Oct 13, 2017 by Lafayette High School

Oct. 13, 2017 | Vol. 49, No. 2

Oh my gourd! The Rombach Farms is closing!

Rombach Farms pumpkin patch, a fall staple for most West County families, announced it would be closing its doors this summer. To read about student memories of their fall outings at Rombach Farms, see page 6-7. photo by Jack Weaver

|OPINIONS|

Oct. 13, 2017

Respect for teachers creates productive school environment

Staff Editorial #notsoconnectedlancer We like to boast that we are a The staff editorial connected school that values each student and each activity. However, there are represents a majority still many culturally-ingrained practices opinion of the at Lafayette that take away from the Image Editorial Board. inclusive atmosphere we strive for. Take for instance during the senior panoramic photo, cheerleaders and Escadrille got to sit spaciously in the front, while all other students were crammed into the back rows. Their contributions to the school community aren’t any greater than any other group’s or activity’s contributions, so why the special treatment? There is no denying that certain sports and activities have more appeal than others. This is true to every school, and there will always be a unwritten hierarchy within high schools. And we get it. It doesn’t get much better than dressing in crazy outfits with your friends and cheering wildly for your school’s football team. And the team deserves the applause; they work and practice hard. But what about all of the other teams and groups that don’t get as much attention? Does Undefined work any less to put on their shows? Does the Robotics team put in any less effort? Why don’t we celebrate Symphonic Orchestra for earning a “1” at festival? Why don’t we show them the same level of appreciation and respect that we give to the more popular activities? The truth is, we are all at fault individually and as a society. We are not asking for less appreciation or less turnout at sports events, just more acknowledgement for all the other groups. If certain groups are consistently in the spotlight and the same groups are receiving the majority of the attention and appreciation from the student body and staff, then how connected are we really? But it’s tough to know when groups accomplish great things. All school activities have the responsibility of getting their names and accomplishments out there and getting themselves noticed and making a better effort to attract audiences to their events or games. The options are endless with social media sites that are perfect for getting the word out about your club. If your group needs more attention, ask Activities Director Todd Zell to announce your club’s achievements and meetings at lunch. Principal Karen Calcaterra has made a great effort to make sure all the accomplishments of students and staff are noticed by introducing #connectedlancer. Teachers and staff have been tweeting out updates in classrooms using that hashtag. So it’s up to you. Try and learn about the other clubs and groups at Lafayette, and do your best to acknowledge them. And if your club is struggling to be noticed, step up and utilize the opportunities available to get the word out.

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School should be an environment defined by a sense of safety and community, an emphasis on quality education and respect for those you interact with while there. Lafayette does a solid job of capturing and promoting these aspects… for the most part. Respect is a virtue that some students here have yet to encompass, especially when it comes to studentteacher interactions. Too often I witness a carelessness and lack of respect in the student-teacher dynamic. Some students target teachers for things they cannot control, such as the tardy policy. Teachers are required to give out tardies when appropriate; making a fuss over something out of their control is extremely rude and, frankly, a waste of time. Substitute teachers, especially, are often treated with disrespect and a lack of courtesy. Students may sense a vulnerability in the sub because they are in the process of figuring out the teacher’s plans and they may not know much about the topic being taught. This ‘weakness’, per se, is easy for us mischievous teenagers to take advantage of, but doing so to the point of disrupting the classroom is not the way to go. Do not confuse liking your teacher with respecting them. Liking the personality, classroom environment and teaching technique of every one of

High prices contribute to rise of materialism Delaney Stulce | Web Editor The new iPhone X was released on Sept. 12. The starting price is $999. Although it has many new features, such as face recognition and a higher quality camera, the price is simply outrageous. Each new phone since the first iPhone came out in 2007 has increased its price, and this new phone is no exception. Even though smartphones are extremely significant and helpful in today’s culture, selling them for this bank-breaking amount is criminal. Especially since it is impossible to live without this vital technology in our society, Apple takes advantage of people’s desperation and willingness to fit into societal standards. When poverty and the struggle for many to find jobs is already a widely known issue in the USA, it is simply absurd to charge this much for something that many people struggled to afford before the price was raised approximately $200. Another price absurdity is the cost of brand name clothing and shoes. For example, the cost of Vineyard Vines T-shirt range from $42 to $58. For a plain t shirt with a sticker on it. Don’t get me wrong, I understand it is a trend and people like that style, but that much for a simple T-shirt is outrageous. There are many other clothing trends that are too expensive, as well, such as: Nike and Adidas shoes and clothing, Simply Southern shirts, Thrasher apparel and the Victoria’s Secret line, Pink. I can’t say I haven’t followed trends or haven’t bought clothes from these brands, but it is disheartening to spend basically all of my money on one single shirt. The only way to fix this problem is for these commercial companies to lower their prices, but, sadly, this will never happen.

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your teachers isn’t realistic. However, even if you and your teacher don’t Travis Bodell always see eye-toOpinions Editor eye, a certain level of respect should be established so your time in their classroom is at least productive and rewarding to some degree. After all, the teachers at our school went to college and earned a degree to be where they are now; they have made a career out of providing us with a quality education, and that is something that should be respected and appreciated. You misunderstand me if you think my point is to turn everyone into a lifeless robot that obeys every demand, or that I think everyone should be a suckup. Keeping your personality and sense of humor is actually key to establishing a healthy bond between yourself and your teacher. Not every teacher is going to like you, and vice versa. But with the amount of work they have put in to become educators, and coming to work each day for the sole purpose of providing student with education, our teaching staff deserves more appreciation and gratitude.

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STARS & GRIPES Stars: A big shout out to all students who recentlly donated toilet paper to our local police precincts. An accounting error led to an incorrect report that St. Louis no longer had the highest STD rate in the U.S. Phew! That was a close one, STL!

Gripes: Thanks to the Lafayette Snapchat story, you can now see what all your peers are up to at every second of the day. Fantastic! Apparently, the Powder Puff game requires glitter to cover every inch of the hallways and classrooms. It’s Autumn! Time for our homes to fall victim to a stink bug invasion.

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|OPINIONS|

Oct. 13, 2017

Banks’ musical genius, talent masked by media’s focus on her behavior

The Monthly Strawman by Charlotte Komrosky-Licata

Travis Bodell | Opinions Editor

HOCO COSTS We asked an involved senior girl how much she spent on Homecoming festivities and here's what she said!

