Cub Reporter Issue 6 by Elizabeth Granger

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December 16, 2011

Lawrence Central High School, Indianapolis, Indiana

Volume 63, Issue 6

Fewer coming enrolled* 1377 1527 withdrawn* 150 Meredith Varie meredithvariecubcub@gmail.com Between state legislative and district policy changes, the Metropolitan School District of Lawrence Township has, for the seventh consecutive year, experienced a decline in enrollment. Count day, Sept. 16, showed a net loss of 384 students between the 20102011 school year and the 2011-2012 school year, the greatest net loss in the past ten years. Count day, a statewide enrollment calculation day, determines more than the number of students enrolled at a given school; state funding is determined on a per student basis according to the number of students enrolled at a school on Sept. 16.

Each person represents 10 students who have withdrawn from MSDLT between June 1 and Sept. 9, 2011. Color indicates where they are now.

*Based on the number of withdrawn students June 1 to Sept. 9 and the enrolled students Aug. 10 to Sept. 9, 2011

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“We currently receive $5,589.65 per of 89 students at LC, while LN lost a student counted on the DOE-ME. So net 149 students. The middle schools for each student we decline, we lose the lost 128 students, and the elementary $5,589.65,” chief financial officer and school enrollment decreased by 70 students. treasurer Robin Phelps But beyond the official said. ...since (2004/05), count day that provides As a declining enrollwe have had fewer schools with funding, enment township, MSDLT loses greater amounts students enrolled in rollments and withdrawof money each year; acMSDLT... this means als occur throughout the school year; from June 1 cording to a preliminary fewer dollars...” to Sept. 9, 1,527 students count in Sept., the loss of Robin Phelps withdrew from LT. From students equated approxichief financial officer Aug. 10 to Sept. 9, 1,377 mately $1.7 million, Phelps said. This preliminary count considered students enrolled in LT. In part, the loss of students is a rethe loss of just over 300 students. “Each year since the 2004/05 school sult of recent legislative and district polyear, we have had fewer students en- icy changes. The 2011 Indiana General rolled in MSDLT. Because the General Assembly brought historic education Fund is funded mainly by student count, reform, including the new voucher prothis means fewer dollars for the General gram and revised charter school laws. Through the voucher program, families Fund,” Phelps said. In 2011, according to data collect- may receive public tax dollars to attend ed on Count Day, there was a net loss p r i v a t e -Please see Enrollment on page 7

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

Corrections:

The Cub Reporter corrects its mistakes. In Issue 5, in the story “Boys ﬁnish sixth at state,” it was printed that the boys cross country team placed sixth in the state meet. The boys cross country team placed ﬁfth in the state meet, held Oct. 29. We apologize for the error and any inconvenience this may have caused.

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Online Editor

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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

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CLASSROOM Expressing through art Photography, studio art, visual communications, ceramics, introduction to 3D art, advanced 3D art, introduction to 2D art, Drawing 2 and Painting 2. These art classes are all offered here. “Art offers a canvas in which students can express their feelings and show creativity,” art and photography teacher Wendy Golden said. “For many, the art room is the one place where they can be themselves, reach their full creative potential, and succeed.” Senior Sirron Harris is in AP Studio Art but finds himself engaged in some form of drawing during other portions of his day. “Art is a way to relax and express my feelings,” he said. The sentiment is typical of many art students. With a comb, junior Megan Hunt smooths the lip of a pot before adding another coil in Nancy Barnes’ ceramics class. Cub photo/Colemann LaBarr

Junior Lindsey Redifer expertly deepens hues in a drawing. Redifer is in a painting class and often spends additional time in the art room during her study hall. Cub photo/Katie Billman

Dissection expands learning beyond classroom

the dissection. “Diagrams alone really don’t give sallyfinkelcub@gmail.com you a sense of how the eye is put together,” Legge said. “Dissections, modeling In recent weeks the Human and testing our own bodies help my stuBody Systems class at McKenzie Center dents understand.” for Innovation and Technology (MCIT) Sophomore Mikayla Burrel is in the has been focusing on how the body com- class and participated in the dissection. municates within itself. “I actually got to see and interact with One major disthe body parts that cussion dealt with been learning Dissections, modeling we’ve the eye, so students about,” she said. have been performand testing our own The class is part ing tests on their of the biomedical probodies help my stuown eyes by lookgram at MCIT. dents understand.” ing at eye sight The program is Paul Legge designed to help precharts and optical human body stystems pare students who are illusions. teacher On Dec. 2 stuconsidering going into dents dissected cow eyes. some sort of medical field. Throughout Teacher Paul Legge helped guide their high school career, students learn the students through the dissection. He about subjects ranging from forensic scipointed out the different parts of the eye ences to the in-depth details of the huand their unique functions throughout man body.

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Above: Sophomores Minna Etters and Mikayla Burrell dissect a cow eye in the Human Body Systems class at McKenzie. “I actually got to see and interact with the body parts that we’ve been learning about,” Burrel said. Courtesy photo/Paul Legge

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Coordinator, said. An indicator of cultural diversity within the township, language diversity has implications for greater tolerance and for communicating more effectively. “The compelling implication for us in school is that we must identify multiple ways of

Chuang

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Ahmaric

Mandinka Mandarin

Vietnamese

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Fuzhou Gujarti Cantonese Bosnian French

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On Nov. 15, Congress ruled that two tablespoons of tomato paste constitutes a vegetable. Three days later, President Obama signed the bill into law. This law was put into effect mainly due to the varieties of pizza served in schools. In order to fulfill the requirements for a healthy lunch, the Obama administration has decided to cut unhealthy food from school lunches across the country. Pizza will not be one of these cut foods. “I think we should have pizza for lunch; why would anyone want to cut pizza? I love pizza,” principal Thomas Oestreich said. Many critics claim that Congress has decided that as long as a slice of pizza has two tablespoons of tomato paste on it, it is considered a vegetable. However, Congress has not named pizza, or any other lunch item, a vegetable. Congress has passed a bill keeping the required tomoato paste on a slice of pizza at two tablespoons. The bill proposed by the Obama administration, that Congress denied, had required a slice of pizza to contain onehalf cup of tomato paste. “I don’t look for change,” said cafeteria manager Robin Belcher. “It (the tomato paste) would be so thick that there would literally be sauce oozing from the pizza within the first bite. There shouldn’t be changes. Our pizza is extremely healthy.” While Congress did not pass the bill proposed by the Obama administration, they did pass the agricultural appropriations bill, which will allow schools to continue serving pizza with just two tablespoons of tomato paste per slice.

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spoken throughout the country. While the original context of a single language did not extend Over the past 10 years, the beyond the matters of governnumber of students in MSDLT’s ment, it often does now. English Language Learner pro“In the United States, howgram has increased from 460 ever, it has become a very divistudents in 2001 to 1,591 stusive issue that one must know dents in 2011. Additionally, the English to access any part of number of languages spoken the host country, including in Lawrence community To w n s h i p , and schoolother than ing. If we are English, has grounded by Chinese increased. this thought Turkish Romanian Greek Fulani This year, in school, Taiwanese Lao Wolof, a lanthen we largeHindi guage spoken Haitian Creole Kannada ly dismiss the in West Af49 languages Edo Tagalog rica, was addthat our stuMonogolian ed to the list, dents repPunjabi German Chichewa Shona NewariYoruba Hebrew Bengali Korean bringing the resent with Polish Portugese total number their unique of languages heritages Tirginya Jamaican spoken in adand stories,” Serbo-Croatian dition to EngMorita MulSamoan Spanish lish to 49. Aplaney said. proximately The EngKhmer 2,100 students lish as a Cub graphic/Samantha Strong Second Lanspeak two or more languages, and some connecting,” Morita Mullaney guage program, also known as speak three or more languages. said. “The deeper part is that the English Language Learner “Many people from India we must learn with each other program, provides services to and Africa speak different lan- in ways that ... are uncomfort- students who are Limited Engguages in different contexts. able sometimes. Very signifi- lish Proficient (LEP) and moniFor example, speaking one lan- cant learning does occur as a tor Fluent English Proficient guage at church, one at school, result of discomfort.” (FEP) students. and one at home,” Trish Morita The source of some of this All ESL students are tested Mullaney, English as a Second discomfort is that some believe annually for language profiLanguage and World Language that one language should be ciency, and are categorized on meredithvariecub@gmail.com

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49 languages are spoken in Lawrence Township. Below are just a few languages, where they are spoken and their general greetings. 1. Ahmaric: Northern Ethiopia Teanastëllën 2. Fulani: West Africa A jaaraama 3. Tagalog: Philippines Kamusta 4. Gujarti: India Namaste 5. Mongolian: Mongolia Ugluunii mend

levels 1-5. On achieving a Level 5 proficiency, students become FEP students and are fluent in English. Services provided to ESL students and families include translators. “Translators and interpreters are furnished to families who have less commonly spoken or written languages for particular school events and functions,” Morita Mullaney said. “We always encourage everyone to communicate in multiple ways in schools. This means that language barriers should not be the reason not to connect or communicate with someone.”

Stutts named environmental ambassador MollyLiss

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Senior Brianna Stutts will represent Lawrence Central as an environmental ambassador on Green Corps. Green Corps is a group of more than 160 seniors from across Indiana that focuses on helping Indiana be the first “green” state to host the Super Bowl. Only one student is chosen from each school. “I am honored to be the one to represent Lawrence Central.” Stutts said. Representatives join as sophomores and participate

in community projects all over our environment is suffering the state, like tree-plantings, due to all of mankind’s environmental education, and developments,” Stutts said. recycling. Stutts Stutts hopes has taken part her work with in workshops Corps Reusing and recy- Green at Mary Bryan will persuade cling are very Elementary other states and with the important to me...” hosting the Luger Energy Super Bowl in Brianna Stutts the future to Summit held at senior take the same the Children’s Museum. green initiative. Green Corps even has videos Stutts was nominated for the with easy green tips on their program by science teacher website, www.1standgreen. Kathryn Madren. com/green-corps. “At the time Roots ‘N “Reusing and recycling are Shoots was really involved very important to me because with the community, and I got

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an email about participation because the Super Bowl had an environmental push,” Madren said. She felt Stutts would be a good representative. “Brianna is not someone I have to ask to be involved. She’s really passionate about making a difference in the community,” Madren said. Stutts said she’s learned a lot from the program. “Being a Green Corps member has taught me how to be a better leader and team worker,” Stutts said. “It feels good to be a part of something that helps the community.”

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Dec. 17: National Honor Society toy drive give-away 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 Jan. 13: Report card distribu- tion (ugh!) Jan. 16: Martin Luther King holiday: no school Jan. 19: Scheduling information night for incoming freshmen, 7 p.m. Jan. 28: SAT, 8 a.m.

PARENTS

FAFSA how-to Jan. 12

LC’s Financial Aid Night is 7 p.m. Jan. 12 in the auditorium. Parents/legal guardians of graduating seniors are encouraged to attend. A financial aid adviser will present information on how to complete and file the FAFSA (Free Application for Federal Student Aid). All students should complete the FAFSA regardless of their socioeconomic status. Parents and students need to each apply for a PIN number from www.pin. ed.gov, before the FAFSA can be submitted. Once the PIN numbers have been obtained (and it is after Jan. 1, 2012), the FAFSA can be completed online at www.fafsa.ed.gov. No paper applications will be accepted. After the application is processed, a student aid report (SAR) will be sent which indicates the amount of financial aid for which a student may be eligible. The FAFSA deadline is March 10, 2012.

Road reports available As Hoosiers travel throughout the state during winter break, they may find travel and road conditions online at www.indot.in.gov.

