Nov 18, 2016

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Great American Smokeout

Nov. 17 was the American Cancer Society’s 35th event to encouraging people kick the habit.

Holiday Hassle

Seeing Purple

The holiday season can be challenging for students, staff dealing with divorce and making time for all family members equally.

The Lancer community has come together in mourning the loss of junior Lawrence Strawbridge and working to “Bridge the Gap.” See Page 10

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Nov. 18, 2016 [Volume 48, Number 3]

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Let’s not do this again, all right?

It’s official. In January of 2017, Donald J. Trump will be our new president. This campaign has been what some might call the most iconic presidential race in history.

Two of the most hated candidates in American history ran for president, and one of them was elected in a late-night, down-to-the wire vote.

And, through Hilary Clinton won the popular vote, Trump turned more states red and shifted the balance of the Electoral College in his favor.

This election has created a significant divide, leading people to make decisions based solely on party affiliation.

Many real issues that America is faced with today are being divided between political parties. If you’re Republican you look at it this way, if you’re a Democrat you look at it the other way.

Take, for example, climate change.

Whether we believe it exists or not, America has divided it among political parties in this election.

Trump claims it doesn’t exist, and Clinton believes we should create more

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regulations to create less fossil fuels.

These views are completely opposite of each other, leading to a complete divide between parties.

Topics such as gun control, abortion and economic views are obviously viewed differently on both sides. But, this election, from the kick off of primary season through the election on Nov. 8 became more about the people than the issues.

Each side spent the majority of its time trying to discredit the other candidate rather than addressing the real issues.

This race to the White House wasn’t about who we genuinely wanted to elect as president. People were selecting who they thought the lesser of two evils.

There was too much conflict and controversy on both sides for this election to be tame.

The candidates were polar opposites, disagreeing on everything the other had to say.

The debates did nothing except provide entertainment. People who were genuinely undecided on who to vote for basically had to draw a name

out of a hat, hoping the one they picked would be better than the other.

Many die-hard Trump and Clinton fans have such hatred for the other side, they’ve created a divide that’s gone way beyond politics.

Snide, unnecessary and just flat out dumb comments from both the parties (supporters and nominees) is what created such controversy.

And now we are left with a country more divided than ever. Party versus party has led to neighbor versus neighbor.

The real issue now will be how to heal that divide and work together toward building a stronger country.

Is it possible that the next four years will just be more smack talk and little action? We hope not.

More importantly, as a nation, can we agree to not do this again?

Sure it was fun to watch, but in the end, what will the fate of our divided nation be?

Our generation needs to make sure the next presidential election looks very different from this latest fiasco. Both in the choices and the tone.

Start off your Thanksgiving day right with a 5K! This year’s annual Turkey Trot will start in the Chesterfield Amphitheater. Don’t forget to sign up online.

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Steinberg Ice Skating Rink in Forest Park opens to the public on Nov 23. Grab some friends and skate on the legendary ice that is Steinberg.

Also on Thanksgiving day, the annual Ameren Missouri Thanksgiving Day parade will be kicking off the Christmas season with celebratory floats and displays.

St. Louis sweetheart Andy Cohen is coming to the Skip Viragh Center at Chaminade College Prep thanks to Left Bank Books to discuss his new book Superficial.

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& Gripes Stars: Nintendo announced their new console “Switch,” with its brand new feature: no stupid motion controls. About time.

One of President Barack Obama’s final acts in office?

Announcing his favorite rappers. Kendrick Lamar, Chance the Rapper, Drake and Jay-Z all made the list.

The McGriddle made it onto the all day menu at Mickey D’s, now we can wake up at 4 p.m and feel okay about it.

Thanksgiving! Be sure to make some room in your fridge for all those leftovers.

Gripes: Twitter recently announced they would be shutting down their popular app, Vine. Your six seconds are up, Viners.

The Cardinals can’t make it into the World Series, but still manage to drop $2 million on a new expansion, humph. Still cool though.

Starbucks, after being the center of attack last year, changed their holiday cups to green this year to not offend anyone. We’re talking cups, people, calm down.

The new MacBook Pro will no longer have support for normal USB, which is dumb. But that touchscreen is really cool.

