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When a concussion occurs, the brain is shoved against the skull, causing a bruise on the area of impact. When the head ricochets off whatever it has made impact with, the brain flies to the opposite side of the head, colliding with the other side of the skull, forming another Graphic By Jacob Mason bruise.
New form seeks to protect students from concussions' long-term, damaging effects By Mallory Thompson Junior Katelyn Hogsett suffered a blow to the back of the head from a basketball last April while at church. Initially, “it didn’t even hurt,” Hogsett said. But within the cavities of her skull, two damaging bruises began to form on her brain -- one where she was hit and one on the opposite side. The next day, these contusions started causing dizziness and nausea.
“I had short-term memory loss,” Hogsett said. “The next day I couldn’t remember what I did the day before.” Because of the severity of her concussion, Hogsett was pulled from school and activities for two weeks, missing the rest of her softball season. Now, more student athletes could be required to stay out of competition longer as schools adopt a new concussion form. The form, included as part of the routine papers for sports physicals, requires anyone suffering head trauma to immediately be pulled from activities. The athlete must be cleared by a physician before returning to sports. The form is part of a new state law. Some students said they understand the need
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for the new requirements. Junior Kylie Seamen has had four concussions. With one of those concussions, Seamen felt she returned to sports too soon. “When I would play, I wouldn’t have that bad of a headache, but I felt dizzy, I felt off,” Seamen said. “I wasn’t playing right.” Had this new form been in place when Seamen suffered from her concussion, she would not have been able to return to her activity without being cleared by a doctor. When asked about the dangers of playing with a concussion, both LHS athletic trainer, Jeremy Goates and KU director of athletic training, David Carr answered with the same word:
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“Death.” “You can die,” Goates said. “Your concussion can become more severe or you can get secondary concussions.” Secondary concussions refers to Second Impact Syndrome, or SIS. SIS occurs when someone with a concussion returns to play before their symptoms have subsided and suffers another blow to the head. This can cause severe swelling of the brain, which leads to decreased blood flow to the brain, which then leads to death. Goates sees most concussion cases from football, followed by soccer, then baseball and softball. Continued on page three. Vol. 122, Issue 2, Oct. 5, 2011
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Students prepare for up and coming careers By Candace Barnes and shelby Steichen
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Senior Evelyn Morales plans to enter the medical field. “I just like helping people I guess,” Morales said. Many jobs in the medical field are expected to grow in popularity in the next seven years, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Among these jobs are registered nurses, home health aides, medical assistants, physicians and surgeons. Anatomy and pre-med classes at LHS have helped Morales. “It helped me understand [and] know a little more than I actually did,” Morales said. Morales said that students entering the medical field will have to study “forever.” School time for careers in the medical field can take anywhere from two to 12 years.
Senior Amanda Fevurly plans to go to school for accounting — another up-and-coming career, along with bookkeeping and auditing. “I’m really interested in the business aspect of marketing,” Fevurly said. Accounting and bookkeeping mostly deal with managing data about what people spend. Marketing covers industry research, consumer habits, pricing and sales. Students studying accounting must get an undergraduate degree, then a graduate degree in any type of business they want. “I’m looking at Arkansas,” Fevurly said. “They have a really good business school.” Business courses at LHS have helped Fevurly prepare for college. “We have a really good business department,” Fevurly said. “It’s giving me a really good base for college.”
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Child care is another job expected to grow in popularity. “It’s interesting to me, I just like kids,” senior Brooke Thornton said. Thornton is interested in becoming a child care worker. High replacement needs and an increasing emphasis on early childhood education programs will push the demand for workers in this field. Thornton is considering Phoenix University to follow this career path. The amount of education needed for this field of work varies from state to state. It can range from less that a high school diploma to a college degree in child development or early childhood education.
