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Volume 108, Issue 7

Thursday, May 24, 2018

Vaulter wins state title Paperighlights

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Matthew O’Malley 19 places first in state for vault, assists 3rd place team

by Hayden C aesson and Mary Okkema @w zard_o _soz and @mary_okkema

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ck ng o the vau t event at the IHSA gymnast cs state meet at Ho man Estates H gh Schoo on May 12 Matthew O Malley 19 ed the pack as the first person to per orm n the event n wh ch he posted a season-best score Then began the wa t The ent re team watched as the rest o the compet tors per ormed the r vau t As gymnast a ter gymnast went the team began to rea ze they were w tness ng someth ng spec a “We were not sure what was go ng to happen but he d d the best vau t I have ever seen h m do ” Reno Sarussi 18 sa d “We had to s t there and wa t wh e 11 other guys tr ed to beat h s score When the ast guy went and m ssed h s vau t we a went nuts ” On the second day o the state compet t on O Ma ey qua fied or the fina s w th a score o 9 15 putt ng h m n n nth p ace O Ma ey sto e the show on h s fina vau t by earn ng a score o 9 5 that won h m the state t t e “No one expected h m to ust take t and w n but he had done rea y we at sect ona s ” John Quinlan 19 sa d “He went up and threw h s vau t and t was pretty much per ect At first t was a gradua rea zat on that th s cou d actua y happen Matthew seemed to be n shock ” Less than two weeks nto the season O Ma ey part a y tore a gament n h s e t ank e and bru sed bones n the ba s o h s eet H s ank e n ury kept h m out o compet t on or three weeks When he was ab e to pract ce aga n he had to get back to the bas cs Sam Dillon 18 and the new vau t coach John Brandt were key p eces n O Ma ey s recovery “Gett ng hurt was rea y rough I was out or three weeks ” O Ma ey sa d “I Continued on page 10

Matthew O Ma ey s ands a as he s a e champ on n he vau competition O Ma ey

Page 3 It s Raku est not “raccoon est ” Page 3 c ears up a m sconcept ons Page 4 What can t Will Moran 18 do? F rst Mr LT and now h s own p ay See h s work on page 4 Page 6 Shame on you you m ssed “Incept on” by The Eurythm c Dance Company I you d dn t m ss t re ve some o the great moments w th photos rom the show on Page 6 Page 7 The month o May s a about the sen ors We re keep ng t that way Sen ors are dom nat ng the op n ons gr d on Page 7 Page 8 W th 50 states n our beat u country t may be hard to figure out where to ve when you h t the “rea wor d” Sure we re a h gh schoo sta but we have suggest ons or you on Page 8 Page 9 No one kes heart rate days But shou d we keep do ng them? Read our op n on on Page 9

AP announces Legacy wall brings hope, positivity retirement

Page 10 I you ook to your e t you see a state champ on was crowned See the rest o the story and how other sports a red n state compet t ons on Page 10

Therese Nelson plans to leave LT at end of year

Boystown wall travels nation, LT first high school to present it

by Harper Hill @harpss42

by Christina Rossetti @c_rossetti6 Boystown, a neighborhood in Chicago, received a new addition in 2012: a decorated wall in honor of gay advocates and famous LGBT people in American history. They called it “The Legacy Walk”. It features icons and figures like Frances Perkins, Sally Ride, Oscar Wilde, Keith Haring, Walt Whitman and so many more.

“Finally there existed a place where the contributions of LGBT people from all over the world could be put on public display in the heart of an international city that had opened its arms to its LGBT sons and daughters,” according to the Legacy Walls website.

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C Associate Principal Therese Nelson plans to retire at the end of the 2018 academic year, bringing an end to a successful and rewarding career in education.

“I’m so proud to leave here knowing where education has evolved, and I think one of the important things for me, or for all of us, is that we continue to move forward,” Nelson said.

Nelson first came to LT almost 20 years ago. She had been teaching physical education at Waubonsie Valley High School in Aurora when she learned of a job opening for an assistant principal at SC. “I called my mom up who went to Nazareth, and I knew that was in the area, and asked her if [LT] was a good school, and she said ‘Oh my gosh, you’ve got to apply,’” Nelson said. “After interviewing, it felt really comfortable. When I was offered the job, it was an automatic yes. The opportunity to be here was amazing.”

Nelson held the position of SC assistant principal for her first six years, until she was promoted to associate principal for the following 13 years. Throughout her career, Nelson has been one of the most important and recognizable faces at SC, Principal Brian Waterman said.

“She absolutely loves this place,” Waterman said. “She loves the individual relationships she has with students. She’s so welcoming to families and students. When they come in and they think about this ‘big bad place’ that LT can seem like from the outside, she makes Therese Nelson. (Lonnroth/LION) it feel smaller.”

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In memoriam: Tony Burkes, 1997-2017

Sudden death of LT transition student saddens community; students, faculty reflect on best parts of life, legacy

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Photos above show Tony Burkes ‘15 playing basketball and at LT’s 2014 prom (left: Ackerman Suburban Life, top right: Furjanic, bottom right: Hallowel & James Funeral Home)

munity that shows how strong and resilient our student body and faculty is.”

One of those resilient LT students, Hannah Bradbury ‘17, credits Tony as one of the people who saved her life.

“Without Tony’s friendship, I do not know if I would be alive or healthy today,” Bradbury said. “He stood by my side through panic attacks and long absences and would call me to check in on the days I did not show up to school. He modeled authenticity, confidence, and compassion through the way he interacted with others.

Tony led the most perfect example of how to treat others with love and respect.”

Hannah’s sister, Allie Bradbury ‘18, echos this sentiment and agrees that Burkes’ legacy at LT is one of love and inclusion.

“You didn’t have to do anything to deserve Tony’s love,” she said. “When Hannah was struggling with her mental health, he was one of the first people who made her feel worthy of love. He saw nothing wrong with her, but everything great

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LT alumnus steals spotlight with political activism wing companions.

“I think the protest put us on the map in terms of our concerns,” Fuentes said. “What you’re seeing in this country is a cultural genocide. When people go and destroy our statues, they’re destroying our heritage and they’re rewriting our history, and seemingly because it’s white people, it’s okay.”

Nick Fuentes ‘16 waves Trump flag (Fuentes) Throughout his time at LT, Fuentes was always vocal about his political beliefs, and he was never afraid to share his thoughts on any issue, student council advisor and Director of Student Activities Peter Geddeis said.

“We had a lot of political discussions over the four years I have known him,” Geddeis said. “I was always impressed with him, even from his freshman year. He was always very composed, charismatic and well spoken.”

Since his start at LT, Fuentes strengthened his interest in politics through his large involvement in Model UN, his political talk show on WLTL and his creation of “The Nicholas J. Fuentes Show” through LTTV, all which brought his radical opinions to the attention of his classmates, he said.

“It seemed much more civil in high school [than in college], and I think that owed to the fact that I was much more moderate on many issues,” Fuentes said. “Since then, I’ve gone much farther to the right and many more people are upset by that.”

After his high school graduation, his activism in politics only intensified as he continued his education at Boston University, he said.

“I didn’t want to go to a college where everyone would agree with me,” Fuentes said. “For me, college has a lot less to do with the education and more with the experience. I wanted to see how my convictions would stand with professors

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Unique club gains pilot status at LT, competing in fall Students form cyber security club, high interest in developing field

by Grant Campbell @grantc_3100 On Aug. 30, the pilot club Cyberpatriots hosted its first meeting in the SC Discovery Center. Andy Schramka ’18 formed the new club, that will focus on the process of competing in nationwide competitions in cyber security.

“Competitions are on weekends for six hours,” Roland Rondez ’18 said. “We have the opportunity of competing against schools all across the country. The goal of the competition is to create the most secure computer through a given check list.”

The club uses software called VM Ware.

This software serves as an emulator.

“If I had to describe it, it’s [VM Ware} basically a computer within a computer,” Schramka said. “The great thing about it is any changes you make in the emulated computer won’t affect your actual computer.”

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Page 2: LT alumni and former explorer of the year is trying to save the Boundary Waters. Read all about his progress on Page 2.

Graduate makes appearance at Charlottesville, causes dispute

by Spiro Kass @spiro_kass On a warm, sunny morning near Charlottesville, Va., on Aug. 17, hundreds of determined right-wing activists paraded to a statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee to protest its removal. Among them stood LT alumnus and former student council president Nick Fuentes ‘16 chanting the rally’s slogan “you will not replace us” in unison with the other protestors.

“I was there to represent concerns of mass immigration, multiculturalism and historical revisionism,” Fuentes said.

“The government of Virginia colluded with armed, leftist thugs to intimidate us and ultimately keep us from exercising our constitutional rights, but we showed up, we had a permit, and we were peaceful.”

Fuentes, who has since been featured in Time Magazine, The Boston Globe, Morning Today on NBC, Fox News, and several other news networks, believes that the outcome of the rally was a success for himself and his right-

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1, 2017, by wearing blue to honor the memory of transition student Albert “Tony” Burkes ‘15. Burkes’ death, which occurred on the night of Aug. 24, came as a shock to many LT community members. As an M.V.P. of the LT Special Olympics Basketball team and an active member in Best Buddies, Burkes’ impact on the community has been vast and meaningful.

“Tony’s unwavering enthusiasm and ability to see the bright side in every situation is something I will always remember about him, and I’d venture to say that many others would have that same belief,” Special Olympics Basketball coach Abby Shapland said. “It’s impossible to think of Tony and not smile yourself. That, to me, is his legacy.”

Although many people are able to remember the joy in Burkes’ life, it is common to see people struggling with death, LT Principal Brian Waterman said. A crisis team comprised of counselors and social workers meets after every student death to identify the individuals at LT who would have the most difficult time coping with and recovering from the loss.

“Everyone experiences grief in their own personal way; however, it was extremely heartening to see so many members of LT wearing blue to honor Tony’s memory.” Waterman said. “It creates a sense of com-

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Schramka has participated in the Cyberpatriots organization, hosted by the Air Force Association, since eighth grade. He eventually left his former team with the goal of starting a competitive club at LT. “I wanted to have a team to compete with while also teaching other students,” he said.

“Hopefully, I can inspire other competitors to continue with the club and become more engaged with cyber security.”

Despite being declined his sophomore year, Schramka was determined to form the club. He submitted a form for organization again his junior year. When it was accepted, he then needed to find a faculty advisor.

“Many of the computer science teachers had already committed to other clubs,” club advisor and director of LT Technology services Ed Tennant said. “Mr. [Michael] Vasich and I have the resources to provide these students with successful technology skills and new security knowledge. It was a natural fit.”

Both Tennant and Vasich are assisting Schramka not only in teaching the material to

interested students, but also inspiring interest in new students.

“We have an opportunity to foster interest and pass along knowledge,” Tennant said.

“We need to build a bond amongst other clubs at LT to strengthen the community. Human networking is crucial for student and school success. The more bridges you can build with people of common interests, the better your network of support will be.”

Competitions begin in late November and continue through January. The first two competitions are preliminary rounds to determine the team’s tier.

“We won’t be the national champions,” Tennant said. “We will give our best effort in the competitions, but we want to learn the process of competing first.”

Given current student interest, the club has enough members to have multiple competitive teams, each consisting of five to six competitors.

Each competitor has varying knowledge, according to Schramka. Some students are well

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Page 4: Don’t miss the school fashion show organized by Isabelle Sistino ‘19. Full coverage on Page 4.

Page 5: Curious what LT did this summer? Turn to Page 5.

Page 6: Don’t forget to add us on snapchat! See what you missed on Page 6.

Page 8: Greg Smith ‘19 and Maddy Cohen ‘18 square off in the first issue’s Point Counterpoint.

Page 10: LION’s own Danny Kilrea ‘18 is one of the top runners in the nation. Read all about it on Page 10.

Page 11: Girls Swim and Dive looks to improve on state performance from last year. Read our season preview on Page 11.

Page 12: Which LT alumni was recently drafted into the NFL? Find out on Page 12.

Page 14: How addictive is sugar? Read our full analysis on Page 14.

Page 16-17: Our first theme page is all about feminism.

Full coverage on Pages 16-17.

Page 18: Did we really land on the moon? Read this and other conspiracy theories on page 18.

Page 19: Have you ever believed that teachers live at school? They don’t, but they are in bands. Check it out on Page 19.

Page 20: Flip to our newest feature: Pet of the Month!

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CYBER SECURITY COMPETITION TIMELINE

Qualification Round one: Nov. 3-5 Qualification Round two: Dec. 8-10 State Round: Jan. 19-21 Semifinals: Feb. 9-11 National Finals Competition: April 15-19 SOURCE: uscyberpatriot.org

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Jack Kunkle ‘14 serves as influence for main character in new book as tribute to his fight with cancer, adversity

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nderson’s Bookshop in LaGrange hosted author Jordan Sonnenblick’s book signing of “The Secret Sheriff of Sixth Grade” on Sept. 25.

Community members filled the seats of the local bookstore to learn more about the book that appeals to middle school students and others.

Maverick, the main character, is inspired by Jack Kunkle ’14 and his ongoing response to hardships. Jack battled brain cancer starting in sixth grade, and later passed away the summer after he graduated in 2014.

“I was surprised [when I first learned about the book],” Jack’s mom, Ellen Kunkle, said.

“We had seen how he touched the lives of so many people around him, but it never occured to me that Jack’s life would affect others beyond our community.”

Jack first encountered Sonnenblick’s writing through “SuperSibs!”, an organization that reaches out to siblings of cancer patients. Jack’s sisters Leigh and Emily Kunkle were sent Sonnenblick’s book, “Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie” after Jack’s first diagnosis in sixth grade. His sisters liked it so much that they encouraged Jack to read it.

“The experience [Sonnenblick] wrote about felt real,” Ellen said. “It was spot on with cancer drugs and the tough experiences that we could

relate to. [Sonnenblick] created a real story that was accurate unlike other books we had read.”

After Jack read the novel, he was inspired to personally reach out to Sonnenblick and sent a fan letter, she said.

“In the letter, he told me that my book made him feel like he wasn’t alone being the bald kid in sixth grade,” Sonnenblick said.

“He found a touching way of complimenting me on what I had done, and I could immediately sense that he was a special person.”

From there, the two kept in Jack Kunkle and Jordan Sonnenblick pose together. (Ellen Kunkle) touch as pen pals, and Jack would also reach out to Sonnenblick requesting signed ple happy, and make sure that everyone came books for other cancer patients Jack knew, Son- together,” he said. “He was brilliant, witty, hilarious and never cruel, judgmental or harsh in any nenblick said.

“The big thing about Jack was he always asked scenes he did.”

The first Mr. LT competition occurred during other people what he could do for them,” he said.

Jack’s senior year. He entered, and was crowned “He was a superlatively selfless person.”

Jack’s passion for the performing arts began in the first ever Mr. LT, performing stand-up comfourth grade and continued during his tenure at edy as his talent.

“Despite his size and tough life, he was able to LT, his father, John Kunkle, said.

During his treatment, he was able to maintain accomplish so much through his fun-loving spirhis helpful character towards classmates and fac- it,” Theatre Board sponsor and playwriting teacher Lawrence Keller said. “There may be future ulty, Improv Teacher Mike Kuehl said.

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DACA rescinded, causes disorientation LT DACA participant concerned for future, unsure of how policy changes will affect her

by Brandt Siegfried Secretary of the Department of Homeland Se@brandto_13 curity Elaine Duke at the direction of the president, rescinds the DACA program. The For the nine months President Donald benefits will continue for a grace period of Trump has been in office, immigration six months until March 2018. For those issues have received a front and center who only know the United States as seat in the national policy debate. Ever their home, including Emma Wise ‘19, since announcing his candidacy for DACA is an important part of life. president in June 2015, Trump has “I’m not an illegal immigrant, I engaged with immigration, favoram a U.S. citizen, but I am a part of ing stronger restrictions and more DACA,” she said. “It’s all so confusborder security. ing to me. I’m not an illegal immiThe Deferred Action For grant, but for some reason I am Childhood Arrivals propart of DACA.” gram, commonly known Uncertainty has been a as DACA, is not safe large part of Wises’ expefrom changes. DACA rience with DACA, she was established in 2012 said. She was born in

by President Barack Uzynagash, KazakhObama. It effectively stan, and was brought allows people illeto the United States at gally brought to the 10 months after she was United States as chiladopted by her mother. dren to receive pseuShe was naturalized do-legal protection. as a citizen after her The program defers DACA recipient Emma Wise ‘19 (Rossetti/LION) arrival, meaning she is a deportation for qualifying illegal immigrants, while granting them U.S. citizen. The international adoption process, the legal ability to work through three-year re- however, is full of complexities. “[The whole adoption process] was in Rusnewable work permits.

A Sept. 5 memorandum, issued by Acting sian, and my mom doesn’t know a lick of it,”

Wise said. “It had to be translated to English, which took a lot of paper work. My birth certificate says I’m Russian, but my adoption certificate says I’m from Kazakhstan. When I was born I was Russian, and by the time I was adopted I was Kazakh.”

Paperwork inconsistencies with the nation of birth have created other issues, especially when traveling out of the country.

“We go to Canada a lot, and when we have to cross the border it takes a long time,” Wise said.

International travel is not the only thing for which Wise uses her passport. Passports can be used to prove citizenship, and she carries her card with her everywhere as a safety measure in the event she has to use it to prove her citizenship.

“I have to carry my passport around at all times,” Wise said. “People ask for it if I’m doing something and if they think I’m an illegal immigrant, they have the right to ask for my card. That’s why I have to have it. I still carry it around just in case because I don’t know what will happen. This world is crazy.”

To attempt to mitigate the confusion, Wise’s family is consulting an immigration lawyer. The confusion comes from DACA enrollment while concurrently possessing U.S. citizenship.

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Organization provides platform to give back

West Suburban chapter raises money for small charities, next event welcomes high schoolers

Practice Round: Oct. 6-17

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Life of alumnus inspires author Paper ighlights

by Grant Campbell @grantc_3100

by Greta Markey As Western Springs resident Caitlin McNeily drove in her car shortly after the 2016 presidential election, she realized that instead of being frustrated with events, like the election, that she couldn’t control, there was instead a way she could help give back. Inspired by her husband’s organization, “100 Men who Give a Damn” in Chicago, McNeily decided to create a west-suburban organization titled “100 Women who Give a Damn.” This program, now consisting of over 100 women, holds events every few months where each attendee donates $100 to one local charity selected via a voting process.

“Every woman at the event is there to give of their time, to give of their hearts and to give of their mental energy,” McNeily said. “I think

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that giving people a place to remember that making a difference doesn’t always have to be so emotionally charged is important nowadays. It can also be thoughtful and kind and easy, like the events we put on.”

Each event consists of five-minute presentations from three different local charities, McNeily said. After the presentations, each woman has the opportunity to vote for which charity moved them the most. The charity that receives the most votes is then donated $100 from each of the women attending the event. With around 100 women attending each event and each donating $100, the organization is able to raise around $10,000 at each gathering.

“Our goal is to make a large difference for a smaller charity,” she said. “There are so many

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The Legacy Wall stretches the length of the NC Library basement. (Rossetti/LION)

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Page 2: Former White House Advisor cautions us on the potential of legal marijuana. Curious what he has to say? Check out Page 2.

Page 3: No, this LT alumni is not affiliated with Batman.

Turn to Page 3 to read about his work with Gotham Greens.

Page 4: Students have been seeking out official club status for an LT Chess Club.

Full coverage on Page 4.

Page 5: This new Community page features some of the community efforts to combat hurricane damage.

Page 6: Don’t forget to add us on Snapchat! See what you missed on Page 6.

Page 8: We’ve improved our point-counterpoint. Flip to Page 8 to read THREE opinions on what you can do during the Pledge of Allegiance.

Page 9: As a newspaper, we love our freedom of speech.

See what we mean on Page 9.

Page 11: Did you know historic Coach Joann Pyritz is retiring this year? Read our tribute to her career on Page 11.

Page 12: Who is this issue’s Athlete of the Month? See who it is on Page 12.

Page 14: Are you interested in photography? We have some suggestions on how to improve your photos on Page 14.

Page 16-17: The Good, the Bad, the Greek. Full coverage on Pages 16-17.

Page 19: Confused about the tension with North Korea?

We have a whole page to describe it on Page 19.

Page 20: We have a spooky Halloween themed Pet of the Month on Page 20.

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by Grant Campbell @grantc_3100

Danny Kilrea ‘18 caps off dominant senior cross country season as 3A champion Danny Kilrea ‘18 finishes state meet in first place.

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espite missing the entirety of his freshman cross country season due to two stress fractures in his left leg, Danny Kilrea ’18 bounced back from injury to become a state champion in his final cross country season at LT. “[My injury] taught me how to take better care of my body,” he said. “If it did not happen to me, I would not be the runner I am today.”

On Nov. 4, Peoria’s Detweiller Park was plagued with mud and faced serious rain the night before the race and during the race.

While the conditions were not ideal, Kilrea was able to maintain his composure for one of the biggest races of his career.

“I knew times would not be as fast because of the muddy course,” he said. “My plan going into the race was to compete.

During the race, I only thought about finishing. It feels great to be a state champion.”

Kilrea finished with a time of 14:08, 14 seconds ahead of the second place finisher.

Since Kilrea’s injury, he has dominated practically every race in his high school career. In addition to his natural talent, his teammates have noted his work ethic in and out of practice.

“Everyday he comes to practice with a great attitude to get better,” varsity teammate Charlie Harders ’18 said. “He works hard and keeps his goals in mind to make sure that every day he gets close to the goal he sets. His competitiveness and passion for this sport allow him to have the drive and strength to win every race he’s a part of.”

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Page 2: Have you heard of “The Do It For Dominic Hero Fund?” If you haven’t, check out Page 2.

Page 3: Have you ever wondered what it’s like to live a life of poverty? McClure recently had a simulation.

Read all about it on Page 3.

Page 4: Special needs Theater delivered a great performance of Beauty and the Beast. We have pictures on Page 4 in case you missed it.

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Page 5: The community page is back. See what’s happening at the start of the Christmas season on Page 5.

“I was just really interested and wanted to go and see it for myself,” Kuntz said.

Kuntz returned home to begin her freshman year at Savannah College of Art and Design, but did not feel satisfied with her time at the film Less than 24 hours after graduating from LT, Rebecca Kuntz ‘11 was school, Allan said.

She decided to take another trip to Africa through Carpe Diem Edon a plane to Ghana, Africa, to volunteer with Light for Children, a nonucation, an organization profit organization based that runs gap semesters in Ghana that focuses on focused on volunteering, education, orphan preKuntz said. She spent three vention and health for months in East Africa and children. went to Uganda, Rwanda Throughout her tenand Tanzania and volunure at LT, Kuntz was inteered at local nonprofits. volved in LTTV as both “We would really just a student director and a be the hands and feet of filmmaker, advisor Bill whatever they needed done Allan said. During her there,” she said. senior year, she became After permanently leavinterested in documening SCAD, Kuntz enrolled tary filmmaking. in DePaul University and At the same time, continued to work towards she interned at a docher degree in peace justice umentary film compaand conflict resolution onny, What Took You So line, she said. For the next Long, which worked three years, she continued with Light for Children to go to Africa every three and produced documento six months and stay there taries about Africa. This for months at a time voluninspired her to go to Afteering at Light for Chilrica herself and help in dren in Ghana. the local communities “At LT I was always with the nonprofit, she Rebecca Kuntz ‘11 hoists her newly adopted daughter Ellie Grace. (Kuntz) involved in leadership posisaid. “[Kuntz] was really moved by that,” Allan said. “I think a lot of people tions and I was interested in volunteering and giving back,” Kuntz said.

“I knew that my life passion was working with kids.” were, but Rebecca especially. Something clicked.”

While in Ghana, she saw the need for an education center for chilThe summer before college, Kuntz spent three months in Ghana, working with Light for Children, Kuntz said. She spent the summer volunteer- dren, Allan said. She began to raise funds with the help of the LT community to build a multipurpose education center. Continued on page 6 ing and working with children through the non profit.

Page 6: If you didn’t already know, the LION seniors killed it in Dallas. Check out our trip in the Snapchat box on Page 6.

LT alumnus improves Ghanaian community Rebecca Kuntz ‘11 brings home daughter after six years of volunteer work in Ghana

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Beverage tax canned Tax on sugary drinks repeal to go into effect today, Dec. 1

by Grace DeKoker @grace_dekoker

“100 Women who Give a Damn” has held two successful events so far, and their third event is coming up.

small organizations that do such good work, and a $10,000 donation could be more than what they raised all of last year. Although it may seem disappointing to the charities that Approximate amount of money donated to “Share didn’t get selected, the opportunity to raise our Spare” in the organization’s March 2017 event. awareness for their organization means that generous women who were moved by their presentation often reach out and donate to them as well.”

Approximate amount of money donated to “Cal’s The decision to keep “damn” in their title, Angels” in the organization’s August 2017 event. although initially debated, has helped McNeily and her team become more recognizable and gain an online presence, she said. The group initially had thoughts that it would turn The date of the next “100 Kids who Give a Darn” away charities, but has yet to experience any problems or complaints. Additionally, since event, which will be held at the Capris Banquet Hall in no other organization had used “damn” in Countryside. High schoolers are encouraged to attend.

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The Board of Cook County Commissioners reached a decision regarding the highly contested tax on all sweetened beverages on Oct. 10. After months of pressure from their constituents, the commissioners took a vote which would repeal the beverage tax, Cook County Commissioner Sean Morrison (R- Palos Park) said. The board voted 15-2, ruling that as of today, Dec. 1, the penny-per-ounce tax on drinks with added sugars or sweeteners would be rescinded.

“It was the general public that absolutely helped drive the repeal,” Morrison said. “I was the lead sponsor, I wrote the ordinance to have it put in, but I very likely could not have gotten it repealed. The citizens of Cook County placed a lot of pressure on my elected colleagues, which helped to encourage them to vote against the tax.”

Morrison was immediately against the beverage tax, and voted against it from the get-go, he said. The initial vote was 8-8, and Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle (D-Chicago) tipped the scale. She was one of the tax’s largest proponents, though several drink companies and most citi-

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zens of the 17th district opposed it.

Small businesses faced an immediate threat, as the tax would impact their sale and distribution of most offered beverages. The expected revenue was anywhere from $90170 million, Morrison said. In his tenure as a commissioner, he had “never experienced anything like [the soda tax]; no tax issue has had this negative of an effect.”

Additionally, a lawsuit was filed by the Illinois Retail-Merchants Association earlier this year challenging the constitutionality of the tax. The Illinois Constitution states that taxes must be evenly applied; the specific target on the soda industry was hard-hitting, opponents say.

“Any tax that segments a small section is bad tax policy,” Morrison said. “A government should never sue a resident or resident organization for something like that. It was my last straw.”

Yet with the repeal, the promised funds disappear. In order to begin paying off the state’s debt, Preckwinkle has proposed the elimination of several mid-level management positions and vacant positons.

“Without revenue, we are left with no other option,” Preckwinkle wrote to the county’s commissioners.

“It’s not a case of not wanting the money to go to Cook County, it’s a case of appropriating the money… we have to live with money issues, with political issues, with taxation, but I personally don’t think that tax looked at the big picture,” LGBA President Kathy Dierkes said.

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Page 9: Everyone hates the reminder emails about submitting proof of meningitis shots. See how we feel about vaccines on Page 9.

Page 10: This former LT runner dominated his first marathon. Read all about it on Page 10.

Page 12: Remember Chris Herren from health class?

He came to talk to South Campus. Full coverage on Page 12.

Page 14: Want to reminisce about the 2000s? Flip to Page 14.

Page 16-17: Will we ever make it to Mars? We talk about it on Pages 16-17.

Page 19: Sexual harassment is always coming up in the news. We decided to cover this topic too. Flip to Page 19.

JEA/NSPA Results

by Harper Hill @harpss42 The following current LION reporters received national recognition for their work at the National Scholastic Press Association and Journalism Education Association convention, held in Dallas from Nov. 16-19. The JEA national write-off consisted of 48 contests with a total of 1,581 student journalist participants.

Sydney Kaehler ‘18- Honorable Mention in Editorial Cartooning Luke Lusson ‘18- Excellent award in Sports Writing Greta Markey ‘18- Excellent award News Editing/Headline Writing Spiro Kass ‘18- Excellent award in Editorial Writing Mikaela Larson’18- Superior award in Commentary Writing

Caroline Konstant ‘17, Sheridan Speiss ‘17, Grace Palmer ‘17, Maddy Cohen ‘18- Honorable Men-

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PDA causes discomfort, debate Students, faculty, administration weigh in on affection in hallways

by Grant Campbell and Greta Markey @grantc_3100 and @gretamarkey

The one time that NC Student Assistant Yolanda Rodriguez witnessed an intense public display of affection (PDA) occurred at SC. As she was coming down the stairs one passing period, she proceeded to discover two underclassmen engaging in physically romantic behavior at school.