Technology updates to come in spring software between the teacher avariebowmancub@gmail.com and the student,” chemistry teacher/technology guide Jan All English, math, science Weir said. She pioneered the and social studies teachers in use of the technology in this Lawrence Township will be building, having used the Proreceiving Promethean boards methean board for some years with learning response systems already. in late January and early Febru“As a user of this approach ary. to teaching for years now, I can Teachers who currently verify that without exception, it have Prohas changed m e t h e a n how I teach ... it (technology) boards will and how has changed how I the students upgrade to the newest verlearn,” Weir teach and how the sion. All mensaid. students learn.” tioned classes The disJan weir chemistry teacher trict has alwill have the same Proready providmethean boards with the learned all elementary, kindergarers response systems. ten and Early Learning Center “The most powerful part of classrooms with Promethean this technology is the ‘Learners boards. Response System’ which will The cost and time for purenable interactive use of the chasing the Promethean boards AvarieBowman

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have not yet been determined as it depends on installation. There will be time set aside to provide training to teachers new to the system. There will be designated days, morning professional learning times and days for teachers to stay after school for extra help in learning how to use the new boards. The township will also purchase approximately 300 laptops in early spring. Next school year, around 10,000 additional laptops will be purchased. “My goal as principal has always been to eliminate all the heavy books that students have to carry,” principal Thomas Oestreich said. “Technology isn’t going away.”

Oestreich plans for students to rent laptops and download their textbooks instead of renting them a book for each class. The laptops would not only eliminate the heavy books but would also continue learning outside of school, Oestreich said. He hopes that on snow days the laptops will provide a way for students to continue schoolwork in their homes. Indiana School Superintendent Tony Bennett has proposed that Indiana schools require students to take an online course before they graduate. If Bennett’s proposal is accepted, Indiana will join several other states that have already started moving toward mandatory online learning.

Guidance offers help with scholarships A lot of scholarships are looking for students with a Last year LC seniors sign up for to find out about great deal of community serwere offered more than $7 scholarships. The counselors vices. There are many scholaralso try to put some scholarship ships for any student’s intermillion in scholarships. ests. Scholarship search engines Counselor Suzanne opportunities on LC Current. are helpful in “The fist Oakes said about ten perthe search for step in receivcent of students apply for scholarships. ing scholarYou should try to get scholarships each year. All the ships is to use LC publishes scholaranything you could scholarships what is alships online as well as in possibly get.” have their senior English and social ready here to own deadlines look,” Oakes Suzanne Oakes and different said. counselor requirements. There isn’t “You have to read the infora limit to how many scholarmation that we publish,” Oakes ships a student can apply for. “You should try to get any- said. Some colleges offer autothing you could possibly get,” matic scholarships if you meet Oakes said. a GPA and SAT/ACT requirePersonal Expenses ments. $1,989 Books and Supplies Transportation $1,137 “Students can’t expect $1,073 counselors to do it all for them. Students have to do a lot of research themselves,” Oaks said. It is possible for students to go to college on only scholarship money although it is rare. “The reality is that most people need to work, look for scholarships and borrow money,” Oakes said. Source/College Board, Indiana University, Cub graphic/Samantha Strong AvarieBowman

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Corn state administrator finalist Carley Lanich

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Associate principal Kristie Corn was recognized at the Indiana Association of High School Principals Conference on Nov. 20 for being named the 7th District Assistant Principal of the Year. To become Assistant Principal of the Year, an administrator must be nominated by a school’s principal or someone at the school district’s central oﬃce. Corn was nominated last year by Kevin Brown, who was Lawrence Central’s principal then. Corn was then selected to represent the 7th District, which covers all of Marion County. Corn has been a teacher and coach, a counselor, a guidance director, an assistant principal and her current position, an associate principal. Corn has also participated in several publications and has been involved in national committees. She assisted in writing several of the Indiana Department of Education Career Guidelines. For being named the Assistant Principal of the Year of District 7, Corn received a plaque, a $100 check and a certiﬁcate. “For my peers to recognize me was very humbling because people in our business work really hard,” Corn said. “We put in a lot of hours and I’m more of just a representative of everyone who’s dedicated their life to education.”

Bus yard security put to the test CarolineVarie carolinevariecub@gmail.com

Warren Township canceled school Nov. 28 after thieves broke into the township’s bus yard and vandalized 28 buses. In total, around 50 bus batteries were stolen. The thieves broke in through a chain link fence and vandalized the buses to the point where they could not be driven. Whether the intruders were students or adults remains unknown. Lawrence Township’s buses are stored at a transportation facility on Thunderbird and Transportation Road, near

Pendleton Pike. “If batteries were taken, it would be a delay or cancellation, depending on the number of vandalized vehicles,” ex-

ecutive director of operations Rodger Smith said. The facility houses approximately 220 buses, which are fenced in and locked daily. The grounds are monitored by security cameras as well as the Lawrence Police Department. “People need to know that we take all precautions and safety measures to protect all our facilities from such an act,” Smith said.

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2-hour delay means arriving for lunch

That doesn’t seem to bother some students. Freshman Jessica Zaccardelli said, “That With next week’s weather would be awesome. It’s a great forecast calling for tempera- idea, and I hope it snows now.” tures in the high 30s, a snow Junior Dexter Clardy day to interfere with finals is agreed. “I love that idea,” he virtually impossible. And it said. “Since we lost our skipisn’t likely that a-final privirain would be leges, I say let What a great way to so heavy that it snow now.” school would The state, start the day — with have to be h o wever, lunch!” Kurt Springer counts a dedelayed two science teacher layed day as hours. But what a full day of about next semester? school. The time does not have Since the state requires stu- to be made up. The day here dents to be in school for 180 would be different from last days during the year, snow year, though. days would have to be made With the new 8:50 a.m. start up — added to the end of the of the school day, a two-hour school year. delay would mean beginning

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HANDS RAISED What students and teachers are saying about two-hour delays:

“Maybe the kids who haven’t eaten breakfast will be able to have something to eat before class starts.”

Ruth Meinen math teacher

“It would be ﬁne if I don’t eat breakfast.”

Julian Arboleda senior

the day with the lunch block. Students would report to their G3 or M7 classes at 10:50 a.m., then go on to shortened G4, G1 and G2 — or M8, M5 and M6 — classes. It means lunch would begin earlier than it does now. More than an hour earlier. “Coming to school at 10:50?” said senior India Murry. “That would be great.” Senior Grant Schwomeyer also likes the change in the delayed day schedule. “I think it’s good because we get to eat right away, and classes are shorter,” he said. Senior Junial Arboleda agreed, “because we don’t have to make it up, and we still get to sleep in. And it makes classes shorter.” “It’s a little weird. I don’t want to eat lunch for breakfast. Most people would have already eaten breakfast so it’s going to mess up their stomachs for the rest of the day.”

Dexter Clardy junior

“I hate it because I’m going to get confused.”

Keanan Wesley sophomore

2-hour delay schedule G3/M7 10:50 - 12:50 lunch block A 10:50 - 11:20 B 11:20 - 11:50 C 11:50 - 12:20 D 12: 20 -12:50 G4/M8 12:57 - 1:47 G1/M5 1:54 - 2:44 G2/M6 2:51 - 3:40 It’s a sentiment not shared by the cafeteria staﬀ, though. “My ladies will have to come in an hour earlier than they do now, when the roads are at their worse, or we won’t have time to make lunch,” said cafeteria manager Robin Belcher. “And if they cancel school and we’re already here preparing the food, what are we supposed to do?” “I like it because I would get to eat right when I get to school.”

Jordan Gates junior

“Make it a three-hour delay. That would be perfect. ”

Marvin Foster senior

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BRIEFS

Three teachers retiring Three faculty members are retiring at the end of this semester. They are: • English teacher Marilyn Hollander, 38 years of experience (26 in Lawrence Township) • Science teacher Ollie Thibodeaux, 37 years of experience (21 in Lawrence Township) • Charlotte Simpson, 33 years of experience (26 in Lawrence Township)

Mueller national winner Senior Samantha Mueller has won second place nationally in a photojournalism contest sponsored by the National Scholastic Press Association. Her winning photo, which competed in the environmental portrait section of the competition, was of boxer Kenny Thomas, then a freshman. It was featured in the Cub Reporter in November 2010.

Stockton tops Freshman Cody Stockton earned a trophy for “outstanding high school soloist for the entire weekend” at the Blooomington Jazz Festival last weekend. Other LC soloists receiving honors were seniors Philip Austrom and Byron Boler, junior Xavier Cantrell, sophomores Isaac Nixon, Adriana Brown, Kris Warfield and Dorian Phelps, and freshman Ian Graves.

Thespians second LC’s Thespian Troupe won second place in last Saturday’s Brown County Regional Thespian Conference. They will move on to the state conference in January. Their show, “One Lane Bridge,” received the Best Ensemble award.

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El numero de estudiantes crece ¿Cuantos estudiantes Latinos crees tu que entran a la universidad? ¿Pocos, no? Basado en mi experiencia en high school, al ver el bajo número de estudiantes Latinos que se gradúan comparado con el número de cualquier otra raza, yo pensaba lo mismo. Creía que si pocos se gradúan de high school aun menos entran a la universidad. Me he dado cuenta de que estaba equivocada, la situación ya esta cambiado. Tratando de buscar algo que valiera la pena publicar en el Cub Reporter de este mes, un reporte del Pew Hispanic Center atrajo mi atención. Este reporte era del U.S. Census

Bureau’s School Enrollment los Estados Unidos haya subido Supplement of the October a 12.2 millones en Octubre del 2010 Current Population Sur- 2010, este es el numero más alto vey (CPS). El reporte era sobre que se haya visto antes. Según el creciente número de estudi- el reporte el numero de estudiantes Latinos antes Latinos que entran a creció por la universi349,000 comdad. parado con Hubo un el numero de incremento afro-amerirepentino en canos el cual un solo año. solo creció El 24 percent por 88,000 de los estuy el de los diantes que asiáticos por ingresaron a 43,000. la universiC o m o dad son Laresultado tinos. Esto From 2009-2010, the number of Hispanic stu- de estos hizo que el dents enrolling in college increased tremen- c a m b i o s numero de dously. Growth in college enrollment also por primestudiantes occurred in African American and Asian popu- era vez los atendiendo lations. The only decline in college enrollment j ó v e n e s was in the Caucasian population. a una uniLatinos reversidad en Source/Pew Research Center basan el

número de afro-americanos en el campo universitario, aunque el número de jóvenes afroamericanos también había estado aumentando a un paso continuo en estas últimas décadas. Se cree que una de las razones es que el número de la Latinos de 18 a 24 años creció por un 7 por ciento. Otra de las razones es que el nivel de educación atenido entre los Latinos ha aumentado. Para que se den una idea, el número de estudiantes atendiendo a la universidad en 1972 era de solo un 13 por ciento. En el 2009 era de un 27 por ciento subido a 32 por ciento en el 2010. Este es un avance tremendo para los Latinos. Deberíamos seguir esforzándonos para que este numero sigua subiendo y más Latinos lleguemos a tener una educación más allá de high school.

