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Rockwood blocks personal email servers, issues new monitored Rockwood accounts

Caleb Cavarretta & Misha Emanoil / Reporters

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Email is not protected by privacy rules. We are not providing the student email accounts for private conversation. You sign an agreement when you sign up for any email account that you will not do bad things with the email account.”

-Craig Larson, Rockwood Superintendant

Kiss your email accounts goodbye.

Students will not be able to access their private email accounts from the Rockwood server after Feb. 1.

In place of the personal email accounts the district is providing Rockwood email accounts to each student.

The student email accounts, established mainly for security reasons, will be monitored by the district.

“The idea is to provide students with an email system inside the school district. Much like a Yahoo account, you would have one [email address] in Rockwood that would allow teachers and students to exchange emails inside the secure environment of the school server,” Superintendant Craig Larson explained.

Rockwood must begin blocking access to personal email accounts in order to keep with the guidelines and requirements of the Children’s Internet Protection Act (CIPA).

The email system will be provided by Microsoft and is offered to middle schools, high schools and higher education free of charge.

In order to prevent improper use of the email accounts, the district will be running software to check for and block the use of “inappropriate words or language” in emails, as well as copyrighted material.

“Email is not protected by privacy rules. We are not providing the student email accounts for private conversation. You sign an agreement when you sign up for any email account that you will not do bad things with the email account,” Larson said.

However, it is not mandatory for students to be a part of the system.

“There is an opt out function that parents and guardians can email our department and remove students from it,” Director of Instructional Technology Will Blaylock explained.

Blaylock said there have been few difficulties with the system.

“We’ve had students last spring using the system and we haven’t had any issues with them. Then we expanded the test into the summer with summer school

and we had students using it. It’s been very rock solid,” he said.

Some students fear the new email system will complicate their lives.

“It is going to make everything more difficult,” freshman Cole Ritcher said.

Ritcher said, “It will make it a lot harder for me to get projects to and from school.”

Junior Jillian Kirwan has a similar opinion of the new system.

“I already have three email accounts, I do not need another one. It is going to be a pain,” Kirwan said.

“It also means I will not be able to check my Gmail account which is the one all of the colleges send mail to me at,” Kirwan added.

Junior Emily Koenig is less concerned about having a new email account and more concerned about her old email account.

“I won’t be able check my [personal] email, which will make me mad,” Koenig said.

Junior Sean Miller has already run into problems with the system.

His engineering class was creating email accounts with the new Rockwood email system when he encountered an error.

“I tried log in and make my account, and it said that my account already exists, but I cannot change the password. I have never used it before,” Miller said.

Still, other students believe the new email system will provide more security. “[The new email system] sounds like a good idea to me. It would make the computers a lot safer and they probably would not get as many viruses,” sophomore Brian Catanzaro said.

Freshman Mrinal Chitithoti would prefer to continue to use his personal email at school, but does view the new system positively.

“For security reasons it’s a good thing,” he said.

With the ban of private email accounts going into effect next month, many students have mixed feelings about whether the inability to use their own email accounts is worth the security it provides.

One click away: Image goes online Paper introduces website for additional coverage

Max Thoman / News Editor

Stop the presses!

As of Feb. 2, The Image is going online at www.lhsimage.com.

The website will not replace the print edition, but will allow for more immediate and frequently updated coverage of Lafayette and topics of interest to students.

Online Managing Editor senior Mina Yu said, “The purpose of our website is to inform students about school news in a convenient way.”

The website will contain news, features, opinions and entertainment sections like the print newspaper.

However, the website will also contain additional coverage options like interactive reader polls, breaking news coverage, updated sports scores and coverage, picture slideshows, world news updates and an events calendar.

The multimedia section will eventually contain videos provided by the Yearbook DVD staff.

Yu said, “We will post other stories [than those in the newspaper] that are of interest to the students and will be able to report news instantly.”

Also included on the website will be a new Focus section.

“It will be a more in-depth story but with more types of media on it like pictures and video.

It will be focused on societal issues rather than local issues, but we are hoping to catch some students at Lafayette to incorporate personal narratives through video footage,” Yu said.

Through this video footage, The Image staff will be able to bring the visual coverage of events to you.

The Image would like to stress how important the readers are to the website and its success.

While the website is young, we ask for your cooperation and patience as we begin this new approach in journalism.

Though there may be glitches at first, we will do our best to bring the news to the student body as best we can and will improve as quickly as possible.

Battle of the Butt: St. Louis based apparel company, The South Butt, is in the fi ght of its young life as it faces off against The North Face.

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justaglance Roe V. Wade: Today is the 37th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, one the most controversial court decisions in history. Even now its after affects are still being felt.

See page 7 Super Bowl XLIV: Since the fi rst Super Bowl, the game has evolved from just a championship to a pop culture phenomenon.

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comingsoon Jan. 22 Winter Pep Assembly Online Registration Portal Opens Jan. 28 Mr. LHS, 7 p.m.

Jan. 29 STUCO Blood Drive Jan. 30 Winter Carnival, 10 a.m.

Jan. 30 Trivia Night, 7 p.m.

Feb. 4 Parent-Teacher Conferences, 4:30 p.m.

Feb. 6 ACT Feb. 11-13 Musical Footloose, 7 p.m.

Feb. 12 Staff Development Day Feb. 15 Presidents Day, No School Feb. 18 STAR Meeting, 6 p.m.

Feb. 20 Turnabout, 7 p.m.

Feb. 22 Taste of West County, 5:30 p.m.

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Opinion

Jan. 22, 2010

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Image Staff Courtney McBay Editor in Chief

Print Edition

Chelsea Coleman Managing Editor Max Thoman News Editor Alicia Mestre Asst. News Editor Rachel Brown Opinion Editor Kara Campbell Campus Editor Adam Harris Feature Editor D.Anne Vollmayer In-Depth Editor David Adams Entertainment Editor Andrew Martin Sports Editor Ian Bernstein Asst. Sports Editor Santi Diaz Artist Jessica Zadoks Business Manager

Online Edition

Mina Yu Managing Editor Max Thoman Student Life Editor Mia Schenone Katie Jardine Lifestyles Editors Gian Wessel Sports Editor Nancy Smith, MJE Adviser

Staff

Teresa Avila, Kelley Bauer, Leanne Beasley, Grace Bueckendorf, Mary Buttram, Caleb Cavarretta, Daniel Clutter, Dominic Corvington, Misha Emanoil, Ashlyn Goldston, Sarah Greenlee, Christine Jackson, Maddie Johnson, Alyssa Knowling, Alex West, Molly White

Information

The Image is published 10 times a year by the Newspaper Production Class.

Subscriptions are $30. Free issues are distributed on campus. The 2008-2009 Image received a rating of First Class with two marks of distinction from the National Scholastic Press Association.

Philosophy

The newspaper’s primary obligation is to inform its readers about events in the school and community and of issues of national or international importance which directly or indirectly affect the school population.

The newspaper, while serving as a training ground for future journalists as part of the school curriculum, recognizes all rights and responsibilities under the First Amendment.

Operating as a public forum, student editors will apply professional standards and ethics for decision making as they take on the responsibility for content and production of the newspaper. While the student staff encourages constructive criticism of any part of the newspaper, authority for content rests in the hands of the student members of the newspaper staff. Students will not publish material considered to be legally unprotected speech, or libel, obscenity, material disruption of the educational process, copyright infringement, or unwarranted invasion of privacy.

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Policies

Opinions expressed on the editorial page do not reflect the viewpoints or official policies of the school administration. All editorials (unsigned) represent a majority opinion of the Editorial Board. Signed editorials, columns, editorial cartoons and reviews reflect the views of the author and not necessarily those of the Image Editorial Board. Participation through letters to the editor by students, faculty and the community is encouraged.

Letters must be signed but names will be withheld upon request and with the concurrence of the Editorial Board.

Letters should be limited to 300 words. The Image reserves the right to reject, edit or shorten letters. Letters may be submitted in writing to Mrs. Nancy Smith in Room 213, or to any Image staff member, or via e-mail to smithnancy@ rockwood.k12.mo.us.

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Students suggest school revisions Dear Editor, I think during the spring time, Lafayette should consider planting more trees around the campus.

During the construction, we have lost trees and flowers that really made the concrete parking lot more lively.

I’m aware of the new courtyard in the center of the new wing. I just think we should see more green out there.

-Katie Johnson, 9

Dear Editor, I think it’s very annoying how the school has been constantly under construction for the past five years.

I know the construction means that LHS is improving but the noise tends to be distracting at times, especially during a test or when a teacher is speaking.

LHS is a beautiful school and it doesn’t much need to improve.

I hope I’m not asking too much.

-Cristina Rodriguez, 9

Dear Editor, It is a common opinion among many of the students here at Lafayette that the lunch periods are much too short.

We do not get a full 30 minutes because it takes four to six minutes to even get into the lunch room from our classes, and for those of us who buy lunch it can take up to 10 minutes to get through the lunch line. If a student were to use the restroom during their lunch, they could have another five minutes cut from

their eating time!

With the lack of time to eat, many students are either scarfing their food down as fast as possible or simply not eating at all. Neither of these options are healthy- food needs time to digest and skipping meals are definitely not good for a growing teen. We students need more time to eat our lunch!

-Sierra Buffum, 9 *Editor’s Note: These letters were collected from a Language Arts class.

Traffic cams are unconstitutional; fight back

No matter where we go, someone is watching.

On the ride to school traffic cameras take in every move. As we shuffle from class to class, film rolls in security cameras. At a friend’s house, someone documents happenings with a digital camera to post on Facebook.

The only safe place anymore from the constant gaze of recording devices is in our own homes, and sometimes not even there.

Affordable cameras can be purchased in every form, from clock radio (for the suspicious spouse), to coffee makers (for the creative creeper), to stuffed animals (for the peeping tom).

For the most part, there is nothing we can do about it.

At school we lose many of our rights the moment walk through the front doors.

And in public, there isn’t much we can do about cameras, though most of us feel uneasy about the constant filming.

