March 13, 2008

[the]image Thursday, March 13, 2008 [Vol. 39 Issue 7]

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As colleges and businesses check up on their profiles, more and more high school students get...

‘facebooked’ With Internet profiles open to public scrutiny, colleges, schools and businesses are taking notice. Should students do the same?

ryanbueckendorf In a world domi- sions officers looking at high school stu- they allow posted of themselves on their nated by the dents. or others’ Facebook and MySpace. [editor in chief] pressure to maintain a clean-cut image, students have long found respite in blogs and social networking sites such as Facebook and MySpace.

Under the seemingly impenetrable guise of the Internet, students voiced opinions and shared secrets with little thought to the possibility of those ideas falling into the wrong hands.

Times, however, are changing.

The cyber community once occupied solely by high school and college students now has a new set of residents as colleges, businesses and high school administrations conduct forays into an Internet world students never meant for them to see.

The rules of the game have changed, leaving students scrambling to keep up.

“More and more schools are going to these web pages.

They know these things are out there.“ bethbrasel

National Scene

This issue has had tempers boiling nationwide.

Kent State University has forbidden its athletes from having Facebook profiles.

The school cites the danger to both the student and the reputation of the University inherent in having Facebook profiles as reasons for the ban.

Avery Doninger, a Connecticut high school student, was punished by her school after posting comments about school officials on her profile. An appeal to a U.S. Circuit Court yielded no ruling, but Doninger argued that the Internet should not give schools cause to punish students.

These new stakes for students are frighteningly high, as the Rockwood School District is not the only party examining students’ profiles.

College Check Ups

College admissions officers frequently check on prospective students’ internet profiles to gain insight into the type of person they are admitting into their school.

“Colleges can revoke admission [based on the findings on profiles],” College Admission Specialist Beth Brasel said. “They will be looking to see if the student is a potential threat and if the student is reflecting the philosophy of their institution.”

More so than underclassmen, seniors can be impacted by their external appearance, of which Facebook is increasingly becoming a part.

That content increasingly reflects the person who put it there for college admis-

Rockwood’s Stance

The Rockwood School District has a clearly-outlined policy for dealing with perpetrators of illicit or illegal acts. This policy dictates the exact punishment according to the exact infraction.

Does a picture on a Facebook profile constitute enough evidence to justify suspension, or worse?

Activities Director Steve Berry acknowledges the possibility of social network content serving as evidence towards wrongdoing, but said it would be subject to the same substantiation standards applied to other types of evidence.

“If I can verify and validate exactly what happened with reasonable evidence then I would act,” he said. “I’ll give an example where I received an anonymous photo earlier in the year of a student with an alcoholic beverage in hand. The bottle was empty, he was just holding it. It was in a situation that the parents were already aware of and which had happened a year earlier, and I didn’t think it was valid.”

Principal John Shaughnessy stressed the school did not actively search for incriminating evidence on the Internet.

“We do not go out and look for it,” he said, “But when it comes into my building and causes a distraction, it becomes my problem.”

Strict on Sports

Student-athletes, as members of extracurricular activities, face even more scrutiny than other students. The punishment for wrongdoing or illicit conduct by athletes is intense and immediate, and such activities documented on Facebook can serve as proof here as well.

Berry is responsible for setting the code of conduct for the athletic programs. All programs operate off of a basic starting point, set by Berry, but individual coaches can raise the bar for their specific activity.

“Participating in extracurricular activities is a privilege, not a right. Because it is a privilege, we can have standards above and beyond the rest of the school,” he said.

Termination from a sports team would likely cost even the most talented athletes their shot at playing their sport at a highprofile college or university, and that is not the only thing at stake for student athletes.

Their eyes must be focused not only on the present but on the future, where they will likely lose athletic scholarships as a result of colleges finding out about illicit activity. Their Facebook profiles are often common targets of college coaches looking up recruits and prospects.

Such strict policies have caused student athletes to apply more discretion to what

Senior Gabriela Demos, Class 2 tennis State Champion, knows the added pressure of being a college-bound athlete with a Facebook profile. Demos is headed to Drake University on a tennis scholarship.

“You have to be very careful not to have any of that [connection to illicit activity],” Demos said. “My dad emphasized not to have anything at all like that during recruiting and the season.”

Senior football player and Vanderbilt University signee Caleb Welchans agreed, saying as a penalty for connection to such illegal activities, even via MySpace or Facebook, would result in “getting kicked off the team.”

While Welchans noted that the coaches wouldn’t take Facebook pictures without further investigation as to the situation, he feels the risk is too great. “[Coaches] would look into it, but they don’t want us doing any of that.”

Employers Online

Employers are also prowling the Internet, according to Amy Jones, Talent Acquisition Supervisor for Maritz, Inc., a major employer in the St. Louis area.

While corporations such as Maritz do not make a hiring decision based entirely on a prospective employee’s web presence, they do take it into account.

“I think [a web profile is] the same as dressing appropriately for an interview,” she said. “What kind of professional image do I want to convey? If you come in with a ripped up band shirt on I might make a different assumption than if you had a white dress shirt on.”

Brasel agreed, saying pictures could prove the deciding factor between otherwise equally qualified candidates for a job.

“I think [incriminating pictures] would give an employer pause,” she said. “They will think to themselves ‘What type of person am I hiring? Maybe they would chalk it up to one bad decision during high school, but if they view it as an ongoing trend it might cause a problem.”

As far as potential employment goes, Jones cautions that the profiles are public domain and as such are open to scrutiny by anyone, including businesses.

“If someone is using it for that purpose [finding a job, scholarship],” she said, “They would want to think about what they were putting out there.”

Ultimately, the issue of Facebook and MySpace is not one of right or wrong.

The issue is instead how they are used.

The Facebook and MySpace waters both used to be reserved for web-surfers under 21, but colleges, businesses and administrators are sharks are in the water, and students should proceed accordingly.

comingsoon [March 14-21] Spring Break-No School [April 2] Yearbook Group Pics [April 4] Senior Lunch [April 8] Election Day Sophomore Ring Ceremony 6:45 a.m.

[April 10] Choice Awards 7 a.m.

[April 12] ACT Testing [April 8-10, 15-17] MAP Testing [April 19] GSL Jazz Festival [April 21] NHS Meeting 7 p.m.

[April 23] Senior Awards Night 7 p.m.

[April 24] Orchestra Concert 7 p.m.

[April 26] State Solo & Ensemble Festival [April 28] Jazz Band & Chamber Choir Concert 7 p.m.

[April 30] STAR Meeting 6 p.m.

[May 3] Prom [May 1-2] One Acts

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We compared NHS admission standards of schools in the area and around the country. How does LHS compare? [see p. 4]

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All girls love their purse, but what does their purse say about them?

Depending on the style and price, a lot can be determined about the owner of the purse. [see p. 9]

Spring sports are off to a slow start after snow days and cancelled practices. [see p. 11]

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In the game of life, why does World still attack its best player? Give America the ball, fellas America, enough is enough. The world is running its mouth again, just like always, calling us lazy and ignorant and cocky. According to them, we’re a country of playboys and their tabloids. They’re getting themselves all worked up, and forgetting what’s really important in life. It’s time to take over this game. Let’s remind them what keeps Uncle Sam ticking.

Food comes first. It’s not even a contest, really.

Long ago, man discovered that the secret to not starving was eating. It took American ingenuity, however, to finally perfect the act. If one burger is good, two is better and ten is best. Duh. Obviously, no one has told the world this, because if such were the case, the entire continent of Africa would not be starving right now. Someone had probably better fill them in.

Next comes pop culture. The world thinks we have abandoned religion, but this couldn’t be farther from the truth and is in fact quite insulting.

In the name of progress, we have replaced the antiquated gods and mundane tenants of the old religions with a new, dynamic breed of celebrity deities. Lindsay Lohan is their leader. She is our prophet. The world doesn’t like this now, but they’ll come around. They always do.

Third on the list is sports. If the world was really as cultured as they say it was, they would understand perfectly why we don’t care about cricket or

Truth bueckons ryanbueckendorf

Guns come next, and it is entirely fitting that they follow size. If everyone around you has a gun—and trust us, world, they do—it would be stupid not to have a bigger one. Don’t believe us?

Just ask France how it felt to get owned by Germany —twice. Ask them how well that went.

Anyway, know this, world: whenever you get yourselves into trouble, America will be there with really big guns to bail you out. Even if you didn’t ask us to. Even if they didn’t have any WMDs after all. It’s our patriotic duty to you. Unless it’s a genocide type thing, in which case we’ll just send the UN to watch. Sorry Darfur. Rules are rules.

World, we’re really not sure what you were thinking. Honestly, we’re a little hurt right now that you would say those things.

Hopefully you’ve come away with a little insight into the makeup of a true superpower, and next time won’t be so quick to label us the way you did. That’s just ignorant.

Credit cards lead to financial illiteracy The Image Editorial Board finds the current American

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the Olympics: they’re too quaint. We prefer more refined, polished, chemically enhanced games, such as baseball or smear-the-queer. Besides, the World may not want to admit it, but they love our sports. They’re just terrible at playing them.

Following sports is television. It is the vessel through which Lindsay and her apostles communicate with the mortal world, and as such we cannot miss a single airing of ‘Georgia Rule’ or ‘The Parent Trap’ or else risk the eternal fire. Her teachings are there. Have faith, brothers.

Besides, if we didn’t get all our news through television, we might actually find out something our government doesn’t want us to know. That’s a risk that we simply can’t take. That stuff is your problem, World, not ours. Leave us alone. Project Runway is coming on.

Next on the list is size.

This one is simple: bigger is better. It’s a fact.

The bigger our SUVs are, the more gas they guzzle and the less is left over for the terrorists. The bigger our televisions are, the clearer we can interpret Lindsay’s teachings. The bigger our houses are, the more room we have for the bigger TVs. The bigger our triple cheeseburger is, the less likely we are to starve in the next 40 years. Doctors have confirmed it. Size makes everything better. With the exception of Yao Ming, the world just hasn’t figured it out yet.

consumer gerous to the & society.

Credit cards can easily lead to severe, adverse consequences.

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It appears that a large crosssection of the American public is financially lacking. However, these poor souls are not underprivileged or even feeling poverty’s tight squeeze.

Instead, they spend their money unnecessarily and without adequate thought, seemingly following the nature of United States political spending, which has sunk the nation into a $9 trillion debt.

