Rocky Mountain Highschool: 2013 October

Oct. 16, 2013 Vol. 41, No. 2 Rocky Mountain High School 1300 W. Swallow Rd.Fort Collins, Colo.

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High School Hijinks: Two suburban Chicago high school students were arrested after leaving four live chickens in cribs near the school’s doors.

The chickens were accompanied by various pornographic images and expanding foam which was used to destroy the school’s locks.

Think about this:

Revenge porn is the act of posting explicit photos or videos of an ex-girl/ boyfriend to get back at the person for the breakup and it’s an issue that’s sweeping the nation. Recent legislation passed in California would allow the poster of the revenge porn to face a fine upwards of $1,300 or possible jail time.

Should there be federal laws to prohibit the distribution of revenge porn?

Quote of the Issue: “If you’re traveling around the theater, definitely travel with a buddy, because he (the ghost) never strikes when you’re with somebody. He always gets you when you’re alone.”

-Jamison Coe on the theater ghost

Index:

News, A2 Opinion, A4 Sports, A8 Features, B1 Center Spread,B4-5 Limelight, B8

Washed Away

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Road to nowhere: Highway 34 east of Greeley washed out following the September flooding. With at least nine dead and more that 1,700 homes destroyed, the flooding was one of the largest natural disasters in Colorado history.

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Community brings relief after devastating floods

by Emily Andersoneditor-in-chief

Nobody was singing in the rain in September.

The Colorado Flood of 2013 was undeniably a historical catastrophe. At least nine people died, over 1,700 homes were destroyed, and the cost of property damage is estimated at $2 million. For days after the tragedy many went without plumbing, access to roads, and some were trapped and ultimately unable to move to a safer area. It will take years to rebuild, revive and resurface.

However, it is during these times of crisis that people tend to unite in support of victims.

Waves of financial relief have brought food, clothing, shelter,

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and support to the victims whose belongings and homes were damaged or affected.

Robert Papp’s Management class spearheaded a flood drive which raised money and collected food in homerooms for flood victims. In September, the class usually participates in the Cans Around the Oval Food Drive at CSU, but, this year, considering the circumstances, they instead decided to change their community service project.

“We knew that there was a need for flood relief in our community. We also knew that there were a lot of people that wanted to do donations with flood relief, so we teamed up with administrators,” Papp said. “Our class thought it would be a great idea to combine the two efforts (Cans

Around the Oval and donations for those impacted by the flood) for the school.”

Because the ordeal is so local, individuals feel a closer connection to it. They may know somebody with a destroyed home or an injured family member. The personalization of the situation makes it more relatable and applicable to typical citizens.

“A lot of the times we look at these natural disasters and we see it on TV, but it doesn’t really affect us personally. But in this case we see it on TV and it does affect our community and some of the families in our town,” Kaleo Chung, science teacher, said. “So it’s amazing that we’re stepping up. That we’re giving our money, time,

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A lot of the times we look at these natural disasters and we see it on TV, but it doesn’t really affect us personally. But in this case we see it on TV and it does affect our community and some of the families in our town.

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Kaleo Chung, science teacher

Climate not keeping its cool Science teachers collect valuable climate data

by Noah Fogelbergreporter

Far away from all civilization, science teachers Carol Seemueller and David Swartz spent nine days this past summer collecting vital data towards the advancement of understanding how our climate is changing.

After a plane ride into the small town of Prudhoe Bay, Alaska, the duo rode a van to the site where they were to do their work.

“We were at a place called the Toolik Field Station, which is north of the Arctic Circle,” Seemueller said.

There, they joined a group of fellow scientists and began what was called “The Pluck.” Across the span of nine days they extracted various plant species and soil out of the ground and piled it all into tubs for twelve hours each day. These samples will be sent back to the University of Alaska for further analysis, and will add to the data set of a 30-year-old study.

Various observations and tests will be done to the samples collected this summer.

“The samples were sent back to the University of Alaska, and they’ll figure how much nitrogen is in them and how much carbon is in the plants and how active the soils are,” Swartz said.

Through these measurements, scientists are able to determine the rate at which decomposition is occurring. With that data, they can calculate global warming trends, and make a hypothesis as to what will occur in the future.

What is to come of this past summer’s data collection is yet to be known. But what is known is the effect that humans have had on the environment.

“The science is very well established.

Humans are, through burning fossil fuels, increasing the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, which in

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Plucking for science: Science teacher Carol Seemueller measures the depth and temperature of the permafrost in the Arctic Circle.

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Cyberbullying case continues

by Miriam Fieldsfeatures editor

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Yes on 66: Yard signs promoting Amendment 66 scatter a Fort Collins lawn. If implemented, the amendment would increase taxes for education, resulting in approximately $27 million for Poudre School District.

Taxes for teaching Amendment 66 stirs debate about education funding

by Madeline Zannopinion editor

Twenty-seven million dollars could buy a lot of air conditioning.

If Amendment 66 passes on Nov. 6, that’s how much PSD stands to gain from it.

The amendment is in conjunction with the Education Finance Reform Bill, or Senate Bill 13-213, and would raise approximately 1.1 billion dollars solely for Pre-K through twelfth grade education if passed. The money would be acquired by raising the income tax for most families to five percent; a mere 0.367 percent increase. Under the bill, the Poudre School District would receive an extra $705 per student.

“It’s a big question, whenever we turn to voters and ask for tax dollars, but I think whenever we consider education in terms of an investment, it’s the single most important investment we make,” PSD School Board Member, and supporter of Amendment 66, Christophe Febve said.

Colorado Commits to Kids, the main group sponsoring the amendment, expects the bill to help increase support for those learning the English language and at-risk students. Other proponents of the bill expect it to reduce class sizes, giving students more one-on-one time with their teachers and adding more room in the budget so parents don’t have to pay fees.

The bill would also cover preschool and kindergarten funding, which is currently not funded by the state government. The money, if raised, would be for school and school only; and could not be funneled off for other uses.

However, there are those with doubts. The Independence Institute, a Colorado based think tank, has been the most vocal about its doubts about the amendment.

“This proposal is fundamentally unfair,” senior education policy analyst for the Institute Ben DeGrow said. “It puts the tax burden burden entirely on families and small businesses while leaving corporations untouched.

Others have voiced doubts concerning the economic status, saying both that since the economy is still recovering, it’s not a good time to raise taxes.However, when the economy goes down, school funding is the first thing to go and it takes a long time to recover.

The amendment has spent a long time in creation and comes on the cusp of other education reform, including Senate Bill 191, which changes how teachers are reviewed, basing it more off of student growth and performance.

While Amendment 66 is not directly connected to SB 191 like it is to the Education Finance Reform Bill, it would make implementing the changes outlined in SB-191 much easier. This reform has possibly been prompted by the fact that Colorado is forty-second in per pupil funding in the country, spending over nine thousand dollars less per student than Wyoming.

Larimer County and Fort Collins especially, have historically been generous with passing bills to raise funding for education and many expect that whatever happens in Larimer County will reflect what will happen in the rest of the state.

The ballot for this year’s election comes out Oct. 15 and is a mail-in ballot only.

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Resolutions are not always satisfying, and the recent closure of a cyberbullying case targeting girls in Fort Collins is a case in point.

Three Facebook pages with titles such as, “Warning: Nasty Chicks of FoCo” surfaced on March 24, 2013, and quickly came to the attention of School Resource Officer Matt Johnson.

“Moms and dads got involved pretty quickly. I forget how many followers the page ended up having but it was an unfortunately large number, and so we started getting worried within 12 hours or so,” Johnson said.

The sites showed photographs of local teenage girls and contained posts with sexually explicit and inappropriate remarks. One of the sites, named “Fossil Chicks,” showed revealing photographs of girls attending Fossil Ridge High School.

A final site, entitled “Impala Confessions,” invited others to post about inappropriate acts occurring at Poudre High School.

Though they were all taken off of Facebook shortly after being posted, these pages received hundreds of likes within a few hours.

Johnson immediately began to look into the case, later stating that, “It’s a little difficult, because it’s not necessarily a crime on its face. Social media is very difficult; once you put something out on the web, it’s there, it’s free access for anyone.

Unfortunately, in this particular case, we weren’t able to find information that allowed us to determine exactly who created the page,” Johnson said.

The school district quickly released a notice following the creation of the pages, stating, “Poudre School District is aware and shares the community’s concern regarding Facebook pages containing comments about PSD students. We are actively working with Facebook and Fort Collins Police Services to investigate and have these pages removed. However, because we do not know the identity of the author(s) of these pages/posts, we cannot take action.”

I just really encourage everybody, not just students, to be very, very careful about what you put on social media.

Matt Johnson school resource officer

Though the case is now cold, Johnson said he was not entirely satisfied with the way it was resolved, due to the fact that it was impossible to discern who created the Facebook pages.

“Ultimately identifying suspects and victims and finding out who took part in the crime can be a pretty challenging and daunting task,” Johnson said.

Although it was disappointing for Johnson to see the creators of the pages get away with their wrongdoings, some of the students who commented in support of these Facebook pages, inappropriately gossiping about their fellow students, were apprehended. They were charged with counts of harassment.

“We’ve made some progress, but not as much as we would like,” Johnson said.

There is, however, some learning to be had from the case that Johnson hopes teenagers will respond to.

“I think it’s really important to remember that there’s no control of where that goes, and once you put a photo out, or once you make a comment . . . it’s there, and it’s never going away.”

Though he is hopeful that high school students will choose to think before posting offensive material on the internet in the future, Johnson says he believes this type of issue will happen again.

“Social networking is the most convenient way to make bad decisions,” Johnson said.

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his is getting a little ridiculous.

Brochures with hundreds of ring styles and colors, types of metal, cuts of stone, engravings and more personalizations than I can count.

And all this for only–well, let’s keep it real: The most affordable of these is $70.

Once you hit sophomore year, class rings are one of those things that are almost impossible to avoid. At least for me, advertisements trying to convince me to buy one are almost a constant annoyance.

At the sophomore meeting, inconveniently scheduled during class, I felt as though I was being told that I absolutely had to purchase one. To me, the meeting was similar to having something that I would never normally eat

Fields of Dreams Miriam Fields shoved down my throat. During the presentation, wording such as “everyone can afford one” and “this is the most important part of your high school career,” made me feel as though I was not valued as a person, but as a consumer.

Though Jostens may hate to admit this, not everyone can afford one of these rings. About 30 percent of the school is on free and reduced lunch, and the most expensive of these rings is $900.

Even the least expensive ring is not an option for some students to purchase. Saying that everyone can afford a ring may be offending to

those people who cannot.

Purchasing a class ring is also not the most important part of my high school career. I don’t know about the rest of my class, but I am much more focused on enjoying my time here, doing well in classes, and working hard. I don’t feel as though as though I need a ring to have a good experience here.

