Logan Larkin 2017 Newspaper Portfolio

Lo g a n L a r k i n Portfolio 2017

Cover Letter.

“I work in a trance, I just see what happens. Painting is truly a sensual activity… It is a turn on, you are creating, you are being god.” - Fritz Scholder Gorged by a world where corruption coexists with beauty, I have been helping myself to the buffet sized opportunities of creation since a young age. My cross contamination of artistic passion and creativity has manifested into an uncontrollable desire to indulge myself into the art community and process of creating.

Striving to learn at every corner, and take advantage of every opportunity I plan to one day become a significant figure in the world of art.

My proclivity to develop both experimental and structured art pieces has grown to where I now understand the importance of not limiting what is possible. Instead, I just do what has to be done to create. I have found no limits in creating what my mind can come up with. My prolific nature is aligned with one of my artistic idols, Jean-Michel Basquiat, who rapidly became a monumental figure during one of the most revolutionary art movements. In his several years creating, he breached boundaries of not only every day concepts such as counter-culture, civil rights and human condition, but he also re-introduced lurid colors and collage techniques through an ‘unstudied’ manner that juxtaposed all of the other pop/neoexpressionistic art movements of the time. Basquiat’s philosophy is something I take inspiration from when I develop ideas for my pieces.

Another artist who inspires me is Takashi Murakami. Known for his unique ‘Superflat’ style, Murakami has worked hard to remain independent from the Americanization of the art world. Through his experimental designs and allegorical references to his personal character, Murakami inspires me to develop art that is unique to my own thriving mind and make art in the environment that inspires me most: myself. His passion flows just as mine does through the characterization of the artistic elements throughout his works.

Over the past few years I gained a lot of exposure through local art shows, restaurant collaborations, and active participation in my community. I took courses at local art schools, and enrolled in a summer art program at New York University. Experimenting constantly, I taught myself to build my own stretcher frames and stretch my own canvas, and I still continue to stretch my own canvas for all my pieces. Taking inspiration from all over, I take up interests in graphic design and cinematography in order to parallel it to my own artistic development.

Enrolling in the studio art program at New York University would introduce a creative environment that would help me gain exposure, knowledge and allow me to continue to experiment with my passion. Also, it would open up opportunities to work with a niche of artists who share a similar passion. New York University would further my plan to be a professional artist so I can sustain myself and continue to expand my artistic outreach. As a creative, I will flourish in the artistic realm that New York University can provide me.

Self Eval.

By embarking on my second semester of Newspaper

at Cactus Shadows High School, I have developed a new skills, and experienced a number of new things; some delightful and some difficult. Not only was it my first year in the Newspaper course, but I had also been appointed photo editor which brought another range of responsibilities I had never taken on before.

With an entire semester under my belt, I was able to take on the second semester with more experience and organisation. As I advanced through each new issue of the newspaper, I continued to learn about leadership and teamwork as well as the process of newspaper production. Additionally, I faced challenges such as deadlines and following journalism ethics. However I also experienced what it is like to be dedicated towards a school newspaper, and I have gained many new insights and respect for the journalistic process.

It did not take long to become fluent in they way everyone liked to be treated, and I believe I adjusted well and was able to respect and work without any personal conflicts. Although, when it came down to the deadline and everyone always becomes more tense. In hindsight, I would make sure to encourage the other members to meet their

deadlines with promptness without worrying about the friendly relationships I had developed with them.

Another concept that I had been unfamiliar with, was having a hierarchy of workload and responsibility in a class and having to ask, and sometimes order other students to get their work in on time. Through my experience from first semester, I was able to take a role of leadership and dictate what I needed members of the newspaper to get done, and make sure they knew how they would meet their deadline. As a leader, I always do my best to treat everyone equally and hold the same respect for each member of the staff. However, when deadlines approach and patience grows thin, there is always some detest to be held for the staff member who has procrastinated or put off all their assignments. When this neglect is shown by a staff member, I often lose the amount of respect I once held for this person. However, I believe it is important to hold people to their commitments. In addition, if a memeber failed to meet their deadline, I face reprocussions because if I do not have all the photos I need, it makes me look as if I did a poor job leading. I prefer to be able to approach staff members and have a strong friendship, thereby encouraging them to get their photos in on time. Understanding

the psychological way the newspaper works as a systemic operation, enables me to lead free of judgement. This type of leadership is something I have grown comfortable with, and I will not be afraid to take leadership roles in my future when it comes to organizing, and operating a group of people successfully.

During my second semester as photo editor, I learned many things about the production of the newspaper and had a lot of hands-on involvement. Being part of a small staff meant that I worked alongside with the staff to interview and research topics in order to create succinct and useful articles that were published in the newspaper. There were also many times I would go on assignments to photograph a number of events and document moments that would be discussed in the articles in the monthly issue of the newspaper. Working with other editors in class and on a monthly production day, it was our job to gather all the articles and photos and develop the pages for the newspaper.

As photo editor I designed and edited the photo essay, which was featured on the back page of every issue of the newspaper. When it came time to physically print and deliver the paper, I went on my own a few times to the printing company to pick up the paper. Usually the following morning I would bring the paper to school and with the other staff members we delivered the paper to the student body and administration.

More times than not, deadlines are the most stressful part of being part of the newspaper.

Being well prepared and making sure all of the articles and photos for the paper are in on time aid in reducing the amount of frenetic actions taken during production week. In the future, I would advise myself to be on top of the staff members who are typical of slacking off until the last minute, as well as following up with all the staff members consistently.

Since I was introduced to journalism, and the methods of writing and photographing I have learned that there is an entire set of rules that I have never had apply to any other type of writing or photographing. These ethics are strict and not forgiving. Although I only wrote few articles for the newspaper this semester, I still faced a huge learning curve when it came to being objective and

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telling the truth. I have never had trouble with plagiarizing but in previous writing assignments I have often injected my own dramatic opinions and often used literary elements to make stories larger than life. Telling a story like it is takes a honorable rigour that, for many, is hard to stand by. I enjoyed the challenge of writing objective and truthful works and I now understand the importance they have to the reader. Without news stories that are honest, there would be no trust in journalists.

This semester, I believe I pulled my own weight. I often took photo assignments given to staff members that were never completed. Also, for a few issues of the paper I took the photos for the photo essay on my own. Making sure to show up to each production day on time, I assisted others in completing their assignments as well as my own so that the newspaper would be completed on time. After the review of the newspaper, I went three times to go and receive the newspaper from the printing company so that it could be delivered on time. Without my participation the newspaper would have been missing a lot of photos, and may have even been missing on delivery day.

In summation I faced a number of responsibilities that I rarely ever have in other scenarios. I had to rely on a staff and have others rely on me as well to complete the newspaper. I had to problem solve situations where a staff member did not have their photos done, and make decisions that would not compromise the newspaper. One of the most difficult things I faced, was ensuring that the newspaper could remain high on my priorities along with my other classes at school, work, clubs, and college applications. Although now the semester is over, and I have navigated myself through it, and each issue of the newspaper efficiently and without any errors. I was capable of doing this by planning ahead and getting my work done on time, and in some cases ahead of time, that way I could address problems as they arose.

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ction Re ion ef lection “it creates a different type of layout that adds dimension to the presentation of the paper” Photo Essay

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As each production day comes, so does the creation of a LITTLE WOMEN new Photo Essay. This semester, I wanted my Photo Essay to improve in several aspects from the previous semester. First of all, I wanted to create better captions; descriptions that were more in depth then what was simply in the photo. The captions needed to explain part of the story that is not evident in the photograph, whether that be background of the production, or pre/post action of the scene i.g.: what kind of effect the subject had after the photo was taken. Seocondly, I wanted to improve my human interest by capturing expressions (internal and external) as well as an insight to the subject that transports the viewer to that moment. Most of all this semester, my goal was to continue to create a coherent page all awhile tying in the new elements.

The Photo Essay that I thought best demonstrated the goals I had set out to achieve this semester was February’s Photo Essay.

After spending some time with the cast before the show, waiting for them to go through their warmups and then getting into costume helped me develop a connection with the show itself, providing me insight. This extra time spent at the show for Little Women helped me understand the show, and navigate around the stage to capture images that displayed the energy of the cast. Additionaly, understanding the roles each character played, as well as the plot and setting, aided me in meetin my first goal of creating dynamic captions that provided a new perspective to the photo.

Moreover, getting to know the play and cast aided in created photos with depth in character and human emotio. Being around the cast for the extra time let the performers get comfortable in front of the camera, as well as around me. This comfort helped create more of a magnetism between the cast and myself. Instead of being hesitant, the cast enjoyed showing off infront of the camera and forgot that I was even there at many points. These small steps, and few extra minutes spent getting to know the cast allowed me to complete my second goal of capturing much more intriguing human interest photos.