The economy is dipping rapidly into recession, and although that is the nature of economics, there is a significant crisis that plagues our culture and hurls itself toward this country like a fireball. We, the Image staff, fear for the economic state of the Union.

Recent credit counseling statistics show that the average American household pays just over $80 each month in credit card interest alone, and that the average credit debt is $8,400.

With such a consumer-driven society, constantly barraged and bombarded with advertisements, people have shirked logical management of their funds, and with more than 185 million credit card owners, this country faces a rude awakening.

While conservative White House officials deny that the economy is receding and suffering, the Image staff realizes the cold reality: it simply does not matter. When 40

percent of US families spend more than they earn, a change must be made.

What separates our nation’s consumer market from the rest of the world is that our public generally does not save their money.

This is wrong. It is also deplorable that so many of us cannot control our spending to the point that we must buy commodities and services so far beyond our spending limit that we dig our own financial pits and fall into debt.

It was, after all, the concept of credit that destroyed our economy once already, and unfortunately our country tends to repeat its own historical blunders.

The menace that grips our nation has remained since the 1920s stock market speculators guided our economy into the Great Depression by buying stock on margin, using hypothetical money. Ever since, Americans have had a deadlock on that particularly nasty habit.

We, the Image Staff, feel that capitalism has taken a jagged turn that, if improperly managed, could result in awfully stressful circumstances for one and for all. With our hands tied by the binding nature of debt, potentially spectacular opportunities will be squandered and unattainable, whatever the scope. For all those heading to college, beware.

The freedom to spend the spoils of our work, however we desire, is a profoundly beneficial right. However, we must be re-

sponsible; we must budget carefully and buy only what is affordable. A credit card can be an insidious, nasty thing.

The Image staff is especially concerned with the upcoming first-time college students. We must stop to consider the typical lifestyle and intake of the average young West County inhabitant, those who drive cars with credit-bought fuel, feast heavily on fast food and in restaurants, buy CD’s, video games, iPods, car stereos and kits, wear designer clothes and refuse to be content with minimalism.

This region is consumer-heavy, a capitalist hub that spawns a breed dedicated to the purchase of unnecessary luxuries. This lifestyle cannot be easily transposed to a college setting, this massive inclination to buy and spend.

We fear that those who fail to adapt will flop, and could turn to credit cards for consumer comfort.

Therefore, it is crucial to warn about this increasingly problematic economic issue, for it truly affects us all.

We must be wise in our financial decisionmaking. Credit cards are the evolution of the 1929 stock market crash’s main root, and could be the cause of an upcoming United States economic depression as well.

Because of this, there is a growing necessity for immediate change; otherwise we may be experiencing an uncomfortable situation in the near future.

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Students express thoughts & questions Dear Editor, To me, and hopefully the rest of us, it matters to know about all of those who are running for president, not just the privileged few who happen to carry more clout in the name of their party or worse, more money.

Someone you may or may not have heard of is Congressman Ron Paul. He is a man set on taking America back to the place that our forefathers intended.

A place of liberty and free markets. A country where business can flourish, everyone is given opportunity and fewer will be allowed to leech on programs like welfare and social security.

Ron Paul wants to cut taxes and pull out of a war that is draining our resources and complicating our international relationships. He wishes to restore America to the place it used to be: a land of opportunity and for freedom, a country where it’s your God-given right to do any stupid thing you want and the freedom to learn from your mistakes.

Sincerely, Rachel Brown 10

Dear Editor, Texting in school for kids is a no-brainer, we’re going to do it. But there is a time for it; having an argument over text messaging while a teacher is giving a lecture is probably not the best idea. But if it’s during free time or lunch, why wouldn’t we be allowed to?

The consequences, for that matter, are a bit extreme at that - first time is a Saturday detention and the next is three days ISS!? For saying “Hey, what’s up” to a friend seems a bit much.

Unfortunately, there are some kids who just can’t seem to get enough texting in class. We are at school, and we do have to learn to pass, so take it easy.

I’m not saying I have never texted during class, or walked through the halls talking to my mom on the phone, but there is definitely a time for it and maybe if we used that time, instead of the teacher’s, they’d lighten up a bit and allow it.

Sincerely, Kelsea Roccia 11

Opposing Viewpoints:

The drinking age: need it or abolish Regulating drinking causes its own issues

Alcohol restrictions keep things in check

Alcohol is without doubt an integral part of American society. The historical and economic endurance is undeniable, for the liquor business is steady and functions based on years of tradition and practice. nicholaselwood Mankind has conopinionseditor sumed this mind-altering substance as connoisseurs and alcoholics, for Partially due to my impressions the taste and for the vibes; we have of the government’s original purlong used its hazy charm to seduce pose, I feel offended that laws must the opposite sex and to create instant be enacted to force acceptable or courage, take the edge off. We drink “good” behavior. this beverage in celebration and in As with other topics, the legality sorrow, and see its effects, image of alcohol—the drinking age in genand influence daily, constantly. eral—should not be what decides However, though alcoholic bev- the level of responsibility in this naerages are a central human aspect, tion. The repercussions of irresponmany of the United States inhabit- sible drinking are there regardless: ants are unable to legally consume alcoholism, crippling inebriation, or even purchase any brew that re- sickness, auto accidents, etc. So why lates to booze. For those of us who then should the government impose are not the legal age of 21, alcohol mandatory regulation? is but a constant tease held just out The benefits of full-scale, unof reach. abridged legalization would eventuBecause of this, it’s no wonder ally be realized. Surely at first there so many underage drinkers are irre- would be chaos, for our American sponsible in their consumption, why lifestyle, complete with the undeniso many young booze-ridden nights able magnetism to excess and glutclimax with a spray of vomit or a tony, cannot currently compensate twisted fender, or even why so many for such freedom. young Americans drink illegally or It’s a sad truth that we’ve been in heavy-consumption at all. It is the subtly oppressed and forced into old human “can’t-have” mechanism conformity for so many generations, that places excessive attractive em- that we’ve forgotten what it’s like to phasis on anything prohibited based truly be Free. Everything is so easily on the too-much-fun potential. Pro- ordered, fear is so far removed— hibition is a fine example... like a distant threat—that we cannot This is the central fault of our function outside of rigid order withno-trust system. Take a look at Eu- out crashing into ourselves. rope: encouraged responsibly since Still, it is the duty of the people birth, not shunned or hidden...they to establish and fulfill their own learn to handle it like a car or sports, responsibility. If the United States which are just as emotionally ampli- government truthfully defends the fying and dangerous. will of the people, then personal If dads across America taught decision-making should rest freely their sons to drink responsibly the with the public. way they teach the proper baseball Drinking should be incorporated throwing form, we would need no into society in a way that does not law to prohibit minors from pur- taunt those unable to obtain it, a way chasing alcohol freely. The problem that encourages practicing awareis the cycle of irresponsibility. You ness, not restriction. Laws should see, fathers that drill sports knowl- not be the conscience or parent figedge into their sons’ heads were ure; we must learn to think reasonnever raised like the Europeans. ably and thoughtfully for ourselves.

July 17, 1984: a day that will live in infamy for the underage drinker.

On this date, Congress effectively changed the national drinking age from 18 to 21. They also changed the face of high school and college partying. Forever.

No longer would seniors be able to drink after prom. No longer would college freshmen be able to join in the fun of the college party. No longer would young men and women be able to have a beer while they watched the big game.

No longer would white pingpong balls be thrown into cups of (warm) beer by 18 to 21 year old Americans. No more shots for that age group either. At least not legally.

Though the new drinking age angered many, and still does to this day, it is a necessary evil. Yes, it is somewhat restrictive of the first amendment. But if you want to take that route, there should be no drinking age at all.

The drinking age cleans up society quite well. It partially eliminates staggering drunk teens from doing stupid things, like having unprotected sex, which everyone loves until you actually reproduce.

Or running around screaming in a bunny costume, only to fall flat on your face and black out… And then drool on the brand new pool table.

According to National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, from 1984 to 2005, drunk driving fatalities decreased from 26,173 to 16,885. No questions asked-- the drinking age cracks down on drunk driving in general. The social attitude towards drunk driving has also changed since the 1980s.

Organizations like Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) have gained credibility and an audible voice nationally, speaking out against those intoxicated behind the wheel. And most citizens, especially those darn cops aren’t fond of drunk driving either.

Besides, 21 is a good choice for the drinking age. Most 21-year-olds have no contact with high school

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stars to: • March Madness basketball tourney.

If you can think of a better sports tournament in this country, the Opinions staff will crown you king of the school (subject to OK

by Mr. LHS).

• Spring Break ‘08. Time to break out the sunglasses and swimsuits, and for seniors to go to Mississippi to help rebuild damage from Hurricane Katrina.

• Academic Pep Assembly. Once again, we honor those who excel in the classroom while we get to miss class.

What could be better?

• Senior field trip to the Cards game at Busch Stadium. There’s nothing better than the “businessman special” with a bunch of teenagers.

• Yet another snow day.

Careful what you wish for, as this one was the fourth in the same year.

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students anymore, thus eliminating most of the supply to our age group. Also, most 21-year-olds have jobs and a greater sense of responsibility than the 18 year old who only recently graduated (or dropped out) from high school.

But if the drinking age must be lowered, the correct age to lower it to is 20. Yes, it’s only one year, but it makes sense. Twenty-yearolds have a good idea of how to be responsible, and if they don’t, it’s likely that they never will.

The current age for males to be drafted into the military is 18. This brings a timeless question to the table: “If I can die for my country, shouldn’t I be able to drink alcohol?” Yes. You should be able to, but what can we do about it?

Raise the draft age to 21 and keep the drinking age? No. The problem with this is that males are more fit to fight wars when they are 18 and entering the physical prime of their lives. War is inevitable in this modern era, too. So it would be very unrealistic to expect Congress to raise the draft age. Now what?

Meet in the middle. Lower the drinking age to 19, and raise the draft age to 19. This gives Americans the chance to graduate from high school before they can be drafted, as under the current system, some high school students can be drafted before starting their senior year if we go to (more) war.

Silence those who whine nonstop about not being able to drink, but continue to anyway. Everyone wins when we use this safe and fair way. Afterall, it is the true American way to provide fair, equal opportunity.

• The water machines.

Again, put some regular water inside the water machines instead of Dasani Plus and Vitamin Water. The only thing that ever runs out anyway is the regular water.