What really annoys me about this is not that people around me are buying these rings, but that my classmates and I were pulled out of class for a “meeting,” and that this turned out not to be a meeting, but an elaborate sales pitch.

Forcing a class of 500 people to hear about a marketing scheme, and pulling them out of important lessons to do so, angers me. There are people who are not able to afford a ring or who simply don’t want one, and making them sit

through a mandatory presentation is not going to change their minds.

Being a sophomore, I haven’t even experienced this to the extent that the seniors have. They have to give up late start mornings multiple times, and many of them are not satisfied with the way these meetings are beginning to intrude on their lives.

I don’t mind it when people purchase rings - on the contrary, I think that if it’s meaningful to you, then you should. What I do mind is being forced to sit through a presentation that almost demands that you purchase a ring, when some of my classmates may not have the means or the desire to purchase one.

Miriam Fields is a sophomore and Feature Editor of the RM Highlighter.

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Whirlwind: One of the nation’s most powerful tornados hit just south of El Reno, Okla., a suburb of Oklahoma City, on June 1.

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Softball team has run-in with tornado in Oklahoma

by Reyna Thompsonreporter

On June 1, Cheyenne Nichols went to Oklahoma City expecting an uneventful and pleasant trip to play a softball tournament.

However, the Rocky Mountain High School junior’s trip turned out to be the opposite of uneventful.

Cheyenne and her team narrowly missed a tornado. “We had just gotten into our hotel when we heard the warning,” Cheyenne said.

Having lived in Kansas before moving to Colorado, the tornado wasn’t a first-time experience for her, but it was still scary.

In Kansas, tornadoes are common, but on a trip to play softball, no one was expecting a potentially life-threatening experience.

“A lot of my team was from Colorado,” she said. “They had never been through something like that.”

An event such as a tornado can bring a team closer together,

I started crying because I was scared something like what I experienced would happen again.

Cheyenne Nichols, junior

because it’s a shared experience among 12 people who are already bound by their love of softball.

“We tried to do a lot of things to pass the time, like team bonding or playing games on our phones,” Cheyenne said, who added that many of the girls were crying.

They didn’t know the proximity of the tornado, because the team was crammed in the laundry room with no windows,

along with other teams. When the tornado got closer, some of the team had to take cover in the bathrooms.

“Some of the parents were looking outside,” Cheyenne said, “and when I looked it was pouring rain. You couldn’t really hear anything but the wind.”

On the way back from Oklahoma City, after playing three or four softball games, Cheyenne and her family learned that the tornado was coming straight for the hotel where they had stayed.

As it turned out, the twister turned south and missed them by only a block.

Severe weather found Cheyenne again during the recent floods. “When I heard about the flash flood warnings that we had recently, and saw the rain coming down,” she said, “I started crying because I was scared something like what I experienced in Oklahoma would happen again.”

When asked if she would be hesitant about playing softball in Oklahoma again, her response was unequivocal. “I never want to go back to Oklahoma,” she said.

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and effort to help these families.”

Chung himself was trapped in his neighborhood in Millikan for several days after the initial rain. Fortunately, his home was higher than others, and therefore undamaged, but many of his neighbors were still impacted.

“When the Saint Vrain and the Thompson [rivers]came together, they overflowed the banks and created the new flood channel and came into our streets and started rolling down the streets. We had to end up actually putting sandbags out for a few days,” he said. “Two blocks up the street is a family friend. Her house, we ended up saving it. But the house next to it flooded out and was destroyed. All the streets rolling into our town were destroyed as well so we were actually stuck inside a six by six block radius inside the town and couldn’t get out for two days.”

To eventually get out of town to obtain food and baby formula, Chung had to maneuver around county roads for several hours. However, as unfortunate as the situation

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A helping hand: A student in Robert Papp’s Management class counts cans collected during the class’s fundraiser for the victims of the September floods.

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We’re excited about our fundraising. It seems like there’s been great support around staff and students to really rally around this.

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was, some still had it much worse.

“It’s life changing and it’s one of those things where you are going to have to start depending on other people,” he said.

Through the efforts of the community, many families have received temporary support. However, their homes are still destroyed, and their communities will continue to take years to rebuild. On Sept. 16, President Obama declared the incident a state emergency in certain counties, and authorized federal search and rescue teams, as well as supplies in food, water, and other supplies. But, in light of the government shutdown, Colorado will fund the National Guard expenses.

Nonetheless, the efforts of individual citizens can help significantly. If it wasn’t for the donations of various organizations, the relief process would go much slower and be less powerful.

“We’re excited about our fundraising. It seems like there’s been great support around staff and students to really rally around this,” Papp said.

“Those families out there are still struggling, but they’re in a good place now because they do have the help,” added Chung.

Climate

“Anybody that works in the science, understands that climate is part of the bigger picture,” Swartz said.

Ecology, the field of science that Seemueller and Swartz worked with this summer, is able to see the direct effects climate change has had on plant and animal communities. Due to rising global temperatures, certain animals are forced to migrate to higher elevations.

Many animals, such as the pika, then become stranded on mountains, unable to migrate according to their typical migration patterns. Many of these animals will either die out or be forced to evolve into new species in the long run.

It now seems evident that climate change is not only observable in the David Swartz Arctic, where the effects are often inLab work: Science teacher Carol Seemueller tensified, but locally as well. Many have tests soils in a lab. blamed the recent wildfires and floodturn, is able to absorb and reradiate heat ing on warming trends throughout the globe. Although some of these events are back down,” Swartz said. certainly coincidental cases of extreme Through rigorous observation and questioning, various fields of science have weather, the impact is still noticeable in the Front Range of Colorado. worked together to reach the consensus “The pine beetle is probably the bigthat humans have had a direct effect gest dramatic change that’s happened in on global climate change. Climate and Colorado,” Swartz said, noting the well atmospheric scientists have been able to draw this conclusion with the help of all documented epidemic that has befallen local forests. scientific practices.

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Aerial view: The Toolik field station from the view of a helicopter.

Saying that it doesn’t get nearly as cold as it used to, Swartz explained how the seasons are getting longer, which in turn allows the pine beetle to reproduce faster. This allows for the beetle to spread throughout forests more effectively, which eventually leads to vast amounts of dead trees becoming excellent fuel for the massive forest fires that have occurred recently.

Through traveling into the barren tundra of northern Alaska, science teachers within the Rocky community were able to partake in the collection of new data that seems to suggest radical changes are in Earth’s future. Signifying a need to find more sustainable energy resources, science is now very clear on the impact that humans are having on the global climate.

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Graffiti: Art or Not?

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hen it comes to the subject of graffiti, there is a gray zone on whether or not it is art, or plain annoyance.

There is no doubt that some graffiti is breathtakingly incredible; gargantuan works of art that display all facets of human emotion in a catchy way.

Unfortunately, there is also the form of graffiti that is simple vandalism.

Side by side, there is a The Issue: difference between the two Should graffiti evident to most people: be considered one is a marvelous display art or is it just of human talent, the other vandalism? is an ugly line of text or a shape that enhances nothing. However, beautiful or not, graffiti is deemed illegal. All art on private and public property is considered vandalism by the law, regardless of the effort put into its creation.

We at the RM Highlighter believe that in the end, tasteful graffiti is not a destructive crime because it is at its base, a window into human expression. However, “tasteful” is also highly subjective and cannot be defined. The line between what is considered art and what is considered mindless

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e take people for granted daily without even realizing it: the guy collecting your garbage, the lady waiting tables, the character mowing the lawn. We hardly pay any attention to these people, and sometimes we even downright make their jobs harder without even realizing it.

How would I know this? Because I work as a bagger at a health food store (which is basically a nice term for the “lowest level cleanup crew that rarely bags groceries”).

Most people, upon hearing this consider my job extremely easy. In fact, in the world of entry-level jobs, mine is probably leaning more towards the luxurious side. I could be working in a fast food place, consistently smelling like grease and being treated horribly. On the scale from unfortunate to ridiculously degrading, I’d say my current

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vandalism is a thin one for many individuals. It is because of this that all graffiti needs to be punished equally. Breaking the law, even if the law is broken in a beautiful way, is an act subject to repercussion.

But breaking the law can also be an art in itself. Graffiti with artistic intentions could, in some respects, be compared to famous protesters that practiced civil disobedience, such as Gandhi and Martin Luther King, Jr. Both artists and activists refuse to follow laws that go against their ideals, and set out to let their intentions be known regardless. Yes, their actions were illegal, but, according to modern society, they were also acceptable. In the same manner, some graffiti, while illegal and justifiably punishable, is also viewed in a positive light because of its underlying intentions.

A true artist does not seek out profit for

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his or her work, nor do they seek the fame and recognition that comes with success.

In a way, graffiti is in its essence one of the purest forms of art due to the fact that the creator is usually never recognized. Their agenda is simply to put beauty in the world for all to see, not in the hopes that they will be “discovered” and become rich. In a world where conformity is more than ever encouraged, graffiti can add a moment of relief and break the everyday routine, allowing a glimpse into a different realm where human creativity is of paramount importance.

However, the law cannot cohesively argue that one spray-painted building is “art” and one is “damaging.” In definable terms, they are both unlawful acts of destruction; but there is still no doubt that sometimes, the law cowers in the face of beauty.

Maximum malarkey for minimum wage workers: Treatment of workers stirs controversy work has a pretty good score.

However, it still sucks sometimes. I have to collect carts from the parking lot (which, in groups, are surprisingly heavy and hard to maneuver for a weak teenage girl), dispose of all the trash, sacrifice my soul to customers, mop up mysterious liquids on the floor, and basically be the “go to” clean up person for customers and coworkers. I work late at night and run back and forth for eight hours, ignoring the inevitable pain in my feet.

I promise I’m not complaining; I’m just trying to attest to the fact that I have a lessthan-glamorous job, and this has widened my perspective about those around us.

When I say this, I think I speak for everyone working at an entry-level position: sometimes as a worker I feel like a servant.

People throw trash on the ground right in

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front of me, leave their carts in parking spaces far away, let their kids make messes, and take their anger out on me or my co-workers.

They assume that, as a paying customer, they have the right to treat workers as less than human.

The unfortunate part is that I notice this everywhere, not just in my position. People tip waiters and waitresses poorly, yell at customer service representatives, and talk down to janitors, all out of some twisted idea that treating others poorly is all right if you’re paying them.

I also have it much better than others in the sense that I can tangibly quit. If it got too difficult, I could terminate my position and focus on school, because I’m not using this money to buy food or pay bills. I’m going to go to college and will hopefully work my way The Rocky Mountain Highlighter is published nine times during the school year by the newspaper staff of Rocky Mountain High School/1300 W. Swallow Road/ Fort Collins, CO 80526. Contact Rocky Mountain Highlighter staff members at 970-488-7090 or 970-488-7091 for advertising information. Also the Rocky Mountain Highlighter staff is in Room 528, during 4th period.

