” Horvath said. “I thought today was a really successful day.”

Casson speaks out on social justice Senior appears on Town Hall program GlynnisKing

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Senior Destiny Casson is among today’s youth speaking out on social justice and how students have a right to be heard. She appeared at the Indiana Town Hall Series on Social Justice last month to provide her input. “I was there to give my perspective on social justice and how it affects youth today,” she said. Casson, along with other

students, discussed several in their communities. Casson described her defiquestions on this topic. nition of social justice in one Social justice is “a society word: “Lisbased on the ten.” principles of “ T h e equality that The youth have a youth have a values human voice and can rights and recvoice and can offer offer a point ognizes the a point of view, but of view, but dignity of evsome don’t listen.” some don’t lisery human being.” Destiny Casson ten,” she conTown Hall senior tinued. Casson discussions went on to talk ranged from about what she and students naming icons of social justice here were doing to stand up for to describing it in one word to what they believe in. talking about goals students “I told them about the Skiphad for improving social justice

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A-Final policy, how we wore red, had buttons and the sitin in the Commons,” Casson said. “I feel (democracy) is at its best.” She said she believes the students’ voice affected the creation of this year’s Skip-a-Final policy. It gives seniors the opportunity to skip one final this semester and possibly all finals in the spring. Casson continued: “Democracy means listening to the people. ... We live in a democratic society, taught in classes. It would be disgraceful to go against something we are taught.”

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Brain team defeats Guerin in season opener CarolineVarie carolinevariecub@gmail.com

Key Club members continued their volunteer vision early this month by helping build a home for someone in need. On Nov. 2, the day of parent-teacher conferences, they spent the day working on a home through Habitat for Humanity. Throughout the day volunteers used power tools to put in cabinets, doors, and vents. Above: Junior Alyssia Dawson drills a hole into the back of a cabinet before installing it into the bathroom of the home. Right: Junior Ashley Sparks lends a hand to junior Nicolas Haerer while working on putting in a vent cover in the Habitat home. Cub photos/ Melissa MacNeur

Are you smart enough to be on Answer these trivia questions to see how you would fare in this battle of the brains! 1. What animal is classified as lagramorpha? 2. What name is given to a rock consisting of pebbles and gravel cemented together? 3. What plant is pictured at the right? 4. Name the smallest country that borders France, Germany and Belgium.

6. Who is the author of Northanger Abby? 7. What nickname is given to the sports teams of Valparaiso University? 8. What is the smallest South American country bordering the Pacific?

10. Select the best definition for the word MUNIFICENTLY: A. acutely B. awkwardly C. cruelly D. generously 11. How many planets in our solar system have exactly two moons? 12. What series of popular books is based around a character named Greg Heffley?

Answers: Rabbits, conglomerant, venus fly trap, Luxembourg, the Taliban, Jane Austen, Crusaders, Ecuador, 0 and 3, D, oneMars, Diary of a Whimpy Kid. Source/ www.wthr.com

5. What group in Afghanistan restored ancient statues of Buddha throughout the country in 2001?

9. What two values satisfy this equation? p squared = 3p

LC’s Brain Game team defeated Guerin High School 1912 in their first match of the year. The taped competition aired on WTHR-Channel 13 last Saturday. LC will play North Central in round two of the competition in January. Every Friday at 7 a.m., six Brain Game students put their knowledge to the test. These early rapid-fire questioning sessions are only preparation for the TV competition. Juniors JZ Forbes, Sam Short and Samantha Strong, and seniors Calvin Mendel, Arielle Russel and Meredith Varie, are members of the Brain Game team. This academic competition, coached by English teacher Richard Phillipy, tests knowledge and recall. “This is not for students that spend hours on the AP and IB tests,” Phillipy said. “Rapid recall matters.” Brain Game is a Jeopardylike competition, complete with buzzers. Questions in subjects including English, science and math, social studies, and miscellaneous are asked during a match. The competition, sponsored by Westfield Insurance, consists of five rounds, beginning with 48 teams. After a team loses one match, it is out of the running for the finals. Westfield Insurance awards $1,000 grants to each school that places fourth through eighth. The semifinalist school receives $2,000, and the finalist school earns $5,000. The championship school takes home $7,000.

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Marching band in state, national finals MollyLiss mollylisscub@gmail.com The Spirit of Central (SOC) Marching Band competed in both state and national final competitions recently. Last Saturday, SOC competed in the Bands of America Grand National Championships, and placed 9th out of 12 finalist bands. The comptetion, held at Lucas Oil Stadium, consists of three performance rounds: preliminaries, semifinals, and finals. The competition began

with 92 bands, cutting to 36 semifinalists and 12 finalists. Bands come from across the nation, including Texas and Oklahoma, to compete in BOA finals. To prepare for the last competition of the season, James says that the band had to work on their confidence and performance level. “ We ’ ve had some rough spots but that happens every season.” Junior Shannon Reed said. “When you hear the crowd cheering you on, it just gets you in the mood to

Above: The band comes together after a woodwind feature to play one really loud chord,” junior Derrick Gowan said. “they go in to choreography in the next part of the show.” Left: Senior color guard member Ashley Watson balances atop four snare drums in the ﬁnale of the show, Drumatic. Cub photos/Meredith Varie

perform.” Spirit placed sixth out of 10 schools in the class A ISSMA (Indiana State School Music Association) State competition at Lucas Oil Stadium on Oct. 29.

SOC also competed at the BOA Super Regional Championships in Indianapolis on Nov. 5. “Regional was quite a better performance than at ISS-

MA.” band director Matt James said. “It was the ﬁrst time with the tarp so that caused a bit of weirdness. The band was more conﬁdent at BOA (Bands of America).”

SAT cheating scandal raises questions KristenSwanson kristenswansoncub@gmail.com

A 19 year-old was hired to take the SAT for 6 students in Long Island, NY; criminal and misdemeanor charges were ﬁled against all 7 of them in late September. Although the testing agency has publicly stated that this case is unique, many teachers and New York prosecutors believe diﬀerently. However, the College Board wants to ensure that cheating is taken seriously and has hired Louis J. Freeh, a former F.B.I. di-

HANDS RAISED

What teachers are saying about cheating

rector to help them tighten test- cause students to feel the need ing security. LC teacher Richard to cheat. However, he also bePhillipy said that cheating on lieves that cheating is very sethe SAT is a major issue be- rious. “The stakes are so high cause it involves because not only so much monare you going They’re (the College Board) tryey, like college ing to preserve the integrity of to get a 0 on the s c h o l a r s h i p s . the exam.” SAT, but colRichard Phillipy leges are going “They’re (the English teacher College Board) to know that you trying to prearen’t a responserve the integrity of the exam,” sible person.” Phillipy said. Junior Griﬃn Gardner Junior Alex Larsh said thinks that all forms of cheating that since the pressure on the on the SAT are hard to prevent. SAT test is so high, this could “It’s tough to control because

it can vary from cheat sheets to glances… I don’t believe it should happen, but it’s hard to get control of it,” Gardner said. Cheating is a problem experienced at LC as well. Junior Petr Sliva says people have tried to cheat oﬀ of him before, but it doesn’t really bother him. He also thinks that it’s up to the administration whether or not they regulate cheating. “It’s their decision to be or not to be careful of students who try to cheat,” Sliva said. On the other hand, teach-

er Robert Hasty said that he doesn’t usually ﬁnd his students cheating. “I do observe occasionally wandering eyes, and when I do, I just make a general statement, ‘Make sure you keep your eyes on your own paper.’ I don’t think that’s a big issue for my groups,” Hasty said. Although there are cheating guidelines for teachers, including losing a grade and contact with a parent, Hasty doesn’t usually have to deal with it.

“One of the most common ways is people just copying one another on group work.” Mike Nickels English teacher

“I use turn-it-in.com so it becomes obvious when students cheat or copy. I think cheating runs rampant in this school... if every teacher used turn-it-in for every paper or subject, plagiarism would be at a zero.” Jan Weir chemistry teacher

“I think students think it’s an easy way to improve thier grade. They’re just being lazy...” Robert Meier social studies teacher

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“Phones are a big issue...students don’t understand how big of a deal it (cheating) is.” Melanie Gleason math teacher

“Students that don’t want to work for it will spend more time cheating.” Anne Marie Milligan science teacher “Cheating takes place a lot more than you think...looking at writing in calculators is common..” Jessica Holman math teacher

See page 9 for more about cheating

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BRIEFS

Among nation’s best The school district has been recognized by the National Association of Music Merchants Foundation as one of the best communities in the country for music education. MSDLT was cited for outstanding support of music education enriching the lives of children, and advancing student achievement.

Re-testing begins Dec. 8 Juniors and seniors who have not yet passed the End of Course Assessment test for English 10 and/or algebra I will be tested in December. Those students have been assigned to remediation study halls, English in 410 and math in 411. Students who do not attend the remediation sessions may not qualify for waivers if they cannot pass the tests.

Mandatory IUPUI meeting Seniors who are TwentyFirst Century Scholars are required to attend a Dec. 3 meeting in Room 450 of the IUPUI Campus Center at 9:30 a.m. Dec. 3.

Free SAT practice test The Sylvan Learning Center of Fishers is oﬀering a free practice SAT to seniors and juniors at 9 a.m. Dec. 3. To qualify, LC students must register in LC’s counseling department by Nov. 28.

Toy drive continues The National Honor Society is still collecting money for their annual toy drive for needy Lawrence families. Qualifying parents will be able to “shop” at LC, choosing toys for their children. NHS members will help wrap the presents here. Contributions of money or new toys may be left with sponsor Pam Walters in Room 137.