• Daylight Savings Time.

Instead of saving time and money on utility bills, we lost an hour of sleep, and according to a recent University of California study, we actually lose money from “springing” time forward.

• No school on St. Patrick’s Day. Sorry freshman boys, no pinching the girls at school this year.

• The wonderfully indecisive season of Spring.

One day it’s sunny and 75, the next we’re all snowed in our homes.

Make up your mind already.

• Rockwood’s snow day policy. Not that any of us will really care

by May anyway, but we’ll still be here for an extra day of our favorite thing in the world: final exams.

• Another school shooting, this time at the University of North Carolina.

• The company that produces the cold-curer Airborn is being sued as a placebo. Seems that the ‘made by a schoolteacher’ label wasn’t enough.

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Weather Bug

On Feb. 25, a weather station was installed.

The station sits on top of the roof of the building. Anyone can access data for weather conditions outside. A digital display is in Room 238 or log onto <weather. weatherbug.com/ MO/Ballwin-weather. html?zcode=z6169&zip =63011> for the up to date data.

MAP Testing

Sophomores and juniors will be participating in MAP testing this year.

April 8-10 Sophomores: Math Juniors: Communication Arts April 11, 14 Make up testing April 15-17 Juniors: Science April 18 Make up testing

Election

On April 8, voters in Rockwood will go to the polls to elect three school board members and vote on Proposition 3, which is a $74.5 million, no-tax increase bond issue. Information about the candidates and the bond issue are available on the Rockwood School District website.

“I would encourage all students who can vote to exercise that right,” Principal John Shaughnessy said.

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No U’s or I’s in conduct, participaFor their application in three activities. why not give them the tion they write a chance in NHS?” Lafayette 3.5 Two large Written essay, community Completion of projects, mainone page, single The original requireprojects, service, activities, teacher/ taining good character. spaced, standard ment to receive a letter three small parent recommendation. font essay to be of invitation from Laprojects graded by the fayette is a cumulative Eureka 3.5 Participation One page essay.

Based on a four-point scale. sponsor.

GPA of 3.5 for a sophRockwood 3.5 2 service Extra Curricular activities, Scored on a four-point scale: GPA, Parkway Cenomore, junior or senior.

Summit points each leadership, community leadership, character, application tral requires After a student has semester service, essay, 5 teacher packet. sophomores, juaccepted the invite and ratings. niors and seniors written the entrance esto have a minisay, he or she must fill mum GPA of out a record of commu3.8 with no U’s nity service, activities, why they want to be in NHS and a High School, a letter is sent to stuor I’s in conduct school activities and current picture. Those students are dents who have a cumulative 3.5 after the first semester. The student teacher/outside recommendation.

In order to stay in NHS, mem- also scored on leadership, charac- GPA (out of 5.0 possible) for the must also participate in three activities, two associated with school, all bers must complete two large proj- ter and service. Service may include first semester of school.

After that, they are expected to without pay. ects and three small projects per anything like girl/boy scouts, church have 20 hours of community service After they are accepted, they year. An example of large project groups or family duties.

In New Mexico, at Clovis High per year, five of which come from must maintain a minimum 3.5 GPA would be going out into the comand 20 hours of service each year. munity to make a difference, and a School, students need to have a 3.7 NHS sponsored projects.

Members must maintain leaderAlthough there are still some difsmall project is an activity like dona- cumulative GPA to apply. Students pay an annual fee of $10 in the fall, ship, a 3.5 GPA and good character. ferences Lafayette ranks in the metions or raising money.

“After students are in, it’s not dif- must maintain a 3.5 GPA, good Failure to uphold these requirements dium range in the difficulty of the application process. ficult to stay in, and we have fun,” character and keep good behavior. may result in dismissal from NHS. Members also attend mandatory In Durango, sophomores and In the end after the competitive Miller said. juniors are eligible for membership. process, acceptance to NHS is well Lafayette’s NHS sponsor Ann monthly meetings.

After two unexcused missed Sophomores with a 4.0 GPA and ju- worth it. Leadership skills improve Gilman, said, “I want people to see meetings a letter is sent home for niors with a 3.8 GPA after the sec- as students further help benefit the teens doing good things.” community around them.

At Montrose High School in notification. After three unexcused ond trimester.

Applications require a list of exAccording to Gilman, the imporMontrose, CO, any freshman, soph- meetings comes dismissal.

Clovis students are also respon- tracurricular activities and commu- tance of NHS comes back to the omore or junior who completed one semester, and has a cumulative GPA sible for service projects of their nity services along with leadership students themselves.

“I like to highlight students helpof at least 3.25 is eligible to submit own and school-sponsored projects. qualities.

They need to perform five hours by Students are usually accepted ing groups of people in the coma resumé. unless they have a “stain” on their munity; they are real givers of themThe resumé includes a current March.

In Virginia, at Prince George reputation. Also, students can stay selves,” Gilman said. educational outline, a narrative of

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ROTC serves school, community For most Library are teaming up on is “1001 erikdauster [assistant news editor] students, Lafayette Nights,” with the goal school is defined by classes, essays, tests and an occasional extra activity.

This, however, is not the case for members of the Missouri 81st Air Force Junior Reserved Officer Training Corps (ROTC).

They extend their idea of school to the surrounding community as well.

Aerospace Science teachers encourage students to become productive citizens in their communities and emphasize student sponsorship of community service activities that promote proactive citizenship in their school and neighborhood.

Junior Seth Henke said that projects help students feel involved and allow them to help the underprivileged in the community.

A popular project among ROTC students is “Picnic in the Park,” which is held annually in late September or early October in Forest Park.

Volunteers act as PBS characters such as Arthur, Clifford and Jay Jay the Jet Plane, run children’s games or are available to help wherever they are needed.

Last year, Lafayette volunteers had the largest presence at Picnic in the Park, represented by ROTC along with Key Club and Black Student Union, with 60 of the 75 total volunteers present.

An ongoing project that ROTC, the Language Arts Department and

of collecting 1001 new or like new books for ROTC’s sister school, Bryan Hill Elementary.

ROTC has raised over 600 books to date.

In addition, ROTC participated in a 5K race in Tower Grove Park last year to benefit Life Skills, an organization that helps people with difficulty mainstreaming in society and teaches them how to live independently.

Through pledges for every mile they ran, participants helped to raise a total of $1,700.

“ROTC is about community service, learning how to be an adult, learning how to be responsible, discipline, academics and life skills,” Colonel Mike Berenc said.

The service aspect of ROTC is incorporated into its curriculum, requiring a minimum of 20 hours of service per year.

These hours can be earned through ROTC-sponsored projects or through community projects in neighborhoods or church organizations.

Those students who exceed the 20-hour minimum find themselves eligible for select leadership positions and promotions in ROTC. Some students have already accumulated over 250 hours this year alone.

“There is a connection. A person who does a lot of service to their community is typically a good person,” Berenc said.

[Book It]

New or like-new books donated for “1001 Lafayette Nights,” a book drive spearheaded

by ROTC, the Language Arts Department and the Library. Over 600 books have already been donated, and all books given will go to ROTC’s sister school, Bryan Hill Elementary in downtown St. Louis. [morgantaylor]

Behind the scenes, Berenc and He and Sergeant Cugier work on administrative preparation.

“Colonel Berenc is very involved in projects: he either leads projects or completely backs them. They develop and plan most of the projects,” Henke said.

If they aren’t planning events, Berenc and Cugier assist students who coordinate their own events.

They enjoy making it a learning process for students.

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Without separating Peeps and curving slightly to fit, arrange chicks around edge of cake for sunflower petals. For sunflower seeds, arrange chocolate chips in center of cake.

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LHS FACS

Counselor of the Year

JoAnn Goehler has been named the Rockwood School District High School Counselor of the year. She was presented with the award Feb. 29.

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“If you are involved in the community, it’s going to come back to [benefit] you, but in the process you’re making decisions and you’re dealing with people,” Berenc said.

“When students start their careers, it’s valuable to learn how to deal with people who are good and with people who think they’re entitled,” Berenc said. “ROTC does a lot of community service. We just want to be an important part of our school environment.”

To accommodate the March 4 snow day, finals will be pushed back one day. Finals will start on May 21 and finish on May 23.

The Rockwood School District will follow its set snow day calendar, making the last day of school May 23. Athletes in sport events during finals will have to take their exams on May 27.

Principal John Shaughnessy said the rescheduling shouldn’t affect seniors, whose final exams will still take place May 12-14.

Senior Edition

To be included in the Senior Edition of the Image, be sure to meet these deadlines: April 4: Informational packets including superlatives, quotes, and more are due.

April 11: Graduation ads are due.

All forms are to be turned in to Room 213 or the Senior Office.

For more information and pdf forms, visit www.lafayettepublications.com.

clubnews Camp Wyman

Jostens Renaissance will be sponsoring the National High School Student Leadership Camp at Camp Wyman on March 28-29.

Students and staff from around the country will be working together on preplanned team building activities. It is a great chance to meet new friends and bond with old ones, while learning more about building a Renaissance team and learning strong leadership qualities.

STUCO

Elections for the 20082009 Student Council (STUCO) Executive Board were held during the last meeting on March 11.

Elections for class officers will be held during the first week of April. “It is very intriguing to see our young workers help plan the future of our school,” STUCO sponsor David Choate said.

The STUCO banquet is planned for April.

Key Club

The next meeting is scheduled for April 30 in the Commons at 7 p.m.

Several community service activities are scheduled to take place, including Rainbow Village, Junior Achievement, Market Day and trail work at Creve Coeur Park.

For more information contact sponsor Jay Buck.

Choice Awards

On, April 10 at 7 a.m. many students will be recognized during the annual Choice Awards.

Staff members are able to select one student each school year to honor at a special ceremony.

The criteria for each award varies from person to person, but each chosen student “stands out” in his or her own way in the eyes of the staff member who makes the selection, counselor Gaylen Laster, Choice Award

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Rings offer tradition at high cost rings Senior Kate Strike, said, “I don’t calebcavarretta Class are a tradition need a ring to remember my high [staff reporter] started by the United States Military Academy at West Point in the late 1800s.

Class rings, which have been a rite of passage, serve as symbols of school pride.

About 250 to 300 sophomores buy class rings each year.

Half of the class opted not to buy a ring, though.

“I did not buy a class ring because they cost too much and my parents were not going to pay for it,” sophomore Adam King said.