This is the English translation of the column above. How many Latino students do you think enter in universities? Few, right? Based on my experience in high school, on seeing the low number of Latino students who graduate compared with the number of students of whatever other race, I thought the same. I believed that if few Latinos graduate from high school, even fewer enter in universities. I have realized that I was wrong; the situation has already changed. In trying to find something that would be worthwhile to

publish in the Cub Reporter this month, a report done by Pew Hispanic Center attracted my attention. This report was from the U.S. Census Bureau’s School Enrollment Supplement of the October 2010 Current Population Survey (CPS). The report is about the growing number of Latinos that enroll in universities. There was a sudden increase in only one year. Twenty-four percent of students who enroll in universities are Latino. This resulted in the number of students attending universities

son for the increase is that the number of Latinos ages 18 to 24 in increased by 7 percent. Another reason is that the level of education attained between Latinos has increased. To give you an idea, the number of students attending college in 1972 was only 13 percent. In 2009, it was 27 percent, followed by 32 percent in 2010. This is a huge advance for Latinos. We should continue our efforts so that this number continues increasing and more Latinos begin to have an education beyond high school.

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Number of Latino college students grows

Enrollment

continued from page 1 and parochial schools. Among other provisions, the charter school regulation changes allowed for the expansion of charter school development. In an attempt to offset the resulting loss of students to charter, private, and parochial schools, the MSDLT opened its borders in 2011, admitting non-resident students into the district. Students were both lost and gained from charter schools, private schools, and other neighboring school districts. There was a net gain of 107 students from Indianapolis Public Schools, a net loss of 15 students to charter schools, a net gain of 42 students from private schools, a net loss of 43 students to Warren Township, a net

in the United States to increase to 12.2 million in Oct. 2010, the greatest number ever seen. According to the report, the number of Latino students grew by 349,000 students, while the number of African American students enrolling in universities only increased by 88,000 and that of Asians by 43,000. As a result of these changes, for the first time, Latinos outnumber African Americans on campus, although the number of African Americans has also been increasing at a continuous rate in recent years. It is believed that one rea-

gain of 23 students from Perry Township. Seventy former students use vouchers, 40 of which were awarded this school year as a result of the new voucher program. The other 30 students were previously awarded grants from outside organizations, such as the Charitable Trust Fund. The greatest total loss of students to another district or school was 215 students to IPS. Private schools received 111 LT students, and neighboring districts earned 424 former LT students. The greatest loss of students, beyond IPs was to Warren Township (162), and Fishers-HSE (98). Other in state schools picked up 178 students, and 197 students went out of state. Eighteen students are now homeschooled, and 19

are now in the work force. A total of 123 students went to state-sponsored charter schools. Stongate Early College High School, chartered by Mayor Greg Ballard, is closing permanently for lack of enrollment, and therefore, lack of funds. Formerly located at McKenzie Center for Innovation and Technology, Stonegate could not maintain the necessary enrollment to continue functioning. Last year, eight LT students moved to Stonegate, and 108 students came to MSDLT from various charter schools, including Stonegate. For this reason, it is possible that both LC and LN receive former Stonegate students.

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OPINIONS

Just a minute with... What gift do you want most this holiday season? 1) New iPod 2) World peace 3) iPod 4) Wisdom 5) New iPod player 6) Car 7) New shoes 8) Clothes

What is your favorite class here? 1) Geography/World History 2) English 10 Honors 3) Spanish IV 4) AP Chem 5) P.E. 6) English 7) Musical Theater 8) IB Psychology

Do you love winter, or can’t wait for it to be over? 1) I can’t wait... 2) I love winter 3) I love winter 4) I love winter! 5) I love winter 6) I don’t like winter… 7) I like the holidays, but I hate the cold 8) I can’t wait!

What is your favorite thing to do in the snow? 1) Clothes 2) Snowball fights 3) Snow angels 4) Snowboarding 5) Snow angels 6) Snowball fights 7) I don’t like the snow. I like sand. 8) Skiing

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.

Do you drive to school? 1) No 2) No 3) Yes 4) Yes 5) No 6) No 7) No 8) Yes

4) Josh Deamicis

senior

5) Denise Rosas

freshman

1) Amber Davis freshman

6) Madeline Barillo

sophomore

2) Brandon Jones sophomore

3) Rebecca Duke

7) Abi Martens

8) Ben Elser

junior

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No, pizza is not a vegetable Oozing, melted cheese. triangles of dough dripping Greasy, hot pepperoni. Thick, with grease are not vegetables, red tomato sauce. Chewy, flaky the accusations that Congress crust. Yes, pizza, the gourmet has decided it is are just as meal that comes in a grease ridiculous. splattered cardboard box. Congress passed the agAvailable to all students nearly riculture appropriations bill, every day of the week, whether leaving a serving of tomato it’s the circular personal pan paste as two tablespoons, and pizza or Marco’s pizza on unlimited servings of potaFridays, toes available this cheesy throughout the delight is a week to students. staple in the Congress was It is a matter of lunchroom. evidently increating a founda- fluenced by the Many view pizza tion for America’s food industry to as appetizpass this bill and youth to stand ing; few block the proposupon...” view pizza als made by the as healthy. Obama adminisUntil now, some argue. tration. In early November, ConHowever, there is more gress blocked two proposals logic in this bill than meets made by the Obama adminthe fork. Two tablespoons of istration, one of which was tomato paste, the amount now to define a serving of tomato required for one serving, are paste on a slice of pizza as a comprised of a half-cup of half-cup, the other to limit tomatoes – enough to count as the number of times potatoes one serving. If the proposed were served for school lunch half-cup of tomato paste were to two times a week. Congress’ required for one slice of pizza, response to these proposals comprised of two cups of prompted outrage, with claims tomatoes, this heavy slice of that Congress has named pizza pizza would make the meal a a vegetable. While cheese-laced little healthier but also revolt-

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Congress did not declare pizza a vegetable; in fact, the bill passed, the agriculture appropriations bill, does not mention the word “pizza” or “vegetable” once. The argument at hand is not who has declared what a vegetable is; it is a matter of the health of the youth of America. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has created guidelines for what school meals should look like; however, few schools follow these rules. According to the 2007 USDA audit, only 20 percent of schools followed the guidelines. With the growing obesity epidemic plaguing America, everyone needs to do his part. This includes schools, parents and students. Students need to be educated on what is a healthy lifestyle. When parents do not provide children with an in-home example of such a lifestyle, it is up to the school to

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provide this necessary lesson. If the school does not provide this education, students will be left to their own wits to navigate today’s weighed down society for healthy alternatives. It is not a matter of thin or thick. It is not a matter of fried or roasted. It is not a matter of two tablespoons or a half-cup. It is a matter of creating a foundation for America’s youth to stand upon, healthy and strong. So, please, pass the tomatoes. Not the paste, but the fresh fruit.

30-second editorials • New Year’s is a time to celebrate the year that’s passed as well as celebrate the year to come. Re-evaluating yourself and making a resolution is useful in improving the person you want to be. Too often, New Year’s resolutions aren’t carried throughout the year so it’s important that you constantly remind yourself of what you want to accomplish. • Pizza is considered a vegetable now because it contains tomato paste. What happened to just eating good ol’ tomatoes? Aren’t tomatoes a fruit anyway? In elementary school we learned that pizza fell into the extras food group, so why the change? We are in serious need of healthier options for lunch and real vegetables. After all, nothing beats a ripe, red tomato.

• We should make greater eﬀorts to be more aware of and appreciate the diversity surrounding us. An astonishing 49 languages are spoken in our township. And to think that many believe we should speak only English! That is simply ignorant, insensitive and bigoted. In excluding non-English speakers, we regress to discriminatory behavior, barely diﬀerent from racial segregation. The diversity in our school and district is an amazing quality that ought to be embraced. • We all know about the success our boys basketball team is having. But we also have some other great winter sports teams. The girls team has improved greatly in recent years and the swimming teams are smashing their competition. The wrestlers have

always been a winning program at LC. But we rarely give them crowd support at these games. We should reward them with our appreciation by going to their events. • The statistics for homelessness in Indiana are startling. More than 3,000 children, half under the age of 12, are homeless in Marion County alone. Recognizing what we have and what we don’t have helps to put our lives in perspective. Sometimes the world may seem like it’s crashing all around you, but it’s always crashing around someone else even harder. • The majority of Christmas gifts today are bought and hardly any today are homemade. What happened to creative, heartfelt and meaningful gifts that aren’t purchased for $2 at the Dollar Store?

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Hugs

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Growls

Hugs to cookie day, but growls to getting full. Hugs to the snow, but growls to driving in it. Hugs to allowing seniors to skip a ﬁnal, but growls to making the underclassmen take them. Hugs to being on Santa’s nice list, but growls to being on his naughty one. Hugs to the long winter break, but growls to taking ﬁnals before it. Hugs to Christmas dinners and celebrations, but growls to getting caught in snowy situations. Hugs to study groups, but growls to studying altogether. Hugs to smiles, but growls to frowns. Hugs to tomatoes being a vegetable, but growls to pizza being a vegetable. Hugs to the snow, but growls to it being cold. Hugs to New Years, but growls to never keeping your resolution. Hugs to sleeping in, but growls to waking up. Hugs to spending time with family, but growls to long travels. Hugs to two weeks off of school, but growls to coming back to school.

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 Final Exams

1) Do you prepare for finals or cram the night before?

2) How long do you study for finals?

1.) Prepare. 2.) An hour each night. 3.) It’s okay. 4.) Science.

Joseph Bellish freshman

1.) Prepare like a week ahead. 2.) About half an hour every night. 3.) I’m a freshman so I don’t know. 4.) Algebra 2.

Brianna Cope freshman

1.) Cram the morning before. 2.) 5 minutes before each final. 3.) I think it’s a fabulous idea. I get some study time. 4.)Algebra 2.

junior

1.) I cram the night before. 2.) 3 to 4 hours. 3.) I think it’s good that we get to review before the final. 4.) Geometry.

Bria Rudolph sophomore

Mady Morgan

junior

4) Which class final do you think will be the hardest? 1.) Be prepared. 2.) An hour. 3.) I don’t like it. 4.) Geometry.

Isaiah Martin sophomore

it All

“Oh my golly!” Rachel Hedlund, 10 “Tennis shoes. I lace that.” Star Jones, 9 “I like macaroni and cheese and apples.” Amanda Boyce, 10 “You’re about as useless as a white crayon.” Lauren Hibbler, 10 “Twilight Breaking Dawn stunk, but Taylor Lautner is still cute.” Brea Perry, 12 “Come on baby!” Mark Jefferson, 11

1.) Now I prepare. 2.) From the day I get the final review. 3.) I like it because you get to review. 4.) Chemistry.

1.) Prepare a little. 2.) Not that long. 3.) I think the time they give us to study is good, but I feel like it will get boring. 4.) Algebra.

Jameson Berry

3) What do you think of the finals schedule?

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1.) I cram the night before. 2.) An hour. 3.) I don’t like the 3 hour classes, it stinks. 4.)World Literature.

Sharhea Perkins senior

“Never give up because they didn’t.” Jackie Hernandez, 11

Raven Powell senior

“I like to dream about pink ponies.” Antonio Edwards, 11 “Punny #lolz” Elle Krauter, 11 “Alex Kryah is Hawt!” Michael Burleton, 12

It’s just a new

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beginning

TinyTempa’

TorreKennedy torrekennedycub@gmail.com “A new year, a new me” is something the majority of us teens say on New Year’s Eve. Personally, I feel that if you have to change something about yourself every year, then there is a bit of a problem. A new year to me is just a new way of saying things that you don’t mean. Bringing in the New Year with a new idea isn’t bad, but if you’re going to change something about yourself or something you have done, then you should stick to it. There is nothing wrong with changing things when the year changes, but honestly, how many of us can

actually say that what we have changed actually worked? A new year is always a new beginning, but for most people it’s all about attending the parties. I am not really the “party-all-night” type of person. I would rather stay home and leave the party where it is. Parties don’t bring anything but more drama and I am pretty sure no one wants to bring in the new year the wrong way. So, honestly, I am better off just hanging out with my niece and nephew. Being with them, playing and laughing while watching the ball drop, couldn’t get any better. New Year’s is supposed to be brought in right and with the right kind of people.