Bad Christmas movies are just around the corner, so get your Rudolph onsie ready because Bad Santa 2 is coming for you!

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Using cancer for marketing is flat out evil I’ll start out with this: breast cancer is a big deal.

Cancer, is a big deal. Raising money for research and support is critically important for wiping out this tragic disease.

Promising donations to cancer research and sporting cute little logos on products to “support” the cause solely for marketing is just evil.

Companies all over the world are slapping pink logos on things throughout the month of October to support breast cancer, while at the same time are often flat out lying to the public.

Typically, your money spent on whatever product will go to charity, but too often are there companies who will put only set amounts of money out for donation instead of all the money received.

According to Think Before You Pink, in 2010 Reebok marketed a line of shoes flashing that famous pink

ribbon, promising to donate all funds to Avon Breast Cancer Crusade.

The footwear cost $50 to $100, but Reebok planned a set donation of $750,000 for the foundation even before the campaign began.

So even if the campaign sold millions of shoes, Reebok would still only donate that set amount.

This action is nothing but marketing. Marketing is fine, but using breast cancer as a tool for marketing? Ridiculous.

Using the pain of cancer victims and generosity of those willing to give to the cure for it all just for some quick cash is simply immoral.

Even while companies are making bank off of the pain of others, some other ones are “pinkwashing” products to the public.

Pinkwashing is a term used when a company or organization that claims to care about breast cancer by promoting a pink ribbon product,

but at the same time produces, manufactures and/or sells products that are linked to the disease.

So for example, in 2011, Susan G Komen released a perfume that contained clinically proven chemicals that lead to cancer.

I’m going to assume this wasn’t intentional, but don’t you think just a bit of research should’ve been done beforehand?

It’d be like Michelle Obama’s “Let’s Move!” program releasing a cheeseburger to the public to support healthy eating.

Taking whatever product you sell and slapping a pink ribbon on it, or simply making the entire product pink, then not donating a single dime to breast cancer research is simply evil.

Huge companies need to think about the loads of people they could save with where they put some pennies.

If there’s any artist I’ve sang along to the most over the last year or so, Jeff Rosenstock has got to be up there (rivaling with They Might be Giants, of course.)

Rosenstock’s last album We Cool? combined elements of indie, punk and (I use the term very loosely) poppunk into one of my favorite releases last year.

Now, his newest album is out and Worry is all I hoped for.

All those sensibilities and feelings combined into another sing a long record.

A soft piano rings in the album with “We Begged 2 Explode,” a ballad singing about “all those magic moments” slowly fading through life.

Though sort of a bummer topic, the song builds into a very predictable Rosenstock scream-y song.

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Instead of slapping a simple pink ribbon on your latest product, show some real respect and love to the victims of cancer.

This is a huge topic at hand and is nothing to make mistakes with.

Too many people have died due to this stupid disease and major companies shouldn’t be mooching off of it for money.

Put some more thought into where your money is going and what it’ll do, this is a huge issue we’ve got on our hands.

Rockwood education provides opportunity Growing up in Mississippi, football was a big part of the high school routine.

The whole school revolved around the boys on the team and the whole week was anticipation for the Friday night game.

During season, there was a pep rally every Friday morning and it lasted around an hour and a half, sometimes two hours.

That takes up a lot of time for educating students once you add up a game every Friday for a whole season.

So, moving to the Rockwood district in the middle of my freshman year was sort of a rude awakening.

School got intense suddenly.

There was less focus on athletics and more focus on the actual student development.

Even the academics that seemed to be easy freshman level classes were more focused on the overall idea of development and building on new ideas each lesson.

Seeing that Rockwood’s

graduation rate of 96.4 percent is substantially higher than the previous district I lived in, where their graduation rate is around 86 percent.

These numbers have a 10 percentile difference, which may not seem like a big deal, but in the large scheme of things it makes a difference in student success after high school life.

Educators and administrators in this district have a great passion and are highly educated, which I applaud.

I think very highly of my quality of education and I think it is important that if students are going to bust their butts day and night to study, teachers should be carrying passion for what they teach.

Sadly, it's not only schools in the South that don’t have the same quality of education we get in Rockwood.