Spirit Week costumes/decor- $75 powder puff jersey- $20 powder puff dinner- $10 game day ticket- $5 dress- $60 shoes- $40 makeup/hair/nails- $80 dinner- $30 ticket- $15

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Whenever we see the name Azealia Banks as the subject of a tabloid headline or heard uttered by the host of some hip-hop radio station, it’s never for anything positive. The rapper’s most memorable feats of the last few years were being thrown out of actor Russell Crowe’s penthouse function for rowdy behavior, instigating internet beef with Disney actress Skai Jackson and admitting to sacrificing chickens in her closet via social media. Banks has hopped from label to label, her departure usually a result of not seeing eye-to-eye with each company. Needless to say, Banks can be kind of a handful. She has earned herself a bad rep across the board for her nasty attitude and frequent public outbursts. But it seems like the Harlem rapper is in the news for any reason but what she deserves recognition for. Despite her indescribably nasty and rude personality and her somewhat odd and far-fetched views, Banks’ talent is undeniable. Banks first came to the attention the the music industry and fans alike back in 2011, when she dropped the track 212. The upbeat and houseinfluenced number featured an instrumental from electrohouse producer and DJ Lazy Jay. This allowed Banks to establish herself as a confident and capable artist, one who was apt in creating complex and clever rhyme schemes and fearless when faced with the challenge of rapping to a colorful, uptempo house beat, a task many hiphop artists would seldom consider. Banks took to the challenging instrumental, and she made it hers. She also displayed her vocal complexity and fluidity, showcasing a casual, talkative delivery then switching to an in-your-face screaming of extremely provocative lyrics to shock the listener. Banks has stayed true to all of these unique components to her music throughout her career, with tasteful variation to give her listeners something unexpected and refreshing.

Banks performing at the 2012 NME Awards in London. Her earlier work, like EP 1991 and mixtape Fantasea both featured a flirty and fun vocal style and delivery. Banks was not afraid to show off her singing voice in conjunction with her token spunky rapping, and continued with the trend of heavy electronic, modern pop and EDM influences and instrumentals. In 2015, Banks released her first full-length record Broke With Expensive Taste, where her signature style was again tweaked and tampered with. There was an even larger portion of the album in which Banks sang rather than rapped, which paired brilliantly with the somewhat perplexing and unusual beats and instrumentals. The artist waded into a more ominous domain for tracks like Desperado and Yung Rapunxel, where beat drops, intense delivery and the yelling of lyrics Banks displayed in 212 play heavily into their appeal. The only problem with Banks’ music is that no one is listening to it. The young rapper is so easily identified by the ridiculous situations she gains publicity for that many cannot take her seriously as an artist. Even with her far-from-charming demeanor, Banks should at least be given a chance, and perhaps her musical aptitude and genius will be discovered by others.

Opinion by Gehrig Prozorowski

In light of the Las Vegas shooting, do you believe there should be tighter gun control laws ?

| King Nelson, 9 |

“I think there should be an age limit or different requirements you have to undergo, almost like an oath, like how the president can’t lie under oath. People break laws all the time, so there’s really not too much we can do about it.”

| Callie Harrison, 10 |

| Andrew Teague, 11 |

“Yes, because I know [the Las Vegas shooter] over the course of a year was collecting a lot of guns, and that should be monitored because no one needs that many guns. Even if you need protection or for hunting, no one needs more than 30 guns.”

“I think background checks are enough. It’s not the gun that kills, it’s the person that kills. We have the right as United States citizens to have them for self-defense and for hunting use.”

| Emma Upbin, 12 | “We have the right to bear arms, our Second Amendment right. However, I believe in many background checks and making sure the person has no mental or psychological problems in order to have a gun.”

| Jim McDonald, School Resource Officer | “I don’t think they should mess with gun control. If a criminal wants a gun, they’re going to get a gun. If you want to stockpile guns, that’s your right, just like it’s your right to go protest and sit in the middle of Interstate 64.”

Oct. 13, 2017

|FEATURES |

Staff interests influence classroom decor Jessica Cargill | Editor in Chief

Bolton uses past guitar heroes as inspiration

Willard’s room pays homage to film, music

After moving classrooms this summer, Nathan Willard redecorated his room from the floor to the ceiling with posters. He has collected hundreds of posters over the years including ones that his students gave him.

In the center of the room, Traci Bolton, displays her Wall of Fame consisting of past students performing at Guitar Festivals.

photo by Jessica Cargill

Guitar teacher Traci Bolton leads Tuesday Night Rock Band and Thursday and Friday Jam. She created a wall in her classroom showcasing students who have been part of the program. “I started the Wall of Fame about five years ago and basically I had all these great pictures from the different rock bands, classical ensembles and things we’ve done. People were showing up in the paper and I thought it would be fun to put all that on the wall,” Bolton said. After going through a particularly tough time, Bolton decided to create a Wall of Fame to remember how much she loves her students and her job

“Honestly, I was having a bad year and things were not going so great, and it helped me remember why it is I like my job so much. Those are all the people that make my job fun and then it’s fun because we get pictures and past students get to autograph them. Then, they stay on the wall as part of history, so this whole thing exists because of [my students],” Bolton said. Another thing Bolton enjoys is her poster of Willie Nelson’s guitar, Trigger. “My favorite is Trigger, I put that up last year, the picture actually showed up in an acoustic guitar magazine. That’s the only guitar Willie’s played for his whole life,” Bolton said.

Schumacher brings eccentrism to classroom To add a little fun to her room, Melissa Schumacher, has a Celtic rug which is a staple in her decorated classroom. photo by Jessica Cargill

Melissa Schumacher, language arts teacher, has a room full of symbols for each type of class she has. She began with two flags and a blue Celtic flag covering hanging on the wall in her room, one representing British literature and the other representing Greek literature. “I started with the flags to show the literature that I teach, so I teach a lot of British Literature for the seniors and for the sophomores, we do a lot of classic Greek literature,” Schumacher said. There is also artwork and quotes around the classroom from senior projects and literature that has been studied in each class. “The quotes are from some of the literature that we learn. Generally, they’re famous or I want people to realize they are well-known and

It’s the little things in life Teachers share stories about special knick-knacks in their classrooms

recognize them. The artwork is part of a project that the seniors do where they kind of translate a piece of literature into a symbolic piece of visual art,” Schumacher said. Another thing that stands out in Schumacher’s room is a doll placed right next to her desk along a wall. “It was made by a girl who graduated around three years ago. As an art project, she put together a ‘Schudoo’ doll because my last name is Schumacher. She put it in a shoe box, and she tried to make it look like me,” Schumacher said.