There is one venue in which we can fight back: our roads.

Citizens in this country have always been private people. The Fourth Amendment advises the government to keep its filthy nose out of our business (though written in more well-bred terms).

After experiencing first hand a government that was all up in their personal religious beliefs, America’s founding fathers expected privacy and freedom to be held as inseparable concepts.

Today this still holds true: no one likes to be watched, even when they’re doing nothing wrong.

Traffic cameras, owned by private companies but funded by the government, are spreading like the plague.

Red-light cameras been erected all across Missouri.

An assortment of cameras are being used now to catch speeders on national highways, to snag wanted criminals using face recognition technology and even to read the license plates of passing vehicles allowing police officers to pull over anyone who has failed to pay traffic tickets or car taxes.

All of us have either personally experienced or at least known someone who has experienced the joys of an automated traffic ticket.

“Oh well,” we grumble. “It’s the law.” And so we buck up.

But to me, something is wrong with this picture.

Laws, especially traffic laws, have been put in place for the protection of Americans, right?

Our state representatives are simply trying to keep us safe from ourselves, right?

Wrong.

While State and National government claim traffic cameras have been installed to increase roadway safety, some studies show this may not be the case.

Some research indicates these cameras may increase rear-end collisions as drivers slam on brakes when they see posted camera notices.

According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, less than two percent of accidents involved red lights, while driving too fast, running off the side of the road, falling asleep at the wheel and

Rachel Brown, Opinions Editor crossing center lines were the biggest causes identified.

Furthermore, some statistics have shown that the overall number of accidents rises at intersections with traffic cameras installed.

So the question is, if these expensive cameras are not greatly reducing accidents, and therefore are not necessarily erected for the sake of motorists, just why are they put up?

The answer can be found in the ugly heaps of free revenue raked in for the state.

According to the National Motorists Association, at least six cities have been forced to refund traffic tickets after installing traffic cameras and shortening yellow light times.

Springfield, MO is among these six to essentially put citizens in danger for profit.

In 2005 alone, $800 million was put towards the installation of traffic cameras, with $34 million in Chicago alone. $800 million of American tax money!

However, to the government, this is logical and justifiable as the cameras will pay for themselves through the rape and pillage of average citizen wallets.

Not only does the populace pay

for the cameras once through their tax dollars, but they must also pay for them a second time for each red light run, and possibly a third time in resultant accidents.

However, most city leaders have generally maintained that while revenue is a welcome by product of traffic citations, the laws are in place to improve public safety or reduce accidents.

In truth, these cameras may be more driven by greed than most political leaders will ever let on.

As an American whose Fourth Amendment rights are being violated, I feel the need to fight back.

In this total-surveillance society people are feeling angry and scrutinized as their privacy is greedily and unconstitutionally torn away.

Many citizens are retaliating with their outcries and with their ballots.

It is time to take our revenge.

Those of us old enough to vote need to purge political offices of those who voted in traffic cameras.

It is time to wage tech war. We need to use web sites and iPhone applications that warn drivers of intersections with posted cameras.

Traffic light cameras have been attacked with pick axes and by lasers.

In one popular YouTube escapade, the cameras have been blocked with blow-up Santa Clauses.

A California-based company called Photoblocker even sells a spray to cover license plates which reflects the flash of a camera and renders the numbers and letters unreadable.

It sells for $29.99 a canister, a small price to pay for the freedom and anonymity that I, as an American citizen, am entitled.

Opinion Blocked websites block education

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The Image

The Image staff adores the internet.

We are mad for information sharing.

As a matter of fact, on Feb. 2 we are launching lhsimage.com, an online publication to complement our print edition. In addition to followup stories from the print edition, the site will have original stories and information with special features.

Buckle your seatbelts.

Because of the internet, sharing ideas with people around the world has become commonplace and easy.

Tutorials on any subject imaginable are available on video sharing sites at any time.

The internet provides a massive medium for education.

The learning possibilities available on the World Wide Web are almost unfathomable. Any photograph, article or video is just a few clicks away. Today, students literally have the world at their fingertips.

That is, unless it continues each day to be more and more blocked off by the Children’s Internet Protection Act (CIPA).

CIPA denies funding for communication to schools which do not block “obscene” material.

So, if you hate the internet blocks, don’t hate Rockwood, hate Congress.

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STAFF EDITORIAL We believe some of the filters and blocks put into place by CIPA may actually do more harm than good, and may actually harm learning rather than encourage it.

While searching “Chicken Breast” for a FACS project, a student will more than likely be denied access to over half of the sites because of the word “breast.”

Try typing in “fun” as an image search for a Health project, and you will find half of the images unavailable for viewing. Try typing this in at home, and you will find most of those blocked images include a smiley face, a group of nuns on bicycles and an arrangement of stuffed animals.

Things are only getting crazier.

Come February, Rockwood is blocking all access to email services such as Gmail, Hotmail, Yahoomail and AOL. Instead, students will have access to a Rockwood-sponsored email account. These accounts will have the

same conditions as the staff email accounts, including the monitoring system which scans emails for key inappropriate words.

Because the free reign of email could possibly allow for the exchange of explicit materials and computer viruses, CIPA condones the block of email providers, despite their possible educational value.

As reporters, Image staffers use email to correspond with sources and advertisers.

As students, we all use our email to check in with teachers, email reminders to ourselves and even email assignments.

Access to email is something we’re used to having, and unfortunately, it is going to be one of those things we won’t miss until it’s gone.

While we will have access to our Rockwood email accounts, knowing that the district has access to our emails’ content will be looming over our shoulders like a dark cloud.

Students often email their papers and essays to teachers prior to due dates for revisions, approval or suggestions. For classes which involve controversial issues, will the email filter detect “inappropriate” content and block the messages?

There is only one way to find out.

While we recognize the blocks on many websites are logical, there are many harmless images and documents unavailable in the process.

Students must learn that the internet, like all tools, can be used carefully or foolishly, just as they must learn with all other tools in life.

Instead of blocking sites and inhibiting learning opportunities, students should be taught how to use the internet carefully.

Sites that contain anything mildly suggestive or violent in their content are often blocked, though every day in our language arts classes, we read more brutal works, just as we see paintings infinitely more scandalous in AP Art History.

Classic works which teach students of man’s capacity for love and for depravity are infinitely more indecent than much of the content blocked on school computers.

Sites have been blocked that discuss everything from ethics to politics, from new ideas to old ones.

Sites have been blocked that inform, entertain and education just as it is The Image’s goal to do.

Hopefully, lhstoday.com won’t meet the same fate of our email accounts. We loathe the day the images on our site are covered by gray censoring boxes.

No issue can be black or white, right or wrong

These days, every person has opinions on just about everything. But of course, this comes as no surprise.

Between politics, economics, social differences and simple arguments, there are an endless amount of issues to be opinionated about.

Not to mention that there is a strong pressure in our culture to take a side and to stick to it. Often it comes down to two sides to choose from. Democrat or Republican. Religious or atheist. You are right or you are wrong.

Why doesn’t there seem to be a happy medium anymore?

It feels like such a crime to agree or to disagree with both sides of an issue, or to agree with certain points, but to disagree with others.

Let’s be honest, nobody is perfect.

So why should anyone feel pressured to pick a side and to stick to it under all circumstances?

If someone either picks a side but ends up not completely sticking to it or if a person does not pick a side to begin with, oftentimes that person is going to get called out for it.

In particular, this seems to happen to people who see both the good

and bad of each side.

Then you have the type who spend their time doing the calling out.

These people are so stuck on their own morals or opinions that they become blind to the fact that every person in this world has different beliefs.

Here’s the hard part. Everyone does this. Everyone. I do it. You do it. Your teachers, your parents, your boyfriend. Everyone.

People think that because of their religion or upbringing, their belief on a certain issue is right. At the very least there are a few things that we are “so sure” we are right about.

Some of these things could be rather simple, others could have a lot more weight to them.

As an example, take something like vegetarianism. You may be a vegetarian. You may not be.

Either way, if you eat something, you have an opinion on it. You also most likely see both the pros and cons to being a vegetarian.

These pros and cons could very easily change according to your morals. If you feel it is wrong to kill

It’s My Turn

[A Rotating Column] This Month: Alyssa Knowling

and eat animals, then obviously that is a pro to being a vegetarian. If you don’t care that a cow gets slaughtered to become a steak, than that probably won’t matter to you.

But, say someone couldn’t imagine another person being a vegetarian. Say they thought it was wrong under all circumstances.

To that person all I would have to say is, “why?” That vegetarian who you simply cannot agree with or even see their way of life has different values than you. You can’t argue that.

Now take something a little heavier. Abortion. One’s opinion on this topic could differ greatly due to their religious beliefs, way of life or even a past experience.

But, there is always an extreme.

Take a girl who is completely prolife. If that girl gets raped and ends up pregnant, she is going to have a

very tough time deciding what to do.

Don’t you think that is something that is very hard to pick a side on?

There are so many options to choose from in that situation. And, it was a horrible situation to begin with.

I think that we need to learn how to see the real pros and cons of each event that occur simply because we need to look at the millions of people around us and see them eye to eye as opposed to looking down on them for thinking differently than us.

We need to learn that our differences are not always bad and we need to be able to gain knowledge from other’s beliefs and ideas.

If we can do this, maybe some of the huge amounts of blame and hatred in our world can begin to fade away. Take action. Learn how to fight for, or at least understand, both sides.

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How do you feel about the Guantanamo Bay prisoners being transported to a location 200 miles away from us?

Opinions expressed are those of the individuals interviewed, and not of the Image staff.

stars & gripes stars to: To Rockwood’s sparkling new websites. They’re snazzy, multimedia friendly and they make us look even more awesome than before.

US News and World Report magazine listed Lafayette as a “Silver Metal Winner,” or one out of 504 schools to receive this honor. Keep up the good work administration, students and especially our excellent teachers.

Barnes and Nobel has announced they are opening a book service for the rental college textbooks.