When it came to the production of the Photo Essay, I almost did not know where to start because I had developed so many good points of entry during the photo shoot of the cast’s performance. However, because of my diligance in the production of photos and a story, I was able to create a Photo Essay that told a coherent story, while capturing some of Cactus Shadows High School’s best talent.

Overall, I believe my Photo Essay is an important addition to the newspaper because it creates a different type of layout that adds dimension to the presentation of the paper. The Photo Essay demonstrates that a story can be told with more than words, and that it can even tell more about an event than a written story can.

The Shadowbox Players present the adaptation of Louisa May Alcott’s book Little Women. Their first full dress rehearsal took place on March 3. Shadowbox Players brought the story to life by stepping out of the book (a large set piece), and onto the stage. The show opened at the Fine Art Center on Thursday, March 9 and runs through Saturday, March 18. Tickets are $5.00 and can be purchased at the door or by going to https://goo.gl/forms/ rkXaLIP5ILYTHs392. Thursday shows start at 7 p.m. and the starting time is 7:30 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays.

IN SYNC. Kayla Dobbs, a sophomore,

Chance McLauglin, a junior, and Julia Horner, Kameron Moore, seniors, paused for a moment to share a glance before stepping back into their dance.

(Read more on the story on page 5)

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DON’T TRIP! Every performer moved their feet care-

fully as they danced about the scene. The Ball in act one was full of colorfully spinning dress and quick stepping actors.

COLOR IN MOTION. Max McGregor, and Allie Holt, juniors and Drew Johnston, a sophomore, join the cast during the ball scene to add to the ensemble of color.

THE MIND OF A GENIUS. Carter LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT! John Brooke, played by Sam Chartier, a MIC CHECK! Tara Prager, a junior checks her mic in Homan, a sophomore, put on an junior, talks to Meg March, played by Tiffany Stoddard, a senior, after entirely improvised performance while dancing the whole night. playing the piano.

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the mirror. Prager, and Kayla Dobbs switch off playing the main role of Jo March in each seperate show.

ACT PROPER! Kira Billard, a senior plays Aunt March and is in the pro-

cess of teaching Jo March, played by Kayla Dobbs, a sophomore, how to act proper. Jo March agrees to become more ‘ladylike’ to travel Euroupe with her Aunt.

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WINTER SPORTS WRAP UP SEASONS

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With winter coming to a close, basketball, soccer, and wrestling finish out the final days of a long season.

cons have had 19 wins and only 4 losses. It was a succesfull season for girls basketball.

“Players have stayed extremely committed,” said coach Richie Willis. He believes that their commitment has been the reason for their success.

BOYS AND GIRLS BASKETBALL “We’ll continue to stay commitThe final game for basketball was ted and stick to the program,” said held on February 3. Boys basket- Willis. ball’s current record is 15 wins and 6’ ft tall, junior Caitlyn Bickle was ten losses. They are recently named currently ranked 52 player of the year. in the state.

She has person“Players have stayed Although they ally scored 30 extremely comitted... did not do as well points, had four and we’ll continue as they had hoped assists and nine ,there were some rebounds.

Girl’s to stay comitted highlights. A win basketball is and stick to the against one of the ranked eight in the best basketball state and nationprogram.” teams. ally 329.

Richie Willis, head Fountain Hill Their only coach of girls Basketball. high school, senior losses were Aaron Cohn scored against Mesquite an average of nearly (which is the num10 points per game along with ber 1 team in Arizona for girls basassists. Players remain positive, ketball), a disappointing and close “with a couple good games down loss against seven ranked team the stretch, we should still have Chaparral, and two losses against a good chance at making it in the California schools. Highlights have playoffs,” said Cohn, captain of the been a huge win over 4th ranked team. Cohn was extremely compli- team in the state Seton Catholic, mentary of his coaches and team- who they lost their state title to mates. the season before. This win took “My teammates (and coaches) place only a few weeks ago, with a have become my closest friends,” 13 point win. said Cohn.

Girls basketball’s final game was BOYS AND GIRLS SOCCER Boys soccer is ranked 51st in held on February 2. The lady falBy IZZY CANTWELL § staff writer

With the second semester starting up it means that winter sports are coming to a close. These include boys and girls basketball, boys and girls soccer and wrestling.

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the state and 762 nationally. Their record is 11-5-3 (11 wins, 5 ties, 3 losses.)

Senior, Ryan Clark was recently named player of the year as well. Clark is captain of the soccer team. He’s scored three goals and two assists.

The highlights have been a close win against Washington High School (ranked 47th in the state.)

Boys soccer’s last game was the 31st of January against Moon Valley High School.

Also coming to a close is girls soccer. They ranked 33rd in the state and 553rd nationally. Their record is (10-5-3).

Senior Josie Teegardin is their team captain as well as player of the year. Jordan Lund has also had a succesful season averaging over a goal per game.

What’s your favorite superbowl commerical?

“I always find Doritos does a good job, they’ve done commercials that have a certain type of feeling towards them, you’re always looking forward to what they’re going to be. They’re always been pretty funny and they use normal people instead of famous actors.”

JACOB BOMBACCI, HISTORY TEACHER “I loved the Bai commercial with Christopher Walken and Justin Timberlake. It was funny to hear Christopher say a line from NSYNC’s song Bye, Bye, Bye. Clever.”

TAYLER MARKLAND, JUNIOR

“The Betty White commercial is my favorite because she plays football and gets sacked but then eats a Snicker and turns back into a football player”

LOGAN HASHER, FRESHMAN

WRESTLING

Finally, there’s boys wrestling.

Alex Burghardt head coach of wrestling has led his team to a fantastic season.

Their final meet was held against Agua Fria High school. Freshman, Trent Searles on the wrestling team says that the perks of wrestling is, “you’re always active and you get to meet new people.” The social element of high school sports is such a positive perk of being a student athlete.

Searles also said when asked why he decided to wrestle, “I was on my sisters recruiting trip to Auburn and decided that I also wanted to play a sport in college.”

“My favorite was the 2013 Clydesdale commercial. It showed the unbreakable bond between animal and humans and brought up some emotions.It was the most moving commercial.”

TANNER LAIZURE, JUNIOR “It’s a Doritos commercial where this mom brings her new man home and he plays video games with her son and takes a Dorito so the kid slaps him and tells him to keep his hands off his Doritos and his mom.”

SEAN WRIGHT, SENIOR

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SPOTLIGHT

NEW SOFTBALL FIELD AND FIELDHOUSE OFFICIALLY OPEN TOSTUDENTS STUDENTSBRING

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AT THE GRAND OPENING OF THE FIELD HOUSE,

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ITH the new softball field and field house added this year, athletes will better their skills in games and training by taking advantage of the new features.

After taking an extended 16 months to finish, the field house is finally available to athletes. The grand opening of the field house took place January 23 from 4:30 p.m. to 6 p.m.

One of Principal Steven Bebee’s favorite features of the facility is the building’s functionality.

“When we get to games this year, especially football season... it will be so much smoother. I think we’ll get people in and out easier,” said Bebee.

Besides the functionality of the field house, Bebee believes that the

facility has a great view and looks like it has always belonged on campus.

“It’s nice to see the athletic facility now match the rest of the campus and be the state-of-the-art facility that it needs to be for all of the students,” said Bebee.

Bebee mentioned that the field house was funded from bonds paid by taxpayers.

“I love the new field house. It’s so nice inside and the locker room and weight room are well put together,” said Lucas Seaton, a sophomore.

As a soccer and football player, Seaton was looking forward to using the weight room and was not disappointed. Seaton claimed that the facility was bigger than he expected.Another edition to the campus is the new softball field. Softball player

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Old school, new teachers

TALENT TO THE NEST

Taylor Kufner had mixed feelings about the new field but eventually learned to say goodbye.

IB Istudents “At first, wasn’t veryhosts excitedthe because of all the talent memoriesshow that annual were made on HAYCRAFT-MCKEE the old field but g staff it

By GRACE writer was time for a new start. The new field looksThe amazing the team annual and IB talent show was held at the Arts Center on January couldn’tFine be happier,” said Kufner, 27th a and showcased senior. many students. The IB students hosted the show to raise moneyKufner towardsthinks research into the conThe new features called, Orthostatic Tachycardia she willdition benefit mostPostural from are the (POTS). dug outs,Syndrome field layout and new locker IB students have taken on the role to host this rooms. show for several years now.

It all started with a “I think it’s important to get things former IB teacher about seven years ago when up-to-date because it allows us to they wanted to fundraise money for a charity. adapt and stay current with the way “During the first semester, the IB students and sports are heading,” said Kufner.

I get together and decide what cause we want to To get used to the new location, fundraise for. iThere are about twenty different the softball team has an open field on roles that need to get done between posters and Monday finding and Wednesday every week. judges and finding talent. It’s mostly studriven,”SHADOWS said Andrew Cupo, a theater teacher.

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IB STUDENTS JUDGE

Auditions were held a week prior to the show.