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up on the ladder of occupational advancement. However, some people are not that lucky. They can’t quit, because they have to survive. Many individuals will continue to work in “entry-level” jobs for the rest of their lives. This doesn’t mean they deserve any less respect. In fact, because they’re doing the jobs nobody else wants, they deserve to be paid a living wage (but that’s a column for another time).

The point is, can’t we all just treat each other with respect? If you can, in any way, make the job of someone else easier, then do it. We’re all just trying to pay for stuff and survive, so let’s not make life harder for each other than it has to be.

Emily Anderson is a senior and an editor-inchief of the RM Highlighter.

Editors-in-Chief Emily Anderson news Megan Troutman limelight Ad Manager Josh Barrett Opinion Editor Madeline Zann

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Rocky Mountain HIGHLIGHTER

OPINION

Drake’s Drizzle Drake Lindstrom

Medical examiner says Zimmerman trial a farce One-hundred million dollars is a lot of money, but is it worth a life?

Dr. Shiping Bao, the assistant medical examiner of Seminole County, Florida, is suing the state of Florida and its coroner’s office for just that amount of money. His plea: Trayvon Martin’s attorneys intentionally lost the case and then fired Bao because he knew it.

The fact that this is even a possibility should irritate the hell out of you. As an attorney in Florida, you pledge to not lie to the jury and pledge to abstain from submitting facts that go against the honor of a party or witness, but you conveniently never pledge to give all clients you represent an equal shot. That’s the problem here; a 17-year-old kid gets killed, and his own lawyer doesn’t care.

The facts are these lawyers didn’t try nearly as hard as they should have. Bao argues that if he had indeed testified at the trial, Zimmerman would have had a much higher chance of getting convicted. Bao was kept off the stand by the prosecution for no apparent reason and was told, in essence “shut up, don’t say those things” when speaking about how Martin was killed. Bao’s report states it “was impossible for Martin to be on top of George Zimmerman when the shot was fired.”

Bao states that the general feeling among the prosecution, the cops and the coroners were that Trayvon got what he deserved. That is some BS. Regardless of how you feel, you are required to represent a client to the best of your ability. Both of the lawyers sucked in this trial, and one would think when a lawyer opens their defense with a knock-knock joke, the verdict would be in the prosecutor’s lap. However, someway, somehow, the prosecution managed to screw it up.

Throughout the trial, it was evident that Trayvon’s lawyers simply didn’t care. While they could have pursued a manslaughter charge, which Zimmerman completely filled, they decided it would be “better” if they went for second-degree murder and let him go when they inevitably couldn’t convict him. These people went to law school, and they were chasing a charge they never could have proven so if they were really too stupid to realize it, there is no hope for the next generation. Odds are though, they knew exactly what they were doing, and they did it with ulterior motives.

The defense claimed Martin’s toxicology report stated Martin had used marijuana in the last 8 hours and was aggravated and paranoid due to the presence of THC. When most people smoke weed, they sit in a basement, listen to “The Dark Side of the Moon” and cram Fritos into their mouth. Most people don’t go out and pick a fight with a fat guy in a parking lot. As a prosecutor, you could absolutely get the entire drug motive thrown out, since it has no basis in reality. With any decently run argument, it would be pointed out that it’s circumstantial to the case at best and would only help the prosecution since Trayvon would be less willing to fight.

Whether Trayvon was on drugs, robbing houses or breeding unicorns, it doesn’t matter. The fact is, he didn’t deserve to die. George Zimmerman defied orders from police, followed Trayvon, initiated contact and then killed him.

What happened in between Zimmerman initiating contact and when he killed Martin doesn’t matter when you’re talking about manslaughter.

It’s his fault Martin is dead; whether he meant to do it or he was defending himself, it doesn’t make any difference: It’s still his fault. And the prosecution completely ignored this.

Regardless of how the case turned out, the idea that a lawyer would be racist, rude, and self-absorbent enough to ignore the boundaries of the law and intentionally lose a case because its victim fulfills his outdated stereotype of a ‘bad-guy’ is sickening. If it’s true, Bao deserves the money, Zimmerman deserves a jail sentence and Martin deserves a life back. Unfortunately, the last thing is never going to happen, so one can only hope the first two do.

R.I.P Trayvon.

The Rocky Mountain HIGHLIGHTER

Drake Lindstrom is a junior and a reporter for the RM Highlighter.

Oct. 16, 2013

A5

Driving forces

Driving laws nearly useless

Teen laws serve a purpose

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ut of all of the things that a teenager could possibly complain about, one of the most frequently brought up topics is driving restrictions.

In Colorado, minors under the age of 18 are unable to carry passengers who are not either a legal guardian or older than 21.

While many see this as nothing but a mere unnecessary annoyance, in reality this law is preventing deaths every day. Studies show that two or more teen passengers more than triples the chance of having a fatal crash, and even a single addition increases a risk of crashing by 50 percent. It has also been reported that 71 percent of male drivers and 47 percent of female drivers were directly distracted by their friends, accounting for over 900 deaths per year. While the passenger law may seem unreasonable, and takes a considerable amount of self-discipline to obey, the positive effects of it are not invisible. In the long run, obeying passenger laws will ensure a higher level of safety for civilians, drivers, and passengers themselves on the road.

If this isn’t bad enough, research states that texting and driving alone, particularly among the teenage population, is responsible for at least 25 percent of all car accidents. However, despite continued efforts for awareness of the problem, a whopping 77 percent of young adults think that they can safely text while driving. This makes an accident 23 times more likely to occur.

But sadly, people will still take drastic measures to disregard overwhelming evidence of danger and instead convince themselves that there are valid reasons for being active on a cellphone while driving. Some claim that they only check and respond to messages when they are at a red light, or that reading messages they receive doesn’t have the same risk as actually texting. By acting as if driving laws hold no real importance, not only are we endangering both pedestrians and drivers, we are also setting a deadly example for our future children. 48 percent of teens who text and drive have seen their parents take a phone call while on the road, enforcing the misleading idea that this behavior is acceptable and unthreatening.

While some may say that driving laws for teenagers only exist to hinder fun, in reality they are saving the lives of both civilians and drivers every single day. Teaching responsibility and setting an example for future generations, driving laws prevent otherwise crippling injuries from occurring. Abiding by them may take some patience, but in the end they are paving the way for a safer driving environment.

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f a law is neither followed nor enforced, then isn’t the law itself arbitrary and unnecessary?

This holds true for the teen driving laws that most teens simply “pretend not to know about.”

According to the Colorado Department of Transportation, within six months of Kayla Brokop obtaining a license, a teen driver may not drive with anyone who is under the age of 21, unless a licensed adult is present. In the next six month period, only one person under the age of twenty one is allowed. Thus, for a full year, the number of people who can ride with a teen driver is severely restricted to the point where almost every new driver is breaking the law almost every time they drive.

It is true that teen drivers are both inexperienced and much more likely to drive recklessly.

However, considering police are not allowed to pull a driver over simply because they suspect he or she is driving with more passengers than their permit allows, it makes no sense to have these laws in the first place. If a teen driver is driving dangerously and putting others in harm’s way, the police have an obligation to pull that person over simply because he or she was driving recklessly, regardless of the number of passengers in the vehicle Likewise, if a teen driver is driving safely and is not being a hazard on the road, there is no reason they should be restricted in the number of passengers they can carry. Police need to worry about making sure dangerous drivers are taken off the road, rather than keeping safe drivers from driving their friends around.

In addition to inconveniencing perfectly safe drivers, the laws themselves are rather ineffective. A 16-year-old who has just received their license, is in fact allowed to drive passengers who are over 21 and hold a valid driver’s license. If the point of these laws is to keep new drivers focused on the road and not on passengers, then how is driving with someone who is over 21 not as distracting as driving with someone younger than 21?

These laws seem to be merely suggestions to most teen drivers, and are not typically enforced by most police officers. Because of this, these laws are not only inconvenient, but entirely unnecessary.

Pro Con

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Mackenzie Bartzen

Abercrombie & Fitch CEO misunderstood

photopoll

How do you feel about the government shutdown?

Scott Powers, sophomore

“I think it’s silly that they can’t make a decision.”

Anna Vlcek, junior

“They’re acting like a two year old and going and pouting in a corner.”

Erica Stanton, senior

“It needs to be fixed; if it doesn’t get fixed, everyone’s pretty much screwed.”

“If the government can shut down, so can I.” Mason Nicholas, junior

Russell Stapleton, teacher

“I think it’s a little silly.

It’s not the time or place to debate health care.”

Noah Fogelberg

Dear Editor, double standards society holds. The May I say I was a bit distraught problem with society is not a shrinkover this article’s essence? Now, you ing, undernourished skinny society of may think that I am in agreement with cool kids. The problem with society is Miss Fields and agree to not shop at obesity and lack of exercise.

Abercrombie and Fitch. Well, there are I find it intriguing that the media always two sides to the same story and constantly damns thin people as being I just happen to be on the anorexic instead of just Letter to other side. healthy. If so many teens the editor I have to agree that and adults have “identity Abercrombie’s CEO may not issues” when it comes to have argued well their choice weight, why hasn’t there to not sell clothing above a size 10; been an increase in teen anorexia inhowever, who is anyone to question stead of obesity? Norms are not always a business’s product choice? There are a good thing. Case in point. Be happy stores who only carry infant/toddler with your body the way it should be. clothing. Some stores only carry to Notice I did say the way it is because women, others only to men. Some frankly, no one should be morbidly stores only carry clothing in sizes above obese. We were meant to have bone, a 14. I have actually been asked to leave meat, fat, and skin. We have different one of these stores because the sales shapes and body habits. Eat well, lady believed I did not belong there and exercise and be happy with you. Stop was highly offended that a size 6 would damning everyone who isn’t the same. be in her store. She actually said to me, I do not shop at Abercrombie and “I believe you are making my customFitch, by the way. It has nothing to ers uncomfortable and there is nothing do with size. It has everything to do here for you.” Now, I could have been with cost. Their clothes are simply too shopping for a friend or a relative. expensive. We need stores for all shapes There are stores for every shape and sizes. If you aren’t under a size 10, and size and why is it only discriminadon’t shop there. And . . . since I am tory when it is against larger people? not above a size 14, I won’t shop at Believe it or not, finding a smaller size Lane Bryant. as an adult is actually very difficult in today’s overweight society. Why would Sick and Tired of the Weight we punish stores who choose to sell to Debate, thin people? Frankly, I am tired of the -Jodie Engstrom, RMHS Parent

HIGHLIGHTER S PORTS A6 Oct. 16, 2013 Big Ed Living the dream Rocky Mountain

Popular alumnus starting journey toward playing in college four years will have its effect that he had to be an example on a player. Kennedy rememto teammates. Not only did When you are 6-foot-4 and his teammates notice, but the bers his time at Rocky.

