January 2013

The art edition of The Rogue News exemplifies AHS students’ unimaginable skill. This page alone features photos taken

by Katy Barnard, with Kianna Stupakoff modeling a dress created by Angelique Brownlie (the under layer of a full design) and knitted hats by the AHS club Knit Wits. Throughout the edition are cirque dancers, painters, photographers and musicians; a fraction of AHS’s diverse art scene.

Cinematography

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by Willa Lineberger-Scholl

Hudson Walbank, current senior at AHS, disappeared to Romania to film a big time movie directed by Micheal Damian. Students probably wondered if this was all just a cover for Hudson to start summer vacation before the rest of us, but it turns out this was no tall tale. Hudson was indeed given the job as director’s assistant to film the behind the scenes and serve for “Sweeter Side of Life,” a romantic comedy coming out this upcoming year.

Fast forward a couple months and Hudson begins to edit the film with the help of longtime pal Ben Sager (AHS senior). While living in Damian’s house in LA, Ben and Hudson were put to the task of adding in the Temporary Audio for the motion picture. Temporary Audio is the sound effects that you hear in movies (for example, when the door opens and you hear a creak).

The movie is set in New York City but was filmed in Romania, which exemplifies ‘establishment shots.’ You see them all the time in movies and TV shows; a shot of the 5th avenue that then cuts to the character’s apartment or house. One evening, while discussing who was going to go out to the Big Apple to take these

shots, Hudson half-jokingly put Ben and himself up for the job. The next thing they know, they are dropped off in an apartment in the Harlem Project only to be relocated in the middle of the night to a hotel to begin filming the next morning. With only a couple of hours of sleep, they took off for the Brooklyn Bridge to do a time-lapse of the sunrise (spoiler alert: opening shot of the film!).

On a deadline of four days and a mission to get all the shots they needed, Ben and Hudson worked nonstop, running into obstacles such as lacking a filming permit and not being allowed to use a tripod in the business district.

Exhausted yet successful, they hopped back onto a plane and finished at the temporary audio that night!

Hudson and Ben are planning on moving down to LA next year to work.

They are currently still putting in hours to finish the editing of the film they shot for “Sweeter Side of Life.” Juggling that with school and an advertising job with Medford Mercedes Bendz work, you could say they have entered the ‘real world.’

Photos by Hudson Wallbank & Ben Sager See more on their Facebook page “Ben&Hudson”

In our 21st-Century world of robotic DJs and electronic noise, let us not forget...

Alison Dresser Grade - 12 Instrument(s) - French horn.

Musical Beginning - Wanted to try a brass

...The CLASSICAL Musicians of Ashland High

instrument in fifth grade, after playing the cello previously.

Experience - Has played French horn in the Youth Symphony of Southern Oregon and the Rogue Valley Symphony.

Accomplishments - Won the 2012 State Solo Competition and qualified for the AllState and All-Northwest Orchestras.

Inspiration(s) - Legendary hornist Dennis Brain, composer Gustav Mahler and band Arcade Fire.

Future Plans - Go to music school and become a professional musician.

Garrett Baxter Grade - 9 Instrument(s) - Piano, banjo, guitar and

trombone.

Musical Beginning - Began piano les-

sons at age eight, and picked up other instruments after that.

Experience - Has played at First Friday, Britt Festival, house parties, etc.

Inspiration(s) - Avett Brothers, Jamie Cullum, Pink Floyd and Bon Iver, as well as his mother and father.

Future Plans - Play trombone in a university symphony while playing the other instruments for gigs on the side.

Elana Cooper Grade - 12 Instrument(s) - Violin.

Musical Beginning - Started

playing in first grade, after trying the violin prior to a Rogue Valley Symphony concert.

Experience - Has played violin in the Youth Symphony of Southern Oregon and the Rogue Valley Symphony.

Accomplishments - Earned fourth place in the 2012 State Solo Competition, qualified for the All-State Orchestra.

Inspiration(s) - Yo-Yo Ma, and all famous violinists.

Future Plans - Go to college and keep playing violin.

Paul Shubat Grade - 10 Instrument(s) - Cello.

Musical Beginning -

Grade - 10 Anne Soyeon Kim Instrument(s) - Piano, flute and violin.

Musical Beginning - Began piano in

kindergarten, violin in first grade and flute in fourth grade.

Experience - Has played piano and violin in the Youth Symphony of Southern Oregon.