Now when we students head off to universities, we will have the option of paying 42 percent less for our textbooks.

The Rams got the fi rst pick in the NFL draft.

Thank goodness. As bad as the Rams have been playing, there is nowhere to go but up.

In the aftermath of the Haiti earthquake, Twitter played a critical role in collecting donations to help disaster victims by allowing users to make donations later to be added to their cell phone bills. Three cheers for technology.

New Jersey became the 14th state to allow chronically ill patients access to medical marijuana, now less of a pipe dream and more of a reality.

gripes to: Many days, Ketchup seeking french-fry buyers have their hearts broken when they fi nd that the dispensers of this condiment to be crushingly, disappointingly empty.

Messed up schedules.

Thanks to block scheduling, teachers and hours staying consistent after the break is now a rarity.

The Commons, of all of the places in the building, is not outfi tted with digital clocks, causing many tardies.

To nasty, damp, cockroach infested locker rooms. Everyone please make an effort to keep things orderly and clean. And whoever thought it was a good idea to bring in food, its not. It’s a roach feast.

“I would be kind of nervous, because if they escape we’re in danger, but that’s what we have weapons for!”

“Leave them where they are. We don’t need any more problems in America.”

“I think it has always been a black-eye for America, and if we trust our homeland security system, it could be a good thing.”

“It is in a more focused city so we can keep an eye on what happens.”

Kirk Bradley, 9

Katie Weed, 10

Alex Eklund, 11

Emily Duncan, 12

To Stephanie Meyer not fi nishing Midnight Sun, the never to be released book in the Twilight series which chronicles the story of Edward and Bella from Edward’s point of view. Sincerest apologies to all those frothing at the mouth Twilight fans out there.

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Club News

Earth Club welcomes everyone Feb. 24 for a showing of Planet Earth in the Flex Room. Pizza is provided.

Amnesty International has changed its name and is now called Human Rights Coalition because they wanted freedom in their organization.

Human Rights Coalition, JSU and NHS will collect money Jan. 25-29 to donate to the Red Cross for Haiti.

Lafayette Christian Fellowship is collecting used shoes until the end of this year for “shoeman” in order to build wells in Africa.

Renaissance Steering Committee is beginning freshman selection at the end of the month.

AlertNow will notify students about interview dates and guidelines.

Winterguard’s fi rst auxiliary line performance is Feb. 6 at Eureka.

On Campus Jan. 23 is the last day for sophomore ring orders.

Band, Choir and Orchestra will compete in State Jan. 27-30.

On Jan. 30, Rockwood Summit High will host a World Language Expo from 10 a.m-3 p.m.

March 26 is the deadline for the Brickhouse Grill Renaissance Scholarship. One student will receive a $1,500 scholarship and two students will receive $750. For more information contact college counselor Beth Brasel in Room 121.

Campus

Jan. 22, 2010

Underclassmen beware:

High school survey could change current busing system in Rockwood Kara Campbell / Campus Editor

Riding the bus to school starts as an exciting adventure in elementary school, but that changes in high school. Students have to make the decision of continuing to ride the bus, finding a ride to school or driving themselves.

Driving presents students with the costs of a parking pass and gas, but Rockwood pays approximately $7.6 million a year for students to have free transportation at school.

“The budget covers all daily route costs including high school and middle school activity buses, kindergarten buses, Center for Creative Learning buses, residential routes, fuel, supplies and radios,” Rockwood Director of Purchasing/Transportation William Sloan said.

He added, “The Department of Elementary and Secondary Education reimburses us approximately $2.6 million each year. The remaining funds come from the district’s annual operations budget, funded by tax revenue, personal property tax, corporate taxes and local sales tax.”

On average, the cost for the 133 First Student buses used in the district costs about $43,000 per day.

LHS uses 23 buses which cost approximately $2,500 per day.

“Overall, the expense is justifiable, but we know some areas we could reduce fuel costs by consolidating routes, especially at the high school level,” Sloan said.

For this reason, a bus survey for high school students will be available on Infinite Campus.

Sloan said, “The goal is to determine how many students plan to ride the school bus next year.”

He added, “If the number is significant, we are going to develop a new method of routing high school buses whereby only students requesting a bus will be assigned a route,” Currently, every student in the

Big Yellow School Bus

(Above) In the parking lot after school, hall monitors stop cars until all buses have cleared the lot. (photo by Kara Campbell) (Left) Riders of bus #101 head down the aisle as they arrive at school in the morning. (photo by Rachel Brown)

district is assigned a bus stop, regardless if he or she rides it or not.

Sloan said, “We need everyone’s support in participating in the survey and making this a serious issue.

Any dollar saved on transportation will be spent on other areas targeted at improving students’ opportunity for success in the classroom.”

Students have different opinions on riding the bus. Most take the bus because they are either underclassmen or have no other choice.

However, junior Ashley Nussbaum has never ridden the bus.

She said, “My mom always drove me to school before I could drive.”

Nussbaum said, “I don’t even know what the bus would be like.”

For senior John McBee, who rode the bus in kindergarten through sophomore year, he said the benefits of driving far out weigh the costs of the bus.

“I don’t have to wait in the cold, sit in boredom and see freshmen to get to school. Now I can leave at 8 a.m. and still be on time,” McBee said.

On the other hand, bus rider junior Brandon Hundley, who has taken the bus since 2nd Grade, spends three hours a day on the bus.

Hundley is picked up every morning at 6:41 a.m. and returns home at 7:30 p.m. because of sports.

“The ride to and from the city seems short because when I get on the bus I go to sleep,” Hundley said.

He added, “I would prefer to drive, but I don’t want to waste my gas for school. The bus is free, so I might as well use it.”

Junior Justin Oliver uses the bus

as his “back up.”

“When I get grounded, part of my punishment is getting my keys taken away. I try to find rides so I don’t have to take the bus, but sometimes no one can take me home.

Then the bus is there as my last resort,” Oliver said.

He added, “One half day my sophomore year I ended up walking home because I missed the bus and I didn’t have a ride home. It was before me or my friends could drive. Luckily, when I was on Highway 100 my dad saw me walking on the side of the road and picked me up.”

Oliver doesn’t like riding the bus but said, “It beats being stranded at school.”

However, many underclassmen such as freshman Angela Yang has no choice but to take the bus and sees the benefits.

“It is a good time to socialize with friends you sometimes cannot see very often during the school day. Also, I have time to sit down and relax before school,” Yang said.

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Battle of the Butt: STL apparel company faces suit Teresa Avila & Alyssa Knowling / Reporters

“It remains my hope that the obvious differences between a face and butt will save the day for The South Butt,” The South Butt defense attorney Albert Watkins said.

Battle of the Butt

This is Watkins’ defense in opposition to The North Face, who has placed a copyright infringement lawsuit against The South Butt.

“It is my opinion that the case is based on the desire of The North Face to not have any competition,” Watkins said.

Jimmy Winkelmann, a freshman at the University of Missouri-Columbia, started The South Butt. He noticed people his age wearing The North Face for fashion instead of its intended purpose as outdoor wear.

“Jimmy is a young man who ran with a clever idea. He was trying to help his parents pay for his college. He is a committed student and a nice guy,” Watkins said.

Winkelmann decided to make The South Butt clothing similar to The North Face’s designs, but for cheaper prices.

The Williams Pharmacy began selling The South Butt products in three of their four St. Louis locations.

Price is the main difference between The North Face and The South Butt. A standard men’s fleece jacket from The South Butt costs about $60, while a similar style from The North Face costs about $180.

The appearances of both brand’s clothing are similar.

Aside from the obvious differences between the two words, both logos are in the same white text.

Both brands have a white curve; however, The South Butt mirrors The North Face’s logo to appear flipped.

The slogan of The North Face is ‘Never Stop Exploring.’ The South Butt’s slogan mimics with ‘Never Stop Relaxing.’

In August 2009, The North Face sent

Winkelmann a cease and desist demand letter because of the similarities. Apparently, The North Face believed The South Butt products would confuse customers.

Winkelmann refused to shut his business down and in mid-December 2009, The North Face filed a suit in the federal court of St. Louis to prohibit distribution of The South Butt products.

“This is a case about freedom of choice for the American consumer; the freedom of young business people to pursue the American dream, free of bully-like tactics of big corporations and freedom of speech within the commercial marketplace,” Watkins said.

Our Business is Business

Whether or not Winkelmann was infringing on copyright laws is up to the courts, according to Business Department Chair Betsy Rivas.

“He’s really been forthcoming that it’s a parody company, so I don’t know if that bodes well in his favor or not,” Rivas said.

“One thing is for certain; he has proven himself to be a pretty sharp entrepreneur,” Rivas said. “I think he’s got a great future ahead for himself.”

Before starting a company, Rivas said there are risks of entrepreneurship which young people should be aware of.

Because young entrepreneurs are more adventurous and open-minded, “they may not evaluate the risks the same way,” Rivas said. “That could work to their benefit or that could work to their detriment.”

Rivas advises anyone interested in starting a business to realize possible outcomes.

“Evaluate your risks, explore your business potential and do an analysis with what some of those threats are and certainly what the opportunity is,” she said.

What Lafayette Thinks

Senior Lindsay Weber has had first hand

Senior Lindsay Weber and experience with sophomore Isaiah Akers.

Photo by Max Thoman the friction between The North Face and The South Butt.

While in Michigan, Weber and her dad entered a “The North Face” outlet store wearing The the brand.

South Butt “I support him [Winkelmann] more clothing. They were in the store around 20 minutes before an employee asked them to than I support North Face,” junior Rachel Mangan said. “I thought it was really funleave.

“It wasn’t a big deal,” Weber said. “We ny.”

“I think it’s a great idea. Anything that’s just wanted to see what people would say.”

Weber said other shoppers did not pay going to get students to laugh is going to sell,” Weber said. much attention to their jackets.

Perhaps that has been the driving force The most attention was paid by an employee who took pictures of the pair’s jack- behind The South Butt’s recent boom in popularity. ets.