“Try to frown on a wave runner.” Cameron Jones, 12 “Allons y.” “Uhhhh...”

Eric Reynolds, 12 Kevin Willis, 10

“Down by the river.” Nick Petr, 12 “If you die in an elevator, be sure to push the up button.” Michaela Shanahan, 9 “Nat King Cole is the ultimate spreader of Christmas cheer.” Derek Muhl, 10

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We’re a family with one destination From the Inside

SallyFinkel sallyfinkelcub@gmail.com High school. This is a place that is interpreted in many different ways. In some people’s eyes, high school is when you are dedicated to a certain clique and it’s almost like a jungle. To others, it’s the competition to stay “popular” and avoid getting slushied. High school is often publicized as being the worst four years of your life. This couldn’t be more incorrect. It’s sad, because what this shows and stories forget to tell us is that as students, we make the choice as to how this

experience will affect our lives. If we pull together as a community, our high school years will be the best of our lives. If we fail to do this, however, LC will end up as a jungle, and goodness forbid slushy attacks. High school isn’t easy. All 2,500 of us know that. We have the pressures of satisfying our parents with grades, getting scholarships, studying for tests, and of course, our future. This doesn’t even cover half of high school worries. We also go through the inevitable drama, breakups, and self

acceptance. None of these obstacles are simple, but we must motivate ourselves to become truly excellent. Do we want to remember high school 20 years from now as being drama-filled and a waste of time? I sure don’t; none of us do. If we want to make high school, Lawrence Central especially, as excellent as it can be, we have to work on the things that keep LC from being just that. I know that I am constantly writing about the full potential of our school, but trust me, I wouldn’t be writing about it if I didn’t think that it’s 100 percent possible. Remember, I said that I didn’t want to waste my time. The negative

whole student body, but just things we all see every day introducing yourself to one occur in these halls, or even other student within our will make friends, are We want to say that the biggest holding us back. We ‘Yeah, I’m a student impact. If we can learn want to say at LC,’ with integto accept that, “Yeah, rity.” what makes I’m a student us unique at LC,” with and excellent in our fellow integrity. And the only way to students, then Lawrence do this is by working together Central will reflect on it. to clean up our attitudes about Lawrence Central could then Lawrence Central, and about finally become unique and each other. A lesson that needs excellent. to be understood is that We are 2,500 students. We every one of us counts. each have at least one thing in For our excellence to common — we go to Lawrence shine through, we Central. This should be enough need to put our differences aside to want to support each other through these four years. The and learn how motto even hangs above LC’s to accept each doors. “We are a family, one other for those destination, ‘excellence.’” High differences. school is a mountain, but it’s It would be up to us on whether or not we unreasonable can climb over it. And the only for me to ask way to do that…is to climb up that we become together. friends with the

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This just in: pizza identity crisis The Low-down MollyLiss mollylisscub@gmail.com Scoot over, green beans, broccoli and carrots. There’s a new veggie neighbor moving into the food pyramid, or plate, or whatever it is they call it these days. I’ll give you a hint; it’s cheesy, saucy, bready and super greasy. A few weeks ago, Congress declared that if there is enough tomato sauce on a slice of pizza, it can count as a serving of vegetables in school lunches. While pizza itself was not

specifically mentioned, what Don’t get me wrong, I love else do you think of that has pizza, but does it really belong in the vegetable category? tomato sauce? Spaghetti? Maybe. Pizza? Definitely. I was I don’t think so. It’s hard to change eating habits once shocked, too. I mean, doesn’t Congress you’re an know that adult, but as a tomatoes are a kid, healthier You can’t squeeze habits are fruit? After I a liter of grease out easier to managed instill. of a piece of caulito look past If kids that obstacle, grow up flower.” I started to thinking of think about other problems pizza when anyone mentions with this decision. There is vegetables, we’re going to have absolutely nothing about pizza a lot to worry about later. Kids that would make me think won’t even have peas to feed of it as remotely close to a their dogs under the table. vegetable. As far as I knew, you Now pets are losing valuable food groups, too. can’t squeeze a liter of grease Let’s see what the future out of a piece of cauliflower. has in store for us if Congress Then again, I’ve never tried.

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keeps making decisions like these… The year is 2080. Ketchup now grows on vines. LA Fitness and the YMCA have long been out of business. Hot Cheetos have their own food group, and people do their grocery shopping at the gas station convenience store. Hungry? Here’s a pack of Starburst, your fruit serving for the day. Take a Snickers, too, for some protein. That’s important, too, you know. OK, so maybe I’m exaggerating a tiny bit, but seriously, pizza as a vegetable? That’s just out of control.

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FACE OFF Topic: Store Bought or Homemade Gifts? MeredithNordmann meredithrnordmanncub@gmail.com

I understand the idea of not spending hundreds of dollars on gifts While preparing for Christmas this for Christmas, but homemade gifts aren’t free, either. They are still made year, please consider the following exercise: tilt your head, smile, raise your from some sort of material that was at one time bought. So you are spending eyebrows and say, “Wow! How sweet money either way. – it’s homemade!” Practice this twice On the other hand, if you can’t spare every day until Christmas and you just the cash, then consider rewrapping might be able to have the luck to pull old presents and giving of yet another holiday them away as new ones with the relatives. (while being careful not However, if you are to give it back to the tired of the same original gift giver). This old handwill not only get rid knit sweater of unwanted items or creation sitting around the that probably house but it costs no could have been money and virtually your youngest cousin’s no time. This idea is art project, then stand up and thought to soon replace the trend of say, “No homemade Christmas homemade gift giving altogether. presents!” Clearly nobody likes getting In addition to their being extremely time consuming, people also get no use new knickknacks over and over every year; they would rather have out of them. Not one person I know has space to spare for something that is something they actually would want. Therefore, skipping the act of going to be sitting in the back of their closet, out of sight, only to be shown on “adoring”homemade gifts from the holiday tradition will make the family the time of the gift giver visiting. They get-together a little more bearable. simply take up space.

SaraHeiny saraheinycub@gmail.com The spirit of Christmas is about giving and, more importantly, about giving something that is truly meaningful. Sure, you can buy a completely heartfelt gift at some giant retail store, but it never really compares to being able to give something personal, something that is handcrafted. For the past few years, my cousins and I have lived on a tradition of giving hand-crafted gifts at Christmas. We do everything from tie-dyed shirts to homebaked cookies to knitted scarves or blankets. For my family, being able to give something made by your own two hands is the greatest gift. As high school students, we all know how valuable time is. Time is one of our most precious commodities. Wake up early, go to school, barely make it out alive from practice, etc. There’s a lot out there for us to be doing

and not enough hours in the day to do them. With so much going on, it’s easy to forget the people who help you get through it all. That is why, when Christmas comes around, you really have to show your family and friends that through all of the drama in your life, you’re still thinking of them. Over the past couple of years I have made several home-made gifts. Some don’t turn out as great as others, like the year I tried my hand at making journals… they weren’t so pretty. Others, like Scrabble charms, have been a big hit. My dog wouldn’t stop messing around in my work zone until I ﬁnally put one on his collar; he hasn’t bugged me while I’m making them since! Some of my most cherished Christmas gifts are ones like a small God’s Eye that my little cousin Lizbeth made out of popsickle sticks and yarn, or a tiny box made out of a Christmas card by my other little cousin Erica. When Christmas rolls around, these are the types of gifts that are most cherished — gifts from the heart, given from the heart.

Facing the subject: Do you prefer store bought or homemade gifts?

Austin Stark, 9

“Store bought because I don’t want a raggedy homemade gift.”

“Store bought because I like things store bought.”

“Homemade gifts because they mean more.”

Zach Barnett, 10

Chalyn Hosea, 11

“Store bought gifts because they’re better and they last longer.” Jozelyn Vaughn, 12 Cub photos/Glynnis King

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Bill to the inbox CandaceBullock

candacebullockcub@gmail.com What if, on the morning of Black Friday, people stayed at home instead of lining up for miles in front of stores and nearly trampling each other for TVs, clothes and other items? This scenario isn’t too far-fetched for senior Anna Hooker, who doesn’t deal with the crowd and instead makes her buys on the online shoppers’ Black Friday equivalent, Cyber Monday. According to the National Telecommunications and Information Administration, 80 percent of households have access to the internet. And in that, ComScore saw a 15 percent increase this year of online shoppers emerging because of how easily one has access to the sale. According to Hooker, shopping online is hassle-free, especially during the Christmas season when stores have big crowds and little stock of popular

items. can increase the risk of credit card “If you’re looking for a black T-shirt, numbers and personal information then you can type in ‘black T-shirt’ and being stolen and used. find it instantly,” Hooker said. “The threat of identity theft does It isn’t solely the practicality that deter a lot of people from shopping draws her in; it is the ability to find online,” Hooker said. things you cannot However, an find in stores. increasing number ...you can get more “I definitely of shopping sites would buy gifts are improving stuff for more people, for people online their security to and you can find cool because you get protect shoppers’ obscure gifts.” stuff for a lot information. cheaper so you can A good Anna Hooker number of get more stuff for senior students more people, and you can find cool don’t have obscure gifts,” Hooker said. Websites their own credit cards so websites like Etsy.com allow shoppers to buy like billmyparents.com present an handmade or secondhand items. environment for kids to put in their With an increase of internet use, the parents’ credit information and just go Task Force administration on identity on a shopping spree, at the parents’ theft reported a 26 percent increase discretion. in 2007, and it is reported that the However, there will be many percentages are steadily rising. Online decades before stores becoming shopping in places that aren’t secure obsolete because of identity theft.

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Top 10 Online Stores 1. Forever 21 2. American Eagle Outfitters 3. Hollister 4. Aeropostale 5. PacSun 6. H&M 7. Urban Outfitters 8. Hot Topic 9. J.C. Penney 10. Macy’s source/best.lovetoknow.com

www.urbanoutfitters.com

www.hollisterco.com Senior Anna Hooker browses urbanoutfitters.com in search for sales before Christmas. She plans to buy gifts for the Secret Santa gift exchange she is doing with her friends. Cub photo/Candace Bullock

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The person in this story would like to remain anonymous. She does not want anyone’s pity, nor does she want judgment to be staring at her through the hallways. She does not want to be alienated by her personal situation. This is a story of courage, strength and the ability to overcome.