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La elección contestará la pregunta EsbeidaFlores esbeidaﬂorescub@gmail.com En las elecciones presidenciales del 2008 Barack Obama se gano el 67 por ciento de los votos Latinos, porque tenia planes de hacer mas trabajos para los Latinos de este país. Todos estaban ilusionados con la idea de que la situación para los Latinos pudiese mejorar. Obama dĳo que apoyaría el plan que proveyere un camino hacia la legalización para estudiantes de colegio y

miembros militares que fueron 2009. Aparte de los problemas traídos a este país cuando eran económicos por los cuales esniños. tán pasando los Latinos, otros La verdad es que muchos critican el gran número de dede los que votaron por el presi- portaciones que ha habido bajo dente Obama la presidencia de están desiluObama y la falta sionados. El Es difícil predecir cu- de progreso en d e s e m p l e o antos Latinos volvun plan inmigraen la comunitorio comprenerán a votar por el dad Latina ha sible. aumentado y presidente Obama.” Empezaron a haber depormuchos están perdiendo sus casas por esta taciones de inmigrantes Latinos razón. El desempleo de Lati- que no tenían record criminal. nos estaba a un 4.9 por ciento Esto duro mucho tiempo hasta en Mayo del 2006 comparado hace poco que solo están siendo con 13.1 por ciento en Oct. del deportados los que si tienen

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mal record. Estos cambios llegaron tarde para todos aquellos que fueron deportados a su respectivo país sin tener record criminal. Aparte de esto no ha habido progreso hacia una reforma migratoria para los que caliﬁquen. Con las elecciones acercándose es difícil tratar de predecir cuantos Latinos volverán a votar por el presidente Obama. La pregunta fundamental será si la situación económica de la comunidad Latina es tan severa como para pasar por alto de la posición antiinmigrante del partido republicano.

Election will answer question This is the English translation of the column above.

In the 2008 presidential election, President Barack Obama earned 67 percent of the Latino votes, because he had job creation plans for Latinos in this country. All were excited with the idea that the situation for Latinos could be better. Obama said he would support a plan to provide a path to legalization for high school and college students and military members who were brought to this country when they were children. The truth is that many of those who voted for President

Obama are disappointed. The unemployment of Latino communities has risen and many are losing their homes as a result. The unemployment rate of Latinos was at 4.9 percent in May 2006 as compared with 13.1 percent in Oct. 2009. Apart from economic problems that Latinos are facing, others criti-

cize the large number of deportations that have happened under the Obama administration as well as the lack of progress for comprehensive immigration reform. For a long time Latinos were being deported regardless of record. Now, however, only those who have a criminal record are

being deported. Changes are arriving too late for all those without criminal records who have been deported to their respective countries. Apart from this there has not been any progress toward immigration reform for those who qualify. With the approaching elections, it is diﬃcult to predict how many Latinos will vote for Obama again. The fundamental question will be whether or not the economic situation of the community is severe enough to overcome the Republican antiimmigration position.

Finals: just two classes each day KatieBillman

katiebillmancub@gmail.com The new final exam schedule for first semester has only two classes a day. For each class, students will have a study review session followed by the final exam for that class. Finals count for 20 percent of the students’ overall grade in a class. The setup of the study sessions is at the discretion of the teacher. “I didn’t want students to have finals and have to go back to that class after they took their final,” principal Thomas Oestreich said. Oestreich said he arranged the schedule by de-

termining what students need most to do well on their exams. Each day will consist of review sessions, restroom breaks, regular lunches and two final exams. McKenzie Career Center (MCC) students will finish their exam and will not leave early from class. The buses will be held so students can catch their bus for the following block. Seniors eligible to skip a final first semester may do so if they have the teacher’s permission and a grade of 92.5 percent or higher. Seniors are allowed to leave during the class in which they are skipping a final, but all students are expected to attend school during finals.

Final Exam Schedule Monday Dec. 19

M5 8:50-10:21 (study and review) M5 Final 10:28-11:54 M6 12:01-2:07 (study and review) M6 Final 2:14-3:40

Tuesday Dec. 20

G1 8:50-10:21 (study and review) G1 Final 10:28-11:54 G2 12:01-2:07 (study and review) G2 Final 2:14-3:40

Wednesday Dec. 21

M8 8:50-10:21 (study and review) M8 Final 10:28-11:54 M7 12:01-2:07 (study and review) M7 Final 2:14-3:40

Thursday Dec. 22

G4 8:50-10:21 (study and review) G4 Final 10:28-11:54 G3 12:01-2:07 (study and review) G3 Final 2:14-3:40

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OPINIONS

Just a minute with... Where is the farthest you’ve ever traveled for Thanksgiving break? 1) My grandma’s house 2) Michigan 3) Ohio 4) Brownsburg, Ind. 5) Arizona 6) Tucson, Arizona

Would you rather go to a pumpkin patch or an apple orchard? 1) Apple orchard 2) Pumpkin patch 3) Apple orchard 4) Apple orchard 5) Pumpkin patch 6) Pumpkin patch

What’s your favorite LC meal? 1) Chick-fil-A on Thursdays 2) I bring my lunch 3) Pizza 4) Samurai 5) None 6) I bring my own

What’s your favorite college? 1) Purdue 2) Purdue 3) Butler 4) FAMU 5) Herron School of Art, IUPUI 6) Butler University! Go Dawgs

If you could be in any movie, which one would it be? 1) Band of Brothers 2) Titanic 3) Transformers 4) Any movie with Chris Brown or Channing Tatum 5) Ferris Bueller’s Day Off 6) Hoosiers

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.

1) Ernie Harshman 2) Ena Tully freshman

sophomore

3) David Madison junior

4) Demeri Radford 5) Wendy Golden 6) Tom Oestreich senior

art teacher

principal

Occupy continued from page 1 Occupy Wall Street began 17 and is still happening Sept. today. Millions of people are protesting against the corruption of banks and the power major companies have over our nation. These people are rebelling against major businesses such as Wal-Mart, the banks in our nation, and Wall Street itself because, it is believed, they are at fault for the gaping hole in our economy. During fall break I visited an Occupy Wall Street protest in New York City. Tents were set up with stations supporting different views on how our economy should be changed. A popular sign advertised by many of the protesters read, “WALMART: It’s not what you say that mat-

There is often some confuters… It’s what you do.” According to the official sion about what these protests Occupy Wall Street website (oc- are really about. According to economics cupywallst.org), more than 100 cities in the United States have teacher Donald Weir, the protests are about followed the the CEOs of protests on major busiWall Street, A boycott by connesses receivand more than sumers will creing “bonus 1,500 cities checks” now globally. ate more change that the comIn Indiana than 1,000 Occupy panies are there have making profbeen protests movements.” in IndianapoDonald Weir its. To add to lis and Bloomeconomics teacher this, the unington. employment These protests have sparked excitement rates have skyrocketed along across the nation and across with the country going into the world. People with the Oc- greater debt. These problems cupy Wall Street protests have were promised to be fixed by worked to take the nation’s President Barack Obama’s campaign. matters into their own hands.

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“Congress and the President have not worked together, and we seem to jump from one problem to the next without any solution,” Weir said. “After 10 years, people are mad and want something done.” Although the protests around the world and in years past may have been effective, Weir said, the Occupy Wall Street protests have failed to make a stinging impact. There are, he said, too many causes being protested, and all are without organization. “You need to remember that the true power in this country rests with the people. If you think that a company is doing something wrong, you can protest all you want, and you may even get the government to write a law or two,” Weir said.

By the numbers Occupy Wall Street protest began on Sept. 17. 100 cities in the United States have followed the lead of the Occupy Wall Street protests. Similar protests have occured in 1,500 citites worldwide. The Occupy protests aim to rally against the richest one percent of our population.

“But if you want real change, then you need to do something about it and stop purchasing the company’s products. A boycott by consumers will create more change than 1,000 Occupy movements.”

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Cheating only cheats ourselves Most students hate the reveals who we are, where we SAT. We hate getting up early are headed and what we are on a Saturday. We hate sitting worth. in an uncomfortable room that For some students, this is either sweltering or freezdefinitive moment becomes so ing. We hate walking out into overwhelming they resort to the glaring sunlight four hours desperation: cheating. later, palms sweaty, fingers In late September, seven achy and brains the equivalent students from Long Island of mush. were arrested for being inThe fear evoked by the SAT volved in a cheating scandal on is unsettling. It takes a lot to the SAT. Six of these students frighten 17-and 18-year-olds, paid another student, who was but the College Board does a a sophomore in college at the fine job. Four time, to take hours of filling the SAT for in bubbles on them. They a Scantron has paid him It takes a lot to proven more from $1,500 frighten 17- and frightening to $2,500 18-year-olds, but than a horror for one film. the College Board test. Their The terror investments does a fine job. the SAT shakes netted scores into its victims ranging from is not provoked by that specific 2140 to 2220. Not bad. Saturday, but by the thought When we cheat on the of a Saturday one or two years SAT, we are not only cheating down the road. the system. Scoring well may Our lives depend on the put us into a good college, SAT. but when we do not have the Or so we think. actual skills needed to succeed The SAT has taken on a at that institution, we cheat life of its own, and it leaves no ourselves. prisoners. The SAT defines us; These students felt that a combination of four digits without a good score on the

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SAT, their lives were on the line. Sadly, they are not the only ones. Walk into a classroom any day at Lawrence Central and you will witness cheating. Homework assignments shared via facebook, texting test answers to students in later blocks, taking pictures of tests, sharing binders for binder checks, trading out assignments due earlier in the week and claiming you “forgot to put your name on your paper” in order to change an answer. The classic stretch toward

30-second editorials • For as long as I can remember my favorite type of pie has been apple. Apple is a classic American choice and has been for hundreds of years. Pumpkin is far less original and is not as healthy. • Few students apply for scholarships at Lawrence Central. When college tuition is constantly on the rise, this seems a bit crazy. Scholarships are basically free money awarded for your hard work in high school. After putting in your four years at LC, doesn’t it make sense to be rewarded for your eﬀorts? • Thanksgiving has turned into a holiday consumed by food and shopping instead of actually giving thanks. Too much attention is focused on the day after Turkey Day rather than the holiday itself. It should be a time of year used to

appreciate and express gratitude toward our families, friends and the blessings in life. • Every year, kids are encouraged to get flu shots. Every year, despite flu shots, there is an outbreak of the flu. It’s understandable that some students want to avoid the pain of a flu shot, or never get around to doing it. But it’s not understandable that students still come to school coughing, sneezing, with a fever and close to passing out. Yes, it is difficult to make up even a day’s worth of work, but spare those who are still healthy. I don’t want your germs. •I am really glad there is a new final schedule. We would normally be in class jumping and messing around. In some classes we just do nothing so I am all for the new and improved final schedule.

the desk next to you is so outdated. In order to keep up with the cheating scene you must be tech-savvy, cutthroat and not all that secretive. In high school it may be all about passing the tests, but once you walk through these doors, diploma in hand, the stakes become much greater. No one will be there to text you the answers; no one will take a picture of your test. It’s just you. And after cheating your way through four years of high school, that’s not much.