Go to lancerfeed.press for more info on unique things in teacher classrooms. Patricia Mabie, math teacher, is prepared for any snowstorm that is comes her way. “Every year we pass the snowman around and rub his belly for a snow day. It has only been wrong once, but we got a half day,” she said.

Nathan Willard, language arts teacher, is well-known around the school for one of the coolest rooms with a variety of posters that decorate the classroom. These posters are part of a growing collection that began when Willard started teaching at Lafayette. “These are things that I’ve collected over the years, students give them to me, I get them free, I go to Conventions and so forth. I have friends that work in different places, they give me promo materials and so on,” Willard said. The collection of posters started Willard’s first year of teaching, when he began putting them up from his previous job. “Before, I started teaching, I worked at a music store called Camelot Music and I had a

lot of their promo materials that I was able to decorate my classroom the first year and it just kind of built from there,” Willard said. Two things that these posters have in common is that they are all things that he takes interest in and believes helps build a connections with the students. “These are all things that I really love and enjoy. I figure with Flex since I’m only meeting with students three out of the five days of the week, it’s hard to build trust and team camaraderie in a classroom without some sort of decorations that sort of establish who you are and what you’re interested in and so on. So, I think students enjoy it,” Willard said. Willard is always searching for more posters.

Klawiter creates coloring board to de-stress students Steve Klawiter , social studies teacher, is known for the stress relieving coloring board in his room for students who feel overwhelmed and might need to relax a little. “Students can see it and if they come in early, or want to hang out in here then kids can do some of that de-stress coloring,” he said. Klawiter also picked a certain design on the coloring wall in order to fit the topics of the class he teaches. “I chose the Mandalas because I teach World History and we cover Buddhism and these were a big part of it,” Klawiter said. This began when he and photo by Jessica Cargill P.E. teacher Denise Meyer Incorporating his students’ work in his room, Steve Klawiter discussed ways to help provides his students with a coloring board. It creates a relaxed students relax from studies environment and gives his students a way to de-stress. or personal troubles going on in their lives through Lancers “Our school was devastated after a cluster Helping Lancers. of suicides a few years back. We had other “Ms. Meyer and I have been thinking of ways tragedies too and wanted a club where we can to bring an ethic of de-stress across the school. help students de-stress and take some of the I was shopping for coloring books just to keep stigma off of mental illness and launch a strong some on hand and thought ‘Well, why don’t I suicide-prevention program,” Klawiter said. just put it on the wall,’” Klawiter said. Currently, the board is in progress of being After past tragedies, Lancers Helping filled and is waiting for more students to come Lancers came about to help students de-stress and color the coloring sheets. and get through hard times.

Lauren Arnet, FACS teacher, takes interest in something a bit unusual and includes them in her classroom decor. “We have about 20-40 gnomes. Sometimes they move when we’re gone. It’s a genuine interest, but I only like a few,” she said.

Jeffrey Landow, language arts teacher, has a shelf dedicated to the novel Lord of the Flies. “I have four pairs of sunglasses that represent the different lenses you use to read—like religious or political. There is also a pig and a map of the island,” he said.

|NEWS |

Oct. 13, 2017

Troubles with Testing

MO superintendents plan breakaway from ‘archaic’ standardized testing procedures Ty Prozorowski| News Editor A group of Missouri superintendents is working to change standardized testing, a problem which has been emphasized by issues with last year’s End-of-Course (EOC) exams. “We’re trying to forge a change as we go to something called Missouri School Improvement Program (MSIP),” Rockwood Superintendent Eric Knost said. According to MSIP’s website, MSIP reviews and accredits the 518 school districts in Missouri, which is mandated by state law and by State Board of Education regulation. MSIP began in 1990 and is currently in its 5th cycle, which began in 2012. Knost has publicly voiced his personal disapproval of the amount of required standardized testing in public schools. “I think standardized testing is kind of an archaic measure. It’s an attempt for accreditation purposes for the State Department to basically compare how school districts are doing: who’s doing well, who’s not doing so well. I think they’re very ineffective at measuring the health of a school building or a school district,” Knost said. Knost points out the pressure such tests place upon schools. “I personally think that there’s a whole lot of stress that such tests put upon teachers and put upon our students. [Standardized tests] are supposed to just be this little snapshot where, ‘oh, you know, we’re going to schedule these tests on these certain dates in April, and that will tell us everything we need to know about your school district academically,’ and I think that’s just a false claim,” he said. Such problems have become more clear after last year’s EOCs. “It will be more evident in the newspaper when the state releases our Annual Progress Report (APR),” Knost said. “A couple of the EOCs were deemed not valid for comparison from year to year.” A+/Test Coordinator Jessica Brawner said the exam vendor, Questar, made the error. “The Algebra 1 and English 2 exams that

were administered in the 2016-17 school year are valid exams but are not comparable to previous years’ assessments and therefore cannot be used towards APR calculations,” Brawner said. EOCs are supposed to correlate so district progress can be measured. Knost said, “We want to see the trajectory. Are our students annually doing better and better, and if we can’t see that then what’s the use of that test?” Brawner said starting this year, a new vendor will be used for EOCs, Nextera. Knost also said Rockwood doesn’t have the money to provide a more thorough method to assess the district due to a lack of funding from the state legislature. “We spend our own money in Rockwood to do our own formative assessments,” Knost said. Knost hopes Rockwood could enter into an agreement with the state where they would allow the district to use that money and choose acceptable testing vendors. This way the state would be be comfortable examining and sharing Rockwood’s data and Rockwood would still be showing accoutability. “Critics will say that as superintendents, we just want to get rid of our accountability, and that’s not true,” Knost said. “We absolutely want to be accountable for the work that we do, we just want it to be a valid assessment.” Knost endorses a system of interim assessments. This is similar to what is already given in a normal classroom setting where teachers use such assessments to gauge an individual student’s progress or the progress of the class as a whole. Evaluations would be administered throughout the year rather than a single test at the end of the year. Rockwood already employs similar assessments in certain grade levels that are not designed to report to the state, such as STAR Math, which are designed to inform instruction. Student motivation is another issue with the current system of standardized testing. Since standardized testing is supposed to be an indicator of how well the district is doing, assemblies are held in elementary schools to get children motivated to take the MAP test.