“They were really getting into it,” Rodriguez said. “I told them ‘Guys! What are you doing?’ [I broke them apart] and told them to get to class.”

Out of 186 random student surveys at NC, all but three students have seen PDA at LT, with over 85 students encountering PDA at least once a day.

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98.4% of 186 LT students surveyed have witnessed public displays of affection (PDA) at LT.

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viewed acts of PDA, the extremity and type of PDA they witness often vary in intimacy. While there is not a formal definition of PDA, there is a plethora of intimate actions that fall under its general umbrella. These actions range from hugs and hand holding to physical groping of a significant other.

Locally, Percy Julian Middle School in Oak Park has banned hugs on school grounds, according to TIME. “[At LT], there are no policies that address [PDA] specifically,” Principal Brian Waterman said. “Some clubs and activities will include guidelines related to PDA in their field trip procedures, but that would be specific to a club.”

Rodriguez confirmed that the student handbook does not explicitly contain any policy regarding these displays of affection. Though it lacks an official policy, Rodriguez believes that avoiding these public displays should be considered common courtesy, she said.

“We have 4,000 students, and the actual number of students who are ‘consequenced’ for this type of behavior is relatively small considering our enrollment,” Waterman said. “ We believe it is best to handle each issue individually in the AP office. It’s one of those things that when we notice it, we address it and ask [them] how they think they’re making other students feel.”

In 1999, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that schools are tasked with creating environments free of harassment among students, TIME reported; however, many LT students feel uncomfortable with the PDA they see in the hallway. Seventy nine of the 186 interviewed students feel some-

what uncomfortable with the PDA they encounter, while 46 indicated that their level of discomfort is extreme.

“I just don’t want to see two people cuddling or making out by my locker when I have places to be,” Sydney Weber ’18 said. “There are better places to do that.”

Whether or not preventative action is taken by faculty all depends on the extremity of PDA. “It depends how profound it is,” Rodriguez said. “If you’re there making out, we’ll tell you to stop, because you really shouldn’t be doing that. Stuff like that you keep in private, not where everyone’s looking.”

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If you’re there making out, we’ll tell you to stop, because you really shouldn’t be doing that. Stuff like that you keep in private, not where everyone’s looking.

of the surveyed students are at least somewhat uncomfortable with seeing PDA in the hallway, while 24.7 percent are extremely uncomfortable.

of the surveyed students see PDA at least once a week at LT, while a little under half of the interviewed students see PDA daily.

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Suburban crime escalates, unsettles community Recent crimes in LaGrange, Western Springs shows increased criminal activity

four culprits to escape the car and run away on foot. The police were able to capture three of the four suspects, meaning there was a fugitive on the loose within the LT district. This led LT and proximal district administrators to commence a soft lockdown for the safety of the students, Principal Brian Waterman said.

“When things like that happen, we get our leadership team together—[Superintendant Tim] Kilrea, myself and the associate principals— While walking north along Ashland Avenue toward Cossitt Elementaand we discuss the information we have and ry School on Sept. 14, 2017, La Grange resident make an informed decision using student Laura Reilly suddenly heard the faint sound safety as our number one priority,” Waterman of sirens approaching from the distance. Soon said. enough, bright police lights were flashing far Beginning at around 12:30 p.m., the lockup the street, and it was not long until Reildown continued until the Western Springs ly spotted several police cars chasing a vehicle police notified the school that the fourth fugiwith a detached bumper dragging along the tive was captured. School was then dismissed pavement, emitting a terrible screeching noise. at 3:10 p.m.

It was not until the group of cars sped past her when she comprehended a chase was occuring, making a large thud against a parked car on Crime continues their way past.

Police chases and crimes that put the lives Struck with fear, Reilly traveled to the back of residents in danger are extremely rare ocof the parked car to notice that the wheel of currences in La Grange, Western Springs and the suspect’s vehicle had fallen off and crashed surrounding towns, according to the Neighinto the rear end. Luckily, that car was there to borhood Scout. Relative to other parts of protect her; otherwise, Reilly could have been the country, the crime index of LaGrange is severely injured.

73, meaning that La Grange is safer than 73 “Within the blink of an eye and without percent of U.S. cities. The same source gives even realizing what’s happening in front of me, Western Springs a crime index of 95. AlI totally could have gotten nailed by that tire,” Damage parked car received after wheel detached from though it is rare to hear about violent crime in she said. “It seemed like it was happening in suspect vehicle in the midst of hot pursuit. (Reilly) both communities, criminal activity continslow motion. I was in disbelief.” ued to stir the local area after the police chase After nearly injuring Reilly, the Chicago Tribune reported that the poin mid-September. The LaGrange Police Department was contacted for lice chase continued until the subject vehicle crashed into a motorcyclist this story, but did not comment or clarify whether or not recent crimes on Plainfield Road adjacent to Fuller’s Car Wash, which prompted the display an increase compared to the general Continued on page 6

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Page 2: Coverage on protests at Glenbard East, grassroots activism and the 2018 March to the Polls all revolving around President Donald Trump on Page 2.

Page 3: LT’s American Sign Language class educates first responders to better equip them for dealing with emergency situations.

Page 5: Many academic teams prepare for state competions. As their seasons wind down, we wish them luck on Page 5.

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Page 4: The Winter Olympics have come. While you enjoy curling competitions everyday, be sure to think of the work of this LT alumni who’s interning for NBC. See how he got the internship on Page 4.

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Page 6: What is the theme of this issue’s SnapChat box?

You’ll have to go to Page 6 to find out. Don’t forget to add us: @lionnewspaper.

Page 8: Trump officially reached one year in office last week. See three students argue over his first year on Page 8.

Page 9: Don’t use up all of your cellular data in school ever again. Check out what we think of wifi being provided to students in school on Page 9.

Page 10: The Bowling team is headed to STATE! Congratulations to all athletes.

Read all about it on Page 10.

Page 11: Who is this issue’s Athlete of the Month? You’ll have to turn to Page 11 to find out.

Page 12: From fights to terrible hype videos: read the full scoop on the history of the LT Hinsdale Central Rivalry. We have it for you on Page 12.

Page 14: It may not be the summer sports, but the Olympics are back. Turn to Page 14 to read about these icy athletics.

Pages 16-17: Whether you have one, use one or know someone who does, read all the facts about fake IDs on Pages 16-17.

Page 18: See LION’s list of top Netflix originals on Page 18.

Page 19: PUPPIES! We’re just going to let Page 19 speak for itself.

Page 20: Who says you need hair to be cute? Certainly not us—this issue’s pet of the month is featured on Page 20.

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Individual champions crowned

Henry Claesson ‘18, Spencer Walker ‘18 continue success; Walker sets state record

by Grace DeKoker @grace_Dekoker

Page 10 has the full story on the IHSA state performance from the boys swim and dive team along with these individual champions.

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Right: Spencer Walker ‘18 (middle) explodes off the wall to start the 100 yard backstroke. (Melanie Walker)

18th Annual All-school Assembly cancelled

Unifying school event will not be rescheduled to protect emotional, physical well-being of students

by Harper Hill between two others and interpreted it as a threat to the All-school As@harpss42 sembly. he All-school Assembly, originally scheduled on Feb. 9 but postIt was soon determined that the conversation was misunderstood. poned to Feb. 23 due to a snow day, was cancelled by administration Rather, it was a positive discussion about an event unrelated to the Allofficials out of concern for the emotional welfare of the student populaschool Assembly, Waterman said. tion, even after it was determined that there “At that point, we said there is no reason was no credible threat to the event. to believe there is any threat of safety to “In working with the police, we had no the school or All-school Assembly,” Waconcerns about physical safety, but we are terman said. also responsible for a student’s emotional That did not stop rumors from spreadwell-being,” Principal Brian Waterman ing among students, between parents and said. “And, I felt that our entire school and on social media about a potential risk to community was very emotionally fragile the safety of people attending or performand anxious.” ing in the assembly.

The decision to cancel was made reluc“Once that rumor got out, people were tantly, administration officials said, followscared or vicious, without ever having the ing a rapid sequence of events that began one facts,” Assistant Principal Kris Costopouweek after the devastating school shooting los said. “Even though we tried explaining in Parkland, Fla. Many students and families that there never had been a threat, there across the country have been left feeling inwasn’t a threat, the school was perfectly secure and concerned about their safety. safe—they were still very anxious about It started on Feb. 21 with multiple stueverybody being in one room.” dent reports of a potential threat to the AllThese rumors and Speak Up Line reschool Assembly, Waterman said. ports, coupled with the hundreds of phone Tony Burkes ‘15 dribbles up the court at the 2015 All-school Local police were alerted and, in coopercalls and emails from community memation with LT administration, sought to in- Assembly. (Carroll/LION) bers, led Waterman to email LT parents on

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Alumnus wins Super Bowl, inspires charity

Jake Elliott ‘13 T-shirts sold at LT, funds given to Kelli Joy O’Laughlin Memorial Foundation

Page 2: Maintaining tradition, the senior class has already left its mark on LT with its senior gift. See the contribution on Page 2.

Page 3: Consumer Economics has shattered all prior expectations of summer school. Read all about the new online class option on Page 3.

Page 5: Shoutout to WLTL for its 50th anniversary! We wanted to know how they would celebrate, so we have the full scoop on Page 5.

Page 7: It’s the classic Page 7 Grid. Check it out.

Page 9: Who doesn’t love a random homework quiz?

We don’t. Read our opinion on Page 9.

Page 11: Another issue, another Athlete of the Month. Page 11 has a very talented athlete waiting for you.

Page 12: It might only be the second day of March, but we’re already thinking college basketball. See who senior editors Luke Lusson, Mikaela Larson, Grant Campbell and a surprise faculty contributor think will win the big dance on Page 12.

Page 14-15: Enough is enough. Flip to Pages 14-15.

Page 16: And the Oscar for Pet of the Month is...found on Page 16.

Page 18-19: Did your church league team make our power rankings? You’ll have to flip to our church league spread to find out!

T-shirt sales flourish at NC lunch. (Tuisl/LION)

by Isabel Tuisl @isabeltuisl Jake Elliott’s football career isn’t the only thing taking off lately. Along with Elliott’s Super Bowl win as the kicker for the Philadelphia Eagles, his T-shirt sales through LT and involvement with The Eagles Eye Foundation have raised money and awareness for causes in the community. All of the proceeds from the T-shirt sales went to the Kelli Joy O’Laughlin Memorial Foundation, which grants college scholarships to students.

Jeremy Vrtis, an LT math teacher, put together a design for Eagles T-shirts with Elliott’s name on the back.

“The shirt idea came from a suggestion [JoEllen] Gregie made on Facebook,” Vrtis said. “I took her suggestion and ran with it from there.”

Although Spanish teacher Gregie did not know Elliott personally, she saw the desire for Eagles merchandise, and took action, she said.

“While reading Facebook posts from colleagues talking about buying Eagles clothing I thought, ‘Why not make it more personal by creating our own Jake Elliot LT Spirit Wear to honor his success, and then donate any profits to the philanthropy of his choice?’” she said.

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The goal was to have the shirts affordable, and ensure any profits would go to the charity of Elliott’s choice, Vrtis said.

“I think [the philanthropy] is a responsibility that comes with the [professional] position that I’ve been put in, but I’m happy to help the community as much as possible and I love giving back,” Elliott said.

Vrtis asked P.E. teacher and Assistant Varsity Football Coach Jason Brauer if he thought it was a good idea to sell the T-shirts, and he agreed.

“Jeremy started the conversation with me and we’ve created a lot of T-shirt designs here at school so we were able to get a good price for them from the T-shirt [company],” Brauer said.

Student Activities Director Peter Geddeis posted an Instagram message and a simultaneous tweet to Elliott, and Elliott quickly picked the KJO Foundation. Elliott quoted the tweet not long after, indicating his choice of the KJO Foundation, Geddeis said.

“Elliott was two years older than Kelli, but Brauer said they both played tennis and did know each other,” according to the publication My Suburban Life.

The T-shirts were originally only sold to LT administration and staff, but the decision was

Students gather to support Elliott. (Waterman)

made to bring the sales to students and the rest of the community. Brauer and Vrtis reached out to Geddeis after the staff pre sales ended, to discuss the logistics of selling to students, Geddeis said.

“We were hoping for a good number of sales, but the community support was something that snowballed into a huge number of T-shirts,” Brauer said. “[It’s great] to see the support that the school has, [as well as] the community, for a former player and a great cause.

In the first few days of sales, 1,300 shirts were sold. On Friday, Feb. 2, there were 100 shirts sold per lunch period, and the supply met the demand for each period, Vrtis said.

“Additionally, the KJO Foundation had their own sales. It has been a wonderful level of excitement and generosity,” Vrtis said.

The KJO Foundation spent $4,000 on T-shirts, and then sold 1,000 of them for $15 each. In total, $15,500 was raised by the foundation via T-shirt sales and donations. LT numbers are separate but they are sending the foundation a check for around $1,200. Including the school’s amount raised, a combined total of $12,700 was donated to the foundation.

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Students march, walkout In light of recent tragedies, students stand up to gun violence through national demonstrations

by Spiro Kass @spiro_kass or the past two months, there has been an outbreak sweeping across the country. Not a typical epidemic of some miscellaneous infection, but rather something far less tangible and far more empowering. From coast to coast, there has been an outbreak of student voices. Voices that are aggressively stirring our nation’s political forecast by shouting two simple words: never again.

Ever since the school shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., on Feb. 14, students have been gathering in cities and schools around the nation to protest against school gun violence. On March 14, exactly one month after the Parkland tragedy, there was a national school walkout memorializing the victims of the shooting. LT students participated by organizing a school walkout at both NC and SC, NC walkout co-organizer Taylor Koc ‘18 said.

“I want something to change, even if it may never happen,” Koc said. “It’s starting a national discussion, and it’s sort of making people become more informed about it because they see it on the news so often, even if it’s not actually changing the current laws.”

With a history of political activism, protesting for something she believes in is nothing out of the ordinary for Koc. Yet, there stands a large divide between her previous activism and the demonstrations she is currently participating in. Unlike before, walking out in regards to school gun violence is a topic much more personal and hits closer to home, she said. “[School walkouts] impact us as students, because [a shooting] is something that you don’t want to even fathom,” Koc said. “You don’t want to think about a school shooting happening at your school. It’s just really personal—we’re students and there are other students that are dying.”

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In the days leading up to the walkout, Koc, Pilar Valdes ‘19, Amanda Kural ‘19, Mary Beck ‘20 and many other upper and lower classmen got together to organize the memorial. Before the day of action, the students approached Principal Brian Waterman and assured him the walkout would be handled safely and appropriately, he said.

“I was proud about how they handled themselves,” Waterman said. “I was proud about how they did it in a respectful way, a peaceful way and a civil way.”

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Event seeks to discourage drinking Coalition for a Drug Free LT Youth Task Force hangs signs

by Lars Lonnroth @larslonnroth At the Mariano’s in Garden Market, a group of teenagers affiliated with the Coalition for a Drug Free Lyons Township walked the aisles of alcoholic beverages on April 25, having no intention of purchasing the beverages. The teens instead aimed to do the exact opposite: preventing the purchase of alcohol for individuals who legally should not drink it.

“We realized a lot of parents are not educated about the laws when it comes to underage drinking, so we think this is an important event to educate and to acknowledge the fact that alcohol is prevalent in our community,” participant Charlotte Trecartin ‘18 said.

Trecartin, a member of the Coalition for a Drug Free Lyons Township’s Youth Task Force which organized the event, said that the demonstration—which was sanctioned by Mariano’s—was intended to show that the use of alcohol as a teenager is not “rite of passage,” and there are teenagers who want to encourage an alcohol-free lifestyle.

The group hung signs on various bottles of alcohol encouraging shoppers to “keep our teens alcohol free” and implored shoppers not to purchase alcohol for underage individuals.

“We need to team up with our community to show other teens and parents that we are here to support teens living an alcohol and drug free lifestyle,” Trecartin said. “That is exactly what Mariano’s is doing with us.”

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Caroline Trecartin ‘20 hangs a sign on bottles of alcohol at Maranio’s Garden Market for Alcohol Awareness month. (Breen/LION) (Lonnroth/LION) different organizations such as the Village of tiative made him want to make sure that his ern Springs Board of Trustees, said that the Western Springs, members of the local busi- support was shown.” community should “support the group’s efness communities and a representative from Lipinski was in Washington when the forts to prevent underage drinking.” With Congressman Dan Lipinski’s office. event was taking place, so he could not at- the event lining up with Alcohol Awareness “Congressman Lipinski had heard about tend the event himself, Luke said. month, it becomes more important, she said. the event and wanted to make sure that his The April event took place during Alco“I think that this event is important, essupport was shown to the students here,” hol Awareness month, and was a part of a pecially during Alcohol Awareness month,” Joshua Luke, Special Assistant to Congress- larger concerted effort nationwide to advo- Gallagher said. “There are so many dangers man Lipinski, said. “He puts a lot of impor- cate against the use of alcohol for individuals to underage drinking so I am fully supportive tance on public health, and the fact that these under the legal drinking age. of what these kids are doing to keep themstudents are so focused on safety and this iniAlice Gallagher, president of the West- selves and their peers safe.”

Free cardiac screenings benefit students Young Hearts for Life returns to LT for fourth year, offers EKGs to students

by Grace DeKoker @grace_dekoker

Cardiovascular disease is often the last thought on any high school student’s mind, but approximately 7,000 teenagers experience sudden cardiac arrest each year. Only one in every 10 of them will survive, according to the American Heart Association. Treatment options are limited, since a high percentage of the victims are unaware of a heart condition and were seemingly healthy.

In 2006, Dr. Joseph C. Marek saw what these young people were facing. A board certified cardiologist at Advocate Medical Group, he knew the best method to reduce teenage deaths was knowledge. He founded and currently serves as the medical director of the Young Hearts for Life program (YH4L).

“As a parent and a cardiologist, these deaths are devastating,” Marek said. “You read about [sudden cardiac failure] in medical literature, and realize nothing can really be done. I read an article about how New York was dealing with it, and it showed [electrocardiograms, EKGs] reduced sudden death rates by about 85 percent. We started the program soon afterwards, and the rest is history.”

YH4L has been offering free heart screenings to students

across the Chicago suburbs and into Indiana for almost 12 years, team leader Mona Mayr said. LT hosted them April 19 and 20, where 1862 students combined from both campuses were screened for heart disease.

“Knowing if your heart is healthy is so important,” Colleen McGovern ‘18 said. “I take Anatomy, and we learned about the symptoms of heart disease and how they can be so hard to find, so [being preemptive] is important.”

The reason EKGs are so successful in diminishing the odds of sudden cardiac death is because they can reveal underlying problems with the heart’s rhythm that otherwise could have gone unnoticed, Marek said. One to two percent of all students who receive the EKG have abnormal results, and go on to follow up with their primary care physician for further treatment, he said.

Marek and his partner, Dr. Ziad Simmois, are both full-time cardiologists, and twice a month they each visit schools to interpret the students’ EKG results. Since the EKGs are completely free for students, YH4L relies on volunteers to conduct the actual tests. “[YH4L] is overwhelmingly volunteer-based,” Marek said. “We did a study on the quality of our EKGs, and they are as good as, if not better than, most ERs and hospitals. Our volunteers do a phenomenal job.”

Heart screenings are recommended every other year for teenagers until the age of 20, Mayr said. LT has been visited four times in the past eight years according to Physical Wel-

After the YH4L event, LION has decided to compile some possible signs of cardiac disease. If you exhibit any of these signs, seek out an EKG for further diagnosis.

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fare Division Chair John Grundke.

“This is to a whole other level with undetected [conditions],” Grundke said. “We want to catch it, so if there is an issue, we want to know about it ahead of time. The safety of our student athletes is always number one.”

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Get to know your 2018-19 leaders! Pilar Valdes ‘19 was elected Student Council President, and Emmy Rokicki ‘19 was elected Class Board President.

Class Board President: Emmy Rokicki ‘19 Vice President: Emily Weibel ‘19 Treasurer: Emily O’Donnell ‘19 Secretary: Georgia Panos ‘19

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I’m so excited to have been elected senior class board president! I can’t wait to make 2019 a great final year for the class of 2019!

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North Campus Vice President: Macy Siegfried ‘20 South Campus Vice President: James King ‘21 Treasurer: Elizabeth Allen ‘20 Secretary: Zach Patrick ‘20

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Student Council President: Pilar Valdes ‘19

Legacy Wall so that people all over the world could see what Chicago saw.

“The Legacy Wall’s purpose is both to enlighten the general public as well as to give LGBTQ students – who go through every day of their lives never hearing anything positive about people like themselves at school while enduring insults and slurs in the halls – a reason to hope,” Salvo said. “It’s to understand that people like them matter – and have always mattered – even if no one has ever bothered to tell them.”

Since 2015, the Legacy Wall has been travelling to places like the Illinois State Capitol. This April, the Legacy Wall made its first ever appearance in a high school at LT. It spent one week at SC on display in the library and another at NC in the lower level of the library.

“It feels like a bigger step to changing the way school is for LGBT students, so they can finally express themselves openly,” PRISM member Tajia Folka ‘18 said. “It’s like knowing that our school is willing to express who we are.”

With the help of principal Dr. Brian Waterman, PRISM club sponsor Maria Rohloff was able to work with Salvo to have the Legacy wall set up in both NC and SC. Walgreens and AT&T sponsored the installation cost, Rohloff said.

“I feel a huge sense of accomplishment because we are giving kids role models,” Rohloff said. “We learn about a lot of things in history, but our community isn’t brought forth. This is a way for kids to know who did these things and have someone to look up to.”

Rohloff has been involved with this club for nearly 10 years, she said.

“Growing up, I was always a friend to the friendless, and at that time, if you were gay, or different, people didn’t really like that, but I would always be your friend,” Rohloff said.

Along with her passion, Rohloff got involved with PRISM here at LT for a person very near to her heart: her son.

“I was blessed with a son who was gay,” Rohloff said. “That was the point that really drove it home for me. One day he told me ‘Mom, I never had a bad day at LT’, and after hearing that, I wanted to raise awareness to make sure other students felt the same way.”

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Highway Authority to widen 294 Homeowners, Spring Rock Park to be disrupted during construction

by Brandt Siegfried @brandto13

The Illinois State Toll Highway Authority has embarked on a project to repave and expand the 24 miles of I-294 from Balmoral Avenue in Rosemont to 95th street in Bridgeview, Western Springs Village Manager Ingrid Velkme said. The $4 billion project commenced this year and will continue until an estimated completion date in 2025.

The pavement has only seen minor reconstruction throughout its existence, rather than a total renovation. The LT community, whose western boundary is mostly concurrent with I-294, will be impacted by the project.

Two key projects will occur in Western Springs with the promise to have important implications for the community, Velkme said. Issues with aging infrastructure, traffic congestion and safety concerns all contributed to the decision to move forward with the project.

“This will have a big impact on our area,” Velkme said.

“It will be dusty and it will be noisy.”

The BNSF railroad bridge that passes over the 58-yearold pavement adjacent to Spring Rock Park will be taken

The darkened areas around Spring Rock Park will be occupied during the construction of the new rail bridge.

down, Velkme said. A temporary “shoofly” bridge will be built in its place to handle train traffic during the construction of the new bridge. Portions of sidewalk and parking along the train tracks will be replaced by construction staging areas.

Additionally, the pedestrian bridge at Western Avenue and Maple Street will be dismantled and reconstructed. The Highway Authority has not announced whether it will remain in the same place or move to a new location, Velkme said. The Highway Authority will also remove the Hinsdale and O’Hare oases permanently, but retail will remain along the existing sides of the highway.

The impact to homeowners whose property borders I-294 has been a contentious issue of conversation in local media, especially in Hinsdale. The Doings Western Springs reports that the Highway Authority invited 20 Hinsdale residents to a meeting about the proposed changes, but more than 50 attended; attendees included Rep. Patti Bellock (R-Hinsdale) and Sen. Chris Nybo (R-Elmhurst), both of whom represent the area.

The black line shows the space currently occupied by I-294.

The black box represents the Hinsdale Oasis.

Western Springs residents Jim and Nancy Tyrrell have lived in their home next to the highway for 15 years and their property will be affected by the expansion project. Officials from the Highway Authority communicated to them that approximately 15 to 20 feet of their backyard will be purchased through eminent domain, Jim said. By increasing I-294 from four to six lanes with a flex lane on each side, increased pavement space will necessitate more drainage.

Jim and Nancy’s purchased property will contain either an underground pipe or a ditch for groundwater.

“We knew when we bought this house that we’re up against the highway, and things can change,” Nancy said.

“You take a risk, but we didn’t really think they were going to double the size of the highway.”

While they express their disappointment with the project, Jim, who is also a member of the Western Springs Board of Trustees, also sees the project from the perspective of the greater community.

“I don’t have any say in [the expansion project]. All highways take people’s property,” Jim said. “When they put the Eisenhower in during the ‘50s it was outrageous how much property they took, but they had to do it.”

Western Springs Village President Alice Gallagher sees the expansion as imminent regardless of the village’s opinion on the issue, so she identifies cooperation as a key aspect of the project.

“It is my theory that we are not going to stop this; this is a corridor wide expansion. One or two communities is not going to stop it so the best way to serve our residents is to work cooperatively with the toll road. Through mutual planning, we can minimize the impact on our residents while having a say in the improvements. And honestly, the Tollway has been very receptive to that. They have made some changes and adjustments based on our feedback.”

For Velkme, the highway expansion project comes down to best serving the residents she was hired to serve.

“We’ve been working with the toll road since 2016 and I don’t know if other villages have,” Velkme said. “Our village is working hard to protect our residents. We may not like the project but we know that it’s going to happen and we will make the best of it. Our goal is to make sure Western Springs is made whole again after everything is over.”

Students participate in annual Raku Fest Art Department carries on ancient Japanese ceramics technique

by Mary Devine @marydwannab

As Ana Nix ‘19 traveled from NC to SC on May 4 for periods six through eighth, her Friday afternoon was a little bit different from everyone else. Instead of sitting in class, she enjoyed sunshine and warm weather doing what she loves: ceramics. She participated in the annual ceramics Raku Fest this year for the first time.

“Learning the process of glazing and how each thing you do within the process can affect how the final product is eye opening,” Nix said. “It’s a unique opportunity that the LT Art Department provides.”

During the school day, students met in the SC parking lot to use an original Japanese pottery technique called Raku. Ceramic teacher Lorena Lagis helps organize the event and has been doing so for the past 13 years.

The technique used during Raku Fest dates back to ancient Japan. The firing process was used to complete the teacups used in the traditional Japanese tea ceremony, Lagis said. However, LT is still making use of it today.

“The Raku firing process produces beautiful metallic and crackle glazes that we cannot replicate in the studio,” Lagis said. “The results are beautiful.”

The ceramic work is brought to SC and glazed there, Lagis said. The ceramics then

Beloved assistant principal to retire Continued from Page 1

As SC associate principal, Nelson’s most potent roles are overseeing SC and putting together the master schedule each year, she said. Her responsibilities have ranged from school safety to managing and updating the buildings and grounds.

“She’s got a motor, and she is one of the most energetic, young, vibrant people I know,” NC Associate Principal Kevin Brown said. “She doesn’t waste a lot of energy being down or complaining. You just don’t hear Mrs. Nelson do that. She’s always about moving ahead and trying new things and ideas. And I think that’s one of the things that I’ll miss.

And the District, all of us, will miss when she retires.”

Nelson prioritizes students above all else, she said. She works to support the needs of each student by introducing new classes, presenting unique opportunities, and increasing the overall comfort level at the campus, she said.

“I think that her relationship with the students is her biggest accomplishment,” English teacher Deana Mancini said. “The thing I really admire about her is that she’d walk a thousand miles to save one student’s day. She does it tirelessly. She just continues and continues to make sure that the students are growing and receiving the best they can here.”

Nelson working behind the scenes ensures each student has access to all the necessary resources, the right education, and the best teachers, Mancini said.

get placed into kilns until the glaze matures, and are taken out with metal tongs and left to cool. Afterwards the pieces are placed into small metal garbage cans that hold combustible materials within them so that by the time the ceramic pieces are placed into the cans, flames ignite, and the pots sit in the cans absorbing the smoke within its crevices and cracks.

Students were also able to create several pieces to their liking, and experiment with different types of glazes. For Syrus Reardon ‘18, it was his fourth and final year at the event.

“You don’t get to do it that often; it is a unique process of firing and treating the clay,” Reardon said. “There’s a sense of you seeing your ancestors doing it with all of the fire and stuff.”

After hours of participating in the creative glaze technique, the students were able to bring their art home and display them however they liked.

“It is a nice community that comes with it,” Reardon said. “We’re all interested and we all engage in the process and teach each other things.”

Next year, the tradition will continue and the art department will try to carry on its previous success.