Senior Evan Cottrell said that owning a class ring did not interest him.

He added, “When I get old and I want to remember the good things about high school, I will be able to.

I think getting a ring is just a way of telling people you are going to lose your wits someday so you need a $200 waste of money to remember.”

school life.”

Unlike Cottrell and Strike, senior Tom Ackley did buy a class ring.

“I bought one because I thought it was a good idea and that it would be a keepsake from my high school experience,” he said.

However, he regrets purchasing the ring due to the money he spent, since he never wears it.

“I also regret it because you can specialize your ring to things you like, but since we did it sophomore year, my interests have definitely changed and I really do not like what I put on my ring,” Ackley said.

Sophomore Katy Hufton also did not buy a class ring.

“I did not want a class ring and I

Summer school:

do not see a point in them,” Hufton said.

Another sophomore, Elizabeth Dupuis, said that price was still a major factor.

King was also affected by the class ring prices.

“It greatly affected my buying decision because it was my own money,” he said.

Cottrell was unaffected by the price of the rings.

“The price did not matter, whether it was $10 or $100. I still believe it is a waste of money and just something some may use as an ego boost.”

When asked about the price Strike said, “I did not buy the ring mostly because of the price. My parents did offer to pay but I would have felt bad if my parents had to spend a couple $100 on a ring for me.”

Sophomore Nick Goldstein said the prices were good, but he still did not buy a class ring.

Academy offers more opportunity for students wanting credit There are usually This summer, two sessions will take one PE course during summer. minayu two reasons why be offered. But unlike the first sesRockwood Summer Academy [staff reporter] students choose to take summer school: to get caught up or to get ahead.

Students who have failed a particular course during the regular school year must take a “credit recovery” class during the summer.

Those who take summer school and do not fit in this criteria take classes to get ahead and have more credits by graduation.

While these reasons for taking summer school still remain, the Rockwood School District Summer School Program has gone through a few changes for the upcoming 2008 summer.

First off, the Rockwood Summer School Program is now called Rockwood’s Summer Academy.

In addition to the name change, the schedule and overall time agenda has changed to enrich learning opportunities for students. Rockwood has both extended the length of the summer school day as well as the length of the summer school program as a whole.

Meanwhile, summer school will still be offered at Lafayette as well as Rockwood Summit’s campus.

sion being offered in the morning and the second offered in the afternoon like last summer, the first session will be offered June 2-20 from 8:30 a.m to 1:15 p.m. The second session will be offered June 23-July 11 from 8:30 a.m. to 1:15 p.m.

Each session will be four hours and fifteen minutes to increase learning time.

Each session offers at least 20 different types of credit recovery and summer enrichment classes at each school.

On the other hand, students wanting to take Personal Fitness and Wellness (formerly HAL) or PE classes will have a separate session from June 2 to July 3.

Students will be able to take the PE class of their choice from either 8:30 a.m. to 11 a.m. or 11:15 a.m. to 1:45 p.m.

Because of physical activity and safety reasons, Rockwood has decided to make a separate session to shorten the time length and extend the number of days of summer school.

Also for safety reasons, Rockwood is only letting each student

Enrollment Cards will be available on a first-come, first-serve basis beginning on March 26.

For the college-bound, summer school is also a great way to get ahead, meet new people, enrich your experiences, pursue interests and boost your transcript. If a student is looking to double major or graduate early, summer prep is highly recommended.

Counselor JoAnn Goehler said that the most important thing for a senior preparing for college, besides taking Advanced Placement (AP) classes, is to talk to the college’s admissions office. She also added that being well-planned and resourceful is key to being prepared for college.

Students should also make sure that their classes and credits are transferable if they chose to take classes at a local or community college.

Taking classes at a local or community college is not only convenient, but economically smart; in-state tuition is usually cheaper, compared to out-of-state to private costs.

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“The major factor that affected my decision to not buy ring was probably the fact that I have no real connection with school that makes me want to spend $80 or more of my hard earned cash on a ring that I will never wear, likely lose and end up thinking is lame,” Goldstein said.

According to the Jostens representative Larry Glennon, students are also concerned about the type of metal to buy.

With gold prices on the rise, costs for gold rings have increased.

Overall, class ring sales for Lafayette have increased roughly five percent, but more and more students are buying non-gold rings instead of gold rings.

On April 8, sophomores will receive their rings during a special morning assembly.

“Lafayette parents love the ring ceremony,” Glennon said.

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to take a few weeks of art camp at the Herron Art Institute (Indiana) and at the College of Design at North Carolina University.

Pappas will be taking two programs directed towards art, to build up her art portfolio as well as look at the colleges for possible enrollment.

Another junior, Taylor Thomas, will be taking a few basic college classes directed towards freshmen in hopes to enter college as a sophomore.

Thomas will be taking college classes at the Wildwood Community College and then transferring her finished credits elsewhere.

Another great way to get ahead and gain experience is to find an internship.

Internships show that you have leadership qualities and are responsible.

And with many jobs and careers requiring internships and experience, an internship may be key to getting a job.

Though not a popular option, summer school gives students a chance to discover new interests, improve transcripts and experience college work.

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lafayette high school [march 13, 2008]

Culture, stories behind names It is our unique license in this world, something that we will be remembered by for as long as we live. We learn to print it and sign it in cursive, and it is on every document that we turn in.

It can mean anything and is something that we learn to live with: our name.

All thanks to the parents of the world, who buy all of the baby name books on the shelves and rack their brains thinking for months what to name their new child. And when they finally agree on one that clicks, you are christened with it for a lifetime.

We might appreciate or despise it and even go as far as to change it, but it still lingers with us.

At Lafayette we have our own share of names-2,000, in fact-some of which you may know and others that are complete strangers.

Freshman Edward Campbell, whose nickname is “Ned,” had his name passed down from his father.

But underneath this seemingly common name is a story.

“My parents were from Kentucky and the governor there was named Ned,” Campbell said. “I am proud of if because it is named after a governor and a county in Kentucky.”

A name can also be decided based upon a family’s heritage, or ethnic background, such as the tradition in Eastern Europe for Jewish families to name a newborn after a relative.

Other cultures value their nam-

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“As newborns in India, children are not necessarily named in the hospital like in the US. Hindus have a special religious ceremony at which the baby is named, [and] it is called, ‘Namkaran.’”

-Kirti Mehrotra ing traditions, such as those in India, which, according to Assistant Principal Kirti Mehrotra, has a more complex naming process than in the United States.

“As newborns in India, children are not necessarily named in the hospital like in the U.S. Hindus have a special religious ceremony at which the baby is named, [and] it is called ‘Namkaran,’” Mehrotra said.

The ‘Namkaran’ takes place twelve days after the child’s birth.

“Till this time the baby is called by a name of affection like ‘gudiya’ meaning doll or other such words of endearment,” Mehrotra said.

On the 12th day after the birth of the child, the baby’s father whispers its name into its ear and then announces it to the world.

“My name before ‘Kirti’ was ‘Kakki’ and most of my family members still call me ‘Kakki,’” Mehrotra said.

Freshman Khalfani Mar’Na, which means ‘destined to rule the world,’ also has heritage ties to his name.

“My dad wanted an African name to tie back to our heritage, looked,

and found the name, which is actually Arabic and my middle name (Jahaan) is Swahili,” Mar’Na said.

However, for junior Arianna Lynch, family tradition, not culture, is what determined her name and the name of her future children.

“The name includes the letters ‘Aria’ in the first born daughter of every generation. I am the sixth generation. The fourth and fifth are named Aria Ann,” Lynch said.

“If I have a girl, her named would be Adrianna, to continue the tradition,” she added.

And sometimes names are inspired by family friends or tragedies such as sophomore Gasper Gasperlin’s.

“In 1990 there was a conflict in the Baltic Peninsula, where my country, Slovenia, wanted to break away from Yugoslavia. Everyone knew each other and my dad and his friends were a part of the war effort,” Gasperlin said.

“His friend was a messenger for both sides and was shot in the back, and was the first casualty. His wife had a miscarriage, and asked my mom to name me Gasper because

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that’s what she would’ve named her son,” Gasperlin said.

No matter where they come from, or how they are determined, names all have a special meaning or story to them.

Even those who think their name is ordinary and bland could possibly uncover an unusual story.

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Missouri Botanical Gardens

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This magnificent spot features one of the largest traditional Japanese gardens, and a Victorian garden (with walk-through maze).

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A perfect place for a picnic. These 546 acres contains live elk and bison that roam freely throughout the park.

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Pimp My Ride, Show-Me Style

The Lemp Mansion

(3322 DeMenil Place St. Louis, MO 63118; 314-664-8024)

The mansion offers many different things including a haunting overnight stay, dinner and a dinner theater.

Grant’s Farm (10501 Gravois Rd.

Saint Louis, MO 63123; 314 843-1700)

The Farm is home to more than 1,000 animals representing more than 100 different species from six continents.

Moolah Theatre

(3821 Lindell Blvd. St. Louis MO 63108; 314 446-6868)

Filled with leather couches and love seats, this is not your normal theater. It contains one large screen, restaurant and full bar.

Chocolate Cafe (5359 Highway North Suite 1 St. Charles, MO 63304)

Everybody loves chocolate. At this inexpensive cafe any die hard chocolate lover will surely enjoy the tasty treats.

Butterfly House

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Students spend big money to customize cars From window tints to engines that growl, modern day car enthusiasts are pulling out all the stops to make sure their car sticks out in a crowd. Paying thousands of dollars does not stop them; every one of them said they pay for it themselves.

Pimping out your ride requires modifications in at least one specific area. These areas include interior, exterior and performance.

Owners of tuners and exotics pay attention to the exterior, whereas owners of muscle cars tend to spend most of their time and cash under the hood.

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[Exterior]

The exterior is made up of key elements including rims, tints, headlights and taillights. Other parts are important but not usually relied on.

Senior David Welker has 17-inch rims, new tires and headlights.

“I also debaged the car [which is a process of removing all the emblems from the car], tinted the taillights and the rest of the car. I have 30 percent tint around the car and a 10 percent sun strip,” Welker said.

Welker also had his car lowered one and a half inches in the front, and two inches in the back.

“Within a couple months I should have a cowl hood and a new exhaust,” junior Eli Frank said.

Taking a trip to the Butterfly House is a good way to experience the beauty of the creature and learn more about the different species.