SaraHeiny saraheinycub@gmail.com Walking on tiled floors and gray carpeting, students find the daily hubbub of school life dragging on. Heads droop, eyes glaze over and phones pop out beneath desks. The tiny tinkering of miniature keyboards and the silent buzz of vibrating phones harmonize into a 21st century version of note passing. The bell finally signals the end of the day. Drowsy heads snap up, eyes deglaze, and phones get pulled up into free air. The class is ready to go home. Can you tell which student doesn’t have a place to call home? In Indianapolis alone, hundreds of teenagers are homeless. Some attend public schools in Lawrence Township, thanks to the McKinney Vento Act. The only thing that separates these students from any other economically stable student is circumstance. Like most people, Reneè didn’t choose the life she lives. She is living in a three-bedroom house with 13 other people, including her grandmother. Her older sister, brother and mother live elsewhere, but in no better conditions. Neither of their homes is permanent, and

“If you are going through what they don’t know for sure how long I am going through and you’re a their residencies will last. freshman, this is your escape; this “It hurts feeling as if every time is your way out. School is your you open the refrigerator, you’re taking out of someone else’s mouth,” passport to get wherever you want to be. I wish I had known Reneè said. my freshman year to stop goofing To help provide for her family, around and take school seriously. Reneè works downtown at a So like all my other friends, I would clothing center. The income is small, be going to but every bit Ball State on a counts. full-ride and “Because of my senior year our new school School is your passport would just hours, I can’t to get wherever you want be me being get to work like comfortable. Yes, I need to so to be.” things would my hours are Reneè be hectic at cut down even senior home, but when further. We get I get to school, out at 3:40 p.m., everything would be OK and I I get off the actual school bus by would be ready to graduate. I would 4:20 p.m. on the east side, and then I have to get ready for work and be in just be waiting to graduate and go off.” by 5 p.m. It’s a lot, especially to get School is one of the most condowntown when 4-5 p.m. is rushsistent things in Reneè’s life. It is an hour traffic.” escape for her, a place where she can But amidst the struggles of her feel secure and stable. But it is not daily life, Reneè has been able to just school that she loves; it’s LC. find a place of escape: school. “Last year I was in an IPS school “I see freshmen in the hallway, and I made it an objective for me kids I know that are talented. They to get back here for my senior year. just don’t have the means, or they I needed to be in the company of goof off or they get sent out of class people in good spirits. I walked into because of what’s going on at home. the IPS school and the colors were I just wish that they had someone drab and nobody was smiling. I love who could just stop and say, ‘I this place even if everybody else understand.’

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hates it.” “The way things are going, I School for Reneè is a lifeline. don’t think I will be able to go to The environment, the students, the college. Just because of money. I teachers, the counselors — everyone don’t even have money for a cap and plays an important role in her life. gown. When everyone was receiving Thinking “there’s someone out there their fittings, I just watched. It made worse off than me” is not always me think, ‘What if, May 26, I’ll be enough to get her through the day doing exactly what I’m doing now without crying, but performing arts — sitting, watching everyone else teacher Kathleen Horrigan showed cross that stage?’ It may not be a big Reneè something that helps her deal to some, but being that I’m the come to school only one of my with a smile every siblings to make day. it this far into I’m not asking for things “Ms. Horrigan high school, I to be great, I’m not askmade me fall in want to at least love with so many walk across that ing to be rich; I just want characters inside stage for my to feel like I know my myself that I never mother. I feel knew I had. That’s as if everything family for a day. where I learned I do is for Reneè how to just come someone else, senior to school and but still. This is smile. When I need to be somebody one of those things I feel like I am else, I can be. When I need to have obligated to give my mother. Even if that shell of just being a regular high it’s not ideal, like I’m not going off to school student, I can. But when I get college as soon as I hope, because I home I just peel off all the layers. am still going! I at least want to walk Sometimes I cry. It’s like a relief across that stage.” not to be pretending. Ms. Horrigan But even closer than graduation planted the roots.” is Christmas. A time when most Dreaming of her ideal senior people are cuddling, wrapped in year, Reneè added, “If I had things blankets by a roaring fire, Reneè and my way, my senior year would her family members are struggling consist of me being a Thespian. to bring in enough money for I would be in the fall play, the heating bills. For her, Christmas is musical. I would be so active, there less of a celebration and more of a would be no way you wouldn’t hear time for hope and generosity. my name around school. I would be “I don’t hope for presents any in AP classes…a challenge is fun.” more, I just want peace. Every year Despite all the obstacles in I ask for the same thing and that’s her life, Reneè is determined to stability. I’m not asking for things overcome one last road bump in to be great, I’m not asking to be high school, that of graduation. rich; I just want to feel like I know

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my family for a day. I See more don’t want to argue, I on page 16 don’t want my family members to argue, I just want everything to be serene, peaceful,” Reneè said. “Even if I don’t get anything, I still try to make sure I get my mom something. I know nobody else will probably get her anything, as far as my siblings go, so I try to save up. It may not be much, but I try. And my niece, I always try and get something for my niece.” Through giving, Reneè is able to garner a little happiness for herself, but there are limits to the things she is able to do. “It hurts, because my counselor tells me all the time that I have to step back and sometimes you have to worry about yourself. She says, ‘You basically have nothing, and you’re still trying to give to others.’ Sometimes it comes to the point, that I give so much of myself that I forget I’m not in the best position to help everybody. It definitely feels better to give, though. “Not many people I know would be able to go through what I go through and smile like I do and make others laugh like I do. Sometimes, when we’re in the midst of pain, we feel like we will never get through it. Through heartbreak, or mourning the loss of a friend, but once you’re over it, you can look back and you can smile, and it’s just a good feeling. When it comes back to everything being OK, you’re like, ‘Wow. I’ve been through all of this and I am still standing.’ And that is one of the best gifts you can have; to say that you are still standing.”

“I don’t want people to judge me by what I have; I want them to judge me by who I am. … I want my story to be one of conquer. I want to show that I overcame what I’ve been through, not that I fell victim to it.” Reneè, senior

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BY THE

NUMBERS: Homelessness

3,000 7 3

children in Marion County experience homelessness

is the average age of a homeless child in Indianapolis is the average number of times a homeless child will change schools

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of homeless children are proﬁcient in reading and math

4-6 30

months are needed after each move for a homeless student to recover academically

percent of Indianapolis families are homeless Source/www.indyschoolonwheels.org

Cub photo/Coleman LaBarr

There’s no place like home GlynnisKing glynniskingcub@gmail.com A student who lacks a fixed, regular and adequate nighttime residence is by definition, homeless. The importance of a roof and food is something that many take for granted. Many teens in America, some in Indiana, struggle to survive on a daily basis. They are suffering from homelessness. The primary causes of teen

homelessness, according to the National Coalition for the Homeless, are family conﬂict and/or economic hardship. Some other leading causes for teen homelessness include foster care, prison/juvenile corrections system, abuse, substance abuse, pregnancy, sexual orientation, unaﬀordable housing, neglect and mental illness. Several shelters and programs like the Outreach Inc. Program, located on the east side of Indianapolis, are raising

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awareness to put a stop to teen homelessness. Around this time of year, most of the shelter are full. However, the Salvation Army makes an eﬀort not to turn down any man, women or child who comes to their doors. Lawrence Central tries to uphold a similar policy. “Every guidance counselor has at least one, probably two or three homeless students,” said guidance counselor Suzanne Oakes.

LT Cap and Gown Fund In order to walk across the stage, a student has to pay a minimum of $35. The ability to afford a simple cap and gown for graduation has become harder and harder. Therefore, we ask that any willing person make a donation to the LT Cap and Gown Fund which will help pay for graduating seniors in need. Donations can be left with school treasurer Michele Vargo at the main ofﬁce. make checks payable to LT Cap and Gown Fund.

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Midnight picks The Cub staff had a dessert bake-off to decide which desserts are the best of the season. On the day of the taste testing, we made the mistake of trying whole cookies, which presented a problem once we got to dessert four or ﬁve. Even so, we proved to be tough cookies and made it through trying all 13 kinds. We decided on the desserts listed below as the best “Midnight picks for St. Nick.”

cub photo/Coleman LaBarr

for old St. Nick

Peanut Butter Marshmallow Crispies INGREDIENTS: 2 lbs. almond bark (white) 1 cup peanut butter 2 cups dry roasted peanuts 3 cups miniature marshmallows 4 cups rice krispie cereal

Fruity Sugar Cookie INGREDIENTS: 1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter; room temperature 1 cup granulated sugar ½ cup light brown sugar 2 egg yolks Big pinch ground nutmeg 1 tsp very ﬁnely grated lemon rind 2 ½ cups all purpose ﬂour

2 tsp baking powder ¾ tsp salt About 2 tsp water Course granulated sugar for coating, if needed Cream cheese and favorite fruit for topping

DIRECTIONS: 1. Combine peanuts, marshmallows and rice krispie in a bowl. 2. Melt almond bark in 300°F oven. 3. Mix in peanut butter. 4. Poor liquid mixture over the mixed dry ingredients and stir well. 5. Drop by spoon full onto waxed paper. 6. Let them sit for 30 min. Store in plastic container.

DIRECTIONS: 1. Preheat oven to 375° F. 2. Mix eggs and dry ingredients in a large mixing bowl. 3. In a separate bowl, mix the remaining ingredients together. 4. Combine all ingredients until dough forms. 5. Form dough into balls and place 2 inches apart on an ungreased cookie sheet. 6. Bake for 10 to 11 minutes until golden brown; let cool. 7. Mix and spread the sugar and cream cheese coating. 8. Top with your favorite fruit. Makes around 25 cookies.

Buckeyes

Spice Cake

INGREDIENTS: 1 1/2 cups peanut butter 1 cup butter, softened 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract 6 cups confectioners’ sugar 4 cups semisweet chocolate chips DIRECTIONS: 1. In a large bowl, mix together the peanut butter, butter, vanilla and confectioners’ sugar. The dough will look dry. Roll into 1 inch balls and place on a waxed paper-lined cookie sheet. 2. Press a toothpick into the top of each ball (to be used later as the handle for dipping) and chill in freezer until ﬁrm, about 30 minutes. 3. Melt chocolate chips in a double boiler or in a bowl set over a pan of barely simmering water. Stir frequently until smooth. 4. Dip frozen peanut butter balls in chocolate holding onto the toothpick. Leave a small portion of peanut butter showing at the top to make them look like Buckeyes. Put back on the cookie sheet and refrigerate until serving. Source/allrecipes.com

INGREDIENTS: 2½ cups of all purpose ﬂour ¼ cup of cornstarch 4 teaspoons of baking powder ½ teaspoon of salt 2 teaspoons of ground ginger 1 teaspoon of ground cinnamon ½ teaspoon of ground all spice ½ teaspoon of ground cloves 1 1/3 cup of water ½ teaspoon of ground nutmeg

Chocolate Drop Cookies INGREDIENTS: 1 cup sugar ½ cup margarine or butter, softened 1 egg 2 ounces unsweetened chocolate, melted and cooled 1/3 cup buttermilk, milk or water 1 tsp vanilla 13/4 cups all-purpose or whole wheat ﬂour ½ tsp baking soda ½ tsp salt DIRECTIONS: 1. Heat oven to 400° F. Mix sugar, margarine, egg, chocolate, buttermilk and vanilla. 3. Stir in ﬂour, baking soda, salt and nuts. 4. Drop dough by rounded teaspoonfuls about 2 inches apart onto ungreased cookie sheet. Bake eight to ten minutes; cool. 5. Frost with chocolate frosting. Makes about 4 1/2 dozen cookies; 95 calories per cookie

Snickerdoodles INGREDIENTS: 1/2 cup butter, softened 1 cup sugar 1/4 teaspoon baking soda 1/4 teaspoon cream of tartar 1 large egg 2 cups of dark brown sugar ½ cup of butter 3 eggs 1/3 cup of vegetable oil

DIRECTIONS: 1. Preheat oven to 375° F. 2. Mix the following ingredients into a large mixing bowl . 3. Stir batter until smooth. 4. Grease bottom of cake pan with butter & pour batter into pan. 5. Bake in oven for 35 to 40 minutes. 6. Take out and let cool for 10 minutes. 7. Ice cake with Hershey’s chocolate icing & enjoy!