“The best part of the fest is always watching the students see the artwork when it is removed from the bucket it gets smoked in,” Lagis said. “They are surprised, amazed and in love with the glaze that is produced from the process.”

Ana Nix ‘19 cools her art at Raku Fest (LION/Devine).

“I have worked with Mrs. Nelson on the LT Career Exploration Program/Guest Speaker Series,” Evie Anagnos ‘20 said. “She has been an amazing role model, and I have learned so much from her. I have learned how to be organized, personable, and above all else, hardworking and kind per her guidance. Not only is she intelligent and understanding, she is also kind, patient, and friendly to myself as well as the LT community.”

Nelson’s passion for helping students and creating a more welcoming learning environment at LT has made the decision to retire a difficult one, she said.

“At LT we can actually turn our [retirement] letter in four years in advance, and I put mine in two years ago because it took me that long because I’m a very active person,” Nelson said. “I cannot see myself slowing down. So I waited a couple more years and then I put it in hoping that I would evolve into the point where I was ready to retire. So it came slowly and slowly and it’s still kind of hard because I have to fill that gap.”

Going from being constantly surrounded by 2,000, 3,000, and sometimes even 4,000 students a day to only interacting with a few will be a big adjustment, Nelson said. To fill this gap, she is going to focus on finding new ways to get involved and live a healthier lifestyle.

“Right now I would say I have everything I need,” Nelson said. “If I wanted to go and work, I would work for nothing because I want to help people [and be] more of a benevolent person. We have to earn a living, and now that I’ve done that, now I can just be free to not worry about that piece. It’s a really really good feeling.”

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Tens by Teens thrills audience

From left to right: Will Moran ‘18 and Sarah Valeika ‘18, Gabe Michor ‘18 and Natalie Crown ‘20, Joe Rutkowski ‘18 and Bodie Wheaton ‘19 and Triniti Cruz ‘19. (Breen/LION)

Features student written, directed plays

their full capabilities.”

Will Moran ‘18 wrote “Grave Stakes” (more commonly

by Camilla Breen known as “The Vampire One” to his cast mates) about three @c_breen125 vampire roommates going grocery shopping at a graveyard.

Moran also acted in “Portraits” by Nicole van Drasek ‘18, Audience members in the SC PAC were amidst gravewhich had the added challenge of portraying a blind man, yards and spooky scenes as actors performed their unintenhe said. tionally dark 12th annual Tens by Teens show on April 25, “One of the best compliments I get is ‘I didn’t think the 27 and 28. Put on by the Theatre Board, the shows, all 10 plays would be that good,” Keller said. “This was my dream minutes in length, were written, directed and acted out enwhen I came to LT about 14 years ago, and that sort of affirtirely by students. Although the general theme of the show mation is what I look forward to the most.” was dark, the cast and writers managed to explore a range of The balance of comedy and drama within each show, genres, according to actress Bodie Wheaton ‘19.

Wheaton said, helped audiences connect with the shows in a “There seemed to be a lot more profound, deeper thought way that didn’t happen last year. about connections, life, death, parents and children,” pro“Some of the quiet, understated nature of people’s cre- Top: Jack Doherty ‘18 and Kate Paras ‘20. (Breen/LION) ducer Lawrence Keller said. “The most interesting part of ative writing surprised [the audience]” Moran said. “The Bottom: Ben Jouras ‘18 and Natalie Crown ‘20. (Breen/LION) this year’s show was the depth of the plays and the personal writers and directors are all so talented, connection that writers made.”

Wheaton performed in “You De“The most interesting part and this year’s lineup of scripts took a lot of risks.” served That” by Kelly McDonell ‘19, of this year’s show was the By giving the cast six weeks to reabout a couple that finds themselves in a graveyard on Halloween night. The depth of the plays and the hearse and pushing them to be “offbook” by week two, the emphasis on play featured talent from every grade personal connection that student productivity and organization level, as did many of the other plays; the was further increased by allowing the well-rounded casts are what brought a writers made.” students to truly immerse themselves in range of audience members to the show, -Lawrence Keller, Producer their characters and plays, Keller said. she said.

“It’s really all the students,” Wheaton “There’s an element of relatability said. “It’s a little scary too, because we’re in high school and that say, a show written 100 years ago wouldn’t have, beputting on this big production. It’s cool to see what is on cause writers write what they know,” Wheaton said. “Mr. paper and then to see it come to life.”

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CommunitY

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After months of hard work and dedication among many students and clubs, the year is finally winding down. Much progress has been made over the course of the 2017-2018 school year, and some high achievements and stand out moments are captured in these stories. Read below to learn about some of LT’s fondest memories.

Science Olympiad places at state competition Individuals win medals, team takes seventh overall out of 49 total teams

by Georgia Dougherty @georgiadoc6 LT’s Science Olympiad varsity team plus 10 alternates drove down to the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign on Friday, April 20 to check out the campus and study for the competition. The next day, they competed against 49 teams in hopes of qualifying for nationals, and ended up finishing seventh overall.

“Overall we’re always pushing to get to nationals, but seventh out of 49 is pretty good,” assistant coach Angela Patel said. “We’re still in the top showing and we had some events that have shown better than ever.”

Although the team got seventh overall, and needed to be top two to qualify for nationals, some groups scored extremely high in their events, winning individual medals. Captain John Quinlan ‘19 and Charlotte Hank ‘19 got second in the Game On event, Chris Hemauer ‘19 and Maria Cienawski ‘19 placed second in Herpetology, captain Grace Dekoker ‘19 and Sebastian Ochoa ‘19 got second in Anatomy and Physiology and Jimmy O’Connor ‘19 and Michael Korenchan ‘19 were state champions for Optics, Dekoker said.

“I’m happy with [second] because it was a new event my freshman year and I picked it up right away since I was kind of familiar with the program they used, so I’ve been slowly developing it,” Quinlan said. “This is the last year they are doing this event since the events rotate year to year so it was good to do well the last time they had it.”

The participants prepared for the state competition by taking lots of tests and were allowed one cheat sheet to use with their event, depending on whether their event allowed it. Out of the events of biology, chemistry, physics, geology, coding, programming and building, the team members each competed in two to four events on Saturday, Patel said. “[Bruce] Falli always is an advocate for taking tests as practice,” Dekoker said. “They are for sure the best way to study, especially since our goal is that you don’t want to be surprised. If you don’t know a question that’s fine, but you don’t want to think, ‘I didn’t know that I was going to be tested on that.’ That’s why we expose ourselves to all these different types of tests and all these types of test questions, so we can prepare ourselves the best we can.”

Although they are a competitive team, the coaches try to diminish the pressure for the team at state by livening up the environment through dressing up for theme days, Patel said.

SciOly members graced their events in Hawaiian themed

Charlotte Hank ‘19 and Adela Garcia ‘19 run their tower at the state competition. (Jenna Phillips)

costumes, wearing coconut bras, grass skirts and Hawaiian shirts.

“The season was a lot of fun,” Quinlan said. “I met a ton of people and being a captain and being on varsity for the first time was a lot of fun because I feel like I’m contributing more to the team than I was in previous years. I’m looking forward to next year and the next events and trying to prepare.”

Civics ends pilot year Econ team places New state graduation requirement course overall success

LT teams take top spots at Northwestern competition

by Pilar Valdes @pilarvaldes55

by Taylor Schmitt

At LT, many students live in constant which allows them to explore ways to befear of not meeting the graduation require- come engaged, civic-minded citizens. They ments. Students of all ages are told by their work with community members to solve a counselors to make sure they have one year societal problem or issue, or work to increase of fine arts, one year of practical arts, four awareness about issues that impact students, years of English, two years of math; the list Vahl said. goes on and on. This year, a new graduation “As soon as we understand that we inrequirement was added to the sophomore’s fluence our community, it helps us become schedules: Civics, a course now required by more active,” Davies said. “It helps us learn the state, Global Studthat we can have an ies Division Chair Paul “In the current political impact.”

Houston said.

All of the stuclimate today, it is import- dents “Being the first grade are presented to take the class, I think ant for all citizens to be with the many difstudents were initially opportunities informed and engaged to ferent annoyed,” Molly Dato learn about curvies ‘20 said. “But then protect our democracy.” rent events, meaning once we got in the class, I that the curriculum think we all realized how -Mica Vahl, Global Studies Assistant changes each and important and relevant it every semester, Vahl Division Chair was.” said.

Civics is a one semester course taken by “Staying up to date with the current issues all sophomores that focuses on teaching stu- in our society can be challenging because it dents their role in American society, as well can be hard to determine whether informaas teaching government and current politics, tion we see, read or hear is reliable and credHouston said. ible.” she said.

“In the current political climate today, it Still, students and teachers alike stress the is important for all citizens to be informed importance and relevance of Civics for high and engaged to protect our democracy,” school students.

Global Studies Assistant Division Chair Mica “In a country that is a democracy, if we Vahl said. have a government of the people, by the peoWhile learning about their role as Ameri- ple for the people, but the people don’t know can citizens, Civics students are also required how it works or what the rules are, that’s a to make a “Genius Hour” or “TAP” project, government by ignorance,” Houston said.

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Two separate four-person LT teams took “They like competing and they even studied the top two spots in the annual Northwest- a lot on their own.”

Topics focused on broad concepts, like ern Economics Tournament at Northwestern’s Evanston Campus on April 7. This suc- economy-related current events, macroecocess comes in LT’s first year participating in nomic concepts and microeconomics conthis challenge, making the win more signifi- cepts, Bryar-Smith said.

In the future, the team hopes to expand cant for team members.

“The best part was when we came out into the “Euro Challenge,” in which teams of our quiz round, talking to Mrs. [Julie] debate how to solve the economic problems of a certain country, Bryar-Smith about Bryar-Smith said. Adhow we were going to ditionally, she would the finals,” Antonio Gilike to be able to see the ron ‘18 said. “Then two teams participate in difseconds later, the other ferent kinds of investLT team comes out and ment challenges. says that they’re going “It’s fun and a chalto the finals. I think lenge,” she said. “I love both of us were so sureconomics, and it’s a prised that the other really interesting topic. team got there. Neither The eight students also of us really expected the had fun. They loved the other to get to the fiStudents gather after competing at Northspeakers because they nals, but then we did it.” western. (Julie Bryar-Smith) weren’t all boring econThe tournament consisted of one individual exam and a team- omists like they imagined. They were real, based quiz bowl section with guest speakers interesting people doing real work.”

In addition to participating in the Northin between rounds, Bryar-Smith, the team sponsor, said. The quiz bowl was arranged in western Economics Tournament, one of the a double-elimination format, and the two LT teams qualified separately for the Illinois teams were on either side of the bracket. It Economics Challenge hosted at the Fed of just so happened that both LT teams made it Chicago, Giron said. They qualified by taking an exam on the computer and competed to the final quiz bowl round.

“These guys studied. They’re just driven, on April 13. They placed fourth overall at and they’re really bright,” Bryar-Smith said. the competition.

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WLTL recognizes supervisor Mike Baker reflects, celebrates past 25 years supervising LT radio station

by Maddy Cohen @maddyc700 In 1975, Mike Baker walked into WLTL to try out to be an engineer as a freshman. The station was located on the third floor of the Vaughan building, spread out between two piano rooms, and only ran hours a day. Almost 43 years later, WLTL dominates a large section of the basement, runs 24 hours a day and utilizes technology that a majority of radio stations do not have—and Baker is still a part of the station.

“Mike is a very personable guy, which is why I think he has been able to do this for so long,” Station Manager Chris Thomas said. “He’s able to relate to people and find out what they are going to excel at.”

Baker graduated LT in 1979, working for WLTL all four years as an engineer. In 1993, Baker started to work as an evening supervisor, he said. Beyond just supervising, Baker also introduced a variety of computer applications that make it possible for WLTL to be one of the best high school radio stations in the country.

“Supervising is beneficial in many ways,” Baker said. “It’s fun to see the students wanting to learn. It’s fun to see how they grow in their occupation.”

Mike Baker oversees the radio station for a Tuesday night show.

(LION/Cohen) Other than WLTL, Baker has worked at a multitude of radio stations. He has worked at WTEQ, WFYR and WJJG, he said. Currently, he is only supervising for WLTL and has a show every week called: “Mike Baker and the Forgotten 45s.”

It airs every Sunday at 10 a.m.

“He’s really doing this because he wants to, not because he

has to,” Thomas said.

Strangely enough, Thomas, who has been Baker’s superior for 13 years, was one of the students Baker supervised when he was on WLTL in high school. Though it was strange calling Baker by his first name, Thomas says that their relationship hasn’t changed.

“I always remember being greeted with a smile and being treated like you were a person,” Thomas said. “If you’re having a down day, Baker can pick you up, just by his presence.”

Students today have similar sentiments about Baker. Both Madison Waliewski ’19 and Jessie Nutter ’19 dedicate a lot of their success at the radio station to Baker. His knowledge of radio technology makes him very accessible, Waliewski said.

“He is constantly pushing me to diversify my knowledge in the radio industry and is willing to teach me anything,” Waliewski said. “He encourages me to work outside of my comfort zone, and always stood by to cheer me on.”

Other than Baker’s anniversary, it was also WLTL’s 50th anniversary this year as well. They celebrated the occasion this past April. WLTL alumni from around the area came to celebrate, including people from the class that created WLTL, Baker said.

“No matter what, Mr. Baker is always there for anyone who walks in, both to listen and share a few stories,” Nutter said. “He is a big part of what makes the station what it is.”

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On May 10-12, the Eurythmic Dance Company put on another installment of their end of the year performance, this year entitiled “Inception”. Take a look below at some highlights, courtesy of Anna Meyers-Caccitolo.

If you say Jesus backwards it sounds like sausage

FROM THE LION STAFF

For the entirety of the school year, we have withheld our tweets from the glorius Twitter Box. But we’re happy to announce that the final twitter box of the school year will be comprised exclusively of staff members tweets. Fasten your seat belts, it’s about to get wild!

Brandt Siegfried ‘18 @brandto13

Mikaela Larson ‘18 @Mikaela_larson

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I pulled up to a stoplight and this guy next to me was listening to “The Nights” by #AVICII as he was just sobbing behind the wheel and I have never felt so personally connected to a stranger in my entire life.

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suburban culture is living in the same house your whole life and still not knowing which light switch does what

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Was about to @ Nick J. Fuentes about one of his tweets, but while typing “nickj...” Nick Jonas popped up. So I will tag him instead. Thank you, @nickjonas for reminding me to be peaceful and not waste my breath on people that don’t deserve it. Merry Christmas everyone

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Welcome to the last issue, and therefore the final (and special) edition of the Page 7 Grid: the Senior Grid. I hope you all have enjoyed reading the grids this year, because this is some of the best content the Opinions section has ever had. For example, will another grid ever feature a question as iconic as “Whose mans is this?” I doubt it. So, enjoy. Keep trying to be funny. Goodbye, everyone! It’s been so much fun! -Sydney Kaehler What song sums up your four years at LT?

My dream roommate for next year would be _______.

If you were locked in a room with your freshman self for 30 minutes what would you say?

I’m mad that I never ______ during my time at LT.

“Bad Boys” by Inner Circle.

Stifler.

“Winter is coming.”

Got my license...

“Hard Out Here For a Pimp” by Three 6 Mafia.

Beyoncé.

“Yikes.”

Ditched.

“Do The John Wall” by Troop 41. Flex to the left, throw some money out yo hands!

Chris Kyle. American sniper, American hero.

“Don’t touch Fortnite.”

Touched Mr. Scales’ head

Kendall Jenner.

“Who let you fill in your eyebrows like that...”

Busted moves at Homecoming

Oprah Winfrey.

“Boy...getchur dumb”

Took the Advanced Culinary class, because the food always smells fire.

Mr. Bergman.

“You’re ugly, and you think it’s going to get better once you get your braces off but it won’t. Nothing will change. You’re still ugly.”

Peaked.

Will Conn ‘18

Angel Nunnery ‘18

Jack Cooley ‘18

“Cockiness” by Rihanna.

Neama Keshta ‘18

“Savage Mode” by 21 Savage.

Mickey Brown ‘18

“Broken” by Lil Jumex.

Samy Zagara ‘18

compiled by Sydney Kaehler

LetterToTheEditor

Brian McDonagh ‘13, a former Managing Editor of the LION Newspaper has second thoughts concerning an opinion piece he wrote on whether or not women were ready to serve in ground combat in the LION’s Point-Counterpoint section. He’d like to change his original opinion and express what he now believes about the topic.

When I was a reporter on The LION, I wrote for the Opinion section’s Point v. Counterpoint, against then fellow reporter Malcolm Dunlop ’13, regarding the issue of women’s roles in combat units throughout the U.S. military. I took the position that women must continue to be barred from active combat based entirely on my own perception of our military at the ripe age of 17. I disagreed with then Secretary of Defense’s decision to open combat roles for women, exposing my obvious naivety. My argument was one based on the sanctity of brotherhood, a notion that if women integrated with male combat units, it would somehow shake the mental fortitude of our soldiers. I also claimed the physical differences between men and women were too stark to be ignored, but I provided neither data nor evidence to support my view.

It is clear that there is a role for women to participate in ground combat, in a limited capacity. This debate should be one centered on the physical requirements of our soldiers and their combat readiness.

Those women who can meet or exceed current standards undoubtedly have a role in one of the hundreds of positions our multifaceted military has. Our expectations of soldiers, however, should not be alerted in order to accommodate more women. In 2014 the Marines tested a battalion of 100 women and 300 men, and subsequently put both entirely male units and mixed gender units in combat situations.

In an interview with the NPR, Paul Johnson, who conducted the study, said that, “In 93 out of 134 tasks that we tested… the all-male groups outperformed the integrated groups.” Specifically, the study found that women were more likely to sustain injuries, and mixed gender units completed tasks at a slower rate; crucial variables on the battlefield.

Since the publication of our own op-ed pieces in The LION, Mr. Dunlop has graduated from the University of Virginia and is now a Second Lieutenant in the Marine Corps. His experiences in the Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps provide valuable insight into the daily life and responsibilities expected of Marines. While I cannot speak on his behalf, he authored an op-ed piece in UVA’s The Cavalier Daily in October of 2015 titled, “Women can fight, just not in the special forces.” He contends that, “…the fact remains that women will always be physically unable to meet the standards of several of the service communities… and that lowering these physical standards to include women would be a perilous decision that would ultimately result in more American deaths on the battlefield.”

For both of us, life experiences after high school has fine-tuned our opinions to be in sync with one another: there is a role for women to fight the enemy, but not because we have altered our standards; this would only serve to defeat the case for gender equality.

I do not doubt any woman’s desire, passion, or ability to fight for this country. I am writing to express my disagreement with my past self. I was wrong to claim that there is no role for women in ground combat.

Saying so disregards the numerous sacrifices women have made on the front lines. It isn’t a matter of sexual discrimination, or men’s obsession with our own machoism, as to why women cannot serve in every role on the battlefield, it is a physical, and therefore tactical, matter.

I am welcome to any comments the readers of Lyons Township might have with my statement, and can be a reached at bpmcdon2@illinois.edu to discuss the matter further.

Write us a Letter! - Have an opinion or passion? Anything in the news or the world? Anything you want to tell us? Bring a signed letter to NC Room 220, put it in Mr. Scales’s mailbox, or email it to Sydney Kaehler at kae503519@student.lths.net! Unfortunately, this is the last issue of the 2017-18 year, so any letter submitted from here on out will be posted on our website or in print during the 2018-19 school year. LION reserves the right to edit all letters.

Last week, my friend told me his AP Econ class was asked to Greg Smith analyze the externalities of marijuana legalization—i.e., whether it’s a good idea to legalize weed for recreational purposes based on the side effects society could incur in costs or benefits.

As you read this, Illinois lawmakers are debating a proposal to fully legalize marijuana. State Rep. Kelly Cassidy and State Sen. Heather Steans are citing the recent advisory referendum as evidence of broad public support legislation to legalize weed.

Decriminalize weed possession and use? Already done. Allow medical use?

We’ve done that too. But allowing (and promoting) commercialized weed sales is sheer lunacy.

The referendum question Cassidy and Steans wanted on the ballot was loaded; it asked voters whether they support legalization of marijuana. Sixty-eight percent of responding voters answered yes.

But a survey by the nonprofit Smart Approaches to Marijuana (or SAM) found that when participants were informed that possession of small amounts of marijuana is already decriminalized, support dwindled to a pathetic 23 percent, and almost half of respondents wanted no change in the law. Public support for full legalization isn’t even close to what Cassidy and Steans would like to have you think it is.

Cassidy and Steans also promise that full legalization will raise $350 to $700 million per year in tax revenue.

That’s a drop in the bucket on Illinois’s $15 billion deficit and its $17 billion backlog of unpaid bills. And I’m no econ wiz, but this is where “externalities”—the additional “costs” of legalization— come in: impaired driving fatalities and serious injuries, emergency room visits, homelessness and decreased workplace productivity.

These problems are now very real in Colorado and Washington State, where commercialized weed sales are already legal. SAM predicts these costs will be around $700 million. So basically, Cassidy and Steans want us to ignore the evidence and believe them on their gamble. Um, no thanks.

There is great concern these days about the effect of gun violence on students, and that is a problem. But the number of students that have been adversely affected by weed use is exponentially higher than the number affected by gun violence.

(Quiz time: how many kids do you personally know in each category?)

Legal weed commercialization in Illinois will spawn a weed industry that will dwarf the tobacco industry, which has brought far more pain and suffering than cigarette tax revenues.

Haven’t we figured this out yet? Or should we try, again, to profit from addictive misery?

Write in and make your voice heard.  100 S. Brainard Ave., La Grange, Ill. 60525  LION reserves the right to edit all letters.

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Thursday, May 24, 2018

SydneySays Later, LION

PawsUp

n To every LT student and teacher— congratulations on another great year! n To AP classes after the AP test— where every day is food Friday and movies. n To being stopped at a red light with the car that cut you off— the most satisfying eye contact you will ever make. n To “This is America”

by Childish Gambino— a song so good, it makes you temporarily ignore everything wrong with our country! n To senior exemptions— simplicity. n To AP Physics coming on the Six Flags fieldtrip—thanks for the junior ditch day! n To joggers— the socially-acceptable sweatpant. n To girls church league—you thought the boys were intense?

You’ve never seen us run up a combination of nine points per game. n To camels— six or seven months without water? Why doesn’t this get more praise?! n To Waluigi— are you considered a Mario brother? No one knows.

But we do know you deserve this recognition. n To the class of 2018— we finally made it!

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n To AP tests— your ONLY pro is the college credit. And the memes. n To sweat— the feeling of peeling your own skin off of a platic chair is indescribable. Disgusting, but indescribable. n To the rumor that senior year is easy— try playing off your D in math with “I’m a second semester senior, mom!” n To graduation gowns— anyone else confused why we wear a nice outfit, only to cover it up with a heavy, conservative blue robe? n To personable test proctors— your intentions are pure, but I’m trying to take my test, not hear about your life. n To metal water bottles—the only thing louder than an elementary school fire alarm. n To the second season of “13 Reasons Why”— I have 13 reasons why you’re unnecessary. n To being passive-agressive— this could be a Paws Up, but I don’t really care, I guess. n To Kanye West’s new song—are you okay? n To teachers that leave grading to the last minute—I’m the only one who’s allowed to give up.

What should you do after college graduation?

LION polled 254 students about their opinions on what to do and where to go after college graduation, and whether or not you should go outside of your comfort zone.

It has all four seasons

I do not plan on

1% attending college What do you think you will do right after you graduate from college?

Leave Illinois and live somewhere else

29%

31%

46% 22%

Better job opportunity elsewhere

Why do you think people choose to leave Illinois?

the “I need to get out of Illinois” feeling

41%

What do you think is the biggest advantage of living in Illinois?

43%

Job opportunities

Other 2%

7%

Vibrant city life

14%

Move back home

14%

Suburbs are a good place to settle down

Move to Chicago

Economy

Moved away from home state

31% Weather

19%

18%

Moved to a bigger city

14% They did not attend/graduate from college

33%

Moved to the suburbs

What did your parent/guardian do after college?

35%

Right now, many colleges are attracting top students from out of state with stipends and full scholarships that even allow some students to do some post graduate work. The opportunities we can find outside of our home towns and states don’t just stop at higher Greg Smith education. Chances to find or create unique work and personal experiences are numerous outside of Illinois to a degree that they simply do not exist here.

Like it or not, Illinois is not all that great of a place. Its business climate is one of the worst in the nation mainly due to its tax system, making it unlikely that companies like Amazon will want to set up shop in our backyard. (Such an action brings billions into a state economy in the costs of high-salary jobs and developing new locations, not to mention tax revenue the government collects.) The state also has a poor economic outlook from such a high portion of the workforce being public employees, according to the Chicago Tribune. Worse for those public employees, Illinois is one of the worst states about funding its public pensions.

Throughout the rest of the U.S., young people like us can

find endless unique opportunities in terms of employment.

Many of those opportunities we can create ourselves. For example, I have an uncle who I really admire who has done this with his life. His education and work have taken him all over the world. And while his life and career do not represent anything standard or ordinary, his experiences certainly demonstrate the scope and scale of opportunity one can sometimes only find far from home.

As a young man, he worked closely with Jeff Bezos as a vice president at Amazon in its early days. He and his family recently spent a couple years in Singapore. He wanted to work, so he applied to a Peapod-type grocery startup called RedMart; he served as Chief Operating Officer for a few years before the company was sold to an Alibaba subsidiary.

The point of this is not that any of us need to measure our happiness or success based on the experiences of others.

Most of us will not have half the world experiences that my uncle has had. But he has had a pretty amazing and fulfilling life. That’s what’s important in life, and sometimes to do what you love, you have to leave your hometown.

The first thing I want to say is that this entire argument stems from social pressure and the word “wanderlust.” Don’t get me wrong, I want to travel around aimlessly and score an amazing job by age 25 as much as Sydney Kaehler the next girl on the cusp of adulthood, but I’m a realist who doesn’t sugarcoat anything.

You are going to graduate from college most likely in debt, searching for a job or paid internship while simultaneously balancing your social life and staying on career path that should take you through the next 30 years. Sorry.

I’ll admit that life after college is also a life that is unbeknownst to me. But from my standpoint, the best and most sensible option after graduating college is to move back home.

The truth is that only very few people are able to graduate and then immediately settle down in in a new, exciting location (Chicago or somewhere else). I feel like I would rather live a more mediocre life in a place I can afford rather than be struggling just to live in an “exciting” location.

What a lot of people don’t realize is that life is expensive.

Staying home after you graduate gives you the chance and all the time in the world to get back on your feet, all while living rent-free. Sure, your social life may be a little less exciting, but you’ll be saving (while possibly bringing in) a lot more money.

Of course, being able to live in the city or move away and experience all those gorgeous sights is incomparable, but you have the rest of your life. There’s a lot of social pressure for young adults to be thriving somewhere, traveling, making money and living it up at the same time. If you move to the city or move away, you will most likely end up trying to work a part-time job to make ends meet on top of doing additional work for your “dream career,” trying to have a social life all while trying to fit in time to eat.

Take a year, or five after you graduate. You’re not missing out on opportunities, because you still have decades ahead of you and plan out the rest of your life and reunite with old friends, all from the comfort of your own home. There is nothing embarrassing about it. Move back home, and by doing this you will be making a smart, long-term financial decision.

I think we can all agree that the first thing we think of when we hear the word “Chicago” is Trina Vega from Victorious singing her beautiful and timeless solo aptly named “Chicago.” Although Trina may not have been the Pilar Valdes best at singing, her lyrics ring true. Chicago is “a city that’s inviting, a city that’s exciting,” which is exactly why LT alumni should move to the city of Chicago after they graduate college.

We have grown up near Chicago our whole lives, so moving to the city brings a sense of familiarity with an abundance of new experiences that you wouldn’t get by moving back to the suburbs. Chicago is a cultural mecca that is full of different backgrounds and heritages that you didn’t get to experience on your eighth grade trip downtown. With such a wide variety of different neighborhoods you can live in, there is something for everyone. From Wheeler Park to Wrigleyville, any college grad can find a place to live.

Because Chicago is a business hub, getting a job or internship downtown is easy. A commute from the suburbs can

be daunting, and a job out-of-state may not provide you with the same experience as one in the Windy City. Jobs downtown are abundant and readily available to young, post-college adults, making Chicago the perfect place.

Now you may be thinking: “But Pilar! If I live on the Northside how will I get to my job downtown?

Don’t fret, Chicago’s extensive public transportation system makes it easy to get anywhere in the city. Although the L system may be confusing at first, just like the halls of NC, everyone gets the hang of it eventually. Plus, the proximity to O’Hare Airport makes out of state and international travel super easy.

If Trina Vega singing about Chicago isn’t enough to convince you to move there immediately, I understand.