Schools located not even within an hour’s drive from Lafayette have insufficient funds and lower standards for education and

graduation. The reality of it is not all schools are provided with the same type of funding schools in the Rockwood district are.

Rockwood has the budget to provide students with the latest technology and up-to-date facilities.

While this is great for students living in the Rockwood School District, students living in St. Louis City or more rural areas aren’t as fortunate to receive the same amenities as us.

Not only is our curriculum strong, our athletics and clubs are widely available.

Lafayette alone has 42 sports offered (boys and girls teams counted as one each). In addition, there are over 65 different clubs for students.

Providing students more opportunity to connect and grow for their future after high school.

I am grateful for the quality education I am receiving no matter how much I may complain about “too much homework” sometimes.

Worry is another great entry to Jeff Rosenstock’s line of work Jack Deubner opinions editor

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Though predictable, the song is rewarding in both aspects with how catchy it is and it’s lyrical aspects.

The album from there on out sort of ditches the idea of having a build up into a fun punk chorus, settling on either a slower song or a straight head-banging tune.

Songs like “Wave Goodnight to Me,” “Hellhole,” and “Festival Song” are all subject to this.

Rosenstock even jokingly claims “Festival Song” as the song of the American dorm room, which it hits dead on.

The lyrics on this album touch topics like self-deprecation, growing older in life, perfection and, of course, love.

You can feel Rosenstock’s raw emotion throughout this entire album, that’s something that I admire in musicians.

Rosenstock combines these hard hitting elements of lyricism and depression into a roller coaster of emotions that Worry takes you on,

song to song.

Lyrics like “It’s not like the love that they showed us on TV. It’s a home that can burn. It’s a limb to freeze” amongst others show Rosenstock’s inner personality, not this rock and roll ego that I’ve seen way too much over the years.

His feelings shine bright throughout the album, allowing the listeners to share his sad emotions but while still having a good time.

The meaning and emotion behind Worry combined with it’s clever and catchy song writing elements make it the great record that it is.

These songs aren’t your typical four-chord songs either.

Combining interesting song structures, clever and meaningful lyrics, Worry makes a huge statement for the other bands attempting to do the same thing (see also: Modern Baseball.)

If you’re a fan of early Weezer, or just rock oriented power-pop in general, this album is for you.

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It’s not anything revolutionary, I know that and I think Rosenstock himself knows that.

But, this album will serve as something you can blare out the windows while driving with some friends or just crave that need you’ve had since you listened to Pinkerton.

Worry is so far a pinnacle release for me throughout all of 2016, blowing out all the other rock records I’ve listened this year (except for maybe Blackstar, sorry Jeff.)

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Lafayette mascot fails to make a return in recent years

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“This allows Louie to have more fun with his job,” Tinucci said in a 1992 interview with the Legend.

Until the last couple years, Louie was a very prominent part of Lafayette athletics.

In fact, the ‘Superfan Section’ was once called ‘Louie’s Crew’ and the mascot let the student cheer section.

During his senior year, Class of 2006 graduate Bryant VanderWeerd was Louie.

Although he did not have to keep his identity secret, like in Tinucci originally entailed, he chose to.

“It was something fun, like a little secret I had that only a few people knew about. The hardest part was that I was also in marching band. I had to miss playing the Friday night football games because I had to dress up as Louie. People in band kept asking where I was, and word got around that I was probably Louie. I denied it up and down. Didn’t want to ruin the secret,” VanderWeerd said.

Although subtle details about Louie have changed through the year, the original intent of Louie’s position in school spirit has continued long after Louie was first instituted in Lafayette.

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It wasn’t until the 19th century that it became associated with live animals.

Sports teams used them to entertain spectators and strike fear in their opponents.

Large plush costumes that we associate with school mascots came about with the invention of The Muppets in the late 1960s.

Lafayette’s mascot, Louie the Lancer, has gone through many transitions since it was first introduced in the 90s to present day, where he is currently zipped up in a duffle bag in a storage closet.

In 1992, Louie the Lancer was first introduced at the Homecoming Pep Assembly by Karin Tinucci, senior, with the purpose of promoting school spirit.

When performing, Louie had to follow a very strict code.