1/2 teaspoon vanilla 1 1/2 all purpose ﬂour 4 tablespoons granulated sugar 1 1/2 teaspoons cinnamon

DIRECTIONS: 1. Preheat oven to 375° F. 2. In a mixing bowl, beat the butter on medium speed for 30 seconds. 3. Add the 1 cup sugar, baking soda, and cream of tartar. 4. Beat until combined, then beat in the egg and vanilla until well blended. 6. Beat in as much ﬂour as you can with the mixer, and stir in remaining ﬂour. Cover with plastic wrap and chill for 1 hour. 7. Combine the 4 tablespoons sugar and 1 1/2 teaspoons cinnamon. Shape the dough into 1 inch balls and roll in cinnamon sugar mixture to coat. 8. Place balls of dough 2 inches apart on an ungreased cookie sheet. 9. Bake for 10 to 11 minutes or until edges are golden. 10. Transfer cookies to wire rack to cool.

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Midnight: a t me f r change

Students’ resolutions for changes in 2012 KatieBillman katiebillmancub@gmail.com

Be a better boyfriend Delon Pettiford, 11 “You should treat the people that you want to stay in your life well,” junior Delon Pettiford said. His reasoning comes through in his resolution to be a better boyfriend next year. He wants to have closer relationships with the people he cares about throughout the new year.

Exercise more

Jennifer Himes, 12 Senior Jennifer Himes plans to exercise more during 2012. She has committed to hit up the gym more regularly due to the approaching tennis season and wanting to be more in shape. “Joining a gym with your friends and exercising with them is more enjoyable as opposed to making the commitment by yourself,” Himes said.

Spend time with family Be a better person

Jacob Ford, 11 While his family is always there for him, junior Jacob Ford doesn’t see them as much as he’d like. He said he doesn’t see the people outside of his immediate family enough, so he plans to spend more time with his extended family in 2012. Participating in more family activities and seeing his relatives is how he hopes to keep his resolution. “Family is the most important thing to me; it’s one of my highest priorities,” Ford said.

Study more

Casey Kupiainen, 9 “My New Years’ resolution is to study more. You can always do more than what you are doing to help get ready for a test or quiz,” freshman Casey Kupiainen said. Kupiainen wants to spend less time in front of the TV and on the computer so she can dedicate more time to studying. She also plans to stay up later and ask the teacher for help so she can reach her 2012 goal.

Minna Etters, 10 “Life would be much easier if everyone put a bit more eﬀort into being nice,” sophomore Minna Etters said. In 2012, Etters wants to be a better person. She plans to help people when they are in need and smile often. She said she wants to do small things here and there to make a diﬀerence.

Procrastinate less Vincent Hill, 10 For sophomore Vincent Hill, procrastination has been a struggle throughout 2011. Waiting until the last minute was a part of his weekly schedule, but he hopes to be diﬀerent next year. “For me, planning ahead is the best thing,” Hill said. He aims to coordinate a schedule, get work done in study hall and take advantage of free work time in class. While he wasn’t ahead of the game this year, he hopes to start strong and stay strong in his attempt to cut down on procrastination.

Cub art/Zach Barnett Source/Ledchristmaslighting.com

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alkin’ in a winter break

NDERLAND

Students and staff alike look forward to varied activities that season provides CarleyLanich carleylanichcub@gmail.com The holiday season is here and winter break seems to be on everyone’s minds. Junior Dean Gardner takes a weeklong ski trip with his family every year to Harbor Springs, Mich. Gardner has been to Harbor Springs every year since he was 3 years old and admits that skiing is something he looks forward to all year long. Gardner’s favorite part is the thrill. “It’s just fun skiing,” he said. “I like just going down as fast as I can.” The winter holidays are not only a time to practice old traditions, but to start new ones. Sophomore Ena Tully started a new tradition last year that she shares with her best friend, sophomore Hannah Coble. Tully and Coble created their own gingerbread house last year on Christmas Eve. They made their very own icing and gingerbread to build the house with. Tully’s favorite part was adding store-bought candy and cookie decorations. “I really like decorating because you can do whatever you want.” Tully said. “You can make a bunch of diﬀerent gingerbread designs and colors.” After their masterpiece was It’s just fun skiing...I like completed, Tully set her just going down as fast candy house out for all to see, occasionally sneaking as I can.” Dean Gardner a snack. Tully and Coble set out to create an authentic and original gingerbread house and ended up having so much fun they decided to make it their annual Christmas Eve tradition. Art teacher Julia Barnes’ favorite wintertime activity is ice skating. In fact, Barnes teaches ice skating lessons to all ages year-round. “I love coaching because I’ve skated my whole life,” she said. Barnes started skating when she was 9 years old. She felt she was part of a special club because in her hometown of Bloomington there were few skaters. She started competing with her best friend to see who could perform the biggest and best tricks. Barnes said there is something special about wintertime. She has noticed during the holiday season, more people take interest in ice skating. Barnes teaches with Elite Skating at the Forum in Fishers, the Pepsi Coliseum and the Perry Park Ice Skating Rink.

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Art teacher Julia Barnes demonstrates ice-skating to her young pupils. Left: a gingerbread house created by sophomores Ena Tully and Hannah Coble. Bottom: Barnes’ students in action.

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The Rhythmic Revolution Artist: Nickelback Album: Here and Now Genre: Alternative Rock

If you enjoy listening to the equivalent of a bunch of chimpanzees getting together and starting a grunge band, then this is the album for you. If not, let me get this out of the way: this album is awful. Every second I spent listening to this album is a second that I wish I’d spent drinking bleach. The “music” on this album is pure, unadulterated ﬁlth – so, basically, pretty much like any other Nickelback album. For starters, the whole post-grunge sound of the album isn’t representative of the frustrations of a generation (what grunge is generally about), but instead a fury of uninspired riﬀs and weak lyrics (“Everything I Wanna Do” is particularly bad). This

applies to every song, for, in addition, there is such little variation amongst the songs; Nickelback seems determined to play the same garbage over and over again. The only song that is moderately decent is “When We Stand Together,” but that song highlights another major ﬂaw of the album: it’s hopelessly derivative. The aforementioned “When We Stand Together,” for instance, sounds like U2’s table scraps. If I haven’t made my point abundantly clear, then let me re-iterate it: this album a tasteless, an abomination.

Similar Artists: Daughtry, Three Days Grace, Theory of a Deadman

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Kelly Clarkson’s new album “Stronger” has taken over the recent pop charts. It’s her ﬁfth studio album and has debuted at number ﬁve on the top charts. The lead single ‘Mr. Know it all’ peaked in the top ten of the Billboard top 100 in its debut week. In 2003 she came out with her debut album“Thankful” featuring her hit song “Miss Independent.” And now in the album Clarkson’s main objective was to record the song as how they sound on the live set. They achieved this by

Artist: Kelly Clarkson Album: Stronger Genre: Pop Rock

using minimal auto-tune processing as possible. This album will be a stretch for some fans showing the fun and angry side of her and not her classical and balladic songs from her early albums. By showing her diﬀerent personality as a performer it shows her also as being very versatile. In this album Clarkson also mixed urban, R&B, country, dance-pop and soul with her known pop rock character to develop a more diverse pop music material. Her lyrics includes themes about heartbreak, vengeance, forgiveness and empowerment using metaphors from Clarkson’s relationships around people.

Similar Artists:Leona Lewis, Michelle Branch, JoJo

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Song Suggestion: When We Stand Together Kevin Kryah

Song Suggestion: Mr. Know It All Meredith Nordmann

Artist: Drake Album: Take Care Genre: Rap/Hip-Hop

Artist: The Maine Album: Pioneer Genre: Indie Rock

Drake or sometimes better known as Drizzy came out with his new album called “Take Care” on Nov. 15. This is the second studio album that the Canadian artist has released. This album includes some headbangers like “The Motto” featuring Lil Wayne but also some songs that are more relaxing and chill like “Take Care” featuring Rihanna. “Take Care” the album also includes some songs that had already been leaked but are still very good like “Headlines”. I really like the contrast that Drizzy put in to the album with the clash of upbeat songs

and the songs you could just listen to while going to sleep or while sipping on a nice glass of hot chocolate. For this only being his second album ever released, there was a lot of pressure on him from his fans to come out with something magniﬁcent. From all the hype its gotten over the past month, I would say Drake did a great job at delivering “Take Care” and at least made this fan a very happy camper.

Similar Artists: Lil Wayne, Kanye West, Wale, Jay-Z

Rating: 1-2-3-4-

Song Suggestion: HYFR Jacob Helmus

This recent hit album, “Pioneer” by the Maine, is filled with unsurprisingly superb songs. The Maine certainly keeps their many fans captivated for this intriguing thirteen song album. This is the Maine’s first official album since their 2010 In Darkness & In Light hit album. The Maine continues their career with a solid and entertaining piece of work. The album begins with “Identify”. This

song definitely defines the feel that the album portrays. The rest of Pioneer does a fantastic job of showing off their unique sound, which no one has been able to duplicate. “Like We Did (Windows Down)” as well as “Misery” has easy going beats that are easy to listen to. The album never stops being just as good as it was during the first track, in fact they get better with each new tune. The Maine keeps to own true style, which is undeniably amazing; but I’ll let you find out for yourself.

Similar Artists: Plain White T’s, Mayday Parade, All Time Low

Rating: 1-2-3- 4Song Suggestion: Thinking of You Sally Finkel

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What’s H t in Indy

Cub Grub Go to Boogie Burger for a rockin’ good meal LaneCreech lanecreechcub@gmail.com

Boogie Burger

1904 Broad Ripple Ave Indianapolis, IN 46220 (317) 255-2450

Turns out you can catch the gingerbread man

The Gingerbread Village at Conner Prairie continues through this month. It is closed on Mondays but open on all the other days of the week and also free with general admission to Conner Prairie. It is truly an amazing sight to look at these crazy creations made from gingerbread that were sent in by adults, families and even youth groups who entered the Gingerbread House competition for the opportunity to display their creations at Conner Prairie during the holiday season.

www.boogieburger.com

Boogie Burger is a gourmet burger joint located in the trendy Broad Ripple Village area. Their key menu item is, well, burgers. Boogie Burger serves up a variety of burgers. All of them are made with char-grilled one-third pound Black Angus beef patties. They also serve a few vegetarian options such as the Chipotle Black Bean Burger and the garden burger. Boogie Burger also has a few nonburger sandwiches such as the CitrusGrilled Ahi Tuna Sandwich and the Funky Chicken Sandwich. My favorite sandwich is the Wild Wild West Burger. The Wild Wild West is advertised as Boogie’s most popular burger. It’s topped with cheddar cheese, hickory smoked bacon, onion rings, and barbeque sauce. Although their burgers are deﬁnitely above par, what really brings me back are the garlic fries. They are absolutely incredible, especially when dipped in ranch dressing. Boogie Burger is set up fast-food style. You go up to the counter and order your food, then wait until your name is called. After receiving your food you might notice how incredibly greasy it is. Boogie Burger is deﬁnitely not the place to go if you are watching your caloric intake. Boogie Burger is more expensive than fast-food restaurants at about $8 a meal, but the quality is worth the price.

Enjoy Christmas with a meal at Beef and Boards ‘A Beef and Boards Christmas’ will be performed at Beef and Boards on various dates until Dec. 23. This glittering production has been a Christmas tradition during the holiday season. Also in attendance at this production will be the one and only Santa Claus. This show is the perfect way to get into the yuletide spirit so go tell your family and head on out to Beef and Boards. Located at 9301 N. Michigan Road.