But, with a diverse community, job opportunities and easy transportation, it’s hard not to want to drop everything and move downtown now. If all those reasons weren’t enough to convince you, think about all the authentic, Chicago-style dogs you’ll be able to enjoy downtown.

There is one caveat to living downtown: no ketchup.

Well, I guess this is it. Technically, there’s still 10 days Sydney Kaehler until I graduate, but this is my last column, as you could probably assume.

I’ve rewritten this multiple times already, because I wasn’t really sure what to say. Do people even read this?

I’ve struggled with what to say on all of my columns, this one is just tougher because I feel like I need to leave you all off with some sage advice or something.

I’m not—I don’t even know what I’m wearing tomorrow. All I know is that it’s impossible to sum up the incredible (but also scary, at times useless, hectic, exciting and unforgettable) moments I had during my four years at LT into a single article! I know that I’ve grown a lot (mentally and 7 inches) since freshman year when I actually wore a sleeveless turtleneck to school, but it all has made me the person I am today.

Which is someone who I am pretty proud of.

I don’t know if I’d be that person if it wasn’t for laughing my way through everything and for my two years spent on this publication. My original pitch to be the Assistant Opinions Editor hasn’t changed- I say whatever is on my mind.

And now that my time as the Opinions Editor is coming to a close, I have done just that. I learned that not everyone will like what you write or have to say, and you have to be okay with it. Laugh it off.

Throughout the year, I would write my columns or articles and I couldn’t decide if I should say what’s actually on my mind or if I should just write what people want to hear. I’m so happy that I chose the first option every time. Although I got ripped on by most of the conservative boys in my grade afterwards, nothing beat the English teachers I didn’t even have approaching me in hallway saying how much they liked my article.

But actually, writing for the Opinions section for two years has been a pleasure. The LION has opened so many doors for me. It’s why I’m not afraid to speak my mind anymore. It gave me amazing role models and a college major, journalism, that I’m so excited to pursue. It gave me the best friends in the world that I know I will have for a very long time. It gave me a niche. It’s something I will miss immensely next year.

Anyways, write what you’re passionate about, say what’s on your mind and don’t look back. Savor every moment, because that’s it.

Looking back, I can’t believe it’s over. Thank you to The LION Newspaper, to the four random English teachers that read my column every issue, to my truest friends, and of course, to LT. I know you all will miss me and the White Castle t-shirt that’s featured in my mugshot. Thanks for everything.

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Thursday, May 24, 2018

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StaffEditorials Squad up

In December 2017, Illinois changed laws Another beneficial factor of gym is the teamregarding physical education (P.E.) and no longer work-oriented atmosphere that is in almost every requires daily P.E. At first, this seems is a relief; activity we do. Whether it is playing volleyball, we won’t having to change as much and we’ll basketball, dodgeball or any other sport, we are have fewer heart rate days and more room for gaining invaluable skills that can be applied to any other classes. In reality, this will cause more harm class or profession. The ability to work with others than good. Gym guarantees a 40 minute slot dedis a characteristic that is hard to find and hard to icated to exercise five days of the week, teaches learn, but through the various activities we do in us invaluable life lessons P.E., all of us can gain this skill. and gives us a well-deserved School is competitive, so Our position: While some break in the midst of our busy don’t see the academic merit many students try to exempt schedules. in Physical Education, gym is gym to take more advanced As we all know, exercise an important class that teaches classes and gain an edge on is good for you. What many students valuable lessons on others. This philosophy only people do not know; however, makes our environment more health and teamwork that is the positive impact exercise cannot be learned in any other cut-throat. P.E. is the only time has on learning and memory, in the day free from constant classroom. both directly and indirectly. stress and pressure to perform.

According to Harvard Medical School, exercise We’re encouraged to have fun. No P.E. would proreduces insulin resistance, inflammation and stim- mote an unsustainable, unhealthy environment. ulates the release of growth factors. These chemiThough not all of us like to admit it, sometimes cals affect the health of brain cells, the growth of gym class is the only exercise we can get during new blood vessels in the brain and even the abun- the day. Moreover, gym teaches how to make dance and survival of new brain cells. All of this exercise plans ans set goals even after we leave LT. contributes to an advancement in memory.

It is just as necessary to learn how to make a susExercise handles stress, anxiety, sleep and tainable fitness plan as it is to learn factoring. P.E. mood. Problems in these areas commonly cause is important and we need to recognize the value cognitive impairment. and enrichment it adds to our education.

Illustration by Sydney Kaehler

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Staff vote: 13-10

Money grows on trees

At LT, we pride ourselves on being a school But one thing that many don’t understand with exceptional educational and extracurricuabout adopting environmentally friendly praclar opportunities that foster success in any area tices is that, as easy as they are to ignore, they are of study or interest. We have impressive sports just as easy to adopt. By simply requiring the use teams, academics, creative arts programs and of green cleaning products, recycled paper and many would say that, as a school, we are quick reduced cafeteria waste, LT could create healthier to pick up on innovative courses and facilities and more efficient working communities for its that other schools don’t have the funding or the staff and students. dedicated administration to successfully adopt.

Another opportunity that Recycling Club However, amidst all of this success, there is one could work with is creating composting bins in thing that we as LT are falling short on: becoming the courtyards of both NC and SC. The United more environmentally friendly.

States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Yes, we have a great Recycling Club and estimates that about one fourth of all food waste offer environmental science courses, but as a is organic material that could be composted. If well-funded school, we could be implementing students had the opportunity to dispose of their so much more to educate our organic waste to produce fertile students, improve our facilisoil that could be both sold Our position: LT has the ties and emerge as a model for to local companies and used means to invest in better other schools on another front. environmental sustainability. in our Transition Garden and According to Green Schools Small changes can decrease on our campuses, they would Initiative, schools that invest LT’s footprint and save money. probably take it. in green technology save on Environmental conscienaverage $100,000 per year. LT has the funds now tiousness is a lesson that every student should be to invest in a lifestyle that will benefit it economexposed to. It can form positive habits that extend ically in the long term, so why wouldn’t we take far past high school. By simply making students this opportunity? think about the consequences, both positive and Because it’s easy not to. The effects of not negative, of their actions, they are more likely introducing green technology and practices into to make decisions that benefit the future of our our school are neither direct nor immediate. This community and our planet. is why climate change has for so long remained LT is in a very lucky position to be able to unaddressed. The effects, although extremely fund environmental technology like solar panels dangerous and worrying, are gradual. Even and friendly heating and cooling. It can act as a though we cannot immediately see the harm we positive example to both other schools and its are doing to the environment, it still exists, and it students. Small changes can create many positive exists all around the country and the world. effects. Let’s go green, LT.

Staff vote: 19-4

Upperclass freedom

When LT students enter NC, they reach a return on time, ready for the bell. Managing time milestone of maturation, and plentiful privileges between classes is a crucial skill upon entering come along with this transition. At the age of 16, college, and an open campus policy for NC stustudents are eligible to work and join the trade dents would benefit them by preparing for that union, operate a motor vehicle, and even enlist responsibility. in the military with parental consent. Although Aside from helping students, open lunch fosnational and local governments recognize this ters surrounding LaGrange businesses, because level of maturity, LT on the other hand, to an common destinations for hungry LT juniors and extent, does not. seniors would be restaurants in the business disTo this day, LT has yet to allow NC students to trict of LaGrange, located less than a mile away leave the building during their lunch periods. It from the school. This would instigate hundreds is time for the administration of high school students to to rethink the implemenOur position: NC students should spend money at LaGrange tation of open campus and businesses for every day of be allowed to leave the campus follow suit of surrounding during their lunch and lunch study the school year, ultimately high schools, for an open hall due to the benefits it gives to augmenting food quality and campus policy benefits both business success. both students and the school. the students and the comYes, there will be some munity. students who will spoil their privilege by making Not only does open campus satisfy the desires wrong decisions during their time outside of of NC students, but it also offers a perfect opporschool. Some students may also need to stay back tunity for them to learn responsibility and proper for lunch study hall for academic reasons, too. interaction. Most students are given much help The idea is not for everyone, yet the vast majority here at LT; teachers are the main organizers of a of NC students deserve the privilege. After all, student’s schedule, and there is little responsibilhigh school is, in a sense, a long preparation for ity for a student besides completing their work college, so why not implement responsibilities on time. Offering students the privilege of letthat further our college preparation? It is time ting them leave the campus in the middle of the the administration rethinks the lunch policy and school day holds them extremely responsible to allows NC students to act their ages.

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Gymastics places at state Continued from Page 1

was really upset and kind of a bummer because I couldn’t do anything. When I came back I just kept throwing my vaults.”

O’Malley’s win was the icing on the cake for an incredible weekend that included LT placing third in the team competition on May 10, nearly a year after placing second by .2 points. Other top individual performers included Quinlan with a 10th place finish in floor, Nick Perez ‘18 earning second in pommel horse and seventh in parallel bars, Marty Lanigan ‘20, placing 11th in parallel bars and Sam Dillon ‘18 placing eighth in still rings.

At the beginning of the season, the team was short on experienced vaulters and gymnasts who could do high bars, Sarussi said. Dillon Kallal ‘21, Hayden Olenec ‘20 and Genaro Giovingo Mino ’20 all stepped up to become members of the vault team this year.

“A standing joke in the gym is that we almost never spend any time on vault and still manage to stay competitive,” Head Coach Sam Zeman. “This year was definitely different. It seemed like every time we took one step forward we immediately took two steps back.”

The team was ranked seventh in state before conference, Sarussi said. Conference was their highest scoring meet where they placed second in state.

“The team’s expectations was to be invited back to the dance and bring back some hardware,” Zeman said. “After coming so close, we came back with the attitude that we had unfinished business. We knew winning state would never be easy, a lot of pieces need to fall into place at the right time, but we believed we had a solid chance.”

Despite the loss of seniors after this season, the team is looking forward to a bright future ahead. The younger classmen have stepped up throughout the season to fill the gaps in the teams’ performance. Many of the returning gymnasts who scored include Olenec, Kallal, and Lanigan, who was the team’s highest scorer in the team competition and only all around gymnast.

An example of a gymnast who may have a significant impact in the future includes Ben Taylor ’21.

“He (Taylor) helped us tremendously on the floor exercise, parallel bars, and horizontal bar,” Zeman said. “I am really looking forward to competing with him in the all-around next year. He is a disciplined and focused athlete.”

O’Malley was LT’s first state champion in gym-

Nick Perez ‘18 performs his parallel bar rountine at the sectional meet. He went on to place seventh at the state meet on May 11. (DeKoker/LION)

nastics since Alex Janicki ‘17 won three individual events in 2015.

However, when asked about if he would rather have won an individual event, or hoisted a trophy with his team, his answer was clear.

“Winning state as a team, without a question [would have felt better],” O’Malley said. “We just worked so hard and we are like one big family. Winning state as a team would have felt 10 times better than winning state as an individual.”

Water polo takes third

Lose in overtime to Fenwick in semifinals, medal with victory over Conant

by Greta Markey @gretamarkey

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t’s easy to describe your team as your family, and for Illinois Water Polo Player of the Year Victor Perez ‘19, this was literally the case. This season, Perez had the opportunity to play with his younger brother, Sebastian Perez ‘21.

“My favorite memory [of the 2018 IHSA state tournament] was watching Sebastian score against Fenwick [in the semifinals] to put us up 3-2,” Victor said. “His celebration was too funny. He was going nuts.”

LT boys’ water polo finished its season by placing third in the state tournament on May 17-19. They beat Evanston 7-3 in a low scoring quarterfinals, lost to Fenwick 5-4 in overtime of the semifinals and Frank McCarter ‘18 shoots against Fenwick in the semifinal on May 20. McCarter’s goal put the team up clinched third place by 2-0 in the second quarter but they fell to the Friars in overtime by the score of 5-4. (Markey/LION) beating Conant 12-8. defeated.” “[Conant] wasn’t a very two players from the bench who got a lot Despite the loss to Fenwick, the team of playing time this season,” he said. “I’m clean game for us,” John Reilly ‘18 said.

“We were all tired physically and men- finished its season with an impressive excited to see how we grow next year.” tally from our loss to Fenwick, but we 30-4 record, co-captain Max Zator ‘18 Among the returning starters are unsaid. Throughout the season, the boys derclassmen Sebastian and Bob Bolan finished our season with a win.”

The team’s loss to Fenwick came as learned how to play together and built ‘20 who added a lot of talent and characa surprise, as LT had beaten them three strong team chemistry. ter to the team, Joe Gilger ‘18 said. Gilg“I’m most thankful for how tightly er also has some words of advice for the times during the regular season and were entering the state tournament seeded knit our group was,” Zator said. “We had returning team as a whole. such an understanding of how each othfirst by Illpolo.

“Respect your teammates,” he said. “If “Losing to a team that we knew we er played. This season with these guys is you do that, you will not only win more, were capable of beating was difficult to something I’ll never forget.” but the sport will also be more fun. It all The boys varsity team is graduating stems from respect.” cope with,” Reilly said. “Everyone gave it their all from the first swim off to the seven seniors; however, Victor remains Attributes like respect, hardwork and final overtime period. To endure such confident that next season will be an ex- trusting the process are skills the gradua physical and tiring game only to lose citing one. ating seniors believe will serve the team “We have three returning starters and well in the years to follow. during overtime makes you feel a little

Thursday, May 24, 2018

LeavingLION As I write my final column as a sports editor of the amazing LION Newspaper, I cannot help but be sad.

All that goes through my mind is how in a few short months I’ll be in a new city where it may not be known how amazing the Chicago sports world is.

I’ve lived in the same town, same Mikaela Larson house my entire life and what I’ve discovered over all that time is that we love our sports, we as Chicagoans. Yes, I realize I’m in suburban Chicago and that doesn’t make me a true Chicagoan, but that’s a debate for another time. Not only does Chicago have at least one team from every major sports league, but it also is the center point for the Big Ten conference in the NCAA. Plus, we host a plethora of tournaments and events throughout the year that bring in thousands of athletes and sports fanatics.

The Blackhawks, the Cubs, the Bulls, the Bears, the White Sox, even the Sky and Fire, Chicago has it all.

Yeah, so does Boston, New York, and a bunch of other cities, I know. What makes Chicago different, AND BETTER, is that at any one point, we have a team who is good. In the ‘80s, the Bears and the Blackhawks were tearing it up. The ‘90s came with six NBA Championships led by Michael Jordan and the Bulls. The 2000s brought in a MLB title at the hands of the White Sox and a Super Bowl appearance by the Bears. Between 2010 and 2015 the Blackhawks brought home three Stanley Cups. Oh, and of course there’s the era of the Cubs that started in 2015 and had our city erupt after 108 years too long.

While we are a big city with great sports, all of our teams but one seem to stay away from being those crazy commercialized teams where you see their hats being sold in subway stations in Tokyo. The Bulls have a cool logo and with a name like Jordan tied to them, it’s hard for the team not to become an international staple; however, besides the Bulls, our teams are relatively low-key on the world market, which I think makes us a little bit more special.

You can see New York Yankees stuff or Dallas Cowboy gear worn by people who don’t even know how to play the sports or couldn’t name any other team in the league. That to me doesn’t encompass what it means to wear your team. By wearing a Cubs hat you are uniting yourself with millions of people who have suffered far too long and who could talk for hours with you about the crazy antics of Joe Maddon. If you are wearing something Blackhawks and aren’t in Chicago I will approach you. Almost every time I’ve done it thus far, the person has been able to hold a conversation about the upsetting 2017-18 season and what may have caused it.

Chicago may be the third biggest city in the nation, but we have managed to keep the merchandise to the fans and to those who know what they’re talking about.

If someone is wearing Chicago sports, 95 percent of the time they know someone here, they’ve lived here, or they have a connection greater than “oh I thought their logo was cool”. That to me, makes our city just a little bit better than everyone else’s.

Our professional sports alone are enough to make us the best sports city, but what makes us that much better is how we are the epicenter to college sports, specifically the Big 10. We can reach 10 of the 14 Big 10 schools within about five hours in the car. In addition, the headquarters for the conference is in Rosemont, another Chicago suburb. Have you ever wandered around Wrigleyville, or Lincoln Park, or even the Loop and seen the various college flags hanging outside of bars? That means that bar is designated for fans of that university. They broadcast all of their football and basketball games and sometimes even hosts alumni and other networking events. You can have an Iowa bar next to a Michigan bar next to a Penn State bar. If you’re a fan of any major college team, I’m sure Chicago has a bar for you, even if it isn’t a team from the Big 10.

Other organizations seem to recognize the greatness of Chicago as well. In 2016 and 2017, Chicago has hosted the NFL draft, bringing thousands of football fanatics to the city. Chicago also happens to be the most recent U.S. city to try and host the Olympic games. I realize we didn’t get them, but we had the resources there if we had won the bid. Furthermore, on an amateur level Chicago has been a host to many major tournaments, such as the Bauer International Invite. The world’s largest hockey invitational brings hundreds of players from all over the world to play in over 30 different Chicagoland area rinks in one of the most competitive and prestigious tournaments. Chicago has come to be the host city for the tournament as no one can do it quite like us.

Chicago is a special place - we aren’t New York, we aren’t Los Angeles - I like to call us “underrated awesome.” In my opinion Chicago’s “Heart of America” nickname should be altered to “Heart of America’s Sports” because that is exactly what we are.

As a parting note I would just like to say thank you to my co-editor Luke Lusson ‘18 for engaging in daily sports debates and entertaining my weird theories. I have been honored to be a part of the LION Newspaper staff these last two years with friends that are truly family. LION has made my LT career what it is and I couldn’t be more thankful.

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Thursday, May 24, 2018

Boys volleyball rallies for coach’s last season

Despite losing key players, team hopes for deep playoff run in Pyritz’s final go-around

by Harper Hill @harpss42

After ending the season last year in a disappointing loss to to fill some gaps from last year, we are currently inconsistent in Riverside Brookfield in the sectional semifinals, the boys volley- some positions, and we need to develop that consistency before ball team has been working hard at a second chance to make a the end of May,” Pyritz said. deep playoff run.

Along with the loss of several key players from last year, the Along with their hard work, the boys are hoping to enjoy team’s current starting middle hitter Matt Malloy ‘18 sat out their last season with varsity coach Joann Pyritz. Pyritz plans to with a knee injury at the beginning of the season, which further retire from LT at the end of the year, after a strong 24 years of impacted the strength of the team’s lineup, Pyritz said. coaching the varsity boys volleyball team.

“I feel like by the end of the season, we’ll be a different team,” “Coach P has left an enormous impact on LT volleyball over Pyritz said. “It’s just going to take more of the season for us to her coaching years,” Lucas Huneryager ‘18 said. “Our main goal become who we really are. I think once our lineup gets back as a team is to on track with Matt make her last year back, we will have a memorable one some pieces of the regardless of our puzzle that will performance on work better for the court.” us.”

The boys’ The boys strugrecord last year gled with closing was 25-13, and matches in games the team took earlier in the fourth in the season, Pyritz said.

Downers Grove With a record of South Invite on more losses than April 20-21 and wins, they have sixth in the Linbeen focusing on coln Way East their competitive Invite on April manner as well as 27-28. However, closing skills, in the team lost order to work their many key players way back up to the from last year, Sean Ryan ‘18 hits the ball over the net in a match against Morton on May 18. The date marked top. including the Joann Pyritz’s last home game as head coach as well as senior night for the Lions. (Cohen/LION) “The best teams starting setter and starting libero, leaving them with gaps to fill in the state are so dangerous because they are unpredictable due at the beginning of the season this year. to their ability to use all their hitters at any time,” Huneryager “I wanted my last season at LT to be a season that certainly said. “Being able to push the ball to any hitter at any point in a showed more wins than losses,” Pyritz said. “But I think more rally is a large key to success. With a healthy lineup going into importantly, I want to ring true to my whole philosophy which playoffs, my hopes would be high. I have confidence that we is that the season isn’t based on wins and losses. It’s more about could make a strong playoff run and surprise many along the how you learn to play together throughout the season. Our goal way.” this whole season has been to develop consistency in all posiThe team is now preparing for sectional semifinals on May tions, but specifically in positions where we graduated key play- 25. If they advance through this competition, they will compete ers.” at sectional finals on May 29 and depending on the results, conJimmy O’Connor ‘19 and Joe Linder ‘19 have stepped in tinue on to IHSA state finals on June 1-2. to share the setting duties, replacing Caleb Moskowitz ‘17.

“We have displayed efforts to compete with a few of the top Huneryager and Spiro Kass ‘18 have filled the libero role, teams in the state,” Sean Ryan ‘18 said. “Though our record may replacing Adam Zimmerman ‘17. not represent this, we have made significant improvements with “Because we have some inexperience in our roster, and trying our team’s dynamic and performance.”

PyrItz’s Performance

In her 29 years as a head coach, Joann Pyritz has become a staple of the LT volleyball program. Let’s take a look back at just a few of her accomplishments throughout the years.

More than 1,300 career wins

Two-time recipient of the IHSA Volleyball Coach of the Year (2005 and 2016)

Two-time state champion as head coach (1989 and 2010)

Named the National High School Volleyball Coach of the Year in 2010

Softball postseason commences With season interrupted by inclement weather, team feels prepared entering state

by Hayden Claesson @wizard_of_soz

As March rolled around, many spring munication, leadership and experience to grams because a lot of us have played sports were starting practices and getting a reach their goals, with much of the play- together since we were younger,” Reynheadstart on their season. Unfortunately, ers being upperclassmen, Marinec said. Of olds said. “Because of this, we all have a the softball team did not really close bond.” enjoy this luxury due Some of the biggest to inclement weather games this season have plaguing the first few included the pinkout game weeks of the season. on May 4 against Hinsdale “The cancellations South, where the team in the beginning of the attracted a packed cheering season affected us a lot section. Feeling the energy because we never had of the crowd, they won the a chance to practice on game 5-0. Another big game an actual field,” captain was senior night against Dana Reynolds ‘18 Argo, where the team was said. “We had to use the trailing the entire game gyms at SC for a majoruntil the final innings when ity of our practices.” captain Angelina D’AmDespite mother ico ‘18 and Teagan Bozzi nature slowing the ‘18 had some key, late hits beginning of the season, Katie Rolichek ‘19 warms up her arm at a practice prior to the start of the IHSA which turned the game the team remains opti- postseason. LT will host the regionall finals at the SC softball fields. (Larson/LION) around in LT’s favor by winmistic, boasting a 10-8 ning it 7-4. record as of May 8 and setting some hefty the 16 players on the roster, 15 of them “Those hits not only turned the game goals ahead of them. are either juniors or seniors. Many of the around, but it helped the rest of the girls “We want to improve from last year,” returning seniors are hoping to make an feel more confident at the plate.” D’Amico coach Nicole Marinec said. “Last season impact, as they have been playing together said. we won regionals and went on to section- for much of their softball careers. When The team’s postseason begins May 23 als; however we lost to Marist in the sec- the current seniors were on the freshman with the regional semifinals, with the goal tional championship.” team, they finished the season undefeated. of advancing to sectionals and then to The team is looking to utilize its com“Softball is different from other pro- state, which occurs on June 8-9 in Peoria.

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Jordanvs.James Along with all the excitement and entertainment that the NBA Playoffs bring each spring comes debate, and these topics span far longer than just the games we watch.

Luke Lusson Will the Philadelphia 76ers and the Boston Celtics be the dominating forces of the Eastern Conference for the next decade? Is Paul George staying in Oklahoma City or packing his bags? And has Brad Stevens surpassed Gregg Popovich as the best coach in the league?

These are just a few examples of what questions have NBA fans and media buzzing. The topics come and go, but the debates never end.

Amongst the recurring inflow and outflow of discussions that come with the NBA Playoffs, there seems to be one question that has remained prevalent throughout the years, and the debate intensifies with time. That question is, who is the greatest player of all time (GOAT)? LeBron James or Michael Jordan?

The subject features two opposites. The current James vs. the former Jordan. A stat-stuffing human specimen against an ultra-competitor with six championship rings. What connects the two players is their undoubted greatness.

On April 16, 2003, Jordan announced his official retirement from the NBA with what still is one of the most impressive careers the game has ever seen. Six NBA titles in a span of eight seasons (it could have been more had he not decided to pursue baseball for a two-year stretch). A 14-time NBA All-Star and five-time league MVP. For a long time after his retirement, Jordan had practically been the unanimous pick as the greatest player ever.

Enter James, a wonder boy with limitless hype who entered the league as a number one overall pick to the Cleveland Cavaliers only two months after Jordan’s retirement. Since then, he’s won three NBA titles, four MVP awards, and has made 14 All-Star games. For the most part, “King James” has dominated the NBA ever since being drafted as an 18-year old. And, his resume only gets better and better with time.

So what keeps this discussion from leaving our minds like the rest? Well, James’s continued incredible play keeps the topic relevant. And, it seems as though neither side of the argument has an irrefutable stance. LeBron enthusiasts point out his seven (and possibly eight after this year) straight appearances in the NBA Finals, but Jordan defenders come right back with James’s shoddy 3-5 record in the Finals. Jordan believers will reference his six championship rings in an eight year stretch, but LeBron fans will immediately respond with James’s longer span of dominance and lack of team talent at the beginning of his career.

The point is, every argument made for either player has an opposing one. And whatever argument is made for either player, it won’t be swaying people from one side to the other. One stat on playoff game-winners or number of flops won’t have an effect on what the ignorant fans of each player think. The only thing that’ll end things for good is LeBron surpassing Jordan in the ring category, which is unrealistic considering he’s only half way there 15 years into his career.

Both players have skill sets and resumes worthy of greatest of all time consideration, no one is denying that. Who people choose over the other simply comes down to what you value in the greatness of a basketball player. Anyone who calls Jordan the GOAT puts an emphasis on winning championships, because by the end of James’s career, it may be one of the only statistical categories where Jordan has the edge. Believers in James as the GOAT, however, value a player’s entire skill set rather than just results.

Is either evaluation more right than another when determining a player’s greatness? It’s a tough question. The point of the game is to win, and Jordan has done more winning than James, at least so far. But you have to factor in the team around a player and the competition he faces as well. And, what a player brings to the table individually carries weight.

The bottom line is that people are comparing the greatness of two players, one of who’s career isn’t even over yet (and looks to be far from it). My stance is this: let’s wait until we see how James’s career finishes, and let’s enjoy it, knowing that we are indeed witnessing greatness. But let’s not pass judgement and compare him to another great who played decades ago. The players were different then, the teams were different then and the game was different then.

My take isn’t hot, flashy or bold, but it is uncommon. Fans nowadays feel the need to pick a side when in reality, there is no such need. We know both players are great, but we’ll never truly know who’s greater because they’ve never played at the same time. So let’s watch James wrap up his career in awe, let his accomplishments sink in and then we can decide on who’s more accomplished.

But who’s greater? I’m afraid that’s an answer we’ll never know for sure.

SPORTS

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career on The University of Notre Dame’s team next year. Among his future teammates will also be former teammate Vincent Zona ‘17, who also runs for Notre Dame.

“I was ecstatic when Danny told me he had chosen Notre Dame,” Zona said. “As much as we like each other as friends and are excited to be teammates again, I knew that the only way Danny would choose Notre Dame was if he felt he could make it his own experience and not just be part of my experience. In the end, I think he chose the place that he felt the most welcomed and the place where he could grow the most as a person, student, and athlete.”

Along with practicing with the team and preparing for the new rigor of collegiate athletics, Kilrea puts weight and focus on every aspect of his life to be the best athlete he can be, Stukel said, citing Kilrea’s calculated sleeping schedule, studying habits and diet.

“I’ve learned that the best way to get better is by dedicating yourself to the sport and making it a lifestyle,” he said. “If you’re going to try to be great at something, it’s best to go all in.”

This determination is not lost on his coaches and teammates.

“Danny is an extreme grinder,” Zona said. “He is always doing something to make himself better, and this is what distinguishes him as an athlete. Whether it is adding on that extra half mile to hit his weekly goal or grinding through workouts in the extreme heat, rain, wind or mud, he pushes himself more than anyone else.”

This motivation is will serve Kilrea extremely well in college, Danner said. Throughout the season, Kilrea has been allowed to train on his own, as some of his meets require him to travel and miss practice, but Danner is never worried about Kilrea putting in the work.

“I know he’s working hard even if I’m not there to watch him,” he said. “I’ve been fortunate to coach a lot of good kids, but Danny is a little bit different in that he is the most self-motivated kid I may have ever had.”

There really is no secret ingredient that makes Kilrea the elite runner he is today. Work ethic, dedication and leaving no stone unturned when it comes to preparation are traits that both Danner and Zona attribute to Kilrea’s success in the running world and are reasons why LION chose him as the 2018 Athlete of the Year.

“When I started running against Danny in middle school, no one was working too hard to improve, we were just running because it was fun,” Harders said.