Since The North Face’s cease and desist “She couldn’t believe it because she’d never seen it [The South Butt] before,” We- request, The South Butt website has reported a huge rise in traffic, as well as increased ber said.

Weber supports The South Butt for the sales.

It seems the attention The North Face’s parody, as well as for the brand’s creator.

“He [Winkelmann] is trying to get lawsuit has called to The South Butt has acthrough college with this, so it’s nice to tually helped the brand take off.

In response to the lawsuit, Winkelmann help him instead of making a rich person has created a tongue-in-cheek “Face and richer,” Weber said.

The controversy has attracted ample Butt Challenge” on Facebook.

Users can take a quiz to test their abilmedia attention.

Along with their support for The South ity to discern the difference between a face Butt, many students such as senior Kristin and a butt.

The results of the quiz are to be used as Pfeiffer expressed something bordering anevidence against The North Face. ger toward the lawsuit.

“I have stated that even if The North “It’s stupid that they [The North Face] Face wins, it has lost, and even if The South are suing The South Butt,” Pfeiffer said.

Butt loses, it has won. Without the actions Attention Raises Sales of North Face, the popularity of The South Support for The South Butt was also found Butt would never have grown as fast as it because of the humor and the novelty of has,” Watkins said.

Infinite Campus portal opens for registration

Courtney McBay / Editor in Chief

Second semester has begun, which means it is now time to plan and register for the 2010-2011 school year.

It’s time to shop through the Course Selection Book, fill out the course selection form and head to the Infinite Campus online registration portal.

The portal opened today at 7 a.m. and closes Feb. 4, at 4 p.m.

Guidance Director Marybeth Desloge believes online registration has been ben-

eficial, even though it had some problems when it was first implemented.

But Desloge thinks most kinks have been ironed out, especially because every year a counselor visits each language arts class to explain the registration process.

To work out persistent kinks, counselors are available for a school day in the computer lab to answer questions about online registration. This time is also available for students who do not have access to the internet registration portal at home.

For some students, the hybrid-block

schedule complicates class choices. Desloge said whether or not to take blocked classes depends on the individual student’s preference.

“Some students don’t want to take blocked classes because they don’t want to sit still that long, while other students prefer blocked classes because they don’t have to worry about homework every night,” Desloge said. “Usually, students have a definite preference one way or the other.”

Either way, Desloge finds the hybridblock schedule beneficial. “It just allows

students more choice,” she said.

Blocked classes must be taken in pairs.

This year, counselors are advising students to not select a mix of blocked semester-long courses and blocked year-long courses.

As for online registration as a whole, Desloge finds it an improvement from past years.

“I think it’s a lot faster, easier and better than it was years ago,” Desloge added.

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6 News Briefs Snow Days

So far, Rockwood has used two snow days. For freshmen-juniors, fi ve days have been built into the schedule. However, on the third snow day, the last day for seniors will be moved from May 20 to May 21 and so on as additional snow days are used.

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Lafayette was recognized as a Silver Medal school

by U.S. News and World Report. Lafayette was one of eight Missouri schools in the Silver Medal category. The Silver Medal category consists of the top 500 schools in the U.S.

Medsleds

In an emergency, the elevator is not accessible to students in wheelchairs. Medsled bags were installed to be used by specially trained teachers who can carry students down the stairs in an emergency.

Memorial Scholarships

In honor of four deceased classmates, the Class of 2002 created a scholarship program.

Students with a 3.0 or higher GPA are eligible for one of four $500 scholarships. A short essay and letter of recommendation must be submitted to Beth Brasel in Room 121 by March 11.

Pre-Med Scholarship

The $750 Alizadeh and Schreiner Smilemaker Scholarship is available to one student who plans to go into the medical fi eld. No GPA requirement. Applications are due March 10.

Jan. 22, 2010 News Student concert will benefit charity Alicia Mestre / Asst. News Editor

Four juniors have taken an unorthodox approach to charity work by undertaking the responsibility of hosting a benefit concert.

“We [Jared Applebaum, Jessica Foley, Kelsey Haberberger and Marissa Passi] are all in Junior Leadership, which is through the Chesterfield Chamber of Commerce,” Passi said. “At the end of the year we do a service project, so we decided to do a benefit concert because we are all interested in music.”

The event will be held on April 17 and all proceeds will go to Project Sunshine, a non-profit organization that provides educational, recreational and social programs for children with medical challenges or terminal illnesses.

Students, teachers and local bands will provide the music for the concert.

“We are going to have three to four main bands,” Applebaum said. “In between those, when we are breaking down and setting up, we are going to have kids from our school play different acoustic acts, kind of like Coffee House.”

Applebaum’s band, Adversary in Arms, will be playing several songs, along with a local band and a teacher band.

“We are going to see if there are different teachers who actually know how to play instruments, and get a band together to play a couple of songs,” Applebaum said.

All teachers are welcome to participate in the concert and can help with set up if desired.

If a fourth band does not commit, Applebaum said a student who is talented at acoustics might have a whole set time to play.

To gather more money for the organization, the students have set up a raffle.

“So far, we have a signed T-shirt

by Sick Puppies, and a signed set list and a vinyl record by the band JET [for the raffle],” Passi said.

The students also contacted local radio station 105.7 The Point for donations.

“They [The Point] said they were going to put together a huge [assortment] with different kinds of tickets and signed things,” Applebaum said.

“We are trying to have [items] donated so we can make a profit and turn it over to Project Sunshine,”

Boys battle in boxers for junior fundraiser Ashlyn Goldston & Alex West / Reporters

The talent. The charisma. The bright lights. And of course, the boys in boxers.

Mr. LHS has been an annual tradition for 18 years, but most people are unaware of the event’s history.

The first annual pageant occurred in 1992 as a fundraiser for Junior Prom, which now goes towards the senior celebration.

Since Rodney Thomas, Class of 1993, was crowned the first Mr. LHS, it has become an annual competition between the male members of clubs, sports and classes.

When the event first started, the response was not great. The Junior Class only had few participants sign up until they personally went out and asked students to sign up.

Now, Mr. LHS is nearly sold out every year.

“We usually get about 18-25 guys. [Mr. LHS] makes around $1,500-$1,600, and we usually sell about 250-300 tickets. We sold 282

last year,” Assistant Principal Matt Dieckhaus said.

A+ Coordinator Tonya Shipley was a judge for the first Mr. LHS. Shipley said not many of the activities the boys do has changed despite the number of years it has taken place.

“Some talents have still stayed the same. For example, writing their name with their bottom. They always do that and it’s funny,” she said.

The other activities include a talent competition, a dance choreographed by Escadrille, interview questions and apparel changes from boxers to formal wear.

Shipley continued to judge the show for 10 years.

“I really enjoyed it. I remember it being a big deal,” she said.

Driver Ed and Business teacher Matt Landwehr was a Mr. LHS finalist in 2001 as Mr. Events Committee. He placed in the top five.

“I was robbed from the top three,” he said.

Landwehr also completed the

traditional task of spelling his name with his behind.

“Now there are a lot more guys and random clubs represented.

When I did it, they cut right away to 15 semifinalists then to 10 after wardrobe change, so it felt more selective back then,” Landwehr said.

Another aspect that has changed is the prizes given to the winners.

In the first years of the event, Junior Class parents provided prizes for the winners.

They included Prom tickets, Blues tickets, Cardinals tickets, movie gift cards and restaurant gift cards.

In addition, instead of junior students hosting the event, a radio DJ came in and served as emcee.

Former Junior Class sponsor Nancy Smith, journalism teacher, said, “The DJs would bring giveaways and sometimes concert tickets to auction off.”

Although the event always comes out well, staff members said it is a challenge to put together.

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A free raffle ticket comes with every purchase of an admittance ticket, though more are available to increase chances of winning.

“We are going to sell [admittance] tickets at lunch, but also at the door for people who go to other schools or who at the last minute decide to come,” Passi said.

All members of the community are welcome to come.

“The main [goal] for the organization is to get as many people involved as we can,” Applebaum said.

Project Sunshine, and the children it helps, will greatly benefit with the participation of teachers and students.

“Its going to be a fun night full of awesome music and it’s all for a good cause,” Passi said.

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was] definitely was one of the more challenging events as sponsor,” social studies teacher and former Junior Class sponsor Steve Klawiter said.

“We have made small operational changes to make production easier.

[But we have not changed] anything that would affect the appearance of the show,” Dieckhaus said.

The event has made such an impact that other schools, such as Kirkwood High School, have contacted administrators to ask permission to start their own Mr. LHS-like event.

Science teacher Roger Fischer said he knows why Mr. LHS is a success.

“You get men doing things women usually do, and people think it’s funny,” he said.

This year’s Mr. LHS will feature entertainment by Moonhoney and Adversary in Arms, two student bands, and all of the traditional activities Mr. LHS is known for.

Mr. LHS is scheduled to take place Jan. 28 in the Theater and tickets are $6.

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Roe v. Wade:

Abortion Statistics Around the World

Worldwide, there are approximately 42 million abortions per year and approximately 115,000 abortions per day.

Court case still sparks discussion today

In the United States

D.Anne Vollmayer / In-Depth Editor

In America alone, there are approximately 1.4 million abortions every year. Meaning there are around 3,700 every day.

Today marks the 37th anniversary of the decision of Roe v. Wade, the court case that made abortion legal in the United States.

As one of the most controversial cases in the country, the Roe v.

Wade decision is still debated nearly 40 years later.

In September 1969, Norma McCorvey discovered she was pregnant.

At the time, she lived in Texas and the law stated in order to receive an abortion, the unwanted pregnancy must have been the result of rape or incest or the woman’s life was in danger.

After attempting to obtain both a legal and illegal abortion and failing, McCorvey sued the state of Texas.

Attorneys Linda Coffee and Sarah Weddington filed a suit in a United States District Court in Texas in 1970 on behalf of McCorvey who was under the alias Jane Roe. Although McCorvey hoped the court would have ruled in time for her to have an abortion, the case went all the way to the Supreme Court and a decision was not handed down until 1973.