Trains and Bridges and Trestles, oh

Celebrate Christmas at Celebration Crossing Celebration Crossing is at the Indiana State Museum until Dec. 31. The museum’s annual holiday exhibit features the L.S. Ayres holiday train, “Santa Claus Express,” and an appearance from Santa and Mrs. Claus. This exhibit is also open during the museum’s regular hours. The museum is located at 650 W. Washington St. in White River State Park. The exhibit is free with the purchase of a museum ticket.

my! The Jingle Rails: Great Western Adventure exhibit at the Eiteljorg Museum is open until Jan 8. However, will be closed on Christmas Eve, Christmas Day and New Year’s Day. This is a special exhibit that only comes out during the winter season so don’t miss this spectacular opportunity. The exhibit features a network of trestles, bridges, tunnels and chugging trains. Travel westward on this adventure and experience replicas of national treasures while making unforgettable holiday memories. Admission is free to the exhibit with the purchase of a ticket to the whole museum. Compiled by Jacob Helmus

Pacers Back to the Court The Indiana Pacers are back in action when they take on the Detroit Pistons on Dec 26. Due to the lockout that lasted 148 days, the Pacers will play a shortened 66 game schedule, which means they don’t have many home games , so be sure to go down to Conseco and support the Pacers.

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Feel the holiday-movie cheer CINEMANIAC Everyone’s

a Critic KevinKryah kevinkryahcub@gmail.com For me, the most wonderful time of the year is just around the corner. What I’m referring to, of course, is Oscar season, when all the awards-bait and critically-touted films are hitting theaters to make an impact on Academy voters. However, many of these films tend to be bleak, harrowing portraits of human suffering, for, traditionally, that subject matter tends to snag the most gold. As such, with the season of giving also approaching, I’ve decided to focus on the other major camp of winter movies: holiday films. By this, I don’t mean films that necessarily take place around

holiday dates (sorry, Die Hard, but you don’t count), but that evoke the holiday spirit (The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, for instance, has nothing to do with holidays, but is played all December regardless). Strong examples in this category include It’s a Wonderful Life, A source/fandango.com Christmas Story, and Elf (Will It’s a Wonderful Life is widely considered Ferell outweighs that movie’s to be one of the best holiday movies. other flaws). What takes the cake, though, is a personal holiday movies, but I’d wager favorite of mine: Rudolph the that there are some curmudgeons Red-Nosed out there who Reindeer. call out these Yes, the films for their claymation To warm the heart, sentimentality one. or their that is the goal of And yes, it’s very schmaltz. these films, and they simple, very Arguably, dated, and very they’re right, succeed.” corny, but it’s these but these factors qualities that make it so endearing are hardly a bad thing when you year after year. Besides, I’m sure just want your heart to be warmed. I’m not the only one who has a To warm the heart, that is the goal soft spot for an especially cheesy of these films, and in that respect, holiday special. they succeed wonderfully. So go In my humble opinion, it takes home and pop in your old VHS of a hard heart to outright reject Frosty the Snowman with the family.

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Somewhere in the between Musing on the Music

ColemanLaBarr colemanlabarrcub@gmail.com Somewhere along the line someone had a stroke of genius and created ska. Ska is a musical genre that is a mixture of jazz elements, punk rock, rock and roll, and a hint of reggae. Streetlight Manifesto falls smack dab in the middle of this genre. The band consists of seven members, Tomas Kalnoky on guitar and vocals, Pete McCollough on bass, Matt Stewart on trumpet, Mike Brown on alto and baritone saxophone, Jim Conti on alto and tenor saxophone, Chris Thatcher on drums, and Nadav Nirenberg on trombone. Originally the band was completely diﬀerent in regards to the members. The band formed

in 2002. The band tried to stay out of the mainstream and focus on the individuality of the band. With every song as catchy and unique as the last, Streetlight gained a huge fan base and sold out their first show at Rutgers University. The source/fandango.com band has set out to be The band raised the bar for ska when “a world influence” as they released Everything Went Numb. Kalnoky described in an interview with The Wez- like me. The addition of trumpets, zul. They released their trombones and saxophones make first album in 2003 titled their live music a great deal better. EveryThey were at thing Vans Warped Somewhere along the Goes Tour a couple years ago line, someone had a and they had stroke of genius and cre- everyone dancNumb ing and startated ska.” The album ing mosh pits, was an instant hit and left fans crowd surfing, and the eccentric musicians were loving it. The band wanting more. The band’s currently touring in currently has four albums and are working on a fifth. Unfortunately, the United States with ska, regthey aren’t coming anywhere close gae band, Reel Big Fish. Honestly to the Midwest anytime soon. this is a dream show for people

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Feel the magic with Hugo KevinKryah kevinkryahcub@gmail.com Time has not been kind to many of the Movie Brats (a group of directors who flourished in the ‘70s); George Lucas destroyed the integrity of Star Wars with the prequel trilogy, Francis Ford Coppola became a commercial slave before descending into his current pretentious phase, Roman Polanski is a wanted fugitive, and others (Michael Cimino and William Friedkin, for example) have faded into obscurity. Spielberg remains successful, but, like Lucas, has hurt his legacy via special editions of E.T. and the mess that was Indiana Jones and the Horrible Alien Climax (not the real name, but it should’ve been). Only Martin Scorsese, perhaps America’s greatest living director, hasn’t embarrassed himself completely. Imagine my shock, then, when I heard that Scorsese, the man who had Jodie Foster play a child prostitute and Leo DiCaprio urinate into a line of milk bottles, was directing a children’s movie. I was scared that he was one Shia LaBeouf or Jar-Jar Binks away from besmirching his legacy. How wrong I was. Hugo, adapted from Brian Selznick’s book The Invention of Hugo Cabret, is not only one of the best children’s films I’ve ever seen, but one of the best films of the year. I may be overstepping my bounds in saying this, but it may even be Scorsese’s most personal film since Mean Streets. Indeed, some of the film’s central themes are wonder, imagination, and dreaming – all expressed through the characters’ love and adoration of cinema. Novel adaptation or not, that aspect of the film is pure Scorsese magic. In addition to the lighthearted and charming themes, Hugo’s strengths are numerous. The acting, particularly from Hugo himself (Asa Butterfield) and cinematic pioneer George Melies (Ben Kingsley), is excellent, the sets are lavish and opulent, and the editing and camerawork are top-notch. Most notable, however, is the 3-D; for the first time, it is my opinion that the 3-D actually doesn’t ruin the movie. This is a backhanded compliment, for sure, but the 3-D effects in this movie are leagues above anything else I’ve seen. If you are a lover of cinema, go see this movie. In fact, even if you aren’t, go see it. Hugo is a fantastic experience for the whole family, and a clear sign that Scorsese is still playing at the top of his game.

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Genre: Adventure Director: Martin Scorsese Rating: PG Length: 126 minutes

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CUB COMIC

By the Numbers Pounds of lipstick the average woman consumes in her lifetime

Number of teeth a mosquito has

Number of hours an elephant sleeps per day

35,000

Number of cookies the average American will eat in his/her lifetime

Number of hours a vulture can ﬂy without ﬂapping its wings

Number of times a ﬂee can jump without stopping

30,000

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Cub comic/Audrey Meyer

What’s LC’s...

TV SHOW:

SONG/RINGTONE:

That 70’s Show Madison Walker, 11

Dance by: Big Sean feat. Nicki Minaj Madyson Morgan, 11 Make Me Proud by: Drake Juanyel Holmes, 10

American Horror Story Arin Justice, 12 The Next Iron Chef Whitney Bunch, 11 Fresh Prince of Bel-Air Derrick Dunlap, 11

Dirt Road Anthem by: Jason Aldean Maddie Kupianen, 9

TOP 10 HEAVIEST LC TEXTBOOKS 1. American Anthem

6. 10th Grade Lit.

2. American Pageant (APUSH) 3. Biology I

7. 11th Grade Lit. 8. 12th Grade Lit.

4. AP Biology

9. World Lit. & Comp.

5. 9th Grade Lit.

10. American Gov’t. Top 10 list researched and compiled by Samantha Strong

@CubOnline: What do you want for Christmas? @mikeyevernham Mikey Evernham, 11 @craiglooper Craig Looper, 10 I want Dr Dre Beats for Christmas. I want OFWGKTA to come to LC and throw down. haha!

@aftoncita Afton Goins, 12 knitting needles and money for more knitting needles ;D

@IGoSkyhigh Kimyanna Rudolph, 12 For Christmas, I want a bar piercing through my ear, money, and iPod :)

@TomOestreich Thomas Oestreich, Principal

@maximumsaximum Maxie Saxton, 12

@iSTAY _DEDICATED George Bowman, 10

@michaelgasto Michael Gaston, 12

I would like Green Bay Packers stock and a pair of Beats.

A PENGUIN!

i want a pair of sketcher light-ups like braxton

World Peace!

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Boys off to hot start AlexKryah

With the help of these players, the boys were able to pull off a 57-52 overtime victory over Lawrence North. The Despite a tough loss to Pike, the boys game was filled with big talent and high are off to a solid 3-1 start with wins over emotion, with dunks by Freeman and Lawrence North, Arlington and Arsenal Hollowell changing momentum at key Tech. The Bears’ biggest player this year, points in the game. Hollowell put up a senior Jeremy Hollowell, has averaged team high 23 points and also contribut24 points per game so far, but he hasn’t ed eight boards. been winning games In addition, Holall by himself. lowell put on a show “The seniors on on one of the biggest The seniors on our our team have really stages in Indiana basbeen stepping up,” team have really been ketball, Conseco Fieldhead coach J.R. Shelt house. stepping up.” said. “Our starting J.R. Shelt “Just rememberguards, Davonte Harhead coach ing how the loss last ris and Tyler Corley, year to LN (at Hinkle have been playing pheFieldhouse) was so depressing, and usnomenally. Tyler Fischl has been a great ing that as motivation to win,” Hollowleader for us, along with Steven Rhodes ell said. “But playing at Conseco was a and Stephen McCann. A program usu- great experience.” ally starts with the seniors on your team, Fischl, who had to leave the game and they’ve been huge for us.” momentarily because of a gash on his forehead, contributed 9 points and six boards. Freeman, who has been a high energy player this year for the Bears, contributed two key blocks in the game. Though the game was a little sloppy at both ends of the court, the win was vital for the Bears. “Conseco Fieldhouse was a great atmosphere. Not everyone gets the opportunity to play there. Getting the win was just icing on the cake,” Shelt said. Hollowell, who committed to Indiana University earlier in December, will be the focal point of opposing teams’ game plans to stop the Bears. The 6-foot8 forward is a versatile player who can drive, post up and shoot from range as well as rebound the ball well. Beating the Bears will involve exposing any weaknesses in Hollowell’s game, which, at times, can be very difficult to find. “I’m coming out and playing hard every game,” Hollowell said. “There are always things I need to work on, like my ball-handling and my jump shot. But overall, we just don’t want to be beaten. That’s motivating me.” Hollowell certainly played hard against Arsenal Tech on Dec. 3 at home in a thrilling 69-64 victory. Hollowell put up 26 points and nine boards, along with Senior Jeremy Hollowell shoots a 3-point- a mammoth alley-oop with the help of Corley on a third quarter fast-break. er against Tech. Courtesy photo/Eric Rees

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Flying for a rebound over Arsenal Tech’s Trey Lyles, senior Tyler Fischl tries to keep the possession alive for the Bears. Fischl had six boards in the game. Courtesy photo/Eric Rees

The seniors once again played a large role in the win, including Stephen McCann, who played “great defense,” according to Shelt, in the waning minutes of the fourth quarter after Hollowell fouled out. One of the best match-ups in the state will be played next Wednesday against Hamilton Southeastern. Hollowell will be playing against another one of the most talented players in the state,

Gary Harris. How will the boys prepare? “Good players find ways to score,” Shelt said. “We just have to frustrate him and force him to shoot bad shots. We have a bunch of athletes on our team, so we can put multiple players on him and make sure he doesn’t get in a rhythm.” The boys hope to rebound from a frustrating loss to Pike, which included a 4-point second quarter, as they travel to Bloomington South tonight.