• As the calendar approaches the time for Thanksgiving and Christmas, there’s no time like now to give. One of the most rewarding things to give is your dedication, time and love to someone you care about or to someone who may need you. Special needs programs like Tops are great activities to join in on because they allow you to reach out and give joy through the simplest of activities. • The season opener for the Bears boys basketball team is again against none other than Lawrence North. But this game will be played at Conseco Fieldhouse. As a sports fan, that is going to be cool. But as a Lawrence Central fan, I haven’t been this excited for a sporting event since the football team played in the state championship. It’s going to be quite a show.

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Hugs

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Growls

Hugs to ﬁeld trips, but Growls to never having any. Hugs to winter sports beginning but Growls to all the snowy weather to come. Hugs to the Thanksgiving dinners, but Growls to all the weight you can gain. Hugs to fall colors, but Growls to winter weather. Hugs to another break, but Growls to it being so short. Hugs to leftover Halloween candy, Growls to siblings eating it. Hugs to parent-teacher conferences, but Growls to another maroon week. Hugs to colorful fall leaves, but Growls to raking them. Hugs to cute sweaters, but Growls to cold weather. Hugs to pizza Fridays coming back, but Growls to the long lines. Hugs to Black Friday sales but, Growls to the crowds. Hugs to our football team making it far, but Growls to Carmel winning. Hugs to hot apple cider but Growls to a burnt tongue. Hugs to school spirit but Growls to boring pep rallies. Hugs to yummy hot chocolate but Growls to bitter coffee.

Letters to the editor The Cub Reporter accepts and encourages public input through letters to the editor. They 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 in the publication, letters reﬂecting criticism should criticize issues, not individuals. No letter will be printed without positive ID. The Cub reserves the right to edit comments for grammatical errors and for length 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. Requests for anonymity will be denied.

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peak Your Mind : S Winter Weather

1) What is your favorite winter weather activity?

2) What is your biggest winter weather concern?

sophomore

1) Trailing cars on sleds. 2) Slipping on ice. 3) Thumbs up. 4) Snowmen.

Gretchen Foley senior

Thankful every day

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TinyTempa’

1) Unexpected snowball fights. 2) Driving off the road. 3) Bad. I’d rather be at school learning. 4) Snowball fights.

1) Indoor baseball. 2) If the roads are shut down. 3) I love them. 4) Snowball fights.

Braxton Krieg

freshman

4) Snowmen or snowball fights?

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“Music is the best thing that ever happened to the world.” Tyennys Huggins, 9 “I love Blue’s Clues.” Azea Sharp, 10 “Two is three too many.” Malik Martin, 10

1) Playing in the snow. 2) Getting attacked by the abominable snowman. 3) I enjoy them immensely. 4) Snowmen.

Kevin Cox

3) How do you feel about snow days?

Bear

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1) Hockey. 2) People who can’t drive on the ice. 3) They are the best, but there’s got to be, like, 24 inches. 4) Snowmen. Any kind of violence stinks.

Joseph Smedley junior

1) Sledding. 2) Driving on the roads. 3) I think they are great. 4) Snowmen.

Tim Taylor

tennis coach

“I love Carl Thomas!” Krystal White, 12 “Real men do show choir.” Vencent Hill, 10 “Floor squad until I die.” Clayton Wylie, 10 “That’s what I love about these high school girls, man. I get older, they stay the same age.” Adam Turner, 11 “Out rocks to rock.” Whitney Shaw, 11 “Kids, you know the Mac Miller CD.” Brandon Mabrey, 10

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“Pop it, lock it, put it in your pocket, snot rocket.” Destiny Jackson, 11 “I love the LC BEARS!!!” Datruce Johnson, 9

TorreKennedy torrekennedycub@gmail.com Leaving school the day before Thanksgiving has always been the best thing to me. Sometimes, I really don’t look forward to Thanksgiving break, but, eventually, I just need to get away from my everyday schedule. Thanksgiving is a time to not only eat, but to be thankful for everything you have. In experience, my family cooks all this food and most of it seems to go to waste. Yes, the food is good, but why don’t we cook like that every day. I sometimes can come off as a very picky eater, but I do eat well. Usually my plate consists

only of macaroni, baked beans, a couple pieces of ham and a piece of cheesecake. Thanksgiving is a time for family and friends to realize how much they really have. I don’t feel that only one day out of the year should be the only day for giving thanks to anyone and for anything. You should always want to be thankful for what you have or the things that you receive on a daily basis. Being able to go home to a family every day and always have a meal on the table is something everyone should love. There are people in this world that don’t have the opportunity to go home to a family or get a hot cooked meal every day. Always be thankful for what you have and not for what you want.

“Originality is the key to life. A bow tie is mine.” Dexter Clardy, 11 “Even though you hate school now, you’re going to miss it. Be thankful for what you have and never forget your roots.” Trevor Dunbar, 10 “Every day I’m shuffling.” Jackson Morrow, 12 “Ni hao.”

Cora Hullinger, 10

“Happy Thanksgiving!” Keaton Lawrence, 10

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Lawrence Central’s favorite comedian is... From the Inside SallyFinkel sallyfinkelcub@gmail.com November is personally a favorite month of mine. It’s when I can brag to my friends on the swim team about my ability to shave. It’s when I continue to drag out my birthday (for those who don’t know me, my birthday lasts until Hanukkah). It’s when I eat like there’s no tomorrow. November is also when I think about what I’m most thankful for. This year, I am grateful for laughter which goes hand-in-hand with my wonderful opinions page neighbor, Molly Liss. For those of you who

are first time Cub readers, Liss writes the column, “The Low Down.” This column is genius, and I highly recommend that everyone should read it after my column, of course. Seriously, mine’s at the top of a page for a reason. Liss is a best friend of mine, so I think that considering I am so thankful for her, I should show my thanks by writing this edition all about why she is superb. Let’s start at the beginning. In her first column, Liss wrote a heartfelt article about the positives of being short. Thank you, Liss. You

treaters on Halloween. helped me understand that This is perfectly ironic being 4 feet 11 3/4 inches is considering that Liss speednot a tragedy, but a gift. Now walked to many when my houses, asking for friends who candy. Nice try, are at least Being 4 feet 11 Liss. 6 feet tall 3/4 inches is not a I suggest that make snide every one should comments tragedy, but a gift.” walk up to her and about my introduce height, I your self. can defend I mean, myself with confidence. Can who wouldn’t they still play on the monkey want to be friends bars? Nope, but I can. Thank with Liss? OK, do you, Liss, for reminding not answer that, me that being short is truly but consider how stupendous. much you want that Liss is a mastermind of splendid bathing suit words. She never lacks ideas body during your winter for her next article which are break vacation to Florida. undeniably hysterical. Let’s With Liss as your pal, her not forget about the column humor will cause you to about the leaves’ trendy needs. laugh so hard that your Although I hate to break it to abs will harden up you, Liss, but the leaves change instantly. color because of the loss of It’s agreed chlorophyll. that Liss has an My personal favorite, impeccable knack however, is her column about for causing a wave of how to get rid of trick-or-

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laughter wherever she goes. For me, it’s definite that at least 70 percent of my laughter is dedicated to Liss. For this I thank her. Everyone loves to laugh, so we should all be thankful for anyone who has made us chuckle, giggle, cry from laughter, or who has just given us a reason to crack a smile.

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Families always give the best opinions The Low-down

MollyLiss mollylisscub@gmail.com This year, I’ve been sharing space with a certain other columnist. If you haven’t noticed, that would be kind of sad, considering all you have to do is look at the top of the page. Don’t look up! Come back and read my column! If you’re new to the Cub scene, here’s a little critique of Sally’s column to fill you in, courtesy of my relatives. “I don’t know; can you just help me find my earring? I’ve lost it… again,” my aunt, Help Liss, said.

“Wait… if LC is fantastic for four reasons, shouldn’t there be one more group other than teachers, administrators, staff and students? That’s only three,” cousin Brain Liss said. “I’ll think of another one and get back to you, don’t worry.” “It’s great!” Aunt Marva Liss said. “So wellwritten, splendid topic choices, it’s rather marvelous, I must say.” “I wish she’d write something about economic advice,” cousin Penny Liss said. “Maybe the

lunchroom chairs?” Brain Liss added. “She actually does research and makes sure her facts are true? Well, that’s dumb,” cousin Care Liss said. Don’t mind him. He has issues getting anything done right or on time. He’s probably just jealous. “Maybe the lunchroom food? Just kidding. But seriously, the fries are delicious.” “You tell them, girl! Don’t go easy on them, I’M TALKING ALL

CAPS!!!” cousin Ruth Liss said. “No, I’ve got it, LC is fantastic because of—oh darn. I had a good one. I really did.” “These columns are what people at this school want to read; well done to her,” Uncle Payne Liss said. He’s a dentist. “She should write about something really controversial; now that’d be awesome. She might get beat up in the hallways, but that’s not that serious,” cousin Fear Liss said. This is what my family had to say about Sally’s awesome column. Brain Liss never did get back to me with his last reason why LC is fantastic, but he’s never been that on top of things.