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Careers in the computer science and computer software fields are growing. “I’ve always been fascinated with just the ability of computers to get more work done than humans,” senior Jeremy Dean said. Dean plans to get his undergraduate degree, find a job, then get his masters degree. He is going to the University of Kansas for his first year of college, but isn’t sure after that. He will have to go to school for about six years. LHS classes have helped Dean prepare for his future. Dean is taking four programming classes and a web page design class in high school.
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As students approach their junior and senior years, planning for their futures turns into thinking about careers. Some careers are becoming more popular, while others are dying out. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, by the year 2018, careers in the medical field are expected to gain 21 to 50 percent more employees. In the computer science and computer software fields, there are expected to be more than a million new jobs and approximately 1.5 million openings. The accounting field is supposed to grow in popularity by between 10 and 22 percent. Careers in the child care field are expected to grow by 10 percent. These four seniors share interests in popular careers:
From left to right: Jeremy Dean, Evelyn Morales, Brooke Thornton and Amanda Fevurly.
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Reporter stumbles through pom practice Reporter takes on the hard-working, tough hours of pom squad by Mackenzie Breithaupt Forget lifting weights. For great exercise, try keeping up with the Pom Squad. To get the full experience, I tried pom for a day. As I walked into practice, the squad quickly welcomed me and continued with their routines. Previously involved in dance, I thought bringing back my groove would be easy. I was embarrassingly wrong. Luckily, Online sophomore Katie Lomshek precisely Find pictures knew the choreand videos of ography. I knew Breithaupt's day in because my eyes pom at were glued to her www.lhsbudget.com. every step. Although I was studying her moves and attempting to engrave them into my thoughts, it seemed to make no difference. My reflexes were shot. All my steps were at least three seconds too late and dull to the max. To some, my movements gave the impression of a lack of effort, but panting and dripping beads of sweat on my forehead proved otherwise. Along with the inconsistent steps, my body chose to be as flexible as a wooden pencil. The girls on the team hit every move, and their kicks appeared to be dead-on. Mimicking Lomshek, I began kicking my legs up in hopes of perfection but unsuccessfully danced with ants in my pants. If I honestly wanted to contribute in practice with pom, I would have to step up my game. Hours of training are put into this competitive sport, and the squad works with determination, compassion and dedication.
Most of our student body doesn’t understand how much effort these girls put into their sport. “It's the time commitment,” pom coach Marja Edwardson said. “People don’t realize how much it takes to be good at dance.” The girls practice everyday during their seventh hour, Tuesdays after school until 5 p.m.
and then, that same day, from 6:30-8:30 with the band. After school on Wednesdays, they practice until 4:30. On average, pom trains for about nine hours during the week. With all of that practice, these ladies pump up LHS students when they perform at our football and basketball games. Their great enthusiasm
Junior Mackenzie Breithaupt performs her best dance skills with the pom squad. She practiced multiple routines, such as the fight song and the halftime routine. Photo by Abby Gillam definitely boosts my spirit and support for our team.
Concussions: State law aimed at helping prevent effects of multiple concussions Continued from page one LHS has “the best helmets at the high school level,” Goates said. But football helmets are designed “to stop fractures of the skull, not concussions,” Carr said. Within the month and a half of fall sports, Goates has already seen 10 concussion cases. The new concussion form should help prevent the devastating long-term effects of having multiple concussions. These include “inability to concentrate, memory problems, headaches with any kind of activity, like going out in the sun or playing with your kids,” said Carr, who helped write the Kansas law. While helmets and headgear can usually only prevent fractures and lacerations, education and awareness are the best ways of preventing Oct. 5, 2011
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concussions, Goates said. “We try to teach the football players to keep their heads up when they tackle,” Goates said. The form lists the symptoms of concussions as: headache, nausea, balance problems or dizziness, double or fuzzy vision, sensitivity to light or noise, feeling sluggish, felling foggy or groggy, concentration or memory problems and confusion. If athletes show these sings, they must immediately be removed from activity and cannot return until cleared by a health care professional. Spotting the warning signs of a concussion and following up with a physician after trauma to the head is crucial. “Your life is more important than the next game,” Seamen said.
