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Colegio Malvar students gain insight into American culture Lucy Li

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Spanish exchange students arrived from Colegio Malvar, a school in Madrid, on Friday, Sept. 16. They spent much of their time in school before leaving on Sept. 30. Sixteen St. Paul Academy Spanish 41 students, mostly juniors, hosted them. The exchange happens every other year. This was the second time St. Paul Academy and Summit School has participated in an exchange with Colegio Malvar.

The exchange students attended a Twins game, shopped at the Mall of America, visited pumpkin patches and apple orchards, and toured Minneapolis and Stillwater. “We’re trying to give them the whole experience,” Spanish Teacher Pamela Starkey said.

Natalia Giomez de Diego, a Spanish exchange student in 11th grade, said “My first impression of Minnesota was that all the people were nice.” Even though she thought Minnesota was cold, she still enjoyed her visit to Minneapolis, particularly liking the fact that it was “clean, and people give you free hugs.”

Maria Guzman, another exchange student, also enjoyed her visit here. “I like... the school and the people from Minnesota,” she said. One of the differences she noticed between Minnesota and Madrid was the houses. “The houses here are very big and pretty. They have big gardens and parks,” Guzman said.

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Students of Colegio Malvar went to an apple orchard for a taste of American culture on their stay here.

“We’re trying to give them the whole experience,” US Spanish teacher Pam Starkey said.

Carmona Mateos also saw small differences between Minnesota and Spain. “Here people don’t wear shoes in the house. The breakfast is very different [here] than at my house [in Spain],” Mateos said.

The students attended the Homecoming dance the day after they arrived. On the following Wednesday, they went on a scavenger hunt with SPA students in Minneapolis. Juniors Melanie Luikart and Ruth Sheldon and exchange students Alba Garcia and Rocio Garcia won candy bars.

During the school day, the exchange students shadowed their host students and spent a day taking classes of their choice. Two half days were spent incorporating them into the Spanish classes.

Mateos said SPA is “more relaxing. There is more free time and less supervision than in Malvar.”

Junior Karl Hommeyer hosted Carlos Arnell, one of the exchange students, because “I wanted to expand my cultural knowledge to areas outside of the ones we’re confined in and to help me learn a new language.”

He hoped to form a friendship with Arnell during the exchange.

They enjoyed watching sports on TV together, and Hommeyer believes his Spanish improved greatly from the experience.

Some of the exchange students enjoyed their visit so much, they wanted to stay. “I don’t want to come back to Spain,” Guzman said, a sentiment not uncommon to the exchange students.

In March, SPA students will go to Spain for the second half of the exchange.

Pabst returns in brand-new position Former student, now College Counseling faculty, talks about her past, present and future plans

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essays [and] practice with interA&E Editor viewing.” Pabst said.

As an alum, Pabst is well aware of the challenges students Things look a little different face when transitioning from on the fourth floor this fall. The high school to college. “The most College Counseling department difficult thing about the process is recently welcomed Elizabeth different for every student,” Pabst Pabst (‘01) to its staff. said.

Pabst first got involved in colWith every application comes lege admissions as a student tour a lot of introspection. Pabst exguide at Boston College. plains: “Some students feel like “I loved sharing my excite- their grades and test scores don’t ment about my college experi- do them justice as an applicant. ence with prospective students Some students fall in love with and their parents,” Pabst said. one specific college, and then Pabst pursued her interest by they have a difficult time getting working in admissions at Har- excited about any other instituvard University and Boston Uni- tion.” Pabst hopes to lower the versity. “Both positions were im- stress level involved with college mensely helpful in learning about searches.

Photo Credit: Liz Rossman the college application process, Her memories of SPA are Elizabeth Pabst, new College Counseler, at work in her office. “I hope the world of admissions, and the good ones. “My advisor for all of that we can work to lower the [college process] stress level a bit – this should be a fun and rewarding experience.” incredibly diverse populations high school was [middle school of students applying to college,” Pabst said.

Pabst will be working with I loved sharing my excitement about students in the class of 2013. In order to enable more individual my college experience with prospecwork with students, the juniors tive students and their parents. were divided evenly among the three college counselors.

Elizabeth Pabst “Even though I’m not assigned to seniors this year, I hope world are the friends I made here they know that my door is always physical education teacher] Carol at SPA,” Pabst said. Hopefully open! I’ve already had lots of se- King, and we’re still good friends. she’ll make even more in her secniors ask me for help with their Some of my closest friends in the ond run.

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Scientists at CERN made headlines recently with their claims of particles traveling faster than the speed of light – something renowned physicist Albert Einstein deemed impossible in his theories on relativity in 1905.

In recent experiments, researchers found that particles called neutrinos usually travel at the speed of light, despite having mass. Their measurements show that the neutrinos traveled 60 nanoseconds faster than the speed of light on their journey from CERN’s headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland to the LNGS Laboratory in Gran Sasso, Italy.

This is the first time that Einstein’s theory of relativity has had reliable evidence presented against it. However, St. Paul Academy and Summit School US Physics teacher Steve Heilig said that this doesn’t mean that Einstein will be abandoned completely.

Heilig compared Einstein’s theories to those of physicist Isaac Newton, many of whose theories on motion were overturned by Einstein’s. “When you have a precise enough experiment, you realize ‘Oh my goodness, Einstein was right and Newton wasn’t!’ That doesn’t mean that when I let go of an object it doesn’t fall. It just gives me sort of a new way of looking at it.”

While these developments may change the way scientists look at the universe, the fact that Einstein’s theory falls short at this point doesn’t mean physicists have to start all over. These faster-than-light neutrinos could open the door for a newer, more detailed theory that physicists have yet to uncover.

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American hikers -- one from Minnesota -- were arrested while hiking in Kurdistan, shown in orange. They were released after two years on Sept. 21.

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Two Americans, one a Minnesotan, were released Sept. 21, 2011 from prison in Iran. Their release followed two years of diplomatic clashes between the United States and Iran resulting from charges of espionage leveled against the hikers. The hikers, Shane Bauer of Onamia, Minnesota, and Josh Fattal of Oregon, were charged with crossing into Iran as spies from the U.S. The pair arrived in Oman after a $1 million bail deal.

Bauer and Fattal’s legal troubles originated from a hiking trip in Iraq’s relatively peaceful Kurdish region near the Iran-Iraq border in July 2009, accompanied

by Sarah Shourd of Los Angeles, who was arrested with the pair but released a year ago. The hiking trip was a break from reporting on elections in Iraqi Kurdistan. The hikers claimed that if they did accidentally wander into Iran, it was an innocent mistake.

Iranian authorities never publicly provided evidence to support their accusations.

In the latest chapter of the debacle, Iran’s judiciary denied Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s right to release the prisoners. Eventually, though, the judiciary approved their release. According to a report from The New York Times, “Mr. Ahmadinejad’s conservative critics were willing to allow the release Wednesday because they wanted Iran to project a magnanimous image as it takes to the world stage and because they had accomplished their goal: delivering a message to the president that he is not fully in charge.”

Overall, Iran’s detention of the Americans aggravated relations with the US. “Iran’s attempt to gain from this exercise ultimately proved futile,” said Karim Sadjadpour of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in an article from The New York Times. He added that the two-year episode “further tarnished their international image.”

Despite this, American opinion towards Iran has improved marginally following the release of the hikers.

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Senior Drew Whitaker replaced Conor Dowdle (‘11) as the Spartan mascot this year and hopes to bring more spirit and pep to the student population.

“I have always been loud,” Whitaker said, “and I’ve always liked cheering at sports games.”

It was a natural fit.

The search process began last May when tryouts were held for all students interested in becoming the school’s mascot. The candidates auditioned in front of all of the Student Activities Committee members and the final decisions were made by the SAC president and advisors. Prospective Spartans auditioned with their own cheer or the Spartan Beat.

“All the candidates were excellent,” SAC advisor Pam Starkey said. She said Whitaker was chosen because “he’s got a loud voice, he’s got a lot of school spirit, and he goes to all the games.”

As this year’s Spartan, Whitaker began homecoming week by leading bleacher-shaking cheers.

As the Spartan, he hopes to attend all sports games and encourage more students to attend them as

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T h e Spartan’s purpose is to lead cheering and represent the team and school’s spirit to the crowds, basically “to generate enthusiasm and to make a connection,” Starkey said. “It’s that visual connection.”

To bring more spirit to the fan experience, Whitaker plans to attend every game. “I really want to cheer for my friends,” he said.

He also hopes to leave a legacy when he graduates, “[I want to be] remembered in following years.”

Whitaker believes he will be able to attend more games than Dowdle could. “Conor was on the soccer team, so he wasn’t able to go to both boys’ and girls’ soccer.

I only play a spring sport, so I can go to more games,” Whitaker said.

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Prisoners in Iranian hiking trial released

Spartan mascot Drew Whitaker raises his helmet in salute at Homecoming. “I’ve always liked cheering at sports games” Whitaker said.

