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About This Issue: A Note From The Staff

Our Feature Editor, junior Avery Cantor, designed the cover and center spread for this edition of the Image, as she did for the nine previous issues this year. After discussing it as a staff, we made the decision to go ahead and publish this issue of the Image as scheduled as a final tribute to Avery. She worked hard on the newspaper and we wanted to make sure our readers got to see what she created.

She was a valuable member of the Image for four semesters. Her creativity in design and ability to tell stories was evident in every issue of the Image for the past two years. On Sunday, May 4, Avery was inducted into Quill and Scroll, an international honorary for journalism. In addition, over the time she was a member of the newspaper staff, she received three Superior awards for her design and writing from the Sponsors of School Publications of Greater St. Louis. For the 2012-2013 school year, the Image staff voted her Best All Around Staff Member. Avery will be dearly missed and her presence will continue to be felt in our classroom.

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Jean Peters/ Jean Peters has taught for 31 years, all at Lafayette. She is not fully retiring, however, and will continue teaching her AP Art History classes next year.

While she considers her job to be extremely fulfilling, she did not always think education to be her ideal path.

She started in the law profession and doubted whether she wanted to devote her life to it.

“After studying abroad my junior year of college, I had a lot of self-doubt about going into the law profession. I finished my degree really uncertain about what vocation I would have, and so luckily I had people in my life who kept saying, ‘Jean, you would be a great teacher,’ and I’m so grateful to those people,” she said.

While Peters didn’t think she wouldn’t ber able to handle teaching, she was concerned it wouldn’t be enough to “feed her soul.”

“I never doubted I could really be a teacher, but I doubted whether or not teaching would

have enough to challenge me emotionally and intellectually,” she said.

But, after a little over a year in a half in social work at a boy’s detention facility, Peters decided she had what it took to teach.

Peters began teaching at LHS and fell in love with her career.

She said that her biggest accomplishment in teaching is the students aren’t the only people that learn, she learns from them.

“In working with new teachers at Lafayette, I tell them frequently to prepare to have students who are smarter than you are. I really like when my students ask insightful questions that demand we all kind of stop and think about that,” she said.

“It allows me to grow.”

As far as retiring, Peters decided not only is it time, but she will also have time to care for her mother, whose health is failing. “[Retiring] allows to me to feel like I can really devote the time that might be needed, or might not be, needed for her next year and not be as pulled away by my teaching,” she said.

However, while still teaching part-time at Lafayette, Peters

Jean Peters will be able to ease into retirement, but still give her plenty of time to pursue other things, like guitar and piano lessons and other volunteer work.

“I’m not ready to give [teaching] up. So much of who I am and my self-identity is tied to being a teacher. I thought this would be a nice way to ease into it and have a chance to still spend time with and continue doing what I love to do,” she said.

As far as additional plans for retirement, Peters is still “flirting” with options as far as additional education careers and other opportunities, but she wants to focus on slowing down to enjoy life’s simplicities.

Lori Sanders has taught for 34 years, first at Fox High School for 20 years, and then at Lafayette for 14.

She teaches a variety of foods classes in the FACS Department. She said she decided in high school she wanted to be a foods teaher.

“I decided I wanted to be a foods teacher from my own teacher when I was in high school. I’ve had the fire since high school,” she said.

Sanders believes that throughout her 34 years in education, she has gotten a grasp on what it is to be a student.

“I have gotten a lot deeper understanding of what it’s like to be a teenager,”she said.

“I started in the 80s, 34 years

Who is JoAnn Goehler process to watch children grow over time and know that you’ve had the opportunity to be a part of their lives," she said.

Though Goehler has not yet made any firm plans for her retirement, she anticipates that she will relish her time off.

“I think “recess” sounds great!” she said.

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Tom Doyle, Special School District teacher, is retiring, too.

Doyle has been a part of the Special School District for 17 years, 16 of them at LHS and one year at Marquette.

Doyle also worked in the business world for 37 years.

“I got my teaching degree in 1973, and then I did business for 37 years and then semi-retired out of business.

I did nothing for a year, then I started subbing. Special [School District] decided to hire me after I started subbing here,” he said.

Doyle also has military experience, which made him decide to become an educator.

He was originally a math and chemistry major, which he pursued for two years until he

joined the military.

“In my first two years of college, I was a chemistry and math major. I worked as a lab tech and then went into the military,” he said.

“When I got out of the military I decided that I wanted to work with people,” he added.

Doyle taught psychology and sociology during his first year of teaching, and then became involved with business.

During his career, Doyle has found his Special Education students make him feel accomplished and like his job has meaning.

“The kids have been my greatest accomplishment.

Just helping them out and seeing them grow is great,” Doyle said.

Regarding retiring, Doyle said that he is at a good age regarding Social Security, and

Lori Sanders suing a new career, bringing her culinary expertise to a restaurant.

“I actually have a new job that I am starting soon, working for the Blue Owl, a historic restaurant in Kimmswick, Missouri,” she said, “The new job made me want to retire, and it’s time for me to get a change.”

After 29 years of working in education, guidance counselor Deborah Parker has decided to enter into retirement.

Parker has spent the past decade working at LHS. “I just think people should try not to overstay their welcome. I think it is good to change jobs after about 10 years…so you can always stay fresh with enthusiasm and energy for your job,” Parker said about her decision to retire.

Parker plans to spend her retirement relaxing and enjoying her family.

“I am hoping I will have some grandchildren in the future, and I hope to spend some time on a beach somewhere,” she said.

Though Parker is looking forward to the next chapter in her life, there are many aspects

Deborah Parker about working that she will miss. She has delighted in being an advocate to students, and she enjoyed working and interacting with various staff members.

“I have loved working with young people and being in a position to help them. I will definitely miss the students and staff of Rockwood; they are the best,” she said.

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ago, and I’ve always kept a real close focus on what it’s like to be a teenager. I try to plan my lesson so that if I were a student, what would I want to learn?”

While Sanders is a great teacher who manages a classroom well, she has had her share of embarrassing moments. One of them occurred when she had first started teaching.

“When I first started out early on, I didn’t have a clear understanding of which drill was supposed to be what,” she said. “One day there was a tornado drill, and I thought it was a fire drill, so I sent my kids outside into the tornado!

That was pretty embarrassing.”

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Six staff members are calling this school year their last as a full-timer, but retirement means different things to these Lancers

JoAnn Goehler/ JoAnn Goehler, guidance counselor, is also about to embark on retirement.

"I’m in my 31st year as a teacher in Rockwood. I’ve known for several years that either last year or this year would be my last," she said.

As Goehler enters into retirement, her daughter will be entering high school. She looks forward to watching her daughter navigate the next four years.

"Some parents like to be home when their children are babies, but I’ve always anticipated being home during the high school years," she said.

Goehler has loved being an educator, and she will miss working with kids.

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Tom Doyle he feels like now is a good time to retire.

“I hit that magic number, I’m 66, and I can draw full Social Security. Also, it’s just time,” he said.

Doyle also owns a lake house that he will be retreating to during his retirement.

“I have a lake house and a lot of toys,” he said. “I’ve got boats and jet skis so I’m going to burn up a lot of gas!”

Allyn Workman teaches U.S. History and Driver Education. He has taught 11 years at Lafayette, and a total of 37 years.

Workman was inspired by his elementary school principal.

“I always knew that I wanted to be involved with teaching and coaching, and when I was in 5th Grade, I had an elementary principal that went out of her way to come and pick me up and take me to school before basketball games, and I’d get to hang out and shoot some hoops and be a part of the entire evening,” he said. “That was kind of an important impressionable stage for me to get involved in teaching and coaching.

Workman said he has always been interest in U.S. History.

“It was always one of those things when I was in high school that I found very interesting and I enjoyed watching the growth and development of the country and

knowing how we became who we are,” he said.

Driver Education, Workman said, allows him to spend more time on individual students, similar to coaching.

“The Driver Education piece is something I really enjoyed as well, because you really get to interact with the kids in sort of a coaching session, because it was really more one on one,” he said.

Workman will continue to teach Driver Education after retirement for Rockwood Community Education.