We want to see the trajectory. Are our students annually doing better and better, and if we can’t see that, then what’s the use of that test? | Rockwood Superintendent Eric Knost |

photo by Emma Grant

Sophomores prepare to take the Pre-ACT in the back gym on Sept. 27. This is just one example of standardized testing given in Rockwood. The Pre-ACT is designed to give students, parents and teachers an idea of how well a student will perform on the ACT. “It’s just ridiculous we have to do that to keep kids excited because they have to do well on those tests, and you don’t want them to blow those tests off because if they do, then the state gets the wrong read from what we already think are invalid tests,” Knost said. The process to explore different options of testing is difficult. Knost said, “There are ways for states or school districts to get waivers from the feds, and it’s kind of a weird bureaucratic mess where you start with getting sent to the federal level and the federal level sends it back to the state, the state makes a determination and sends it back to the federal level. It’s a lot of red tape, and it’s complicated.” Politics makes this process more complex. Missouri’s Commissioner of Education Margaret Vandeven leads the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE). She was hired by an eight-member Board of Education, and the governor appoints the board members. “There have been interesting developments lately. The governor was appointing people, and then one member backed down because they were being pressured to vote, supposedly, to remove Commissioner Vandeven, who is actually working very well with superintendents right now and has been open in moving this conversation along,” Knost said. Despite this movement in conversation,

A tweet from Superintendent Eric Knost voices his frustration with standardized testing. The tweet was a response to a video of a robot constructing a house. progress has been slow. Knost said, “We have the superintendent in Pattonville, who’s a leader in this conversation, and he’s been trying to get a federal waiver just to let the school district of Pattonville explore this new path, and he’s been rejected.” Any significant changes will most likely not occur for some time. MSIP is about to begin its sixth version. “If you ask the State Department right now it would probably say that Cycle 6 will not include what we’re talking about. They would probably tell you more than likely that would be something that would be included in Cycle 7,” Knost said.

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Oct. 13, 2017

Students feel impact of new immigration laws Shwetha Sundarrajan | Reporter Since the 2016 presidential election, President Donald Trump’s administration has rolled back several Obama-era immigration laws, such as the consideration of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) and Executive Order 13769, more commonly known as the Muslim ban. These newly-implemented laws will directly impact some Lafayette students. Vrisha Jagdish, sophomore, has waited to become a permanent resident for 10 years. She currently holds an H4 visa, which means she’s claimed as a dependent on her dad’s H1B work Visa. “I didn’t realize until recently how badly our long wait for a green card was affecting my family. Right now, I’m on a visa that has to be renewed every three years. Whenever our visa was getting renewed, I went to school thinking that it could be my last day in this country,” Jagdish said. The H1B visa is issued to immigrants who come to the United States for work. Typically, the visa is issued by companies and must be renewed every three years. Those who hold a H1B visa are allowed to bring their spouse and children, who are issued a H4 visa. Traveling is also difficult for those like Jagdish. Visa holders are limited by their visa expiration dates. They must stamp their passports at the U.S. Embassy to return to the U.S., causing delays in traveling. For Jagdish, she’s had some eventful experiences at the airport. “When entering the United States, airport officials took us into a room and kept us there for three hours with no explanation. We could only assume that it was because we didn’t hold an American passport and they had to do extra background checks. Because of this, they kept us in that room for so long that we missed our flight back to St. Louis,” Jagdish said. However, there is a reason for so many delays in green card processing for countries such as India and China with mass emigration to the United States. According to the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (UCIS), the American government puts a quota on how many people from that particular country can apply for a green card. When the number of people applying for a green card from a particular country exceeds

I found it unfair that illegal immigrants were getting visas and green cards faster than we were. It’s not fair, and I think everyone should get a fair process. | Vrisha Jagdish, 10 |

the limit, some of them have promoted to a permanent residency, while the others get pushed to the next year. “I had a Canadian friend that moved to the U.S. the same time I did, but he got his green card six months after he’d moved. It’s not fair to the people who’ve been waiting for so long,” Jagdish said. For many immigrant students, the recent immigration laws passed by President Trump heightened the prospect of deportation. “It’s really scary to think that all you’re trying to do is come into a country and try to make a better life for yourself, but there are people out there trying to make your life worse,” Jagdish said. Navya Nagpal, freshman, is divided on the travel ban. “One side of me disagrees with the travel ban, but a little part of me understands why he’s doing it. Muslim people are being targeted because of one group who makes them look bad, but it’s unfair that the 1.6 billion Muslims are trapped and suffering because countries like America won’t take them in,” said Nagpal. Unlike Jagdish, Nagpal came to the U.S. in 2015 on a L-1 visa. “We came here because my dad got a promotion. It’s been my dream to come to the United States,” Nagpal said. Although both the H1B and the L-1 visa are for foreign workers who come to America to work for a company, there are differences between the two. An H1B visa is given to people who come to work for a U.S.-based company whereas an L1 visa is given to those who work for a multinational company. As of 2015, India became the leading country of origin for immigrants, bringing in 179,800 immigrants. Many of these individuals who travel to the U.S. are working as information technology consultants for companies, like Jagdish’s father. “My dad is a consultant, and what scared my family the most was the fact that other Indian consultants were losing their jobs because of Trump’s ‘Americans First’ rhetoric,” Jagdish said. Unlike Jagdish’s arduous process to become a permanent resident, junior Megan Krajewski experience with immigration has been smooth. Krajewski came to America from Australia five years ago. “I came to the U.S. as a dependent on my dad’s visa. As soon as we could, we applied for a green card and got it within a year. Because my dad has a good job and his company needed him here, they sped it up and we were able to become permanent residents quickly,” Krajewski said. Krajewski wants to become a dual citizen as soon as possible. “I mostly want to become a dual citizen for the convenience. I won’t have to renew my green

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Vrisha Jagdish, sophomore, came to the United States when she was 5. “I came to the United States in 2006 from Pune, India. Moving here was really tough because of the cultural changes,” Jagdish said.