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FACE OFF Topic: Pumpkin Pie or Apple Pie? SamanthaStrong samanthastrongcub@gmail.com The aroma is tantalizing. The sweet, silky texture is luscious. The flaky, buttery crust melts in my mouth. As I loosen my belt a notch, I feel no remorse or guilt. I stretch my arm out over the triangle of beauty and sink my fork into its smooth, flawless surface. My mouth waters as the cold metal comes closer and closer to my lips; my jaws open, waiting for the wonderful sensation to overwhelm my taste buds. As I swallow the final particle of bliss, I sit back in my chair, sigh and release all of my worries. This is the magic of pumpkin pie. Few desserts have the power to bring pure delight upon its consumer; however, pumpkin pie succeeds. Pumpkin pie, with its warmth and lustrous appearance, provides more than a delicious end to my meal. It provides a sense of closure and content, a sensation of calm and collectedness. Pumpkin pie is not only the perfect complement to any Thanksgiving dinner, it is also the perfect accompaniment to any autumn meal. Its rustic visual appearance

makes any table complete. The warm aroma of cinnamon and pumpkin will waft through my home, bringing even the most frustrating of teenagers to the kitchen. Apple pie may be the “American Pie,” but it will never take pumpkin pie’s place on the autumn table. Pumpkin pie is cherished only one time a year, and when it is that time, no one can deny its glory. Not to mention the amount of preparation needed for apple pie. Apple pie takes time, a lot of time. In order to make an apple pie even remotely close in terms of ﬂavor and enjoyment to that of a pumpkin pie one must dedicate time and commitment. Apple pies require making two crusts, slicing and peeling eight cups of apples and hoping for the nearly seven apples to not become soggy and brown while making the crust. Pumpkin pie, however, is simple and easy. You merely combine all of your ingredients and pour them into a single crust. That’s all there is to it. No chopping, no crossing ﬁngers, no dangerously sharp objects. The hardest part is waiting for it to cool for two hours, which is half the time necessary for an apple pie.

GlynnisKing glynniskingcub@gmail.com On Thanksgiving Day we all look forward to sitting down and enjoying a nice evening filled with music, laughter, family and most importantly, food. One of the best things about Thanksgiving, besides friends and family coming together and giving thanks, is getting to help prepare that wonderful Thanksgiving feast. The aroma of turkey, homemade dressing, also known as stuffing, greens, sweet potatoes, and more fill the air, and let’s not forget about dessert. There are cakes, cookies, brownies, ice cream and my favorite, pie. There’s nothing like a slice of your favorite homemade pie a la mode (with a scoop of vanilla on top/side). For me, you can’t go wrong with apple pie. It’s simple, traditional, easy to make and, of course, delicious. Pies, once called “coffins” because of the crusts which were used for storage or preservation of the food inside, have been around for centuries. Dating back to the 1300s anything could be baked inside the thick, crusts. Meats, custards, crème, vegetables,

you name it was all packed into these crust covered pies. Tarts pies without a crust covering were usually filled with fruits and were popular among English settlers. The basis of today’s modern apple pie came from these English apple tarts. Now, apple pie has become the “American Pie” filling up the tummies of families on this glorious holiday. For those of you who have not had apple pie or don’t like it, something is seriously wrong. Apple pie is very easy to make and usually doesn’t take longer than an hour or so to bake. However, no matter how long the wait, it is surely worth it on the first, delectable bite. Plus, there are different types of apple pie and not just the basic, traditional apple pie. This includes Dutch apple pie, caramel apple pie, apple crisp pie and so much more. My favorite is caramel apple pie; the sweetness of the apples, the sticky caramel and the crispness of the crust, perfection. See, pumpkin pie doesn’t have all these cool flavors and textures; besides pumpkin pie is only seasonal. You can get apple pie year round and be more than satisfied.

Facing the subject: What’s your favorite — Pumpkin Pie or Apple Pie? “Pumpkin pie is so much better because it’s pumpkin pie. Who doesn’t like pumpkin pie?” Aaren Bandy, 9

“I like apple better because the ﬂavor is way better.”

Alize’ Beach, 10

“I like apple pie better because pumpkin pie is a no deals!”

Thomas Richardson, 11

“Apple, because it is sweeter.”

Anastasia Williams, 12 Cub photos/Coleman LaBarr

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Influenza ‘flu’ in AvarieBowman

avariebowmancub@gmail.com Sophomore Jarred Clemons woke up one recent morning with a headache, sore throat, chills and the sniffles. He was hot and cold and very tired. All of these are symptoms of the Influenza Virus, more commonly known as “the flu.” Clemons didn’t know exactly what he had. He just wanted to get better. Turns out, there’s not much he can do but let the virus take its course. There are some things a person can do to ease aches and pains, however, like getting a lot of rest, drinking a lot of liquids and taking Tylenol. Clemons did not get a flu vaccine this year. He does, however, try to keep himself from getting sick. “I

always wash my hands before I eat, but at school I try to at least use hand sanitizer,” he said. Clemons tried to treat his symptoms with cough syrup and Theraflu to help him with the coughing and the congestion. “It is extremely hard to get any sleep when you keep coughing,” he said. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the flu season can begin in early October and end as late as May. When someone has the Influenza Virus, he usually has to miss school or work. In more serious cases, he could be hospitalized. It is estimated that there are already from 10 to 15 students this year that have missed school for flulike symptoms. It’s possible that there are more students who have had the

flu, though, because parents are not obligated to give any details when they report a sick child to the school. According to the National Foundation for Infectious Diseases (NFID), more than 200,000 Americans are hospitalized and 36,000 die from an influenza-related issue each year. The virus can infect others anywhere from the one day before symptoms begin showing to seven days after becoming sick. The virus can also live up to eight hours on surfaces. Clemons’ brother was sick about a week before Clemons showed signs of the same symptoms. “Being sick while trying to do homework makes it harder to focus on the assignments,” Clemons said. There are ways to prevent missing school due to the flu. These include doing the everyday preventative actions

Cub graphic/Afton Goins

like cleaning the counters and washing your hands to get rid of germs. “Good hand washing and the flu shot are the best preventatives,” school nurse Marijo Trissler said. The CDC recommends that everyone get a yearly flu vaccination, which is the most important step in preventing the flu virus. “I think I will get it (the shot) soon, because I don’t want to have to go through this again,” Clemons said. There are many strains of the flu that go around every year. When some one catches a single strain, it is unlikely that he will be infected with the same strain a second time. However, he can catch a different strain in the same year. Clemons suggests washing your hands frequently and cleaning your house of any germs if you don’t want to get the flu shot.

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Every person is a color. Every color is a person. Reds.

SaraHeiny saraheinycub@gmail.com Colors are symbolic messages. Their origins date back to the time of the cavemen as they recorded their lives on the walls of their homes. As time has progressed, new meanings have been associated with each color. Blue has become a symbol of peace and tranquility, green has come to represent luck as well as jealousy, and purple represents royalty. Professional psychologists have devised a type of code to try to define personality through color, although it cannot be consistently and scientifically proven. One of the leading psychologists in this topic is Taylor Hartman. Hartman’s The Color Code is an international bestseller and provides information about discovering one’s personality through color analysis. Furthermore, he provides tips on how to work with, and get along well with, others catergorized under different colors. For example, Hartman believes that in dealing with reds, one should never embarrass them in public. One should never be rude or abrupt in front of a blue. Whites should never be forced to face conflicts, and yellows should never be ignored. Hartman’s Color Code is broken down into four major colors: red, blue, white and yellow. These four categories are briefly summarized to the right, but keep in mind that these are not the only colors in the rainbow and that all people have the right to be who they are and become who they want to be.

Red personalities are motivated by power. They are often leaders and visionaries. They strive to look good academically, to be respected and search for approval, but only from a select few. They love a good challenge because they are decisive, assertive and proactive but are limited by their selﬁshness, arrogance and obsessions.

Blues.

The core motive of blue personalities is intimacy. Blues are exceptional people in regards to producing projects of quality and providing service to others. They strive to be understood and appreciated all while remaining secure. They are compassionate, thoughtful and loyal people limited by their own worries, self-righteousness and jealousy.

Whites.

Whites are motivated by peace and are naturally talented at providing clarity and being tolerant. Whites like their space and they don’t like to share their insecurities. They are generally very independent people. They are kind, considerate and adaptable in nature, yet can be indecisive, stubborn and indiﬀerent.

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Yellows are motivated by a need for fun. They provide enthusiasm and optimism wherever they go and want to look good socially and to be praised. They are fun-loving, charismatic and spontaneous people limited by vanity, lack of concentration and impulse. Source/The Color Code: Effective Interpersonal Skills

What does my color say about me?

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I just like red. It demonstrates power and passion in whatever you do.” Carlos Rodriguez senior

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I am a very happy person who tries to bring a smile to everyone’s face.” Rebekah Deaton junior

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It’s calm, and yet fun. It’s one of the unexpected colors and I do a lot of unexpected things.” Megan Hunt junior

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I’m not sure...calm and collective.” Jesus Bazan sophomore

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I really don’t know. I guess it means I am unique and creative.” Allison Reid sophomore

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I am very girly. I like to look pretty and I’m a creative person.” Asia McCloud junior

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Every person is a color. Every color is a person. Reds.

Blues.

Whites.

Ye l l o w s .

What does my color say about me?

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I just like red. It demonstrates power and passion in whatever you do.” Carlos Rodriguez senior

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I am a very happy person who tries to bring a smile to everyone’s face.” Rebekah Deaton junior

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It’s calm, and yet fun. It’s one of the unexpected colors and I do a lot of unexpected things.” Megan Hunt junior

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I’m not sure...calm and collective.” Jesus Bazan sophomore

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I really don’t know. I guess it means I am unique and creative.” Allison Reid sophomore

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I am very girly. I like to look pretty and I’m a creative person.” Asia McCloud junior

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radition, tradition, hanksgiving edition

CarleyLanich carleylanichcub@gmail.com

1. Junior Kymberlyn Tutt’s favorite thing to eat on Thanksgiving is ham. Ham is Tutt’s fa-

vorite Thanksgiving food because it is made by her grandfather who comes to town every year for the holiday. Originally from New Orleans, Tutt’s grandfather makes his special ham for her family’s dinner. Along with turkey, Tutt enjoys another Thanksgiving favorite, cornbread, also made by her grandfather.

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4. Sophomore Malik Martin’s favorite dish is the Thanksgiving dessert favorite, pumpkin pie, made by his grandmother. This dessert is Martin’s favorite because he loves the pumpkin ﬂavor accented by cool whipped cream. “The ﬂavors are exquisite,” Martin said.