“My favorite part of play265 pounds as a high school coaches did, as well. ing football at Rocky was senior, you are bound to be “He led by example,” being a part of a program noticed.

Brook said. “He was the first that I was extremely proud to Ed Kennedy fit into that one in the weight room, represent,” Kennedy said. “I category last year as a popular last one to leave, didn’t miss played member of the class of 2013. workouts, did for top And as a result, he was offered everything notch an opportunity that only the right way. coaches occurs to a few high school That doesn’t and a seniors–the opportunity to go unnoticed. great play Division I football, in Kids notice group of this case for the University of that and they Every coach I’ve had teamSouth Dakota. inspire to be at Rocky has always mates.

Kennedy was part of the that. I think I loved been one hundred Lobo football program as an he morphed elementary school kid, taking into a leader percent supportive of running out onto part in the kids’ camp put on more than my dream. the field by the football team. Head anything else, in front football coach Mark Brook you don’t Ed Kennedy, of the was coaching Lobo football at really appoint Class of 2013 that time and has known Ken- leaders, they Alum, Football fans and the band nedy since. make themplayer at the play“We’ve had Ed around for selves.”

University of ing the a long time,” Brook said. “He’s Kennedy South Dakota RMHS always been a kid who loves realizes that fight football, is extremely passionthe coaches song.” ate about it and he’s always he had at Rocky were a vital Kennedy who was also been a team guy. Obviously, part of why he is in the USD involved in Peers, DECA, and he loves the sport. He loves his football program and why RM Highlighter realizes that it teammates and what football he is doing well as a college was beneficial to be in those has to offer; a lot more than freshman. just the wins and losses, he is “Every coach I’ve ever had extracurricular activities. He also acknowledges that teachin it for the big picture. He’s at Rocky has always been always been that way, and 100 percent supportive of my ers Joshua Ring, Ginny Cox I’m pretty sure he’ll carry that dream, and I couldn’t be more and Pam Kilness, counselor, played a significant part in his same attitude out there.” grateful for how they helped high school experience.

Being recognized as a leader to mold me,” Kennedy said.

“I think all of my extracurin the team, Kennedy knew Playing Lobo football for ricular involvement helped with both leadership and Highlighter especially time archives management,” Kennedy said.

“Since I have gotten here, I’ve had about two days off. Other than that, I am busy from the moment I wake up to the moment I go to sleep.

Team Captain (above): Ed Kennedy, No. 78, was Also, it helped me one of the senior captains last season. The other captains during last season’s Brighton games were manage my two (left to right), senior Luis Perez, and alums, Anthony different lives.

Judish, Ed Kennedy, and Daniel Hunter.

On the field I try O-Line duties (right): Ed Kennedy, No. 78, blocks to be mean and a Douglas County player to make sure his teamnasty, because mates have a chance to run the ball.

by Cammie PalominoSports Editor

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Boys’ tennis

Boys’ soccer

Record: 5-4

Record: 7-4-1

Who’s Next: Done for season

Stars: Sander Malmquist, Seth Bolander, Cale Larson

Stars: Jason Krbec, Derek Holland, Jason McCrary

Who’s Next: Fort Collins at Fort Collins - October 17 - 6pm

Did Well: Pushing each other to do their best

Working On: Focusing

Quote: “It was a rebuilding season, even though nobody went to state.

Doing Well: Bringing intensity to games

Next years team will be more prepared.” -Jason McCrary, senior

Quote: “Even though we have not won all the games we

Volleyball Record: 9-7 Stars: Taira Cottingham,

Emily Jensen, Ashton Mares Who’s Next: Collins at

Rocky-Oct. 22-6:30 p.m. Working On: Closing the block Doing Well: Finding open

spots in the court Quote: “Clear eyes, full hearts,

can’t lose.” -Veronica

Travers, senior

that’s what my position calls for, and that’s how football is. But people that know me know that I’m truly a gentle guy, and so off the field through peers for example, I was allowed to express that other side, as well.”

Through Peers, Kennedy toured new students around Rocky.

One of the people he managed to help through this opportunity was current senior and one of his past teammates, Jerret McElwain.

“On the field you could just tell right away that he’s a leader,” McElwain said. “He led all the stretches, all the breaks, kept our tempo up.

Off the field, he is the one that introduced me to all my close friends. I think without Ed, I wouldn’t have as great a Rocky Mountain experience as I do now because of all the guys that I met because of him.”

Kennedy realizes that he has to be at the bottom again, just like his sophomore year. As a redshirt freshman, he is learning from his older teammates and getting ready to step in when it is his time.

“College football is amazing, but it is a whole new level,” Kennedy said. “It is Ed immediately apparent that you are again at the Kennedy bottom of the totem pole.

The speed is easily double, maybe triple of high school. At 6-foot-4, 265-270 pounds, I was usually the largest player on the field in high school, now I’m average offensive Highlighter archives line height and about 40 pounds underweight.” have the mental ability and the Brook, having coached Kennedy for the last four years, thinks drive and the desire and Ed has that Ed is capable of being a great all that. Everybody has the talent, everybody is big and strong and Division I player. fast. But what separate those kids “He has the size, strength, and from others are the ones that have natural ability,” Brook said. “The difference between the people who the ability to find another gear to build themselves the ways others play Division I football and can aren’t willing to. Ed has all those compete at that level have more qualities.” than just the genetic part, they

Cammie Palomino

Big Jumps: Sophomore Morgan Weatherwax (No. 6) and junior Maddie Brooks (No. 4) watch as sophomore Taira Cottingham jumps to get an kill in the game against Loveland on Sept. 26. The Lobos won the close match, 3-2.

could, we worked hard, as a team, this season.” -Sander Malmquist, senior

Gymnastics

Record: First Place - 3 times

Second Place - 1 time Third Place - 0 times Fourth Place - 1 time 2 dual losses Stars: Autumn Bottke, Aidan O’Connell, Alexis Stockton, Sydney Gainley Working On: Consistency, improving scores Doing Well: Bars and vault Quote: “My goal is to help each gymnast be the best they can be.”

-Laura Hogan, math teacher/coach

Oct. 16, 2013 A7 S PORTS PSD FIRE provides new, fun experience Rocky Mountain HIGHLIGHTER

Field hockey team learning how to work together with teammates from district

by Megan TroutmanEditor-in-chief

It is nearly impossible to join a competitive athletic team without experience in that particular sport.

The field hockey team, known as “FIRE,” makes it possible.

FIRE is a girls’ field hockey program for Poudre School District students interested in learning the sport. It is unique to other teams with its no-cut policy, meaning anyone who is interested in playing is automatically on the team.

“Our coach is really dedicated to making it no cut,” said junior Helen Robins, who has played for two years now.

The team welcomes girls with years of experience to girls who have never seen a field hockey stick before.

Robins started playing through one of the ummer programs, where students can experiment learning basic skills and practice scrimmaging.

“I got interested the summer going into my sophomore year,” Robins said, “so I started going with some of my friends and quickly became excited for the full season.”

After becoming more interested in the sport, Robins invited junior Marisa Motiff to join the team.

“One day Helen was just telling me about it, and she was really interested and kind of dragged me into it,” Motiff said. “We ended up checking it out and making a lot of good friends.”

Motiff has also been playing for two years and has enjoyed being part of the team.

“It’s really fun and you don’t have to have any experience,” Motiff said. “A lot of people come with no experience.

Some haven’t played athletics at all. So

you just kind of pick up at whatever stage you’re at.”

Each year teams vary, but if enough girls are interested in the program, they split up into two different teams, junior varsity and varsity.

“The dynamic of the two teams is different, so JV is more of having fun and varsity they want you to be serious which is nice at times, but it’s also a challenge,” Motiff said.

Robins and Motiff are both on the varsity team, practicing two hours every night with two to three games a week during the season. Some games are away in Denver and some are home games in Fort Collins.

FIRE made it to state playoffs back in 2011. Currently, however, FIRE’s varsity team is 1-10-1.

“A lot of the other schools have had feeder programs through middle or elementary school and so the girls on their team could have been playing for seven or eight years, when almost half of our varsity team is on our first season,” Robins said. “We hold our own pretty well against those teams, but it is kind of frustrating to never be winning.”

Being a sport that is not as recognized also has its challenges.

“When the opposing team has more fans than you do, that can kind of be a downer,” Robins said. “But we have some enthusiastic parents, so that’s fun.

And we’re really good about encouraging each other on out on the field, so we kind of make up for it with team spirit.”

Despite the rough season, playing field hockey is a great way to meet new friends and create new experiences.

“It’s been a blast,” Robins said. “I never would’ve expected to fall in love with a sport as much as I’ve fallen in love with this one and this team.”

Madeline Zann

Looking for the pass: Senior Ann Giesenhagen (right) defends against a player from Saint Mary’s High School in an Oct. 5 game. The girls put a valiant effort on Senior Night, but lost the contest.

Lobos in FIRE: Varsity Ann Giesenhagen Erica Giesenhagen Marisa Motiff Helen Robins

Messerli won’t stop running

Softball

Senior David Messerli is finishing up his high school cross country experience. With the season finishing up, it is time to look ahead to the future and reflect on his seasons on the team and to look into the future and see what will come next.

Q: Why

did you start running cross country?

A: I started in middle school and running runs

Question &answer

in the family so I just kept going.

Q: You’re a senior, so what do you want to accomplish this year?

A: I want to place well at state and nationals. I think I’ll make it to nationals, but I did well so it shouldn’t be too hard.

Q: How successful have you been?

A: The team has made it to state 2 out of 4 times, and we should

make it this year. I’m pretty confident. I won my last meet. I placed third at regionals, so hopefully this year I can do better.

Q: What’s the team like this year?

A: It’s a lot of fun. That’s what we’re all about; we like to have fun

and joke around, but we’re also pretty serious about the races.

Q: Do you see yourself as a team leader? What’s that like?

A: Yeah. Everyone really helps benefit the team, but since I’m the senior and the lead runner, I’m kind of the leader.

Q: What is your fastest 5K? A: My fastest 5K is 16:07 and hopefully this year, I can break 16.

Q: Do you plan of running in college?

A: Yes, I have gotten quite a few letters sent to me.

Q: What schools are you interested in going to next year?

A: Colorado State University and Montana State.

Junior Varsity Kira Miller Emily Nichols Rachel Zawacki Chirra Bestazzi Kaylei Wright Julia Tegethoff

David Messerli

Record: 13-9, final record Stars: Megan Lipe, Stephanie Hurt,

Kaela Blumenshine Who’s Next: Season ended at

regionals on Saturday as the Lobos

went 1-2. Working On: Communication Doing Well: Teamwork Quote: “It’s been a good and bad

learning experience. We’ve had iffy

moment and strong moments.”