“Danny has a type of dedication that I haven’t really seen anywhere else. He makes conscious decisions every minute of every day to make sure he becomes the best athlete he can. And after all these years, the fun is (Rob Dicker/Chicago Tribune) still there.”

by Greta Markey @gretamarkey

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lot of people want to know what secret formula creates an athlete that qualifies to run in and subsequently places third in the Footlocker National Cross Country Meet, former assistant cross country coach Tom Stukel said. But for Danny Kilrea ‘18 there is no secret ingredient. There is just hard work, complete dedication to the sport and a undying love for running.

Kilrea began running Cross Country at Park Junior High School and has been running for LT’s Cross Country and Track programs for the entirety of his four years at LT. In these years, he has achieved times of 14:02 for three miles, 8:56 for two miles and 4:11 for one mile.

He has also placed third at Footlocker National meet, fifth at Nike Cross Nationals, fourth at Great Edinburgh International XC Challenge-the first American finisher--and is an IL 3A Cross Country State Champ.

“It didn’t take long into his freshman year to see the determination [Kilrea] had in the late stages of races,” Cross Country and Track Head Coach Michael Danner said. “He would always be all in competing, whereas some kids aren’t able to bring their best at every race. He has proven himself to be one of the most consistent high level runners in this program, state and even the nation. He’s been in contention in every race he’s run.”

One of the greatest assets Kilrea has brought to the team is that through all of his success, he has never forgotten the team aspect, Danner said. He knows that the same rules and expectations of the team also apply to him.

“My team is a great group of guys that are all very hardworking and goal-oriented,” Kilrea said. “Every guy that has cycled through during these past four years on varsity has taught me something new, and I wouldn’t trade it for anything. I think that the team aspect of the sport is something that not a lot of people know about, but is something I’m very grateful for” As Kilrea has gotten older, he has remained respectful of his teammates and appreciated what they have to teach him, Stukel said. He is constantly in learning mode, and now as the leader of the group, he understands that his teammates are watching him and have lessons to learn from him.

“I know that I, and most of the other guys on the team, have all grown to their full potential because they’ve had a role model and teammate like Danny,” teammate Charlie Harders ‘18 said. “I think that for the next few years, LT will continue to have a very successful program, and a big part of that is because of the example Danny set.”

Kilrea will be continuing his cross country and track

The following LT athletes are Athlete of the Month winners from previous Lion Newspaper issues this school year. Congratulations to all the winners, along with those who have committed to play college athletics. To view the full list of this year’s college athletes, visit lionnewspaper.com.

Issue 1

Callahan Dunn ‘20, Girls Swim and Dive

Issue 2

Matt Vear ‘18, Boys Soccer

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Issue 5

Issue 6

Henry Claesson ‘18, Boys Swim and Dive

Sonia Slusarczyk ‘18, Girls Track

Sean Ryan ‘18, Boys Volleyball

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ICE CREAM

Thursday, May 24, 2018

Volume 108, Issue 7

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Sarah was here

Cookie dough creations Plush Horse

Let’s hope you aren’t Vanilla...

Choose a summer vacation

Location: 22 Chicago Ave., Naperville Price (out of $$$): $$

Greece

Bora Bora

Famous for: sugar ½ “cake batter cookie dough” ½ ice cream sandwich Interesting fact: In 1994 the owner, Jim Bewersdorf, quit his job and opened the first establishment to to serve edible raw cookie dough.

Location: 12301 S. 86th Ave., Palos Park Price (out of $$$): $

Around town

Below is a compilation of popular ice cream shops in the area, ranging from classics like Tates to far away locations worth the drive. Summer is almost here, and with it comes the best time for ice cream.

Famous for: Having over 50 different flavors available

Pick a topping

Interesting fact: Plush Horse was created in 1937 and has been “Palos Park’s ‘sweetest’ landmark for over 75 years” (theplushhorse.com). Their tasty flavors are available at Stix and Stones in Burr Ridge if Palos Park is too far for you.

Pick a vine

Compiled by Sarah Grier and Isabel Tuisl @smgrier0 and @isabeltuisl

Ice Max Original Rainbow Cone

“Miss Keisha?”

Jeni’s Splendid ice cream

“Come get y’all juice”

Pick a “Suite Life” twin Location: 2227 S. Wentworth Ave., Chicago Price (out of $$$): $$

Location: 1505 N. Milwaukee Ave., Chicago Price (out of $$$): $$$ Location: 9233 S. Western Ave., Chicago Price (out of $$$): $$$ Famous for: Original Rainbow Cone Ice Cream - chocolate, strawberry, Palmer House (New York vanilla with cherries and walnuts), pistachio and orange sherbet Interesting fact: One of the owner’s only luxuries was buying ice cream with pennies he earned from working on a farm; however, the only flavors were vanilla and chocolate. So in 1926, he created the Original Rainbow Cone with his wife Katherine.

Famous for: Thai rolled ice cream Interesting fact: This rolled dessert— also known as stir-fried ice cream—is rolled right in front of you. According to Forbes, street vendors can make it in about two minutes.

Famous for: Brambleberry crisp ice cream.

Interesting fact: Jeni’s uses grassgrazed milk from a family of small Ohio farms and they don’t use synthetic flavorings, dyes, or offthe-shelf mixes.

Cody

Pick a Starbucks drink Tates

Zack

Police show up with a noise complaint, what do you do?

Zoo City Treats

Location: 3748 Grand Boulevard, Brookfield Price (out of $$$): $ Famous for: Combination of sweet and savory options for all ages Interesting fact: After six years without an ice cream shop in Brookfield, Zoo City Treats finally opened on Aug. 15, presenting a new variety of ice cream and popcorn to the community.

Location: 25 S. Ashland Ave., La Grange Price (out of $$$): $ Famous for: Cinnamon ice cream Interesting fact: Tate’s has been making their own homemade ice cream for over 24 years. The owner of the shop hides tokens in different locations around the eatery like parks and sidewalks. If someone finds the token, they can take it to Tate’s and receive a free treat.

Talk to the Police

Frappuccino

Iced Coffee

Vanilla

Strawberry

Cookie-dough

Even though you’re basic, you are a household name. You get along with almost anyone and are a staple to every possible pairing.

Just like this flavor, you are very sweet. Often under-rated, you are bright and cheery. You take school seriously but aren’t torn up by a B.

The A+ of ice cream. You are fun and outgoing but are able to balance your priorities. You complain about homework but share your answers, a hero to us all.

Run

Superman You’re the type of person that watches “Wipeout” and thinks you could do it. Funny, outgoing and wyld are some of the characteristics that make you the “crazy friend.”

Staff Pets

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As the year comes to an end, we chose to dedicate our final Pet of the Month to the pets of LION senior staff members. Below is a brief description of all honorees. Try to match the pet with the staff member; answers are displayed at the bottom of the page. Good luck!

Answer choices:

Mr. Scales

Luke Lusson

Greta Markey

Christina Rossetti

Sydney Kaehler

Spiro Kass

Mikaela Larson

Lindsey Hauch

Mary Devine

Grant Campbell

Sarah Grier

Maddy Cohen

Brandt Siegfried

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Daisy is the oldest dog of this group—she turned 15 on May 1.

Her owner is also the oldest person of the humans in this group.

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Wrigley (also known as Rhgli in Greek) has two hobbies: being a spaz and sleeping, both which he takes after his owner.

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Louie is more of a cat than a dog.

He is an escape artist, able to escape his metal crate and open doors, just as wack as his owner.

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Whether Grace is winking, wearing shorts or hunting squirrels, she is certainly a handful for her owner (who’s just as crazy as she is).

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C.J. is very photogenic, and her owner (who loves taking pictures) never fails to find her best angles, which mostly consist of her laying down with her orange ball.

Hobbes is definitely cooler than his Theodore Bear von_____ I is a owner. He enjoys howling along to man of fine taste and high mainher piano playing; however, unlike tenanced. They call his leash Dog his owner, he is a very bad swimmer.

Force 1, fitting for his owner.

Jax is lovable and surpsingly photogenic. Even if he wasn’t, his owner would still take a TON of photos of him. He is vibin’ only.

Rue is skinny and short, and one of those adjectives describes her (partial) owner very well, while the other does not at all.

Self-acclaimed Instagram famous siblings Charlie and Midge are always in fashion, just like their owner. Definitely her best friends in the world.

Though Winston is small, he is packed with a personality, just like his owner. You can frequently see Winston on his owner’s Snapchat story.

Cubby is named after a Chicago team of which her owner is a massive fan. Her warm fur is ideal for attending her owner’s hockey games.

Lucy can’t run, unlike her owner. But she can do one thing: SING! That is something her owner definitely can’t do.

In loving memory: Reuben Kaehler & Monte Campbell

1. Greta Markey 2. Brandt Siegfried 3. Mr. Scales 4. Spiro Kass 5. Maddy Cohen 6. Sarah Grier 7. Mary Devine 8. Mikaela Larson 9. Grant Campbell 10. Luke Lusson 11. Sydney Kaehler 12. Christina Rossetti 13. Lindsey Hauch

North Campus

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South Campus

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The satirical voice of Lyons Township students since 2013

WARNING: Pages 17, 18, 19 and 20 are purely fictional. LiOnion is a four-page satirical section that LION is featuring in this issue only.

23 year-old man child is discovered living atop field house rafters

by Brandt Siegfried @flexi_lexi13

An LT student, who now goes only by the name of Larzan, has decided to live atop the rafters of the NC field house.

He climbed onto a ventilation unit during Adventure Ed. and removed his harness; he now refuses to return safely to the ground.

Adventure Ed. instructor Brojeph Kanye estimates that Larzan disappeared during the 2011-2012 school year. From sources the LION was able to interview, Larzan was ascending a rock wall to perform a long rappel. He had previously complained about not having enough time to complete all of his skills and decided to “do something about it.” Larzan was able to disappear because the bell rang while he was climbing; his belayer simply left class, not realizing he was supporting a student in the air.

“I don’t really remember him,” lacrosse player Sam Suave ’13 said. “I know I was belaying some kid one day in P.E. and I don’t remember seeing him again. I guess that is where he went, kinda funny.”

While it is unclear how Larzan ate, P.E. teachers believe he survived by licking condensation from AC units and evaporated sweat from the ceiling. Apparently Larzan also slept on the same two-by-four foot wooden platform on the wall

without a pillow. Larzan’s presence also explains the unusual discovery of human urine and solid waste in the field house for six years.

Allegedly, Larzan spent his evenings swinging from rafter to rafter and amongst the Adventure Ed. equipment. Since he spent so much time off the ground, Larzan has developed a surprising level of proficiency while climbing. His upper body would be considered “swol” while his six-inch diameter thighs show clear signs of low usage. He prefers to squat rather than stand.

He wears only a ripped LT gym shirt as a loincloth and his tangled locks hang to his elbows, much like a similarly named fictional character. Larzan’s lack of human interaction has also contributed to his deficiency in English. He only agreed to talk to the LION after numerous rounds of pleading and charades.

“Me Larzan,” he shouted as he banged aggressively against his favorite perch. “You Jane?”

He continued, staring with his beady eyes: “Me live many year, climb high, no rope. Sweat good source for water. No look down. LT is jungle to me.”

In an effort to assist Larzan, members of the La Grange Fire Department have repurposed an LT lift to bring him to the floor. Every time firefighters ascend to his location, Larzan leaps to a new platform to avoid them. Several loaves of

bread were thrown to him, to which Larzan responded by ripping them in half and throwing them to the floor. He also bats away water bottles that firefighters toss to him, so he has been sprayed by a fire hose several times in an effort to properly hydrate him. Larzan responds by hissing angrily at his provocateurs. NC P.E. classes have been postponed indefinitely until Larzan can be removed and turned over to the Hinsdale Humane Society.

While our teachers may not live at school, Larzan certainly understands what it’s like to do so.

Larzan perches comfortably on the rafters. (Sigfried/LIONION)

Students star in ‘Shape of Water 2’ after pool accident Class of gym students turn into slimy, green water monsters after too much chlorine added to NC pool

by Maddy Cohen @whyyoumad As the water games gym unit was about to come to a close, a group of students underwent a beautiful and breathtaking transformation into floating, green slime balls. This chemical and spiritual reaction was due to an large overuse of chlorine in the pool.

“The pool had an overbearing stench of chlorine, sweat, and humidity,” blob Starlight Exactica (formerly Jack Smith ‘18) said. “That isn’t anything out of the ordinary, though. So we just jumped in like normal.”

After the kids jumped in, a blinding light soared through the room, gym coach Buff Tryfitt said. When the light subsided, the only thing that was left in the pool was the greasy, disgusting film that remained of the students.

“The pool basically imploded,” Tryfitt said.

While these students now have to be wheeled around in a glass bin of chlorine water, this transformation is giving them an opportunity that they never could have dreamed of—a chance to land on the big screen.

“These creatures are just beautiful,” Director Guillotine Del Toronto said. “It will also save us tons of money. We don’t even need CGI anymore.”

Scientists across the nation are baffled at the extreme reaction to the chlorine. Experts say that the dose was so large that no one knew the

Due to contract with Del Toronto, the students are unable to be photographed. So, here is a rough sketch of what they look like now. (Cohen/LiONION)

kind of power chlorine had.

“I don’t know what chlorine is,” President of the United States Moldy Lump said regarding the issue.

These amoebas have now become part-time students in order to make time for their new life on the silver screen. This is actually easier on the students, Exactica said. The toils of everyday school work are impossible when you’re sealed in an oxygen-less tank.

“Coming up with a way to communicate was a lot easier than we thought,” fellow blob Dusty Striker (formerly Hanna Lee ‘19) said.

Unfortunately, the quickly achieved fame of these students and the new knowledge of the power of quarantine has started a new internet trend called the, “chlorine challenge”. Essentially, children bathe themselves in chlorine until they too become these horrific goop balls.

“LT does not encourage this behavior,” LT principal Breadcrumb Waterboi said. “Frankly, anyone who voluntarily bathes himself in that large amount of chlorine should turn into residue. Natural selection.”

Regardless, the students are excited and hopeful that this movie will open up many doors for them.

“I’m just grateful to have this opportunity,” Striker said.

How to not be the WOAT Hinsdale Cult haunts LT, converts students

by Lindsey Hauch @kikipalmerfanpagelovr2k17

1. Stay in your lane

it’s not that hard, sweetie.

2. Do not be a ‘public figure’ on Instagram

let’s not pretend we’re more

important than we actually are.

3. Wear socks on gymnastics floor

no one wants nor needs to see your

bufu feet.

4. Do not Snapchat the entire concert

if I wanted to see the whole show, I’d buy

tickets myself. Thanks, but no thanks.

5. Keep Hampton Social posts to a minimum

you’re four years under legal age,

let’s not get ahead of ourselves.

Subservient members praise leader of notorious cult

by Sydney Kaehler @Chef_Boyarsydney This past week, Lyons Township High School North Campus was sent into a hard lockdown after receiving multiple Speak-Up Line calls about threats involving alleged “cult-like activity and witchcraft” within the classrooms, halls and bathrooms. Further investigation traced threats back to the Institute of Basic Life Principles, the infamous cult located in Hinsdale, Ill. An anonymous cult member came forward and confessed that there was a branch of the cult active at LT that practices in the Corral, only moments before sentencing himself to eternity in the underworld.

“Levitatus, Colonus, Over zealous RULER,” the anonymous, cloak-wearing cult member bellowed.

The cult member’s quote is being interpreted at this time. Reports that there was “demon-like” activity taking place in these very halls prompted LT Principal Breadcrumb Waterboi to take affirmative action and look into these accusations.

“I have noticed some students without pupils,” Waterboi said. “We are doing everything we can to put a stop to this deviant behavior, so if you see something, say something, whether it’s a chant or goat footsteps. Please do not hesitate to speak up.”

Everyone at this time is encouraged to make use of the Speak-Up Line. In fact, some students already have. One anonymous caller said that a classmate of his was allegedly “levitating” in study

hall. The levitating student, along with four others mentioned in these threats, has been taken into custody.

Some parents of the accused students have stepped up to highlight some of the warning signs.

“I first noticed when my son, Jeremy, entered our home stroking a black cat,” Janet Smithe, a parent, said. “He was with his friends, all of them pupil-less, wearing black robes, and I know it sounds crazy but I could have sworn they were hovering a few inches above the ground.”

At this time, LT warns everyone to take caution and that if you or anyone you know is involved, to please come forward.

Cult sightings outside of NC. (Kaehler/LiONION)

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Fourth floor home to various artifacts Artifacts made famous by Indiana Jones movie franchise discovered at LT NC, experts meet to discuss solution

by Brandt Siegfried @flexi_lexi13

While many believed that the Ark of the Covenant was safely stored by the U.S. government at Hangar 51 after the production of Raiders of the Lost Ark, local historians can now conclude that Indiana Jones actually stored it on the fourth floor of NC. The discovery came after building and grounds employees were sent up to locate a pallet of computer paper. Nestled in a corner of the mysterious floor was a crate that emitted a soft golden glow from its cracks. Upon further inspection, a message printed on the crate read, “Do Not Open!”

Naturally, curious LT staff pried the wooden crate open to discover the ark.

“I was quite startled at first,” building

and grounds staff member Jan Itore said.

“But once we opened it, I instantly knew what it was. My son made me watch Raiders of the Lost Ark with him, so I was very aware that we would die if we opened the ark itself.”

Upon further investigation, LT was able to confirm that the missing sivalinga stone, the Holy Grail and the crystal skull were also hidden amongst the dusty mysteries on the fourth floor.

While LT confirms that the objects are there, at this time it is unclear how the important historical items arrived at NC or why they are there. District officials deny any knowledge of their placement.

“I, and other administrators at LT, were

unaware of the items’ presence in our facility,” Superintendent Kimothy Stingray said. “Ben Stiller and the wax statues from Night at the Museum will come to LT in the coming weeks to inspect the artifacts and find a permanent solution for their storage, presumably Hangar 51 for real this time.”

After the Ark was discovered, students believe other historical and theoretical items may also be on the fourth floor.

“The unedited Zapruder film of the Kennedy assassination, the Amber Room and the black box from MH 370 are definitely up there too,” Iggy Oremus ’19 said. “The fourth floor is just so unknown to me, there could be anything! Conspiracy theories are great.”

Fourth floor doorway reveals the Lost Ark. (Siegfried/ LIONION)

Archery Club has first meeting in 30 years LT implements Scheduled meeting is not called off, surrooms for E-Vape prises everyone, especially participants

by Georgia Dougherty @georgiaregular9.210.2

Demand rises, school makes adjustments to suit student needs

It’s safe to say that everyone in the LT community is shocked to hear archery club is having a meeting this Tuesday behind south campus.

“Every day I bring my bow, arrow, and target to school waiting for this exact moment, and every day I always hear the same announcement— that archery club is cancelled,” archery club member Archie Archer ‘18 said. “I can’t tell you how frustrating that is for someone with my name. All I want to do is arch!”

After 30 years of hearing the same announcement, many students were surprised when by the time of the afternoon announcements, nothing about archery club’s cancellation had been mentioned.

“It’s kind of like a tradition for our sixth period class now,” Thrice Tres III ‘19 said. “Every time we hear that archery’s cancelled, we all drink from our water bottles.

When we didn’t hear it on that fateful Monday that I still remember so vividly, no one knew what to do, it was almost like we lost our identities that day. We’re still recovering, and parched.”

The real mystery that will soon be solved is, what actually happens at archery club?

“I actually forgot that I signed up for archery freshman year,” Katniss Neverarch ‘18 said. “To be honest, this whole time I thought that it was like a code word for some-

by Spiro Kass @all_i_do_is_gyro

Club members react to no cancellation. (Dougherty/LIONION)

thing else or a ridiculously prolonged joke for LT students.

I’m going to go though, I mean, what if the next meeting isn’t for another 30 years?”

Surprisingly, archery club’s membership is booming.

Some members, such as Rob Hood ‘18 joined for more inspirational reasons.

“My life’s goal has been to steal from the rich and give to the poor by means of bow and arrow,” Hood said. “Now, I finally get to live out that dream.”

Now that archery club seems to be in progress, the LT community is hoping that it will bring some success to the Hinsdale/LT rivalry.

“I’m actually not sure if Hinsdale has an archery club, but that’s no matter,” Archer said. “Just wait until we’re storming their Pack the Place game with bows slung over our backs. Arms at the ready, LT!”

Female athletes honor trash bin

Untouched garbage can in corner of Vaughan gym receives award for being ‘Most Dedicated fan’ from girls basketball, volleyball teams

by Maddy Cohen @whyyoumad

The Vaughan Gym was filled with streamers and non-parent fans per game, the girls are pretty acballoons this past Thursday as the girls customed to this season’s turn out. basketball and volleyball teams hon“When people ask me: ‘don’t you ored their most devoted fan: a garwant to have real fans?’ I chuckle bage can. to myself,” Rana Deynolds ’18 “This bin has been with us said. “They just don’t understand.” through thick and thin,” Femma Coaches and administrators Eink ’18 said. “It has been to more have tried various attempts to ingames than my mom has.” crease attendance, Deynolds said.

The garbage bin, who goes by JoThere have been 50/50 raffles, gift seph, has been sitting in the Vaughan cards to multiple LaGrange locations gym since 1952, the year it was built. His and even gave out a free car. Yet, duty goes beyond just being a garbage nothing has stuck. can though. He also is responsible for “I feel like an important piece in catching the putrid, acid rain that leaks the success of the girls’ seasons,” Jofrom the fieldhouse ceiling. After over 60 seph said. “The girls have outperyears of watching these games, Joseph was formed the boys almost every season. overwhelmed with the surprise ceremony.

It’s obvious that their success depends “I was so honored to be named their on me, not the fans.” most dedicated fan,” Joseph said. “I didn’t They are planning to have a more forhave much competition though, LOL.” mal party sometime in the near future, After a record-breaking low number of but for now, Joseph is just excited for the fans attending their games, administrators upcoming seasons. were worried about the self-esteem and “I am so happy that I could impact overall well-being of the female athletes. these girls by simply being there for Joseph’s new ribbon.

After years of having an average of 1.7 them,” Joseph said. “I’ll never forget this.”

(Cohen/LIONION)

In light of a recent increase of a particular habit, LT has placed not smoke rooms, but “Juul” rooms in both NC and SC for students to use when they need a nicotine break. Each room is designed to ensure comfort for student users, and is available to students during lunch and passing periods.

“I think this implementation is really good for our students,” Assistant Principal Kiss Costco said. “Students in both campuses no longer have to worry about secretly ripping their nic in bathrooms. We all thought, it is such a common activity, why not make it more relaxing. They can now fiend with no repercussions. It’s just great.”

Completed on April 20, two Juul rooms were installed in each campus, Costco said. Each room comes along with four massage chairs, a dessert bar, a Fortnite setup and freshly roasted coffee. Additionally, all flavors of Juul and Phix pods are on sale in each room, ensuring a full supply for any student in need.

“I use the rooms all the time,” an anonymous bro said to LIONION. “Whenever I get the itch, I just relax in in the room during passing periods, rip my juul and chill. It’s really chill.”

Not only is it chill, but it also lessens student distraction during school hours and revitalizes their focus, Principal Breadcrumb Waterboi said.

“If I learned one thing being while being the principal of a high school, it is to never get in the way of a nic fiend,” Waterboi said. “When you do, they get angry and antsy. We don’t like angry and antsy students, because that equals less productivity.”

In addition to vape rooms, teachers are following this trend by awarding extra credit to student who can perform cool vape tricks in front of the class.

“Students just have an artful passion for doing tricks with e-vape, it’s so inspiring,” AP U.S. History teacher Dre Oldstay said. “One of my students performed a beautiful French inhale the other day, I just had to give him 10 extra credit points. Art like that should not go unnoticed.”

Overall, students appreciate the administration’s acknowledgement of their needs, and could not have asked for a more suitable school environment.

“I’m just happy I can Juul in peace,” Hardo Bih ‘20. “I was born to be a fiend. Will this make me a better student? Probably not. But hey, I won’t have rip my nic in the bathroom now. It makes us all happy.”

Student fiends as she enters the Juul room.

(Kass/LIONION)

LiOnion’s Top Rated Misunderstood Animated Characters

Michael “Goob” Yagoobian From: “Meet the Robinsons” Notable Characteristic: Bowler Hat Why he’s misunderstood: His entire life has been a series of unfortunate events, and it all started when he didn’t catch that pop fly. Thanks a lot, Lewis Robinson.

DoodleBob

From: “Spongebob” Notable Characteristic: “Mehoy Minoy” Why he’s misunderstood: As Spongebob says in the episode Frankendoodle, DoodleBob is just a “two-dimensional creature trapped in our three-dimensional aquatic world, longing for a purpose.”

Dr. Heinz Doofenshmirtz

From: “Phineas and Ferb” Notable Characteristic: Lab Coat Why he’s misunderstood: He just wants to impress his daughter and defeat a platypus. The guy can’t even hold down a balloon, let’s cut him some slack.

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Thursday, May 24, 2018

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WARNING: Pages 17, 18, 19 and 20 are purely fictional. LiOnion is a four-page satirical section that LION is featuring in this issue only.

BHA presses school on beige lockers Bored Housewives Association demands replacement of uninspired hue of lockers this.”

Freal connected with her Bored Housewives Association (BHA) friends and they Susan Freal, a mother of two LT stu- looked for a way to combat this problem, dents, launched a new campaign to re- she said. paint the lockers lining the NC halls.

“The BHA is above all a place to care and “I was watching HGTV one Tuesday support,” president of BHA Victoria Maafternoon when it hit me,” Freal said. cantire said. “Nothing excites us like school “The only thing that differs between a improvement.” middle and upper class home is tasteful After much deliberation, BHA has color palettes. That’s what I chosen “Nanwant at LT.” tucket Blue” as The BHA is above all a During a parent teachthe new accent er conference at NC this place to care and support. color matched past month, Freal started with “Nebulous Nothing excites us like roaming the halls and soon White,” a trendy school improvement. discovered the drab, disappairing, Macanpointing colors chosen for -Victoria Macantire, President of BHA tire said. the lockers.

The project “It was horrible,” Freal said. “Why has caused controversy as many people see beige? Why! With THAT green. This is this as an unnecessary improvement. a tragedy. I knew something had to be “Yeah, the lockers are ugly I’ll give the changed. Kids can’t be surrounded by moms that,” Mason Brah ‘19 said. “But like

by Sarah Grier @yeah_Im_horse_girl

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they are just there to hold my books, it is not worth all this money to fix.”

The BHA estimates costs around $10,000 to fix; however, they are currently under negotiations with painting companies to try and lower it.

“It’s not that simple to just throw some paint on the lockers,” Ricky Gomez, owner of Painters Inc., said. “These moms want it done perfectly inside and out. That requires a lot of manual labor on over 2,000 lockers.”

Even with all the controversy, the BHA successfully got its proposal through the school board. Currently, they are looking into financing solutions and are considering fundraising.

“I always tell my classes if you want something changed get your parents involved,” math teacher William Howard said. “The BHA is the shining example of how the school board is susceptible to this Susan Freal tests paint on lockers. (Grier/LIONION) power.”

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Frat boy peaks, no surprise

Rooms converted into saunas

by Maddy Cohen @whyyoumad After a former LT student came dington said. back from spring break, a faint While it was difficult to get smell of alcohol, body odor any quotes from Archibald and disappointment was left without him voluntarily throwbehind. Chet “BIG BOY” ing himself on the nearest foldArchibald ‘17 returned to up table he could find, we were Western Springs this past able to get this out of him.

March looking worse than “Saturdays are fur da boys,” ever.

Archibald said.

“His behavior is getting worNo one really knows what risome,” Chet’s roommate Bret his major is, or what classes he is Braddington said. “I wake up even taking. All people know is to him yelling ‘full send’ in the that when asked what he wants middle of the night.” to do with his life, he just reWalking into school with a sponds ‘business’. visitor’s pass, he was surprised His family isn’t worried, with how little people cared though. His mother, Nancy Arabout his return. chibald, is soothed by the fact “I’m not saying I used to that Chet will just take over the run LT but… I wore a jersey father’s job some time in the near over a long-sleeve shirt evfuture.

“Big eryday,” Archibald said.

“He always wears his Sperry boat Boy” His Snapchat stories are shoes to every occasion,” Nancy being a also causing worry. One said. “He makes me so proud.” broski. weekend he put a video Even though Chet has (Cohen/ of himself hitting a Juul, seemingly no goals or aspiraLIONION) Sourin and Phix all at tions, he just wants to spend the same time. The freshman 15 has the next four years of his life having a good officially turned into the freshman 150 as time. His plans for the next week are ragwell. ers, daygers and tailgates, Chet said.

“I love yelling ‘send it’ as much as any “If you’re looking for the life of the par19-year-old college boy does, but he really ty, you know who to call,” Chet said. “Snap hasn’t stopped since orientation,” Bradme @Chetchibald123SAFTB”

by Spiro Kass @all_i_do_is_gyro After years of sweaty pits, LT administra- need throughout the day.”