CORRECTION In the previous issue of The Budget, there was a mistake in the story “Students, teachers dealing with YouTube block.” While film students have used YouTube to supplement some assignments, use of the site has never been required for film classes — even before the YouTube ban. Downloading music from YouTube, especially music that is copyrighted, isn’t encouraged. Students are, however, encouraged to use royalty-free music or music they create themselves for their projects. The Budget staff apologizes for the error.
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BUDGET staff About The Budget
The Budget is published every three weeks and distributed free of charge to students and faculty at Lawrence High School, 1901 Louisiana, Lawrence, Kan. 66046-2999. The Budget is produced by students in the Journalism II course with occasional contributions from Beginning Journalism, Journalism III and guest columnists. The newspaper’s goals are to inform, entertain and present a forum of expression for students, faculty, administrators and community members. The newspaper is financed through advertising and staff fundraising. The editorial staff is solely responsible for the content of this newspaper, and views expressed in The Budget do not necessarily reflect those of the administration of Lawrence High School or USD 497.
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By Joe Mills The increased presence of social networks has been a great tool for learning and teacher communication with students. However, with the increased presence of the sites comes increased risk of abuse. One response to the risk came if the form of the Amy Hestir Student Protection Act. The Missouri law would limit private electronic communication between teachers and students younger than 18. Though the law had a large amount of support, the Missouri State Teachers Association sued over free speech concerns. A judge blocked implementation over those concerns. If the laws like this passed in Kansas, the same concern would undoubtedly still be present. The problems arise primarily with the section in the law that limits the ability for teachers to communicate freely with students and requires any of the contact to be public. This is not only limiting to the websites and services that teachers can use but limiting the number of students who find help through those avenues.
The responsibility for protecting students from abuse should rather fall with the parents, teachers and administrators who are responsible for the safety of students. The state should not be required to put restrictions of this sort on teachers. It should be up to each school district to decide what solution best fits the needs of their environment. If a district has lots of problems with abuse of this student-teacher communication, then restrictions like those proposed in the law would fit the situation and environment of that school district. But for the majority of districts, these restrictions would pose an unnecessary restraint and increase in cost of after-school help for students. Greater accountability also should be placed on parents to make sure that their children understand the appropriate use of sites that allow this kind of contact. Through both reliance on schools and parents to report protect and prevent abuse there is both the benefit of the increased communication and the safety that laws of this sort attempt to provide.
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“Park ranger.”
ErikaBrown junior
“Astronaut.”
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Positives, negatives possible when 'friending' a teacher Likes:
●Accessible to both teachers and students ●Allows teachers to be at home and help ●Stronger student-teacher relationship ●Possibilities for Facebook study groups ●Sharing of classroom photos ●A way to share tips on homework ●Can remind students of homework and test dates
“Janitor.”
“Fashion designer.”
AaronZachary senior
TarynnStacey freshman
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●Risk of abuse ●Privacy issues ●Have to watch what you say or post, both teachers and students ●Can become too personal ●The line between teacher-student and friend-friend relationship becomes blurred
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“Painter, because you could paint whatever you feel like.”
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“Professional musician.”
GeoffreyKelly junior
“Actress.”
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Of fear and loathing in Free State While wonders that happen in our rival school are merely pondered by most students, the Budget staff checked out Free State during a recent visit
Editors note: Taylor Kidder and Jacob Mason spent a day experiencing life at Free State High School for this story. Two Free State journalism students also attended Lawrence High for a day.
by taylor kidder We were somewhere around Walmart at the edge of town when the drugs began to take hold. I never traveled anywhere without my photographer, Jacob Mason. His rusted 1994 Dodge Spirit rolled its way toward our rival school. The fast-paced parking lot was filled with a bizarre sort of intoxicating bewilderment. Mason slid into a staff parking space in a semi-lucid daze. When confronted by an authority, her words bashed against our ears in a tone so foreign she might have well spoken another language — as though we had unwittingly stumbled into another country or across the Nebraska border. We cautiously sidled through the front doors and were instantly taken aback by the labyrinth of jade clad peons who stared at Mason and his lion shirt with the same eye a vampire gives a socially repressed teen girl. We knew we couldn’t stop here. This was bird country.