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Data taken from UCIS website card and there are a lot of job opportunities in America. I don’t want to fully renounce my Australian citizenship partly because I love Australia and since Australia has good relationships with other countries, it’ll be easier for me to travel,” Krajewski said. Despite Trump’s harsh rhetoric on immigrants, Lafayette students recognize the importance immigrants bring to America’s

workforce, culture and economy. “America needs immigrants. If you removed all the immigrants from America, who would be here to do your manual labor or work in the technology industry?” Jagdish said.

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BOO HOO!

by Natalie Karlsson

What do you think about Rombach Farms shutting down? Emma Tran &

Rombach Farm has 100+ year history in area Gehrig Prozorowski | Features Editor The Rombach family’s farming history in West County exceeds 100 years, but the business developed from humble beginnings into the famous pumpkin patch most Lafayette families remember. Karl Rombach began the farming business in Creve Coeur in 1914, and the Rombachs farmed the land where the Rombach Farm was located in 1943 according to West Newsmagazine. Rombach had 10 children including Emil, Norm and Walter Rombach, who helped on the farm. Originally, pumpkins weren’t the farm’s main commodity. Instead, the Rombach’s profited selling cantaloupe, watermelon and corn. However, the farm grew with the increasing population in West County as more schools arose from the 60s through the 80s, and, eventually, the demand for pumpkins increased. Webster Groves teachers bought pumpkins at Rombach’s roadside stand, and they eventually brought their students to learn about harvesting pumpkins. Karl’s daughters-in-law showed the farm to students on field trips. Not only did the daughters-in-laws speak to the children about farms, but they also planted and harvested crops and cooked food. The Great Flood of 1993 devastated the Chesterfield Valley, and floodwaters submerged a portion of the farm. However, a year after the flood, Rombach’s pumpkin growth was the largest ever, so the flood ultimately benefited the farm. With the construction of the Premium Outlet Mall, Rombach’s faced the challenge of a potential drainage ditch cutting through the farm, but a compromise changed the location of the ditch. In recent years, the family attributed the mall to improving business. In 2014, Norm Rombach, the last of the brothers, died at the age of 91 from congestive heart failure and chronic kidney failure according to the St. Louis PostDispatch. With Norm’s passing three years ago, family strife among the inheritees of the farmland led to the end of a 100-year-old history as the farm closed this season.

1. Several years ago, current freshman Emma Tran, Rachel Benner, Lauren Benner and Anna Kraemer pick out pumpkins at Rombach’s. 2. The new Chesterfield Valley Pumpkin Patch displays pumpkins in rows, ready for the fall season. 3. The Rombach Farm market closes down after generations of selling pumpkins. 4. Freshman Brooke Holmes and longtime friend Sophia Kane play in the Rombach Farm playground as children. Holmes are just a few of many LHS students that frequented the farm as children 5. The Chesterfield Pumpkin Patch opened on Sept. 23. The new farm features a 120 foot long haunted tunnel. 6. Derek Schreiner picks out pumpkins at Rombach’s with his family, which was a long-time tradition. 7. Social studies teacher Jonathan Sumner and his sons, Riley and Ryker, pick out perfect carving pumpkins in 2013. 8. The Rombach Farm officially closed for the 2017 year and possibly forever. photo courtesy of Jack Weaver , Emma Tran, Derek Schreiner, Jonathan Sumner and Brooke Holmes

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Famous Rombach Farm pumpkin patch closes after generations of family memories, fun Delaney Stulce | Web Editor The Rombach Farm, a well-renowned pumpkin patch in Chesterfield, has closed after generations of pumpkin picking, hayrides and other fall festivities. “Due to circumstances beyond our control we are closing. We were seriously thinking about retiring, but now we have no choice. We have to close this year,” said the official Facebook account of the Rombach Farm. The farm is being forced to close due to a dispute between the inheritents of the land the farm sits on. Marcia Rombach and her nephew, Chip Rombach, who both each own one third of the farm, are being sued by Marcia’s other nephews, Scott and Kurt Rombach, who collectively own one third. The two nephews filed a lawsuit, claiming Marcia and Chip have not contributed to the many different payments of the farm and forcing the farm to close, according to the St. Louis Post Dispatch. Although the two confessed to not paying their portion, they are counter suing to regain the money and time they put into the farm. Due to the complicated family drama, the Rombach legacy is coming to a close. However, there is still a chance for one more year. “There is a slim chance we will be open for one final

hurrah next year in 2018,” according to the official Rombach Farm website. The Rombach Farm was a major part of many local family’s holiday traditions. Freshman Zeena Streams is one of them. “I loved going there. I would do that with my family. That was our tradition. Every October we would go to Rombach’s.” Streams said. The Rombach Farm was a special place for many other Lafayette families. “The corn maze was the best part because being a kid the stalks looked huge and i would get genuinely scared, but being with my brother we would just run around sometimes scaring other people and play hide and seek in it,” sophomore Derek Schreiner said. Although many students’ memories are of the pumpkin patch’s many different activities, the most popular activity was picking a perfect pumpkin for Halloween. “We would go to Rombach’s and search for pumpkins a couple weeks before Halloween each year and pick out our favorite pumpkin to carve.” Schreiner said. Schreiner, whose family has been going to Rombach’s every year for eight years, will truly miss this St. Louis pumpkin patch. “It’s really sad for me because I used to do that

every year and a lot of people had fun at it, finding pumpkins and being able to make it into their own creation, I have no idea how they’re going to fill up the whole land without the pumpkins there.” The patch, which started growing pumpkins in the early 1950s, according to the St. Louis Post Dispatch, has also been a part of the traditions of teachers. Social studies teacher, football and wrestling coach Jonathan Sumner and his wife had to bring their childhood traditions to a close. “My wife’s family and my family both had a tradition of going to Rombach’s in our childhood. We decided to continue that tradition with our own children,” Sumner said. Sumner and his four children, Riley, Ryker, Rocky and Millie, now have to end a multi-generation tradition “We are sad to see it go, as this tradition we created with our family will now come to a close,” he said. Not only did students go with their families, but they also went with their friends. Freshman Emma Tran is one of the many who can no longer continue this ritual “We went for three or four years. It was so fun. We always used to go there around Thanksgiving,” Tran said. Junior Sydney Mayden went to the pumpkin patch