Although conventional saunas usually tion decided to transform certain classrooms into communal saunas due to constant com- have an installed heating source, the rooms plaints of high, uncomfortable temperatures. chosen to become saunas at LT are so natuNow, students and faculty are able to drop rally hot that an additional source of heat was not necessary, Prininto the saunas and cipal Breadcrumb relax during lunch and Waterboi said. passing periods.

“I stayed away “I was always like from those rooms,” ‘we ain’t chicken, so Waterboi said. “We why LT tryna cook us all kind of just igin a human oven?’” nored how hot they Herman Sherman get. Something isn’t ‘19 said. “My English right, and now we’re classroom was always glad they’re being baking, even in the put to good use.” dang winter. It’d be Additionally, LT negative two degrees Hannah Hill ‘18 enjoys sauna. (Kass/LIONION) Booster Club is raisoutside and we’d open the windows to bring in some cool air but ing funds to purchase white robes for every it’d still be like a million degrees! Thank god LT student and faculty member in order to they transformed that room into a sauna. It enhance their experiences in the recently infinally has a purpose other than suffocating stalled saunas, each customized with their last name embroidered on the right breast. students.”

“I’m actually very against all of this,” LT Sherman’s English classroom, NC room 224, along with several other rooms in NC Booster Club President Georgina George and SC were remodified into saunus during said. “Why can’t we just fix the heaters in like spring break, something that teacher Mary three classrooms? This is extra.”

Regardless of opinion, students are emLary has already taken advantage of.

“It’s a relaxing break to my day,” Lary said. bracing the new installments.

“Nothing like sitting in a pool of sweat be“I teach in the NC basement which sometimes feels like a fridge, so spending quality time in tween fourth and fifth period,” Hannah Hill a sauna really gives me an extra kick that I ‘18 said. “It just screams relaxation.”

After getting demolished four weekends straight, Sigma Kappa Theta Alpha Beta chairman realizes he has declined

Constant complaint of unbearable classroom temperatures forces administration to make transformations

Mountain climber trains using NC stairway Experienced climber looks to LT for training, claims it helps with altitude conditioning

by Georgia Dougherty @Georgiaregular9.210.2 Students are warned that if they notice a tall man with hiking boots and an oxygen tank crawling up the NC stairs during passing periods, do not interfere! He is paying LT to allow him to train on our staircases to climb Mount Everest, as the conditions of our staircases mimic the high altitudes of the 29,029 foot mountain.

“Thank God for LT,” avid mountain climber Joe Himalaya said. “It’s so hard to find these conditions out in nature.

The steepness of the stairs combined with the stale air really mirror the climate of the mountains I climb.”

The stairs at NC have proven multiple times to be an issue for students, as there have been numerous cases of students passing out trying to climb them.

“I go from the ground floor to the third floor before second period, back to the ground floor for third, and then back to the third floor for fourth,” Ineeda Inhaler ‘18 said. “I haven’t been able to go to my fourth period class all year because by then I just pass out. Now, they have two kids with

Also in the news: Raccoons hold LT hostage after Raku Fest is mistaken for “Raccoon Fest.” The fur has finally been removed from kilns, but the painful memories remain.

a stretcher follow me up the stairs during the passing period because they know they are going to have to catch me when it happens.”

Traveling up the NC staircase has become a hazard. The staircase is littered with APUSH textbooks, Patagonia jackets and SWELL water bottles because students are known to regularly shed any unnecessary weight to get up the stairs.

“I’m getting a D in psychology after I had to ditch my textbook last semester climbing the stairs,” Dee Hydrated ‘19 said. “I was cold all winter after leaving my jacket to lighten the load, and now the only water I have left is the sweat on my brow after climbing three flights.”

Some teachers have just given up making the trek. AP Environmental Science teacher John McKendrick-Lamar is rumored to have been camping out in his classroom for 6 weeks to avoid climbing the stairs.

“I don’t know what’s worse—not seeing my family in so Stairway conditions get especially difficult at 1:32 p.m. each day long or climbing down the stairs,” McKendrick-Lamar said. due to changing wind patterns. (Dougherty/LIONION)

Hallelujah! Student finds a Cheeto resembling he who hath risen, Jesus. Unfortunately, since LT is non-denominational, the student was forced to eat it.

President Donald Trump surprised and disappointed that the button to deploy our nuclear weapons isn’t actually a staples button that says “That was easy.”

Follow LION on Snapchat for the latest on wacky news stories: lionnewspaper

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Thursday, May 24, 2018

WARNING: Pages 17, 18, 19 and 20 are purely fictional. LiOnion is a four-page satirical section that LION is featuring in this issue only.

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by Brandt Siegfried @flexi_lexi13 Billionaire inventor Melon Yusk announced his plans to construct a Hyperloop high-speed rail train between NC and SC at May’s school board meeting. When finished, the Hyperloop will shuttle students underground between campuses at approximately 700 miles per hour, or 0.001428 seconds.

After an arduous permitting process and numerous detours around existing pipes and buried cables, Yusk announced workers will complete construction in spring 2038 at a cost of $38 billion. The students will board the Hyperloop at the base of the NC tunnel and disembark at a new station to be constructed beneath the main entrance at SC. “I’m thrilled to be able to produce a dream I’ve had for years,” Yusk said. “Transportation of the future is right here on our drawing boards, and all it takes is a courageous organization like LT to make it happen.”

Students concurred with Yusk’s immense excitement towards the Hyperloop.

“To be honest, I just hated the activity bus,” commuting student Don Kare ’19 said. “I hate buses in general, but the activity bus takes forever so I’m always late for archery club.”

Principal Breadcrumb Waterboi also expressed excitement for the new project.

“We are so gracious to Melon for choosing LT to be his first Hyperloop development. The LT community is ready for this new technology to better our school,” Waterboi said. “We hope that the project will not only improve our student experience, but also cut down on after school traffic.”

The Hyperloop will begin service at 7 a.m. each morning to allow students to commute before school to meet with teachers that begin their day at the opposite campus. It will continue throughout the school day to allow students who commute to attend their classes.

More frequent trips will operate during periods four and five to permit students at NC to have lunch with friends and siblings at SC. An additional train will run after school to accommodate increased activity ridership, and they will cease at 5 p.m.

Drivers from Third Student bus company oppose the construction of the Hyperloop.

“Third Student only runs a profit from LT activity bus revenue,” CEO Drake Ryver said. “We appreciate that LT is taking transportation into its own hands, but moving students is the job of hot, smelly school buses; it has been for decades. It’s a right of passage for scrawny freshman to walk down the aisle to the back of the bus as their peers berate them.”

Homeowners that live along the Hyperloop route have also taken issue with construction.

“You are literally going to take our basement,” La Grange resident Penny Pinchler said. “LT is legitimately going to build a high-speed train underneath my basement stairs and they don’t even care.”

Yusk has refused to comment on the situation, reaffirming that the Hyperloop will proceed as planned. A press release briefly mentioned the matter stating, “eminent domain will definitely be utilized.”

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Rich guy to build superspeed railway between campuses, eliminate activity bus

HC to leave West Suburban Conference High school can no longer deal with lack of fancy competition, decides to shed title of ‘Western Suburb’ in attempt to boost ego of students even higher

by Mikaela Larson @blackhawkschick10 Claiming they can no longer play against “peasants,” Hinsdale Central has elected to leave the West Suburban Conference (WSC) at the beginning of the 2018-19 school year.

“We have never considered ourselves a part of the Western Suburbs,” Principal Squilliam Fancyson said. “Emotionally, we have always thought of ourselves in the likes of New Trier and Highland Park, so we’ve decided to join their conference and act like the WSC never existed,” he said.

The Central Suburban League consists of 12 North Shore high schools from towns including Park Ridge, Deerfield and Skokie and excels in sports such as hockey, tennis and golf.

“We’re the best in all the prep sports,” Central student Chad Moneybags ‘18 said.

“It’s a complete embarrassment to have to compete against teams that aren’t sponsored

by Lululemon and Patagonia and can barely even play golf. We want some challenge.”

Now, Hinsdale has the opportunity to pursue rich sports they had never attempted before, Fancyson said. The sailing tryouts

Hinsdale Central’s $12 million sailboat. (Larson/ LIONION)

will begin in June as Hinsdale has already purchased five boats for what many consider the “ultimate prep sport.”

“Anytime I drive my Land Rover into the city and see St. Ignatius and New Trier practicing in Lake Michigan, I get really jealous,” Moneybags said. “Now, we can compete against them. I’m a natural born prep athlete, so sailing should come easy to me.”

However, Hinsdale still manages to be at a dis-

advantage coming into the Central Suburban League as they don’t have many of the resources on their campus as New Trier does.

On their property, the Trevians have an ice rink, a full 18-hole golf course and a tennis stadium that rivals Wimbledon’s facilities.

“At New Trier, we only provide the best for our athletes,” Athletic Director Trust Fundbaby said. “These kids are used to having things handed to them and we want to do our best to continue that fault-proof parenting technique.”

Since Hinsdale’s announcement, Lyons has begun the search for a new rival, Athletic Director Sean Gremlin said.

“I’m upset Hinsdale is leaving the WSC because we are now left without a rival,” Gremlin said. “Who will we choke against in every single close rivalry game now? There’s Glenbard West and York but it’s just not the same repetitively losing to them.”

Hinsdale’s seat in the WSC has yet to be filled but IHSA will be choosing a replacement between now and the conclusion of the school year.

Karaoke stage, facilities to be built in NC library

our books, but if more students are showing up to the library, it doesn’t really matter,” Junior Librarian Dewey Paperbeck said. “The library is a learning environment. Books or not, students are going to be learning.”

Through all of this new development, however, one rule will remain

by Greta Markey the same: no eating in the library. @gretelnohansel “Food has never been, and never will be, tolerated within the walls of LT has recently approved proposed renovations to the NC li- this library,” Worm said. “Even though we are now offering an ice cream brary that will hopefully make the area more inviting for students. bar next to the whitewater kayaking station, you will still be prohibitAmong these additions are a karaoke stage, ed from eating it in our facility. What’s going a small movie theatre and the first manto happen is you will get your ice cream, walk made wormhole to the fifth dimension. straight out of the library and eat it in one of “We have found that by holding events our designated spaces.” in the library, more students are showing Paperbeck stresses that this new developup,” Master Librarian Bookie Worm said. ment is only the beginning for the future of LT’s “These new amenities are going to make NC library. Although plans to develop bungee our library the talk of the school.” jumping areas and sloth sanctuaries are not out This $1 million project was approved of the picture, following through on these plans by administration because of increased will require LT to cut into classroom space and attendance to the library after they held educational budgets. various events in the 2017-18 school year, “Honestly, it all seems worth it to me,” PrinWorm said. Studies on library capacity Current karaoke situations are not ideal, as books cipal Breadcrumb Waterboi said. “I know that have revealed that during the Library’s intrude upon stage space. (Markey/LIONION) the library’s number one goal is providing eduEscape Room challenge, Olympics compecational space for students. If they think dojos tition and Mario Kart Fridays, 200 percent more students checked for the little-known sacred practice of Nguni stick fighting and a smallinto the library. er-scale version of Willy Wonka’s Chocolate Factory will be beneficial to “Sure, to fund this project we will need to sell the majority of our students, then I’m all for it.”

Increasing library attendance fuels never before seen development, ice cream

Have you ever wanted to pull a Raven Symone and see into your future?

Well, you can’t. But I can! I have read what the stars have in store for you, and with that one planet in its retrograde this month, you never know what could happen. Enjoy!

Taurus (April 20-May 20): The presence of Pluto in your sign means that your life’s going to get a little wacky. Maybe you’ll take a new route to school, or maybe you’ll find out that your uncle is actually your dad!

Gemini (May 21-June 20): Although only God (or any higher power) can judge you, you’re going to make it pretty hard for the rest of us to stand by and not say anything.

Cancer (June 21-July 22): There are no constraints on the human brain. Unless it’s your brain. You can’t seem to understand why you feel such a fatal attraction for the GEICO lizard, and it’s taking a toll on your relationships and home life.

Leo (July 23-Aug. 22): You are on the cusp of financial reward, Leo. As long as you continue to keep clearing out your church’s donation bowl, that is.

Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Life is hard, and it’s difficult to find yourself. Don’t be disappointed when you find yourself asleep in an Applebee’s parking lot at 4 a.m. with no memory of the previous 24-hours.

Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Right now is NOT a good time for a new romance, a spontaneous vacation or financial opportunity. Usually horoscopes will say the opposite, but not this time. Maybe next month.

Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): You’re supposed to keep your friends close, but keep your enemies closer. If we’re talking distances, remember that you’re supposed to keep at least 300 feet away from all pools, schools and parks, too.

Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Due to uncommon and elaborate circumstances too complex to go into here, you will end up being the victim of a high-powered pyramid scheme sometime in the near future.

Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Look at you, Capricorn! You’ll be getting pretty hot and heavy in the near future, but it’s only because summer is starting and you’ve gained a lot of weight.

Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): No matter what you do, your heart is in the right place. Or maybe it isn’t, since you’re clutching your chest and clawing at the air.

Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20): A tall, hooded and mysterious stranger will approach you at dusk and tell you that you resemble Boo Radley, the hermit from “To Kill A Mockingbird.”

Aries (March 21-April 19): Don’t sell yourself short. Sell yourself for more.

Humans go for a lot these days, and you’re probably worth at least $19.

Compiled by Sydney Kaehler

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“Brandt, you’re not my dad!”

- Pilar Valdes ‘19

Friday, May 24, 2018  Page 22

During their freshman year, these six seniors subjected themselves to the daunting (and occasionally embarrassing) task of attempting to humor the student population with their witty grid answers. Three years later, they get a chance to right some wrongs by answering those same questions.

Sam Rahman

Patrick Catezone

Freshman:

Freshman:

“WLTL controls your mind when you listen to it.”

Senior:

Old Jonas Bros CDs.

If you were a fly, what would you whisper in everyone’s ear as you passed them?

“Hello, I’m your conscience. We haven’t spoken in awhile. How are you?” (It’s a quote from ‘Finding Nemo’)

I probably shouldn’t tell people that I have in my room.

Senior: 20 mostly empty Red Bull cans.

Claire Gertsmeier

Mary Devine

Freshman:

Freshman:

It’d be called “I’ll do it tomorrow” and there would be a picture of me laying on the couch on the inside cover.

The dress is actually supposed to be white and gold.

What will your memoir be titled and what’s on the inside cover?

Senior: The title is “The best of both worlds: my Hannah Montana story.” And then the inside cover is a picture of me in the Noil costume captioned “student by day, mascot by night.”

After I found out ,I cried myself to sleep every night for a week.

I wasn’t the most basic white girl who comes late to school with a Starbucks in my hand.

Mikaela Larson

Mattigan Kelly

Freshman: Chicago Cubs. “We’ll get there someday.”

Senior:

Senior:

If you could be the spokesperson of a company, what would the company be and what is your slogan?

AP courses. “There’s no proven research that we help you at all!”

Freshman: A Chipotle.

You get to make one addition to the cafeteria, what do you change?

Senior: TVs with sound.

LION Chatter

Breakdown

“I ‘d rather be a prostitute than babysit on a Saturday night.”

- Grant Campbell ‘18

LION Chatter

“It’s a long line of divas. Cher, Madonna, Lisa and Greg [Smith ‘19].”

- Camilla Breen ‘19

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The Branches of 2017-2018

Every school year starts off like a growing tree: barren and plain. As the year progresses, events occur that—like the branches soon to protrude from the growing tree’s trunk—end of up defining the appearance of the tree in our own mental forests.

Top 1. All School Assembly

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2. Jake Elliott ‘13 Teachers engage in a flashmob at LT’s All-school Assembly.

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A series of extremely unfortunate events led to an unthinkable fate for the All-school Assembly this year. The administration made a decision that was hard to for many—especially the event’s organizers—to swallow: the already planned assembly had been cancelled for the first time since the first one took place 18 years ago.

Brian Waterman, LT Principal 2017-2018 school year reflections: “Every school year develops its own personality based upon student successes, national events, political dialogue and the social construct of the school climate. This year was no different, as, together, we witnessed all of the celebrations, challenges, emotions and unique experiences that a school year provides. And, in true LT fashion, our students provided the outstanding leadership that we have come to expect, and through that leadership, left their own lasting mark on our school community.”

Super Bowl Champ Jake Elliott ‘13 returns to LT after his victory. (Weber/TAB)

As the Philadelphia Eagles took on the New England Patriots, LT alumnus Jake Elliott ‘13 was also down on the turf. With the eyes of the LT community fixated on the field, Elliott’s Philadelphia Eagles won the Super Bowl. Afterwards, Elliott came back to LT for the annual Blackout Game against Glenbard West.

1. Gun Violence Protests

On class of 2018: “I don’t think we have ever seen a class rise to this level of social awareness, and it seems to me that it comes from a thoughtful place of concern.”

3. Individual Champions Runner Danny Kilrea ‘18, gymnast Matthew O’Malley ‘19 and swimmers Henry Claesson ‘18 and Spencer Walker ‘18 all took home individual state championships in their respective sports. As of press time, May 18, this list is reflective of every individual champion at LT this year. LT put their best foot forward this Danny Kilrea ‘18, above, won an individual cham- year, and these incredible indipionship in cross country. vidual champions are a visible (@ColinBPhoto) testament to that fact.

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3. Solar Eclipse

2. #MeToo

A total solar eclipse captivated huge swaths of the United States earlier this school year, including LT students. (Sebastian Valdes) (Lonnroth/LION)

Explosive allegations against Harvey Weinstein led to an avalanche of sexual harassment accusations towards other high profile individuals. (David Shankbone)

People protest gun violence at a demonstration in Chicago. (Breen/ LION)

After a high-profile shooting at Stoneman Douglas High School earlier this year, the issue of gun violence was thrusted into the national spotlight, as student activists advocated for greater gun control regulation. For additional discussion on student activism, read more on page 26.

After the systematic mistreatment of women entered the public conscience—embodied and exemplified by the allegations against Hollywood super-producer Harvey Weinstein, who brought this to the forefront of the national discussion—many celebrities received their well-deserved comeuppance for their past harassment of women.

The first total Solar Eclipse in around 38 years started off the school year with a bang. American’s across the nation—and a group of LT students who missed the first day of school for the event—took part in the activities to witness one of the world’s natural wonders.

“I could not be more proud to leave the school knowing it is at the place that it is, because it has just continued to get better and better. I’m excited for the next chapter at LT.”

Therese Nelson, SC Associate Principal On her last year:

LION Chatter

“I miss Vine more than I miss my grandparents.”

-Mary Okkema ‘19

PawsUp n To Mr. Scales and Mr. Darrah— thanks for putting up with our chaos.

We loved to see your bromance grow. ;) n To our website—you should check it out (and take our polls!): www. lionnewspaper.com n To LT administratorsthanks for keeping us prior review free and supporting student journalism! n To PhotoShop— thank you for not only allowing us to showcase our design skills but also make dank photoshops. n To the incoming newspaper staffers— get ready for a wild ride. n To Syd Kaehler—thanks for always reminding us to write paws, and also reminding us that it is not a meme. n To New Rules by Dua Lipa—you are our official unofficial hype song and the LION ladies are eternally grateful. n To vine references— you get us through both life and the production cycle. n To Dallas— we get it.

Sincerely, the juniors. n To the Golden Eagle Award—we only take W’s. n To LION v. TAB olympics— we know you won’t plan it because you’re too afraid to lose. nTo Joel Embiid— Using “Trust The Process” to justify our intense procrastination habits. n To Wauconda High School— nothing screams “community” more than 500 high school journalists screaming “WAKANDA FOREVER!” when they won an award at NISPA. n To putting issues to bed—we’ve never wanted an early bedtime until now. n To layout dinners—except for when Greg shows up an hour late with our food. ‘Gone Greg’ coming to theaters near you soon. n To the Indivisible LGP Facebook group—haters are our motivators. n To Pilar’s “crotch shot”— thanks for that good but awkward laugh #gonebutneverforgotten. nTo LION Promposals— we live for SK^2 and Luke and the superior Mary.

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Camilla Breen

Scales receives a lot of free #merch from other journalism and communications companies, and posters are often part of that. One day, we all received posters for Taylor Swift’s album and Dua Lipa’s song, New Rules. Later that night, as some of us juniors were driving home together, New Rules came on—we blasted the music and drove home singing and laughing at the top of our lungs. It was the most cathartic thing I had done in a while, and made all of us laugh, even though we probably looked insane to the people that were in the cars next to us. Ever since then, every time we drive home from layout sessions, it has become an unspoken new rule to play New Rules, seeing that it is our unofficial hype song now.

Maddy Cohen

My favorite LION memory happened during our trip to Dallas for a journalism convention. Besides learning new journalism skills, we spent a lot of time exploring Dallas and everything it had to offer. We stumbled upon a large, red brick building and decided to check it out. Long story short, we went up an elevator we shouldn’t have and ended up in a large room that was set up for a wedding. Altar, chairs, ribbons, the whole bit. So, we decided to take a couple pictures. I married Sydney, Spiro married Grant, it was romantic. Of course, a lady walks in and says, “um… this is for a wedding, what are you doing?” What was our response? We pretended we didn’t know it was for a wedding.

We acted surpised that the room with long rows of chairs and an ALTAR was not for a wedding.

Not our finest moment, but we got off the hook.

Georgia Dougherty

My favorite memory was when Spiro’s Nick Fuentes article from the beginning of the year caused a lot of controversy and we all went to support him at the school board meeting when we heard that people were going to be there to oppose the article. It’s all coming back to me now. The staff marched into that room like divine, terracotta warriors. If I remember correctly, there was a window open so a long, luminous stripe of sunlight was shining a spotlight on us as we strutted into the board room, single file and stony faced, so that they would know that we meant business. Of course, no one came to oppose us, but if they did, mark my words, we would have annihilated any opposition with the strength of ten thousand bull terriers.

We would persuade them as the snake persuaded Eve to pluck the forbidden fruit in Genesis. And we would have defended our supreme commander and editor in chief, Spiro Kass, until the end.

Harper Hill

It was late layout night for our second issue, and Pilar and I had both just consumed large amounts of coffee. We walked into the office together to have our papers edited. I got excited about something and quickly turned to tell Pilar and my paper hit her in the face. She instantly started screaming and rolling on the ground (a little dramatic if you ask me).

I was so confused why she was crying, and she told me I sliced her in the eye with the corner of my paper. I have never felt so bad about anything, and she kept telling me she couldn’t see. I actually thought she was going to go blind. Obviously she did not, but she will never let me forget this incident.

Spiro Kass

This past fall, after another day at the JEA convention and wandering the streets of (empty) Dallas, the LION seniors and Mr. Scales treated ourselves to a night at the Mavericks game.

After listening to a presentation from someone who works in the media department, Maddy, Sydney and I realized how hungry we were on the way to our seats. Out of desperation and no luck in finding anywhere else, we all settled to buy Pizza Hut. We all thought, it can’t be THAT bad, right? Wrong. That pizza was the

LION Chatter

“My greatest contribution to this group is my meat.”

- Lars Lonnroth ‘19

worst thing we have ever eaten. The worst part is, we were so hungry that we couldn’t stop eating it, even though we were well aware that the food quality was comparable to my dog’s breakfast. It only took minutes to feel the effects in our stomachs. The pain may have lasted only a night, but the images will remain in our heads forever.

Grant Campbell

Sure, I can write about some of the funny moments that Lusson and I have had, but I wanted to share something that not many of you may know. Allow me to set the context, it’s Sunday Nov. 19, the LION seniors were all disappointed that our time in Dallas had ended.

But little did we all know that one of the greatest memories hadn’t happened yet. Maddy, Sarah, Lindsey and I were all in line at Einstein’s bagels in the Dallas International airport. By the grace of God, I had just enough data left to receive one text message in our group chat (thanks Dad and Verizon). “Jo-Jo from Dance Mom’s is right here”.

Attached to the message, Brandt sent a picture of them from afar. Immediately, Sydney sprinted out of the line. She eventually found Jo-Jo and took a selfie for the proof. Simply put, it was the greatest way to cap off the best trip of my life with the greatest people I’ve met.

Grace DeKoker

The seniors go to a journalism convention every year, which leaves all the junior staff alone for two days. So much madness ensued from those days, but after we stayed late at school to work on layout. Pilar drove home me, Camilla, Harper, and Mary. We were all exhausted, and Pilar said she was so stressed she could just scream. In perfect unison, we all shrieked—cathartic screams. Every window and the moonroof was wide open, we were blaring New Rules by Dua Lipa, but the only sound that could have been heard were our screams. It took about five blocks worth of yells until Pilar pulled into my driveway. After our brief scream session, I left like nothing had happened and went inside to start my homework. My favorite aspect of the story is that Pilar’s car didn’t start for about ten minutes in my driveway, and I heard that I apparently missed out on an encore of the screaming. Needless to say, we were grateful when the seniors came back and could help us finish the paper.

Sarah Grier

During the newspaper convention in Dallas, our hotel had a NICE rooftop pool. The first night, like the city of Dallas, the pool was deserted. Unfortunately, as the trip went on, it started looking more like a sea of humanity soaking in a bath than a hot tub; regardless, it was so windy that all we wanted was to have it to ourselves. Brandt, Spiro, Mary and I took it upon ourselves to clear out this packed hot tub. We all talked loudly about creepy, random stuff to each other until eventually everyone around us was over giving us side eye and cleared out. A victory.

Lindsey Hauch

My favorite Lion memory is from our senior trip to Dallas. We all thought that the city put together a reenactment of JFK’s assignation just for us. There were old cars, music, and out of nowhere, a lot of pedestrians lining the streets.

Turns out it was just an auto show. Regardless, we still capitalized on the event; I have never had so many photos taken of me in one place— Mary Devine was vibin’ only. Besides the fact that Dallas was a complete ghost town, with the exception of a few pigeons, I loved pretending that a group of high school journalists in town could warrant such a scene.

Mary Devine

My favorite memory this year on Lion was in Dallas when Grant, Spiro, Sarah, Sydney, Maddy and I snuck up on to a private floor of a small museum around the Grassy Knoll. While exploring, we found a large room that was set up for a private wedding. We quickly took wedding

pictures, and were hiding out ready to wedding crash. However, we were quickly found and kicked out of the building. Oh well.

Hayden Claesson It was the last weekend of February, I was at the boys state swim and dive finals both to take pictures for the paper and as a member of the team. After the 50 Free, it wasn’t looking to good, the team was down to New Trier and we needed a pick me up. Coach Walker told us we had to cheer “obnoxiously.” Now, in order to reach peak obnoxiousness, I tried to sneak on a traffic cone at the beginning of the meet, only to be turned down by security at the pool entrance.

This time around, I had a different strategy. As I approached security, I clutched my cone in one hand, LION press pass in the other. The security lady grabbed my arm and said “Sir, you cannot bring that in there.” I held my press pass to her face and replied “It’s okay ma’am, I’m on the school newspaper.” The poor lady was so baffled by what I just said that she could not come up with words to stop me, I walked right past her with the cone and cheered on my team. (The cone eventually got confiscated from me, but do not fear, for I took it back.)

Lars Lonnroth

While it is something I don’t talk about much, I have been raised as a lifelong vegetarian, never choosing to consume meat—well, that was the case until a minute error on my part lead to me actively eating a slice of DiNico’s pepperoni pizza. It was a lively editing and layout session and Hayden Claesson, a man I’ve known since kindergarten, was tasked with providing the sustenance that fuels the LION’s late night layout sessions. Unbeknownst to me—underneath the steaming layer of DiNico’s cheese—was a piece of pepperoni obscured from view. Once noticing the unfamiliar taste, I would usually throw away the slice, but instead I took a second and exclaimed to the world something along the effect of “woah, as a vegetarian I’d never think I’d say this, but this pepperoni is actually really good.” That evening, I finished that slice, much to my parents’—and, if I’m being honest, my stomach’s—chagrin.

Nonetheless, I’m still a vegetarian, but thanks to Hayden, I ever so slightly understand the buzz surrounding animal products.

Mikaela Larson

My favorite memory happened when the seniors traveled to Dallas for the NSPA/JEA Journalism Convention. You may know Brandt Siegfried as our class president, but I know him as the man who almost was featured on Barstool Sports. One night when we were on the trip, we got to attend a Mavericks game. At the time, the Mavericks were 2-14 and really needed some hyping up: insert Brandt. During a timeout, we noticed a camera man looking for crazy fans to put on the jumbotron, while none of us had ties to the city of Dallas or the Mavs, we knew if we acted outrageous enough we could get on. We start jumping, dancing and waving our arms but it still wasn’t enough. Next thing I know, I look over to see Brandt folded as a pretzel with one leg behind his head. At this point we were all dumfounded and crying from laughter while we gawked at Brandt’s amazement and uncomfortably flexible limbs. In the end, Brandt didn’t get posted, but if you want to see the video, come find me.