Accomplishments - Won three piano competitions, including first place at the 2012 Oregon Sonata Competition. Played in Disney Hall and Carnegie Hall.

Inspiration(s) - World-famous violinist Itzhak Perlman and favorite piano teacher Cynthia Stauffer.

Future Plans - Keep music as a hobby throughout her life. photos by Sara Shaw and Katy Barnard

Upcoming Events: Youth Symphony of Southern Oregon: March 1,2 and 3 in Grants Pass, Medford and Ashland.

See ysso.org for more information.

Thought cello was interesting in a Kinder Music Class at age three.

Experience - Has played cello in the Youth Symphony of Southern Oregon and the Rogue Valley Symphony, Attended many master classes and summer music programs across the country from 2002-2012.

Accomplishments - Earned second place in the 2012 State Solo Competition, attended the All-State Orchestra, performed for various festivals.

Inspiration(s) - Cellists Mstislav Rostropovich and Steven Isserlis, as well as AHS musician Gabe Young.

Future Plans - Play music no matter where he ends up, and learn to love it more every day.

This page is designed to feature Ashland High’s most adept artists and their dazzling work. Kiri Bolles, the featured artist for this Rogue News edition, is a junior at AHS, and has been creating art ever since she can remember. She loves drawing and painting, and claims that she can’t imagine not being an artist. Here are some of Kiri’s most amazing paintings and drawings from the past couple years.

KIRI BOLLES

drawings and painting by Kiri Bolles

painting by William Crowley

“Sometimes I sit down and feel a certain emotion I want to express. It’s what makes mankind man, the ability to express yourself in this way. There’s something magical about it.”

- William Crowley

painting by Elena Toppo

painting by Kendra Farber

drawing by Raven Borgilt

painting by Zahreh Mcclure

Grand Teton National Park

photo by Katy Barnard

Rogue News Featured

Photographers:

photo by Sara Shaw

A boy releases birds in downtown Paris.

Sara Shaw, Kristin Fitzpatrick and Katy Barnard

photo by Kristin Fitzpatrick

photo by Sara Shaw

photo by Sara Shaw photo by Kristin Fitzpatrick

An OSF Greenshow dancer stares past Shaw’s lense.

photo by Sara Shaw

photo by Kristin Fitzpatrick

“I don’t go anywhere without my camera. People are my favorite thing to photograph; people in their natural environments. I am most influenced by Steve Mason, a photographer for REI and many other stores.”

-Katy Barnard

azzling tricks, theatrical costumes and unreal abilities.

Welcome to the circus: acrobatic style. Freshman Angela Henty has been with Lorenzo Santa Barbara, Ashland’s Le Cirque Centre instructor, and his company for six years, working hard to move her way up to the “Elite 1” group.

Angela focuses mainly on the trapeze and silks and occasionally performs on other equipment.

“I love the flying part,” Henty said about the trapeze. Her partner in crime, sophomore Sonora Mindling-Werling, is the base to the two-man trapeze act. Mindling-Werling has been with the company for five years now and admitted, “I literally have her life in my hands and it makes us trust each other a lot.” She is in the “Elite 1” group with Angela and favors the silks and trapeze.

Like all sports, the circus is like a family and performing brings them even closer together. Chaos backstage is masked by the unique performance of young acrobats. Santa Barbara has put on themed works such as “Alice in Wonderland” and “The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe”. “It’s exciting to see your work payoff,” Henty stated about the show. In response to what was most rewarding, Henty said, “the duets with Sonora. They demand a lot of work. If you get them right, they can be really fun.”

After Mindling-Werling saw the Cats performance by Le Cirque Centre she thought, “I just fell in love with it. I need to do that, that is so cool!” The girls are proud of their progress and continue to grow as acrobats, dancers and actors. “It’s really nice to be able to do all of this,” Henty agrees. Keep an eye out for upcoming shows with these talented performers!

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By Kyra McFadden

Top: Sonora Mindling-Werling Bottom: Angela Hently

Photo by Eric Mindling

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The Authors of AHS The Color of Frost and Coliseums

photo by Sara Shaw

by Jeremiah Lieberman

photo by Willa Lineberger-Scholl

Ashland High School is home to several talented student writers. Here are just two of the many pieces of poetry and short stories written by them. For more pieces, visit theroguenews.com

A coliseum of beauty, Yellow-gold playing off the azure blue of an afternoon sky, The soft sunlight filtering through the blazing trees, Landing on the faces of happy couples and smiling children, The deep, vibrant, infinite shadows intricately playing with each other on the grass, Music echoes through the colorful dome, Filling the minds and imaginations of those around, Beauty.