Hueller’s second book skips into bookstores Allison Wang

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“Someone who wants to be a writer should write. What’s in your head doesn’t count for anything in the world of writing. If you haven’t written it, it doesn’t exist,” Upper School English Teacher Andy Hueller said. He can speak from experience.

Hueller published his second book in two years, Skipping Stones at the Center of the Earth, on Aug. 8, 2011.

Following up his first published book, Dizzy Fantastic and her Flying Bicycle, a novel written for elementary aged readers, Hueller focuses on a middle school audience while writing Skipping Stones.

The book tells the tale of Calvin Comet Cobble, who lives in the earth at Hidden Shores Orphanage. The orphanage is located on a spot where sunlight is able to stream into their underground world. The rest of the town is covered in darkness.

In the book, Calvin meets Mr. E, who can skip a stone all the way across the lake that surrounds the town to the rock walls that surround the subterranean island, and the two set off on a journey to discover Cal’s past, as well as his future.

Although it was published after Dizzy Fantastic and her Flying Bicycle, Skipping Stones at the Center of the Earth is the first book Hueller wrote. It took several years.

Dizzy Fantastic, on the other hand, took approximately a

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US English teacher Andy Hueller with his new book, Skipping Stones at the Center of the Earth, which hit stores in August.

month to get onto the page. The book was originally written as a gift for Hueller’s wife, depicting her at as young girl, but he decided to publish it.

Recently, Hueller finished his Master of Arts in Teaching.

For his capstone project, Hueller wrote a third book titled, How to Get Rich Writing C Papers and How to Write A Papers if You Want to Do That Too. Currently, How to Get Rich is on a publisher’s desk and Hueller hopes it will be accepted for publication soon. A mixture between a textbook and a novella, the book is narrated by a high school boy who indulges the reader in how to get rich by selling essays.

Hueller’s unique writing process makes the most of his limited time to work on his own writing.

To get his ideas out, Hueller often

times writes down stories in notebooks before transcribing them onto the computer. Additionally, he tends to work on multiple projects at once.

Hueller says he has been working on eight or nine other projects, all at different stages in the writing process.

“If something isn’t working for me and I’m not ready to write, I just move on and write whatever I am ready to write. That way every morning I am productive instead of just staring and hoping, but I go back to those stories if something comes to me,” Hueller said.

To write his books, Hueller has to balance his time between creative writing, teaching, and obtaining his MAT at Hamline University. During the school year, he does not have time to write out whole books. However, during winter, spring, and summer break, Hueller often writes for 6-12 hours per day.

To the aspiring author, Hueller said, “The largest obstacle in the way of would-be writers is that they don’t actually sit down and do the work. So my biggest advice? Write whatever piece you have momentum with.”

Throughout high school and college, Hueller dedicated 30 minutes in the morning to writing.

“And of course you need to remain an active reader,” Hueller added.

Ever since Hueller was a child, he was enraptured with reading.

He read tons of books, came up with original stories, and even pitched movie ideas to Disney.

Newsbrief New student group imitates United Nations Students can now join a new student group: Model United Nations. At its Thursday meetings, students will get the chance to simulate international diplomacy.

Students will step into the shoes of a country’s representative at the U.N. The group, founded by seniors Rebecca Xu and Rachel YostDubrow, is part of a grassroots movement started at the time of the League of Nations, now a national program endorsed by the UN. Yost-Dubrow hopes that the club will give students a chance to improve their political knowledge and public speaking ability, and plans to attend a Model UN conference in spring.

Students take PSAT prep test On October 12, 2011, all sophomores and juniors will take the PSAT/ NQSMT, a practice exam for the SATs. Although PSAT/ NQSMT scores do not appear on transcripts or college applications, junior-year scores may qualify a student for the National Merit Scholar competition, granting students with qualifying scores funding and scholarships for college. According to the College Counseling Department’s web page, PSAT prep will “help students prepare and gain practice for college admissions testing.”

SPA offers two online practice sources, Method Test Prep and Students’ Edge, that include testtaking tips and full length practice tests. In order to access these sources, students must be able to log in to their Family Connection account.

In partnership with Revolution Prep, SPA offers students, primarily juniors, a “formal test-prep class tailored to the SPA schedule” for PSAT, SAT, and ACT exams, according to the College Counseling Department.

Amity Institute teacher arrives Marion Mathier will work alongside MS/US Language faculty as an Amity teacher for the first semester. She will be assisting in French and German classes. Mathier arrived in the U.S. in midSeptember from Berne, Switzerland. She has a Bachelor of Arts degree in Education and is working toward advanced degrees in French and English Linguistics at the University of Berne in Switzerland. Mathier is staying with sixth grader Noah Laurey’s family.

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Paying mind to the grind Debating the morality and tolerability of sexualized dancing

“What’s wrong with us grinding?”

“It’s just dancing, right?

Everyone does it.”

“Why should anyone tell us how to dance?”

After a dance, when teachers complain about the dancing and Dean of Students Judy Cummins explains her reasons for breaking couples up on the floor, students often defend their choice to grind.

However, there is something very wrong with this picture. Is it justified for students who don’t want to grind to feel isolated?

Students end up never returning to another dance when during their first they were either pushed to the outside of the dance floor or were almost forcibly grinded with if they stayed in the middle.

Fear should never be an emotion experienced at a school-sponsored dance, and neither should exclusion.

Changing the way teens dance is impossible, and as it is The Rubicon does not view grinding as inherently bad. However, the dynamic at school dances should

Editorial Cartoon Credit: Alicia Little

To Grind or not to Grind...or not attend the dance? Students segregate becuase of dance preferences.

not be such that grinding is the only acceptable way to dance. While some students feel comfortable dancing in an extremely sexual and intimate way—often with people they don’t even know—for many, it’s uncomfortable.

Girls have a hard time rejecting a boy if they don’t want to dance with him, especially if he is an upperclassman.

And that’s not to say that it isn’t hard for male students as well. They have on their shoulders the expecta-

tion that they should grind with girls, including those they don’t know well, and unless they have some awesome non-grinding moves, they must either grind (and risk rejection and awkwardness) or stay on the fringes of the dance floor.

Besides, grinding has come to be a “normal” thing, and those who don’t want to challenge this norm might be scoffed at.

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Palestine Snubbed In his address to the United Nations General Assembly on Sept. 21, President Barack Obama opposed the admission of Palestine to the United Nations, saying that “peace will not come through statements and resolutions at the United Nations.” This in spite of the fact that the first chapter of the United Nations’ charter states that its purpose includes “to bring about by peaceful means, and in conformity with the principles of justice and international law, adjustment or settlement of international disputes or situations which might lead to a breach of the peace.”

The United States is putting the wishes of Israel before hopes for peace. While Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu say that peace must be negotiated before statehood can be recognized, Netanyahu has shown no active interest in negotiation. Besides, membership in the United Nations is meant to promote peace, not the other way around.

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Execution of Man, Miscarriage of Justice

In 1991, Troy Davis of Butts County, Virginia was convicted and sentenced to death for the killing of Police Officer Mark MacPhail. On Sept. 21, Davis was put to death by lethal injection.

But when the judge supervising the case banned forensic evidence that could have either convicted or exonerated the defendant and seven of nine witnesses recanted or withdrew their testimonies (and one of the two who didn’t was a suspect), there seemed to be more reason to continue investigation than to execute Davis. In fact, there appears to still be an alarming amount of uncertainty.

The investigation should have continued until conclusive evidence in support of or against Davis was presented. Police can hold a suspect for 48 hours without conclusive evidence. They cannot hold said suspect for 20 years and put him to death.

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school dance. Although The Rubicon believes that students have the right to grind if they so choose, there should be more options and security for those who truly feel uncomfortable with the environment school dances currently maintain.

Dances should have more to offer than just music and dancing: maybe a bonfire outside, or a game room, or just more places for students to hang out and have fun. This way, perhaps everyone can feel comfortable and included at dances.

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US House of Representatives member Michele Bachmann recently said that a vaccine designed to prevent the human papillomavirus (HPV) is dangerous and causes mental retardation.

Bachmann made this statement after hearing a mother complain that her daughter became mentally ill due to this vaccine, and continued to say, “this is the very real concern, and people have to draw their own conclusions.” What Bachmann failed to take note of is the fact that extensive research on the HPV vaccine has concluded that it does not cause autism or any other mental disabilities. The research that supposedly showed a connection between the two was proven to be false.

The fact is that Bachmann, who is not a medical professional, should not make narrowly informed statements like this; they only hurt her campaign.

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Republican egos stricken with elephantiasis Conflict among Conservatives hinders productive banter during debates

Meet the top Candidates

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James Richard “Rick” Perry Experience: 47th Governor of Texas; 2000-2011 Illustration Credit: Nick Scott. Photo Credit: Gage Skidmore. Used with permission via Creative Commons from Flickr

Fiery conflict between individuals seeking the Republican presidential nomination has been seen in the Republican debates since day one.