Luke Lusson

Another memory from the JEA/ NSPA convention in Dallas.

Spiro, Grant, Brandt and I were in our hotel room, repeatedly calling the girls room to annoy them as much as we could. It was working. Then, we finally got a call back from what we thought was them, so Grant picked up the phone and began talking in his Consuela (the maid from “Family Guy”) voice. He kept talking in the Consuela voice but the speaker on the other end did not sound like any of the girls. After about 30 seconds of confusion, we found out it was Mr. Scales calling to check in on us. He was very confused at whatever we were saying into the phone, but he got a kick out of the spot-on imitations.

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LION chatter

“Did you just finger gun me?”

-Mikaela Larson ‘18

“Greg, shut up!”

-Everyone

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Greta Markey

Sydney Kaehler

This is the story of the first LION fight we ever had. Imagine, your LION seniors are in Dallas for the NSPA conference. It’s late, we’re tired and we all want quesadillas.

Some of us want to go out to eat, others want to order room service in comfy hotel robes.

Through a crazy miscommunication, half us thought that we were all going to meet at a Mexican restaurant across the street from our hotel. The other half thought we were eating at the hotel.Tensions started to run high.The restaurant was closing in 10 minutes. After a heated phone call, half of our staff ate at the Mexican place, while the other half stayed in. I highlight this memory because it is a true testament to the bond of our staff. A staff divided cannot stand, and by working through this quesadilla disagreement, we emerged closer than ever, taking Dallas by storm.

During our trip to Dallas, (which is a literal ghost town) we just wanted some lunch.

So we wandered the streets aimlessly, peering into empty (but open) restaurants, and nothing seemed good. I could have sworn I saw a tumbleweed go by. We finally ran into the first sign of life, and asked him for a recommendation. He goes, “around this corner, there’s a Mike’s Chicken.” So we turn the corner, and all of a sudden the street is flooded with people. Where did they appear from?? So we go to see Mike’s Chicken, and it looked fairly seedy so I made a face. There was a group of men standing in front of the restaurant and I guess they saw my face and they go, “OOOOH! She don’t want no CHICKEN!” That phrase is one of Room 220’s memes now, and it will always remind me of our amazing and hilarious trip.

My favorite LION memory goes out to my kids in Dallas from the jerd (Journalism Nerd) convention. While we were exploring the city looking for places to eat, we all agreed it was time to search the city for the location of JFK’s assassination. We scoured the city, walking in circles until finally we gave up. We walked into the JFK museum, and I walked up to the woman working in the gift shop. I asked the woman politely where the building was, and as I did, I put my hands on this pack of stickers she had in front of her. The woman, who’s name I do not remember says “what are you doing with my stickers, CHRISTINA?” in the loudest voice possible, after she saw my name on my NSPA nametag I had. Needless to say, that is now a longstanding joke in 220, and I love it.

While many of my fellow seniors are writing their memories about the annual NSPA convention we attended in Dallas last fall, my best memory is the trip there. We showed up to O’Hare at 7 a.m. and met Mr. Scales in the terminal; a solid third of our group (including myself) sported cowboy hats. We were flying American Airlines, of course. After we passed through security, our group wandered like the lost bunch we were to our gate. As we arrived, Mr. Scales noticed that our flight was moved to a new gate in a different part of the airport. Never fear! Texas is here! As we marched through the airport, I ripped off my LION quarter zip to reveal a Reagan-Bush ‘84 t-shirt underneath. I then unfurled a Texas flag from my backpack and four of us carried it for the entire airport to see. Everything’s bigger in Texas.

Christina Rossetti

Greg Smith

We have a really good senior class this year, so the rumor that the seniors water balloon the juniors at the end-of-summer barbecue turned out not to be true. Nonetheless, I, along with my fellow juniors, came prepared for a counterattack. When no initial attack came, Hayden, Mary O, Pilar and I walked back to Hayden’s car and saw the water balloons waiting in their coolers. We saw Brandt walking away, so we lobbed a few at him in good fun. We saw there was still an ample supply so we followed some of the other juniors around providing a steady barrage from the passenger windows. Unbeknownst to me, Hayden had been under instructions from his mom not to “be the first one to throw a water balloon at a senior, let Greg Smith do that.”

Jason Scales

LION chatter

The Lion’s trip to Dallas for the fall high school journalism convention was memorable for many reasons. What I liked best, though, was simply walking by the Dallas Morning News every day to attend our sessions. The photo we took as a group below the newspaper’s inspirational journalism quote will be a lifelong memory. Also, the whole staff’s trip to College of DuPage for the local journalism convention was a highlight simply because of the way Lion students proudly represented their school.

Brandt Siegfried

Isabel Tuisl

When I took Journalistic Writing my freshman year, first semester, first period, I was incredibly intimidated by all of the sophomores in my class. I could not fathom being on staff, let alone having as many favorite memories as I do now. It was very hard for me to choose just one memory out of the dozens we’ve made so far, so I simply picked one of the first ones I made. For some reason, a rumor surfaced amongst the juniors that the seniors would pelt us new juniors with waterballoons when we arrived at the staff barbecue held before the year started. However, that never happened. Well, at least coming from the seniors. Right as I opened Grace’s car door after she dropped me off at home later that night, I felt water. I was being ambushed with water balloons by Hayden and Greg.

Ryan Darrah Reveling in the playful, often absurd, and almost always funny banter amongst the LION staff during dinners on late layout nights; collaborating with smart and passionate young journalists and editors to refine a story or a headline or a layout design or art concept; watching replays of Kiki Hernandez’s grand slam in game 5 of the NLCS—sorry Grant, Luke, Mikaela

and Scales; seeing the smiles, high fives and genuine shared joy when awards were announced at the NISPA conference—these memories, and many others, made my first year working with the LION a wonderful experience.

Mary Okkema

My favorite memory is when a few Lion juniors enlisted themselves to take on future freshman night at South Campus. Hayden, Georgia, Harper, Camilla, Mr. Darrah, and I had no idea what to do when we found out LION did not have a table in the fieldhouse.

After a few moments of debating, we stole Breakfast with Barbells’ unoccupied table and hung a newspaper with a horribly written sign that said LION. The only problem was that the table was the first table and could barely be seen by people who were busy looking at the sports teams and other clubs. The cheerleaders were performing directly in front of our table, making sure we were overlooked. After using a traffic cone as a megaphone failed, Hayden and I came up with a plan to bribe people with cookies to come to the table and sign up for the email list. We had no time to waste, so we sprinted to Marianos and bought $15 worth of cookies.

We then sprinted back while simultaneously trying to not drop the cookies. We made it back to the table, although we were very winded, and went on to use the cookies to lure kids in.

Taylor Schmitt

My favorite LION memory is when I was given an assignment that I was incredibly unsure about, and then used that experience to better myself as a journalist. Prior to this year, I had never covered an event live, so I was incredibly nervous about reaching out to an organization and asking for “Inside Access.” Additionally, I’d never taken photos for the paper before, and I was required to take pictures of strangers. Therefore, I was incredibly nervous. However, upon arriving at the event and witnessing the powerful message that it spread and interviewing the organizers, I was blown away and it inspired me to write the longest story I’ve ever written! Looking back, the whole experience reaffirmed the appeal of journalism for me and I was immensely proud of the story that I had written, because I felt like I had done the event justice.

Pilar Valdes One Friday before distribution, Mary O. and I decided to take a few pictures to post on the LION Instagram to get everyone excited for the issue. The picture we decided to post was of me sitting on a stack of newspapers; my legs were open, but I was wearing jeans, so we thought nothing of it. When we got to class 8th period, Scales said he had to make a brief announcement regarding the Instagram.

Mary and I looked at each other nervously, fearing that we overstepped our boundaries; we weren’t even sure if we were able to post on the insta. Scales stood there awkwardly, and said “There have been multiple complaints regarding the picture of Pilar as an ‘inappropriate crotch shot’.”

I screamed and felt so embarrassed I died. We took down the picture. Although I was horrified to hear Scales say the words “inappropriate crotch shot” talking about a picture of me, we all had a good laugh afterwards.

The LION juniors are proud to present this year’s Senior Superlatives in the form of Vines. Although Room 220 can not be summed up in 6 second videos, the seniors will be missed just as much as we miss vine: gone but never forgotten.

Jason Scales: Permission denied As an advisor, your job is to make sure we don’t do anything stupid, hence this vine.

Christina Rosetti: Brandt Siegfried: Opera singing bus lady I want a church girl Everytime we have late night This really does not layout, somehow Christina need an explanation always gets left outside, because your phone this is how we imagine her background is Jesus. spending her time out there. #YEEHAW

Ryan Darrah: Grant Campbell: Pizza delivery room on fire Power of god and anime You’re new to LION this You’re a ridiculous year, and are (probhuman being and your lably) shocked by just aggressive overreactions how chaotic room 220 make you, you. can be.

Luke Lusson: 7ft basketball player Basically, you are really really tall. We assume this is what you look like when you ball.

Spiro Kass: I am a wolf Sometimes you try to act like a big, tough EIC, but it doesn’t work out too well.

Lindsey Hauch: An avocado! Thanks!

You are the sweetest person on LION and if you were to receive an avocado, you would have nothing but thanks.

Sarah Grier: Mothertrucker dude While you’re mostly quiet, throughout the year, we have gotten little glimpses of your goofy side.

Mary Devine: SKITTTLESSSS We are pretty sure you don’t have a mute button. Sometimes, you are as sweet as Skittles.

Sydney Kaehler: I wanna be a cowboy You are just wack. We never know what to expect from you. So here is a wack vine.

Greta Markey: Iridocyclytus You’re insanely smart.

Probably the smartest senior on LION, so here is a smart vine.

Mikaela Larson: All those chickens Your sarcastic nature and ability to point out the obvious are unrivaled in room 220.

Maddy Cohen: Lipstick in my white bag You are really boujee and problably have a Valentino white bag.

Change

LION Chatter “Oh my god, I love text wrapping.

Wait... how do you text wrap?”

- Pilar Valdes ‘19

LION Chatter “Don’t talk to me until I have my Cup O’ Joe or Irish tea.”

- Mary Devine ‘18

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We interviewed several LT seniors who have been a part of the various marches and walk-outs that have occurred throughout the course of this year. Read below to find out why they participated.

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I marched as a feminist and democratic socialist, fed up with this country in so many ways, to stand up to sexism, as well as stress the importance of voting. There was so much creativity and effort put into the march. This was visible in the signs. A lot were very empowering and others were puns with funny pictures, but no matter what, they all conveyed a similar message that progress still has to be made. The march inspired me to speak out more and made me feel like I have a voice.

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Miranda Vickery ‘18 .

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I decided to march because I wanted to speak for the babies that don’t have a voice. I am pro-life and I marched in support of abolishing abortion. I knew going into the march, I was going to experience a lot of backlash. Pro-life is not a very popular opinion but it’s something that means an immense amount to me. I was overcome with so many different emotions at the march, and the strongest ones I felt were love and support. I knew no matter what happened, that I did had a big number standing behind me.

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Clare Condon ‘18

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I walked out because the day of the Parkland shooting, I had never felt such an intense fear of being at school, and I wanted to be proactive and actually do something that could make a difference.

I was lucky enough to be a part of the planning process [for LT’s walk-out], and I was so reassured by the amount of students that showed up. When every person participated in the moment of silence, you could feel the sense of pride and community present at LT. It has definitely made me more involved in politics than I ever have, due to the sheer fact that by voting and participating in democracy I can actally make a difference.

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Bobby Montesano ‘18

Mary Devine ‘18

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I chose to march in San Diego over Spring Break because I realized that my voice still mattered. It’s hard knowing that school shootings are becoming more and more of a problem because I come to LT in hopes for a safe place where I can get an education and grow. However, with the Parkland shooting that took place in February, it was a reminder to me that our lives right now aren’t safe. There are still problems our country needs to sort through, and we have to start somewhere.

The marches that have taken place the past few months are the start to preventing school schootings.

compiled by Harper Hill @harpss42

LION Chatter

“I hope my daughter wears my shirts.”

-Brandt Siegfried ‘18

Seniors

LION Chatter “Multitudinous.”

-Spiro Kass ‘18

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We asked a few seniors to celebrate their success at LT and predict what they will do with it in the future.

Compiled by Isabel Tuisl and Taylor Schmitt

Miles Hession: Won fourth place at state for speech team

Spencer Walker: Won first place in the 100 backstroke race at state for boys’ swimming

“I was lucky enough to be involved in a sport at such a supportive school.

Having a big team means you swim for the guys behind you at your full capacity. Find someone to dedicate your sport to and it will mean more.”

“I’ve gained confidence to not only speak in front of crowds but be comfortable in my own skin and abilities. I hope that I never forget what it felt like to speak and have everyone truly listen.”

Will Moran: Won Mr. LT talent contest

“LT has so many awesome opportunities and sometimes saying yes to these chances can mean getting great experiences and meeting new people. So I really plan on putting myself out there and saying yes more often.”

Ellie Henderson: Snowball Co-Staff Director and Theatre Director

“The amazing people I’ve met have created such a positive and loving environment.

Being a co-staff director with Colleen McGovern ‘18 and theater director with Nora Hennessey ‘18 have been the most rewarding experiences of my life. In the future, I definitely want to make Snowball a part of my life.”

Heather Vogt: Glossier Ambassador

“I’d be nowhere without Mr. [Patrick] Page and Mr. [Bill] Allan.

They’ve taught me lifelong skills about art and film which all ties my makeup career together. Mr. Allan has taught me everything I know about photography. I am so grateful to have LT as the root of my career, because without LT, I wouldn’t have any of the skills that I do today.”

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“Giraffes are just nature’s clowns.”

Hayden Claesson ‘19

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Cooper Bearman “All the world is a birthday cake, so take a piece, but not too much.” -George Harrison

Emily Best Dear Emily- we are so proud of you! We look forward to all you will accomplish at U of I and beyond. Love you much, Mom, Dad, Drew Matt Burns Congrats Matt Burns class of 2018. You are funny, kind, cool, smart… you have so many wonderful character traits… I am so proud of you!! You have such a bright future… keep the camera rolling!! Love, Dad You did it Matt Burns! I’m so proud of the generous funny man that you’ve become.

It will be fun to watch your next chapter.

Hugs! Mom Congratulations Matt Burns, class of 2018.

As your videos continue to entertain us, I trust your talent will touch many. May your path be bright, even when the cameras are off. Love, Grandma and Grandpa Burns Can it be that our precious grandson, who only yesterday we held in our arms, is graduating from high school?! Congrats to you Matt Burns. Love Grandma and Grandpa Sullivan Grant Campbell We are so proud of you and all of your accomplishments! We love you so much!

Max Campbell Congratulations on your scholarship and direct admittance to Top Ranked Kelley School of Business at Indiana University.

Your Honor Roll achievements make us proud! Love, Mom, Dad, Mitchell Alicia Camuy Congratulations Lici! All your sacrifices have paid off. You can achieve whatever you want in love. We believe in you. God Bless You! Happy Graduation Love, Mom and Dad

A Sabrina Abbate- LUC Katelyn Abraham-Central Michigan Maxwell Abrahamson- Ball State Laura Acosta Barajas-COD Abigail Ahrens- Ohio State Michael Ahrens- Michigan Patrick Akaniroj- ISU Maria Alamo- Concordia Chicago Courtney Aldridge- Iowa Joseph Ales- Western Michigan Lillian Alicea- COD Brian Allen- COD Gabriella Allen- Iowa Yasmine Allen- COD Amanda Amador- COD George Anagnos- U of I Skyler Anderson- COD Zachary Andes-Forsell- COD Belinda Andrade- Elmhurst Graham Andrews- U of I John Andrews- Michigan State Martin Arbide- COD Mary Arito- Purdue Sean Arnold- Xavier Daniel Arrezola- NR Karli Artale- COD Grace Ashby- Clemson Patrick Atkinson- LUC Amanda Avizius- ISU Christopher Azzarello- Luther

B Frances Bailey- Loyola, New Orleans Michael Baker- Parkland Aivaras Balsys- NR Monika Balsyte- COD Louis Banda- Wisconsin, Stevens Point D’Andre Barajas- COD Vanessa Barajas- COD Ryan Barker- Loras Margaret Barney- Miami (OH) Andrew Barnicle- IU

Jesus Barrera- COD Ruth Barrera- COD Christopher Beard- Ohio State Cooper Bearman- Ohio Fabian Becerra- Morton Natalie Bednarz- COD Izak Bedolla- UIC Wesley Beeler- COD Isabella Behm- NR Cameron Belden- UW Aidan Benitez- COD Damian Benitez- NIU Anna Rose Benson-Michigan State Thomas Beranek- DePaul Eileen Bergman- SLU Olivia Berley- UW Rebecca Bernier- SIU Carbondale Emily Best- U of I Sarah Better- U of I Katherine Beumer- U of I Josef Bielanski- LUC Stephanie Birch- Dayton William Black- Western Michigan Samuel Blanton- COD William Blaylock- Wisconsin, Milwaukee Jennifer Blouin- Clemson Megan Bonneville- Iowa Jack Boo- UW Nikolina Boric- COD Nikola Borojevic- DePaul Geneva Boyd- COD Richard Boyd- COD Ryan Boyd- Iowa Adam Boyette- COD Teagan Bozzi- COD Allison Bradbury- SLU Tara Brankin- Minnesota, Twin Cities Kyle Branz- Colorado State Daniel Breakey- Grand Valley State Connor Brennan- Transition Mary Brennan- Dayton Amelia Brisk- Drake Omar Brito- Marines Jason Brown- Employed John Brown- Colorado School of Mines Mickey Brown- Minnesota

Sean Carr An investment in knowledge pays the best interest! Well done #8! On to the University of Dayton thanks to all of your hard work. Proud of you, Mom and Dad Maddy Cohen Congratulations Maddy Cohen! We are so proud of you and your accomplishments!

Love, Mom and Dad Michael Cooley We are so proud of you! You’ve had much fun and success at LTHS and much more to come at IU! Love, Mom and Dad Liam Connelly You have come so far and we could not be prouder of your success at LT! Great things are awaiting you at Knox!

Love, Mom, Dad, Brendan, Bess Luke Cunningham “If you get confused, just listen to the music play.” Wishing you lifetime of happy, inspiring tunes! We love you, buddy!

DMCM Lindsey Cwik Congratulations on your many accomplishments at LT. You know your own mind, you follow your heart. You, daughter, are one of a kind. On Wisconsin!

Love, Mom and Dad

“Luke DOWN!” Mikaela Larson ‘18, Lindsey Hauch ‘18, Sarah Grier ‘18

LT’s class of 2018 has spent the past four years learning and growing. As they branch out into their lives, their roots will always remain at LT. LION takes these next four pages to detail each senior’s post-graduation plans.

Joseph Ales Congratulations Joey Ales! Good luck at Western Michigan. We are so excited for you. Go Broncos! Love Mom and Dad

Izak Bedolla I’m so proud of who you are. Thrilled to share your deepest joy. For the great thing you will do. I’ll be blessed ‘cause you’re my son.

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Illinois COD- College of Du Page U of I- University of Illinois at Urbna-Champaign ISU- Illinois State University UIC- University of Illinois at Chicago EIU- Eastern Illinois University NIU- Northern Illinois University SIU- Southern Illinois University WIU- Western Illinois University NEIU- Northeastern Illinois University IIT- Illinois Institute of Technology MVCC- Moraine Valley Community College LUC- Loyola University Chicago

Out of State IU- Indiana University, Bloomington Mizzou- University of Missouri, Columbia NYU- New York University SLU- Saint Louis University USC- University of Southern California UW- University of Wisconsin, Madison Other Transition- A post-graduation LT program for special education students NR- Did not report to College and Career Center

State Kayla Brudnicki- MVCC Lydia Bruni- Charleston Johnathan Brunner- UW Abigail Bryant- Transition Benjamin Bryant- Cincinnati Jordan Bryant- Marine Corps Sean Brynda- Mizzou Sidney Bugaieski- Purdue Abigail Bulir- COD Vilius Buntinas- DePaul Courtney Buralli- Iowa Jack Burke- Dayton Megan Burke- Dayton Matthew Burns- ISU MacKenzie Burnside- Arizona Jacob Burr- Iowa Nicholas Burriesci- Marquette Alexis Bustos-Gonzalez- U of I Tyler Byrne- UW

C Ethan Cabela- Wisconsin Milwaukee Arianna Cabrera- U of I Sarah Cada- SIU Carbondale Kapria Mae Caffey-JacksonCOD Naicary Calzada- Iowa Anthony Camacho- COD Emily Campanelli- Delaware State Grant Campbell- Miami (OH) Maxwell Campbell- IU Domenic Campo- Iowa Jesse Campos- NR Daisy Campos-Osuna- Morton Alicia Camuy- Trinity Anthony Cappa- Military John Carinato- Vanderbilt Abagail Carlson- NIU David Caro- Employed Sean Carr- Dayton Margaret Carrabine- Dayton Hector Carrazco- Iowa Rowan Carroll- ISU Nickolas Carullo- Colorado Springs Ismael Casillas- COD Kendall Cassidy- Arizona State Enrique Castaneda- COD Edgar Castellanos- COD Jose Castillo- WIU Patrick Catezone- U of I Kyle Cattin- Wake Forest Matthew Cavanaugh- Ithaca Alexander Cefali- DePaul Ethan Chadwick- Iowa Hope Chamberlin- NR Mollie Chambers- Transition Mitchel Charlier- COD Grant Chesloe- COD Katrina Chlapik- Employed Yoonje Cho- U of I Chaz Chung- COD Giovanni Cirone- COD Henry Claesson- Virginia Tech Amaria Clarke- Belmont Charles Clarke- Duke Michael Cleary- COD Stephano Clements- Employed Michael Clifton- Tulane Madeline Cohen- Michigan Na’Karia Cole- COD Desire Coleman- Gaddy Malachy Collins- Dayton Meghan Collins- Grand Valley State Frank Colonna- ISU Elizabeth Conboy- Iowa Clare Condon- U of I Melissa Condon- Dominican Eliana Condotti- Hope Alex Conger-Miami (OH) Will Conn- Mizzou Anna Conneely- SLU

Liam Connelly- Knox William Cooke- COD John Cooley- Iowa Michael Cooley- IU Eric Cooper- Iowa Sydnie Cooper- Concordia, Wisconsin Israel Corona- NR Jessica Coronel- Lewis Bridget Corrigan- Butler Arelyn Cortes- MVCC Cameron Cowan- UP Aahliya Cox-Sneed- NIU Jasmine Cozzi- NR Julia Cozzi- Carthage Elizabeth Craig- ISU Benjamin Cranny- Western Michigan Faith Cruz- COD Ricardo Cruz- NR Ryan Cummings- UW Luke Cunningham- IU Timothy Curley- IU Lindsey Cwik- UW Kelly Czarny- COD

D Angelina D’Amico- Western Michigan Jordan Dallmann-Transition Marisa Darrus- IU Remi Davis- ISU Marianna Davison- NR Samuel De Boer- IU Lauren De La Rosa- UW Steven De La Vega- UIC Sophia de Sa e Silva- COD Alberth DeAvila- COD Daniel DeAvila- COD Julia Delnero- Morton Christina Demes- Syracuse Natalie Demes- U of I Dominic Detente- Marines Mary Devine- SLU Victor Diaz- COD Samuel Dillon- U of I Madeline Dixon- DePauw Jack Doherty- Western Michigan Neil Doherty- U of I Alexander Dolgner- Iowa Kaylee Domanchuk- Iowa Michael Dombkowski- Arizona Riley Dominiak- American Musical Theatre Academy of London and New York Drew Donohue- Iowa State Taylor Doubek- Employed Ryan Dow- Berklee College of Music Finnegan Dowling- Arizona Aidan Doyle- Valparaiso Emma Doyle- U of I Matthew Driscoll- COD Mackenzie Drummond- U of I Isabella Dubas- Transition Faith Duddleston- Employed John Dudley- U of I Jonathan Duelm- U of I Connor Duffy- Military Kelly Dunleavy- U of I Nora Dunleavy- U of I Griffin Dunn- Ohio State Mary Durkin- Dayton Alexander Dzierwa- St. Ambrose Emma Dziura- U of I

E Ryan Easterday- Wisconsin, Platteville Hannah Eckert- COD Bridget Egan- Villanova

“What’s pussing?”

Sydney Kaehler ‘18, Maddy Cohen ‘18 Gabriel Egert- UIC Jessica Elder- Concordia, Chicago Jenna Elliott- U of I Matthew Elliott- COD Tessa Elliott- U of I Dylan Ellison- ISU Milana Ergarac- COD Berk Erkan- COD Cayla Erzinger- Western Michigan Samantha Eskandar- LUC Epiphany Esparza- Dominican Christiana Espinoza- COD Mauricio Espitia- U of I Lorenzo Esquivel- COD Carolyn Euwema- Marquette Andrew Ezell- Highland Community

F Zachary Fagan- COD Makaela Faldani- Ball State Andrea Farias- COD Alexis Fergon- COD Lauren Ferguson- ISU Rosa Fernandez- COD John Ferraro- Triton Hannah Fezekas- Kent State Filip Filipovski- MVCC Emma Fink- Providence Andrew Finn- Iowa Tajia Fiolka- COD Allison Fischer- USC Brandon Fischer- Kansas Tara Flaherty- Michigan Yareli Flores- COD Cole Flott- Otis College of Arts and Design Ian Flueck- U of I Michael Foisy- NR Samuel Fonseca- ISU Gioacchino Fornaro- Minnesota Twin Cities Anthony Forsell- COD William Foster- U of I Quinn Fraser- Iowa Kayla Frederick- Wisconsin, Platteville Jane Freeman- Iowa Jordan Frerk- Nebraska, Lincoln Tyler Fronk- Kansas Katherine Fuhr- U of I Erick Fulgencio- Seminole State Karrington Fuller- Missouri Southern State Grace Furjanic- NR Ryan Furlan- Kendall

G Juliette Galassini- U of I Addiz Galeana Hernandez- NR Sean Galivan- COD Annie Gallagher- U of I Matthew Galletti- Wooster Brandon Garay- Transition

“I can only handle like two thoughts at the same time.”