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This tour takes visitors through the life of Mark Twain and reveals a lot about his childhood and gives visitors a look into the past

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[All Muscle]

With shiny rims and a customized lime green and black paint job, the exterior of junior Nick Weinstroer’s has been completely revamped. During the restoration, Weinstroer and his father were able to spend a lot more quality time together perfecting a project Weinstroer had saved for since he was 10. [mikebujnak]

Frank is the owner of a 1967 Chevrolet Impala.

[Interior]

The cornerstone of all interiors is the sound system.

This is obvious when retail stores such as Best Buy and Ultimate Electronics come into play. The challenge is getting your car to sound professional but loud, too.

“I have a $2,500 system in my [2006 Chevrolet Cobalt]. It’s made up of two Diamond D3 subwoofers, a Rockford-Fosgate amplifier and a capacitor,” Welker said. Systems don’t come cheap and many are customized for the car.

The sound all depends on the airflow of the car, the connections of the system, the power of both the amp and subs and the quality of the box (which houses the subwoofers).

[Performance] [Perfect Finish]

Several modifications have been made to junior Nick Weinstroer’s 1973 Dodge Dart. To the interior, Weinstroer has restored the entire inside and has added features including customized seats, a head unit and a sound system. And yes, those are fuzzy dice. [mikebujnak]

There’s no point in pimping out your car with out having the performance to back it up. Car lovers from Lafayette are well aware of this fact.

“I have put a 700r4 transmission in, new headers, new alternator, new master cylinder, new rear bushings, new power steering and new shock towers,” Frank said.

Welker said he has installed a cold air intake, interceptor gauge, header downpipe and a cat-

back exhaust.

For both Welker and Frank, modifying their cars has led to future goals.

Junior Nick Welker said he hopes to complete the sound system and add a turbo or supercharge to his car.

The reasons for modifying are different for most enthusiasts. Weinstroer said, “I was able to spend a lot more time with my dad over the year and a half that it took to rebuild the car.”

“It’s a big addiction for me,” Welker said. “It’s hands on and I can do it myself.”

The addiction doesn’t come without a price.

Welker said he’s spent over $6,000, not counting the original price of the car. Frank has put $3,500 into his car since the original purchase.

“I knew when I was ten that I wanted to buy something that was worth all the money I was saving until I was 16, plus I wanted something different from everyone else,” Weinstroer said.

He added that he’s spent more on his car than he’d like to say, a sentiment shared by many of these auto-enthusiasts.

Hundreds of students spend their time perfecting a sport. Others work on arts. Still others master a musical instrument. For these guys, it’s their cars, and it always will be.

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Your personality in the bag thanks to Seventeen Magazine’s report.

Aries (March 21- April 19): You are energetic and a roomy bag will fit everything you need for a busy day. Ex: gym bag

Taurus (April 20- May 20): You are loyal, so choose a simple hobo bag you can carry forever! Ex: hobo

It’s in the bag

Gemini (May 21- June 20): You are playful and a patchwork bag lets you have fun. Ex: fold-over

Cancer (June 21- July 22):

Girls cannot help their addiction to purses nicolecastellano karacampbell [features editor] [staff reporter]

Confessions of a Purse Addict Purses can equal addiction; at least it does for two girls: junior Melina Loggia and freshman Cate McGinty. Both will spend a chunk of money to find that perfect purse. However, both claim to stay within- what some would call- a reasonable price range.

McGinty has “30 to 50 purses” and all but one purse are designer.

Her least expensive one was $180 while her most expensive one was $450.

Loggia will spend a high amount on her purses, but thinks it’s crazy for someone to spend over $1,000 on a bag.

Right now one of Loggia’s most expensive purses is her favorite.

“It’s Isabella Fiore, limited edition. My dad had to find it at some random boutique in California. It was the only one he could find,” Loggia said.

Two of McGinty’s favorite places to buy purses are Saks Fifth Avenue and Neiman Marcus.

The designers she likes to buy the most are Louis Vuitton and Coach “because they go with everything,” she said.

Loggia and McGinty will both pay the high market prices in order to look fashionable and complete an outfit.

Loggia added, “I love purses because they’re something you use everyday, so if they are expensive, it’s worth it.”

Even though Loggia has many purses, she has certain ways she likes to use them, “Even though I have a few smaller ones for more special occasions, the big ones are more practical for everyday use. You can keep your life in there.”

How to Spot a Fake Purse 1. Stitching: If the stitching appears to be

inconsistent and sloppy in less visible areas, like the underside of the bag or in the inside pockets, then the bag is most likely fake.

2. Materials: Many fakes are not made of

plastic but of reasonably good leather, but they are still not the quality of leather that Coach, Gucci or Louis Vuitton would use. The fake purses tend to be stiff and often contain discolorations. With leather, make sure that the leather does not have a consistent look but is uneven.

3. The Label: The first thing is to look for

is any misspellings at all on the tags or labels.

The best thing to do is to study the tags on real purses, that way it is easier to spot a purse imposter. Other examples include misspelled Coach tags with run-on words and Burberry bags marked “Burberrys” instead of “Burberry- London” in gold or silver on one side.

4. Packaging: Luxury retailers spend a lot

of time thinking about the best way to package their products. This includes tissues, wrapping paper and shopping bags. The extra touches that go into this are part of a real transaction.

If the box that it comes in is too big or too small then it isn’t a real designer purse.

5. Details: The complexity of the threads, leathers, fabrics, metals and stamping make a designer bag more expensive. Most luxury items don’t just come with authenticity cards, but also a product booklet with extra information about the details. Make sure there are handles with equal lengths, a straight logo, the details match up and working zippers.

‘What’s Your Purse-onality?’

You are loving and you should let your bag highlight your hopelessly romantic side! Ex: hearts

Leo (July 23- Aug. 22):

A purse may be used by some to lug daily belongings around, but it also can reveal one’s personality. For example, if someone is organized, disorganized, detail-oriented or even a free spirit, their purse can show their character.

ABC News recently claimed researchers can tell a woman’s personality by what the belongings she keeps in her purse.

Some girls just want a purse to carry around belongings, such as freshman Rena Black. “They [boys] can just carry things like pencils and everything in pockets, but we [girls] cannot. We have smaller pockets than boys,” Black said.

If a purse would be matched by that statement, then the oversized bag is the right for her, according to Suite101.com, a website that aids people in finding the right purse for their self- image.

Black would be an oversized bag because she doesn’t feel the need to buy a new purse every week. She is comfortable with one bag to put everything in.

On the other hand, some girls can’t live without their purses such as sophomore Myelathia Canty. “It’s my purse, it’s my baby,” Canty said.

Her perfect personality purse would be the shoulder bag. In author Stephanie Penderson’s book about purses she wrote that “Women who prefer shoulder bags refuse to be a fashion victim.” They are also practical people.

A designer bag would be for the woman who is high maintenance.

Quizzes on Tickle.com can also identify a woman’s ‘purse-onality.’

No matter what their personality--or ‘purse’-onality-- there is a purse for every girl.

It is up to them to find it.

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Virgo (Aug. 23- Sept. 22): You are smart and you know that a classic bag is a wise investment. Ex: mini tote

Libra (Sept. 23- Oct. 22): You are fun so go for a printed bag to show off your whimsical side. Ex: floral

Scorpio (Oct. 23- Nov. 21): You are powerful and a structured tote with shiny gold detailing is just as bold! Ex: bowler bag

Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21):

You are outgoing and this glossy leather bag steals the show like you do.

Ex: patent leather

Capricorn (Dec. 22- Jan. 19): You are sensible, so go get a bag in a new color that still goes with everything.

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[Distinguishing between who and whom] Whom and whomever are pronouns in the objective case and are used as objects.

1. Whom did Mr. Shaughnessy hire?

Who and whoever are pronouns in the subjective case and are used as subjects and subjective complements.

2. Mr. Senti will give an A to whoever offers the best price.

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Add bananas, oatmeal, cocoa and chocolate chips to batter. Spray muffin tins with cooking spray. Scoop 1/8 cup batter into each muffin tin and bake until tops firm to touch, 10-12 minutes.

Remove from oven and allow to cool in pan for five minutes. Remove from tins to plate or wire rack and allow to cool.

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‘Weigh’to Go

Staff and friends find support in after-school meetings The tables in language arts teacher Melinda Schjolberg’s classroom were covered with severkathleenwaddell al boxes of ‘Mint Cookie [staff reporter] Crisp,’ peanut butter granola bars and pretzel snacks - not the typical diet foods. Several stacks of recipe sheets were spread around, and a large recipe for chicken stroganoff was printed on the board.

Schjolberg’s room was prepared for a meeting of teachers-turned-friends, a weekly ritual of sharing recipes, successes and snacks.

After school Weight Watchers meetings have been taking place for about a month, and the boxes of seemingly delicious junk food were actually low-calorie snacks and meal plans created

by Weight Watchers for members. And oddly enough, this program, which emphasizes portion control, allows members to eat what they want.

It seems to be working.

Twenty-two Rockwood teachers from Lafayette, LaSalle and Rockwood Valley are participating in the program, which the Rockwood School District Wellness Committee has paid for.

The program is called ‘Weight Watchers at Work.’ It is an effort to include more members who would bypass the opportunity to join because they couldn’t travel to and from the center.

“Going down the hall is easier than going to a specific center,” Schjolberg said.

Weight Watchers consists of weekly meetings based on two separate weight loss programs.

The Flex Program is more popular because members can eat what they want, but limits members’ portions.

The Core Program lets members eat as much as they want of natural, unprocessed foods.

“People can live like this,” Weight Watchers representative Peggy Zimmerman said. “They don’t want to deprive themselves of anything.”

Rockwood’s main Weight Watchers enthusiast, science teacher Ann Gilman, lost 5.2 pounds the first week.

Gilman said, “We have the biggest loser. We have one teacher that lost nine and one half pounds in that first week. Every single person has lost weight so far.”

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At a Wednesday meeting, language arts teacher Melinda Schjolberg weighs in. Schjolberg previously lost 35 pounds on Weight Watchers, and is considered a ‘lifetime member’ hoping to maintain her loss. [sydneymiller]

Every Thursday, a few students visit Gilman in the morning to find out her progress, which she tracks on a chart in her room.

Gilman said, “They come in and I pull the chart down and I say, ‘It’s down!’”