One of his main goals in his teaching career has been to show students how education is long term, and one can’t really ever quit learning.

“I think teaching is more an understanding of the process of education. It’s long-term and ongoing, and you have to find ways to stimulate the ongoing desire for learning,” he said.

Workman decided that now, for him, is the right time to re-

Allyn Workman tire, due to his wanting to pursue other things in life, and because of Missouri retirement laws.

“I don’t know if there is ever a good time to retire, but sometimes there becomes a right time to retire,” he said “Some of the retirement laws in Missouri will be changing after this year, and 37 years is just a long time. I’m interested in looking at other opportunities before the floor hits too late to be able to do some of those things.”

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Future college athletes may run risk of being stuck in never-ending financial cycle staff ed

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All editorials (unsigned) represent a majority opinion of the Editorial Board. Signed columns, blogs, editorial cartoons and reviews reflect the views of the author and not necessarily those of the Image Editorial Board.

Many college athletes are able to better their education because of their skills in their respected sport.

Basketball and football players at the college level are given athletic scholarships to play the game they support and learn about a certain subject they’re interested in to get a degree or, in some cases, get a professional contract at the end of their college career.

Unfortunately, since these sports require hard work with daily practices, away games and more, athletes are sometimes unable to focus on school- the point of going to school- or have a job to pay for extra expenses not included in their scholarships.

Not only are they working extremely hard to play this sport and maintain their scholarships, but some are at their bare minimum GPA to pass and broke.

Because of this cycle, college football players at Northwestern University in Chicago are pushing to unionize and start receiving a salary for their extraneous work for their teams and schools.

Supporters of athlete unions justify it by saying athletes should be considered school employees because of the hours they put in and the revenue they generate for the school through games, jerseys and concessions.

Northwestern is pleading that college ath-

letes are students before players.

The National College Players Association (NCPA) and Drexel University put a price on the average football player to be $178,000 and basketball player at $375,000 per year from 2008 to 2015.

These prices, however, are only for the average player; they do not accurately represent star college athletes who might be worth triple those amounts.

While polls from the Marist College Center for Sports Communication showed that twothirds of college students believed scholarships for players were sufficient, clearly there is a reason why athletes are asking for more.

According to the National College Athletic Association (NCAA), almost $10.6 billion was raised in revenue from college sports in 2012.

This money goes to the coaches, referees, announcers and the people who sell souvenirs.

Basically, everyone except the actual players benefit from college games.

The NCAA is considered a non-profit organization as most of their revenue from ticket sales, marketing and back to the schools they support and the students for scholarships.

However, in 2011 current NCAA President Mark Emmert received an estimated $1.7 million in his first year versus the former President Myles Brand who passed away in 2009 who

earned about $1.1 million in his last year.

NCAA salaries and compensation have increased over three percent due to pay raises and an increased cost of health insurance says NCAA spokeswoman Stacey Osburn.

But while the NCAA rakes in the money, college athletes are left with the scholarships that they used to go to college but are barely using because they don’t have the time or the energy to balance the sport and the education.

Of course, there are some athletes that go into college athletics to become professional once they graduate, but the NCAA posted an article about the chances of college athletes going pro. Baseball was the only sport with more than a two percent chance.

So, to clarify, some college athletes are spending all of their time training and playing and not getting a good education because of this training and playing to do something that they will most likely not be able to do on a professional scale.

But these athletes have to play to get their scholarships. Some of them need the scholarships to go to college and they want to get an education to help them in the future.

But they can’t study or exceed because of the sport they need to play in order to get that scholarship.

It’s a vicious cycle that won’t stop.

“The Irony” by Kourtney Wahl stars & gripes Stars To:

• School finally ending. Knowing Missouri weather, we’ll probably get one more snow day between now and the last day.

• Zach Snyder getting signed on to direct a Justice League movie. He may have helped ruin Man of Steel, but Watchmen still gives us hope.

• State solo and ensemble winners. We are proud of our musicians representing us as talented and disciplined students.

• Terry Crews becoming the new host of Who Wants to be a Millionaire. He will be the first ever to host the show in nothing but a tiger-print speedo.

Now when you lose, you get shot with an RPG. • Senior Image staff member Emily Altic winning Prom Queen. See? Newspaper kids can be popular, too!

Gripes To:

• Summer jobs. We could always just be broke and sleep all day.

• Summer homework. Some classes just aren’t satisfied without trying to ruin the only three months we have to enjoy life.

• The Australian 21-year-old who is upset about dents in her car received when she hit a cyclist and broke his spine while texting and driving. How rude of him.

• School the Tuesday after Memorial Day. All those snow days don’t seem so good now, do they?

• The new Snapchat update breaking the app. People might have to do something too shocking to comprehend: text each other.

• Graduation practice. Seniors shouldn’t need to rehearse the act of walking up to a stage when they hear their name.

• The Kentucky derby. It doesn’t even last 3 minutes and everyone already knew who would win.

• Having a fire drill on May 5. We’re pretty sure we have the system down at this point in the school year.

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The sad truth about racism There has been a lot of racism in the news lately.

Any amount of racism is too much, but there seems to be more of it than usual.

While sitting at dinner with my family, my sister asked the question that I am sure has been on many people’s minds, “will racism ever end?”

My mom and I responded with a simple and blunt “no.”

The sad truth is that there are always going to be terrible people in the world and as much as it sucks, this means there will always be racism.

Granted, the amount of racists will most likely continue to decline, but they will never disappear.

The entire month of April was the perfect example of how there are still racists in America today.

The shooting at the Jewish Community Center in Kansas City that left three dead showed that deadly hate crimes are not a thing of the past.

The suspect, Frazier Glenn Cross, was found to have ties to the Ku Klux Klan and to have founded multiple white supremacist groups.

Owner of the NBA team Los Angeles Clippers Donald Sterling is under fire after voice mail recordings were released of him making racial remarks to his girlfriend about African Americans, regardless of the fact that the NBA is 78 percent black.

Sterling is 80 and Cross is 73, so one would think that age is a major factor in the two mens racial beliefs but a recent incident at Ole Miss has proven otherwise.

Cliven Bundy has been in the news for his fight against paying grazing fees

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for his cattle.

He had garnered support from many Americans and even some politicians, until he was quoted saying that he “often wondered, are they better off as slaves, picking cotton and having a family life and doing things, or are they better off under government subsidy?”

People have been trying to protect Bundy saying that he is not a racist, but the evidence is all there.

I don’t know what it is about the year 2014 that makes America’s racists come out of the wood works, but they are in full force.

Bundy has tried to remove his racially charged foot from his mouth when he said “no I am not a racist.”

The thing about society today is that racism equals bad, as it should.

If someone is called a racist, the first thing they will do is argue that they aren’t one.

Even though everyone knows that they are prejudiced, people still feel the need to defend themselves against something that is completely true.

This usually never works since once

you start referring to black people as “colored”, “Negro” or the other Nword no one should ever say, you’ve pretty sealed your fate as being labeled racist.

The stereotype has always been that older white men have a tendency to be racist.

In these three scenarios, that seems to ring true.

There has always been a mind-set that eventually racism would completely disappear since racists seem to be older and as unpleasant as it may sound, they will eventually pass away, leaving a more open-minded generation to take their place.

This seems more and more like a pipe dream when realizing that racists have children and those children in turn become racist, creating a vicious cycle.

This rang true at the University of Mississippi when a fraternity hung a noose around the neck of a statue dedicated to the first African American student to attend the university.

People may try to brush it off as a stupid prank and although it was very stupid, idiotic even, it is racist and hateful.

It’s hard to understand how this could still be happening and why it is that teenagers and college students are occasionally the agressors.

Although, how people act on their racism differs, weather it’s through violence, words or defacing a statue, they are all hurtful and prejudiced actions.

Hatred has been and will always be a part of human nature.

Although it is a tough pill to swallow, it is the truth.

Around the country, across the web and all over the school we find things that intrigue us. Here are a few things that are on our radar this month:

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- The air show on May 3-4 caused an insuperable amount of traffic in the Chesterfield area. Yes, we know that planes are cool, but that doesn’t justify backing u p the entirety of Wildhorse Creek Road just to see something you could clearly watch from your house.