Republican hopefuls continue to jockey for the spotlight before they win the GOP nomination.

2011 Republican Debates* August 11

Republican Debates* June 13

Republican Debates* September 5 September 7 September 12

2012

Florida Primary January 31

Iowa Caucuses February 6 New Hampshire Primary February 14

Republican National Convention August 27-31 Tampa, FL

National Election November 4

Democratic National Convention September 3-7 Charlotte, NC

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* these Republican Debates are featured in the Op/Ed piece on this page.

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go off topic, he said, “she’s very on-issue and she sounds smart.”

Out of the unending stream Feature Editor of news coverage, analysis and heated remarks came another Thirteen months. Thirteen piece of head-scratching gold. more months of rants, riots, and Rick Perry believes Ben Bernanraging Republicans. The time ke, Chairman of the Federal Reuntil the next election seems endserve, should be tried for treason less, yet presidential hopefuls anbecause of his careless spending ticipating the 2012 election have and loaning: “If you are allowing already faced constant coverage the Federal Reserve to be used for of their every statement. Minpolitical purposes that it would be nesota Congresswoman Michele almost treasonous,” Perry said.

Bachmann has misquoted AbraAt a debate on Sept. 22, Masham Lincoln. Former Speaker sachusetts governor Mitt Romney of the House Newt Gingrich has and Perry went after each other, seen half of his staff quit. Texas attacking immigration policies Governor Rick Perry has called and health care.

Perry once again the Federal Reserve Chairman went after Romney’s Massachutreasonous. They’ve only been at setts health care plan that looks it since April. suspiciously similar to RepubliThe Republican Candidate can-proclaimed “ObamaCare.” debates are an arena where canWith New Jersey Governor didates can showcase their views Chris Christie’s statement last and passionate, albeit predictable, week that he would not run for speeches. The Director of Youth President, Republicans are left Outreach for St. Paul Academy examining the remaining candiand Summit School’s dates for a strong Student Political Union, contender in the junior Hagop Toghranational election. madjian said he sides For Toghmainly with Republiramadjian, the cans, and believes the ideal candidate debates are a real test of would be one character. who is fiscally According to Toghmoderate while ramadjian, “candidates Congresswoman Michele Bachmann being socially can say anything they c o n s e r v ative. want in a speech or a For a candidate paper, but when they’re actually speaking and arguing a good job so I’d have to say he’s to be fiscally conservative but not with each other, that’s when you the most qualified,” Toghramad- socially conservative, “strikes me as almost selfish or greedy,” he see how much they know and jian said.

Bachmann was not featured said. how much they’re qualified.” as prominently as she has been And so we leave the debates In their speeches, candidates in past debates, with many of her waiting in rapture for Bachsteered away from attacking Prespassionate rants attacking Perry mann’s next ridiculously inacident Obama and turned to the instead of defending herself. curate slip-up, Perry’s next heavcritical phase of attacking each Toghramadjian sees the follies ily-criticized piece of rhetoric, other. In a recent Tea Party debate of Bachmann’s ways but he beRomney’s next failure to relate hosted by CNN, former Pennsyllieves that she redeemed herself to Republican voters.

We wait for vania Senator Rick Santorum and in the debates: “She has a chance the human drama to seep through Bachmann attacked Perry over an to lay her points out in a more the cracks of the campaign.

We executive order of his that manintelligent way, especially when wait to be entertained.

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sexually transmitted disease. “To have innocent 12-year-old girls be forced to have a government injection through an executive order is just flat out wrong,” Bachmann said.

Perry defended his actions by saying that he was only trying to save lives: “At the end of the day,” Perry said, “It was about stopping cancer.”

Bachmann continued attacking Perry and said in a CNN interview that a mother whose daughter had been given the vaccine and became autistic as a result approached Bachmann decrying the vaccine. This despite the fact that scientists agree that there is no link between autism and the HPV vaccine.

As if tracking an astronomical chart, Bachmann’s star started to fade just as Perry was brought into the spotlight. Toghramadjian puts his support behind Perry.

“Perry is governor of one of the biggest states [Texas] and he did

“I don’t want to look like Connecticut, no offense, I don’t want to look like Oklahoma, I don’t want to look like California. I want to be uniquely Texas. And that’s not to dis anybody else. “ -Rick Perry

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Michelle Marie Bachmann Experience: Representative from Minnesota’s 6th Congressional District; 2007-Present Education: BA Winona State University-1978, J.D. Oral Roberts University-1986, LL.M. William Mary School of Law-1988 “I am a fighter. I am not just there to go along and get along.”

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Education: B.A. Texas A&M University-1972

Lady Liberty and Sarah Palin are lit by the same torch.

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Willard Mitt Romney Experience: 70th Governor of Massachusetts; 2003-2007 Education: B.A. Brigham Young University-1971, JD/MBA Harvard Law School & Harvard Business School-1975 “I could have possibly beaten Senator McCain in the primary.

Then I could have been the candidate who lost to Barack Obama. “ -Mitt Romney

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School spirit triumphs over scoreboard

Even with 49-8 loss, the 100 Anniversary will live in Spartan history

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Spartan Varsity Football plays in the centennial game rivalry against the Blake Bears on Thursday, Oct 6 at Blake. Early in the 3rd quarter the Spartans [wearing navy and white throwback uniforms] set up for a line drive. Despite the loss, over 300 student fans showed support and enthusiasm for their team. “It’s kind of sad that we’re losing, but it’s fun,” freshman Eli Zelle said about being at the game. The Spartans scored only one touchdown, at the end of the 4th quarter to end the game 49-8.

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Energy. Excitement. And white. Lots and lots of white.

On October 6, the centennial St. Paul Academy and Summit School and Blake School game turned out a large crowd of students, teachers and alumni, looking to support their football team in an important historical rivalry.

This rivalry started when SPA won its school colors of blue and gold from Blake.

“Notice we have vastly more fans than [Blake]…we have the whole school,” junior Hagop Toghramadjian said.

Senior Ceallach Gibbons agreed with Toghramadjian. “It’s a really great school environment.

It’s great to see so many kids supporting the team. There’s a lot of energy” The 1st Quarter of the game started with the Spartans on defense. Blake ended up scoring a touchdown and the extra point pretty early on, making it 7-0.

Throughout the quarter, Spartan mascot Drew Whitaker led the student section in a variety of cheers.

“It’s kind of sad that we’re losing, but it’s fun,” freshman Eli Zelle said about being at the game.

Continuing their drive from the end of the 1st quarter, Blake scored a touchdown 4 seconds into the 2nd quarter, giving themselves a 14-0 lead. The 2nd Quarter continued with two more touchdowns for Blake making it

28-0 going into halftime.

“I’m feeling pretty sad, but I will still give lots of support to the Spartans. We still have a lot of game left. I think we can get a couple touchdowns,” freshman Dozie Nwaneri said after the Spartan’s first half.

Halftime came and went, and the Spartan Varsity Football team came out of the locker room hungry. They tried turning around the next half, but there will still no touchdowns for the Spartans.

With 8:26 left in the 3rd quarter, Blake scored another touchdown.

The followed it up with a second touchdown bringing the score to 42-0.

That’s not to say that SPA didn’t have any success in the quarter; juniors David Ristau and Karl Hommeyer showed impres-

sive athleticism when they rushed for 12 and 18 yards, respectively.

The 4th quarter, arguably the best quarter of the game for the Spartans, started with Blake scoring another touchdown making the score 49-0. But neither the Blake fans nor the Blake football team could have predicted what was coming next. With 14.5 seconds left on the clock, Ristau scored a touchdown for SPA, making the score 48-6. The Spartans then went for a two point conversion with 9.9 seconds left on the clock, making the final score of the game 49-8.

In sports, often the scoreboard does not fairly represent the efforts of both teams. The Spartan Varsity Football team played a tough game, despite all the challenges of a young team with mul-

tiple injures faced earlier in the season.

Perhaps it can be said that it’s not whether you win or lose but how you support your team. If so, the student section had much to be proud of. Over 300 students turned out to cheer for the football team in such a big game. It was a very meaningful way of building the school spirit that SPA often talks about.

“Obviously it’s not a good feeling to lose, but I want to thank all the kids who came out to support us because this is the most fun game I’ve ever played,” said Hommeyer.

The Spartans next game is at home against Minnehaha Academy this Friday, Oct. 14, at 3:30 PM.

Soccer heads into playoffs

Boys Varsity Soccer wins conference despite loss of 11 players Junior Cameron Causey held dedication and talent. “A bunch of Ibad Jafri

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Eleven players. A full starting lineup graduated in 2010. Eleven players can make or break a soccer team, but it hasn’t stopped the 2011 Varsity Soccer team from moving into post-season play.

Senior defender and team captain Ryan Hobert said “We had such a good team last year, and so I was a bit skeptical on how our team would perform without those 11 seniors.”

some doubts about this year’s team.