He could not talk, do obscene gestures, or show more affection than hugs or handshakes. In addition, Louie

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“I got to put on a costume and act like a fool in front of the whole school!

Everyone was happy to see me. High fives, hugs, people calling my name. I was a big part of every football game, every pep rally, school assembly, pride day, Homecoming Week. It really allowed me to get creative and figure out ways to pump up the crowd,” VanderWeerd said.

“It was basically a blank check to be a big part of school spirit.”

Louie the Lancer was a prominent figure within the community, and his identity has been a source of fascination among students.

In fact, in 2013, Louie played a mojor role in the Academic Pep Assembly, but that has changed.

In the last two years, Louie has been scarcely seen. So, where’s Louie?

The position as Louie has been up for grabs since the second week of football last fall. Why haven’t we had a mascot?

Activities Director Steve Berry provided two reasons why.

“The student who volunteered to do it last year was not well received by the high school students and/or younger kids who attended the game and the student volunteer chose to not do it any longer,” Berry said.

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Nov. 18, 2016

Warm Welcome to Winter Wishes Student Council finds new way to bring holiday cheer Emily DiCarlo reporter The holidays are a time for family gatherings, winter decorations and for some people, piles of gifts stacked to the ceiling.

In the spirit of giving, Student Council (STUCO) is hoping to initiate a new program to help put a sparkle in some Lancer eyes this winter season.

The new program, Winter Wishes, is a plan to grant various wishes that students submit.

Senior Kennedy Plant, STUCO executive board member, came up with the idea after hearing of it from her friend in Las Vegas, where the program is in place at schools there.

Winter Wishes will kick-off Dec. 4, when students can begin to make their wishes.

“The goal is to grant 20 wishes a day over a five day period, so the goal is a hundred wishes,” STUCO sponsor David Choate said.

Students hoping to have a wish granted can tweet STUCO to reach them or fill out a wish slip at lunch in the Commons.

STUCO members will provide slips of paper that students can fill out with their wish on.

Various things that people have wished for in the past include candy, a bouquet of flowers and Starbucks coffee. These, among other things, are wishes the program hopes to grant, “if we can make it happen,” Choate said.

Plant described some of the examples of wishes from the schools that already have the program.

“Some of the examples I’ve seen [are] they

could ask for like flowers, or something funny I saw was somebody wanted Justin Bieber to come sing to them and so, in Las Vegas...at that school, they had somebody dress up and start singing to the class and it was just really funny,” Plant said.

This program doesn’t raise money for any organization, so there is no fee for students to make a wish.

“We will fund whatever we need to buy whatever people are wishing for. You don’t need to pay to wish for something,” Plant said.

Plant said the focus in this project is to bring awareness among students for sharing love and kindness during the holiday season.

For some students it could be the highlight of their day to receive a gift from a fellow student.

For many years now STUCO has also hosted the Adopt-a-Family program during the holiday season and that program will continue this school year.

“In the Rockwood area there’s obviously families who are in need and we have an opportunity to go to Target and we get a list of the members of the family and their sizes and some of their interests and how old they are and we can buy whatever they want on the list,” Plant said.

STUCO members do the shopping and then wrap the gifts for the family members.

Plant added, “It’s a good opportunity to give back to the people in our school district that don’t have whatever they need and when they wake up on whatever holiday they celebrate, they have something to open.”

Q: What wish would you grant?

A: “I would give Chloe Baker a candle for Winter Wishes because she makes me laugh daily.” Grace Kirtley, 9

A: “[I would give a gift] for anybody in need of it.

Anybody on the streets who needs, like, food or water.”

Andrew Teague, 10

A: “I’d get Matt [Reich] a new computer.” Kane Carpenter, 11

A: “I would get my friend Caroline a bunch of little

buttons because she has a bunch of buttons on her purse.” Emma Forness, 12

A: “If I could give anything, I would pay off my youngest brother’s student loans.” Stefanie Hruby, math teacher

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Members of divorced families share their holiday struggles

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he holidays are a time for joy, giving thanks and spending time with family. However, for those affected by divorce, the holidays may cause some stress as they negotiate the delicate path of trying to keep “both” of their families happy and split time fairly. Sacrifices often have to be made to keep the peace, often causing stress for the average teen. The Image asked members of divorced families how they get through the holidays with their specific circumstances.