The IB students judged each act and decided if some acts would be performed at the actual show.

The day of the show, Lori Hart, journalism teacher, Elissa Ericson, dance teacher, and Haley Vago, dance teacher chose the winners.

“The judges had a whole rubric. They were looking for talent and the overall difficulty and originality of their performance,” said Cupo.

Judges also had groups to place their results in because there was one winner for four different acts. While the show is raising money for charity, they also give money out to each winner.

“There are four categories where you can win money like best vocals, best non vocals, best act, and another one I can’t think of. I won a hundred dollars last year with my friend so we split it,” said Rachel Dutcher, a senior.

Each year, the showcase brings different talents. The acts ranged from musicians to dancers With over 2,000 the 62nd to horses singersbeing thatshown, showcased their abilities.

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“I really like photography and working out. I like to be fit and the best me I can. Also, I really like reading now, not really school material, but personal reading. I take pictures of landscapes, around the city, and downtown area. I started a website, which I have not been able to get into yet becaue school is picking up, but it is about the photography I have taken, and trying to get it out there to be noticed and sell it to people. Some of my daily routines is going to the YMCA and the gym.”

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horse show will be taken place at WestWorld of Scottsdale.

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10-12 “I’m a barista at Starbucks up in Carefree, it’s nice working there. I am the closing shift, so there’s not a lot of customers to deal with. I am also working on a short story in creative writing.

It is about this super villian who has to team up with the superhero to defeat this ultra evil corporation. The story is coming along well, there is going to be a lot of snark in it because the lead is really sarcastic, kind of like Deadpool. I also draw a lot, mostly stuff from shows I watch.”

KATRINA WALSH, a junior

“I am really into music, I spend most of my time trying to find new songs to listen to. Also, I really like going to music festivals. I will be going to the University of Arizona next year, but I am not sure of my major. I am excited because it is going to be a different life than the one I am living now. My boyfriend, who lives in California, is actually moving out here, and is putting in a transfer request to the U of A. I also paint abstract art in my spare time. I started over the summer. I use a lot of primary colors an paint people the way I see them. I see people as, according to my art, with really big eyes and not a lot of hair.”

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because you find out these people have all these talents that you never even knew about,” said Gabrielle Paine, a senior and first overall winner of the show.

One of the popular was best vocal.

A event full of entertainment, anythingcategories from jousting knights on horseback to comedy acts Students sang everything from covers to original only at the Renaissance songs. Festival. This event will be taking place on every Saturday and Sunday “For the actual talent show I sang an original from 1o a.m. until 6 p.m. called ‘Found Myself’. It was really exciting, but I happened to fall sick on the day of the show so I was actually sick while singing,” said Kristina Solberg, a freshman and best vocal winner.

To get up in front of the crowd and the judges was very nerve wracking for some of the conAt the Rawhide Event Center in Chandler, this It takes a lotThis for some students to show will be the 8thtestants. annual Crush festival. what theyDoors can do forateveryone festival is 18 and older. open 5 p.m. andwatching. goes until 2:30 a.m.

“I was super nervous, hands were shaking. I just went out and played the piano. I did not expect to win at all, I was just doing it for fun, and I just went for the experience of being in the show,” said Luke MacGowan, a sophomore and best non vocal act.

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PH X VEGAN F ES T This year's fest will feature some of the best vegan restaurants, drinks, personal care, and clothing items.

There will also be more vendors to check out and 2 stages of live music.

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Taking place at the Heard Museum, this hoop contest consists of many different people who are showing their culture through the colorful and athletic sport of Hoop Dancing.

General admission is $18 and it goes from 9:30 a.m. unit 5 p.m.

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SINGING SOLO, Danielle Quenzler, a sophomore, stunned the crowd while singing “Fly” by Nicki Minaj.

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Due to personal reasons, four math teachers left at the end of first semester. All have been replaced, and a new IB English teacher was also hired, which means there are new faces on campus.

The new teachers are Janet Wells, IB English, Erica Granedo, Algebra 1-2 and Geometry, Kristi Zeeb, Algerba 1-2 and Geometry, Bahram Deghani, Geometry, and Ryan Thomas, Algebra 3-4.

Getting a new teacher halfway through the year can be challenging for students. “I feel like we got so used to our old teacher that we don’t really understand what’s going on,” said Taylore Harvey, a sophomore.

Other students do not notice a difference from teacher to teacher.

“It hasn’t affected my academic performance because I just take notes out of the book,” said Ryan Lake, a sophomore.

Both students agree that foreign teachers, because of language issues, can be more difficult to understand, making learning in class often a challenge.

“If they come from a foreign country that doesn’t speak English, then they don’t really understand the language and they can’t elaborate on what they’re saying,” said Lake.

Classroom management can also be an issue for new teachers. Both Lake and Harvey agreed that the student body needed to treat teachers with more respect. Harvey shared that “students have been kinda rough on them [teachers] because they’re new.”

Geometry teacher Deghani, from Iran, also finds the transition challenging. “It is difficult for me teaching in a foreign country because my English is not perfect,” said Degani.

His solution was simple. “If the students studied more, my transition would become easier.”

Language difficulties aside, the teachers from foreign countries bring new ideas and diversity to the school, giving students the opportunity to learn about different cultures.

JANET WELLS, IB ENGLISH

ERICA GRANEDO, ALGEBRA 1-2 AND GEOMETRY

KRISTI ZEEB, ALGEBRA 1-2 AND GEOMETRY

BAHRAM DEGHANI, GEOMETRY

RYAN THOMAS, ALGEBRA 3-4

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03/17 SPOTLIGHT

FEATURES

MARCH EVENTS

Humans of Cactus Shadows

By CAITY BONINE g staff writer

Arizona State University has been significantly involved in space exploration since the 1970s. According to asunow. asu.edu, the college has assisted in 25 missions to eight different planets, three asteroids, two moons, and the sun.

“The ASU space program interests me a lot because they participate in a lot of important space missions,” said Hallie Wooldridge, a senior.

The School of Earth and Space Exploration was established in 2006, however the space program technically began much earlier. Long before ASU was building spacecraft, their future space program was simply a general geology program. With the help of Ron Greeley, who was one of the founders of planetary geology and worked at National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) selecting landing sites on the moon for the Apollo missions, and Phil Christensen, a Regents Professor of geological sciences at ASU. According to asunow.asu.edu, Christensen is the “founder of what the program has become.”

Now, ASU’s space program makes instruments for NASA.

“I plan on attending ASU Barrett in the fall. This is my first year of doing track and I am a triple jumper, long jumper, and pole vaulter. Senior year is weird, it’s weird to know that I will be off by myself in a few months. This year has gone by fast and it’s good because I’m done with school, but it’s bad because I’m closer to leaving everything. I am looking forward to getting out of high school; seniorites is in full force and I’m not doing any homework right now, and I’m putting everything off. The worst thing about getting out of here is that I won’t see most of the people I am used to seeing once school ends. I am used to seeing the same faces everyday, but that won’t happen when I go to college. I will have to make new friends.”

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ZACH GARRETT, a senior

“It has been a pretty stresful time, college acceptances are coming in, but I got accepted to the University of Michigan, so it’s nice to know that there is one place I can go if I don’t get accepted to somewhere else. I also applied to Emory University, University of Miami, Vanderbilt, Washington University in St. Louis, and Rice University. I apllied to these schools becasue they have great pre-med programs. This month and next month I’m going to be traveling.

I’m going to Miami to visit my brother and Costa Rica for Spring Break with the IB class.

We are going horseback riding, whitewater rafting, and to the beach.”

University takes a leading role in space exploration.

Elon Musk goes rogue the human experience,” said Zack Paul, a junior and Elon Musk follower.

After four years of construction, Musk’s first rocket was space-ready. He would name his new rocket the Falcon 9, which only cost 62 million dollars. This is significantly less expensive than anything NASA has ever built, including NASA’s newest rocket, the SLS that costs 500 million dollars per launch.

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“I just started track, so that is fun. I run distance and do shotput. I got into the University of Michigan, so I will probably be going to Michigan unless there are any other major developments. I don’t know what I am majoring yet, but it is going to be exploratory. I really love the location of Michigan, I really love the city of Ann Arbor and the school that I applied to has a bunch of different majors that are very respected across the country, so it gives me a lot of options for what I want to do.

In the fall, I will be in college, but I don’t know, I won’t join a frat, that is all I know really. Joining a frat isn’t my type of thing, it is a lot of money.”

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DUSTY GLADSTONE, a senior

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Sean Gannon dives into the private space exploration company, SpaceX The Martian, Star Wars, Star Trek, Treasure Planet, Guardians of the Galaxy. All of these fictional events could be made possible by private companies investing in space exploration.

U LOUISE JAGUS Elon Musk, an entrepreneur, inventor, and engineer famous for founding the groundbreaking electric car company, Tesla, has been leading the caravan of private space exploration since 2002 when he founded the fastest growing private spaceflight company on earth, SpaceX.