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- Seniors only have a few short days left as the big dogs on campus before they head off to college and become freshmen once more. On the flipside, current freshmen only have just over two weeks left being the bottom rung here at LHS.

- Everyone talks about how awesome summer is, but it’s usually not all it’s cracked up to be. For upperclassmen, it means slaving away for three months behind a fast food counter. For underclassmen, it means sitting around the neighborhood pool, because that’s the only place their mom would drive them. And, inevitably, there will be one awful family vacation somewhere.

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School does not have to be restrictive, we just make it that way I’ve heard high school be compared to a prison for almost as long as I can remember, but it seems that in recent years the analogy has become uncomfortably close to the truth.

Every year I feel new restrictions or security measures have been implemented at this school and recently I encountered one that actually makes me glad I’m leaving this year.

For those who have not heard by now, there is a new hall pass system that is being put into action for after-school hours.

If a student is remaining in the school building past 3:30 p.m., he or she must have a signed pass from a teacher stating the student’s reason for staying after.

The only options are, “ALC, Club, Detention, Library, Teacher Help, Testing Center, Weight Room” or “Other.”

Some of my fondest memories at Lafayette come from times when I stayed after with friends, preparing for a project together, studying for a big test we all had the next day, or pretending to read, but now younger classes will be denied this freedom.

It seems like an overbearing rule and nothing more than a pointless precaution, but really, when I thought about it, I can’t blame the school for making these passes a requirement.

It’s not a secret that bad things go down at this school. People steal food from the lunch lines, smoke in the bathroom and scratch their names into tables.

Some of it seems small and trivial, but minor offenses often contribute to a bigger problem.

Sophomore year, I found a miniature,

empty whiskey bottle lodged in one of the toilet paper dispensers and last year I saw a small, empty tin of chewing tobacco lodged in a toilet.

I’ve seen people smoking in the parking lot on multiple occasions and I’ve even heard stories about kids smoking or doing drugs in class.

With all the stuff I’ve witnessed or heard about during my time here, it’s no wonder we’re not allowed to do simple things like go out to the parking lot during school hours anymore.

I’m not trying to tell people to stop doing drugs or whatever they want to do.

If people want to drink or smoke, that’s their own business and it’s definitely not my place to judge, but there’s a time and place for that and that place is not Lafayette.

I in no way believe everyone in this school is a bad person. I don’t think that a majority of our student body pops pills all day and smokes a blunt in the bathroom between every class. I’m not on a mission from God to cleanse the halls of LHS from sin.

But when it gets to the point that security cameras need to be installed in the school stores to prevent theft, we have a problem.

Every year more rules and regulations are set in stone for future generations of students, but that’s because every year there are those few negative influences that continue to make bad choices.

The school doesn’t have to operate on such a strict basis, but it will continue to do so unless something changes. If future years of students stop giving the adminis-

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If students want Lafayette to operate less like a prison, then maybe some of them should stop acting like they belong in one.

Your Turn If you could go back in time to the beginning of your freshman year and give yourself any piece of helpful advice, what would you tell your freshman Bradley Cox, 9 “Get more serious self? benrachell –reporter–

with studying. Do my homework more often so I have a better routine with studying.”

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“Don’t try the cookies.

They’re too amazing and you get addicted to them.”

“Don’t think you’re cool, because nobody else is going to think you’re cool.

You’re just a freshman.”

“Do not slack off. I would really like to go back to freshman year and tell myself to get better grades.”

“I would have tried to get involved in more clubs and more sports to meet new people.”

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It’s Never Too Early To Plan For The Future Counselors, current senior give advice on what colleges look for in high schoolers delaneyeyermann –asst. web master–

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Upon entering high school, many students begin to feel the pressure to start preparing for college.

Some may start preparing early, volunteering, joining clubs and sports teams, as well as doing summer internships or getting a job, but many students don’t know when they should begin to build their high school resumes.

College counselors Cheryl Egan and Stephanie Nessler gave their advice regarding these concerns.

“Look at the schools you’re targeting to attend,” Egan said, “So, if you’re targeting a select school I’m going to tell you to really focus on rigor of schedule; I’m going to tell you to look at what the colleges are looking for, and a lot of those colleges are looking for students who participated in community service, extracurricular activities, work experience.”

Egan and Nessler both encourage students to start volunteering and participating in extracurricular activities and sports freshman year.

One student who has been preparing for college throughout her high school years Odessa Magafas.

Magafas began joining clubs and groups her back in her freshman year to

begin sprucing up her resume.

“You start to build your resume your freshmen year, and I think at that point you’re able to explore a variety of extracurricular activities or work interests,” Egan said.

She joined many different service groups her freshman year and later realized her participation was an indirect college preparatory strategy.

Magafas is a member of the National Honor Society, Key Club, Freshman Mentoring, the Character Education Committee, Student Council and the Model United Nations.

All of these clubs, for Magafas, were fun and interesting ways to spend her time and try to get schools to notice her more.

“I wasn’t really thinking of [joining clubs/groups] as a way for me to get into college, just as a way to help out,” Magafas said.

Egan suggests that students should explore what clubs and activities they enjoy and find what they’re passionate about, then to develop in those areas of interest and develop leadership skills in those fields.

“The best predictor of future behavior is past behavior,” Egan said, “So what you have done, where you have spent your time in high school, is going to transition to where you spend your time and what you do on the college campus.”

While good test scores and a good grade point average (GPA) will increase students’ chances of being accepted into

their college of choice, volunteer hours, internship experience and participation in school activities will give them an advantage. “[Ivy League Schools] often get thousands of students with perfect ACTs and perfect GPAs, and the Ivies tell us that when it comes down to looking at their students who are similar on paper, they’re looking at their volunteer work and for a student who’s changing the world,” Nessler said.

This not only applies to Ivy leagues but also to any college or university because, as Egan and Nessler pointed out, when it comes down to deciding between two students who have the same GPA and test scores, extracurricular activities, volunteer hours and internships will give an advantage over the student who only has a good GPA and test scores.

“I think that colleges are looking for well-rounded individuals,” Magafas said, “Not only those who academically challenge themselves, but who also care about the world in general, people who have experience with the community in general and outreach programs, and are just able to surround yourself in an environment other than just school.”

However, Nessler said while volunteering in a bunch of different clubs shows diversity, colleges prefer to see consistency and growth within a certain area versus participating in as many clubs as possible without any progression into leadership positions. “[Students] think that the more they

volunteer for the better,” Nessler said, “Admissions reps tell us that they’re looking for consistency, like the student who’s volunteered with the same organization and can show some progress through the organization.”

Nessler reminded students not to get confused with the numbers, thinking the more organizations and clubs you’re a part of the better.

While that is still good, colleges want to see consistency with one or a few clubs or organizations in order for them to see a student’s progression and growth within that club or organization.

While participating in several school extracurricular activities is always a positive, Nessler and Egan stress that colleges are looking for students who have gone above and beyond just being a member of a club.

They agree that colleges want students who are making a difference in the world, whether that means starting a club or organizing a charity drive at school.

“I might join the National Honor Society, or maybe even start my own club. I want to launch a literacy group at [Loyola University of Chicago] to try to expose kids to education and reading and promote growth,” Magafas said.

Egan and Nessler also said they’re advice differs depending on the student they are advising.

Nessler said some students already know where they want to go and have a clear plan for college.

Her advice is focused for that school

versus a student who has no idea where they would like to go.

“So, usually we let the student lead us and tell us what they’re interested in, and then we try to provide great information for them and go from there,” Nessler said.

Overall, Egan advises students to start volunteering, interning and participating in extracurricular activities and sports now.

Egan and Nessler both said students need to focus on getting the GPA and test scores necessary for their college of choice.

“Do the preparation and look for what the colleges are looking for in terms of test scores,” Egan said, “Higher is always better for both test scores and GPA.” Egan also said students want to find a college that is a good fit for them because it will be their home for at least four years.