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Wrestlers prepare for county

the hard work, and now it’s our time to do something big,” colemanlabarrcub@gmail.com Newkirk said. Injuries weren’t the prob- The Bears are taking many lem for the Bears these past precautions to make sure that couple of weeks, but infection the wrestlers don’t get any injuwas. Several of the varsity wres- ries or further infections. Grades are tlers have been another issuffering from sue. “We’ve a nasty infecchecktion called im...It’s our time to do been ing the wrespetigo, a sort something big.” tlers’ grades of flesh-eating to make sure infection that they’re stayfeeds off bacRiley Newkirk ing on top of teria. junior their classes, And the and if they perfect place for impetigo to spread is the aren’t, then finding help so they can get the grades up,” coach wrestling mat. But the Bears didn’t let that Tom Corbett said. affect the outcome of the tour- Most of the wrestlers sufnament this previous weekend. fering from impetigo have They took first place at the Fort been cleared for this upcoming Wayne Bishop Luers Invitation- weekend which is the Marion County tournament. This gives al. Three wrestlers went un- the wrestlers a chance to see defeated on the day. They were some of the opponents they will juniors Riley Newkirk and Max have to face in Sectionals. Brutus and senior Dominique The team’s next meet is the county tournament on SaturRobinson. “We’ve put in the time and day at Lawrence North.

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Putting his opponent in a headlock, junior Sam Torres pins his opponent. Torres was a contributor to the win in the match against Pike. Cub photo/Coleman LaBarr

Lockout over? Won’t even care Touch ‘Em All

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2011 has been the year of the lockout. The first was the NFL lockout, which thankfully ended in time to have a full regular season. The NBA, the other league with a lockout, was not so lucky. The owners and NBAPA (NBA Players Association) finally resolved their 146-day dispute and agreed upon a new 10-year collective bargaining agreement (CBA). Both sides can opt out of the deal in six years, though. It is widely accepted that the owners were the winners of this new CBA, and if

you read through the specifics of the deal, it’s pretty obvious that they did. But that’s not what I’m here to write about. I’m here to complain about how awful the NBA is. Don’t get me wrong. I love the game of basketball. I love watching the great boys and girls teams we have at LC. Our teams are exciting and are full of energy. The NBA, on the other hand, is filled with egotistical athletes that care only about scoring. Seeing an NBA player actually play defense is about as common as hearing the Pope swear. It just doesn’t happen. Their mechanics are subpar at best and there is little hustle shown at either end of the court. I would rather watch an

eighth grade CYO team than a in the Eastern Conference had Grizzlies-Timberwolves game. a negative average point differAt least I would see a team, not ential. When the most exciting just a bunch of wanna-be Mi- part of the league’s season is chael Jordans. hoping for the S i m p l y Heat to lose, put, the NBA you know I would rather watch is a mockery your league of professional an eighth grade CYO is boring. sports. When n d team than a Grizzlies- what’sAworse more than half Timberwolves game. of your teams than awin the league ful teams? make the playAn awful offs, you might as well let commissioner. David Stern everyone in, like a recreational is a bumbling idiot. As many league. The Pacers, who were people know, he just canceled eight games below .500 (win- one of the biggest block-buster ning percentage), made the trades in the NBA in the last playoffs. As much as I love few years because “it wasn’t in them, they didn’t deserve to be the best interest of the league.” there. Two of the playoff teams I rest my case there.

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SPORTS

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There are a few things running around inside the head of a wrestler on a Friday night. One, most importantly, is food and a beverage. Two, is the thought of what the results of the tournament will be the next day. It’s a weighty issue. For each wrestler there is a specific weight requirement that must be met. For instance, 126 lbs. is one of the 14 weight classes. So if the wrestler weighs in at 126.2, then he is not allowed to wrestle that weight class. Clearly, missing weight is the last thing a wrestler wants to do. So, to ensure the wrestler doesn’t miss weight, he cuts down to a little under the weight and then the night before, he doesn’t eat anything. Then, after he weighs in, he eats a meal and gets ready for the match ahead of him. Wrestling isn’t a sport of pure athleticism; the wrestler must have technique, quick reflexes, endurance, and instinct of what the opponent will do next. Wrestling is more than just the sport part of it. “This sport taught me many things, not just the moves, but it taught me morals and discipline. The coaches and I just want to give back to the sport what it gave to us,” head coach Tom Corbett said. Cutting weight is a big issue and there are precautions both coaches and wrestlers must do to avoid breaking the rules. “We only let the kids we know can cut down do it,” Corbett said.

The coaches check the kids’ diet and document what they eat every day. At the beginning of the year the wrestlers take a body fat test which shows the percentage of body fat they have and how low a weight they are allowed to go down to. “This is an individual sport, but it’s more than that. There’s a team cause. If you don’t work with your team, you won’t become a family, and if you don’t become a family, there will be

no communication and everything will go wrong,” senior Clay LaBarr said. “My biggest fear is that these wrestlers will get some kind of outside influence to make wrong decisions,” Corbett said. “We check up on their grades to make sure they’re staying in line and bring them together to bond as a team.” Wrestling is more than an average sport that just takes time out of your day; it’s a lifestyle.

Wrestlers, inculding junior Scott Swingle, are always trying to find ways to cut weight. Cub photos/Coleman LaBarr

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Stronger swimmers on a roll The girls continued their winning streak and increased jacobhelmusub@gmail.com their record to 3-0 after they defeated Pike 100-86. The girls The boys swim team is first slip-up of the season came off to an 8-0 start. They came against Roncalli as they lost 92through and beat Pike 100-85 in 96. The girls also took first place their first meet, Roncalli 93-92 in a three-way meet with Cathein their secdral and Ben ond and conDavis. LC tinued their led the scorEvery year we look for winning ing with 69 the seniors to step up. ” points. Their ways as they swam past second loss Andy Renie of the year Cathedral head coach came when and Ben Davis in a threethey lost to way meet. Brebeuf in a LC led with 63 points, Ben Da- three-way meet that included vis placed second with 40 and Chatard, who they beat. Cathedral came in third with 38 To top it all off coach Andy points. Renie picked up wins No. 400, The Bears also took home 401, 402 and 403 in his career first place in a three-way meet as the boys and girls won in a when they breezed by Bishop three-way meet against Broad Chatard and Brebeuf Jesuit. Ripple and Decatur Central The Lady Bears team is also The success that the swimmers off to a good start as they are are having this season could 8-2. Their first meet was a three- largely be contributed to more way meet against Franklin Cen- intense and focused practices. tral and Covenant Christian. “We have started doing The girls picked up two wins more quality swimming during as they just edged out Frank- practice. We are also doing the lin Central by a score of 87-86. Insanity workout program for Covenant Christian came in last our dry land practices,” Renie with a score of 8 points. said. The Insanity program is

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Junior Jordan Elder swims down his lane as he competes in the 200 Individual Medley in a meet against Decatur Central and Broad Ripple. Elder ﬁnished third in the event. Cub photo/Meredith Nordmann

an intense workout meant to increase full body strength. Along with practices that are more focused, both teams rely on their seniors, as do most

varsity swim teams. “Every year we look for the seniors to step up. This year is no diﬀerent. Our seniors will be asked to swim whatever we

need in order for us too win meets,” Renie said. The Bears’ next meet will be the Marion County tournament today and Saturday at IUPUI.

Best start in years for girls KristenSwanson

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The girls basketball team is off to a 4-2 season start after wins against Indianapolis Northwest, Mount Vernon, Pike and Howe. It’s their best start in years. The girls suffered their first loss of the year to Bloomington South, and they were defeated by North Central when they played in the Marion County Tournament. In the team’s opening game against Northwest, sophomore

Kyra Tucker led the Bears in scoring with 14 points, followed by junior Breanna Jones and senior Taylor Sanders with 12 points each. Senior Kacey Johnson also contributed 11 rebounds, the game high, and added another 11 points to the 66-52 victory for the Bears. Three players went into double ﬁgures in the Lady Bears ﬁrst home game, against Mount Vernon. Sanders led in scoring with 16 points while Johnson and Jones scored 14 and 11 points, respectively.

Jones also led the team in rebounds with seven. LC went on to win 58-49. The team’s ﬁrst loss was also their ﬁrst conference game, against Bloomington South. The Bears were kept to only 36 points by their opponents. Seniors led the way in scoring with 13 points for Sanders and 10 for Johnson. Upcoming games are against Bloomington North and Lawrence North, who both have winning records. Coach John Albers said he wants the

girls to keep giving their all and playing well. “Our focus is to play our best every time we step on the ﬂoor,” he said. He believes the main keys to success are being a team and respecting others. “We have to play as if every game is a championship game,” Albers said. The team is doing well, but Albers wants the team to work on communication on the ﬂoor and execution. The girls next game is against Columbus North at home.

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Spotlight Hoops

Senior Ross Pereira single-handedly planned and held Hoops for ACC, a basketball tournament raising funds for the NODCC, an organization that helps kids with disabilities caused by this disease, including his younger brother, Grant Pereira. Cub Reporter (CR): What motivated you to make this basketball tournament fundraiser a reality? Had you been thinking about it for a long time or was it a spur of the moment idea?

RP: I started planning the tournament the week after the Cross Country season ﬁnished or around Nov. 1.

Ross Pereira (RP): Well, I decided to organize the fundraiser, because I’ve seen the opportunites that the National Organization for Disorders of the Corpus Callosum (NODCC) has given my brother and other kids with similar disabilities. I remember as a kid traveling to Dallas, Texas with the family to attend the NODCC Annual Workshop and Speaker Symposium. I just wanted to give back and had been thinking of a way to do so for a long time.

RP: Grant and I are a lot closer than the typical brothers. For as long as I can remember I’ve looked after and taken care of Grant, and it just sort of became habit. While we talk about almost everything, there’s a certain point where he just doesn’t comprehend the emotions I may convey, but we’re still close on that level. I’m the one who shaves and showers Grant, deﬁnitely not the norm for typical brothers. Usually, one of my weeknights is spent with Grant, whether it’s the movies, a school athletic event or just hanging out. All in all,

CR: When did you start planning the tournament?

CR: Describe your relationship with your brother.

we spend a lot of time together. While some would say that having a brother like Grant is a burden, I think its been one of the greatest blessings in my life. He’s so innocent, oblivious to the tumult in the world, and I’ve never met someone more full of love than Grant. He teaches me every day. The things I do, they aren’t a testament of my “self-righteousness.” I have no doubt that anyone in my position would do the same. In the end, it isn’t a matter of what I do for Grant. It’s a matter of what Grant does for me.

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CR: Why only cross country teams? Why not allow anyone to create a team? RP: We decided to do only Cross Country teams because, for three years running, there has been a Cross Country Basketball tournament hosted by someone and some team in the Indy area (Warren Central/ Sean Obrein 2010, Lawrence Central Team 2009). Granted, this tournament was much more of a fundraiser and had much more organization than previous years.

CR: What does the foundaCR: Were you questioning tion do that you fundraised the success of the tourna- for? Does it look for cures or ment, or were you conﬁdent treatments? in its turnout? RP: The NODCC hosts an Workshop and RP: I was pretty conﬁdent in annual Speaker Sypmosium for the tournout of the tournament. We had great participa- families with members with tion from teams in the area disorders of the corpus caland teams as far away as Sey- losum. They don’t look for mour High School. Without cures or treatments per say, the participation, the tourna- more help and guide famiment wouldn’t have been a lies in how to deal and care for their family member. success.

“In the end, it isn’t a matter of what I do for Grant. It’s a matter of what Grant does for me.”