LAILA ELIAS, a senior

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ASU reaches out of this world

“A lot of people don’t realize how involved ASU has been with NASA. They’ve participated in a lot of significant projects and the work they do is very impressive,” said Chrissy Steele, Cactus Shadows alumni who now attends ASU. ASU has a long history of partnering up with NASA to build spacecraft that would travel to the moon and Mars. But in 2015, the college space program built a 30 pound spacecraft to orbit the moon.

This was a significant project because it was the first one that they were directly in charge of and would be operating.

“ASU’s space program is very impressive. They’ve done a lot of fascinating work with NASA like Mars exploration rovers, for example,” said Rachel Dutcher, senior.

In January, NASA announced that ASU will lead its first deep-space mission, called 16 Psyche, to a distant asteroid. According to azcentral.com, the multi-million dollar mission will launch in 2023. The mission will be unmanned and take four and a half years to arrive at the asteroid. The goal of the mission is to study the metal core of the asteroid in hopes of gaining a better understanding of how planets are formed.

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SpaceX has two goals in mind when it comes to space travel: reduce the overall cost of space transportation, and colonize Mars. Making a life on Mars is usually only seen on a television screen, but Musk, the man behind it all, is closer than one would think.

In 2006, Musk decided that to get this new company on it’s feet and operational as soon as possible; he would need money, and lots of it. So Musk invested 100 million dollars of his own money into the company based out of California. This money would be used to build the company’s first inexpensive and reusable rocket.

“I know that they’re looking to eventually commercialize and fully privatize space travel and to make it a norm of society and

affordable, were becoming reality.

Having proved they could safely dock one of their spacecraft, NASA hired SpaceX to run supplies to the ISS’s crew 12 times since October 2012. Paying SpaceX 1.6 billion dollars to do so.

“Elon Musk finally landed, I think two rockets now. So he’s getting it down so they can use the same rocket to lower the cost significantly and allow us to travel further and further into space,” said Russell DelGrosso, a math teacher and SpaceX enthusiast.

SpaceX, launching one Falcon 9 rocket with a Dragon capsule attached, costs an average of 57 million dollars. NASA’s equivalent, the Shuttle, costed an average of 1.5 billion dollars per launch. NASA’s launches of supplies and crew members to the ISS costed 26.3 times as much as SpaceX. In NASA’s case, they are saving billions of dollars.

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Attached to the top of Musk’s Falcon 9 rocket is the Dragon. The Dragon is the pressurized capsule that contained both the crew and their cargo.

Records were broken on December 8, 2010, when the Dragon became the first ever privately developed spacecraft to successfully orbit the earth and reenter the atmosphere. After safely crashing into the Pacific Ocean, the unmanned spacecraft was recovered and refurbished for later use.

19 months after the Dragon had successfully orbited and reentered earth’s atmosphere, SpaceX sent it up into space again on a Falcon 9. This time with the intent to make history yet again. May 25, 2012: the Dragon becomes the first commercial space vehicle ever to dock at the International Space Station. Once again proving that Elon Musk’s dreams of making space travel

WHY?

In 2014 NASA realized that they could save so much money by hiring SpaceX to build rockets for them and send crews to the ISS. NASA was spending 1.5 billion dollars of taxpayer money to send one Shuttle to the ISS. By hiring SpaceX, for only 2.6 billion dollars, they are saving the federal government billions upon billions of dollars.

In 2016, SpaceX released an official time-

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line that illustrates exactly what steps will be taken and when they will be taken, in order to reach Mars and colonize its surface.

AND NOW?

The company claimed they would launch the Red Dragon program, in 2018 although they announced February 21, 2017 that the program would launch in 2020. This program was designed to test every single aspect of the trip.

Flying extremely large payloads over such an enormous distance, identifying resources that crews could use on the surface of Mars, landing rockets safely and mapping other potential landing sites.

“I think that in ten years, we may have a man on the surface of Mars,” said Ryan McQuiston, a sophomore and space fanatic.

Using their newest rocket, the Falcon Heavy, SpaceX claims they can successfully send a crew to Mars. SpaceX now breaks another record with the world’s largest and KEELY DORAN g staff writer most powerful rocket ever. TheBy liftoff power is equivalent to 18 Boeing 747 planes at full power. That is 5.13 million pounds of thrust.

Based in the late 1800s in a small New Elon Musk and SpaceX plan to send the first flight to Mars by 2023 if all testsEngland go accord-town, Louisa May Alcott’s novel ing to plan.On February 27, Musk Little announced Women brings to life a vibrant sishis plan to send two private individuals on a terhood struggling to mature in a world trip around the moon aboard SpaceX’s new fullpeople of widespread gender-stereotypes Falcon Heavy. Round trip, the two would spend a week in the Dragon 2and capsule. romantic disasters.

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With a bachelor-themed pageant, students compete in the 11th annual Mr. Cactus Shadows.

CONTESTANTS IN THE PAGEANT, share a bonding moment on stage.

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Ryan Clary, a senior, was crowned this year’s Mr. Cactus Shadows. This was the 11th year StuCo sponsored this all-boys pageant.

“The whole show was great. All the contestants were hilarious,” said Clary.

Clary’s most popular event was synchronized swimming, a parody of the Olympics swimming event. He and his partner, Stefan Gustafsson, also a senior, wore swimming suits, caps and goggles.

They rolled out mats and pretended to dive onto them.

“I wasn’t even sure if I was going to make top ten, but once I did, I left everything on the stage,” said Clary.

Students voted for their favorites, and, at the end of the evening, the winner was announced.

“The main benefit of the event is a good time,” said Cameron Bender, student council advisor.

Contestants competed for two free tickets to prom, as well as their suit and tie completely paid for. “If I won, I’d probably turn up at prom,” said Taj Nadesan, a sophomore, who competed in the pageant.

Each contestant was given a coach to help them prepare for the event. The coaches had to be in student council. Clary was coached by Taylor Strasser and Chloe Warrington, both seniors. “I couldn’t have asked for better coaches,” said Clary.

Having a coach guiding the participants through the competition helped with the overall quality of the performances. “They can coach you on what to do and help you get ready,” said Nadesan.

The contestants who have done well in the pageant often practice for hours in preparation for the event.

“Me and my friend Matt stayed up until one in the morning practicing,” said Peyton Kuehn, winner of last year’s Mr. Cactus Shadows.

The acts that the audience finds funny tend to score the highest points. “The ones that always stand out to me are the ones that are super funny. Last year, winner Peyton Kuehn did the Napoleon Dynamite dance perfectly. It was funny but also really high quality,” said Bender.

Mr. Cactus Shadows was run primarily by students.. “My favorite part about the event in general is that it is all student run. There is a student producer that goes through the planning and preparation of the whole show, who makes sure we hold auditions. We have a student director. So there’s all these great real life jobs that the kids get to manage,” said Bender.

The judge panel included three teachers and two students. These judges were responsible for the first eliminations, but the final winner was chosen by the student audience. This year’s teacher judges were Haley Vago, Brittney Dodd and Aaron Pettinato.

“And, yes, it does feel great to be Mr. CSHS,” said Clary.

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4 LOGAN LARKIN 1 EYES AGAZE a junior, Sam Chartier and a senior, Tiffany Stoddard perform a duet.

2 OUT FROM THE DARKNESS a junior, Allie Holt creeps around Tara Prager, a junior.

3 FAMILY MATTERS playing sisters Meg and Jo, seniors Kayla Dobbs and Tiffany Stoddard share a laugh onstage.

4 SING IT LOUD Julia Horner, a senior plays Marmee March, mother of the four sisters.

The four utilities who control the coal plant in Page Arizona voted on February 13 to close the Navajoowned plant in the year of 2019.

The Navajo Generating Station has decided to close due to changes in the economy and the record low of gas prices, which is an alternative use to coal power.

“I think that in any community, whether it’s the native American community or other communities, if it has that large of an impact on employment and people’s ability to gain employment, I think there needs to be a middle ground before you tell someone you have to stop and throw people out of work,” said Steven Mitten, a history teacher.

The five owners- Salt River THE CACTUS SHADOWS PRESS

Project (SRP), the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, Tucson Electric Power Co., Arizona Public Service Co., and NV Energy- had originally hoped to keep the plant running through 2019, but different needs from the owners did not match up.

The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation uses the plant to run pumps through Central Phoenix canals and to provide water to tribes.

The plant will close in December 2019, giving workers at the plant a continued three years of income and employment. The plant

employs nearly 500 Navajo and Hopi native Americans and another 86 that work at the Kayenta mine that supplies the coa. When the plant closes, all jobless workers will be hard-pressed to find a new

source of revenue.

“I feel like a lot of natives-we don’t have a lot of job opportunities anyway because we’re all the way out there, not really in rural cities, so I feel like it will be good for the future, but now it will be terrible for those trying to find new jobs,” said Taylor Harvey, a sophomore of Hopi and Apache descent.