The day begins The first class in which I started to realize just how unnatural my surroundings were was government. As opposed to the homebrew multimedia
presentations Lawrence High made me accustomed to, I was subjected to a professional grade PowerPoint on two party systems created by Prentice Hall. The classes at Free State held an intimidating silence. The pillow of authoritative air was firmly clenched over my nasal passages, consciousness slipping with each second I was stuck here. I sought out some means of time management, any semblance of father time’s wrinkly hands. Staring back at me from the wall was the warm, 650 nanometer glow of a digital timekeeping apparatus. It ticked the minutes off without sound and perfect accuracy. As the timepiece hit 9:46, I rushed out with the greatest expediency I could muster.
Space and technology The hallways themselves were like a dream. One could drive a golf cart class to class with minimal interference. As I approached the stairway to the math hall, however, the dream ended. Navigating the stairway would have terrified Dante Alighieri. And he was descending. The traffic pushed me every direction but up as I ascended the steps. I felt like a salmon headed for its eggs, and the waterfall of students was unyielding. What could have been seconds or minutes passed before the confusion drifted and permitted me to retrieve my bearings from the floor. I found my way to Calculus.
The sanity slippage had only just begun. In a display that would not be a stretch of the imagination to deem witchcraft, the teacher wrote out derivatives on her projection screen with a spell they called a “Smart Board.” I knew what I saw was technically impossible. It was this precise moment I realized that I was unfit for this reporting job. Hallucinations plagued my vision. Rational thought processing had long ago left me. I was completely out of my gourd.
the worst of my nightmares, I went to lunch. What I thought would be the return to normalcy for me was anything but. The lines for lunch were neat and orderly, a stark contrast to the madcap zoo of the LHS cafeteria. A stack of backpacks loitered just outside like the school was some Utopian world where no one had even heard of theft or crime. In the fruit section of the lunch room where I expected to find an orange or an apple, staring back at me was a stack of plantains.
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A brief sprint to class and a discussion of nun-themed poetry were all that separated Mason and me
At Free State High school, students crowd the hallway during passing period. Photo by Jacob Mason from freedom and return to the safe haven of LHS. Or so we thought. In actuality, that was just the icing on the obstacle cake. The thin pickup lanes separating us from our get-away jalopy were blatant plagiarism of Frogger with more top down sports cars and a few less gators. We sped across town past the homecoming parade blasting away the familiarly warm flames of Lil Wayne’s spittle. Our journey came to a close, and we bounced our way back into safety. Obscurity. Just another freak in the freak high school.
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FEATURES A student excels with four extra classes Senior Miles Bassett takes 11 class periods by choice while most shudder at thought of extra work By Yu Kyung Lee For a guy who’s good at math, senior Miles Bassett should know 11 classes are a lot to take in one day. Taking seven classes here, three class credits at KU and an online health class, Bassett manages to fit them all into a single school day. “It’s definitely not my organization nor time-management skills, because I have neither,” Bassett said. “I guess it’s just a drive to pursue my interests. All the classes I’m taking I have great teachers, they are all subjects I’m interested in, and it allows me to push through it — even if it’s difficult.” Waking up at 6 to go to his zero hour, Bassett’s typical school day begins with an independent study of AP Physics C with his friends, seniors Riley Gentry and Anne Reed-Weston. By sixth hour, he’s running to the parking lot to get to his vector calc class at KU, and he rushes back to the marching band practice during seventh hour — usually 15 minutes late. While typical students head to club meetings, sports practices or jobs after school, Bassett’s “extra-curricular” is a two-hour mechanical engineering lab at KU, where he designs his own project and is expected to carry out his own research. After his hectic class schedule, he faces another monumental task: homework. Although Bassett’s KU classes are more about in-class work rather than homework, four Advanced Placement classes and math-intensive courses don’t help him. “I keep pushing myself through just because I know I’m gonna need it,” Bassett said. He tries to finish all of his homework before 10 p.m., hoping to get a decent night’s rest.