“We were pretty worried about who was going to fill [the seniors’] spots, especially in the starting 11.”

But as the team began to practice more, both players soon realized that they were playing on an elite squad.

Junior goalkeeper Ben Braman attributes this year’s success to “a solid core group of players that are willing to work hard.”

Hobert is quick to give credit where it is due, praising younger soccer players for their energy,

JV [players] really stepped up. We lost all four starting defenders, but now we have a solid defense with Francesco DiCaprio, Ben Kachian, James Hargens and [senior] Nico [Olson-Studler].”

That being said, a team does not simply cruise through a near-undefeated season. Victories are hardfought and not always pretty. “[Our] ability to pick up the pace and intensity really makes us think we can go to state again,” Braman said.

Used with Permission: Janine Braman

Junior goalkeeper Ben Braman makes a save on a breakaway from St. Croix Lutheran on September 1, 2011. The Spartans went on to win the game 8-0.

Sports 7 St. Paul Academy and Summit School October 2011. Vol XXXIX. Issue I. Fractures, sprains, concussions, and the list goes on...

Andrew Bradley 12

Fractured Fibula

Peter Morley 12

Fractured Clavicle

Isabel LaVercombe 12

Emily Nasseff 11

Christian Koch 10

Thomas Moyers 12

Stress Fracture in Foot

Concussion

Fractured Wrist

Sprained Ankle

Alev Baysoy 10

Jonah Wang 11

Amanda Hotvedt 11

Ryan Hobert 12

Mara Walli 11

Jenna O’Brien 12

Chinaza Nwaneri 11

Quadricep Strain

Sprained Ankle

Strained Leg

Nina Perkkio 11

Zoe Matticks 11

Alexis Irish 9

Ben Kachian 11

Josh Gray 11

Concussion

Strained Tendon

Quadricep Strain

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The football quarterback fractured his fibula in the first game of the season. The backup quarterback fractured his clavicle in the second game of the season.

Injury is an inherent part of contact sports, and it would be difficult to find better proof of this than in athletics.

Junior volleyball player Laura Goetz injured her wrist: “I fell in practice repeatedly... with my hand kind of pushed back. I realized it wasn’t moving very well anymore,” she said.

Goetz is unsure what happened to her wrist. She will get an MRI soon to find out what is wrong.

The affect it has had on her not only prevents her from playing

Fractured Finger

Sprained Ankle and Concussion

volleyball. “I have to use it [my wrist] for writing and typing and it’s really painful to have to write all day and it’s just really tender,” Goetz said.

What can be done to prevent injury? “No matter what you’re doing in athletics, injuries are going to happen,” Assistant Director of Athletics Mike Brown said.

Exercise and training can help reduce the chances of getting an injury, but it can still easily happen. “There are chances you’re taking and there’s not much we can do,” Brown said.

What can be done, however, is treatment, and athletes have excellent resources, including the help of Athletic Trainer Ashley Stiles. Stiles works with recovering athletes, recommending physicians and helping students regain strength through rehabilitation programs intended to improve athletes’ performance be-

A Note from Spartan Boosters Dear Students,

Pulled Quadricep

The members of Spartan Boosters would like to officially welcome you to the 2011-2012 school year. Last year was a big learning experience for the whole club. This year we hope to carry forward new ideas that will improve the school spirit in our community. Our main goal is to get as many fans as possible to ALL different kinds of sporting events. Starting in November, every month we will be sponsoring a couple sporting events published in The Rubicon as sanctioned Spartan Booster events; we hope to direct the attention of the entire student body to these events.

It is our hope that we can get the student body to not only attend the already advertised games, like but also matches and meets that don’t get as much coverage. At these games, we will support our Spartan teams in a manner that reflects on our entire school in a positive way.

Students that attend sporting events at St. Paul Academy and Summit School become part of a community that has fun together while supporting other students. Just ask anyone who attended one of the Homecoming events or the “Jam the Gym” volleyball game.

To go along with our support our of school spirit in the community, we would like to highlight the efforts of athletes who dedicate their time and energy to their respective sport. Two athletes of the month, one male and one female, will be selected based on their performance and leadership on the field.

It is our hope that we can build a foundation of school spirit regarding sports at SPA. With your support, our school can make this happen.

Spencer Egly Cameron Causey

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fore they return to play.

“Rehab plays a huge role,” Stiles said. “Hopefully [athletes] will be better and stronger than they were prior to the injury.”

What effects will this year’s injuries have on athletics? It’s hard to say, but chances are that there won’t be any all-encompassing difference.

Junior Josh Gray, however, notes that safety is a concern for teammates: “It’s tough when people on your team get hurt.

You have to be careful when they come back.”

Ensuring that they come back at the right time is all part of the road to recovery. As Brown said, injuries happen every year, and although safety is the primary concern, teams still manage to do fairly well despite teammates’ absences, and most injured athletes are likely to return by the winter sports seasons.

Illustration Credit: Aditi Kulkarni

Data reported in the infographic compiled from Kids’ Heath.org.

Camille Horne never says never Spartan from playing on the Girls Varsity Soccer team, she plays for the Boosters U17 Burnsville Fire Premier.

Horne is best known for her and strong communication skill on the field. She lives by the motto, The as sung by Justin Beiber, “Never say never.”

Rubicon “[I love] the fact that our team is like a family,” Horne said. recognize When asked what advice she With ten goals and 21 assists, would give to someone considertwo it is no surprise that junior center ing joining a sport, she said, “just forward Camille Horne is Athlete go for it. There is no harm in tryplayers of the Month for October. Aside ing something new.” each month for Mike Destache keeps on running When thinking of Freshman Mike Destache, two words closeathletic ly follow: Cross Country. There is a reason for this; his personal talent, record for the 5k is 16:33 and he was All Conference last year. fantastic “The thing I love about my team is that we are nothing alike stats but we still work well together,” Destache said. and Destache advises students who he said. “It’s all about mental are just beginning to run. “It gets toughness and making it through team easier after you do it for awhile,” the first couple of months.” leadership Horne profile information compiled by Saif Ahmed; Destache profile compiled by Lucy Li.

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A is For Apple Origin of common apple sayings

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“An Apple a Day Keeps the Doctor Away” This saying dates back to 19th Century Wales. It addresses the beneficial health effects of apples.

According to the Stanford Cancer Center, apples are a rich source of antioxidants and can reduce the risk of colon cancer, prostate cancer, and lung cancer. The fruit’s fiber content helps with heart disease, weight loss, and cholesterol.

With all these health benefits, it’s unlikely that an apple-lover will make frequent visits to the doctor’s office.

cross between Sharon and Connell Red slow to oxidize (turn brown)

In the Book of Genesis, scholars interpreted that the fruits that grew on the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil were apples.

God told Adam and Even that they could eat any fruit in the Garden of Eden except apples from the Tree of Knowledge. A serpent tricked Adam and Eve to eat the fruit.

When God discovered this deed, he banished Adam and Eve from the Garden of Eden.

An Apple on a Teacher’s Desk This tradition was rampant in the 1880s and 1890s. According to Barry Popik, etymologist and ex-

taste: tangy, packs a sweet punch cross between State Fair and MN1691 has been with the U of M since 1920

taste: sweet and tart ripens early in the season

The Big Apple New York City’s nickname, “The Big Apple” traces its origins to Great Depression era. During the 1930s and 1940s, apple vendors and Harlem night clubs flooded the streets of New York City. A dance, known as the “Big Apple” was also popular during this time period. Jazz musicians first popularized and circulated the term “Big Apple”. According to the Society for New York City History Education Committee, “If a jazzman circa 1940 told you he had a gig in

“It was even crispier than the Honeycrisp” - senior Rachel YostDubrow cross between Honeycrisp and Zestar

taste: juicy, sweet, and crunchy

unusually small size

late season bloomer

taste: sweet with a slight tart balance

The Forbidden Fruit

pert on apple origins, students would bring lunches from home and give apples to their teachers to get on their good side back then.

first appeared in markets in 2009

extremely cold hard

named one of the top 25 innovations in the 2006 Better World Report

cross between Keepsake and unnamed known Minnesota’s state fruit in 2006

the ‘Big Apple,’ you knew he had an engagement to play in the most coveted venue of all, Manhattan, where the audience was the biggest, hippest, and most appreciative in the country.”

This phrase is used to express bemusement or vexation. It means “how about that?” The idiom originated in World War I with the “toffee apple.” “[Toffee apples were] a kind of trench mortar bomb sometimes used to destroy tanks. The phrase would be said gloatingly after an ‘apple’ took out an enemy” Popik said.

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BYOB: bring your own basket for apple picking This year, take some time to pick your own apples at a local orchard.

Known for their proximity to the Twin Cities, these feature abundent apple picking, a nice environment, and small idiosyncracies that make them stand out from the rest.