2. Senior Joshua Knickerbocker eats a big Thanksgiving dinner with his mother, father and sister. His parents make unique dishes like green bean salad, oyster dressing and vanilla-banana wafers, along with the classic stuﬃng, dinner rolls, corn, mashed potatoes and pumpkin pie. Although Knickerbocker eats a variety of foods, the essential Thanksgiving turkey is his favorite. Turkey is his favorite, because meat is his favorite type of food. “Meat is my favorite thing in the world,” Knickerbocker said.

“They’re the best,” Lane said. “They taste so good.” Lane likes to eat his favorite greens with steamy beef, turkey, mashed potatoes and cookies. Lane’s favorite Thanksgiving greens are made by his grandmother.

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3. Junior Jacob Lane’s favorite food on Thanksgiving is vegetables. His favorite vegetables are sweet corn and cooked greens.

Thanksgiving traditions are big in America. A few students share their favorites, some of which seem to appear on almost everyone’s holiday tables.

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Sophomore Alana Jones’ favorite Thanksgiving dish is deviled eggs with paprika. Jones especially likes deviled eggs made by her aunt. She says that because many Thanksgiving foods are served warm, she enjoys eating the chilly deviled eggs. “I like the coolness,” Jones said. “Most Thanksgiving foods are served hot so deviled eggs are diﬀerent.”

Freshman Cydney Burd’s favorite food on Thanksgiving is mac and cheese. Burd’s grandmother makes turkey, mashed potatoes, ham and corn, along with the mac and cheese. It’s Burd’s favorite dish because it’s creamy and delicious. Burd spends Thanksgiving with her family and after they ﬁll up on their Thanksgiving feast, they take all take a nap in front of the Thanksgiving football game.

7. Freshman Illora Ismin makes her own Thanksgiving dinner complete with chicken

biryani, rice, curry, chat and lamb. Although many of Ismin’s Thanksgiving dishes are inspired by her Muslim heritage, her favorite dish is the familiar mashed potatoes and gravy. According to Ismin, mashed potatoes and gravy are the best because “they tingle my taste buds.”

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the United States in September 2010, and he still has much to learn about the history and culture here. He chose to write On a warm fall afternoon, about the U.S.S. Indianapolis I walked around the gardens Memorial site, and along the at the Indianapolis Museum way he learned about other of Art. After a pleasant walk, sites in Indianapolis that he I headed inside for a tour on would like to visit. contemporary art. I really love Other students, like Dion art, and contemporary art is Jones, developed a real emoincredibly fascinating and captures my imagination. The tour tional connection to the site was informative and I had a lot that they wrote about. The Indiana War Memorial increased of fun checking out the muDion’s patriotism and his seum and the gardens on that apreciation for the everyday day. But my day had a purpose; I was there to research an work that the soldiers do for our country. His desire to join English 12 project. the ranks of those brave men, When teacher Elizabeth like his great-grandfather and Granger assigned a project to cousin, has also grown since he choose a historic landmark in began this project. Indianapolis, visit it, and write While Dion found a conabout it, I had no idea where I could go. After giving it a good nection to the project in his own family, Shainita Caffey thought, I realized I could found hers in her culture. She write about one of my favorite had gone to the Children’s Mutopics: art! Who would have seum to learn thought that about “The working on an Power of ChilEnglish project dren” exhibit. could be this She was really much fun? interested in Sara Flentje learning about agreed. She Ruby Bridges. visited Lucas Oil Stadium. Several local schools, including It captivated LC, have their graduation ceremo- her to learn This project was important nies at the Pepsi Coliseum. Courtesy about African Americans to her because photo/Pepsi Coliseum who have made a difference, her uncle is a tour guide there. and she recommends the He gave the tour on the day exhibit to anyone who wants to she visited and she could see learn more. how much he loved what he Josh Wilkerson was equally was doing. Not only did Flentje captivated to learn about the get to spend the day with her uncle, but she also learned a lot C.J. Walker Theatre. Josh talked about how he would normally about the stadium. choose Martin Luther King Jr. This project allowed stuor Malcolm X to write about, dents to learn about the city but in his research of the theand state that they live in, but ater, he came to realize how to Hery Patel, it was also an women’s impact in history has opportunity to learn about his been just as large as men’s. new country. “African American men Hery moved from India to

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The Indiana War Memorial honors all military personnel. Admission is free. Cub photo/Elizabeth Granger

Admission to the Indianapolis Museum of Art is free. Exhibits are found not only in the main building but also in the surrounding gardens. There’s also the Lilly house, typically decorated for Christmas tours. Courtesy photo/

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tend to look at strong African American leaders who are men. We need to recognize that women are just as important,” Josh said. No doubt, this project was a great opportunity for us as students to research and learn about a topic that interested us personally. At the end, it became something for us to be proud of accomplishing. Antoinette Sanders certainly felt this way. She did her project on the Pepsi Coliseum. After taking a tour, researching for her project, and printing out the finished product, she was glad. “I’m actually proud of this. I can’t believe I did this,” she said.

I’m sure many others felt this same way. Though I’m sure at first this project appeared a bit challenging for some, now that we have wrapped up our assignment, we can look back and realize how much we came to learn about the city we live in. This assignment taught us that there is no need to travel very far to see new sights and learn interesting facts. We can act as tourists in our own back yard. We can sightsee and take tours here in Indianapolis and learn so many things we never knew before. Hopefully our assignments can encourage others to do the same.

A Norman Rockwell painting depicts Ruby Bridges being escorted to school by U.S. Marshals. She was the only black child in her New Orleans school in 1957. Her story is part of “The Power of Children” exhibit at the Children’s Museum of Indianapolis.

Senior Charlie Rebholz researched the Indiana State Museum. Courtesy photo/C. Rebholtz

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Alec (left) gets a break away during an 8v8 (eight players on each team) soccer game in Lawrence Park over the summer. He goes to shoot at coach Jason Brown. Courtesy photos/Kelsey Thornton

For the fun of the game AlexKryah alexkryahcub@gmail.com Tops is a program that gives special needs children the opportunity to play soccer the way any healthy person does. The head coach of the U13 and U15 Dynamo FC teams, Jason Brown, started the Tops program in the spring of 2010. The athletes participate in many activities, small-sided games and passing drills just a couple. To recruit buddies, Brown reached out to some of the players on his club team, including senior Kelsey Thornton, to help teach the basics of the game.

“Seeing how much fun the players have is the best part of this for me,” Thornton, who has played varsity soccer at LC for four years, said. “They have so much fun doing the simplest activities. It’s not always soccer, but whatever they do, they love doing it.” The team just recently started to play competitively against other teams like Tops. In their first game, it went “pretty well,” according to Thornton. “We stopped keeping score after a while, though,” she said. “Once both teams scored four goals, we just let them play.” One of the referees for

Tops’ inaugural competitive match was junior Petr Sliva, a three-year member of LC’s boys varsity soccer team. His brother, Tommy Sliva, was one of the players of the opposing team, which is a Special Olympics team. With the help of Sliva and fellow juniors Alex Tubbs and Jonathon Specker, Tommy, who has Down syndrome, learned how to play the game of soccer. “Jonathon, Alex and I help Tommy and other people on the team with basic skills and teach them how to play. The main goal is to get everyone involved so everyone has fun,” Sliva said.

Sliva has a great love for soccer, making it fitting that he is an involved. Just like Thornton, Sliva’s favorite part of helping with special needs athletes is watching them go out there and have fun. Whether it’s watching them score goals or just dribbling the ball across the field, there’s so much happiness involved, from the coaches to the players. Although these athletes are not experts in the field of sports, they may have shown us one of the greatest messages to be taken out of playing a sport: Have fun and spread the simple joy of playing.

Senior Kelsey Thornton (left) poses next her buddy, Stephanie, at the Tops soccer fields.

“They have so much fun doing the simplest activities. It’s not always soccer, but whatever they do, they love doing it.” Kelsey Thornton, senior

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MIX & MINGLE

LC’s bands, choirs, orchestras and dancers will perfrom at this year’s holiday show. Other attractions at the show include parade inspired ballons and floats. Cub

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Above: Junior Hunter Goodspeed and senior Raven Powell practice the chorography for “Deck the Halls,” one of their numbers for the holiday show. Lower Middle: Senior Olivia Gangi and junior Sarah Desautels of Central Sound warm up for their practice. They will perform several numbers for the holiday show. Cub photos/Meredith Varie

Above: Junior Bekah Deaton runs through ‘Charlie Brown Christmas’ on her viola. The orchestra will also perfrom the Tran Siberian Orchestra’s “Christmas Eve.” “This year will be different because we’ll be playing to the music video for ‘Christmas Eve,’” Deaton said. Upper Middle: The clarinet and bassoon sections in concert band prepare for the holiday show.The various bands at LC will all perform different numbers thoroughout the shows.

A holiday on parade Holiday Extravaganza to be modeled after Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade MeredithVarie meredithvariecub@gmail.com

This year’s holiday concert is the traditional Holiday Extravaganza with a twist: It is going to be modeled after the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. “We’re trying to model it after the Macy’s Parade to tie it all together,” band director Matt James said. The “Holiday on Parade” will feature music, dance and acting from all performing arts groups. In keeping with tradition, there will be a guest appearance from Santa Claus and all acts and music will be seasonal

selections. The Macy’s theme, though, Holiday concerts have been a long will add new elements to this year’s tradition at LC, but the current holiday show. shows are more new. “We’ll have some makeshift TV “It’s been a Holiday Extravaganza announcers that will narrate some of for about eight years, and we keep the acts. We might have a marching adding costuming and other elements,” band, makeshift choir director Jena floats, balloons Adrianson said. and things of that Approximately We might have a marching nature. You’ll 500 students will be band, makeshift floats, have to come to performing Thursday balloons and things of find out,” James and Friday nights. that nature. You’ll have to said. Students in bands, This Thankscome to find out.” Matt James choirs, orchestra and giving will dance are all involved. band director mark the 85th As a result, the anniversary of Holiday Extravaganza the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, is one of the biggest performing arts and will, similar to the holiday concert, fundraisers. feature performance groups, balloons, “The money goes into the general floats, bands and clowns. fund to help support all groups. It

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When: 7 p.m. Dec. 8, 9 Where: Auditorium Tickets: $12 at the door, $10 in advance online at www.lcpaa.org or in the box office could buy color guard flags, orchestra music, Central Sound costumes or help to cover marching band fees. It helps so that kids do not have to pay so much money in fees,” James said. Tickets are $12 at the door and $10 in advance. Tickets may be purchased for the discounted price at the performing arts box office until 4 p.m. or online at www.lcpaa.org until 6 p.m. on Dec. 8.