“The first few weeks, I was getting between four and five hours [of sleep] a night but it’s gotten better recently to six, seven hours,” Bassett said. “I just learned to balance a few things.” But sleep isn’t the only thing Bassett sacrifices. This is the first year he is not doing sports year-round. Plus, his social life is affected. “Many of my friends were like ‘Oh my God, Miles this is crazy. What are you doing to yourself?’ ” Bassett said. “But they were all supportive once they saw that this is important to me, and I want to do it. I have lots of good friends who are helping me get through this.” So why does Bassett take so many classes? “It’s mainly because these are my main interests; this is where I want to go in life,” Bassett said. “It’s pointing me in a direction I want to go in college and career, and I might as well take care of it now while it’s free.” The mechanical engineering lab and the vector calculus class at KU are all part of KU’s efforts to promote engineering in middle and high schools and are sponsored by the National Science Foundation grant. It is free for interested students. Through the program, Bassett worked in a chemical engineering lab last semester, and this semester, he explores a different field of engineering. “I know I want to go into some field of engineering, but I’m not sure which direction,” he said, “so this year, I’m working in a mechanical engineering lab.” Charlie Lauts, engineering teacher at LHS, worked on creating this program with KU and let Bassett know about the opportunity. Following his interests means extra work for Bassett,
but he manages to survive. “Number one, he’s self motivated,” Lauts said. “He’s willing to put in the time without me hovering over him to make sure that he’s doing it, and he’s really interested in engineering.” Bassett also is aided by support of his friends. “It’s good to have a friend who's good at each subject, like Riley Gentry,” Bassett said. “He’s helping me through calc and Physics C since he is a math genius, just to put it lightly. He’s been a lot of help.” And Bassett’s advisors at KU and teachers at LHS are supportive. “I think that he needs to absorb
Typical School Day:
6 a.m.: Wake up, eat breakfast 7 a.m.: Independent study of AP Physics C in the library 1st Hour: Government 2nd Hour: AP Calc AB 3rd Hour: Independent Study-French 4th Hour: AP Lit and Comp 5th Hour: AP Physics B 6th Hour: Vector Calculus at KU 7th Hour (usually 15 minutes late): Back at LHS, Marching band After School 3:30-5:30 p.m.: Mechanical Engineering Lab (two class credits) at KU 5:30-10 p.m.: Homework and online health class 11 p.m.: Bedtime, hopefully
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as much information as he can from them so that he’s one step ahead of everyone else,” Lauts said. Despite his motivation and support system, there were — and still are — many reservations about his decision. “Of course there is a worry that I wouldn’t have enough time, but it seems that I have made that work,” Bassett said. “I can definitely see that being a problem in the future. Let’s say all of my classes give a bunch of homework on one day. There physically wouldn’t be enough time for me to do it.” There is also the worry about the long-term effects of his schedule, such
Senior Miles Bassett stands out among LHS students with an 11 class-credit course load. Portrait by Yu Kyung Lee as continued lack of sleep. So far, Bassett remains optimistic. “I know that this is helping my future,” he said. “I feel like I’m being productive. I feel like I’m pushing myself in the right direction, even if it is kind of hard. I may not get the best grades in all my classes because of this decision, but I know I’m being exposed to a lot of important things in my future, and hopefully, learning a lot along the way.”