Thus, McCorvey gave birth to a

Who’s Having Abortions Ages: 52 percent of abortions in the U.S. are to women under the age of 25. 32 percent are between ages 20-24, and teenagers make up 20 percent.

Race:

Caucasian women obtain 60 percent of abortions, while African American women are three times more likely to get an abortion.

Marital Status:

64.4 percent of abortions go to single women.

Married women obtain 18.4 percent. Divorced women account for 9.4 percent of abortions.

Religion:

Protestants obtain 37.4 percent, 31.3 percent are to Catholic women, Jewish women account for 1.3 percent and 23.7 percent go to women with no religious affi liation.

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baby girl who was later put up for adoption.

According to oyez.org, The Court held that a woman’s right to an abortion fell within the right to privacy (recognized in Griswold v. Connecticut) protected by the Fourteenth Amendment.

The 7-2 decision gave a woman total autonomy over the pregnancy during the first trimester and defined different levels of state interest for the second and third trimesters.

The decision legalized the right to an abortion in all 50 states and sparked a political debate that remains charged to this day.

The NARAL Pro-Choice America was founded in 1963 to protect a woman’s right to safe and legal abortions.

According to their website, even with Roe v. Wade’s protections still in place, 87 percent of U.S. counties have no abortion provider and antichoice/pro-life lawmakers continue to work to impose restrictions on women and their doctors, making abortion difficult, and in some cases nearly impossible, to obtain.

On the pro-life front, McCorvey came out publicly and changed her views on the controversial topic and

has become a pro-life activist.

This year, the annual pro-life march, the March for Life will be held in Washington D.C. to mark the anniversary of the Roe v. Wade decision.

More than 20,000 people are expected to walk and rally at Lafayette Park, across from the White House, the night before the march.

Senior Andrew LaCour, a prolife activist, walked in the March for Life in 2008 and is very excited to take part in it again this year.

LaCour got involved with the pro-life movement through his church, St. Alban Roe, which sponsors a trip every year.

A group of the Life Teen kids ride a bus overnight to Washington D.C. LaCour said he was most surprised by how many people were in attendance for the march in 2008.

“It’s ginormous. When we’re on the march just able to see so many people there supporting it,” he said.

He said he takes part in the marches to show his support for the pro-life cause.

He plans to continue doing the March for Life as often as he can throughout his life.

LaCour said, “It’s still very com-

mon today the controversy about pro-life and pro-choice.”

He added, “Even in elections, it’s such a big issue it has to be talked about. It can’t just be put aside.”

LaCour believes Roe v. Wade is something people still talk about today and will be talking about for years to come.

“I think the court decision really emphasized the dispute between the two. Before that it was a big issue, but once they finalize something it just made it even bigger,” LaCour said.

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Opinions expressed are those of the individuals interviewed, and not of the Image staff.

“I’m not necessarily against it unless it’s rape or something. I wouldn’t agree with the Roe v. Wade case.”

“I think it’s very wrong to get an abortion because it’s killing somebody before they have the chance to see the light of day.”

“I think abortion shouldn’t be legal unless you have a good reason or you’re a teen mom.”

“I think abortion should be legal if the parents consent.”

“I believe in a woman’s choice.”

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Old Shakespearean literature, Greek mythology and ancient poetry are not considered to be in students’ top 10 favorite reads.

The lengthy chapters, cryptic words and challenging symbolism make modern day students slack in language arts.

But when essay due dates roll around, many students turn to Sparknotes at midnight for quick answers and quotes.

As easy as Sparknotes is to access, many teachers are trying to teach around the helpful tool, while others find the website a useful aid.

Language Arts teacher Nathan Willard focuses his testing material around the Sparknotes interpretation of books.

He said, “You’ve got the basic plot, but you’ve missed the tension, the dynamics and the emotion.

Willard continued, “What Sparknotes does is records what the book gives, but you don’t get all the importance and depth,” Willard’s ‘Sparknotes quizzes’ require students to include details left out of the Sparknotes version of the story.

The pass or fail grading system encourages students to read the book rather than relying on Sparknotes for a quick synopsis.

“The advantage is it does condense and summarize the material so it makes it easier to review an entire book over the weekend before a test; it does present information so you can remember certain important moments or make other connections with the entire book you missed before. But as a substitute for reading, it is a fairly poor ex-

cuse. It just doesn’t measure up. It’s a crutch you could do without,” Willard said.

He continued, “I think any upper level English teacher will tell you they ask certain questions on their tests that can never be covered just by a plot summary.”

Language Arts teacher Melinda Bond approaches Sparknotes differently in her 10 Honors Language Arts and Senior Literature classes.

Bond uses quotes quizzes in her 10 Honors Language Arts classes to pull specific quotations from the assigned reading, making Sparknotes useless.

“For my honors class, we’ll do quotes quizzes that ask who’s saying it, who’s it addressing and explain the quote in its context so that you couldn’t have read Sparknotes to get that,” Bond said.

However in her Senior Literature class, Bond advises students to use Sparknotes to clarify interpretations of the work.

“I think it’s a great resource as long as the student is still reading the book… to use it as a supplement. I always remember to highlight Sparknotes during the Shakespearean unit because if they can learn to train their ear to understand Shakespeare, that’s awesome,” Bond said.

Her Senior Lit class mostly reads British literature which can be simplified through Sparknotes, but British poetry relies solely on student comprehension.

Bond believes Sparknotes is a free, useful tool to students who have trouble understanding raw Shakespeare.

“It [Sparknotes] can help if they are using it as a supplement. It can hurt if they are not teaching themselves how to read

independently and they are not taking the time to do that. Reading can help everything, like ACT scores and anything like that,” she said.

For both Willard and Bond, Sparknotes readers are easy to detect since their grade usually reflects their lack of reading from the book.

Junior Stacy Zamskaya is taking Willard’s Lit Flex class. She said she has realized Sparknotes no longer has the benefits she needs to be successful.

“When I took ALARP and previous language arts classes I used Sparknotes often, but in this class it’s much more difficult to get away with. I only read one assigned book last year compared to this year when I read them all,” Zamskaya said.

Willard’s ‘Sparknotes Quizzes’ have become increasingly more effective and beneficial since Zamskaya has avoided using Sparknotes this year.

“Sparknotes is good for the basics and has some good analysis but I barely use it anymore since it doesn’t help me on the tests,” Zamskaya said.

Sparknotes has alw10ays been a staple in the language arts classrooms aiding students with easy translations and quick references to key points.

Although Sparknotes may seem like a shortcut, in the end may end up being a detour in the actual learning process.

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Small sacrifice for saving lives Red Cross gives students, staff ability to make larger impact Grace Bueckendorf & Molly White/ Reporters

Thirty-eight percent of Americans are eligible to donate blood, but only eight percent actually follow through with this life saving process.

This year, Student Council (STUCO) is holding the blood drive on Jan. 29.

The requirements to donate include: •be healthy on donation day (no cold etc.)

•be 18 years old or 16 with parent permission •weigh at least 110 lbs.

The donation procedure is a four step process.

First, the donor registers by showing their ID and going over basic eligibility information.

Next, the nurse reviews the health history of the donor and gives a mini physical.

Regular blood donor Coach Marty Margalski said, “Coming in they’ll take your blood pressure and they take your blood type so they can send it in for tests because they don’t want any impurities in the blood they’re taking.”

The Red Cross volunteers also check the donor’s temperature, pulse and hemoglobin levels present in a sample of blood.

Then, the actual donation takes place.

The nurse will cleanse an area on the donor’s arm and insert a new sterile needle.

In eight to ten minutes a pint of blood will be collected. The donor will be asked to sit down and a bandage will be placed over the injection site.

The last step is simply eating refreshments. After 10-15 minutes, the donor can leave and continue with their day.

The entire process, from the arrival time to when the donor leaves is approximately one hour and 15 minutes.

“I was really scared at first, because I thought they stuck it in your vein in your arm. I got up and was really weak, but then I saw the food and it was all good,” senior Carly Michaelis, who donated during last year’s drive, said.

Margalski gives blood once or twice a year. “[Giving blood] is something you hear

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about all the time, and you don’t think to just go do, and I guess the convenience made me slap myself in the face,” he said.

His parents have both needed blood transfusions at different times.

He said, “My dad had cancer and he had a blood transfusion one time after an operation. I think I was probably more aware of it after my dad had that transfusion. You think more of it after someone in your family needs it.”

Margalski has blood type O, which is the universal donor. Only seven percent of people in America have this blood type.

However, he feels that no matter what blood type he has, donating blood is always needed.

He said, “If they have the opportunity and if they can safely [give blood], it’s something that can help a lot of people.”

There’s no reason not to donate blood, according to Margalski.

“It’s not a difficult process, it’s not a painful process and there’s always free juice and crackers afterwards,” he said.

“It was a really good experience and I would definitely do it again,” Michaelis said.

Every two seconds someone needs a blood transfusion and more than 38,000 blood donations are needed daily. In fact, a single car accident victim can require 100 pints of blood.

STUCO sponsor David Choate said every donor is significant.

“Every pint of blood saves three lives,” he said.

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These loyal donors are much needed by the Red Cross, since in any given year, 19 percent of people donate occasionally, 31 percent are first-time donors and 50 percent are dedicated donors.

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Methods provide grooming options for creating a perfectly sculpted brow Mary Buttram & Maddie Johnson / Reporters

They come in a variety of shapes, sizes and colors.

Some even meet in the middle. And they are unfailingly difficult to control.

Eyebrows come with an intangible grooming manual.

Unfortunately, with this task comes risks, occasionally resulting in horror stories. But on the bright side, we are surrounded by advice and experts who assist us in making the job run smoothly.

Painful, yet endured, the art of eyebrow grooming is something most of us do.

“It’s the worst pain in the world,” Jodie Fowler, Engineering teacher, said.

“But I’ve never given birth, so it may run a close second.”

