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S P E C TAT O R 1500 WEST KENNEDY ROAD, LAKE FOREST, IL 60045
VOLUME 91 NUMBER 4
Featured Stories NEWS
Q&A: A look at early admissions
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NEWS
LFA weighs in on what actions President Obama should take next
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FEATURES
Advisories battle it out to call themselves the best page 5 ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Students vote for their favorite Grammy Nominees
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SPORTS
New Salsa dancing PE proves popular page 17 THE ORANGE
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JANUARY 25, 2013
LFA teams up with the American Heart Association for “Red Out” By Zunaira Arshad Editor-in-Chief For years, the American Heart Association has worked with citizens to fulfill its mission to “build healthier lives free of cardiovascular disease and strokes.” This year, Lake Forest Academy’s Director of Athletics, Darrin Madeley, has decided to help the AHA with its mission while teaching students more about the effects of heart attacks and other heart-related diseases. As a result the LFA Girls Varsity Basketball team will be staging a “Red Out” during its home game at Glore Gym on Jan. 28th. “It’s an organization that is very close to me and my family,” said Madeley. “My brother was born with four holes in his heart and my father has had upward of 10 to 12 heart attacks, including a quintuple bypass. This is important for people, especially kids, to understand how important a healthy lifestyle is for you and taking care of your heart. There is no doubt that out of the 430 kids here, quite a few are affected by this with somebody in their family.” Student leaders have begun to work with Madeley to plan the “Red Out” event.
Photo by Zunaira Arshad
Volunteers Meg Kennedy and Allie Cedergren sell Red Out t-shirts prior to game day.
The event plans include selling a batch of red t-shirts that are to be worn during the game to show support for the fight against heart disease and heart attack prevention. Plans for the half-time portion of the game include educating students on what to do if they are present while somebody is undergoing a heart attack. “Our aim is to educate the LFA community about heart disease. Students need to understand the implications of not
taking care of their health,” stated senior Alexandria Cedergren. “Our hope is that by staging this event, everyone at LFA will be more aware of the importance of maintaining health stability in our and our loved ones’ lives.” A committee of current upperclassmen has been meeting with a representative from the AHA to develop even more new ideas that will lead to a successful “Red Out.”
Sandy Hook School shooting 40th Anniversary causes students and faculty to of Title IX: re-evaluate school security plan Does LFA comply By Amy Krivoshik News Editor
“Tornados, fire, wind; those are all disasters that we have in our disaster plans,” said LFA’s Chief Financial Officer, Andrew Kerr, “but I don’t think you’re ever prepared for anything like a Sandy Hook.” On the second to last day of exams before winter break, December 14, 2012, while most LFA students sat taking their English and Language exams, 20-year old Adam Lanza entered Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut and fatally shot 26 people. According to ABC News, this marks the 31st major school shooting in the U.S. since Columbine in 1999. “The Connecticut shooting was tough for faculty, because how can you not think about it?” said Assistant Dean of Students Kate Jones. “You wonder, in your mind, what would I have done?” To Dean of Students Chris Tennyson, as well as faculty, students, and campus security guards, this was an unfortunate op-
portunity for the school to evaluate campus safety. “I’m going to be meeting with the Lake Forest Police,” Tennyson said. “They’ll probably come to campus and…see if they identify any potential vulnerabilities or areas of concern...You hope and pray that no incident ever happens on campus.” Kerr said that LFA upgraded campus security from a part-time job to a 24/7 priority on campus in response (in part) to the 2007 Virginia Tech shooting. “We monitor the interior and exterior of the facilities. We do patrol rounds. We do vehicle or foot patrol rounds and we conduct vehicle patrol throughout the facility,” said Security Supervisor Norm Sydnor. “My officers, I’ll talk to them individually. We’ll do testing, you know, little drillsquestions that I give them just to make sure that they’re always aware of what’s going on.” While administrators and staff pondered security enhancements, what did students Continued on page 2
with the rules?
By The Spectator staff Members of the LFA community are accustomed to being trendsetters. Our school is at the forefront of educational technology, with our use of iPads, Smart Boards, pod chairs, etc. Philosophically we are among the leading schools in the U.S. when it comes to the topic of diversity in all its facets. But many people inside and outside of LFA don’t realize that the Caxys have also been national leaders in educational and sports opportunities for women – what is called Title IX. Ferry Hall, now a part of LFA, was offering girls sports at the turn of the 20th century. Many schools in the U.S. didn’t offer girls athletics until forced to by Title IX. This month, on our centerfold pages, The Spectator takes a look at Title IX, and how it has been implemented at LFA on the 40th anniversary of the enactment of the law. Continued on pages 10-11