However, there are benefits to closing the plant, such as the fact that coal plants are the nation’s largest producer of Carbon Dioxide. According to the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS), 1.7 billion tons of Carbon Dioxide was emitted in the year of 2011 and a typical plant produces 3.5 million tons a year.

Burning coal is the main cause for smog, acid rain, and pollution.

“I think that shutting it down (the coal plant), will have a worse economic effect than if they keep it because of the loss of jobs in the Navajo nation and other tribes,” said Kristen Seaback, a senior.

Seaback recently returned from Africa where she was involved in efforts regarding the cheetah, which is on the endangered species list.

The environment may be in need of help, but so will the 500 Native Americans who will become jobless in the year of 2019. According to a study by the Navajo Nation, 43 percent of all native Americans live below the poverty line.

53 percent of Navajo revenue comes from mining, so closing the plant would increase the amount of native americans that are

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Alcott’s book follows the growth of four young women, all with different views on the world. Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy March each have their own runins with disaster and miracles during and after the Civil War. “These characters don’t know what their future holds, so it’s their story which is why the set is a book,” said Andrew Cupo, theater stagecraft teacher.

With an alternating cast, the role of the four sisters will be played by five people.

Jo, the steadfast tomboy and aspiring writer will be played by both Kayla Dobbs and Tara Prager. Dobbs and Prager will also be playing Clarissa, a character in Jo’s soon-to-be novel.

“Jo is one of the first feminists I’d say.

She’s super outgoing, she has this huge bright personality and doesn’t want to be like all the other girls,” said Dobbs.

This play emphasizes female empowerment and the bond between sisters who are raised to conform to societal roles that

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already living in poverty.

“A lot of people are poor and a lot of people don’t have jobs and just don’t have the time to get a job, there’s not a lot of opportunities either,” said Harvey.

According to arizonaexperience.org, six percent of Arizona’s popualtion is of Native American descent.

“Just as long as you have native blood or you can trace it back to a certain tribe, like Navajo, then you can enroll in the tribe and be a part of it,” said Harvey.

In Arizona, the largest tribe is the Navajo Nation. Their land covers 27,425 square miles and is in parts of northeastern Arizona, southeastern Utah, and northwestern New Mexico.

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students start planning their schedules for next year, the options for electives have expanded. New classes that are being offered are computer science, culinary arts, and sports medicine.

According to the AP course catalog online, “Freshmen

through seniors are open to take AP computer science principles which allows stu-

dents to develop tools to analyze and study data and working with large data sets to study, visualize, and draw conclusions from trends. This course lets students use computer software and explore questions that may interest them.”

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After taking a year of computer science principles, juniors and seniors are allowed to take a second year of the course. The computer science course will consist of topics that include problem solving, design strategies and methodologies, organization of data, approaches to processing data, analysis of potential solutions, and ethical and social implication of computing.

The class will teach students how to develop solutions for situations that can range anywhere from miniscule to complex problems.

"I'm excited to learn about artificial intelligence in computer science. It's going to be a very important part of society in the future,” said Chris Eyrich, a junior.

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Culinary Arts 1-2 has officially been added to the electives. This course is set for stu-

dents who are interested in learning about foods. Students will learn how to prepare healthy and nutritious foods, learn more about the importance of vitamins and minerals, and the chemical processes involved in food preparation are explored. Also, menu planning, recipe development, basic food preparation, knife skills and sanitation practices will be included. The course has a fee of $25 per .5 credit, and will be offered to sophomores-seniors.

The second course, culinary arts 3-4 will be offered to juniors through seniors.

“It just sounds like a really fun class and I like food so it works out pretty well,” said Trisha

Rousu, a junior, who plans on taking culinary next year.

Sports Medicine will allow students to expand their knowledge about how to care for the human body when it is injured. They will learn first aid

for athletic injuries, basic knowledge about the human body, procedures for common athletic injuries, and information on diets for athletes.

After school and evening attendance at sporting events will be required for students to attend for this class. The course is open to juniors and seniors. They will need to have a biology credit in order to get placed in the class.

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Chancelor Bennett, also known as Chance the Rapper, donated 1 million dollars to Chicago public schools after an ‘unsuccessful’ meeting he had with the Illinois Governor.

most severely underfunded in the nation.

The schools had to cut back on school supplies, teachers and afterschool programs.

However, with the money donated to CPS, Social Works is hoping to rebuild the schools, strengthen curriculum, provide materials for student support, and more.

On Friday, March 3, the rapper met with Bruce Rauner, the Governor of Illinois, to discuss school funding in Chicago.

According to CBS local, Bennett left the meeting feeling “flustered” and that he had gotten “vague answers”.

Bennett, a Chicago native, retaliated by donating 10,000 dollars to 10 different Chicago public schools (CPS). The donation was made possible by using the ticket sales from the Rapper's upcoming Spring Tour.

The artist is also co-founder of an organization called Social Works, where people can donate money directly towards Chicago Public Schools. For every 100,000 dollars donated, Social Works will donate an additional 10,000 dollars in hopes of CHANCE THE RAPPER has donated reaching their goal of 215 million dollars. a 1 million dollars to the Chicago public schools.

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With the addition of new shows, movies, and a more simplified rating system, Netflix is again updating its interface.

Hit movies such as A Nightmare on Elm Street and Gremlins are now available as of April 1. New Neflix Original series include 13 Reasons Why. Recent releases The BFG and Kubo and the Two Strings came out later this month for younger audiences to enjoy.

Netflix is in planning on changing from a five-star rating system to a “thumbs up, thumb down” method, similar to that ofYoutube. According to ToddYellin, vice president of product, there was a 200% increase in ratings with the new methodology.

Boys baseball continues to work hard towards a succesful season.

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the truth about “alternative facts” Hillary Clinton,” and “FBI Agent Suspected in Hillary Email Leaks Found Dead in Apparent Fake news is a hot topic on both sides of Murder-Suicide.” the political spectrum. While fake news has “It’s hard to know what information to trust always been around, during the past election because you can’t really ask the politician if year, it became widespread and is now some- the information is true. You just have to make thing that the media regularly reports on. The a judgement call,” said Dani Brooks, a freshissue has become so widespread that Google man. just announced that they are installing a “fact While many fake news stories are highly check” tab in order to help readers identify improbable and designed to generate income fake news stories. for the site reporting the “news,” even estabAccording to Buzzfeed, the top-performing lished news and social media sites have been fake news story is a hoax from October that caught up in false reporting. Isaac Wingfield, claimed President Obama had banned recit- a journalist for the New York times, intering the Pledge of Allegiance viewed employees from Facebook in schools. It was published “It’s hard to know and Google. In the interview, he

by ABCNews.com.co, a fake learned that both of the social what information site made to look like ABC media mega moguls are removing to trust because News. The Obama hoax fake news from their platforms on generated more than 2.1 you can’t really ask the grounds that they violate polimillion shares, comments, cies against misleading content. the politician if the and reactions on Facebook “State and national news stations information is true. are full of fake news. They just want in just two months. (A counter on the article page ratings and popularity. They’re You just have to suggests the story has been basically a joke at this point,” said make a judgement viewed more than 110,000 Noah Benner, a sophomore. times.)

Snopes is a fact checking datacall.”

Other fake news about base that provides users with inforsaid Dani Brooks, a US politics that hit big on mation on whether a story is true freshman Facebook this year included or false. If false, the real facts are “Pope Francis Shocks provided and the unbiased sources World, Endorses Donald Trump for President, are provided. According to Snopes, so long as Releases Statement,” “Trump Offering Free social media allows for the rapid spread of One-Way Tickets to Africa & Mexico for Those information, manipulative entities will seek Who Wanna Leave America,” “ISIS Leader to cash in on the rapid spread of misinformaCalls for American Muslim Voters to Support tion.

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Humans of Cactus Shadows

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KONNOR IOVINO, a senior

“Upcoming graduation is the best part of senior year, but other than that, absolutely nothing. I am going into the Navy for many reasons: to own a Cadillac (the really fancy model) before I am 42, tuition assistance, and to travel. In the Navy, I am going to be an intelligence specialist. I got offered this job because I got a good enough score on the ASVAB and I did not fail my depth perception test. I also want to interrogate people.

During Spring Break I went to the zoo and slept a lot. I currently work at the Harkins at Scottsdale and 101.”

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Living in the Shadow of a King HIS spring, Cactus Shadows

it to me and than depending on the out, boys baseball puts in the work you either throw it in or to someone to come out champions at the Tanner a senior.

BY LOGAN LARKIN g photo editor allel toelse,” other said Marvel Comic Knoop, timelines.

KUBO AND THE TWO upcoming state competition.

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Dan Stevens, better to comicOverall fans for the of David’s mind and main season, they are X12-9.