Hayden Claesson ‘19

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Nicholas Garbe- COD Pauline Garbis- COD Adali Garcia- COD Anaya Garcia- COD Andres Garcia- COD Gabriella Garcia- Miami (OH) Marco Garcia- Robert Morris Illinois Mitchell Gardner- Iowa Luke Garrett- Vanderbilt Taylor Garrett- Creighton Alexander Gartner- COD Olivia Garza- Valpraiso James Gazis- Ohio State Meredith Gebhart- Purdue Alexa Geissler- COD Jared Gellner- Iowa Anthony Gennett- Iowa State Gillian Geraci- Western Michigan Claire Gertsmeier- Purdue Michael Giacomelli- Transition Jeffrey Gianone- Kansaa State Megan Gibson- COD Casey Gignac- San Diego State Maggie Gilchrist- Purdue Joseph Gilger- UW Julia Gilman- Mizzou Miklo Giraldi- COD Jayme Girard- ISU Antonio Giron- U of I Natalie Giron- COD Samantha Gleason- Carrol Jordan Glover- COD Catalina Gogonea- DePaul Angel Gomez- COD Karen Gomez- LUC Karol Gomez- COD Gabriel Gonzales- COD Amanda Gonzalez- COD Cristian Gonzalez- COD Josue Gonzalez- IU Nandia Gonzalez- Bradley Nicholas Gonzalez- Concordia Chicago Sarah Gorecki-Westrick- ISU MacKenzie Gould- Wisconsin Platteville Marlene Govea- NIU Eric Gradilla- U of I Ian Graham-White- North Texas Christian Grant- COD Gianna Graziano- COD Nicholas Grba- DePaul William Greenup- Project Search Jordon Gregory- COD Grace Gremer- Purdue Olivia Gresge- Ohio State Sarah Grier- U of I William Grimm- Michigan State Max Grob- COD Kenneth Grodsky- Arizona Tyler Guagenti- IU Genna Guarino- ISU Madilyn Guzlas- Carthage

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Marcus Hackett- COD Lauren Hahn- UW Charles Hall- Carleton Elizabeth Hall- Marquette Sarah Halm- IU Fiona Hamilton- Wisconsin River Falls John Hangsterfer- Alabama Jeffrey Hank- UW Anna-Marie Hansen- Transition David Harck- COD Luz Harck- UIC Marshall Harck- UIC Sara Harck- COD Charles Harders- Miami (OH) Owen Hardy- Miami (OH) Yvette Haro- South Suburban DeAjah Harris- COD Mary Hart- Colorado State Phoebe Hartoonian- Iowa State Joshua Haschke- COD Lindsey Hauch- U of I Grace Hayes- Regis Spirit Healy- Arizona State Ellen Henderson- Minnesota Twin Cities Michael Henehan- Arizona State John Henneberry- UW Nora Hennessy- SLU Lucas Herbeck- Iowa Antonio Hernandez- COD Christian Hernandez- COD Noe Hernandez- COD Megan Herndon- Western Michigan Brenden Hesik- COD Miles Hession- Oxford Ryan Hiatt- U of I Xzavier Hickenbottom- Military Caroline Higney- Denver Garrett Hinshaw- Maryland, College Park Holly Hinton- Marquette Shane Hipps- COD William Hobart- COD Damien Hodges- COD Hannah Hoekstra- COD Jacob Hoekstra- COD Jordan Hoekstra- COD Jade Hofbauer- Fordham Nina Hoffman- ISU Andrew Hogan- Kansas Anna Hohman- Arizona Kassidy Hollinger- DePaul Jacob Hollowed- Ohio State Kathleen Holt- Military Madison Holt- Augustana Tyler Hone- Employed Kayla Hopkins- COD Andrew Hossack- Nebraska, Lincoln Timothy Houston- Purdue Daniel Hudetz- Marquette Nicholas Hughes- Iowa Seamus Hughes- Arizona Christopher Hummel- Ohio State Lucas Huneryager- U of I Keller Hyde- Alabama

George Hyland- Colorado, Boulder

J Brandon Jackson- Berklee College of Music Nicholas Jacobs- IU Dejan Janic- COD Emily Janis- ISU Dominic Janusek- ISU Kyle Jarvis- COD Maksymilian Jasiak- U of I Michael Jasiak- Iowa State John Jelinek- SIU Isabelle Jensen- Hofstra Christopher Jesovic- COD Marija Jocic- COD Abigail Jocke- Colorado School of Mines Emily Johanns- COD Catherine Johnson- New Mexico Derek Johnson- WIU Maren Johnson- Iowa State Megan Johnson- Iowa State Mitchell Johnson- Transition Quincy Johnson- Indiana Purdue Fort Wayne Nicolette Jones- Duquesne Angel Jordan- Triton Metodij Jovcevski- COD Elizabeth Joyce- Western Michigan Hannah Jumpa- Gap Year Evan Junius- IU-Purdue Elizabeth Juracic- U of I Eathan Jurkovic- Universal Tech Emma Jurusik- Northeastern Margaret Justus- Lewis

K Sydney Kaehler- U of I Dominica Kalafut- COD Alexandra Kales- Ohio State Ryan Kallal- COD Patrick Kane- Marquette Angelina Kapp- SIU Peyton Kapp- Alabama Jane Kapsalis- Kansas Mirac Kara- UIC Brian Kardas- DePaul Joseph Kartzmark- Moody Bible Institute Morgan Kaspar- Bradley Spiro Kass- Michigan Zayn Kayali- UW Lily Kedzuch- Grand Valley State Raymond Keenan- Iowa Daniel Kefer- Colorado State Audrys Kelecius- Purdue Ayse Kelemet- Colorado, Boulder Kevin Keller- Iowa Alexander Kelly- UIC

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Lauren DeLa Rosa Lauren, we are incredibly proud of you and all that you have achieved! Stand strong and don’t ever stop pursuing your dreams! We love you- Mom, Dad and Aly Mary Devine You did it! Congratulations! World’s best cup of coffee drinking high school graduate! Great job Mary Devine! Great to know you!

Maddie Dixon So proud of you & your LT accomplishments! Excited for the next chapter at DePauw University!

Just Keep Swimming!

Love, Mom, Dad Molly, Grant, & Ginger too Michael Dombkowski Congratulations Michael Dombkowski! So happy to share in the excitement of your next adventure and so very proud of you too! Love, Mom & Dad Jonathan Duelm Congratulations, Jonathan Duelm! Have so much fun at University of Illinois!!

Emma Dziura Congratulations on a stellar high school experience. Your devotion to your academics and activities was remarkable. We couldn’t be prouder of you. Good luck in college, EJ! Gabe Egbert Good luck with your studies at UIC Chicago, medical school, basketball, wind ensemble in your future. May your dreams take you far in life.

Love, Mom and Dad Samantha Eskander Congrats! We are proud of you and your achievements; way to go Sam! Mom, Dad, Veronica and Susanna Carolyn Euwema We are very proud of your hard work and dedication, Carolyn Euwema, congratulations!

Emma Fink Emma, we are so proud of you and all the graduating seniors! Congratulations class of 2018! Love, The Finks Jared Gellner Hawkeyes rule! Best of luck in biochemical engineering at University of Iowa. Love, Mom and Tom Casey Gignac Congrats Casey Gignac! Enjoy success at San Diego State University! Love, your family Will Grimm So proud of our Spartan! We are excited for you and all the future has in store. Congrats! Dad, Mom and Ellie Lindsey Hauch Congratulations Lindsey! You have an amazing future ahead of you. We are so proud of you! You go girl! Love, Mom, Dad, Heidi, Clare, Charlie, and Midge

This map shows where the LT’s college bound seniors are headed next year

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Jade Hofbauer Follow your dreams. They will lead you in the right direction! Love, Mom and Dad Madison Holt We are so proud of you Madison. Your dreams await. With much love, Dad, Mom and Tyler Sydney Kaehler Sydney K! The world is yours! The future is yours! Do great things. We love you.

Well done Kaehler! Keep making news!

Mattigan Kelly What a wonderful life you have led at LT! Keep on rockin’ ! Love, The Kelly Crew Mariah Kulhanek Mariah, we are proud of you and your accomplishments. Good luck in your next adventure. Congrats! Love, Mom and Dad

Seniors

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“I’m chilling out inside your pants.”

Brandt Siegfried ‘18

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“Preposterous! I have never seen such reckless journalism in my life.”

Lars Lonnroth ‘19

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LT’s top picks

Brandon Jackson Thank you for the wonderful musical journey we have experienced through the gist of having you in our family. May God’s Grace continue to guide you. Love, The Jackson Fam! Lizzie Joyce We wish you wouldn’t have grown up so fast, but we are proud of the beautiful young lady that you are today. Congratulations!

Mikaela Larson Congratulations Mikaela! We are so proud of you and know you will do great things.

Have fun and GO BLUE! Love, Mom Dad, Ben and Dayna Luke Lusson Congratulations, Luke Lusson! You are the last and greatest in a long legacy of LT graduates. You will rock college. Love, Mom, Dad, Austin and Juliet Mike Martino Congratulations Mikey Martino We are so proud of you, and have enjoyed watching you on your journey. We love you! Dad, Mom, Michaela, Maddie, Moe Otto Meccia To: Otto Meccia Your Graduation Haiku Good luck at Purdue!

Laney Miller Laney, you did it! We are so proud of you.

ISU will be lucky to have you. Best of luck in your studies, we love you. Mom, Dad, brothers and sissy Gabrielle Monte Congratulations Gabrielle Monte! May God bless you and keep you as you head off to Elmhurst College Mac Most We’re so proud of you and all you’ve achieved, looking forward to watching you realize your dreams at U of I! Love you, Mom, Dad, MC & Will Kevin Mota “... humble and compassionate for he knows that he does not know.” Kevin Mota, our wisdom seeker starting your lifelong quest.

We couldn’t be prouder of the person you are. Love always, Mom and Dad Angel Nunnery “If you don’t like something change it, if you can’t change it, change your attitude” Maya Angelou. Life is about choices, choose wisely. Love you forever, your family.

Philip Panopulous As with all gifts from our Heavenly Father, we couldn’t be more appreciative for you.

May your journey be filled with hope, faith, laughter, and good friends always Matt Piento You always look good but you treat others better. A great combination to take you anywhere you want to go. You make me so proud! Love Mom Edgar Reyes Vera Dear son, behind you all your memories.

Before you all your dreams. Around you all who love you. Within you, all you need.

Much love, Mom and Dad and Yunni Tate Riordan Congrats Tater! We are so proud of you and all your hard work! Love, Your Rios Jimmy Roskopf We are so proud of you, Good luck in the next chapter at Carthage College. Love Always, Dad and Mom Christina Rossetti Congratulations Christina, good luck at Augustana! You have made us proud. Never stop following your dreams. Love Dad, Mom, and Joey Reilly Sammon Congratulations! We are so proud of you.

We know you will be amazing at U of Arizona!

Love, Mom, Dad, Danny & Maggie

Below, LION has listed the top five schools LT students will be attending next year

207 83 Claire Kelly- Washington Mattigan Kelly- Tufts Crystal Kendzior- COD Neama Keshta- COD Katherine Kessler- Iowa Summer Kienitz- COD Mark Kiessling- NR Daniel Kilrea- Notre Dame Laura Kimberling- Iowa Dahlia Kimble- COD Deanna Kimble- East Tennessee State Lauren Kinder- MVCC Michael King- Loras Colleen Kirby- Butler Alex Kittle- COD Michelle Kleidon- COD Zachary Klimes- Grand Valley State Adam Kneebone- William Paterson, New Jersey Grace Knowski- Millikin Eric Ko- U of I Taylor Koc- COD Margaret Koch- Iowa McKenna Koch- COD Raunaq Kohli- U of I Rhyan Komsthoeft-Mercyhurst Andrew Korallus- Western Michigan Luka Kosic- COD Alicja Koslo- Iowa Alexander Kowal- Transition Jessica Kowalski- U of I Alexander Kreczko- Iowa Joseph Kreikemeier- Iowa State Joseph Kressmann- Universal Tech Payton Krone- Purdue Daren Kruchko- COD Joseph Krupiczowicz- LUC Mariah Kulhanek- UW Alexander Kuntz- Colorado, Colorado Springs Alexander Kuptel- Notre Dame

L Karyssa Labayen- U of I Aaron Lack- IU Daniel Lada- Aurora Samantha Land- Purdue Krista Landers- COD Joseph Langan- Michigan State Erica Larios- COD Patrick Larmon- Miami (OH) Mikaela Larson- Michigan Isabel Launspach- U of I Zak Lavaty- Transition Katherine LaVoie- Rollins Brian Le- COD Jennifer Le- Western Michigan Andrew Leach- LUC Jeremiah Leak- COD Kathy Leanos- COD Joshua Leavitt- NR Kaelan Lee- U of I Cary Leiter-Weintraub- SIU Lydia Lenigan- Seattle Bella Lestina- LUC David Letsinger- Arizona Xavier Lettiere- COD Spencer Levinson- DePaul Trevor Lewandowski- ISU Veronika Lieb- COD Natalie Liotta- U of I

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Claire Lizak- COD Kaitlin Lizik- Manchester Kevin Lizik- COD Teodora Ljuboja- DePaul Adrianna Lopez- NR Alicia Lopez- NR Brenda Lopez- NR Lisa Lopez- UIC Alejandro Lopez-Solis- COD Jake Lucio- ISU Madison Lukowski- Northeastern Luke Lusson- IU Simon Lux- American Grace Luxem- Marquette Kristina Lynch- Bellarmine Nicole Lynch- U of I

M Maximilian Madro- St. Olaf Ognjen Madzarevic- St. Olaf Mason Maldonado- NR Sofia Malik- MVCC Katelyn Mannella- SLU Hailey Mantooth- COD Alex Marin- COD Stefan Marin- COD Greta Markey- Carnegie Mellon McKayla Marlowe- COD Francisco Martinez- NR Jhoanna Martinez- COD Mayahuel Martinez- COD Anthony Martino- DePaul Michael Martino- ISU Liam Mathie- NR Benjamin Matschke- NR Anna Mattern- Marquette Charles Mavon- Duke Sarah McAllister- Alabama Francis McCarter- Notre Dame Caitlin McCarthy- Nebraska, Lincoln John McCarthy- Dayton Michael McCarthy- U of I Jacob McCarty- NR Aidan McCauley- Wisconsin, Whitewater Skylar McCauley- COD Travis McCluskey- COD Nicholas McColgan- Central Tahje’ McDowell- COD Zachary Mcfarland- COD Adam McGahay- U of I Colleen McGovern- SLU Megan McGovern- COD Davis McMahon- Coastal Carolina Elsa McMahon- Washington Kyle McMahon- COD Cassidy McNichols- Ohio State Thomas McTigue- U of I Liam Mear- COD Otto Meccia- Purdue Delilah Medina- LUC Christopher Meier- Employed Isabella Melilli- Auburn Kayla Mena- NR Victor Mendez- COD Sara Meneses- NR Natalie Metsch- U of I Aidan Metz- ISU Kirsten Meyer- Oregon Madeline Meyer- Clemson Gabriel Michor- St. Olaf Brooke Michowski- NR

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Delaney Miller- ISU Eric Miller- Colby-Sawyer Sophia Mini- COD Michael Mitchell- Mississippi Logan Mohrs- Roosevelt Eduardo Molina- MVCC Sara Molina- Benedictine Mathew Molloy- Dominican Justin Monarrez- ISU Gabrielle Monte- Elmhurst Robert Montesano- Villanova Makayla Montgomery- COD James Moore- NR Michael Moore- Employed Paul Moorehouse- Ball State Monserrat Morado- COD William Moran- U of I Christine Moravek- Purdue Citlalli Moreno- Military Ryan Morfoot- Iowa Caleb Morse- Colorado State Tanner Mortimer- Butler Bryce Moskiewicz- Pittsburgh Cormac Most- U of I Kevin Mota- Creighton Autumn Moulder- Military Kyle Muntwyler- COD Heather Munyon- COD Ana Murillo- COD Hope Murphy- NR Nicholas Murphy- Miami (OH) Colleen Murray- NR Ahmed Mustafa- Marquette

N Danielle Nabor- Miami (OH) Reece Nadle- Wiconsin, Stout Elise Naval- SLU Luke Neale- Transition Caroline Nelson- Miami (OH) Claire Netzel- Texas Christian Vy Nguyen- COD Grant Nicholaus- Olivet Nazarene Kathleen Niedermeyer- SLU Justin Nielson- COD Adlah Nofal- UIC Nora Nofal- U of I Sean Nolan- COD John Novak- IU Jennifer Nunez- COD Angel Nunnery- NYU Daniel Nyhan- Minnesota, Twin Cities

O Aidan O’Brenski- COD John O’Connell- ISU Charles O’Connor- IU Clare O’Connor- Miami (OH) Sean O’Connor- COD Hugh O’Donnell- Kansas Madeline O’Donnell- ISU Olivia O’Donnell- Marquette Carrie O’Heron- U of I George O’Malley- John Carroll Meaghan O’Neill- Iowa Nathan Ocampo- Iowa Draga Ocokoljic- COD Fernando Ojeda- COD Hannah Olenec- IU Lydia Olson- Alabama Aaron Ontiveros- COD Lorenzo Orders- Chicago

Ramiro Ordonez- COD Miko Ortega- Western Michigan Julian Ortiz- COD Alison Ostrowski- Creighton Oriana Oyesanya- NR Allison Ozark- LUC Jonah Ozer- U of I

P Cara Paliakas- Purdue Natalia Palomino- COD John Panek- Employed Philip Panopoulos- Utah Natalija Paskoska- COD Heley Patel- UIC Sneha Patel- UIC David Patterson- Transition Steven Pav- COD Martin Pavlik- Columbia, Chicago Bowen Pearson- COD Destiny Pearson- UIC Jessica Pelletiere- U of I Nathan Pena- COD Salvatore Penachio- U of I Kara Pender- Western Illinois Robert Penna- COD Cesar Perez- NR Nicholas Perez- Arizona State Antonio Perez-Tokarsky- COD Rose Peters- Goldsmiths, London Matthew Petromilli- Kansas Eric Pfannkuche- IU-Purdue Bradley Phillip- COD Sunsiree Phipps- Alabama A&M Michael Piccolo- Montana State, Bozeman Benjamin Pieczynski- Marquette Matthew Piento- Lewis Andrew Pierpaoli- U of I Thomas Pigatto- St. Andrews Abigail Pinta- U of I Andre Pittman- Dunuque Magdalena Piwowarczyk- Colorado School of Mines Bradley Pond- U of I Ciara Potter- Marquette Abbey Pouba-Chicago Erin Pouba- Minnesota, Twin Cities Trenton Powers- Iowa Ryan Prylinski- Mars Hill Ryan Prysny- COD Christopher Psenicka- COD

Q Kaitlyn Quagliano- EIU Anastasia Quercia- COD Jack Quigley- Marquette Mario Quinones- Universal Tech

R Luke Rademaker- Lincoln Tech Mia Rago- Belmont Samuel Rahman- DePaul

LION Chatter “I’ll move my leg like that for you.”

Camilla Breen ‘19

James Ramicone- Iowa State Angelica Ramirez- COD Eliza Ramirez- COD Aliya Rangel- NIU Lukas Rasutis- Western Michigan Jonah Reardon- Purdue Northwest, Hammond Syrus Reardon- Purdue Northwest, Hammond Patrick Reetz- Transition John Reilly- Marquette Joie Reisch- Lewis Stephanie Reiter- Montana, Missoula Kyle Reliford- COD Gillian Reyes- ISU Victoria Reyes- Transition Edgar Reyes Vera- U of I Dana Reynolds- LUC Grace Reynolds- U of I Braden Rice- Iowa Venia Rimpson- COD Tate Riordan- UW Everardo Rios- NR Alexander Rivera- U of I Ella Roberts- Valpraiso Marko Roberts- Employed Margaret Robinson- Wisconsin, Whitewater Sean Robinson-McPherson Veronica Robledo- COD Frank Rocco- Iowa Daniel Roche- John Carroll Alyssa Rodriguez- COD Melissa Rodriguez- LUC Rafael Rodriguez- COD Sabrina Roginic- Employed Justin Rohrbacher- COD Amber Rojas- NIU Allyson Rojo- COD Claudia Rojo- UIC Matthew Roman- Transition Roland Miguel Rondez- U of I Julia Rosales- UIC Hailey Rosicky- SLU James Roskopf- Carthage Christina Rossetti- Augustana Duncan Rout- LUC Stephen Rudofski- Purdue Christian Ruiz- MVCC Nathan Rusk- Butler Joseph Rutkowski- Miami (OH) Sean Ryan- Ohio State Max Ryser- UW

S Alex Saacke- Boston University Eden Sage- Colorado, Boulder Sofia Salazar- COD Samantha Salerno- Iowa Eneyda Salinas- COD Stone Saloum- COD Sara Salvino- Chicago Reilly Sammon- Arizona Grace Sampson- Minnesota, Twin Cities Anjelina Sanchez- COD Gabriela Sanchez- MVCC Justin Sanchez- NR Robert Sanchez- COD Connor Sanda- UW Angelo Sandoval- Transition Luis Sandoval- COD Alejandra Santoyo- DePaul Valentina Saric- Iowa Reno Sarussi- Purdue Mario Saucedo- Triton Malia Sayad- LUC Luke Scarpaci- COD Nathaniel Schaper- COD Lauren Schissler- U of I Renata Schmidt- North Carolina Sydney Schmilke- COD Patrick Schneider- NR Andrew Schramka- Oklahoma

Nicolas Schroeder- COD Tara Schwarz- DePauw Mary Schwerha- Benedictine John Scriba- Miami (OH) Maria Serembytska- U of I Kyle Sexton- COD Jared Shadle- ISU Hailey Shah- Michigan Caitlin Shallow- COD Bridget Shannon- Mizzou Daniel Shapland- U of I Erin Sharkey- UW Quinlan Shay- Hockey Abigail Sheehan- Iowa Zachary Sheehan- U of I Cole Shiflett- Edgewood College Samuel Shippee- U of I Ethan Shockley- Alabama Yuri Sible- NR Nicholas Siciliano- Columbia Chicago Brandt Siegfried- Hillsdale Aleksa Silinis- NR Alexis Simone- Arizona Kevin Skonning- Wayne State Samantha Slinkman- COD Sonia Slusarczyk- Miami (OH) Alexandra Smith- Southern Methodist Michael Smith- Maryland Tyrese Smith- Western Tech Emily Snorewicz- Dayton Adam Solar- Grinnell Melissa Solares- DePaul John Sommerfeld- Purdue Abigail Sorensen- NR Jade Soriano- Iowa Sophia Sorrentino- North Central Deborah Soto- COD Isaly Soto- NR Nicholas Soto- COD Ian Speck- COD Robert Spencer- Iowa Amanda Spezza- Employed Haley Spolar- Colorado School of Mines Christyna Spreck- Mizzou Cali Stafford- Tampa Skylar Stafford- COD Anthony Staiano- NR Katherine Stamatakos- Michigan Vytas Stankus- Kentucky Maxwell Stapel-Kalat- California Polytechnic State Dylan Stark- Mizzou Griffin Stark- Mizzou William Stenner- Nebraska, Lincoln Rachel Stern- Rollins Alana Stevenson- COD Victoria Stotz- U of I Savannah Strasser- COD Charlotte Strazis- Georgia Megan Strnad- Carthage Kaysie Stuba- Villanova Aubrie Studwell- Belmont Grace Stuewe- Seattle Jack Suedbeck- Loras Erin Sullivan- COD Emily Suski- Transition Hailee Svrlinga- Western Michigan Michael Swinehart- Purdue Luke Szczesniak- Iowa State Kayla Szymanski- Transition

T Jack Tabachka- UW Caroline Tabisz- U of I Andrew Tarasuk- Minnesota, Twin Cities Sydney Taylor- COD Emma Tecktiel- U of I

Fashion trends: Floral print, acid wash Number of Cubs World Series Championships in the past century: Zero Number one song on the radio: “Happy”- Pharell Williams Top grossing movie: Guardians of the Galaxy Grammy Album of the Year winner: “The Blessed Unrest”Sara Bareilles

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LION Chatter

“So I’m in a Denny’s parking lot with Larry King, Karl Malone, and Garfield the Cat.” Hayden Claesson ‘19

Thursday, May 24, 2018 n Page 31 Lam Thai- COD Gabriel Thayer- COD Stefan Theiss- UW Emma Thesing- Purchase Alexander Thiakos- U of I Ryan Thomas- Coyne Megan Thomason- SIU Brian Thometz- Tulane Jordan Thornton-MarshallTransition Milica Tica- Augustana Emma Tiemeyer- Wittenburg Karla Tilapa- NIU Priscilla Tilapa- NIU Gardenia Tlaseca- NR Matthew Tobin- Fordham Brooke Tomsik- Nebraska, Lincoln Daniel Torres- Michigan Ricardo Torres- UIC Gessica Torrisi- Minnesota, Twin Cities Dominick Tosti- ISU Lauren Trail- Michigan Sebastian Tramontana- Maryland, College Park Charlotte Trecartin- U of I Demetrios Triantafel- Illinois Weslyan Zoe Trujillo- U of I John Tuohy- Loras Piper Turckes- Ohio State Scott Turro- U of I

U Jenna Uckerman- DePaul Katherine Underwood- IU Sergio Urquizo- Employed Isabela Urrutia- Western Michigan

V Athena Valadez- COD Adrian Valdez- ISU Lucas Valdez- NR Sarah Valeika- Yale Aaron Valentino- Parkland Nancy Valenzuela-ContrerasSant Xavier Luke Van Koevering- Calvin Christian Van Tassel- Purdue David Van Wazer- U of I Casey VanSpankeren- UW Gabriela Vasquez- COD Natasha Vassek- Minnesota, Twin Cities Allison Vavra- U of I Adelaide Vear- Marquette Matthew Vear- Iowa George Vecchio- Western Michigan Ivan Vega- COD Jazmin Venegas- ISU Eduardo Verdin- Transition Jack Verdin- IU Philip Veta- DePaul Miranda Vickery- American of Paris Andrew Vidales- WIU Alvaro Villalobos- Miami (OH) Riley Vires- Iowa Jordan Visage- COD Frank Vital- UIC Luciano Vitale- Western Michigan Jeffrey Vitek- Johns Hopkins Ashley Vitiritti- Employed Griffin Vizgirda- UW Sophia Vlahos- Purdue Heather Vogt- Savannah College of Art and Design Carl Volz- Savannah College of Art and Design

Nicole Von Drasek- DePaul Walter Von Strauss- Employed

W Grant Wackerman- Dayton Taylor Wagner- COD Andrew Walker- Transition Brenden Walker- Dubuque Bria Walker- COD Lillian Walker- St. Andrews Spencer Walker- Alabama Sydney Wallace- Robert Morris (IL) Jack Wallen- Kansas Madeline Walsh- Wisconsin, Whitewater Tatyana Walton- Southern and A&M Madison Wanless- U of I D’Aundra Washington- COD Emma Watkins- Knox Jalyn Watts- COD Lucas Watts- Kansas Marley Watts- UIC Malcolm Weber- Michigan State Pierce Weber- Western Michigan Sydney Weber- Columbia, Chicgao Matthew Weiler- U of I Kyle Weinert- COD Daniel Wenstrup- Mizzou Anna Westegaard- Columbia, Chicago Samuel Whalen- Notre Dame Avery White- Kansas Nicholas White- Alabama Makenzie Wiegel- ISU Matthew Wieker- Wisconsin, Superior Linda Wilinski- ISU Madeline Wilkins- Luther College Lazarius Williams- Dubuque Madelyn Williams- IU Megan Wilson- Iowa William Wilson- Military Justin Winslow- Transition Isaac Wisthuff- U of I Olivia Wittwer- COD Payton Wittwer- Employed William Wojcicki- U of I Lily Wojcik- IU Nathaniel Wolcott- Purdue Dylan Wolf- Dayton Alexander Wolosewicz- U of I Joshua Woolfington- Missouri State Christina Wyckoff- Iowa State

Y Julia Yelnick- IU Dimitrios Yiannopoulos- U of I Natasha Youssef- Ohio State

Z Maxim Zabrodsky- Ferris State Samantha Zagara- U of I Raafae Zaki- U of I Angelica Zamora- COD Rose Zarnowiecki- NR Max Zator- U of I Caitlin Zech- Transition Ancent Zheng- COD Kevin Zhu- California Berkeley Nicholas Zinanni- COD Denis Zivadinovic- COD

Fashion trends: Mom jeans, scrunchies Number of Cubs World Series Championships in the past century: One Number one song on the radio: “The Middle”- Zedd Top grossing movie: Black Panther Grammy Album of the Year winner: “24K Magic”Bruno Mars

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16 21 44 Brandt Siegfried You’ve had a great run at LT (Lion, Stuco, MUN) and we are so proud of you! Get ‘em at Hillsdale and beyond! Love, your family Sonia Slusarczyk May God’s favor and blessing be always with you. We love you and are very proud of you. “Soar on wings like eagles; run and not grow weary.” Mom, Dad, and Tim Demetri Triantafel Dear Demetri- Congratulations! We are so proud of all of your accomplishments!

Looking forward to celebrating all of your future success. All our love- Dad, Mom, Bella and Lola Zoe Trujillo Congratulations Zoe Trujillo and LTHS Class of 2018! Zoe, you’re our pride and joy! May all your dreams come true! Love, Mom, Dad, Tiffany and Nicole Christian Van Tassel LTHS- over and out! Onto Purdue University! Boiler up! Love, Mom and Dad Riley Vires Congratulations on your high school graduation! We look forward to watching your continued growth at University of Iowa.

Best of wishes! Love, Mom & Dad Joshua Woolfington We are so proud of the man you are becoming! Looking forward to all the great things you will achieve and the places you will go!

Mom and Dad Natasha Youssef Congratulations to our senior Natasha Youssef! We are very proud and wish all the best on your next chapter in life. We love you The Youssefs LTHS Moms in Prayer congratulates the Class of 2018. The best is yet to come!

THANK YOU teachers and staff for your commitment to our students www. momsinprayer.org

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Thursday, May 24, 2018

The 2017-18 school year has been full of fun activities and firsts for many of LT’s high achieving teams. Instead of writing about how these events went, we decided to show you how LT has blossomed over the year.

Salute to Service football game (Sept. 1)

Cross country qualifies for state (Nov. 4)

Jake Elliott visits LT (Feb. 16)

10th annual Blackout game (Feb. 16)

The Drowsy Chaperone (Feb. 16-18)

Boys Swim and Dive at State (Feb. 23-24)

Walkout for gun violence victims (March 14)

Brownstock XVIII (March 23)

18th annual Mr. LT (April 7)

Poms makes it to state (Feb. 11)

12th annual Tens by Teens (April 25)

Eurythmics: Inception (May 10-12)

Robotics takes on world (April 28-29)

Boys gymnatics goes to State (May 11-12)

SciOly goes to state (April 20-21)

Photo credits: Salute to Service- Breen/LION Cross Country at State- @ColinBphoto Spring musical- Breen/LION Poms at State- Rossetti/LION Jake Elliott visits LT- Weber/TAB Blackout game- Breen/LION Boys Swim and Dive- Melanie Walker LT walkouts- DeKoker/LION Brownstock XVII- Rossetti/LION 18th annual Mr. LT- Breen/LION Science Olympiad- Angela Patel Tens by Teens- Breen/LION Robotics goes to Worlds- Josh Nabasny Eurythmics- Anna Meyers-Caccitolo Boys gymnastics- DeKoker/LION