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The Rhythmic Revolution Artist: Patrick Stump Album: Soul Punk Genre: Electro-pop

The former lead singer of the hit pop-punk band, Fall Out Boy, began his solo career after the band announced they were on an “indefinite” hiatus. The successes in his former band precede him and he has big shoes to fill musically to amount to what Fall Out Boy has in albums like From Under the Cork Tree. Patrick Stump introduces Soul Punk as an album that fully expresses his taste in music. Stump says Michael Jackson had a major influence on his album and it is shown through the familiar grunts and vocals throughout the entire album. The first song, “Explode,” greeted me with catchy, radio-bound beats that I couldn’t help but bob my head to.

The contrast of the song’s volume and Stump’s vocals sound wonderful to the ears and the second song doesn’t sway me from my initial reaction. However, the album goes downhill from this point with “MJ-wannabe” squeals and cheesy inspirational lyrics like “You can be your own spotlight.” The rest of the songs are cliche and blend together, making me check what song I was in on numerous occasions. I could see what Stump was trying to do with the pop/funk-esque beats but there’s no substance.

Similar Artists: Gym Class Heroes, Fall Out Boy,

Though there are still about six weeks until Christmas, artists like Justin Bieber and Michael Buble have put out their holiday albums. Despite the fact that the albums are released a little too early for my taste, Buble creates a masterpiece with his new album, Christmas. Buble doesn’t write any new material for his new album. Rather, he just remakes holiday classics such as “It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas” and the Mariah Carey hit “All I Want for Christmas Is

Artist: Michael Buble Album: Christmas Genre: Christmas Jingles

You,” and other classics like “Jingle Bells.” Buble brings a warm and mature vibe to the album, as opposed to the upbeat style the songs were originally meant to be played with. Buble’s smooth and suave voice gives Christmas music a new twist. He creates something to listen to year-round, not just during the holiday season. Buble wins the battle of Christmas albums over the starstudded Bieber. So settle in with some hot cocoa and cookies and listen to this wonderful rendition of classic tunes.

Similar Artists:Jason Mraz, Harry Connick Jr., Josh Groban

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Rating: 1- -3-4-5 Song Suggestion: Wanted you more Candace Bullock

Song Suggestion: Blue Christmas Alex Kryah

Artist: Coldplay Album: Mylo Xyloto Genre: Soft Rock

Artist: Mac Miller Album: Blue Slide Park Genre: Hip Hop/Rap

British band Coldplay’s ﬁfth album, Mylo Xyloto, was released on Oct. 24 and has already reached No. 1 in all 35 iTunes stores worldwide. In an interview with Ryan Seacrest, Coldplay’s front man, Chris Martin, said the name Mylo Xyloto means “whatever you want it to mean.” With this new title comes a new sound. Mylo Xyloto, unlike previous Coldplay albums, features greater aspects of pop styling, as heard in the lead single, “Paradise,” as well as “Princess of China,” a track featuring pop artist Rihanna. For fans of Coldplay’s earlier works, such as the

2000 hit “Yellow,” the album features slower acoustic tracks such as “Us Against the World.” Another notable diﬀerence in MX is its story. To fully appreciate the album, you have to listen to the album as whole, as opposed to only buying your favorite tracks. Each song is crafted into the next, and as a whole, the album completes the story of a relationship.

Similar Artists: The Fray, U2, The Script

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Song Suggestion: Charlie Brown Carley Lanich

Mac Miller’s debut album, Blue Slide Park, has caused quite a stir. The album shot up to No. 1 on iTunes immediately after its release. Mac has risen to fame over the past couple years with several popular mix tapes including KIDS and Best Day Ever. The Blue Slide Park tour has sold out shows all over the world — quite an incredible feat for a young, independent artist. Blue Slide Park is very diﬀerent

from Mac’s mix tapes. This album has a variety of topics that the previous mix tapes did not have. Mac raps about everything from his philosophy on life to relationships to partying. Mac has a sound unique from the rest of the rap game. His beats are lively, fun, and rarely disappointing. His lyrics are just as enjoyable. As he is only 19, he raps about topics that teens can relate to. The track “Up All Night” is a true party anthem, something we have not seen from Mac before. As a whole, however, this is deﬁnitely a more serious work. You won’t want to skip a single song.

Similar Artists: Lupe Fiasco, Kid Cudi, Wiz Khalifa

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Song Suggestion: Diamonds and Gold Lane Creech

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What’s H t in Indy

Cub Grub Scotty’s Lake House serves up some stellar food LaneCreech lanecreechcub@gmail.com

Scotty’s Lake House

John Mellencamp comes home to rock and roll

John Mellencamp, or as some of you may know him as “John Cougar,” will be stopping in Indianapolis on his “No Better Than This” tour this week. The concert will be at Butler University’s Clowes Memorial Hall on Nov. 19. Tickets range from $41 to $125. Tickets are available at: http://halltickets.org/ResultsTicket.asp x?evtid=1695971&event=John+Mellenca mp&ppcsrc=7389208227&nid=1

10158 Brooks School Road Fishers, IN 46037 (317) 577-2900

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www.scottyslakehouse.com

Scotty’s Lake House is a selfproclaimed burger joint. Their menu consists mainly of 16 different burgers. There are 15 burgers that are always on the menu, and the 16th changes every month. What makes Scotty’s Lake House different from other burger joints, and even the other members of the Scotty’s Brew House chain, is that not all of Scotty’s burgers are beef burgers. Scotty’s offers turkey, bison and even vegetarian options. On top of that, the menu features organic and locally sourced ingredients. Scotty’s also composts all of their food waste and recycles as much as possible. When I go to Scotty’s I usually go for the Buffalo Chicken Wrap, but on my most recent trip I decided to try something new. I ordered the California Tuna wrap. This wrap consists of a honey wheat tortilla, lettuce, spinach, cucumber, Asian carrot slaw, sriracha garlic mayo, teriyaki sauce and sliced ahi tuna. I was a little skeptical but in the mood for something different. After the first bite, I was very glad I had decided to take the risk. This wrap has a very Oriental taste with a little kick to it. Overall, Scotty’s is a very fun and enjoyable place to eat. The staff is friendly and there are televisions everywhere. It’s a great place to sit back, watch the game and enjoy some really good food.

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Christmas at the Zoo promises a jungle full of fun

Panthers and Colts are set to battle it out

Happy Feet 2 taps and waddles into theaters

The Carolina Panthers are coming to Lucas Oil Stadium to take on the Indianapolis Colts on Nov. 27. We don’t play the Panthers often so don’t miss the chance to see our hometown team play its last game against a nondivisional opponent.

Happy Feet 2 comes out today. This is the sequel to the original Happy Feet. The ﬁrst movie was about a little penguin that couldn’t sing but was a great dancer and changes the culture of his waddle of penguins. This new movie promises even more fun. You have the option to see this movie in either regular 2D or 3D. Tickets at: www.fandango.com

Tickets at: http://www.clickitticket.com/nﬂ-tickets/ colts/Colts-Panthers-Tickets.htm

Starting on Thanksgiving and through Dec. 30, the Indianapolis Zoo will be participating in Christmas at the Zoo. There will be millions of twinkling lights and more than 150 larger-thanlife sculptures that depict holiday scenes and animal favorites such as lions, penguins and giraﬀes. Guests can enjoy carolers and live animal feeds and rides. Christmas at the Zoo is free for members and included with regular Zoo admission. http://www.indyzoo.com/SitePages/ SpecialEvents/Christmas.aspx Compiled by Jacob Helmus

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History is relative in movies CINEMANIAC Everyone’s

a Critic KevinKryah kevinkryahcub@gmail.com As much as I whine about movies, there is a category of mistakes or errors that movies make that I don’t usually worry myself over: historical accuracy. From my observations, my moviewatching friends get angry with tiny little anachronisms, especially when wars or technology are involved. Such nit-picking has never really concerned me; as long as the movie is good or at least tries to accomplish a goal, I don’t really care how a director goes about portraying a time period. A chief example of this is Marie Antoinette. Soﬁa Coppola’s ﬁlm about the 18th century French

queen is fraught with technical and narrative anachronisms, but the deliberate nature of these errors help enhance Coppola’s study of privileged boredom. As can be ascertained by my preceding example, my general stance on historical accuracy is lax, but source/fandango.com I do have two conditions. Marie Antoinette: how to flaunt history in The first is that the history Oscar-winning style. portrayed on film can affect corrupt, stagnant cabal of nobles the film’s narrative, but it who oppressed their people for mustn’t harm the narrative. decades. And that was a children’s My movie. I second shudder to rule is think there that the I don’t really care were kids who history took that as fact. how a director goes on film can’t From about portraying a insult or what I’ve patronize the seen, however, time period.” audience. An movies that example of this is Don Bluth’s break either of those two rules Anastasia, which presents the are hard to come by, and while Russian Revolution of 1917 as Hollywood and history aren’t a tragic attack made by sinister exactly friends, at least they aren’t mystical forces against the bitter enemies. And this is how it benevolent Romanovs, whereas should be, for, after all, a movie is in real life the Romanovs were a just a movie.