Red Delicious

Other Varieties

Only one apple variety out of 10,000 will be good enough to be released to the public, and the process takes 20 to 30 years, according to the Star Tribune.

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8.5% Fuji The infographic on the right displays information on the distribution of apple breeding by variety within the United States in 2008.

The inner circle displays the top five nations in terms of apple production as of 2008. Information was obtained from the United States Department of Agriculture.

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Research confirms it! The antioxidant phytonutrients found in apples help fight the damaging effects of LDL (bad) cholesterol.

Apples are the perfect, portable snack: great tasting, energy-boosting, and free of fat.

Heart

Diet

An apple a day strengthens lung function and can lower the incidence of lung cancer, as well.

Apples contain the essential trace element, boron, which has been shown to strengthen bones - a good defense agianst osteoporosis.

Lungs

Bones

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6428 Manning Ave. Stillwater, Minn.

Hours: Aug. – Dec. 31, Daily, 10:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.

Golden Delicious Granny Smith

Apple nutrition provides numerous health benefits chemicals assist the benefits of antioxidants. They are chemical compounds that naturally occur in plants. These compounds can produce therapeutic effects.

Apple’s nutritional benefits don’t end here. The fruit can both increase health and alleviate illnesses. According to the Stanford Cancer Center, apples can reduce the risk of colon, prostrate, and lung cancer, and can alleviate heart disease, and weight loss. Because apples contain a high content of fiber, apples can also control cholesterol by preventing reabsorption So there you have it. If you eat apples regularly, it’s unlikely a doctor’s visit will appear in the near future.

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How do you like them apples?

Rebecca Xu “It was sweet with a Editor-in-Chief little kick to it and a tartness” - junior Laura Goetz Ever heard of the saying—an apple a day keeps the doctor away?

Well, this saying has a base. Apples are highly nutritious fruits.

According to the Cornell University Nutrition Journal, apples are a great source of antioxidants and phytochemcials. Antioxidants are molecules that can inhibit the oxidation of other molecules. Although oxidation is essential for certain biological processes, it can also cause damage. Many fruits have antioxidants such as glutathiSince 1908, the University one, vitamin C, vitamin E, querceof Minnesota has been a tin, epicatechin, procyanidin B2, pioneer in the United States and various peroxidases. Phytoapple breeding program.

The U of MN specializes in breeding cold hardy apples that are able to survive the harsh winters of Minnesota.

Through their efforts, apples such as Snowsweet, Frostbite, Zestar, Sweetango, and Honeycrisp have been created in their horticulture program. Information for infographic on left was obtained from apples.umn.edu.

USA Apple Production

By Variety

According to the University of Illinois, it takes the energy from 50 leaves to grow one apple.

St. Paul Academy and Summit School

Take a moment to reflect on the lasting impact of Steve Jobs, the cofounder of Apple.

He died of pancreatic cancer on October 5.

Located in Stillwater, the Aamodt’s family have provided u-pick orchards for the public for over over three generations. Aamodt’s Apple Farm features hot balloon rides, miniature hay rides, and more! Along with the abundant apple picking opportunities, Aamodt’s also has “huge barns full of any apple product you can think of,” St. Paul Academy and Summit School junior Joelle Destache said. Destache recommends to buy the honeycomb and their apple crisp mix, two favorites of hers.

Just one apple provides as much dietary fiber as a serving of bran cereal.

(That’s about one-fifth of the recommended daily intake of fiber.)

Digestion Source: Virginia State Apple Board

Midtown Global Market Cheese and Apple Fest

Carlos Creek Winery Fourth Annual Applefest

The Cheese and Apple Festival at Midtown Global Market, located on Lake Street and 10th Ave in Minneapolis, will take place on October 22 from 1 PM to 4 PM. Celebrating local cheese and apple produce, the festival will include apple/cheese samplings, cooking demonstrations at Kitchen in the Market, and featured apple or cheese products from Midtown businesses. For the amateur baker, a cheesecake/apple pie baking competition will be open to the public. Local celebrities will judge the items in three categories: Best Cheesecake, Best Apple Pie, and Most Creative. Recipies of all recipies will be available to the public after the event is over. To submit your entry, submit a Baking Entry Form on the Midtwon Global Market by October 14.

Celebrate the fall apple harvest by attending Carlos Creek Winery’s Applefest in Alexandria on October 15 from noon to 10 PM. With 15 acres dedicated to apples, Carlos Creek Winery features Cortland, Fireside, Haralson, McIntosh, Regent, and Honeycrisp apples. Along with usual food and apple-eating that accompanies any apple festival, the applefest features the Catapault Contest where teams battle against each other to see who can build the best pumpkin-throwing machine. Entering a catapualt costs $100 and a grand prize of $500 is awarded to the winning team. Additionally, the event includes barn dances, bonfires, and wagon rides. Visitors can also observe master pumpkin carving demos at Carlos Creek’s front porch or work on their own pumpkin carvings.

Afton Apple Orchard Photo Courtesy: Afton Apple Orchard

14421 S. 90th St. Hastings, Minn.

Hours: Daily, 10 a.m. – 7:00 p.m.

Known as one of Minnesota’s most popular orchards, Afton is a tourist hot spot for all apple lovers. According to SPA senior Rachel Yost-Dubrow, Afton is the “classic family-oriented apple orchard.” The 190-acre orchard feature 13 varieties of apples, a six-mile, 15-acre corn maze, and its apple festival on October 15-16.

Other Orchards: Whistling Well: For a more small-scale orchard, visit Whistling Well.“It’s a nicer experiance - small and friendly” junior Liat Kaplan said. Kaplan found it a nice contrast to larger, more tourist-oriented orchards. Located in Hastings, the orchard is open 9 a.m. - dark and features its own petting zoo.

Emma’s Apple Orchard: Emma’s is an award-winning orchard located in Belle Plaine and features its own annual scarecrow festival. Named “Favorite Apple Orchard in Minnesota” by Minnesota Parent Magazine and voted “Best Apple Orchard” by the readers of the City Pages, Emma’s is open daily from 10 AM - 6 PM daily til October 31.

Information Compiled By: Allison Wang

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St. Paul Academy and Summit School

October 2011. Vol XXXIX. Issue I.

In summer’s heat, students find fair jobs MN State Fair Facts:

The first Minnesota State Fair was held in 1859.

Fried candy bars contain the most calories of all the fair foods.

The band Alabama Daniel Porter creates connections and delicious pizza has performed at two weeks of the State Fair workAndy Monserud ing at Pizza Palace on Carnes the Grandstand 18 News Editor Avenue, a job he heard about r times in 13 years. from friends who had worked 500,000 corn dogs are consumed by visitors each year.

The princess sculptures are made of 90 pound blocks of butter.

One day in 2010, 234,384 people went to the fair.

The fair’s mascots are two gophers.

Dan Patch Avenue is named for a racehorse.

Used with permission from the Minnesota State Fair web site.

Thousands of people look at cows, visit radio stations and eat brown, oily food on a stick. These are the images that come to mind when one thinks of the Minnesota State Fair. Not everyone at the fair, though, is there for their own entertainment. The fair also provides a booming market for small businesses throughout Minnesota.

The short-term employments these businesses offer are particularly attractive to teenagers, and many students from Saint Paul Academy and Summit School have taken advantage of this.

Senior Daniel Porter spent the

at the State Fair previously.

Though the work was tedious and hours were long, “it was worth it in the end because the staff was really close knit,” Porter said. Plus it earned him some extra money.

The work was hardest from about six to eight in the evening, the typical dinner hour. Apart from those hours, Porter says, business was fairly slow.

Whether he returns to work there next year, he says, is dependent upon a number of factors, including his college situation.

Undoubtedly, though, his love of pizza will continue no matter what.

Photo Credit: Andy Monserud

Daniel Porter served pizza at Pizza Palace. “It was worth it in the end because the staff was really close-knit. “ Porter said.

Sisters scoop gelato, make friends Gelato, a close cousin of modern ice cream, serves as an excellent relief from the fair’s often relentless heat. Seniors Emily and Heather Upin know this first-hand after working at the Pizza Palace last summer, scooping the frozen Italian treat.

Emily and Heather have been working at the fair for the past three years. Though she came home tired every night from long hours standing and serving, “it was fun because…I was seeing people I know all day at the fair,” she said. Business was good, too—always a plus.

“It’s really fun,” Heather said.

“It is really hard work, but it’s fast-moving.”

Upin particularly enjoyed

people-watching, which she said vastly improves the stationary nature of working in a booth. Upin worked eight hour shifts serving customers and occasionally filling in for cashiers.

The frantic pace of fair work suited Upin. “I love the times when we’re so busy. I go from one customer to another, to another...

I don’t even have time to think.”

She enjoys scooping gelato, she said, “because you actually get to talk with the customers.”

Though her shift didn’t overlap with senior Daniel Porter’s, she did have friends on the staff from working there in previous years, and hopes to work there again next year.