The school that is most widely conas Legion: son of Professor and a mutant antagonist of the series.

“We justof mental starteddisorders, our power whose combination and point sidered their biggest rival is Sunrise extremely powerful abilities, set tourna- DAN STEVENS games sotelekinetic we’re done with Mountain.

Fourplays out of the last five role ofthe David Haller in have been losing the stagements, for a battle with reality. these are the games that count the years, Falcons another X-Men spin off. for the season,” said Braude, a to them until recently. On March 10, The viewer starts the series withAdam a 4 FX senior.

Cactus Shadows won against Sunrise sense of distorted reality that is introBraude been playing for four Mountain with a final score of 7-4. duced in the first fewhas episodes.

Throughyears, progression, show takessigned with andtherecently One of the new additions is the shape around the plotState. of David’s Concordia Hepsy-was awarded newly constructed baseball field, chological battle withan himself, and his and an ath- which was funded through the $40 with both academic illness. Hawley’s presentation So of setting letic scholarship. far this year he million bond approved by the district. along with time includes elements has played fifteen games. Last week, “I love the new stadium seating and from the 21st century incorpoa grueling game against St. Mary’s left press box, but Gianni has always done rated into a ´70s era set the Falcons with a win of 15-2. Braude a great job of keeping the field clean,” design that runs made partwo home runs, stole one base said Braude. and hit a ball at bat.

When attending a game, fans and “I’ve played five positions so far this parents alike can enjoy newly reno4AMAZON year, but normally I’m middle infielder vated bleachers, along with an updated APRIL 17, 2017 ■ 17 and outfielder,” said Braude. press box. The home side remained the Middle infielder refers to second same, unlike the football field, where base and shortstop. Both positions the home side was switched. require communication, speed and According to MaxPreps.com, Cactus the ability to throw accurately. An out- Shadows players both individually fielder is the position furthest from the and as a team have higher rankings batter, which generally means catch- than the national average. The biggest STANDING ON ing fly balls or throwing balls back to improvement over national scores is THE PITCHER’S the infielders so they can tag a base. the amount of home runs scored per MOUND, Jakob “I play first base, which means game.

Richardson, a senior, someone catches a ground ball, throws pitches the ball to home plate.

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You spin me right round

BY GRACE HAYCRAFT-MCKEE g staff writer

When at work or school, many people are using the new fidget toy that is meant to help with anxiety, nervousness and constant restlessness. Fidget spinners are becoming more popular in schools because students found a way to deal with their abundance of energy.

Instead of tapping one’s feet excessively or clicking one’s pen, people now can fidget more silently. Another toy people have been interested lately have been fidget cubes. Fidget cubes serve as the same purpose as Fidget Spinners, but some people have found they enjoy the spinners more because they... spin.

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Cs Press asks the pitchers...

Should there be more protection from fastballs to the head?

“I sometimes worry because when I was younger a ball came at me and hit me in the shoulder but other than that it has never really been close.

Just by reacting or getting out of the way helps prevent injury”

“We use a glove. We work on it in practice we get pitchers fielding practice which is when coaches pitches ball and we have to get it. So I just have to use my glove and protect myself.”

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HAYDEN PARKER, varsity, senior

“Being the pitcher you are always super close to the plate, so there is a risk of a ball right at you but I have never really been worried. I get hit in the wrist every once in awhile from a fast grab ball but it’s not the worst.

In practice we do a lot of pitcher practices where we practice keeping our reflexes quick.”

“Concussions are common in pitchers, I’ve never gotten one.

I’m not really worried about getting one.”

VANESSA GUTIERREZZ, varsity, junior

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“I am a bit nervous for graduation, but reality is coming soon. After graduation, I will be touring still for dance and getting this movie done. It is called Disturbia High, it is the new ‘Step Up’ series and will be in theaters in 2018. I’ve been part of the Jabbawockeez crew, and I’ve been doing that for a while. I’ve been with them for about nine to ten months. I have a twin that goes here too and the teachers get confused a lot. I have a few tattoos, I have a dream catcher, which means follow your dreams and ambitions. I have ‘Child of God’ written in Chinese and then I have a cross that represents my Grandma and Grandpa’s passing date. ”

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“I like to chill out and I also enjoy lifitng. I cook pizzas at PizzaFarro’s, it’s pretty good.

I go to Mountainside Fitness because I like lifting, but yeah just like chill out, and that’s about it. Right now I’m shuffled on a beat, but I’ve been listening to Drake’s new album, More Life, it’s pretty good. During Spring Break, I went on some hikes, went to downtown Scottsdale and hungout at the Marriott. I didn’t go to Mexico, but I should have. Junior year is going pretty good, kind of rough because you have to get all of your stuff done. It’s the last 8 weeks, so may as well chill.

I take regular classes, nothing special. I like to strive higher once in awhile. I would just like to say, let’s go Cactus Shadows, let’s get more wins. Like wins in general, just wins, we are going to be winning, so let’s get more wins. ”

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“My favorite thing to do is play video games.

I am more of a first person shooter kind of video gamer. I like to play RPG games, like Skyrim and Farcry 4. I also like to hangout with my friends and I spend a lot of time with my girlfriend. I spend most of my weekends at Church. I am in the dance show and I’ve taken dance for two years now, and I love it. It gives me something to look forward to. Senior year has been a lot calmer than the others years and the half days are legit. I have a lot of summer camps that I’m doing this summer. After high school, I plan to work at the Audi in North Scottsdale as a service valet and try to work my way up. I have webbed toes, so my toes are connected to the skin. I plan to get a tattoo of a dotted line and scissor because people tell me I need to cut them. But yeah, I’m pretty stoked about my webbed toes.”

the NEWSPAPER of Cactus shadows high school in Cave Creek, Arizona

CRACKING DOWN ON HUMAN TRAFFICKING The Dream Center, a local organization, is working to help victims of human trafficking all across the country

By ANNALEE BARNETT g sports editor

A problem worthy of presidential attention is sweeping the nation: human trafficking. In most cases, it seems to be that human trafficking is a distant and foreign issue, however, what most do not realize is that human trafficking is present in their own backyards.

The Trump Administration announced several weeks ago their involvement in stopping human trafficking.

“It’s about time, it’s a major problem,” said Brad Penner, a police officer. Penner is involved in several efforts to stop human trafficking, including the FBI Federal Task Force on human trafficking when it deals with child exportation and sex trafficking.

The issue was originally brought up by Ivanka Trump and was later adopted by President Trump. The President stated in an article that he will be directing the departments of Justice and Homeland Security to review the sources being poured into fighting human trafficking. The President also stated that it was a topic that was “not talked about enough.”

In Arizona, the number of hotline calls concerning human trafficking has more than doubled over the last few years and, according to National Human Trafficking Hotline Data, Arizona saw a 30 percent increase in human trafficking in 2016.

“There are variables that make it more public, the police force and the public are also very involved, which makes it more public. It is a problem, and we’re trying to combat it,” said Dominique Roe’ Sepowitz, director of the Office for Sex Trafficking Intervention Research or STIR. STIR is in the school of Social Work at Arizona State University and is within the college

JAKE KORTHALS, a senior

4 LOGAN LARKIN “I am going to ASU in the fall of 2017, majoring in biological sciences, and I am going to live in Tempe. I work at AJ’s Fine Foods, that’s basically all I do right now as far as school and stuff. I used to play volleyball and softball before I got a job. I love my job, and I work in produce and floral, and I work a lot, I love it.

I work with awesome people and yeah. I’m working to make money, because I want to make money in college, and I am thinking about buying a car. Senior year has been awesome, it has been super chill and laid back. I only have four classes, and the teachers have been really nice and I’ve made a few friends, but I am just really looking forward to graduating. I will be going to the Philippines this summer, and I will be there for three weeks. I am going to swim with whale sharks, and go cliff diving. I think it is going to be kind of scary to swim with the whale sharks, they are pretty big, something like six meters.”

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JORDAN MACK, a senior

4 LOGAN LARKIN “I work at El Encanto, and it is great. They are great family owned restaurant, and everyone there is super nice. I have lots of friends there and met lots of people. I work a lot, but other than that I spent the first half of the year going to the gym a lot, but I don’t really do that anymore. I like to find cool things to do with my time, I know that sounds stupid, but I like going on adventures; whether that is like a hike, or exploring random things. Yesterday I went to Spur Cross trail, and hungout by the river. I mean, I just like being out, and doing something productive. I like being productive, and I am not going to sit home all day and do nothing.

The best part of this year at high school has definitely been the half day. This has definitely been the easiest year by far. Although, it’s also been really difficult because it’s really hard to show up, and really hard to get stuff done. I’ve planning about the future, and I am excited about what I am going to do next year. I will be going to GCU, and then after that I will be going to ASU to get my masters. Right now I am choosing between accounting, and finance and econ, but I most likely will choose accounting and minor in finance and econ, but that’s really hard to do. But yeah, I’m excited because I had never been to GCU, and when I went there it seemed cool, and I can’t wait to go out and experience it.”