with both their families and friends. “We would go to the pumpkin patch, pick out a couple of pumpkins and then I’d go play in the corn maze,” Mayden said. Although Mayden has been to many pumpkin patches, Rombach’s was her favorite. “I have a lot of memories there. I had parties there, and I’ve just had a lot of memories with my friends there,” she said Not only will students miss their favorite pumpkin patch, they will also miss the convenient location. “It’s the only pumpkin patch close to us so if you ever want to go to one it’s far away. I mean, I have so many memories of going on hayrides there and stuff. I hate that it’s leaving,” freshman Brooke Holmes said. Although Holmes’ memories of the Rombach Farm can never be replaced, two new pumpkin patches have opened down the street from the retired patch. The Chesterfield Valley Pumpkin Patch had its grand opening on Sept. 29, and the Boone’s Crossing Farm Market and Pumpkin Patch opened on Oct. 7. The new patches include similar festivities as Rombach’s including hayrides, pony rides, pumpkin and face painting. Both are located near the Chesterfield Valley, less than four miles apart. The Chesterfield Pumpkin Patch is not affiliated with the Rombach Farm, according Marcia Rombach.

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| Sam Bell, 10 | “I really liked the haunted house and the decorations. I’m a Halloween girl so it worked out whenever I went.”

Other Places to Carve Out Some Fun this Fall Brookdale Farms Corn Maze - Regular and haunted corn maze along with a pumpkin patch, pony rides and more Eckert’s Millstadt Farm - Pumpkin patch as well as corn mazes, pig races, carnival rides and many other fall activities Stuckmeyer’s Farm Market - Offers a variety of pumpkins for sale, live music and activities for children of all ages Halloween at Grant’s Farm - Dark Deer Park rides, a Halloween-themed show and more

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Lancer alumni return in teaching positions Chloe Baker | Reporter

Jenny Ingram – Class of 1998 Two years ago, language arts teacher Jennifer Ingram was asked to teach the Advanced Language Arts Research and Presentation (ALARP) course. She has only taught at Lafayette for eight years, but she is not new to the school or that class. When Ingram was a freshman and sophomore, she took ALARP, which was called Culture Language Services (CLS). Ingram is still friends with everyone from those classes., and her current best friend took CLS with her. “When I told her I would be teaching CLS she laughed about it, she was like, ‘Oh my gosh, you’re the one torturing those poor children,’” Ingram said. The freshman ALARP course includes both the honors language arts curriculum and a 25-minute oral project presented at the end of each semester in front of a panel of jurors. This is only her second year as an ALARP teacher, but she feels a connection to the students. “I feel a special bond with ALARP students because they are the type of people that would grow up and I would be friends with. A lot of the people I'm close to now I met in CLS. I enjoy being around people who are really passionate about learning and life and I find that in ALARP students,” Ingram said. While the course is challenging for students, it is also a challenging course to teach. Ingram reads countless hours of students’ research each week. She also incorporates a regular 9th grade honors curriculum along with the timeconsuming research project. “It can be hard because it requires being able to give students a lot of solid feedback on their research and presentations, and sometimes I feel pressed for time in being able to do this effectively,” she said. Being a new ALARP teacher she has learned a lot. She had to adjust to the new method of organizing research that students use. “That first year was a learning experience for all of us and it was awesome. That first class has a special place in my heart.” Ingram cares about the success and well being of her students. She relates to her students because she struggled the same way in CLS as her students do now in ALARP. “I can empathize with them since I remember being 14 and freaking out about putting together a quality 30-minute presentation and then delivering it to a panel of adult judges,” Ingram said. “I also know how rewarding the class is, so I am able to reassure them that it will all be OK.”

Ashley Lewis – Class of 2003 Ashley Lewis, teacher and coach for 11 years, is starting her second year as assistant varsity basketball coach. She played both basketball and softball while she was a student and now coaches girls basketball. “Now I am on the other side so I am calling the plays and calling the shots which can be a little more nerve-racking. When I was a player I just went out and did what coach said and then now I just have to relay that they will do the same thing,” Lewis said. Through all her years working at LHS, she has only taken three seasons off for the birth of her two sons. Lewis notices the decrease in girls playing softball since she played and how students are only playing one or two sports. “More kids are specializing in one sport. We don’t tend to have kids that play another sport. Maybe they play two, but rarely do we have athletes playing three anymore, and it’s sad. When I graduated there were two kids that

played three sports in the whole grade so it was already starting to decrease, but a lot of kids played two sports,” Lewis said. Right before Lewis graduated, a new law required high school students to take a health class to graduate. Lewis took this opportunity to come back to teach and coach at Lafayette. She sees her former basketball coach, Denise Meyer, every day in her department. “I love girls sports. I love that I teach in the building and then also coach because you can build relationships day to day and you can carry those relationships to the field or to the court,” Lewis said. “I really think it helps that they have someplace to go if we have a good relationship.” In 2007, when Lewis came to teach at Lafayette, she had an unpaid assistant coach position for the varsity softball team. That year they won state championship. During her time playing softball at Lafayette, Lewis’s team competed in two state champions and Lewis pitched for one of them. “When I got my job I was really excited to be back and I still love every year. Every year is different. Every team I coach is different. It’s still a dream come true that I am here because I had such a good experience at Lafayette playing sports and getting my education. I am just really proud to be back and to give back what I got out of my time as a student here,” Lewis said.

photos by Natalie Karlsson, Marlo May

Since taking the head coaching position at LHS, Boyd Manne has led his team to the State quarerfinals six times. Lafayette alumni and language arts teacher Jennifer Ingram teaches ALARP and was the Image editor when she was a Lafayette student.