With beauty comes pain.

Whether it be waxing, tweezing, plucking, lasering or threading, eyebrow grooming is a necessary evil, even for those who won’t acknowledge it.

“If your eyebrows get out of hand, you need to admit it before someone else does,” Fowler said.

Laser Treatment

The most drastic way to prevent eyebrows from going astray is by getting laser treatment.

Though the procedure is somewhat costly, it provides permanent relief from the dreaded waxing and plucking.

Being out in the sun makes the skin on faces very tender and sensitive to any type of laser treatment.

If the treatment is used when the skin is unprepared, it could result in damage to the skin.

Sophomore Maria Tocco has been going to Ideal Image for her eyebrow treatments for about one year.

She now only has three or four treatments to go until she can put the tweezers away for good.

Tocco said that Ideal Image is very cautious when it comes to lasering her eyebrows and takes extreme measures to prevent any mishaps.

Tocco said, “I went on vacation and three weeks later I went in for an appointment and they had to reschedule because they weren’t sure if my skin was ready,” Tocco said.

She continued, “The [Ideal Image] was scared to laser my skin because I’m naturally tan so they took tests to see what level they should use on the laser,” she continued.

According to Yasmeen Tanveer, owner of the Look Great Eyebrow Threading kiosk at the Chesterfield Mall, threading is an ancient Indian way of grooming the eyebrow.

It works by taking two cotton pieces of string and wrappinig them around a single hair to pull it out, creating precise hair line.

“Threading is used for shaping and cleaning the eyebrows and is good for sensitive skin,” Tanveer said.

Compared to other methods of grooming, threading lasts longer and will not irritate or peel the skin. Re-growth takes a longer period of time

and the hair is finer and more easily controlled.

Not only do students use threading to get their everyday brow looking good and shapely, but celebrities do as well. The method of threading has popular icons like Liv Tyler and Jennifer Aniston raving.

Sophomore Tiffany Lee has experienced eyebrow threading and shared that it was not much different from waxing, aside from the pain.

“Threading really hurts. It feels like if you have a rubber band on your arm and pull it down really fast and it pulls your hair and it hurts like that except 10 times worse,” Lee said.

Threading

A very common way that people go about grooming is with tweezers. Men and women alike find themselves touching up their brows with a simple plucking session.

“Fortunately, I’m not cursed with the unibrow,” said Steve Klawiter, social studies teacher.

“But I will say every now and then if I get a rogue eyebrow hair that is out of control, my wife will come at me with tweezers, and it’s very painful,” he added.

According to InStyle Magazine, when plucking or tweezing, by stepping back about a foot away from the mirror, you see your brows in relation to

your whole face and it will give you perspective.

Junior Alison Ray never gets her eyebrow waxed because she’s never had good experiences.

She feels as if she can maintain her eyebrows herself better than anyone else.

A popular brand of tweezers, Tweezerman, can be found at local Target stores. Though they cost $19.99, they produce great results.

If brows become sparse due to adamant plucking, Jamie Yee of Kate Somerville Skin Experts in L.A. recommends using an angled makeup brush to fill in spare spots with tinted brow gel or powder.

said, “If you use Retin-A or Accutane or other acne medication, don’t wax—waxing in conjunction with these products can remove a layer of skin.”

“I go to the Face and Body Spa and get my eyebrows plucked. It is painful but I can’t get them waxed because of my medicine,” senior Carly Voloto said.

When waxing for the first time, Christine also suggests to leave as much hair as possible at the beginning of the brows in between the eyes, and make sure the eyebrow is not too long because a shorter length creates the same illusion.

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While plucking can inflict pain, it seems to be one of the most comfortable ways of shaping one’s eyebrows. Waxing, on the other hand, often produces tears.

Senior Hannah Stinnett prefers this method compared to others. However, she has sensitive skin and has to be careful.

“The lady kept telling me that I had very sensitive skin but she didn’t stop waxing and it ended up giving me blisters,” Stinnett said.

There are a lot of health concerns regarding skin to be aware of before getting eyebrows waxed.

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n becoming young adults we must learn “responsibility” and what better way to acquire and hone this trait than by obtaining a job.

Unfortunately the teenage job market is limited to the food industry or retail putting us behind a register or in a kitchen.

This is unfortunately where teenage work force will stay until we receive a more specific education to carry out our future careers.

Yet not all students are bound to these everso-popular jobs and take a different job path.

Some even have taken the opportunity to teach or coach activities they actually participate in.

Junior Kristi Estrada helps coach a youth hiphop dance team at the Cheer Legendz gym.

“Some of the owners of the gym needed another coach and asked me to become a part of the staff because I always worked hard as a dancer on the senior team, “Estrada said.

Estrada coaches a team of 20 girls who range from ages seven to thirteen.

“I make around $50 in two weeks because I only work when the team has practices which are three hours a week,” Estrada added.

Estrada works an hour and a half each shift, working six hours in a two-week period.

“The winter is a lot more stressful because it is competition season. You always have to correct the routine and make sure the athletes are ready to compete,” Estrada said.

If Estrada stays in this area for college, “I will definitely keep working at the gym, but I’m not sure if that will happen,” she said.

Estrada said, “I love my job because I get paid for doing the activity that I already do for fun,” She added, “Also, I can be active while I am working instead of just sitting around. The kids make it even more fun because they all have big personalities and make me laugh,” Both junior Amy Hourcade and senior Shannon Horner teach private cello lessons, being musicians themselves.

“I was looking for something that I could do that wouldn’t take up a lot of time because I am really busy with school and my own music,” Hourcade said.

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“I want to major in Music Education and I thought why not start teaching now? And a few of the local Middle School orchestra teachers asked me to start tutoring for some of their students looking for an instructor, “Horner said.

“The number of students I have varies depending on how busy the student is and how often they can fit a lesson in,” Hourcade said.

Horner charges $20 for a half hour lesson and $25 for a 45 minute lesson.

She has a total of six students and one group lesson with two students.

“Each lesson is an hour and $25 so it all depends on how many kids want a lesson in those two weeks,” Hourcade said regarding her pay.

The holidays and summer affect both Horner and Hourcade as students leave and go out of town.

“During holidays my family or students family may be going out of town making lesson times change, but normally I try and get a lesson in with each of my students once a week.” Horner said.

Hourcade said, “Some (students) prefer more lessons in the summer and less once school starts up, but it can also be the other way around. Also I go to Colorado for the majority of the summer ever year and I can’t teach while I’m gone.”

Horner would like to continue teaching in college and said, “after I graduate college I would like to start teaching privately wherever I decide to live.”

Hourcade said she will teach until she leaves for college, but after she may just teach when she is back in the summer.

“I prefer teaching cello lessons because its what I want to do with my life. I find great joy in seeing my students eyes light up when they get a difficult part in a song,” Horner said.

“Teaching is a true passion in my family and I love working with younger students and inspiring them to continue with their instrument,” Horner continued.

Hourcade said she prefers teaching over other jobs because of the hours.

“I only have to spend one hour working and make the same amount of money as someone

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Even before reaching a working age senior Greg Huxen co-founded a lawn care company with senior Adam Shilito.

“I have been doing this for five years, ever since seventh grade, and have built the company more and more. Last year Adam and I made about $10,000 doing it.”

He continued, “This year we are hoping to make more with an addition of a commercial grade mower,” Huxen said.

Huxen’s company was inspired by his childhood passion for tractors and lawn mowers.

“I have to put in lots of money into the company for maintenance. Also to update equipment,” he said.

Huxen added, “For example I recently had to buy a new commercial grade trimmer which costs $150, and me and Adam are putting anywhere between $1,500 and $3,000 into a 36” commercial mower and then in the future a 48” commercial mower.”

Huxen and Shilito split the profit 50/50 and have about 20 customers as well as 25-30 others who call on rare occasions.

The winter months provide a bit of a halt to business.

Huxen explained, “Winter of course and in the spring when its rainy get to be a pain, but even then we try to keep making a little cash by snow blowing driveways.”

Huxen hopes his company will grow to have 100 plus customers.

“I really just want to keep expanding and see how big this can get, and possibly hiring others to work for me,” Huxen said.

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NFL Theplayoffs Biggest Party in Sports:

Jan. 22, 2010

Super Bowl

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Teams competing for a trip to Florida for Super Bowl XLIV:

Event evolves into more than just a gameDivisional playoffs Divisional playoffs • The Pittsburgh Steelers have won the most title with six victories.

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On Feb. 7, the biggest game of the year takes place in Miami.

In just 60 minutes legends will be born and dreams will be shattered.

And, the real hype takes place off the field during the commercials, parties and other events.

One team goes down in history while the other team According to tvbythenum“You can tell someone put a is just one that could not pull really get into the game.

The Super Bowl is also bers.com it owns nine of the lot of creativity and work into through with a win.

“The Super Bowl, in my known for fans’ huge parties top 10 most watched televi- them,” Perry said.

As Super Bowls are played opinion, is sheer dedication. to support the team they love sion dates ever.

“It is a really hyped up foot- each year, impact plays or moThe teams actually worked or just sit down and watch the ball game so of course you will ments in the games can be rehard to be there, and whether I game.

“I love going to the parties have tons of viewers,” senior membered for decades. like the teams playing, I always “Mike Jones’ tackle on watch it anyway because they because you can go have fun at Anne Park said.

Along with the game, the the one yard line on the last are the best in their division,” a friend’s house, goof around and watch football,” senior Super Bowl is known for the play won the Rams its Super junior Kristen Perry said. best commercials of the year.

Bowl,” Miller said.

The Super Bowl has evolved Ryan Donnell said.

The parties help bring in The cost has skyrocketed That Super Bowl saving into more than just a game for the best two football teams in statistics that may surprise a from $42,500 in 1967 to over tackle gave St. Louis its first $2.6 million for a 30-second NFL championship title. the National Football League lot of people.