Nessler advises students to schedule a college visit in order to get first-hand experience from a current student there, which can help them decide if that college is right for them.

“The thing to remember with colleges is that each one is unique and different,” Nessler said, “They each have their own recruiting departments, each have their own rules and regulations to go by.”

When it comes down to it, grades are not the only factor considered when applying to a college.

So, participation in extracurricular activities, sports and volunteering are the things that can set you above when trying to get into your college of choice.

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New senior photography process brings convenience, affordability

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–asst. news editor– Next year, a new system for taking senior pictures will be implemented in order to provide a more cost-effective and accessible experience.

In the past, students traveled on their own to Prestige Portraits, to get their senior photos taken.

However, traveling to the studio outside of school was often inconvenient for busy students, and as a result, fewer seniors were actually going to Prestige to get their picture taken.

Therefore, seniors next year will be able to get their senior photos at Lafayette through Interstate Studios, a company that will set up a small portrait studio in the school for senior pictures.

“The studio will be set up in a classroom and you get a couple of poses to choose from. You can certainly order those pictures if you want to; you’ll have a lot of choices of backgrounds, so you can order a senior photo package from [Interstate Studios],” Nancy

Smith, student publications adviser, said.

By taking senior pictures at school, seniors will be able to take care of both their ID picture and yearbook picture at the same time.

In addition, the number of seniors without a yearbook picture should hopefully decline since seniors will no longer have to leave Lafayette for pictures.

“We’d have almost 100 seniors without a picture, so now we’re pulling them out of class and trying to get pictures done. We still wind up with 50 kids who don’t have a senior picture in the yearbook. Everyone has to get an ID photo taken [through Interstate Studios] so I think this will kind of correct that problem,” Smith said.

Furthermore, this new plan aims to be more economical than in the past.

“For the senior pictures there’s no required sitting fee. Seniors can choose whether or not to order a photo package. They can [also] choose to not order one and go someplace else for formal senior

pictures,” Smith said.

In the meantime, incoming seniors should stay tuned for announcements and emails regarding photo times.

“The first opportunity for seniors to get their portrait taken will be July 24 from 3-8 p.m. There will be a couple of opportunities after that but that’s kind of when we’re trying to get the majority of them taken for the year,” Smith said.

Seniors who wish to have pictures taken on their own need not fret; school senior pictures are entirely separate from personal ones.

“You’ll choose which pose you want to have in the yearbook and it’ll be a little nicer quality than just the ID photos, but then if you choose to get a senior package done with your car in it, your dog in it and your family in it with 47 outfits, you can go wherever you want to. That’ll be a totally separate thing from school that you’ll have the option to do on your own,” Smith said.

Information will be send out this summer for the Class of 2015.

Recent updates in nutritional guidelines have sent rumors flying over what sugary treats will or will not be offered next year. While many of the details are still undecided, students should be prepared for the operating time of the vending machines to change.

As part of a campaign to promote healthier foods and beverages in school, the White House has issued new national guidelines regarding the nutritional content in school food.

However, many of these guidelines pertain to school food only sold during the school day, not after school. As a result, vending machines should still be allowed to open, although time constraints may be imposed.

“I’m going to have to see that the items in the vending machines are meeting the guidelines that our government is laying out for nutrition, and if not, then I’m going to have to probably limit when those are operational,” John Shaughnessy, Principal, said.

This could result in vending machines opening only after school, rather than keeping them on throughout the school day.

However, the machines receive most of their traffic during after school hours anyway, so chances are the financial impact will be minimal.

Nonetheless, a portion of the profit that the vending machines bring in goes into an account

which is used to help pay for a variety of student activities.

“We get a percentage that comes back, and that [goes into] a vending account. I can get some discretion on what I can do with it for our school, but all of it goes back into our school somehow, whether it be to fund a student leadership activity [or] a field trip,” Shaughnessy said.

With the new guidelines coming down, schools around the country are now looking for other ways to bring in extra revenue to replace the money that once came from the sale of school treats.

“All schools nationwide have to follow these guidelines. We just have to supplement the current income [from] candy with certain healthy options,” Shaughnessy said.

Regardless, schools aren’t the only places feeling the impact of the new rules; companies such as Coca-Cola and Pepsi, whose products have been under attack for their unhealthy nutritional content, will have to start to reevaluate their merchandise.

“I think this is forcing vending companies and all the soda companies to create new items to sell because they’re going to be impacted as well. Just take every school out of the mix and that’s going to have an impact,” Shaughnessy said.

The final results of new nutritional guidelines remain to be seen; in the meantime, students should keep an eye out for upcoming changes in school food offerings.

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21% misplaced class rings*

In the hustle and bustle of everyday life and the restlessness of society, it is not uncommon for people to misplace their belongings every once in a while. Sometimes, with a little bit of luck and determination, people can find what they’ve lost. Other times, the outcome is not as fortunate.

ONE MAN’S TRASH Every year a shocking amount of items are left unclaimed in the Welcome Center’s Lost and Found. After finals are over and the semester officially ends, these items are declared unowned and donated.

Col. Mike Berenc said AJFROTC sorts and donates the unclaimed clothing to Cote Brilliante Elementary School in downtown St. Louis. If the clothing is large enough for adults, it is donated to the St. Louis University Emergency Shelter.

“If they’re not going to come claim it, then it can be put to good use by someone who will needs it,” Berenc said.

Over the past year, roughly 36 60-gallon bags of clothing were donated from a combination of lost and found items and those brought in by students and staff.

Physical Education Chair Denise Meyer also collects lost items in the PE locker rooms. At the end of the year, these items are donated to Goodwill or

other donation services.

“We mostly get T-shirts, shorts, shoes and socks, but there have been years where students leave True Religion jeans, Uggs, North Face jackets and winter coats,” Meyer said.

Meyer said she is shocked by the name-brand clothing that is left unclaimed every year. Like the Welcome Center Lost and Found, the Locker Room Lost and Found also donates the clothing to organizations like Goodwill.

The sheer amount of clothing left unclaimed at school leads many to ask why teenagers are so forgetful and easily misplace things.

Berenc said some teenagers do not fully understand the value of the things they own because most of it is easily replaceable for them.

“For some, I think youth doesn’t pay much attention to what they have. The vast majority of kids are just absentminded and don’t remember where they put things,” Berenc said.

19% misplaced sports equipment

RING AROUND Many consider class rings to be an important memento documenting one’s high school experience. Students pay hundreds of dollars to customize their ring to fit them and their interests. However, even with their high costs and sentimental value, these rings are often misplaced.

Senior Tanya Grover misplaced her class ring her junior year while playing in a field hockey tournament at MICDS. “I was about to play in the game and still had my ring on. The referee saw and told me to go put it in my bag,” Grover said.

Grover remembers placing the ring in the side pocket of her backpack, but later that evening when she arrived home it was missing.

“I drove back three times looking for it. I tried to get friends to go with me and literally crawled around the whole field on my hands and knees,” Grover said.

Unable to find the ring, Grover reached out to teammates to see if any of them had picked it up. It turned out that senior Jordan Brewer had the same backpack as Grover.

Grover said, “I just thought that it had fallen out because I didn’t zip it up the en-

WIN SOME, LOSE SOME It is not uncommon for someone to leave sports equipment on the field, court or even in the locker room.

Junior Matthew Waeckerle misplaced his lacrosse jersey on a game day during his sophomore year.

“I took it off in gym while changing and left it on the bench. I didn’t realize I had left it there until toward the end of the day, right before our game” Waeckerle said.

He spent his entire 7th Hour stressing out and asking friends if they had seen his jersey. He finally found it in the Lost and Found.

“Somebody had turned it in which was great because I would have missed the game if

40% misplaced cell phones

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FINDERS KEEPERS “I found a film camera on the beach when I was younger that still had film in it. My family and I unloaded the film and developed it and it had a bunch of really cool pictures. No one came back from the camera, so we just kept it. My family still uses the camera.”

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Although 40 percent seems like a shocking number, School Resource Officer Bernard Widdis said he generally finds at least five or six phones per week.