- Megan Lipe, senior

Rocky Mountain HIGHLIGHTER

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SPORTS

A8

Oct. 16, 2013 Mad Maddy

Father-son bonding

Madeline Zann

The need for 163 after 162

It’s one game too many.

Major League Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig, who is retiring after next season, made another controversial decision to yet again change the Major League Baseball (MLB) playoff structure in 2011 to add a second wild card team, which results in a one-game playoff between the two wild card teams.

2013 is its second year in use.

It’s safe to say that I’m not a huge fan.

Of course, this is probably how quite a few people felt when the wild card was first introduced back in the nineties and they seem to have gotten over it.

However, after a couple of days of crazy one-game playoffs and play-in games, it just seems a bit a ridiculous. This year may be a bad year to judge it because there were more play-in games than usual, but it seems like the amount of play-in games might be going up, though that just might be me.

That’s not to say that I’m not a fan of one-game playoffs, because I do like them. When they’re the 163rd game of the season. Not when they’re an official part of the playoffs.

The one game wild card playoff does have its merits, though. For one, it forces teams to try harder to win their division, rather than just being happy with second place and the Wild Card because now the Wild Card isn’t doesn’t guarantee moving on to the divisional series.

Goodness knows that the Red Sox and the Yankees took advantage of that quite a bit (that is, when the Yankees were capable of making the playoffs).

It also requires teams to use their best pitcher to try and win that one game, leaving them without that pitcher if they move onto the division series, where they play the team with the best record.

And one game can be highly subjective.

Even the Houston Astros could win one measly little game, and they had the worst record in all of baseball this season.

There’s a reason that baseball is played in series of three to four games, or in the playoffs five to seven games.

Baseball has been making a lot of changes over the last few years, increasing the amount of instant replay used and changing its playoff structure as America’s Pastime tries to compete the National Football League and on a lower level, the National Basketball Association.

Maybe it’s just because I get grumpy about change in baseball and I’m already grumpy about the new instant replay nonsense that’s happening next year, but I just don’t think that this newfangled system is the right thing.

That being said, it’s only its second year. Maybe the MLB will prove me wrong, but I’m not holding my breath.

It’s more likely that I’ll just get used to it, but there is going to be a new commissioner in 2015, so we’ll just have to wait and see.

Madeline Zann is a senior and the Opinion Editor for the RM Highlighter.

Cammie Palomino

Having ‘The Talk’: Quarterbacks coach Satini Liufau advises starting quarterback, junior Tausolia Liufau, who is also his son, on strategies to score against Poudre. The Lobos lost that game, 21-13. However, the team is 5-2 overall and in second place in the league.

Father coaches son, working well with two games left

by Marissa Bonertz Reporter

Junior Tausolia Liufau is this year’s starting quarterback on the football team.

His father, history teacher Satini Liufau, is the quarterbacks coach.

No pressure there. No potential conflict at all.

In actuality, the family relationship has done nothing but benefitted the coach-player connection on the field.

“They are very in tune,” assistant football coach, Mike Dyer, said. “Tausolia is very in tune to what coach Liufau wants.

He picks up some very small idiosyncrasies, and voice fluctuations; he picks up on the importance of things that other athletes wouldn’t get.”

This is Tausolia’s first year on the offensive side of the ball. In the past, he has played defensive linebacker. Satini was moved to quarterbacks coach two years ago. So the father-son/coach-player situation seemed to have been avoided.

“A few years ago he (head coach Mark Brook) decided to move me across the ball, and that was exciting,” Satini said.

“I was coaching defense, and Tausolia had always been a defensive player, and so I wondered with my wife how that was going to be if I had to coach him (on

Football Record: 5-2/2-1 Front Range League Stars: Trevor Thomas, Jerret McElwain, Josh Rhead, Autry Baskin Who’s Next: League leader Mountain Range High School (6-1/3-0

at French Field - Oct. 17 - 7 p.m., Senior Night Working On: Consistency in practice, games and intensity

Sports special

Doing Well: Playing together as a team Quote: “New year, new team, one dream.” -Josh Rhead, junior

defense). When I moved to the offense, I kind of assumed, well, we won’t have to deal with that, and it will be nice.”

But when last season’s quarterback, senior Tyler Stevens, decided not to play football to focus on baseball, some changes were made. The football coaching staff tried to put different players in their positions as early as possible. Tausolia, becoming a junior, led Satini to believe that the coaches wouldn’t move him to the offensive side this late in his football career.

“He’s going be a junior. We’re going to take a linebacker and turn him into a quarterback this late in the game? That’s going to be hard, for anybody. That was probably my concern,” Satini said.

However, despite the family connection and Tausolia’s defense background, the coaching staff decided that it was best for

What to watch for the rest of the season 1000-Yard Club?

Junior running back Josh Rhead is on his way to joining the school’s 1,000-yard club. Rhead has 685 rushing yards with two regular season games remaining and at least one playoff game.

Recent Lobo 1,000-yard rushers

Nick Lindsey - 2001, 1,029 yards Sky Tyler - 2004, 1,215 yards Brett Wagner - 2007, 1,029 yards Bryan Peters - 2008, 1,013* Brian Crim - 2011, 1,325 yards (*QB-gross yards; 949 net)

the team if Tausolia took over the quarterback position.

“I wanted to stay as a defensive player, but I wanted what was best for everyone, and I decided that I should play quarterback,” Tausolia said. “I enjoy it now. It’s definitely gotten easier for me and it’s gotten more fun, and I understand it better.”

That certainly shows on the field.

Through the first six games as quarterback in the run-oriented Lobo offense, Tausolia has 135 yards rushing, 412 yards passing and 5 TD throws. The team is 5-2 overall and 2-1 in the Front Range League. A year ago, the Lobos won just one game.

Raised in a very family-oriented environment, part of Tausolia’s personality is to do what is best for others. This characteristic ultimately made Tausolia decide to move to quarterback.

As for the family connection, Tausolia and Satini both agree that football stays on the field and family stays at home.

“When we’re on the field, he flips the switch and he’s coach and I’m player, and at home he’s dad and I’m son. It’s pretty cool,” Tausolia said.

“Literally, I’ll say, ‘now I’m going from dad to coach,’” Satini said. “I think that’s how his brain works. He compartmentalizes a lot. He doesn’t let things bleed, usually.”

Although family relationships can sometimes create rifts in professional situations, the double relationship title hasn’t created any animosity between the father son duo.

“I love him, whether or not he throws touchdowns. He’s a good kid,” Satini said.

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To many, the term “graffiti” evokes images of dangerous neighborhoods, dark alleys, and hoodlums in baggy pants spray-painting gang signs onto empty buildings.

Others may imagine a post-modernist artist, bearded and drinking coffee, thoughtfully expressing his feelings and emotions in the form of public art.

While the connotations associated with the public writing and drawing may vary greatly, and the motives and the thought process behind the art may also be diverse, both of the above mentioned scenarios are, by definition, graffiti.

In the eyes of the law, graffiti is a misdemeanor that, when convicted, can result in monstrous fines.

“People think they get away with it, but word gets out. We normally make around 30 arrests a year. That’s pretty significant because it will probably cost them around $5-8,000 (with court process, court cost etc.), then they have to perform community service,” Fort Collins Graffiti Abatement Coordinator Nick Meyers said.

A retired police officer, Meyers’s job consists of looking for graffiti in town everyday and organizing the cleanup.

Graffiti around town: Shortly after the railroad track underpass was completed at Troutman Parkway this past summer, graffiti artists marked the structure.

A few months after it was painted over, graffiti artists again tagged the area in September.

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Vandalism: Another specimen of graffiti near Troutman Parkway was recently covered up by the city.

Law enforcement makes about 30 arrests a year for vandalism around the city.

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He compiles reports about the amount of graffiti and perpetrators, and tries to educate the public about the detrimental effect it can have.

“Last year we had over 45,000 graffiti tags. Imagine if we didn’t clean that.

All of a sudden areas would start being considered “bad” areas. If we didn’t cut grass or haul off trash the same thing would happen. Property values would drop and businesses would leave because customers wouldn’t come over there,” he said. “It’s one of those situations where it’s just a matter of perception and community health. It’s a matter of our image. We are a college town. We have thousands incoming freshmen every year. We wouldn’t have that if there was graffiti. It’s very important that we get it taken care of to get a good impression of the city.”

Every month Meyers organizes a clean up around the city, consisting of both volunteers and graffiti artists that were caught (and are filling their community service).

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spray paint to markers, because they are caught with graffiti materials. The police can hear spray paint rattling in your backpack,” he said. “For us that’s kind of good because it’s easier to clean it.

“We work really close with the school resource officers, because students have a tendency to scribble those (same) signs on their books, clothes, and hats. So a lot of times we find a tag close to a school and they identify it.”

However, despite the effect on property values and community image, it’s difficult to deny that some graffiti is extremely popular and aesthetically pleasing. The danger of it appeals to

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many individuals, and the anonymity appeals to others.

“The vast majority, if not all of graffiti, is absolutely an art form. I think some might be seen or considered more positive versus others being considered more destructive,” Jay Dukart, art teacher, said.

The public’s perception of graffiti has evolved almost as much as the art itself has. While graffiti greatly emerged in the 1960s, it wasn’t until the 1980s that it was showcased in galleries as a legitimate form of art.

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Homecoming queen: Elli Wittenauer was able to become the homecoming queen after years of dreaming for the opportunity. Elli loves to share her positive attitude and excitement with students and staff.

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It began with a dream, then blossomed into reality.

Integrated services student Elli Wittenauer won homecoming queen.

Several years ago, Elli decided she wanted to be part of homecoming royalty. Back then it was a figment of her imagination.

“She’s always loved princesses and royalty; Disney princesses or even Kate Middleton getting married,” mother Jennifer Wittenauer said. “So obviously this was her dream of getting to be a princess.”

With some help from classmates and friends, Elli’s dream became a reality.

Junior Josie Swarbrick was one of many to lend a helping hand.

“Elli told me last year almost every day, ‘I’m going to be queen!’ so I decided to get the word out there,”

Swarbrick said.

Starting with simple Facebook status, Swarbrick broadcasted to the student body how much this would mean to Elli Wittenauer.

Most students dismiss the idea of homecoming court, but to Elli Wittenauer, becoming a queen for a day meant the world.

“It’s hard to understand,” Swarbrick said. “She was pretty much ecstatic.”

At the homecoming game, Wittenauer was escorted down the field by her parents and brother.

When her name was finally announced as homecoming queen, the girl’s face lit up as her dream finally came true.

“When she is super super excited, she gives the gigantic Elli super hugs, and I didn’t know if she was ever going to let go of the other girls who were nominated,” Wittenauer said.