The program has proved its effectiveness to two Lafayette teachers in particular. In 2003, Schjolberg and language arts teacher Melissa Noel went to Saturday morning Weight Watchers meetings and their combined weight loss exceeded 80 pounds.

Gilman, although excited about the program, said it is not the most effective weight loss program, but rather the healthiest.

“This is something I would recommend to anybody that’s really trying to lose weight in the

long term. I’ve done other things that were much more drastic and got really good results, but I was never able to maintain the loss,” Gilman said.

Both Gilman and Schjolberg have tried several programs before, which were either unsatisfying or disappointing in the long run.

“I tried what I call the Fatkins [Atkins] Diet, where you just eat a lot of meat and eggs. I can’t eat eggs to this day, because I ate so many then,” Schjolberg said.

Schjolberg also experimented with pill diets during college, similar to weight loss programs like Metabolife and Alli.

“You take [a pill] a half hour before every meal, and I thought, ‘You’re taking way too many pills. That can’t be good for my body,’” Schjolberg said.

The next thing I tried were the metabolism pills, but your heart is racing so much so you always feel like you’re going to have a heart attack.”

One of the main concerns of those taking pills like Metabolife, which settled a $7.4 million lawsuit in 2004, is heart trouble.

The fact that Weight Watchers is safe comforts those who are concerned about the effects of weight loss drugs.

Weight Watchers’ reputation can also be attributed to the chronic failure of other weight loss programs. It is a last resort which, for most, ends up being the most effective option.

Zimmerman said those who attend weekly meetings are three times more successful than those who go it alone, due to the support system meetings provide.

“You get new ideas, and you know you’re not alone if you’re struggling,” Zimmerman said.

And Zimmerman has been in that position.

All Weight Watchers representatives were at one point members hoping to become healthy.

“It’s a social thing. It’s a really nice way to end the day and I look forward to Wednesdays almost how I look forward to Fridays. It’s a good way to meet other teachers and staff,” Gilman said.

“I’ve always been an athlete, so [weight] has always been something I’ve thought about: stay in shape, be healthy, live longer. I love working out, I love exercising and I love playing sports,” Schjolberg said.

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Mother Nature impacts spring practices “With proper warm up and prac- tic contest in all sports,” with excepmelaniehinzpeter With spring body to really know the full extent sports sea- of a player’s abilities.” tice schedules, there is not a sig- tions to tennis and golf, who only [staff reporter] son officially kicking off on Feb. 25, coaches have started their usual frenzy of getting teams together before the first game of the season.

But this year, things have been a little different.

It may be hard to miss the snow that was left dwindling on the ground as the first day of spring sports began.

Or even the big 10 inch snow drifts that covered the ground on March 4, causing school to close.

This snow, along with freezing temperatures, has caused many of the coaches to adjust and switch practices around.

“We always have to deal with the weather if you coach an outdoor sport,” girls lacrosse coach Dee Wilkinson said.

“It makes it hard as a coach to push the players to their best when things like cold air and sore footing can cause too much stress on the

“The inclement weather does nificant increase in injuries with the make it more difficult for our boys cold weather,” Fischer said. to truly perform to their best abili“All of our boys try to use ties, but we have the option of going stretching techniques and warm-ups to a driving range that has a covering to help avoid injuries, especially durand heating the cold ers,” boys we a t h e r,” golf coach Reed said.

Brain Reed Another said. problem “When coaches we have to see in bad -Baseball Coach Steve Miller weather is go inside we really the amount can’t get of practices much done compared to the work- players need to attend before their outs we can do outside,” track coach first game.

Roger Fischer said.

According to the 2007-2008 The track team has many events Missouri State High School Activiwhich can only be done outside, ties Association (MSHSAA) Official such as pole vault, discuss, high Handbook, “Each squad must have jump and triple jump.

14 days of conditioning practice But despite the inconvenience and each individual must have parof modified practices, coaches said ticipated in 14 school conditioning injuries usually associated with the practices on 14 different days prior cold weather are avoidable. to the date of the first interscholas-

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need 10 practices.

With the snow day on March 4 and after school activities on March 3 cancelled, many teams will only be able to have 12-13 practices before their first game.

Due to lack of practices, the girls lacrosse game scheduled March 24, the day Spring Break ends, has been rescheduled.

Boys track and boys golf both have meets the second day back from Break on March 25.

With games so close, many teams won’t be able to get their 14 practices in.

“In order to get the 14 practices, we would have to have practice on Saturday and Sunday and/or over break,” Wilkinson said. “My bigger concern is we haven’t had an opportunity to get on a lined playing field and really have a scrimmage.”

“This is one of the worst springs I’ve ever been involved with,” baseball coach Steve Miller said.

verbal commitment ninawalters [staff reporter]

After leading the Lady Lancer softball team to a State Championship victory, junior Meghan Lamberth now focuses on her club softball team and her college decisions.

Recently, she verbally committed to the number two school in the Big 10 conference, Northwestern University, located in the suburbs of Chicago.

After receiving a lot of interest from other Division 1 schools, she decided on the Northwestern Wildcats.

“I’m really comfortable with my decision,” Lamberth said.

Lamberth made several unofficial visits to the school, and decided that she liked the atmosphere as well as the players.

“They made me feel like I wasn’t in the way.

They accepted me,” Lamberth said.

She feels this school is a smart choice, and she will stay with her decision unless something major happens, like an injury.

Coached by Kate Drohan in her seventh season, Northwestern went 15-3 last season.

The team placed third in the Women’s College World Series last year.

girls basketball danielclutter [staff reporter] At the end of this year, Lafayette will lose head girls basketball coach Denise Meyer.

“When you lose a quality person and a quality coach, it is definitely a big loss,” Activities Director Steve Berry said.

At the end of this season, the Lady Lancers fell in Sectionals to St. Joseph’s Academy but had an impressive season nonetheless.

Meyer’s resignation comes as a surprise, especially since the returning leading scorer and rebounder, junior Jessica Steinmetz (12 ppg and 6.8 rpg) will return next year.

However, Meyer said she has been thinking about resigning for a couple of years.

“My time will now be spent with my family other than the one I have here at Lafayette.”

She said her time as coach has been more positive than they have been negative.

Meyer leaves with an impressive 134-77 record for her eight years of varsity coaching after finishing 20-7 this year.

“My heart lies with Lafayette and the Lady Lancers,” Meyer said.

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of Athlete the Month: Nikki Rivera austingoodman To put a spotlight on the year in Sectionals and the year before that in the student-athletes, the Im- Final Four.” [staff reporter] age sports staff will select one athlete to be the Athlete of the Month.

An Image sports staffer will interview these athletes in a Q and A format to introduce those individuals who represent the Lancers in athletic competition.

Q. What are you looking forward to this season?

A. “Definitely the game against Ft. Zumwalt West and also the State Tournament later on this year. The sweet sweatpants and the other cool clothes that we get are going to be awesome.”

Q. What will be the biggest difference between last year and this year?

A. “Losing the goalie and the defense due to graduation will really impact our season. We can overcome it, but we will have to work even harder than normal.”

Q. Who is your biggest Rival?

A. “Ft. Zumwalt West because they have ended our season for the past two years: last

Q. What do you do in your free time?

A. “Well I work at Ben and Jerry’s at the mall, but other than that, I love hanging out with friends and playing soccer.”

Q. Who do you admire most?

A. “Coach Walters. He sometimes makes me sad, but that makes me play harder. He challenges me in every way because he sees the potential in my game.”

Q. What are your plans for college?

A. “I’m going to Western Michigan to play on the soccer team. I’m really excited to go to college and also to playing a sport is going to be awesome.”

Q. If you could play soccer with any soccer player, who would it be?

A. “Christiano Ronaldo. Besides from being one of the hottest people and being easy on the eyes, he plays soccer really well. He has very quick moves and plays soccer with a very good attitude.”

March Madness : Picks

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Alex’s Pick: Duke

As far as I’m con- alexdavis cerned, Paulus and [sports editor] Henderson have been dictating the flow of games.

This may be a harder prognostication for most to fathom due to the season finale loss that’s still fresh in minds, but the fact is, the Cameron Crazies are ready.

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Spring preseason and practice update Tennis

Baseball

Volleyball

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[sports calendar] Baseball

3/26 @ Rockwood Summit 3/27 vs. Eureka 3/31 vs. DeSmet 4/2 @ Kirkwood

Head Coach Steve Miller has been coaching baseball for 16 years and said he has never seen conditions at this time of the season so bad.

The Lancers haven’t made out to the baseball diamond yet, but have had a scrimmage on the football practice field so the players could see some live pitching.

They plan to alternate their practices between the shelf and the back gym to prepare for the upcoming season.

The starting infield remains the biggest questions as juniors Matt Bleazard and Tyler Boraz have made strong impressions at second and third base to Miller and the rest of the coaching staff.

Water Polo

With only one practice inside, the tennis team has been enduring sub 30 degree weather conditions.

However, the varsity has spent a couple practices at the Chesterfield Athletic Center (CAC), and since the team only needs 10 practices to compete in the first match against Rockwood Summit on March 26, the team will be in fine shape.

Staying indoor at this point in time will hopefully then have an edge over other teams who suffer through the weather at this time.

The team returns senior number one Ryan King from last year.

The first home game comes April 1 against Parkway Central.

The boys track team has added two new additions in sophomore brothers Alex and Eric Volstromer from Michigan who arrived at Lafayette this semester.

Senior Michael Izuchukwu looks good in practice and many believe his triple jump distance is good enough to win State this year.

The girls track team is off to a slow start due to the weather and haven’t managed to hold time trials yet.

They have used the first couple weeks of practice to do some team bonding and develop some chemistry that will hopefully payoff down the road in the season.

Golf

3/26 @ Rockwood Summit 3/28-29 Rockwood Tournament 4/1 vs. Parkway Central 4/2 vs. Mehlville

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Being one of two teams who play inside, the boys volleyball team hasn’t had to deal with the hectic weather conditions.

Practicing every day after school in the front gym hasn’t presented any problems, but the team is already down one of their top players.

Senior Cody Kappel, the team’s best outside hitter, will be out for the first couple of games due to a wrist injury.

In his absence, seniors Jake Balkenbusch, Dan Foye, Kyle Haberberger and Matt Swoboda will have to fill that void for the Lancers to get off to a good start and begin their run towards State.