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During the holidays, junior Natalie Johnson’s parents divide the time they have with her.

“Every other year, my parents have me on different holidays. Every odd year my dad has me on certain holidays, and every even year my mom has me.

For Christmas, I will see one of my parents on Christmas Day, and the other one gets to see me on Christmas Eve,” Johnson says.

For Thanksgiving, Johnson celebrates Thanksgiving Day with her designated parent for that year.

If the other wants to celebrate with her they would have to arrange a different day to celebrate, or she won’t get to celebrate with that parent at all.

“When I was younger, not seeing my one of my parents on the holidays affected me, but I’ve gotten used to it. If there is a peaceful arrangement, then everything works out. If there is feuding, a lot of arguing happens. I’m lucky that my parents are able to get along,” Johnson said.

Instead of having split holidays, sophomore Staciana Stock’s, parents still celebrate the holidays together.

“They work it out really well and they are always able to get along. The night before Christmas, I spend the night at my dad’s house, then I spend the day at my mom’s house. After that, we all go down to Cape Girardeau as a family to see my mom’s side,” Stock said.

Not only do her parents spend holidays together, they pay for her gift together, too.

“It’s cool because they buy my big gifts together, and then they buy the little stuff like clothes separately. I am really lucky,” Stock said.

For Thanksgiving, she usually sees her mom, then the following day she celebrates with her dad.

“We mostly spend the holidays together, and I’m really lucky for that. It can get stressful if there is an argument, but they are pretty good about not fighting,” Stock said.

Mason Omiatek, junior, goes to visit his dad over the holidays.

“My dad lives in Chicago, so I live with my mom. I drive up there every month or so to go see him.

On Christmas I go up to Chicago to go visit him. I do that every year,” Omiatek said.

Holidays aren’t any different for Omiatek, “We have a normal Christmas like everyone else, I’m just 300 miles away from my mom,” Omiatek said.

It can be difficult for Omiatek to not see his whole family for long periods of time.

“It can suck sometimes not being able to see my family, but we are all busy.

Sometimes I think even if we all lived in the same state we wouldn’t see each other that much more than we already do,” Omiatek said.

Driving up to Chicago can be a challenge too.

“It’s not really fun having to drive up to Chicago all the time, but it is what it is. It can be difficult figuring out rides as well,” Omiatek said.

To make their daughter’s life less stressful after their divorce, Crystal Gray, language arts teacher, and her ex-husband decided to celebrate the holidays the same as they did while still married.

“My family has always done Thanksgiving around noon, and his family has always done a Thanksgiving dinner, so when we were together we would go to both. Now my daughter just does that,” Gray said.

The parents wanted to make sure that their daughter got to spend time with both families every holiday.

For little holidays that aren’t celebrated as much, they agreed their daughter will just spend the day with whoever’s house she was already at instead of continuing to switch off.

“We made it so it wouldn’t impact her and add stress to her life. I’d prefer to have her with me the whole day, but in terms of getting her life as normal as possible, it’s the best way,” Gray said.

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Nov. 18, 2016

Roasting on the rise Comedic insults gain popularity; students give tips Suzy Blalock reporter November is National Roasting Month.

Really.

Roasting technically means to cook something over an open fire. While this meaning still holds true, roasting has taken on a new meaning.

According to Urban Dictionary, a roast is, “To humorously mock or humiliate someone with a well-timed joke, diss or comeback.”

Metaphorically, a person is “cooked” over an open “flame” of witty phrases in front of others.

Roasting has been around a long time. The first well-known roast was by the New York Friars’ Club, where they honored French actor and singer Maurice Chevalier.

The Friars’ Club fame grew off of these roasts, where they hosted several more celebrities.

After telecasting several of these Friars’ Club Roasts, Comedy Central decided in 2003 that they could roast people on their own show.

Their first roastee was Denis Leary and have since hosted celebrities like Donald Trump, Justin Bieber and Joan Rivers.

The art of roasting began to change as the audience grew from those physically present at the roast to those sitting on their couch

watching it at home on a big-name network.