A similar life changing experience happened seven years ago when Elli had the opportunity to go to Disney World with the Make a Wish foundation. Her wish was to dance with Prince Charming.

“She met Cinderella and Prince Charming, and Cinderella stepped aside so she could dance with the Prince. This girl is all about being a princess and that was super special,” Jennifer Wittenauer said. “It’s just part of who she is.”

Elli only had one word to describe her homecoming royalty experience— “wow.”

“We’re just so grateful, not only to her campaign managers, but to the whole student body. Elli really loves being part of the Rocky student body,” Wittenauer said. “She absolutely loves going to school every day to see her friends and it was very heartwarming.”

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When talking with Mackenzie Mushel, one can quickly see the passion for dance that led to a Colorado Dance Teacher of the Year Award.

“I grew up dancing,” Mushel said. “I was never very good at sports or other activities, so I did dance as a kid.

I really enjoyed that as a form of self expression.”

Through her teaching, Mushel tries to implement the idea of taking risks through dance.

“What I love about dance is the unique ability to step outside your comfort zone and take a risk,” she said. “It doesn’t matter the level of experience you have in dance, because there is always an opportunity to take a risk.”

While in the classroom, the nine-year teaching veteran’s goal is to make the classroom a safe and welcoming environment for students to reach their best dancing ability.

Jessi Brokop, a junior in Mushel’s beginning dance class, was able to give some insight on her teaching. “She understands all abilities of dance. There are some

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students that have a lot of experience with dance, and those who don’t, so she makes it accessible for everyone to learn.”

“My favorite part of teaching dance is helping students to reach their creative potential,” said Mushel, who has been dancing since she learned to walk.

As a child, dance helped shape her mentally as well as physically.

“When I was young, my feet were inverted, and the doctors told me I was either going to be in braces, because I had a hard time walking, or surgery. We didn’t have the money for surgery, so my Mom

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A day in dance class: Mackenzie Mushel teaches dance classes for both beginning and advanced dancers. Her enthusiasm and passion have helped her to become the dance teacher of the year.

decided to put me in a dance class,” Mushel said. “It helped me to turn my hips back to the way they should be.”

With a walking disability, Mushel, like any other child, felt self conscious about her body.

Building confidence through dance made her love the art form even more. Additional guidance from a teacher taught her to enjoy taking risks, which only helped her develop more confidence.

Using those ideas and values, Mushel has been able to construct a safe and welcoming environment to learn dance. Like many people, she has overcome challenges to get where she is, and that has helped her become a better educator.

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t’s that time again: costumes, trick-or-treaters, piles of candy, and of course, haunted corn mazes.

I’ve only been to three haunted corn mazes in my life. I think it’s safe to say that each time was equally horrifying.

Why I keep going back is beyond me.

Based on my experiences, it’s easy to pinpoint why haunted corn mazes are so popular—you get to see your friends like you’ve never seen them before.

It’s fantastic.

Parading through rows of corn stalks, you get to see how all of your friends handle the creepy tunnels and the chainsaws; and each friend handles it differently.

First off, you’ve got the screamers.

They’re the ones that walk towards the maze and start screaming bloody murder. Then they round that first terrifying corner, only to find a line of people waiting to get into the maze. Always an awkward situation. Screamers, you know who you are.

Then you have the runners.

They’re the ones that hear corn rustle and they’ve already run a marathon before you can explain that it was the wind.

I always thought running was a good option in the heat of the

Fishing with Trout Megan Troutman moment. Then when you turn around and the goblin is chasing you, it becomes a matter of running faster than your friends.

Let them get taken out by the monster first.

After the screamers and runners, you have the hiders.

We all know those people who go to haunted corn mazes just to hide behind their significant other.

It happens.

There are also those people who go to haunted corn mazes and hide behind corn when the chainsaw guy comes out of nowhere. Like a stock of corn will save you from a chainsaw.

Similar to the hiders, are the armadillos.

Your typical armadillo includes people who get spooked then proceed to curl up on the ground rather than running or screaming or doing something productive. I’ll admit I’ve “armadilloed” before. It makes you feel safe.

Lastly, is the rather humorous response that I like to call, the “I will punch you if you scare me” response.

Pretty self explanatory.

You know when your friends are walking down an eerily quiet path and the brave soul in the front sees a scarecrow around the corner? And you know when it turns out the scarecrow is actually a real boy?

It’s times like that where things get violent.

I suppose this is why most corn mazes make you sign that waiver stating that you can not touch the ghosts, goblins, and or employees of the maze.

So there you have it. Haunted corn mazes in a nutshell. You’ve got the screamers, runners, hiders, armadillos, and fighters.

I’ll be the first to admit that I have successfully fallen into each of these categories during my haunted corn maze experiences.

If you have not been to a haunted corn maze yet in your life, I would highly recommend it. It is so much fun to see how different people react and it will put you in the Halloween mindset.

Then you can tell everyone that your best friend “armadilloed” and punched the clown.

It truly brings out the best in you.

Megan Troutman is a senior and editor-in-chief of the RM Highlighter.

esophageal cancer which is now in remission. “It [the cancer] has definitely contributed to my strength and zest as a person,” Mushel said, who carries over this enthusiasm into the classroom. “I try not to waste a day, and to connect on a deeper level with students.”

Overcoming challenges, along with creating a safe and welcoming environment for dance, ultimately led to Mushel’s award for Colorado Dance Teacher of the Year.

“I am a member of the Colorado Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance teaching. COAHPERD is the Colorado division, and every year they have a nomination process,” she explained. “One of my colleagues in Denver nomi-

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nated me, which was followed by letters of recommendation by lovely people, and I was notified this summer that I won Colorado Dance Teacher of the Year.”

Ever humble, Mushel was surprised that she was even nominated. “I had always seen the awards, and thought that I didn’t have time for that, I was too busy teaching,” she said.

When asked about the qualities of a good dance teacher, Mushel enthused, “You need to know your students, and get to know them on a level that they want to open up and try new things. You have to have the desire to learn more about dance and never get stale, because they dance world is constantly changing.”

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willing to pay thousands of dollars for graffiti-style pieces.

“Artists started using graffiti quite a while ago, but it was a bit different back then. Not that the reasons why graffiti artists do it haven’t perpetuated (because they certainly have),” Dukart said. “But, in terms of legitimacy of being art, it certainly is. At the same time though, when it comes to public perception and not having an understanding of what those artists were trying to achieve, it often times carries a negative connotation.”

While it may be art, Dukart, who had his fence “tagged” last year, appreciates the Fort Collins Graffiti Hotline.

“It’s a matter of aesthetics,” he said. “I live in old town and have a wooden six-foot fence around my backyard and a couple of summers ago someone came down the alley and tagged it in two areas. First of all it’s private property, and I don’t want it there. If I want graffiti on my fence I’m going to do it because I know how to do that stuff and whatnot. I also know that other neighbors in the alley were tagged the same night, and they didn’t try to clean it up, and they didn’t call the hotline. But then a few months later they got a letter from the city saying ‘you need to clean this up.’”

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The artist is trying to communicate something about the way they feel, the way they think about the world that they live in.

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forms. However, some of those forms come with consequences.

Creativity does not have specific limits, but laws do.

“As art teachers, and people that know art, any type of art out there is a form of communication,” Dukart said. “It doesn’t matter if it’s photography, if it’s painting, if it’s pottery, if it’s graffiti. The artist is trying to communicate something about the way they feel, the way they think about the world that they live in. That can be very personal, it can be very comical and superficial, it can be political, it can be religious. Anything. But it’s a form of communication when the artist decides to do that, and also to go public with it, they’re wanting to make a statement.”

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Creating a clothing line: Kiara Loucks and Owen Erickson sell clothing from a car. They are using their own philosophies to create the business, which they hope will be a success.

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Subway, Wordpress and Facebook all have something in common.

All three of these were created and improved on by teenagers.

Maybe one day, Off The Edge Threads will be added to that list.

Off the Edge Threads is a clothing company started by seniors Kiara Loucks and Owen Erickson. Loucks originally had the vision, but didn’t know how to start it, and as time went on, she realized the potential for success was astronomical while she was still in high-school. “I thought: ‘Wow, that’d be cool 20 years down the road,’ then I thought, ‘Why can’t I do this now?’”

As Loucks had a vision to “always be plugged in” to the latest trends, she was trying to expand a business while still maintaining a high-school career. Luck brought the business partnership together when they were waiting for a friend. “It was never really a decision, we were just having a conversation and he was really interested,” said Loucks.

Both Loucks and Erickson agree that the process of creating a business is long, but worth it.

Off the Edge Threads has been certified as a business in Colorado and both of its founders are looking forward to expansion.

“I hopped on the opportunity to use my skills...I don’t have to wait until after high-school or college to start my professional career,” Erickson said.

While Off the Edge Threads is starting out in clothing, the sky is the limit for expanding its products. Off the Edge is in the process of creating unique skateboards and hopes to become a sports and apparel empire. Everything ranging from skateboards to winter coats to t-shirts to hats will be created in the near future.

“As we grow, we want to host something like the X Games... essentially the goal is to be the fashion and people will change to be us,” Loucks said.

Off the Edge Threads separates itself from other high-school start-up businesses because it has a goal, and the entreprenuers understand how they need to attack it. They want to tap into an unprioritized

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market in high-schoolers and college students that are interested in or engage in extreme sports. Skaters, snowboarders and motocross riders don't really have a niche in the apparel world and Off the Edge Threads hopes to create one. They understand their market and know what is needed to create a successful business.

“We know where we want to be; we know what our main goal is and that’s where we differ [from other businesses],” Erickson said.

Unlike most popular apparel brands, Off the Edge doesn’t want to change their business to cater to the rich. They hope to endorse and represent the people that have the guts to go out and do something crazy or awesome. They want to represent the people willing to go off the edge.

“We want to show the people that have talent, that like to experiment; they like to be different from others, and they’re not afraid to show it,” Erickson said.

It’s not every day you see a company being started by highschoolers with such mature attitudes and realistic goals. While Loucks and Erickson hope to expand into a global empire, they understand that moving slowly and working up is part of the job.

“We want to expand along the west coast to start out and build our business from where we go to college,” Erickson said.

Off the Edge Threads kicked off business on the 24th of September, selling decals and sweatshirts online. They are diving into the business world and plan to buy a smaller company out and use their designs. Off the Edge plans to promote being unique and different. “We want people to feel comfortable being unique and extreme and fearless and we want to support people and what they do,” Loucks said.

For the first time in several years, the Senior Class is organizing a class trip to Cancun the week after graduation.

Along with an exciting trip for graduating seniors comes a drinking age controversy.

Seniors Evan Hummel and Becca Schofield have been working with GradWeek, an organization that puts together senior trips for schools all over the country.