Miles Bassett (right) works in his zero-hour independent study with Riley Gentry. “I’m a math nerd, so if he has a question, I can answer,” said Gentry, who frequently helps Bassett with his homework. Photo by Yu Kyung Lee Oct. 5, 2011
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Drumline overcomes minor setbacks Loss of tenor section has small impact on battery by Ella Magerl At football games and Wednesday night practices, the Lawrence High drumline continues to flourish, but something is missing from their lineup. “The major physical difference is we are not marching tenors this year,” senior Alyssa Denneler said. Drumline is composed of two parts, pit and battery. There are 23 members total, with nine in battery and 14 in pit. This year, battery has four snare and five bass drummers. Of the nine students on battery, only five were on drumline last year. “We have a really new and young drumline,” junior Hannah Rupprecht said. Rupprecht was in pit last year, joining battery this year as a bass 5. The returning bass players are Denneler, who plays bass 1, the smallest bass drum; senior William Johnson, who plays bass 2; and senior Ellen Kyriakos, who plays bass 3. In the absence of the tenor section, “the bassline has a lot more parts,” Rupprecht said. The other two returning members of battery are junior Adam Edmonds and senior Abel Plotnikov. Plotnikov played bass last year and switched to snare this year. Edmonds hoped to play tenor this year, but stuck with snare because if he had switched, there would have been no returning snare players. The members of drumline have noticed some changes on the field as a result of having no tenors. “The formations and drills are a little bit different,” Johnson said. Rupprecht echoes Johnson’s thoughts. “The spacing on the field is different,” Rupprecht said. “The drumline is a lot more spread out.”
Although drumline members are facing some challenges, the drumline is still as close as it has been in the past, even with so many new faces. “It’s new trying to get people to buy into the traditions we have,” Johnson said. He also emphasized how fun drumline can be and how it is one big family.
Despite having so many new members, drumline members continue to push high standards. “One of my goals is to get best drumline at a competition,” Johnson said. To obtain that goal, the drumline continues to “keep pushing for better music quality and for better sound,” Denneler said.
From left to right, senior Abel Plotnikov, junior Adam Edmonds, sophomore DJ Mitchell, and senior Scott Friesen practice their drumming during a Wednesday night practice on Sept. 21. Photo by Ella Magerl
Students, staff hope to make difference with new panel Online By Maddie Baloga and Mara McAllister
When you were in third grade, you probably didn't worry about your weight or going on a diet. But today, the average age for a girl to start a diet is third grade. This statistic compelled junior Grace Morgan to contact prevention specialist Diane Ash and start a leadership panel about health and fitness. Ash added Morgan’s ideas to an ongoing project of intern Kate Melton. Melton began work last spring on a leadership panel focusing on healthy body image and selfesteem. Melton hoped to educate fifth graders about body image and emotions before puberty. Melton combined her ideas with Morgan’s to create the group Fitness and Eating Enhancement
Leaders, or FEEL. The name FEEL has double meaning for Melton. The acronym stresses the importance of feelings. “Feelings affect everything in your life, not just your body,” Melton said. FEEL is a pilot program sponsored by FYI Club that will begin visiting elementary classrooms this year. A group of selected LHS students will visit GET INVOLVED
Morgan, Ash and Melton have high hopes for FEEL, but they need student participation to make it a success. Students who want to participate in FEEL must be good role models. Ash invites interested students to contact her about participating. “Success really depends on the performers,” Ash said.
fifth-grade classrooms and discuss healthy eating and fitness habits and how health affects emotions. FEEL will engage fifth graders in fun activities and provide parents with resources to discuss these issues at home. FEEL is about “dealing with feelings and having the tools to be able to cope,” Melton said. The fifth graders will be able to ask questions in a comfortable environment. FEEL organizers want the fifth graders to have an understanding of how to deal with their feelings during this time of physical change. Melton and Ash agree society does not stress the importance of emotions, and students often do not know how to handle their emotions. They hope FEEL can help change that.
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Soccer captain recalls his history with favorite sport
Junior Justin Riley prepares to make a pass away from Olathe North player. The team won the game 4-0 on Sept. 13.