“People leave their phones plugged into chargers all the time,” Widdis said.

However, what is somewhat frightening about misplacing a cell phone is the consequences that can potentially occur.

Widdis said, “A person’s phone has a lot of information. You have all of your contacts on it, your downloads, favorite websites, personal information and a lot more. It’s not very safe to leave that just lying around.”

On the other hand, if a student takes another’s phone, whether to sell it or simply hiding it “as a joke,” he can be charged with a felony.

“In St. Louis County possession of a stolen

cell phone can be considered a felony. If somebody hides a phone as a joke or doesn’t turn it in and I’ve already taken a police report on it, now that person is looking at a theft charge,” Widdis said.

He stressed the importance of turning in lost items, especially cell phones, as soon as they are found.

“The difference between middle school and high school is that at 17, you can be charged as an adult and have it on the record for the rest of your life,” Widdis said.

Luckily, Widdis admits that the student body is fairly honest and he generally does not deal with a lot of theft situations.

He said students have turned in lost money to him before and he is truly amazed by their honesty.

“I work at the Family Christian Store and we found a birth certificate by the back of our door when we were throwing away boxes. It was just laying against the door. It wasn’t a copy; it was their actual birth certificate because it had the seal on it and everything.”

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I wouldn’t have found it,” he said.

On the other hand, senior Rachel Peipert was not as lucky in finding her lost equipment.

Over Homecoming weekend, someone had broken into her locked locker and took her field hockey cleats.

“It was just so random because I had used those cleats for two years, and they weren’t anything special. I have no idea why someone would want them,” Peipert said.

On top of this, Peipert said other teammates had lost items as well—a pair of shin guards and a mouth guard.

Peipert has still not found her cleats.

tire way. I had another ring and necklace in the same pocket that were there when I got home, so I was so confused about how it fell out, but I accidentally put it in the wrong bag.”

Junior Maddie Seifert also misplaced her class ring when in Chicago for a softball tournament in the summer. Seifert said she was walking to dinner from her hotel when her class ring fell off.

“I didn’t realize it was gone until the next day. I was so worried because Chicago is huge and I could’ve lost it anywhere.”

Luckily, the ring was turned into the hotel’s lost and found, as it had slipped off right in front of her hotel.

Although Grover and Seifert were reunited with her lost ring, others have not been as fortunate.

Junior Alex Cassell accidentally ordered her class ring a size larger than it needed to be. One day while she was throwing her lunch away, the ring slipped off and into the trash can with it.

“I didn’t realize until my next class and started freaking out. I had to look through the entire trash can and I didn’t even find it,” Cassell said.

BURIED TREASURE Under piles of old, unwashed T-shirts, many of the items in the lost and found are actually quite expensive.

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North Face jackets Winter coats Leather jacket Tommy Hilfiger sweatshirt Michael Kors T-shirt True Religion jeans PINK sweatshirt Green dance dress with sequins Tommy Bahama boat shoes Lacrosse helmet

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Following Quisenberry came Haines in 35th place and the rest of the team poured in after.

It went similar for the girls when their turn came around. Nicholson finished fourth overall with a time of 18:33.67. West came in 13th place.

“We train on hills and run a lot of hilly courses so we were very prepared for it,” West said of the extreme conditions of the course.

It wasn’t so smooth sailing though for every girl.

Larson collapsed at the finish line and passed out due to a heat stroke.

“My teammates did everything possible to help me out. They stood by me and made sure I was okay,” Larson said of the experience.

Moments like that are what make the cross country championships memorable she also added.

Nicholson, West and Breiten finished with times to qualify them as All-State runners.

It was hands down an incredible sports moment from this year with not only one team finishing third, but both.

“I am so proud of the team. It’s a solid group of girls,” Larson said.

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BOYS BASKETBALL WINS DISTRICTS/ It is no question that claiming the long awaited District championship was a riveting sports moment from this year.

From the start, the boys had a strong season and Head Coach Scott Allen was assertive with his returning players and their looks during the off season.

“We had a great off season, training wise, and our newcomers fit in nicely with our returners,” Allen said.

After rolling through the season and compiling a record of 22-4, Districts were in their favor.

The boys beat Eureka in the first round 43-36.

Then came the championship game against Parkway South whom they beat earlier in the season by 16.

Although the task seemed simple, the boys know the road isn’t easy.

The Lancers trailed after half time after a back and forth game through two quarters.

After 3 quarters, there was only one quarter left to prove what they worked for all season long. The Lancers lead most of the fourth until a 3-pointer put the Patriots up 49-48.

Junior Zach Steinberg responded with a three of his own. With 6.1 seconds left, Parkway South tied it up again, score knotted at 53 and emotions high.

The clock has .6 seconds left, and senior Adam Witzig gets fouled while driving to the basket.

Witzig heads to the line for a one-and-one and the game potentially in his hands.

Cool and collected, he nails the first one and stepped away from the line. Emotions even higher now as they went up by one.

The Patriots were then called for a technical and the Lancers took the lead 57-53.

The student section stormed the court when the clock ran out.

For junior Cameron Scales, the best part to him was knowing that the seniors will be able to raise a banner their last year at Lafayette.

“The work that went into winning the title this year was incredible,” Scales said.

The Lancers were crowned District champions on top of all their accomplishments that piled up during the season Allen said of his seniors, “They were special.”

After coming in second in Districts three of the past four years, it was more than a relief to finally come out on top.

“Winning a District and Conference is what all teams strive to do. We haven’t won a District Title since 2009 so it was really neat to do it this year,” Allen said.

If the boys learned one thing this season, it was that hard work truly does pay off.

GIRLS VOLLEYBALL GETS 3-PEAT Winning State titles have been something of a routine for Lafayette volleyball the past three years.

On November 9, the girls volleyball team defeated Park Hill South to claim their third straight State title.

With the returning lineup the team had, nothing short of excellence was expected. And being the two

9 WRESTLERS QUALIFY FOR STATE/ RACE TO THE FINISH the girls team lines up at the starting line in Jefferson City on Nov. 9.

Nicholson (far left) came in fourth place overall at State. — photo by Annie Cummings time defending state champions was nothing short of intimidating for their opponents.

“After repeating as State champions, we had two kinds of people after us: people that wanted to beat us and people that doubted us,” senior standout Lily Johnson said.

The Lancers dominated throughout the entire season only losing one game to St. James of Lenexa, Kansas, who was ranked number one in the country

by PrepVolleyball.com.

The girls headed down to Cape Girardeau after defeating St. Joseph Academy in Sectionals to be in pool play with Park Hill South, Ozark and Marquette at State.

The Lancers swept Park Hill South in the first match and their 56 set winning streak was snapped after losing one set to Ozark, but the girls came back strong and went on to sweep Marquette.

This advanced the girls to play in the title game against Park Hill South after going 5-1 in pool play.

Led by Johnson, eight kills and nine digs, the Lancers went out to a 9-2 lead before the Panthers cut it down to three.

After regrouping, the girls went on a 16-3 run to put them one set away from their third State title.

Nerves set in, but they continued their dominance with notable serving by Johnson and senior Maggie Scott.

The Lancers 23-8 run after being down 5-2 early would end the game and history was made.

Johnson said as the girls pulled away to seal the deal, “We still played our hearts out until that very last whistle was blown.”

Not one, not two, but three State championships in a row.

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lege and continue their volleyball careers, she has one message to leave with the rest of the girls: “A lot of pride and responsibility comes with wearing Lafayette across your back. Don’t take a single second of your time playing for this school for granted. It goes by so fast, so make the most of it!” (statistics from of stlhighschoolsports.com)

X-COUNTRY TAKES 3rd AT STATE/ Both the boys and the girls cross country teams found themselves on the podium at State on November 9th.

After the classic 5k run (3.1 miles), both teams finished third in points. It was a close one for the girls though as they were tied in points to Eureka, but Lafayette’s fifth runner was ahead.

The boys sent their entire team, seven runners, and likewise for the girls.