“We got connected to GradWeek through Becca,” Hummel said. “She has a friend in Denver who’s actually pretty closely related to the company.

He saw Becca was super talented at (organizing), and Becca being the person she is, took it upon herself to create the senior trip.

She contacted me, and I was excited.”

The trip will last six days and five nights, and will consist of beach days, nightclubs, time with classmates and, possibly, drinking. The drinking age in Mexico is 18. Most seniors will be 18 by graduation, meaning that it will be legal for these students to drink on the trip.

Seeing as the drinking age is 21 in the United States, this trip has the potential to spark controversy.

Although the senior trip to Cancun is not a school organized event, the trip is comprised of students. Ron Clark, videography teacher, and Daniel Ibanez, yearbook advisor, have taken groups of students on an art trip to Italy. The drinking age is lower in Europe, as well.

“We were very specific, very explicit, from before we ever left this room, we told the parents, we told the kids, ‘We don’t give a flying crap what the drinking age is in Europe because right here it’s, like, 85 and nobody’s drinking. It’s a school trip, so it’s not acceptable and this is non negotiable,” Clark said. Clark and Ibanez didn’t allow drinking on the trip because, according

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Senior trip: Seniors Evan Hummel and Becca Schofield hold up a Gradweek brochure. The students are organizing a trip to Cancun, though there is controversy between whether the graduates will be drinking or not.

to Ibanez, they “were traveling in a little bubble of America, a little bubble of Rocky Mountain High School.”

However, the senior trip is not a school organized or a sanctioned event. GradWeek sends representatives on the trip so the graduates have help if needed, however, the GradWeek sponsor has made it clear they are not babysitters. Essentially, the thengraduates can do whatever they please.

“I think a lot of the people we’re going with aren’t looking to get down there to get drunk. It’s really to get down there to hang out with friends,” said Hummel on the intentions of the seniors.

“We wouldn’t spend $1,100 to do that. We’re spending $1,100 to go down there and have fun and spend time with people.

But it (the opportunity to drink legally) is a pull factor. That is the fun part about it-having that option.”

“A senior trip would scare me to death, as a responsible adult, because there is no buy-in from the kids, it’s a senior trip so they don’t feel answerable to anyone.”

Clark said. Most graduated seniors are 18, and technically adults. Many of these students tend to act as though they can do whatever they please. According to Clark, a group of

teenagers in Mexico with little supervision “has disaster written all over it.”

Part of the controversy Principal Craig Woodall has to deal with is the issue of advertising in school. “I would probably not endorse advertising on a wide scale at school because that would send a message that we are promoting underage drinking, which to me is a safety concern.” Woodall said.

Woodall said he is not so worried about the drinking aspect of the trip but rather the safety factor involved.

“To me, it’s not just the drinking issue, and it’s not the 18-year-old issue--it’s people traveling to other countries alone. Whether they’re going to drink or not drink or to do missionary work, it’s concerning when teenagers travel alone,” said Woodall.

Natalee Holloway was kidnapped on a senior trip to Aruba. A 15-year-old British girl passed away during a school skiing trip. A California high school senior died on a school hiking trip near Pasadena. Any trip, school sanctioned or not, can be deadly.

Anywhere in Mexico is not the safest place to be right now.

Anywhere in the world is never totally safe for young adults.

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Fortune telling attracts people for different reasons: For some, it’s the draw of wanting to know what’s going to happen to them, or the mystical nature of it.

For some people, it’s something completely different.

“I got into [it] . . . because of a video game,” senior Jacob Munro said.

Munro was first drawn to tarot cards a few years back and decided to find out more about it.

Tarot has been around since the mid-1400s and started out as a just a card game, but later evolved into a method of fortune telling. The deck includes two types, or arcanas, or cards: major and minor. The major arcana, which has 22 cards, tells the story of the Fool and his philosophical and physical journey. The minor arcana has 56 cards and includes the four suits: the pentacles, chalices or cups, swords and wands, which all represent something different. Chalices are good health, pentacles are wealth, wands are ability and swords are strength.

The most important card in the deck is the Fool, whose journey represents different parts of our lives. It is also the number zero, meaning that it’s ever present.

“Some people believe that the Fool’s journey is circular . . . because there’s always going to be fools who go out and become who they are,” Munro said.

In basic tarot readings, five cards are placed into the form of a cross.

“The middle card is where you are right now,” Munro said. “The very top card is where your journey is starting, or where you’re coming from. The very bottom card is where your journey will end, or where you’re going. On the left is what will what will stop your journey from happening, And on the right is what’s going to help you.”

The cards all work together to outline one’s journey throughout the rest of your life, but in some ways can be less concrete than other types of fortune telling, such as palm reading, which Munro springboarded into after experimenting with tarot cards.

In palmistry, there are four main lines: the heart line, the head line, the life life and the fate line. The heart line represents one’s love life, or lack thereof, in some cases; the head line one’s career or careers and one’s monetary existence, the life line how long one’s life will last, and then the fate line is “the magni-

tude to which one’s life will be lived,” or how much one will enjoy their life.

Palmistry, while sometimes being more concrete than tarot cards, can also be more fickle, depending on which lines outside the main four one interprets or “reads.”

“I think I’m better at tarot card reading beany impact on one’s life depends on how much one believes in it.

“I don’t think it’s real; it’s more of a like a magic trick than real fortune telling to me, but I think it’s really cool,” senior Breann Watterson said.

“The spirits are talking to me. Not really,” Munro said.

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Fortune telling attracts people for different reasons: For some, it’s the draw of wanting to know what’s going to happen to them, or the mystical nature of it.

For some people, it’s something completely different.

“I got into [it] . . . because of a video game,” senior Jacob Munro said.

Munro was first drawn to tarot cards a few years back and decided to find out more about it.

Tarot has been around since the mid-1400s and started out as a just a card game, but later evolved into a method of fortune telling. The deck includes two types, or arcanas, or cards: major and minor. The major arcana, which has 22 cards, tells the story of the Fool and his philosophical and physical journey. The minor arcana has 56 cards and includes the four suits: the pentacles, chalices or cups, swords and wands, which all represent something different. Chalices are good health, pentacles are wealth, wands are ability and swords are strength.

The most important card in the deck is the Fool, whose journey represents different parts of our lives. It is also the number zero, meaning that it’s ever present.

“Some people believe that the Fool’s journey is circular . . . because there’s always going to be fools who go out and become who they are,” Munro said.

In basic tarot readings, five cards are placed into the form of a cross.

“The middle card is where you are right now,” Munro said. “The very top card is where your journey is starting, or where you’re coming from. The very bottom card is where your journey will end, or where you’re going. On the left is what will what will stop your journey from happening, And on the right is what’s going to help you.”

The cards all work together to outline one’s journey throughout the rest of your life, but in some ways can be less concrete than other types of fortune telling, such as palm reading, which Munro springboarded into after experimenting with tarot cards.

In palmistry, there are four main lines: the heart line, the head line, the life life and the fate line. The heart line represents one’s love life, or lack thereof, in some cases; the head line one’s career or careers and one’s monetary existence, the life line how long one’s life will last, and then the fate line is “the magni-

tude to which one’s life will be lived,” or how much one will enjoy their life.

Palmistry, while sometimes being more concrete than tarot cards, can also be more fickle, depending on which lines outside the main four one interprets or “reads.”

“I think I’m better at tarot card reading beany impact on one’s life depends on how much one believes in it.

“I don’t think it’s real; it’s more of a like a magic trick than real fortune telling to me, but I think it’s really cool,” senior Breann Watterson said.

“The spirits are talking to me. Not really,” Munro said.

1. Heart Line 2. Head Line 3. Life Line 4. Fate Line

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Games and Entertainment Sudoku Challenge The objective of the puzzle is to complete the 9x9 grid so that every column, row, and 3x3 grid within the 9x9 grid contains the digits 1 through 9 exactly once. Each puzzle can be solved with pure logic, so guessing should not be necessary.

Difficulty Level: Medium

(Puzzle solution posted on bulletin board outside of room 528)

Top Ten

Ways to restart your government: 10. Make sure it’s plugged in.

9. Replace Congress with an actual elephant and donkey.

8. Do a hard reset.

7. Cover it with bread.

6. Pull out the

cartridge and blow on it.

5. Hotbox the House of Representatives.

4. Replace Boehner with an actual Oompa Loompa.

3. Get Michelle

Bachman to do some witchcraft.

2. Google it.

1. Make Donald Chen the President.

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Movies: The good, the bad, the ugly

by Adam Trousilcontributor Recently released: Gravity- Breathtaking.

One of the best movies I have ever seen. This film sure does capture the astonishing views of our small planet from space. With its incredibly realistic setting, you feel suspended in zero G. This movie has an amazing cast, plot, and special effects. I think this is Sandra Bullock’s best acting ever, and one of George Clooney’s best performances. Previews for this movie set such high expectations, and the flim lived up to each and every one of them. If you want a movie that will leave you stunned and speechless, this is the movie for you. Definitely an A++ Second run: Wolverine- This movie was fun to watch. It moved back and forth between its suspense and action sequences. Wolverine is a pretty

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awesome dude, and he really peaked in his acting in this film. As an in-depth look into Wolverine, you can see his past struggles in every shot. Hugh Jackman stepped up and showed off his incredible acting skills. Enjoyable to watch, but not a great story. As a mediocre film, you might forget what happened a week later, but check it out second run. B is a solid grade.

Most anticipated: Captain Phillips- Releasing on October 11th, this drama looks very suspenseful. Scary in the fact that this could actually happen; terrifying because it actually did. It is a realistic film about a cargo ship that is taken over by pirates. As the crew hides throughout the ship, the pirates threaten to kill the captain, played by Tom Hanks. I would hope this movie booms in the box office. I’m totally going to go see it. I’ll give it a hopeful A. Adam Trousil is a senior movie buff who works at the local AMC theater.

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Captain Phillips: Mahat Ali (left), Tom Hanks (middle) and Faysal Ahmed (far left) star in Columbia Pictures, Captain Phillips. The action packed film will be released on Oct. 11 to anxious movie-goers.

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Whether they are dreaming of being a doctor or a dancer, DECA’s student stylists will have them covered.

The fashion show is even being offered free clothing from various stores in the downtown area, such as Cira and GG’s Boutique.

The team putting together the show is also partnered with the Able Women’s Career Closet, an organization that provides free professional clothing to disadvantaged women. One of DECA’s primary goals behind their workplace-oriented fashion show is to raise funding for the AWCC so they can expand their selection to include a wider variety of clothing options.

“Basically we’re going to try to raise money for them so they can go out and buy the clothes they need to fill some of the needs of the closet like plus size clothing and clothing for the winter,” Torres said.

Not only will attendees be treated to an entertaining and informational fashion show, they will also be contributing to a worthy cause.

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department’s mind is whether the ghost is malevolent or not.