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By Jamiera Flowers Junior Justin Riley, a captain on the boy's soccer team, recently answered a few questions for The Budget.
How did you first start playing soccer? “It was a long time ago. My dad was the coach. He just got me to play, and we were really good, so I just continued to keep playing.”
Did your parents encourage you to play? “Yes, my dad was the coach, and he always wanted me to do good in soccer, so he was always there to help me.”
Do you plan on playing after high school? “I want to go play college soccer somewhere. Wherever that is, honestly, I just really want to play.”
Has the team changed since last year?
“This year we are a lot better. We have a lot more senior leadership now. We have really good chemistry as a team, and we’re one big family, kind of. We’re a lot better than last year. This is our best year in a long time.”
How many years have you been playing soccer? “A really, really long time, since I was 3 maybe.”
What has been your most embarrassing soccer moment? “Last year I got hurt in front of my whole team, and they had to call the ambulance on the field. It was kind of embarrassing and awkward because it was really quiet after it happened. I had to leave in an ambulance, and it was not a good situation.”
Bus takes wrong turn for team JV cross country team faces an obstacle to competition when bus driver drives 83 miles away from destination By Abby Gillam For JV cross country runners, it is never a comforting moment to look out the bus window, and realize the team is not where it is supposed to be. When the cross country team traveled to Emporia for a race Sept. 10, the JV girls and boys teams stumbled upon a bump in the road. Instead of driving to Emporia, their bus driver drove them to Salina, almost 83 miles northwest of their intended destination. Junior Audie Monroe was one of the runners on the bus. “I was freaking out because I thought I couldn’t race,” Monroe said. “I was asleep and woke up, but realized we were in Abilene and not in the right place. We checked our GPS on our phones and realized we were two hours away from where we were supposed to be.” The bus pulled into Emporia two hours late, arriving at 11 a.m. The JV girls had to run their race with the boys C-Team. 10 | The Budget
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Their results weren’t tallied with the official race results. “It didn’t affect our performance because we decided to run for the sake of running,” junior Zoe Fincher said. During the four- to five-hour bus ride, runners and assistant coach Rachel Broomberg made it a productive one. They performed their warm-up the best they could given the circumstances. “I think the runners enjoyed it,” Broomberg said. “I think it helped them most mentally.” In the future, Broomberg said coaches need to ensure bus drivers know where they are going and that they have accurate directions. She suggests bus companies could provide bus drivers with GPS devices to keep this from happening again. Broomberg said that, overall, the experience was a positive one for the runners. “Looking back, it really brought the team together, and I’m incredibly proud of all of them for handling it so well,” she said. “We had some great performances, especially considering the circumstances.” Oct. 5, 2011
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Traditions: Hot or Not?
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Janna Kepler
By Anessea Anderson After coach Matt Anderson left the girls soccer team last year, the team lacked a major asset — a coach. The team had to improvise by going to Free State for pre-season conditioning. Replacement coach Joe Nemzer also resigned after the 2011 soccer season. A job opening for a 2012 coach was posted on the district website, and Janna Kepler accepted the challenge. Although Kepler is a new coach at LHS, she has been coaching since she was 18. “I gave swimming lessons all through high school, and I watched some of my kids join the swim team,” Kepler said. “I asked my boss if I could coach as well, and she gave me the head coaching position.” Kepler began her coaching career with swimming, but she always has had a special interest in soccer. She had been encouraged by her mother to play soccer instead of flag football. “I played flag football until fourth grade,” Kepler said. “I guess soccer took over once football became tackle football.” Sports are not the only thing Kepler is involved in. She has been an autism behavior consultant for two years. She works at eight different Lawrence schools, from elementary to high schools. Kepler knows that having three different soccer coaches in three years is difficult for the girls. “With the recent turnover, I know a lot of girls are lacking the motivation to claim the program as their own,” Kepler said. “I want the girls to feel that their investments and their efforts will be noticed and rewarded — maybe not immediately, but soon.” Some girls may be apprehensive about trying out for the soccer team due to lack of knowledge about the sport or lack of skill. “I want girls to try out for the team regardless of their playing experience,” Kepler said. Kepler is confident she can help all girls play soccer. “I can teach the skills,” she said. Kepler says she is here to stay. “I plan to coach as long as the opportunity is there,” Kepler said. Oct. 5, 2011
Senior Reid Hildenbrand celebrates after his interpretive dance with senior Noel Fisher during the first pep rally of the year on Sept. 1. Photo by Amanda Fevurly By Maddie Baloga and Mara McAllister Lawrence High is full of tradition. From brownies on Chesty’s birthday to the homecoming parade, students
and staff enjoy a variety of them. For some, traditions are key to the high school experience and for others they are just a hassle. Students and staff give their opinions.