NOTE: conference For example, the Super adDivisional, in last years Super Bowl, ac“It was a game-saving play (NFL). day cording determined to MSNBC. andseeds it keeps the old saying goes It is an entertainment fren- Bowl is the second largest matchups by “The high price tickets are defense wins championships,” zy and can be remembered of food consumption behind eight just a result of the public at- senior Chris Anthes said. more for the commercials and Thanksgiving and over *Home advantage through conference tention the company gets.

Th ough the big halftime half time shows than the game million pounds of guacamole championship is consumed on Super Bowl “It gives entertainment to shows, funny commercials and itself. ource: National Football League “The die-hard sports fans Sunday, according to Yum- every person watching,” Don- food are great, football is still nell said. the main event. are all about the game itself sugar.com.

“Food helps bring everyone Favorites from the past SuAll the hard work finally and who is playing but to the typical fan they tend to like together because you know per Bowls have been big com- comes down to a final game.

“The chance to be reprethe commercials more,” senior when food is around and panies like: E-Trade, Anheuser sented as the best in the NFL. football player and enthusiast sports it’s a good combina- Busch and Pepsi. tion,” Donnell said. “ D e f i n i t e l y B u d w e i s e r Also, how it all comes down to J.T. Miller said.

The popularity of the sport [commercials] are hilarious. one game makes it impossible Every year he and his dad Pepsi is usually good too. not to watch,” Anthes said. sit down with each other and keeps rising every year.

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Being last has become a way of life for Rams fans St. Louis, we have a problem. In eight years, the Rams have gone from the Greatest Show on Turf to a team that’s an embarrassment to the city.

The worst part is that people are ashamed to call themselves Rams Fans and team pride couldn’t be any lower.

You know things are bad when “How about those Rams?” is meant as a joke rather than a conversation starter.

It’s bad when a team is 6-42 over a three year period, but it’s worse when fans have to watch other teams just to see quality football.

While the rest of the NFL celebrates its best teams in the playoffs and Super Bowl, the Rams are again forced to watch from a distance.

For the Rams, it’s a story of how the other half lives because they won’t be invited to the party any time soon.

Watching quality football can be difficult for Rams fans when it’s so obvious

that the home team isn’t even on the same level. There’s such a big difference between watching a close game that’s competitive until the end and one where a team just doesn’t have a chance.

Good teams, even when losing, can keep games close and at least have fans watching until the end.

For those teams, when they don’t win, there’s always hope that things can turn around soon. They can make a few improvements and be right back in the mix the following week.

With the Rams, there hasn’t been that kind of hope for a while. When a team has so little talent, there’s not much reason to think things will change.

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Stakes raised as Lancers continue Conference play Gian Wessel / Sports Editor

With the band rocking and former players on the court before the game, the stage was set for the Lancers to turn the season around in their Jan. 5 home opener.

The game was close early on, but the Lancers couldn’t translate that energy into a victory, losing to Conference leader Oakville 58-35.

Since then, the team is 2-2, giving them a 7-9 overall record going into yesterday’s game against Miller Career Academy.

If the Lancers hope to climb the conference standings, they will need a strong showing against MICDS on Jan. 26 to serve as a momentum builder.

From there, road games against Fox and Marquette will test the team’s ability to rebound from a disappointing start.

Although there is little chance Lafayette will advance to the playoffs, their remaining games are far from meaningless.

“Our guys like to play and every night is a new night and a new opponent. The idea of competition is enough and we’ve got guys who like to compete,” Coach Scott Allen said.

“We just need to keep up the intensity.

We are going harder in warm-ups, getting focused and going game speed. Our game against St. Charles West really turned things around,” sophomore Nick Messer said.

The team’s increased intensity has been demonstrated best by leading scorer Mike Messer, who continues to lead the team in scoring with a 20.0 average.

His total of 37 made three-pointers is nearly double that of anyone in the Conference and a 36 point game against Hickman on Jan. 18 tied Tyler Griffey’s singlegame record.

Guards have provided most of the Lancers’ scoring production this season. Sophomore guards Joel Pennington (7.1 points per game) and Nick Messer (7.4) are second and third respectively in scoring. Pennington’s 4.63 assists per game is second in the conference.

“We need to work more on execution and limiting mistakes,” Pennington said.

To take pressure off the team’s back court, Allen said, the team’s forwards will have to continue to improve their play.

Junior Areon Smith has taken the initiative, with a 6.3 scoring average that leads all forwards and is fourth on the team. He also leads the team with 6.8 rebounds per game.

“I try to focus on boxing out, and when the ball goes up, going to get it,” Smith said.

“When we shoot the ball well we can play with anyone. I’ve been very pleased with the development of our interior game.

We have to just continue to throw it inside to get more balance,” Allen said.

Sophomore Luke Krienkamp added that the team’s defense has been their strength recently.

Offensively, the Lancers will have to make some adjustments to stay competitive in the season’s final stretch.

“We’re sticking with our plan and principles. As the season progresses, there are some minor tweaks you make as a coach but we’re staying consistent in what we are trying to do.”

“I like how the guys are supporting one another and ‘team’ means something,” Allen said.

“Right now, we’re just playing for pride and representing Lafayette. We need to play harder and play as a team,” Smith said.

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At a game against Oakville, sophomore Luke Krienkamp goes for a jump ball. The Lancers rebounded from the 58-33 loss to the Tigers with a 52-43 victory over Kirkwood. (photo by Dan Clutter)

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Tough Schedule

Lady Lancers’ record suffers inconsistency Dominic Corvington / Reporter

With a brutal schedule and newfound youth, the Lady Lancers have continued to face an inconsistency that is keeping them away from their full potential.

The team was 5-2 at the start of the holiday breaks, but then suffered three losses during the Visitation Tournament.

“We’ve played several teams who are not only ranked in the St. Louis area and State, but they are also ranked nationally. Playing these teams will help us when we get to districts,” Head Coach Jennifer Porter said.

Among this group was Incarnate Word, a team who is currently ranked fifth in the nation according to ESPN’s Fab 50, and twelfth by USA Today.

Despite having their share of wins, the team has been unable to keep hold of a constant streak, and keep it in their clutches.

“I think we need to come prepared physically and mentally, not just show up and think we can win,” freshman Hannah Schneider said.

Schneider, along with sophomores Kayla Hall and Claire Norfleet have also shown their skills on the offensive end by combining for an average of 19.5 points per game.

“I think we’re doing really good considering we’re such a young team, and the teams we lost against were really good,” Hall said.

A record of 2-2 in league play has earned them a fifth place position in the Suburban West, but the team has gone just 8-8 overall.

Sophomore guard Jordynn Martin is leading the team in scoring as her 13.1 point average is good for fifth in Conference.

With games against top opponents such as Hazelwood Central coming up, preparation has already begun.

“Definitely making sure you shoot outside of practice and going 100 percent,” Hall said.

“Just working harder on the little things and working together at practice as a team,” Norfleet added.

The team’s bench play has also produced a tenacity that provides them with a sturdy rotation of players.

In a victory against Parkway West, sophomore guard Ashley Hipp had led all scorers with a season-high of 13 points.

“We knew we’d have our ups and downs.

This team is coachable, they play hard, and they want to improve,” Porter said.

Still, they are a young squad, and many of them will remain teammates playing alongside one another over the course of the next few years.

Their overall unity will further develop and their capabilities will continue to grow.

“You either get better or get worse. You never stay the same. So, they are going to have to continue to expand their game if we want to do special things in the next couple of years,” Porter said.

The Lady Lancers’ next game will take place at home on Jan. 25 against Howell North.

Fighting For The Win

In order to keep possession during the Jan. 14 game against Parkway West, sophomore Ashely Hipp fights back. The team went on to win the game 45-41. (photo by Dan Clutter)

Hopes of milestone fuels Lady Lancer swim team Christine Jackson / Reporter

Dive For 25

Junior Alysssa Shaw does a back dive during warm-ups before the Jan. 12 meet versus Webster Groves. Shaw went on to place first in diving with a score of 183.15 points (photo

by Christine Jackson)

Winter Sports Calender Boys Basketball

-1/26 vs. MICDS 7 p.m.

-2/03 @ Fox 7 p.m.

-2/05 @ Marquette 7 p.m.

-2/09 vs. Howell C. 6:30 p.m.

-2/12 vs. Lindbergh 7 p.m.

-2/16 @ Parkway South 7 p.m.

-2/19 vs. Mehlville 7 p.m.

Girls Basketball

-1/25 vs. Howell North 7 p.m.

-1/27 @ Hazelwood C. 6 p.m.

-2/03 @ Fox 5:30 p.m.

-2/05 v Marquette 5:30 p.m.

-2/09 @ Howell Central 6:30 p.m.

-2/12 vs. Lindbergh 5:30 p.m.

-2/17 @ St. Charles W. 7:30 p.m.

-2/19 at Mehlville 7 p.m.

High standards were set for the Lady Lancers Swim and Dive Team when they began their season with a 128-54 win against Holt High School, but the Lancers still have a lot to live up to after last season’s success.

Last year was highlighted by two new state records, a 24th Conference win, and taking third place at State.

However, Head Coach Todd Gabel still seems confident in his team’s ability to meet the high expectations.

“We’ll match up to, if not better, last season’s record. It’s a better team this year,” Gabel said.

Junior Taylor Paskoff agrees with Gabel, “We’re doing our best right now and I think that will continue as we get closer and closer to state,” Paskoff said, “ We’re going to go as hard and as fast as we can to win.”

The team’s only loss last season came during the Parkway South Invitational, something they hoped to change by making it their primary focus before this year’s invitational on Jan 15.

“We’re really focused on it [the Parkway South Invitational], Gabel said the week of the meet, “We’re preparing just as any other meet, but it is our true focus this week.”

Meets on Jan. 6 and Jan.7 were cancelled

due to snow days, but the team didn’t let it throw them off.

“With the recent snow days, we missed out on some practices and meets. Hence, meets have been canceled and rescheduled, meaning there will be some weeks with multiple meets back to back,” sophomore Kelsey Kirchhoefer said, “It becomes strenuous with meets being so close together, but that doesn’t stop us!”