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“I don’t really think it’s fair to say someone is “smarter” or “faster” than other people in my class. That comparison, in my opinion, is not measurable and there are definitely people who are smarter or faster than me at some things and it’s just important to know that everyone has their own unique strengths and weaknesses, including me. I definitely have worked very diligently to achieve valedictorian, but it is definitely something anyone can accomplish if they establish goals and are driven.”

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The top ten seniors part from Cactus Shadows with advice to the underclassmen

FPS COMPETED AT STATE COMPETITION

“One bad grade won’t kill you.

There will always be another test or assignment to balance it out, and stressing about what’s passed won’t change anything.

Learn from your mistakes and always seek out selfimprovement, but don’t let a bad test or day get you down.”

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“Doing extracurricular activities has definitely helped me learn how to deal with stress as well as cope with many things at once. Without extracurricular activities I don’t think I would be as academically successful.”

LAILA ELIAS

“I tried to focus less on keeping up with everything and more on just learning the information that was being taught.

That way there is less cramming and more of just remembering what the tests are asking.”

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BLAKE LEE “I’m looking forward to college because it’s one step closer to my dream and it will feel more tangible. I will have independence and I will be studying what I love in a completely new environment with so many opportunities to grow academically and as a person.”

“I think the most important thing in high school is being willing to put yourself out there. Both in and outside of school, I’ve found that my best memories and experiences came about because I was willing to step out of my comfort zone and try something new.”

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“My goal in high school was to be in the top 10 people in the graduating class, so I’m really glad that I achieved it. It was actually this newspaper edition in freshman year that inspired me to reach for the goal of being in it in my senior year.”

The future is no problem for this club

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As competition season creeps up, Future “One lesson that I learned Problem Solvers, or FPS, prepares to tackle throughout high school issues impacting today's society. The first round it that everything always works out! The worst is against clubs statewide. thing you can do is “In our competitions, we are given a future stress about minuscule tests and assignmentsscene which is basically a hypothetical situabecause in the end, it tion set in the future that is related to the topic won’t mean anything. we've been researching,” said Brett Cernich, a Doing well in school is important, however it’s junior and treasurer of FPS. also really important to Cernich, a consistent member of FPS since take time for yourself his middle school years, was first asked to join and to go to the gym or

by Joanne Spiess, Sonoran Trails Middle School hang out with friends. If I FPS adviser. could go back to freshman me, I would tell myself to “Students are selected based on a combinachillax, stop worrying about tion of… test scores, and class grades from prior assignments, and enjoy the time I have left in highyears, with an emphasis on language arts,” said school before I leave to Spiess. college.”

The club, consisting of approximately five members, has faced problems such as genetic engineering, 3D printing, clean energy, robotics, ocean pollution and space in past years.

All topics are given to the group in advance so members have a large timespan to thoroughly research the subject and develop a well thought “Don’t let yourself fall behind. Ifout solution. you’re not 100% "We learn all topics at the beginning of the confident on school a year except the international topic. Now topic that was taught in class, then gowe are preparing for the state competition so home and learnwe it are researching identity theft,” said Summer yourself. Anyone Harris, a senior and president of FPS. can be at the top of their class asBecause FPS has advanced in previous years, Harris and Cernich are not amateurs when it long as they work for it.” comes to preparation.

To properly address given topics, “we use a six-step problem solving process to identify challenges, identify the underlying problem, create solution ideas, and rank our solutions in order to come up with an action plan to solve the problem. After that, we create a 4 minute skit to present our solution idea in a creative way,” said Cernich.

Starting at 8 a.m., and lasting until 5 p.m., FPS attended the state competitions at ASU West on “I think the greatest April thing8. about high school is that "Competition lasts a full day. This includes it’s a place to grow. I opening ceremony, a two hour timed writing really found myself, and portion, lunch, preparation of skits, presentagained the self-assurance I needed to be bold and tion of skits, and closing ceremony and awards," go forward. As a junior, said Cernich.

I stopped caring for Divisions are broken up into threes, with 4th others’ expectations as much as I cared through for my 6th graders, 7th through 9th graders own expectations andfor 9th through 12th competing against each myself.” other.

Each of five members in the club attend the state competition, but only two teams in each division will continue onto international comNATALIE NABATY petition, which is a five day trip to another state during the summer to compete with teams from around the world. International competition this year is set to occur in Wisconsin at the University of Wisconsin from June 7 to 11.

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THE BUSY ROAD TO THE TOP KAMERON MOORE REACHED THE TOP OF HIS CLASS THROUGH DILIGENT TIME MANAGEMENT

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AMERON MOORE is this year’s valedictorian. Grace Haycraft-McKee for The CS Press sat down with him to find out what it takes to get to the top.

CSP: Did you always know you wanted to be the valedictorian?

Moore: I would say there was never really an option for me not to be valedictorian. My parents both had straight As. It was always in the back of my mind because my dad was valedictorian.

CSP: What advice do you have for aspiring valedictorians?

Moore: Really manage your time and, when people tell you you can’t do something like a sport or a club because you have to focus on school, they're wrong.

You can do whatever you want to do. If you want to do basketball and drama club and get a job, you can do it. My advice to anyone who wants to be a valedictorian, if you think you can do it you can do it. Don’t let anyone else tell you what you can and can't do.

CSP: What other things were you involved with during high school?

Moore: I am in IB. I did Student Council freshman and sophomore year. This year, I’m co-president of Drama club and I was also on the Improv Troupe last year and this year. I was in Boy Scouts, I’m also an Eagle Scout. I did Swim and Track all four years of high school. I have been a lifeguard, swim instructor, and swim team coach at the YMCA since the summer

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CSP: How are you able to balance it all?

Moore: I have to really budget my time. I have everything on my calendar on my phone. We have a family calendar, it’s shared with all our phones, and I put everything on there.

My friend, Faith Dombrowski, has inspired me to write everything on paper, too, so I have my life planned out on paper.

You have to stick up for yourself and stick to your schedule. It’s okay to say ”no.” It is hard to do and sometimes it can come across as rude or pushy, but you have to do what's best for you.

CSP: What do you like to do in your free time?

Moore: When I have free time, which is very rare, I like spending time with family and friends. I do binge watch shows on Netflix. I’ve watched all of Grey’s Anatomy, 13 Reasons Why, and Merlin. I’ve gotten through the first two seasons of How To Get Away With Murder.

CSP: Do you have any role models?

Moore: My dad was the valedictorian of his class, so I always try to show him up. Andrew Cupo has inspired and helped me a lot with my time management and figuring things out and making things manageable. My friend Leila, she is the salutatorian, we talk a lot about figuring things out. Same with my friend Faith.

They help me with school, and I have my friend Adam who’s really good at helping me figure out how to not just be boring.

Trilingual students speak out.

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Trilingualism is when an individual can commu nicate in three or more languages fluently. The mos common languages spoken by trilinguals are English French, and Spanish because of their lexical similarity Trilingualism is less common, but still exists, even on campus.

Julian Voitek, a trilingual junior, speaks English Spanish, and French. His parents only speak English but they felt that exposing him to various languages would help him later in life.

“My parents put me in Spanish immersion at Deser Willow in first grade,” said Voitek.

Spanish immersion programs are scarce in Arizona Only five schools statewide offer them, one of them being Desert Willow Elementary.

Mandarin immersion programs are even harder to come by, but are found in Horseshoe Trails and Lone Mountain elementary schools. Four schools statewide offer Mandarin immersion programs and half of them are in the Cave Creek Unified School District.

The first language that someone learns is referred to as the “mother-tongue.” According to Spanish Dict, the “mother-tongue” languages, with the same base, are gen erally learned together because of their similar linguis tics.

“French, Spanish, and English all derive from Latin English sounds similar to Spanish, and Spanish sounds similar to French,” said Licinia Williams, a Spanish and French teacher at BASIS Phoenix.

Desert Sun Academy, another CCUSD elementary school, is the first Arizona public school to have a French immersion program. An English speaking teache teaches language arts and history for the first half of the day and a French speaking teacher teaches math and science for the second half of the day.

“I learned French because my parents made me take a class at PVCC in 7th grade and I chose French 10 because it sounded the most interesting and useful, said Voitek.

In addition to French and Spanish, students on cam pus also speak Russian. Ben Malkin, a junior, speaks Russian, Spanish, and English.

“My parents are from Russia and I’m a first-gen American,” said Malkin.

Immigrant parents typically speak their native, o most comfortable language, at home, which helps to expose their children to their native language.

“I learned English and Russian at the same time, bu English is obviously my primary language. I learned Russian from my parents because they speak it a home,” said Malkin.

His third language, Spanish, was the most difficult fo Malkin to learn because he was taught in a structured classroom style.