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The rise, fall and rebirth of Sublime Musing on the Music

ColemanLaBarr colemanlabarrcub@gmail.com Bradley James Nowell was the lead singer of the Long Beach originated band, Sublime. The band was formed in 1988. They consisted of Bradley Nowell (guitar/vocals), Bud Gaugh (drums and percussion), and Eric Wilson (bass guitar). Gaugh and Wilson had been childhood friends and decided to form a band; meanwhile, Nowell was busy dropping out of the University of California to pursue a career in music. Nowell met Gaugh and Wilson and introduced them to reggae and ska, while they primarily listened to punk rock music. The band got their ﬁrst break when Michael Happoldt met with the

band to become their manager and let them use the studio that was at the school he attended. The band released three albums in their time; the first two didn’t receive much recognition until tragedy struck on May 25, 1996. Nowell was found dead in his source/fandango.com home; he had overdosed Sublime’s third and final album was released shortly after Nowell’s death. on heroine. Shortly after with frontman of Badfish, a tribute the band released their band to Sublime. The singer’s third and final self-titled name is Rome Ramirez. The band album and it became No. was sued for 13 using the name on Nowell is the greatest Sublime, since Billboards musician of all time and Nowell still had copyright. So Top no one will be able to they changed 200 althe name to replace him.” bums. Although Sublime with they received much more fame Rome. after his death, the band immediAlthough they are still enjoyately split up because they knew it able to listen to, it’s just not the would’t be the same anymore. same. Nowell is the greatest musiIn 2009, Wilson and Gaugh decian of all time and no one will be cided to get the band back together able to replace him.

Tower Heist illegally good KevinKryah kevinkryahcub@gmail.com Director Brett Ratner maintains, in my humble opinion, one of the worst positions in the film industry today. From the critics’ circle, he’s a hack. From the fanboy camp, he’s an abomination. Even other directors (please rise, Matthew Vaughn) are comfortable with riffing on the poor man. I concede that he isn’t a particularly groundbreaking or stylish director, but as a journeyman he’s one of Hollywood’s more reliable figures, and for all the hate his movies (particularly X-Men: The Last Stand, in which case the blame lies with the script, not Ratner) garner, they really aren’t that bad. Rush Hour, for instance, is a fine example of Ratner’s specialty: comedy driven action propelled by a starry ensemble. Following in this mold, this month’s Tower Heist is the first movie Ratner has made since the first Rush Hour that has had a similar sense of fun. The plot is a gleefully silly mix of capering and topicality, as Ponzi scheme victims (Ben Stiller, Casey Affleck, Michael Pena) and a down-and-out stockbroker (Matthew Broderick) team up with a wisecracking ex-con (Eddie Murphy, who steals all of the scenes he’s in) to rob the penthouse suite of the unscrupulous Arthur Shaw (Alan Alda), who has defrauded his employees and is set to get away with it. Given the protests on Wall Street going on right now, a comedy about the 1 percent getting a little payback should, theoretically, resonate, but there is a definite irony in that the blue-collar, everyman employees are played by movie stars who, in fact, belong to that ever-so-insidious 1 percent. Regardless of this underlying reality, the ensemble does a fine job, which is good because the script doesn’t do them any favors; the comedy is hit-and-miss, but standouts Murphy and Alda carry the movie through its slower sections. As for the action aspect, Ratner isn’t Tony Scott (the Michelangelo of action movies), but he gets the job done and the overall pacing of the movie keeps one from dozing off or getting bored. Overall, as long as you don’t expect a masterpiece, Tower Heist should keep you entertained.

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Genre: Action/Comedy Director: Brett Ratner Rating: PG-13 Length: 105 minutes

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CUB COMIC

By the Numbers Percent of a jellyﬁsh that is water.

Number of calories a kiss burns in a minute.

Number of people you share your birthday with.

9 million

18,000

Steps the average America walks a day

Number of elevators the Empire State Building has.

Lifespan of a tastebud.

Weight of the moon in tons.

81 billion source/snapple.com/retiredfacts

Cub comic/Audrey Meyer

What’s LC’s...

TV SHOW:

Mickey Mouse Clubhouse Kieran Hyde, 10 That 70’s Show Marquis England, 12 Pretty Little Liars Jordan Gates, 11

SONG/RINGTONE:

Someone Like You by: Adele Nicole Moﬀat, 10 Crazier by: Taylor Swift May Lin Russell, 9

TOP 10 FAVORITE NOVELS AT LC 1. The Hunger Games Collins, Suzanne 2. Hanging on to Max Bechhard, Margret 3. Chibi Vampire Series Kageski, Yuna 4. Hush, Hush Fitzpatrick, Becca 5. If You Really Loved Me - Schraff, Anne E

6. Outrunning the Darkness Schraff, Anne E 7. Impulse Hopkins, Eleen 8. Fullmetal Alchemist Series Arakawa, Hiromu 9. Wildflower Schraff, Anne E 10. The Book Thief Zusak Markus Top 10 list researched and compiled by Avarie Bowman

@CubOnline: What are your thanksgiving traditions? @nicole_moffatt Nicole Moffatt, 10 @ohitsdess Destiny Jackson, 11

@Lauren_Hebel Lauren Hebel, 12

@party_animal21 Tim Welcher, 11

We make dinner together then have a huge family dinner.

My family has pumpkin bread-offs

We all go to my grandparents house in Louisville and we all watch football after we eat.

@kaycheerb Kaitlyn Cherba, 10

@k_topps Katherine Toppe, 12

@shaibell Shai Bell, 12

The family always come over and we cook a big meal, watch football, and play poker

@emmrogers Emily Rogers, 12

Being at my house with all my family.

On Thanksgiving we always plan out what our black friday plans are! #seriousshopper

We eat and watch movies as a family.

We all play euchre and watch football

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Boys to start season at Conseco JacobHelmus jacobhelmuscub@gmail.com

Scanning the defense, senior Steven McCann is guarded by returning starter, senior Tyler Corley. Corley, along with fellow seniors Tyler Fischl and Jeremy Holowell, are expected play big roles on the team this year, not just because of their experience but because of their talent. Cub photo/Lane Creech

The boys basketball team has began to practice after their tryouts druing the week of Nov. 7. After a disappointing loss to North Central in the sectional championship and an overall record of 15 wins and 10 losses, the Bears are looking to rebound in hopes of competing for a state championship. While the Bears lost last year’s assist leader in point guard Tre Granger, they have the right pieces in place to make a championship run. It all starts with senior forward Jeremy Hollowell, who is rated 59 out of 100 prospects in the Class of 2012 on ESPN.com. This “do it all” player could potentially lead the Bears to Conseco Fieldhouse at the end of the year, as long as he gets some help from role players like seniors Tyler Corley, Tyler Fischl and junior Richard Freeman. The Bears take the hard-

wood for the first time this season when they face crosstown rival Lawrence North Nov. 23 at Conseco Fieldhouse. A pep rally will be held in the main gym during M8 on Wednesday. ”I feel pretty confident about the game. I think we are going to win and give them a run for their money,” sophomore Marquez Winston said. The Bears split their two games with the Wildcats last year with a 55-61 loss in the first game of the season, which was played at Hinkle Fieldhouse. The second time the teams met, the Bears came out on top 66-64 in the second round of the Marion County tournament. ”The main goal for us this season is to win state,” Winston said. If the Bears get good leadership and quality play from their seniors, especially Hollowell, and have a better record on the road, they can be expect ed to be playing at Conseco Fieldhouse again in March, but this time for the state championship.

Bears fall to Carmel in Sectionals AlexKryah alexkryahcub@gmail.com In a season when the Bears dominated the local football scene on the ground, it may be fitting that the opposing rushing game would be their demise. In the second round of Sectionals, Carmel rushed for 280 yards as they throttled LC 14-35. Four of the Greyhounds’ five scores were scored on the ground. The Bears were the polar opposite. They were held to their lowest rushing output for the season as they ran for only 34 yards on 21 carries.

“They (Carmel) were really were not a “one hit wonder” as tough on defense. They made some had suggested. no mistakes,” junior wide re- “We had a good season, but it felt incomplete,” White said. ceiver Trey White said. After going on to beat War- When he was a sophomore, he said, “We ren Central went to the and Ben Dastate champivis, Carmel We had a good seaonship. On my will take on second year Center Grove son, but it felt incomon varsity, we in semi-state plete.” competition Trey White lost in the sectonight. junior wide receiver ond round of Sectionals. We Although LC didn’t get to the state cham- could have done more.” As with this year, the 2012 team pionship finals like the 2010 team did, the Bears still had a will have a new quarterback — senior Dre Townsend will be gone. reasonably successful season. They posted an 8-2 record Junior Drake Christen is slated to and proved that they really be his successor.

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“He’s going to do really well,” junior fullback Alex Rodriguez said. “He’s a good leader, and he knows how to win.” White agreed. “He’s an all-around winner. Ever since freshman year, he has known how to win games. He can get the ball to the right place at the right time.” Possibly the biggest void to fill will be at running back. Seniors Anthony Shellman and Marciellion Gardner led one of the state’s top rushing attacks this year, which may lead to a different style of running next year. Gardner and Shellman are two of the elite runners in the state.

There are still many “if’s” going into the off-season, as there is for every team, but one thing the boys know is that they have to work. As for specifics for the offseason, Rodriguez and White gave the exact same answer: “We have to hit the weights more.” They also said they need to lift as a team, not just individually. Winning in any sport requires great team chemistry. Whether it’s the timing between the receivers and quarterback or the offensive line communicating on blocking assignments, team chemistry is a key ingredient for success.

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Swimmers have ‘a lot of potential’ MeredithNordmann meredithrnordmanncub@gmail.com

The girls swim team defeated Covenant Christian and Franklin Central by one point in the first meet of the season. The girls and boys swim team finished the season strong last year. They made it to sectionals, but were defeated by township rival Lawrence North. “I’m excited for this season coming off a hot finish last year,” junior Mitchell Prather said. “We are also looking to surprise LN this year, who we are ranked higher than in the state preseason.” The boys finished tenth place out of sixteen at county, seventh out of eighth at Conference, and fourth out of

ninth at Sectionals. Their final record was 5-10. The girls also qualified for the IHSAA Sectionals, where they ranked second out of ten other competing schools. With the loss of a few seniors and gaining many freshmen, they have a positive outlook this season “I do believe that we have a really good and promising season ahead of us for not only girls but for boys as well,” sophomore Bailey Garey said. “We have a lot of potential to do well this season and even more compared to last season.” The first home meet for both girls and boys will be Dec. 1 against Roncalli. “I think that we will do better or just as well as last year, but it is all about hard work,” sophomore April Eales said.