Soccer

3/25 @ Quad Meet 4/1 @ Conference Relays 4/5 @ University City Invitational

Boys Volleyball

3/27 @ Eureka 3/28 @ Rockwood Summit 4/1 @ CBC 4/3 vs. DeSmet

Water Polo

3/28 @ Parkway South 3/31 @ Lindbergh 4/2 vs. Marquette 4/3-5 @ Rockwood Invitational

Boys Golf

3/26 @ Northwest/Parkway West 3/31 @ Fort Zumwalt South 4/2 vs. Lindbergh 4/3 @ Oakville

After placing third in State in 2006, the water polo team looks to improve this year.

“We have a lot of returning varsity players,” junior Joe Deavenport said.

Among those varsity players are the lone two seniors, Cami Bird and Ryan Maddox, who are also the captains. The team only had four seniors in 2007.

“We have a tough schedule, we play Chaminade early, and we have the DeSmet Tournament in March. We’ll play a few teams from Florida there,” Deavenport said.

They open the season today at Mehlville at 4 p.m.

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The Lancer golf team has only been able to practice a few days outside for the past two weeks, due to the inclement weather.

“It’s difficult enough to focus on both the basic challenges of golf, but when you throw in the elements, you definitely have to focus,” junior Josh Day said.

The Lancers open the season after Spring Break against Parkway West and Northwest on March 26.

“The season will be awesome considering we play our matches at home for the most part and we also are filled with underclassmen,” junior Zeke Dieckhaus said.

Girls lacrosse has had a rough start to its first sanctioned season, due to poor weather.

Head Coach Dee Wilkinson has yet to pick the teams, due to the weather and lack of playing time.

Last season, the team lost 18 seniors to graduation. But, a few varsity seniors will return this year, including Kayla Brubaker and Kodi Thornton.

Junior Jackie Henke will return, as she was a high scorer for the varsity team last year.

Upcoming games are March 26 at Marquette, March 31 against Parkway North and April 1 at Parkway West.

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This season, the girls return all starters except three defenders, and will be just as strong as last season which ended 19-1-1, but in better shape then ever.

Without being able to go outside on the field, they moved indoors to run sprints every practice in order to prepare for the first home game of the season on March 28, against St. Charles, but the team is looking past that.

“We play Fort Zumwalt West our fifth game. We are all pumped for it and want a sweet revenge after losing to them twice in State rounds,” sophomore Christine Hibler said.

Girls Lacrosse

3/24 @ Clayton 3/26 @ Marquette 3/31 vs. Parkway North 4/1 @ Parkway West

Girls Track

3/26 vs. Parkway North 3/28-29 @ Missouri Relay 4/2 @ Sub West Jamboree 4/5 @ Jackson Invitational

Girls Soccer

3/28 vs. St. Charles 3/31 @ Rockwood Summit 4/1 vs. Parkway South 4/4-5 @ Hazelwood Shoot Out

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] For a dose of sports relief, look to the tourney

Albert Pujols has a ligament tear in his right elbow which adds to the list of infield questions for Tony LaRussa. Colby Rasmus and Brian Barton are making strong cases for an outfield spot for the team on opening day.

Rams

The Rams have signed three offensive linemen and a tight end to improve the offensive line in free agency so far. St. Louis native Trent Green will return to the organization with a three year, eight million dollar contract.

The team released backup quarterback Gus Frerotte last week.

Blues

The Blues aren’t making the playoff run that they needed to make and have lost 8 of their last 9 games. They remain 10 points out of a playoff spot with 14 games remaining. On a current 9 game road trip, the Blues need to make a run.

Mizzou Basketball

After losing 75-66 last Saturday to Oklahoma, Head Coach Mike Anderson and his Missouri Tigers look to make a run in the Big 12 Tournament which starts today. The Tigers will be a 10 seed and will face the number seven seed, Nebraska, in the first round of the tourney tonight at 6 p.m. in Kansas City.

The Tigers have played the Huskers twice, losing once in Lincoln and winning at home.

Lafayette grad Matt Lawrence was one of ten players named to the second team Aca-

MSHSAA Basketball Webster Groves took down McCluer North in the State finals on March 8, in front of a televised FoxSports Midwest. Webster put it away in the third quarter, with 23 points to match North’s 11.

As a sports fan and a College Football zealot, Saturdays in the fall are the pinnacle of sports entertainment for me.

They can start with me hosting a nice little cereal breakfast with Kirk Herbstreit and Lee Corso in my living room, to having them over again for late night pizza and wings with the post-game show.

However, those short 14 weeks come and go so quickly, leaving my hunger for that kind of intensity lingering in the pit of my stomach.

The Super Bowl can suffice for that thirst, but that’s only one day, one night, one awesome party.

However, I usually start to follow the NFL in December, once College Football comes to an end, so I am just ankle high in interest.

That’s why March Madness is the greatest sporting event on Earth.

There’s a great gap between the other sport of my interest, and the thick of College Basketball.

Not only in the eyes of a football fan, but in the eyes of big businesses as well.

The impact that March Madness has economically is quite resounding.

Cities every year feature the tournament and use it as a promotional showcase for bars and activities.

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As the American way ensues, it is an excuse to party.

There is so much more than just glorified parties going on with March Madness.

It is filled with transactions of paper and eraser marks, and with this, Las Vegas can be filled with bets placed and odds breached.

So many students use this time to check up on scores and pass that news around among everyone else in school.

It turns into a sports-minded individual’s national spotlight, and it’s all that matters for those two weeks.

This allows fans everywhere to become their own prognosticator.

From the first two round’s upsets and the amount of attention they receive, to the final four, the greatest sporting event of all time, the tournament is just all around perfection.

Being the die-hard Nebraska football fan that I am, and the amount of trash that I receive for it from “Mizzou fans,” the feeling of camaraderie I feel with those “fans” because of this tournament is surreal, and it’s a natural feeling for sports fans everywhere.

It can be said that even BoSox/ Yankee vendettas can be set aside for this amazing event.

It’s almost as if being actively aware in the 65 team brawl can be viewed as one of the five pillars of sports fanhood.

You know, just like we need to face northeast once a day and watch Sportscenter.

Anyway, I can’t think of an event that unites sports fans everywhere such as this.

The Olympics is a great event in its entirety, but once every four years is not enough.

The World Cup is yet another sports mega-event that leaves sports fans standing in a pool of drool glaring at a TV, but since Americans don’t follow year round, its sort of a hollow attention.

With March Madness, it’s just a time of sports harmony, which then initiates the decline of big time sports events for me, and this decline takes a deafening blow once the NBA Finals ends.

That then starts the two to three month lull in sports, where SportsCenter’s top 10 features merely homeruns, long outfield dives and athletic double or triple plays.

I really do not have anything against baseball.

My rep from my past columns may allude to such nonsense, but the

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fact is for all you hardcore baseball fans, I do not have anything against it.

However, with that being said, I also do not understand how it can intrigue as many as it does. With 162 games, what keeps you enticed?

With potential trades arising biweekly and the little effect a loss can have on the season, it does not seem like much to grab my attention. Yes, there is the tradition and the interest of watching individual players, but overall, it doesn’t seem that enticing to me.

This baseball lull ends once practices start again for the NFL and College Football.

Once again, starting the vicious cycle which then leads us right back to March; the holy month for sports fans.

You can always look back, or look forward unto the two-week jubilee that all sports fans everywhere enjoy.

The greatest show on Earth.

Ignite the comeback: Boxing and all its glory The highlight card read, “The Pride of St. Louis” as an old guy with a gray fro’, wearing glittery American flag jean jacket with big glasses spoke in front of the media on Feb 28.

He is here promoting the “Present” and the “Future” of St. Louis: The Next Generation vs. The Journeyman and The Great vs. The Panamanian.

I am not talking about a tennis match featuring two of the area’s top players for the St. Louis Aces or a rap battle between two big name rappers from the Lou’ like Nelly or Chingy.

I am talking about boxing.

A sport rich in history that dates back to the Ancient Roman Empire, boxing has produced some of the greatest athletes of the 20th century.

The range includes Rocky Marciano to Muhammad Ali; then there was Sugar Ray Leonard and the infamous Mike Tyson.

All of these athletes represent the greatest boxers of the time when boxing was mentioned along the same lines as football, basketball and baseball.

Everybody in the nation was glued to the TV set or the radio when Ali fought George Foreman in “The Rumble in the Jungle” or when he beat Joe Frazier for the second time in a row at the “Thrilla in Manila.”

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But now in the 21st century which highlights boxers such as Oscar De La Hoya and Floyd Mayweather Jr., the media doesn’t have that “face” of the sport boxer anymore.

ESPN has “Friday Fightnight” and Versus has “Fight Night,” both of which cover some minor matches, and HBO covers the major, championship bouts, usually on Saturday night, primetime.

This is perfect for anyone looking for some entertaining matches, but there is a minor problem for those who want to watch them.

You have to pay.

HBO asks you to pay a simple fee of about $60 in order to watch the boxing match. That $60 can get you anywhere from five seconds to one hour of boxing, depending on the result.

I don’t think it is worth it, but we can’t blame anyone except ourselves for this.

The time when stations like NBC and CBS were fighting to have big boxing matches was the prime of the popularity of boxing.

Now if they even thought of giving boxing a primetime slot would

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be nothing short of crazy and committing media suicide.

It is true, I mean, who really watches boxing?

Major TV stations are better off doing re-runs of reality shows or have a major motion picture during their primetime slot on any night than show a World Championship boxing match.

Right?

As our nation has been at war since 2001, we have used the sports as a focal point to turn to lessen the pain.

But with steroids in the MLB, referees betting scandals and players fighting fans in the NBA and the strike of the NHL in 2004-2005, all of these major sports have shown flaws during this time of crisis.

So if you are looking for a new sport to turn to, listen to my proposal.

On Thursday night, March 27, the Scottrade Center will feature the best boxing venue in St. Louis history.

With the legendary Don King promoting the event, there hasn’t been this much buzz around boxing in the St. Louis area, ever.

The first match will feature Devon Alexander “The Great” (14-0, 8 KOs), a 21-year-old phenom from North County against Miguel Cal-

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The marquee match of the night brings back 30 year-old Cory “The Next Generation” Spinks (36-4, 11 KOs), son of Leon Spinks who defeated Muhammad Ali for the World Heavyweight Championship, to St. Louis to face off against 38 year-old Verno Phillips (41-11-1, 21 KOs) of Belize for the IBF Junior Middleweight Title.