As a Splitsider article describes it, “with millions of people watching on TV (and more watching clips online), the one-note flatness of insult comedy (where ‘your momma’s so fat…’ and ‘your momma’s so stupid…’ are pretty much the only two options) is heightened. The real guest of honor is not… the person; it’s [the]... most two-dimensional public image.”

However, all is not bad with the current state of roasting, according to critics.

Some believe since comedians have to stick to the obvious characteristics of a person, it requires them to be creative with their jokes.

Critics also believe roasting celebrates being not politically correct, as most jokes are now pretty offensive.

So what makes the perfect roast?

Senior Garrett Worley is known for his witty comebacks in and out of class. He’s not sure how he’s so witty, saying it’s a mix of being “born this way” and “trying to be.”

Whenever Worley says a joke, he said, “It just kind of happens. It’s either hit or miss.”

He said the perfect roast is something in the moment with a reference to pop culture that’s easily target able.

It also makes it better if the person being roasted is overly offended by the statement.

“It also depends on the mood of the people around you. You gotta know the people that

illustration by Ryan Oberlin you’re around and keep it in the context of the conversation,” Worley said.

Sophomore Markus Stauder is also known for his clever humor.

He is a member of Undefined, Lafayette’s improv troop.

Stauder says his humor comes from, “Being turnt 24/7. Meaning I don’t care what people think or what people say and have no filter. 80 percent of the time I don’t think before I speak,

so that’s one of the main causes.”

He believes the best roast is one that targets where it hurts but not to target so deep to where they start to cry.

Stauder said, “The best type of people to roast are those who don’t speak often in front of a crowd but you’re friends with so you put them on the spot. It’s great because they make fun of you, but they don’t like talking to people about it. So when you roast them, it’s the best.”

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Tammy Hardie, mother of senior John Hardie designed the official logo of The Lawrence Strawbridge Foundation. [photo courtesy of Melissa Golder]

Program helps provide for Lafayette’s VICC students kayley allen editor in chief On Aug 2, the Lafayette community was shaken by tragedy when junior Lawrence Strawbridge and his mother Tyra Shannon, were found murdered in their north St. Louis home.

Strawbridge had a huge support system at Lafayette. Shortly after his death, many of his loved ones came together to create something in hopes of keeping his values and his name alive. Thus, The Strawbridge Foundation was established.

“The Strawbridge Foundation helps provide for kids in the VICC program. Kids like Lawrence,” A board member of The Strawbridge Foundation, parent Melissa Golder, said.

Strawbridge was a participant in the Voluntary Interdistrict Choice Corporation (VICC) program, a program that provides public school choice for the St. Louis metropolitan area students.

He was the perfect example of the what its creators hoped that program would do for students. He was extremely involved at school and made friends easily.

He was a three-sport athlete, competing in football, wrestling and track and field as well as participating in other school activities.

The Golder family had been close with Strawbridge and his mother since he began the VICC program in the 1st grade. He became close with Melissa’s children Kate Golder, senior, and David Golder, junior.

During this difficult time, the Golder’s, as well as others who were close to Strawbridge and his mother, created the foundation to turn this tragedy into something positive.

The Strawbridge Foundation hopes to support VICC students at Lafayette in ways that Strawbridge was supported for things such as

field trip money, sports camps, school supplies, and other opportunities.

“We understand that some kids can’t go home and ask for that $30 to go on the field trip. We know they can’t afford to do the football camp over the summer. However, these are the experiences that change kids lives. I just want this to be a support system for them,” Melissa said.

Currently, the VICC program includes over 4,300 students living in the city. With the motto “Bridging the Gap,” the foundation values providing equal opportunities to VICC students, who may experience a lack of support in the communities they come from.

“They have to get up way earlier than everyone else and ride a bus for an hour. Then they have school, and are expected to do all these extracurriculars and sports, then they ride a bus home for an hour, and then they can start on their homework. It’s just unfair how much is expected from them.

It’s also unfair that they can’t go down the street from their house and get the same AP classes as they can in the county,” Melissa said.

The Strawbridge Foundation has already been providing for a few of Lafayette’s VICC students, and is actively doing so. One way the foundation provides is with a “buddy system.”