Submitted Photo: Emily Upin

Emily and Heather Upin worked alongside Margaret Merrill at the Pizza Palace serving gelato as a summer job. “It’s really hard work, but it’s fast moving,” Upin said.

Bags full of cookies are a sweet reminder of Sid Dicke’s time spent working at Sweet Martha’s

Photo credit: Andy Monserud

Junior Sid Dicke shows off his love of cookies with the Sweet Martha’s shirt he got while working at the shop this summer.

Of all the fair food vendors, none is more popular than Sweet Martha and her famous cookies, and junior Sid Dicke had plenty of opportunity to munch on the delicious chocolate chip studded confections while he worked at the large, yellow structure on Dan Patch Avenue where the cookies are sold by the bucket along with milk.

Dicke’s duties didn’t include eating the cookies—he made and sold them, occasionally stepping out to filter the enormous crowds around the stand to less crowded windows—but he got his fair share of cookies himself.

“I still have trash bags full of cookies at my house, be-

cause I closed every night,” Dicke said, and he got to take home leftover cookies.

Working at Sweet Martha’s was not a particularly easy gig for Dicke to get. Sweet Martha’s requires a recommendation from another employee.

“Their idea is that everyone knows each other,” Dicke said of Sweet Martha’s policy.

It was worth it for Dicke, despite the occasional burned hand and odd questions from fairgoers, mostly concerning directions or free cookies. Dicke says he liked serving cookies and seeing friends from SPA at the fair, particularly junior Dominic Dingess, a Sweet Martha’s regular.

MN State Fair Facts:

There wasn’t a fair in 1946 because of the Polio epidemic.

“Ye Old Mill” is the fair’s oldest ride.

Theodore Roosevelt gave his “Speak Softly and Carry a Big Stick” speech at the fair in 1901.

Before the fair grounds were used for the fair, it was the Ramsey County Poor Farm.

Used with permission from the Minnesota State Fair web site.

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St. Paul Academy and Summit School

Hockey hero Peter Sawkins comes home New Athletic Director shares how he ended up at the school where he learned to love hockey

Peter Sawkins (left) plays in a pre-Olympic showcase tournament known as the Calgary Cup in 1987 as a member of the US National Team. He played against the Soviet Union National Team.

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Two college sports. US National team member. Drafted by two professional sports teams. St. Paul Academy and Summit School graduate. Who else could be better qualified for the position of Athletic Director at SPA? With the departure of long-running Athletic Director Dave Montgomery, SPAhired alumnus Peter Sawkins.

Sawkins attended Yale where he played hockey and soccer. He played as a defense-man in hockey and as a defensive sweeper in soc-

Bio Box

1981: Sawkins

Graduates from SPA 1985: Sawkins plays with the Yale hockey team 1987: Sawkins competes in the Calgary Cup 2011: Sawkins accepts position as Athletic Director

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Having athletics and academics together teaches important lessons such as teamwork and hard work.

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Saif Ahmed

Athletic Director Peter Sawkins cer. Sawkins pursued a two year career with the professional hockey team, the Los Angeles Kings. He played with the American Hockey League (AHL) and the International Hockey League (IHL).

“Being drafted by two professional sports teams was a great honor, knowing that all of my hard work paid off,” Sawkins said.

In Sawkins’ professional life, his greatest achievement was playing with the United States National team The U.S. National team played in the Calgary Cup, a pre-Olympic tournament. The US National team played against the Canadian National Team, the Russian Republic team, and the Czech National Team.

“We beat the Canadian team and lost in the consolation round, but it was a great experience,” Sawkins said.

the departure of Montgomery.

“The position was advertised nationally and we received over 160 applications,” Head of School Bryn Roberts said.

“The committee vetted down the applications and we were looking for candidates who seemed to be good fits for SPA culturally and practically.”

“We wanted someone who understood SPA; the culture, the mission, and the relationship between athletics and the mission,” Roberts said. He believes Sawkins was the perfect fit for all of these qualities.

Sawkins took the job because, “It seemed like a great opportunity to come back to the place I respect tremendously for what it had given me both academically and athletically,” Sawkins said. He also said that SPA “has a strong reputation working with kids in helping them achieve the best,” Athletics

The search begins

A search committee headed by Upper School Principal Chris Hughes set out to find a new Athletic Director after

Student Athletes help choose Athletic Director

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Student interviewers and I toured the candidates for athletic director over the summer. We told them about the athletic program at SPA and what SPA is really all about.

We wanted an Athletic Director who both really understood our school, our athletic program and our athletes. I thought Mr. Sawkins understood the school, being an alum, and he had a lot of experience with other athletic programs. I think the administration made a really good decision.

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Submitted photo: Peter Sawkins

One of his main goals at SPA is to integrate athletics and academics so that they can coexist. “Through this, kids can reach their greatest potential and work at their highest ability,” Sawkins said.

The most important thing to Sawkins though, is that having athletics and academics coexist helps fulfill the mission of the school and enrich the lives of the students beyond SPA. “Having athletics and academics together teaches students some important lessons such as teamwork and hard work,” Sawkins said.

“Back in the day most people played sports, but now kids have a more diverse range of interests. Though culturally, things have changed a little bit, but there is still opportunity to get out there and play.”

Athletes should be looking forward to an athletic environment where they are challenged to push their limits. “I want to create an environment where SPA students want to play sports for SPA because they are challenged to do their best, and they enjoy being around their teammates,” said Sawkins. Not only have that, but Sawkins hopes that students will gain valuable life longed lessons such as work ethic and the importance of life-long physical fitness.

Sawkin’s first major contribution as Athletic Director was hiring a new girl’s hockey coach, Carrie Holldorf.

Sawkins, the most qualified of the candidates, brings a love of sports and a commitment to students that will benefit SPA in the years to come.

Fencing captain Marie Siliciano

and Academics: Coexisting

With a former professional hockey player as the new athletic director, SPA athletics are going to look much different.

Submitted photo: Peter Sawkins

Sawkins plays defense for the Yale ice hockey team. “Being drafted by two professional sports teams was a great honor,” Sawkins said.

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Chemistry classes introduce Screencast-o-Matic program

Teachers record screencasts to allow students to review lessons outside of the classroom

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The Screencast is a video recording tool used by teachers or tutors to show their students how to do a task. This program records computer screens, often referred to as video screen capture. These recordings or captures usually contain audio narration.

So far, the Screencasts have been used in Chemistry, recording notes and diagrams on OneNote. The recordings on Screencasts include review of what was covered in the day’s lesson, pointers on specific pieces of information needed to complete the homework, and a brief touch on the next concept.

One of the significant advantages of the Screencast is that it enables teachers to give lectures without having the students in class, allowing them more time in class for labs and for discussion.

Another one of the bonuses of using the Screencast as a teaching

method is that it allows students to learn the material at whatever pace they feel comfortable with.

Instead of having to interrupt class time with questions, students can go back and re-watch whatever they didn’t catch the first time.

This way, the extra time in class can be used to learn new ideas. If a student still has questions after watching the Screencast, they are encouraged to go and meet with the teacher outside of class.

Another advantage of having the Screencast is that when completing their homework, students have the ability to review any posted Screencast necessary. If a student has a question on a specific problem, they can access the Screencast and figure out everything from there, instead of having to wait for class the next day.

Despite the large number of advantages, there are some disadvantages. For example, the use of the Screencast will greatly reduce the amount of one-on-one interaction between students and teachers. Instead of approaching the teacher directly with any questions or concerns they may

have, students’ questions can be answered by the Screencast.

Many students believe that the Screencasts have been helpful in their studies. “The Screencasts are beneficial because they compliment the reading and they give examples on homework problems,” Junior James Hargens said.

Junior Ian Rolf agrees that Screencasts are beneficial. “[Screencasts] are like personal trainers, they work with you to help you achieve your best,” Rolf said.

Chemistry teachers also agree that Screencasts are beneficial. “[Screencasts] are an effective way to show students important concepts of the unit,” Upper School Chemistry teacher Beth Seibel-Hunt said.

Overall, the positives outweigh the negatives, and Screencasts could be a great idea for more teachers to adopt, especially in math. However, as of yet, regular and Honor Chemistry are the only classes currently using the Screencast program. The Screencast is a class lecture condensed into approximately 5 minutes.

Photo Credit: Lucy Li

US Chemistry teachers Beth Seibel-Hunt (left) and Carmen Vanegas (right) made this screencast. “If a student is unable to comprehend the subject matter, they can revisit the screencast,” Seibel-Hunt said.

How to record your own Screencast

1.

Choose a topic. Having a pointless Screencast serves no purpose. There are a plethora of possibilities. You could talk in notes for yourself to help study for a test, how to play a sport, or how to learn an instrument.

2.

Plan and consider. a. What is the overall message?

b. How long will this be? c. Will the video be brief and broad or long and detailed?

3.