In a survey of 20 bilingual students on campus, they reported that learning a language in a classroom is more difficult than being exposed to it naturally.

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My friend, Sean, is very outgoing and outdoorsy and says things like “let's go make a road trip to California.”

CSP: What are your goals for college and after?

Moore: I am going to ASU Barrett and I am planning to study biomedical engineering. I’ve also looked into neuroscience or neurology. I’ve thought about being a doctor. I have six different answers to this question. I also want to do something with my Spanish because I am bilingual so I want to get either a double major or double minor in Spanish.

I also want to do something with theater. It’s not practical, but I feel like I can do something with it. I wanted to go to Stanford. That was my dream school, but I didn’t get in. Maybe I could go to Stanford if I decide to go to med school or whatever I end up doing.

CSP: Is there any other advice that you would like to share?

Moore: I would just say for everyone coming into high school, it’s the time for you to be a kid and try everything and figure out who you are. While you think it may be good to hurry up and get done, you want to spend time and enjoy it. Really figure out who you are and how you want to live your life. For everyone, be yourself and to really try and find those time management skills and find your voice because your life is important and you are important and what you want you can do it no matter what. That would be my advice.

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March Photo Essay

Photo Essay FLYING HIGH, in her solo

performance, Danielle Quenzler sang Nicki Minaj’s Fly. 0-0

LIGHTS, CAMERA, TALENT!

A MILLION REASONS by Lady Gaga is covered by seniors, Laila Elias and Julia Horner.

TAKING A BIG STEP WITH LITTLE WOMEN

The Shadowbox Players present the adaptation of Louisa May Alcott’s book Little Women. Their first full dress rehearsal took place on March 3. Shadowbox Players brought the story to life by stepping out of the book (a large set piece), and onto the stage. The show opened at the Fine Art Center on Thursday, March 9 and runs through Saturday, March 18. Tickets are $5.00 and can be purchased at the door or by going to https://goo.gl/forms/ rkXaLIP5ILYTHs392. Thursday shows start at 7 p.m. and the starting time is 7:30 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays.

The annual talent show, put on by the IB students, took place on January 27. From tap dancing to musical duets, a total of 16 performers competed to win the cash award. photographs by Logan LARKIN

For the complete talent show story see page 10

IN SYNC. Kayla Dobbs, a sophomore, Chance McLauglin, a junior, and Julia Horner, Kameron Moore, seniors, paused for a moment to share a glance before stepping back into their dance.

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4 PHOTOS BY LOGAN LARKIN DON’T TRIP! Every performer moved their feet carefully as they danced about the scene. The Ball in act one was full of colorfully spinning dress and quick stepping actors.

ACOUSTIC ACT, performed

by Ethan Gershenfeld, a senior, at the Fine Arts Center Talent Show for an IB fundraiser.

CLICK CLACK TAP! Gabrielle Payne, a

senior, performs a self choreographed tap dance.

THROWING DOWN some of her

best moves, Oriana Mailo, a sophomore, danced to the beat in her Hip-Hip style performance.

COLOR IN MOTION. Max McGregor, and Allie Holt, juniors and Drew Johnston, a sophomore, join the cast during the ball scene to add to the ensemble of color.

THE MIND OF A GENIUS. Carter

THE MIND OF A GENIUS. Carter LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT! John Brooke, played by Sam Chartier, a MIC CHECK! Tara Prager, a junior checks her mic in Homan, a sophomore, put on an junior, talks to Meg March, played by Tiffany Stoddard, a senior, after the mirror. Prager, and Kayla Dobbs switch off playing entirely improvised performance while the main role of Jo March in each seperate show. dancing the whole night. playing the piano.

Homan, a sophomore, put on an entirely improvised performance while playing the piano.

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ACT PROPER! Kira Billard, a senior plays Aunt March and is in the process of teaching Jo March, played by Kayla Dobbs, a sophomore, how to act proper. Jo March agrees to become more ‘ladylike’ to travel Euroupe with her Aunt.

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STUDENT SKILL SHOWCASED THROUGH DANCE

ACTORS AND ACTRESSES, walk around the Renaissance Fair’s streets to introduce a more immersive experience. Occasionally interacting with guests with their Old English vernacular.

At the end of every school year, the Dance Department holds a recital in which every dance class performs at least one dance. The show lasts three nights: the first night includes beginners, advanced and company dances, and the last two nights include intermediate, advanced and company dances. In addition to choreography by dance teachers Elissa Ericson and Haley Vago, many pieces are created by guest choreographers, including Marty Nagle, a Cactus Shadows alumnus, and Elizabeth Lincoln, who taught for several years. The show provides an opportunity for friends and family to see the results of a year’s worth of dance classes.

VENDORS AND TRADERS, draw customers in with their trinkets and crafts.

Many items are handmade and relate to the theme of the fair.

TRICKSTERS AND MAGICIANS perform for visitors at the fair’s many pitstops between shops and headline events.

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ADDING TO THE FAIR, musicians play string instruments and their traditional songs add another element to the environment

INVADING THE CASTLE WALL, climbers get the opportunity to participate in many medieval themed events

FAKE CULTURE, REAL FUN

DROP A BEAT. Dancers from Elissa Erickson’s advanced class shake it up at the

THE ARIZONA RENAISSANCE FAIR AND THEME PARK.

dance show in unison.

Each year, Arizona hosts a Renaissance-themed amusement park in Apache Junction. The Theme park is a fake town that is inhabited by performers, vendors and actors who travel the country and put on similar fairs all year long. Visitors to the fair enjoy the giant turkey legs and bread bowls. The fair attracts families and students and invites them into their atmosphere at the entrance with town criers. With events from jousting to falconry, there is something for everyone.

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CHOREOGRAPHY WITH A BANG. Dancers from Elissa Erickson’s advanced class move across the stage together as individual dancers step out and present their talents.

A PORTAL TO THE PAST. Visitors walk amongst the many vendors, performers and artists as they explore the fair.

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EMOTIONS CLASH in a duet between seniors Amber Koklys and Jake Korthals.

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SOARING AWAY, Brandon Busbee, a junior is carried into the sky by a group of girls in part of the Dancing in the Rain performance by beginning dancers.

GRAND PERFORMANCE. Dancing in the Rain included a large sprawl of both male and female dancers. The dance included spinning umbrellas, dancers lifted into the air, and duets with twirls. Incorporating bold purple lighting, shadows and silhouettes, the beginning dancers created a spectacle.

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FRICKEN Over How to Hang Like Logan Larkin

Get Me The Heck Out of Arizona

After spending eighteen years of his life in Arizona, Logan Larkin is read to “Get the frack out.”

An art enthusiast, Netflix binging, book loving, plant and animal eating boy was born in Paradise(valley) on December 28th 1998. Larkin spends the majority of his time painting and watching Netflix, but now all of his free time is spent thinking about getting out of Arizona.

In addition to doing everything art related, Larkin enjoys discovering new music. Raised on New Wave and Metallica, one may find his music playlist stretching from the B-52’s and Eurymithics, all the way to Childish Gambino, Lana Del Rey and Death Grips.

Although Larkin has many passions involving

the arts, he is also a huge fan of photography, fashion and architecutre. Ever since he was a little kid, he has enjoyed the mind-bending beauty of Frank-Lloyd Wright.

Many may have heard of Larkin’s girlfriend Sada Tubbs, but few may be aware that they have been together since 8th grade. Their relationship has stretched on longer than even himself had expected.

After highschool, Larkin will finally be making his great escape out to New York City where he will be majoring in Fine Arts at Parsons School of Design.

Since he was a youth, he knew he wanted to escape the heat of Arizona, and even considered as going as far as Euroupe. However in the Fall of 2017, his dream of leaving Arizona will come true.

1. Criticize everyone and

everything.

2. Never spell anythign 100% corect.

3. Take a 3 hour nap every day.

4. Watch all 720 episodes of Naruto.

5. Be sassy and salty.

6. Listen to music that would give you a headache, when you have a headache.

7. Never be too entusiastic.

8. Make art into an existential crisis.

9. Tell everyone how done you are at least three times.

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Deamgouge, Franz Ferdinand Shotgun Moutwash, High Contrast Good Times, Jamie XX Billie Jean, Michael Jackson

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As a Zealot of the Arts, Logan Larkin had a tough decison in Decemeber 2016. After enrolling in a NYU summer program, and being accepted to the school for a BFA in Fine Arts, Larkin had to make his decision.

Between Parsons School Of Design, and NYU Logan was stuck in a tough place. However after reviewing the expenses and tuition of NYU’s school, the decison of which school to enroll in was clear.

NYU’s tuition would cost a grand total of $320,000 on minimal scholarships for a student to enroll. The decsion was made: Parsons School of Design, over a lifetime of debt and student loans.

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Personal Jesus, Depeche Mode Shoop, Salt-N-Pepper Kettering, The Antlers Icky Thump, The White Stripes