Boyd Manne – Class of 1987 For 14 years, Boyd Manne has coached the Lancer football team and taught physical education. While a student at Lafayette, Manne played football, basketball and baseball, and he earned nine varsity letters. “I knew in the 7th grade that I wanted to teach and that I wanted to coach. I got my first head football coaching job at Parkway West from 2000 - 2004,” Manne said. In his 18-year career as a head coach, Manne has led his team to five District championships and three Conference championships. In 2008, the National Football Foundation selected the Lancers as a Top Football program. But more importantly, he really cares about his players. “I have always felt a connection with my team. Once a Lancer always a Lancer. Its’ a great high school and a great activities program. A lot of the lessons that I use today and that I try to teach our athletes are lessons I learned from my coaches when I was a student here,” Manne said. He notices the players on his teams are bigger and stronger than they were when he played from 1985-1987. Manne’s three sons also attended Lafayette. He takes great pride in representing Lafayette as a coach. “Coming back to Lafayette has been a great experience, it is close to my home and I have gotten to see all three of my sons Ryan, Tyler, and Corey go through high school, graduate and be a part of my program. With my three sons and my wife, it has been a great family experience,” Manne said. Not only has Manne worked at Lafayette, but he worked at his former elementary and middle schools. Manne receives support from his team, his family and Lafayette. “It’s a pretty neat experience to be able to work in the same high school that I graduated from. I have gotten to work at all three schools I attended in Rockwood. I taught elementary P.E at Woerther for a year, I was at Selvidge Middle School for a six years and I’ve gotten an opportunity to teach and coach here,” he said.

Amy White – Class of 2003 Amy White has taught in the Language Arts Department for 11 years. She said she has a passion for teaching and learning.

photo courtesy of Amy White

Health teacher Ashley Lewis played softball and basketball at Lafayette. When she first returned to Lafayette to teach, Amy White also coached cheerleading. While a Lafayette student, White was on Escadrille. When she came back as a teacher, she coached cheerleading. “When I got a job teaching, I knew I also wanted to coach. I wanted to be involved. I wanted to do something, and when the opportunity arose to coach cheerleading, I jumped at it because I had cheered outside of Lafayette growing up so I enjoyed that. That was fun for me,” she said. While White enjoyed connecting with students in the classroom and through cheer, she did make the decision to stop coaching. “I stopped because I wanted to work on my master’s but at the time, I was the varsity head coach. That’s a lot of time and I knew that I wouldn’t be able to devote all my time to my master’s if I was still coaching,” White said. She added, “Surprisingly my husband and I found out we were pregnant and that put the master’s on the back burner, but it is still something I am working toward.” When White came in to interview for her job, she was interviewed by her senior principal, Larry Schmidt, who was the current head principal. Coming back, White was greeted by teachers she had as a student. Traditions have also changed since White was a student. She said, “Things that were traditions and that were held really high in regard are different now. Like the Lancer in the middle of the

Cafeteria. When I was a student you did not walk across that Lancer. You walked around, you did not walk anywhere near it. That was like sacred ground, and now kids just walk across it like no big deal, I still can’t bring myself to walk across it when I walk through the Commons.” The building has changed a lot from the new library to the front of the building, but there are many things that have remained the same. “Lafayette is just a totally different building, but it still smells the same,” White said. The teachers White had at Lafayette influenced her decision to be a teacher. “When I was a student I didn’t ever really think about teaching as a career until my senior year when I had Ms. (Jean) Peters in Senior Literature. She jumped on a table and was reenacting a scene from one of the stories we had read and I was like ‘oh my gosh she has got 90 kids in here just totally engrossed in what she is doing’. I had amazing teachers and coaches when I was here and they were hugely influential, so when I got into college I was like ‘I want to do that’,” White said. White hopes to have an impact on her students just like Peters had on her. “I want to have that kind of impact on students and try to make that difference, so coming back has been a true gift to me because I get to work with those teachers again as my colleagues,” White said.

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Oct. 13, 2017

Conquering a new rink

Ice hockey overcomes the closing of Hardee’s Iceplex to prepare for a successful season Kayla Carpenter | Sports Editor

ince 1995, hockey players from around the St. Louis area have converged to Hardee’s Iceplex in Chesterfield. However, in the spring of 2017, Top Golf, a Dallas-based company, bought out Missouri’s largest ice skating facility. The company destroyed the building along Interstate 64 to make room for an indoor golfing and entertainment facility. By destroying the building, hockey teams from all over the St. Louis area lost three sheets of ice to practice and play on. Among the teams affected by the closing of the rink is the Lafayette club ice hockey team. With the lack of available ice to practice on, the team has had to practice at Lindenwood Ice Arena in Wentzville. Sophomore Kamren Canova finds the effects of the closing a burden for his team. “The closing of Hardee’s Iceplex has definitely made an impact on our team and our practicing,” Canova said. “Not only is it harder to book ice for the team, but it also leaves the nearest ice rinks more than 25 minutes away. Coming off school it’s going to be very difficult to get there on time since we practice right after school.” However, more ice is becoming available as the official high school hockey season approaches. In late September, Pacific Ice Rink opened in Pacific, MO and in early October, the Queeny Park Rink in Ballwin will open for the season. These new facilities will allow the hockey team to increase the number of practices they have each week. “We will practice on Tuesdays and Wednesdays at the new ice rink in Pacific. When Queeny Park opens in October we will skate on Fridays as well,” Head Coach Jim Carrico said. “We will end up practicing three times a week.” Because of the lack of ice, the team has been playing their games at the St. Peters Rec Plex, and their game times have been affected. “The closure resulted in an ice shortage in St. Louis, so even though we will still have practices, they might be further away and not at ideal times. It will also affect when our game times are; they usually are held on weekends, but now they might be spread out more during

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Focusing on the puck, Philip Tannfelt, 12, and Josh Hansen, 10, skate down the ice. Last season, Tannfelt and Hansen each scored one goal for the Lancers, and Tannfelt also contributed eight points. the school week,” senior goalie Katy Reed said. The obstacles that have resulted from the closing of Hardee’s have caused certain members on the team to step up. Senior captain Drake Waidmann is one of those individuals. “[I need to] keep everybody focused. We plan on being the best team we can be,” Waidmann said. Despite the drastic loss of ice availability, hockey players have been preparing throughout the summer to improve the team’s record of 7-13-3 last season. “I attended a USA Hockey Goalie Camp, an elite goaltending camp, and a college showcase,” Reed said. “As a team, we had weekly practices which started at the beginning of July, which we used to develop our skills, to better prepare for the season.” Another obstacle the hockey team has had to overcome is not being a school sponsored team, but rather a club sport. Since not enough schools in Missouri have