Spinks, a St. Louis native, has boxed in St. Louis twice before in 2005 and 2006.

He hasn’t had a match since May 2007 and looks to defend his title.

Tickets for both matches range from $25-$200.

If this night can create a whole lot of stir and excitement in downtown St. Louis, we might be on the brink of a revolution.

The Gateway to the West can be the starting point for boxing to become popular nation wide: north, south, east and west.

Once it spreads, and boxing is once again back into its glory days, maybe a little restoration can happen in America: with a new president on the way, a new beginning.

Though America and the media don’t want boxing to take over classic American sports, they forget that boxing was once the face of U.S.A. Let’s bring it back.

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Bill Senti attributes the higher en- she has taken have positively affect- an art class, even if they have little courtneymcbay As a former Fine Arts Co- rollment to the new schedule begin- ed her art. ambition for a career involving art, [staff reporter] ordinator for the Rockwood as well as a long time Lafayette High School employee, Art Department Chair Pam Senti knows the ins and outs of the Lafayette Art Department.

She said the department has changed a lot from its early days.

“It [the Art Department] has grown tremendously,” she explained.

“We have new components to the curriculum.”

One of those changes is the addition of the Graphic Design program.

“Three years ago, we didn’t even have a graphic design program,” Pamela Senti said.

Bill Senti, a former Lafayette student, teaches the Graphic Design classes. His classes are full now, with three full sections of 28 students for Graphic Design I and one full section for Graphic Design II. Next year’s enrollment in the Graphic Design classes has increased considerably compared to this year’s numbers.

“Next year, all I am teaching all day long is Graphic Design,” he said.

ning in the 2008-2009 school year.

“Students have more opportunities to take more elective classes,” he said. “I am quite certain the enrollment in other art classes across the board has gone up.”

And, they have. Enrollment in Photography and the other advanced art classes has risen. The department will even be hiring an additional staff member to meet enrollment.

But the hybrid block schedule is not the only factor influencing the appeal of art classes.

Bill Senti said the classes are appealing because they offer diverse outlets for creativity.

“It’s an opportunity for students to express themselves that’s very different from what they get in most classroom settings here,” he said.

“Students are given an opportunity to express themselves and relax a little bit while still producing a quality product,” he added.

Senior Jessi Roach, who has taken several art classes including Drawing I, Painting I and II, Photography I, Sculpture I, Advanced Placement Art History and Advanced Placement Art Studio I, says the classes

“I have been fortunate enough to take a wide variety of art classes,” Roach said.

“I have been able to learn how to express myself in a lot of different ways and through different media.”

Senior Elizabeth Angelo also has been able to widen her artistic abilities through the Lafayette Art Program.

“In Drawing I, I learned fundamentals that I had never been able to focus on,” Angelo said.

“Ceramics and Graphic Design were newer forms of art that I fell in love with,” she said.

Not all students have a “natural talent” or “born passion” for art, but according to Pam Senti, success does not entirely rely on their technique.

“A student’s talent all depends on their work ethic,” Pam Senti said.

“We [art teachers] are here to find talent and refine it. What’s important is that they [art students] have a certain degree of talent as well as a willingness to really work hard and practice, because that’s what will make the difference,” she said.

Both Pam and Bill Senti believe all high school students should take

because it can lead to the discovery of artistic potential.

“Sometimes people don’t realize that they have as much talent as they really do,” Pam Senti said. “They discount their ability.”

“One of the things I really dig about teaching is that you see a student coming in to take Graphic Design and they might not know much about it at all,” Bill Senti said.

He added, “It’s really exciting when you see someone sit down and start to learn Photoshop or Illustrator and you see that light bulb go off or their eyes will light up and they get really excited about their project.

That’s often what drives me to come in everyday.”

As far as the Art Department’s success, Pam Senti believes there is nothing but good news.

“I am really excited about the energy in the Lafayette Art Program,” she said.

“We have phenomenal teachers.

The quality of work their students are producing is really great. I’ve just seen a big, big increase in the quality of work and interest in visual arts, and it’s all good,” she said.

One Acts New policy, sponsor leads to changes in shows With a hen. aaroncasias new TheThe directors for these One Act [entertainment editor] atre Department head, the Lafayette Thespian Society faces the challenge of not only setting up productions for the school, but also complimenting the artistic direction of the aforementioned department head.

The Theatre Department is currently preparing for the presentation of the student-directed One Acts Festival which will be held in the Commons on May 1-2.

A total of seven one act plays will be performed during the two nights.

As in previous years, the one act plays are all student directed.

The seven student directors are seniors Dan Dunn, Shannon Nicholson, Chip Pavlack and Sarah Warner, juniors Garrett Tripp and Adam Zanzie and sophomore Jessica Co-

performances are from theatre teacher Kate Slovinski’s Theatre Arts III: Introduction to Directing class.

This is a new concept, as in years past directors were chosen from the senior members of the Thespian Society.

“Originally,” Slovinski said, “one acts were performed in the spring, and direction of a show and participation was loosely organized as an after school activity.”

Slovinski also said production proved to be a difficult task as the quality and number of productions was, “limited to the commitment of the sponsor and the availability of the already packed spring schedule.”

The Theatre Arts III class quickly became an obvious corollary to the spring one act plays for Slovinski.

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The learning, according to Slovinski, is based on the students’ ability not only to learn about the role of a director but to assume it.

While the idea of directing an entire production alone may seem like an overbearing task, Slovinski assures it is not a completely solo job.

“To allow students to focus on directing and all that it entails [such as] selecting scripts, casting the roles and preparing for rehearsals, I solve all the problems that are surrounding design,” Slovinski said.

“With the help of the Drama Club and the dedicated members of Thespian Troupe 5236 here on campus, we produce the scenic, lighting, sound and costume elements for the show,” Slovinski added.

Slovinski also said this does not mean a limited amount of creative freedom on behalf of the directors.

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Slovinski plays the role of a “chief adviser for the directors and technical directors for the productions,” she said.

The artistic vision of the director is unscathed with the relatively lenient oversight that Slovinski provides her student directors.

By doing nothing much more than playing the role of adviser, she said the directors can adequately create their own vision on stage.

The student directors are all looking forward to producing their one acts and presenting them to an audience in May. The plays will be split into these two evenings and are only going to be presented once each.

Tickets are set to go on sale the week of the show during lunch hours, as well as at the door one hour before the performances begin.

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Movies: “All humans should be required to see Breakfast Club, American Beauty, and Fight Club.

They should also see 50 of the AFI top 100 movies in their lifetime to get a true appreciation of the art of film-making.”

Paul Jaycox, language arts teacher Concert Venue: “The Fox, although the best acoustics are at the Touhill Center at UMSL” Jay Buck, history teacher Restaurant: “We enjoy going to Dave and Busters as a family. My fouryear-old son and my husband can both be kids.”

Jodi Davidson, Associate Principal Books: “Shel Silverstein is nice, light and easy to read. I read a lot of kid’s books.

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[info]tainment Thursday, March 13, 2008 [Vol. 39 Issue 7]

One Wing To Rule Them All

Wing tasting experiment produces decisive conclusions drewstiehl The Casias house- on Casias, Opinions Editor Nick El- a pile and numbers on a chart.

In order to avoid bias, only Aaron [staff reporter] hold looked like a wood and I set out to pick up a total war zone. Spoiled flesh and bones were strewn about the living room, and red napkins and paper bags couldn’t contain the chaos.

Luckily, the home of the Image’s Entertainment Editor wasn’t the scene of a horrific murder, but rather a feast of monstrous proportions.

On the evening of Feb. 29, Aar-

of six orders of buffalo wings from the most reputable restaurants West County had to offer us.

By 7:45 p.m., we were ready to rate and judge an impossible amount of wings.

The contenders included Buffalo Wild Wings, B Donovan’s, Big Bear Grill, Mulligan’s, TJ’s and St. Louis Pizza and Wings, each of which were stacked up and reduced to bones in

and I rated the wings, while Nick enjoyed the benefit of giving his opinion on the wings without the stress of clinical analysis.

After the wings were eaten, a victor was crowned.

We rated each wing on a fivepoint scale for sauce, size, surfboard-to-drum ratio (S/D ratio) and tenderness.

Sauce was rated on the basis of

spice, zest and originality of flavor.

The size of the wing was judged in relation to the other wings, and the S/D ratio was evaluated on the judges’ personal preferences of wing type.

Tenderness was judged after the wings were eaten on the basis of how much meat remained on the bones and how hard it was to get the meat off of them.

Three men. Six restaurants. One wing to rule them all.

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The unanimous victor, these wings were nearly perfect in essentially every category. The sauce, which was liberally applied, was adequately hot but also zesty and sweet. Our wings, which were extremely tender and mostly of the surfboard variety, were so big that they took three-to-four bites to fully expose the bones.

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As stated before, STL Pizza and Wings has by far the best wings.

The wings are doused in the perfectly blended sauce with just the right quantity of spice and zest.

The meat is in large portions, but is superbly tender. Overall, an amazing wing well worth trying.

These medium-sized wings had a good initial taste followed by a strong kick, and were easily stripped to the bone.

Very little was wrong with these wings, and they generally possessed the characteristics of a great wing.

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As you can see from the photograph, it wasn’t long before these tasty morsels were stripped down to the bone. Though they don’t have nearly as much meat as some of the competitors, they certainly pack a punch when it comes to flavor and overall tenderness. A great wing.

These large-sized wings had the most unique-tasting sauce of the night while still managing to be relatively dry, whereas most of the other wings were drowning in sauce.

The wings definitely were one of the least tender of the group, and consisted mostly of drums.

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A very distinct sauce flavor and the most clearly recognizable wing.

However, the sauce was a bit lacking and the wings a bit dry. As a seasoned veteran of TJ’s, they truly are better fresh from the oven than sitting at home on the table. Overall, a satisfying wing for any occasion.

Perhaps the most well-known of our contestants, the large-sized wings were easily the hottest, leaving my lips burning and eyes watering. However, where the wings made ground in heat, they lost it in flavor and tenderness. If you are looking for variety of sauces, this is by far the best choice.

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An excellent wing with one major flaw: the sauce. It seems that the sauce is intended to burn the mouth, not to satisfy a craving. A bit too hot and not enough flavor for this one to be a strong contender. The wing satisfies, but try a more mild sauce if you’re not great with spicy foods.

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