The teams combined consisted of freshman Austin Hindman, sophomores Grace Breiten Alec Haines, Devin Meyrer Sarah Nicholson, Dylan Quisenberry, Ryan Rigabar, Emma Riordan, Anna West, juniors Elise Larson, Josiah McElmurry and seniors Mary Augustin, Katherine Kelly and Tyler Laudeman.

Going into the meet, the girls team was ranked seventh and West admitted, “It was very surprising to come in third going in being ranked seventh.”

The boys had a bit of an edge being ranked in the top four going into State, but with that comes higher expectations.

Both teams were in the midst of very successful post seasons. The boys had won Districts and Sectionals while the girls placed second at Districts and won Sectionals. “ I knew we had a team of very committed guys who wanted to get up on the podium for the second year in a row,” boys Head Coach Sean O’Connor said.

The boys raced first on the hilly course and with a time of 16:09.04, Quisenberry was the first to cross the finish line for LHS. He finished in eighth place.

With a dominant season, it was no question that Lafayette would send wrestlers to compete at State. But what was most impressive was that they sent nine, the second most that Lafayette has ever had qualify.

Head Coach Jonathan Sumner was excited and confident at what his team was capable of doing.

In early January, the team won the All Suburban Conference Tournament which raised expectations a bit more.

This year’s state qualifiers were freshman Caleb Covert, sophomores Tim Bogar, Jordan Carson, Brendan McKenna, Alex Wier, junior Alec Reid and seniors Christian Alexander, Adam Bogar and Brendan Schlote and.

For most, it was not their first rodeo at State, but Sumner said the State tournament brings big surprises, good and bad.

The team was young with five underclassmen to four upperclassmen. Some of the wrestlers that were expected to qualify for State fell short, but there were also guys that stepped up.

The nine wrestlers headed to Columbia, Missouri where they would compete in the Mizzou Arena.

Wrestling began on Feb. 20 at 5 p.m. after routine weigh ins.

The boys felt the wrath of the first round as Wier advanced to the quarterfinals and the rest headed to consolation.

The next day, however; they came out strong and six of the wrestlers retaliated to keep their hopes alive of medaling.

Four of the wrestlers were one win away from being in the top six, medaling and becoming an All State wrestler. They were Tim and Adam Bogar, McKenna and Wier.

Although they were one match away from being top six, top eight in the State is something to be proud of.

The wrestlers that lost in the second round of consolation became top 12 in the state who were Alexander and Carson.

“Overall it was a good season, but we have higher hopes for a bigger and better finish next season,” Sumner said.

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Baseball

The varsity baseball team has had productive numbers all season, receiving positive contributions from all different areas.

Defense has been a surplus for Lafayette, making the plays when needed.

On the offensive side of the field, senior Peter Williams has had his eye on the ball hitting an impressive .380. Williams has added to the team’s success even more by knocking in 14 RBI’s. To combine with Williams’s effort, senior Cole DuPont has provided the necessary offense needed in order to pad the core of the lineup. Another stand out performer has been senior Zach Ruckman, collecting 16 RBIs. The Lancers have lost only four of their games by one run, just barely coming up short.

Reflecting on his team’s recent success, Coach Scott DeNoyer said, “We want to win it all and will have to stick together and work hard so we are at a peak performance heading into the playoffs.”

They’ve had many interesting match ups so far this season. They split with Parkway South, who has only lost two games all season.

Also, they defeated Conference rival Eureka in a close 6-5 game.

Their efforts should lead them in a good route as the postseason approaches.

Ruckman said, “Our main goal this season is to win districts.”

Once this season is completed, with seniors like DuPont and Ruckman leaving, the Lancers will look to younger players to fill their absent shoes.

Ruckman said, “Jack McClure is looking pretty good and will be good next season, and catcher Ethan Lichvar and pitcher Tyler McMurry look good, too.”

Boys Golf

The boys golf team has had the pleasure of looking back on an impressive season. Sending five golfers to Districts. The squad has been led by golfers who played junior varsity last season, like sophomore Riley Katsev, junior Conrad Maloney and senior Zach Tullock.

Junior Dillon Eaton said, “We had a lot of guys step up this year that we didn’t necessarily expect to.”

That’s not to overshadow the hard work given by seniors Jay Lee and Michael Kanan, who have stayed up there in performance the whole year.

This season has had some quality moments, like the team taking first in the Pattonville Pirate Open thanks to the play of senior Jabarri Quarles.

Understanding what to improve on and who to look out for next season is a big must for the Lancers.

Eaton said, “We should be a strong team next year with guys like junior Brendan Cullimore getting

back to form,” Keep an eye out for this group of golfers next year, as it is looking like they will continue to improve.

Girls Lacrosse

With an impressive 12-3 record in their hands, the Lady Lancers lacrosse team aims to close out the season just as well as they started it.

The team has been a part of several blowouts, giving teams like Marquette and Kirkwood a run for their money.

They’ve also been a part of several close match ups, including tough victories against Westminster and St. Joseph’s, winning them 10-9 and 9-8, respectively.

Coach Carrie Guenzler said, “Maria Johnson (sophomore) definitely has the most goals. Shelby Foley (senior) is up there with her. We’ve also got some great defenders in the backfield like Kate Pennington. (senior)” One of the keys to improving on a previous season is changing up the play style, and for the Lady Lancers, it was no different.

Guenzler said, “We’ve implemented a new type of defense and it’s worked well for us so far.”

She also noted that this style had sort of a wild card mechanic to it. “It was going to be either terrible or completely genius, so luckily it ended up being the second one,” she said.

Regarding playoffs, the team hopes to seed well, given their record.

Guenzler said, “I’m pretty confident that we’ll seed top 10, but I would really love to get top 5.”

Girls Soccer

Composing a solid 8-3 record, the girls soccer team has stayed competitive throughout the season and hopes to remain that way into the playoffs.

The squad has faced numerous challenges along the way, like the close 3-2 overtime loss against Marquette mid-season, but they’ve also experienced several moments of greatness, crushing Hazelwood West 5-1 the very next day.

The Lancers would not be where they’re at without contributions from key people. Juniors Jordan Wipke and Taylor Schneider have definitely been the most consistent players, both of them ranking up outstanding stats.

Despite their success this spring, the post-season won’t be particularly easy for the Lancers.

Head Coach Tim Walters said, “It will be a tough District.”

Regardless of how they perform in the playoffs, the team is also looking ahead to next year and returning a talented squad.

“Luckily, we’re only going to lose two starters next year,” Walters said.

Boys Tennis

The varsity boys tennis season has been captivating as the squad has faced many tough groups.

Head coach Mark McAllister said, “Our most significant matches of the season have been vs. CBC and Parkway West, beating them 5-4.

Looking back on everyone’s contributions that made this success possible, McAllister said, “Our biggest individual wins of the year are tough to point to.

Each player has had big wins at their respective singles and doubles positions. Tennis matches are made up of individual events that add up to a team score.

Each player has contributed well.”

With the end of the season looming, playoff chances and seeding will play out.

During the end of May, the club will hopefully travel to Springfield to participate in the Final Four.

Before that, they have to perform in Districts and Sectionals in order to advance.

The team has put in the work, trying to correct some of their flaws from last season, along with attempting to build a deep roster.

McAllister said, “We have a good number of players who have made great strides in taking their game to the next level since last year. It has helped us have more depth as a squad and depth in tennis is what wins you matches, not having one or two USTA highly ranked players.”

Next season they plan on going deep into the postseason again. Sophomores Colton Masewhich and Ian Berilla will be critical for future success down the line.

Boys Track & Field

After back-to back wins in Conference and Districts the past two years, the boys track and field team aims for a chance to send its strongest athletes to State.

The team has performed well. Successful moments as a group include placing 1st in the Lindbergh, Henle Holmes and Ladue Invitationals, as well as placing 3rd during their opening meet in Festus.

The Lancers are making noise across the state.

Sophomore Dylan Quisenberry broke the Lafayette school record in the mile that has stood since 1990, while senior Eric Yarbrough is dominating in the 100-meter.

The discus and shot put competitors been performing tremendously.

Throwers like freshman Brendan Scales have been the ambassadors for the squad.