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Pep Rallies
Prevention specialist Diane Ash is a huge supporter of pep assemblies. “Pep rallies build school spirit,” Ash said. “They remind everyone, faculty and students, that we are all here for one thing: we are lions.”
On the other hand, senior Andrew Denny does not enjoy pep rallies. Senior Leah Towle agrees. Denny and Towle represent students who hate losing extra sleep when late arrival is taken away for pep rallies.
LHS vs FSHS Rivalry
Main office secretary Lisa Werner is wary of the week before the rivalry game. “I like some aspects of the rivalry, but I don’t like the vandalism that sometimes occurs,” Werner said.
Spirit Week
Senior Eriana Parrish does not like spirit week. She believes spirit week is a failure because so few students participate.
Junior Hannah Rupprecht enjoys the rivalry. “I like the energy from the players, crowd and band,” she said. “Both teams play their best, so it’s always a good game.”
Family and consumer science teacher Shannon Wilson loves spirit week. “It makes everything more festive and gives everyone something to look forward to,” Wilson said.
Fight Song on Fridays
Senior Jordan Gaches likes fight song Fridays because he gets out of school early. “It’s a nice end to the week,” Gaches said. There seems to be no big opposition to fight songs played on Fridays. History teacher Anne Eichman likes the fight song on Fridays despite the fact that it has cut into class time. Part of the high school experience, she believes, is school traditions. The loss of class time, however, is ending. Starting Sept. 30, the fight song is to be played closer to 3:05 p.m.
Senior Week
Band teacher Mike Jones loves to see the creativity that goes into the pranks throughout the years. Junior Sally Spurgeon also looks forward to the day she gets to prank the school as a senior.
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STORY IDEA? Seniors Dylan Orth and J'Qui Audena pose to show off their patriotism during spirit week on Monday, Aug. 29. Photo by Dale Roussel
Junior Tristan Alfie hates senior week because he feels at risk the entire week. Alfie never knows when the seniors will strike. Secretary Mary Anne Coleman is not a fan either. “They seem to be messy and disruptive,” Coleman said.
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‘The Laramie Project’ cast at LHS Students begin work on play that recalls hate-crime murder of Matthew Shepard by tiffany robbins ‘The Laramie Project’ is based off of a hate crime against a gay student. Matthew Shepard was a student at the University of Wyoming when he was killed in October 1998 outside of Laramie, Wy.
The play consists of interviews from people connected to the accused, the victim and their perspectives. Performances will be 7:30 p.m. Oct. 27, 28 and 29 in the Lawrence High School auditorium.
“I am proud to be able to produce this work as it is a relevant and resonant example of how art can help us interpret senseless violence, and hopefully, bring us together as a people,” theater director Shannon Draper said.
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Above: Junior Taylor Vardys rehearses for one of his characters, Aaron Kreifels, who found the body of Matthew Shepard. Left: Sophomores Sadie McEniry and Phoebe Clark take guidelines for their scene together. In the scene, they are interviewed about their relationship to the boys involved in the hate crime killing of Matthew Shepard. Photos by Molly Lockwood
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