Color.

The musky smell of fallen leaves fills one’s thoughts with smoky contentment, The tall trees grin down at me Full in all their glory, Red columns of memories that lull the world into a happy slumber.

After a time, as beauty tends to do, the colors fade from the world.

Frost creeps out upon the face of the earth, A silent chill to cool the bones and discourage the sun, The dull grey-blue of the frost licks the eyes with steel, no apparent love in the gaze of a thousand tiny needles, The delicate carvings of the ice like a masterful piece of artwork by Winter himself.

The metallic sky overhead tugged from horizon to horizon by the giant hands of the wind.

But from deep within the freeze the beauty lives on, A pulsing, glowing warmth that reaches from the darkness to continue its conquering quest, To astound, To amaze, And to lift the spirits of those who now dwell in Winter, The gentle rustle of the pine trees, The tender strength of all living things being bound together by the cold.

Unified.

On one great exciting journey towards summer, That far off land to which it seems may never be in sight, Not to worry, there is plenty to light the way.

meeting a stranger, questions like “Why are you talking to me?” “What’s in that van?” and “Is that a gold tooth?”

While I may not advocate accepting candy from a stranger in a dark alley with a van and a gold tooth, I do encourage the daily practice of doing nice things for people you don’t know.

Hold the door open, carry someone’s groceries, buy a coffee for the next person in line at Starbucks, buy a coffee for the scary looking hobo standing outside of Starbucks. Hell, half the positive, negative, or just plain weird interacby Camille Pejcha Under no circumstances do I (or your moth- tions I have with strangers happen in or around a Starbucks. er) recommend that you make a habit of Much like an addiction to oversweetened, accepting candy from strangers. At this phase of overpriced, commercial coffee, the pleasure of your relationship, you and your imaginary stranger should take it slow, get to know one doing something nice for someone else is unianother first; maybe talk about your hobbies. versal. It feels like that first sip of your twoThere are many questions to ask yourself when pump, double chocolate, no-whip cinnamon photo by Willa Lineberger-Scholl

Giving Candy (and Coffee) to Strangers

dolce latte: warm and fuzzy, until you realize that coffee shouldn’t taste fuzzy, and take it upon yourself to consult the manager. Plus, they probably spelled your name wrong on that politically correct, biodegradable cup.

Starbucks is a great metaphor for doing nice things for people. It’s convenient, pricy, but overall rewarding - and with only 250 calories (plus your daily allowance of moral fiber)! Besides, the “giving candy to strangers” policy gets you about even with Ghandi on the positive karma unless you’re a kind of scary looking guy with a beard and neck hair who could be perceived as creepy and/or threatening, in which case it gets you a lawsuit. In the meantime, however, there is nothing better than the feeling of making someone else’s day - plus, you earn extra points on your Starbucks reward card.

by Hannah Borgerson

Knit Wits is an AHS club that meets every Thursday at lunch to knit hats for the Dunn House. (see paragraph below) About

twenty people gather each week in Theater 18 to create hats that will warm a person’s head and perhaps give them the message that someone cares. Also, joining Knit Wits is one way to get a start on a knitting career.

“A lot of people who had never knit before came to this club and now know how. It’s a great place to begin!” Chloe Lynn, a junior at AHS, said. The goal for Knits Wits is to finish one hundred hats to give to the Dunn house before winter break.

“I’ve knit about fifteen hats for the Dunn House over the past two years that I’ve been in Knit Wits,” Emma Rose Parker, a junior at AHS said, “and it feels great to know that my knitting is going to people who truly need it.”

The Dunn House

is an organization that provides a safe place for women and children who are escaping from domestic violence or abuse in their homes. The woman and children who seek refuge at the Dunn House come wearing the bruises of cruel assault. Food, shelter, clothing and personal care items are provided by the Dunn House with no cost and the promise of confidentiality. The program acts as a sanctuary to domestic violence victims, as well as a support group to help woman and children back on their feet and into a safe environment in the community.

photos by Kristin Fitzpatrick

sweater by Jake VanCampen

skirt by Sidney Sorenson

satchel by Myka Fox

elephant by Sydney Meyers plush toy by Marie Stallman

mittens by Jake VanCampen