Coach Tom Beckmeyer believes getting deep shouldn’t be too much of a challenge for Scales, saying, “He should probably make it back to State this year.”

Luckily, the team will only be missing one senior going into next season, which means more underclassmen to come back and compete.

Beckmeyer said, “Besides Scales, obviously, Chase Behrndt (sophomore), Dan Wagganer (sophomore) and Drake Dunker (junior) will all be impact performers next year.”

One of the best ways to compete on a successful level in a season is to plan far ahead.

Head Coach Matt Warren said, “We want to recruit as many athletes from around the school as we can to be a part of our tradition. Track can be a great building block for all sports. We hope to build athletes while setting personal and team goals and seeing those improvements and accomplishments.”

Girls Track & Field

This season has been nothing but solid for the Lady Lancers varsity track team. Sitting atop their Conference, the good effort put up by all members of the team is what has got them to where they are today.

Junior Chelsie Hopgood said, “We’ve had a really good season so far. We’re really coming together as a team.”

It’s always important for teams to think about what to improve on and they can do that long before the next season.

This holds true for the Lady Lancers.

“Ebony Hopkins is a sprinter. She does the 200 meter and 400 meter. She’s currently trying to break the school record. Catherine Kelly has also done really well with discus,” Hopgood said.

Boys Volleyball

Coming off their State Championship from last year, the varsity boys volleyball team is back at it, paralleling their strong play from last year.

Competition has been tough, but they’ve maintained a record of 17-3 with their hard work. This has resulted in big victories over foes, defeating the Marquette Mustangs and Eureka Wildcats. Their three losses have been against private schools like DeSmet and St. Louis University High School.

With highlight plays and performances all season, the chemistry of the team has been great and allowed them to really work together.

Senior Mike Chard said, “Coach has been telling us we’re all equal. And honestly, we really are.”

The playoffs are approaching and the Lancers will need to gear up for Districts. Victory in Districts will give them experience as they move further into Conference, then hopefully State.

At the beginning of this season, the loss of key senior players was an obstacle to overcome, but Chard believes this isn’t a problem anymore, saying, “We’ve pretty much found replacements for everyone that we lost,” he said.

Water Polo

Expectations were hopeful coming into the beginning of the season for varsity water polo. In their first 10 matches they outplayed their opponents and raced out to a 7-3 record.

However, with a difficult schedule midway through the season, the Lancers experienced difficulties winning games.

Junior Bryan Olds said, “For what we were expecting, we’ve done a lot better. We’ve lost a lot of seniors from last year, so we knew it would be difficult.”

When they’ve lost this season, it’s been against difficult competition, like Parkway West and SLUH. With the playoffs approaching, the Lancers will need to maintain a .500 record or better if they want a chance at seeding well.

Big contributions will be needed from junior Rastko Stojsin and senior Candace Vorbeck in order to do well in the postseason.

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“There’s 104 days of summer vaction, and school comes along just to end it, so the annual problem for our generation is finding a good way to spend it. Like maybe...” -Phineas and Ferb

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Shakespeare in the Park:

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Picnic in the Park:

Shakespeare Festival St. Louis (SFSTL) is a Theatre Company that started in 1997 and has run solely on money donated by people and Missouri run organizations all for the betterment of the community.

Shakespeare in the Park is a free festival that SFSTL started in 2003 and has been going strong ever since. It is housed in Forest Park.

SFSTL has received numerous awards including “Best Theatre Company,” “Most Innovative Arts Organization” and “Exemplary Community Achievement” from the Missouri Humanities Council, making it a leader in Missouri art and culture.

At this year’s Shakespeare in the Park, SFSTL will perform Henry IV and Henry V from May 17 until

Castlewood is one of Missouri’s many state parks.

Located in Ballwin near Manchester Road, it’s the perfect spot to visit on a summer afternoon.

The park offers activities including hiking, biking, horseback riding, fishing, boating and swimming, along with playgrounds and picnic areas.

If you’re looking to bike or hike, they have a wide variety of trails (listed below). Their trails are located along the Meramec River which has designated swimming areas.

The gates to the park grounds are open from 7 a.m. until one-half hour after sunset, year round. For more information on the park and park rules visit http:// mostateparks.com/park/castlewood-state-park.

The Muny:

Hiking Trails: • • • • • • • •

Al Foster Trail 5 mi.

Castlewood Loop 2.25 mi.

Cedar Bluff Loop 2.25 mi.

Chubb Trail 6.5 mi.

Grotpeter Trail 6.5 mi.

Lone Wolf Trail 1.5 mi.

River Scene Trail 3.25 mi.

Stinging Nettle Trail 2.5 mi

Fair Saint Louis:

Every year, Fair Saint Louis is a festival hosted to celebrate the birth of St. Louis.

In the past, the fair has been hosted under the Arch, but due to construction, it will be hosted in Forest Park this year.

The fair begins on July 3 at 5 p.m. and stretches until the evening of July 5.

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River Scene Trail is easily accessed by Keifer Creek Road. The trail is 3.25 mi. — photo by Madison Kesselring It is a free event featuring many concerts, a parade and a Family Fun Run. Bands include Smash Band, The Band Perry, Gavin DeGraw, Matt Nathanson and Mary Lambert, Bonnie Raitt, Musiq Soulchild, Capital Cities, The Neighbourhood and The Fray.

Check out the official website for more details: http://www.fairsaintlouis.org/.

“Meet me at the Muny!”

Forest Park is home to America’s oldest and largest outdoor musical theatre. Their productions are put together by creative teams that are mostly local directors, music directors, and choreographers.

Their actors are also hired locally and many shows include students from surrounding high schools.

The 2014 summer season includes: Billy Elliot from June 16-22, Tarzan from June 25-July 2, The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess from July 7-13, The Addams Family from July 14-20, Seussical from July 22-28, Grease from July 31-August 8 and Hello Dolly from August 11-17.

Their arena offers tickets as low as $14, but they also have a section of approximately 1,500 free seats.

The theatre opens at 7 p.m. on the day of each show. Free seats often fill up quickly, so get there early.

Before you get dressed, remember to check the weather. Attire can be casual unless you have a more expensive ticket.

The Muny is located on Theatre Dr. in Forest Park.

June 15 on various nights beginning at 8 p.m.

Reserved seats are distributed on a first come, first serve basis, so plan your visit as soon as possible. If you arrive without reservations, they have lawn chairs that are available to rent, or you can bring your own. They also allow visitors to bring their own food. In order to reserve seats, you can go to www.sfstl.com.

Their website includes information about other performances SFSTL will host and a full schedule of Shakespeare in the Park for this year.

Shakespeare in the park will be hosted near the St. Louis Art Museum on Fine Arts Drive, Forest Park, St. Louis.

Purina Farms:

The Pro Plan Performance Animal Teams are housed and trained by professionals at Purina Farms. The center offers many activities for all ages as well as periodic animal shows.

The Visitor Center is open to the public Tuesday through Sunday from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. with reservations.

A visit includes the “Incredible Dog Arena” where the dog teams demonstrate their skills, the Barn and Play area where the domestic farm animals live and a small theatre for performances, interactive games and presentations.

They also offer smaller attractions for people of all ages: wagon rides, cow-milking demonstrations, baby animal petting area and an animal barn with hayloft area.

Reservations can be made by calling the farm at 314-982-3232, and for more information on special events and other attractions visit www.purinafarms.com.

Purina Farms is located off Hwy. MM at 200 Checkerboard Dr. in Gray Summit, MO.

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Picks of the Month

Book: The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time is an amazing mystery novel. It follows Christopher John Francis Boone, a 15-year-old who deems himself a “mathematician with some behavioral difficulties” in a murder investigation of his neighbor’s dog.

The author alludes to the probability of Christopher having a mental disorder, most likely Asperger’s Syndrome or a form of autism. But author Mark Haddon in various interviews says that the book is not about autism or mental illnesses, but rather about being an outsider and not feeling a sense of belonging.

Christopher finds his neighbor’s dog killed with a garden fork, otherwise known as a pitchfork and he is initially blamed for the murder. To protect his reputation, Christopher begins a quest to find the real murderer.