Make an outline. If you try to wing it while recording, the video will be a failure, which may require you to re-record it several times before getting it just the way you want it.

Screenshot used with permission from: Screencast-o-Matic

A screenshot from the Upper School Science Department’s screencast on how ionic compounds form.

Chemistry students have responded well to screencasts, with junior Ian Rolf calling them “personal trainers”.

Pros +

Cons -

Assists students with their homework

Not everything can be covered in a five minute video

Helps explain important concepts in the lesson

Students can become caught up in the videos when studying for tests, instead of reviewing all of the material

Allows students to learn the material at their own pace Walks through examples of homework problems

Reduces amount of one-on-one time with teacher

Invaluable when studying for tests

Requires Internet connection to use

Allows students to go over lessons as many times as they want

Computer needs an updated Java program to play the video

4.

Pick good software. Recommended screencast software includes Jing, Snagit, Morae, and Camtasia. Most of

these have free versions that give you the opportunity to upgrade to the pro version for a fee. Don’t forget your webcam. Once you have all of that, you can start.

5.

Edit your video. A good editing program is CamStudio, a free web-based program. If you are truly dedicated, you

can buy some other editing programs such as Camtasia. When editing, make sure that the transitions appear as seamless as possible.

The choppier the video is, the less likely someone is willing to pay attention through it.

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Upload. As soon as you have finished the editing process, you may upload it to wherever you want, such as on a blog you may have, a friend’s blog, or you can keep it for yourself to use.

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Sophomores Cristina Zarama (left) and Nick Thorsgaard (center) and senior Justine Soukup (right) tune in to instant technologies on their laptops and smart phones. “Netflix does everything that Blockbuster does but it’s a lot more convenient,” junior Sam Wood said.

Step aside for the new instant generation Aditi Kulkarni

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Ejected and rejected technologies BLOCKBUSTER The Blockbuster boom has ended. The name traces back to a time when successful plays could drive other forms of entertainments out of business. The entertainment businesses on the block were “busted” and went bankrupt. Now, Blockbuster can no longer live up to the grandeur of its name. During the peak of its prosperity, Blockbuster’s sales were valued at $8.4 billion. Today, the company barely produces $700 million in sales.

BORDERS Borders reached its borders this year. The company faced liquidation and all Borders bookstores closed in the fall of 2011.

Before its shutdown, Borders suffered million of dollars of debt. Tom and Louis Border created the book store in Ann Arbor, Michigan in 1971. The online ebooks and music retailing didn’t start until July of 2010, several month after Barnes and Nobles’ online products. After 40 years of competition with its relative, the Amazon Kindle, and its parent, Amazon.com, Borders lost the fight for survival.

Sports Editor

It’s a Saturday night and your mom decides it’s family movie night.

“Pick a movie,” she says.

No, you don’t drive to the nearest Blockbuster to see the selection. Just open your computer instead and choose a movie from the Netflix Watch Instantly list, available right at your fingertips.

Sophomore Danielle Socha said. “Netflix is easier with timing. I’m usually somewhere else when a TV show that I want to watch is on...I don’t have a regular show, but whenever I have time for TV, there isn’t anything very good that is on usually.”

The decline of video stores, bookstores, print newspapers, mail and television has become an inevitable result of easier access to personal technology.

While many can see the convenience of instant gratification, damage has been done throughout the media industry. In the golden age of film and book vendors, Blockbuster and Borders were two very successful companies. Today, they’re going out of business.

36%

of students have discontinued memberships at video stores.

In 1994, Blockbuster was valued at $8.4 billion. Today, it is valued less than $700 million.

Netflix began because founder Reed Hastings racked up $40 in late fees after renting a single DVD from Blockbuster in 1998

for neglecting to return it on time.

Blockbuster’s entire business model gradually fell out of style in part due to this system of late fees.

“Netflix does everything that Blockbuster does but it’s a lot more convenient,” junior Sam Wood said.

Netflix’s business model differs from Blockbuster’s in that Netflix sends compact, svelte DVDs in the mail in the its now familiar red envelope. Netflix expanded into two separate entities:, Qwikster, which manages the DVD section, and Netflix, which manages online streaming.

46%

of student Netflix users subscribe to the mailed DVD service.

Because of this split, individuals now have the option of choosing which medium suits them best. Senior Maulika Kohli uses only the instant service because “the price went up for DVDs so we stopped that...it was too expensive.”

Netflix is only one entity changing the way viewers get movies and TV. Businesses specializing in Video-on-Demand make TV and movies are instantly available.

Book stores have also been displaced with the arrival of eBooks. With eReaders like Amazon Kindle, people find it easier to have all of their books in one device rather than filling up book-

shelves at home.

The makers of the Kindle have done a good job replicating the feel of a book by adjusting the brightness of the screen and allowing virtual pages to be “flipped.”

55%

of students own or have owned an e-Reader Books aren’t the only place reading behavior has changed.

Fewer and fewer people subscribe to newspapers.

Upper School Math Teacher Bill Boulger uses online news services to get information now, but he remembers when the news was different. “Everybody in the United States was watching the same thing on television. We had a common understanding because there were very few news outlets.

There were 3 major networks, and they were essentially giving the same news,” Boulger said.

The U.S. Postal servide is also going through a major overhau because rarely do people send mail, preferring email or texts.

Boulger sees this electronic communication as a disadvantage to the new technologies. “The American people can’t talk to one another. They have no common background to bring to any kind of a discussion. That’s an over generalization, but I think the sources of information are so fragmented that we have no guarantee that we understand each other.”

Statistical data compiled from a survey of 9-12 grade students conducted

by The Rubicon. 190 of the 365 students polled responded.

Fast forward to an instant generation NETFLIX Netflix provides mailed DVD and BluRay services, and ondemand streaming media to the United States, Canada, and Latin America. According to Seeking Alpha, a website for actionable stock market opinion and analysis, Netflix has over 20 million subscribers today. The company started as a DVD rental service in 1997. In Sept. 2011, Netflix stated its intentions to divide into two separate structures. Its DVD home media rental service is Qwikster and the online stream website is Netflix.

AmazonKindle The Amazon Kindle is an ebook reader that allows customers to browse, buy, download, and read e-+. Kindle users can read newspapers, magazines, and other electronic media. It’s fast, easy, and efficient. According to Sarah Perez, technology reporter for The New York Times, Kindle’s software is compatible with Microsoft Windows, iOS, BlackBerry, Mac OS X, Android, webOS, and Windows Phone 7.

At the end of 2010, Amazon announced that its e-book sales had surpassed its paperback books for the first time since its inception in 1994.

14 A r t s & E n t e r t a i n m e n t Teachers educate through film for visual learners

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Educators integrate videos into school curriculums to assist students in remembering information

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Film is a really powerful, narrative form and if there are drawbacks it’s because we haven’t trained students to watch film with the same critical eye that we have trained them to read books.

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US English Teacher, Randall Findlay

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Students in Nan Dreher’s U.S. History class watch Too Late To Apologize: Declaration during their study of the American Revolution. The video is posted on Youtube by user soomopublishing.

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Mongols come to life on a wide, grassy terrain and conquer Europe before the eyes of history students on the projector screen in World History I. Later, several different film and theatre interpretations of Macbeth appear in Journey’s in Literature, and then, in Earth Science, volcanoes erupt on screen.

In many schools including St. Paul Academy and Summit School, integrating films and videos into classes have become the newest teaching technique. “If we can bring in some images and some sounds and music, those things can really help students, especially since some are visual or auditory learners,” said Dr. Nan Dreher, Upper School His-

tory teacher.

In the United States, 30% of people are auditory learners, and 65% of people are visual learners, according to the Social Science Research Network. Dreher believes students benefit from watching videos because films make history. With films alive and breathing in today’s society, they create a link between the past and present and cross all educational borders.

Dreher previews 5-10 minute clips from various sources such as Youtube, BBC Network, and Ken Burns documentaries when teaching her classes, allowing students to use more of their five senses while learning.

Basil Ernst, junior at SPA, found videos in history classes beneficial. “Personally I’m actually a really good an auditory

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and visual learner, so for me, yes they actually really helped,” said Ernst. In his Utopian and Dystopian Literature class, Ernst and his classmates watch films including Scenes from the Suburbs, a short film collaboration between Spike Jonze and Arcade Fire reflecting the societal role of a teenager in a restrictive suburban community.

“Multiple scenes and multiple productions of a single scene tend to validate a student’s own reading experience,” Upper School English teacher Randall Findlay said. Findlay uses specific clips from various movie adaptations of Shakespeare, such as Macbeth and Romeo and Juliet. In participation with the Teacher Research Action Project in San Francisco, Findlay compared students viewing a single scene from a Shake-

Inclusion Parent Interest Group features Allison Wang

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Nikpay’s artwork features portrait photography of immigrant youth. The collection, Faces of America, explores the evolving concept of American identity and the clash between their culture and their acculturation to America. “These portraits provide a window through which we might examine the changing face of this country at a crucial crossroad in our history,” she wrote. Nikpay

draws her inspiration from the intersection of western modernism and the strong tradition of Iranian poetry. This allows her to transform historical and social issues into art. Throughout her pieces, she utilizes visual language to portray her isolated, nomadic protagonist characters as beings crossing the boundaries of the real and imagined, according to her official website.