ice hockey, the sport cannot be considered a school-sponsored activity mainly due to ice rink costs. “Being a club means everyone must pay for everything. Whether it’s paying for uniforms or ice times, the club must come up with the money,” Carrico said. “Public school teams in St. Louis do not receive any funding from their schools or districts.” Because ice hockey is not school sponsored, LHS players find that gaining support for their team is more difficult than most other sports. “There is a lot less support from the school itself. Hockey games aren’t mentioned on the announcements, and since it’s not sponsored, the Superfan passes are not valid to our games making it difficult for anyone to show up, as not many people know,” Canova said. He added, “So players like myself are left trying to spread the word about the games so we can have some of our fellow Lancers see the game,” Canova said. In spite of the various obstacles LHS hockey

is facing this season, Canova has high hopes for his team. “I feel very optimistic for our season. We have a lot of new skaters on the team and a lot of talent this year, and I’m sure we will improve our record from last year,” Canova said. Carrico thinks although his team is facing copious obstacles this season, students have and always will enjoy watching his team compete. He thinks LHS hockey will forever remain an integral part of LHS history. “High school hockey has been a club sport since originating in 1971-1972. Lafayette’s Ice Hockey program has been around since 1974, so Lafayette has been a part of high school hockey for 43 years now. There is a lot of history there. Ice Hockey has its own niche in the High School sports world,” Carrico said. “Students love attending the games and have been doing so since the very beginning.” The Lancer’s next pre-season game is Oct. 13 at 4 p.m. at the Queeny Park Ice Rink in Ballwin.

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Making a Racquet

Team looks to improve from last year’s fourth place State finish Addie Watson| Reporter The Lancer club racquetball teams may not get a lot of attention but it happens to be one of the best teams in the Midwest. Coached by Manny Rodriguez, the team took fourth in State last season, and hopes to go even further to Nationals. Varsity player Katherine Buren said, “Racquetball is like tennis in a box.” It is played either indoors or outdoors with a hollow rubber ball on a 20 feet by 40 feet court. It can be played in singles or doubles. A match is played to 15 points and you have to win by one point. If each side/player wins one game, a tiebreaker game is played to 11 points and you also have to win by one point. Junior Ashlyn Dozier’s first year photo by Jack Weaver playing racquetball was last year and Lafayette’s club racquetball team finished fourth last season and hope improve on that this year. Some of the team’s members are (front) Megan McCauley 9, Aidan she played on varsity. Before then, Dozier 9, Ashlyn Dozier 11, Derek Crocker 9, Mary Green 12, (back) Ethan Crocker 11, Jack Pietoso 11, Marcos Alvarez 11, Kate Buren 12, Megan Kiser 12, Allyson Howshe had never played racquetball. ard 12 “I won my first game which was a really big accomplishment since AD PROOF is reduced in quality to be email compatible, making some images appearInblurry. Colors displayed here will not match the gets a point.” order to prepare, Buren said, third in doubles last season. UT and California Institute of it was theproduct first game I ever really final exactly. VERIFY YOUR INFORMATION IS CORRECT. Indicate changes and return this proof promptly.drills, Ad Pages is not She said, “I hope to improve my Depending on where you any hit the “We do intense workouts, Technology in Pasadena played,” Dozier said. responsible for any printed errors after approval requiring design or copy changes maypractice result in extra charges. personisongiven. theirAdditional body andproofs the motion and then take what we skills while having fun at the same Both Dozier and Buren have Dozier also said Nationals are in of how you hit them will determine and learned in those drills into our time.” positive things to say about playing Portland, OR this year. Last year, the who gets the point.Approved, games.” Concerning her future in on the Racquetball team and are both Approved, Beaverton High School team, from 9/7-SFthe team ADSome PREPARED _________________________________ no The changes with noted changes team goes through intense other BY: workouts racquetball, Buren said, “I’m planning looking forward to the start of this Beaverton, OR won Nationals. ® Savings Magazine workouts at Wildhorse Fitness, does during practices are weight on probably playing recreationally. season. Dozier said, “I’m hoping to get Approval _______________________________________________ whereSignature: they practice on Wednesdays, lifting, biking and cardio. Most colleges have courts but not real Dozier said, “I made a lot of some sortwww.AdPages.com of medal or at least rank HALF PAGE Thursdays, Fridays and Sundays. Like other sports teams at teams.” friends who go to different schools,” Date: _______________ Corporate Fax: 972-509-1603 higher than I did last year.” 972.424.1980 | 888.424.1980 ICA1017SLS17S Buren said there is no formal Lafayette, the racquetball team has Some colleges that do have good Buren said. “We are always One unusual fact about tryout process and games start early pasta parties and other team social racquetball teams are Baldwin looking for new players. It does not racquetball Dozier said was, “If you November. Anyone interested should activities. Wallace University in Berea, OH; matter if you have any experience; we hit someone [with the ball], [a player] contact a team member. Buren placed third in singles and Brigham Young University in Provo, are one big happy family.”

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The Great Flood of 1951 saw record-breaking flood levels, with the rivercrest of the Marais Des Cygnes River reaching 42 feet.

13 facts about the 13th 2) The next Friday the 13th that falls in October is in 2023.

11) President Franklin D. 6) Jason Vorhees, antagonist Roosevelt avoided plane of the Friday the 13th, was travel on the 13th due to originally named Josh. superstition.

3) In addition to being Friday 7) Child actresses Mary-Kate the 13th, today is also the and Ashley Olsen were born International Day of Failure. on Friday the 13th. 4) The Image’s 13th edition was actually named the Marquis de Lafayette .

10) The 13th can fall on a Friday twice during a single calendar year.

8) Singer Taylor Swift says her lucky number is 13.

12) The St. Louis Oktoberfest is taking place in the Historic Soulard Farmer’s Market on the 13th.

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5) No one knows the origin of today’s reputation for bad luck but it has Christian origins.

The Uruguayan rugby team crashed on the Andes Mountains. Sixteen of the 45 passengers survived after 72 days stranded.

Since the first Friday the 13th movie, 11 additions to the franchise have been created. The latest sequel premiered in 2009.

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13) It’s not uncommon for hotels to skip the 13th floor 9) Metal band Black Sabbath and go straight from 12th to released a self-titled album 14th. on Friday 13, 1970.

Rapper Tupac Shakur was injured in a gang-related shooting on Sept. 7, 1996. He died six days later, on Friday, Sept. 13.

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The Costa Concordia, an Italian cruise ship, capsized after striking an underwater rock. 268 out of the 300 passengers were rescued.