But Christopher’s journey leads him down a different path; Christopher learns some deep, dark secrets about his parents’ marriage.

Brilliantly written and portrayed, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time is a great book for summer reading.—Jennifer Butler

The Image staffers give their entertainment picks for the month of May.

App: Shopkick Shopkick is a free app that helps savvy shoppers save money. The app rewards shoppers for visiting stores, scanning items, or making a purchase. It also provides you with the latest discounts and deals. This app is extremely user-friendly. To begin enjoying the perks, one must download the app, then open it up whenever they enter a store. Shopkick then gives you reward points.

These points really add up over time; especially if you are a shopaholic. The points you receive are called “kicks” and you can redeem them for real gift cards to your favorite stores. This app offers a simple way to build up rewards and eventually save a few bucks; It is a must-download.—Jordan McDonnell

Album: Ghost Stories

After a three-year hiatus, Coldplay’s newest album Ghost Stories will be debuting on May 19th, adding a unique twist to their iconic alternative-rock feel. With songs Magic, Midnight and A Sky Full of Stars in their sixth album already open for the public, avid Coldplay listeners and alternative rock junkies alike can get a taste for their newest hits. The seven songs in the album are said to be revolved around the split between lead vocalist Chris Martin and wife Gwyneth Paltrow. To promote the album, Coldplay is doing a tour in six different locations throughout April and July. With it’s classic alternative sound and impressive vocals, Coldplay’s newest edition to their collection of music will not disappoint.—Alaina Strollo

Video Game: Watch_Dogs

On May 27, Ubisoft will release their highly anticipated hacking adventure, Watchdogs. The game will follow the story of Aiden Pierce, a vigilante fighting in a future version of Chicago, which is now completely controlled by a computer system. Pierce can use his skills as a hacker to transform the city by using his smartphone, and change it to benefit him.

From the ability to make a red light turn green to turning off the power for an entire district of Chicago, players can look forward to causing a little mayhem to help the greater good. Players will also have the ability to enter into other people’s single player games secretly, and steal valuable data and information from other gamers.—Garrett McBay

TV Show: 24: Live Another Day

The new series 24: Live Another Day is a continuation of the hit show 24, which was cancelled in 2010. Fans of the popular action series will be pleased to hear that the show is coming back but with a slightly different approach. The series still revolves around agents working for a counter terrorist unit, but it will be set in London. Some plot changes have taken place since the close of show in 2010; Jack is still a fugitive on the run. However, some characters , like Chloe, have evolved since the series’ ending, turning against the government and now being pitted against Jack. Producers said even those who have never seen 24 can still watch 24: Live Another Day without getting too confused.—Delaney Eyermann

May Lit Link Crossword *turn in your completed crossword on the stage at lunch for prizes*

ACROSS 3 courteous; suave; polished 7 virtue, integrity 11 biting, bitter in tone or taste 12 stubbornly persistent 14 depravity, moral corruption 16 to proclaim or make known 17 unformed or formless, in a beginning stage 18 characterized by rapid change 19 extremely bitter or caustic; sharp and bitter

DOWN 1 gaudy and cheap 2 loud; noisy 4 an omen 5 flowery; ornate 6 hostile 8 will; conscious choice 9 domination over others 10 diversified or distinctly marked 12 a strong inclination toward something 13 believing that oneself is all that exists 15 enthusiastically devoted to something, fervent

Word Bank: tawdry, urbane, vitriolic, acerbic, florid, hegemony, inchoate, inimical, mercurial, pertinacious, portent, probity, proclivity, promulgate, solipsistic, turpitude, variegated, vociferous, volition, zealous

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Summer Flicks

To save time and money from bad movies, we’ve compiled a few must-see films coming out in theaters for the next few months.

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A Million Ways to Die in the West The creator of comedy movie Ted and TV show Family Guy is at it again.

Seth MacFarlane wrote and will star in A Million Ways to Die in the West, a comedy based in 1882 Arizona.

MacFarlane stars as Albert, a cowardly sheep farmer who loses his girlfriend Louise, played by Amanda Seyfried, after backing down from a shoot-out duel.

Broken-hearted, he meets Anna, played

by Charlize Theron, and quickly falls for her. He gains courage, maybe enough to go up against her criminal husband, Clinch played by Liam Neeson.

MacFarlane shows his skills in writing, acting and directing with this film, bringing comedy to the West.

MacFarlane broke into filmography

in 2012 with Ted, a movie he directed, cowrote and starred in with Mark Wahlberg and Mila Kunis as the voice of Ted. Before the movies, MacFarlane had been writing and voicing some of the characters in Family Guy, American Dad, and The Cleveland Show.

It will be interesting to see his actual acting skills and to see his face on screen, not just his voice and his directing.

MacFarlane also transformed the movie into a book that was published March 4, while they were finishing the filming of A Million Ways to Die in the West.

The film comes out on May 30.

It is sure to be a success with the combined work of the actors and MacFarlane as director.

Upcoming Release Dates

May 9 •Legends of Oz: Dorothy’s Return •Mom’s Night Out •Neighbors May 16 •Godzilla •Million Dollar Arm May 23 •Blended •Chef •X-Men: Days of Future Past

The Fault in Our Stars From the captivating book that’s taken the teenage population by storm, The Fault in Our Stars will be released in theaters on June 6.

It is adapted from the New York Times bestseller by John Green, famous for his writing and his Youtube channel, “Crash Course,” used by students to help study for history or literature classes.

His initial relation to helping teenagers has definitely benefitted him in the success of his books, like An Abundance of Katherines, Looking For Alaska, Paper Towns and, of course, The Fault in Our Stars.

Shailene Woodley is cast as cancer-ridden teen Hazel Grace Lancaster, restricted by her oxygen tanks and tubes running into her nose.

She goes to her weekly support group

and meets Augustus Waters, another teenager in remission with a prosthetic leg. He falls for her and teaches Hazel Grace that it is truly a wonderful life.

Woodley was also the star in Divergent, another adaptation of a teen novel, as Tris Prior.

Ansel Elgort is an Australian actor making his way onto the big screen.

He was Tommy Ross in the recent adaptation of Carrie and Caleb Prior in Divergent alongside Woodley.

So far, both their performances have helped hype The Fault in Our Stars up.

The plot is a generally sad and cynical one, but, like My Sister’s Keeper, it shows teenage cancer as it truly is and provides an insight to happiness even knowing that it won’t last forever.

May 30 •Maleficent June 6 •Edge of Tomorrow June 13 •How to Train Your Dragon 2 June 20 •Jersey Boys •Think Like A Man Too June 27 •Transformers: Age of Extinction July 2 •Deliver Us from Evil

22 Jump Street

While the summer starts for us, it is just ending for officers Greg Jenko and Morton Schmidt.

The officers went undercover as high schoolers and busted a drug deal that could’ve caused the drug to be spread throughout the country. And now they’re back to do it again.

After being relocated across the street to 22 Jump St., Jenko and Schmidt have another assignment from Captain Dickson.

Channing Tatum and Jonah Hill return in the sequel of 21 Jump Street, which comes out on June 13.

21 Jump Street had the same basic plot of Tatum and Hill going back to school for a drug bust in 2012; really the only difference is that instead of going to a high school, they’re heading off to a college.

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They need to find another drug dealer and stop the drug from moving past the school into the rest of the world.

What’s really interesting is that the movie and the sequel are based off of a crime TV show in 1984. One of the original cast members was Johnny Depp, who appeared briefly in the first movie.

Returning actors include: Dave Franco as Eric Molson, Nick Offerman as Deputy Chief Hardy and Ice Cube as Captain Dickson.

New members of the cast will be Peter Stormare as Big Meat and Wyatt Russel as “Zook.”

With more laughs and more of the dynamic with Tatum and Hill, people who loved 21 Jump Street will not want to miss the follow-up movie.

July 11 •Dawn of the Planet of the Apes July 18 •The Purge: Anarchy July 25 •Hercules •Step Up All In- July 25 Aug. 1 •Guardians of the Galaxy Aug. 15 •The Giver