“We pair a family with a student at Lafayette, and they donate directly to them with whatever that particular student needs. For example, there’s a family in Virginia that was paired with

a student and they helped her go to an out-oftown writing conference,” Melissa said.

The family and student remain anonymous and have no contact with each other.

“It’s amazing to see how generous people are and how much people come together to do something amazing like this. The fact that it’s all in his name makes it even better,” Melissa said.

The foundation has been collecting money in ways other than just the buddy system.

Purple bracelets have been sold by the school store and at sporting events.

People have also been donating directly from their pockets. Another big source of revenue was by partnering with Lafayette’s Powder Puff game during Homecoming Week.

“The Powder Puff game helped us a lot.

That was probably our biggest jump-start because of the amount of money we collected.

With that, we’ve provided smaller things such as graphing calculators or a few hundred dollars to students who want to do field trips and things like that,” Melissa said.

Another way that the foundation plans to provide for VICC students is by awarding five $1,000 scholarships to seniors who plan to further their education after high school.

“Right now our goal is about $5,000 to award as scholarships. We may pick more than five people and do ten $500 scholarships.

Nothing is set in stone. We just want to give these kids the extra push they need to get the education they need after school,” Melissa said.

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The Strawbridge Foundation hopes to award the scholarships in the spring if there are enough donations and applicants. The money awarded can be taken to any post secondary education institution.

“The main focus isn’t just on the scholarships. It’s about giving these kids the little things as well, and letting them know we love them, we support them, and we are here for them. Just how my family and I were with Lawrence,” Melissa said.

Kate has also been working with her mother to get the foundation up and running.

“We think this is important because it’s in his name, so it’s going to go to kids who are like him and in the same situation as him to give them opportunities that we wanted Lawrence to have. We just want to turn this tragedy into something good, and for him to be remembered,” Kate said.

The Lawrence Strawbridge foundation has been rapidly expanding since its establishment only a few months ago. Patricia Dees, another foundation board member has many plans for the future of this project.

“I have a few ideas for more fundraisers to get the students more involved. Things like laser tag and bowling. If we end up awarding the scholarships, we plan to have a luncheon for the recipients on Lawrence’s birthday. It would be a great way to celebrate his birthday every year,” Dees said.

Dees was also close to Strawbridge and his mother, and is working hard to keep his name in people’s minds.

“It keeps me going, by keeping their legacy going. It keeps me in a happy place and not always thinking of the negativity behind their death. People always come and share a happy story when were out and about, so that really means a lot to me,” Dees said.

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Red, White & Blue Savala wears headband to support injured brother Shwetha Sundarrajan reporter

Senior Anna Savala showed support for brother, Jonathan, who was in Marine boot camp, during her field hockey season by wearing an American flag headband. The Savala family attend his graduation Nov. 2, after his 14-week boot camp turned into nearly six months due to an injury. (Photo courtesy of Inter-State Studios.)

The Savalas are a close family--especially senior Anna Savala and her older brother, Class of 2015 graduate, Jonathan.

On March 23, 2016 the siblings were separated when Jonathan enlisted in the Marine Corp and entered the 14 week boot camp which took him to San Diego.

“My brother and I have been really close since childhood because we were the closest in age out of my five siblings. We’ve been in the same house for 17 years, and when he left for boot camp, it felt really weird, not seeing my brother everyday after school,” Anna said.

Marine recruits are prohibited from using any form of technology, therefore the only communication between Jonathan and his family was through letters.

Air Force Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps (AFJROTC) Lt. Col. Smith is a retired Marine in addition to his Air Force duty.

“Typically, recruits write a letter to their parents a week after they arrive at camp, telling them that they made it to camp safely. For me, it was very satisfying getting letters from my family. It was my main source of strength—other than my faith and the one hour chapel time we got on Sundays. It’s what sustained me throughout boot camp,” Smith said.

That 14-week Marine Corp boot camp is known for its extreme physical and mental challenge. Many recruits don’t make it to graduation due to the rigor involved.

“We got the phone call on June 2. He [Jonathan] called my dad, told him that he got hurt,” Anna said.

Anna was devastated when she heard about the injury. It was only a week before boot camp was over. The Savala family had already booked their flight and hotel for the graduation ceremony.