The Lady lancers are also on their way to a possible 25th Conference win in a row, an opportunity that hasn’t escaped the focus of the team.

“Working toward the 25th straight Conference win has definitely made us focus more on what we need to do to make sure we win,” Kirchhoefer said. “We are definitely pumped and we are focusing on what we need to do at practice to make our team successful.”

Focus and hard work at practices have not escaped the notice of Gabel.

“They’re working harder and are more focused at practice on Conference and State as well,” Gabel said.

The team still has work to do before Conferences though, the Lady Lancers compete against Parkway South High School today at 4:15 pm in the Lafayette pool.

They will then compete in their final home meet on Feb. 1 against Mehlville High School.

Girls Swimming

Wrestling

-1/22 vs. P’way South 4:15 p.m.

-1/28 vs. Kirkwood @ Meremac CC 4:15 p.m.

-2/01 vs. Mehlville 4 p.m.

-2/08 @ Oakville

-1/23 Lafayette Tourney TBA -1/27 @ Marquette 7 p.m.

-2/01 vs. Mehlville TBA -2/03 vs. Lindbergh TBA -2/06 FHC Invitational 9:30 a.m.

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No Slowing Down:

Sports

Strong attitude leads wrestling team to solid performance Ian Bernstein/ Asst. Sports Editor

Name any sport during any school year, and chances are coaches will talk about how this season will be unlike any other.

This usual inspirational rhetoric rarely stays true, but for the Lancers wrestling team things are looking good.

On Dec. 30, the team participated in the DeSmet Spartan Invitational. Lafayette took first place out of 15 teams with a total 678 points, beating the next best team, Lindbergh by over 250 points. The team took home four first medals, one second, three thirds and one fourth.

Out of the nine matches determining first or third place, the Lancers only lost two.

The team’s success is due to its high level of dedication. Practice was held every day over the break, except for Christmas Day and New Years.

This strict dedication was also allowed for a nice break in the typical routine.

“Coach Sissom kept us dedicated by bringing the varsity team down to his farm for a team hike and dinner,” junior Ryan Siebert said.

The two snow days didn’t take the team off track either. Wrestling captains took the responsibility into their own hands and administered group workouts.

“The [school] building was shut down, but the captains met the guys at Lifetime, The Y and other gyms to work on cardio and weight,” Coach Scott Sissom said.

A combination of work and togetherness allowed for a crushing 79-0 shutout over Parkway South on Jan. 6.

In contrast to Parkway South, the Lanc-

15 Athlete of the Month:

Vince Farinella ,12 Starting as a freshmen, Farinella has moved up the wrestling ranks, becoming a key component.

Q: What’s it like to see your name in the Post Dispatch? Do you like the attention or does it add more pressure?

A: I like the attention, but it does add pressure. I like being the underdog, there are less expectations to win.

Q: What do you think is the biggest challenge going into a tournament?

Rocking The Cradle

Junior Kyle Black places his Kirkwood opponent in a Cradle. Lafayette faced off Kirkwood on Dec 16. during a home dual meet. The Lancers went on to win by over 70 points, with a final score of 78-3. (photo by Daniel Clutter)

ers had a solid lineup, with a competitive wrestler at every weight.

“All of the extra work helped the team to win the DeSmet Invitational and get our first shut-out against Parkway South,” sophomore Ryan Jones said.

Weight was a minor problem for the team, especially during the Hazelwood Central Invitational. The snow days threw off diets and practice for some wrestlers.

“Some guys didn’t make their weight and had to lose too much too quick,” Sissom explained.

Despite the drawbacks, Lafayette went on to win the Hazelwood Central Invitational with 200 total points.

Sudden weight loss takes a toll on the wrestler’s energy level. However, this affected nearly all the teams, as most schools were off Jan. 7-8.

The accepted way to lose weight is a strict diet and constant workout.

On Jan 15-16, the Lancers competed in the Capital City Tournament where they faced last year’s State Champ Park Hill.

Day one Lafayatte led 88.5-85.5 to Park Hill, but ran into difficult matches and a few questionable calls.

These setbacks cost the Lancers a win, placing second behind Park Hill by a mere 31 points. In the end, Lafayette had a strong showing, finishing with 328.5 points.

A: To have enough energy from cutting weight, and the mental part of it.

Q: What accomplishment are you most proud of?

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Q: What is your favorite sport to do besides wrestling?

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Q: Why should people come to meets?

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Reading in the 21st Century:

Breaking away from printed books by using her Sony Reader in her Intro to Engineering class, sophomore Maddie Van House enjoys a downloaded novel. (photo by David Adams) David Adams/ Entertainment Editor

Are these devices just a fad, or will they eventually make printed books obsolete? Only time will tell, but everybody seems have a different opinion on the matter.

Film Releases

Electronic reading devices like the Kindle make big changes in the publishing world by making print media a thing of the past

A True Reader

In 2006, the entire publishing world was forever changed with the release of the Sony Reader.

The Reader, weighing only ten ounces, allowes avid readers to store up to 512 MB of books on one handheld touch-screen device.

It is similar to an iPod but holds books instead of music. Since Sony’s release, Amazon has released the even more popular Kindle, and in Oct. of 2009, Barnes and Noble released the nook.

All three of these devices are listed at $259. The Sony Reader is the most universally available, while the Kindle and the nook can only be purchased through Amazon and Barnes and Noble respectively.

Kindle also has an app for the iPhone and iPod touch. Most books for all devices cost around $10.

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Sophomore Maddie Van House is a proud owner of a Sony Reader. She received it for Christmas and has already read one book. Van House says, “it’s very easy and convenient to use”.

She hopes to use it for ALARP reading assignments this year as well.

Her thoughts on the Reader are extremely positive, “I definitely think that this is the new era. It’s like the move from CDs to iPods, except for books,” she said.

Senior Mandi Augustine also received a Sony Reader for Christmas but ended up returning it.

She said, “I didn’t like that I couldn’t buy textbooks online. I had planned to use it at college to keep all of my books in one place.”

Although she didn’t keep the Reader, she wasn’t entirely negative about such devices.

Augustine said, “I think they could be the way of the future once they are made more universal and useful for all purposes.”

The latest E-reader, the Kindle DX,

has secured a deal with many major textbook publication companies for their books to be compatible on the device.

This certainly is a step in the right direction: text books for E-readers will be more cost and space efficient for students.

Kathy Ryan, Rockwood School District’s K-12 Language Arts/Journalism/Speech Coordinator also received a Sony Reader for Christmas and is very excited about it.

Ryan said she read about 45 books last year and thinks it’s a good tool to help go green.

She said, “I love the environmentally conscious aspect of E-Readers; saving trees is a good thing.”

But the limited amount of literature available for these devices does concern her about using them in schools as an alternative to books.

“We actually wanted to buy EReaders for the new science fiction course, but the main text we are using isn’t available electronically,” Ryan said.

She doesn’t see Rockwood making the switch anytime soon, but perhaps in the distant future.

Language Arts teacher Cheryl Hermach said she would be interested in an E-Reader.

Hermach would not have a problem with her students using digital books and thinks they would be even better if they were equipped with highlighting and annotating features.

While the future of the publishing world may still be unpredictable, it’s apparent that E-Readers are becoming more and more popular.

In fact, the much talked about Apple Tablet is rumored to be released sometime this year.

The device, said to be revolutionary, may soon dominate the market, much like the first iPod release.

If there is any good news about electronic reading devices, it’s that reading is now hip again.

In a time of Jersey Shore and Keeping Up with The Kardashians, why not curl up and read a book instead?

Jan. 22 Tooth Fairy Legion Extraordinary Measures Jan. 29 When In Rome Edge of Darkness Feb. 5 Dear John Feb. 12 The Wolfman Beauty and the Beast3D Valentine’s Day Percy Jackson & The Olympians: The Lightening Thief Feb. 19 From Paris With Love Shutter Island

Concerts

Jan. 23 Owl City @ The Pageant Jan. 24 Yo La Tengo @ The Pageant Feb. 2 Badfi sh @ Pop’s Nightclub Feb. 18 George Strait and Reba McEntire @ Scottrade Center

Performing Arts Jan. 6th-31 The 39 Steps @ The Rep Feb. 10-March 7th The Diary of Anne Frank @ The Rep Feb. 16-21 Mamma Mia! @ The Fox

Album Releases Jan. 26 Jason Castro- Jason Castro Nevershoutnever!What Is Love?

Feb. 2 Lifehouse- Smoke & Mirrors Feb. 16 Usher- Raymond v.

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Picks of the Month David Adams gives his top entertainment choices for January.

Movie:

A Single Man Colin Firth is sure-bet for an Oscar nomination in this drama directed by designer Tom Ford. The story follows Firth as a man mourning over the loss of his partner during a single day in 1962. Julianne Moore and Matthew Goode round out the cast in this mesmerizing film.

Restaurant:

Sujo’s Spaghetteria Located near Plaza Frontenac, this family-owned Italian restaurant is one of my favorite new finds. Serving great food at great prices (nothing over $14), this is the perfect place to go for a dinner and a movie date.

Try the lasagna, but you may need to split it!

Album:

Passion Pit- Manners This indie, electronica band is my favorite new group of 2009. Brilliant falsetto vocals by lead singer, Michael Angelakos, fun, pop melodies and catchy beats make Manners the perfect choice for fans of MGMT or The Postal Service.

Outing:

Ice Skating at Steinberg In the heart of Forest Park is the classic Stienberg Ice Rink. Open all day, everyday through Feb. 28, Stienberg Ice Rink is a great place to go with friend. But don’t let the cold keep you away. The Snowflake Café, located next to the rink, offers all sorts of goodies and treats to keep you warm.

Book:

Shutter Island by Dennis Lehane Read this bone chilling, thriller about a missing person’s investigation at an institution for the criminally insane before the movie comes out on Feb. 19. Featuring memorable characters and fast paced action, Dennis Lehane’s novel is the perfect page-turner.