“The concepts [at the Drake Gallery] are also abstract and complex. But this collection is very simple, almost like an ac-

speare film to students viewing multiple scenes. “I feel that any film work in class should serve the overall curriculum,” Findlay said. Findlay believes that films don’t have less value than books, but could in fact be equal or more powerful and used for more than entertainment. In fact, he even plans to include a class called “A Seminar for Visual Narrative” for the 2012-2013 school year, where students will be asked to read a novel and then watch film interpretations of it.

A downside to showing videos in classes that they take time. At SPA, class periods are 45 minutes long, and teachers need more time in order to have a “multilayered film presentation and conversation,” according to Findlay. With longer movies, students tend to stop learning and start

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JILA NIKPAY

cesible type of photography. Bold and simple,” said William Brower, junior at SPA, while looking through Nikpay’s exhibit, Faces of New America

WHERE TO SEE HER WORK: St. Paul Academy’s Drake Gallery September 29–October 21

WHERE HER ART HAS BEEN:

Walker Art Center, Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art, Minnesota Historical Society

thinking of the video as break time. “I think it’s important to make sure students what they’re watching for or stop and pause, talk, and make sure to leave discussion time after to complement what you’re reading about,” Dreher said.

“Film is a really powerful, narrative form and if there are drawbacks it’s because we haven’t trained students to watch film with the same critical eye that we have trained them to read books,” Findlay said.

Still, some students find videos in class beneficial. For sophomore Grace Owens-Kurtz, watching films in her German class can really help her learn. “I think [films are] really helpful in language classes because you can listen to the language and it helps me speak [it] when I listen to it,” she said.

Use your smart phone to: Check out the Arcade Fire & Spike Jonze collaboration Scenes from the Suburbs, as screened in Utopian and Distopian Literature

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Nostalgia re-popularizes the iconic rock style

US English teacher shares favorites from then and now

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Like every generation, teenagers of the 1990s grow into adults, they develop a sense of nostalgia for the music of their era. A time when pop hits with anti-establishment messages fed the flames of the movement known as grunge.

An era when the puffy jackets and hair of ‘80s rock deflated for an angry, down-to-earth energy.

This year, it’s official: the music industry today is seeing grunge’s return.

Nevermind: 20th Anniversary Deluxe Edition will be the trip down nostalgia lane grunge fans have been waiting for, including Madison studio sessions, live tracks, and a John Peel session, sprawled together over two discs.

Phil Doherty, a sales associate at Electric Fetus said, “I’d characterize grunge as a cross between punk and metal and classic rock. In Nirvana, you can hear a John Lennon influence, in chord progression, the song writing, and the way he [Kurt Cobain] sings sometimes, which is why I became a fan.”

It’s true.

Nirvana’s song “Smells like Teen Spirit” incorporates classic rock songs by the bands The Kingsmen and Boston according to a Rolling Stone interview with Cobain.

The irony of the grunge revival is much the same as that of grunge as a mainstream phenomenon. Its culture was laced with a no-sellout ethos.

Kurt Cobain of Nirvana, especially, criticized grunge’s popularity, often distancing himself with challenging late recordings.

Doherty commented on this as well. “Because I work at a record store, you can sort of tell in like most movements. The press likes to come up with a name to easily categorize music and I think grunge was just as much a victim as that as any other genre.”

Below, left: Kurt Cobain, lead singer of Nirvana, emulated the grunge lifestyle with his shaggy locks and headline-making lifestyle. Nirvana’s album Nevermind was certified 10x Platinum in 1999.

Above, right: Eddie Vedder, lead singer of Pearl Jam, is known for his throaty vocalization. Pearl Jam’s album Ten is one of the most acclaimed grunge records of all time.

Emily Meisler rocks the ‘90s and ‘10s

1. Bang, Pop- Free Energy If you see me bobbing my head as I walk to school, I’m probably listening to this song!

2. Call Your Girlfriend- Robyn Robyn considers a break-up from the perspective of the new girlfriend and creates a perfect dance song in the process.

3. Tight Rope- Brother Ali Brother Ali is one of the best storytellers in music right now.

Photo credit: Noah Shavit-Lonstein

Sophomore Michael Wilkens and junior Andy Monserud don nostalgic grunge wear: flannel shirts, comfortable jeans and tennis shoes- using, in the words of US English teacher Eric Severson, “incredible effort to look effortless.”

Why grunge?

Why now?

T h i s fall’s s p e cial edition re-release of Nirvana’s Nevermind. The new album includes 27 bonus tracks and 12 previously unreleased tracks, primarily live.

The band’s disgruntled sound and D.I.Y. three-cord energy found rapport with both MTV viewers and the rock music underground. It eventually pushed the Seattle sound into a true phenomenon. Critics have hailed it as one of rock’s greatest albums. Lead single “Smells Like Teen Spirit” is still easy to find on the radio today. The original album turned twenty on Sept. 24.

Another trip down dreary lane

Pearl Jam’s P J 2 0 t o u r visited North America in September. Though the only way to see it now is to visit Latin America, fans can see the upcoming film Pearl Jam Twenty. Backed by defininggrunge bands such as The Strokes, Queens of the Stone Age, and Mudhoney, this film chronicle will remind fans of Pearl Jam’s melancholic sets discussing cruelty and disillusionment. The film was directed by Almost Famous direcor Cameron Crowe, who premiered it at this year’s Toronto International Film Festiva. Featuring songs from their best known album, Ten, a soundtrack to the film was released in September.

How to be

6. Holland, 1945- Neutral Milk Hotel Although they only put out three albums, Neutral Milk Hotel rocked the independent music scene with the release of “In the Aeroplane over the Sea.”

Granted, this might also make you a little hipster, but...

2. Buy a lot of plaid (shirts, that is).

Actually, wear whatever is comfortable and cheap.

Haircut? Who needs it? Shaving? Stubble is sexy. Soap? So mainstream.

Submitted Photo: Eric Severson

US English teacher Eric Severson dressed in a look he had in the 90s, which he described as “a cross between grunge and hippie throwback”. He’s pictured here in Normandy, France.

4. Be really good, 5. Listen to grunge but don’t care about bands. being admired.

Download Alice In Chains, Play free chords on your guitar; keep drumming intense but simple. Bang your head.

5. Fatima- K’Naan Here’s another beautiful tribute, this one to K’Naan’s childhood friend who disappeared when he was twelve.

‘90s

1. Opt out of the mainstream.

3. Ignore hygiene.

4. Jam for Jerry- Holy Ghost!

Alex Frankel writes an appropriately upbeat tribute to Jerry Fuchs, a Brooklyn-based drumming prodigy who died tragically in 2009.

Nirvana, Soundgarden, Pearl Jam, and Green River.

Compiled by Andy Monserud

Here comes your band

The Pixies, one of the founding alternative grunge bands known for their work in the late ‘80s, announced the start of their Doolittle Lost Cities Tour, named for their second album. The tour will reach cities the band has never played before, primarily smaller cities and college towns. From New Jersey to California, the tour will stop with the band Surfer Blood opening.

Kim Gordon is the bassist and vocalist of Sonic Youth, a legendary lo-fi band most famous for the 1988 classic Daydream Nation. The band released two albums in 2011: Simon Werner a Disparu, a movie soundtrack for the french film, and a sampler of their tracks called Hits are for Squares, according to amazon.com. The band is currently touring and are set to perform in New York on Jan. 12 according to their website.

All Illustrations credit: Alicia Little

7. If You’re Feeling SinisterBelle and Sebastian Just pick a Belle and Sebastian album and start listening! You won’t regret it.

8. Common People- Pulp Pulp pokes fun at a naïve college student who wants to “live like common people.”

9. The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly) – Missy Elliot Elliot’s music was groundbreaking, especially for female rappers. Bonus: she wears a trash bag in the music video.

10. Doo Wop (That Thing)Lauryn Hill It was impossible to avoid this song in 1998.

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US Principal Chris Hughes announced that Thursday would be a homework-free night and that fan busses would take upper school students to the game. Spartan Boosters declared a white out and sold 100th Anniversary t-shirts. The shirts sold quickly, and the school ordered more. In an assembly after the game, Hughes said that in his 20 years of working in schools, the Spartan-Bear game was one of the best events he has ever attended. He was happy to boast that he “had to discipline Blake student [fan] behavior more than SPA student behavior.”

Spartans spent most of the game on defense and fought hard for their only touchdown, by junior David Ristau, coming just seconds from the end of 4th quarter. Junior Danny O’Shea wanted “to thank everyone who came out to support [our] team.”

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