Recruits injured in boot camp must remain at the Marine Recruit Depot in San Diego and follow the same rules (no phones/technology) as all the other recruits while they rehab.

They enter what is called an MRP (Medical Rehab Platoon) and work toward restoring their physical strength so they can be picked up by another training platoon and graduate.

For some recruits that may be just a few weeks. For Jonathan, it was almost six months.

“We first got the letter from Jonathan when he was in rehab. It was one of the worst letters

we had ever gotten because he had written it like he needed to apologize to us, that it was his fault for getting injured. It was really hard for us as a family to see,” Mary Savala, Class of 2012, said.

To keep Jonathan motivated, each member of the Savala family had a specific day to write to him.

Mike said, “His sergeant asked us to write a lot of positive letters to keep him happy because MRP tends to be depressing.”

So the family made the commitment to do whatever it took to get him through this setback.

“My mom tries to write to him everyday, and each of my four siblings have a specific day where we write to him. I write to him on Thursdays,” Anna said.

Though Jonathan was frustrated about this setback, “he said to me that he won’t quit, and I was like, all right, I’m not going to quit in field hockey either, I’m going to push myself to the limit,” Anna said.

To honor her brother’s perseverance, Savala bought a red, white and blue headband and started wearing it during every field hockey game.

She said, “For me, the flag symbolizes my brother fighting for our country. My brother is my hero. I’m playing for him and what he stands for.”

“I think all my teammates know my brother’s situation, and my close friends are really supportive and help me through this setback,” she added.

Her father, Mike Savala, said he was proud and surprised when he realized what she had been doing.

“I didn’t really know about it. Anna likes to color coordinate her uniform and accessories.

We kept seeing this red white and blue headband that looked out of place with her black and gold uniform. We asked her about it one day at the dinner table, and she told us that even if things get rough, there’s no quitting because Jonathan can’t quit and neither can she,” he said.

Jonathan completed his rehab and joined another platoon to finish his final leg of training at the end of October.

The family flew to the Marine Corp Recruit Depot in San Diego for graduation and to bring him home for a 10-day leave. After that he will report for his specialized secondary training for his Military Occupational Specialty, or selected job in the Marines.

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Now & Then:

Sitcoms

Sometimes it's fun to compare how things were 20+ years ago to what we have today.

Sitcoms are timeless shows, exploring real world problems with a hint of humor. Check out the similarities and differences between sitcoms from the late 80s and 90s and sitcoms of the 21st century.

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Hydrate: Doctors recommend drinking eight 8oz glasses of water per day. Drink more if you exercise. Camelbak's website has a program that calculates how much you should drink.

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Similarities: Both are about a group of young adults and their adventures in life and love.

Differences: Friends takes place in New York city, whereas New Girl is set in Los Angles. New Girl's plot is more focused on the protagonist, Jessica Day, while Friends' focus is more evenly distributed among the characters.

Running years: Friends: 1994-2004; New Girl: 2011- current year Noteworthy Awards: New Girl: Two Critic's Choice, one Teen's Choice; Friends: Six Emmys, two People's Choice, three Teen's Choice, two Screen Actor's Guild, one Golden Globe.

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You answered What is the worst pumpkin-spice product you've heard of or tried?

Similarities: Both are about African-American families, focusing on the children's progression through childhood and the experiences of the adults with a witty sense of humor.

Differences: The family in Blackish is a working/middle class family who lives in an average sized house in the suburbs. In contrast, the family in The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air is an upper class family.

Running years: The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air: 1990-1996; Blackish: 2014present Noteworthy Awards: Blackish: Seven NAACP Image awards, one Peabody Award, one TCA Award; Fresh Prince: Two NAACP Image awards, one ASCAP award.

Similarities: The two shows feature working class families and the adventures of the parents (a clueless dad and a level-headed mom) and their three kids.

Differences: Bob's Burgers is set in New Jersey, and the family owns it's own company. The show hasn't had a movie yet, unlike The Simpsons, which is set in Springfield, Oregon.

Running years: The Simpsons: 1989-present; Bob's Burgers: 2011present.

Noteworthy Awards: Bob's Burgers: One Emmy, one Writer's Guild Award; The Simpsons: 32 Emmys, one American Comedy Award

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