Finishing a lap at practice, senior Thomas McGuire prepares for the boys’ first meet on Dec. 1. The girls have gained many freshmen, while the boys have upperclassmen talent. Cub photo/Meredith Nordmann

What is happening at Penn State? AlexKryah alexkryahcub@gmail.com

Touch ‘Em All

News reports have told us that on Nov. 5, former Pennsylvania State defensive coordinator Jerry Sandusky was arrested on 40 criminal counts in eight different cases of child molestation from 1994 to 2009. It gets worse. It is reportered that the school’s athletic director (AD) and vice president were arrested on charges of perjury. Essentially, the charges mean they were aware of the alleged molesting commited by Sandusky. News reports continue to say that then school president Graham Spanier was fired because of his knowledge of the situation. Legendary head football coach Joe Paterno also knew about the crimes.

Reports say that Paterno, after hearing of Sandusky molesting a child in 2002, alerted the school AD, as he is legally obligated to do. The problem arose when the AD, nor the vice president or president, alerted the police about what was going on. The school even knew that Sandusky molested a child on school grounds. He received no punishment, and the school only barred underage children from entering the team facilities. Why did Penn State keep this a secret for nine years? Why didn’t Paterno reach out to the police when his superiors clearly weren’t doing anything? There are pieces to this case we don’t know about and, quite frankly, probably never will. We can only speculate as to why anyone would hide this heinous felony. Reports say Pa-

terno and Sandusky were great friends; that would be the easy answer. But throughout Paterno’s 46-year head coaching career, he has preached success through honor and taking the high ground in situations like these. That only leads to more confusion. News reports told us Paterno was fired last week after he announced he would retire at the end of the season. This is an awful way to send out one of the greatest icons in sports. But what he has done is so disappointing. He may have fulfilled his legal obligation, but he should have taken it a step further. Where are his morals? Where are his ethics? Where does he draw the line between fair and foul? His judgment has been blinded by something. Reports say Paterno said

he’s devastated by what happened, but what in the world compelled him to keep this a secret from someone who would do something about this? News reports told us that, in an eerily coincidental situation, Christopher Wheat, the former Lawrence North assistant swim team coach and former Lawrence Swim Team head coach, was not granted an early release last week. Wheat is currently serving a 15-year sentence for molesting a 14-year old female member of the Lawrence Swim Team two years ago. In both situations, the question I keep coming back to is, why? I can’t give you an answer. We probably will never get the true answer. What happened is disgusting and repulsive. This shines a blinding light on not just the dark side of sports, but the dark side of humanity.

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Boys finish sixth at state

leader for the group, and he’s the type of guy that really leads by example,” McCreary said. “Carter Marshall is the The boys cross country team placed guy this year that really showed a lot of sixth of 24 teams that ran at the State meet character and became a greater leader for the group.” on Oct. 29 at LaVern Other runners who Gibson Championship were acknowledged for Cross Country Course ... we put (state) as their leadership skills in Terre Haute. Junior throughout the season Cole Hester placed our goal to beat.” were Hester as well as the highest for LC as seniors Ross Pereira 21st out of 196 runners. Tyler McCreary and Sean Gassen. Other top runners Coach for the meet included juniors Chandler Ball who placed 31st, and Matt Dorsey, who placed 44th. “There was a collective attitude the kids had that we put (state) as our goal to beat,” coach Tyler McCreary said. “They just worked really hard and did all the little things every day to get there.” The last time LC competed in the Loss to Carmel in State Championship meet for cross Sectionals country was in 1946; the fact that they would be making history also helped push the team. Boys cross country Sixth at state ended their season on a high note. “Matt Dorsey was an outstanding

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Junior Chandler Ball (above) runs toward the finish at the State meet. He placed 31 out of 196 in the race. Juniors Matt Dorsey and Cole Hester (below) are neck and neck until the end for the Bears. Hester finished 21 and Dorsey finished 44. Courtesy photo/Geoff Bowles

11/29 vs. Pike at Pike High School 11/29 vs. Pike at Pike High School 11/19 at Hamilton Heights Invite 11/23 vs Lawrence North at Conseco Fieldhouse 11/18 vs. Pike at Pike High School

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State title is the goal weight classes have changed and this will be the last year colemanlabarrcub@gmail.com that the IHSAA will have “team state championship.” Devastated with injury last This year there are only year, the Bears wrestling team four seniors: Clay LaBarr, Domwant to turn things around. A inique Robinson, Demitrius new season means a fresh start, Jackson and and with John Standley. eight returnThough there This is my senior ing varsity are only four wrestlers, year...I want it.” seniors, there expectations are numerare high. Clay LaBarr “ W e senior ous juniors including Riley have great Newkirk, Max numbers this Brutus and Scott Swingle. With year, and we’re not wanting to the experience, success should buy tickets to the state chamcome easier to the Bears this pionship, we want to be in it,” season. head coach Tom Corbett said. The main goal this year is to “This is my senior year, and win the final team state cham- with this being the last chance pionship. A healthy team, great at a state championship, I want coaching staff and major talent it,” senior LaBarr said. will definitely help get the team The boys begin their road to to Conseco at the end of the sea- the state championship on Nov. son. Some things have changed 19 at the Hamilton Heights inthis year, though. Various vitational.

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Trying to get loose from junior Riley Newkirk, junior Max Brutus practices for the upcoming season. Cub photo/Coleman LaBarr

Community wins over St. Vincents cupational therapy, sport performance services, concussion meredithvariecub@gmail.com management services and variA Nov. 1 school board vote ous diagnostic services. Sports finalized a contract with Com- nutrition and sports psycholmunity Health Network (CHN) ogy services may be added in intended to save the district the future. Through entering a contract more than $1 million per year. The 4-1 vote in support of the with CHN, athletic trainers curcontract came after discussions rently employed in the district of the recently submitted Sports through St. Vincent’s Sports Performance Program will be Medicine Proposal. Lawrence Township (LT) moved outside of the district in entered into contract with CHN the 2012-2013 school year, when on July 1. The Health Partner- CHN sports medicine specialship Agreement was approved ists and strength trainers will by the board last summer, with begin providing services in LT. LT currently has five aththe agreement that CHN would submit a Sports Medicine Ser- letic trainers and two strength vices proposal to supplement coaches employed through St. Vincent’s Sports Performance the existing contract. The CHN Sports Medicine Program. CHN will provide Services proposal provides six athletic trainers and two for physician services, athletic strength coaches. LC’s two athletic trainers, training, physical therapy, oc-

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Justin Miller and Alicia Lysiuk, have spent 19 years combined in the district. Miller and Lysiuk’s work includes diagnosing, treating and rehabilitating injured athletes. They also attend sporting events to treat injuries that may occur during a competition. “It’s kind of like a second home here,” Miller said. “To know that all of a sudden, at the end of this year it’s gone; it’s different.” Around 90 students are treated by Miller and Lysiuk every week. Lysiuk treats students at both LC and Belzer. “My favorite part about working at LC is the staff and the students,” Lysiuk said. “I get to see students go from a child to an adult headed for college.” The original proposal, presented in January 2011, includ-

ed provisions for a wellness clinic for employees, wellness education programs, sports medicine specialists, strength trainers and two medical clinics for students and the community. The final vote determined whether the contract with CHN would be finalized or abolished entirely.

After a rough stretch with an overall record of 7-12 last season, and 1-6 in Conference Indiana, the LC girls basketball team is looking to its seniors to lead them to more victories this season. Coach John Albers said he is excited about this upcoming season. The team has a core group of returning players that have experience playing together, and Albers believes this is crucial to a victorious season. Although the past 10 years have been difficult for the girls’ basketball program, last season the team broke a 45-game losing streak in Conference Indiana. However, Albers wants the team to continue to fight for each game. “Our goal year after year is to be competitive game in and game out and be a true contender for the sectional championship,” he said. Albers is looking to the seniors — Taylor Sanders, Kacey Johnson, Desarae Holmes, Nikki Reeves and Sharhea Perkins — to lead the team this season. The girls’ next three games are away games, with the one tonight against Pike. The girls next home game is the first round of the Marion County tournament.

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Spotlight BMX Senior Andrew Brannan airs out of the quarter pipe at Major Taylor skate park in Indianapolis.

Cub Reporter (CR): What made you start bmxing? Andrew Brannan (AB): Well, when my dirt bikes got stolen, I went into my garage and saw my bike and ﬁgured I’d give it a shot. CR: What’s your favorite trick? AB: The tail whip is my favorite trick. It’s when the back of the bike does a spin around. It’s probably the one that I have practiced the most. It’s like second nature. CR: How long have you been riding? AB: Since like 7th grade, so like ﬁve years. CR: Where’s your favorite place to bike? AB: My favorite used to be the Carmel Skate Park, but now I like Noblesville a lot more. CR: What has been your favorite experience biking? AB: My favorite experience would probably be getting to ride with some professional bikers. CR: How long do you see yourself biking? AB: I see myself being old and still biking. Maybe one day I’ll teach my kids how to

bike. CR: What kind of injuries have you had? AB: I have broken my foot, sprained both ankles, broke four out of ﬁve toes at once, broke my pinky, had three concussions, messed my face up pretty bad a couple times, and lost a tooth. CR: Have you been in any competitions? AB: Yeah. I’ve been in two this year. The were both in Anderson, Ind., and I placed second in one and third in the other in the expert class. CR: How often do you BMX? AB: Like everyday. If I’m bored, I’ll go into my back yard and just ride there, or if I’m up to it, I’ll go

to a park or something. CR: What’s the scariest thing you’ve ever done? AB: In Cleveland, there was the 6-foot drop that was made for mountain bikes, and it went into a slant. I thought it would look really cool to do a 360 into it, so I did. CR: Do you like riding alone, or with other people? AB: Deﬁnitely riding with people. When you’re with people, it motivates you to do better and try things you’ve never done before. CR: What’s your favorite thing about biking? AB: Biking in general is just amazing, so there isn’t really just one thing that I can say is my favorite. I love how it gives me something to do all the time. I make a lot of friends, it takes me places, and I really love the adrenaline.

“Bmxing isn’t just a hobby; it’s a lifestyle, and I love it so much.”