“I’m not particularly scared of it because it hasn’t done anything to physically hurt anyone, and it’s more of a friendly ghost,” McFall said.

Schendel asks people to “respect the theater ghost. If there are students who are totally interested in this and they decide they want to come down and check it out, that’s fine, but just make sure that they do it with one of us, someone who is a part of the theater. We don’t want it to become this schoolwide ‘oh, let’s hunt down the theater ghost’ kind of thing.”

Though he thinks there is not a way to rid the school of the ghost, Coe has a piece of advice for students: “If you’re traveling around the theater, definitely travel with a buddy, because he never strikes when you’re with somebody. He always gets you when you’re alone.”

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Rush races to the top of the international box office Theater captures essence of Formula One racing

by Haley Mikulakcontributor

Rivalries are found within every part of life, but to a Formula 1 fan, there is no rivalry like that of racers James Hunt and Niki Lauda.

Director Ron Howard portrays this in an epic expression of cinematography that goes deep beneath the surface of Formula 1 racing in the 1970s.

Rush establishes the drive that a rivalry sets and the limits to which a racer will truly go to win.

The rush that a racer feels when they swerve on that last hairpin to that checkered flag is so invigorating for both the racer and fans, and Howard depicts this exact feeling through the entirety of the movie, showing his mastery as a director to keep viewers on the edge of their seats.

The story of Rush goes through the entire rivalry between Lauda and Hunt

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from the time they first met racing in Formula 3, a much lower level of racing in terms of skill. This was the moment of Hunt’s first and only world championship in Formula 1 in 1976.

Actors Chris Hemsworth (James Hunt) and Daniel Brühl (Niki Lauda), set the stage in this battling rivalry by exposing the personal lives of Hunt and Lauda.

The fact that they are essentially doppelgangers to the actual racers, exposes the natures of the conflicting racers and blurs the lines between fact and fiction. Both Hemsworth and Brühl have the pure talent it takes to portray these two complex characters, and the chemistry they have on camera amplifies the rivalry to its true level.

The cinematography blows car enthusiasts’ minds due to the close ups of each and every curve that is the beauty and perfection of an F1 car. The lighting in every scene is specifically placed to create an emotion between the actor on the screen and the viewers

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Roll Into the Fast Lane: Actors Chris Hemsworth, left, and Daniel Bruhl pose for a photo on the set of Rush.

within their theater seats.

The crash of Lauda on the motorsport complex Nürburgring, in Germany, was shot in such a way that the viewer felt as if they were actually there. The viewer tears up as they watch Lauda put his racing helmet on ever so slowly in agonizing pain because of the passion he has in his heart for his one true love: racing.

Rush holds within it the secrets of a racer and whether the viewer is an F1 fan or not, the same effect takes hold of them; racing

is passion, racing is beauty, and racing is a rush.

This rush is what pushes any racer past the limits that instincts put them behind and places them in situations where there is a 20 percent chance of death on a day with a clear blue sky. The splendor behind this phenomenon is Rush, and as a whole, it is a superb film. Ready to ride: Actor Daniel Brühl prepares for the big race.

Sex, drugs and murder: what’s not to like?

Grand Theft Auto grossed 1 billion dollars in three days so it’s official: GTA is A-OK

by Drake Lindstromreporter

Is there any other way to start off the fifth installment of the Grand Theft Auto series than by robbing a bank and mowing down a fleet of police?

Any gamer can argue that GTA V is the most anticipated game of the year.

In only three days, GTA V gained over $1 billion in sales - an unprecedented amount in that short of time. People are literally willing to kill for this game: a London man was stabbed and beaten at the mid-

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night premiere.

The game takes place in Los Santos, a vast improvement from the seemingly always rainy abyss of Liberty City, the setting of GTA IV. GTA IV was so sad and dreary as you played as Niko, the fat Eastern European man with no sense of style. The plot took about an hour and a half just to start getting good and it left a hole in the hearts of many gamers. GTA always has a good plot, but in the case of Niko and his journey to become a big-shot American, they failed. But in the case of GTA V, they certainly succeeded. GTA IV had its fair share of problems and GTA V drastically improved upon them.

One of the improvements GTA V made was they cleverly introduced the idea of multiple characters. While Yield to pedestrians: GTA V character Trevor takes a picture in front of his car after running over innocent bystanders.

you play as three very different characters, you have an actual urge to play as all three. Instead of constantly wanting to follow the narrative of Franklin, a Los Santos gang banger, you genuinely want to play as Michael and Trevor, a rich bank robber and psychotic meth head respectively, since their narratives are equally as interesting.

Also in GTA V, they finally fixed the sensitivity. You can actually drive a motorcycle without flying head first into the back of a semi 10 seconds after you get on the bike. Driving is so much easier and now your gun isn’t flailing around when you’re trying to defend your hood from rival gangs.

Probably the most realistic feature in GTA V: You can actually die now.

Instead of shrugging off a clip full of bullets like you’re the Incredible Hulk, getting shot hurts. You can no longer stand in the street and lay down an ocean of fire into the U.S. Army; finding cover is an integral part of the game and if you don’t, you’re gonna have a bad time.

While the game is awesome, there is one complaint. What is wrong with the cops? You can plow through a side-

Getting ready: One of the more violent video games this year, GTA has gotten off to a hot start.

walk of Los Santos citizens or unload a magazine of police issued carbine rifle ammo into a storefront, and nobody bats an eye, but the second you back into a dock worker, you’ve suddenly destroyed the border between order and chaos.

The police reaction in this game has no consistency, and it’s honestly kind of annoying.

All in all, GTA V is absolutely worth it. If you like free roam games, third person shooters, driving games or you just like running people over in-game, GTA V is the game for you. With outstanding features, a gripping plot and incredible physics and gameplay, it’s safe to say that GTA V is absolutely the game of 2013.

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Playing the part: Lead actors Jackson Engstrom and Katie Winkleman rehearse for Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet.

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Rehearsals in progress for upcoming Romeo and Juliet

strom said, who is excited to have a big role.

Romeo and Juliet is different from other plays A play full of love, tragedy, and drama, that have been performed here in the past. This Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet has finally hit the play will have a much larger cast than usual, Rocky stage. and it will be more difficult to portray these It has been around for characters. over four hundred years, “There’s all different and is one of the most well things that come in when known productions. This you start doing Shakeyear it will be put on by dispeare,” Schendel said. “You rector and English teacher, have to take that extra time Larissa Schendel. to interpret the language.”

I have been waiting for Schendel has directed Another part of the play plays for 10 years and was Romeo and Juliet that will years to do a Shakean actress herself in middle be different is the deep speare play. This was school, high school, and love between the two main just the year that I felt college. characters. Winkleman the inspiration.

“I have been waiting for and Engstrom have to act years to do a Shakespeare as though they are truly in Larissa Schendel, play,” Schendel said. “This love, and are required to director was just the year that I felt kiss. the inspiration.”

“Jackson and I are comSchendel’s staging of fortable with each other Romeo and Juliet will take place in the 1920s, and we sort of just know where the boundaries rather than the 13th century. are,” Winkleman said.

Sophomore Katie Winkleman has been cast The play will take place on Nov. 1, 2, 8, and as Juliet, while sophomore Jackson Engstrom 9 at 7pm each night. The tickets will be sold was cast as Romeo. at $7 with an activity pass, $8 for without an Neither Engstrom nor Winkleman have activity pass, and $9 for adults. been in a school production before. However, Romeo and Juliet will be a spectacular show Engstrom has been in church plays as a child. of love, loss and heartbreak transposed into one “This was my first audition for a play,” Engof the most romantic eras in American history.

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DECA designer debut

by Mackenzie Bartzenreporter

For many women, one of their secrets for success is not only acting professional, but looking professional.

For many adolescent girls this can be challenging, but fortunately, DECA wants to help.

Their latest DECA community sevice project, the Shine Bright Fashion Show, is dedicated to giving high school girls advice and examples of how to look fashionable, yet professional in the workplace.

Dressing appropriately for work is a new experience for teenagers and even knowing where to begin is difficult.

DECA members behind the fashion show are well aware of this and aim to make it possible.

“We want to give girls a sense of confidence in becoming professional and looking professional,” DECA member

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Planning perfection: DECA members Noel Knotsman (left) and Marissa Bonertz (right) plan for their designer debut. The Shine Bright Fashion Show will take place on Nov. 15.

Gabby Torres said.

All of the models involved with the show will be students, and anyone can apply. The Shine Bright Fashion Show will take place on Nov. 15.

“They will come and fill out an application and submit it, and then we’ll hand select the models we want to use,” Torres said.

Not only is DECA providing an opportunity for students interested in modeling, they are also promoting confidence and

education in how to present themselves for their first jobs.

The models will be wearing outfits designed for each of their dream jobs.

“When the models fill out the application, on the back they write five to six sentences of what they want to do when they grow up and we will dress them accordingly to what we feel fits their profession,” Torres said.

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Theater ghost makes chilling appearances

by Miriam Fieldsfeatures editor

It is not the normal exclamation of “Macbeth” that is scaring thespians these days.

Instead, it is a strange and mysterious ghost that is said to be haunting the theater.

Many frightening and unexpected incidents have occurred that are leading many of the students interested in theater to believe that a ghost, living in the drama department of the school, is haunting them.

“It’s turned the lights off on me when no one else was in the back room,” sophomore Gavin McFall said.

“It messed with people’s costumes and mikes during My Fair Lady.”

According to the actors cast in the school musicals and plays, the ghost takes the form of a man and lives in the auditorium.

However, Larissa Schendel, an English and drama teacher, firmly does not believe in the ghost.

“There are weird things that happen in that theater. Every theater has to have a theater ghost, and I think sometimes we like to make it a little larger in our heads than it really is. Do I really, truly believe that there’s a theater ghost down there? I’m fifty-fifty,” Schendel said.

As the date of Halloween approaches, the actors are beginning to prepare themselves for the possible reappearance of the ghost.

“We did have a dress rehearsal last year on Halloween, for Blythe Spirit, which was all about ghosts,” Schendel said. “I don’t really expect any appearances this year.”

McFall, however, has a different view of the approaching holiday.

“No doubt about it,” McFall said.

“Since that’s our final dress rehearsal, we know something’s going to happen.”

Junior Jamison Coe had quite the experience during the fall show last year.

“I was walking alone down one of the hallways to get to my mom’s car. No one was with me; it was pitch black . . . and I felt something tap my back,” Coe said. “I turned around, and nobody was there. It started to get really cold, but I kind of brushed it off, and I just walked away. Something pushed me, forcibly, and then I just ran out the door.”

Schendel still does not believe in the ghost: “I don’t ever remember stories about a theater ghost when I was a student, so it must be a fairly new phenomenon,” said Schendel, who graduated in 1998.

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